4. If the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a heart attack./i
"I... there is a 85% chance Kira lives in the state of _," Near said into his mic which produced a synthetic voice. The albino twirled a strand of his hair as he faxed over the clipping he had read about you and your family.
While you wrote down the name of criminals, Light entertained you by telling you embarrassing stories of his freshman year in college. He made you feel at home even though you were killing. "There was this girl in my Pre-Psych class we used to call Mosquito because of her nose, and I swear it was the biggest in this the world," Light continued to say one afternoon. You laughed as he explained her features to you, "Haha!" Light told you these stories out of the sheer pleasure of seeing your smile, and how they sparkled. Despite the fact that he thought he would simply use you like he had used Misa... he couldn't. He wished he had met you during his reign, you would have been his goddess and much better suited than Amane Misa. He smiled down at you as he floated over to your side.
Lightly he landed on his feet and he flipped through one of your school textbooks. Your progress was great, everyday a page and a half without fail. "So 'Next KIRA', what do you think of your progress?" Light asked with a Shinigami like smirk. You hesitated, he called you 'Next KIRA'. "My progress?" you responded in a sort of questioned statement. You flipped through the few pages you were able to fill this evening. "I think I am doing pretty well," you stated confidently. Light nodded as you kicked up the floorboard beneath your feet. With careful precision and caution, you set the Death Note sideways into the opening. This was the hiding spot you made for the death note, an old moving floor board where you kept old pictures of your mom. "_, how about we go somewhere, Just us?" Light suggested and raised his eyebrows. Did he just ask you on a date? You couldn't help the blush that appeared on your face. "A shinigami asking me on a date?" you teased. Light simply flipped some of his hair out of his face and averted his gaze instead of answering. It was hard to make the shinigami feel at a loss of words, even as a human Light had always had something to say or something going through his mind but with you it was different.
Light asked you to give him a small tour around the area, you agreed. Unfortunately there really wasn't much. You thought you should take him to your school, since it really wasn't that far from your house. Light followed you hovering. It's times like these you wished that you could hover too. "How do you feel about subways?" you asked Light whom was invisible to anyone else on the street, thankfully the two of you were alone. You decided to take the subway when he said he didn't mind and used to use the subways quite often as a human. He didn't speak about his human life too often but when he did, you listen carefully and make sure to try and remember everything he has said.
Once boarded you decided to sit next to a young boy, who was watching 'Looney Tunes' on his portable DvD player. You couldn't help yourself and glanced over towards the screen with your bright _ colored eyes. "You wanna watch too?" asked the stranger. The boy's accent made you want to fall over and die, he was so cute. Light sneered he knew exactly who that boy was even if you had no idea. Time spent watching the Looney Tunes made time pass quickly and you were so into the cartoon that you almost missed your stop... Light had to remind you. When the subway came to your stop you thanked the boy for allowing you to watch his cartoons with him and you and followed Light off the subway. The station was filled with rushing people who ran about calling names. Light just walked through people, you unfortunately had to walk around. You wouldn't want to walk through people anyway, that would be incredibly gross. You walked up the specific steps you needed to and smiled over towards Light whom seemed to have his mood drop several degrees. "This is my school," you announced and placed your hands on your hips.
The shinigami peered over towards the school and tilted his head. He had heard that American schools were much different from schools in Japan, but he still imagined that they had to be similar in some way. "What classes do you take?" he asked although he had no need to hear the answer. You listed several classes, some were classes he had to take when he had gone to school in Japan- several others were not included in his school curriculum. "Hm," Light responded easily and floated over to one of the windows so that he could peer into one of the classrooms. You tilted your head then laughed. "Yagami, you aren't really that interested are you?" you asked, though you made it sound more like a statement. Light turned to face you and gave an easy smile. "I think it is just hard to get used to the human world once again, but with your help I think I might like it a bit more once we make an ideal world," Light said smoothly and glanced above your head at your full name and date of death.
You gave a little shrug of your shoulders and glanced around to make sure no one was around to see your supposingly one sided conversation. Then you went to the park behind your 6-12 junior and senior high school. You sat on the swing all the way on the left. Light sat on the one next to you and raised his shinigami eyes to the bright blue sky. Lightly you began to swing so that your hair blew about in the wind. He looked at you and watched your hair blow in the breeze, and fell. He blushed which is rare, he blushed a bit deeper at your laugh that followed. The way you kick your legs on the swing... everything about you he liked, he had to protect you. When you got off the swing he gripped the both of your shoulders and leaned in to kiss your lips softly. Your _ colored eyes widened in shock, he separated from you. Red and yellow eyes sparkling like stars. You could now see the real human Light you never saw before. Its like he changed, metamorphosed after touching your lips. "They say if a Shinigami falls in love with a human they die, but I don't think thats true. I love you and i'm not withering away," Light said slowly, almost curiously. Your heart pounded fiercely "I love you too.. Light.." you responded with bright pink cheeks.
Light fluttered for a moment to a place unknown, his heart ached and he pulled you in his arms. He felt warmness in a place where it was cold, with you him and the ideal world he would have everything he could ever wish for. He just needed you. When he had first dropped his notebook, his single and only plan was to use whoever the unlucky, pitiful, worthless human was for himself. Now, it was different though, he hadn't expected someone like you to find his notebook and he simply couldn't keep his cold, stone heart strong. Slowly you were breaking away the stone piece by piece and warming his cruel soul. You were changing him. Gently he pulled you tighter against him and he stroked your soft _ colored hair. How could he use you when every instinct and fiber in his being wanted to protect you? At this point, a Shinigami would usually disappear into dust but since he was still part human and part shinigami- he was still able to live despite his feelings for you... if you could call a shinigami living that is. "Goddess... Next Kira... _," he murmured and shook his head softly. You looked up at him questionably and raised your eyebrows because it was rare that he called you by your name.
"Thank you," Light said, words that didn't come easily and he meant the words wholeheartedly. You smiled widely, it was practically the best praise you could ever get from the you stood a bit taller in his arms and pressed another kiss to his lips. Your heart swelled and knew if he too still had a beating heart... it would beat in sync with yours.
Light walked along side you and as the two of you headed back towards your apartment. The day had been filled with subway trips, visiting your school, swinging on a playground, sneaking into a movie, and other teenager like things that Light had never found time to do during his human life. You had certainly enjoyed yourself and had briefly had the chance to forget about L or the other danger and worries in your life as of now. Also, you figured out that your shinigami found you to be very special and felt the same way as you did which improved your mood greatly and made yourself even more determined. "I should be the one thanking you for taking me out today," you told him contently. The two of you entered through the back door of the apartment like you had the first night, this caused you to miss an important fact that Light figured out just a minute too late. "_ wait," Light snapped suddenly as you rushed down the hallway towards your room. It was too late though, you had already reached the door that was open.
Your _ eyes widened at the sight of police in your room, searching through your belongings. Stumbling back a step caused you to bump into a wall and drew the lead police man to turn in your direction. "Are you _ _? We have a warrant and have permission to bring you in for questioning about your step-father James Mcclurkin," the cop said. You glanced down at the man's name tag due to his Japanese accent, it read 'Touta Matsuda'. He had short black hair and concerned, caring eyes despite his job. You shook your head with a glance towards the rest of the police in the apartment. "I-I want my lawyer," you said nervously and hoped dearly that they hadn't found the Death Note.
A boy with shaggy black hair and light blue eyes walked over and stepped around Matsuda. "Oh so we meet again. You know, sometimes me conscience kinda bothers me... But not this time! Here, you may borrow my phone to call your lawyer," Intelligence said with a crooked grin and once again quoting Looney Tunes. The accent and quote gave it away almost immediately, this was the boy from the subway earlier and he seemed to be onto you now and possibly know that you are the 'Next Kira'. Light glared at the boy, so this was I, whom they had now seen twice in just one day - the second reason wasn't for a good reason. I has no evidence so Light knew you would be safe for now and that the boy wouldn't hurt you, at least not right away. The shinigami vanished for the time being.
Meanwhile Ryuk watched from above in the Shinigami Realm and laughed hysterically, a 'Kekekekeke' sound."How interesting indeed, how will you handle this Light?" Ryuk asked the thin, empty air.
"How old are you exactly? You aren't even old enough to drive yet, where is your authority? Who gave you the right to invade my home?" You spat. Intelligence laughed and amusement flickered in his eye, for a moment it seemed like he didn't take you seriously, as if you were simply a characters in one of his cartoons. "I am 15; here is my Driver's license and police ID," I answered. He threw you his wallet, you fumbled with it between your hands before managing to open it. 'Unbelievable' you thought as you studied the contents with wide _ colored eyes. He had the freaking shiny gold badge and everything. This was so bizarre and irregular in your opinion. When you turned 15 you got collections of DvD's and CD's. He has a Drivers License and has a high ranking official job. "How did you get these? Who would give a child...?" you sputtered in shock. He again laughed and tugged on a strand of hair. "That's just plain old silly, I'm considered an adult," he exclaimed as if it was obvious.
Matsuda shrugged when you glanced towards him for affirmation. "Believe me Miss. _, I'm as confused as you are right now," he replied to your unasked question. I looked at you with a sinister smile, his once innocent face becoming more serious and calculating. His blue eyes studied your own _ colored ones."Beautiful faces always hide ugly monsters," Intelligence stated and tilted his head thoughtfully. He looked up once again and gave the bridge of his nose a scratch. "This can be compared to Space Jam and examined analytically. It is like you're the aliens on Space Jam because you have touch something powerful... and you now think you're stronger, more superior, and a 'God'.. correction 'Goddess' of the world. Just like the previous Kira's, your power will be your downfall. In reality, along with your power... you're a coward, who couldn't do anything on their own. Now you hide behind the power of a notebook," Intelligence explained and rocked back and forth on his feet a bit as he words both upset and awed you. Where was your lawyer? A 15 year old driver, agent, and philosopher stood before you accusingly. "What? You think I'm Kira? Please, give me a break! You can't just waltz into my apartment and say I'm kira!" you snapped defensively. Intelligence's blue eyes glistened happily and with some smugness. "I never said specifically that you are Kira _. Are you feeling paranoid? Are you Kira? Hmm, now that you say that... I was already thinking that you are Kira, this is true," I replied back easily.
He just eyed you and said this, "I'll bet you monsters lead interesting lives...well anyway Kira, lets go to the station."