The fainting had earned me another trip to the Doctor's and more time off of school. The Doctor took my blood and did a number of other tests in an attempt to determine what was wrong with me. My parents were both relieved when they were assured that cancer was not the cause but then worried again when the Doctor's could not find the immediate cause and simply stated the need for more tests.
Every day I would see Penber's death, whether it be morning, noon or night. It was as if the dreams were tormenting me, punishing me for being idle and doing nothing to even attempt to save the man. I saw his dying face over and over, the pain etched onto his features, the light leaving his eyes. It was to occur two days from then and the dreams were causing more pain as I was able to sense even more emotions coming from the sick twisted serial killer Kira. He was there in every dream, his maniacal laughter left me on reeling. The sheer pleasure he took from 'disposing' of the Penber and his fellow agents and getting one over on L made me feel sick. The psychopath believed himself to be a God and L a sinner for going against his supposed 'righteous justice.' I prayed that L would find the sicko and stop him.
Seeing Penber's death during the day would always be after fainting no matter where I was with only the little warning of overwhelming dizziness and my headaches surging with a vengeance. I would see the other deaths as well but mostly at night. Both my Mother and Father refused to let me go to school, rarely even letting me out the house, resulting in the need for self study at home. My teacher's emailed me school and exam work I was missing which I completed in next to no time and then had nothing to do except watch television or try to get some rest.
I lay on my bed, flicking through the channels, I had fainted two hours before and seen Penber's death yet again. Sayu poked her head through the door.
"Hey light" She smiled. "Can I come in?"
I nodded and she made her way to my bed. She took a seat at the edge.
"How are you feeling?" Sayu asked.
"Pretty lousy to be honest, I'm not allowed to take any medication again for another hour and my head hurts" I replied.
There was no point in lying anymore about it, I doubted Sayu would have believed me even if I had.
"You look pretty lousy as well" Sayu grinned.
"You're supposed to say 'Light you are very handsome even when ill, however do you do it?'" I informed her.
She pulled a faced then smirked. "You must be delirious, you talking complete gibberish"
I glared at her but couldn't help myself from falling into laughter. Sayu joining soon after. When finally we stopped Sayu expression grew more sombre and I sensed worry rolling off her in waves.
"What do they think is wrong with you?" She asked. "I've never seen Mum and Dad so worried before"
I agreed with her. For the first time in years they weren't concerned about my grades or being their perfect son, they were worried about me and why I was suffering. I hated seeing them like that but could do nothing to prevent it. The last couple of days of fainting multiple times only added to their worry, making me feel worse. I didn't want to be the cause of any more stress.
"They don't know" I responded.
"...But you do, don't you? You must have some idea Light" She told.
I paused, considering my answer. The fainting sessions were caused by the abilities I had attained though how or why I had them I didn't know. I couldn't tell Sayu, I wouldn't even know where to start. "I know little in terms of medicine, I'm afraid I don't know but its not cancerous"
Sayu sighed. "You better tell me the moment you find out what's wrong with you and you better fix it quick" She ordered.
"Yes ma'am" I mock saluted.
She huffed out a laugh.
"Hurry up and get well already, mum won't let me ask you for help with my maths homework and I'll be doomed if I have to last much longer without your help" Sayu smiled.
She gave me a quick hug before leaving.
"At least try and do it by yourself" I called after her.
Another wave of dizziness came over me. Darkness crept over my vision.
L watched in interest as Light interacted with his sister, he had never seen the teen look so relaxed and act in such a casual way. The detective had searched through Light's medical files and the results of the recent tests that had been carried out to find out what the cause of his fainting sessions. L could not find any reason for them, the teen was healthy and the detective doubted that the cause was psychological in nature. The percentage of him being Kira had gone down but L wanted to be sure before completely dismissing Light as a suspect. There was also the fact that Light interested him but he had kept that to himself.
