Moth: FINALLY! After procrastination on finishing the chapter, here it is! ^_^ I hope you all like it... I feel a little embarrassed lol ^_^ but here it is! Enjoy! I only own Arika, the idea, and other OC's. :)
L decided to leave everyone. I wanted to follow him, but when I asked he replied with a not now. What was I thinking getting myself wrapped up in all of this drama? I know how to make sure Misa doesn't die, and kill Light. That won't be a problem, but keeping Misa alive…
"Arika?" Light's voice broke my thoughts.
"What?" I didn't realize my response was louder than what I wanted it to be.
"What are you doing?"
"Sitting. What about you?" I didn't want to talk with Light right now, but I didn't want to be mean and cause more arguments.
"I don't know. I was going to go check on Ryuzaki. Do you want to come with?"
"Yeah, sure." I sighed standing up. I followed him tow where it was we were going. "How do you know where he is?" I asked.
"I don't. I'm just walking around looking for him. Although Watari did mention he might be on the roof."
"The roof? It's pouring outside." Light shrugged and kept a few steps ahead of me. I slowly followed; keeping my own distance from him. Why would he be on the roof? It is a rather quaint place to do some thinking. Should I finally tell L about everything? Yes! You should! You really should!
Light and I arrived to the very top of the building. I really didn't like being alone with him anymore. It still confuses me why Misa loves him so much, other than him being Kira. We walked out of the building and walked a little ways. We soon found Ryuzaki standing in the rain, staring up at the sky. He turned to look at us. L, what are you doing?
"What are you doing standing out there by yourself?" Light asked. He put his hand to his ear. Indicating he couldn't hear what Light had said.
"What are you doing standing out there by yourself?" I said louder. L didn't hear us over the rain because he did the exact same thing. Light hesitated before walking in the rain, while I had already taken a few steps. As we approached L I tried my best to survive the rain. I wasn't one to get wet, but I was doing it for Ryuzaki.
"What are you doing Ryuzaki?" Light asked. I looked from him to wet detective. I sighed and hoped that we wouldn't be out here too long. I didn't want either of them, or myself to get sick.
"Is something wrong Ryuzaki?" He looked at me and then at the ground.
"Oh…I wasn't doing anything in particular. It's just…I hear the bell." He said softly.
"The bell?" Light and I asked. Light put his hand over his eyes to see Ryuzaki better, and I stood there getting drenched.
"Yes, the sound of the bell has been unusually loud today."
"Ryuzaki, don't you want to come inside, and get dried off?" I asked wiping my face from the rain water. Light looked at me and then back at Ryuzaki.
"I don't hear anything…"
"Yeah…neither do I."
"Really? You can't here it? It's been ringing non stop all day. I find it very distracting. I wonder if it's a church, maybe a wedding, or perhaps a…" Light cut him off.
"What are you getting at Ryuzaki? Come on cut it out, let's get back inside."
"Yeah, come on. I don't want you getting sick." I walked closer towards L and took his hand in mine. I felt him squeeze it as he turned to look at Light and I.
"I'm sorry. Nothing I say makes any sense anyway. If I were either of you two, I wouldn't believe it." He looked down at the ground and I held tightly onto his arm. I didn't say a word. I looked at Light and then lightly rubbed L's arm.
"No, you're totally right. Honestly, most of the things you say sound like complete nonsense. There'd be no end to my troubles if I took you seriously all the time. I probably know that better than anyone." I sighed and wiped my face of water yet again.
"Yes, I would say that's a fair assumption. But I could say the same about you Light." I let go of Ryuzaki's arm and watched the two of them talk.
"Hm? What's that supposed to mean? Look your girlfriend is getting drenched. I honestly don't think you want her to catch a cold after she was just ill."
"Light, I'm fine. Stop caring…" All you wanna do is kill Ryuzaki.
"She seems all right. She hasn't complained, besides if she wanted to she could gone back inside at any time. Tell me Light from the moment you were born has there ever been a point where you actually told the truth?" L and Light made eye contact and I was still there getting drenched. It was for L and I wasn't gonna just leave these two alone.
"Where's this coming from Ryuzaki? I do admit I stretch the truth here and there. However, find me one person in this world who has never had to tell a lie. It wouldn't be easy. Human beings aren't made to be perfect like that. Everybody lies from time to time." Light, you're lying now, and you will continue to lie. Your biggest lie is saying that YOU ARE NOT KIRA. My clothes were now officially all wet. I tried not to think too much about it.
"Let's go back inside." I heard Ryuzaki say. I was pulled out of my thoughts when I felt Ryuzaki put his arm around me very cautiously. "We're all drenched."
"Yeah…" Light said. I can either hold off, or I can tell him now. Oh I don't know…I should say something. We went inside and went to find towels. Once Light had his he walked away and I was left alone with L.
"L…" I said softly.
"Hm? What is it Arika?" he looked at me and I sighed. Come on Arika, you can tell him. You can do this.
"I need to talk to you…privately."
"Well, no one is around, I would assume this is private." We risked Light listening in onto this conversation and if he did hear then that would just ruin everything. I pulled Ryuzaki farther away from Light. He was drying himself off right now, so that bought me a few minutes.
"This is serious L. There is something that I haven't told you, and well I really need to get it off my chest, but you have to swear to me you'll keep your mouth shut and act normal, okay?" I grabbed his hands and looked him in the eyes.
"Arika…are you pregnant?" he seemed rather scared.
"No, no, no, no! It has nothing to do with me. Okay, so it might not sound all that weird, and I can understand if you'd never want to talk to me again for keeping a secret from you, but…"
"Hey! Ryuzaki, Arika, what are you two doing?" Light called. Damn you Light!
"We'll be right there!" L hollered. Fuck this I'll have to hold off!
"Fake your death."
"What?"
"L, I need you to listen to me, fake your death." I stepped closer to him and brought my lips close to his ears. "I am going to tell Rem to pretend to write your name in the Death Note, as well as Watari's."
"Why?" he asked.
"I can't tell you right now. I need you to bring me to Watari, now. I need you there as well. Don't say a word to Light, okay?" I looked up at him and he nodded. I kissed his lips and held him close. We walked back over to where Light was.
"Well that was certainly an unpleasant outing."
"Eh, it was all right. I like how you look all wet." I giggled holding onto Ryuzaki. I saw his pale face turn a light shade of pink.
"It's your own fault. I mean, what did did you expect?" I looked up at L and a tiny smile came across my face.
"You're right. I'm sorry." He said softly. I watched Light wiped his hair off with the towel. I walked down the steps, leaving Light and L alone. I couldn't wait any longer I needed to speak to Watari. This is all to save L and myself, but most importantly L. I felt a tear fall down my face. I stopped and looked back at the two. L was kneeling in front of Light. You're doing the right thing. I know, and I want to tell him so badly. His guess was right all along, and he's being kind to the one person who is deceiving him. I continued to wander around and I soon found where Watari was.
"Oh! Arika. IS there something I can do for you?" he asked. I sighed and crossed my arms. I was still freezing from being wet.
"Yes…in fact there is. I already told Ryuzaki I was going to talk to you." I uttered.
"Well, what is it?"
"I need you and him to fake your deaths, then I need the three of us to get out of here. It isn't safe here for Ryuzaki, Watari. I love him, and I don't want him to die…" Watari stood up and put his hand on my shoulder.
"I thought ahead of you." He said. I looked up at him and cocked my head. "I've tried everything in my power to keep him safe, and if you sense that he is in danger, I know exactly what to do. I will take care of everything else. Oh! Ryuzaki." I turned around and saw L standing there.
"Hi Ryuzaki." He walked over to me and snaked his arm round mine.
"Ryuzaki, Arika tells me that you and I should fake our deaths."
"Yes, but I'm not sure what that is supposed to mean…" he looked down at me. I touched his face and sighed.
"I am trying to keep you safe Ryuzaki. I don't want anything to happen to you…I love you, and if something did happen to you, I would never be the same."
"I will have Rem pretend to write your name in the Death Note, yours too Watari." I stated.
"I have some place where we can go. I knew something like this would happen, and we'd have to use the safe house."
"Oh?" L and I said.
"That isn't important at the moment. Ryuzaki, Arika, please do go back to the others. I have this under control." Watari said. L and I nodded. We left the room hand in hand. L got a call on his phone.
"Yes? I understand. I'm on my way." He hung up and looked at me.
"Come on, let's go." We walked back to where everyone else was and when we did Matsuda gave us a 'nice' hello.
"Ryuzaki! What is the meaning of all this? You've somehow gotten approval from another country to use the notebook for an execution?" I had to find Rem fast. I eased away from everyone and went to go find Rem. When I found her I lightly tapped her.
"Rem!" I whispered loudly.
"What is it Arika?" she asked.
"I need you to pretend to write Watari and Ryuzaki's names in the Death Note. As I told you before Rem, I will protect Misa. I promise you, and if I can't fulfill my duty to you, you can kill me." All of a sudden I remembered that I hadn't even said a single word to my parents. Oh man I forgot about that! I guess I'll have to be straightforward and tell them everything.
"Yes." She said. I couldn't contain the amour of power I was feeling right now. I didn't like it in fact. I'm not one to like to have all the power. The only part I was happy about was destroying Light and his little plans. I nodded and turned around and walked back to where everyone was.
"I'm gonna try out the notebook for real." I walked in and heard L's voice. I walked over and stood near Matsuda.
"We can't do that! There is no point in testing it if we know the notebook's power is real!" Aizawa yelled.
"And besides, who's gonna write the name. If someone starts writing in the notebook they'll have to obey the 13 day rule and keep writing names forever." Matsuda inquired.
"The person who will write in the notebook is a criminal scheduled to be executed in just over 13 days. If he is still alive after those 13 days of writing the name, then he'll be pardoned from execution." L exclaimed.
"But still to sacrifice––"
"We're very close!" L snapped. That even scared me a little bit. "If we work this out, the entire case will be solved!" There was a big crash of thunder and then lightening. The power went out and everything began to go haywire.
"What is this? A black out?" Matsuda was frantic.
"Watari?" L questioned. "Watari!"
"Data deletion!" I was totally confused at what was going on. I just hope Rem didn't backstab me.
"What the hell is going on?" Aizawa demanded.
"I told Watari to make sure that he should erase all information in the even if something were to happen to him." L stated.
"If something happens to him?"
"Could it be?"
"Oh…no…" I said.
"Where is the Shinigami?" L asked.
"Good question. I don't see it." Light's dad inquired. Everyone looked around for Rem.
"It seems it's disappeared." I said frantically.
"What is going on?" I tried to scoot near Ryuzaki to tap him while no one was looking.
"Do it." I whispered, almost inaudible.
"Everyone the shiniga––" I snapped out of it and went back to sort of acting. L dropped his spoon and began to fall off the chair he had been sitting on. I saw that no one was going to catch him so I did. I glanced over at Light who was in complete shock.
"Ryuzaki!" Matsuda called. "What's wrong!" I looked down at L and felt the tears start to swell. In my mind I knew he wasn't going to die, but I still got that thought that what if Rem tricked me. What if she really did kill L, and I was decided by a Shinigami.
"Ryuzaki!" I screamed shaking him a little bit. "Ryuzaki…" My tears flooded my words and I held him close. "No…Ryuzaki…" I cried harder. I kept my eyes on him and held him closely. "Ryuzaki…please…no…" I saw his eyes slowly begin to close and he was now staring behind me. Light was behind me. I didn't want to turn around. I didn't need to see what kind of face Light was putting on. I felt his body relax a little and soon his eyes closed. "R-Ryuzaki?" I said again. There was silence. What is going on? Is this L's way of actually playing dead? I mean I can sense shallow breathing, but this felt so real.
"Hey…" Light crouched down next to me. "Ryuzaki, come on. Snap out of it."
"Ryuzaki!" I cried again holding onto him.
"What happened?" Light's dad asked.
"What's going on?"
"NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!" Light screamed. As much as my own body fought to not believe him I had to, or else people who think someone was up.
"Calm down, the both of you!"
"Calm down? CALM DOWN!" I screamed with tears in my eyes. I glared at Light and he looked back at me with that disgusting smirk, but it faded away.
"We're gonna die! Watari! Now Ryuzaki! It'll be us next." Aizawa began to freak out and he fell down. Matsuda crouched to the ground and put his hands over his head.
"DAMN YOU! Where are you shinigami? COME OUT!"
"Wait…Light…"
"You know something about this don't you!" he screamed. I put my hands over my ears and bent down and glanced at Ryuzaki. I kissed his cheek and saw the tiniest smile come across his face, then fade. "Come on out!" Light ran off.
"We better go and look too."
"I'm going to stay…." I said. "You…you guys can go…" I looked down and touched L's face yet again.
"Mogi, you stay here with Arika." Aizawa said. They soon were out of sight and Mogi was standing there, completely shocked of what to do, or even say.
"Oh…L…." I cried softly. I stroked his hair and let a smirk come across my face. We tricked Light! HAH! We tricked LIGHT! I can't believe it. It feels so surreal. Light Yagami has been tricked, and I am the one who tricked him. Oh my…what a nice feeling. I bent down and touched my lips to his ear. "We…tricked Light…" I said almost inaudible. Mogi stared at L and I and I made more tears fall. Now, I had to piece everything together…this wasn't gonna be so easy.