So long, you can tell me if it is good. :) please enjoy. I am so excited for ch.12. I am probably going to go start it right away.
"Now aren't you glad that you took the eye deal Eli?" Ryuk asks. Eli turns on the evening news, they are reporting on Kira. He sits on the couch, death note in hand, waiting for the story to end. The reporter is going on about injustice and how Kira hides behind a fake identity. "If Kira is so righteous and proud, why hide? Why…" He stops speaking mid-sentence.
"I have something I must confess. I have been sexually assaulting and harassing interns and assistants. The network has been paying off my crimes for years instead of allowing me to be punished. I don't know why the network protects me, my reporting is mediocre at best. Tonight, Kira, will punish me." He falls silent once more. After a moment has passed, he suddenly grabs his chest and collapses onto the desk in front of him. People rush to him and then the camera cuts out.
Eli sits stunned, staring at the black screen. "Heh, you have to admit, she's good. Making them confess to their unknown crimes before killing them." Ryuk laughs as he says this. "Yeah," Eli responds, "I didn't even know about what he had been doing, I wonder how she?" His voice trails off. He stands up and puts his death note away. "Huh? No names tonight?" Ryuk asks puzzled. "No, I will wait. She is in charge." Eli responds and walks into his bedroom.
Mora wakes up. It is only five in the morning. She rolls over and shuts her eyes tightly. Laying there for a few minutes, she tries to get back to sleep. She lets out a long sign and then sits up. "Trouble sleeping?" Light asks. He sits on the end of her bed. "I'm just nervous, and kind of excited." Mora rubs her eyes. "I am not even sure why but, I'm very interested to find out what Eli wants to show me." She had been suspicious of him possibly being the second Kira ever since the cookout. Light refused to explain his disappearing apple trick to her, nor would he tell her if anyone there was the second Kira.
"I am too." Light tells her. "I am sure you already know what it is he is going to show me." She says this with resentment. She begins to fiddle with the frayed edge of her throw blanket. "Light, if there was another Shinigami here, would you know?" She asks him. "Yes, I could see them." He says. "So, you saw another Shinigami at the cookout then?" She asks him for the fourth time this past week. "I have already answered that question. Even if I did see another Shinigami, I would not have interacted with them, and I wouldn't tell you they were there." Light snaps at her.
Mora eyes him suspiciously. "You know that I don't believe you right?" She says to him. "Yes, I know, why else would you keep asking me? But you know that I don't care, right?" Light responds callously. "You can be so cold Light." Mora says as she lays back down. "I am going to try to get some more sleep." She closes her eyes and eventually drifts back off to sleep.
When she wakes back up it is 9:30am. She stands up and stretches. Light is still sitting on the end of her bed. "What do you do while I sleep." She asks him. "I watch you." He says. "Could you be any more of a creep Light?" She says feeling exposed. "Yes, I could." Light says. Mora leaves the room and gets into the shower. She lets the hot water wash away a thin layer of guilt. She won't ever admit to Light, but she feels guilty at times. Mainly because of her father. She knows what it would do to him, if he ever found out that she is Kira.
She turns the water off, steps out, dries her hair and then wraps up in the towel. When she returns to her room, it is already 10:30. She rushes to get ready not realizing that she had been in there for so long. "You better not be watching me." She says looking up at Light to find him staring at her. "I don't have time to hide in the closet, so look away." She snaps at him. Light turns his back to her and she quickly dries off and dresses. Since she doesn't have time to dry her hair she decides to put it into a long braid.
Fifteen minutes later she is ready to go. She goes downstairs to find her parents at the kitchen table. "Good morning Mora." Elaine says brightly, "would you like some breakfast?" she asks. "No thanks Mom, Eli is taking me for coffee. I will probably get a muffin or something." Mora tells her. Truth is her stomach is in knots and she is afraid if she eats she will be sick.
"Oh, he is such a lovely boy. I am glad you are giving him a chance." Elaine can't hide her excitement. "I knew the two off you would hit it off." Taro chimes in from behind his newspaper. Mora stares at the pair of them in disbelief. "I don't know what has gotten into you guys." Mora doesn't know what else to say to them. Taro chuckles at her, as the doorbell rings. "Bye." She says to her parents and rushes to the door before they have a chance to respond. Flinging the door open fast, she jumps outside and slams it behind her.
Eli sands on the front porch, eyebrows raised. "Everything alright?" he asks her. "Yes, fine. Come on let's get out of here." She grabs his arm and drags him off the porch. Mora glances back and sees Elaine and Taro standing in the window waving. Eli opens the passenger door to his car for her. Mora thanks him as she climbs in and Light settle into the backseat. Eli gets into the car and quietly pulls away.
Mora glances at Eli as he drives. He looks cool and calm, while she feels like she is about to burst at the seams. She studies his face, not really taking notice before now. He is quite handsome, with a chiseled jaw and light blue eyes. Eli is concentrating on the road so Mora watches him for longer then she normally would. "Do you like what you see?" Light says oily from the back seat. Mora looks back at him, and gives him a dirty look then turns her attention to where they are going. Unknown to Mora, Ryuk laughs at this.
Eli glances in the rearview mirror, wondering what was so funny. He looks over at Mora, who is not staring out her window. Eli slows the car down and take a right turn into a parking garage. He picks a spot far away from any other cars and kills the engine. "I was going to wait, but I can't wait any longer." Eli pulls a bag from the backseat of the car. Mora watches him closely as he pulls a sheet of paper from his bag. Mora's eyes widen. "You are the second Kira, aren't you?"
"Yes, I am. And I know that you are Kira." He says and hands her the piece of paper. It is a page from his death note. Mora turns to see a Shinigami in the backseat sitting next to Light. She is not startled to see him like she had been with Light. "Hi" Ryuk waves to her. Mora can see Eli smiling out of the corner of her eye. "Mora, this is Ryuk." Light introduces her to Ryuk. "Hi." She speaks to Ryuk. Mora turns her attention to Light, "Wait a minute, you know him?" Mora looks at Light in disbelief. "Our Shinigami's know each other?" Eli asks, Mora nods at him.
Mora fumbles in her purse and gets her piece of her death note and touches Eli's hand with it. Eli turns to see Light sitting in the backseat. "Hello Eli." Light says with a wicked smile on his face. "Hi." Eli says. "Light." Light tells him. Eli looks surprised, "Why didn't you tell me?" He asks Ryuk. "I wouldn't have told you even if you asked me. It is up to her to tell you who her Shinigami is." Ryuk points a long finger at Mora. "So, you all just follow the rules then?" Mora asks sarcastically. "Some more than others." Ryuk laughs, "I normally wouldn't talk to another Shinigami in the human world, without our humans knowing, but well. It is Light." Mora looks to Light. "You lied to me." She declares in anger. Eli is surprised. "How long have you two known, huh?" Mora snaps at both the Shinigami's in the backseat. Neither of them speak. "Answer me now!" She yells at Light.
"I realized Eli was the second Kira when he came to your house the morning of the cookout." Light says calmly. "What about you Ryuk, how long have you known Mora was Kira?" Eli asks turning towards them too. "I have always known, I've been watching Light from the Shinigami Realm." Ryuk shrugs.
"So, you are telling us, you both have known. But instead of simply telling one of us, you allowed him to half his lifespan?" Mora is outraged. "Telling a human of another human with a death note, is not the same as interacting with another Shinigami in the human world." Light says, his tone a warning, but Mora ignores it. "What's the difference then Light? I don't see the point in going against some rules and following others." Mora says to him. Ryuk answers her this time. "There are no official rules stating that Shinigami's can't interact in the human world. Most just don't because they are attached to a human."
"That seems trivial." Mora spits. "Mora, that is enough." Light warns her. Mora glares at Light, "He shouldn't have to give up half his life for you!" She shouts at Light. Eli stares at Mora in shock. "Mora, you don't have to…" Mora cuts him off. "No Eli, the Shinigami eye deal is a horrible idea. It is just a selfish way for Shinigami's to trick humans. You have no idea what your lifespan is to begin with and you just halved it." Mora is shouting at Eli now.
Mora turns her attention back to Light. "You betrayed me. You lied to me about seeing Ryuk that day. I flat out caught you giving him an apple and you still lied to me. If you had just said yes, I could have worked it out on my own. But no, you lied!" Mora begin ranting about how Light went to the N.P.A. to snoop and had no problem coming back and telling her about that. "I don't see how that would be allowed in your stupid rules." Mora shouts at him. Light has had enough. "I am going to give you one more chance, if you do not stop now. I will write your name in my death note." Lights voice is chilling.
Mora glares at him. She opens her mouth to speak, but Eli quickly stops her. "Ok, ok, let's all calm down now." Eli puts his hand on her shoulder. "Mora, it is really ok. It was worth it." Mora sighs in defeat. "I don't think you understand," she says quietly, "you could have such a short life now." Light looks at Ryuk, who shakes his head 'no' in response.
"Mora." Light says, he reaches into the front seat to touch her. Mora quickly pulls away and give him a warning look. Light puts his arm back down but continues to speak, "Mora, I can assure you that won't happen. Unlike Eli's Shinigami eyes, I can see the lifespans of him and you. He has many years still." "How long?" She asks looking at him. "I can't tell you that, I am sure what I told you already is enough to get me in trouble." Light says, "Oh, it is. I better not get punished for allowing it to happen Ryuk says.
Mora faces forward again, crossing her arms. Eli watches her for a minute, "Would you still like to get coffee or something?" he asks her cautiously. "Yes, let's go get coffee." Mora says continuing to stare forward, trying to process everything. How dare Light threaten me like that. She stews on what Light said to her.
Eli starts the care and drives to the closest coffee shop. He pulls into a parking space out front. Mora gets out of the car and then turns around to Light and Ryuk, "I think the two of you should stay here and give us some privacy." Mora closes the door and walks away from the car, Eli follows her.
Light watches as they go inside. "She's difficult at times, huh?" Ryuk asks. "She has never been like that before." Light watches the front door for a moment more and then looks to Ryuk. "I knew she hated the eye deal, but I wasn't expecting her to react like that." Light says. "You threatened to put her name in your death note." Ryuk laughs hard at him. "I can't believe you said that to her. I never once threatened you." Ryuk continues to laugh. "I never gave you a reason to." Light reminds him. "Yeah right. So, what's next?" Ryuk asks.
"Lets' just let them do what they have been." Light says. "Aizawa offered to allow him to join the Kira Task Force." Ryuk informs him. "Really?" Light asks. "Well, with no L, and no Near. I am not sure which astonishing detective could be leading this investigation." Light pauses to thinking. "Maybe he should do it, to see what they are thinking. Clearly they don't suspect him." "What makes you think that?" Ryuk asks. "Well, if they suspected him. They wouldn't allow him to join them, at least not without a very thorough interrogation first." Light stops talking to think.
Ryuk starts to fidget in his spot. "Will you just sit still." Light snaps. They keep Light and Ryuk waiting in the car for nearly an hour. Mora and Eli get back into the car. She looks at Light. "I hope you are not expecting me to apologize to you." Light says to her. Eli looks back at Light. Mora responds in a carefree tone, "No, I'm not," her tone quickly changes, it is much darker, "But, the next time you feel the urge to write my name in your death note, you might want to not tell me. Because if you ever threaten me again. I will destroy my death note."