And now I present to you chapter two!
Dsicalimer:
Don't own Death Note
Light
Kara-15
L-23
They had long since moved into the new headquarters and Kara was currently bored out of her mind. Her brother had confined her to the floor he had built specially for himself, Watari and her. It had their bedrooms, a gaming room, a personal theatre and a indoor pool and hot tub.
She supposed that with all this within her grasp she shouldn't be bored but Kara couldn't help it. The entire Taskforce was seriously boring and weren't interested in playing video games with her aside from Matsuda who wasn't allowed to play video games with her because he was supposed to be working.
For safety reasons she wasn't aloud to call Matt, Mello or Near from Wammy and she was missing talking to them terribly. Especially Beyond and A. On top of all that she was recovering from the flu and the idea of going downstairs did not appeal to her. So with nothing better to do with her time other than watch her clock go from 10:43pm to 10:44 pm she decided to go to sleep.
Kara woke herself up by slamming her head into the headboard. Bolting up in bed she panted heavily and pressed her hands against her chest trying to slow the galloping rate of her heart beat.
She knew that only more fear would find her if she tried to go to sleep so she decided to go see if he brother would mind the company. She changed into leggings and a long tee before making her way downstairs on trembling legs to see him. She took the elevator since she didn't trust herself with stairs at the moment.
By the time the elevator reached it's destination the trembling in her legs had almost completely calmed and she was able to walk into the main room where all the monitors were located. Everything was eerily quiet and it looked like her brother had taken a bathroom break.
Out of curiosity Kara decided to take a look at what he was working on and started making her way towards the wall of technology. She chuckled to herself, when she told Matt about this he would be green with jealousy. However she was stopped in her tracks by the sound of soft footsteps behind her. They had shoes on and they definitely didn't belong to Watari.
She had heard every single one of the Taskforce members leave which meant that someone had gotten in somehow. Acting on instinct she dropped to her knees and whipped a foot out towards the person behind her.
"Hey!" The person snapped, somehow dodging her foot and coming out into the lit area.
It was a teenaged guy, around seventeen. He had caramel coloured hair that was perfectly styled and he was dressed like a collage boy. He most definitely wasn't old enough to be part of the police force. The look on his face scared the crap out of her, he was both ticked and impressed and he was coming towards her fast.
Kara scrambled to her feet and bolted down a side hall, her pursuer hot on her heels. Adrenaline was coursing through her body and she was running as fast as she could. She had always been a fast runner, unfortunately the teen was quicker.
Kara tripped and in a instant the boy behind her had grabbed on, pulling her flush against him so that he would not fall on her and crush her. As soon as they landed the boy pinned her wrists above her head and used his legs to pin hers to the floor. She opened her mouth to scream and alert L to the trouble but he knew and used his other hand to cover her mouth.
She squirmed as much as she could but he was heavier and stronger than her so the efforts to get free were futile. A large dark shape came through a side door and she renewed her efforts to get at least her mouth free.
Kara heard her captor talking to the other person.
"I found her in the main room, she somehow managed to bypass all of our alerts and get in undetected. She gave quite the chase and even now won't stop squirming. What do we do with he- ow!"
His words were cut off by Kara sinking her teeth into the hand that held her mouth closed.
He ripped it away letting loose a curse as he waved it around in the air. The minute it was gone she filled her lungs at let loose a almighty scream.
"Code Red!"
That was their code term to let the others in the building know that there was a intruder.
"Kara?!" Her captors companion finally spoke.
Kara whipped her head at the voice and saw the shape step into the light. It was her brother.
"Get off of me you jerk!" She spat, bucking her hips and squirming with a renewed vigour trying to get free of the massive weight on top of her.
"Light get off of her! That isn't a intruder that's my sister!" L exclaimed.
A moment later the weight on her lifted, her hands became free to use which allowed her to punch her captor as hard as she could in the chest before rolling out of the way and trying to get to her feet. She failed. Her whole body felt like jelly.
"Kara that wasn't necessary. Do you need help standing?" L asked with a hint of amusement.
Kara sighed.
"Yes."
Light stared at the girl lying on the floor. Now that she wasn't trying to kill him and he knew she wasn't some sort of assassin kid he was actually able to look at her.
She strongly resembled the insomniac detective next to him, without the bags under the eyes and the weird hunched over gait not to mention that he doubted she sat like her brother.
She was glaring up at him with a fire that amazed him. She had to be only about 14-15 and yet she clearly felt no qualms in challenging him.
It amused him to hear that L had a younger sister, made him easier to hurt. The girl at his feet was a real firecracker. Light smiled inwardly. If she travled with her brother there was a good chance that she didn't have much contact with boys which would make winning the girl over significantly easier.
Putting on a sheepish expression he leaned down and offered a hand to her.
"I apologize for treating you the way I did. I just didn't want Ryuzaki to get hurt. I didn't bruise you or anything did I?" Light asked in a concerned tone.
Kara accepted his hand and stood, stumbling slightly but catching herself on the wall they stood next to.
"I'm fine, thanks for asking. I apologize for trying to attack you back there, I wasn't aware we had another person that would be coming a going from here because a certain someone forgot to let me know."
Kara glared at Ryuzaki who gave her a guilty look.
They all headed back to the main room, it intrigued Light to see Ryuzaki walk so close to his sister until he saw Kara stumble slightly and Ryuzaki steady her gently.
They had almost reached the main room when Kara tripped on some candies that were lying on the floor and fell backwards. L just missed her and Light caught her instead. Inside he grinned, step one of gaining her trust was just beginning.
Kara only stumbled once much to her pleasure, maybe she was getting over this reaction to extreme stress. However her smile was short lived when she felt herself step onto something small and round and felt herself fly backwards.
She braced for impact, however her fall was caught by her brother's friend Light.
He smiled down at her and gently moved her back onto her feet, not letting go until she was balanced.
"Haha, glad I caught you." He said with a teasing tone.
She shot him a thankful smile and followed her brother into the main room. She padded across the floor and settled herself down in a chair set up a few feet back from her brothers.
L looked at her for a moment before turning and walking towards the kitchen.
Kara saw movement out if the corner of her eye and then felt a soft blanket get laid gently over top of her. She looked up in shock to see Light smile as he gently tucked the top behind her shoulders. She knew that her usually large eyes had widened at the action. He barely knew her, why on earth would he do something so caring when she had tried to incapacitate him less than twenty minutes ago.
He stepped back and sat down in a second office chair that Kara hadn't noticed until now. The office chair was much closer to hers that L's was and for some unexplainable reason that fact made her edgy.
Her brother joined them minutes later and in his hand he held two plates. One with his usual cake and the other one was a plate with a blueberry muffin.
He placed the blueberry muffin plate in her lap.
Kara smiled and thanked him softly. Her brother simply smiled and leaned down to brush a feather light kiss across her forehead before returning to his post at his laptop and continuing his work.
After about a half hour Light let out a huge sigh and leaned back in his chair.
"My brain is now officially fried for the night. I need to go home and recharge for school tomorrow. See ya later Ryuzaki, have a good night Kara."
Her brother glanced up at Light with a raised eyebrow.
"How come you didn't wish me a good night Light-kun?"
"Cause unlike you Kara will probably sleep sometime before morning." Light said with a roll of his eyes as he pulled on his coat.
"How can you be sure? My sister and I are extremely alike." L shot back.
"Not in the important things. By the absence of the bags under her eyes I would assume Kara actually sleeps."
"Is that the only noticeable difference between us?" L asked.
"Na, Kara is also cuter." Light tossed over his shoulder with a grin and a wink at Kara as he stepped into the elevator and the doors closed behind him.
Kara stared at the doors to the elevator for several moments before turning back to her brother with a confused expression.
"He called me cute. Why on earth would he do that?" Was Kara's statement.
L was silent and Kara assumed that he was focusing on his work. She leaned her head back on her chair and closed her eyes, Light was a extremely attractive guy and his voice had a unusually compelling quality to it. She had a feeling that he attracted a lot of female attention. However even with all that going for him she still found her mind returning to a certain childhood friend who would probably never know of the effect he had on her heart.
Kara was jerked back to reality by two large hands grasping her shoulders gently. Her head shot up and her eyes flew open to meet the intense gaze of her brother. She was startled by the worry in his eyes.
"Listen to me Kara. Light Yagami is not what he seems. You do not want to start falling for him. I wasn't going to tell you but after seeing the effect he had on you I fell as though I have no choice. Light is my number one suspect for Kira."
Kara blinked.
"What effect?"
"You we're blushing when I came over here."
Kara lifted her hands to her cheeks and felt the warmth fading.
"I wasn't thinking about Light, I was thinking about someone else."
"Who?"
"Someone from Wammy."
Her brother's face relaxed.
"Oh, that's different. If he's a Wammy boy then go ahead and have your little crush. Just so long as it isn't Light."
Flashback:
Kara-8
Beyond-14
A-12
Mello-7
Matt-6
Near-5
L-16
Kara bounced into A's room, giggling. Matt, Mello and Near all crowded into the doorway behind her. On the bed Beyond and A were studying for the test that was coming up next month.
"Hey Kara-bear, what can we do for you?" Asked Beyond.
"We wanna play hide and seek tag! Will you and A play with us?" Kara asked.
A and Beyond exchanged looks, 12 year old eyes meeting 14 year old yes and both boys nodding in agreement.
"Yeah K we can play with you guys." A said with a bright smile.
"Yayyyyy!" Matt and Kara chorused.
"Beyond will seek and everyone else hide. Near will stay with me to hide alright?" A said, hopping off the bed, grabbing five year old Near's hand and pulling him out the door.
Seven year old Mello puffed out his chest,
"I'm going to win this game. No one is as good as me!"
Six year old Matt rolled his eyes and took off.
"Whatever Mello. Let's go hide."
The three remaining little kids ran out of the room, in search for the perfect hiding spot.
Kara giggled and ran to Beyond's room. Slipping inside and crawling under the bed. His room was the only one that had been painted since he and A had been there the longest. His walls were a charcoal grey and his bedspread was scarlet red. She was aloud to go into his room whenever, both her and A were, so she knew he wouldn't be mad at her for hiding there.
"28, 29, 30! Ready or not here I come!" Beyond's voice floated into the room as he left A's room and began his hunt.
Kara curled into a ball at the head end of the bed, he would never think to look here. Minutes later she heard Matt's voice echo through the halls.
"Crap, you found me!"
"That's cause you were playing the video game thingy. It's kinda hard to miss you when the screen reflects light onto everything. Not to mention that you didn't run to hide elsewhere before I could tag you. It's called hide and go seek tag for a reason. Head on into A's room to stay until the game in over."
Kara took a breath and accidentally inhaled some dust. All of a sudden she felt a building tickling sensation in her nose. She tried to hold it in but to no avail, a powerful sneeze rocked her body and echoed through the room. Crap.
Footsteps echoed through the hall and the door opened. Kara could see Beyond's trademark red socks from her perch under the bed. She could see his feet moving to the foot of the bed and silently moved herself down the bed out from under the bed. She was still hidden, now all she had to do was wait until he bent over to look under the bed so that he was at a disadvantage to chase her. Bingo. As soon as the fabric lifted she bolted from the room, Beyond's cry of hey echoing through the hall.
Kara giggled and sped up, veering sideways through the halls towards the outside door. She got outside without being caught and ran across the grass, her light giggles floating back towards the house. She finally made it behind a tree, panting as she peeked around for Beyond. He was nowhere to be seen.
Suddenly hands grabbed her around the waist and lifted her into the air.
"Gotcha!"
Kara squealed with laughter and Beyond swung her around before depositing her onto his back.
"Let's go find the others Kara-bear!"
Beyond laughed, curling his arms under her knees as Kara gripped his shoulders.
It didn't take long to find the others and tag them. Everyone gathered in A's room after hide and seek, A sitting in his window seat with Near in his lap, Matt and Mello sat at the head of the bed, Matt with his game and Mello with his Chocolate. Beyond sat on the bed and leaned against the wall with Kara curled into his side. A had a little TV set up in his room and they all spent the afternoon watching movies together.
It was a quiet time that stood out in all of their memories for a very long time.
So what did you think? Reviews are welcome! Flames shall be laughed at, posted for others to laugh at, and ignored as I continue the story.
