Hello readers! Oh my, it sure has been a while since I updated this story. I hope that you enjoy File 8, and plese leave comments as to what you think!
Light nodded, she was finally looking at the bright side of things again. Hikari tossed her cell back into the bag, then kept laying down on the bed. Light couldn't help it, both were in the moment and felt like they had known each other forever. He finally found someone he could tell his secret to; she finally found someone that she could be with that made her happy for being the sister of a genius. Light got up and went to the bed, Hikari sitting up as he did so. "Just a bit more." He said in a suddle whisper. Hikari kept her place sitting up, Light, going on his knees and onto the bed, placed one hand on each cheek. She started to flush again, feeling hot yet cold at the same time. Light kissed her once more, Hikari not fighting back a bit. He kept going, Hikari then put her hands on top of his own. "What?" He asked again with a quite inside voice.
"We can't Light." Hikari gently put his hands down to his own sides, then crawled off of the bed and started to collect her things. "We just can't yet okay? I have to get home now, Brother is going to start to worry and suspect us." She picked up her bag and then turned to him as she approached the door. "Plus, you can't slip up as Kira now. You have to keep it going right? Or else Brother will solve the case before the end of the weekend."
She gave a quick wave and then hopped towards the door. Hikari picked up her bag, took another look to him, and then started out. Light stood up and watched as she walked out of his room and closed the door. He stayed where he stood until he heard Hikari leave the house via the front door.
Light again went back to his seat at the desk and sat back. He closed his eyes and thought out everything that had happened, it was going to be a lot harder to portray his role as Kira and create his perfect world. "You have made a big mistake." Ryuk came in through the wall and was chuckling the entire time. Light finally looked up to him as the Shinigami went over to the bed and sat down, staring with his bug eyes at Light. "How are you going to get out of this one?"
Light didn't want to reply, he just looked down to the drawer where the Death Note was hiding. Ryuk started to laugh again as Light stood up and started out of his room. "Just watch Ryuk, you'll get what you want to see." Light got to his door and opened it, then started down the steps to the kitchen area. "You wanted to see how humans react to situations right? Well, now's your chance Ryuk."
The Shinigami kept his place as Light walked down the steps. He chuckled to himself again, things were far more interesting then he ever imagined it to be. Ryuk was still sitting on the bed as Light went away from view. "Yes, things sure are going to be unique."
In the next week things were already a bit different. The case on Kira seemed to go a bit slower then normal, L was apparently preoccupied with something else. Hikari went back with Light every day after school to his place. She still needed tutoring for her math studies but they only spent half of the time to study. The other half of the time she was over, Hikari would usually be sitting on the bed and watching Light do some work with the Death Note.
One day she sat at the end of the bed with a popsicle in her hands, a blue one that she just looked at and licked once in a while so it wouldn't drip down her hands. Light had his computer on with some files open and the television speaking of any late breaking news. Hikari put the popsicle in her mouth and watched him working again, then took it out and swung her feet a bit. "Can we go out?" Light didn't reply, he just kept working on his work with Death Note as the sun was setting outside. Hikari just frowned as he kept working, ignoring her, and she popped the popsicles into her mouth once more. If she could she would shut that notebook and get his attention but one of the rules that they set down was never to touch the Death Note. Hikari just watched him, she didn't know that Ryuk was sitting on the bed indian style behind her, and she took the sweet ice out of her mouth again. "Light, Brother is going to get suspicious."
"Hmm?" Light finally looked up, whenever she mentioned her brother Light gave his full attention. This also annoyed Hikari, she felt that the only reason they were together was to get close to L. If she was Kira she probably would have done the same thing, use any family connection she could in order to get close to her enemy and take that person down. Hikari got up and walked right up to him, then knelt down in front of him and held the popsicle in her mouth again. "What about your brother?"
Hikari kept looking up at him with the cold sweetness in her mouth. She then started to talk with it still there, sounding a bit mumbled but still understandable. "We have to go out sometime. If all I do is spend time here and Watari never has another place to pick me up then he's going to find out easy that you're my boyfriend." Light just sighed and looked at his notebook again, he was able to keep up as Kira because he was home and doing his work from tutor time to night. Hikari took the stick out of her mouth and just looked up at him. "Light… this will never work if we don't work together. Me just sitting down here and watching you work with the notebook isn't a working relationship."
Light again just sighed as Hikari frowned again. He sat back in the chair as she kept kneeling there. The high school genius looked at his Death Note once more as Hikari spoke his name. Light looked at her as she went and kissed him. He just sat there with eyes open as Hikari closed hers and slowly moved back. She again lost her smile as she went back to the bed and sat down at the end where she was before. Hikari started to finish up the ice cream treat when Light just closed the Death Note. "I'm sorry, there is a lot of work I have to put into this. One mess up and L will find out who I am."
"Yeah, one slip up and Brother will find out through me." Hikari muttered. He shifted his glare to her, would she really hand him over to L if they didn't go out? She knew what he was thinking and finished the popsicle but kept the stick in her mouth. "What I mean is that if we don't look more like a couple Brother is going to know, he's going to know that we're going out. I'm amazed that it's been a week and he doesn't know."
He again sighed, Light could see how this was annoying her. He left the notebook on the desk and sat down next to Hikari. She didn't even look up to him as he sat down. Light just sat forward a bit and leaned down to try and look at her face. He zoomed his focus into her eyes, two different colors just like the two lives that she was currently living. Light took his hand and held onto the stick in her mouth. He gently pulled it out as she kept looking down and avoiding eye contact. Light then looked at the stick and how much she had chewed on it. He already found out that when Hikari was upset she would start chewing on something. Usually it was her thumb, sometimes the antenna on her cell phone, but this time it was the stick that he removed from her mouth. Light tossed it into his garbage can by the desk without having to move at all, then turned back to the girl and took her hand. "Maybe he does know but won't tell you."
"I can tell when Brother knows… he's homing down on boys in school and you're one of them." Hikari finally looked up at him, her usual smile that always meant that something was hidden underneath. "He's already found out that you are my tutor. The problem is that he thinks I take late tutoring with you and that my boyfriend lives around where you live. So… it's down to about three boys and you're one of them."
Light nodded, again he could easily tell that L was hot on the trail. Not only would this hurt them being together but it would hurt the fact that he is Kira. The way things were going it was too easy to tell that Light was Kira, Hikari wasn't helping at all. He let go of her hand and became cold once more, his reputation was on the line. "Has he asked you about Kira?"
"Yeah, so?" Hikari didn't want to talk about Kira and the Death Note anymore. Light still wanted an answer and so he repeated the question. This time Hikari kept silent, Light still waited while Ryuk was again chuckling at how the series of events was going. She got up and went to her bag by the bed, where she usually placed it, and then started to the door. "I'm going now." Hikari spoke as she opened the door.
He didn't move as Hikari walked out of the room and closed the door behind her. Light just sat there listening to his mother and sister say their goodbyes to her as she left the house. He had made her upset and that wasn't needed at this time. Light knew he had done wrong but didn't have the power to get up and fix it. He did have the ability to go over to the window and look out, under the street lamp light he watched Hikari walk off to her Brothers current residence. She did tell him that her Brother always moved around, she headed in a different direction every week in order to get home.
Light just sighed, he needed to fix this problem. "What are you going to do now?" Ryuk asked. The boy looked at the notebook that was closed and on the desk. "You're not going to just let her leave, are you?"
Light kept his eyes onto the book in silence. He no later ran to the notebook and picked it up. In a swift movement Light went down the steps and slipped his feet into his shoes. Ryuk had no choice but to follow, he was supposed to stay around Light no matter what.
The Shinigami floated behind Light as he ran down the street in the direction that he watched Hikari walk off. It was dark now, the street lights and lights of cars illuminating the area. Light still wore his school pants and white shirt but he didn't have it tucked in any longer and his tie was removed. Light was breathing hard, Hikari must have gotten pretty far on her own. He kept running until he came to a busy four way crossing. Light tried to catch his breath as he looked around at all of the unfamiliar faces and he was holding the Death Note under his arm so no one would take or even touch it without first touching him. Ryuk also looked around, Light had never acted like this before, moving into action without thinking of all of the possibilities.
Light cringed when he felt a drop of water fall onto his head, he no later looked up to feel more fall onto him. The gentle drops turned into a downpour of droplets as Light kept standing there. Most of the crowd went under cover inside a store or something while some pulled out umbrellas. Light kept looking around as the streets became less crowded. He turned to his left to find Hikari under an overpass, under a bridge where many people with umbrellas were walking across. "Hikari!" He yelled out. She heard her name and turned to his direction. Hikari wasn't wet but he could see tears falling down her cheeks. She hugged her small briefcase bag and started to run off, away from him, without looking back. "Hikari wait!" Light yelled out as he followed her. Ryuk was even more intrigued by the chase that was now taking place. He followed Light while floating and never getting wet. Hikari turned the corner into an alley as Light followed quickly. When he turned the corner Hikari was already standing there and looking at him as the rain kept falling. Light quickly stopped and tried to catch his breath as she was doing the same. "Hik-"
"What the hell do you want with me?!" Hikari yelled at him. Light just kept breathing hard as he tried to pull himself together, what did he really want from her? "I'm just there so you can cover your sorry hide from Brother aren't I? I'm just there so he can't find out you're Kira!" Hikari yelled out. Light was trying to take it all in, Hikari just kept yelling at him as the rain fell onto them both. "You… you're obsessed with that notebook! I mean, you don't let me touch it, I can't even read over your shoulder when you write! How will there ever be any trust between us if you don't even let me near a pack of papers!"
He finally caught his breath as she finished her rant. Hikari stood in the silence as Light tried to think of how to explain everything. She felt as if her words didn't reach him at all, Hikari looked down to his hands to find the notebook she formed a hate to under his arm. Hikari just gave it a glare, then turned around and tried to leave. "Hikari wait." Light took her wrist and made her stop. Hikari just stood there with her free wrist in his free hand. Her other arm was still hugging her bag close to her chest and his other hand still held onto the notebook that didn't seem to get wet in the constant rain. She never turned to him so Light walked around her and then faced her. He finally let go of her hand as she kept her gaze down and out of the way. "I didn't mean to hurt you."
"Yeah, you just want to protect your stupid reputation." Hikari finished the remark in her own words. Light shook his head again, that might have been it in the beginning but that wasn't what it was now. Light looked at her as she kept her gaze away. She finally turned her head up to him and showed that she was crying. Hikari truly cared for Light and was horrified that she was being used just to protect himself. "It would have been better if you killed me!" She yelled out.
Hikari tried to get away again by turning around and leaving from where she entered but Light dropped the notebook onto the soaking ground and took her into his arms. Hikari just stood there in shock as he held onto her, without the notebook near his grasp at all. Light just hugged her like a lost child and rested his head on her shoulder. "It wouldn't have been better if I killed you, I would have been alone." She tried to speak but no words came to mind. Hikari waited for Light to gently let go before she turned around to him. Both were soaking wet and freezing down to the bone but neither cared. Light kept looking down to her as she hugged her bag as if it were a doll. "Close your eyes." He said. Hikari was a little hesitant at first but soon complied. When Hikari closed her eyes Light went for the notebook and opened it, the pages stayed dried under the falling rain. "Hikari… I want you to touch the notebook okay? Keep your eyes closed but touch the pages… when you open your eyes you'll see why I never wanted you to touch it." Light said as he held the notebook out to her. Hikari still didn't move, there had to be some type of catch. "If you touch it you won't be able to get rid of what you see, okay?"
She opened her eyes before touching the notebook and looked up to Light. He kept his gaze onto her as the notebook stayed open. Hikari looked down at the dry pages and then back up to Light. "All right." She closed her eyes once more and took her left hand onto the book. Hikari was hesitant before it touched the paper but eventually let her entire hand rest onto the pages.
Light nodded as she did this, he took his right hand out from under the Death Note and took her hand. Hikari just followed the orders without words as Light gently lifted her hand up and closed the notebook. He placed it down onto the ground next to his feet and pulled Hikari into a hug. They still held hands as Hikari went into him and accepted the warm embrace from the rain. "Okay… open your eyes." Light whispered.
Hikari opened her eyes and looked up to Light, nothing seemed different. She kept her eyes on him and then noticed something new that hovered behind Light. Hikari's eyes widened as she took a step back and kept looking. Light kept hold of her hand as she backed up and kept looking at the demon behind him, she could now see the Shinigami that possessed the bearer of the Death Note. She didn't know what to do, the only time Hikari saw beings like that was when she went to the movies and saw them on the big screen, images created by computers and makeup. "Li-Light… there… there's a-"
He nodded, never looking back because he knew that Ryuk was there. "With the Death Note comes another, with it comes the Shinigami that originally held and owned the notebook." Light walked next to Hikari, still holding her hand, and turned half way to Ryuk. "His name is Ryuk, only those that touch the pages of the Death Note can see him. He will stay around me until I either give up the Death Note or until I die."
She still couldn't place everything together. Hikari felt weak at the knees as she kept her terrified eyes on the floating death god. Her legs collapsed as she fell to the ground and kept looking. Light let go of her hand when she fell and kept standing, he didn't know if this was such a good idea anymore. Hikari kept her eyes on Ryuk as his round yellow eyes stayed upon her. Hikari didn't know what to do now, things were out of proportion. Light knelt down next to Hikari and made her look at him by placing his hand gently under her chin. "This is why I'm so distant, there's a lot more then you think going on in my life. But… I will do my best to work this relationship out." Hikari took a deep breath and shivered at the cold water still falling. Light looked at the Death Note that still lay on the ground before them. "So… where do you live? I'll walk you home."
"But Light." Hikari knew this would get both in trouble, Light walking her home would only help L out on finding out that Light was Kira even faster.
He shook his head and pointed at the notebook, that made her finally look at the cursed notes once more. "I can arrange a time and date for a person to die. This might actually help more then you know. If I take you home and they invite me in then people that die while I'm at the house will help prove that I am not Kira." Light turned back to Hikari, she again took this little note as something that was being used to keep him in hiding by using her connections to L. "And I get to prove that I'll stay with you no matter what." He added.
Hikari finally looked up to Light with tears rolling down from her eyes. She couldn't say anything, she was overwhelmed at what Light was doing yet also frightened at what could happen if things went sour. Hikari hugged him as Light just fell back from his kneeling position. She wrapped her arms around his chest and cried away her joys and fears as Light just sat there. Light hugged her as well and accepted the path that he had chosen.
Hikari stayed there for a good five minutes or so before she backed up a bit and started to laugh. Light didn't understand this sudden change of emotion, she was still crying a bit but she was now laughing as well. Hikari tried to keep it in but the idea was too much. Light gave a questioning look as Hikari pointed to Ryuk. "He saw it all, every single time we kissed and the first night a little over a week ago. He saw us making out and everything!"
Light thought about it as well, he ignored Ryuk more now sense Hikari came along. Light gave a small laugh and smiled when she said that. Ryuk didn't find it funny and was again lost in the odd emotions that a human felt. Light helped Hikari up to a stand and then picked up the notebook. "I have to put some names with times on here and leave it at the house, think you can wait for me before you go home?"
She smiled and took his hand. "I'll wait for you no matter what! Let's get back to your place and write those names!" Hikari couldn't believe that she just said that, she was turning into a female Kira while trying to protect the real Kira. After the events of the past week Hikari could see his true intention of the power of the notebook and how he really did want a pure world. Sure he was getting a superiority complex disorder with the perfect world that he wanted but that was something she could knock out of him in a heart beat. Hikari was torn between who to go with, her brother to stop the killings or Light to stop the criminals.
Both held onto each others hands and ran back to his place to write down the few names needed to keep his cover while he returned Hikari back to her house and finally acknowledge that he was the boyfriend.
File 8 complete! So, you likie? I'm going to be doing a lot of traveling again and am preparing for my schooling to start up again, so updates might (once again) start coming up shy. You can always read my other creations in the mean time if you like my writing style. n.n
Thanks, File 9 is soon to come!
Kokoro