Hey people. 2-3 weeks instead of a month. I'm on a roll. :) I was gonna have this chapter up two days ago, but I got sick and couldn't get around to it. Nothing really happens in this chapter, so sorry if it doesn't meet your expectations. There are a lot of breaks in this chapter; you've been warned.

Disclaimer: Yes. I own Death Note. That's why I'm on fanfiction writing a story. Totally makes sense OFCOURSEIDON'TOWNDEATHNOTEYOUMORONS! …Blah. :P


"What makes you think I did it?"

"Well, you're an idiot, that's why I think you did it!"

"I'm not an idiot! I'm just…mentally impaired, sometimes!"

"…Idiot."

"Nuh uh!"

"Uhu!"

"Nuh uh!"

"Uhu!"

"Nuh uh!"

"Uhu!"

"Nuh uh!"

"Nuh uh!"

"Uhu!"

"AHA!"

"No! You can't do that! That's mean! Why are you so mean? That doesn't count!"

"Does too."

"Does not!"

"Does too."

"Does not!"

"Does not."

"Does too!"

"AHA!"

"NO!"

"YES!" Shai threw her foot up onto the chair and put a fist in the air, signaling her victory.

"GUYS! Do I have to separate you two? Knock it off!" Kaida bit off of her chocolate bar angrily. After a long while of laughing herself silly at the two's current squabble, she had given into annoyance as she eyed the two in front of her with a merciless glare that would bring even Kira down to his knees.

Shai and Masako quickly straightened up and folded their hands, bowing their heads. "We're sorry."

"Good. Now get outta here."

They up righted themselves and fled to the door.

"And no fighting in the elevator!"

"Yes, Kaida," they both replied obediently.

As soon as the automatic doors closed, she turned her head to look at the rest of the Task Force. "And that's how it's done."

Everyone in the room looked at her like she was some sort of alien that spontaneously materialized in the back of a hot dog truck.

"I never knew that it took so much skill…" Matsuda scratched the back of his head in a rather perplexed state.

Aizawa stood from his seat, his computer left unattended. "Why would it take skill to do something like that? I mean yeah, even us as police officers couldn't get them to shut up, but you're their friend, so I don't see how it's such an accomplishment."

Kaida activated her glare and started to stare down the police officer. "Sit down, Aizawa."

He sweat dropped and quickly sat down. With no where to turn to escape the deathly gaze, he spun around in his chair and quickly tapped the keys of his computer, pretending to work.

"…Again…wow…you have so much power! I wish I could be like that!" Matsuda hyped up excitedly.

Kaida stared at Matsuda incredulously. "Not even if you trained under me could you go that far."

The police officer gave off dejected waves. "Aw, why not?"

"Matsuda, you're a pussy."

Aizawa laughed into his hand, trying not to let anyone hear his amusement.

Matsuda crossed his arms and pulled a boyish pout.

"Kaida."

The said girl perked her ears and turned her head to L. This was a surprise to her since L almost never spoke to her. "Yeah?"

"I have a task for you to accomplish…"


Shai tapped her fingers on everything she touched, thinking about nothing in particular. She rocked back and forth on her heels in the elevator and checked her watch.

It was two in the morning and she was tired. She glanced over at Masako, who was staring at the floor spacing out. Turning her gaze to the floor as well, Shai began to speak.

"Hey…I'm not going to apologize for being honest - you seriously need to use your head next time. A normal person wouldn't try to escape the building by jumping off the roof and ask to go to a cemetery afterwards. You should've known that it was dangerous, and – Masako? Are you listening to me?" Agitated, Shai snapped her fingers in front of Masako's face.

"Hm? Wha...?"

The gamer narrowed her eyes and stared hard at the door. "Nevermind. It wasn't important."

The doors opened and Shai paused on the way out, her hand resting on the doorframe. "Get some sleep. You look terrible." She advised over her shoulder.

Masako nodded. "Yeah, thanks," she muttered sarcastically. "Will do."

When the elevator doors closed, she pushed the highest number and walked to the corner of the elevator, sinking down to the floor. She yawned loudly and looked up at the elevator lights, letting them blind her before she rapidly blinked and looked away, regaining her sight. She was suddenly interested in the pattern on the floor, which was odd since it was a plain steel elevator.

All of a sudden her eye twitched and she pulled a hand to her head, a confused expression on her face. A spasm went up her spine and made her jerk her head, a shiver following after.

"Maybe…I'll just stay here for a bit…"


"Must…play…can't…play…must…can't…mu – ok, if you insist." Shai stalked over to her Playstation system with a creepy smile on her face. "I'm tired, but I think I can stay up a bit longer. I need to do something to get my mind off of recent events anyway…"

She reached into a box next to her TV and pulled out a game, the plastic still enveloping the case. "Yesssss….." she droned as she ripped the plastic open slowly. Everything after that was a blur to her and before she even realized it, the TV screen had lit up and she was tapping the buttons on her controller with a speed that would make a gamer proud.

This continued on for the entire night.


Kaida walked out of the elevator in a daze. As soon as she had entered the elevator, a wave of exhaustion had hit her to its fullest. Now she was walking to a door, not caring where she was going – as long as there was a bed somewhere nearby, she didn't care.

Reaching out for the knob, she turned it and pushed the door open slowly, her eyes wandering around the floor before looking up at the figure before her.

At first, Kaida couldn't comprehend who it was. Her eyes widened when her brain had processed that it was Mello, who was standing over a computer screen wearing only black boxers.

Her face went red and she was out of the room ten times faster than she had come in. "PUT SOME CLOTHES ON!" She screamed in the direction of his room. She raced to the elevator and repeatedly pushed the button that would take her to her floor, more awake now than ever.

Though, she was still too tired to notice the figure crouched in the corner of the small space.


June 11, 2010

4:45 a.m.

"Matt…Matt…MATT!"

The gamer jerked up from where he was laying on the couch. "Hn…wha…?"

"You're not sleeping here. The last thing we need to hear is snoring," Aizawa demanded while pointing at the door. He was hovering over the couch, waiting for him to move.

"Nah, I don't snore…" Matt scratched the back of his head with fatigue. He yawned and stretched.

"I don't want to take my chances. Now move."

"Whatever. I'm going to bed for a bit, Ryuzaki. If you need anything, my computer's on." L didn't respond as Matt raised himself from the couch and headed towards the elevator. Aizawa claimed his 'special spot' and grabbed his laptop from the coffee table to pull up on his lap.

"Ryuzaki, are you ok?"

The said detective dragged his eyes to the teenager he was handcuffed to. "Yes. Why?"

Light gave him a worried look. "You've been holding your fork for the past five minutes and have yet to use it. Is something wrong?"

"Hm…I guess I'm just not that hungry," he droned, looking down at his computer monitor. "Though…something doesn't feel right…"

"What doesn't?" Light's eyebrows came together as he gave the three greatest detectives a skeptical look.

"I'm not-"

"Guys, we have a problem."

Everyone in the room turned their gaze to whom they thought had just left. Matt had came in with heavy footsteps, due to carrying a certain girl on his back.

L set down his fork and jumped from his chair, making quick and long strides to the unconscious teenager while dragging Light along with him. He put a hand up to Masako's forehead. "Fever."

"She's out cold. She didn't even move when I picked her up."

"I see…Watari," L turned to his computer. One of the monitors up on the wall lit up with an English W.

"Yes, sir."

"Please fetch the required materials to cure a fever."

"As you wish," the W disappeared and the screen turned black again.

"This isn't the best place for her to rest, Matt. Take her up to her room," Light suggested with concern.

Matt let out a huff as he shifted his grip to prevent Masako from sliding off of his back. "K…"


5:10 a.m.

"I've done it…I've done it!" Shai looked maniacally at the case of her game, smiling in a sadistic way. "Haha…hahaha…AHAHAHAHAHA!" She leapt from her spot on the floor and raced to the elevator with her game in hand, laughing to herself all the way. "I beat it! I beat it!"

She pushed a button and found herself in the computer room. Shai raced towards the middle of the room, shoving the game in front of her and holding it up for everyone to see. "I've done it!" she kept repeating. There were bags under her eyes and her glasses had fallen off ages ago. Her breathing was ragged and she looked pale from not getting enough sleep.

"You…opened the case? Congratulations?" muttered Matsuda in a sleepy, dragged out voice. He rubbed his eyes and stretched his arms from where he was sitting.

"No, you idiot! I beat it! The game! I beat it! Finally!" Shai raced in the direction of the door. Before she made it, however, it opened to reveal Kaida. She stepped out warily and her eyes snapped open when Shai passed her with a swoosh. "Ahahahahaha! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Kaida blinked her large eyes and stared at the Task Force, who had yet to go home since it was so early in the morning. She gave them a look that questioned Shai's behavior, but when she got no response, she blinked again. "I'm going back to bed," Kaida swung herself around lazily and walked through the automatic doors. She then pushed the button on the elevator, which opened on command. She gave the space a skeptical look since she assumed that Shai would be taking the elevator. That is until the chocoholic heard her insane laughter coming from the stairs to her right.

Kaida narrowed her eyes, but shrugged and stepped into the elevator, pushing the button to go up to her floor. "That's the last time I wake up early."


6:45 a.m.

A flash of light made the girl jerk her eyes open. At first, she was confused as to where she was. Then, she heard a voice.

"Wake up, Kaida. We need to talk."

Kaida blinked groggily, trying to get rid of the sleepiness that claimed her lazy mind. "Hn…wha?" When her eyes finally began to adjust, another light in the center of that light showed even brighter. At closer inspection, it was a lit match.

"Fire!" Kaida beamed and was awake in an instant, snapping her arm up to grab the match. She didn't get to it in time, though, since someone pulled it back and snuffed it out. "What the hell-" she stopped when the person with the match turned out to be Mello. She furrowed her eyebrows and looked at him oddly, then narrowed her eyes and buried herself under her covers. "I'm tired. Why'd you wake me up?"

"It's about Nagawa."

Kaida raised her eyebrow from under her thick blanket, but didn't respond as he went on.

"She has a fever. A bad one, actually. We can't get it to break. She's been unconscious for a few hours, and she's currently being watched over."

"Not that I don't care or anything, but you woke me up just for that? I mean, it's not like she's gonna die, right?"

Mello remained silent.

Kaida sat up and looked him in the eye. "Right?"

The light of the bedroom showed that he was already dressed in his usual black attire, and also uncovered the horrendous fact that it was 6:47 in the morning.

"It's unlikely, but if her fever doesn't break soon…"

"…Oh…" was all Kaida managed to get out.

"Nagawa won't be able to make it to school today, obviously, so the investigation is on hold." Mello rose from his seat on the side of the bed and made his way to the door. "Remember that thing that L asked you to do?"

"You know about that?"

"Yeah. Near's the one that requested it to be done."

Kaida raised her eyebrow. "Oh, really?"

With a nod, Mello turned around to look at her. "Let me know if you find anything suspicious. I'll have Matt keep Shai away from her room for the time being."

"Alright, but I'm telling you, there's nothing to be suspicious about."

"You know Masako's been acting funny lately and L sensed something off about Shai. Just go check, that's all you have to do. And since Masako is sick, we can take advantage of this opportunity and find what we need."

"But why me, again?"

"If you were caught wandering around in their rooms, they wouldn't think much of it. If one of the Task Force members or us successors were found, they would probably think something was up, right?"

"Uh, yeah. I guess that makes sense."

"Look, it's not a big job. Make sure to check Masako's computer, too. She broke into Watari's weaponry room yesterday."

"L told me about that. But why would she brake into it?"

"She used some things to escape the rooftop. We're still not sure how she knew how to break in without setting off the alarm."

Kaida leaned her head back on her bed post deep in thought. "Alright…"

"See to it that you find something useful and report it to L," Mello reached for the door knob.

"I'll try," she replied as he left. Quietly to herself, she added, "Depends on what it is, though…"


10:47 a.m.

Shai stretched and blinked wearily, not even bothering to take in her surroundings before she stood up. She knew she was in her room, anyway. She probably just crashed on the couch when she was done with her gaming session.

Boy was she wrong.

The gamer went wide-eyed as she stared out at the sky. Glancing around, she realized that she was on the roof.

"Um…what the hell? Why am I here?" After moving her head in various directions, her gaze rested on yet another gamer leaning up against the railing. He had a cigarette in his mouth and he was tapping away at a DS. Shai entered a dazed state, wondering whether or not this was a dream. "Matt?"

"What?"

"…Why are you here?"

He looked up from his game. "I followed you."

As happy and giddy as that would have made her, Shai found it slightly creepy. "…Because…?"

"I couldn't sleep with you running around screaming your head off. So I followed you to make sure you didn't kill yourself or anyone else, for that matter. You collapsed here, so I decided to just wait here since I have nothing better to do…but sleep…" he added grudgingly.

"Well as much as I appreciate – I was running around screaming?"

"You don't remember, do ya?"

"No. I don't…"

"Ok, then what's the last thing you remember?"

"I was talking to Masako in the elevator, and then I sat in front of my TV to play Monster Hunter. That came out with Playstation a few days ago, did you know that? So awesome…" Shai smiled to herself.

"Yeah, it's a pretty sweet game. Beat it in about two hours."

Shai looked down from her fantasy in the sky and glared at Matt. "Shut. Up."

"Hehehe…Anyway, you said you were talking to Masako in the elevator?"

"Yeah, why?"

"She collapsed in the elevator a few hours ago."

"What?"

"Did she say anything weird before you left?"

"Uh…" Shai thought for a moment. "Not really. I was talking to her, but she wasn't hearing me, apparently. She was spacing out. What does she have?"

"A fever, and it's kinda serious."

"A fever? Of all things? Really?"

"109."

"Damn," Shai blinked in surprise and moved her gaze to the concrete floor. "Wonder how it managed to get that far. Can you guys bring it down at all?" She was now looking at Matt, worry slightly grazing her eyes.

"Not now, no. For the first few hours it was slowly increasing, but it finally stopped last time I checked, which was about three hours ago. I'm not sure what it's at now, though."

"What're you going to do about the investigation?" Shai asked warily. She secretly hoped that she didn't have to go in Masako's place.

"It's on hold."

"I see," Shai knitted her eyebrows in thought as she tried to grab a hold of the situation. "Did you get any sleep?"

"A bit. Aizawa woke me up."

"Go get some sleep. I'm fine now."

Matt closed up his DS and placed in his pocket. "Alright. Not like I have anything better to do anyway. You feelin' ok, now?"

"I'll live," Shai stretched and made her way inside. "Oh, and by the way," she stopped in her tracks and turned around. "What exactly was I yelling last night?"

"Ah...just that you beat your game. You also kept yelling that I was the most awesomest person in the world," Matt threw his hands behind his head with a cheeky smile on his face.

"Eh...really?"

He nodded. "Yep."

After looking him over from head to toe, Shai narrowed her eyes. "I didn't say that."

"I know..." he replied in a slightly dejected tone.


5:03 p.m.

The computer room was lit up with only few computers. A few Task Force members went to their homes a while ago, except for Matsuda. He was currently resting on his floor, even though he slept through most of his work hours the day before. The only people in the room were L, Light, and Kaida. The rest were catching up on sleep.

Kaida narrowed her eyes from the corner of the room. Her head turned to look out over the city from the small inside window ledge that she somehow managed to squeeze into. In her hands was a fiction vampire book of some sort, but she didn't seem to be paying much attention to it. She was too busy irritated with the fact that she couldn't get her task over with until night fell. She had yet to ask Mello why she had to wait, and she didn't feel like bringing it up at this point in time.

Feeling impatient, she turned her attention back to her book of guts and gore. Hopefully, this would get her mind off of things.

She was brought back to reality when she sensed something interesting was going to happen. She didn't know what it was, but she had a feeling it was coming very soon. Curious, she lifted her gaze to one of the monitors on the wall. "Hey look, there's Aizawa," Kaida pointed out to no one in particular. No one was paying attention.

The police officer was just outside the building, trying to swat away a black bird that seemed to be trying to peck him. After a few more seconds, a few more birds appeared. If Kaida didn't know any better, she would say that those were crows.

"Mfh! Get off of me!" he ordered as he now used both of arms to try to scare them away.

"Huh…?" L's monotonous voice seemed to resound in his throat as he finally turned his gaze to one of the higher monitors.

Light looked up as well, his eyes narrowing with disbelief. "Are those…crows?"

"I believe so, Light," L answered.

"What the hell is this? Get off! Off of me! Hey now!" Kaida giggled with amusement as she watched Aizawa struggle. The crows continued to rip at his clothes, causing numerous tears and scratches. Light and L did nothing but stare in bewilderment as Aizawa swung at the birds, feathers zipping through the air before slowly floating to the ground.

Kaida tried her best not to burst out laughing as he grew more and more agitated. She turned her head away from the monitor, and under her breath, she whispered something inaudible to the others. Then, her gaze returned to the monitor with a look of authority in her eyes and an amused smile on her face.

"Back! NOW!" The crows scattered as Aizawa dusted off his pants, wiped his forehead, and picked up his briefcase. He inspected his clothes. "Oh, great. The Task Force is never gonna believe this one. Neither is my wife…" He swung his briefcase over his shoulder and walked to his car.

"Huh? You're kidding!" Aizawa inspected his now slashed tires from where he was standing and glared at the two crows on the roof of his car. "Hey! Shoo!" The police officer gave a swing of his hand and the two crows flew off into the distance, cawing a few times before slowly fading out. "Alright, then. I'll just have to take a bus…"

Once the police officer disappeared from the monitor, Kaida calmed down and nodded, a small smirk engraved onto her face. She turned her attention back to her book and continued reading as if nothing happened.


11:56 p.m.

"Come on, it's been all day. When am I supposed to go?"

"She's most likely not to wake up at this hour."

"She's been sleeping all day!"

"Just go take care of it now."

"Where is she now?"

"Her room, but she's sleeping. Now's your chance."

Light was pinching the bridge of his nose, trying to rid himself of the throbbing pain in his head.

Kaida pushed the button on the elevator, leaving the computer room and waiting for the elevator to reach Masako's floor. Once the doors opened, she looked around quickly and warily before she stepped in.

The room had been tidied up and everything was back in its normal place. The clock had been fixed and now read 11:57. Kaida stepped quietly through the living room, determined not to wake Masako in her room. Searching the room didn't take as long as she thought. She couldn't find anything suspicious.

Now determined, she quietly opened the door to Masako's bedroom and stepped in, the white walls ready to distinguish her from everything else if Masako was to catch her in the act. She practically held her breath as she tiptoed around the room, looking for anything that stood out.

Everything had been cleaned up if anything was left out. It made Kaida wonder why no one had checked her room then instead of making her do it now. Resisting the urge to sigh, she tiptoed over to Masako's laptop and grazed her finger across the mouse pad, making sure that her body was shielding from the room as much of the newfound light as possible.

Many windows were pulled up, but none that could help her. With tired eyes, she blinked rapidly while trying to adjust to the bright light and glanced through the history.

Everything had been cleared except for yesterday. Kaida narrowed her eyes suspiciously, but clicked on yesterday's tab anyway. Only a few sites had been visited, and there were about two that seemed unfamiliar to Kaida. She brought up the two and skimmed them over quickly. There didn't seem to be enough information on either of the sites to be able to tell how to break into a room without setting off an alarm. The information just went on about the different types of wires that go to what, but they didn't say anything about getting the keypad open without something happening.

Kaida glanced at the time at the bottom corner of the screen. 11:59. Only two minutes passed and she was already done. She smirked.

"What are you doing?"

The chocoholic nearly jumped when a voice reached her ears. Dreading the fact, but turning nonetheless, her wary eyes met Masako's seemingly sick ones. "Um…just looking at stuff. There was this site that I went on before, but I couldn't remember what it was. So I was hoping that you went on that site, too. I was just checking…"

"…Don't lie to me," her voice underwent a surprising monotone and her eyes went more dull than they were before.

Kaida's eyebrows twitched in confusion as she stared at Masako, trying to find some excuse. "I'm not lying. Why would I lie?"

"You're here under L's orders, aren't you?"

There it was again. That same, creepy, monotone voice. Kaida retreated back a step, wondering just how Masako had known that L told her to search her room. "Why would you think that?"

"Answer the question."

"No. He didn't send me."

"Liar!"

Kaida blinked quickly and retreated back another step, taken aback by how loud her voice was and how irritated she sounded.

Her voice returned to its original happy state. "But that's ok, I guess. How else could I have broken into that room…?" she laughed. "Leave now, please. I'm feeling quite better, but I still need to rest."

"…Right…" Kaida walked quickly out of the room and closed the door, rushing to the elevator.

Inside her room, Masako frowned. The sounds of feet ruffling the carpet were barely heard as she seemed to glide over to her computer. Masako eyed the computer with a glare and turned it to the door. After a few moments, she smiled sadistically. "Hnhnhn…"


Me: I was gonna put in more, but I looked at the page numbers and was like eh, what the hell why go on, right? Haha. I know I'm a little late, but Happy Halloween, everybody! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY, L! :D I'll give you all of my candy from Halloween, how does that sound?

L: Really?

Me: Well…I'll give you half of my candy.

L: Half?

Me: Ok…I'll give you one chocolate bar.

L: …Aw… *sulks off dejectedly to corner*

Mello: *pops up out of no where* Chocolate?

Me: I'm not giving you any. Shoo, now.

Shai: Hey…you're kinda creepy at the end of this chapter. o.O

Me: You'll see why later.

Kaida: I always knew you were a creeper.

Me: Riiiiiiiight…

Ringo: And a little bipolar, too…

Me: *punches dramatically across Ringo's face* No one asked you.

Kaida: See ya guys later! Reviews would be nice! ;)