This will be my last multiple chapter update for a while. I've finished editing and posting all the chapters currently on the computer, so I have to get back to writing!
This is a Yagami family chapter!
12. Innocence
Light loved his sister, Sayu. He loved the way she looked up to him, and he loved her innocence.
He could hear her through the paper-thin walls of his room. She was gossiping on the phone with one of her little friends.
"Oh, c'mon, Re-re! You've got to be kidding me! There's no way you think that he's cute. He's my brother for crying out loud! - No! Ew! Tell him yourself. That would be totally awkward! Anyways, he has a girlfriend!"
Light smiled to himself, in the darkness of his room. Ryuk chuckled quietly.
"You'll never guess who it is! Oh, but I probably shouldn't say anything," she carried on. "Yeah, you're right. Who cares! Anyways, you won't tell anyone will you?" her voice faded to a whisper, sharing secrets that were none of her business.
Maybe not too innocent after all, Light mused. He thought back to things his sister had done in the past; Lying to their parents, borrowing his things without asking, sneaking out to her friend's house when she was grounded. They were little things; only natural for children, but Light found himself realizing something: Eventually she was going to grow up. She was already starting to. These little childish things could blossom into much worse. And even if she didn't become the next top criminal, or become a bank robber, did he really want dishonest people, lazy people, or useless people in his perfect world?
She may me young now, young and innocent. But eventually she'd lose that innocence. And as the god of the new world, it would be up to him to judge her.
He pondered for a moment if he'd be able to do it; if he could kill his own sister, or his whole family if it came to that . . . And he decided that if he was ever put in that position, if he ever had to end his sister's life, it would be because she had changed. She wouldn't be Sayu. She'd be just another worthless sinner.
Yikes! The man is cold, is he not? Anyways, I love how all he 'loves' about his sister is the way she worships him. I'm imagining this happening more towards the beginning of his Kira Career, when he's ironing out all the little details that come from being the 'righteous judge' of the whole entire world.
Note: Re-Re is not a feeble attempt at Japanese name. It's short for 'retard'. I don't know why, but I feel the need to point that out.
I really like how this one turned out. I feel like I actually wrote Light in canon.
Anyways, I was going to make this about the Wammy's House kids, but really, are they all that innocent? L is innocent, in a sense, I suppose. But I think the most innocent characters in the whole series are Sayu and Matsuda. (And wouldn't they make the cutest couple? Besides Matt/Mello I mean.)
Imagination is next. I have no idea who that will be for. Maybe Near and his little toys? Ew, Near :P
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