Chapter 14

'Kira's' Message

I went into the bathroom and left another apple.

"As thanks for not telling him." I whispered.

I felt a small amount of gratitude and I smirked. I never let Yagami Light out of my sight. L stayed beside me as I sketched. I drew the scene before us, letting him know where the shadow was without words. I had a feeling Light knew what he was going to write ahead of time and now he was just dragging it out. It was late afternoon when he finished.

"Ryuuzaki, is this okay?" he asked.

L got up and walked over.

"I really think I became Kira for just a moment."

I raised my brows.

"You're saying it like it's a good thing." I said.

They both looked at me but I looked back at my drawing.

"She's a little upset. We lost someone a few days ago." L said.

"Ah, I'm very sorry."

L went back to reading and I looked up. I couldn't help but stare at him with a smile. I loved him, and I knew from his emotions that he loved me too.

"It's very good…but unless you take out the part that says 'I don't mind if you kill L' I'll die."

I stood up angrily.

"He wrote what?!"

Light just laughed and I looked at the shadow. I went and stood closer.

"Ah, yes, if I were in Kira's shoes, in the current situation, I'd order L's death."

He leaned back comfortably and I was shaking with rage. I knew this was only to catch the second Kira, but for some reason, when Yagami Light said things like that…..

It royally pisses me off!

"It's just a joke. You can change it to whatever you want." Light said.

"Yes…Aihara-san, the report is ready." L said.

It was delivered to the TV station and all we had to do was wait. I toyed with my pendant and L came up behind me.

"Relax. It's going to be alright. This is going to help, I know it is."

He massaged my shoulders a bit and I slowly calmed down.

"Ryuuzaki, it's on."

I took a deep breath and L sat down. I sat beside him and he took my hand. We watched and listened to the message we'd sent. I hated watching it, I really did. And it sounded too much like the real Kira. The fact that Light had written it made me very suspicious of him. We were up all night that night, and the next morning there was still no response. All we could do was wait.

Lawliet's POV

I knew Nyamo was under severe stress. That night I took her into the bedroom and laid her down. I laid beside her and pulled her into my arms.

"What happened?" she asked.

I smiled a bit.

"Nothing happened. I just wanted to spend some alone time with you. We've been busy over the last few days." I said.

"You do know you can't lie to me right?" she whispered.

I chuckled.

"Alright, I know you're stressed and I wanted you to relax."

She hummed a response and I stroked her hair.

"So…what did you want to tell me earlier?"

I froze.

"You already know."

She pulled back and looked into my eyes.

"I want to hear from your lips." she said softly.

I stared into her eyes and brought my hand up to her cheek. She sat up and pulled me up with her.

"Please tell me Lawliet." she breathed.

I closed my eyes as she stroked my cheek. I took her hand and opened my eyes.

"Nyamo…I love you." I said.

The biggest smile came to her face and she threw her arms around me.

"And I love you!" she said.

I wrapped both arms around her and then fell backward. She laughed and so did I a bit. She nuzzled her face against my neck and then kissed it.

"You're the first one to ever tell me they love me. And I'm happy that it was you who said it first." she said softly.

I held her tighter and smiled.

"I can't believe you've waited this long for someone to say they love. I'm going to tell you I love you everyday. I want you to always be happy."

"I always will be as long as I have you. I love you Lawliet."

I liked hearing her say my name. She was so precious to me. After nearly twenty four years of being alone I finally had someone who loved me as I loved her. I was never going to let her go. I kissed her forehead and she smiled.

"I don't know what's going to happen from here on, but my love for you will never change. If anything it will grow. And no matter what happens, I'll be here to help you. And call me old fashioned from reading so many romance novels, but I believe love is the greatest power in the world." she told me.

I smiled a bit.

"You're right…"

She looked at me.

"You're old fashioned."

She smiled and playfully smacked me. I chuckled and shook my head.

"But you might be right. Although, whether or not it can defeat Kira's power is yet to be seen." I said.

She reached up and moved her thin fingers through my hair. I closed my eyes as her fingers lightly touched my cheek.

"It will. I know it will."

I lifted her face and pressed my lips to hers. It started slow but it soon became quite heated and passionate. My shirt was pulled up a bit and I could feel her hands on the bare skin of my back. Her hands were cool and soft. I shivered a bit and then pinned her to the bed. She moved her hands further up my back and pulled me closer. She moaned a bit and I slowly pulled back.

"Why did you stop?"

"Because if I don't stop now I'll never be able to."

She laughed and let me go. I fixed my shirt. I couldn't help but smile at her. Her hair was a bit messed up and I reached to straighten it out a bit. She smiled and I raised my brow.

"I'd try and help you with yours but there's no fixing that."

I feigned a scowl and she laughed.

"I'll give you something to laugh about."

She jumped off the bed and opened the door but I still got her. We both fell back and I turned so I would hit the ground first. This caused me to be pinned to the ground.

"Pinned you." she said.

I chuckled and shook my head.

"Um…."

We both looked over and saw everyone watching us. Nyamo's face turned red and my eyes went wide. Nyamo got up and I did as well. We brushed ourselves off and I took her hand. She smiled shyly and I nodded.

"Sorry to um…interrupt?" Aizawa said.

"Oh no, we were just settling something." Nyamo said.

They nodded and we began another day of waiting.

Nyamo's POV

We didn't have to wait long today. Watari came onto the laptop.

"Ryuuzaki! We've received a response from the second Kira!" he said.

My eyes widened and everyone else looked surprised.

"It's here!?" Matsuda asked.

"I'll bring the envelope and everything else over as soon as I can: for the moment I'm sending you a copy to your computer."

Everyone gathered around the computer.

"Kira-san thank you for your response. I will do as you ask."

I smiled.

"We did it."

"I think it might still be a bit early for the champagne boys." I whispered.

"I want to meet you Kira-san. I don't believe you have the eyes…." I narrowed my own eyes. "but don't worry I won't kill you."

"Did they just say 'I don't believe you have the eyes'?" Aizawa asked.

"That's what I heard." I said.

I looked at L and my eyes went wide. His eyes were wide and I could a strange fear.

"Please think of a way for us to meet without the police finding out. Once we meet, we can confirm our identities by showing each other our Death Gods."

I gasped and took a step back.

"Shinigami!?"

L gasped and his hands went up in the air. He screamed and then started to fall over.

"Ryuuzaki!"

I managed to keep him from hitting the ground too hard.

"Are you alright?" Aizawa asked.

His eyes were wide with terror and he grabbed my hand.

"Shinigami….are you telling me…that such things exist?!" he said.

I moved my hand to his chest and the other to his shoulder.

"Shhh, it's alright." I whispered.

He squeezed my hand tightly.

"S-Surely they don't…" Matsuda said.

"There's no way that they exist." Aizawa said.

I closed my eyes.

And yet there is one standing in this very room with us.

"He's right Ryuuzaki. There's no way that Shinigami actually exist." Light said.

L and I both turned to look at him.

"Kira used prisoners to write sentences about Shinigami…" L said.

I stroked his shoulder with my thumb and never took my eyes off that shadow.

"If that's true shouldn't we consider this the work of the original Kira? The same words from the same person?" Yagami-san asked.

"I doubt that, father. The Kira we've dealt with before now would never have responded to our video. The real Kira wouldn't have bought this story…."

L was still shaking and I looked at him.

"Ryuuzaki…are you alright? You're scaring me." I whispered.

He slowly stopped shaking and took a deep breath.

"…using the term Shinigami to confuse our investigation?" Aizawa said.

"I don't think there's any chance of that happening." L said.

He picked up his chair and sat back down. He didn't let go of my hand though.

"Light-kun is right. If Kira is involved, I doubt that they'd stop trying to kill me. This second Kira seems to be acting on their own interests instead of Kira's beliefs. Basically their desire to meet Kira." L said.

I nodded. I started to think about the way the second Kira reacted to the our 'fake' Kira.

"They're acting on their own curiosity about Kira. Perhaps 'Shinigami' is referring to their ability to kill. 'Confirm our identities by showing each other our Shinigami' could mean that they'll confirm each other's identities by demonstrating their abilities to kill." Light said.

I didn't believe a word he said. I knew that Shinigami were real. I was looking at the shadow of one.

"You could be right…"

I looked down at L.

"At the very least, we can consider 'Shinigami' as a common term of some significance to Kira and the second Kira. We need to try and clarify that." L said.

"So do we send another video?" I asked.

"If we probe too deeply, they may realize that we don't know anything and we aren't really Kira."

"No, from now on we'll leave it to Kira and the second Kira."

I looked at him curiously.

"Leave it to them?"

"I assume that having received a reply from Kira, the second Kira is now content with the situation. They believe that they've successfully appealed to Kira. Plus they're using words that only they'd know the significance of. We'll report this reply on the 6:00pm news on Sakura TV. The real Kira will be watching to view the interaction between the second Kira and the fake Kira that we've created. The real Kira would want to avoid any contact between the second Kira and the police. If we're lucky, we'll get a response from the real Kira."

It was a good plan. I expected nothing less from my L.

My L?

"But what if we don't receive a response from Kira?" Aizawa asked.

"Well…I've tried to think of what the second Kira would do in this situation and…they'd probably tell the public and the police further information that Kira would not want them to know, to force Kira to seek an audience with them." he said.

I smiled a bit.

"This could be very interesting." I said.

L nodded and gave my hand a squeeze.

"It'll be even more interesting if Kira does fear such a response and sends their own message by video. If that does happen, we'll have more physical evidence against Kira. Then for the time being, let's pursue the second Kira." L said.

They all agreed and I went to take a shower.