Author's Note: I don't own Death Note.
Chapter 8: Angels
Violeta yawned tiredly as she woke up that Saturday morning. She squinted at the sunlight that peeked in through the blinds as she stretched her arms out above her head. Her phone started ringing a few moments later, so she reached over and grabbed it.
"Hello?" She said tiredly into the phone.
"Violeta, sweetie. How are you?" Came the voice of Violeta's grandmother, Vanessa, on the other end of the phone.
"Grandma? You're back home?"
"Yes, dear. I had a wonderful trip to Ireland. I have learned much about our ancestors during my trip there. Violeta, may I ask you about something?"
"Of course." Violeta replied as she laid back down, curling beneath the covers.
"Well, when I returned last night I went to the store to pick up a few things. Imagine my surprise when I see my granddaughter's face plastered on several magazines with the headline reading, 'Unforgettable California Girl, Violeta Smith, debuts in Japan. Is something going on that I should know about?"
I don't want to have to lie to my grandmother, but how can I possibly explain to her that the reason for me being on a magazine is Kira related? Even so, I can't very well tell her I am working for L. "…Well, the truth is…I am friends with model, Misa Amane and I went to a photo shoot with her. One of her agents asked if I would like to try modeling, so I agreed. The California thing and fake last name is to protect me from Kira."
"I see." Vanessa replied. "Violeta, you do realize that Kira would have no reason to harm a young woman like you. You are not a criminal."
"I know, but after what happened to my parents…well, I just want to be safe."
"I understand. Are you doing okay?"
"Of course I am. I don't think about it much. Are you okay, Grandma?"
"Yes, dear. I am alright. I miss Vivian, but I have grieved and will keep her in my memory."
"That's good. So, when are you taking your next vacation?"
"I leave in two days to go to Greece for two weeks, then I plan to go to the States for a while, but I called you for a different reason altogether."
"Oh? Is everything okay? You aren't sick are you?"
"No, Violeta. I wanted to call and wish you a Happy Birthday. You're all grown up now. I am so proud of you, too."
"Thanks," She smiled. "You don't have to be so proud of me, though. Without you, I don't believe I'd be the person I am."
"That's not true, Violeta. You have that young man that you are very good friends with. Light Yagami if I remember correctly."
"Yes, I do but still I appreciate everything you've done for me."
"I know, Violeta. You don't have to tell me. Listen, since I am leaving I don't think I will have time to see you. I am going to mail your gift to the post office and you can pick it up. Is that okay?"
"That's fine. Thank you."
"You're welcome. I will talk to you soon. I need to start packing again. I love you, Violeta."
"I love you, too. Have a good trip!" Violeta said before hanging up and setting her phone back down on the nightstand.
Light came into the bedroom after knocking on the door. He smiled playfully at her. "Aren't we a bit lazy this morning? How do you expect Kira to be caught if you're lying in bed all day?"
Violeta grinned, sticking her tongue out. "It's my birthday. Besides, I am the publicity stunt for the Kira Case. You and Ryuzaki are the brains behind all of it, so there. Anyways, why aren't you downstairs with the rest of the task force?"
"I came up here to make sure you were still alive. It's not like you to sleep past ten-thirty in the morning. You aren't getting sick, are you?"
"No, I was just exhausted. I didn't mean to sleep that late."
"You always are fatigued in the winter. Is there a reason for that, Vi?"
"Well, ever since I was a baby, I have had anemia off and on. Essentially, anemia is the lack of iron in your bloodstream so your body has to pump more blood. As long as I take iron supplements, I am usually fine, but the winter just makes it worse since I am usually cold as it is the weather doesn't help much."
Light nodded and kissed her forehead. "As long as you aren't coming down with the flu or anything."
"Nope. I am fine. So, where are you taking me tonight?"
"Vi, you can keep asking all you want but I am not going to tell you."
"You're no fun sometimes. You're always keeping secrets." Violeta pouted.
"I do not. And that pouty face isn't going to work on me. Maybe when we were younger." Light smirked as he stood up. "Well, when you feel like getting up, I'll be downstairs with the others."
"Okay. I'll be down a little later." Violeta smiled at him.
After getting a shower and drying her hair off, Violeta rummaged through the clothes that were hanging in her closet, so she could find something to wear. It's been a while since Light and I have actually gone out alone. It should be nice. She thought as she grabbed a dress from her closet. The white dress reached about two inches past her knees and was long sleeved. There was also a lilac colored sash that tied around the middle.
Once she was dressed, Violeta slid on her shoes and grabbed her jacket off the back of the chair and left the room making sure she had everything with her. As she got into the elevator to head downstairs, her phone began ringing. She sighed as she answered it. "Hello?"
"Vi Vi!" Misa said into the phone.
"Oh, hey Misa. How are you?"
"I'm great! Are you busy tonight? I was thinking we could go out."
"Actually, I'm busy. Light's taking me out."
"Light-Kun and you are going on a date? Where to? What's the occasion?" Misa asked rather excitedly.
She laughed a bit as she stepped out of the elevator. "He won't tell me where we are going, but it's for my birthday."
"Your birthday? You didn't tell Misa Misa your birthday was coming up! I could've thrown you a party!"
"N-No, Misa. Don't worry about it!"
"Well, Misa Misa is going to go buy you a present now!" Misa said happily.
"Th-That's not necessary, really. Maybe we can hang out sometime this week?"
"Okay! I'll call you!" She said before hanging up.
Violeta smiled as she put her cell phone in her coat pocket and walked down the hall into the main room. Soichiro and Mogi looked up from their work, giving her a slight nod to acknowledge the fact she was there.
Matsuda looked up as well and smiled at her. "Happy Birthday, Violeta! You look really pretty."
"Thank you," Violeta smiled. "Where'd Light go?"
"He said he would be down in a minute." He said.
She nodded and sat down on a chair, glancing at the stack of papers that littered the coffee table. "Any new leads on who this other Kira may be?"
"No. Even Ryuzaki seems a bit stumped." Matsuda said glancing over at her.
That's because he doesn't suspect Light, Misa or myself anymore. Who else could possibly be Kira? She thought.
"Violeta, you ready?" Light asked as he walked in adjusting his tie.
She stood up and smiled. "Yeah."
"Alright." He smiled as he looked at her and took her hand and led her out of the tall building.
Light had taken Violeta to an upscale restaurant in which the two were currently sitting. They were seated at a back table in the dimly lit dining room.
"Violeta?" Light looked at her after they had ordered their meals and the waitress had left.
"Yes, Light?" She tilted her head slightly as she stared at him.
"Are you angry with me?"
"Angry with you? Why would I be angry with you?"
"Vi, it's obvious you don't like the fact that I'm Kira." He said though his tone was low so that nobody would be able to hear. "So, I was curious if you were mad at me for it.
She shook her head. "I'm not mad at you, Light. And you're right. I don't like that you're Kira, but that's mainly because I am afraid you will get caught. If Kira is ever caught, then the penalty will be death or life in prison. Ryuzaki is very confident in his abilities to catch Kira."
"He doesn't suspect me anymore, so why worry about it?"
"Light, don't get over confident. He doesn't suspect you because Higuchi was Kira. Not only that, but you still spend a lot of time at his headquarters so you don't have much time to be committing anything that would convict you of being Kira."
"Exactly. Violeta, I've already beaten him."
Violeta nodded. "It's still dangerous no matter what you say. Someone will always oppose Kira."
"Perhaps, but I can handle it. You shouldn't be upset over it, Vi. Nothing is going to change between us because of Kira."
"I know that, Light." She smiled."Despite the fact that you are…Kira…you'll always be just Light Yagami to me."
"Violeta," He smirked as he leaned back in his seat. "You're way too innocent. It's cute. It's probably why Matsuda acts even more like an idiot around you."
"What are you talking about?"
"Come on. Don't tell me you haven't noticed. He's infatuated with you, Vi."
"I don't think so, Light. We're just friends." Violeta said.
"I never accused you of being anything other than friends. I am simply saying that the guy is in love with you."
"And? Don't tell me you are jealous. Even if he is…well, I don't want to hurt his feelings, but I am in a relationship with you."
"I can assure you that he isn't going to confess, Violeta. Matsuda isn't that much of an idiot."
"I don't know why you, Ryuzaki and the rest of the task force down him so much. He didn't get to become a detective because he's an idiot. He is just a little impulsive and a normal person. Just because he isn't a genius like you and Ryuzaki doesn't give you the right to criticize him so much."
"Calm down, Vi." Light said as he stifled a laugh at her little outburst.
"Sorry, but he is a nice person. You all should be more respectful."
"Okay, okay. I see your point. But remember, unlike you not everyone is capable of not downing on people." Light grinned at her as their food was served.
"I just don't want to hurt anyone's feelings." She shrugged as she took the fork out of the rolled up napkin and began twirling the pasta she had ordered.
After they finished their meal, Light and Violeta walked through the nearby park considering it wasn't overly late plus the chances of there being a criminal around were slim. "Dinner was great, Light." Violeta smiled.
"I'm glad you liked it." Light looked over at her, his brown eyes softening as he stared at her with a half smile on his face.
Feeling his gaze on her, Violeta blushed and stared back at him. "What are you looking at?"
"I am looking at a beautiful girl." He replied.
"Oh, you're so smooth, aren't you?"
"It's the truth, you know."
"Light, I wouldn't go that far." She shook her head.
"No? And why's that, Violeta?"
"Because…well…I don't know. I'm just not this insanely beautiful girl you think I am. I'm just ordinary."
"You say that like it's a bad thing."
"I don't think it's a bad thing. I'd rather be ordinary and normal than fawned over. It's so weird to be fawned over by these random people who think I am a model."
"Violeta, why did you do it, then?"
"To help you. I didn't want Ryuzaki to find out the truth. I wanted you to have your name cleared."
"You say you hate the fact that I am Kira and yet you willingly helped Kira."
"No, I helped Light Yagami. I don't care if you claim you and Kira are the same person. To me, Kira and Light Yagami are completely different."
Light laughed and kissed her cheek. "I got you a present."
"You what? Why? Dinner wasn't enough?"
"Violeta, you are now eighteen. So no, dinner wasn't enough. Besides I didn't complain when you bought me this watch, did I?"
"No, but—"
"See? Then it isn't an issue. Here, close your eyes."
"This is childish, Light." Violeta said as she closed her eyes.
Light ignored her comment as he brushed her hair aside and clasped a necklace around her neck. "Childish or not, I don't care. Go ahead. You can look now."
She opened her violet eyes once more and her gaze traveled down to the necklace Light had just put around her neck. The chain was silver and the pendent was in the shape of a heart. The heart was jewel encrusted and then in the middle of the heart there was a purple stone. "Wow, this is beautiful, Light." And probably really expensive.
"I figured you'd like it." He said with his arms around her waist from behind.
Violeta leaned into him, placing her hands over his. "You know me far too well. Thank you. I love it."
"I'm glad," Light said, resting his chin on top of her head. "Hey, Vi?"
"Hmm?"
"Despite your arguments, I still think you're beautiful."
"Thanks, Light."
"We should probably head back to the car. It's getting colder out and I'd prefer it if we weren't sick."
"You're right." Violeta turned around and hugged him tightly before leaning up and kissing him. "Do you remember the first time we kissed?"
He laughed as they made their way back to the car. "How could I forget? You moved your head the wrong way so we ended up bumping into each other."
"So you're going to blame that on me?"
'Yes, since it was your fault."
"No, if I remember it was yours." She laughed.
"Regardless of whose fault it was, I'd say we have perfected it now."
"I'd have to agree with you."
Once they got back, Violeta thanked Light once more and kissed him before heading off to bed. Light, on the other hand, was going to stay up and do some work with Ryuzaki and the others for a few hours. He stared at her as she left the room. If I ever had to kill her, I…I don't think I'd be able to do it. Even if she ended up in Kira's way, I am not sure I could bring myself to eliminate her. No, I shouldn't even be thinking about this. Violeta will never betray me; therefore, she will never end up in my way.
In the next two weeks nothing had really changed regarding the Kira Case until one Saturday afternoon after L and Light came inside soaking wet from the pouring rain.
L walked into the main room and sat down on one of the chairs as he spoke to Watari.
"What's going on?" Soichiro asked.
"We are going to finally use the Death Note."
"Use it? But if we don't use it every thirteen days, then whoever uses it will die."
"We're not personally going to use it. I got clearance from another country to have an inmate on death row use it. If the inmate doesn't die after thirteen days, then he will be pardoned from execution."
"Who is he going to kill? Another inmate on death row?" Violeta asked.
"Yes." L replied. "And if the inmate who writes in the Death Note does not die, then this will prove that Light Yagami and Misa Amane were both the First and Second Kira's."
Light was mentally frowning. This could ruin everything if the Death Note is taken away but… His thoughts drifted as he looked at Rem from the corner of his eye. Since Misa is now in danger, Rem has no choice but to kill L.
Rem was looking at Light as well. So this is what he wants. This was Light Yagami's plan all along. Well then, if it is to save Misa than I will do it. The shinigami disappeared from the room and reappeared in the room where Watari was. Rem wrote his name down and soon the elderly man had fallen from his chair but not before deleting all of the files.
"Wh-What's going on?" Matsuda asked out of panic.
"In the event that something were to happen to Watari, I told him to delete all of the files that were on these computers." L said as he felt some sadness regarding the man who had raised him. "Everyone the shini-" L was cut off as his body convulsed from a heart attack and he fell from the chair.
Light quickly caught him as he fell and smirked as L's eyes slowly shut. "Ryuzaki! Wake up!" Light said playing the innocent as always. He suddenly screamed and a look of panic overcame his features. "The Shinigami is going to kill us. Where are you Shinigami?" Light called out knowing full well that Rem was nothing but dust.
"We should go search." Soichiro said. Matsuda, Mogi, Aizawa and Light left the room.
Violeta stayed, placing L's head in her lap. Light lied to me. He said he wasn't going to kill Ryuzaki. How could he? She thought sadly. She stared down at the detective's face, noticing that he looked peaceful. "Ryuzaki, I am so sorry. I should've known…I should've kept a better eye on him. I'm so sorry. I know you probably realized Light was Kira when you…please, don't hate him. All of this power is slowly changing him. I can see it." Violeta said wiping the tears away from her face.
After her confinement had ended and Violeta had met L, she had quickly grown to like him and all of his quirks. He wasn't an evil person like Light had made him out to be when she first found out that he was Kira. L was simply doing what he believed was right and in the end it had cost him his life. "If I could bring you back, I would, Ryuzaki. If I could get Light to stop being Kira, I'd do that well but both things seem to be impossible."
Not long after L had passed, the task force had decided not alert the media that L had died. Instead, Light took over as the new L. They moved the task force headquarters to Light and Violeta's new apartment and everyone decided they would avenge L by capturing Kira. Sadly, they didn't realize Kira was right underneath their noses. That wasn't the only change that occurred. Violeta decided to remove herself from the Kira Case as well. Light wasn't going to be a risk taker like L, so there was no need for her to remain on the case.
Violeta was sitting in the living room, since the rest of the Task Force had left for the night. It had only been a week since L's death and she was still shaken up by it.
Light walked in, loosening his tie up after stretching. "Hey Violeta. I was thinking you and I should celebrate my victory over L."
Light sat on the couch and kissed her rather passionately, his hands at her waist. Her eyes slipped shut and she slowly kissed him back, her anger towards him dissolving for a minute. He slipped his hands beneath her shirt, resting them against her sides for a moment.
Violeta abruptly jerked away, then. "No, stop. I don't want to talk to you right now." She said getting up and preparing to leave the room, but he quickly grabbed her hand.
"Vi, what's wrong? You've hardly talked to me or anyone else for that matter for the past week."
"What's wrong? What do you mean what's wrong? You killed him. You killed L even after you told me you wouldn't! Now you want to celebrate his death?"
"I had no choice. He was going to jeopardize my cleansing of the world by sending the notebook away."
"There is always a choice, Light. You made a bad one." She said close to tears. "How could you?"
"Violeta, had he sent that notebook to be tested then he would have figured out that I am Kira. Is that what you want for me?"
She decided not to give an answer to his question since he already knew what she would say. "Ryuzaki said that you were the first friend he ever really had, then Misa and I became his friends. He called you his first real friend and you kill him. Then, to top it all off you kill him. How can you even live with yourself? He was innocent of any crime."
"No, he was not. He defied me, Violeta. He defied Kira; the God of the new world. For that he had to be punished."
"He was doing his job, Light! If Aizawa, Matsuda, Mogi or even your father began to suspect you, would you murder them to? Your own father?"
"If I did that, then I would be suspected of being Kira. I wouldn't do something so stupid."
She shook her head. "I don't even know you anymore. You're changing. All of this power that you have is corrupting you."
"Come on, Vi, don't be like this. You know I love you."
Violeta brushed past him, tears trickling down her cheeks. "I'm going out." She said before opening the door and leaving.
Light stared at the door for a moment, his mouth hanging open. In all the years he had known her, she had never exploded like this and especially not on him.
"Stupid Kira." Violeta murmured as she walked the dark streets, shivering. I should've grabbed a jacket. I was just so mad at him…
Suddenly, the eighteen year old felt something cold pressed against her back. "Don't move or I'll shoot you." A gruff voice said from behind her.
"You're going to shoot me? Do you have a death wish, mister? Kill me and it will be aired on the news. Either the police or Kira will find you. Is that what you really want?"
"Look missy, shut the hell up and give me your money."
"I-I don't have any with me…" Violeta said, starting to panic. She had hoped that his life being threatened like that would make him leave.
"Really now? Well, then I guess this is goodbye." He pulled the trigger back and shot.
Violeta didn't remember much as she felt a searing pain go through her and everything went black. The man ran off, leaving her there to die; however, she was about to be one lucky girl.
From another realm, much like the Shinigami Realm, there was an angel watching over Violeta. The angel's name was Michelangelo. Michelangelo had blonde hair and green eyes as well as that angelic glow about him. When he had died, he had been about eighteen but that was a very long time ago. Since then it was his job to watch over people and save them if it wasn't yet their time.
This time was one of those instances. Michelangelo flew down into the human world and hovered near Violeta Matsumoto. From the messenger bag he wore around him he pulled out a pure white notebook. On the cover in a pretty cursive black font, it read: Life Note.
He flipped it open and wrote her name down in it. Within a few minutes, Violeta was awake. Her wound had suddenly healed and the color went back to her face. The only remnants that anything had happened was the blood stain on her shirt.
"Wh-Where am I? Am I dead…?" She looked around, feeling slightly groggy.
Michelangelo appeared in front of her, smiling a wide boyish grin. "Quite the contrary!"
She jumped back, screaming slightly in alarm. "Who…are you?"
"The name is Michelangelo. I'm an angel. Actually, to be precise I am your guardian angel. It's my duty to protect you from things like that. Clearly, it wasn't your time to die yet so I brought you back. Actually, I have a gift for you. You're one of the special ones in the world." He dug around in his bag.
"I must be dreaming…" Violeta murmured as she ran a hand through her hair.
"Is it any different than your boyfriend having a killer notebook and a shinigami?"
"How did you know?"
"I told you. I am an angel. I know plenty of things about you!" He smiled. "Got it!" He grinned as he placed a second Life Note in her hands.
"What's this?" Violeta asked.
He laughed at her innocence. "Violeta, what's the opposite of death?"
"Life."
"And the opposite of something demonic like a shinigami?"
"An angel."
"So if there are Death Notes and Shinigami, then there are Life Notes and angels, silly."
"Why give me one, then?"
"You're special. Not everyone gets to be brought back to life by an angel."
"But you just said you had to make sure you watched out for people to make sure they didn't die before it was their time."
"Well, I may have stretched the truth. You see, everyone in this world is watched over by something. Only a handful are chosen to be watched over by angels. Many humans are watched over by the wandering spirits of loved ones who have yet to except their deaths. As for the rest, they are either watched over by an angel or a shinigami. But the majority are spirits."
"Has Light been watched over by a Shinigami all this time?"
"No. He had an angel watching over him until he picked that cursed thing up and then he ended up with Ryuk. Anyways, allow me to explain the rules."
"Okay." Violeta nodded her head.
"First of all, the concept is the same as the Death Note. You need a name and a face to bring this person back. From the day they die, plus three extra days are the only times you can bring them back. So essentially, you have four days unless they are buried or cremated before then."
"So that means I can't bring L and Watari back…"
"Sorry, darling. No can do. Anyways, as I was saying….if a person is murdered by a gun, the bullet must be removed and the wound sewed up. With you, that process was not necessary since you were saved by divine intervention. If you misspell the person's name three times, then they cannot be brought back."
"Is there anything else?"
"I don't think so. If at any time you wish to give the Life Note back to me, then you just hand it back and everything will be fine. You won't lose your memories of it because the Life Note is good."
"Am I the only one who can see you?"
"Yup! Though, that Shinigami that follows your boyfriend around will see me. It'll be his choice whether or not to tell Light about it."
"Right. Thank you for saving my life. I didn't think something like this was possible." I know one thing for sure. I can't tell Light about this notebook. He'll use it his advantage. I love him…but I know he'd try to take this from me and he doesn't need any more power.
Violeta stood up, leaning on a nearby wall for support. She was still a bit shaky from the entire ordeal even though her wound was fully healed.
She went into a nearby corner store that was open late and purchased a sweatshirt and put it on over her sweater so she could hide the bloodstain. If Light asked her why she had bought it, she'd tell him she had gotten cold during her walk which wasn't completely a lie.
"Come on, princess! You need to rest! It's late!" Michelangelo said floating along happily in front of her.
She smiled a bit at the angel's happiness and eagerness and headed back to the apartment. Before going back in to the apartment, she had given Michelangelo the Life Note to hold until she could hide it from Light.
"Violeta?" Light said. The look of worry on his face faded when he saw her. After she had left, he gone out looking for her but was unable to find her.
"I'm here." Violeta said softly. "I'm sorry, Light."
"It's okay. I was worried something happened to you. Listen, Violeta, I know you are upset about L dying, but don't be mad at me."
She stared at him as he pulled her into an embrace. In one breath, she didn't want to stay mad at him but in another, he had lied to her. Of course, she wasn't one to stay mad at anyone for long periods of time. It just wasn't in her to live that sort of life. "I forgive you, but I still think what you did was wrong."
"I understand, Love." He kissed her lips gently.
"I'm going to bed. Good night, Light." She headed off to their bedroom. After changing into her pajamas and hiding the sweater in a drawer until she could throw it away tomorrow, she hid the Life Note on the bottom of one of her drawers. Light would never go through her things without asking so she knew it was safe. After that, she crawled into the king sized bed she shared with Light and soon fell asleep.
Light came in not long after and went to sleep beside her, each having an other worldly being watching over them.
Author's Note: Okay, so I probably just lost all of my readers since I killed L off. Yikes! And I know something like the Life Note is probably overdone, but you know what? I honestly don't care. It's a plot twist. Don't like it? Then oh well.
I do not know when I am going to update again. I am not saying I will be on hiatus or anything, but school starts Friday and mentally, I am not prepared for it. And I've procrastinated on finishing summer reading and some AP work, so I really need to get that stuff done.
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