Disclaimer: Nope. Neither the show, nor the characters are mine. Death Note will forever be a diamond out of my reach! Hah, I'm so poetic.
McFuzzy: Well well! I am having a hooten' hollerin' time writing this story. I'm all excited and giddy because I'm actually writing a story that I'm continuing on. Woo!
Light: That isn't saying much. You've never continued a story.
McFuzzy: That's because I've gotten feedback this time, and it's lovely! Thank you all!
Light: Oh God, don't get all mushy on me! This is a story about vampires for God's sake!
Ryuuzaki: But it's a love story that involves vampires.
McFuzzy: Yes, I will never write like Hellsing because I am too much of a romantic. Although, I do love Hellsing with a passion. Too bad they didn't continue it…
Light: I know! What's with that? They had this great show going on and it stops at what, episode 11 or something like that? That's like you stopping this crappy story right now. People would just hate you.
McFuzzy: Yes, but I am not planning to stop it, so kudos for me. And it is not crappy!
Ryuuzaki: Kudos, where? Are they sweet?
McFuzzy: In my opinion, yes. Kudos is actually an energy bar though, right?
Light: I still hate all of you.
McFuzzy: On with the story!! Umm, just as an fyi, I'm making a lot of this vampire stuff up… I know a lot about them, but I'm stretching it a bit, so all of my writings are not 100 accurate, but relatively close.
Chapter 6 Walking Through Walls
The first person to enter the police station was Ryuuzaki. He waltzed in with his normal slouch and unemotional character, and most of the workers just ignored him, accept for Matsuda, who scowled. This was surprising considering they have only known the guy for one day.
Light entered the police station soon afterwards, acting rather refreshed and cheery. All of his crew members gaped at Light in awe because Light was never this refreshed, or cheery for that matter; in short, it scared them a bit because Light was glowing.
He sat next to Matsuda who was on the computer. He seemed rather frazzled at Light's happiness, so he was typing messily and hurriedly.
"So, tell me the scoop." Ryuuzaki sat next to Light as all three of them stared at the computer screen, making Matsuda almost die from a heart attack. Light's father spoke up.
"As you know Raito, I called you in because we have some information as to the whereabouts of our suspect."
Matsuda chirped in. "His name is Ray Penbar, a second cousin of one of the guys that died in jail. As you can see here, he was easy to track because he works with the FBI. His current location is in a small district called Hakata in the city of Fukouka."
Light was even happier. He figured that Fukouka would take about four hours or so from a train if they started in Tokyo. He could reach and catch his killer in no time; he could then put his focus on more, pressing, matters. He glanced at Ryuuzaki.
"Check when the next train to Fukouka leaves." Light said. Matsuda clicked a few times on the mouse as the whole room was silent. They were still staring at Light's happy demeanor.
"Tomorrow morning at six. All trains have been locked up until then due to weather alerts." Matsuda was reading the weather report. "It says here that flooding may occur later tonight."
"Negative, Matsuda-san." Everybody turned their head towards Ryuuzaki. "The chance of heavy precipitation is very low due to the humidity of the atmosphere. Also, there have been no indications in my body of rain, and those include sore joints, etc."
Everybody nodded in affirmation of Ryuuzaki's deduction. Matsuda gave Ryuuzaki the death glare. If looks could kill… Light thought.
"Alright. I would like for Matsuda, Ukita, Aizawa, and Ryuuzaki to accompany myself to Fukouka tomorrow. I'll expect the rest of you to stay here and resume daily work. This includes taking account of any new killings and suspicious behavior, etc."
"Those who are accompanying me to Hakata, you shall meet me here at 5:30 sharp tomorrow morning, unless instructed otherwise. The trip will entail about five hundred and forty miles, roughly, thus making out to be about a four hour trip on bullet train. Pack for at least two nights, just in case of emergency."
Everybody grunted in response. Light loved the power of being in command. He then barked out some more orders to better prepare them for their trip and things that they might expect while there. Light was a very thorough person.
After another hour or so of very tedious work, Light sent the men home. He figured they would need rest before the trip, or simply just a break. It was just him and Ryuuzaki remaining in the office.
Light was looking up some more details on Ray Penbar. Ryuuzaki was patiently sitting next to him, with his laptop out on the desk. While he was tapping at it incessantly, Light wondered if he was actually typing coherent things.
"Ryuuzaki, do you mind if I install a program on your computer? This will ensure that we have the location of our suspect at all times due to a tracking device on him." Ryuuzaki nodded and pushed the laptop over to Light and rested his head on the desk.
"What's wrong, Ryuuzaki?"
"There are no sweets here, Raito-kun, and unless he has some blood cached in this office, I feel that I will need to eat soon."
Light sighed. He noticed that his stomach was growling as well. He put a disk into Ryuuzaki's laptop and began the install of a tracking program.
"It would, however, be an excellent opportunity for Raito-kun to learn how to hunt for himself, in the event that I cannot supply him with blood."
Light drew back a bit. He had never killed anyone before, and he had never planned on it. He figured that since he was in a police agency he would have to learn how, but it was a bit too sudden for him.
"I'm not sure if I want to kill anyone, Ryuuzaki." He clicked on some more things to continue the install then stood up to smooth out his sport jacket.
"On the contrary, Raito-kun, you do not have to kill at all; just feed."
He watched the install bar reach 100 percent and clicked on the button to finish it. The computer brought the program up.
"I thought that if a vampire sucked human blood, they would either turn into a vampire if they were a virgin, or they would become a ghoul – some kind of slave to the vampire." He typed in the tracking number on Ray Penbar, saved his changes, and shut Ryuuzaki's Laptop, sliding it back over to him.
"Raito-kun is only partially correct. In order to make slaves of the undead, one must entirely drain the body of all blood. This creates so called 'ghouls.' If only a small amount is taken, then there is only an annoying bite mark left, and a bit of weariness. No death should be involved, if Raito-kun does not wish."
Light sighed in relief. He didn't have to kill to live. Though, the idea almost seemed very tempting to him at the time.
"Very well then, I suppose I should give it a try." Light felt a small surge of excitement jolt through his body. He was actually excited to suck blood. He looked outside and it was just dark enough for people to start drinking.
He believed that a drunken person would be the easiest to attack. Ryuuzaki zipped up his sweater to hide himself from the remaining sunlight and stepped outside with Light following.
"Raito-kun would be advised to follow me." Ryuuzaki then dipped down the stairs hurriedly in a slouched trot, and began creeping up a dark alley way. Light followed him quickly.
He felt like he was buying drugs from a crack whore in a back alley. It almost made him laugh. They turned suddenly, and walked in said direction for a while. Then they stopped abruptly at a dead end. Ryuuzaki faced Light.
"Would Raito-kun like to learn another useful vampire skill?" He was smiling while he asked this; Light took the chance to observe his pure-black eyes. He hadn't hypnotized Light before. He nodded tersely.
"Raito-kun should pay attention to what I'm about to tell him."
Light nodded again and waited for Ryuuzaki to continue.
"A vampire has, as some like to call it, a sixth sense; this would be the ability to travel through dimensions themselves. The ability comes from the mind, or an unused portion of the human brain to be specific. In the event that a human turns into a vampire, they have a specific dream that entails their skin falling off, and this is the process in which a portion of the brain is activated due to the "poison" that vampire fangs emit."
"As it is considered unfathomable to a mortal's mind, they have such a limited mental capacity that it is impossible for them to even consider being able to rip through dimensions, much like telepathy. This is the case with colors, Raito-kun. Humans cannot think of a color that exists outside of the primary color palette because it is 'unfathomable' for their weak minds. As I am sure Raito-kun has already had 'the dream,' I assume this task will be fairly easy for him, especially since he is smarter than most."
Light looked down in shame. He told Ryuuzaki that he never had "the dream"; the one where he became a skeleton.
"All Raito-kun needs to do is concentrate and imagine a hole that connects this wall to the outside of it, in order to get through it. His mind will then create a dimension that makes the image reality in terms of transportation. The dimension will disappear after one stops thinking about it. It can, however, be used to create things not related to transportation, but takes much practice, for the outcome can be quite disturbing."
Light was extremely interested in this concept. He might have to try it later.
"All I have to do is imagine a hole that leads to the other side of this wall?"
"That is correct, Raito-kun. But he must be sure to concentrate on it until he is through or else he will get stuck in another dimension." Light started to become a bit apprehensive.
"Is that bad?"
"Everybody's imagination is different, Raito-kun. It could take years for me match your specific idea of a 'hole in the wall'. Though, time does not pass in other dimensions as it does on Earth. If Raito-kun does get trapped, he will find plenty of other worlds to occupy his time. I would, however, like Raito-kun to stay in one spot so I could find him as quickly as possible."
Light took a deep breath. This sounded very dangerous.
"The more one gets used to it, the easier it becomes. It's like riding a bike." This made Light feel a bit better. He focused his thoughts on the wall and started imagining a hole that lead though it.
His eyes widened in pleasure as he saw something resembling a hole begin to form. It was still a bit too small for him, but he made it larger and more solid, molding it with his mind aggressively. He could literally feel the portion of his brain that he wasn't using before.
Light walked up to his hole and stuck a hand through it. He did it! It led to the other side with no problems. He stepped though and looked behind him. Ryuuzaki was standing there with his usual wide-eyed expression.
He attempted to clear his mind and watched as the hole disappeared just like that. It was the most incredible experience Light had ever been through!
He watched as Ryuuzaki quickly and flawlessly morphed over to where Light was. His mind was in a buzz.
"Am I turning into a vampire?" Ryuuzaki looked at Light as they started at each other in a long pause.
"In a sense, yes; I suppose Raito-kun could call it that. However, you will never be allergic to the sun nor, like I've already said, have to drink blood as a primary food source." Light smirked. This was almost too good to be true. He got all of the perks and none of the downs. He was beginning to like this job.
"Now, Raito-kun should continue following me."
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Light stood there with Ryuuzaki in the complete darkness as he wiped a blood droplet off of his chin. He almost vomited. When they had found a decent yet drunk victim, Light has bitten his neck and sucked deep for his blood. When it filled his mouth, he spat it out in disgust and looked to Ryuuzaki.
"This is disgusting Ryuuzaki!" He wiped at his tongue, giving him a dirty look. "Why isn't it sweet like the blood you gave me?"
Ryuuzaki brought his thumb to his lips. "The blood I fed Raito-kun was that of a virgin. The purer the person, the better the taste I suppose; however, some like the taste of sin."
Light hung his head on defeat. "How do I tell if they're pure?"
"The chances of finding a pure victim is very low, Raito-kun. We eat to survive, not for pleasure." Ryuuzaki pulled out a bag from his coat and pulled out a jar of maraschino cherries, gently sucking them of their sugary juice then swallowing. Hypocrite… Light looked at him disgustedly, and then looked at the human the same way.
"Shall I force-feed Raito-kun again?" Ryuuzaki had the most innocent expression on his face. Light smacked himself on the forehead, earning a scowl from Ryuuzaki, then knelt over the man and began to drink his fill of blood. At least it was food.
"Shut up and sleep with me! Come on, why don't you sleep with me? Shut up and sleep with me! Come on, uh-huh, and sleep with me. Shut up and sleep with me!"
Light plunged backwards, feeling his phone vibrate in his pocket. He landed on his back and felt his head thud against the asphalt of the street. He looked up and saw a blank expression on Ryuuzaki's face as he stared at him from above. Why that ring tone?! He dug the phone out of his pocket and read the I.D.
"Unknown name?" He flipped it open.
"Raito-sama! It's Teru."
Light wasn't expecting him. "Oh, uh, Mikami-san? What's the matter? Do you need help?" Ryuuzaki heard laughing on the other end of the phone. Light was cringing.
"Silly Raito-sama; is he always worried about me? I was wondering if you were busy. Do you want to have dinner with me?" Light looked at Ryuuzaki who seemed to be paying attention to twirling his hair.
"Not tonight Mikami-san. I have important business to take care of early in the morning."
"Well, Raito-sama should call me when he has free time on his hands. I miss his happy face!" With that Mikami hung up the phone. Light was still cringing.
"Let's go home, Ryuuzaki." Neither of them said a word on the way home.
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Whew, End Chapter 6!
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The song on Light's phone was Shut Up and Sleep with Me, by Sin with Sebastian.