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Kikiyomi looked to ground and thought for a bit, watching her fitted leather shoes hit the gravel underneath them. "Yes." She said. "I believe I did." She turned her face to him, huge smile back in place. They both looked forward and walked for another hour, not really saying anything.
After their walk they said their good-byes, exchanged numbers and parted ways. Kikiyomi smirked darkly as she walked away, not knowing that Light was doing the same thing.
'And now we begin' They both thought, each of them finishing step one of their different plans.
Kikiyomi walked home in silence while she thought over her plan. She didn't see any problems in it, but with Kira switching his game all the time, she didn't think twice about coming up with a few counter attacks.
"I wonder what Light has up his sleeve." Azazul thought out loud as they walked through the door of her new apartment. As soon as they were through the door Azazul disappeared, as was their daily routine. She would go into her room and study, and Azazul would ransack the nearby houses for a few hours.
Kikiyomi went straight for her room and placed the Death Note on her desk. Seconds later Azazul's face appeared at the window behind, before he reached a hand through the wall, grabbed the book, then left. He always did this. It was better for him to have freedom, she'd thought. She bet Kira didn't give Ryuuk any freedom, being the selfish asshole that he was.
Kikiyomi had done a sort of shopping spree when she had received her father's life insurance.
She had bought a new apartment closer to So-oh university, including furnishings fit for a rat, a kitchen that only a leprechaun could fit in and was completed with a lovely view of a brick wall.
Not that she could complain; she wasn't going to be like some idiot that just won the lottery. No, she would save the money for a later time in her life; after she finished her plan with Kira and transferred schools-which with her intelligence wouldn't be too hard to accomplish-she would become a profiler for the Japanese police and use Hikari's insurance for her retirement.
"So, Azazul?" She called after he had returned four hours later, the sun having set a while ago. Azazul appeared through the opposite wall with his long arms full of green apples, apple core sitting ungraciously between his jagged teeth. "Hmm?" He hummed contentedly as he swallowed the core and placed another apple in his down turned mouth.
"Tomorrow I would like you to go on a trip." She said. "I want you to spend a few days in Australia." On her PC she pulled up an image of what he supposed was a map. She pointed to a south-eastern part of a triangle-like country. "This," she started, "is called Melbourne. There is a wonderful orchard where a variety of fruit is grown, including your precious apples."
Interest piqued, Azazul leant over her sitting form to stare at the picture, face inches away from the screen. Kikiyomi continued speaking. "I want you to hold my Death Note for a while and travel here. Stay there for no longer than a month. Got all that?"
Kikiyomi liked knowing more than Kira, it gave her a rush. When she had asked Azazul how far from her he could he had told her about a special contract where two people can own the Death Note at one time. Azazul said that he had lied about giving her the Death Note when they had first met. He only gave her half ownership of the book, he owned the other half. Therefore he could go as far away as his heart desired, he just needed to have the book with him.
"I do not wish to leave you here, in such dangerous conditions. Light might turn on you while I am gone."
"Listen Azazul," she said, "I know how much you wish for your brother to go home with you. I will try my best to stay alive, but should I be killed I want you to promise me that you will kill Kira on my behalf." He stared at her with as much sadness as he could show on his forever displeased face.
"I, Azazul of the Zetsumei Shinigami, promise you, Kikiyomi Kyouko of the Human Realm, that on your death bed I will kill Kira and all those behind your death." His face was inches from her own when he finished. He raised a pointed white finger and tapped her nose with it. "I am sure that if a Shinigami could feel familial love, this is what it would feel like. I would do anything to avenge your death, even if rules stop me from preventing it."
Smiling brightly at him, a real smile, she said "Thank you Azazul. I think that you are the closest thing I've had to family in my life. I wish that I could help more." He nodded his head in understanding before saying a quick good-bye and flying out the window, Death Note in hand.
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The introduction ceremony was boring as all hell for Kikiyomi, who had received the second highest score in the entrance exams. She watched in disdain as the two representative students climbed the steps to the stage. It was Kira and an unruly looking guy with pale skin and messy black hair. His eyes had dark shadows underneath them. He wore a baggy white top and blue jeans, his shoes missing from the picture. What drew her attention to him most was the way he stood. His back was hunched so far over that Kikiyomi thought he was going to fall over.
She understood how Kira had become a representative; his history had shown that he was quite an intelligent individual. But how did this mess of a person get a hundred percent on his exam? She watched as they retreated from the stage and sat down.
Had she been sitting in any other seat she would have missed the conversation between the two but luckily she was right behind the dark haired man and could hear every word. She almost gasped in shock when she heard what the stranger told Kira. "I am L."
Apparently Kira had the same reaction that she did, as he straightened almost unnoticeably in his seat. She stayed silent for the rest of the ceremony and didn't hear the rest of their conversation. This was the chance she had been waiting for. Her chance to be rid of Kira once and for all.
All that she remembered after the ceremony was walking through the door, bumping into Kira, and smiling at him before running back to her apartment where she slept for the next to days.
When she finally awoke it was seven in the morning on Saturday. She got out of bed and dressed herself in a white button-up shirt, knee length navy blue skirt and a matching tie.
She walked out the door that morning to see a seemingly worried Kira and a grinning Ryuuk waiting at her doorstep. "Where have you been?" Light asked her, running to her side. "I tried to call you all of yesterday and the day before that but you didn't answer. I thought they'd found out about the Death Note."
She started the next step of her plan. "What are you on about Light? I was just sleeping. And what's a Death Note? Have you been reading your mum's mystery novels again?" She asked, playing ignorant. He raised an eyebrow at her then looked around her, probably looking for the currently absent Azazul. He formed an 'O' with his mouth then looked back to her.
"Yeah," he said while laughing a little, "My mum has a new stack of them that Sayu and I got to. This ones really interesting. It's about a serial murderer with a mysterious gift and- oh, I don't want to bore you with the details."
She smiled up at him. "You sure are strange Light." She said. Ryuuk laughed before saying that she had no idea. "Let's go get some breakfast, how does that sound?" She asked him. "Sounds like a plan." He replied. They began walking down her short drive way with Kikiyomi leading the way.
It wasn't a long walk to Mizuki's bed and breakfast, it was just a few blocks from her old house. When she was younger Mizuki's B&B had been her escape from the world. Her sanctuary. Every Saturday, since she had first discovered it at the age of six, Kikiyomi would go there and sit quietly as the visitors bustled past her to start their daily commune.
Mizuki's wasn't all that flashy; it was built on top of an abandoned lot surrounded by dead grass and dirt. The building itself was old and worn, strips of white-turned-yellow paint was peeling from the outer walls and the skirting boards were mouldy and cracked,the windows were in a similar state.
Even though the bed and breakfast was held in a most hideous household everyone still loved it. It may have been because the beds were the softest that you would be able to find in Japan, maybe it was because the breakfast was worthy of a five-star rating. Kikiyomi didn't know why everyone else went there, but she went there for the company. No matter how many times she didn't pay the host, Rekusi Mizuki, the employee's always fed her the next week.
She and Light walked through the front door-a piece of wood that was due to be scrapped well before Kikiyomi was born-and was greeted by the happy face of Momo. Momo was Rekusi's pet beagle. The dog scampered to Kikiyomi's feet and bounced back on his hind legs to jump and scratch at her thighs. She bent down and scratched Momo behind the ears, letting the beagle lick at her face and neck affectionately.
Momo stopped his attentions when Light walked from behind Kikiyomi's crouched form, revealing Ryuuk to the small pup. Momo's ears were perked and his tail erect as he slowly walked towards the Shinigami. He stopped short of Kira's feet and began barking. Kikiyomi dived towards the dog to hush him.
"Guess he doesn't like me." Kira said to her. She sighed in relief. That could have gone badly, Ryuuk and Kira didn't know about the baby/animal seeing Shinigami thing.
"Hehehe." Ryuuk laughed, "I guess you can cross animals off your list of admirers. Oh, speaking of which." He said before pointing into the B&B. "I think that's your new friend Ryuga Hideki." Trying not to draw her attention, Light took a subtle look over Kikiyomi's shoulder to see Ryuga sitting on a chair, knees drawn to his chest with a slice of cheesecake on a silver plate balancing on his left knee.
Kikiyomi played ignorant for a while before looking at Kira's face, following his eyesight to the newly revealed L, then back to Kira. "Isn't that the second representative for So-oh?" Kira nodded then began walking towards the raven haired man. "Hello Ryuga." He said while sitting on the opposite chair. "Hello Yagami-kun." Was the simple reply. Kikiyomi grabbed a nearby chair and placed it to the side of the small table then sat down.
She looked at the table that was in front of her with awe. On the table was a variety of cakes, doughnuts, buns and sweets, plus L's overloaded cup of tea that must held at least sixteen cubes of sugar. Kikiyomi went to grab a slice of caramel mud cake but stopped herself to look at L. "Can I?" She asked him meekly. It amazed her how someone so sickly looking could intimidate her and make her feel like a kid again.
L nodded at her then grabbed a slice of strawberry topped cheese cake, his other cake finished by now. "So Ryuga. You're the other representative of our school. How'd you get such a great mark? I mean, you don't seem like the kind of person that would get a hundred percent on an entrance exam." He looked at her through his lashes, the shadows under his eyes becoming more prominent as he did so.
"It was a pretty simple exam." He said with his thumb under his bottom lip. "The questions were the same that you would see in your final year of high school. How did you go...?" "Kikiyomi." She filled in. She noticed L glance quickly at Kira when she said her name. "Kikiyomi? Hmmn, Kikiyomi Renjii. Second highest score in So-oh's entrance exam. I believe Kikiyomi-san got a ninety-nine point five percent on that test."
He was right about her score but why did he change her name like that. Did he suspect Light of being Kira? The more she thought about it the more she berated herself for being so incompetent. Of course he suspected Light, why else would he have told Light straight out that he was L. It must have been a luring technique, to get a reaction out of him. Kikiyomi had to admit that he was one intelligent man to have figured it out so quickly. He would be a great help to her goal of destroying Kira.
She couldn't give anything away in front of Light, but maybe the detective would pick up on subtle hints. "You're right about the score but I'm afraid that you got my name wrong. It's not Renjii, I changed it once the news of Kira started. Now it's Jinohi." He stared at her before taking a spoon-full of his cake and placing it in his mouth. "Speaking of Kira, what's your opinion on him Jinohi-san?" She looked at him with a look of complete seriousness. "Kira is murdering scum that should be wiped off the face of this earth."
Light looked shocked at this. She seemed so serious when she said it. He thought about the situation and smirked, she'd played him for a fool. Now that she lost her memory about the Death Note she had no reason to lie. She didn't know that he was Kira anymore. She had been acting this whole time. Kikiyomi was more intelligent than she gave credit for, this meant that she probably didn't get rid of her Death Note permanently, just put it somewhere she could find it later. Looks like he had a new rival to look out for.
"That's quite an opinion. I would have to say that I agree." L said. Kikiyomi was beginning to feel uncomfortable, L kept his eyes on her, studying her every move. Did he suspect her as well? Surely he wasn't that quick.
A loud barking at her side broke through her thoughts. She looked down to see Momo jumping at her chair as he usually did. She lifted him up to lap and scratched his ear. He looked at the table expectantly then turned to her and whined. "Sorry Momo. I completely forgot about breakfast." She turned to one of the waitresses. "Samantha, can I get my usual and..." She looked at Light to finish the sentence. "Just some rice please." Samantha looked at him strangely then walked off. "You don't order rice here." Kikiyomi said to him. "Why not?" He asked her confused.
"Because," L started, "this is an international bed and breakfast. People come here to have foods from other countries. Rice is everywhere in Japan, but here you can have things that Japan doesn't have." Light rose an eyebrow at him. L was starting to sound like an advertisement. "I did my research before I came here." L told him.
A man came from behind their table and spotted Kikiyomi. He came over to the table. "Kikiyomi." He said cheerfully. "Hi Artid." She replied. "Your usual?" Artid asked. "No," she said, "Samntha's got it under control. So how's your novel going?"
He looked down to his feet when he said "It was rejected. Not enough plot apparently." He looked back up. "I have to go, see ya next week." He bowed to her to which she nodded in reply, then walked away. Kikiyomi turned back to the table, back to the watching eyes of L. "Kikiyomi-san comes here a lot?" He asked. "Every Saturday." He nodded before standing up and bowing to them. "I'm afraid that I have to leave, but I'm sure we'll see each other soon." He walked away, his back slouching over. Kikiyomi watched him as he left.
Samantha came soon after with a tray in her hands. On it was a plate piled high with crispy bacon, a bowl of rice, two pieces of buttered toast, a buttered croissant, a small lamington and a cup of tea. Samantha placed the tray on the table and left a piece of paper in front of Kikiyomi then left. Kikiyomi put the paper in her skirt pocket. She grabbed the plate of bacon and put it on the floor beside her chair, drawing Momo from her lap to the plate.
Light reached for his rice and began eating in silence as Kikiyomi ate her lamington, coconut crumbs sticking to the side of her face. They didn't speak for the rest of the meal. Kikiyomi was enjoying her international food, while Light was deciding how to deal with Kikiyomi once she got her memory back.
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Kikiyomi waited patiently for Light to leave the campus. She was standing behind a tree, watching Light and Ryuga, L, converse. Azazul still hadn't returned from Australia, although she didn't expect him to, the orchard in Melbourne offered him his two favorite things; green apples and ample amounts of sunlight.
Unlike his brother, Azazul didn't have an obsession with apples, he merely appreciated the taste. He did, however, have an affinity with sunlight. Apparently there was no sunlight in the Shinigami realm.
Kikiyomi watched Light say his final good-byes before leaving the sitting L. She had to admit that following Light was much easier when she didn't have the Shinigami following her. When she was sure Light was gone she approached the now standing L.
"Hello Kikiyomi-san." He said when she joined his side. She nodded in reply. "Listen Ryuga," she said, "I have something I need to speak to you about." L placed his hands in his jean pockets and started walking, Kikiyomi along with him. "And what would that be Kikiyomi-san?" He asked her.
She looked around at the crowded campus ground and decided against talking about it now. "I don't think it's something we should talk about in public. Would you mind coming to my apartment to talk? It's just a five minute walk from here."
He looked at her curiously before nodding. "If it's a private matter I think it would be fine." Kikiyomi led the way to her home and opened the door to L. He walked in and headed straight for the kitchen, which was across from the doorway.
When Kikiyomi joined him she noticed a basket of green apples on the thin bench top. Azazul must be back. "I believe that you had something to talk with me about." L said as he pulled a piece of leftover cheesecake from the fridge. "I know your L." She said straight out.
L nodded slowly. He walked over to one of the draws and opened it, he closed it then tried another one. He did this again until he found the one with the spoons. "I thought as much." He said as he took a bite of the cake.
"And," she continued, "I know you suspect Light of being Kira. And I think you suspect me as well." He looked her in the eyes. "I do suspect Kikiyomi-san, but not of being Kira." She looked at him with a confused expression on her face. "I suspect you of being the second Kira, along with another."
She nodded before grabbing an apple from the basket and taking a bite. "Well your right. About Light being Kira. That's why I brought you here. I want to join the task force to help bring Kira down. Right now he thinks I've forgotten about him being Kira, but soon he'll figure out that I was faking. For a while now I have been making him think that I'm on his side, whereas I have actually been trying to find a way to get rid of him."
They walked to the lounge room and took a seat, L on the small couch, Kikiyomi on the floor. Kikiyomi filled L in on her plan and told him about her parents deaths. L in turn allowed her to join the task force under the condition that she allow herself to be taken under arrest after Kira's disposal.
What she didn't tell L was how Kira and she were killing people. She decided that he didn't need to know every detail.
A/N: Okay so to introduce the extras. Samantha is me, Momo is Sharingan-Youkai, Rekusi Mizuki is my friend Alexia, and Artid is my friend Jay Jay (his real name is Artid)