Author's note: I have an important exam tomorrow, so I don't think I'll be posting anything that day. Here's the fourth chapter, a bit longer that the others, but still. I really hope you'll enjoy.

I do not own any characters of Death note. It belongs to Tsugumi Ohba.

Chapter 4. Plans

"Oh, Light." I sighed, sitting on his bed.

He was writing in the Death note. He seemed completely calm.

"What is it?" He asked, not looking at me.

"You should have kept your temper." I said, carefully.

He let out a faint smile.

"So I guess you watched."

"Honestly I didn't thought you'd fall for something like this."

"We're so clever now, aren't we?" He said in such a sweet voice it was sickening. "I did that so everyone would know what happens if you cross me."

"I'm just saying you should be more careful. I'm concerned about you."

Light finally stopped writing and looked at me.

"Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. In fact, as long as you're by my side, I'll be more than fine." He said that with such tone I couldn't understand. It looked like his eyes were on fire. He's so confident.

''Light!'' A woman shouted from downstairs. ''If you don't get a move on you'll be late for for cram school!''

''Coming mum!'' Light answered. ''Guess I'll see you later.''

''Yes. If I'll have some information, I'll let you know, I promise. And if you will need any help, just ask.'' I said.

''Okay.''

There was a knock on my door. I was just finished eating my late dinner, which was a bowl of cereal (when I'm in human form I need to eat like any other human). It was late hour, so it was strange that someone would come visit me at this time. I slowly rose from the table and walked to the door. When I opened the door I was greatly surprised.

''Takashi! You're back!''

''Hello Kamiko.'' He smiled and reached for my lips. I hadn't kissed in a long time, and that I'm not really human doubled that. It was very strange, this feeling.

I moved my head from his so I could speak. This was still an unexpected surprise.

''I thought you will take at least more two weeks!'' I expressed my amazement with a wide smile. It was nice to see Takashi. I missed him.

''Yeah, well, our plan slightly changed.'' He grinned. ''Will you invite me over?''

''Of course.'' I smiled and let him through, closing the door behind him. I hadn't cleaned in a while, so my house was kinda a mess.

''I really missed you, you know.'' Takashi said, wrapping me around in his arms. I felt a slight discomfort. I didn't really like physical interaction. Not that he would remember that.

''I know.'' I answered.

''Hey, Yoshida's back!''

Everyone greeted Takashi as he entered the office. I followed him soon after. His table was at the other side of the office.

Questions about Takashi's trip were coming from everywhere. I already knew the answers, since last night he told me everything, so I focused on these other cases, even though I was signed for the Kira case. But I didn't have a objectives at the moment, so I just used my spair time.

But Takashi's story was interrupted when the chief entered. We had to make our reports on the Kira case. I just sighed and continue inspecting this other case. I had nothing to say, although I need to know what information did the police already managed to get.

As expected, L was brought in as well. He talked through a laptop and with a mechanic voice.

They began to talk about the time of deaths. I started to listen, when L said it's highly possible that Kira is a student.

''What makes you say that?'' One of the detectives asked.

''That the times match with a student's schedule. The killing were all made in a student's free time and mostly on weekends.''

Quite deductive.

Then L asked to see if the criminals', who were killed, faces and names were available to public. It was obvious that the inspectors were surprised by such a request, but didn't argue.

He's very fast.

The suspects' list begins to shorten. I knew that it was only a matter of time 'till...

''So Kira is a student, huh?'' Light was surprised to see, that the police, or if more accurate, L, made this far in such a short time. ''Well then, I guess it's time to use the Death note in a more creative way.''

''What do you mean?'' I asked.

''You'll see.'' He smiled mysteriously.

I clapped my tongue.

''But you could easily get this kind of information from your dad's computer. You know, by hacking into it.'' I said.

''Yeah, well, it's easier this way. You telling me.'' He winked. That was true. ''I just hope that the police will soon enough figure out that there's a leak. Or at least L will. And when that happens, L will start to suspect the police, and the police will start to suspect L. They will find L for me. And when they do...'' Light's voice suddenly changed into a more cold and serious. ''...I'll end him''

''That won't be easy. He will go under an alias, for sure, if someone would find him. And you need to know the true name.'' I told him.

Light suddenly looked at me right in the eyes, there were little sparks in them.

''And that's where you come in.'' He said, in a voice, that kinda seemed like it was playful.

I sighed.

''You know I can't see people's name when I'm in human form. And if by any chance I saw in shinigami form, I still won't be able to tell you. If I did, I would be punished.'' I shivered. No, that I can't afford. ''And I'm not going to kill him. I said I will help you in any way I can, but that's just one of the shinigami principles. I won't do any killings in your favour. I'll help you in anyway other, but not that.''

''But if you found out his name in human form, you could tell me, right?'' He asked.

I was silent for a couple of seconds.

''Yes, I could.''

''Great.'' He smiled mischievously.

I now know, what Light had in mind.

''What?! Twenty three deaths just yesterday?!'' The chief was astonished.

''Yes, it seems like Kira kills every hour now.'' The inspector said. ''And that's the same like yesterday.''

''So the theory about Kira being a student is false...''

''He could have taken those days of...?''

I smiled at my table. Thats not it...

''No!'' L shouted from the computer. ''That's not what Kira is trying to tell us! Yes, the theory about him being a student is lower, but Kira is trying to tell us that he can manipulate the time of death as well.''

I guess L is beginning to think is this a convenience.

''Pretty scary, right?'' Takashi whispered. I didn't even notice how he came next to me. ''To kill without even being there and to manipulate the time.''

I folded my arms and laid back in my chair.

''If it's true then yes.'' I simply answered.

''You don't believe what L is saying?''

I clapped my tongue, annoyed.

''I never said that. I'm just stating the fact that it's more like a hypothesis, than an undeniable fact.''

Takashi was silent for a couple of seconds.

''I noticed you don't really speak during this case. Usually you're so active, but now... What's wrong?'' He asked.

''I simply don't have anything to say.'' I shrugged.

''Oh, c'mon, that can't be true. You always have something to say. You have excellent deductive skills after all.'' Takashi grinned.

I rolled my eyes.

''Well this is a difficult case, we even need L's help. So naturally it's hard to come up with something that L hasn't yet.'' I answered.

That is a good excuse.

I was walking on the pavement near a high school, when I noticed something. I at least I think I did. Just to be sure, I rested by back to the fence and took a few deep breaths, as to look like I'm resting or something. And yes, there, a few yards away, was a man, walking the same way as I'm and talking to his phone. The same man was following be for quite a long time now. I could just assume he lives here or he's coming to visit someone, but that's highly doubtful. He was following me this path almost from my work, and any normal person who lives here would have taken the straight path, not like me, the long and twisted one. I always go this way and one of the reasons is to see if someone could follow me.

But I still can't be sure. I will need to get home, turn into a shinigami and see from there.

When I got to my apartment, the man was outside, I didn't see if he continued walking or not. I got into my room, went into my bedroom, which had always closed curtains and transformed.

The man wasn't walking forward any more. He now got into a car which was on the corner and drove the a parking slot, which was just on the other side of my street. He wasn't talking to his phone anyone.

So L finally began to suspect the police. Just like Light predicted.

Light! There's a chance he's being followed as well. I really hope he noticed it, but just to be sure, I need to go talk to him.

Tomorrow will be Friday, my day off. I use that day to be a shinigami as much as possible. I could be with Light longer now.

I saw Light coming out of his school. That's the same one I pass almost everyday on my way home and work. I carefully let him know I was there. He didn't reacted, like I hoped.

After a while I saw that he too was followed.

''Light, do you know that there's a man following you?'' I asked. From his stop and expression I saw that he didn't.

''That's not good.'' He whispered. ''I'll have to get rid of him as soon as possible.''

I bit my lip.

When we got back Light has already came up with a plan how to learn his name. And it was a pretty good plan. I had a role in it.

So tomorrow we began. Light has asked a friend of his to come on what sort of looked like a date. The meeting place was a bus stop. I looked around and confirmed that the man was still there.

When the bus arrived we boarded it, and the follower as well. Everything went according to plan. A man on another stop boarded and tried to hijack the bus. Light wrote on a peace of paper, that he'll attack the criminal while he's not looking, and the man who followed him said it's too dangerous and just leave everything to him.

Light suspiciously asked how can he know the man is not the hijacker's accomplice. The man hesitated, but eventually gave Light his FBI badge.

An FBI agent! Of course.

I saw the triumph on Light's face. I knew that he wont just kill this agent right away. No, he had something other in mind.

Then Light "accidentally" dropped a peace of paper on the floor and made sure the hijacker would notice. I knew what will happen when he picks it up.

I was standing in back of the bus and looking at the criminal. He was looking back, with complete shock and horror in his face.

''Who are you!? How did you get here!?'' He yelled at me. I heard the agent saying to himself ''He's hallucinating. That's not good...''

I grinned at the hijacker horribly and that seemed to push it. He started shooting at me. I heard screams from the other hostages.

''Didn't even hurt.'' I said in such a cold voice, that I thought I saw Light shiver. The hijacker was so frightened, and he kept shooting 'till he was out of bullets. Then he ran to the bus driver and demanded to stop the bus this instant.

Of course, when he finally got out of the bus, a car hit him and he died, instantly.

''I'd say it was a pretty good success.''

We were walking to Light's home. It was getting late, and I knew it will soon be time for me to go back to my apartment. Now that Takashi's back, I can't be out for too long, he'll get worried.

''Yes, I did manage to get my follower's name. Now I'll just have to wait a couple of days, so there won't be suspicion on me.'' Light said.

''You mean, there won't be a lot on suspicion of you.'' I corrected him. He looked at me with innocent eyes.

''How do you think they will be able to know, that I met Raye Penber? If they don't have that, they have nothing on me.'' Light flashed his eyes. I sighed. I don't want to argue with him now.

''I believe you won't need my help with your other plan for the other agents, right?'' I asked him.

''Yes, you're right. '' He nodded.

''Then I'll be going now.''

''Alright, goodbye.''

I flew to my house and checked if the agent, who's been following me, is there. And he was. I came closer and saw he had a notepad on his lap. There were some sentences, I guess, about me.

"After work goes straight home. Takes a longer path on foot."

"On her day off doesn't leave her house. Curtains of one room always closed."

"No one comes to visit her."

"Must always be in the room with closed curtains. No movement can be seen in the other rooms."

So I guess I can draw some suspicion with my bedroom. Guess I'll have to show him I've been sleeping. Won't seem abnormal, I don't get a lot of sleep on my work days. And I'll go to a market, I guess, or to visit Takashi. It would seem normal, he's my boyfriend after all. Or at least it seems like it.

I went into my bedroom and transformed. Then I changed into my pyjamas and messed my bed, just in case he could see it. Then I tousled my hair, so I would look like just out of bed.

I widely opened my curtains, pretended the sun was too bright and stretched. That should satisfy my follower.

I went back into the room and began to change and brush my hair. Then went into the kitchen and made, I guess, dinner. This time it was a turkey sandwich.

So I decided to visit Takashi. The agent, I saw, was also following me there, just in a safe distance, or at least he thought so.

"Was sleeping all day. Not abnormal, she's a busy police inspector."

"Has a boyfriend. Goes to visit him."

"Regularly buys food."

"Doesn't seem to do any suspicious activity."

"Doesn't go anywhere besides the police station, the market and her boyfriend."

"Works hard and late into night, like any good policeman."

"Not suspicious."

I finally saw that the agent was gone. I guess I didn't seem suspicious after all. I smiled at myself. But I haven't seen Light in a couple of days. I wonder what's this plan of his.

There were news at the police station. It seems that Kira started killing... more interesting. One criminal cut of his fingers and drew a star on the was before dying. Another one wrote a suicide note. And the third one escaped prison, ran into a nearest bathroom and died there.

It seems Light is experimenting. The most interesting one was with the note. I doubt that it's meaningless. Maybe there's some sort of message there...?

These sort of killings weren't the last. There where other suicides with notes.

''Can I look into those notes?'' I asked the chief. He was surprised to see some activity from me in this case. But he was more surprised to hear what I have to say about the letters.

''I'm thinking there's a message here. And not just any message. Look.'' I said after a while, looking at the photos. I pointed my finger at the letters of the first line of the first words. ''If you look like this, you can read "L, do you know gods of death."

''That's a very good observation.'' The chief said. ''I'm glad you finally joined in.''

''However, I think there will be another note, because it's clearly not finished. And from the looks of it it's just a taunting message.'' I shrugged. Of course it was. But how did Light came up with such an idea? L, do you know gods of death...? ''By this we can make an assumption that Kira can control a victim's actions before their death.''

The next week there were some pretty big news. That's not very accurate, but still.

"What!? The FBI?!"

"They are having heart attacks all over Japan."

There were shocked murmurings and questions with facts all over the department. I just sat calmly in my chair and examined the situation. So that was Light's plan. I wonder how he done this.

"But what were the FBI doing in Japan?"

"There are evidence that they were investigating the Japanese police."

"So we're suspects now?!"

"We must contact the FBI immediately!"

L knows he's in trouble

I smiled at myself. I wonder what we'll do now? It's obvious L doesn't trust us and we don't trust L. And Light predicted all of this... I'm impressed.

Mr Yagami had just finished talking to the FBI director. He then demanded Watari to speak with L.

This should be interesting.

''L!'' The chief started. ''I've just finished talking to the FBI director. He says that the agents were sent here on your behalf to spy on every person associated wiht the Kira case! What is the meaning of this? Are we're now suspects of our own case!?''

''I thought it was necessary to identify Kira.'' L answered, calmly, even though I could hear slight annoyance in his voice.

''I cannot accept this! I find it unbelievable that you would spy on the people who are working aside you!''

There were now murmurings going on in the room.

''You hear that? I always knew we couldn't trust that guy.'' One detective said.

''And those FBI agents!.. Looks like Kira will kill everyone who gets in his way...''

''So much for his sense of justice, he's a murderer...''

I felt that the room was in high tense. It's only a matter of time before everything collapses.

The next day I finally found out what was the last piece of the message by Light.

"L, do you know gods of death love apples."

I chuckled. I wonder where got that idea.

We were all sitting in the department, silent, waiting for our chief to speak. When he finally did, his voice was filled with heaviness and tiredness.

''We now know that Kira will kill anyone who opposes him. We all might be target by him. I ask all of you to think about your own lives. If you want to leave this investigation, now it the time. You will not be devoted if you chose to leave, I promise you that. Please make up your mind and those who chose to fight Kira at any cost be here when I get back from my meeting. That is all.''

After those words he got up and walked out of the room. I laid back in my chair and started to play with my pencil between my fingers. After like a minute I heard people's chairs moving and footsteps heading out of the room. I didn't look at any of them. I just continued to focus on my pencil. I still wondered who will stay, who will have enough courage.

After some time I glanced at Takashi. He was still sitting in his chair, with face was pale and saw he was fighting on the inside. On one hand he valued his life. On the other he didn't want to look like a coward in front of me. He still looked like one, though. When you look at him, you think he's just waiting for an execution, and when you look at me you think I'm just bored out of my mind.

After an hour our chief returned. He walked into the room and looked around.

''Only seven men, huh?''

I coughed.

''Right, only seven detectives. But no, these are seven people who are ready to defeat Kira at any cost. Including myself, there are eight. I'm grateful to see that there are people like working with me.'' He said. He really did feel grateful.

Author's note: I'm really excited for the next chapter, because L will be there :) And I just had to do that Kamiko read the message from Kira. It would be strange if she missed that (in other detectives opinion).

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