Chapter 4

Raito withdrew from his family after his lock up. His door became locked, while he rarely attended dinner. Getting home later and later from his studies, his Mother grew worried. Every night, she would wait for her son by the stairway. Always dozing off as he would come in through the door.

"Raito," she pleaded to her baby boy, "What's going on sweetie?"

Raito looked up from where he would drop his bag, his eyes blank, his features neutral, "Nothing Mum, I've got the Yearly coming up. I've just been studying."

Exhaling loudly, she moved across the room, placing a gentle hand on his shoulder, "You've been worrying me." She would say to him. Her eyes longing.

And he would always say back, "I know." Plopping up the stairs, he would slam the door shut. And that would be that…

Sayu's husband was increasingly becoming anxious as well. His investigation was taking a heavily toll on the family. Every night, he would sigh, hug her and fall asleep on the couch. And each morning, she felt his morning kiss before dawn, then he would be off. It reminded her too heavily of her parents.

One night, she cracked.

"What happened to our baby boy?" She demanded off her husband, crossing her arms and looking at him sternly. He closed his eyes, rolling over on the lounge and pretending to fall asleep, "I know you aren't asleep Touta."

Touta sat up, looking blankly in some space, "What makes you think I would know?"

"Ever since you drove him home that morning, our son has changed," She snapped at him. "He is acting like Light did!"

Something seemed to snap in her husband, causing his slim frame to tremble. Clasping his face in his hands, he took a shaky breath. Shaking his head, Touta kept mumbling something over and over, rocking back and forth.

Creeping over to her husband, Sayu wrapped her arms around him, "I know you are stressed with work, and you are keeping things from me," Touta peered at his wife, "But let me in honey, I don't want to see you like this."

Touta breathed out, letting Sayu rest her head on his lap. Stroking her dark hair softly, he whispered, "I've been assigned to the Kira investigation."

"Again?" She murmured, nestling further. Exhaling, she listened to his uneasy breathing, his shallow heartbeat.

"Yes."

They sat in silence….

Raito sat by his computer, eyes locked on the lap top screen in front of him. Dozens of lists of criminals lay in the hard drives. Each of them murdered by Kira. There was no pattern that Raito could see, nothing that could pinpoint one source.

Scanning files of his Father's computer had been easy, keeping them under the lock and key was the harder things. It broke his heart, shutting his family out. But… He couldn't take the chance with L…. With his father on that team… He would never risk it.

"The first criminals would be a test run, or…" He trailed off, banging his fists against the keyboard. Taking a deep breath, he sighed, "It is pointless, any files of any previous investigation would have been destroyed, unless…"

Horrid memories flooded back, of that time he had spent with L…

He lit up like a Christmas tree. His smile grew wider with each moment.

Yes… That was exactly what he needed to do.

End of Chapter

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