Since the broadcast, gossip about Kira and his growing battle against L was becoming more popular than ever. Every conversation Hikari heard had something to do with Kira and she was rather tired of it. She tried to think of something else as she worked hard on her school entrance exam.
She as well as Light and other students were there, all trying their best to make it into To-oh University. As they were working on their test, the administrator shouted, "You there! Student number 162! Sit properly in your chair!"
Hikari ignored the shout, concentrating more on her test. She finished it before time was up, confident that she did well.
After a few days, her and the other students were called to To-Oh University as a part of the welcoming the freshmen class. Inside the auditorium crowds of people sat waiting for the entrance ceremony to begin.
"Now for the freshmen address, freshmen representative, Light Yagami," a man spoke before the group at a podium.
"Yes," Light answered, rising to his feet.
"And freshmen representative, Hideki Ryuga," the man continued.
"Oh, uh, here," a man in the back spoke. Other students began to gossip trying to see if this was the same Hideki Ryuga that they were familiar with, the pop idol. Hikari watched as the two walked up onto the stage. Light was finely dressed in a suit and tie while the other, Hideki Ryuga was casually dressed in a plain white shirt and baggy blue jeans. His black hair had that 'I just got out of bed' look and he wore a pair of tennis shoes.
'Not something a person would usually wear to an entrance ceremony,' she thought, watching the man. Though she didn't know why, she was rather fascinated by the guy, he seemed very interesting.
Light gave his speech, perfectly, followed by Hideki, who did well also. During the speech, Hikari heard gossiping about Ryuga. Most of the students were discussing how he dressed and how weird he was. Hikari sighed, Just because he dresses like that doesn't make him weird, he's just different. Nothing wrong with that. Sheesh! These people are annoying.'
Finishing the speeches, the audience clapped as the two returned to their seats. After the ceremony, Hikari walked over to Light, congratulating him for his well spoken speech and for his high test results.
A few days passed by with nothing out of the normal happening. Hikari managed to see Light every now and then, but no words were ever spoken in regard to the Death Note. She had also seen Hideki Ryuga a lot, as well; most of the time when she saw Light.
As the days passed the Kira murders continued. It seemed as if the police were having much trouble figuring out who Kira was. Over the past weeks, Hikari had become very interested in who would win the battle, Kira or L.
She sat down on her sofa, Kaito napping on the floor. She sighed and grabbed the remote, turning on the television. The screen came up and it appeared as if there was another last minute broadcast. The screen was white and written in black letters was Kira.
"Another one and this time it's Kira? But why would Light--?" She listened to the broadcast and changed to the other channels as it was said in the broadcast. She watched as police officers were killed trying to stop the broadcast. "This is horrible, how could Light . . . wait, it can't be Light, I know it can't be. He would never do this . . ." she said to herself, her eyes remaining on the broadcast.
Later the next day, Hikari went to Light to discuss the recent broadcast. "So, what did you think of that broadcast yesterday?" Hikari asked.
"I'm not too fond of Kira's new actions, I'm rather concerned now that he's killing innocent people," Light answered casually as other students walked by.
'Then I was right! This wasn't the work of Light, but then who was it?' she asked herself.
"Yes, I never thought he would stoop so low as to harm the innocent. To be honest I'm starting to believe that there might be more than one. So, how long until the police will have this case resolved, do you think?" she asked. As the two were talking, another person walked up to them.
"I hear the police are doing quite well," the person spoke. Hikari turned around, seeing the man. It was Hideki Ryuga.
"Hello," he said to the two.
"Oh, Ryuga, this is my friend Hikari, Hikari this is Hideki Ryuga," Light said, introducing the two.
"Nice to meet you," Hikari said to him.
"The pleasure is all mine," he replied.
Hikari turned to Light, "Well, I've gotta go, I'll talk to you later, Light. Nice meeting you, Hideki," she said with a smile then walked off.
"Alright, I'll talk to you later," Light responded.
"Bye," Hideki Ryuga said as he watched her leave from their sight. He turned to Light, "Well, I'll see you around, Light," he said then walked off as he grabbed his cell phone out of his pocket. Light watched him leave before walking off.