A/N: Aah...school's almost here, NO...anyway, I'm sorry if this chapter sucks, if it does, you can flame me all you want. ^_^
Disclaimer: No, Raikun-sama does not own Death Note.
Warning: Hm...not much this chapter...
"Ryuuzaki?"
"Matsuda-san?"
"Er..." the officer sent a nervous glance at Kiyo. "Kiyo-chan...will she be alright if, I mean, when we catch Rokya-kun?"
L sipped from his tea. "Matsuda-san, Kiyo-chan will certainly not be alright if we manage to catch Rokya-kun. You saw how she felt when she found out he was Kira."
Raito's fingers paused ever so slightly before resuming his typing.
"Oh..." Feeling rather stupid, Matsuda rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.
"It is also unintelligent to talk of people when they can hear you, Matsuda-san."
"Oh...wait, what?! Kiyo-chan, you can hear us?!"
Kiyo took off her earphones, smiling wearily at Matsuda. "Thank you, Matsuda-san. It was thoughtful to be considerate of me during this investigation. I'll be fine, don't worry about me."
Completely forgetting what L has said, Matsuda shuffled his feet bashfully. "Er...it was nothing, Kiyo-chan...I mean, we're all worried about you..."
Raito held back a snarl along with a sudden urge to strangle the man.
L had to work very hard to keep a straight face, which is saying something when you think of how easily he maintains his monotone.
An bubble suddenly popped up on Raito's screen, saying he had a new email. Raito cautiously clicked on it. It could always be L just playing a prank and HE WAS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE.
Is Raito-kun jealous of Matsuda-san?
Raito's fingers twitched before typing a quick reply.
Of course not, Ryuuzaki. Why are you doing this instead of work?!
L's mouth twitched.
Because Raito-kun is a very valuable part of this investigation team, and I cannot have him distracted by envious feelings.
Kiyo raised her eyebrow at the suddenly furious tappings Raito's fingers created.
I am NOT jealous of Matsuda-san just because Kiyo smiled at him and thanked him.
L, with difficulty, repressed a snort.
That just proves Raito-kun IS jealous.
"Raito-kun, are you alright? You seem a little...angry..." Matsuda began tentatively.
Ryuuzaki, just stop this and go back to work!!
Haha, Raito-kun is jealous of Matsuda-san!! XD
Raito took a deep breath. I do not want to kill anyone, I do not want to ki-
"Raito-kun, Matsuda-san's right. Your face looks flushed. Did something happen?"
"K-Kiyo-chan?! Of course not!!" To Raito's ultimate horror, the spot where Kiyo had kissed him started to tingle again. I just want to kill a certain insomniac right now-
"...Kiyo-chan is also right. Does Raito-kun have a fever?" L asked in a slightly mocking tone that only Raito could pick up.
"Ryuuzaki, stop harassing Raito-kun!!" Yomi called bad-temperdly from the couch. "And don't try to deny it, because we can see you two exchanging emails right on your screens!!"
Raito choked. Did that mean Kiyo saw too?!!
L pouted. "I was not harassing Raito-kun."
"Yeah, and your nose doesn't bleed." Yomi shot back, causing L to wince.
"That was Yomi-chan's fault!!"
"No it wasn't, you pervert!! Anyway, stop harassing Raito-kun or I'll never make cookies again, let alone allow you to eat them!!"
Raito did not get any more emails for the rest of the day.
"May I discuss another matter with Kiyo-chan?"
"It's about Rokya again, isn't it?"
"It concerns him in some way." L poured another handful of sugar cubes in his tea. "It is about the boy who helped you up in the rain, Richard was his name, wasn't it?"
Kiyo nodded warily. "Yes. Are you suggesting Richard could be helping Rokya or something?"
L nodded. "It is not an impossible theory. That boy was able to disable your tracking device and camera...I was sure he was Rokya-kun. That action...was almost too perfect of a coincidence..."
Kiyo groaned. That's because he is Rokya. "I was afraid of that too. Richard was pretty smart too, though I doubt he's on Rokya's level. I wouldn't put it past Rokya to have a pawn or something. But if that's true, then was meeting me in the rain merely chance, or did he want to meet me? Before, I would have said that there's no way of Richard doing something like that...but now I'm not sure. I'm not sure of anything right now." Okay, talk about a line from a crappy tragedy movie...
Matsuda looked at her sadly. "Kiyo-chan..."
"But Richard didn't do anything to me, apart from destroying Ryuuzaki's tracking device."
L nodded again. Even with the tracking device disabled, he still had Yomi to find out what exactly had went on between the two. It was...nothing.
Kiyo was deep in thought as well. Knowing Rokya, he was probably aware that L could still find out what was going on...did that mean he wanted to attract L's attention on purpose?!
Yomi mentally sighed. Don't ask me...
Kiyo bit her lip. As soon as they found Rokya, she would have to admit that she lied...oh dear...
Raito was also thinking. "Maybe we should target this Richard in case he contains some information...it would be worth it if he really is connected to Rokya-kun...Ryuuzaki, why didn't you suggest this sooner?"
L shrugged. "I wanted to ask Kiyo-chan about it, but I didn't want to disturb her any further after what she had found out about Rokya-kun..." The truth was that L had been a little...distracted after finding out Yomi was a girl...
Three days later...
"You managed to find information on Richard?" Yomi asked, surprised. "That's weird...you can't find anything about Charlie..."
"Does this mean Richard's not involved with this, if Zarth allowed us to do this?" Kiyo questioned out loud. The truth was that Richard's picture showed up as a picture of Rokya, not the actual person who was Richard...
"Or does that mean he is, since no information on him would immediately make him suspicious?" Raito frowned.
L bit his thumb, deep in thought. "Either way, I would like to find this Richard and make sure he is not connected to Kira in any way..."
Rokya stood casually, hands in his pockets, a breeze blowing through his hair.
Ryuk cackled. "Rokya, what are you going to do now?"
The boy shrugged. "I doubt that Kiyo will reveal me. She knows I can kill not only her, but her family and Yomi as well. However, L's going to be suspicious. He knows what I did to Kiyo's wristband wasn't a coincidence. That one act made L suspect me."
"Why did you do it, then, Rokya?"
The seventeen year old smirked. "That's exactly why I did it, Ryuk."
The shinigami blinked, confused. "I don't get it."
"I know."
"So Rokya, what are you going to do now?"
Rokya shrugged again. "It depends on the stupidity of one of the investigators..."
"Raito-kun?"
Raito lifted his head up. "Kiyo-chan?"
"Um...I know this is probably going to annoy you, but..." Kiyo sighed, not really wanting to know the answer. "Were you jealous of Matsuda-san a couple days ago?"
Raito gritted his teeth. "I...yeah, I guess I was."
Anything L was about to say was silenced by a threatening look from Yomi, who actually wanted some peace and quiet for more than five minutes.
"Uh....why?"
"Because...you seem more willing to forgive him than me..."
"What?!"
Raito looked away, a blush rising to his cheeks. "I...I don't really know...just forget about it, okay?"
Kiyo nodded uneasily. "Sure..."
Matsuda burst in. "Hello, everyone!! What did I miss?" He asked eagerly.
"..."
*extremely awkward silence*
"...s-so what have you found out about Richard?" Kiyo said hastily.
L answered. "We are making steady progress on him...however, from now on, we need to be extremely careful not to let Richard-kun know what we're doing..."
"Yeah..." Kiyo agreed, glad to have something to talk about. "Richard knew something was up when he saw Yomi disguised as a boy...I'm not sure what he'll try to do..."
L nodded. "Yes."
Mogi suddenly appeared, carrying a heavy-looking box.
"Mogi-san?"
"This is all the tapes surveying Richard-kun coming into Japan," the quiet man explained.
"Whoa, that was fast, Mogi-san." Yomi commented.
"That's Mogi-san for you." Soichiro said, appearing as well.
L accepted the box. "There was always something amazing about Mogi-san from the beginning." the insomniac replied.
Yomi frowned. This is like when Matsuda tries to "help" more, isn't it?
Kiyo frowned as well. Yeah, but isn't it a little too early for that yet? I mean, that didn't happen until after the police abandoned the Kira investigation...
L started to play the tapes.
So when Zarth transported Charlie, he ended up in America instead of Japan?
He must have...otherwise these tapes couldn't exist, you remember what Zarth said..
"Ry-Ryuuzaki!" Matsuda stood up, guilt and frustration building up in him. "Is there anything else I can do? Besides looking after Yomi-chan and Kiyo-chan?!"
L's eyes swiveled toward him. "You want to make yourself useful?"
Matsuda nodded, suppressing a gulp.
"Then, can you get me another cup of coffee?"
"Eh?!!"
Yomi sighed. "Ryuuzaki, was the pause there really necessary?"
"...I do not understand what Yomi-chan is talking about..."
Kiyo bit her lip. "Ryuuzaki...haven't you considered another possibility?"
Even Yomi turned to her in surprise. "Kiyo-chan?"
"Haven't you ever considered...that you were correct?"
"Kiyo-chan?"
Only L remained where he was, his hand clasped over his cup of coffee.
"Is Kiyo-chan suggesting...that because Rokya-kun could kill not only herself, but also her family and Yomi-chan...she lied, saying the boy in the rain was another classmate named Richard?"
Kiyo, what the hell do you think you're doing?!! Yomi gulped. "Kiyo...you..."
Kiyo gulped. "Please understand, Ryuuzaki. As soon as I saw him, I could tell...that he wasn't going to allow me to tell you...and now that I have..."
The Task Forces' mouths dropped open.
"Kiyo-chan doesn't need to be alarmed." L said soothingly. "I had my suspicions from the start. Rokya-kun could probably tell that..."
Yomi swore. "Shit. Does that mean we had to lie all this time for nothing? That Charlie was just playing with us?"
"It seems that way." Raito commented, his eyes on the screen. "I don't know about the rest of us, but I think Rokya-kun knew we would suspect him, and wanted it to happen."
"But why would he want that?" Aiwaza demanded, confused.
"Maybe he wants us to chase him...while he lures us into a trap..."
"HUH?!!"
"Either way, we're after Rokya-kun, not Richard now. He seems to be going under that identity, though."
No Aiber and Wedy, huh?
"Ryuuzaki, can we really catch him?"
L paused the screen in front of him, watching Rokya's calm, easy-looking face.
"I will if it's the last thing I do."
But if we catch Charlie, would Raito have some way of getting his memories back?
Probably...that's the whole point of why he lost them in the first place...
One day later...
I still can't get that foreboding feeling Matsuda's going to do something incredibly stupid like he did in the anime...Kiyo thought to Yomi.
Well whatever it is, I hope it's not something bigger than what he caused with Yotsuba...
"Kiyo-chan?" Kiyo turned.
Raito peered at her curiously. "What are you thinking about?"
Kiyo gritted her teeth uneasily. "Uh..."
Raito's heart sped up.
"...Matsuda-san."
"..."
"...you're thinking about...Matsuda-san?"
"Well, just about what's happened to him..." Kiyo said hastily. "I mean, he seemed pretty upset the other day of not being able to do anything...I just hope he won't do anything stupid, you heard what Ryuuzaki said...and Raito-kun, why are you looking so...relieved?"
"Um..." Because I was afraid that you liked him more than me, which would be so wrong and disturbing..."I was afraid it was about Rokya-kun or something like that."
Kiyo rolled her eyes, smiling. "Don't keep worrying about me."
L stared at the girl for several seconds, then suddenly hopped off his chair. "Ryuuzaki?"
The detective was suddenly perched on the couch next to Kiyo a little too close for comfort, Raito trying to pull him back with the chain.
"Ry-Ryuuzaki?" Why does this suddenly seem familiar with the scene where L asks Misa if she'll help...I hate Misa.
"Kiyo-chan," L stated, his eyes boring holes into her, "You knew Rokya-kun for a long time, correct?"
I am NOT going to be a Misa here!! "That's correct."
"He seemed to annoy you greatly, however, you did not hate him, did you?" L continued, seeming oblivious to Raito attempting to yank the detective back with all of his might.
Kiyo sighed. "Of course not, Ryuuzaki. Disliked, yes, but not true hate. However," Kiyo continued before L could butt in, "I do hate Zarth, and against his will or not, Rokya is doing this on Zarth's orders..."
"...so yes, Ryuuzaki, I would go against Rokya in order for the Kira investigation if that's what you're asking."
Raito's mouth dropped open, as did Yomi's. "WHAT?!!"
L tilted his head. "Kiyo-chan is very intelligent, despite what she thinks. She also seems to understand Rokya-kun well...I believe she would be an asset to this investigation."
"But Ryuuzaki!!" Yomi cried furiously, "I thought you said you wouldn't endanger us!!"
"I am not going to place Kiyo-chan in a situation of life or death if that was what Yomi-chan was suggesting. I understand that Kiyo-chan and Yomi-chan do not deserve to be involved with this."
Kiyo shook her head. "No, Ryuuzaki. If it means catching Kira, then I will gladly help in anyway I can." Because it means we can go home, Yomi. Kiyo thought before Yomi could open her mouth.
"No, Kiyo-chan!!" Raito protested. "I can't let you put yourself in danger like this!!"
Oh, how nice, Raito-kun is trying to protect me... "Raito-kun, I will try my best not to be a liability to this investigation. I cannot go against Ryuuzaki's wishes."
Raito moaned in exasperation. "Kiyo-chan, I don't want you to join because I think you'd be a liability. I don't want you to join because I'm worried about you."
Gee, thanks Raito, but I'm not a Misa. "I appreciate your concern, Raito-kun, but it's alright. I will do anything I can, Ryuuzaki."
"Thank you." L said, finally getting off the couch.
Raito moaned again. He was really concerned about Kiyo...if she got hurt...
"Ryuuzaki." Suddenly, a large gothic W appeared on the screen.
"What's wrong, Watari?"
"We've received a distress signal from Matsuda-san's belt."
All four mouths dropped open. "THAT IDIOT!!!! WHAT THE HELL DID HE DO?!!!"
So if there's no Yotsuba, what did Matsuda do? What will happen next?
I really did like the part where he pretended to get drunk, it was so funny!! XD Because it's Rokya and not Yotsuba, things will be a little...different...hehe!!