This chapter has finally been edited. However, I know that some mistakes have slipped past me. In case you found some grammar mistakes or even misspelled words, kindly include it to your review. Thank you.

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CHAPTER FOUR: Before and Now, Goodbye and Hello

She opened the door of their house and went inside. A tired sigh came out from her lips as she did. She closed the door behind her and listened to the answering machine.

"You have 3 calls. Message one…"

"This better be good."

The beep started and all she heard was the caller hanging up the phone. She rolled her eyes. Same as always, lazy to leave a message. She deleted it and waited for the other two messages.

"Message two…" again, the caller hung up the phone. She irritatingly deleted it and was about to delete the next one when she heard his voice.

"Hikari, this is Kazuki Kitamura. I snuck up with my dad's files. And luckily, I found out some things regarding the Kira case. I'll e-mail it to you this midnight for personal reasons. You better delete this message if you don't want your brother to know about this. Ja,"

And he hung up. If he knew that she didn't want anyone to know about this, he would have called her on her cellphone about it. But she shrugged it away. Kazuki might have something planned about it. She quickly deleted it and went upstairs to her room. She threw her bag on her bed and quickly opened her computer as well as the television.

She picked up her cellphone and dialed Yuri's number.

"Moshi moshi," greeted the person from the other line.

"Hey, Yuri! This is Hikari,"

"Hey, Hikari! What made you call here?"

"Well, Kazuki said he found out something about the Kira case."

"Told ya he's a very resourceful person besides, he's the son of the Deputy Director-General of the police forces! So…"

"I haven't read the details yet, he said he'll send it to me this midnight-" she glanced at her wall clock. "It's only 10:07" she continued.

"Okay, got it. Just tell me if you read it already. I have to go, my mom's yelling at me. I'm kind of grounded, so to speak."

"I see, well good luck then. Ja,"

"Ja,"

"Keeichiro Harada, died of heart attack this afternoon. The police suspect that this is the doing of Kira…"

Kira, Kira, Kira. That was all she heard these days. A faded memory crosses her mind as it brings a smile through her lips.

"Koibito!"
He turned to her with a smile and waited for her.
"Watashi koibito," he said with a sweet smile.

She sadly looked at their picture that was taken when they were still little. A tear fell as that faded memory came back to her…

"Watashi koibito…"

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"You're amazing, onii-chan!" praised Saya while she watched his older brother solve the mathematical equation.

"Tsk, did you understand it?" Light asked irritably, knowing that his sister wasn't taking this seriously.

"Uh…well, sort of."

The doorbell sounded and Saya turned at the door.

"Dad's back! He's home early today," she announced happily as she stood and went outside Light's room.

"Oi! At least solve the last problem yourself!"

"After dinner, okay?!"

"Geez.." was all he could say.

"Heh, helping out your sister with her homework like you have nothing to worry about." Ryuk muttered to the guy.

"Yeah…I have a source of confidence that will allow me to fight even against the police." He went downstairs and caught sight of his father.

"Okaeri nasai, otou-san." He greeted calmly.

"Yeah, it's good to be home." He replied tiredly.

They all went to the dining room to eat dinner. It was silent between all of them when…

"Light, how's school doing?" his father plainly asked as he ate the food.

"Huh? Same as always," he answered.

"Top of the class like usual! My proud brother!" Saya commented proudly.

"Yes, my proud son!" her mother concurred to her daughter.

"Otou-san, you seem tired" Light said instead, abruptly changing the topic.

"Yeah…it's confidential but this case is a hard one."

'I get it now.' Ryuk thought when he realized what Light meant before.

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"I see your father is your advantage…as he's the detective superintendent of the NPA, Light." Ryuk stated.

"Yeah. Without leaving a trace, I can hack Dad's computer. I can always stay ahead of the investigation." He clicked the mouse and another window on the desktop appeared asking for the password.

"Here it is," He typed the password nonchalantly and entered it. As he did, hundreds of files appeared. He took the mug of his and drank its content.

"So the police are already suspecting that Kira may be a student." He said.

Ryuk laughed at hearing him say that. "Isn't that bad, Light?" he said, a mocking tone in his voice.

Light didn't mind him and just drank what's in the mug then placed it back on his desk.

"If the cause of death is written within 40 seconds of writing the person's name, it will happen. If the cause is not specified, the person will simply die of heart attack. After writing the cause of death, details of the death should be written in the 6 minutes and 40 seconds. Right, Ryuk?" he muttered then looked at Ryuk.

"So what about it?" the Shinigami asked dumbly.

"So…if I write heart attack as the cause of death, I can add all kinds of details like the time of death." He paused, a grin forming on his lips. "I think I'll be able to entertain you some more, Ryuk."

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"Nani?!" Hikari blurted when she read the file Kazuki sent her.

The police suspects that Kira may be a student since the deaths occur during weekdays and takes place between 4 p.m. and 2 a.m. Japanese time with a majority of those between 8 p.m. and midnight, was 68%. Also, on weekends and national days, time of death were scattered between 11 a.m. and midnight.

She read that part with her eyes and she fell into a deep thought.

Her suspicions about Light and that mysterious notebook were going high. A student huh? Since they were kids, he hated criminals. She shook her head tiredly and chose to read the other details tomorrow. She turned off the computer and lied down on her bed, dreams filling her tired mind.

"Light-kun!"
He turned around upon hearing his name being called.
He smiled at her warmly.
"Kira-chan, we'll always be together."

THE NEXT DAY…

She walked timidly towards their school. Her mind was completely filled by Kira and…that dream. She stretched out her arms and gazed at the bright sun, slightly covering her eyes at the blinding light it greeted her.

"Ohayou, Hikari-chan,"

Kira-chan

She shifted to turn and saw the young top student of their class there, standing as he greeted her with a smile. Somehow, that face reminded her of that angelic face of his before…

"Ohayou, Yagami-kun," she greeted with a smile that she tried to put on her face. That creature was still behind him as usual.

"Can we walk together to school then?" he invited to her.

'Why? Why can't you remember it? That promise of yours?' she nodded happily at him, accepting his kind offer.

"You seem to be in a good mood, Yagami-kun." She said, wanting to start a conversation.

"What do you mean?" he asked in his friendly tone. But she knew that behind this friendly act hid a sinister act.

"I mean, you've always been busy and…" she secretly glanced at the Shinigami behind him, who in return, looked at her. "Forget about it," she said, not continuing her previous sentence.

The Shinigami laughed. Right then, she convinced herself that IT knew she could see it.

Light glanced at the Shinigami and narrowed his eyes at him.

"This girl is really…interesting." She heard him say to Light. Of course, Light wouldn't talk to him in front of her so he stayed quiet.

'Somehow, I doubt about this good mood of his. He's good at hiding his own true motives.' She thought, referring to Light.

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PREP COURSE SCHOOL…

"You can solve it by replacing a quadratic equation x^2=X and…"

Hikari watched that Shinigami with her eyes as it walked towards the windows from in front. He could be so disturbing, especially when today's topic was hard. But not for her, she knew this already. She glanced at Light that was beside her and saw him looking at their teacher.

He looked as if he didn't even care what that Shinigami was doing.

She pulled out the files she printed the other day.

There were 23 heart attack victims again yesterday.
And they died exactly one hour apart from each other.
Two days in a row, and both of those were weekdays.

Kira was planning something…and she knew that fact. Falling into a deep thought, she analyzed all of this. Obviously, Kira had some way of getting information known only to the police. L was working with the police and…he would surely start suspecting the police force. And according to Kazuki, his father didn't trust L for the fact that no one from them knew his true identity and even his face. She couldn't blame him for that.

L would be spying on the police and the police would be trying to track down L! So that meant that Kira was waiting for the right time to eliminate L. And he was using the police!

She grinned at that realization. Kira was really a good tactician. Very sly…

But another challenge awaited this Kira:

The FBI have entered Japan 4 days ago and are beginning their investigation into police personnel.

Light was observing her from the corner of his eyes. She wasn't listening to the topic for today. And that made him curious, what was Hikari busy doing at a time like this? Even if he was curious, it wasn't like him to get into other's business. But then, he could't help but admire this familiar girl…

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"Light, you got a moment?" Ryuk suddenly said out-of-the-blue.

"I told you, don't talk to me outside my room. How many times do I have to tell you?" Light whispered to him while walking towards the dark alley that led to their house. Only the light posts gave him enough light to see where he is walking.

"Well, I'll just talk then. If you don't want to hear it, cover your ears. I don't have anything against you, Light. In a way, I think you're the best person who could've picked up my notebook. That's because I have to stick around until the notebook's finished or you're finished. But I'm neither on your side nor L's side in this."

"I knew that, Ryuk." He finally said after looking at him.

"So, I'm not going to tell you that what you're doing is right or wrong. I won't say a word about that. Though, I will speak up once in a while as your roommate."

That was not like Ryuk to say. Something might've been bothering him. "What's up, Ryuk? Why are you telling me all this now? It isn't like you."

"What I meant was, what I'm about to tell you isn't spoken as Kira's ally. It's just because it's bugging me personally."

"Just get to the point, will you?" he asked, losing his patience.

The Shinigami laughed first before telling him. "There's a human who's been following you."

That made him stop to his tracks. And he wanted to find it out himself if it really was true. And yes, Ryuk was right. Behind those shadows, someone was following him. He started walking again, as well Ryuk's annoying blabbering.

"It's annoying. He doesn't see me, of course. But since I'm always following you, I feel like I'm being watched…"

"Yeah, that is a pain in the butt. I'll get rid of him for you really soon, Ryuk."

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"With a Shinigami's eyes, it's possible to see a human's name and lifespan above their head."

"And Shinigami have the power to transform the eyes of a human who's picked up their Death Note into Shinigami's eyes."

"The price a Shinigami's eyes is half of that human's remaining lifespan."