I have warned you guys time and time again this fic is twisted.

Warning: Incestuous relationship

To make you feel better here is a rhyme; incest is bestest.

Chapter 7: Friction

Can't take the pressure, so ease it off

The cameras were removed exactly six days later. It only took a week for this to happen, a much shorter time than I had originally thought. Light and I corresponded using notes rather than speaking for another day just to be sure the wires were gone as well.

Falcon and I spoke three more times since the last. I am still paranoid that it is Falcon, but it still seems it is.

With everything that has occurred, I believe that things have changed dramatically. Light and I were still distancing ourselves, leaving me empty and lonely. No one would understand, our peers were never quite on the same level. We were always above them, which left us with only ourselves for company. I felt like my only true friend had been ripped from me just because of a mistake. It drove me crazy, that all he would talk about now was the Death Note and he'd force some kind of conversation at the dinner table, for appearances sake.

Even Sayu noticed.

"Onee-san, are you and onii-san in a fight?" She asked me one night while watching the usual drama.

"No, why do you ask?"

"most of the time you usually go to his room after you change out of your uniform and spend the rest of night in, until you go to bed. I mean you guys are creepy close, but it's weirder if you aren't laughing at inside jokes or talking genius talk." She pouted. I rolled my eyes at the creepy comment.

"We're fine, Imouto, I promise," I assured, she seemed unconvinced but dropped the subject. However, her concern made me realize that we weren't pretending that it never happened. We were avoiding it, that's all.

I felt so alone. At least he could pretend to enjoy talking with his friends at school. I refused to even acknowledge some people, I regret my reclusiveness now.

After the show was over, I went up to Light's room. I opened the door without knocking, like I always did and he turned in his chair as if he was expecting me. "We're being children, honestly we are." I huffed crossing my arms.

"I agree, our behavior is unreasonable." He nodded looking very calm, while I was a bundle of nerves.

"When I said we should forget that that ever happened, I didn't mean we should forget that we're each other's best friends." I went on, not agreeing but certainly not disagreeing with him. He smiled softly.

"Again, Tsuki, I agree, stop acting erratic. You're not being yourself." He spoke this gently, as if he believed loud noises would break me. I took a few breaths and nodded. He laughed softly, the smile unwavering. "Will I find anyone like you?" He breathed. I didn't know if that question was rhetorical, I took it as one.

"There is only one Yagami Tsuki," I smirked.

"That's what depresses me." He sighed, the smile dropped. I narrowed my eyes in confusion, I am not sure what he could be suggesting. It's worrying me. I say nothing. He continued, "You mentioned that day about being a Goddess, I'd be a God."

"Yes, that is what I said." I pursed my lips. The smile returned, it was nothing but open. His eyes were smiling, he seemed so content in that very moment. It was something I never saw in my brother, not absolute contentment.

"I could be your God." He said and my heart started pounding outside of my chest.

"What are you suggesting?" I asked before my voice gave out too.

"I will be your God and you can be my Goddess. I'll never find anyone as worthy as you are. You're the only one I have ever been able to trust unconditionally. The only person I can say that I actually love." He got up and strode towards me.

"You realize that that is wrong on so many levels?" I stated in shock, how my voice was able to handle the conviction I don't know. He shrugged.

"Why would I want someone I haven't known for very long with not only my trust, but what I do?" He frowned and he was right in front of me. "I've known you my whole life, in fact we might as well share."

"Do you realize what you are suggesting." I whispered. He took ahold of my shoulders and planted a kiss on my forehead. I took that as a yes. "I love you, Light, I do. But we couldn't do this, it would be so wrong."

"I can't stop disagreeing with that statement." He gave me a serious look.

"Please," I breathed. He soothed me, bringing me to his chest, wrapping his arms around me. His nose in my hair, a shade so close to his own.

Why did it feel like he already knew that my walls were breaking, along with my resolve? Why did it feel like he knew that? I believe in my heart, I am strong, but I felt very weak then. It broke my heart to even disagree, afraid to lose him, when my intention was to mend our broken bridge. Would this be the only glue, the only cement to mend it? If I asked myself, would it really be awful?

I never cared what people thought of me. I'm pretty sure I still don't. I'd be a hypocrite if I refused now, simply because I worried what people would think if they found out.

I looked at him. "Why now?"

"Why would I kiss back?" He countered. My lips twitched, in an attempt not to smile.

I didn't want to say it aloud, so words weren't used. Much like a week ago, I pressed my lips to his, this time I was sure in my move and this time, Light didn't hesitate to press back.

"Wow, humans are weird."

000

Things got so much easier. A weight had been lifted from my shoulders, replaced by warmth. I feel like I'll never be alone again. I'll never be bored again. We would be unstoppable together. Every minute of everyday, I cherished. If I felt anymore love I would burst at the seams. It didn't, however, make me more open to others. I was still unwilling to put on a facade and pretend to be friendly, even if I rarely left Light's side.

I must admit, it hasn't been perfect, in fact it's been a bit uneasy. The feeling of dread I had not felt since I spoke with Raye Penber creeped back up my spine every once in a while. It was as if mending things with Light reminded me of humanity. Humanity, my apathetic nature would spout back with vengeance, that the criminals we killed obviously didn't know the meaning of humanity.

Sacrifices are required in every war. The enemy is either to be captured or killed off. That was life, we can't question it.

Yet, lately, that dread has forced me to.

Today, I have to ignore it. Light and I are leaving to go to the To-Oh entrance exam. Light is still attempting to convince me to put my effort into it, because if he and I know both know that we would get the highest score. I just don't want that.

I have said before that I'm not one for competition and especially in school. That's a good reason why Light and I never got into arguments that much as children, because I dislike competition. It is funny that I would say this, when I and my old football team were the best junior team in the state. I can't say that it's all me though, which answers that right there. Football is a team sport, it's not one person against another, it's a team effort. I've always had an appreciation for teams, except in school, those give my peers in school an excuse not to do work.

The sport had done a lot for me though, such as opening me up a bit more without my brother present. It also served as a good way to spend time with my dad, he loved taking me to football games, still does. At that thought, my heart aches. Would my father not come home if he still hadn't caught Kira? I hoped not.

My mind was off in the clouds, this shouldn't surprise my brother, he squeezed my hand to get my attention. We stood outside of the school, ten minutes before testing began. Light had been a stickler for being on time, he hated being too earlier and hated being late. It annoyed me, I preferred being early to everything not matter how early.

"You'll do your best right? Don't intentionally miss something, Tsuki, please." Light pleaded. A flash of annoyance crossed his features when I shrugged.

"I get tired of the comparison,"

"You won't be compared if you score the same thing as I do." He argued. My brother's eye twitched slightly, betraying his annoyance to onlookers.

We were about to enter the room for the exam and instead of saying anything, I just planted a kiss on his cheek and walked in. I didn't need to be close to hear his irritated huff.

I took a seat next to my brother, an aisle separating us. I glanced down at the supplies; a test booklet, one answer sheet, an eraser, and two pencils. The test was supposed to be one hundred questions, which would even take me and brother about a half an hour.

As soon as the teacher told us the test had begun, I began reading over the test. Light would surely be starting his test, no having to or bothering to look it over. I wouldn't either, but I had to figure out which questions I could answer incorrectly so I wouldn't look suspicious. I've done this before, our first year of Daikoku I refused to be called up with Light again and purposely got a lower score than he did.

My thoughts were interrupted, by the procter. "You there, student #162, please sit normally." Out of curiosity and boredom, I turned and saw Light had as well. Staring at him, was the strangest person I had ever encountered. Messy hair, baggy shirt, and more than likely baggy jeans. He was barefoot, but tennis shoes lie forgotten beneath him.

I shook my head and turned back in my seat.

My brother finished in another five minutes, the strange young man seemed to have finished at the same time. If not a little earlier than Light. I finished five minutes later, simply to assess my wrong answers. They were honest mistakes that would earn me a lower grade, for this I was satisfied.

We were dismissed shortly after.

I wondered to myself about the guy. He finished so quickly, but had not a single worry line to indicate he was some kind of idiot that had given up. there was something more about him, something that reminded me of my brother.

My brother and I were out of the building when someone called me. "Excuse me! Miss," Briefly, I thought that the proctor had caught me slacking on purpose. I turned to see the strange man again.

He approached with a blank expression. "May I help you?" I asked, not caring that I sounded dull.

"I couldn't help but notice something during the test." He said.

"What would that be?" I inquired, now sounding curious, though still bored.

"You went over the questions, thoroughly read them before actually beginning the test. Yet, you put wrong answers for a few of those questions." He explained, his voice mirroring mine. My eyes widened slightly. "I was wondering why you would do this? It seems you put enough correct answers to get in. It appeared you could've gotten all correct."

"What makes you think I did that on purpose? Who would purposely get a question wrong?" I laughed, rolling my eyes for good measure. A thumb made its way to the man's lips.

"You would, I just do not know why." He stated simply. I looked to my brother for an answer but he was quiet, and not giving anything away.

"That isn't really your concern, now is it?" I sniffed.

"You're correct, I was just curious. I apologize for intruding, I am Ryuga Hideki." He didn't sound sorry, but I brushed it off. It was curious he would share a name with a celebrity, it wasn't impossible, but still interesting.

"It's alright, I'm Yagami Tsuki and this is my brother Light." I gestured, and Light smiled politely. "Well, I suppose we'll see you at the entrance ceremony, Ryuga-san."

"Yes, I believe so," He nodded and walked away.

I narrowed my eyes at his retreating figure. Confusion as well as irritation bubbled inside of me.

"I wouldn't worry about him," Light reassured me. He gave my hand a squeeze and I sent him a smile. "He's strange though, I'll give him that."

"Hmm, yeah," I agreed.

000

January 21st, I was watching the news and looking at police records. I was looking at the FBI records, to see if L had contact them again. I had two windows open on my computer. One was to the agency and the other was a shopping sight, I wanted a laptop, my oversized desktop was getting to be a bit out of the way for certain things. Laptops are a bit easier to create firewalls for. I had enough saved up to get one.

I looked on the FBI site, and found a list of American criminals killed that day. One caught my eye, Beyond Birthday died of a heart attack only three hours ago. The name I remember, he was the man that Naomi Misora caught with L. The man's records were now available due to his death.

He was a genius, IQ of 186. He was definitely odd as well, the only requests made were to get jars of jam and to speak with L, that particular request was denied every time. It made me wonder what his fascination with the detective was, I know I had one, but I didn't have urges to create the perfect murder in order to stump the detective. I bit my lip and saw that his body was being sent to his last known residence. An orphanage in Great Britain.

I went further and found the orphanage unlisted. The only association the orphanage had was with the inventor Quillish Wammy. I tried looking forward into the inventor but found nothing, he had walked off the face of the earth. There was nothing to even give a clue as where my search would lead me.

I huffed in frustration and decided that was enough with the FBI files.

Instead, I got up and went to my brother's room. He watching TV, pen in hand but otherwise relaxed. He looked up and smiled when I came in. "Hello, Tsuki,"

"Hey, I hacked the school, you and that Ryuga character are the top two. You'll be giving a speech at the ceremony. I'm second," I informed and passed the bed to sit on his lap instead, it was much more comfortable. His arm snaked around my waist.

"Fantastic, I'm still upset that you did that." He frowned.

"I'm sorry, but it's done now. I just wonder how that guy caught me." I pursed my lips. Light's brows furrowed for a second in thought.

"He's obviously smart, and he was looking at us before." He stated, "It may even be possible he wanted an excuse to talk to you." He grinned and kissed my clothed shoulder. I rolled my eyes.

"I don't know, he seemed very curious, genuinely so. His apology wasn't even close to sincere." Light hummed in response. "Why are you in a good mood?" I demanded.

"I just am, can't explain it." He answered unhelpfully, and kissed my neck, just above my pulse. "Why are you so at ease?"

"I just am," I shot back with a smirk.

000

At the entrance ceremony, mother forced me to look nicer than just my uniform. I ended up going in a black pencil skirt, topped with a red sweater. My hair, which is usually kept down or in a braid, was pulled into a bun courtesy of Sayu. There was a good reason why I hated anything that required nice attire. It was unnecessary.

Birthdays can be celebrated quietly with families and entrance ceremonies were completely useless. Hundreds of students go to college, especially in Japan. The usual wasn't a celebration, it was an achievement, I agree, but the ceremony was still useless.

Light picked up on my dampened mood.

"It will be over before you know it. Besides, the main event is a speech given by the two freshman representatives. One of them being me, I deserve our support." He chastised. I nodded.

"Not like you need it," I muttered. He smiled and kissed my forehead. "By the way, you look beautiful." With that he left for the stage.

I refused to admit that I was blushing. Not at all.

The speeches went well. I overheard many comments from the crowd. Women swooning over my brother, I didn't acknowledge the anger that sparked when this happened. I even heard a few praise Ryuga. A few of the boys were talking about them as well. One was criticizing Ryuga on being too casual, which is understandable even though I was envious that Ryuga could do this. I laughed at one comment about my brother being a sheltered genius, which I agree.

Light and Ryuga walked down together, I could see that Ryuga was speaking to Light. Light sat next to me, Ryuga next to Light. I acted as though I couldn't hear and smiled at my brother. He nodded and listened to Ryuuga.

"You've helped on many cases, and are now interested in the Kira case. I am very impressed by this and I am inclined to tell you a secret if you promise not to tell anyone. You're sister is excluded from this, as she appears to have the same abilities as you." At this I turned and faced Ryuga. He nodded in my direction.

I shared a look with Light and his face was a blank slate. I turned back to Ryuga, "We promise."I whispered.

I faced forward, to not cause unnecessary attention. I wondered what Ryuga Hideki would have to say. Why was he so familiar with mine and my brother's work?

"I just want to tell you that…" He lowered his voice, I inclined my head. "I'm L."

I froze, I felt Light have the same reaction. This was impossible, he's bluffing. Why would he put himself in danger just to introduce himself to us? This was stupid on his part, was it? I started to think, maybe it wasn't stupid. However, this was bad, he wouldn't just say this unless he had a good reason to. That reason could legitimately to invite us to help. That reason could also be that we're his number one suspects.

We couldn't lose our heads. Light certainly wouldn't, I wouldn't want to ruin it for Light. I took a silent breath. "If you are who you say you are," I started.

"Then you have nothing but our respect and admiration." Light finished calmly. I hated it when he did that, almost as much as I hated it when he would say something in unison. It annoyed me to no end. "Yes," I added.

"Thank you, the reason I have told you this is because I believe you two could be of some help to the investigation." I didn't believe all of that. I wanted to, just to relieve some stress. It probably wasn't all though. There was something else, I know it.

I glanced back at him quickly, he gave away nothing. he was even better at this emotionless mask than Light was. I couldn't suppress the amusement that developed from this thought.

Of course, if we did anything to him. If Light made the deal, which would not happen, we couldn't kill him. It would raise suspicions. It was sure now that my father has already seen him. If this was or was not L, he has ultimately saved himself for another day. Then there's the alias, if it wasn't an alias, there would be a good chance the celebrity would die if Light even thought of him while writing the name. The dead celebrity would be enough of a clue to convict at least one of us, if not both of us.

We could worry about this though, so what if we couldn't kill him? It didn't mean anything but force us to delay or be discreet when the time came. It would be difficult but I had faith in Light, and in myself, to get through this.

It's best just to calm down.

We left the ceremony and Light and I left calmly.

"Oh, Yagami-chan," I heard Ryuga call from behind me. I turned, a curious expression schooling my features.

"Yes, Ryuuga-san?"

"Would it be too personal now to tell me why you purposely lowered your score?" He asked, I could clearly hear the amusement in his still dull tone. I laughed.

"I suppose not," I replied, "The reason is, Light and I get compared a lot. I loath competition and the mixing up of our names. What with Tsuki being a unisex name and Light being an unusual one. It was in our middle school orientation that a teacher call on a Yagami Tsuki, I thought she meant me. She argued that I was not Yagami Tsuki. It took her to say it was a boy for me to be embarrassed and angry having to trade places with my brother."

Ryuga chuckled, a dry laugh, but amused nonetheless, "That sounds like a valid reason. As long as you know you are just as smart as your brother, it should not matter."

I sent Light an amused look and he rolled his eyes.

"Well, I must be going, it was nice meeting you two. I hope we'll see each other again." He left, and headed for a limousine parked on the curb waiting for him. I was impressed, but if he was L then it really wasn't surprising.

000

When we got home, we greeted our sister and mother. We went upstairs to change, but I went into Light's room.

The information we received today was pressing matter, one that had to be dealt with immediately. I went into his room and he was standing over his desk, his head bowed and shoulders tense. I knew just from this, Light was angry.

"Hey, Light," Ryuk said. I almost wished he hadn't. Light slammed his fists into the desk. I jumped at the noise.

"Dammit! He got me, damn L!" He growled. He sat in his desk chair, head in his hands. I approached quietly, not wanting to impose on him.

"I've never been so humiliated in my life!" He shouted and I wondered why Mom and Sayu didn't come up to see what the noise was. I understood why Light was angry, but I refused to anger him further. He'd get it out of his system eventually.

"Hey, why don't you just make the shinigami eye deal?" Ryuk interjected. I could've slapped him. Who knows what my brother would say in this state.

"Shush, Ryuk, that doesn't matter. We can't do anything to him right now. It'll incriminate us. For all we know, he's alerted the task force that if he dies soon it's our fault." I snapped, "A deal won't do anything to help us at this point."

"Yes," Light said, only a fraction calmer. I figured now would be a good time to actually comfort. I settled my hand on his shoulder. He breathed.

"He wants to get close to us Light, that's all. If he wants that, we'll do it." I assured and he exhaled.

Then he started chuckled, that chuckle turned into laughing, and then full blown cackling. My brother was cackling, and it reminded me of Ryuk's hyuking. A shinigami's laugh. A God of Death. I shook off the fear that had encroached on me.

"Yes, if it's friends he wants, we'll get him that." He sneered. "Now we'll be apart of the investigation, you may not have to hack as much." He turned in his seat to face me. his hands found my waist.

"Exactly, patience is key here, Light." I soothed combed my hand through his hair. He closed his eyes and rested his head against my stomach.

"I know, I know, I'm calm. Better than calm," He chuckled, "I'm great."

That dread I've been feeling, became rather suffocating in that moment.

To be continued…

Song: Friction by Imagine Dragons (You'll be seeing a lot of them)

So, you know how some pairings are just not necessary? Well, this one is. No matter how weird or how creepy it is. It is necessary for the plot.

If this subject offends anyone, please, either understand that nothing hardcore will occur between the two or just move on to a different story. It would pain me to lose readers, but I'd rather have readers that like the story for what it is rather than readers that criticize or try to make me change it.

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