Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note!
Wishing
By: Sparxyu
Chapter 4
Ruki walked through the front door of her house. "Mom?" she called. "Are you here?"
There was no answer. On the counter sat a folded piece of white paper. Ruki's name was written on it in kanji. Ruki opened it. It said:
Dear Ruki,
I've gone to the store to pick up something for dinner. If I'm not home when you get home, give me a call on my cell phone. I'll pick up and be home around 5:00.
Love from,
Mom
Ruki picked up the phone and dialed her mother's cell phone number.
Mrs. Yakahana picked up. "Hello?"
"Hi, Mom," Ruki said.
"Ruki!" her mother exclaimed. "Hi, hon. How was your day?"
"It was good. Light-kun, Hideki-kun and I all ate lunch together. We had a great time." (A/N: Ruki's mom does know who 'Hideki-kun' really is, for those of you who are wondering.)
"That's great, sweetie, but listen, I've got to go. I'm just about ready to check out and I'm losing service in this store. I'll talk to you later."
"Love you, Mom."
"Love you, too, sweetie. Bye."
"Bye, Mom."
Ruki hung up. She went upstairs to her room and looked at the clock. It read 4:30 pm. With a sigh, she got started on her homework.
Half an hour later, she picked up Skellig again and was just starting to read the seventh chapter when she heard her mother calling her name, wanting her to help with the groceries.
Ruki went out to her mother's car and picked up three of the heavy-looking plastic bags. With a groan, she deposited them on the kitchen counter and went out to go get more of the bags.
When she got back in, she discovered that her mother was out of the room. She had just started putting things away when her mother reentered the kitchen.
"I'm going to get started on dinner."
"Ok," was Ruki's reply. "I'm going to go hang out in my room. Call me when it's time for dinner."
"All right," Mrs. Yakahana responded, already engrossed in boiling some water for the rice she had bought.
Once she got into her room, Ruki flopped down on her back onto her bed. She crossed her arms behind her head and then turned over onto her stomach, reaching for Skellig. As she reached for it, the tips of her fingers brushed against it and it toppled off of the bed onto the floor. Ruki picked it back up again and turned back to chapter seven. As she read she lost herself in the world of the story. Her imagination was soon filled with images from it.
Ruki's eyelids began to droop tiredly. She fell limply onto her side as her eyes closed and her head hit the pillow.
She had the dream again.
L's voice pierced the air. "Help! Someone, please, help me!"
"L!" Ruki cried. "Hang on! I'm coming!"
"Help! Please, someone help! Ruki, help me! RUKI!"
Ruki tried to run, but she couldn't see where she was going. Visions flashed through her mind. She saw L in the bed again, in the snow bank, unconscious, shifting in the bed as he dreamed.
"Ruki," L's voice called. "Ruki! Help me! RUKI!"
Ruki woke with a start. She jolted bolt-upright in her bed. A cold sweat coated her brow.
'A dream,' she reminded herself. 'It was just a dream.'
"Ruki!" Mrs. Yakahana called. "Dinner time!"
"Ok, Mom!"
Ruki walked slowly down the stairs to the dinner table where her mother was serving dinner. She picked up her chopsticks, her hands shaking a little.
As she finished, the news on TV caught her attention.
A reporter came on screen. "My name is Amane Dite and I'm here in front of the Ryuzaki Ramen shop where a crash has occurred today. One of the men in the car flew out of the windshield while the other was trapped within. Our sources tell us that the man who flew out of the windshield was in fact a young man. His older companion was trapped inside of the car, but both have been taken to the Saint Shinigami hospital, where they are both being treated."
The reporter stopped talking and a clip flashed across the screen. A young, black-haired man wearing a long-sleeved white t-shirt and jeans was shown flying out of the window. It was L!
Ruki let out a yelp. Her teacup fell off the table and ended up as shards of porcelain.
"Oh, my goodness," Ruki's mother said.
Before she could say anything more, Ruki shot toward the door like a black bullet. She grabbed her jacket with one hand and her purse with the other.
"Ruki!" cried Mrs. Yakahana. "Where are you going?"
"Saint Shinigami. I have to go!"
"No, Ruki," her mother stated firmly.
Ruki's eyes filled with tears. "But, I have to go. Mom, that was L! He could be hurt!"
Mrs. Yakahana's eyes filled with understanding. "All right," she agreed softly. "Do what you must. You have my permission to stay, if it's all right with the hospital."
Ruki nodded with tears still in her eyes. She ran out the door.