Kage and...Kage? (Doki)

[Kagumi Michiyo]

“Unthinkable, Unexpected, but at the same time, undeniable.”

That was the only thing that had come out of Kagumi Michiyo’s mouth since she walked the grassy patches in the streets of the university. She had no reason to be out at the moment. Just to let herself go for a minute. Her head was cloudy, and was out of tune with the rest of her body except for her feet. The more thinks she thought at one time, the faster she walked, and the more she walked, the more her mind kept throwing ideas and images into her head. Megumi’s bright grey eyes turning to nothingness as blood ran down her dress. Her fathers glasses in ruins as the robbers struck him across the face then dragged him out of the room to his inevitable death. Kagumi shook her head then adjusted the golden moon rimmed glasses she threw on; she knew she couldn’t think too much, she would get dizzy.
The heavy metal blasting in her ears numbed the confusion that seemed to keep her on edge, it quickened the heartbeat (which would probably not help her at all) and focused her as it always did.

Stapled shut, inside an outside world and I'm
Sealed in tight, bizarre but right at home
Claustrophobic, closing in and I'm
Catastrophic, not again
I'm smeared across the page, and doused in gasoline
I wear you like a stain, yet I'm the one who's obscene
Catch me up on all your sordid little insurrections,
I've got no time to lose, and I'm just caught up in all the cattle

Her baggy pants were slipping under her feet, tangling the sandals so that she might trip in the loose gravel below by the double door entrance to the building. Her mind made her think of love. How it made her so reckless, and how cruel it is to those around her. She thought about the Kira case, and how many lives were put into turmoil and could be in any danger. She was asking herself why she was so drawn to the case. She wandered back to those days at Whammy House after Megumi’s death. She hardly talked, and when she was in public she was always fiddling quietly with a rubicks cube or twirling a pen between her long fingers. She knew everyone’s names, but they never really knew hers, those in Whammy house only knew her as Kage. Kagumi had always straddled the fence about cases such as these, only because of those outcomes, and she wondered about her denial.

“No…”

She shook her head. She wasn’t ready to do anything at that age, she was far too into other things to worry about it. Mello and Near had been better for the job. Her heart gave a wrenching thump and Kagumi stopped in her tracks, clutching her chest and giving a slow inhale. She had walked too fast, she needed rest, but at the same time she had to keep walking and keep thinking or else it’ll all go away.

My end
It justifies my means
All I ever do is delay
My every attempt to evade
The end of the road and my end
It justifies my means
All I ever do is delay
My every attempt to evade
THE END OF THE ROAD!

Kagumi scratched the wavy white wig that now hugged her head and she could feel her realization come to light. If she felt the way she did, why was she hiding. Did she fear a kira to find her? Or was her fear that someone at whammy house would recognize her. “ though I was a wallflower.” She said with a bitter chuckle. “ they didn’t give a d**n about me.” She felt confused again. What was she thinking?

Her jeans caught on her sandals and Kagumi turned on her heel towards the row of bushes down the way, landing on her side after realizing she just tripped. She got to her feet and touched her head. Her hair hadn’t fallen off, but she felt it better to sit. So she crawled tiredly into the bushes leaning against the wall and sliding down to her knees next to a cardboard box leaning on the bench. Her head on the wall with her eyes closed.

[Doki]

Doki was exhausted... after taking 3 exams today, one being a fitness test, he was truly tired out. As he dragged his feet along the sidewalk, he looked desperately for something to sit or lie down on. It would just be for a bit... it probably wouldn't harm anyone... maybe. Suddenly, his cell phone rang, and he groaned at the fact it was Mrs. Oita. He answered it, and held the phone to his ear. "Hello?" Doki said into the phone and, soon following, the loud voice of his foster mother. "Where have you been?!? We need you to come to To-Oh University! We're having you look at the grounds today!" Before he could answer, she hung on him. "Great... just great..." He said with a hint of sarcasm.

It took a few minutes, but he eventually found the university... and, soon after. Mrs. Oita. She was saying all sorts of things to him, but he immediately blocked them out, except for the last part of it. "Go look at the grounds, but I expect you back here in an hour." This made Doki officially fed up with her. "What makes you think I'll even get into this university? Don't you realize how hard it is to get in here?" She glared at him. "Oh, I know you will; I will PERSONALLY make sure you study your butt off! And pass any test with FLYING colors..." This officially freaked Doki, so he immediately ran off in a random direction, for the sake of getting away from there.

Now he was more tired than he was before he got there; he saw a park bench before, but it was covered in what seemed a hundred pigeons. "I might as well look around... since she's usually true to her word, I'd best go ahead and look around." Doki said with a sigh before walking off in a random direction. The building itself was fairly nice, and the place looked huge from where he was standing... but what was really the big deal? The only thing that made it special was how difficult it is to get in, the teachers that are hired, and such. If all the universities had all the same qualities, then that was all they'd be: universities.

As he was thinking about this, he wasn't looking where he was going... and bumped right into the main building's wall. He then immediately fell over on his side, exhaustion and possibly unconsciousness getting to him. Though, he apparently fell on top of something... from the feel of it... probably a someone. He looked around to see what he was on... and he immediately laughed a bit at the ridiculous white wig. In the midst of his laughter, he managed to get out: "Are you okay?"

[Kagumi Michiyo]

Kage had closed her eyes in complete frustration as her mind began to wander to other matters, wondering to herself if even going back to Whammy's today was worth it, her little black kitten Tago she had left with Matt, and she was already on the hunt to kill Mello today, so maybe going back was a bad idea, it was always a bad idea in her obvous case. At whammy's everything on the outside looked in perfect order, but on the inside it was complete chaos. The four of them were bored with their studies, Mello and Kagumi always ended up in an argument and were close to brawling with one another a couple of times, but he had his manly morals, " no hitting girls" and stuff like that. Kage was always told to accept those little acts of chivalry but she sometimes had so much fun with the arrogant boy that she was surprised he hadnt finally balled up a fist and hit her.

Kage opened her bright hazel eyes and they flashed in realization. The wig was already taking its toll on her. She could feel the heat of the midmorning sun as the heavy metal blasted in her ears, creating a protective veil around her, shielding her from the outside world. She even considered taking off her white wig for the sake of cooling off, but she knew if she did her long black hair would tumble out and she would only get even more overheated. She began to twirl the wires, maybe that was what was making her so delierious....

But all of those thoughts had been blown away by the feel of someone colliding against her and landing on top of her throwing the wig a bit out of place . Her vision went blank for a moment with only the sound of the music, and then it slowly came back. A bit annoyed by this sudden interruption, Kage pulled off the now disoriented wig to reveal the messy black hair it took her an hour to force in the wig. Under the music she could hear laughter, probably at how ridiculus and unkempt she looked. Mimicking her friend, she pushed the golden glasses farther up her nose and her amber eyes flashed again.

" Yeah I'm fine." she said in exasperation, " What about you."

[Doki]

Well, at least she wasn't wearing that wig to hide what wasn't underneath... he could see the black hair now seeping out of the wig a bit. Still, it was freaking hilarious; though, he eventually stopped, trying to regain his composure... and possibly any respect he could get from strangers. He rolled off of his 'victim of circumstance' so he could get on his knees and sit upright. Followed by that, he faced the girl with the poor fashion choice. He was glad that she was okay... he'd rather not send anyone to the hospital for his stupid mistakes. "I'm fine... your body kind of broke my fall." Doki said with a nervous laugh... in a way, she flat-out scared him.

"I can't help but ask... I mean, you're wearing one of the most ridiculous clothes I've ever seen." Doki currently wasn't wearing his... since he just got released from school, he was still wearing his school uniform. He himself thought it was ridiculous but, for some reason, people comment he looks better with it on. "But why are you wearing those clothes... and that wig?" He touched his own, incredibly spiky hair... his hair worked for all of his clothes, but the wig... it was just way too much.

"I'm sorry... I probably shouldn't ask question like that without at least knowing your name." Doki said with a bit of a nervous laugh. "By name is Kage... but people often refer to me as Doki." He just realized how uncomfortable it was when he closed his uniform buttons. He quickly unbuttoned them and let the ends come apart; it felt much better. "Who might you be?" Doki asked her curiously.

[Kagumi Michiyo]

Kagumi looked from the boy to her clothes. It was a normal black tank top 4 sizes too big and she wore baggy blue jeans and flip flops. Besides the wig what was so ridiculous about her outfit? it was completely normal holding the wig in her hand now to reveal the black hair she glared at him. " I happen to like this wig thank you very much." she said indiganantly, She knew only that most people found it believable when she was not so disturbed or disoriented, but right now someone had just fallen on her and knocked off her wig, so she had no choice but to take it off while she was talking to him.

He unbuttoned his shirt and introduced himself, this was greeted by Kage with a skeptical look. " Kage....realy...." It was a small world she had to guess. But it might have posed as a problem greatly if she had found another person going by the same name as her. Especially when the time came that she had to go above ground and do something about all of these things that have been going on. the minute she uttered her name, countless people would try to figure it out, for she changed her image so often that no one would really know who she was. those disguises were her forte and she was not going to let anyone else get hurt because of it.

"Kage...." she shook her head, she had gotten lost in thought but now she was back on earth, " Well Kage, my name is Kagumi, but people like to call me...well...Kage." she smiled.

(gaaaaaah! bad post horrible post XO )

[Doki]

(I'm sorry; I could only log on yesterday.)

Doki raised an eyebrow when she said she actually liked her wig... the silly wig. "I personally think your black hair is better, from where I'm standing... er, sitting." Doki said to her as he readjusted himself so his knees wouldn't be so cut off from blood. "Wigs just aren't natural... toupees are made to look natural, but white wigs died about... years ago." Besides, it would probably be less labor to just fix her hair... if she wanted to, dye it. "Besides, ain't it hot under there?" Still, it would probably be best not to mention her wig again... for his own safety. The last time he had commented on a girl's poor hair of choice... well, 'hospital' is a good word for what happened.

Sure, it had to be a convenience that two Kages would find themselves meeting each other like this... well, this was probably that last way he'd expect to meet someone. "Please... call me Doki. Everyone knows me as Doki... in fact, people are beginning to forget my name's Kage at all." Doki said, a bit of a silly smile on his face as he spoke. "Also the Amazing Doki, Daredevil Doki (which he most likely won't go in to), and, my personal favorite, 'You Lousy Kid!'." Obviously, he once had a weird encounter with an old man... it turned in Doki's favor, though.

But, after saying this, he felt a bit curious. "Was there a reason why you were in here anyways? You can imagine what would have happened if you tripped someone important... they'd sue you for all you're worth." Doki said, now with a slight frown on his face. He'd been sued before, but Doki was barely able to get out of that little fix. In fact, he had to bring in several monkeys... and a few bribes that nobody but him knew about. Let's face it, if you blow off a man's hair, it's very hard to get called 'innocent'. "Or you could just simply get a large sunburn by sitting out in the sun like this for long hours... that will really hurt..."