A/N: WOOT, it's great to be back in the Death Note fandom again! I've been so dependent on KH lately, that it was high time for this fic to be put out toward you guys, the masses. XD Hm, I doubt I'm going to live up to DEALTHY with this fic, I'm just saying that right now. I don't think anything can surpass that story. However, this IS a crack pairing story, so I just took a shot at it.
I'm sorry if this drags at the beginning at all, but I was trying (trying being the key word) to build suspense. I'm no Stephen King, who is awesome by the way. XD Anyway, I'm glad to be back.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Edit 1/6/10: For the record, this story is NOT BY ANY MEANS COMPLETE! I was in too much of a rush and accidentally said it was complete. It's not at all. I'm sorry for the confusion this may have caused.
Chapter 1: Stolen Away
Sayu eyed the clock as it ticked mere seconds toward the final bell. Just ten more of those seconds, and the weekend would officially start. Of course, she would spend it at home, possibly visit a friend's house—basically, nothing extraordinary. Tapping her pencil impatiently, she distracted herself by glancing down at her algebra test she recently finished. She would probably be lucky if she received an 85 on it. Her grades seemed nothing compared to the great post-grad Light Yagami's. Whenever Sayu walked into the classrooms, every single teacher raved about her brother and his genius abilities. They practically expected her to achieve the same astronomically high standards as him. But, after two years of college passed unceremoniously, these teachers expressed nothing but crushing disappointment due to her average grades. The average grades had added to her average looks, average style, average friends, and average life.
Perhaps she, Sayu Yagami, was too average?
The bell she previously desired to ring finally signaled the end of classes for the two day weekend. At last, she could return home! Anxiously piling her heavy textbooks into her arms, she turned in her test to the professor and proceeded to set off for her house. As she retreated outside, one of her classmates tugged at her sleeve.
"What is it, Akita-chan?" Sayu inquired, looking over her shoulder while giggling at her friend's persistence to get her attention.
"I was thinking that we could hang out at my place! That way, we can also study together for that big history test on Monday."
Sayu groaned as she remembered that brief announcement toward the conclusion of that particular class. Monday tests were the worst! And to think, she hoped to enjoy her weekend devoid of studying. It sounded extremely unappealing to pore over her history textbook now, but she wanted to do well on this test. She could try to emulate Light, right? It surely couldn't be that difficult, and she wished to become at least half as intelligent as her brother.
"OK, sure. I'll call Mom and let her know where I'm going," she submitted reluctantly, taking out her cellphone, an object she rarely abandoned at home. This device served as yet another aspect of her overly boring, average life. Somewhere out there, something absolutely must exist that could eliminate this boring monotony. Sayu rested her faith in that one day, when everything changed.
For now, she resigned to living in the present by quickly dialing her home to inform her mother that she would return later than usual tonight. Shortly after Sachiko Yagami gave her consent for her daughter to stay a few hours at Akita's house, Sayu walked down the sidewalk with her good friend by her side. They spoke of trivial topics, mostly those from co-ed life, which Akita found rewarding due to its perks. She casually told Sayu of her college senior boyfriend, the star of To-Oh University's soccer team. How did her friend become as lucky as that? Then again, one's beau admittedly bored her, too. Lately, it seemed that everything and anything bored her. She resolved to half-listen to Akita's story while scanning her surroundings. Brightly, the sun shone today, the clouds lazily floating along in the vividly blue sky. And those clouds looked like puffy marshmallows big enough to eat, she assumed thoughtfully. What a perfect day...and yet exactly the same as all the others.
Sayu flipped back loose strands of her dark brunette hair that kept falling into her brown eyes. Sure, the other guys at school considered her a beauty, but only because her tresses distracted them. In fact, some of them had confessed to this during dates that she unenthusiastically went to, so as not to hurt their feelings. For some reason, though, these young men were the ones that ended up gaining her disapproval due to their ignorance. Occasionally, usually during lazy weekend afternoons, she couldn't help but dream regarding the perfect man. Some intelligence within his mind would be rather nice, once she reflected on it. Aside from that, she could care less about appearances.
"So," Akita interrupted her rapidly runaway thoughts, "I guess that Matsuda guy really likes you."
Sighing heavily, Sayu shook her head fondly at the young cop's mannerisms, though only looked upon him as a friend. She knew well enough psychologically to observe how Matsuda behaved around her, as though fascinated by her every move. Romantically, though, she possessed no interest in him, despite his cute sincerity. For one thing, there was a bit of an age difference—true, merely eleven years, but it felt like more. Besides, last week when Light, Misa, and the task force spent four hours at the Yagami home, she could tell her parents didn't care for Matsuda very much. Maybe that shouldn't matter, but Sayu was painfully traditional, no thanks to a boring life so far. Everything seemed to come back to that one irksome fact.
"He's just a friend, Akita. And, let's be honest here, he's thirty!"
"Love knows not of numbers, my friend," Akita airily replied.
Sayu could hardly resist laughing from this comment, even though it honestly wasn't the age that bothered her too much. If she found herself incapable of loving Matsuda, then she must be. In no hurry for dating seriously let alone marriage, she would bide her time until that day arrived. Until then, she fiercely denied the affections of young men her age. Cruel, she admitted to herself, but she would not allow such attachments before the right moment came. And who knew when that would happen?
"I'm serious, OK? I'm not that interested in anybody right now."
Akita mocked a doubtful snort. "You always say that! But, one of these days, Sayu, love is coming for you. When it does, let me assure you, it's going to come with a bang. Just warning you."
"Whatever you say, Akita-chan," Sayu responded with a shrug of her shoulders.
By that time, they reached their destination of Akita's house. Once there, the two girls studied the potential test material hard, though listened to the latest tunes that played on the music channel on TV. Sayu pretended that she didn't recognize the playfully angelic alto emitting from the current music video playing. The song was Misa Amane's latest smash hit "Can't Get Enough of Your Love." Obviously, she probably wrote that (did she even write her own music?) with Light in mind. Leave it to her perfect brother to go out with the most famous pop sensation in Japan to date. Truthfully, Sayu had often noticed Light's lack of enthusiasm toward Misa, which somewhat angered her. One would think that he would be grateful to even have a devoting girlfriend who would never run off to cheat on him. But, of course, if he dumped Misa, he could always find someone else.
As much as she loved her brother, Sayu could become rather disgusted toward him at times. She never had any idea why he could downright revolt her like that; he simply did due to his overzealous perfection. How could someone like him just be born impeccable and continue living life in that manner for years straight? She doubted she could, which caused her to be almost jealous of her brother, since he got all the attention and praise. While, on the contrary, she only received comments like, "Oh, Sayu, if you could do this one little thing right" or something to that effect.
"Hm, how's your brother getting along with his superstar girlfriend these days?" Akita asked, glancing up toward Misa's music video on TV while chewing on her pencil.
Even her friends brought Light up in conversation! This bothered Sayu more than usual.
"They're getting along great," she partially lied, ensuring to inject some apathy into her tone.
Her friend, aware of this severe lack of interest, merely nodded to acknowledge it and therefore dropped the subject. Three more hours passed with nothing of notable significance occurring, aside from Akita's parents returning from work. They all sat down to supper to eat a delicious homemade meal from Mrs. Uchida. More studying, considerably lighter than before luckily, followed along with typical female discussion. They had ascended the stairs to Akita's room by this time, but Sayu quit studying to focus on talking for once.
"You know, this is going to sound totally weird. But, I'm going to tell you what's been on my mind lately," she informed, resting on her back comfortably on the bed as she gazed at the ceiling. An impulse suggested that she confide in her friend regarding this. She hadn't told anybody else.
Languidly, Akita sat up on her knees, averting her gaze from the blaring television set in order to listen. She had a feeling that Sayu would reveal something that she would never share with anybody else. After all, Sayu was one of those people who preferred to keep her most intimate, private thoughts to herself. Apparently, tonight would be different.
"I've been thinking that my life is boring. Sure, people think that way sometimes. But, that seems to be my opinion all the time. I just wish that something crazy will happen to break up the monotony."
Puzzled, Akita contemplated what to say in response to her friend's explanation. Why would she even mention the tediousness of her life? Did being overshadowed by Light have something to do with it? Or perhaps this stemmed from the restless natures of college students.
Curious as to why Sayu would bring up this topic, Akita finally gave her reply. "Look, I'm not quite sure why you'd feel that way, but be careful what you wish for. I mean, that crazy thing might be kind of scary. I don't really know how else to say it."
Sayu glanced toward the TV while she sat up. "Well, in my life, most of the time I'm known as Light's sister. People don't even care about my name. And I feel way too average. That's what I mean by my life being boring. You get what I'm saying, Akita-chan?"
"I think I do. I doubt I could relate, though. Sorry."
"It's no problem." Sayu waved this aside as she gathered her books, papers, and pencil into her arms. "I think I should be heading home now. It's seven thirty and getting late. Don't want to worry Mom."
After exchanging goodbyes, she went down the stairs and out the front door after thanking Akita's parents for the dinner.
Content that she confessed to someone concerning her thoughts (it always felt great to do so), she sang a song softly under her breath. She didn't know why but simply wanted to. Maybe her friend Akita was right. If something crazy did interfere with her mundane life, it could be frightening, too. She had seen too many horror movies to not be the slightest bit aware of that. At least that opinion brought her to her senses. Still, even despite that, a certain reminder persisted within the darkest corners of her mind, a thought that concerned the one thing that had bothered her for years. Living in Light's shadow for too long annoyed her. If only she could move to a place where no one acknowledged the existence of her brother! The other side of the world would be a decent area, as long as no one knew her famous surname. After college, she planned to move out of the country, definitely.
As she strolled down the sidewalk, Sayu suddenly sensed an eerie presence trailing after her. Someone was following her, which sent chills down her spine. Never before had she experienced having a stalker lurk in the shadows, just waiting to snatch her from the dark to mysteriously steal her away. Her family wouldn't be able to rescue her from this terrifying fate, only attempt searching for her. And, of course, her friends would merely panic and wait in fear until she somehow returned to the Kanto region again.
These morbid thoughts inevitably disturbed her to the point that she quickened her pace. Suddenly, once she followed through with this slight movement, she heard plodding footsteps a few feet behind her. Whoever followed her was gaining and fast!
Sayu didn't care about subtlety any more; she started to run like her life depended on it.
Even so, the footsteps did not let up in the slightest. They came more loudly, more hurriedly than ever before. Apparently, the owner was determined to reach her, to do whatever he or she liked with her. Merely assuming this frightened Sayu beyond belief, because she knew the paranoia that came with the nocturnal hours did not overwhelm her. The person wasn't just another casual stranger roaming the streets. This was classified as a residential area! Why would someone just randomly explore a mostly quiet neighborhood where tranquility calmed its residents? No, this person was not normal and most certainly not out for a stroll. What else happened currently other than she, an innocent nineteen-year-old co-ed, sensing a stranger with ill intentions chase her? At this point in her desperate attempt at simply going home, Sayu lost her cool and panicked by escalating her paced run into a sprint.
More footsteps ran behind her, so that it sounded more than one person after her. Unfortunately, she could not guess as to how many people. Running even more rapidly, she made her way up the sidewalk, hoping the corner to turn toward her house would appear shortly. She knew that she had to near her destination before midnight, even though the sky had darkened hours before. But, if she managed to make it, she would tell her mother to lock the doors to discourage these stalkers. Why didn't she leave Akita's house sooner to prevent this moment from ever happening? Spurred on by the faith that she would return home, Sayu noticed the familiar corner where she would sprint the final leg of her flight from the strangers. Just a few more steps, and she could see her warm, safe house and strict yet loving mother again. She could make it out alive or at least unharmed.
As soon as she assumed she would lose the people following her, strong arms grasped her waist and hoisted her up in the air. Ready to fight for her life, she flailed her legs to kick the man who tightly grabbed her. It seemed, though, that the arms held her tighter and tighter, so she decided to punch him instead. She pounded her fists against his back, desperate to break free of his hold. He proceeded to carry her away when she had been so close to home.
"Mom!" she screamed, running out of options. "Mom, help! Call 9-1—!"
Another man stuffed a rag in her mouth to stifle her tortured yells. Despite this hindrance, she continued screaming for her mother, to warn her of these gruff men who aimed to kidnap her. Unfortunately, for her, they appeared to open a car door once they walked two blocks there and threw her in the back seat.
Sayu realized that they neglected to tie her hands and feet to prevent her escape. She still had a chance for freedom! But, as she moved her hand silently toward the metal handle, she heard her captors speak for the first time. She hated their voices, which sounded so gruff and unfriendly.
"Hey, we should have tied her up, so she won't get away. The boss wouldn't like it if she ran off somewhere," one of the men mentioned to the other two.
The co-conspirator next to him nodded his head. "Yeah, I'll get right on it."
As he left the car to retrieve something (most likely ropes), Sayu slowly inched toward the door. She refused to stay in the vehicle a second longer; besides, she promised her mom she would come home. Honestly, she would loathe herself to not make good on her word and end up worrying her family. More importantly, she wanted to be alive.
But, the man who seemed to act as leader held a gun to her head and ordered, "Don't move," dashing any hopes of escape.
A/N: I guess the reason why I made Sayu the way she is in this fic is that I felt that she wasn't developed enough in the series. Sure, she was just Light's little sister, but she was just used as a plot device. I kind of wanted to go beyond that, write what her thoughts and feelings might have been...with a nice little pairing just to make things slightly AU.
I'm not expecting this to garner many reviews, but it would be nice if you guys did review anyway. By the way, I thought of the idea thanks to blackdragonflower, who got me into this pairing. Her stories are pretty cool, especially if you like crack pairings and Matt/Mello, so check them out. Right, well, later, until I have time to update!