And now I give you chapter two!
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I don't own death note, it's characters, or the totally awesome music I'm listening to right now:D
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Anyway, on with the story!
Meeting L
Faith sat up in bed and indulged herself in a luxurious stretch before getting up and getting ready. Today was the day on the To-oh Entrance exams. Once she was ready she headed downstairs for breakfast before joining her brother at the door.
They headed for To-oh and Faith fidgeted her fingers nervously. This was the only school in this area of Japan that had a program for the blind of that kind of ranking. To-oh was the school of Japanese professional dreams and for her to able to get it was basically a ticket to whatever career she wanted.
They arrived ten minutes to testing and she was escorted into the testing room for blind. Once everyone was seated they were told that there was a total of seventeen blind students in that room. Then tests started.
Dressed in a sapphire blue dress and black kitten heels, Faith sat patently at her mothers dressing table as her mom did her caramel coloured hair. Her mom said that she was doing a professional looking bun with a few wisps of hair framing her face.
Once she was done her hair her mom moved onto makeup to match her dress. Once she was done her mom had her stand and twirl around.
"Oh, my baby girl looks all grown up. Sweetie you look stunning. I wish you could see yourself right now. You look like a adult." Her mom's voice cracked as she mentioned her not being able to see.
Faith smiled sadly, she wished she could see herself to. The door to her moms room opened and Sayu's perfume filled the air.
"Oh my god! Faith you look amazing! What until dad and Light see you!" Sayu exclaimed.
Faith laughed and accepted the cane that was placed into her hand. With her moms help she made her way downstairs and into the living room. Her dad and Light's voice silenced as her mom called their attention to her.
"Um, Light are you ready to go? Mom's done with my hair and face now." Faith said, trying to fill the oppressive silence.
"Faith... You look beautiful." Light's voice sounded a little hoarse.
Faith froze. Light never gave complements like that.
"Looks like your moving onto the next stage of your life. You look every bit the adult you are Faith. Both of you do." Her dad said in the softest tone she had ever heard.
"I wish I could see you guys right now. Especially you Light. I wish I could see if we still look like twins." Faith said with a wistful tone.
"We do. We will always look like twins." Light said, he had come up to her and was now taking her arm and guiding her out.
Her dad came up behind them.
"I'm dropping the two of you off at To-oh on my way to work. I don't want you guys to have to walk dressed up so nicely."
Once their dad had dropped them off Faith took Light's arm and followed his lead past the gates of the school. Faith met up with her guide to sit with the rest of the blind students, wishing her brother a good speech as she followed her guide. She was one of the freshman representatives this year because she got 100% in all tests just like her brother. It was the first time a blind student had managed to be a freshman representative.
Taking a seat she waited for the speeches to be over and them to call up the freshman representatives.
"Next we have the freshman addresses. Our freshman representative Light Yagami, and our other freshman representative Hideki Ryuga." The man said.
As they made their way up the man began to speak again.
"And now for the first time in To-oh history we have a third freshman representative, a student in our course for the blind. Our third freshman representative Faith Yagami."
As he announced her name her guide led her to the stairs where her brother waited.
She gripped his arm and he led her up the stairs onto the stage. She was the first to give her speech, followed by Light and last was the person they called Ryuga.
During Ryuga's speech his voice kept on niggling at the back of her head, she had spoken to him before, she could have sworn it.
After the speeches were finished she bowed and took Light's arm, following him down the stairs. As they walked, Ryuga followed extremely close behind.
"Yagami-kun." Ryuga said.
Light made a acknowledging noise.
"You're the son of detective-superintendent Soichiro Yagami of the NPA. Your respect for your father is matched only by your deep sense of justice. You aim to reach a leadership position in the NPA yourself, and in the past have along with your sister Faith provided insights that have led to the solution of several cases. And right now, you are showing a great deal of interest in the Kira case."
Faith's eyes widened slightly. She knew that voice! It was Ryuzaki from the hotel! The one that employed the old man Watari that had helped her!
"So if you two will swear to me that you will not tell anybody, I shall place my faith in your abilities and sense of justice and tell you something of vital importance regarding the Kira case."
Faith narrowed her eyes. What was he up to? She knew that he was involved in the case and was connected to L some how since everyone differed to him but to approach Light?!
"I won't tell anybody and neither will Faith. What is it?" Light murmured.
"I am L."
When Ryuzaki said those words her brother's steps faltered causing Faith to lose her balance slightly. She let out a soft squeaky noise and her brother steadied her.
Once they reached the floor Light shifted and exchanged meaningless crap with Ryuga/Ryuzaki/L. Faith ignored them and tried to sort out her thoughts.
Suddenly her brother started walking again, steering her to the seats in the front row that had been reserved for the freshman representatives. She took her seat next to Light and heard "L" take a seat next to Light.
She could feel Light's tension from her seat and reached a gentle hand to his arm, reaching down to his hand to give it a gentle squeeze before retracting it again. He gave her a soft bump with his shoulder as a thanks and she felt his muscles relax slightly.
All of a sudden she heard a voice.
"Hyuk, hyuk. If this guy is L than he's really something else."
Faith's head shot up and she glanced around. That voice creeped her out, she had heard it on numerous occasions now but usually was focusing on something else and ignored it since it wasn't talking to her. She always thought it was just another one of Light's friends but for it to know about L?
The ceremony finished and Faith took Lights arm, following him out of the crowded building. As they walked away from the building the creepy voice sounded again.
"Hyuk, hyuk! That was a very interesting ceremony, Light." It chortled.
Faith's head shot up at the sound. Light didn't respond and Faith was starting to wonder if she was going nuts.
"Yagami-kun." "L's" voice called.
Faith turned her head in the direction of the voice.
"Hey Light, it's that guy. He's calling you." Creepy voice said.
"Yagami-kun. It was nice meeting you." "L" said.
"Yeah, nice meeting you to..." Light said, sounding about as thrilled as he did when talking with his fan group.
"I'll see you around on campus then." "L" said cheerfully.
"Oh yeah. Of course...bye." Light said. He sounded really distracted.
The train ride and the walk home was absolutely silent. Faith knew that something was bothering her brother about the whole thing with "L" but she had no clue what. They got home and Light left her at the front door.
"How did it go today, freshman representatives?" Sayu teased.
Light didn't respond. He was totally off in his own world and Sayu watched while Faith listened as he made his way upstairs to his room, closing the door behind him.
"Uh, is he ok?" Sayu asked as Faith made her way to the couch and sat down.
Faith sighed. "I don't know. I'll go check on him after he's cooled down."
Faith made her way up the stairs to Light's room and knocked on the door. She needed to find out what was going on with him.
The click of the lock sounded and she heard the door open.
"Faith, come on in." Light said, taking her arm and steering her over to his office chair.
She heard him move away and the sound of his bead creaking told her that he was sitting.
"Light, whats going on. You've been acting strange for a while now, and then when Ryuga said he was L you freaked." Faith said.
"He startled me but I'm not bothered by him being L." Light said in the smooth oily tone he used with people he was trying to manipulate.
"Don't lie to me! You ARE bothered by Ryuga and I want to know why. You've been shutting everyone out since Kira came along and that's not healthy." Faith said firmly.
She heard Light shift.
"Faith, your imagining things. I haven't been shutting you guys out, I'm just focusing on school. Honest." His voice dipped down into that soft hoarse place he reserved for manipulating girls alone.
Faith glared in the direction of his voice and stood to her feet.
"How dare you use that manipulating voice on me! I'm not one of those weak-minded pathetic girls that attach myself to you, that voice has no effect on me. I can't believe that you actually thought you could deceive me like that! I'm your twin Light, you will never be able to play me the way you can play even the rest of our family. Remember that." Faith spat, stalking across the room and ripping open the door, leaving and slamming it behind her.
Faith went to her room and settled on her bed, burying her head in her hands. Her brother had changed so much. Some terrifying thoughts swirled about her head regarding Light's confusing behaviour, ones that could destroy everything.
Faith made her way outside, holding to her guides arm. As she made her way across the green her guide suddenly spoke up.
"Hey! It's that guy Ryuga! He's watching you!" She exclaimed.
Faith perked up. It sounded like he was alone, good.
"Bring me to him and then go ahead and have your lunch break. He's a friend of mine." Faith said.
She was lead over to Ryuga.
"Faith-chan, it is good to see you again." He said cheerfully.
Her escort giggled and left. Once she knew that her escort was no longer in hearing range she spoke.
"It is good to see you again as well, Ryuzaki." Faith said in a soft voice.
She could feel the surprise radiating off of him.
"My name isn't Ryuzaki."
He said.
Faith smiled. "No it isn't. It's a alias just like Hideki Ryuga. But since you won't be sharing your real name anytime soon I think that when my brother isn't around I shall just call you Ryuzaki since that was the first alias I was told when I first met you."
Ryuzaki laughed. "I thought you might figure it out. Why would you refrain from using that name around your brother though?"
"Because you suspect him to be Kira." Faith stated coldly.
Silence.
"That's a rather large assumption on your part Faith-chan." Ryuzaki said, his voice had lost the cheerful quality and had taken on a detached tone.
"Not at all. You're L. The only way you would come out in public is if there was no other way to secure a lead. You suspect my brother and your trying to bait him into doing something stupid and outing himself as Kira." Faith countered.
"You don't sound angry. Why not?" Ryuzaki asked.
"Because I suspect him too."
Light smiled at one of his friends and began walking across the grassy area. Two figures in the corner drew his attention. One was Ryuga, and the other one looked like...Faith?!
Light jogged across the green until he was a few feet from them. It was definitally Faith with "L". Ryuga looked up at him and said something to Faith who turned to face in his direction.
"Hey Light!" Faith said with a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes.
Light winced slightly. He knew that she was still angry with him. He knew that he shouldn't have tried that on her, he had never been able to lie to her.
"Hey Faith, class done for you already?" Light asked, forcing a cheerful tone.
"Yes. I'm just waiting on my ride to call me and let me know that their here." Faith answered.
"Yagami-kun, were classes good for you?" Ryuga asked, turning his dark eyes onto him.
Light forced a smile. "Yes they-"
He was interrupted by Faith's cell phone going off. Light watched as she answered. When a young male voice came through the speakers he stiffened.
"Ok, I'll be right there." Faith said and hung up.
She shot a smile to the right of Ryuga's actual head.
"I have to go but I hope to see you again soon." Faith said cheerfully.
"I'll see you at home, ok Light?" Faith said over her shoulder as she headed across the green slowly, using her cane.
Light watched her walk away before turning his glare onto Ryuga.
"Listen here Ryuga. My sister has nothing to do with the Kira case. She's suffered enough, don't even think about dragging her into your case. She doen't even care about Kira." Light said forcefully.
Ryuga smiled. "Actually she's quite invested in the Kira case. She told me what she's figured out about Kira's killing method and I'd say she's pretty spot on. Your sister's views on Kira are quite strong."
Light gritted his teeth. He didn't want her involved in this mess. If she somehow figured out the connections between Kira's actions and Lights actions and began to be suspicious he could be in major trouble.
"Say Yagami-kun, what do you think of tennis?"
Faith paused outside the gates.
"Matsuda?" She called out.
"Right here Faith. Here, grab my arm and we can go." Matsuda's voice sounded next to her ear.
She took his arm. "Thanks for coming to get me for my dad."
Matsuda helped her into his car and closed the door for her before going around the car and getting in on the other side.
"Hey don't worry about it. It was nice to be able to get out of the hotel room for once. I needed some lunch and fresh air before I went nuts." Matsuda laughed.
Faith grinned, his cheerful disposition was contagious.
"Hey, since I'm picking you up before lunch your probably hungry. Why don't we hit that new sushi place on the way to the hotel. Your dad said to feed you before you got there." He said.
Faith nodded. "Sounds good to me. I'm starved."
They went to lunch and for the first time in a long time Faith enjoyed herself. Usually she would be doing this kind of stuff with Light so the lack of her twin dampened her spirits slightly but she still enjoyed herself greatly. As Faith followed Matsuda out of the restaurant she had a bad feeling that it would be a long time before she was able to just spend relaxing time around others.
So what did you think? Reviews are welcome! Flames shall be laughed at, posted for others to laugh at, and then ignored as I continue the story.
