71Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note
Chapter Summary: Things get lost in translation and L is hyper.
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L choked on his tea.
On the desktop monitor, there was a news article with the headline 'KILLER STRIKES AGAIN'. And of course, that alone wasn't funny – mass murder never was. No, it was the new name the media had dubbed the killer.
Killer.
That was it. No 'the', no slight reference in the name as to the man's MO, not even a nickname, just … Killer. It was a blank slate, a title that held nothing to it, not really – for all one can guess, Killer could have been a pesticide but even pesticides had better names than that.
Coughing, L settled back into his chair with a large grin and scrolled down the news page.
Truly, it was passive aggression at its finest.
The next day, Watari found L lying on the floor, shaking, while tears of laughter streamed down his face. Little noises slipped out of the pale detective's mouth as he bit unseemly giggles down into whimpers and whines.
"L! What–"
"Killer," L gasped even as a fresh wave of nearly hysteric amusement washed over him. "Killer is in Japan. Kira."
Watari's mouth opened but no sound came out.
"Oh, police officer!" L cried in a shrill, mocking voice, "Mr. Sparkles has committed another murder!"
Very, very slowly, Watari backed away from the still-giggling detective. He exited the room and closed the door with the same care he'd taken walked out, if not greater. Shaking his head at himself, he resolved to lessen L's sugar intake. This was … this was just ridiculous.
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Author's Note: I have no idea where this came from. But it is kinda funny when you think about how 'Kira' actually translates in English and that 'kira-kira' is the Japanese onomatopoeia for sparkling. The original idea for this chapter was that Mello and Matt would be making fun of the name but I couldn't get it right. Then, this happened. Hopefully, after this, my writer's block will go away...
This was an odd chapter to write and imagine, but I really hope you guys liked it anyway.
Thanks for reading!
