Okay so I do not even know when I started writing this but I know it was AFTER writing the last chapter. lol but like I finished on (05.31.2009) if you might wish to know lol. So yea I had read a review a yeasterday, that if I post this chapter at whatever pace I am now doing... It would have been a few days or a few weeks ago. So lets see. Prostitution. lovely. I don't mind the POV of that since you COULD look at me asking for reviews that way -shrugs- I can see how the reader could see it that way. But in truth, I just don't like people who don't review the stories they read. I just want to know other people's opinion. that's it. Hm if I can get the internet working I might just post this lol.
Disclaimers: I do not own the story line that is Death Note. I own all but two of the manga though. Nor the general Catholic/Christian religion. I do not own the company and idea of Pocky but I DO own 10 boxes of strawberry Pocky.
"Pocky and Forget-me-nots"
At a hotel in japan...
"That's all the security camera footage we managed to find showing the murdered FBI agents. We're lucky we found this much." Aizawa said to L as L continued to stare at the three screens that sat on the sturdy wooden coffee table in the hotel suite that L was staying in.
"So we have three of them on camera when they had the heart attacks: Knick Staek was in the Ginza Department Store, Raye Penber was on the Yamanote Line, and Nikola Nasberg was in Ikebukuro Bank." Cross informed, she had continued after Aizawa without missing a beat. Aizawa continued, looking curiously at X's crouch on L's other side. X popped a strawberry Pocky into her mouth, talking clearly even with it between her teeth. X continued.
"As for the others, the most we could find was where they're leaving their hotels."
"Can you play back the parts where Raye Penber goes through the turnstile, where he gets on the train, and where he dies. I'd like to see those again, next to each other." L declared, still staring, his eyes unblinking, at the screens, his thumb brought to his lips.
"He enters through a turnstile on the west side of Shinjuku Station at 15:11. that matches what's printed on the back of his pass. Its not the clearest image, but that's definitely Raye Penber. We don't have to send this to the lab to see that." L thought aloud.
"He gets on the train at 15:13. even if he was shadowing someone at the time, this image isn't clear enough to figure out who it might be. And right before he died..." Cross queried aloud with L.
"Very strange..." X and L said together. X finished off her stick of Pocky.
"He gets on the train at 15:13. He dies the moment he gets off at 16:45. One full circle on the Yamanote line loop takes an hour, and he was on for an hour and a half..." L brought his hand up to lean his face on it.
"But no other ticket was found on him, and nothing is printed on his prepaid card to indicate he got out and reentered." Cross pondered aloud with L. Everyone looked at them interest.
"Raye Penber received the file with the names and faces of all the FBI agents in japan on his computer at 15:21." Cross continued, her index finger stroking her lip.
"Thats just eight minutes after he boarded." L responded. "Penber sat on that train for an hour and a half with the file on him..." L quoted, reaching out in Cross's general direction for a Pocky.
"Kira can control action's right before they die." Cross said aloud and L glanced in her direction in agreement. She slipped a stick between L's lips and smiled.
"So I can suppose we could just say that's the reason any of the agents acted strangely that day, but..." L's eye widened in empathy, the Pocky falling from his mouth. Cross glanced at him quickly and stared at the video. She saw it also. "L..." she whispered and she saw his slight response.
"What happened to the envelope?!" he blurted out.
"At the turnstile and on the platform, he's holding what looks to be a manila envelope." Cross declared aloud, an explanation to the task force's confused responses.
"An envelope?!" Aizawa questioned, leaning closer to the screen. "Hey! You two are right. He's definitely holding an envelope!" Aizawa moved slightly away, his finger still on the screen. "He's got it over here, too. I cant believe you noticed that, Ryuuzaki." L and X twitched at his comment. He had put the congratulations to both of them in his first statement but not his his last. The comment in general wasn't even needed.
"There was nothing like an envelope found on his body, though..." Yagami started, reading off the report. Cross fidgeted with the pink box in her hands.
"Which means he left it on the train." L and Cross responded immediately together.
"Maybe that envelope contained a file of the FBI agents in Japan..." Yagami said hesitantly.
"And Kira got it from him, then made Penber get off and killed him." Matsuda blurted out.
"No. Penber only got the film at 15:21, on the train. He couldn't have had it before he boarded." L said bluntly to Matsuda. I pressed my lips together tightly, trying to keep from laughing. Matsuda gave a embarrassed reply.
"Get every station on the Yamanote Line to give you all the footage they have for December 27." L ordered Aizawa calmly. "And... This last image of Raye Penber... to me..." He added.
"I looks like he's desperately trying to look into the train..." Cross commented, intently staring at the screen, her hands' movements stilled, the box left forgotten in her hands.
"And if he is, that's a clue?" Yagami questioned looking confused at X.
"Wouldn't it be interesting if Kira in there?" X asked rhetorically, a mocking tone edging up into her words, a smile playing at her lips.
"You couldn't be..." Yagami started.
"I agree, it isn't likely. If Kira can murder from afar, why would he bother going there...?" L answered, an almost dirty glare hinted at his eyes directed toward X. She smirked slightly and hid behind her hair. L continued.
"Still, he might have figured that's what we'd think, and taken the risk of coming out in the open." He said to the others, slightly ignoring Cross now. "Well, even if Kira was in that train, I'm sure he wouldn't let himself be captured on the security camera with the envelope... A public place like this, he would have checked the camera locations in advance and used the blind spots, if any. If not, He'd hide behind someone."
"But if he is captured on camera with it, we could call him in as a material witness." X declared, getting another silent glare from L. L stood up and walked around the couch. Cross followed him with her eyes, her head head turning slightly as he moved.
"Okay, so... Aizawa-san, you keep searching for connections between the 11 FBI agents and those heart attack victims—while Yagami-san and Matsuda-san concentrate on what Raye Penber was up to." Some task members murmured some responses and continued working. The sound of cell phone ringing filled the air and Watari flipped open his cell phone.
"Yes... Yes... Please wait a moment." Watari turned to L. "Ryuuzaki. its from Ukita-san at the other office. He says he's on the line with someone who has interesting information."
"Alright. Tell him the number for line five, and have him ask the person to call back there." L turned his head to Matsuda. "Matsuda-san, you can turn your cell phone on. That is, please turn it on."
"Huh? Oh, Okay." Matsuda answered and the phone started ringing at soon as in was on. Cross slipped it out of Matsuda's hand quickly and answered it.
"Yes, this is Koharu, co-head of the information processing unit for the Kira case." L grabbed the phone from my hand, grimacing.
"I'm sorry for that. This is Suzuki, head of the information processing unit of the Kira case." He paused, listening. "Raye Penber's fiancée?" Cross shivered, for some strange reason, loving the way he said that. L paused as he listened to the phone.
"Naomi Misora? I've heard that name before." Watari typed quickly on the computer and turned it to L. X turned around and read the words on the screen from three meters away.
XPOV
Joined FBI in September 2001 and attained rank of special agent with unusual speed for a woman. Arrested perpetrator of the "Los Angeles BB Serial Murder Case" on August 22, 2002.
'That's right. I worked with her on that case. And now she's in Japan...' L still listened to the phone, half paying attention. 'Think some things over? She figured out how to get to Kira... She's in danger..." I felt a flash of envy and sadness as I listened to his thoughts, the Pocky box dropping from my hands. L listened the phone a little more before pressing end. He faced Yagami quickly.
"Yagami-san. There's no way of tracing a cell phone if it's turned off, is there?" He questioned intently. A confused 'no' was given. L's face fell and I forced my face to become emotionless. My eyes were a shade of two bluer and I stood up suddenly, my hair covering my face, my expression.
"When Raye Penber entered Japan, his fiancée was with him. she was staying with him in his hotel... and the day after Penber died, she went missing..."
"Anybody would get depressed if her fiancé died, you don't think..." Matsuda started, Aizawa finishing off. "She killed herself..."
"No. The Naomi Misora I knew had great inner strength. And was an excellent FBI agent." My face darkened as a lower my head, my hair totally covering my face with shadow. "I'd think she'd try to go after Kira... She was with Raye Penber. She might have known something..."
'In which case did Kira get to her first?' L brought his thumb to his lip. I glanced back at the picture, my face showing nothing at I read the name that floated above the picture.... and the lifespans that were missing. Kira did get to her first. But I felt no happiness in that thought, only emptiness.
"Haley Belle was the first person to receive the file. Penber called him minutes before that. Belle then sent the file right away. So the person who wanted the file first could have been Penber." L said, turning away from the task force. "That's very significant." We said together, but I felt no amusement in it like I had before.
"Then there's his unusual behavior on the Yamanote Line. And now, his fiancée has gone missing." L paused, and I decided then that sulking over these type of useless things was just that—useless. I listened intently, like an equal member of this case, and did what I had wanted to do in the first place; become professional and not let emotions get in the way of this case.
"Here's what we do. We're narrowing our investigation down to those Raye Penber was probing before December 19, when Kira started conducting tests on prisoners. That's very few people. However... Since it's quite possible that Kira is one of them, calling them in for questioning is not going to work. It's too dangerous." I turned toward L, my hair still covering my eyes.
"I agree. Our focus will have to be two NPA personnel, and their families..." I recalled reading the report. "Penber reported there were 'no grounds for suspicion' for any of them, but never-the-less, inside those two homes..." I paused, motioning L to continue.
"We will place secret cameras and listening devices." He said simply, turning his head toward me and the task force.
Wh-what?! This is Japan! That's totally illegal!" Matsuda blurted out in surprised outrage.
"Yeah that's going too far Ryuuzaki... If that got out, there'd be a huge scandal. we'd all be fired. Not just that, we'd be arrested." Aizawa explained.
"So you won't risk your jobs, hm?" I asked, a smirk ill set on my lips.
"My thoughts exactly. We thought you were risking you lives for this." L said, almost mockingly. I pressed my lips together to keep from laughing at their faces.
"Who were the two NPA personnel that Penber was probing?" Yagami asked, his voice almost reluctant. Matsuda went to find the reports.
"Let's see, that's before December 19th..." Matsuda expression slipped into one of shock. I watched and amusement and decided to let him off of his misery.
"Deputy Director-General Kitamura and his family. And Detective Superintendent Yagami and his family." I said simply, keeping all emotion out of my voice even if a smirk was on my face.
"L and I'd like to place bugs and hidden cameras in those two homes." I declared casually, a 'thats final' tone underlain in my voice. A pause came from L and he then continued.
"Correct. I'd like to place bugs and hidden cameras in the homes of Director-General Kitamura and Detective Superintendent Yagami." L explained, unfazed by the task force's expressions.
"But.. In Japan, that's an illegal violation of human right!!" Matsuda said in shock.
"If this gets out, they'll dismantle the task force!" My lips twitched up at Aizawa's comment.
"I promise you, nobody will ever find out." L said, staring at the task force. I mentally agreed to his statement, knowing that if he were to do this, he would do it thoroughly. I watched Yagami's expression as it became strained, sweat beads forming upon his brow.
"Ryuuzaki... What is the probability of Kira being in one of those families...?" Yagami asked. L paused, looking up and away from the task force. My eyes tracked his vague expression.
"Ten percent..."He turned his head back to the task force. "No, five percent." He said after short consideration over the subject.
"Just five percent...?" Matsuda said in disbelief. I pattered over to L with small shuffling steps and stood next to him, my body facing his own, my head angled toward the task force, a mirror image of L's own body's position.
"It should be at least 50 percent for that extreme step..." Aizawa tried to persuade, knowing it would not be even considered. It was only Yagami's choice.
"No. Our investigation hasn't turned up anything close to a suspect so far... Even a probability of one percent is better than that, and needs to be scrutinized." Yagami said, more sweat forming upon his brow. I watched with interest as he stared down L and I.
"Yes, but with bugs and hidden cameras?! In the deputy chief's house, and your own...?! There's got be other ways." Matsuda babbled, but I paid no head to him, my eyes were trained to Yagami's. Soichiro glared at our matching emotionless eyes, L's dark black, mine icy silver.
"I find this extremely galling, to have my own family placed under suspicion." Soichiro rushed though the rest. "So very well, go ahead. You have my permission!"
"But if you do this... I insist you go all the way. I want bugs and cameras in the bathrooms, hallways, every inch of the house so that nothing is missed." Yagami said fiercely.
"Thank you. That's exactly what X and I plan to do that." L said, this voice following his usual speech pattern, his eyes flickering to mine for a second.
"S-Sir! Are you serious?!" Matsuda's panicked voice was staring to get annoying.
"Do you really understand what that mean?!" At least Aizawa still had some sense when in shock. This truly wasn't that hard to understand. Even I thought it was acceptable and I wasn't even human. Hmm... that might actually be the problem.
"Think about you wife! And your daughter!" I twitched, my lips pulling down slightly before returning back to an emotionless flat line.
"I'm fully aware of what this means! Including the fact that it's meaningless if it isn't done thoroughly. Now shut up!!" I raised my eyebrow in question and in surprise. That was very un-Soichiro-like. Yagami turned his face away in shame and my eyebrow lowered, watching him walk over and leaned against the nearest wall.
"Sorry, sir..." Matsuda mumbled.
"It's okay... I'm sorry, too..." Yagami seemed so tired now. L walked back over the couch. Patta patta went his feet and I watched with mild interest. I stood still for a moment before following him to the couch. He brought up his legs and I simply hopped over the couch instead of walking around, saving time. I leaned back, my body distributing weight partly on the couch's back and L's. I moved my legs into a more casual position of them both slightly bent but at different lengths on the couch. One arm lay limp at my side and the other over my abdomen. I half closed my eyes. L's gaze slid to my own and I mets his gaze with mine. His gaze slid upward slightly, to the task force behind him.
"As a courtesy to Yagami-san..." He paused slightly, his gaze slipping back to mine. "Surveillance of the Yagami home will be carried out by him and myself only—" My eyes snapped open, a hard look in my eyes. "—and X" He added swiftly at my reaction, missing half a beat in his sentence. I smirked. One point for me, L, love. His face went back into its casual, almost childish, mask. I decided not to keep the men waiting for directions and stated what I knew what was going to be most reasonable in this situation.
"While the rest of you take turns doing the following: Two people keep watch over the Kitamura house, one person mans the NPA office..." I looked at L, my eyebrow cocked in question. "And one person looks through the Yamanote Line security videos to check of anyone from the Kitamura or Yagami Families is pictured." I hung a question mark for L's opinion for my statements.
"The bugs and cameras will be in place for seven days, hn." I continued after not receiving a response from L. L surprised me by actually speaking again.
"This period may be shortened or extended depending on the circumstances." He turned his head all the way toward the task force. "In either case, I'll tell you about it. You have our word that we will not extend it secretly." L's voiced was of the most loyal honesty and my hand balled into fists as I bit my lip, my eyes shut closed. I kept my voice absolutely calm, hiding all expression behind my hair.
"So, thats all right, then, hn?" I asked, almost mockingly to myself. I could feel the task force's stares boring into the back of the couch.
"Watari. How long will it take you to get the bugs, cameras and monitors ready?" L asked Watari, turning his head even farther behind him.
"Starting tomorrow... They can be installed anytime, once we know when the nobody will be home." Watari answered.
"Good. so we'll need at least two monitoring rooms set up in another hotel. Once the bugs and cameras are in place, we'll move over to that hotel." I opened my eyes, staring up at L's face.
"L..." I said softly. His gaze dropped down to me.
"I will be helping Watari with the placement of the bugs and cameras. Will that be of an acceptable manner, Ryuuzaki?" I queried, my gaze steady on his own.
"Quite." He said simply. My lips twitched and I added, with a softer voice.
"Arigatou, love." His lips pressed into a fine line.
Next Day.
"Watari-san, there's one blind spots in this room, two in the living room, and another in the bathroom... eh?" I stood precariously on top of Light's TV. I hopped down, my feet not even making a thump at they hit the floor. I walked silently on the floor. Watari looked up slightly in surprise.
"How might you have figured that out, Miss Cross?" I grinned mischievously, not truly planning to answer that same question that L had asked me when I said his full name to him.
"It's just something I do, Dear Quillish." His eyes widened further and I smirked. His voice was ever so slightly strained.
"How may you have known that, Cross." I vaguely waved my hand in the air supposedly at his head but not really planning to actually telling anything.
"Ah... Law didn't tell you, Watari?" I questioned, my head tilted in confusion. I thought L would tell Watari about the fact I knew everyone's names. It was most likely to be important in this case. "I simply know everyone's names when I meet them. It nothing you should be worrying about. I never slip up and say your names in public." I smiled.
"He did not tell me of that Miss Cross." His voice was slightly more relaxed and I wondered why. What were we talking about before, eh?
"Watari... This room in actually fine enough. The blind spot is not truly there as in if someone could simply walk though it. It more of a plausible blind spot. And then in its self will most likely not be used. So no worries. You did quite a good job of this room." I looked up that ceiling. "And about the one's downstairs, the living room and bathroom, I already moved the cameras those slight millimeters of difference." Watari nodded.
"Thank you Miss Cross. That is of the most help." He said. His voice took on a more hesitant, fatherly tone and I raised an eyebrow.
"Cross... What is your relationship with L?" Woah. And I though only L and I could be that blunt. But it was more to the point than anything else, right?
"That, Watari, is something even I am not sure of. It would be most reasonable to only be friends but even that would become a distraction. But its not like we are actually trying to stop anything anymore. It seems inevitable at all causes. I, at least, decided to let these chocolate chips fall as they may. If anything were to happen, Watari... I promise you, I will make sure this ends well for L. Right now... L is the one of the only reasons I'm still here, Watari. If he were to go, so would I. And if I can, I will protect him. Why not give my not-so-alive life to let someone who actually is alive live?" I lowered my head, my hair fell in front of my face, my voice lowering. "Why, I ask you.?"
A soft smile crept on his face, fatherly and warm. I didn't know whether it was me or L. And I ignored the thought of actually caring for the answer. It would hurt with either answer, anyway.
"Shall we be going then Miss Cross?" My sprung up and I relaxed my widened eyes. I nodded and followed him to the care my mind more involved with the fact of our previous conversation. Did I love him? Did I love him not? Did he love me? Did he love me not? And if I were to leave in haste for what reason.... Would he forget me? Or... would he... Forget-Me-Not.
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