Here is chapter 4! I hope you enjoy it! Please review and let me know what you think. :)
The day is hot, and the drive is long. Mora is driving to a prison, not her usual Friday afternoon. It is a good thing school let out early today otherwise this probably wouldn't have happened until Monday. Despite not being alone in the car, it is silent. She continues onto a windy road, driving into the remote countryside. As she pulls into the long driveway, she sees the prison set far back. It looks almost abandoned, with just 3 cars in the parking lot. Mora parks the car and gets out. The building is small and made of stone, it looks dirty and poorly cared for. Inside is a small lobby with someone sitting behind the desk. Mora approaches him "Hi, I am here to see …" "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know who you are here to see." He cuts her off, not looking at her. "Have a seat, I will bring you back shortly." That's it? How does he know who I am here to see? And he doesn't even ask me to sign in or show any identification. "I'm sorry, but how could you possibly know who I am here to see?" Mora asks him, with a little more attitude than she had intended. "Well, sweet cheeks, you aren't here to see me, are you? There is only one prisoner here. Now have a seat." He snaps at her. Only one prisoner. The words echo in her head.
Misa Amane is sitting in front of Mora. She looks … broken … but then I guess ten years in prison would do that to you. Misa sits silently, staring down at the metal table between them. Just as Mora opens her mouth to speak, Light speaks to her first. "Before you show her, or tell her about me, I need you to try and find out what she remembers. She may have forfeited ownership of the death note, so it is possible she knows nothing." Mora nods.
I am surprised that the first thing he needed to do, was find a girl. He gave me no explanation, but of course I do know of Misa Amane. Mostly just from my Kira essay research, but I researched her further afterwards and found that, at the time of Kira, she was quite famous, a model. It did say that they dated too. Is that what this is? To check and see how his still living ex-girlfriend is doing? That can't be the reason. Clearly, she isn't doing well, since she is here. When I finally tracked her down, which was not easy to do either. He didn't seem to be very surprised, saying he figured she was either in prison or dead. I questioned him on why she would be here, which he felt should have been obvious.
With a few blank pages on the table in front of her, Mora grabs a pen from her bag. They think I am here to interview Misa. "Um Misa." Misa does not look up. "My name is Mora, I came to see you to try and talk to you about Kira." Trying to sound calm Mora continues, "Since your arrest you have been claiming not to have any knowledge of Kira or his means of killing. But you see, I was sent here to find you, do you … do you remember anything?" Mora was expecting her to stay silent. But she heard the quietest whisper escape from her mouth. "Light."
"Yes, Light Yagami." Mora starts, but Misa quickly cuts her off. "Light is dead … After Ryuk wrote his name in his death note, I was going to jump off the roof of our apartment, but the police got to me first. I have been here ever since, waiting." "Um, well yes, but you see." Mora tries to explain. But how? "Show her now." Light's voice snaps at her. "Yes" Mora replies. "Misa, I have this paper here for you to write what you remember on." Mora slowly pulls the page of the death note, that she had mixed in with the rest of the blank pages, and slides it over to Misa. "There is nothing to worry about." Light's voice oozes over Mora's fear "No one is watching."
So, she does remember, I want to ask her so many questions. It is almost a given that she was tortured for answers. And she never gave in. She either was thinking that she would eventually get out of it, or she was so devoted to Light that there was nothing anyone could ever do to her that would make her talk. But why now? Why talk to me? How does she know she can, maybe it just doesn't matter at this point anymore?
Misa reaches out and grabs the death note page. She is unmoved by the Shinigami standing directly behind Mora. Her emotion stays neutral. She places the page back on to the table and Mora quickly grabs it and puts it back into the middle of the pile. "Light." Misa whispers, it is a stranded, desperate whisper, full of misery and longing. Mora suddenly feels like an intruder on an intimate moment.
"Misa, what have they done to you?" Light's voice almost sounds concerned. Almost. Light glides around the table to stand next to Misa, he faces her. Misa does not answer his question. Instead she asks her own, "Light, what took you so long? Was this my punishment? I know you could have come to me yourself, like Rem had." Mora's eyes flick to Light, eagerly awaiting his response. But Misa does not give him a chance. "Light, please end my suffering." She pleads with the Shinigami. "You want to die Misa?" Light asks and Misa nods in response. "Misa what did you do with your death note?" Light's voice was harsh. Maybe it is the thought of her dying makes him angry.
For the first time since they got there, Misa smiles. It was small and weak but it was there. "Do you remember Light, when L had me detained on suspicion of being the second Kira?" Misa looks up at Light. "Do you remember where you hid my death note, so I could regain my memories after we had been cleared?" She is looking at him as if nothing has changed, like Light the human might have been standing there. I remember reading about this when I was doing my research for my essay. But it never seemed to me that Misa was ever guilty. In fact, there was nothing about her currently being in prison stated anywhere I looked. I guess they wanted to keep this a secret, but why? "Yes, Misa. I remember." His voice sounds warm, as if it was a pleasant memory. "I hid it in the same spot." Misa tells him. "Now kill me!" Mora jumps at Misa's demand.
"Misa, I will kill you, if that is truly what you wish. But not now, not today." What is going on, does he really love her? His tone, it's so different from the way he normally talks. "As you are aware Light, two Shinigami's gave their lives to save mine, and even though I made the eye deal twice. I still have an unnaturally long life ahead of me. If you don't kill me, I am going to live here, like this, for such a long time. I … I can't do it, living all these years, without you. I can't go on forever like this." Misa closes her eyes as if in pain. A tear slides down her check. "I have tried to do it myself Light, but it just won't work."
Mora wants to speak but feels that she isn't allowed. Mora bravely but with a shaky voice says "Misa, you need to know. This was the very first thing Light had me do … find you." Misa looks up at Mora, so she continues "Besides, if he won't do it, I will." "No." Light's voice is cold and cruel. Shit, I think I went too far. "I will do it. Just not now, not today. I do not want to draw any attention to your visit here today." Mora looks down. I had not thought of that.
"Fine." Misa says. "I have missed you so much, My Light." "And I you, Misa." Light touches Misa's hair gently.
Once Mora gets into her car. She cannot help but feel a little awkward. Light sits in the back seat silently waiting for Mora to leave. But instead of pulling out, Mora turns towards him and asks, "It must have been hard to see her like that." "No not really. Go home now. In a few days, we are going to get my notebook." Light smiles a wicked grin.
I knew it – it was just an act.
The sun burns down on Mora's bare shoulders. Damn, I was in such a rush to get here that I forgot my sunscreen. She can see Light standing there watching her from the sidelines. He must be thrilled to be here. Trying to focus. Mora bends, and looks up, and then *BANG* they start running. Mora easily takes the lead and holds it. This is too easy, I can't wait for a real challenge in university. They round the last turn and Mora crosses the finish tape in first place.
Her teammates run to meet her, along with Jade and her mother. Cheering and screaming fills Mora's ears. Her mother hugs her around the neck, "Oh darling, I am so proud of you. Your father wanted to be here but he had to work." Her mother is crying, Mora hugs her back barely able to breathe. Once her mom lets go Jade moves in for one as well, but not as tightly. "Congrats girl!" she says excitedly. "Undefeated!". Mora laughs. Someone says something about going out to celebrate. Mora opens her mouth in protest, but Jade stops her, "No way, you are not getting out of this one. Besides you totally deserve it." "Don't worry about it, undefeated? You do deserve to celebrate. Enjoy it." Light's voice pierces through the noise. "Besides tomorrow, we go to get my notebook."
Early the next morning, Light has Mora drive out into the middle of nowhere. He has her pull down a dirt road, about half way down he has her stop and then they continue, on foot. Walking for some time, before Light finally tells her they are there. "Dig here." He commands, Mora begins to dig, and it does not take her long to hit a box. It is an ornate wooden box, dirty and musty. She pulls it out of its grave and opens it. Inside is a death note, just as Misa said there would be two days prior. "Give it to me." Light demands. Mora hands the notebook to her Shinigami and watches him intensely. "Bury the box again, and then you can go home." Light watches her closely as she packs down the replaced dirt.
On the drive home Mora is lost in her thoughts. What could he possibly need a third death note for? Questions swim in her head. But she knows that he will never tell her, so she stays silent. Glancing in the rearview mirror to look at him quickly. Mora catches Light writing in the death note.
I wonder if he really said he wouldn't kill her that day, just in case the death note wasn't really where she said it was?
Misa Amane is found the next morning, dead in her cell, having hung herself with her bed sheet.