Do I Want Friendship or Do I Want Your Love?

Chapter 26: Interrogation

The days… they went by faster than usual. They were lots of fun though. "Misa, get it right!" L said through a cone, making it louder. Misa began pawing the air.

"Whatever you say oh so great director."

"Misa, if you don't get serious, I will kick you." Mostly, the days focused on Misa working and L directing her, but they were still lots of fun. We had fun. All of us, even Light, though he was held against his will during this.

After about another couple more days, Misa and I were with Mogi in the car driving to Misa's 'interview'. "Uh, Misa, Night-?"

"Moichi, you're not doing it right," Misa interrupted. "You're supposed to be the hyper manager!" Mogi sighed once, thinking something.

"Misa Misa!" he said loudly, now sounding like he was supposed to. "Today, you're going to an interview for a job at Yotsuba, but remember that this is also in infiltration mission so be sharp!"

"They told me, so no worries," she grinned.

"Good afternoon!" Mogi said, bowing. I didn't hear anything else because I saw Namikawa at the moment. He came over to greet me.

"Good afternoon, Night," he smiled and I bowed.

"Good afternoon. How is everything?"

"Good."

"That's great." We began following into the room, though I moved up next to Misa.

"Namikawa likes you too," Misa pointed out quietly before sitting down and I nodded, standing behind her.

"I know." I saw Aiber in the middle of the group and smiled slightly, but then scowled. Aiber had noticed the smile and smirked, but it turned into a smile right after.

"Hello, Misa and you must be Night, Misa's companion," Aiber smiled.

"Yes, I am," I smiled back, though the corner of my lips twitched and all I wanted to do was scowl at him, but I could act. I was good at it. "It's a pleasure to meet you."

"If you would be so kind as to sit down…" I took the hint.

"Oh, sure." I sat down on the ground behind Misa. "Just pretend I'm not even here!"

"Can do." Everyone turned their attentions to Misa. "Now, Misa, we've basically decided to hire you, but we have a few questions."

"I'll answer any questions you have!" she said cheerfully, though I could tell she was slightly strained, but only I'd be able to tell on that.

"We've investigated in on you and found that for a period of time, you were held by L as the Second Kira."

"W-here did you hear that?" she asked nervously.

"I'm afraid I can't say, but by judging on the look on your face it's true." She seemed determined in her eyes, but her face showed otherwise. I begged mentally she'd be able to do it, but I had confidence in her. She'd be able to.

"Yes, I was held for questioning by L for being accused of the Second Kira, and if you would like to know Night was as well, but neither of us were Kira and that's why L let us go." I could see Namikawa's startled expression, but didn't meet his eyes.

"So Nighta- Night, you were taken into interrogation also?" Aiber asked me, leaning slightly so he could look at me.

"Yes."

"I see." The group began almost interrogating Misa and after a while, I had to excuse myself, as did Misa.

"Night, I'm going to go to the bathroom," she said, beginning to walk in the opposite direction.

"Do you want to go alone?"

"If you don't mind…"

"Sure," I smiled and as we parted ways, two shadows floated overhead. "Rem, Vincent!" Both looked down at me and a smile appeared on Vincent's face.

"Nightana, what are you doing here?" Suddenly, the smile faltered.

"What is it, Vincent?" I asked, looking up at him.

"Oh… nothing." The way he was looking at me, it frightened me. "Just… be careful today okay?"

"You aren't to do anything, Vincent, do you understand? The Shinigami King is not happy with you or the situation at hand," Rem warned, pausing in flight.

"It's none of your business, Rem," he growled, glaring at her.

"Uh… guys, let's not fight here, okay?" I asked nervously. I had no idea what was going on and I'd ask Vincent as soon as I could.

"Don't say anything," Rem said before flying off. Vincent snorted and landed beside me.

"How is everything, Nightana?" he asked, acting as if nothing happened.

"How's Kira? Is he enjoying the Death Note?"

"Rem's at least. He says there's not much use to my Death Note except to give himself more life spans." I scowled.

"That jerk! I hate Higuchi more and more." I looked at Vincent now, eying him suspiciously. "What are you and Rem freaking out about?"

"Nothing important. Just, Nightana, can you write on this piece of the Death Note? Write your name on it?" My eyes widened.

"I'm going to die, aren't I?" I whispered, but he looked away from me. "Am I?" I demanded, though my voice shook.

He still refused to look at me, but he answered, "yes." My knees grew weak and I had to lean against the wall to keep from collapsing. I swallowed the sick feeling away my throat and nodded once.

"How long until I-?"
"Probably to the end of the day, your life span isn't wavering or anything."

"Okay… I have to go." I went back into the room, refusing to look at Vincent and curled up into a ball behind Misa' chair as she walked in calmly. Well, of course she's going to walk in calmly. She didn't just get told that she's going to die today, I thought bitterly. I wonder how I'm going to die… It's interesting to think about; am I going to die painfully or calmly? Is it going to take forever or what?

"Hey, Night, are you okay?" I looked up at Misa startled as she grinned.

"I'm fine…"

"You sure?" she asked.

"Yeah, I'm sure." I smiled. "Are you done?" I asked, shakily getting to my feet. The blond haired girl nodded, an grin on her face.

"They hired me! I did good, didn't I?"

"Yes, you did. You did very well." I noticed then that Misa's life span was gone and a sinking feeling went into my stomach.

"Is everything alright?"

"Everything's great!" She was looking at me suspiciously, but nodded anyways.

"Let's go!"

"Actually, I wanted to walk back to the Headquarters. There's something I want to do."

"Sure… I'll go tell Mogi." She grinned at me. "I'll see you later!" Then she ran off after Mogi to tell him about my plan and to go back to Light. I sighed as I realized she didn't have to keep her relationship with her love a secret. I did understand why at the moment L wanted to keep ours a secret. He didn't want me killed. But still… I wanted to be able to show people how much we cared for each other. Even if it was just a precaution…

"Nightana, this isn't a good idea," Vincent hissed as he caught up with me.

"Am I going to die this way?" I shot back as I continued walking, ignoring what he said.

"The Shinigami in the Shinigami Realm are trying to kill you to see how far I'll go to save you. I have no idea how many times you'll be threatened-Nightana!" I cried out as someone came behind me and blindfolded me while covering my mouth. Before I could try escaping, I was knocked unconscious.

The lights were very dim when I woke up and I groaned, trying to push myself off of the ground onto my knees, but I found that I couldn't. My arms were tied up. "Well, well, well, it's our little hostage." It was… Namikawa. Tears welled up in my eyes and I refused to look up.

"Look up. NOW!" Higuchi shouted before someone slapped me across the face. I was surprised that I found my watch still on. I hit the button repeatedly since it was that special tracking device he had given me.

"Find me please Lawliet," I whispered before looking up. The whole group of Yotsuba was around me smirking, but I realized Namikawa's didn't meet his eyes. His eyes were pained; he didn't want to do this. "What do you want?" I managed out and for that I got hit in the face again. It was a powerful enough blow to send me sprawled onto the ground. I tried to hold back the tears with no avail and began sobbing accidentally.

"Now, tell us what you know about L!" Higuchi was mostly the only one doing this, but just having Namikawa there made it worse. "Do it or else Kira will kill you!"

(Third Peron's POV)

As Misa began telling how she did at her interview, a 'W' appeared on the screen. "Ryuzaki, we have a problem."

"What is it Watari?" Just by the sound in Watari's voice, L could tell there was something wrong.

"It's Night." That was all Watari needed to say to make L feel as if he had a heart attack.

"Where is she?" Light and the others looked over at L, who sounded so desperate for the first time, most likely, in his life.

"She's in some hotel, but I can't tell. I'm going to begin Morse Code most likely to see if she can understand."

"She knows Morse Code," Soichiro mused, though he looked just as desperate as L sounded.

"That's fine Watari. See if you can get her to communicate back to us."

"Right." L turned to the group of people behind him.

"We're going to have to reproach this in a different matter. We might have to take hostage of Kira now."

"But we don't know who it is," Misa said, looking horrified. Then she cried out, "why hadn't I forced her to come back with us!"

"Ryuzaki, she told me the people who have taken her are the Yotsuba group we watched last week," Watari interrupted.

"See if you can get anymore out of her," L said.

"Hey, wait! I know a way to figure out who Kira is! Misa has an idea!" Misa began waving her hand in the air.

"What is it, Misa?" L asked.

"Leave it to me!"

"Stop it, please!" Nightana sobbed as blood began falling into her eyes. "I don't know anymore than that!"

"You do know! If you don't tell us, we'll hurt you even more!" Actually, it had only been Higuchi who had been hurting her, but no one was stepping in. They were just as responsible.

Nightana stopped as she heard the light clicking of Morse Code. 'What is going on? We have an idea on what we're going to do, but it could take a while.'Tears sprang into her eyes as she stopped her code.

'They're interrogating me badly right now, but they're not going to give me up until I tell them something about L.'

Suddenly, Higuchi didn't touch Nightana again. He got a message on his phone. A smirk appeared on his face. "I have to go. Keep an eye on her and Namikawa, make sure to get her wounds covered." Then he was gone.

'Nightana, Misa's gone.' Nightana realized it then; Misa knew he was Kira. Please, Misa figure it out. I need you to rescue me now even if you realized you are Kira! Nightana sighed once before falling unconscious from blood loss.