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Chapter 4 – Dinner Party Battlefield

…No party I've ever been invited to has been "fun", per se. I always had to wear the puffy sleeved dress or the dress suit with the collar that choked me or even that itchy weird wool outfit. Then later when my parents left me with the other kids to have a good time…I was isolated. Again. But it was great when Aunt Naomi came to the parties. She let me stay with her and her boyfriend Raye. He's nice, but a bit weird. Their supposed to get engaged soon, or so Raye told me. But anyway, Aunt Naomi would tell me stories about the two of them in them FBI, in code of course. Couldn't let Mom E. know. She'd get really mad then and then she'd…

"Oh Vivica…" Gailen sang as she walked along. "I wish you well…I really do…"

She knocked on the door to Sayu's house. As she waited, she adjusted her shoulder strap of her overnight bag. A few minutes later, she looked up to see a handsome boy with short brown hair. He looked at her for a while. She stared back until she said,

"Well?"

"Oh yeah…come in…" He said.

She came through the door and he closed it behind her. Gailen put up her coat while the boy talked.

"I see that at least one of Sayu's friends is smart."

"What do you mean?"

He rolled his eyes. "Well you have met them right? Bubble-headed teenagers, each and every one…"

"Wow, Sayu didn't tell me this about you…talking about people like their so inferior to your intellect. Nice."

"Oh, so you are smart. Hey, I didn't mean anything by it, you know. Just--"

"Letting off steam? Yeah, sure. Always hurting people makes you look better."

"Jeez, Sayu didn't mention what a poor sense of humor you'd have."

"It's not usually like this to people with a good character that's not a façade…"

"Well I--"

"Oh hi Gailen!" Sayu greets coming down the stairs. "You've met Gailen already? That's great! You two look like you're getting along just fine."

"Yup," Gailen said. "Let's go get ready for dinner. It'll be done soon right?"

"Sure! Come on."

As Gailen made her way up the stairs, Light gave her a look that said now who's putting on a façade? Gailen wanted to give him the finger, but instead stuck her tongue out at him, which just shocked him even more.

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"That dinner was delicious mom!" Sayu commented.

"Yes, thank you for having me Mr. and Mrs. Yagami!" Gailen said.

"It's just nice to have a girl like you to be friends with our Sayu," Soichiro Yagami complements. "You're doing some good for her, especially the tutoring. Her grades really have shown some improvement!"

"Aw, Dad…Gailen doesn't want to hear about this…"

"Its okay, Sayu. I don't mind!" Gailen says.

"Sure…just add to her ego…" Light murmurs loud enough so only Gailen can hear.

"Ahum…" Gailen clears her throat.

"Oh well…" Sayu says. "Go watch some movies now, Gailen?"

"Sure. Which ones?"

"I have some American ones. Like Friday the 13th? Have you heard of it?"

"Oh it's my favorite series!"

"Well looks like you girls will have a busy night. We'll just clean up here and go to bed. Try not to stay up late, alright?"

"Sure, Dad…"

But Sayu and Gailen are already setting up camp in the living room. They watched the first two parts of the horror series before Gailen decided it was time for a bath. She snuck past the dozing Sayu and up to her room. She pulled out her pajama set and a towel before tiptoeing down the hall.

"Dammit Ryuk!"

Gailen froze. She was right outside of Light's door. Who was he yelling at? Probably one of his friends on the phone…if he even had any…She was still curious though. Gailen crouched down by the slit of the open door. One dark violet eye peered through to her friend's brother's room. It was dim, only illuminated by a small desk lamp. That one eye made out the boy that was Light sitting at his desk. He was sitting in the chair, but wasn't talking into any phone. He was talking to what seemed to be only his bed…and a floating apple…that was slowly disappearing. Gailen held in the urge to gasp by biting on her tongue.

"She looks just like her! How can it be?"

"What about her?" a raspy voice came from the floating apple. "She's a kid. And you're talking about…?"

"Naomi Misora, of course!"

Gailen bit on her tongue again. What business did he have to be talking about her aunt Naomi like this? Was he talking about Gailen too? Everyone always said she and her aunt Naomi could be twins, mother and daughter even. Of course this angered her mother…

"Don't you remember how hard it was to get her identity, Ryuk? She was using fake names…and then she wanted to talk to L…"

What about L?

"I couldn't let her do that, could I? No…and then this impudent little…girl comes along and she looks just like her! Dammit…" Light put his face in his hands. "…and it had to be Sayu's new friend…"

The Hell? What connection did he have to her aunt? More importantly, how does Gailen fit into this? So many questions…maybe it was time to take a bath now… Gailen slowly rose, using the wall beside the door for support.

"…do I have to kill her too?" Light's voice drifted over to her. "I mean she doesn't know anything…yet anyway. Do you think she might have a connection to L too, Ryuk?"

"Maybe. Well, if she looks so much like Misora, maybe she's her reincarnation?"

"Ha! Don't make me laugh! That girl's only 3 years younger than me, as old as Sayu."

"Hey," the raspy voice retorted. "I didn't say she had to be as old as her…"

Okay, now it was time for a bath! Gailen rushed to the bathroom as quietly as she could, locking the door behind her as soon as she entered. She showered off with a shower cap slipped on her head, covering all her hair, before getting into the bath water left by Sayu's parents. It was warm, but smelt of manly cologne and housewifely perfume. After a few minutes, she got out and cleaned her body with soap. Then she rinsed off the soap and entered the water again. Sure, it was a bit complicated when bathing in Japan, but she had to be a good guest in her friend's house.

Soon, Gailen was finished and came out the bathroom in a silky black pajama set that consisted of sleep pants and a spaghetti strap top with a kawaii crescent moon sleeping decorating the front. She strolled past Light's room innocently enough, but his light was out, which worried her. Did she know she had been listening in? Suddenly, she brushed into something feathery.

"Sorry," she said and looked around. There was nothing. "Shit…" Was it that thing Light had been talking to before? If so, she had no idea what it looked like, so it couldn't be considered a threat…could it?

"You can feel me?" the raspy voice asked, following her down the stairs.

"Yes…" she whispered. "Not so loud though…Sayu's sleeping."

She motioned to Sayu as she turned off the television.

"Oh…Light's sister."

"Yeah."

Gailen went into the kitchen and took an apple from a bowl of fruit in the middle of the table. She took a big bite out of it. The voice chuckled as she wolfed down the red skin and white flesh. Then an apple floated up and was eaten in two big bites.

"What are you?" Gailen asked. "Are you a ghost or some entity?"

"No. I'm a shinigami."