ANOTHER FANFIC SAY WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

ENJOY. I only own Madison.

ONE

She couldn't believe her ears. The man of her dreams, her perfect other half, had just told her he didn't love her anymore. She ran, fast. Slamming the door and ignoring the tears in her eyes. Only one thing was on her mind; the words he had said to her.

Of course not. You are nothing to me. I stopped loving you long ago.

The words repeated over and over again. Nothing to me..nothing to me..nothing to me..

The distraught girl ran, stopping and walking into a cafe. It was the type with both outdoor and indoor tables. She purchased a latte and sat outside, staring into the liquid. She barely heard someone sit in the seat across from her.

Neither of the two spoke. The girl, named Madison, had short, dark brown hair that framed her cheekbones. Just shy of her bangs were almond-shaped icy blue eyes. Light freckles dotted under those eyes and across the bridge of her nose. Her lips had a perfect Cupid's bow. She had slightly tanned but mostly pale skin.

The man across from her sat in a peculiar way, hunched over slightly, his knees drawn up in front of his chest. He had on a long-sleeved white T-shirt, with baggy blue jeans. He was shoeless. The man was pale, with large black eyes. His black hair stood up in spikes in several places. Underneath the man's large eyes were dark shadows.

Madison looked up finally. She was taken aback at the sight of the man, and she didn't know what to say.

"Hello," he said when their eyes met. Madison found her voice, then.

"Um..h-hello. Not to be rude, but..uh..who are you?" She realized what a mess she must look like, and wiped at her eyes, hoping to remove some mascara streaks from her cheeks.

"You can call me Ryuuzaki. And you are?" He was confident. Not a hint of shyness in his voice.

"Madison." She swallowed a lump in her throat.

"You seem sad. Is something wrong?" He tilted his head sympathetically.

Madison's breathing sped. She nodded slowly, her lower lip wobbling. She didn't want to break down in front of this nice man.

"Would you like to tell me about it?" He smiled. Ryuuzaki was curiously examining this strange woman. Why ever would someone be so sad? What could ever happen to such a lovely person? Hm? Well?

"Well... it seems silly, but my boyfriend dumped me. He was...I loved him, though.."

Then she broke down and told Ryuuzaki everything. How Light Yagami was her light in the dark (no pun intended), he held her, loved her, then tossed her away.

Madison took a deep breath. Her hand was gripping the edge of the table, turning her knuckles white. Ryuuzaki put his hand over hers. The girl swallowed hard. He looked at her with such sympathy, such compassion...

"Madison. You are amazing. My deductive reasoning alone tells me that you are a wonderful person. Light-kun is probably a...what is it they call it..a douche? Yes, a douche. Tell me..Madison...is this man really what you always wanted?"

She blinked and gazed down at her hand. Rather, Ryuuzaki's pale hand on her slightly tanned hand. Slowly shaking her head, she realized what a mistake the whole thing was. Light was always flirting with other girls. He never said he loved her. Maybe...maybe it was all a lie after all. Maybe Light Yagami was just using her.

"No. Now that I think about it, he wasn't. It was all a lie. All..a.." Madison could not go on. She retracted her hand and buried her face in her palms, crying into them. Before long, she felt comforting hands on her shoulders.

Ryuuzaki's POV

It was instinctive. Any man with a brain would have automatically comforted the girl. She was obviously heartbroken, and that was a problem I wanted to fix, of course. I had no idea why love was such an important thing to people. But the look in Madison's eye and the way she talked about this Light Yagami man told me she loved him. But he was obviously using her, I did not need my deductive skills nor reasoning to figure that one out. (after all, his last name backwards is "Im a gay.")

As I squeezed her shoulder in the most comforting way I could manage, I couldn't help but wonder if this had been the girl from my dream...

It was one of those peculiar nights that L actually slept in his underused bed. He climbed in awkwardly and curled up in a fetal position on his side. Within moments he was shooting into sleep-mode. His dream was most strange.

In the dream, he was walking down a corridor with white walls, white floors, and a white ceiling. Toward the end of the hall, the white faded into red. Standing at a window, staring out at blackness, was a girl with short brown hair. She turned around, and everything around them faded out. The only thing L saw her icy blue eyes that pierced his soul. They stared into his mind, burned into his mind. As if they could read his every thought, see his every movement, and know everything about him.

But that was a dream. Dreams are not real. They are figments of one's imaginations.

Madison had stopped crying by now and was wiping at her face with a clean napkin. I backed up and resumed my usual stance. She stood and gave me a small smile. A small glimmer of hope in her eyes.

"Thank you, Ryuuzaki. Thank you for helping me see...see that I don't need him...um...er..."

I smiled inwardly. She was as shy as I was. I had no idea what to say either. I turned to leave, because, after all, the Kira case was not going to solve itself.

"Woah, wait up. You know who I am and why I'm here, but you just leave without telling me your story? What brings you here?" I blinked and turned back to her. She was smiling.

Madison's POV

I smiled. It was a crazy idea, of course. But I liked this guy. He was nice. A change of pace in my life. He blinked at me again, then smiled, nodded and sat down. I pushed aside my long-forgotten latte and put my elbows on the table, my palms supporting my face.

"Well...as you know, my name is Ryuuzaki. I was stopping by to get some tea before heading back to our headquarters." He hesitated slightly.

"I am working on the Kira case. Also, I-" Before he could finish, I had a dawning realization.

"Ryuuzaki, are you...Are you L?" He stared at me. His smile had vanished. His features were devoid of friendliness, or any other emotion. Big black eyes met icy blue ones.

"I-I'm sorry, I just... I didn't mean it, Ryuuza-"

I was cut short by a blindfold around my eyes, tape on my mouth. I saw Ryuuzaki's eyes close before I was plunged into darkness and silence. The only thing I then heard was:

"I am so, so sorry Madison."

Wow, talk about confuzzling ending. I hope you enjoyed it, though. Again, I only Madison. R&R and review and stuff! So sorry the first chapter is so short :$