This chapter picks up where the last one left off. Hope you like it... as I said for the last one, it was better in my head so sorry if it isn't that great. Enjoy and thanks for reading! Review!! :D
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Hikari began to stir soon after hearing her cell phone ring and was just barely conscious when speaking to L. Soon after the phone was hung up and tossed aside, she was tied up, her wrists and ankles tightly bound by thick, zip ties. To muffle her screams a cloth now covered her mouth. Her eyes shifted back and forth, trying hard to find out where she was. Her attempts in vain due to the darkness of the room. There was hardly any lighting and the room had a bit of a draft. "Sorry about knocking you out like that, babe, but I couldn't have you telling L all the answers."
She started to mumble something, but due to the cloth she couldn't be heard clearly. Kenichi chuckled and removed it, "What was that?"
"L will track you down, you bastard, and when he does, you will be executed!" she spat.
"Don't get your hopes up, after all, he'll be dead before this is over," he replied, smirking at her, "and you will be the one to help me with that," he finished looking at her as a maniacal laugh erupted.
"Ryuuzaki, according to the GPS, she's inside this building; however, it could be very possible that the cell phone was tossed and she's really somewhere else," Light said, looking over the tracker on the screen. Ryuuzaki stayed silent as the helicopter circled the building. It was one of the areas used by Hana Productions for movie sets. The other task force members had yet to arrive due to traffic problems.
'They still haven't shown up yet, we're running out of time,' Ryuuzaki thought then lowered the helicopter as close to the ground as he could. He removed the chain from his wrist attaching it to a metal pole by the window of the helicopter.
"Ryuuzaki, what are you doing?" Light asked. He didn't answer, but instead turned around.
"Watari, take over for me," he told him. Watari took control of the helicopter as Ryuuzaki exited the helicopter and made his way into the building.
Hikari's eyes opened as she heard her name being called. She listened, hearing the familiar voice. 'Ryuuzaki?' She tried her best to shout, but all she accomplished was muffled screams. 'No, Ryuuzaki, you shouldn't be in here, it's a trap,' she thought, hoping he would just leave. Kenichi had already made his escape, but not before initiating his plan to destroy L. Hikari squirmed to get her wrists free, causing the plastic to cut into her already bruised skin. Tears streamed down as she tried to forget the pain. She looked around, seeing a pair of scissors in a cup on a desk across the room she was in.
She heard the voice getting louder and started shouting as loud as possible. A sigh of relief hit her as she heard the creaking of the opening door. "Hikari?" she looked towards the door, seeing him standing in the doorway, a gun in his hand as his onyx eyes surveyed the room. He lowered the gun, realizing that only Hikari was in there and made his way over to her. He removed the cloth.
"Ryuuzaki--" she tried to tell him.
"Where is he?" he asked as he looked around for something to cut the zip ties with.
"You shouldn't be here, the build--"
"Where is he?"
"He's gone, L," Ryuuzaki rose up, grabbing the scissors from the cup, "listen to me," he returned to her and began cutting through the ties, "you're in danger! There's--" she tried to explain as he helped her get up, but was cut off when an explosion rang through the building, originating from the lower floors. Both of them fell to the floor.
"What was that?" he asked, not as calmly as usual.
"Ryuuzaki, are you alright?" Watari asked through the headset.
"I'm fine," Ryuuzaki replied. He stood back up, helping her up and led her back to the stairwell of the building.
"Kenichi, before he left, he placed explosives in the building. Their set to go off on each floor starting from the lower levels up," she explained, following him. Once they arrived in the stairwell, he saw the flames that were starting to make their way up and fast.
"Damn it, this way," he led her up the stairs towards the highest part of the building as another explosion went off. "Watari?" Ryuuzaki shouted through the headset still on his head.
"Yes?"
"Get the helicopter as close to the roof as possible, but do not land. This building isn't very stable and I'm not sure it can hold out much longer," he explained.
"Yes sir," Watari replied.
They continued climbing the stairs, getting closer and closer to the roof when Hikari suddenly lost her footing and tripped. He quickly helped her up and continued on. They made it onto the roof just as another explosion went off. Smoke filled the air as the flames doubled in size. Ryuuzaki looked around, finally spotting the bright searchlight from the helicopter. "Over there," he said, dragging Hikari along as he made his way to the side of the roof.
"There they are," Light pointed out and Watari nodded, pulling the helicopter as close as he could get it while Light lowered the rope ladder.
"We're gonna have to jump," Ryuuzaki informed her as both stood on the very edge of the building.
"J-jump?!" she exclaimed.
"Yes, unless you have a better idea," he stated. He saw fear in her eyes, "You're scared of heights, aren't you?" he asked. Hikari nodded. Suddenly another explosion went off, causing the building to start to shake as if it was under the effect of an earthquake. "Hikari, wrap your arms around my neck and hold on as tight as you can, whatever you do, don't look down," he said to her. She did as he asked and closed her eyes tightly. One of his arms wrapped around her waist, holding onto her tightly as he watched the helicopter.
As the ground beneath them started to cave in, he made a jump for it, grabbing onto the rope ladder, slightly hurting his shoulder as he held both of their weight by one arm. The helicopter flew up from the building as another explosion went off causing the thing to collapse completely within seconds.
He reached his leg up a bit, trying to get his footing as Hikari's eyes opened. Seeing the ground more than one hundred feet below her, she tightly closed her eyes and turned her head, placing it against his chest. Her heart was about to burst from her chest as the fear rose. "R-Ryuuzaki?" she trembled. His attention went to her as she spoke. "I'm sorry . . . Sorry for what I said to you earlier. I didn't mean it. Please . . . please just get me out of this," she begged as tears started to pour.
"Hikari, it's alright, everything will be fine, I promise," he assured her, knowing that she was shaken up pretty badly. He finally got his footing and was able to pull himself up a bit.
"Ryuuzaki! Hikari!" they heard Light shout from the door of the helicopter. Ryuuzaki turned to Hikari.
"I'm going to climb up as close as I can; I want you to grab Light's hand whenever you can, alright? Think you can do that?" he asked. She nodded and he looked up to Light, "I'm sending Hikari first, take her hand whenever you're able to," he told him. Light nodded. Ryuuzaki made his way up the ladder as Hikari held up her hand for Light. After a few tense moments he finally grabbed her hand.
"I gotcha," Light said as he pulled her up and into the helicopter. Ryuuzaki climbed in after her.
"Well, this was sure an interesting evening," Ryuuzaki commented. Hikari looked to him then without saying a word, she hugged him as the tears started to pour once again.
"Thank you, Ryuuzaki," she said, holding onto him tightly. He sat there for a moment, completely frozen then slowly hugged her back.
"You're welcome, Hikari," he replied softly.
They soon released each other and Ryuuzaki took over flying the helicopter. "Now, let's catch Kira," he said, turning to her with a small smile. She nodded and he switched the tracker.
"Ryuuzaki," Chief Yagami began over the radio, "we're in pursuit of Kenichi Hana's car," he finished.
"Excellent, we're on our way," Ryuuzaki replied, heading toward the scene. His eyes shifted to Hikari, "Hey, Hikari, you alright back there?" he asked, seeing her looking a little light-headed.
"Yeah, I'll be fine, just don't do anything crazy and I'll be alright," she replied. Watari was in the back as well, setting up a sniper rifle. Ryuuzaki turned the chopper, making it turn rather quickly. "Ryuuzaki! I said not to do anything crazy! Trust me, I won't hesitate to throw up on you!" she then shouted.
"Oh come on, is that how you treat someone who saved you?" he asked, giving her a small smirk as Light laughed. Once they closed in to the scene, Ryuuzaki turned his attention to Watari, "Watari, are you ready?" L asked.
"Yes," Watari replied as he kneeled by the door of the chopper, his gun ready to shoot, if needed.
"Light, I think you should hold onto this for self defense. This is Kira we're after," L said, holding up a gun for him.
"No thanks, firearms aren't allowed in Japan," Light replied.
"You know, I'm sure your father would say the exact same thing," he said. Light nodded, agreeing with him. The chopper followed the car, which suddenly had to stop because of a huge police blockade.
"What's happening? I thought we told the police not to get involved with the arrest," Watari said to Ryuuzaki.
"The only one who would do this is Aizawa," Light said.
"Yes, you must be right," Ryuuzaki said. Kenichi's car suddenly turned completely around as he tried to go the other way. His plans failed however, for the helicopter blocked his path. Ryuuzaki switched on the spotlight, shining the bright beam directly at Kenichi. He suddenly started to drive forward, planning on going under the helicopter.
"This guy is insane, does he really think he can escape this?!" Hikari spoke.
"Stop right there," Watari said then shot at the car, hitting the tire, which caused it to spin out of control, running into the concrete wall. Police cars surrounded it quickly, making it virtually impossible for him to escape. Ryuuzaki landed the helicopter.
"It's over," Light said.
"Yes, it's over," Ryuuzaki agreed as Hikari sighed.
Over the radio, Mr. Yagami asked if he could be the one to make the arrest along with Mogi and Aizawa. "I understand, but remember that this is Kira. Be sure to take every precaution when you approach him and don't allow him to see you face just incase he has powers like the second Kira," Ryuuzaki informed them. He then turned to Watari, "Watari, if he attempts anything or makes any sudden moves–"
"Understood, I will shoot to stop him, not to kill," Watari replied.
The police surrounded the car, all taking the necessary precautions when arresting him. They told him to step out of the vehicle and put his hands over his head. He was arrested and blindfolded. As planned, Mogi placed a headset on him.
"Kenichi Hana, how are you able to kill people?" Ryuuzaki asked through the headset. The man stayed silent as he smirked. "Tell me!" Ryuuzaki demanded.
He grunted, "As if I'd tell you, L!" he spat.
Ryuuzaki poured a cup of coffee as he continued talking to the man, "If you're not going to talk, I'll use whatever means necessary to get it out of you," he persisted.
Giving in, he finally told the secret, "The notebook," he spat.
"Notebook?" Ryuuzaki questioned.
"You probably won't believe me, but I've got a notebook that can kill people. If I write someone's name in it while thinking of their face, that person dies."
Ryuuzaki and the others listened to him explain, 'a notebook.' "Mr. Yagami?"
"Yeah, I found it; it was lying in the passenger's seat of his car. There are many names written, but other than that there doesn't seem to be anything unusual--" Mr. Yagami started screaming.
Ryuuzaki and the others looked toward the scene, "What is it Mr. Yagami?"
"I-It's a monster!" he replied.
"Please calm down. Don't panic. Remember, you're not armed to currently defend yourself," Ryuuzaki reminded him.
"Oh, right, of course," Mr. Yagami replied.
"Chief, are you alright?" Mogi asked, worried.
"Mogi, don't you see that thing over there? That monster?" he asked, picking up the notebook that Mr. Yagami had dropped.
"Chief, I think you must be getting tired," he said then he started shouting as well, claiming to see a monster, too.
"Mogi, what's wrong?" Light asked.
"I-it, that thing. Only people who have touched the notebook can-can see, this-this monster," Mr. Yagami explained.
"Please bring the notebook over to the helicopter," Ryuuzaki commanded.
The notebook was immediately brought to him to look at. He turned from the black notebook over to where they claimed to see the monster and froze.
"It really is . . . a shinigami. They really do . . . exist," he said, seeing the creature. Thoughts about something earlier on in the case began running through his mind.
"Come on, Ryuuzaki, let me see it," Light said as he grabbed the notebook.
'Two books! There have to be two notebooks, possibly more. This isn't over yet,' he thought then noticed he was no longer holding the notebook. Instead it was in the hands of Light Yagami.
Ryuuzaki looked at Light, who seemed frozen. He suddenly began screaming.
"He's back," Kaito said. Hikari looked from him to Light.
'Back? Oh no! L!' Hikari thought.
"Uh, are you ok, Light? I suppose seeing that monster would surprise anyone," Ryuuzaki said.
"Ryuuzaki?" Light spoke.
"What is it?" he asked.
"I wanna check this out. I'm gonna try comparing the names written in this notebook with the names of the victims," Light told him.
"Hmm, oh, right. Yeah, that sounds like a good idea," Ryuuzaki agreed. He narrowed his eyes as he looked to Light, something wasn't right and he knew it.
"You know, about this notebook. I wonder what we would find if we put it through forensic analysis," Light suggested.
"Hmm, that doesn't sound like you, Light. We both know that this thing is beyond science," Ryuuzaki said.
Light gave a faint chuckle, "Yeah, you're right, hmm."
As they were bringing Kenichi toward the police car, he suddenly collapsed, having a heart attack. "What the hell? What's happening?!" Light asked, pretending he had no idea what was going on. Hikari glared at him from the back of the helicopter.
"He sure loves to play innocent, doesn't he?" Kaito spoke.
'I know this may kill me, but I have to find some way to warn L,' Hikari told herself as she tried to think of a way to let him know without Light killing her.
"Dad? What are you doing? We can't lose him! If he dies on us now–-" Light started.
"I-it's impossible, there's nothing I can do. He's already dead," Mr. Yagami said.
A/N: Dun, dun, dun! Kira returns!! This can't be good... I'll post the next chapter ASAP. Thanks for reading and don't forget to review. I like to know how I'm doing. It really helps me alot :D
-Reaper