whee! More of Unknown Variable! This story is really taking a strong footing! I'm so glad that people like it, even if it is an OC with Light and it's not a LightxL fiction.

please review! Enjoy File 6: Awakening!

Light made it home and made gave a hello and goodbye to his family that was there, then went up to his room and locked the door behind him. Ryuk was hovering over Light more then he ever had before, Light just dropped his bag and removed his jacket. He then sat down on the computer chair and sat back. Light didn't even pull out the Death Note, he just sat there thinking. Ryuk hovered over Light still and looked over to him. "I told yo-"

"Shut up." Light bit back. Ryuk actually flinched at this and actually did move back a bit. He took a deep breath and then went over to the bed to lie down as Ryuk still hovered there. Light fell on his back onto the bed, looking up. "I'm so close... but Watari and L are placing the pieces together, I have to get his name tomorrow or use Death Note to take it from her."

"Why haven't you used the Death Note to get his name yet?" Ryuk tilted his head at his own question. Light still took a liking to the ceiling more then Ryuk's words. "You can have her give his name and picture before she dies by controlling her last moments with the Death Note."

Light still said nothing, he knew about this as well. Why hadn't he taken her life yet? He tried to think it out, was it because she was innocent of any crimes? Nonsense, that couldn't be the reason… because Light had already killed innocent people in order to keep his name and being a secret from L. He couldn't understand why he didn't think of that before, why not just do it now. Light got back up and went to the desk, then carefully took the notebook out of the secret compartment and opened it to the next clean space. Hikari was in his head, he knew what he had to do. Ryuk watched in silence as Light edged his pen down to the paper, he was about to start writing her name when he stopped. Light just stared at the paper, he couldn't write her name within the Death Note to get the information. "Dammit!" He threw the pen to the side, it hit the wall and broke with the force.

Ryuk started to laugh again, he couldn't hold in the joy of foolish human behavior any longer. "You fell in love with her, maybe next time you should listen to a Shinigami more often." Light didn't say a thing, he was holding his head up in his hands and thinking of what could be causing this. He didn't want to think of having any emotional ties with her, she was just a normal girl that he was tutoring. They have only really known each other for about a month or so now, why would he be doing this?

Light kept trying to think it was guilt or his mind telling him that L would find out in no time. Maybe she would die before he got the information he needed. All he needed was L's face and name, that's all that as needed in order to save his own life as Kira. Light tried his best, he couldn't find out why he was having such a hard time writing down her name. He couldn't do it, Light just didn't have it in him to write down her name. That night Kira actually wrote down no names, he was too busy thinking why he couldn't write down one.

The next day didn't seem real. Light walked into the warm school only to hear the stories of the legendary Kira come to his ears. "Did you hear? There were no kills by Kira last night." The tall tales spoke. Light listened in here and there, but he still kept in his seat and waited for his first class to begin. "Yeah, not one criminal died of any strange heart attack last night or yesterday, none at all!"

"You think that Kira is dead?" Another student would ask.

A third into the conversation started to interrupt as well. "No way, he probably just needed a day off or something. That has to be it."

Light listened into every last conversation until class started. His reputation as Kira would be ruined, he needed to get the information from her now or else he would have to kill Hikari in order to obtain the name and face of his rival. Light didn't pay attention to any of his classes, to any of his friends, to any of the teachers. He went from one class to the other, thinking of how to fix his mistake as Kira and to also find out how to get the information to take care of L once and for all. The first classes went by, lunch went by, soon it was time for math class again. Light entered the room to find Hikari already sitting at her seat and looking out of the window. She didn't look in the best of health, but she was a lot better then the day before. Light went to his desk and put his bag down, then glanced over at Hikari once more. She finally turned her eyes to him, both made contact. Hikari looked away again and tried not to shift his glance to him again. Light took his seat and never turned back, whether it was guilt or attraction that tried to make him look at her once more.

The teacher came in and they started again with his normal routine of attendance and then equations. Light listened and took a few notes, then noticed that the class went by rather quickly. The bell rang, the homework assigned, and the class started to leave the Friday afternoon for the weekend. Light packed his bag and looked around the classroom, Hikari was already gone. Would she meet him on the roof like the two agreed?

He put on his jacket and zipped up, then went up instead of down. Light got to the top floor and to the door that led outside, then opened it and felt the cold chill go right into his face. The light from the sun with the gust of wind made Light look away for a second, but he no later got back to normal and closed the door behind him. The student looked around the windy roof, no one was around.

He started to think about going back, even Ryuk didn't seem to be finding anyone else up there. "I thought that you would turn back." Hikari whispered, barely heard with the fall winds. Light turned around to find her leaning against the wall. Her arms were crossed over her white jacket, her skirt was still the short one and her top must have been the long sleeve, her white long sleeve jacket didn't allow him to look at that. She had her hair down, fiddling around with her necklace. Her hair was loose and blowing in the wind, Hikari never looked up to him. "Brother told me to stay away from you." She whispered with force, hurt to say it all. "He said that you're too dangerous... he thinks you're Kira."

"Your brother is L isn't it?" Light said out of the blue, walking up to her and placing his bag next to hers against the building top with the door. Light looked down at her when he stood up right, she still didn't look up to him. "Hikari, is your brother L?"

She still said nothing, Light gently put his curved right forefinger under her chin and made her look up, Hikari was crying. He was shocked at this, She moved her head off of his hand and again gazed at her necklace. "I can't tell you..." She sniffled. Light still stood there, now would be the perfect time to find out if her brother really was L. "I can't tell you who he is, I can't show you his picture, I can't even let brother know that I'm here with you-" Hikari stopped when Light hugged her, she stood there in shock, Light never let go. "Please... it hurts already... I can't do this Light."

"I want to prove that I'm not Kira." Light spoke, lying through his teeth but being so good at it she couldn't see his lie behind the smoke of deception. "Please, just tell me his name and where he is... I'll find him and tell him everything. I am not Kira, I don't want to lose you Hikari."

She pushed him off, still crying. "Stay back Light! If you wanted me up here to try and get this information then I'm going! This only further proves that you're Kira!" Hikari yelled out. Ryuk was very interested in this show of human emotions. Light was actually hit hard by this remark from her. She picked up her bag and put her hand on the doorknob to leave. "My brother was always called Sherlock... I was always called Copycat. He's good at solving mysteries; I'm good at doing the exact same thing as the criminal. I help Brother out a lot by doing that... that's why I know that..." She shook her head, then turned to him again. There were still tears, but this time also a strength of not wanting to give him up. "I know that you are Kira."

Light didn't know what to say, how could Hikari have found out? He kept staring at her brown and green eyes, for once no witty plan or remark came to his head.

Hikari let go of the door and fully turned to him, starting to yell again. "Tell me Light, how do you do it?! How do you kill people without even going near them?! It's with their face and name isn't it... isn't it?! You just need that to kill them, don't you!? Answer me Light!"

He couldn't think of anything to say, she would now have to die. "...all I need is a face and name, then I write their name in the Death Note and they die of a heart attack."

"Why?" Hikari questioned. "You're only taking out criminals... the only time you took someone innocent was someone who was investigating you, it was a desperate move. Brother saw it, but I could tell too... you changed a bit in school during that time, as if everyone was after you. After those investigators died you were back to normal. It looks like you're trying to make a perfect world... but to be perfect is actually imperfect." Hikari finished off. Light nodded to it all, she solved the great mystery of Kira. "You're going to kill me too, I found you out. If I were you I would do the same thing, I'm too dangerous now. I just have a question..." She looked away again, Light knew he had to kill her. "Please, just do it today. Make it look like a normal accident; I know how to make my death look like something that Kira would never do. Please Light, I don't want brother to think I was one of Kira's deaths. Do it now, if the Death Note is at home then let's do it now okay? Please? I... I don't want Brother to find out and get himself killed. I want him to give up. If he thinks that my death was an accident and not that of something that Kira would do then... then I can... I can get him off of this case... I can protect him."

"Hikari, you want me to kill you now?" Light asked, he didn't understand. She was known as Copycat, if she knew a way for a death to happen and not connect it anyway to Kira then she could be more help then hurt. But she already knew too much, it was time to stop her from telling anyone. "You really want me to kill you now?"

She nodded, no more tears in her eyes. "Yes, I don't want Brother to take my place in death. It must be my time anyway." Light didn't understand what she was saying, Hikari just went up to Light and took his hand. She put his palm up and placed something inside, then closed his hand. When Hikari finally let go he opened it again and looked inside, it was her gold cross she always wore around her neck. "When you came up I wasn't fiddling with it around my neck, it fell off this morning... I've had it wrapped around my wrist all day. When you came up I was looking at it, it must have been a sign that today is the end of my days. Brother gave that to me when he took me in, we're not blood related." Hikari went back to the door, but again didn't open it. "Brother and I lost our parents when we were little, I used to live in the states and he used to live in China. Scary huh? Both of us still had Japanese parents. Watari found and took in Brother, then found me on one of their trips to the states. I was still so young... I was only six or so when they found me. They were looking over some cases and stuff in a restaurant, just petty stuff, and then I came in with my kid group and looked at it and told them what the guy was going to do next. Funny huh? A little five year old knowing where a robber was going to strike next. The next day Watari came by and picked me up, I never went back to that adoption house ever again. I moved here with Watari and took his last name, Yokohama. So yeah... I guess that's it for my story." She turned slightly to Light, he was still standing in shock. "I guess... that's that of the information you're going to get out of me about Brother."

Light nodded, then picked up his own bag and went to the door. Hikari watched his every movement, then went to open it. She put her hand on the doorknob but never got to turn it, Light put his hand on top of hers. "Hikari, I don't want to kill you."

She gave a small chuckle, closing her eyes and tilting her head down. The breeze went again her cheek, hitting her before it went to Light. "Please, this is just another move from Kira-"

"I mean it." Light stopped her. Hikari opened her eyes and looked up at him, she was blushing. The look in his eyes, it wasn't the same look from before. He actually meant it this time; it came from the bottom of his heart. Hikari kept looking up at him, but a small gust of wind came up behind her. Hikari let go of the door to move her hair out of the way but Light took her hand and moved it aside. In that split second he went and kissed her, Hikari didn't know what to do. She just stood there, her hand in his, him showing emotion to her. Light finally backed off, slowly, as Hikari just stood there. "Please, I don't want to kill you."

"It's too late." Hikari whimpered, she then moved her hand within Lights hand so the palms were against each other. "You were destined to kill me sense you picked up the Death Note. I'm sorry Light." She looked at their hands, then let go and finally opened the door. Light just watched as she went down the steps, probably to wait for him to come down to the bottom floor so they could get to his house and use the Death Note on her. Ryuk floated behind Light as the boy looked down the steps with the door open.

He chuckled some more, humans were rather interesting to watch. Ryuk was about to say one of his quick witty remarks but Light didn't want to listen. He hastened down the steps and followed Hikari. She was indeed waiting at the bottom of the stairs, right by the front entrance to the school, for him. Hikari started off but Light took her hand. She was a little hesitant at first, but then took a grip to his hand and smiled. The two walked out of the school hand in hand and to his house.

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