[Chapter Ten]

You opened your eyes, and turned over to look at your alarm clock. Eleven thirty. Almost noon. The bed was warm and soft… you didn't want to get up yet. You rolled over. A sleeping Light was only 5-inches away. You jumped up, shocked to see him in your bed—and then you remembered where you were.

Walking out to the living room, you thought about what needed to be done. You were going to have to do some grocery shopping… Not to mention, you didn't have plates or silverware. Walking back to the closet, you quickly got dressed to go out, and turned the news on before leaving.

"… an additional five-hundred criminals died of heart attacks today at exactly five o'clock AM. It is assumed that this was the work of Kira."

'No wonder he's still sleeping,' you thought. Turning the TV off, you left to go shop.

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When you returned from your shopping trip with more than 20 bags, you had to have the doorman help you up to your apartment. By the time you walked in, Light was up watching the news.

"Tomo… come see this."

You walked over and sat next to him on the couch. There was a robotic voice and an L on the screen.

"What you're doing is wrong… Kira. We know who you are and how you kill. It's only a matter of time before we catch you."

The L disappeared, and the reporter from earlier reappeared on the screen. Light muted the TV.

"I thought L died," you said.

"L could be anyone though… even Near."

You looked around for Isamu, and found him in the corner. You looked towards the bathroom and back at him. He nodded.

"Excuse me for a moment."

Getting up, you headed into the bathroom. Isamu locked the door behind you.

"Isamu… I need you to find this new L. Don't kill him. Just find out who and where he is, and then come back."

Isamu gave a small nod and walked out of the room, straight through a wall.

You unlocked the door and went out to rejoin Light on the couch. He had turned off the TV, and was now writing names from his laptop onto his death note. You watched him work, tirelessly. After a few minutes, you went to go unpack the groceries and make lunch. You couldn't stop thinking about Light; why hadn't he immediately taken his death note when you offered it to him? Why hadn't he left? You prepared a quiche for lunch, and set it in the oven to bake.

Light walked into the kitchen.

"I've finished a night's work… Want to watch a movie?"

This wasn't like Light at all.

Or was it?

"Sure."

You went to go sit on the couch with Light, and watched him flip through the channels in search of a movie. At last, he found an action movie. Lying back, you watched, occasionally looking over at Light. He looked bored watching, but never said anything. You got up to take the quiche out of the oven. Light followed you.

Why was he being so clingy?

You cut the quiche into pieces, and handed Light his plate. You tossed Ryuk an apple. Not feeling like sitting down at the table to eat, you went back to the couch. Light sat next to you.

Was there something he wanted to say? Maybe that's why he was being so clingy. He didn't seem like the same person at all though.

"This is really good."

"I'm glad you like it," you said, trying to sound sarcastic. There was happiness in your voice that you hadn't been able to hide.

After you finished eating, you went to get changed into pajamas. Light came with you. He didn't look serious like he usually did. You quickly changed and laid down… Light was in bed by that time too. You rolled over. This was going to be awkward. You knew that Light wasn't asleep.

After a few minutes, you couldn't stand it. Getting up, you walked off in search of your cell phone, desperate to have a normal conversation with someone. Briskly, you picked up your cell phone and went out to the living room, flipping through your contacts. Ryuzaki? You pressed the 'send' button before you had any second thoughts.

"… Hello?" The voice was emotionless.

"Ryuzaki?" This is—"

"Tomo. Yes I know."

He knew your voice that well?

"Hi. I just needed to talk to someone."

"Yes… I was just about to call you myself."

His voice still had no emotion.

"Umm… So Kira is back," you said, hoping to strike up conversation.

"Yes… Unfortunately. It was actually the reason I was going to call you."

"What?"

"The opinion that you gave me the other day got me thinking. You said that Kira might know something about death that we don't?"

"Well… it's a reasonable possibility. I mean, he does know how to kill in a rather unique way. My point though… was that it's too soon to judge the situation."

There was a pause on the other end of the line.

"Tomo… How do you think Kira kills?"

"Well… whoever they are… could just think about the person dying. Obviously Kira needs two things to kill… a name and a face. Perhaps the name more easily obtained than the face… the original definitely needed both though. It seems smartly put together… why both? My theory is that it's to avoid confusion between people carrying the same name. The thing is though… What if Kira isn't just one person? What if Kira is many people? At one time, there were two Kiras. There are so many possibilities… Endless ones. Whoever is doing it though—one thing can be certain. They know something that we don't. If they figured out how to kill just by thinking about someone, they must know other things that we don't. This could be an alien for all we know… though highly unlikely."

There was silence on the other end.

"Tomo… would you ever consider working on the Kira taskforce?"

This might actually be L… The more you spoke to him, the more likely it got. L Lawliet was the cherry on top. He wanted to catch Kira, he mentioned working on the taskforce… How much more likely could it get?

"Yes," you replied quickly, "I would consider it. If I did, it wouldn't be because I wanted to arrest Kira—It would be to find out more about Kira, and for that reason only."

"Yes, I see." You heard him take a breath. "Start considering it."

"What?"

"Tomo. I am personally inviting you to join the Kira taskforce. We actually just lost one of our best detectives…"

"Light Yagami."

He stopped, waiting for an explanation. You continued.

"Misa Amane married Soichiro Yagami's son. Misa reported that Light was dead only a few days ago, shot by an enraged police officer bent on the fact that Light Yagami was Kira. There is absolutely no way that Light Yagami wasn't on the taskforce with an accusation like that against him. Furthermore, his father was deputy director of the Japanese police at the time Kira first emerged. He was originally in charge of the Kira investigation, therefore, it's likely that his son was involved as well."

There was silence on the other end of the line again.

"Yes, I think you would be quite useful to the investigation. Meet tomorrow, anytime." He gave you directions to headquarters.

"I'll come around 2pm."

"Good bye."

"Good night."

You hung up. You had no idea what to think. You would know L's plans, and would be able to keep Light out of harms way… it was too good to be true… could it be a set up?

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