Light crouched down by his bedroom door, checking the door frame. Soichiro's eyes widened as he watched this on the screen he and L were watching from the hotel, "I...I can't believe it. I didn't realize he did things like that." He furrowed his eyebrows. "Do you think he has something in his room he doesn't want anyone to see?"
"When you consider that he's seventeen, it's not that suspicious, really," L said. "I've done it, too. For no reason in particular."
They were sitting around the dark and messy hotel room, the only light coming from the screen of the small television in front of them.
"Have you discussed the state of the investigation with him?" L asked.
"Of course not!" Soichiro was taken aback. "There's no way I would tell anyone top secret information that hasn't been released to the public! Plus, I haven't been home much lately. And if I am I'm tired, and I sleep." He pressed two fingers against his head.
"I understand."
oOo
Some time later Soichiro's eyes widened in shock, as he watched his son look over the pages of a dirty magazine.
"I can't believe that my son would look at such a thing!" his eyes contained half shock and slight horror - Light turning the page.
"It's normal for a seventeen year old," L told him, his thumb on his lower lip, his coal eyes shifted to the man next to him. "But to me, it seems like he's trying to make it apparent that it is because he has books like this that he booby trapped his room so he could tell when someone entered."
Soichiro turned to him, "That's impossible, Ryuzaki! Do you suspect my son?"
"Yes, I suspect him," L replied bluntly. "That's why I had all these bugs and cameras installed in your house and the assistant director's house."
Soichiro's eyes averted when there was a knock on the door.
"Come in," L said nonchalantly, as the door cracked open and Jade peeked through.
"Ryuzaki...Can I come in?" she asked quietly, knowing that they were viewing the surviellance at the moment.
L turned to Soichiro, who nodded, firmness in his eyes. L turned back to her and nodded, as she stepped into the dim room and shut the door behind her. "I...I brought some, um, cake for you," she said, noticing Soichiro's eyes glued back to the screen.
"Not right now. Thank you, though," L said quietly, his eyes back on the screen. "You can have it if you like."
"OK," Jade said, setting the plate on a small table. She pulled up a chair alongside L, and then looked to Soichiro, beckoning his name, "Soichiro."
"Yes?" he asked, not taking his eyes off the screen.
"Do you...mind...?" she asked in a hushed tone, as Soichiro turned to her and slightly nodded. If L trusted her, he knew that he could, too. She nodded back, taking a seat and watching as Light made his way down for supper.
A few moments later and Sayu was laying in front of the television, watching, her mother asking her to come eat - as she did this L held a phone to his ear, "Aizawa-san. Is the Kitamura family watching TV right now?" His eyes were still on the screen in front of him, the Yagamis watching TV while they ate.
"Yes," Aizawa said from the other end of the line, watching on his own surveillance of the Kitamuras. "The whole family, other than the assistant director, is watching together as they eat dinner. Channel Four."
L lowered the cell phone, "Watari. Please have them run that banner on both channels." "Understood."
oOo
Sayu's eyes lit with curiosity when a banner appeared on the TV screen; "The ICPO announces that it is dispatching 1,500 detectives from the world's leading nations into Japan for the Kira investigation," she read aloud. "1,500 detectives!" she repeated, as her mother and brother looked over. "Wow!"
Light was silent for a moment, until speaking, "The ICPO is a bunch of idiots."
"What?" Sayu looked to her older brother, curiosity still in her eyes. "What'd you mean, Light?"
"It's pointless if they announce it like that," he replied. "If they plan to send people in, they should do it secretly, and have them investigate in secret also."
oOo
"Afterall, the FBI agents, whose investigation was top secret, all got killed. This'll just fail the exact same way. So this must be a police tactic - broadcast exaggerated numbers to try and scare Kira. But, I think Kira will see right through it," Light finished his explanation, L watching in interest from the hotel room. The corners of his lips curved up slightly as he placed a thumb on his bottom lip.
Jade's stomach did a flip, for reasons un-beknownst to her as she listened to Light's reasoning.
"He's clever, isn't he?" L asked. "Your son?"
"Hm?" Soichiro took his eyes off the screen. "I guess.."
"Thank you for dinner," Light said from the screen, pushing his chair out and standing up. He headed to the cupboard, taking out a bag of chips.
"Potato chips right after dinner?" Sayu asked in surprise. "You're so good looking now, but you'll get fat doing that!"
"It's a midnight snack to help me study," Light said simply, closing the cupboard and heading up the stairs.
It was now a few hours later, and Soichiro, L and Jade were sitting around continuing to watch Light study. Jade had become restless, letting her head fall lightly onto L's shoulder as she tried to keep her eyes open. There wasn't much to watch, though. Light was simply snacking on chips as he studied, sitting at his desk.
"Your son has been studying since dinner," L pointed out. "Without ever turning on his TV or computer."
"That's because there's less than ten days before the central exam," Soichiro replied.
Jade felt her eyes closing over but caught herself - Light eating another potato chip, his hand stirring inside the bag.
L concentrated on the screen, his black eyes boring into Light. Nothing. Just a highschool student studying for exams. But he sensed something more.
Another chip, Jade's eyes fluttered shut - her mind resting in the darkness. When she felt L's shoulder tense she cracked an eye open, only enough to see a tiny glint from inside the chip bag. She blinked her eyes, trying to look closer.
'It's just the plastic inside...' she told herself, when she didn't see it again - just Light having another chip. She let her eyes close back over.
oOo
"Ryuzaki," Watari's voice sounded as he came into the room.
"What is it, Watari?"
Watari stepped closer, holding a paper in his hand, "A little while ago a banker who was under investigation for embezzlement and a purse snatcher who was in custody both died of heart attacks. Today's nine o'clock news was the first time they appeared in the media."
Soichiro's eyes widened as he rose from his seat, "It's Kira!"
"At that time, in the Yagami house, Mrs. Yagami and their daughter were watching a drama on TV," L said, still facing the moniters. "When the drama ended, they turned off the TV and didn't watch it at all after that. The son has done nothing but study from just after seven o'clock until now, eleven o'clock." He narrowed his eyes a little. "For Kira to kill he needs a name and a face. So, anyone who didn't see that news report isn't Kira... right?"
"With this, my family's name is clear, right?" Soichiro asked.
"Today Kira killed people with relatively light crimes immediately after they first appeared on the news," he replied. "And, even though today was the first day after the cameras were installed, the Yagami family was almost suspiciously innocent."
Soichiro's eyes were wide as L finished, not bothering to even look at him. Instead he nudged Jade, whom was still finding rest on his shoulder.
"Jade-chan."
Jade stirred a moment, before opening her eyes, revealing her chocolate pools - which looked very tired at the moment, "..Ryuzaki?"
"I think you should go to bed, now," he said quietly, as she lifted her head, stretching some. "Watari, escort her out please."
"Yes," Watari nodded, as he took Jade's arm leading her out of the room.
"Goodnight, Ryuzaki," she breathed quietly, before disappearing out of the room.
"...Goodnight," he replied nonchalantly, as Soichiro exhaled - not realizing he had been holding his breath.
A/N: There we go. :]
It feels nice to finally update this story, again. Sorry I took so long, again. Anyway, I'm kinda worried I've lost readers because of the fact I took so long..so if it's not much trouble, drop me a review so I still know people are interested in this story. Especially my usual reviewers. ^_^
Also, I do not own Death Note or any of its characters. I only own Jade and the thrown in plot, that runs alongside the original storyline. That, and Kimi - who won't be showing up for a few more chapters.