Life Note
Disclaimer: Nope, not mine.
Apology: Sorry!! I know it took forever and I'm SORRY!! I started another story and then I went to my aunts for a weekend and missed the one where Light finds out L's real name and then I kept falling asleep before it came on and then I got mad at myself for falling asleep, so I didn't write any more… I'm sorry.
Anyway, now that that's over with… Here's the next one!
Life Note
Chapter 4
Last time
"You believe that there is a shinigami involved, correct?" the detective asked.
This time
"Yeah, but let me flesh it out a bit. I need to fill in some important holes. Give me a week or so," the girl said, still studying the computer screen.
The detective nodded and Light relaxed. She had just given him a week to learn her true name.
'Could it really just be Skyler?' he wondered and turned back to his screen, 'No, that would be way too simple.'
"Aren't your police peoples supposed to be here by now, Ryuzaki?" Skyler asked after a few minutes of silence, swiveling her chair around to face him.
"Hmm? Oh, yes." The detective glanced at the clock, "They should have been here half an hour ago. Odd." He hit some keys and the computer screen changed to show different camera feeds. His eyes widened slightly. "Watari?"
"Yes?" The man appeared at the doorway.
"Can you please go pick up the detectives? They're outside the base."
"Of course." He said and disappeared.
"You forgot to tell them, didn't you?" Skyler accused, laughing. L was having the security system updated, which was why he was using the hotel, and no one except the security crew was allowed in the building until the updates were completed.
"Of course not. I was testing them to see what they would do if something happened and they were unable to enter headquarters." He went back to work and ignored Skyler as she leaned over to whisper to Light, triumphantly:
"He forgot."
A few minutes later, Watari returned with the detective's team and Skyler was introduced to them. A few hours later she had figured out nicknames for them and promptly forgot their real names. She never could remember a person's real name but she wouldn't forget the nickname she gave them.
It was a week later when Light walked out of the school building and was surprised to see Skyler leaning against a nearby tree.
'What's she doing here?' Light wondered to himself as he said good-bye to the group of people he was with and jogged over to her.
"Hey. What's up?" He asked, looking around for Rafe who was oddly absent.
"Nothing much. I was wandering and ended up here." She answered.
"Ryuzaki let you out?" He had seen how surprisingly protective the detective was of this girl and was amazed that she was here without any obvious protectors.
"Not really. I snuck out." She admitted, and at his questioning look continued. "I dropped a simple sleeping pill into his tea. No biggie." She shrugged.
"Are you okay?" She kept glancing around nervously and he was surprised to find that he was actually worried about her.
"Yeah, I'm okay." He glared at her since she was so obviously lying and she sighed. "There's this guy that's been following me all day but I can't figure out why. I suppose he could just be some guy Panda-Sun hired."
"Why would he...?"
"He's just like a normal older brother, except about 90 times more protective." She said, shrugging.
'Did she just say…?' His thought was cut off.
"Crap! There he is! Hide me!" She went to hide behind the tree but Light stopped her by grabbing her arm.
And kissing her.
'Holy crap! This is unexpected. Although definitely better than hiding behind the tree.' She thought as he pushed her back a step so her back the tree was digging into her back, and his body was effectively hiding her from view. Then she stopped thinking and just enjoyed the moment.
Slowly Light pulled away. He was having an argument with himself: 'Why in the world did you just do that?! You're trying to find out her name to KILL her!' The Kira-part of his brain screamed. 'Because I wanted to.' the other-part (that hadn't been there before but was slowly gaining strength) answered, surprised she had actually let him. The Kira-part was shocked. The other-part had never actually taken control before; Kira had always been in control. 'Well, maybe we can use this.' He thought, already over his shock and planning his next move.
"Is he gone?" Light asked, breaking the silence that had fallen over them. He realized that they had been staring at each other since they had separated.
"Umm," She shook herself out of her daze and stood on her tiptoes in order to look over his shoulder. Then she lost her balance and fell into almost fell into him, but she put her hands on his shoulders and he put his hands on her Waist in order to steady her.
"Sky?" She hadn't said anything.
"Oh! Yeah. He's gone. Thanks." She had been so focused on how close they were that she had forgotten about the guy.
"I could I have sworn that I lost him at the store..." Sky mumbled as she reluctantly leaned against the tree again. "Anyway, What were you planning on doing today?" "Nothing much. Ryuzaki told everybody not to come in today." Light answered as they started walking.
"Really? When did he do that?"
"When you were asleep on the couch.''
"Hmm. Maybe he was planning on sleeping." Skyler said more to herself then the teen next to her. ''What do you mean?" He asked anyway. "Well, whenever we see each other after a long time we have this unspoken competition to save see who can go the longest without sleeping. I lost yesterday ("That was the first time you slept all week?'') but when I woke up Rafe said that he hadn't slept yet, so I decided to make him, regardless of if he wanted to or not. And here I am, free for a day." She spun around like a little kid would.
He laughed and asked if she had any plans for the day.
''Nope, I 'was just gunna wander around and do things spur of the moment."
"Would you like some company?''
"I would love some." She said, smiling up at him and grabbed his hand before running off and pulling him along.
"They spent the day being normal teenagers, with the Kira case far from their minds.
They went to a planetarium and got into an argument about whether or not Pluto should still be a planet (Light: No, it's to small. Skyler: Yes, it's not that small and why make it so every textbook has to be reprinted. Besides, now the little saying doesn't work.) Afterwards they went and got ice cream and spent the rest of the day walking around and talking.
It was after midnight by the time they reached Light's house.
"I'd invite you in but my dad's likely to be passed at me" Light said, when they stopped by the gate.
"It's cool. I don't think me coming in would help any, considering how Chief seems to dislike me so much. Besides," Skyler pointed behind her to where Rate had just appeared, "My escorts here. I'll see you later.'' She turned and said hello to Rafe.
"Sky." Light said and took a step towards her. She turned and was surprised to see how close he had gotten. He leaned in and kissed her.
Rafe rolled his eyes and looked away. After a while he cleared his throat and they separated.
"Later then." Light said, covering his embarrassment. He had forgotten Rafe was there.
"Yeah." Skyler agreed sounding slightly dazed.
"Goodnight, Mr. Yamagi." Rate said and nudged Skyler away from the house.
"Night, Rafe. Sweet dreams, Sky." Light stood by the gate watching them leave. Skyler turned and waved once. He waved back and waited for them to disappear before he went inside.
He was right, his dad was waiting for him, but Light didn't give him the chance to say anything. He just said goodnight and ran upstairs to his room.
"Nice one, Romeo." Ryuk greeted. But Light ignored him and threw him the apple he had grabbed before running up to his room.
"Where have you been all day?" Light asked and sat in his computer chair.
"Thanks. I was talking to Rafe." Ryuk answered around a mouthful of apple.
"Oh?" the Kira part of his brain finally stopped yelling at him for kissing her again and paid full attention to Ryuk. "Find out anything about the Life Note?"
"Oh yeah, plenty." Kira waited for him to continue but Ryuk merely kept eating his apple. He sighed and, after changing, climbed into bed. He decided that he was to tired to write in the Death Note.
With Skyler
"You wanted to see me, Panda-san?" Skyler asked. Rafe had carried her most of the way back to base in order to save time. Ryuzaki had left a message with the doorman, saying that Skyler was needed on the top floor, as soon as she returned.
"Skyler, you're back late. Have a good day?" The detective asked, sipping a cup of tea.
"Yeah, it was nice just being a normal teenager for once. Sleep well?" She walked over and poured herself a cup.
"It was rather pleasant."
"So what's up?" She asked and took a sip of tea.
"It's been a week. I need your thoughts on the case."
"Right. Well, I agree with you. Kira is definitely Light." She said sounding completely sure of herself.
"And yet you spent the whole day with him?"
She nodded.
"Kira is definitely Light but I don't think that Light is completely Kira." She sighed and flopped down on the couch next to the detective, who was perched in his usual style. "That doesn't make any sense does it?"
"Not really. Do you mean like an alternate personality?"
"Sorta, but its more complicated than that."
"Complicated how?"
She signed again,
"If I could explain it, it wouldn't be complicated, would it? But you have to believe me when I say I can get him to stop."
"Can you?"
"Yes" She just wasn't sure how yet. He opened his mouth again and she feared that he would ask how.
"I'm worried about you. This is dangerous. If he thought you were a threat he would kill you. And he can since he knows your name. You know that, correct?" He asked instead.
"As if that matters." She thought to herself. The Life Note prevented her from being able to be killed. She had no life span since the only way she could die was if her Life Note was burned. But she couldn't tell Ryuzaki any of this because he didn't know about her Note yet. So instead she merely said, "I Know."
They were silent for a moment before she started giggling. The detective and Death God looked at her funny.
"We were just talking about Kira, and how he's probably going to try and kill me, and it sounded like we could have been talking about the weather." she explained, still giggling.
"Wow." Rafe said and L just shrugged and took another sip of his tea.
"Oh, hey." Skyler said, remembering, "Did you have someone tail me today?"
"Now why would I do that?"
"Because your paranoid." she stated like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Not paranoid. Merely cautious. I wouldn't want something to happen to my little sister." He said, emphasizing little.
"Only by a year." She rolled her eyes, "So did you?"
"Yes"
She waited until he went to take another sip and then smacked him on the back of the head, making him fall off the couch and land on his face on the floor with the remains of his tea all over him.
"I told you not to do that!" She yelled at him.
Well, there you go! Hope you liked it! If you did, review and tell me so! If you didn't, tell me so in a review (and say why you didn't)!
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