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I must admit, I'm a little worried.
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Kaori's PoV
I'm not sure how long I stayed leaned against the door. Hours, maybe. Finally, my silent sobs turned to a few stray, streaming tears. God, what am I doing to myself? Crying over some guy? I stood up and went into the bathroom, looking into the mirror.
My eyes were puffy, red. My face was also red, tear tracks marking my face. Turning the water to the coldest setting, I splashed my face multiple times. I dried my face with a towel and looked into the mirror again. Already better. I jumped up and down a few times, getting my blood flowing, waking myself up.
Things will get better. I'll get over this, I promised myself.
I'll focus all my energy into the case, using the best of my abilities, I'll get revenge against Kira.
And I'll forget everything that happened with Ryuzaki.
After realizing the time, almost seven in the morning, I decided to head downstairs to get an early start on the case. No one else should be here yet, and Light and Ryuzaki should be asleep.
Walking into the large room, I saw Light asleep in a chair, looking at ease.
However, Ryuzaki was wide awake, typing away at the computer.
Hesitantly at first, I walked over to my computer, which was beside Ryuzaki, of course. My hands flew to the keyboard, quickly entering my ID.
"I believe the case has something to do with the company Yotsuba. Aproximatley a week ago, Matsuda, ahem, stumbled upon a meeting of theirs, giving away detail that they know one of them is Kira, but not sure which one is," Ryuzaki said in a hushed, cold, empty, professional, whisper. Somehow, the bluntness of the words chilled me.
"If only we knew...." I mumbled slightly, not taking my eyes off the screen, not looking at him. I refused to.
"Hn." Was Ryuzaki's response. I opened the files that Ryuzaki had sent me, decrypting them. Suddenly, we heard someone burst through the door.
"LIGHT-KUN! RYUZAKI-KUN!" I spun around, nearly falling over to see Misa charging in. Light quite literally fell out of the chair, startled by the sudden awakening. Misa rushed over to him. "Light-kun! Are you ok?!" Misa shouted, helping him up as Ryuzaki rubbed his pulled shoulders as a result of Light's fall.
"I'm fine, Misa. What is it?" Light asked. Reaching into her bag, Misa pulled out a phone and hit play.
And we were astounded.
By eight, everyone was in the building and had heard the message.
Somehow, one way or another, Misa had managed to figure out how to get the head of Yotsuba, Higuchi, to admit to being Kira.
No Ryuzaki, no Light.
I was astounded.
Misa didn't seem.... to with it. But somehow she was able to do this.
"Misa-Misa! That's amazing!" Matsuda shouted in surprise and astonishment. Ryuzaki bit his thumb.
"Very good, Misa. However, we need more concrete proof than this..." Ryuzaki trailed off. "His office, perhaps, would have information regarding the case. However, accessing it would be difficult...."
"Ryuzaki," I said, looking down. "How strict are you to the law?"
All heads shot to me.
"Hm? Kaori-san? What do you have in mind?" Ryuzaki folded his hands together, resting his chin on them.
"Perhaps someone could break into his office, look through some stuff, get take some data from his computer onto a flash drive" I said slowly. Ryuzaki cocked his head to the side.
"Interesting idea, Kaori-san. However, how many of us would be able to work past encryptions, security, and such?" Ryuzaki inquired, trying to find flaws. I glared at him hard.
"I could."
"Every thing's in place, Kaori-san." Ryuzaki's voice chimed in my ear, the ear piece fitted to my ear perfectly. It had been a week since we put together the plan. Ryuzaki had cameras set up on every corner near the Yotsuba headquarters. Mogi was driving the car to leave me in the back of a building about three blocks away from the headquarters, and Ryuzaki had eyes on every corner. "Are you sure you want to go through with this?" I grimaced slightly.
"I'm sure, Ryuzaki." I growled into the mic on my all dark outfit. I was wearing skin tight running pants and running shirt, all black, including the top of the line running sneakers, a tracking chip implanted in the sole. And to top it all off, I had been given a black mask, in case Kira himself was there. Finally, the car stopped.
"Kaori-san." Ryuzaki said, annoying me.
"What?" I hissed in annoyance.
"I want you to know that there is a chance that you won't come out of this alive." The words cold.
"I know." I sighed. I mumbled a thanks to Mogi.
"Just.... be careful." Ryuzaki mumbled.
"Of course..." I trailed off, leaving the car behind as I started my brisk jog to the company headquarters.
Despite the multiple cameras, I had never felt more alone, everything silent. I would ask Ryuzaki to talk, but, well, I don't think that's the type of thing I need right now.....
This week had been tough enough.
I worked, ate, went to bed.
Didn't speak to Ryuzaki more than necessary.
It was, well.
Awkward.
Sometimes, though, out of the corner of my eye, I would catch his large, gray-orbed eyes staring at me, just for the briefest second. But what I saw in his eyes was what hurt the most.
Sadness, emptiness.
He would never do this to me, I told my said, but then shook the thought. He DID do that to me. He hurt me that badly, he couldn't even begin to understand.
He HAD to hurt as bad as I did, that was my only explanation for it.
"Kaori-san..." Ryuzaki's voice cut through my thoughts, making me jump.
"W-what?" I stuttered, slowing my pace a bit.
"You're running quite quickly and were mumbling to yourself about 'hurting more than me'. Care to explain?" My breath caught.
"Nope." I spat. Ok, perhaps I was still being a BIT bitter to him.
Alright, maybe a lot.
Finally, I reached the company.
"Ok, Kaori-san. There should be a fire escape leading up to the sixth floor." I glanced around and located the series of ladders, which was raised quite a bit off the ground. I had to basically do a pull-up to get my foot on the first rung. "Very good..." he mumbled as I bit my lip, climbing the many stairs. Finally, I reached the top of the stairs.
"Ok, now what?" I asked in a whisper.
"First, I want you to reach into the crate to your left." I glanced to the left and saw a large box and opened it, reaching in, gapping at the object inside.
"Ryuzaki!" I hissed in anger. "I don't need it!" I growled down at the gun.
"Please, Kaori-san. I need you to stay safe." his voice was pleading. Why? Why did he care so much? I exhaled sharply and grabbed the gun, placing it in the waistband of my running pants. "Thank you, Kaori."
"Yup." I spat.
"Now, look at the window right above you. You'll need to grab the ledge and hoist yourself us." I complied, following his orders. I put my ankle onto the ledge, peering into the building. "Now, Kaori-san, there should be a key right under you hand. Unlock the window." Doing as he said, I entered the room, my body sliding through the window from as I shut the window. I was about to take a step forward and-
"DON'T MOVE" Ryuzaki all but shouted, causing me to stumble forward. Suddenly, and alarm rang.
"Shit!" I shouted. Motion detectors.
"Kaori, get out of there, now!" Ryuzaki shouted into my ear. I glanced around the room and spied a computer on the desk. Rushing forward, I turned it on quickly. "Kaori, what are you doing? The tracking device must be broken, because it says you're still in the room." Ryuzaki said hurriedly. The computer booted up in seconds and my hands flew across the keyboard, bypassing security codes one after another, all second nature to me. I pulled the flash drive the was dangling around my neck off and into the computer's USB port. "Kaori? Please, say something. Let me know you are still there."
"I... I can get something." I said, breathing heavily. The alarm sounding loudly in the background, but I tuned it out. Concentrate... I told myself.
"Kaori! It's not worth it! We can leave the data for another day, we need you back here alive!" Ryuzaki spat. Never had I heard him so hash.
Copy this, transfer that.
"Almost done...." I mumbled.
"Kaori, they're right outside!" 95%,96%,97%....
And then the door was kicked in.
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