Chapter 25

"Aw man, I wonder if Misa Misa is alright? Maybe we should have wired her or used something to track her movements." Walking up to Light I pull his chair back from his computer and set in his lap wrapping my arms around his shoulders. He seemed shocked at my sudden closeness but soon it faded as I seen his eyes soften and felt his arms wrap around me. Leaning my head against his chest I give a contented sigh. How long has it been since that night on the couch? It couldn't have been more than a few days but... Since I don't get to go outside the days seem to run together anymore.

Raising my head I brush my lips against his chin showing him how dearly I wanted to kiss him. I feel his grip tighten around me in response making me smile as I laid my head against his chest again. Closing my eyes I take in his scent, his warmth, his touch, the very feeling of him surrounding me like this. Almost as if I was desperately trying to memorize every attribute about him. Hopefully, I will spend many more years with everyday holding moments like this. Ah, Light. How I love you.

"Well, you two seem close today. Did something happen?" Ryuzaki asks. I just try to ignore him but I nearly giggle as Light's voice rumbles through his chest.

"Not at all."

"Well it seems you two made up, it's about time. The distance between you two was becoming quite distracting."

"Thank you for your concern Ryuzaki, but our relationship has nothing to do with the investigation or the case so you might as well not pay any attention to it at all."

*Light*

After having said that I rest my chin against the top of her head closing my eyes. She was so small, seems to be so fragile. Yet, she is scary at the same time with how thorough she always is. But, I accept all of what and who she is. "Kiara" Ryuzaki says looking back to his computer.

"Yes?" She questions raising her head so she can look at him her soft hair brushing lightly against my chin as she does.

"About our deal. I have thought about it. If you promise not to withhold your input like that again then I see no problem with you leaving Headquarters on occasion." Her giggle echoes through the room at this idea.

"Deal!" She says happily.

"Oh my god, Kiara that's great!" Matsuda says enthusiastically causing my hold on her to tighten looking at him as if claiming her for myself.

"Light? Would you like to go out then? We have time until Misa gets back."

"I don't see why not, where would you like to go?" I ask her smiling as she slides off of my lap taking my hand in hers and tugging as a way to tell me to get up as well, so I do.

"I don't care, I just want to walk around outside!"

Chuckling I pull my hand from hers and slink my arm around her waist. "Anything you want." As we walk forward she pauses then looks over her shoulder at Ryuzaki.

"By the way since I said deal. From the first video of the conference you should take a closer look at Higuchi to me, he was all but saying "I am Kira." Without another word she walks out with me and for the first time she had left her bag up in her room.

*L*

"Watari, you can take the time now since her and Light left, to do as we had talked about."

"Right away, Ryuzaki." He responds briefly.

A closer look at Higuchi? I brush my bottom lip with my thumb as I bring up the conference video again. Having it play through again as this time I watch Higuchi. How could she have come up with Higuchi? From the way it went I had thought it may actually have been Namikawa or Ooi. But then Light had set Namikawa as a potential mole for us. Maybe watching more closely I will see something I didn't catch before. "So did we really pay five million dollars for this report?" Higuchi says. "I mean come on look at this! He hasn't found out anything important about L like his name or his face! Is this Coil guy seriously going to be really of any use to us?" He throws the papers down onto the meeting table his voice holding irritation and aggravation. At first, I had thought it was because he was afraid of being caught working with Kira but now...

"He really does seem like the one most worried about my name and face. I give her that." I mumble as I continue watching my eyes trained on Higuchi. Pausing it I enhance the image so I can better watch Higuchi's reactions. After doing this I hit play again watching his face return to a more emotionless expression. Before finally crossing his legs and pushing his chair back relaxed as he speaks again. "Kira hasn't been flexible up until now. Has he? It would be nice if he could spread out his killings over the whole week." He then remains emotionless falling back into a more business-like stature as he moves his chair back up to the table. My eyes widen as I hear him talking again at the point right before Light called Namikawa. "You know this would all go a lot faster if we just kill off the execs of our rival companies and be done be done with it."

"That would be going a little too far." Did we seriously miss this with all of our talking?

"Why? We can kill them and split their holdings." Pausing the video again I bite at my thumb.

"It seems she is correct." I speak more to myself.

"What do you mean Ryuzaki?" Mr. Yagami says from beside me, now noticing he and Matsuda had moved closer.

"Well, with it in mind to watch Higuchi what I had initially had written off as normal ego over his stature he does give hints away, like one, out of all of them he is somehow more relaxed with all of this and he also was the one to show actual concern about not knowing my name or face, he even went so far as to comment about how Kira hasn't been flexible up until now, as if he's wanting to kill more often but then covers it up finishing his comment. And now he is talking about why not just kill off the executives of their rival companies and be done with it rather than continuing to kill below the radar as if he is bored and doesn't care about whether if they figure out he is Kira. She was completely correct Higuchi is the one most likely out of these seven men and she hadn't even watched the entire meeting."

"Then I think it is safe to say that the one we should focus on is Higuchi right?" Mr. Yagami asks looking up at the enlarged frozen image of Higuchi.

"I believe so, yes." for just in case I bring up the other meeting the one that had regarded Misa Amane I scroll in again and watch the little works of his brow and his eyes shooting straight to Ooi at the mention of Amane worshiping Kira. Sighing I close my eyes shutting down the video. Yes, there is no doubt now. He is Kira.

After hearing the door I glance back to see who it was, not surprising to see Light and Kiara were back. She giggles at him before kissing him on his cheek. Watching her as she goes to the stairs and heads on up to her room as Light comes over and takes his usual seat beside me. "How did it go?"

"She is really happy to have been able to go outside." He sets his elbows on the desk and folds his hands together in front of his face his eyes closed and a smile slowly tugging at the corners of his mouth. "I haven't seen her so happy for a while now. It was nice to see."

"I see." Looking back towards the computer I pick up my coffee and take a drink from it the silence ringing out was nearly eerie from the sound levels I have gotten used to. Hearing the doors again I hear Matsuda speak.

"They're back!"

"Hey!" Misa's voice echoes before she lets out a sigh and I hear her walking before noticing her sitting down on Light's lap. This action seemed to take Light himself by surprise. He really is popular with the girls, isn't he? But then again since the whole fight in Misa's room and Kira having disappeared for so long into her own, Misa seemed to be becoming quite attached to him. "I'm exhausted." she whines.

"Hey.." Light starts to protest.

"How did it go?" I ask watching them.

"Yotsuba agreed to hire Misa on as their spokesperson for the new AD campaign If the girl they really want doesn't give them a call."

"I see that's good to hear." So they do wish for Kiara to be in their campaign rather than Misa huh. Well, who can blame them?

"And I made sure to give them my cell phone number! Would you believe that three out of the seven already messaged me asking for a private date?" Misa says as she pulls out her phone and shows Light.

"What?!" Matsuda's surprised response pipes up.

"So now, I accept their invitations and investigate them right? It's going exactly as I planned!"

"No, the plan is getting canceled right now." Light tells her.

"Huh? But why, everything has been going so smoothly up until now."

"If we go any further you'll be in danger." Light gently pushes her off of his lap as he speaks. "And Kiara wouldn't want that. You can still appear in their commercials but from now on you should deny that you were suspected of ever being the second Kira and was detained by L. Mogi will continue being your bodyguard but you will be working solely as a celebrity."

"It is also no longer necessary to use you to find out which one is Kira." I say taking another drink of my coffee.

"What do you mean?!" She yells turning to face me.

"I mean, we already know which one is Kira."

"But, how?!"

"Kiara had noticed something we had overlooked. After running through the first video and only a few minutes of the second I have no doubt left that what she had said is true."

"Oh well, right now I'm pretty tired. Tomorrow's shoot is bright and early so I better get some sleep!" she giggles as she walks away. I notice Light standing and looking over my shoulder at my computer. "Hey Light." looking up I look over at her. She was leaning against the side of the elevator looking at Light. "Want to come sleep with me tonight?"

"Wh. what are you talking about?" She laughs. Had they gotten closer than I thought?

"Just kidding! You're waiting for Kiara, right? You don't have to be shy about it, Kiara has told me everything!" she laughs again before finally letting the elevator door close. What in the world has she been told? Kiara isn't one to gossip.

"Yes, Light there is no need to be shy." I mock just to see his reaction.

"I'm not being shy."

"No need to be so serious either." He sits back down in his seat as I set my cup down. If those two are getting so close then... "Light."

"Yes, Ryuzaki?" He asks still clearly flustered over what had just transpired.

"What about Kiara?"

"I'm not sure what you mean?"

"With you and Misa getting so close, I was only curious."

"Kiara is the only girl I want, besides the whole thing with Misa is totally one-sided."

"I see, what a shame." I say successfully getting a glare from Light. If looks could kill I'd probably be dead. He then turns forward in his seat and sets his chin in his hand again as if he was thinking.

"Ryuzaki, I've been meaning to ask. But, do you like Kiara?"

Do I? "I guess you could say she has a certain charisma about her that catches my attention. Why do you ask?"

"Well, with the way you talk about her sometimes and with the fact you even tried to cuff yourself to her at one point. I just had gotten the feeling that you suspecting her to be Kira wasn't the only reason. To top it off you did let her go outside tonight which was so unlike you."

"Unlike me? I guess that's true." Pushing the distracting thoughts of Kira aside for now. With knowing now that Higuchi stands a high possibility of actually being Kira. I need to come up with a plan to be able to see how he kills and to have actual proof that he is Kira.

*Kira.*

Laying back on the couch I pull the throw blanket that Watari had brought me a couple of days ago over me. As I lay there I peer up at the moon. Everything was set, now all that was left was for the task force to start making their move. Am I absolutely certain I didn't leave anything out? If I didn't then what was this nagging feeling I had? Closing my eyes I stretch out with a big yawn before tucking my arms behind my head and closing my eyes. I am so tired. Maybe using your brain so much for so long was a way to completely tire someone out? But, if that was true then why doesn't Ryuzaki seem to sleep? Is it really because of the sweets? I should be safe just letting myself sleep until I can't sleep anymore right? As long as I'm awake by tomorrow night?

*L*

After the others had both left headquarters and gone up to their rooms to sleep, Watari brings me a sundae to help rev up my energy. Turning onto the newly installed cameras and wiretaps on Kira's floor I watch as she looks out her window from the couch she had turned towards it. She was covered and looked absolutely relaxed as she falls into thought. The moonlight lit her body up as if it were a stage light upon an actress. She then closes her eyes and stretches with a yawn. In that split second, I thought I had seen something abnormal about her but I guess it could have just been the reflection of the moonlight. She tucks her arms behind her head as her breathing begins to slow. She was nearly asleep. Until I saw light spill in from the elevator and someone moving within the shadows before finally stepping into the moonlight. I watch as he crawls on top of her. His body covering her full length with is hair flowing into his face so I couldn't see. Her eyes open and a smile appears as she looks up to him before Light presses his lips against hers.

The movements of their hands were clear they both desired to touch one another. Until I see Light move his head to her neck leaving her face darkened by his shadow and mainly hidden by his shoulder. It was then I saw her brush her lips against his neck before closing her eyes as I see him give a slight flinch. What could be going on between those two? Did she bite at his neck too hard? This sight had me stumped. Clicking off of the view I decide to contact Weddy in an attempt to get myself back on track. Which I found to be quite difficult, I really wanted to continue watching.