Disclaimer: Death Note belongs to Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba. I do not own any of the characters in this story, except for the OC who might intervene.

II. Apples and Half Truths

Light lent me a shirt and a pair of pyjama pants and waited for me to get dressed outside. Thank god he was a gentleman. I think Ryuzaki would have probably stared at me while I changed. The thought send shivers down my spine, I've never actually been with anyone. This is the first time a boy saw me naked, but since he was a fictional character that shouldn't count, right?

I got dressed up and checked tbe window. It was raining outside, and the date in the clock by the desk was december 15th. By this time, L was already working with the Task Force. He knew that Kira was a student, that there was a leak in the task force and Light had been killing one criminal per hour. Also, the FBI agents had most likely arrive to Japan already, though I don't think Raye Penber starts to shadow Light until next week.

I told him everything I knew until that point. Except for the names, those I kept to myself until it was necessary for me to reveal them. Otherwise, they would stay with me, I wasn't going to have any bood on my hands. Light was the killer, not me.

And now I was sitting on the edge of his bed, while he was pacing around the room, in silence. A thoughtful look on his face. He'd been like that for more thab a minute already and it was starting to freak me out.

I sighed. 'Could you please say something…?'

Like stopped and turnes arouns, his eys narrowed at me and a hand on his chin.

'I just can't believe L involved the FBI in this.'

'And your father doesn't know. None of the men in the task force does'

'L doesn't trust them. I knew it would be like this.', he smiled in those psychotic-like grins he often did on screen when his eyes got a red and evil. Except that his eyes didn't tranformed and he looked rather goofy doing that. I bit my tongue, trying to to laugh.

Light glanced at the clock on his desk and then at me.

'It's almost seven. You need to stay hidden in my room until I find a way to sneak you out of here'

I blinked. 'To where exactly?'

'Don't you have a place to stay?'

I frowned.

'Weren't you listening about when I told you I just woke up?', I exclaimed and threw my hands in the air just to be dramatic. 'I don't know anyone in this world… personally'

'Well I can't have a girl hidden in my room forever. Someone will find out event-'

'Oniichan!' Speak of the devil, and it shall appear. Without any notice, Sayu had opened Light's door, startling the both of us. 'Choushoku wa youi dekite iru!'

My eyes widened and I quickly stood up, looking at Light. He glanced back at me and then at his sister, who seemed unbothered by my presence. Sayu was wearing her school uniform. She rested an arm on the door's frame and looked at her brother like waiting for him to say something.

'What…?' I blinked. Could it be…? I raised both hands over my head and shook them. Still, Sayu didn't once glanced to where I was stading. I heard Ryuk's laugh behind my ear and it gave me the creeps.

'Oniichan, nani o matteimasu ka?', she asked. Oh, how I wished I knew Japanese right now! I thought to myself as I pouted and sat back on the bed. When were the subtitles supposed to appear?

'Kanojo o minai?', Light said, looking at me through the corner of his eye.

'Kanojo?', Sayu seemed confused since she tilted her head to the side. But then she laughed. 'Nani o itte imasuka, Raito?'

'Nani mo nai.', he replied after a pause, as calm as always. And then cleared his throat. 'Okasan ni itte, isshun no uchi ni kaika ni narimasu'

She nodded with a smile 'Hai, hai', she said and closed the door.

'W-what was that about?', I asked. Light pressed his lips together before adressing me.

'My sister can't see you. Which means probably my mother won't either. I wonder… why is that?'

I raised my hands, palms showing in a peace gesture. 'I'm as lost as you, buddy' I said. And then it hit me. Oh! Damn! I sprung back to my feet like. 'Wait a minute… what if you are the only one who can see me?!' That thought was scary, it scared the hell out of me. Having to stay by Kira's side because he was the only person who could see me? Well, that's as far as my romantic intentions towards L go. Not that I thought I had a chace anyway, I just hopped… Idiot, idiot.

'That seems to be a fair deduction', he replied. 'We should test it further…'

'What do you mean?'

'Kaika ikuso'

'What?'

Light gave a sideway smile.

'I said: let's go downstairs', he offered me a hand to stand up.

'Ugh…' Recluctanctly I accepted and followed him into the dinning room.

We reached tbe lower floor and I took a look around. The fact that this hous looked exactly like in the anime: the little wooden dinning room, in front of the kitchen counter; made me giggle a few times, Light kept eyeing me like I was insane. But anyways, considering my current situation, I might as well be. I was still waiting for someone to pop up tell me I'm comatose in an hospital bed and this is all a dream.

Sachiko was setting the table, and Sayu was already sat down. She smiled at his son as soon her gaze landed upon him. However, the both of them acted again as if I was invisible.

'Ohayou, Raito. Yoku nemuremashita ka?'

'Ohayou. Hai, shimashita', Light replied. They actually couldn't see me, could they? Damn… but wait. The shinigami had laughed at me before, he did see me. I turned around to look for Ryuk, whoever as soon as I turned on my heels I was met by two pais of red eyes.

'Jesus!', I stumbled and fell to the floor. I wasn't expecting Ryuk to be that close. I shot a death glare towards him and he just laughed at me. 'You damn shinigami…' I sighed, still on the floor.

Light had not turned around to check on me, he just sit down pretendig nothing happened. But I guess since he was the only person in the room who could see me, it was probably for the best. The family started to eat, and I noticed my stomach growled. I was hungry too.

'Do you mind taking some food to your room? I'm starving', I said. Light acted as if he didn't hear me, of course. I pouted.

'Raito, sore izen wa nanidatta?', Sayu asked.

'Huh?'

'Anata wa kanojo to ita'

Okay. If my japanese didn't fail me, "kanojo" meant girlfriend, or just girl… Where they talking about me? Nah, cross that. Both Sayu and Sachiko still acted as if I wasn't there, which probably wasn't an act. I was invisible to them, so it couldn't be me. Maybe about Light's girlfriend? Wait… but he did not have one at this point. I remembered reading in the wiki that he dated two girls from his school: Emi and Yuri. Yuri was the one from the bus hijacking episode (which hadn't hapened yet). So… was it about Emi?

'Kanojo?', Sachiko smiled, almost looking exited. I really wanted to know what were they talking about! I felt so out of place, so stupid it waa infuriaring! 'Kanojo ga imasu ka? Watashi wa kanojo ni aitai!'

Light shook his head.

'Ga imasen. Sayu wa gokai shimashita'.

'Soudesu ka…'

Ugh… How I wish there was a way to turn on the subtitles. After that, they finished eating in silence and Light went upstairs with a bowl of apples. Ryuk and I followed him closely, ready to jump over the apples once we were inside the room.

Light locked the door, and tossed me an apple. He let Ryuk have the rest. 'Eat up, stalker'

I was about to take the first bite when I realized what he just said. I frowned.

'Stalker?!'

'Since you won't tell me your name, and I need to call you something what better than that'

'But why stalker?'

'Pervert, then?', he said and my cheeks when hot and red. How dare him?! That stupid mass murderer! I was no pervert! I was the victim here, how come he didn't see that?! 'Hentai no onna, that sounds right'

'Of course it doesn't!' I wasn't sure what that meant by I knew what hentai was and I was not going to be called that!

Light

'What about pet?'

'I'm not an animal, I'm a person!'

'Well, that's basically what you are, since I got to feed you and you sleep in my room'

'You…', I clenched my fists, my face felt hot. 'My name is Alicia! Damn it!'

'Alicia?'

'That is all you are getting', I turned around and munched to an apple. Light let out a laugh and I glanced at him through the corner of my eye. His smile was bright and warm, damn. He was so handsome… no wonder why all those girls were in love with him. I had a friend who was always drooling over pictures of him in the internet. She even owned a dakimakura with a Light in a very suggestive pose, his shirt open showing his tonned abs. But that was too much, even for me!

I bit my lower lip and turned to my apple again. Ryuk had already devoured the other three apples and was looking at the one in my hands with eager eyes. I glared at him. 'This one is mine!'

'Ugh… You are cruel', he pouted.

I ignored him and turned to Light again. He was leaving the room with a towel on his arm. Probably going to get a shower before leaving for school.

'Hey! Since no one else but you can see me does that means I can get to stay here?', I asked.

Light turned around, a hand on the door's handle.

'Yes. For now, until I figure out why am I the only one who can see you', he said. I nodded with a smile. Actually, even if he said no, I wasn't planning on leaving. Where would I go anyway?

'Ryuk can see me. Probably Rem will too', I said and took another bite of the apple.

'Who's Rem?'

My eyes widened and I almost chocked on the apple like snow white. Light waa looking at me with a raised eyebrow.

Shit. Oh no, why did I had to bring that up? Ryuk gave me a curious loo and then chuckled.

'Remu wa shinigami desu', he commented.

I didn't need subtitles to know what that mean. Now Light knew I knew other shinigami, and that I kept things from him. He glared at me. Damn, why are you so stupid, Alicia?!

'I-'

'Alicia' my name in his lips send shivers down my spine. I swallowed hard and try my best to keep a straight face, but I bet I didn't manage that. I'm an awful liar, no matter how hard I try, it's pointless. My face always gives my thoughts away.

'W-what…?'

'What do you think of Kira?'

'Ah?' Before I could reply, Light had walked over and kneeled in front of me. His face was way to close, and I instictively held the apple up, blocking him and pointlessly trying to hide my red cheeks.

He let out an annoyed sound and knocked the apple off my hands. Ryuk took the opportunity to catch it and eat it in one loud munch.

'I asked you what do you think of Kira?', he repeated. 'Do you think I'm evil?'

Well, that's what the author aimed for. I even remember reading an interview on the internet where Ohba said he always picture Light as an evil character. I never actually had an opinion, I just went with the story and fangirl over L. I didn't hate Light, and without Kira there wouldn't be a story… Evil? I don't know if I ever considered him as evil.

To think about it… More than half a dozen times while watching the news, and hearing about all the deaths, assaults, rapes, corruption… it made me wish I had a Death Note to erase those people who took advantage of others, who stole what didn't belong to them, who thought of themselves above the law. Back then I really wishes I had the power to change the world… Would that make me evil? Maybe if I started to kill off people who didn't deserve it, perhaps. I mean, Lind L. Taylor had it comming, but what about the other innocent who he murdered... Wait a minute. So far Light hadn't killed the FBI agents. He'd just finished off FBI agents incident hadn't happened yet, which meant... I had a chance to change the story! A light went on inside my head and I knew what to do.

Maybe I could do something to prevent him from killing innocents. I could save him, I could save Light from turning into a monster.

'I would've done the same thing…', I mumbled. My heart was racing fast. Light raised an eyebrow and stared at me probably, waiting for me to continue with my idea. I cleared my throat and sat straight, facing him with determination. 'Every justice system is flawed. Most of the time they don't punish those who deserve it, and punish severely those who don't deserve it. If I had come upon such weapon like the Death Note back in my own time, I would use it to get rid of the goverment's corruption. Those who take advantage of the weak are the worst'.

'How can I be sure you are telling the truth and not just lying to save yourself?' He asked. I sighed.

'You said you believe that I was from the future, right?', Light nodded. 'Okay. I'm going to save you, because in the end, you lose, you become corrupted by the power of the Death Note and kill innocents just to save yourself.'

I noticed his face went a little pale, and his lips parted as if he wanted to say something. But words didn't come out.

'You can't forget the reasons why you started doing this', I continue. 'Kira was born because criminals weren't being punished, am I right? you wanted them to get the justice they deserved'

'Yes.'

'A lot of people will try to stop you. But that is not a reason to kill them'

'What are you saying? Of course it is! If they oppose Kira-'

Without hesitation my hands flew to his mouth, preventing him from saying another word. He glanced at me in disbelief. Of course he would, he was japanese, people invading other's personal space was frowned upon unless. But I was no japanese, I didn't care about that, I just wanted him to shut up.

'I'm here for a reason. You are the only one who can see me for a reason and I think I've got it.', I said. Light's eyes were staring fiercely at me. 'I'm here to save you from yourself'.

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That's all for now! Thank you so much for those reviews XD They made me smile :D Hope you like where this is going, and let me know what you think of Alicia if you want to. ;)