-Chapter 4: Introductions -
Wow, I thought, taking another bite of my third doughnut. I hope I don't fall into a sugar coma after this. It's pretty good though. I turned to Ryuzaki, who was still eating a chocolate eclair.
"Ryuzaki? What do you think you are going to do next?" I asked.
"Well, there's a 40 percent chance that if I do nothing, Kira's plan will go perfectly," Ryuzaki said, now eating a piece of strawberry cheesecake.
I was confused. "Why only 40 percent? Is it because of Near and the others?" I winced internally; I wasn't supposed to know about them, either.
He looked up at me. "I'm hoping that you would continue the investigation with me. You know more than you're supposed to, but there's a 95 percent chance that if I die, you would be more than willing to catch Light yourself.
My eyes filled, and I looked down at my coffee. "There's no way I'm going to let you die, Ryuzaki. That's one of the reasons I agreed to come here in the first place. I am never going to let anything happen to you. Besides, 'justice will prevail', right?" I looked up and gave him a tentative smile. His face was hidden behind his cup of tea, but I could tell he was smiling, too. I finished my doughnut and coffee, grabbed an eclair, a couple of suckers, and some pocky, and stood up. "Would you mind introducing me to the investigation team? I'd also like to watch the cameras with you and everyone else, if that's not too much trouble." I asked, munching a chocolate covered pocky stick.
Ryuzaki stood up, and said, "Of course. This way." He walked towards the elevator, then paused. "You know, we have sweets downstairs," he told me.
"Oh, good!" I said, grinning. "In that case.." I finished off the pocky and eclair in one bite, and set the unopened suckers back on the plate. "Let's go!" I said enthusiastically, skipping into the now-open elevator.
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I stepped out of the elevator, looking at the room that was even larger than the last. One of the walls was entirely made of screens and I could see Light's, Misa's, and Soichiro's rooms.
"Everyone," Ryuzaki began, "This is Ember. I brought her to help us with the investigation." He turned to me. "Make yourself at home," he said in a smaller voice, and then walked to his chair and sat down, facing the screens. Everyone else just stared at me.
"Umm..hi," I said timidly, waving my hand.
A person came up and shook my hand. "Hello," he said. He was about half a foot taller than me and he had medium-short curly hair that was in no particular style on his head. So then, he must be..
"It's nice to meet you, Shuichi Aizawa." My words startled everyone, except Ryuzaki, who already knew that I knew everyone and continued to watch the camera feeds intently.
"You know who I am?" He looked shocked and suspicious at the same time.
"Of course," I said, and then nodded at the other members in turn, still smiling.
"Kanzo Mogi." He nodded back silently.
"Touta Matsuda." He smiled and waved, cheerful as always.
"And of course, Ryuzaki." I finished, casting a smile in his general direction. I walked over to the plate of sweets in the middle of the room, grabbed a sucker, and popped it in my mouth. "So, where are we at?" I asked everyone. "Has Kira started killing again yet?"
Ryuzaki looked back at me. "Again?" I nodded. "I thought-" he began.
I turned towards him. "I know. He is. They both are. Just trust me." I grinned. The investigation team was surprised I had interrupted L. "Judging by your reactions, I'm 95 percent sure he hasn't," I said, laughing inside, and took another eclair off the tray.
As I was eating, Aizawa stepped towards me again with the strangest expression on his face. "Who exactly are you?" he asked.
I turned around and smiled. "I'm the person who's going to save your lives and this case," I said confidently, finishing off the eclair and picking up a few sticks of pocky. I walked to the chair next to Ryuzaki and sat down, copying his crouching style. He looked at me, his expression blank. "You said it raises your reasoning ability, right?" I said, then continued jokingly, "I need all the help I can get." He shook his head, then stared back at the screen. I followed his eyes. Light was accompanied by a figure dressed in black with several accessories and large eyes, who could have only been Ryuk. This means that Light hasn't given up his memories yet, but Misa has..What should I do? I thought.
"Ryuzaki," I began. He gazed in my direction. "What should we do? If things continue like this, we'd only have about a week between the capture of the next Kira and.." I trailed off. He knew what I meant. "But," I continued, "The only time that I can think of where you would be able to get footage of Kira killing someone is right after you capture the temporary Kira." I sighed and looked down.
"Ember." Ryuzaki's voice echoed in my head. I looked back up. "Everything is going to be okay. Remember, 'justice will prevail', right?" he said with one of his rare smiles in an effort to cheer me up. I smiled back and grabbed another pocky stick.
"Everything will definitely be alright," I said, quoting one of my favorite animes. I took a large bite of my pocky and began working on a plan with renewed enthusiasm.
I'm so sorry for not updating as soon as I thought I would, everyone! I'll try to work on this story more often, I promise! Saturday was sabbath, and Sunday was clean up day...and yesterday and Friday I was just being lazy. Things should be more regular from now on, though. I think I'll update every Tuesday and Friday from now on, to make it easier on myself. So, until the next update, please R+R and tell me if I make anyone OOC, okay??
Until then,
Sayonara!
-Mizuki Yumeko
