Chapter 5
L's POV
L couldn't sleep last night, so he decided to keep working on his case. He looked into a file that had a photo of a young boy named Shimiro Kitare, who anonymously went missing on a sunday night.
(File)
Name: Shimiro Kitare
Age: 9
Went missing at 10:30 p.m on sunday.
*There were signs of a struggle.
L examined the information, took a step further and looked into other missing children files, and then looked at the computer and thought to himself.
'It seems like the kidnapper is the same one resposible for other childrens' disappearances, but who is this person?..There are no foot prints or hand prints in the area where we found evidence of the boy's struggle just like the other cases of missing children.'
L looked into previous files of missing children and noticed a pattern. Every week one child would go missing...one girl the first week then the next week a boy. All that included struggles, but no signs of the person responsible for the disappearances. L continued his research and Watari came in with a cart of sweets.
"Find anything yet?," the old man asked.
"Yes, but only a small amount of new information...it seems like this person is the same one resposible for all of the only thing that I can't figure out is who the indivdual is."
' This is going to be the slightest more difficult than I thought it would be," L thought to himself as he sipped a bit of his tea and ate a sugary bread.
Natsuki's POV
She walked for about three hours passed the wet roads and damp trees above her. She was exhausted, but she kept walking. Mud stained her shoes and she felt a sudden sharp pain coming from her feet and she collapsed on the cement road and whimpered in pain.
'It hurts and I can't get up at all,' she shut her eyes tightly and gritted her teeth, "No!get can't lay on the road like this come you stay here you might end up dead for sure, if some idiot doesn't pay attention to the road."
Natsuki shook as she tried to get up, but she couldn't and she landed on her hands and knees. She gasped in pain and began to crawl instead. Her body ached her feet stung, but she kept crawling and finally reached the grass and collapsed. Darkness began to consume her and darkness succeeded.
L's POV
L stood outside and watched as the rain began to pour once again. He stepped out in the open and allowed the drops to land on him as he heard the bells.
'Those bells...," he looked up at the sky and stared at the foggy gray sky in silence.
Natsuki's POV
Natsuki awoke to a cool breeze that brushed against her wet cheek. Her eyes now flickered open and she slowly sat up and stood. Almost losing her balance she held onto a tree and leaned against it and once she felt strong enough to support her own weight she stood on her own and began to walk limply.
(one hour later)
She was now in front of a hotel and she smiled weakly in relief.
'Thank god,'she slowly walked in and went to the front desk and placed some money in front of the man.
"I'm here to check into a room please," Natsuki said with pleading eyes.
L's POV
L began to hear someone slowly walking through the hallway, but he never left his seat. He was 100% sure that the person passing by his room was extremely exhausted and possibly sore based on the pace the person was going. He waited until the person went into his or her room and then he began to work again.
Natsuki's POV
In an extreme pain and exhaustion Natsuki landed on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.
(9:00 p.m.)
Screams and more screams got louder and louder as her mother ran even faster with Natsuki in her arms. The alley lights were shutting off one by one and she can feel her mother's hearbeat against her side. It felt like her heart was about to explode if she continued to run the way she did. Her mother was breathing hard and her eyes were watery and her shaking grew eyes that belonged to a dark shadow was catching up to them and the little girl shut her eyes and whimpered in fear. And then it happened...the feeling of her mother's arms that provided safety for Natsuki was gone and the little girl landed on the cold ground and her eyes widened as the dark shadow of a mysterious man ripped her mother to shreds and the loud terrible cries rang into Natsuki's ears as she watched in horror. She couldn't move...she was too afraid to look away...silence...blood was on the ground but the body was no where in sight...the shadow looked at her and came towards her..her bottom lip quivered and she quickly backed up and stood up and ran...the loud screams came back and she noticed the sun rising from up ahead and the sky began to show a odd color of morning blue and yellow. The screaming stopped and when Natsuki took a glimpse back. The shadow was gone.