(Ls pov)
I opened my eyes, confused for a moment as to where I was. The last thing I remember was Karin coming back and telling me about how Light Yagami has a crush on her and was trying to get her on his side. I glanced to the side and realized that I was laying in the same bed I had been in when I woke up after being almost killed by Light.
I sat up looking for the woman I love, but didn't see her anywhere. I quickly stood up and left the bedroom. I was about to knock on her door when Watari interrupted me.
"She is fine L. Just sleeping." I glanced down at the tray he was sitting down on the coffee table. The tray had a slice of chocolate cake and a cup of coffee with my sugar bowl. I walked over to the couch and sat down in my usual position. I took the a bite out of the cake before fixing my coffee.
"What happened?" I asked him when I looked up again.
"After your conversation with Karin you fell asleep, the stress of the investigation took its toll on you. She put you in bed, not noticing how the past few months have begun to take its toll on her as well." He answered. I had been so busy with figuring out how to prove that my suspects were Kira that I never really noticed Karins exhaustion.
I mentally went through everything that has been has happened and I finally noticed that she did seem to be getting tired. It was gradual at first, hardly noticeable to the untrained eye, but I have known her for almost my whole life and I could spot even the tiniest differences. The quiet weary sighs she started with, her slightly paler skin, to the more recent signs, the slight bags that were developing under her eyes, the forced walk, as if she had to focus on simply moving. The very slight hunch she had, and the slight trembling that didn't even register when she was talking to me earlier.
"A lot of it lately has been her continued use of chakra. She has been struggling to keep herself replenished. She is almost out of the year supply of chakra pills she bought just before the entrance exams, and most of it had been used in the last two weeks." Watari told me.
"I haven't really noticed her suffering until now." I sighed, angry at myself for not paying more attention to her health.
"Karin wouldn't want you to worry yourself so much about her health. She is resting now and will be much better when she wakes up, I'm sure."
"I have decided that maybe its time to end my career. I love doing my job, but I love Karin more. I want to have the time to focus more on her than on suspect files and murder investigations. I believe that my successors are more than ready to take up the mantle.
"I also believe that now is the best time to do so, since those who have seen me personally believe me to be dead, and the world doesn't know of my supposed death, so they could easily become the L everyone looks up to for help."
"I think that this is a wise choice L, but perhaps you should talk it over with Karin. I doubt that she would be against the idea, I could tell that she had been greatly concerned for you're well-being during this investigation, especially once you came into contact with young Mr. Yagami."
"Yes, it wasn't until the entrance exams that she started using an excessive amount of chakra, and most of it was when we were dealing directly with the first or second kira, and briefly with the fake kira." I replied as I continued going through my mental storage of memories from the investigation. I glanced through some of our past investigations.
The only other investigation that she used a high amount of chakra was the LA BB murder case, and she wasn't nearly as stressed then as she is now.
I remained silent as I thought about everything Karin has done for me, how she has always looked out for me and kept an eye on the situations we found ourselves in, especially things I could not see myself, as was the case when I couldn't see the shinigami.
I thought about what Karin had done in order to protect me and Watari. I knew from conversations with her in the past that making shadow clones took a lot of concentration and chakra just to make one clone. In fact, according to her most ninja are only able to make and maintain only one or two for a brief period, but she had made 5 clones, and used more chakra to hide most of them until they were needed.
She couldn't have known the exact moment of my demise, she only had the feeling of what day it would happen. The same day I was hearing the bells ringing loudly in my ears. The must mean that she had made all five of them sometime after she woke up that day, but before Watari deleted everything and collapsed.
I looked up when I heard the door opening behind me.
(Karins pov)
I woke up, feeling refreshed for the first time in months. I sat up, hearing voices coming from the other room.
^Get up Karin. You need to eat so you can replenish your chakra. You shouldn't try using any more of mine until you are fully recovered.^ I could hear Gobi in the back of my mind.
*I know Gobi, you don't need to tell me how dangerous it is for a human to rely so much on demon chakra. Now is not a good time to lose my sanity because your chakra has overwhelmed my mind.* I answered back as I slowly stood up, wondering how long I was out.
I looked at the clock beside me. I have been asleep for a full 9 hours. It was 6AM, just a few minutes after Watari would normally get up for the day. I stood up slowly, and walked towards the voices that are as familiar to me as my own.
Opening my bedroom door I smiled when I saw the familiar dark hair that belonged to the man I loved. He turned towards me, a deep sadness in his eyes. I worried that something might be wrong.
"L? Is something wrong?" I asked as I walked to him. He held his hand out and I grasped it as his eyes searched mine. He pulled me close and held me tightly.
"How are you feeling Karin?" He asked quietly and I realized that Watari had talked to him about my chakra problem. I smiled and wrapped my arms tightly around him.
"I'm fine Lawliet."
"I know how hard everything has been for you lately. And I know that you have been neglecting yourself to protect me and Watari."
"I'll be fine. I'm recovering well, and I just need to take it easy on chakra use for the next few days. Thats all, nothing for you to worry about."
"I love you and I don't want anything to happen to you. I don't know what I would do if anything happened to you." He confessed.
"Same thing goes for you too. I can't stand the thought of losing you." I replied. He pulled away to look into my eyes. I got so lost in his dark eyes that I didn't notice him leaning towards me until his eyes closed and I felt his sweet lips press against mine.
I responded instantly as my eyes closed shut and I melted into his embrace. I felt him start to pull away and I opened my eyes. He was gazing at me with an unreadable look in his eyes as he tugged my arm gently, leading me to the couch we had been sitting on last night.
I had the feeling that he had something important to talk to me about but, by the gentle hold he had on my hand, I decided that it probably wasn't anything bad.
(Aizawas pov)
It sure has been quiet in the computer room for the past 20 minutes since we sent Matsuda out for lunch. He had been going on about how worried he was about those currently missing from the room.
After Asami left last night we heard disturbing noises coming from one of the speakers we had that we could watch surveillance everywhere in the building.
Matsuda, being the naive fool, thought Amane was hurt and wanted to find out where she was to help her. The Chief left after we heard the noises, not wanting to think about what his son was doing at the moment. He hasn't returned since then.
This morning Matsuda came down from the rooms he had been staying at, and would not shut up about how he hoped Asami was alright.
I mean, I admit that she did seem pretty upset when she left. She had been really close to Ryuzaki, so watching him die couldn't have been easy on her. I hoped she was ok.
However, Matsuda had been getting on my nerves all day, and I could see that he was starting to even annoy Mogi too.
I looked up when an unusually quiet Matsuda entered the room. Two take out bags in one hand and two small boxes in the other. Mogi stood up to get the food.
"What are the boxes for?" I asked.
"I don't know. They were both in front of the door when I got back." He replied as he sat them down on the table.
I took one box that had the words 'open me first' on it in big black letters. There was a note inside it that simply said that this was the proof we needed to catch the 2 Kiras. This box had a video in it, and the other one apparently had a tape recording.
This is what we have been waiting for. I grabbed my cell phone And made the promised call.
