"We're home," Light said, entering the front door of his home with Amaya following quietly from behind. She smiled her greeting at the family as she placed her bag over a chair. Amaya turned, to look once more in Light's bag, which she had been doing for the past two months as she stayed in the home. She had expected to see his usual text books, but as her eyes scanned inside his bag, her breath caught in her throat.
"What is it Tsuki?" Light asked airily, looking over at Amaya calmly.
'Nothing, thought I saw a spider. That's all.' She had written as usual in the small pocket notepad she carried with her.
"Oh, I see," he replied with a shrug, then turned towards his mother," I'm going to study, alright?"
Amaya sighed, clenching and unclenching her fists as she narrowed her eyes at the ceiling. She walked upstairs, and went into her room as she quietly shut her door after her. Amaya jumped onto her bed letting out an exasperated moan and rolled around then stopped and sat up, hair jutting out from all places. Her sterling silver bracelet hung snuggly from her left wrist, and she tugged absently at the wing charm that dangled loosely.
'What am I going to dooo?' she thought with a frown, knowing she was just trying to deny the fact that she had just saw the familiar black Death Note in his satchel with stalling,' And I kinda think of him as a brother now anyway.. AH!'
Alarms went off in her head as she just realized this and groaned as she hit her head against the ceiling. ' Spencer hasn't appeared either. Geez.'
Another sigh escaped her as she looked around her new room, no longer the guest room but now fully her own. A picture of the Yagami family standing proudly, with Amaya, or in their eyes, Tsukimono standing awkwardly on the side in it's frame as it stood proudly on the nearby bedstand. Amaya smiled sadly, as she grasped the frame as she recalled everything that has occurred from the time she had first woken up, to now. L's small usually hidden smile and Watari's warm grin appeared in her mind which made her stomach churn uneasily as she grasped her bed sheets tightly in her hands.
'It's time to stop playing family..'
Light's eyes widened as his gaze went back and forth from the news on the television to this strange notebook he had discovered earlier that afternoon. He opened the black note and read over the first page again, heart accelerating quickly as his mind registered what had just happened.
'It's just a coincidence, it has to be. But still.. I have to make sure whether this is real or not.' He decided shakily, slowly getting to his feet and reaching for a jacket in his closet then placing it over his shoulders. He placed the Death Note in the inside pocket of his jacket, and opened his door to see Tsukimono staring up at him slightly surprised. She smiled sheepishly, but the smile was off he noted with a bland expression as she quickly wrote something down.
'Where are you going?'
"I just thought a walk would be nice," he replied instantly," No big deal."
'Can I come?'
Light frowned slightly, mind whirling. 'She might be able to see the Death Note if I try to use it again to see if this is real or not. But she usually comes with me on walks..so if I were to say she couldn't come she'd know something was..'
"Of course," he said, replacing his thoughtful frown with an absent smile.
Tsuki ran back into her room and returned with a black hoodie on, wearing a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes Light noted. He made a gesture and Tsuki began down the stairs, Light following closely behind.
"We're going out," Light called out, leaving after Tsuki walked out.
The pair walked in silence, the spring night still slightly chilly and Tsukimono shoved her hands further in her sweat shirt's pockets, gazing back at Light every few minutes with an anxious expression on her face. Slowly, more stores began to appear as they walked along and a yelp for help caught his ears as did Tsuki's as they saw a girl being tugged at by a group of bikers.
"C'mon baby!" the one man chanted, an eerie smile on his face as he tried pulling her jacket off.
"I'm going to look at some magazine's real quick, alright? You can stay here." He muttered quickly, after he heard the one man's name. 'He'll be the one I try it on.'
Light quickly walked into the store, and looked at some magazine's as Tsuki stayed at the front of the store, looking desperately at the struggling woman and back at Light.
Amaya let out a shaky breath as she knew what Light was going to write down in his Death Note and felt an uneasy feeling in the pit of her stomach erupt. She made her hands into fists, shaking slightly as she decided on what she was going to do. To make Light believe that the Death Note was a fake, to make him throw it away, she was going to have to save the man who was harassing the woman.
It was at this moment she truly hated her voice being lost, as she ran in between the man and woman with a determined expression on her face. The woman behind her let out a slightly relieved sigh as she instantly scurried off, leaving Amaya alone in between the men. Amaya's eyes were narrowed at the woman in irritation, for leaving her alone with this pack even when she had just saved her, then back to the man with disgust.
"Oh lookie here boys," the man said with a perverted chuckle," I think this one wants it."
She struggled against him, trying to push him away farther away from the intersection of the street so he wouldn't get hit by the car. The man groped her roughly making her wince in disgust, but obviously still not able to make verbal protests.
"She's not saying stop," he said as he tried to force her hoodie off of her and then held a knife at her throat when he paused with an odd expression on his face making the man's friends look upon him with confused expressions.
In a quick movement, he ran into an alley way leaving Amaya and everyone else around her stunned. She stood in front of the store, shaken and slowly walked to the alleyway the man ran into. Her breath caught in her throat and her heart seemed to have frozen as she stared at the gory scene placed in front of her. Amaya rested her head against the cool brick wall, eyes empty trying to not look back at the man. He had slit his own throat.
"Tsuki!" Light had called, running up to her and brought her into a quick embrace, making her head lay against his chest. His eyes went wild in fear and excitement as he stared at the dead man before him. 'It's… it's real! I just killed someone.. no.. two people. That man on the news from before. I have this power now.. '
Tsuki was still as she leaned against him and he tightened his grip around her as he glared at the dead man, an unearthly determination glowing in his eyes,' I'm going to make a perfect world where I will be god, I will rule a world with only good people. Where people like this man will no longer exsist.'
He looked down at her, the girl who he felt was no longer a strange girl he had found those two months ago, but now someone he felt was a part of his family. Tsuki then looked up at him with a weary expression, and placed her hands on his chest and felt the hard cover of the note under one hand. With a lost expression she softly pushed him away and headed home, leaving him to look after her.
'Damnit damnit damnit!' she thought as she ignored the worried expression from Sayu and Sachiko as she ran upstairs into her room,'I couldn't do it. I should've known he would write something else other than being hit by a car'
Amaya closed her eyes and laid down on her bed, falling into an uneasy sleep.
The next day was an uncomfortable one for Tsuki, as she strained to avoid any contact with Light, who of which acted normally as if nothing had occurred. The both walked home together, Light looking over to Tsukimono every few minutes as she pointedly ignored his glances.
"Are you okay Tsuki?" he asked finally as they were about to enter the house.
Tsuki looked at Light, and didn't make any gesture to reply and walked into the house then up the stairs once more to her room. Light frowned, and went into his own and locked his door. He opened his desk drawer and took out the black notebook and turned the TV on immediately to the news. A feeling of power overpowered him as his pen flowed across the paper, over twenty name listed on it's white pages.
He leaned back against his chair, eyes glazed over with satisfaction from the death of the most wanted criminals. Out of the corner of his eyes, he noticed a dark looming figure and turned and almost fell over from surprise. After a few calming breaths, a smirk appeared on his face as he stared up at the floating monstrous creature.
"I was expecting you," Light murmured eyes narrowed as he observed him," So, are you here for my soul or something?"
"No," the dark figure replied with a wide grin," This is my notebook, I'm surprised you wrote so much, most humans usually stop once they realize what it is."
"Why did you choose me for the Death Note?" Light inquired, sitting on his bed.
" Every shinigami has a Death Note. I just dropped mine and you just happened to pick it up, I didn't choose you or anything. My name is-"
The door's lock clicked and opened to reveal Tsuki, staring wide eyed at the shinigami. Her lips parted slightly as she mouthed angrily,"Ryuk"
Ryuk gazed over at her, eyes wide with surprise then a bemused grin crossed his features," Oh? You can see me?"
"T-tsuki," Light stammered, malice appearing in his eyes," I don't know who this is or anything-"
Tsuki reached for her notepad and looked at him with a bittersweet expression.
Don't lie to me Light. I already know.
She turned on her heel, not before glaring at the shinigami and Light and went out of the room.
"What are you going to do about that?" Ryuk questioned Light," She could tell, you know."
"I don't know for now," Light replied, closing his eyes," But if she says she already knows.. how much does she know?"
"What's her name?" Ryuk asked suddenly, a smirk on his face.
"Yagami Tsukimono." He answered abruptly.
Ryuk cackled, and looked down at his new entertaining toy as he murmured with twisted amusement," This is going to be very interesting."
Natsumi Talk
Natsumi: Hello! It's been a little while since I've updated so here it is! First off, I wanna thank everyone for all the reviews, favorites, and alerts. Thank you so much for supporting me! And I also do appreciate the constructive criticism that some of you are giving me. :D It really makes me happy to know you guys
like this story so far. Though, I have a confession to make, I lost a bit of my passion for my story about three chapters ago D;. I'm going to watch some Death Note to see if I can get more into it again. I think this chapter is pretty crappy unfortunately. / I was having a hard time figuring out what to write. But, I'm going to try and not give up on this story. Persistence! Diligence! Eheh. I have a really good idea for a new Fanfiction for Naruto. So, after I finish this story, I'm probably going to write it and see how that works out.
Amaya: You made this chapter kind of confusing.
Natsumi: Ack. I kinda did, didn't I? Well, between the page breaks are the change of the certain types of POV for how much Light knows. Light believes Amaya is Tsukimono, seeing as he wasn't told her real name etc. etc. So I hope you guys didn't get too confused. I apoligize if this chapter's content isn't that well, and any of the recent past. -sigh- But anyway, I hope you enjoyed atleast! -N/A When I get my interest back into this story, I'll prolly edit this chapter anyway. Haha-