Another chapter for Sight and Sound, this project is going really fast…

Sight and Sound

Sixth Chapter

Later in the evening, Soichiro and Sachiko were talking in the dining room after their maids and butlers fixed it up for them. It was now back in order.

Mr. Yagami was not happy at all about what L did with Raito earlier at breakfast. He felt that L was too violent in the way he grabbed her. "And the water on the hardwood floors is absolutely unacceptable!" he complained to his wife.

"Soichiro," she said, smiling gently, "Raito are by herself and folded her own napkin. Did Mr. Lawliet tell you about that?"

"I don't care! The progress isn't fast enough! I'm giving L a notice!"

"No! You can't do that!" she retorted back.

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Meanwhile, in the hallways, Raito was happily tagging along with Matt, hanging on to his shirt and following him as she barely helped him distribute the bath towels to the first and second floor bathrooms. L then stepped out of his room as they passed by, and Raito bumped into him. She felt his face curiously, then immediately went back to Matt, scared, hugging him as if saying, Make him go away!

Matt only gave L a cold look before he went back to his chores. Raito continued following.

L then walked down the stairs away from the brother and sister. He had a plan for Raito, and he needed to discuss it with her parents as soon as possible. He could hear them bickering at each other through the thin walls, so they weren't hard to find.

L rudely barged into the room uninvited, and Raito's immediately looked at him. Soichiro, however, didn't seem very impressed. "Mr. Lawliet!" the father stomped over to his daughter's teacher. "I am not at all pleased with Raito's progress; therefore, I am giving you a notice."

L was calm towards the yelling man, "What are your conditions in this notice? Because I have some myself."

"What?" the man questioned. "Well, then by all means tell us what they are."

L stated, "First of all, I have purchased a vacation home many years ago. It is empty now, so I want Raito to go there with me, and I'll also need one of your younger workers to come along as well, preferably one that your daughter is friendly or familiar with." Sachiko and Soichiro's faces went pale, and their eyes got big. 'I know you're thinking, but if this teaching is ever going to work, you daughter needs to learn to respect me and depend upon me and only me. She'll learn that she'll get everything only from me; the food she eats, the clothes she wears…the air she breathes."

Sachiko stood from her chair and spoke up, "But… you will show her affection too, won't you?"

L shook his head, "Raito doesn't need someone who's just going to caress her and show her pity and mask it as affection. Raito needs a teacher, and that's what I'm here for. No more, no less."

"Alright," Soichiro agreed. "Now what's your next condition?"

L got back to the point, "Oh, yes. That vacation house I mentioned; well, Raito will go there with me, as I said before. But my last condition is concerning time." The mother and father looked at L in confusion. He explained, "Well, you see, there really is no way to predict when she'll regain everything, but I promise you that if you agree to let her come with me to the vacation house, she will eventually come back."

Soichiro sighed. "Well," he paced around the floor, "where exactly is this vacation home of yours?"

Sachiko and Soichiro both looked on at L nervously. Just how far would their daughter be from them? "California."

The mother's jaw dropped form imagining the huge distance, "You mean….in America? The United States?"

"Yes, ma'am," L nodded.

"Well," Soichiro spoke. "I'm not sure if I like the idea of my daughter being so far away from home."

L replied honestly, "But, Mr. Yagami, your daughter has learned so much already, in only two days! I've never ever seen a child adapt to the sign language so quickly. I gave her a doll as a present, spelled it to her, and she spelled it back to me with no mistakes at all on her first try." The raven-haired man meant every word he said, "You Raito is such a brilliant girl, Mr. Yagami, she has the potential to break free from these handicaps."

"That's true," Sachiko added. "Earlier today, Raito fed herself with a spoon, and she folded her napkin. But wasn't all by herself. She didn't just decide to eat like that. Mr. Lawliet taught her, and she responded by learning and understanding." She tried to convince her husband, "And L's right when he says she's so smart. Remember when Raito was only nine months old, when she first spoke?" Sachiko said this more towards L, giving him information on her daughter, "Her first word was 'telly', and is telephone. I know it sounds ridiculous, but she knew it has telephone….she understood it, and responded to it….. And so, L, you're right when you say Raito has potential to learn. She needs this."

"Well," Soichiro retorted loudly, "would we be able to visit her… all the way in California?"

L nodded, "You can see her all you like, just as long as she doesn't know you're there." Sachiko breathed a huge sigh of relief. "However, you cannot touch her," he said very firmly and strictly. "Both of you. I'm the only one that can interact with her if that's how I wish to conduct my teaching. That's the only rule there, but it's very important that you follow that rule at all times. Your daughter is way too accustomed to the fact that your presence and interactions with her bring only affection. That isn't necessary in what I'm trying to do. So, therefore, you can see her, but can't touch her. Is that understood?"

"We swear we won't do anything to sabotage her process or your teachings!" Sachiko happily chanted. This was wonderful! Her daughter would finally get better! No more of this stupid Shinigami's punishment!

L smiled back, "Good. We'll be leaving on two planes tomorrow morning. I'll leave first at 7AM and arrive at the house at 9AM. I'll be making preparations at the house, making sure everything is Raito-proof." L nodded to the girl's parents, "You two will bring Raito on the next airplane at 8AM and arrive at the house at 10AM. By that time, I should be done Raito-proofing everything. So, does that sound like a plan?"

Soichiro was amazed, "You got two planes for tomorrow on such short notice?"

"What do you mean?" L asked, smirking. "I own the planes. The pilots work for me."

"Well," Mr. Yagami said strongly, "I'll give you 2 weeks, Lawliet. Get her to tolerate you."

"Yes, sir." And with that, L walked out of the room, leaving the shocked and amazed parents alone to celebrate their daughter's wonderful gift. What an awesome guy this L turned out to be! They both hugged each other at the wonderful news! This would finally work!

L poked his head back in the doorway, "Excuse me for interrupting, Mr. and Mrs. Yagami, but one of you might want to pack Raito's things for her, it's getting late." Both parents smiled at their savior. "As for me, I'm heading to bed, I want tomorrow morning to get here as soon as possible." Instead of waving goodbye with an open hand, he made the sign for the letter A. When they both looked at him with questioning eyes, he clarified, "It's the letter A. The first of twenty-six!" and then they smiled at him. "Goodnight."

And there you go! That's the end of this super short chapter! They're taking a little trip to the USA! Yay! The land of the free and the home of the brave! What did you guys think of this chapter? Stupid? Bad? Good? Great? Review and let me know! (…Please) XD

I was made to hit in America!