Haunted

(Noteage- AU. D8)

Chapter three: A Chat with God

"DAMNIT!" Aizawa growled, slamming his hands down on the nearest surface. Another line of curses left his mouth, the name 'Raito' leaving his mouth several times, also. Suddenly, he stood up and, without answering the others' questions, stormed out of the room. He was too impatient for the elevator, so he quickly made his way down the stairs and into the lobby. He got up to the front desk and kind of stood there for a moment- the woman was doing anything but paying attention. He cleared his throat, and she looked up.

"Can I help you?" she grumbled, sighing. Aizawa glared for a moment, then relaxed slightly.

"Yes… could you tell me what room Yagami Raito is in?"

"Sorry, sir, but I'm not aloud to give that information out," the woman said, making Aizawa's upper lip twitch. She went back to whatever she had been doing, and he got angrier than he already was. He pulled his gun from his pants and pointed it at the attendant.

"What room is Y-"

"SECURITY!" Shit. He hadn't thought about that. Aizawa sighed and tried to negotiate with the security guards… but failed miserably. He slammed the door to the room shut loudly.

"Uhm… Aizawa-san?" Matsuda asked softly as he fell down on to the couch.

"Damn, damn, damn…" was all he muttered. Matsuda, being the brave little soldier he was, whipped out his phone and dialed Raito's number. He held it there for a moment before the auburn haired man picked up.

"Moshimoshi?"

"Raito-kun!" and then there was silence.

--

Meanwhile, Raito and Mikami were sitting in a slightly calm silence. Mikami was thinking- not that he needed too- about the other man's proposal.

"Mikami-san?" said Raito after a moment. Mikami looked up and morphed his insane grin into a slightly sane smile.

"I will aid you… Kami-sama," Raito, however, could not contain his smirk. He nodded slowly, as if he'd just taken in some shocking information.

"Yes…" he murmured. "Arigatou, Mikami-san." Teru's eyes light up ever-so slightly. He'd gotten a thank you from God! He was more then happy. Just as Raito was going to start to explain his plan, Ryuk interrupted.

"Raitoooo! Appleeeee…!" the Shinigami whined, hanging upside-down from the ceiling. Teru stared with slightly wide eyes at the Shinigami as Raito pulled a shiny red apple from his jacket.

"Here, now shut up!" snarled Raito. The Shinigami caught the fruit, spazzed, and fell down from the ceiling. Mikami glanced over his shoulder to see if the Shinigami was alright. He sprung up and immediately began to devour his apple.

"Juicy…" he thought he heard the creature say. He looked back to the brunette when he cleared his throat.

"Alright… now, Mikami-san. You must be aware of the man following you, correct?" Mikami blinked, and then swore slightly. "I take that as a no. Well, anyway. I want you to make the trade with Ryuk, if you haven't already." Okay, now he was confused.

"The trade, Yagami-san?" Teru asked, raising an eyebrow. Raito nodded, but before he could explain, Ryuk cut him off.

"Yea, the trade. I forgot to tell you. The trade is when a Shinigami gives its Eyes to the human who is in owner ship of its notebook. The human gives up half of their remaining lifespan. With this power, the human can see other humans' names and how much life they have left. They cannot see the lifespan of another human who has a Death Note," Ryuk explained, perching himself on the back of the couch that Mikami was sitting in.

"And you want me to make this trade, Yagami-san?"

"Hai, that's correct. Are you willing to give up half of you life?" asked the brunette. Mikami gave an immediate response.

"Of course! Anything for you, Kami-sama!" Ratio blinked, and then Teru blinked, upon realizing that he'd said that rather loudly. Ryuk's 'hyuk hyuk' emitted from beside him and his cheeks burnt for a moment.

"Alright. So then- when you have the eyes, try to get a clear look at the guy who's following you. After two days, kill him." Mikami's eyes widened slightly. He understood that the man was in their way but… he nodded. Raito was about to continue, but his phone rang. "It must be Takada," he opened the phone and put it to his ear. "Moshimoshi?"

"Raito-kun!" and then there was silence.

--

There was a moment of silence, and then Matsuda asked, "Raito-kun?" Raito put the phone to his jacket and quietly hissed for Mikami to be quiet. The raven only nodded.

"Matsuda-san!" Raito said in his fake-happy voice.

"Raito-kun, why is it that you aren't in the room yet?" Matsuda asked, turning to face away from the other Task Force members.

Light momentarily worried. "I'm stuck- in traffic." Brilliant excuse. Not really. However, he had driven to the coffee shop. But… seeing Aizawa was a problem… but part of his plan.

Matsuda covered the phone's speaker with his shirt. "He said that he's in traffic…" he mumbled, turning back towards the others.

"IMPOSSIBLE!" Aizawa shouted. "I followed him all the way here!" Matsuda silenced Aizawa as he raised the phone to his ear again.

"Demo… Raito-kun, Aizawa-san says he saw you."

Mikami and Ryuk exchanged looks at Raito's expression. His lips were twisted into a frown and his eyebrows knitted together. However, his eyes were clouded with... worry. Ryuk laughed slightly. He'd never seen the brunette this distraught. But, both Shinigami and loyal servant decided to save their questions.

Raito was considering what Matsuda has just told him. Finally, he said, "That's not possible. I'm still stuck in traffic heading to the coffee shop. Mikami-san must be awfully angry," into the phone with a confident, and almost slightly joking, tone.

Matsuda muffled the phone again. "He insists that he's- HEY, THAT'S MY PHONE!" Aizawa had seized the phone from Matsuda and stormed outside the room. He glared at the wall for a second.

"What are you up to?" Aizawa snarled into the phone, clutching it almost unnecessarily tight. He could almost hear the smirk in Raito's next words.

"I simply cannot have the Task Force spying in on this conversation. Sumimasen, Aizawa-san."

"THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE-" Raito had already hung up, though. "KIRA!!" Aizawa threw the phone across the hall, breaking it. Ide and Mogi pulled him back in and Matsuda gathered his broken phone.

--

"Troublesome…" Raito muttered, turning his phone off to prevent any further calls. His looked up at Mikami, highly irritated. "Where was I?"

"You were telling me to find out the name of the man who's following me so I can kill him," Mikami's immediate response made him smile. Raito nodded and opened his mouth to begin again.

--

"My phone…" Matsuda mumble, holding the broken pieces in his hands. He sifted through them gently- the phone itself was in half, the screen cracked and the battery splintered. "You have a good arm, Aizawa-san…"

"I think he could care less, right now, Matsuda-san," Mogi had briefly turned from Aizawa to speak to him.

"Right." However, there was one ember of the Force not 'playing around'. Ide was thinking of every possible reason for Raito's behavior. After a while, his only answer left… was that the second L was Kira. He smacked is forehead- that should've been his first guess. Ide fished his own phone from his pocket and called the only number he felt he could trust now- N's.

--

While the Task Force has been fretting over Raito, a certain fourteen-year-old genius… had been sleeping. About thirty minutes ago, Gevanni had phoned and reported that Mikami Teru had gone into a hotel with another man, and he was at a loss of what to do- for once in his life. So when Lester woke him up with a phone call, he was rather displeased.

"It's Mr. Ide from the Task Force," Lester informed him before stalking off. Near stared after him, then put the phone to his ear.

"Yes?"

Ide had removed himself from the room to talk to N, so now he was in the bedroom that was almost never used. He explained everything that had happened to Near, and the boy listened in silence.

After about five minute of silence Near finally said, "Mr. Ide."

"Hai?"

"Please contact me when L returns to the room," Near told the older man. "Once you do, I will call L and request to meet with him. Understood?"

"Hai. Wakarimasu. Expect a phone call that ends as soon as it starts."

A/N: Ooh! Another cliffy. -shiftyeyes-

Anyway, Near's here! What's going to happen? Stay tuned! -shotdown-

My updates will be rather slow from here on… not that they're already slow. -shiftyeyes- However, school started, so I'm screwed.

I just now realized that you guys could be having trouble with the random bits of Japanese I throw into this. D

So starting from chapter one:
Shinigami- Death God
Kami- God
Hai- Yes
Yokatta- Thank goodness

Chapter two:
Ne- Kind of like, "don't you agree" or something.

Chapter three:
Moshimoshi- The way to answer a phone
Arigatou- Thankyou
Demo- But
Sumimasen- Very polite "I'm sorry"/excuse me/pardon me
Wakarimasu- I understand/understood