"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"...why is everyone so quiet?"
"..."
"Rokya."
"What?"
"Shut up."
"But Yoko, all I asked was why everyone's so-"
"SHUT UP."
"...fine, then."
The ride back to Japan could not have been more different from the ride from Japan. A very tense and uneasy silence had settled over the six of them since the moment L had gotten the phone call.
L gave an inaudible sigh. To be truthful, the detective suspected that someone in the Yotsuba company gaining Kira's power was not part of Kira's original plan. He had just been studying the pattern of those who had died, and they were nothing like Rokya had been. It didn't even seem like they were even trying to copy the original Kira.
L had had to hold back a sound of scorn when he saw how blatant the some of the killings of criminals were, such as one falling off a building while setting himself on fire. It was obvious, to the detective, of course, that those were feeble attempts to conceal the death's of Yotsuba's rivals.
L's eyes slid slowly away from the computer screen and to Raito, who was currently reading all of the information L had just consumed on another laptop.
Raito read through all of the information with an unchanging expression, making it difficult to see what the teen was currently thinking.
"...So? What does Raito-kun think?"
Raito's gaze flickered to the insomniac before frowning. "What do I think? Well, it is obvious that this is not first Kira that we are dealing with. The first Kira would have never made such a show out of criminal's deaths, for one thing, and-"
"How do you know that the real Kira's not just acting like that and wants you to draw the said conclusion?" Rokya cut in abruptly. Both of the geniuses' heads swiveled to look at the seventeen year old, who was currently sketching something on a pad and wearing large headphones.
"On the other hand," Rokya added, not taking his eyes off of what he was drawing, "it is hard to believe that the first Kira would go down to that level. It probably is just another person who can use Kira's power, like that airhead, Misa."
L blinked. "Sometimes, I find myself disturbed at how smart Rokya-kun can be."
"Can't really blame you." Rokya replied cheerfully. "I mean, intelligence and my personality don't go together very well, do they?"
"No, they do not. But back to Yotsuba..."
"Oh yeah, that. One fact is that the person is either in Yotsuba or had some kind of connection to Yotsuba."
"Yes, they could also be a rival trying to frame Yotsuba and distract our attention..." Raito mused.
"Or they might not be a rival of Yotsuba." L interjected. "They could also be someone who had nothing to do with Yotsuba, but with the same purpose more or less. It would be a clever tatic, considering that they would have no connection to Yotsuba, which is our only lead. They would have to have a good knowledge of what would benefit Yotsuba, though..."
"Hang on, if this person is just someone who required Kira's power, then wouldn't that be impossible since they wouldn't be smart enough to do something like that?" Rokya pointed out.
"Perhaps." Raito agreed. "But then again, they could be just pretending, as you said earlier, Rokya-kun, to appear less intelligent than they really are-"
"Argh!!!!" Mark shouted at the three of them, who had been visibly twitching the whole time and had finally snapped. "Will you three give it a rest???!!!! You are all turning my mind into a confused pile of MUSH!!!!!!!"
"Actually, Mark-kun, that is an incorrect statement. Your mind cannot be turned into a pile of mush. It can be, however, get very confused an-"
"Ryuuzaki, I didn't mean it literally!!!" Mark said frustratingly.
"I know you did, I was ju-"
"Ryuuzaki, we don't have time for this!!" Raito said impatiently.
L swiveled his face toward the Kira suspect, acting very much like an owl. "Yes, of course. I apologize. Even with the other possibilities, we have no choice but to investigate the Yotsuba company. It is our only lead. Besides, to calculate such things would take someone of Raito-kun's or Rokya-kun's intellect, which is not something common in Japan."
"You do have a point..."
L frowned inwardly. When Mark had protested at the geniuses' conversation, he had expected Yomi to do the same. To his growing concern, Yomi had remained silent, tapping the arm of her seat thoughtlessly.
This isn't like Yomi-chan...something is wrong... Somewhere between the time L had declared they were going back to Japan and right now, a change had come over the teenager. Earlier that day, as they went through security, which took a considerably long time since Rokya also came, L had loudly referred to Yomi as his girlfriend. Yomi...
Did nothing. She didn't even twitch her eye. She didn't even get mad.
L snapped out of his thought process and opened his mouth to ask Yomi what was wrong. A few nanoseconds later, he abruptly closed it. What was happening to him? Using his skill not to determine a case, but out of genuine concern for someone... The only person that had mattered to L before was Watari, and Watari wasn't the sort of person who required any concern...
It almost frightened L. How much he had changed over the course of the Kira case...
L cursed himself softly. He had gotten to used to this...this atomsphere. Spending so much time with these people like an ordinary person...it had softened him.
Meanwhile, Kiyo was furiously thinking the same thing to Mark, Yomi, and Rokya.
Shit...shit!!! I've gotten too much used to this kind of atomosphere...I should have known this would happen, it's just like the time when Rokya came, how on earth could I have been so stupid-
Kiyo, stop beating yourself up. Yomi said wearily. We were all comfortable. We were all oblivious. Maybe even L, too.
She's right, Yoko. Rokya added happily. Stop being so pessimistic. If L does die, we can always bring him back with the Life Note-
HOW CAN YOU BE SO CALM????!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm just being optimistic. Anyway, if Yotsuba is using the Death Note again, I should be able to see who's using it, and then I can kill them.
What if Yotsuba's NOT using the Death Note??
Yoko, Yotsuba has to be using the Death Note.
How do you know that??
I'm a genius, remember?
Kiyo rolled her eyes.
Mark sighed in frustration. But people get Death Notes from the Shinigami, right? What if another Shinigami gives a Death Note to another person?
Then the Shinigami King's gonna have a lot of apples.
Rokya!!!
Fine, I'll kill all of the apple farmers with big explosions, so it would be hard to get apples!!! Rokya snapped.
No, I like apples!!!! Mark protested.
You'll be able to eat some when we go back to the real world. Rokya replied.
The real world...Kiyo thought to herself. Every time she thought about it, she felt the same desperate yearning now accompanied with a sense of sadness. She had grown to like Raito and L, and even L's successors very much. But...Kiyo bit her lip. She still wanted to go back!! She missed her old home, and her family, and her school...but...but...
Shit...Kiyo groaned and massaged her temple with one hand. I'll just worry about that when the time comes...if it comes, for that matter...
The rest of the flight was uneventful and silent, which was remarkable if you think of the fact that Rokya was onboard.
In no time, it seemed, they were back in the headquarters building.
"Um...Ryuuzaki...why are those two boys with you?"
L shrugged and pointed to his butler. "Watari can explain everything..."
Watari rose an irritable eyebrow. "Oh, can I?"
L smiled faintly. "We both know you can do it."
Watari sighed and walked toward the taskforce.
L then turned to the other five. "Rokya-kun?"
"I didn't do it." Rokya said automatically. "...yet, at least."
L slouched patiently. "I would like Rokya-kun to at least try and act like a normal person and not to freak out Matsuda-san that much."
The seventeen year old shrugged. "Not too hard. That's something I've been doing for the majority of my life."
"That's hard to believe." Kiyo snapped.
"I said the majority."
L, deciding he would prefer not to hear Rokya and Kiyo argue again, walked over to Yomi.
"Yomi-chan?"
"Hmm?" Yomi blinked rapidly. "Ryuuzaki?"
"Can I talk to Yomi-chan for a minute?"
Yomi nodded, feeling some trepidation. L unlocked his handcuff (Yes, he managed to get another chain for Raito and himself), and chained it to a table leg. Half a day ago, Raito would have argued, but the recent events spurred a change in the younger man. He was perfect, controlled, Yagami Raito once more.
L gently took Yomi's wrist, holding it in that odd way of his, and led her out of the room.
"...what is it, Ryuuzaki?" Yomi finally asked as L slowly closed the door.
"..." L was silent for several seconds. Then... "Yomi-chan has been acting very troubled lately. Perhaps it is none of my business as a detective and I should ignore it, however, I cannot ignore it since it is Yomi-chan, and I want to know what is bothering her."
Yomi tilted her head away from L's gaze. "Ryuuzaki...L...do you remember... the promise you made?"
Pale, long fingers reached out and tilted Yomi's chin up. "Yomi-chan should not worry. I have no intention of dying right now. I will not break my promise."
"Ryuuzaki..." Yomi swallowed a lump in her throat. "Please...don't die..."
L's other arm reached out and snaked around Yomi's waist, pulling her closer.
"I'll say it again. I will drag myself out of the grave for Yomi-chan." L whispered before ravishing Yomi's lips.
"A con artist and a thief??" Soichiro asked, flabbergasted.
Raito smiled. "Of course. We'll need such people if we are to investigate Yotsuba like this."
Rokya suddenly spoke up. "Ryuuzaki...can you have Wedy put cameras in the Yotsuba building as soon as possible?"
"Huh?" All heads turned to him. "Why?"
Rokya sighed. "Remember how Misa found the first Kira in Aoyama? I can do the same. If there really is someone who has Kira's power in Yotsuba, I'll be able to know."
L looked at Rokya before turning back to his ice cream. "Very well."
"Ryu-Ryuuzaki!!! You're just going to trust Rokya-kun??" Matsuda demanded. "I-I mean, he is the second Kira-"
"True, but Rokya-kun and I have worked out an level of agreement."
"Agreement??"
"Yes."
Rokya had to hold back a snort. L really was good at bullshit...
"Well..." Soichiro began cautiously, "If you say its alright, fine then."
Rokya perked up. "Hey, how about I go in there as a spy? That way-"
"Too risky, Rokya-kun."
"..."
"...well, fine then..."
Yes, I know this is super short, but homework is currently weighing me down now. Sorry!!
