Author's note: Sorry I don't post every day, it just that I have a lot to do these days. But I still write as much as I can. So enjoy the 6th chapter!

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

Chapter 6. Suspicious and obvious

I checked my watch. And my heart stopped.

1 hour left.

How did I miss that? I only have one hour left of this week human. And it's only Friday. Not good, not good at all... It takes me half an hour to get home, I can't be here more that thirty minutes. I just hope this will finish in that time... But what will be my excuse for the next two days? Or even three? Can I just tell them I got sick? That's not abnormal, to get sick, after all.

Watari just came in and he saw how he really looks. Like a regular old man. Not quite what we expected either. He handed us fake badges, on L's order, and I couldn't say the detectives were too happy about it.

''Of all people, police shouldn't use fake badges...'' One said, hesitating.

''Do you value your jobs more than your lives?'' Ryuzaki asked, annoyed. ''If you come across a situation were you absolutely need to show your badge to a stranger, show them this one. Just make sure not to take them out in the police station. That can cause us trouble.''

I looked at mine. My fake name was Nakamura Akira.

Watari then gave us special belts and explained how they work. For a second I was worried when he said Ryuzaki will always know where we all are, because I didn't knew what will happen if I transformed into a shinigami, wearing that belt, but then I shook my head. What am I thinking? I could just take it off at home and problem solved. For as far as he knows, I'll be at home.

''Come to think of it, who's at the station right now?'' Ryuzaki suddenly asked. There wasn't anyone there, because almost everyone quitted this case and we all had to meet L.

''No one's at the moment.''

''That's not good. There must be someone there at all times, work in shifts if you need to.'' Ryuzaki said, he looked a bit worried.

So Aizawa took the first shift.

35 minutes.

I was getting frustrated. But finally we were finished. Ryuzaki said that the next meeting will take place in another hotel. We all will be informed where by Watari. I just hope it won't be in the next few days.

''Guess what.'' I said to Light, while examining him as he wrote names in the Death note. I was about 11 pm and he still didn't go to bed.

''Well don't keep me waiting.'' He smiled.

''I met L today.''

Light stopped writing. In fact, he dropped his pen. He was frozen for a couple of moments, but then he slowly turned to me. And smiled.

''That's wonderful.'' He said with wide eyes and he really looked joyful. ''May I ask what's he like?''

May you ask what's your biggest enemy like?

''Not quite what I expected.'' I confessed. ''But he's definitely L. His skills are truly amazing... Oh, that reminds me.'' I suddenly remembered something. ''He thinks Kira is one of the people Raye Penber investigated between December 14th and 19th. So technically you're a suspect.'' I said, tilting my head a bit. ''You should really be careful.''

That news was truly a surprise for Light. He didn't expect L would figure out this much in such a short time.

''Well, he won't catch me either way.'' He shrugged. ''Not without the Death note. And he won't get that.''

''I just thought of something.'' I suddenly said. ''You worked with the police some time back on some cases. I worked on them as well. I remember you from that time, and you can remember me, I think.''

''Oh, really?'' He taken back a bit. ''I didn't even think of that.''

''I was the only woman working with your father. The one with cherry red hair.''

''Oh, yeah, I think...'' Light closed his eyes. ''Yeah, you have had caught my interest. There isn't a lot of people with such vivid red hair.''

I smirked. Yes, there truly isn't.

''The thing is, I've used all my hours this week. And I'll have to be a shinigami for the rest of the weekend. I think I have a spare few minutes to call and say I've gone sick... So I'll have to be with you.''

He nodded.

''Oh, about L.'' He went back to the previous subject. ''I wanted to ask you something.'' He looked at me with a serious look. ''You think you can get close to him, enough close to make him tell about him, more than the others? If you know what I have in mind.''

I do know what he has in mind.

''You want me to seduce him?'' I folded my arms. That can't be easy. If it can even be possible.

''If you can do it, then yes.'' He nodded. ''I remembered how you look. And I know you can attract any man.''

I sneered.

''The thing is, this particular man isn't any average human. He didn't really have any contact with others for, well, ever. I don't know how I will be able to do this, especially when my boyfriend is working alongside with me.''

''You have a... of course.'' He sighed. ''Well yeah, if you want to keep the relationship with him it will be hard to try to form something similar with L... But you have to try. You have to do it. For me.''

I closed my eyes. I said I will help him with everything I can. I can't back away now.

''Alright.'' I said, opening my eyes. ''I'll do it.''

This won't as easy as getting his trust. Hell, the first one is already very difficult, how am I supposed to do the second?

It was early in the morning. I was in my human form and I knew I had about 5 minutes. I took a deep breath and called the department. Making my voice seem awful, I told the chief I won't be able to make it to work today, because I got sick and have high temperature now. He said he understands and hoped that I'll be able to return to work as soon as possible. That makes sense, they need all the power they can get.

So for the weekend I was with Light. His father was returned to home for one evening. I was worried that if they would call me, all they will get is an answering machine, and I don't want anyone to come look for me. I told Takashi if would be better if I had those few days alone. But he still can think of coming to visit me, and if he finds my home empty... Well, he could assume I just left to go to the doctor's. But he could decide to wait for me... Either way, I want this weekend to pass as soon as possible.

Light's father said during dinner he will not be at home for a couple of days, because he has ''a lot of work to do.'' Did Watari already contacted everyone? Am I the only one left?

Light continued to write criminals' deaths in advance, so he got hospitalized or something, the deaths wouldn't stop. That's a good idea. He then told me everything about what happened with the agents. He explained that he made Raye Penber receive a file that contained all the information about the agents and then he made him write all those names in the Death note. Finally Penber had a heart attack when he got off the train. The further I get to know Light, the more I think he's almost on the same level as L. That really impresses me.

When finally this all came to an end and it was less than an hour left before I could be human again, I said goodbye to Light and flew to my house. But on the way I noticed, that Takashi is going the same way. My heart skipped a beat. Is he going to visit me? That's not good... I must hurry.

I flew as fast as I can and I saw I was just on time. I could transform again. I immediately done that and looked at myself in the mirror. I don't look like a person that was sick for a couple of days... I then grabbed and changed into my pyjamas, tousled my hair and put some make up on, not to get prettier, to look more like a person that's ill. Something deep down told me that this won't be just a friendly visit. Something told me that he was assigned to make sure I wasn't up to something, even if he doesn't know that. Sure, that made sense, since I got sick just after meeting L. That can cause suspicion for anyone.

Finally I heard a knock on my door. I opened it yes, Takashi was there, like I thought.

''How are you?'' He asked, looking concerned.

''Well, better than yesterday, I give you that. I should be able to come to work tomorrow.'' I smiled making my voice seem hoarse. He bought it.

''You sure? You know you can take a break as much as you need to.''

''Not really, there's only seven of us and I need to get back as soon as possible. You can tell that to the chief if you want to.'' I shrugged.

''Alright. Well do you need any help?''

''No, I'm fine. Thanks for visiting me.'' I smiled again. He smiled back, still looking concerned and turned around to get back to work, because I knew now is his shift. I closed the door and leaned my back to it. I really wanted to follow him and see what he will say to the others. I finally decided to do so. I transformed and quickly found him. He was going back to the department.

When he made it to the room, there was also the chief and Matsuda. I don't know, where the others should be.

''And? Is she really sick?'' The chief asked. So they really did find it odd that I got sick.

''Oh, yes.'' Takashi answered with an annoyed voice. Obviously he didn't think I was up to something. ''She was looking awful and I could say she was still ill, but she promised she'll come back to work tomorrow.'' He said and sat in his regular seat. ''Don't know why you found it odd she got sick.'' He said, looking at some papers but I could see that his eyes were not reading anything. He felt hurt that I was suspected of something.

''Well it was not my idea. It did seem a bit strange she got sick immediately after meeting Ryuzaki, but it must have been just a coincidence. After all, a disease does not chose when to strike.'' The chief sighed.

''I think it's very unfair to question Kurosawa.'' Matsuda said with heat. ''She is an excellent detective and it's not her fault she got ill at such time. Besides, why would she lie? What could be the point? If her goal would be to get closer to Ryuzaki, this won't be a very good tactic, don't you think?''

I was impressed of Matsuda. He showed the side of him that should always be there, in all situations, not just defending me.

''You're right, Matsuda.'' The chief looked at him. ''That would be a bad strategy. There is absolutely no point in suspecting her any more.''

''Thank you!'' Takashi said, looking relieved. I sighed with ease. I hope that's out of the way. Next time I must be more careful about my hours.

''Good to see you Kurosawa.'' The chief said when I came into the department. ''How are you feeling?''

''Fine.'' I said, making my voice seem a little hoarse. I have been putting make up in my house for quite a long time. It needed to seem like I was still a bit sick and that I tried to cover it. I think I did a pretty good job.

''Well that's good to hear.'' He sighed. I was back on track.

Soon we had a message from Watari, saying Ryuzaki wants to meet us now. He followed his orders and ended up in a different hotel.

Turns out we were supposed to examine all the tapes on which the twelve agents' deaths were recorded. Well, of course, not all their deaths were seen.

In the main room there were a lot of televisions and many tapes. We had to watch all of them.

After about 25 hours of that I could see that most of us felt so tired, that they could barely keep their eyes open. The only ones without that struggle were Ryuzaki, Watari and me. I suppose Ryuzaki is used to this and Watari must be too. I was well rested, so I didn't had a problem either.

I sat next to Ryuzaki and watched all the tapes without blinking. Ryuzaki asked that we see again the scenes when Raye Penber passes the ticked gate, boards the train and finally the part when he dies on the platform. Aizawa went to look for them. I could see that he could barely keep his eyes open. Finally Matsuda began the report.

When he was finished Ryuzaki said ''It's quite strange, don't you think?''. When no one understood what he had in mind, he explained that the train Penber boarded only took an hour to complete his course, but Penber rode it for an hour and a half.

''And more importantly, there's the envelope.'' He said. Then he replayed the scene with Penber passing through the ticket gates and pointed out that there's something that looks like an envelope under his arm but in the scene where he dies it's gone. Aizawa expressed amazement how Ryuzaki actually caught that.

''The envelope must have been left on the train. And if you look closely at the very end, you can see that he's trying to look back into the train.'' Ryuzaki pointed out. I actually did notice that. Light must have been there.

''Do you think that could mean something?'' The chief asked.

''Wouldn't it be interesting if Kira was on that train?'' Ryuzaki looked at him.

''But that's impossible!''

''I admit it doubtful that Kira would come at the scene of his own crime, especially when he can kill from a distance.''

That clicked something and in the first time on this night I finally spoke.

''Wait.'' I looked at Ryuzaki. ''Why do you find it hard to believe? I think it's very likely that Kira would have been on that train.'' I saw that everyone looked at me with puzzled faces. ''I mean, think about it. Penber had an envelope and it seems he left it on the train. And why would he do that? We know that Kira can control a victim's actions before they die, so the envelope must have contained something Kira wanted. He had no choice but to come there and take it. If I'm thinking right, the envelope must have contained the file with all the agents' information. Kira must have got it from Penber.''

Everyone looked at me with amazement. I was worried about if I could push Light into trouble with this this kind of deductions, but I knew I had no choice, especially after these Ryuzaki's words:

''I impressed by your deduction skills. Your conclusion is very good. If we go by that, our suspect list narrows a lot.''

I looked away and bit my lip. This will certainly put Light on that list. But I had to focus on the task at hand.

I looked at Ryuzaki and smiled. The way I only smile on rare occasions.

That obviously caught him off guard and it took a couple of moment for him to recover and to announce that we had enough for today. My smile only lasted a second but it certainly did the trick. I could see it in his eyes, he was confused.

Author's note: Of course the best way get close to L is the way Light asked Kamiko to do so. But that's a very dangerous move... If you know what I mean.

I always wondered why L thought it was hard to believe that Kira could have been on that train, so I made Kamiko say it. I mean, it makes sense, right?

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