Chapter 12: Untimely deaths
I sit on the park bench, disguised as Jasmine.
Tears stream down my eyes, and I hold myself close to protect me from the wind.
I hear loud footsteps. I think it was light.
"Hey..."
He sits next to me and drapes his left arm around me.
"hey...I'm sorry I hurt you...I'm...I will give up ownership of the note book."
I tense. He's really going to do it. He wouldn't lie to me...
"Are you...are you really..?"
He smiles as I lift my head up toward him,"yea. I made a promise."
I raise an eyebrow,"you never 'made' a promise. In fact, you hit me!"
His eyes flash at noticing his mistake.
He sighs,"the lady, that I asked you about, who was talking about saving a boy? That boy is me. She made a contract with me, she would kill L, if I gave up ownership of the Death Note. I trust her. And if I fail to give it up, she will kill me. So it's a win win situation, if you think about it."
I nod. So he was true to his word.
"I have to go to the HQ on June 1. Please refrain from attending work that day."
I nod.
"Come on Light. It's getting late."
And we walk back to my house.
-x-
I am sooo bored!
I sigh and lay down on my bed, staring at the not so interesting ceiling.
"Babe? I don't know...but I feel like I have the littlest bit of feeling for Light Yagami."
B floats on top of me, straddling my with his legs.
"why would you think that? I was surprised and angry that he thought I was a look alike to L."
I sigh again and look away from B's concerned expression.
"goodnight, Beyond."
-x-
Elaine's POV
(why not try something different. Plus, she hasn't had much spotlight set on her character, eh?)
"Damien...have you found her?"
He nods solemnly.
"has he done it yet?"
He shakes his head. I narrow my eyes,"we need to go Damien. The time has nearly come, he needs to do it soon."
My shinigami nods mutely, and I hop on his back. Even though he doesn't have wings, he has the ability to transport.
-x-
(still in Elaine's POV)
We reach the front door of Jade's house, surprisingly, next door to my favourite character in death note, Light Yagami.
I don't know why she hates him, but that's just Jade. She's a lot smarter than me, I guess, but I can do this.
Damien smirks beside me,"Well, Elaine. Are you going to knock on the door?"
I nod and proceed to do his exact command.
*knock knock*
"coming..."
A voice moaned from inside. I check my watch, it was only 9:39 pm..?
What was she doing that made her 'moan' as such, showing discomfort or irritableness?
Maybe she's finally thinking of doing it. I have to make sure though, I cannot fail.
"Hi!" I chirp, as a tired looking woman opens the door.
She looks at us and her eyes widen, realization flashing across her eyes.
"E-Elaine?! "
I raise my eyebrow, how does this woman know my name..?
I turn to Damien for guidance. He attempts not to laugh by covering his mouth with his ghost like hand, but failed tremendiously, resulting unappealable sounds of choked laughter, muffling and snorts coming from the shinigami.
I glare at my oh so helpful shinigami in a displeasing way.
"Sorry miss. Does Jane live here?"
The woman smirks and closes the door.
She reopened the door as..."Jade?"
She gestures for us to come in.
We take a seat in the formal sitting room, on one of the couches,"sure is a big house you've got, Jade. How on earth did you get it?!"
She smirks, crossing one leg against her other knee.
"The death note comes in handy at times..."
I gape at her,"and you have a maid?!"
She seemed amused at my question,"Elaine Elaine, I do not have a maid, that was me, in my other form."
I raise an eyebrow, still confused,"what other form?!"
She slips get hand in her jean pocket and pulls out a necklace, with a pendant engraved with a peculiar design.
"this, this the power of Raikou. Given to me by my shinigami, BB. This, is a power that allows me to shape shift into as many people I can. Though, if my other form's name is written in the death note, I will die. My other form's name Is Jasmine Taylor, 18 years old. That's who opened the door. Jasmine is lucky enough to be Light Yagami's official girlfriend, and owns a death note, much to her boyfriends delight. Unfortunately for him, she finds Misa Amane as a threat to their relationship so she killed the model using her death note."
I was shocked at what my supposed friend had told me. Narrowing my eyes, I report to Jade,"Jade. You must make Light innocent before June 10th. Otherwise...I'll be forced to kill you using my own death note. Sorry Jade, but these are orders from the shinigami king."
She scoffs,"so are you two the shinigami kings lap dogs? Ruff..? Doing everything he says? Don't worry, Light will be done on June 7. I promise."
I nods slowly, hoping she will keep her promise up. I don't really want to kill her...but...my own life is in danger if she doesn't comply to my demands.
I stand up, smoothing my skirt down,"well, Jane. Don't you owe me and Damien a visit to see BB?"
She grins and jumps of her seat,"follow me."
She walks upstairs and turns left into a room.
We walk inside, and she grabs a book from her handbag. It was her death note.
She hands it over for me to touch and I see a very amused shinigami sitting crossed legged on the bed,"Hello, Elaine Havord; Damien Golester."
I feel my lips turn upwards and I allow myself to smile,"It's a pleasure, BB."
He floats up and towards me, picking up my right hand and kissing it,"the pleasure's mine, princess."
I felt my face turn red.
"Hey." Damien says to the other shinigami.
BB grins, his mouth nearly reaching his peculiar red eyes,"hey. Nice to meet another human who turned into a shinigami. But your different, since you come from the dimension of homosapiens."
Damien nods slowly.
Why was he being so...quite? He never acted like this when we met with Jade before...
Somehow, he reminds me of Rem...in a way...
After, we chatted for a good hour before I announced my departure, Damien having to follow me home anyways.
While walking, Damien stops in front of a darkened shop.
"Damien..?"
I whisper. It was dark and cold, and I didn't feel safe all of a sudden.
"Elaine...". He sighs. And then he pushes me through the open doors of the shop and locks the door behind us.
"Damien?" I ask, worried. Was something wrong with him? Did I have to go back home?
His face darkens and his eyes turn cold, as if he were reminded of something that made him hate something.
Did he hate me? "Damien, I-"
"Shut up." he growls at me.
My eyes scrunch in confusion. What?
"What's wrong-?"
"I said shut up!" he yells.
I back away into the shop. But to my dismay, he follows me,"do you know what I'm about to do, Elaine?"
He spat out my name as if it was nothing but trash.
"N-no?" I whisper, frightened of the sudden change in the atmosphere.
He stops moving as my back hits the wall. He smirks,"Dead end, Elaine."
I feel tears threatening to come out of my eyes,"Damien if it's something I did wrong-?"
"you're everything BUT right. If it weren't for your idiotic father I would not be like this." he growls.
My father...I hadn't seen the man since I was 11...he was arrested for murder...and I lived with my mother ever since...
So what's Damien got to do with my father?
"That man...if only I was alive...she wouldn't have been taken by a ghost."
His face turn hard. "Damien? Please, I don't understand-"
He interrupts me again,"Mr. Raymond Havord, charged of murder, April 21st, 2005. Why? A car accident involving the heir to Golester INC, which provided the latest electronics at the most affordable prices in Australia. His name was Damien Golester, age 12."
I gasp. My father killed Damien?! My father was the cause of this?! But I was never told that he was heir to Golester? Golester is now run by a man called David Golester, brother of Carmen Golester, who was the founder of the wealthy business.
"Damien...I was never told by mother what father had done...you should have told me-"
"Hell no Elaine!" he slams the part of the wall next to my shoulder. I flinch slightly, knowing that punch could have hurt my shoulder badly.
"She...she was what I looked forward to ever day of my life...I was always known as the rebellious type, but she still accepted me. Then my mother married Carmen...my step-father...then he hit it big and I thought people were going to like me because of my new found status..." I head him crying.
"but they stayed even further away from me, jealous of my name and status...but she still stood beside me, and was my only true friend..."
I look into Damien's eyes and see him trying to hold back a waterfall of ghostly tears. I never knew shinigami could hold such emotion.
Maybe I haven't analyzed Ryuk and Rem as much as Light...
"when I told her about Death Note, she was even more interested in me. Her smile when she handed me back the borrowed copy of the first season made my heart flutter in a way it never had before... I was only 12. but I was in love..."
Who is this girl he's referring to? She sounds familiar, but I can't seem to piece it up...
"I was going to actually give her a gift, since it was her birthday that day. She was finally turning 12, only a month difference in age between us...and then..."
Damien's voice turned hard again, and he looked back at me with hatred in his eyes,"He killed me. I was holding her gift, calling her name, but I knew it was too late. I only had realized that I was in love, and my life ended. By your father."
He removes something from his belt.
"and now, Elaine. We must part ways. I hate you. No, I loathe you. I never got to tell Jade I love her, and never will. And now her shinigami Beyond has captured her heart. I feel as if I don't mean anything to her anymore. It's all your fault. Now rot in hell!"
He screams and he writes my name in the death note. The 40 seconds after were the slowest 40 seconds of my life.
"Damien, I'm sorry my father killed you. I'm sorry that Jade fell for a dead serial killer. And I'm sorry that I ever felt feelings towards you. I'm sorry I accepted your contract. I'm sorry for being born. Last but not least, I'm sorry for accepting who you are..."
He gasps as I clutch my heart, the feeling of my pulse slowly disappearing.
"Elaine!" I hear Damien shout my name as I fall to the ground. I smile,"I'm...sorry." I whisper, before blackness engulfed my senses.
A/N:
Nawwww!
:'(
I cried whilst writing this!:(
It's sad that Damien died before telling jade he loved her, and Elaine dying whilst she said she accepted him too.
Wahhhh! Why did it have to be like this..!
First OC death that I've ever written. It hurts my heart..!:(
Pls review and don't hate me. I doubt many people actually will miss Elaine or anything but it's still a loss.
And sorry for the long delay! This is actually two chapters jumbled together so it made up for my sudden appearance.
-Cookielova