DICLAIMER: I own nothing of Death Note.
Sorry for the long wait. I actually did have this chapter written out, I just didn't
think it was ready to be published. Anyway, I had some people telling me to
update and so here it is. Hope you like, it skips around a bit.
January 12th, 2004
Kendyll sat obediently on the chair, in the dining room. There wasn't much for her to do, she was still tied up by the wrists and ankles and gagged. Though she was amazed, the house was actually nice and she wasn't taken to some old, abandoned warehouse like movies tend to portray kidnappings. She thought it to be some sort of strategy to do their business in a peaceful neighborhood rather than somewhere private to most likely not get caught in the act.
The house was an average sized home of two bedrooms, equipped with top of the line kitchen appliances, a living area, and 1.5 baths. It was furnished and decorated in a modern way. Kendyll had to applaud the owner.
Kendyll was in the room, alone, while her kidnappers were discussing further plans. She heard girl blah, blah, blah, police blah, blah, blah, money blah, blah, blah, hotel blah, blah, blah, goddaughter blah, blah, blah, money blah, blah, blah, ransom blah, blah, blah, money. It was all about the money.
Money, money, money.
She watched them and tried listening; they were talking in hushed voices and writing on paper. Seeing every once in while, the attractive one would glance over to her a lot during their conversation.
They stood and Kendyll froze. The boss man, which Kendyll established his name to be since she didn't know any of their names, brought out a phone from his pocket. They were finally going to make the call.
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ONE HOUR LATER
Light was sitting at his desk until he heard the aggravating chuckle of Ryuk in his room. He got up from his chair and walked out of the room, grabbing his coat on the way and out the door casually. He walked to the end of the block and stood there. He had been waiting for him to come back and it was about time.
"Is she fine?" he asked the Shinigami.
"You worry about her too much, Light," Ryuk ignored his question.
"Just answer me," Light said.
"You still haven't rewarded me with an apple like you promised," he said to Light.
Light pulled out a shiny, red apple and threw it to him.
"Now tell me, did she make it home?" he demanded.
"Not quite," Ryuk sniggered as he munched on the delicious apple. Light looked at Ryuk in confusion and fright at the same time. He was about to ask why when his phone rang. It was his dad.
"Hello?"
"Light, there something you need to know," his dad said. Light feared it had to do something with Kendyll. He wanted the hear news of Kendyll and then he didn't.
"What is it?" he asked.
"It's Kendyll; she's been kidnapped and taken in for ransom."
--
Kendyll still sat on the chair, her arms and legs sore from the position it had been in for hours. They had blindfolded her again.
She was beginning to feel weaker and weaker as the hours passed and all she wanted so badly was to be in her bed… after a hot shower, of course.
Though it had only been three hours that had passed, Kendyll didn't eat lunch and was planning on grabbing a bite once she got home but that plan was washed away.
Kendyll was quiet, she was hungry, her throat was dry, and she was beginning to think she wouldn't be able to speak anymore. She knew she was being a little dramatic but she's just been kidnapped, it doesn't matter to her. The men were sitting around, doing nothing but trying to find something to keep themselves busy with. They were waiting for the call back from the police department and it had been three hours since. Kendyll knew it was late, from the constant yawning heard from the men, proved to be they were tired and needed sleep badly. Her eyes were droopy but how can she sleep in her current position.
The boss man sighed heavily.
"That's it, hey; come outside, we need to talk." Everyone followed him out the door. Kendyll quickly took the opportunity to feel for something to use as a weapon later on. But nothing, they had checked the area she sat in for anything of any use to her and had taken it away.
Damn…
The door opened back up, only one pair of footsteps was heard, stopping right in front of her. Kendyll, on impulse, thought it best to regain her composure and be strong. But she kept her head down and her gaze away.
"Hey, don't worry," a calm voice spoke out. She slowly loosened up her tenseness at the tone of voice. It was deep yet reassuring, like his intention was not to hurt her. Yet, she saw something different in his eyes earlier.
"Where am I?" she asked. Her voice was hoarse and dried.
"My house," he answered. He brought his hands up and around her head to untie the blindfold. As he pulled it off to look at her face his eyes widen. Her eyes were red from the tears and filled with sorrow. He softened his eyes. He then slowly went to pull her chin up for her to look at him, but her eyes were still diverted to something different around the room. Her hair was a mess, so he ran his hand through it gently, and her eyes finally met his pair of gentle, brown orbs. He smiled.
"Hi, my name's Ryota." He shifted around a bit. "I'm really sorry about this. Let's get you onto the couch."
Ryota placed his arm underneath her knees and hoisted her up easily, Kendyll tensed in his arms and he had noticed it. He walked her to the couch and settled her down. She sat there and he sat in front of her.
"Are you hungry? I can cook whatever you'd like. I can get you anything you want. Well, except letting you free." He looked at her for an answer.
"I want…" she said, and he listened in closely, "a shower."
Ryota smiled faintly. That wasn't the answer he was hoping for.
"Sure," he said.
"Is there any chance you can get me out of these things?" she asked, nodding towards the ropes that bind her.
"Umm…"
"At least untie my legs; I'd really like to stretch them." He moved down to untie them but before fully undoing them he glanced up.
"Promise me you won't run," he said. She looked at him.
"My wrists are still tied together, alright?" She rolled her eyes at him. "But, of course, you would still have to untie those also for me to shower."
"…Right," he said, "but these are going back on once you get out."
"Sure, sure," she said. He began untying the ropes that bind her legs and wrists. Kendyll stretched her legs and arms out, also relieving a sigh.
"A little help," Kendyll said as he began walking away.
"I untied your legs…"
"I'm a little too tired to walk on my own right now, you don't mind, do you?"
He walked back over to her and stooped over to heave her up. He held her in his arms and Kendyll couldn't help but intake the scent that seemed to radiate from him. Kendyll thought he smelled really… clean, unlike the others that have stained his nice couch with their stench.
"Here's the bathroom." He put her down in front of a door.
"Towels are on the top shelf in there, umm, I'll see if I can salvage some decent clothing for you."
He's so nice, how can he be in this line of occupation?!
Kendyll nodded and smiled sheepishly to him before heading through the door and into the decent sized bathroom.
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"I know, my friend, we will get your daughter back," Soichirou reassured his good friend, Kingston, Kendyll's father. They sat in the police station, preparing for the reply back to the man and Kendyll's recorded voice.
Loud voices were heard outside the room and in barged in a distressed Light.
"Dad," he said, almost out of breath.
"Light," Soichirou said, there was one policeman who held Light back from going any further into the room. "Let him in," he ordered. Light adjusted his jacket after being released and walked up to his father and Kendyll's parents, Kingston and her weeping mother, Keiko.
"Where's Kendyll? We need to do something! We can't just sit around and do nothing!" Everyone in the room thought Light was going insane and they stared at him like he was.
"We're doing all we can, Light," his father said calmly, "we're looking for anyone who last saw her, asking questions and investigating her latest location now for any evidence of who took her and her whereabouts, Light, just breathe. You're not the only one who's worried about her." Light glanced down to Kendyll's parents. Keiko's face buried into her husband's shoulder, crying her eyes out as Kingston stared at Light, almost glaring. He blamed Light and Light knew it. He took all the blame for Kendyll's disappearance. He knew he should have walked her home, against what she wanted and if that didn't work, he would have followed anyway. But no, instead he sent Ryuk, who did nothing. Well, he couldn't have done anything. But an earlier warning would have been nice.
"Just wait until I find out who they are…" he muttered.
New names to make it onto the Death Note… Of course.
"We need to ask you some questions, Light."
Light nodded to his father and followed him and two other officers to another room, the interrogation room. Not only was he suspected of being Kira, now he's possibly suspected of kidnapping his girlfriend. Light was sure Kendyll's father shared his thoughts of who he suspected. Light knew the works of it all.
"When was the last time you spoke to Kendyll?" he asked, starting off the questions. Light sighed.
"It was before school, we were walking together."
"What about when you last saw her?"
"Right before classes began, she avoided me the rest of the day," Light was bored and frustrated. They needed to be out there finding Kendyll, not asking him questions!
"What was the last thing you two talked about?"
Light flinched; running his hand over his face. He didn't want to answer the question, not on that subject. It was more personal and only between him and Kendyll. Should he lie or should he just say it? He glanced toward his father once and down at the table.
"She was getting worked up about me not being with her more often, a typical couple's quarrel." He left the part about Kira out.
Soichirou was surprised, he didn't think that his son, Light, and Kendyll would have any fights, they never have before, never fights about that.
"That was the last time?" they asked.
"Yes," Light answered.
"So you weren't there with her during the kidnapping?"
"No, she didn't even want to meet up with me to talk about it and instead, insisted on going home alone," which was one of the biggest mistakes in Light's life he could think of.
"Who do you think took her?"
"I don't know…" Light groaned, wishing he did know.
It was silent.
"I think we're done here," one said as he dotted the period at the end of his sentence and finished writing the conversation into the notebook for later records.
Light sighed again; he was going to search for her alone if he had to. He quickly made his way to the door before his father stopped him.
"Light," he called, "please do not go and put your nose into a place where it doesn't belong. Let the police handle this," he said.
And that has gotten nowhere.
Light nodded, as someone came rushing in through the door.
"Sir, there are reporters everywhere outside!" he exclaimed. Soichirou looked to his son.
"Do you want someone to walk you home?" he asked.
"I'll be fine," he said, walking out the door.
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Kendyll stepped out of the bathroom, a towel wrapped tightly around her as she eyed the room and found it empty. On the bed, waiting for her, were blue, flannel shorts and a grey, long sleeved t-shirt. She grabbed them and quickly dashed back into the bathroom to put them on. The shirt was a little big, but she thanked her height and chest for not making it look awkward on her. Kendyll managed to dig out a brush, tucked away in one of the drawers and combed her hair.
Walking out of the room and finding Ryota in the living room waiting for her with the ropes in his hands. She hesitated when she saw the ropes. He turned and noticed her there, walking straight for her. She thought about running back into the room and locking the door, but thought it would be easier to just comply with what he wanted, and wait till the police came to her rescue.
Ryota grabbed her hands to bind them.
"There's really no need for these, you know?" she said, referring to the ropes.
"I'm really sorry about it, but its Kyo's orders," he said. He bent his knees to begin on her ankles.
"That's his name?" she asked, sounding a bit confused. She silenced his name, trying it on her tongue.
"Yeah, why?" he questioned as he stood up to look at her.
"I don't know, he just, doesn't strike me as a Kyo," she said.
Ryota laughed and ran his fingers through his dark hair.
"Yeah, I kind of thought the same thing when I first met him." He bent over to heave Kendyll into his arms; she tensed and wondered what he was doing. Ryota laughed, sensing her rigidness.
"Don't worry; I'm just taking you to the dining room where you were before. I started cooking while you were taking a shower," he reassured her. Kendyll's body relaxed as he set her in one of the chairs, that's when she began to smell the food from where she was and hearing something sizzling in the kitchen; her stomach roared for the food.
"Hungry?" he asked, bringing out two plates to set on the table.
"Very," she replied.
"Well, I hope my cooking satisfies you," he smiled, resting his hands on the table, looking down at Kendyll as she stared back at him.
"It smells delicious," she stated.
"You'll like it," he smile was charming, Kendyll thought. "Believe it or not, I'm actually one of those guys who know his way around the kitchen," he said.
Kendyll grinned, almost forgetting she was being held against her will.