A/N: My muse for this story disappeared for a bit, but I found it recently. I apologize for this chapter. I'm not really happy with my writing quality lately, so this probably stands out compared to the others. But hey, I had to release something. I might fix it up later...

Any who, here is the fifth chapter of Sight.

"Kira-sama," Beyond commented as he observed the shinigami on the screen. "Who would've known that she was a woman." He brought a finger to his mouth. "But if that's Kira, then why did Elly call you here, sister?"

Like I know! I retorted in my mind and shot him an annoyed glance. Envy only chuckled slightly from her spot behind me, as if she knew something I didn't. What could possibly be so funny about any of this? And more importantly, how in the world did Kira kill my parents if she was strapped up here? It just didn't add up.

"Sarah-chan?" L said behind me, his tone low and curious. "Is something wrong?"

I tilted my head to look behind me. L had his arms crossed over each other so that they rested on his knees with his head sitting on top. His messy black hair covered up his eyes slightly, but I could still see, even feel his intense, black orbs burning into me. Can't say I blame him- this is Kira after all. But he could turn the creepiness factor down a bit.

"Watch what you say," Beyond chimed in. The corners of his mouth were tugged into a small smirk. "This is Kira we're dealing with here."

I rolled my eyes. Not helping! But… he is right. Kira plays an important role in the world right now. Being known as the person that arrested him, or more accurately her, would be very overwhelming. I don't want to have to carry something like that. "Ah…yes," I turned around. "Why exactly is a girl tied up on the TV screen?"

L raised an interested eyebrow. "You can see her? From my understanding, you were blind."

Envy laughed. "Again with that mistake, Sarah? How could you mess up again?"

I suppressed a nervous laugh. "Right… Is that what Roger told you?" I pointed to my right eye. "Blind in this one," I moved the finger to my left eye. "Partially blind in this one. I can at least make out a girl strapped down, which is very odd. Why would a paranormal investigator need to strap a girl down?"

L's eyes visibly narrowed challengingly. He didn't believe a word I was saying, I could tell. "Are you sure you don't see anything else? Roger told me you were conversing with someone that was not there last night, or were you merely hallucinating?"

That's what came out of his mouth, but his eyes said, "Tell me what you really see."

"Careful, Sarah. You're ticking the world's greatest detective off," Beyond laughed beside me. He was watching the screen closely, his purple-tinged eyes capturing everything. I swear, if he and L stood side by side I would think that they were clones.

I wore a confident smirk on my face as I pointed a finger at the screen. Beyond may not know it, but I knew exactly what I was doing. "I might see a shinigami on that screen. Or I might not. You have no way of proving that though, do you?"

Beyond erupted in laughter. "Hehn, hehn, hehn! Nice one, sister."

The detective's eyes flashed with irritation, but his voice stayed surprisingly even. "Sarah-chan, I assure you that explaining what you really see would be advised right now. If I were to believe that you were hallucinating earlier, then you would have to be sent to a psychological hospital as that is a sign of schizophrenia."

I shrugged innocently. "I can't describe something that I might not see. Or maybe I do see," I purposely changed the subject. "Do you have any snacks around here…?"

The young man who spoke earlier blinked in confusion. "Snacks? Ryuzaki, is this some sort of joke?"

L's gaze was no longer focused on me primarily and instead seemed to only see passed me, staring solely at the woman who was strapped down on the screen. His finger ran over his bottom lip as he murmured something that only I was close enough to hear, ignoring Matsuda completely. "Shinigami… Am I supposed to believe that such a thing exists…?"

Envy chuckled at the irony- there were two shinigami in this very building and he didn't even know it.

"K-Kill me…" a weak, feminine voice came from the TV.

L's head rose from his arms at the sound of her voice. His eyes were filled with confusion. "She hasn't said a word this whole time… Why is she talking now?"

I followed his gaze to the screen. The white shinigami was standing beside her with an incredulous look on its face. To him, this woman was talking to herself. But to me, she was conversing with her shinigami.

Her head shifted a bit under the restraints. "Kill me… Hurry up and kill me…"

"You said she hasn't had water in three days, right?" another man to the left of me spoke.

I felt Matsuda walk up beside me to get a closer look. "She's only twenty years old. It must be her breaking point."

"Gee, Ryuzaki," I said sarcastically, giving him a nudge with my elbow. "Three days without water. That could be classified as torture, yes?"

"Sarah-chan, we have no time for your commentary," was all L had to say in reply before pressing a button down on his laptop. "Misa Amane, can you hear me?"

"Yes…" Misa mumbled in reply. "Please, kill me now…"

L shifted in his seat, as if he was uncomfortable. He looked up to me, then back to the screen. After a moment, he spoke. "Sarah-chan, is there anything else you would like to tell me? Is there really the possibility that a shinigami is there with her?"

"I already told you that there might be," I replied easily. "If you don't trust me, that's your problem."

He held my gaze for another moment or so, waiting to see if I would actually say something important. I stared back unwaveringly. Not yet, L. Maybe eventually, but not yet. He broke the stare with an inaudible sigh and turned back to the laptop. I tilted my head back towards the TV.

This 'Misa' shifted under her restraints again before saying a bit more urgently, "Kill me! I can't take it anymore, please, kill me!"

"Misa… do you mean…?" the shinigami spoke and took a step towards her. It looked very concerned for her wellbeing- if only Envy was that kind.

She nodded, her expression softening a bit. "Yes, kill me now…"

L glided a finger across his bottom lip again. "If what Sarah-chan is telling us is true, then she could be talking to a shinigami…" He pressed the button down on the laptop again. "Misa Amane, are you talking to a shinigami?"

Misa tilted her head towards the camera. "What? I don't know what that is!" Her head fell back down, her voice coming out to barely a murmur. "Please, kill me…"

The shinigami blinked in shock. "You want me to kill you?"

"Yes, kill me…" Misa pleaded again.

The shinigami looked too shocked to speak, only staring at the restrained woman as she shouted more pleas.

Beyond looked from L to the TV then back to L and threw his head back in laughter. "Heh..! This is just too good. He is so confused that he doesn't know what to do."

I fell backwards into a plush armchair beside L, raven locks flying into my face. I tried to blow them away, but only succeeded in getting them to fall back in a messier fashion. Raising a hand to brush them away, I continued to watch Misa. "Y'know Ryuu, if it's really that much of a trouble to give her water to you, I could do it. I mean, she's asking you to kill her. That's a little extreme, don't you think?"

His eyes flashed in annoyance at the nickname, but he answered her anyway. "I'm afraid that that would be dangerous to your health, so I can't allow you to do that," L pressed the button down again. "Does this mean that in the face of overwhelming evidence, you admit that you are guilty of the crime you committed?"

Misa thrashed under the restraints. "No! I don't know anything about that either!" She calmed down again, but her chin was still raised as she spoke. "Please, you can do it immediately, right? Kill me!"

"If I have to kill you, then I'll kill Light Yagami too," the white shinigami said firmly. "This is all his-"

"No!" Misa shrieked again, interrupting it in mid-sentence. Her voice softened again. "No…Kill me…"

"Light Yagami? Who oh who is he?" Beyond sang with a creepy smile. I know this is all fun and games to him since he's dead and all, but he could seriously learn to keep quiet… His formerly creepy act is becoming more annoying to me.

"I was supposed to die that day anyway…" Misa went on. "Just kill me…"

"Must be talking about when her parents were killed by burglars," the man who spoke of her not having water said.

Matsuda scratched the back of his head. "I feel sorry for her…"

L was seeing something completely different than what they were seeing. I could see it in his eyes as he continued to watch her. What they saw was a depressed, psychologically drained woman who wished to die. But what he saw was a woman pleading to a god of death to be killed so she wouldn't be forced to talk.

He probably wished he had my sight. It would be useful around now. Was her words driven by psychological torture? Or was she conversing with a shinigami? He probably expected me to tell him a lot more than I have been.

That would be way too easy.

The shinigami's voice shook me from my thoughts. I eyed her curiously.

"Now that I think about it…" the shinigami spoke again, sadness reflecting in her gold eyes. "Humans possessed by a shinigami will always meet misfortune. Misa, I'm sorry…"

I raised an eyebrow and tilted my head backwards only so that I could make eye contact with my own shinigami. Oh? Is that so, Envy? You didn't tell me that.

Envy blinked and simply shrugged. "Hey, I don't know everything about the death note. Just the basic stuff."

I narrowed my eyes. Sure. I turned back towards the TV at the sound of Misa talking again.

"I don't care!" It seemed that the words of the shinigami did little to ease her mind as she squirmed against the restraints, crying desperately. "Just kill me already! Or I'll-"

"Watari, make sure she doesn't bite her tongue off," L said calmly and took a small sip of his tea he had next to the laptop.

In a blink, an elderly man was wrapping a gag around the blonde's face, ridding her of being able to speak. The shinigami watched him with pure hatred. I honestly thought she would whip out her death note and kill him right there. It seemed that this shinigami was able to restrain herself and instead sat there, probably trying to think of something else to say.

I crossed my legs casually and leaned back. "Restraints? Blindfolds? Gags? Looking at you I wouldn't think you were that type," I leaned forward dramatically. "Want to know a secret?"

L sighed, audibly this time and probably out of annoyance. "What is it, Sarah-chan?"

"I don't think you're a paranormal investigator," I half whispered, just to annoy him. "But because I see shinigami and stuff like that, you need me for something. Am I right?"

L cast a sideways glance towards me. "If you want to learn a secret from me, I'm afraid you'll have to offer information in exchange." He leaned forward towards me like I had done. "Can you truly see shinigami? And if so, will you aid us in our investigation?"

"Look at that, sister. He's inviting you to join the task force," Beyond laughed in amusement. "This is how you accomplish things. You gain their trust, and then when they least suspect you, you go in for the kill. Very impressive, sister. You learn quickly."

Shut it, Beyond. You know you have it all wrong. I acted like I never heard my brother's… encouragement and instead went ahead with L's little proposition. "I can see shinigami," I confirmed with a small smirk.

L raised an eyebrow. "And will you will help us in this investigation?"

I shrugged and pulled back, falling back comfortably into the plush armchair. "I guess that depends on who I'm going to be dealing with."

L's gaze stayed blank. Those obsidian eyes were deep, never ending tunnels with little emotion coming through. So far all I've seen in those eyes are irritation, anger, and impatience. But with the way he talks- so calmly and monotonously- you would think that he was discussing merely the weather. Certainly I've never met anyone like this. L was truly a character.

But we weren't discussing the weather. This was Kira, whether L knew I knew it or not.

Then L goes and shocks me. "Kira. That's who we are dealing with," L said seriously, completely frozen, eyes not blinking at all. "The existence of shinigami have been brought up twice when it regards Kira. If you understand how important Kira is and how important their capture is, then will you please offer your sight to this investigation?"

"Kira, eh?" I answered nonchalantly. "He killed my parents." I brushed hair out of my eyes. "They deserved it though, dirty criminals… Not that you care."

"If your parents were murdered by Kira, the you must see how important his arrest is. His work is murder, not matter how you look at it," L finally blinked before continuing. "I can't promise you your safety by working with us, but I do promise that we will help ensure it. Working with Kira is a dangerous game… You've already figured that out by the loss of your parents."

"Look, I'm not taking sides, okay?" I interrupted L with a sigh. "This is L and Kira's fight. I'm not stepping in the middle of it."

L brought his thumb up to his pale lips to nip at the abused nail tentatively. He looked up at me almost innocently. "So you won't be assisting us?"

"I told you that there's a shinigami here. Isn't that enough assistance?" I folded my arms over my chest and tilted my head so that I could see L better. His eyes were blank. Wide, huge, black eyes. Ever-seeing it felt like. What happened to the intense nature they had before? Was it something I said?

"There are two Kiras that we are aware of. So far you have confirmed the existence of one shinigami, and that is with Misa Amane, I presume?" He pointed at the screen with a spidery finger, his gaze flicking in its direction before coming back to me. "I would like to confirm the existence of another shinigami with my prime suspect."

I raised an eyebrow at him in a bored manner. "So Misa isn't your prime suspect?"

"No, she is the second Kira. I already have enough evidence for her; a shinigami just adds on to it," L reached over to pick up a glass teapot, pouring some of the tan liquid into his porcelain glass before setting the pot back down on the silver tray it was sitting on. He scooped up a huge handful of sugar cubes and starting dropping sugar cubs into the cup one at a time. "Would you mind waiting around for my main suspect to pay us a visit?"

I arched my back in a stretch and stood up from the armchair. "No thanks. Kira isn't exactly the friendly type. And I enjoy not dying."

L kept his gaze on the sugar cubes still falling into the cup. "That's a shame. However, I think it would be fair to inform you that you don't have a choice in the matter."

I blinked angrily and put my hands on my hips in a defiant fashion. "What do you mean 'I don't have a choice'? I can leave if I want."

"You are clearly a minor, and your parents have recently passed away. You cannot live without a legal guardian, which is what you were planning to do, isn't that right?" His pupils flicked up at me before returning to the cubes.

My eyes widened. How did he know I was planning on living on my own? Stupid detective, analyzing everything… I gulped down my frustration. "Well, I can just go back to Whammy's then."

"I'm afraid you can't do that either," L replied simply. The sugar cubes have stacked well out of the tea now and stood in a pile. L stared at it for a brief moment before raising the glass to his lips.

I tried not to sound angry. Really, he has some nerve… "And why not?"

L lowered the cup back to the table. "Yagami-san, Watari gave you a folder, am I correct?"

An older looking individual to the left me nodded. "Yes, Ryuzaki."

He waved a spidery hand towards me. "Let Sarah-chan see it."

I was about to point out that I was blind again but when I took the folder into my hands, I met a pleasant surprise. I could see it, even though it's not alive. I looked upward at Envy expectantly.

She blinked blankly. "Oh yeah. If you're holding something, you can see it. As long as it's connected to you in some way, you can see it. That's why people don't appear naked to you when you look at them."

I shrugged. Makes sense. I slowly opened the folder, eyeing a collection of papers. I remembered an important detail at that moment. Shit, I can't read… I cursed in my mind. Being blind really has its downfalls. I'm as educated as an infant when it comes to reading.

After a moment, I felt Beyond approach me from behind and look over my shoulder. "Need help?"

I glanced at him crossly and gestured towards the paper with my eyes.

Beyond followed, reading the letters in front of him. His head was thrown back in laughter after just a few words. "Hehn, hehn! Sister, this is just brilliant. These are adoption papers- L adopted you from Whammy's House."

I froze. Adopted? He adopted me? What is going through his head? Is this how L operates? Adopting children and holding them captive? Honestly, you would think someone of his stature would pay attention more to someone's feelings. Obviously I expected more of him. I could feel the anger and frustration boiling inside of me... who does this kind of thing?

My left eye twitched as I slowly looked up from the papers. "What the hell?"

L raised an unimpressed eyebrow at my profanity. "Problem?"

I clutched the papers in a fist and marched over to him. I bent over in front of the coffee table he was sitting in front of, waving the papers in front of his face. "You adopted me?" I burst out and put the papers as close to L's face as I could. "On what grounds?"

L swatted the papers away. "Yes. I adopted you on the grounds that we need you in the investigation, and I knew you wouldn't stay willingly."

"B-But!" I said in an exasperated manner. How is he so calm about this? "I don't even know who you are! You definitely aren't a paranormal investigator." Just in case Beyond is screwing with me…

L narrowed his eyes at me. "My name is Ryuzaki, and I am working to capture Kira. That is all you need to know," L gestured to the man who handed me the folder. "If you would be more comfortable staying with Yagami-san, then perhaps that could be arranged. He has a daughter and a son around your age," He tapped his chin and looked up in faux concentration. "Actually, that would be most preferred for tonight. We need to get a bed in here for you, as there aren't any for the moment."

I crossed my arms. "Do I get a say in this at all?"

L took another sip of tea. He held it in such an odd fashion, you would think the glass was alive and would bite him at any moment. It just made me more annoyed with him. "I believe I just explained that you do not, correct?"

"Hmm!" I grunted immaturely and turned away from L. At this moment, I discovered the shinigami on the screen had vanished. Where had it run off to…? I pondered it for a brief moment before remembering that was the least of my worries.

"Sister, don't you think you are overreacting?" Beyond mused. He was now perched on the other armchair to the right of L, mimicking L's stance. "This is quite the opportunity."

Ignoring… I turned back towards L reluctantly at the sound of his voice.

"As soon as the investigation is over you will be free to leave. Until then, you are a part of this investigation…" his voice drifted as he popped one of the sugar cubes in his mouth. "I assure you that as long as you are here, you will not die. I simply won't allow it."

"I guess I have no choice," I said with a sigh, running a hand through my thick, raven locks. "But like I said before, this is L and Kira's fight. Just because I'm legally your…daughter now…" It was much harder to say than it looked, trust me… "…doesn't mean anything."

"I believe you," L replied and looked down at the laptop dismissively. "It is getting late. Yagami-san, do you have another English speaker in your household?"

"Light is fluent in it," he said proudly. "Sachiko knows a few phrases, but Sayu…" He shook his head.

"I see. May you please escort Sarah-chan to your household? Since Light-kun is fluent in English, she would probably be most comfortable around him…" L trailed off, his gaze flicking down to his laptop once more, a thumb pushed between his teeth to nip at.

The man opened his mouth like he was about to say something else, but L shot him a warning glance. He promptly closed it. He then cleared his throat awkwardly and straightened his tie. "Well then, Sarah. Let's leave now, since I still have to get back here for work."

I nodded slowly and walked after him, throwing one last confused look at L. Why didn't he let Yagami talk a moment ago? I don't know why, but I really just couldn't shake the feeling that he's testing me for something…

A/N: Sorry for the ending. I couldn't figure out a better way to wrap it up. (As I said earlier, my writing quality hasn't been its best.) Review, please. I enjoy reading your feedback.