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Chapter 10- The other note
She sat behind them in the monitor room, sighing, looking around and bored out of her mind. Matt and Mello were sitting at the table full of snacks that occasionally everyone picked at, but Rangiku took the initiative to go to the store and get about three dozen king sized Hershey bars.
Mello's eyes shot open when he noticed Matsuda nibbling on one next to the stack at the table. "Rukia, you shouldn't have..." He walked over and grinned as he picked one up and slowly undid the wrapper, lust in his eyes. Matt walked up beside her and grinned, "He forgot to get any and has been out for the night. This is bliss for him." He snickered before walking over. "No more interesting things since last night?"
"Nothing." L sighed, clicking the camera over to Light. "Light-kun, How are you holding out?"
"Well, considering..." He sighed, his hands and legs shackled behind his back. Rangiku frowned as she walked over, putting down her bowl of strawberries and grabbed the mic. "I'll let you forfeit the Death note on one condition." Lights eyes narrowed as he looked over, obviously perturbed by the remark. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Are you saying that you don't own a death note in front of the shinigami?" Light went wide eyed and nodded. "Yes!"
"Ryuk, he never said forfeit, so that didn't count." Light stared ahead, baring his teeth. "You're fucking psycho! There's something wrong with you, Bitch!!" Bits of drool flew from his lip, splattering across the ground and Rangiku grinned. "Just tell me where Misa's note is, That's all I need. Just tell me which tree it's under!" His face shot up, jaw dropped. "What?! How??"
"I already told you, Light, I know everything." He just stared and nodded, looking away. "It's under the maple in the park about a mile east of here." She grinned looking over at L who was staring at her, wide eyed. "How did you know it was under a tree? Everything you've said so far was true, but I can't figure out how you knew..."
"I'm a shinigami. I know." She grinned and looked over at L. "Can you find the park on a map for me? I need to know how many maple trees there are." She looked back over to the monitor, her fingers starting to tap instinctively against the table. "Don't say a word till I speak to you again."
It was about an hour later that she jumped into the car, shovel in hand, Matt and Mello behind.
Near had watched the whole thing frowning. There was something about this that he didn't like, but he didn't seem as if he were going to say his mind anytime soon.
They found only one maple amongst the sakura trees. She immediately started looking around, looking for angles and the other two watched, wondering. "What in the hell are you doing?"
"I'm looking for where the hole is. It's in a space by the clearing..." She found it and looked up at the trees, almost as if she were looking from above at the show, only it was Matt and Mello instead of the Shinigami, and it was herself instead of Light. She looked over by the tree and ran over, brushing away the leftover leaves of fall, starting to gather the bits of frost from the sky.
She looked for a spot that looked as if it had been disturbed, but in Light's paranoia she was fairly sure she wouldn't find that, and she wasn't disappointed. She sighed, looking around and took the shovel to the ground.
It was about two hours till she hit something besides rocks and the roots of the tree that kept getting her hopes up. She looked down in the hole, frowning and ready to grab whatever and yank it from the earth, but instead found a box in a zip-lock bag. Her eyes widened as she reached down, brushing the rest of the dirt off and grinned. "Boys, we found it." She opened the bag, withdrawing the box and tossed it aside, book in hand.
They reached the tower shortly after, grinning like idiots as they pulled into the lobby. Rangiku gripped onto Mello the whole time, scared for her life, yet rejoicing at the feeling of freedom from a motorcycle at the same time. As the motor quieted she tried to free her hands from Mello's chest, finding it harder than she'd thought, but was able to do so. Her knuckles were white from the clenching and she had to wring out her hands before reaching into the bag on the side of the bike, waving the notebook at the camera. She looked back at the bike after with a grin and looked over at the two. "I have to get one of those..."
"Are you sure you could handle it yourself? I couldn't breathe." Mello grinned and Matt frowned, jokingly jealous at the contact.
She grinned before taking off at top speed for the elevator.
"We got it! Here, touch it so when he shows you'll be able to see him." Matt and Mello frowned as they watched L reach out hesitantly before touching the book. He looked around and sighed, relieved. Matt and Mello reached out, touching the book and just stood there, staring. "I don't feel anything."
"You're not going to. It's a notebook." Rangiku looked over and Matt frowned. "Isn't it the Death note?"
"It's one of them." She grinned, opening the cover for the first time. L watched over her shoulder, looking over the words and sighed. "Is this one going to be anything like Ryuk?"
"Similar but different. He's not quite as frightening. He's still tall and blue, but he's not all leather and stuff. He's more skeletal, and he has more of a... it's hard to explain." She sighed, remembering the shinigami in her head.
Rangiku walked over to the mic and grinned. "Light?"
"What?" His voice was calm, almost sad and she smiled, knowing that she had him pinned. "You can speak freely now. Anything you want to say?"
"FORFEIT!! I FORFEIT!!"
His face went blank for a moment before he looked down, his eyes seemed distant, as if he didn't know what was happening. "Is he alright?" Matt asked and Rangiku nodded. "Ryuk will now give the notebook to someone else. Someone from..." She blanked. She shook her head before staring ahead. "I don't remember..." Her eyes widened before she screamed, dragging her hands into her hair.
"This can't be... happening..." She stared ahead, jaw dropped. L stood and took her by the shoulders. "It's alright. We caught him, we can catch the next one."
"We need to not remind Light of any of this... He can't know..." She looked up at L, eyes wide, embarrassed and surprised. "We need him now, more than ever." L's eyes narrowed. "What do you mean?"
"He's the one that gives us the clues. Him and his father, they both need to be on this case, and just in case we also need to keep Mogi and Matsuda." L looked at her suspiciously. "Matsuda?"
"If anything happens to you, He's the one that ends this." L's eyes widened. "What?"
"You're supposed to die in three or four months. Light takes over the Kira investigation, posing as you, till Near takes the case. Mello and Matt join in and it turns into a battle over who gets to find Kira first. Mello is killed by one of the people he takes in as a suspect, unfortunately she's acting as Kira at the time and kills him. Minutes before Matt is killed by the police. Mello happened to be watching the television at the time and pulled over in his car, shocked at the death and joins him minutes later.
Light kills the one who killed Mello minutes later, getting rid of all evidence. Near figures out what's happening and tricks him, calling him to a meeting. The one acting as Kira at the time then shows up, but has a fake book and Light utters what he thinks will be the last words Near hears. 'I've won.' When they don't die, after they heard him, it's more or less a confession. He goes for his hidden piece of the notebook, but Matsuda realizes what's happening and shoots him. He has to shoot him four times before he runs."
L's eyes watched her as she spoke the story, some of which he hadn't heard like this before and shakes his head. "What?"
"We need the Yagami's and Matsuda."
"What about Aisawa?" Mello asked, causing her to shake her head. "He quits in a few months. The police draw back, ordering them to choose between Kira and the police force. You do one of your trust tests, and Watari unknowingly gives it away. He gets mad and quits." Mello nodded. "At least he lives."
"But he hates himself for the rest of his life for doing it." L frowned. "Is there anyone who has a happy ending to this?" She looked down, sighing before shaking her head. "After Mello killed all of the people in the SPK save four, no, not really." Mello shook his head. "We're working together now. That won't happen, I can't do that now." Rangiku sighed. "At least I saved a few lives." She sighed before looking down. "Well, did we have either of the notebooks by now in the story?" She looked up before realizing Light's idea took both books. "No... He needs both books... He needs them both to be successful!" She nearly screamed, looking at the book still in her hand. "I may have ended this with this little break." She beamed looking up at L. He smiled and nodded. "Let's hope."
Come nightfall, they were too afraid to sleep. L was worried over Rangiku's state of mind, and she wouldn't sleep till she got to speak to L.
He insisted on keeping them in their cells till things were settled. "Rangiku, aren't you tired yet?" She looked over, shaking her head, Death note still gripped in her crossed arms to her chest. "I can't sleep yet." He sighed, turning back to the monitor.
It wasn't till about four the next afternoon he found her asleep in the chair. She'd stayed awake, running on adrenaline the whole time, not eating, drinking only caffeine and just staring ahead blankly.
This was the time that she was awoken by a falling L.
She woke, seeing him on the floor, eyes wide ahead, looking in the corner of the room at the shinigami in the corner. She looked over, gasping before jumping to her feet. "Rem!" He looked around and realized she really was talking to him. "How do you know my name?"
"I know everything, I know what happens. "Please, I need to speak to you!"
They went into another room, the staring faces of the police unsettling to Rangiku and L watched on the monitor, unknown to Rangiku.
The instant they walked through the door Rangiku burst into tears. "I've needed to talk to you so badly! Please, you can't kill L!"
Rem just stared at her, frowning. "Why would I do that?"
"It's the deal, right? You kill L, in the process you kill yourself. This makes Light happy, so he loves Misa, making her happy. That's what's supposed to happen, right?" Rem stared at her, eyes narrowed. "Please, I know it won't make her happy, but it'll kill her if this happens, literally." Rem watched her, leaning against the wall. "How do you know about this?"
"I know everything! L decides to test the book, incriminating Misa as Kira, so you kill Watari, then him. I can't allow this!" Her eyes were still streaming tears as she spoke. "Please, let me find a way to save them! I have the most brilliant minds at work upstairs, we'll find a way to keep her alive! Please, just don't kill him! If you need to kill someone, please let it be me instead!"
She threw herself to her knees and bowed her head as Rem watched her, surprised. "For the first time, I have to agree with Ryuk, you humans are interesting..."
It was about an hour later that she went back to the monitor room. Rem had left to try and find Ryuk, to see if they could get the other notebook, therefore saving both Light and Misa from incrimination. She walked in and tossed the book on the table, sighing. "Do we have a safe to keep that in?" L turned to her and nodded, taking the book silently before leaving the room. She leaned back, her head in the back corner of the chair, her legs over one of the arms. She was out in seconds.
She woke early the next morning, in her bed. She sat up, yawning at the sun that streamed in, betraying the cold temperatures outside. She stretched and looked around, seeing a note beside her head.
'An eye for an eye. L"
She noticed she'd been stripped down to her underwear and chuckled as she got out of bed. She gathered her cloths for her bath.
She laid back in the water, sighing as the steam intermingled the scent of jasmine and roses throughout the room. She heard the familiar knock at the door and grinned. "Curtain's closed!"
"Ohayo!" Matsuda grinned as he walked in, closing the door behind him. "Hey! Sorry I passed out so early yesterday!" She grinned as she looked over at the curtain. "So, you and L fighting?" She looked over and frowned. "No, why?"
"He was silent after you left the room yesterday. He didn't say another word till he ordered us to leave at ten." She looked around the curtain, eyes wide. "What?"
"Yeah, he just spent the rest of the day with the monitor staring at Light. He wouldn't say a word to him, he just stared. It was creepy, even for him." Rangiku sighed. "That's odd. He seemed to be in a good mood from the note he left me."
"Why? What did it say?" She stared ahead for a moment, jaw dropped, unable to think of anything that would pass as a good excuse. "It was personal." She blushed lightly and Matsuda laughed. "Is this a TMI moment?" He asked and she shook her head. "Not... totally..." She sighed, thinking. "Matsuda, do me a favor?" He nodded as he answered. "Anything I can."
"Get Misa to fall in love with you?" He froze before he chuckled. "I don't think that's possible. She's all about Light. It's an interesting idea, though..."
She sighed before leaning her head back. "Can you just try? I know you've been a fan of hers for a while, she's actually really smart, as well as pretty. She's a great catch, and you're kind of cute, and very kind and sweet. You'd be a great couple." He laughed outright at this. "I'll do my best. I don't think she'd be happy with a guy like me, though, She's famous and I'm a police officer."
"As long as you try..." Matsuda fell silent for a moment. "Rangiku, what's going on?"
"If things don't work out the way I'm hoping, we're going to lose L in a few months. Three or four. I can't. I can't do this again." Matsuda sighed as he heard her start to cry. "We'll find a way. You've already altered the story significantly. This may change a lot of the details." She nodded, trying to stop her tears. "I can't take any chances." He nodded.
Hey all! I'm doing my best to keep up, but have been a little sidetracked. A fave from forever ago, turns out I missed the emails and they updated about another half to the story.
I love fluffy, lemony Sesshoumaru fics!
Ja-ne!
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