Author Here!: So here's the next chapter. Hope you like it. And I hope it's any good.

Massacre of Strawberries

"Watari, You can let us in now." L said as him and Light were going through the last sections of security. The steel doors slid open, revealing a long hallway with numerous doors and as they stepped in, Ryuzaki turned his body to face Light. "Light-kun. Since you were in the snow earlier, your clothes are wet. You may want to change before you catch a cold. Besides, I don't want to be handcuffed to a person who is ill or I might have to face the consequences myself."

Light stood there awkwardly for a minute. "…I'm not getting undressed with you staring right at me if that's what you mean."

Ryuzaki gawked then blushed. "Uh, right. I forgot to…I mean to say I'm going to…I was going to unlock these handcuffs before we go our separate ways. My mind is dilapidated right now, and I need a little time on my own to get things straight anyway."

Light raised an eyebrow. "I can see that. I was a little worried there the second you said I should undress myself."

Ryuzaki rummaged through his pocket looking for the key no doubt. Finally, he took out the shinny metal piece and Light had a small glint in his eyes. "Don't get any ideas." L discouraged. "Be sure that the key won't be in that place next time." With those last words, he turned the lock and the handcuffs instantly let Light go.

"Am I going to be cuffed to you again some time soon?"

"Oh yes, Light," Ryuzaki nodded his head, and went off in the opposite direction. "After I had some strawberry shortcake… No, make that strawberry shortcake with a chocolate éclair and some of those panda cookies…Oh and maybe with a small bit of marmalade and some…"

Whatever Ryuzaki said after, it was too far for Light to hear. He stared at L until he was sure L had left and wasn't within spying range. Looking side to side to make sure no one was following him he took out his cell phone and dialled a number.

"Misa? How 'bout another apple, huh? I've done a ton of work today…giving you the eyes, shortening your life span and all. Like come on. Don't you think I deserve one? Never mind about one. I earned ten thousand eh?"

"Ryuk, I'm really on a tight schedule here. And yes, you really helped me out by giving me a second pair of shinigami eyes. Without your help, my happily ever after with Light would never happen. He told me in the letter that I have to go straight to him, touch him with a piece of the notebook then write Ryuzaki's real name in the notebook. It's that simple! To think I will be married by just killing off Ryuzaki. Eeeee! I can't wait to arrange our wedding!" Misa looked up dazzled and daydreaming.

Ryuk and Misa were walking down a busy road. Like always, no one seemed to notice Ryuk and his Shinigami presence. "Huh? A wedding? Isn't that a little too much for Light's standards?"

Misa stopped then stared up at Ryuk in an incensed sort of way. "What do you mean by a little too much for Light's standards?!" She shrugged then continued walking. "He told me that he decided he wanted to live with me in a world full of butterflies and whatever else that's good, rather than a bunch of ugly criminals. He told me that. I would know. I WOULD KNOW!"

"Somehow I doubt he said butterflies…" Ryuk sighed. Misa snarled at Ryuk and he held up his hands in defence. "Ahem…Don't get me wrong. I think a wedding is a great idea, I guess. Can there be a lot of apples on the buffet table?"

"That's more like it. Our wedding is going to be great." Misa said satisfied. "And I think you deserved your extra apple." There was a little grocery store at the side and Misa picked up a shinny apple and handed the storekeeper the cash. "Thank you, Mr. Makoto…"

The man looked astounded then asked, "How do you know my name?"

Misa herself was baffled, then realised what she just done and blushed. "Uh…Got to go, my mother needs me." She ran away with Ryuk behind her and clutched the apple in her hand. They stopped at an intersection and she panted. "That was close. I shouldn't say unknown people's names like that."

"Who cares." Ryuk muttered. "Now for that delicious apple in your hand?"

Before Misa could throw Ryuk the apple, there was a brief ringing sound, and it appeared to be coming from her cell phone. She tussled through her bag till she got a hold of a cell phone, but to her dismay, it was the wrong one. "Darn, where's that other phone. Aha! Here it is." She flicked it open abruptly and pressed the talk button. "Hello? Light Love! Where are you…"

Ryuk gazed impatiently while the apple in Misa's hands was being waved about in her miscellaneous hand gestures. He grumbled. "I hate being tantalised with apples…"

"I'm back at our headquarters." Light's menacing voice answered back. "Did you get the notebook like I asked?"

"Everything went as planned!" Misa exclaimed, but she hesitated. "Uh…I forgot Ryuzaki's name though…"

Light didn't answer back for a moment like Misa hoped he would. "You forgot his name? Forgot? Damn it Misa, we can't live in a world of tranquillity if Ryuzaki isn't dead!"

Misa's expression turned blank. "But but but but. I have the eyes! I made the deal with Ryuk! Don't be mad at me."

"What?" Light voice faded. He was smirking on the other end. But Misa was imagining him with a worried face. "You didn't have to do that dummy. Now your life span is shortened by half again."

"But I wanted to. Because I love you and I want to marry you and and and-

"We will live in our ideal world after all." Light was sounding cheesy, but in Misa's case it wouldn't matter how much of a con he had to be to trick her. She was just completely oblivious to the world, and he would use her until he succeeded all his aspirations. This was easier to him then he thought. That is, it was for now.

"I'm coming home now." Misa cheerfully squealed.

"You do that, Misa. Come home. Come home to me." After hearing Light's finishing words, Ryuk laughed his baleful laugh.

"Half my life span?" Aizawa repeated out loud, so that the rest of the investigation team could perceive the words. It wasn't really for them though. His mind was pondering in spontaneous directions and by repeating it, he felt he could understand it better. "Half my life span…"

"Don't do it Aizawa! Think of your family!" Soichiro yelled trying to convince him not to use the eyes. "You're daughter would need you for the next sixty or seventy years of her life! How would your wife Yuriko feel!?"

"But by the time my original time comes, who knows, my daughter could be killed by Kira for all I know." Aizawa's eyes fell to the floor.

"Aizawa! With half your life span gone you can't do all the things everyone dreams of doing…Like skydiving or riding elephants or something!" Matsuda uttered out, but Kenzo hit him on the head with a rolled up newspaper.

"Shut up Matsuda, you're just making it worse." Kenzo stated.

"Silence." Rem hissed through her teeth and to everyone's surprise, they actually listened to her. "Aizawa, you have a family that must be nourished and family's do not maintain balance when their loved ones are being subjects to death. I've analysed this in the past. They need you, and they won't care if you've killed Kira or not."

Aizawa breathed deeply, but looked away from everyone because somehow he felt shameful for what he desperately wanted prior. He opened his wallet, and took out a picture of his daughter waving at the camera. "Yumi." He murmured under his breath. It was true. She needed him, and half his life span wasn't going help her in any way. He sighed then turned away from everyone so he could sit down on one of the couches. "I've made up my mind. If something, and I mean anything happens that relates to my family being endangered, I will get the eyes."

Matsuda sighed in relief. "Ah, at least that's dealt with." He put his hands behind his head. "Nobody is getting eyes and we can live back he way we normally are."

"Not necessarily Matsuda." Kenzo remarked. "Don't you realise how likely it is for any of our families putting themselves in danger? We're exposed to so much information that Kira could find out and hold them hostage or something."

Aizawa turned his head slightly. "Rem, if I get the eyes, but never used the book, would the death note users still see my life span?"

Rem turned to face him. "I don't know. I've never given the eyes to a non-death note user."

The door to the investigation room burst open and Ryuzaki with Watari behind him walked in. "I didn't miss any absolute information have I?" Ryuzaki stalked in. He had his hands in his pockets but didn't bother looking at any of his team. Instead he went to the big screen computer and sat down in one of the chairs. "Um. Shortcake please Watari, and an éclair would be nice."

Everyone looked at one another indecisive to say what just happened between Aizawa and the eyes. Light came into the room, which seemed to be seconds later. Only he had a coffee in his hand and sipped it frequently. "Misa's coming here soon. I was just talking to her on the phone and…" He stopped to look at the startled faces. "What is it? Am I not allowed coffee in the investigation room?"

"Kenzo, from the panicked look on your face. You can't hide your previous conversation for long." Ryuzaki said occupied at the computer but still not looking at any of the team, while Watari left the massive room.

Kenzo gave a small gasp before starting. Light went over to sit on the couch opposite Aizawa to listen. "It's Aizawa, Ryuzaki." Kenzo looked around for some reference to not continue from the other guys but it was never shown. "He believes he's found a way to find Kira easily."

Light raised an eyebrow. What could possibly be easy enough to find him?

They all watched as Ryuzaki got up from his seat and faced them. "Interesting. Aizawa. I see it's something that wouldn't go by you're companions approval. Could your idea possibly be what I'm thinking this very minute?"

Aizawa slumped forward to rest his elbows on his knees and he sighed. "I was going to trade half my life span to obtain the shinigami eyes."

Light's eyes widened. That's right. If Aizawa had the eyes, he would see that Light had no life span. It didn't matter if someone else like Misa had the eyes because they wouldn't bother turning Light in for being Kira. Aizawa on the other hand would have full proof that he was Kira and this wasn't a case that could be taken to court, so there was no way he could convince the judge that Aizawa is just a mental idiot who sees hallucinations. As for him, he would be executed and his life goal would dissipate through the whole of the universe. As long as Aizawa was a trusted friend to the investigation team, there would be no mistake that Light really was Kira.

"Amazing…I was thinking the exact thing." Ryuzaki sat back down in his computer chair and turned back to the work he was doing. "The problem with that idea however, is the riddance of your life span. No one is willing enough to give it up. I was thinking that we could get a prisoner who is sentenced to death anyway to make that deal and point Kira out but there would no telling for sure that he is actually telling the truth. With you, it would be simple and versatile because we know how much you want to bring the real Kira down."

Aizawa nodded. But while this was all happening, Light was panicking on the inside. He could not concentrate on what they were saying. 'What should I do?' he thought. 'Should I kill Aizawa? I could have done it a long time ago. I can just…but no. If I did that, it would be a dead give away and with Aizawa having a fake identity for the past year, there's no way Kira could get a hold of it unless he was part of this team.' Light spilled his coffee a bit, but he didn't seem to notice. 'What if he's on the street and Misa just kills him pretending that Kira had eyes to see his name? But the reason why Kira would kill him would be difficult to pull off. Kira only killed prisoners and Aizawa was far from being a criminal.'

"…It is likely I will do it though." Aizawa continued. "I don't care if I suffer the consequences. Huh? Light, you spilled coffee on your pants."

Light shook his head as if he was in a trance. "Oh? Did I?" He looked down. And like Aizawa said, there was a coffee stain right near his left pocket. "Haha, I guess I did." He then noticed on the ground, a picture of a girl waving at the camera. "Oh did somebody drop this?" He bent over to pick it up.

"Oh that's mine." Aizawa claimed. "I must have dropped it when I was so tied up in this conversation."

Light looked at the picture. And a purely evil idea flashed through his mind. "Who is this?" He asked pleasantly as if he wasn't just thinking of all the ways he could destroy Aizawa.

"Oh that's my daughter. Yumi. Yuriko, my wife and I took her to the zoo that day. I couldn't believe how excited she got when she saw a giraffe up close for the first time. She looks so happy in that picture."

"Ah, Yumi. Yah, that name suits her." Light gave an appeasing smile then gave the picture back to Aizawa. He was laughing in the inside. 'Aiwawa' He thought. 'Your life, is ruined…'

Rem stared at Light, a worried expression on her face, as if she knew exactly what he was going to do next…

Author Again: So what's Light's plan huh?! I can't tell you till the next chapter but I think you get the general idea. haha but not the full details. Please Reveiw.