chapter 16
Disclaimer: I do not own death note
Vanilla sighed as she twirled a pencil in her hand. 'I really miss working with the task force, but I really don't want to argue with Ryuzaki again' She blew a piece of hair out of her face. 'Maybe I should just go back anyway, I don't need to actually talk to him' She rolled over so she was hanging upside down off the side of her bed. 'that would be kind of difficult though, maybe...I could apologize? but I didn't do anything' she sighed again and stood up. 'I can't just sit here all day, they need my help. L might not believe me now but someday he will and then he'll listen'
She dug through her closet and put on a white and grey striped tank top and some ripped jeans. She brushed her hair and pulled it back into two french braids. She put on her usual black high tops and looked in the mirror one more time. 'hopefully he won't stay mad at me for too long'
~at the hotel~
"Ryuzaki?" she sat down next to him on the couch. He ignored her and continued staring at the screen. "I'm sorry. I'll stop talking about shinigami"
He glanced at her slightly but looked back at the screen, stubbornly trying to ignore her. Vanilla sighed.
"I promise. I can act like this never happened, like I don't know there's something there" then just barely above a whisper, she added "even when I do see something"
"I do not understand why you keep insisting that your little story is real, even now while you are saying you will forget about it" He finally spoke.
"I'm not saying I'm forgetting about it, I'm saying I won't talk about it anymore." She had to resist the urge to yell that she's not making it up again. He ignored her again and started talking to Light in his cell.
"Light you've only been in here for one week but I'm sure it can't be easy, are you feeling alright?" he said. Vanilla glared at Ryuzaki but didn't say anything. Light was quiet for a moment before answering. he looked up.
"yeah, I know I must look pretty bad in here with this useless pride, I suppose I'll have to get rid of it" He seemed to slightly emphasize the words 'get rid of it' and his tone sent a chill down Vanilla's spine.
'he must be telling his shinigami to erase his memories like it did to misa, but I can't see it now' it took most of her self control to not just say this out loud. She watched Light closely. Just as she thought, after a few moments Light started acting strangely. His eyes widened a little and he looked around for a moment almost as if he'd forgotten where he was, but she was sure that wasn't the case. He looked up at the camera.
"Ryuzaki, I realize that I was the one pushing for confinement and that I asked you to put me in here, but I just realized something important! This whole thing's completely pointless! because I'm not Kira, you have to get me out of here!"
The task force members gasped, but Valarie wasn't fazed. L studied her expression. 'It's like she was expecting it...37%' he thought. Even though he hadn't said it aloud, Ryuzaki suspected Valarie might be working with Kira. He had thought it was strange how she had contacted him so suddenly and asked to meet in person. The fact that she kept insisting shinigami were real and saying strange things made him think she was trying to lead him away from kira, hence the reason he rarely listened when she made suggestions. And because she seemed to expect both Light and Misa to act strangely. It still didn't explain why she fainted when questioning Amane though. He had done a background check on her and found that Valarie Kurusaki was an alias, but he had no clue what her real name was. He had to admit that she had done an incredible job covering up her identity, Maybe even better than him. Ryuzaki shook himself out of his thoughts and responded to Light.
"I can't do that, I promised that no matter what you said I wouldn't let you out until I am convinced you are not kira."
"Please L, I-I wasn't thinking clearly! do you really think a serial killer like kira could commit those crimes without being aware of them? if I have no memory of his crimes, I'm not him!"
"I've never been able to accept the idea that kira has been acting without self awareness all this time, but that doesn't change the fact that all the evidence points to you being kira. Since we've imprisoned you, Kira hasn't committed a single murder"
"listen, just hear me out! I swear to you I'm not lying you have to believe me, I'm not Kira! I must have been framed, that's the only explanation for this!"
Vanilla only half listened to her surroundings, as she was lost in thought. 'he lost his memories, the shinigami erased them, but only some of them. I'm certain he was talking to a shinigami but I couldn't see it, I wonder why I was only able to see Misa's shinigami? maybe because Misa is a girl? no, I doubt it.' she couldn't come up with a reasonable reason that she could only see Misa's shinigami. 'Maybe Light didn't have a shinigami? no, I'm sure he had one...'
"you have to let me out we're wasting time!"
"we can't let you out yet"
Vanilla sighed, she didn't want to listen to anymore of this. The more she heard the more questions she had and she was beginning to get a headache. She silently slipped out of the room and flopped down onto a bed and stared up at the ceiling until she fell asleep.
