Authoress Note: We're officially at 50 mah peepers! Thanks so much guys. Aw shucks, why if it wasn't for you the story wouldn't be so good. All right, moving on.
Let's line up the great folks who to give a hand to!
Jillian Jiggs: Thanks to her witty banter on Keegan and Ryuk's relationship. And for the record: Yes, yes. He does want Keegan's babies with that sexual tension. He does. I won't deny it. :) Thanks for your support.
Sharnii Brooke: Another Keegan x Ryuk pusher. I'm trying to work on that in a sense. Don't want to rush something like that and have Ryuk too out of character. You know. So patience with these two must be a virtue. As I've said before, if anything happens between them it will happen in small dosages because of my work in writing out the characters. Thanks though for your support and patience.
Sahxyel: To my beloved grammar mole. I'm glad you like how the characterization's coming along. I'm trying hard not to screw Light up but it's quite hard considering I started the Life Script kind of early after L's death (rest his soul in peace). I'm glad you pointed out the flaws in chapter 15, like 12 I just noticed that something was off with it, but it wasn't as bad as 12. Thank you for your typo support! I think from now on you're my grammar consultant.
Michi-nin: Thanks for finding the name of that Madonna music video. I'll be sure to watch if after writing this chapter. Unfortunately I cannot reveal the details of how the story will end to anybody. Thanks for being another Keegan x Ryuk pusher though.
PiScEs-BlOsSoM69: Thanks for the interesting questions on the Death Note and Life Script rules. You can be sure you will begin to see the ups and downs to the Life Script though. Thanks.
Finally,
Syrupdrip: Thanks for support on Lucil, Keegan's kitty, as the mascot. I liked how you said that he wasn't fake and that he was a real, deal, legitimate looking kind of cat. A little rough around the edges but still a sweetie. Did you know that Lucil was a mangy stray that Keegan pulled out of her trashcan when taking out the trash one night? Yep, he was all messed up because somebody didn't love him enough. The poor baby.
All right guys enjoy chapter 16!
Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note. Death Note belongs to Tsugumi Ohba and Takashi Obata.
Disclaimer 2: The idea of the Life Script belongs to me. Please do not steal. Thank you. Any Original characters, Keegan Phelps (no relation to Michael Phelps), belong to me. Thanks.
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"You…You of all people would dare to challenge Death and deny it with Life. What is your agenda Kuro? As a fellow, 'God', if you can cal yourself that, I ask you: Why would you wish to stop world peace from occurring? Don't you see what you're doing here? You're upsetting the utopia I'm creating by getting rid of every criminal in this world. Why do you torture the world with bringing loved ones back to life? Why do you have to attack me with your 'righteous' blows when I am doing so much good for this world?"
"What do you call yourself if you are dead yet alive at the same time? I bet this will certainly have you thinking. It seems to me Kuro…that as you keep challenging me with bringing people back to life…You yourself must be quite dead inside to do so.
So you think that just because I can't kill the people you bring back to life doesn't make me any less dangerous? How wrong you are. I assure you, keep toying with me it will be the last thing you ever do."
"If it's the last thing I'll ever do, then how come it's taking you so long to find me?" Keegan asked. She was grumpy, a little tired, and her eyes were red from staying up handling late night work. Ryuk hadn't exactly been of any help either. Whenever he wasn't poking at her to use the Life Script, he was either asking her more pressing questions or distracting her from sleep.
Miracle working wasn't going well right now. Keegan was feeling some form of helplessness because after the schedule of her classes switched, she basically felt like she had no life anymore. It was terrible and this message from Mr. Yagami wasn't helping.
"You gonna reply to it?" Ryuk asked as he was looking at Keegan hunched over on her computer desk. She had dark circles under her eyes from lack of sleep due to a lot of schoolwork.
"Mmm…I can't. I don't feel up to it. I feel like crap because I have no life and the Life Script seems to be sucking energy out of me."
"Ohhh…I see." Ryuk picked the white notebook up. "Yeah, I forgot to mention to you about how The Life Script can easily turn on you if you seem to be neglecting it."
Keegan sat up slightly with a frown. She didn't look too pleased. "Say…what? And when were you going to tell me this?"
"Right now, the last two months you've been using it frequently now you're using it occasionally. This isn't like a Death Note Keegan. This book can actually feel your emotions. It feeds off them."
"Is that why I feel like crap and guilty at the same time." She asked, burying her head between her arms.
"Kind of. Look, you're tired. I haven't got a thing to do and I'm eating you out of house and home. Make me do something." Ryuk demanded. "I'm sick of waiting around for you to use that damn notebook."
"Do a check in on Mr. Yagami. He's probably having a ball knowing that I'm not interfering with his plans right now." Her voice was muffled, she couldn't see though but Ryuk was hovering over her to get a better look at the disposition of her face, but nothing could be seen. Keegan was exhausted and she hadn't slept well.
"Yeah, yeah. Take your break while you have it. I'll be back." He flew out her open window with rapid speed, leaving a mess of ragged black feathers behind on her desk and bed.
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"How long has it been exactly?" Light asked staring at the glowing screen of the laptop while Aizawa smoked a cigarette in the background and Matsuda was texting on his cell phone.
"I don't know, but since Kuro hasn't been acting very fast lately, Kira's killings have increased within the past couple weeks."
'What' the matter Kuro? Do you have a personal life that's trying your time?' Light thought to himself as he checked the database for the recent criminals killed. "It's only misdemeanors right now and a few serious offense criminals but-" 'Wait a minute…Someone recently accessed this a few weeks ago.' Light scrolled down the list and looked at the names of the five criminals that Kuro had resurrected that one week.
'Someone's recently tampered with this…the system to get at these names. There'd be no way to track a hacker with how busy I've kept the Task Force and I don't have the time…but…maybe that's how Kuro was able to resurrect these criminals. Kuro's not just gifted but talented too. Damn you Kuro. How you hacked into the database I won't find out but at least now I know how you're getting the names and faces.'
"But what?" Matsuda asked, looking up from his phone.
"But nothing more than that. Did we get any information on that little girl that was healed of her illnesses in the U.S?" Light finished his sentence and started a new topic.
"No, but there have been no signs of the cancers since then and she's been doing great." Aizawa explained. "Little girl can live a normal life now."
"That's good, but nothing but Kuro miracles on regular families that seem to be happening occasionally? No messages to us? Or Kira? Or…any thing?" Light sounded concerned. "The miracle working has just…stopped all together?"
"Yeah…kind of. I wonder if Kuro's laying low to lure Kira out into the open with the killings and resurrect the criminals a week later." Matsuda added in as an idea.
"I think Kuro hacked into the database. Maybe that's how Kuro was able to bring those criminals back." Light speculated. "I mean there's evidence of hacking into the network." Light showed them the database and certain times it was accessed.
"Wow! Look at those times. That's pretty early in the morning hours."
"Which means it would be afternoon here."
"Kuro's hiding somewhere in the U.S and working slowly around the world." Light said. "But why have the miracles stopped all of a sudden."
"I don't know, but I'm starting to miss the rapid miracle working. Maybe something's wrong." Matsuda said sadly.
"It does seem wrong…very wrong indeed." Light murmured. 'Kuro…what are you up to?'
"Hey. N's streaming a message right now." Aizawa turned the volume up on the computer.
"Greetings Task Force in Japan. So, L, how goes the Kira case? Any new developments in your side yet?"
"No, not yet. I can deduce though that Kira must be enjoying the fact that Kuro's laying low though. You've probably heard of Kuro by now, right?"
"Ah yes. The infamous miracle worker. We've had contact from Kuro recently."
"You have!" Matsuda exclaimed. "What did Kuro say? Was it about Kira?"
"Calm down Matsuda, it was probably a disk sent to them." Aizawa assured. "Stop jumping at every bit of exciting news. You make me nervous."
"We recently offered a deal to join an alliance with Kuro. I suspect you might try the same by live streaming it out there on the internet. That's how I assume Kuro received our messages. It's still a mystery though. Tell me L, have you thought on whether Kuro is Male or Female?" N asked curiously.
"What?" Light asked. "Well…not really. I don't think any of us have at all. We haven't really been trying to focus on Kuro that much right now. Kira's our main concern."
"Well…Kuro has to be male? Right?" Matsuda asked.
"N proves a good point. Kuro could be a woman." Aizawa interjected. "Just listening to how furious Kuro seems at Kira…only a woman could feel so passionate about dealing with death."
"So, have you decided whether Kuro is a man or woman, N?" Light asked.
"We have. We believe Kuro is a woman. That and the fact that Kuro chose a cat to represent their mascot."
"Mascot?" Light asked, glancing at the others.
"Oh! Yeah, we forgot to tell you about that." Matsuda gasped. "It's just a message pertaining to the mascot basically. It's nothing important."
"Well, it is now that you forgot to tell me." Light frowned. "Gee, thanks guys. There could be some valuable information in that message that we can't see."
"Oh? The mascot thing? It's not important Mr. L. It's just a video of a black cat with a white background eating a bowl of canned cat food. The only thing special about it is that Kuro calls the cat: Kuro-neko."
"Little clichéd." Light rolled his eyes. "What about the stream you received from Kuro? Has Kuro agreed to assist you in the Kira case?"
"Unfortunately, Kuro has declined an alliance due to reasons of Kuro's own sort. As Kuro said: 'Never take candy from strangers.' So Kuro plans to stay a loner. I doubt that if you ask for an alliance Kuro will accept your proposal. Word of precaution though, I believe Kuro is onto the 'free handout' idea. So be on your guard if your intentions are questions. This is N. Signing out."
"What do we do Light?" Matsuda asked.
"Well, first we're going to see the mascot disk, and then stream a message to Kuro. Until then not much we can do."
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"Mmm…" Ryuk inhaled the scent from the bowl of apples through the sliding glass doors of Light's apartment complex. He had only eaten a few apples since his departure from Keegan's but it looked so tempting. He just had to hope Misa wouldn't spot him, hug him, whine where he's been, and walk in when Light was there.
After passing through the door he took a few steps towards the apple bowl before he suddenly crossed a certain scent in the air and heard a familiar voice: Sidoh.
"Hi Ryuk."
Spindly fingers suddenly drew back quickly from the bowl of apples. He was holding one while Sidoh's narrow golden eyes stared at him.
Damn it. He was in a jam. He must have wanted his notebook back. Other than that Sidoh just was a regular pest to him and Ryuk didn't have any concerns. "I don't have time to deal with you." He took the apple and was suddenly through the sliding door and flying through the air. Just when he felt he was safe to eat said apple in mid-flight Ryuk glanced behind him and Sidoh was still there.
"Quit following me!"
"I want my notebook…" Sidoh whined, in mid-flight behind Ryuk.
This demand was no surprise. Ryuk shook his head and sneered. "Yeah? Well things got kind of complicated since you lost it to me. So I've got no idea where it is."
"I'm not too surprised about that. I also wouldn't be surprised that Life Script is gone either. I'm guessing you had something to do with it disappearing." Sidoh asked. "I bet you stole that too."
Ryuk dove down quickly into an open alleyway and landed on a trashcan to start eating his apple. "Look, will you just leave me alone. I've got things to do. I'm on a tight schedule."
"Then give me back my notebook." Sidoh whined at him again.
"I TOLD you, I don't know where it is." Ryuk crunched on his apple to block out Sidoh's voice.
"They're saying you took the Life Script."
He stopped eating the apple. "So what if I did? Do we actually use it?"
"Well…no, but still it doesn't mean that you should have taken it." Sidoh grumbled. "Come on Ryuk, my notebook. I want it back."
"You lost it to me fair and square. Even so I still don't know where it is. I've been busy."
"With the Life Script? Ryuk, you're not the one bringing people back to life are you? The King of Death would be very upset if you did. We're shinigamis…"
"You're such a pessimist, and NO I'm not the one using it." He continued his munching on the apple. "It's in the hands of a good friend of mine."
"Pfft. You have a friend? Somebody that can tolerate you? They've got guts." Sidoh snorted.
"Yeah? Try a human as a friend and you have benefits." He crunched down on the apple harder this time.
"This friend of yours is a human? Seriously? I find it hard to believe Ryuk. Who wants to be friends with you?" Sidoh of course didn't believe Ryuk as usual.
"Who wants to be friends with any shinigami? What shinigami wants to be friends with another shinigami?" Ryuk snarled. "All I can say is this, this human definitely has a damn good longer life span than any other human."
"That's what happens to humans who have the Life Script. Now gimme my notebook!"
"Oh, will you shut up! You want it back so badly, you're gonna have to look for it yourself."
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After many times of Sidoh following Ryuk around he finally left Ryuk alone after badgering him around for a while and Ryuk could do as he pleased. He had to get back to the task at hand. Keegan had told him to check in with Light. It only seemed right to do so. Upon returning to the complex, Light was there when he returned.
"Hey, you gonna open the damn door or what?"
Light spun on his heel quickly when he heard Ryuk's voice and sneered. "Oh? You've come back? Again?"
"I was told by my benevolent benefactor that I should check in."
"Benefactor? It's funny that you actually have someone you're willing to work for. You know Ryuk I find it rather funny that you just randomly disappeared during the time that Kuro character came along. Tell me Ryuk, are you working for Kuro now that the scenery has shifted?"
"Even If I was…how would you get the information out of me? I have nothing to lose, like I said. I could care less about coming in or not."
Light scoffed. "Typical of you. To go wandering off when monumentally terrible things are happening. I think I'll cut you off completely from apples if you don't start behaving."
"Go ahead and torture me Light. I'm never going to be around for you to exactly get information out of. You'll never find me."
"No. But I do know this." Light held up the Death Note. "There's a book that's been counteracting the Death Note rules and I know that you know where this special death Note is."
Ryuk's brow cocked and he pulled out an apple core he had been consuming while he was getting rid of Sidoh. Ryuk bore his jagged teeth at Light and swallowed the core whole. "I do…but you won't get the information out of me. You can't even use Shinigami eyes to figure out who Kuro is. I know that the fact that you can't figure out who Kuro is starts to frustrate you. Even the very name is getting under your skin."
"I've decided to start getting at criminals more now since Kuro's laying low. That IS probably what Kuro's doing…right?"
"Believe it or not Light, even as Kira you're still human and have a personal life. The same applies for Kuro. So things happen. Look at how limitedly you have to use the Death Note, it's pathetic."
"You're pathetic Ryuk. You're being recruited by your secret benefactor and I think it's Kuro."
"I'll never tell…" Ryuk hissed getting in Light's face. "You can't kill me, you can't use a Death Note on me, and you're at your wits end."
Light threw the Death Note at Ryuk (after he had just come into the room by himself without Light opening the door), who easily ducked to avoid it. "Shut up! You are working for Kuro! That's why you've been gone so long."
"Well…it's hard to say that I am. I mean…Kuro takes good care of me." Ryuk grinned. "But I'm not helping Kuro. Remember Light? I'm not on your side. That goes for Kuro too." What a lie. "But it doesn't mean I'm going to tell you that I'm working for Kuro."
Light picked up the Death Note from the floor and opened it. "You just did."
"Even so…you'll never find Kuro. Kuro's too smart for you. That and Kuro's unpredictable." He grinned. "Like a cat."
Light scowled. "What do I have to do to get the information out of you?"
"You can't do anything Light. It's impossible. Since I have nothing to lose (I'm not like Rem), am being well provided with apples, and don't plan on returning back here for a while…there's nothing you can say or do to get anything out of me."
"I'll double the apples for you."
"You've got nothing Light!" Ryuk snarled. "I've been promised a whole damn orchard! How do you beat an orchard Light?"
Ryuk had a huge point there. If he really was working for Kuro…how the hell could Light beat a whole orchard? But…Light chuckled. "You know…I didn't know how Kuro's original disk messages were getting here…but after I looked over the cameras in the mail room…I saw you on the screens. You were fast Ryuk, but I knew it was you. A little adjusting of certain features and I picked you out on the screen."
Busted. Oh well. Light couldn't do anything. "All right Light. I won't deny I was on camera, but then again, I won't deny whether I'm working for Kuro or not. Sorry Light, I've got other things to do. I'm trying to get another shinigami of my ass for stealing his notebook. Ta-tah." He said.
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Keegan's head was plastered to the desk and she was in a deep doze by the time Ryuk had returned through her window. He obviously wasn't in a pleasant mood when he returned because he got up on her ceiling and started banging his head against it. "Ahhhh!"
Her head shot up immediately and Keegan was muttering incoherently before finally looking up at the ceiling to where Ryuk was. "Oh…hey. When'd you get back?" She asked.
"Just a few seconds ago. Wanna ask me how my day was?" He hissed at her as though he was her cat. Somehow he'd managed to be able to mock Lucil quite well, since the cat was in the same room and on her bed, Lucil snarled at Ryuk from the pillow he was laying on.
"No. You don't seem to happy." Keegan yawned. "I'm sorry Ryuk. Did he frustrate you again?"
The shinigami dropped down onto her bed, watching as Lucil scurried out the door. "Tell me about it. I think you'll be angry but he knows I'm working for you now."
From her sleepy and sweet demeanor, Keegan suddenly took her shoe off and threw it at his head. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY?!"
"I didn't tell him who you were! Ouch! OUCH!" Ryuk suddenly found himself being bombarded with random objects as Keegan subjected her fury on him. "YOU SON OF A-" She started yelling some curses in Celtic Irish at him from when she remembered growing up at times when her mother got frustrated. Her mother was often short-tempered and Keegan had unfortunately inherited the same temper, of course this was only due to the fact Keegan hardly had any sleep.
Ryuk took refuge in her closet before she ran out of steam and collapsed on the floor. Her room now looked like a tornado had hit it because of her fury. "Damn, you're scary when you're angry."
She was mumbling incoherently into the floor before rolling onto her side. Keegan lay crumpled into a little heap before Ryuk peered at her from the closet door. It didn't take more than a few minutes before she started crying suddenly.
"I can't stand it!" She sobbed, pulling her arms up to her eyes to hide her face from anybody seeing her tears. "I can't do anything to stop him right now! I'm so tired….I'm so tired! He's out there killing people and upsetting the world and I can't do anything about it! I-I can't!"
He pushed the closet door open and scooted out cautiously, hoping to whatever universal being there was that this wasn't a trick before he actually got a close up look at Keegan. She was really crying this time. It was kind of gross to watch. Humans looked all messed up when they whined and cried. It was so unnatural, but Keegan usually didn't look so stressed out until now.
Light must have been getting to her by taking advantage of the fact that Kuro was 'laying low'. Keegan wasn't laying low; she was busy and couldn't do anything about it. Light could because he was just that way. This was another thing he didn't understand about humans: especially females. They cried a lot and got real moody. Ryuk didn't like the fact that Keegan seemed so upset by the fact she was getting kicked in the stomach basically with Light killing people now that she was slightly incapacitated.
Ryuk reluctantly moved closer to her and let his hand hover over her head before it lay on her shoulder. "…You'll get back at him. Just stop crying. You're making me look like an idiot sitting here."
On of her hands suddenly reached up to take an iron grip on his wrist suddenly as she continued to cry on the floor. "Oof! Ow, come on Keegan. This is not funny. I think you're actually hurting my arm."
"…He's wreaking havoc and I can't help those people. I can't do this by myself." She whimpered.
"Well, isn't that why you got me sticking around for?" Ryuk asked, kind of not wanting to sound sympathetic but it kind of happened. It must have been the tear factor that got to him. 'Stupid girl. I hate you sometimes.'
Her crying eventually turned to sniffling and Keegan made a muffled noise of protest before she sat up and let go of Ryuk's arm finally. "…Sorry." She muttered, just now realizing that she'd been gripping onto the leather of the fabric he was wearing.
She wiped her eyes on the sleeve of her sweatshirt and sat up straight. "Give me the Life Script." She sniffled.
Ryuk snatched it off the desk and tossed it to her. "What are you doing?" He asked.
She opened it and read down the list of rules and suddenly found a new one sitting there glowing on the inside cover. "Rule #13: A Death Note and Life Script being used at the same time may result in physical pain for both the users if they have the same target. I.E: Writing down a name at the same time."
Keegan sniffled, her eyes slightly red from crying and she look over at Ryuk. "Wait…Were you just sitting there that whole time…with me?" She asked.
Ryuk scratched the top of his head, not really wanting to admit that he was. "…I guess."
There was awkward silence between them: "Let's forget that happened."
"Yeah, sure. Sounds good to me." Ryuk muttered.
"Ryuk…what was that ability you said you had to read Life Spans?"
"It's called Shinigami eyes. Why? You want 'em?"
"No…I want you to use them on Light to figure out the next name he's going to write down. I need you to start spying on him. Find out the next criminals to write down. Can you do it now?"
"Keegan, Shinigami eyes can't read minds." Ryuk said, obviously annoyed by her lack of logic at this moment.
"Well, this sucks then. Maybe I should just go back to crying again."
'Oh no. Don't. Please.' "Look, here's a better idea. Hack into the database again and let's try a draw of luck."
Keegan perked her head up. "You want me to try and pick a criminal that Mr. Yagami's going to kill at random?"
"It's worth a shot Keegan." Ryuk shrugged.
She picked herself up and pulled her computer chair out to sit in. "All right. I guess trying wouldn't hurt. I mean…I could just bring them back."
"It's been two weeks Keegan. You've slipped up because of school. You've got to get back in the game. Light knows he's got the advantage right now. You've been down and out. Take back your title. He was insulting you too."
She opened the Life Script and started her hacking. "I need a strong cup of coffee…" She muttered. "I need to call TJ." She sent a brief text message and closed her phone before scrolling down the list of recently arrested offenders and ones that she checked off. Ryuk suddenly pointed to one on the screen.
"That one."
"Why?"
"Because…Light's been wanting to get rid of him for months now."
She wrote the names down on a list and put them to the side. "When should I start writing these names in the Life Script."
"Give it a couple minutes. I just saw Light."
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The Death Note was flipped open and Light was just now listing down the criminals he was planning on killing in his head. "Kuro's currently involved with other things right now. So…that leaves me time to get rid of certain criminals while Kuro is indispose." He took his trusty pen out and lifted it up.
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Ryuk's fingers twitched. "It's my Death Note he has, you know that?"
Keegan's brow cocked. "Really? So…"
"It's kind of weird…but sometimes I can tell when he's writing names down. Because a Death Note can recognize its owner." Ryuk explained. "Start writing."
Keegan took her pencil up and did as she was told.
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The names flowed freely onto the paper of the Death Note and Life Script. At the same time, both notebooks started pulsing. Keegan could feel her wrist getting slightly heavier than usual and suddenly excruciating pain shot through her arm and her head hit the desk randomly. "AAH!"
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Light's arm snapped back in agony and he fell off his chair, staring at the Death Note in anger. "No way…Kuro must be reacting right now. That's impossible. Damn you Ryuk. You must have told on me."
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She sat there for several moments before Ryuk poked at her. "Are you finally dead Keegan?"
Keegan sat up suddenly and her eyes narrowed on the paper before she took her pencil and started on the second name. "I guess that means the first name was right."
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"I'm not going to be stopped by some stupid Life Giver from killing these wrong doers off the face of this planet." Light hissed, taking his pen to the second name. "You got lucky Kuro on that first name. Let's see how the second one goes. You can't know what I'm writing."
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The writing utensils were flowing onto the paper of each notebook before the pain came again to each notebook owner. Light was thrown back from his chair in Japan. "AH!" and Keegan jerked to the side violently, falling out of her chair and hitting her elbow on the floor in Ohio. "GAH!"
The pain resonating through her hand made her wonder if the book was actually taking its fury out on her from counteracting the Death Note.
Ryuk seemed to be having not a lot of fun watching Keegan suffer pain from this. "You need any help down there?"
"No, I'm fine." Keegan stumbled to her feet and held the notebook in her hand. "Next name."
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"That does it…" Light said, his breath heavy as he snatched the Death Note off the counter and started on the third name.
This time…
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Keegan was thrown back and hit her bedroom door hard with her back. "OUCH! God damn it! This book hates me today!"
"I'm guessing Light might not be having a ball either Keegan. You've got two more left. Make Light suffer for what he's done." Ryuk egged her on as she got back up to her feet. "You chose to use this book, make it know you're the boss."
She picked the fallen Life Script up and threw it on her bed, clutching onto both sides of the notebook. "Fourth name."
"'Atta girl…" Ryuk grinned.
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Light hit the floor uneventfully and yanked himself up just as Misa had opened the door to the room to figure out what the noise was all about.
"Light?"
He took his pen again and started writing the fourth name down.
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Keegan felt her body jerk forward towards her bed, but she held herself back as hard as she could until her head hit the mattress. At least Keegan didn't get hurt but she wasn't going to let this book beat her up because Light was trying to take the spotlight from her. "…I hope he suffers hard."
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Misa screamed when Light's head smacked hard onto the floor and he was jerked back and thrown on his back. His face showing obvious fury when he pulled himself up again. "Aaaaaahhhhh!!! Kuro! Not this one! This last one you're not going to save! There's no way you know this last name! No way!"
The pen almost stabbed into the notebook as Light began to write down the last name.
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Keegan's pencil landed down onto the paper before she started scratching the last name hard into the book. Both writing utensils were moving at the same speed before the name was written down in both notebooks.
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The Death Note all of the sudden started exploding ink all over the place and all Light could do was watch in horror as the names disappeared. "No…" He whispered. "…It can't be…"
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Keegan felt violent shocks of electricity shoot through her body while clutching onto the Life Script for dear life. "AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!" before finally collapsing against her bed, the Life Script sprawled out across the sheets.
Ryuk of course had no intention of rushing forwards because the Life Script couldn't have killed Keegan if she withstood its backfiring power like that.
"Well…you're certainly not one to back down from a fight are you Keegan?" He asked, closing the Life Script and pushing her onto the bed before crouching onto her computer chair. "Not bad…for a human."
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Authoress note: Well…I hope you enjoyed the 'across-the-world' battle scene guys. I do hope that made up for that last chapter. Until then, stay tuned.