Ewiituntmay: I know I told you there was going to be a lemon in this chapter, I'm really, really, really sorry about that, I got the chapters screwed up...well I really only missed one part, but here it is. Lemon is in the next chapter, For Sure! Now then, chapter is dedicated to several people, starting with Sen Saruwatari, Pied Piper 93, happy-smiling-cookie, Quiet, sarhbear, and cheyjeevas. Thank you for your support and I hope everybody Enjoys.
Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note or the characters. Only OCs and the plotline.
Recap: I blinked at him, my face slightly serious, though the smirk tried to reform on my face, it caused him to quiet down, "Matsu-chan…I never said anything about imagining."
His face grew redder at the statement, I bit my lip hard, trying not to laugh out loud, but of course the situation was much too hilarious and I laughed. This caused everyone to stop what they were doing and turn to me, my laughter sounding like the sweet tinkling of bells, or at least that's what I'd been told.
"I was just teasing you Matsu-chan. You needn't be so embarrassed…unless of course…it's true?" I raised an eyebrow and his blush renewed itself.
He grumbled something along the lines of, "That's mean Sana-chan."
I blinked again, smile still on my face from laughing, "Sana…chan?" I smiled a little more at the endearment. He blinked and looked up at me. The blush didn't disappear, it only remained, as it didn't seem to be able to turn any darker.
I nodded once in approval and Matsu-chan seemed to relax. I turned and went to my usual couch, which I noticed was unoccupied almost anytime I was down here, since I got here. I sat down and pulled my sketchbook out of my bag, I looked up at Matsu, everyone seemed a bit baffled by my strange behavior. I blinked, "Matsu-chan? Would you mind if I sketched you? And you too Aizawa?" they looked at me, surprised by the request, then nodded with varying degrees of eagerness.
"You know how to draw Sana-chan?" I nodded, already having started drawing him, I didn't even really look up more than once or twice to check something, causing him to become impatient, "Sana-chan? Are you going to draw me or not?"
I looked up at him, blankly, held up a finger than looked down one more time before nodding at my drawing, I held it up, away from Matsu and the others so only I could see it. I lowered it, still keeping it away from the others. I frowned slightly, then smirked a little bit, L glanced back at me and I made a waving motion at him, to come here, he only blinked as I was already moving closer to him, "What do you think, do you think I did that right?"
L looked at the picture than looked away blushing slightly, "Was that really necessary Sana?"
I made a mock sad frowny face * =l* , "Ahh, but I thought it was cute…" I sighed, deflating, "Okay, I'll redraw it. It'll be our secret, okay Panda-chan?"
L glanced at me, an eyebrow raised, "Panda-chan?" he frowned a little and I tilted my head, we had a mini blank staring contest. Finally after a few minutes L looked away, mumbling a quiet, "Whatever."
I nodded once, a smug smile on my face. I turned back to Matsu, he was trying to look at the picture, which was clutched against my chest, I did another mock gasp of horror, "Matsu-chan! How could you do that to Aizawa?"
This consequently made everyone turn to look at us again, Matsu and Aizawa were a very bright red color. I couldn't help but laugh again, this time noting the way L looked at me with a curious, distant and hazy look in his eyes, though I never looked away from the blushing Matsu. I had already figured L would say something like that so I had taken the time to draw the them separated, instead of kissing like in the first one! ~,o They were apart and separated by a line down the middle, with both names at the top of each picture and my signature and the date at the bottom.
I tugged on L's sleeve, he glanced back, "What about this one then Panda-chan? Is it…acceptable?" he blinked at it then nodded once. I smiled, nodded once and turned it for the others to look at it.
Matsu was the first to reply, "Whoa! That's incredible Sana-chan!" this more than anything else is what caught the attention of the others, the only ones who'd been interested had been Matsu and Aizawa, mostly because they were the ones being drawn. I pulled it out of my sketchbook, careful not to let the other picture show and folded the picture in half, then very carefully ripped it apart. With that I handed each one half of the paper…of course I never said I handed them their respective pictures! ^_^ They glanced at them and handed the one to the other. Everyone noticed this and raised their eyebrows, Matsu frowned at me, "Sana-chan you handed us the wrong ones."
I blinked, "Oh…whoops, sorry. I just ripped it and handed it over, I guess I should've checked first." I let a small blush of embarrassment, mock of course, onto my face, and looked down sheepishly. I gave a nervous laugh and turned back to my sketchbook on the couch, L just shook his head, though he was staring, unblinkingly at the computer screen, I knew the head shake was meant for me, as well as the smirk tugging at his lips.
"Sana…chan. Will you draw me?" Mogi sidled up, still a bit wary of me, I blinked at him and nodded, a small smile playing on my lips.
"Yeah, sure Mogi." I flipped to a fresh page and drew him without looking up once. When I was done, in one fourth the time it took for the other two, I held it up, nodded once ripped it out and turned it for Mogi to see. He gasped and took the page from my hands, I smiled. While he was busy checking the likeness, in a mirror, I pulled out my cell phone, it was now 3:57pm I sighed, today had gone by much faster than I thought it would. I put my book back in my bag and pulled out the strawberries again, I opened it and offered L one, who took it without turning from the screen, I could see Aizawa looking over longingly, as well as Matsu.
Matsu actually came over, though cautiously, now slightly aware of my fondness for strawberries. I glanced up at him, face blank, "Uh…now can I try one Sana-chan?" I blinked, looked down at the strawberry in one hand and the container in the other, I looked back up at Matsu, noting that L was watching me from the corner of his eye. I also noted that everyone was looking, though trying not to. I sighed slightly.
"No." Matsu's face fell completely. I didn't even blink at his now sad puppy-dog face.
"But Sa_na-ch_an! Ryuzaki and Aizawa got to try them!" I blinked up at him, still unaffected. He full out pouted, I still just sat there blinking at him. Aizawa was watching the strawberries intently as well… I smirked slightly as I looked from Matsu to Aizawa behind him. Everyone noticed, because it changed from a slight smirk to a full out warm smile. Both instantly became wary.
I just opened my mouth and was about to say something, barely taking note of L grabbing the last strawberry and Matsu looking at it longingly, when L cut me off, "Don't even think about it Sana."
My face fell, "But Pan_da-ch_an…" he shook his head solemnly, and I pouted at Matsu and Aizawa, then when they were both sighing in relief, I held up the strawberry I had yet to eat, I mock chuckled evilly, "Kuku kuku. The la_st strawberry." I held it up slightly and noted L's amused smirk and Matsu's expression of horror.
I held it a little bit in front of me, then lifted it slightly, as though to give it to Matsu, I sighed and stood, lifting it a little more, then just when he was about to reach out and grab it, I pulled it back and bit into it. He pouted at me, I smirked, then laughed evilly, "Mwuhahahaha."
Matsu frowned at me, "You're mean Sana-chan." he folded his arms across his chest and I sighed, patting him on the arm, however before we could continue with our amusing antics the screens flickered. I glanced over and immediately went to sit on the couch near L. We all quieted and turned to them.
Hello l…
T.D. Do you have more information?
Yes. Actually I do. Both on the Kira case and on the computer terrorist framing Siolfor.
The others were slightly confused, having never seen this hacker, or at least not fully, except when he hacked into our conversation. Now it was only him, "Who is that? I thought Siolfor was the one helping us?"
I glanced over at Matsu, he was very confused to say the least. I glanced back at L, he nodded and made a motion, for me to explain it to them, I guess. I turned and let L continue the conversation, "Early this morning, or late last night, after you guys left, we were contacted, or L was contacted by Torrential Downpour. A hacker, commonly called T.D. He informed us that Siolfor is being suspected for computer terrorism world wide, and that he would be contacting us for Siolfor, since their mobility is limited." They all took this in different ways.
Chief Yagami scowled slightly, "So, Siolfor has been committing computer crimes?" I blinked nonchalantly, shrugging.
"Well…it is very unlikely, but the workers at The Spot believe that to be the case apparently. Though if that were the case they are being extremely careless…something unusual for a hacker of any class." I looked back down at L, "Is that all? I didn't leave anything out?"
L nodded and the conversation continued. Well, that's what's going on with the Kira case.
So what have you found out about Siolfor's framers?
As far as I know, it's a group of…maybe seven people, give or take, its hard to tell. Anyway it's a group, they have each mastered one of Siolfor's many skills, which is why they need so many, they hack into a computer system as a group and under the guise that there is only one hacker. It's called Shadow Hacking…I'm sure Kusokiri can tell you about it. Pretty skillful stuff there. Anyway, that's all I got for now. I won't be contacting you again until I have more information. Later…
Torrential Downpour logged off.
L turned to me, I was busy thinking about what T.D. had said. A group of seven or so people, each with one of my 'many' skills that could hack into a system as one hacker? That was pretty advanced, though I figured they were probably amateurs, for the most part, that had learned had to 'shadow hack'. I blinked at him.
"Shadow hacking. It's generally a Class B level two or higher skill. Not a whole lot of people can do it…even I had some trouble trying it. Of course I faired better than many of the other students there but still. Anyway, it's when a group of hackers hacks into the same system at the same time, and because they are doing it at the same time, it makes it seem like there is only one hacker present. Of course its more than just hacking into it at the same time, every move you make has to be synchronized, or else you'll be thrown out of the system and you risk having your own computer damaged, nearly beyond repair." I sighed as I thought of the implications, "The way they are hacking into systems…makes it seem like they maybe be level two at least, but I suspect they are really amateurs, that may have learned the skill early, if this is the case they would have to be extremely close and understand one another a lot, because the more hackers that hack into any one system, the more likely you'll be thrown out and ruin all computers involved."
Yagami shifted slightly, probably unnerved by either my knowledge of hackers or of the computer related stuff period, "You keep talking about levels…what are levels in hacking?" I blinked in surprise, I looked over at L, he seemed as curious as everyone else. I sighed.
"Okay, this is how it is. There are 5 classes of hackers, and each class has from one to three levels in it. Class E, level 2 is the lowest grade, this is for people who don't get along with computers at all, and Class E level 1 are for everyday workers that have minimal knowledge of computers.
Class D doesn't get too much better. Level 2 are people who work with computers everyday, though mostly on the parts and pieces. Level 1 are people who create and work with programs, make websites and such.
Class C level 2 is the lowest hacker level, it deems that you know more than the aforementioned classes and levels. You can break into very, very minimum security systems. Level 1 are the more average hackers. These are people who can hack into mediocre systems and get away with it.
Class B level 3 are a bit more advanced, they can hack into most mediocre and very, very few higher security systems. Level 2 are average, they can hack into many different systems without leaving too many traces. They can also create small time viruses that will slowly damage your system. Class B level 1, these are the advanced hackers they can hack into nearly any computer system and create many different leveled viruses. This is where T.D. and the Unmentionables come in.
Class A has only 1 level, that one level contains one person and only one person…Siolfor. Of course, surpassing the CBL1 doesn't automatically make you a CAL1, you stay a CBL1, because there can only be one CAL1...for some bizarre and unknown reason, though it's a unwritten and completely understood law. No hacker would dare break that law."
They all seemed mystified by the prospects. Matsu was again the first to say anything, "Wow, who knew the hacker world was so…complex."
I shrugged, "Not really, as long as you know what class and level you are things are pretty easy to understand, especially if you can make the right contacts."
Matsu's face brightened for a second, "Sana-chan, you're a hacker…cop aren't you?" I raised an eyebrow and nodded once, slowly, "What class and level are you?"
I did a bit of a facepalm, "You should never ask a hacker…cop what level they are…but if you must know. I'm a Class B level 1. The same level as T.D., however I have no idea how that happened… I seriously thought I'd be a Class B level 2 at the highest, and even that was stretching it a bit…" I let out an exasperated sound.
The others all seemed surprised by this tidbit, I shook my head, "A Class B level 1? That means you're pretty advanced then, doesn't it?"
I blinked at Mogi, raising my eyebrow, I nodded once, "Yeah, but I'm most definitely not the best CBL1 out there," my face fell a bit, "T.D. and the Unmentionables dwarf me quite a bit. The only reason I even caught T.D. the one time was because he was caught up in The Spot." I frowned slightly, actually hating to admit anything, though of course this wasn't really true, I was the CAL1, but for the records, Sana Kurokiri is labeled as a mediocre CBL1.
"Interesting." I opened my eyes, blinking at L, I shook my head, not wanting to know the answer. I slumped into the couch, it felt comfortable.
"So…did you guys do anything about that Higuchi from Yotsuba?" L only glanced over at me, he shook his head and returned to the computer screen.
"We only just got solid confirmation from T.D., we'll be catching him later tonight." I 'ah'-ed and pulled out my cell phone, I frowned at the time, 4:48pm. I sighed and stood.
"Well…I haven't slept for a good week or so, I'm gonna go sleep for a bit…oh and L…" he turned to look at me, knowing it was serious because I'd called him L, "I'm going out tonight and I won't be back until either rea_lly late, or early in the morning." my tone left no room for argument, but of course L wouldn't like that, I knew he wouldn't but I needed to make myself very clear.
He tilted his head staring at me and suddenly the room was extremely intense, as we both stared blankly at each other, neither of us willing to give up this time. I didn't blink and neither did L, though I had a bit of an advantage, with L sitting I was a bit taller than him, forcing him to look up at me.
We didn't even blink when Watari came over, holding a phone for me, which he calmly set on the couch next to my bag, going back to whatever he was doing earlier, entirely undisturbed by our intense battle. L narrowed his eyes at me, I could see that I wasn't going to get away with this unpunished in some way, shape or form.
Suddenly the screens flickered and a high-pitched screaming filled the lobby, causing me to quickly look fully at the screen, having seen it slightly from peripheral. I felt my eyes widen at the video that was being displayed, it was me…but it couldn't be me because I was here, it was really Suki of course.
"SANA!! SANA HELP ME!" I gasped and neared the screen, I would never have reacted the same way had it been anyone else, but it was Suki, my twin and my greatest weakness. I hissed slightly as a man came into view, obviously a man by his height and stature. He was wearing a kind of mask and held a knife up to Suki's throat, she quieted instantly, knowing that if she didn't he would hurt her and I would be useless.
He said something into her ear, she stayed very still, I watched the man intently, my anger growing with the seconds, Suki spoke up, her voice, was shaky but clear, "Sana? Are you there?"
I grabbed the microphone from in front of L, entirely ignoring anyone behind me, "Yes." She seemed to relax a little at the statement, then with a renewed determination she spoke her voice louder and clearer.
"Sana. This man…says he wants at least two million yen, within an hour…" she was leaving something out, I could tell, until the man cut her neck the slightest bit, my hiss was more feral this time, "he says he'll decapitate me if you don't. Don't touch me you bastard! Sana…galshend de armorte. Till fen raek nafael. Hurry."
I froze at the words, a smile tugging at my lips, it didn't even diminish as the man said something to her and moved the knife a bit. I pressed the button on the microphone, "Selten felf raek. Hiss na de armoratei, fetc neira, heft. Till fen raek nafael." She smiled, from what I could see of her face and I turned, my smile still in place, I looked down at L, "We better hurry before he gets that knife any deeper, if it does, I'll blame you for the death of my other half." I grabbed my bag and headed for the door, pulling Aizawa's arm on the way, "Come on, we have to hurry."
I felt someone grab my arm, instantly halting me, I turned, my face blank, "We can't go anywhere if you don't tell us where."
I blinked at L, "The old theatre, near the border of the Kanto region," I gave him the specific directions, then pulled Aizawa again, he was more willing and in fact I had to hurry to keep up with him the short distance to the car.
We got in and sped to the old theatre, quietly getting out of the car after the thirteen minute drive, thanks to Aizawa's speedy driving! A few other cars pulled up, L got out of one of them, I raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything as he and Watari came over, "How are we gonna get in without the kidnapper noticing us?"
I glanced at Aizawa, a smirk on my face, I put a finger to my lips and motioned them to follow me. I led them to a very secret entrance, before we entered I turned back to them, "Do not let his name get out, in fact, don't even ask him for it." they blinked at me in surprise, "I'd rather he rot in a prison cell then get off as easily as dying."
With this I turned and led them into the building, I motioned them to stay around a corner, because right around the side was the kidnapper and Suki. She didn't fuss or move, I smirked hard, I flitted to another corner, leaving L and Aizawa to stay put. I snuck around until I was behind the kidnapper who wasn't taking his eyes off of Suki for anything just yet. I snuck quietly up behind him, just as Aizawa stepped out. The kidnapper noticed immediately and stood, intending to cross the small distance to Suki, before I jumped on him from behind and pressed on a very delicate pressure point, he passed out. Suki squirmed a little, I dropped the guy easily and went over to untie her.
Once she was free she glomped me toughly, "SANA! Till fen raek nafael! I'm so happy you made it! I was soooo scared." she clung to me and didn't even let go when we left the building, cops already swarming the place. I just let her cling to me. When we got back to Aizawa's car and Watari, Suki finally let go of everything except my arm, which she still held tightly.
"You know Suki, you seem to attract an awful lot of negative attention. It's a good thing you were still tied up, then glomped me…I was about to rip him to shreds."
Suki blinked at my violent statement, then wrapped her arms around my torso again, she did this a lot, and it always made her seem smaller and more fragile than me, though only because she wanted to, "Well… that's okay. Cause you're my older sister and you'll always be here to protect me…right?" she snuggled into my shoulder. I froze…Will I? I frowned slightly, she was bringing up a very good point, upon not hearing my answer she pulled away and looked up at me, "You will…won't you?"
I frowned again and looked away, "Suki…you should know the answer to that…what with the Kira case and all-" Suki frowned and pulled away, L and Aizawa were quiet and trying not to intrude, but I knew they were hearing all of it, as well as Watari.
"No! Sana! I don't want you to work on the case anymore! I won't allow it, I don't care what anyone else says! I am withdrawing my blessings!" I blinked at her.
"Suki-" She practically threw my hand back at me, and turned away a hurt expression on her face, "Suki…you really want me to stop? You really want to force me into protecting you forever? Suki, you're just as capable of protecting yourself as I am! You need to grow up and stop being a child!" I huffed and she turned back to me, eyes wide, I had never yelled at Suki before, or even said anything remotely hurtful.
"Sana…" tears were starting to form in her eyes, I closed my eyes, refusing to look at her in this state, "It's your fault I'm like this! I'm only being a child because you never were!"
I didn't move, "You forced me to be this way Suki, because you always needed me to protect you." I opened my eyes, this time they were blank and staring at Suki, she blinked at me again, this time my expression making her cry more. Someone came over and slapped me, I made a sound and blinked over at my mom, she was glaring fiercely at me and was now wrapped around Suki. I was holding my now red and throbbing cheek.
"Sana Mizu Kurokiri! How dare you talk to your sister that way! You should know better!" I blinked at her, my aunt came over, shaking her head at me. I looked at all of them, but…
I made myself go blank, "You're all the same. Ever since that bastard died you've latched onto me, making me take care of all of you…I'm only seventeen, you tend to forget that quite often."
They all gasped and stared at me, "Sana!"
I held up my hand, instantly silencing them, "No, you've all forced your problems on me long enough. Just because I act like that bastard of a father of mine it doesn't automatically make me him. Now I would appreciate it if you would all back the fuck off!" I turned away from them and went to sit in Aizawa's car. They were out there talking for a while, I wasn't sure how long we'd stayed there before Aizawa finally came back to the car. I didn't look up as Aizawa got into the car silently, then started up the engine, I stayed silent the entire way back to the building.
When we got there, Matsuda ran into me, knocking me down again, he stuttered and apologized to me, I didn't say anything and continued towards the elevator, but then Amane stopped me. She said something insulting, but the words fell on deaf ears. She seemed a bit shocked by the fact that I hadn't said or done anything in reply, I merely stepped around her and continued to the elevator.
I walked to the door of my room, only stopping when I felt someone's hand on my shoulder, I turned and seen L standing behind me, a bit of a worried expression on his face. I blinked at him then realized that he said something, when he repeated it.
"Sana…are you alright?" I blinked and shook my head. I walked into the room, leaving the door slightly open in case he wanted to come in. I dropped my bag after stepping inside, then glanced back as L shut the door, he came over hesitantly. I sat on one side of the bed, staring down at the floor, I felt the bed dip a little bit and glanced back up at L, trying to focus on the words he said, but they weren't processing.
I slumped a little bit and only when L tapped my shoulder did I turn and look up at him. He was looking at me, true worry on his face. I blinked once, then before I even realized it I was clinging to L, crying into his chest and shoulder. I felt him stiffen slightly, but wrapped his arms awkwardly and hesitantly around me. I cried into his chest for quite a while.
Finally after my crying had been reduced to sobs I sniffled and pulled away from him, "I'm sorry…I didn't mean to throw my problems onto you like that…" a sob shook my body, "I just…" I slumped again and turned away, a blush on my face despite my current state. I was a bit glad that L didn't simply throw me off of him and leave the room, I hadn't been held like that in such a long time, though it was a bit awkward, probably even more for him than me, but I was glad all the same.
"You needed to let it out sometime." I blinked up at him, "It sounded to me like you've been in my position for your family for quite a while." I blinked again, looking down at the floor, zoning out. I felt so numb now…but I knew that I had to go on with life. I took a deep breath then let it out slowly, my sobs had finally died. I took another deep breath, releasing it as I looked up at the ceiling, he was right, I did need to get it out, and now that I had I felt so much better.
After another few seconds I turned to look at L, "Thanks. I guess I really did need that. Though I do apologize for just breaking down on you like that. I didn't mean to make you feel awkward." I chuckled slightly, "I'm really sorry to just seem like I'm kicking you out…but I think a good shower and sleep are in order…for not doing anything physically crying sure tires me out." L blinked and nodded.
I stood and went over to my bag near the door, L was coming towards me, I stepped to the side so he could pass me to the door. However he stopped when he was right next to me, he reached up and very, very gently touched the side of my face with his fingertips. I blinked in slight surprise, he seemed slightly strained, though a blush was painted on his face, "It really scared me to see Suki like that…all tied up…I felt too much like it was you…and it scared me." he quickly leaned forward and brushed his lips against mine before walking to the door and out. I stared after him for a second before a blush found its way onto my face. I mock frowned slightly at him, how dare he take advantage of a girl in a fragile emotional state…I finally relented and smiled. He had been scared because seeing Suki like that had made him see me like that? And not simply because we were twins…though that probably had a big part in it.
A/N: Intense chapter, Sana and her family aren't getting along at all, and we learn a little bit more about Sana's past! Wow, I'm glad. I know that I promised, or told you, that there was going to be a Lemon in this chapter, but I got them mixed up and it will be in the next chapter...I'm REALLY sorry about the mishap! Well, please review and hope you like it!