Disclaimer!! Me: Stop yelling! It hurts my ears!
Oh yeah! Chapter four. Let's hope this one is a long one:D
The way is starts is the part I cut off in the end of chappy 3 cuz I wanted the ending with L saying that last part
But now a few special guests make their appearance.
So pull up a chair, crack open a beer (soda for me but any kind of drink for you), and watch it come.
Chappy 4
Name Games
"This is war! And with my powers I will lead you to victory! We will change the world for the better and all of you will be rewarded for the help you have contributed!" the voice boomed over the sea of people.
Everyone's' cheers echoed. No one seemed to mind that the encouraging words came from a man who sat on a chair, like a king in front of his people, wearing a hood over his head and dressed in black.
No one but a young man. He was slightly annoyed with the idiocy these people showed. They followed a leader who had not shown his face. Well the young man understood why he wore that ensemble; for safety reasons of course.
He looked down from the "stage" where he stood with three others and the leader.
Two were young women and the third was a man. The two women were different from one another and it was clearly visible. One was blond, had pony tails, and wore a gothic dress. While the other woman was a brunette, had short hair left untied, and wore glasses and a dress suit. The man was tall, had black hair, and wore glasses and a suit. The young man was different from them as well. He had chestnut hair that shined golden when in the sunlight (which was not the case here), skin tanned slightly and "divine" face. But what set him aside was his mind. He was smart; brilliant; a genius! And those are just understatements.
And yet he could not find a solution to his dilemma. There he stood in front of all these adoring fans, them thinking that Raito was there on his own free will.
If they only knew.
A scowl found its way to his face. He turned his head to the side so no one would see. Never had he felt so stupid and powerless.
He felt around in his pocket and found the piece of paper he had. He crushed it beneath his hand.
It was that stupid notebook's fault and that stupid creature that even now laughed as if mocking him.
Sure at first it was good. Raito dreamed of a world without criminals and started his goal. But somehow he was caught. By a man in a hooded cloak no less. How he figured Raito out, he will never know. There was something odd about him that made him dangerous and not normal. The hooded man offered him a position by his side or death. Offered but made the decision for Raito nonetheless. The man in black asked him about his powers but Raito only gave limited information. Raito had complied due to the fact that the man had threatened to cut his throat with what appeared to be a kunai knife.
Luckily, his mind still managed to come up with a lie and keep the notebook, even after the man had seen the killing tool. Before the man could take the black notebook in his hands, Raito had taken it. He had came up with the lie that if after some one else touches the notebook, he will die and the power with it as well. He acted as if he feared for his life to convince the man. The stranger hesitated, weighing his options. Raito pushed a little forward, acting as if he is freely giving information when in reality spitting out lies. He had told the hooded stranger that if he was killed, the power was gone as well. The stranger then made the decision to take Raito has his right hand man.
Since then he wrote down names that the man told him to. Of course Raito wanted to see who the people were that he was killing. But he had found no records of them on computers.
That was around the time the man had still let him live in Raito's own home. After a week though, the stranger took Raito from there. If Raito had gone missing then surely an investigation would take place. The man assured him that wouldn't be so. He had told Raito that his family would just think he died. The man did not speak about it after that and took him to a base before the one they are currently in. Raito immediately noticed the differences in which they lived. The man preferred to live as in the olden days. No electricity, everything was candle lit. No indication of a place to store food, meaning the man hunted for food. That had explained the weapons but even that in it self was strange. There were no guns within the weapons, just swords, throwing stars, and kunai knives. Raito had lingered on the weapons and the man had noticed. The still hooded person had let out a chuckle. That's when he said it.
"You have never seen a ninja before now have you?"
Those words changed Raito's whole view on people. Raito didn't question it, just accepted the fact that there were ninjas in the world. After all, a Shinigami had appeared before him so ninjas weren't much of a surprise. This fact had just changed the way Raito would look at strangers. He had to be more careful with who he talked with.
Even now as he stood before this sea of people, he searched for the differences and they were clearly visible. The ninja's all seemed to favor the color green and prefer to wear shuriken hoisters. Also, there was one thing that every ninja here seemed to wear; a headband.
Raito also regarded the few people who seemed to prefer the shadows, all the way back into the cave room. They looked like humans but something about them was different. Raito didn't give the shadow people much thought. Everyone here, no matter who or what they were, was a fool for following this man in black. He was a criminal himself but spoke of making the world better for them.
Raito wondered about his own first intentions with the Death Note for a moment, but not much as he saw the signal the leader had gave to everyone. It was time to get to work.
In a matter of minutes the whole hall had emptied and only a few groups lingered. Before Raito could make his leave, the leader spoke.
"Wait, Raito, I have a special task for your people" the hooded man said. Raito nodded. "His" people were other Death Note holders. Raito had found them just before the man in black. The brunette had sweet talked the other Death Note holders to lie about the Death Note. They all seemed content in following Raito's every word. The blond was infatuated with him and the other young lady as well but she did not seem as clingy. The man followed him as well and had a habit of calling Raito God, not in front of the hooded man of course.
And with the Death Notes came the Shinigami. Naturally none had mentioned the Shinigami to the leader. So now there were three Shinigami following the Death Note holders. The fourth one had yet to make an appearance.
The groups that had stayed in the empty cave came forward towards the stage where the leader was. A couple that stayed in the shadows also came forward.
"You each will be in pairs and will be a captain to a group. Go and lead your group to these areas," at this the leader gave a scroll to each of the note holders, "From there I will provide further instructions."
Raito saw a huge flaw in this plan and apparently the tall young man also saw it.
"But why are we going to these areas? If you want someone dead, we can kill them from here," he asked.
"Teru, just follow my orders. You wouldn't want me to cut you now would you?" the hooded man said calmly but the threat was there, "I'm not as stupid as you think I am."
Teru just nodded.
"Yes, it would be safer for you to kill here but where's the fun in that?" Raito knew that under that hood, the man was smiling. "Teru, you will be with Kiyomi," he pointed to the brunette woman. The blond automatically clung unto Raito's arm and held it prisoner.
"Yay, Misa gets to be with Raito," the blond said.
Raito inwardly cringed but his expression did not waver from the stoic look he always wore. He looked at the leader.
Why would the man send them away?
So far the man had given them names and pictures and they were working well into planning their demise.
After a brief moment of thinking, Raito knew. It was simple really.
"You want us to find the names of the people you don't know" Raito said.
The man lifted his head to show the bottom part of his face. The man's skin was pale from what Raito saw and there was a big grin there. The mystery man clapped.
"Correct. Such a smart boy" he said.
"Don't call me boy" Raito growled. Of course the man called everyone boy or girl but that didn't stop Raito from hating being called that. It suggested that he was inferior, which he was not.
"You will make sure to get the name of the targets I selected for you. The pictures are in the scrolls. Get their names by any means necessary," the leader spoke so only the four would hear.
Yes, he wouldn't want anybody else to know exactly how their leader worked.
"You are dismissed" the man said standing up. Raito immediately went to his chamber that had been selected for him, dragging the still hugging Misa Amane half way, not even sparing a glance at the other two Death Note holders.
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He had quickly packed his things, which were few things to begin with. He stopped when the last item to pack was the Death Note. A voice behind him laughed.
"So you have been called out into the field huh?" the gruff voice said.
"Ryuk, be quiet and let me think" Raito responded.
The Shinigami just tilted his head. He knew that things would get entertaining as soon as Raito stepped out of the mountain caves.
What luck did Ryuk have when his notebook had been picked up by Yagami Raito! Everything had been fun and interesting, especially by the turn of events that had occurred. Plus, he had met the creatures that he had wanted to meet. And what was more amusing, is that there were more people than just the four Death Note holders to talk to. Of course, this Shinigami hadn't bothered telling the young teen about this fact.
Ryuk now quietly followed Raito, as did the many people that had been assigned as his group and Misa as well, down the twisted halls of the cave that they called their base. The Shinigami noticed that before leaving, Raito had brought the notebook. Ryuk had thought that the safest place for it would be in here, hidden. That's when Raito explained that the leader might search for the Death Note if left here. Taking it with them would also be dangerous. So the best action to take would be to burry the Death Note not before taking out sheets from the notes. He had told Mikami Teru and Takada Kiyomi to do the same.
Ryuk's Death Note would be buried in the ground…
Well not his per say.
The dark-blue sky, adorned with stars, was visible as they got closer to the cave's exit. All this time, as the "soldiers" marched in the same silent pace as well as Misa, Raito was quiet and thinking.
'This is far from over, but I will find a way out of this' he thought as he led his group through the first row of trees, 'or die trying.'
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"This is all the information I can disclose as of now," L said walking towards the door, "If you agree, then I will go into more detail in the case; but if you don't then I will not talk more about the matter. I will give you half an hour to think about it. Be back here in that time with your answer."
Naruto and Sasuke had been quiet for the longest time Chibi could remember. They wouldn't say anything. The raven haired man had said everything there was to say at the moment. And the decision to accept this task was Chibi's after all.
L's hand was on the door's handle, but before he opened it he looked back to the windows, to the outside. The sun was still shinning bright as if nothing evil was afoot.
"Now if you will excuse me," L talked still looking outside the window, "I believe a tray of sweets await me next door." And with that Ryuzaki walked out of the Hokage's office.
The rest of the office occupants were left in silence looking at the door where the strange man, L, the famous detective, had just left.
Finally, the Hokage cleared his throat, "Well, as Ryuzaki said, it's your choice. You have time to think about it by yourself."
Chibi nodded and turned her back on both of them. She walked towards the door and opened it, going out of the office. Closing the door behind her, she smiled to herself. She made a sign with both of her hands and POOF she disappeared.
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On the roof top of the Hokage building, Chibi had heard all of the conversation. Good thing she had made that shadow clone as an extra precaution. And L knew that she was outside as well by looking frequently outside the window every so often where she sat. He had always been good at observing his surroundings.
When she first saw him walk into the office, she wanted to break the window and hug her brother. But that would have blown her cover, and she needed to remain unseen if she wanted a chance at talking to L privately. After his last sentence, Chibi smiled.
Both adults had not picked up on the meaning of that last sentence. Ryuzaki purposely said next door, indicating where he would be. If he really wanted to be secretive then he wouldn't have said next door. And even if he hadn't, she would have hunted him down to get the answers she wanted.
She was sure that her brother's room would be guarded by the doors. So that left the windows.
Chibi crawled away from the Hokage's windows and to the room next door.
Naturally the shades had been closed, but that didn't stop her.
She quietly slid the window aside, which was miraculously unlocked, and entered as slyly as she could.
And then she tripped.
The curtain had caught her foot making her fall into the room, in the process making the curtains fall from their respective hangers.
She didn't yell as she fell because the action was so fast that it did not let her cry out in pain. Instead she settled for a quiet, "Ow" as she lay on the floor, covered in the curtains.
"Well that was stupid" Chibi said mostly to herself.
"Yes it was" said a calm, cool voice above her.
She removed the curtains that covered her and looked up to find L looking down at her, his back hunched over.
L cocked his head to the side in a curious matter and asked "Aren't ninjas supposed to be skilled in breaking into a room unnoticed?"
Chibi narrowed her eyes at him, "Aren't detectives supposed to have high security?" she responded.
"I do have high security" L calmly said. At this there were knocks at his door. "See?" he said.
"Ryuzaki-san, is everything okay?" a voice asked outside.
"If they are high security, then how did they let a ninja get into your room?" Chibi whispered not letting L have the last word.
"Are you saying that your village is not capable of handling intruders?" the detective whispered to her before he said out loud to the people outside, "Everything is fine, please don't mind me."
"No that's not what I--what I meant was--" Chibi struggled to get something out. She didn't dare let him have the last word but she couldn't think of a comeback.
"Furthermore, I made it possible for you to break into my room. Regardless of the racket you made" L added letting his lips curve upward in a small smile. Chibi in turn smiled as well
Eh, he could have this win.
L extended his hand towards the teen on the floor. Chibi gratefully accepted it and got up. Fortunately, her foot had not received any damage. Even standing L was still taller than her.
L, he was really here!
Chibi finally did what she had wanted to do for a long time.
Chibi hugged her brother.
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The detective at first was surprised at the act of affection but soon raised his hands and hugged his little sister again since what seemed like ages. The barriers he had built to prevent emotions from coming crumbled. He couldn't be a robot in front of his sister. His only relative. His only comfort in knowing that he was not alone in this world.
Of course there was Watari, and even to this day L is grateful to have the old man. Without him, L would have never known about the little sister he had.
When L was a small child, he was raised to believe that he had no other siblings. Or rather he was raised alone with no memory of another child in the house. His parents locked him in a closet under the stairs. There was only so much room in there, the many books he had sneaked in there took up space as well, and L had to bend over in order to fit, thus resulting in his habit of crouching. When he was allowed out for bathroom breaks, he was dragged out without shoes. As soon as he would step out of his "room", his feet would meet with grimy floors and black mushy carpet, and black was not the original color of it. He would have rather walked like that than wear the tattered up leather and rotting sole of the boots that his parents had bestowed upon him.
The few times he got out, his mother dragging him towards the bathroom, he would see the house a mess and a man that was not his father in the living room, pulling up his pants. Every time it was a different man. His father wouldn't get home until late at night or sometimes wouldn't come home at all. Even at a young age, L knew how things were at his house.
So it didn't come to a surprise when Watari had brought a little girl and told L that the girl was his sister.
There had been a time when his mother was not home for a week. When she had come back, there had been a fight between his parents but no other child seemed to have joined the household. His sister was probably left to live with the other man.
Watari had known L's existing relative ever since he had checked the files regarding anything about the child's past. He had stumbled upon another person with the same last name as L and sure enough it was his sister. Watari had never mentioned this to the boy, fearing of the consciences it would bring, but he made sure to check on the prodigy's sister from time to time.
The reason the five year old girl stood in front of a twelve year old L was because the girl's "parents" had died while driving drunk.
When L first looked at her, she had been far too skinny for a five year old. She wore faded blue bunny slippers (one bunny was missing an eye; the other was missing an ear) and a dirty shirt that said "Ninja" and a pair of pajama bottoms, with shuriken stars, that needed washing. Her hair was short and seemed that someone had just picked up a pair of scissors and cut randomly (that someone either being her supposed parents or herself.) At least her posture was unaffected by the abuse her parents did. He also took notice that the little girl's skin was pale, kind of like his. She was shy as she hid behind Watari, looking at a boy who was introduced as her brother.
L remembered looking at himself, suddenly self-conscious of his appearance. Would his sister think of him as weird? Would she reject him as a brother? L couldn't believe he was feeling all of this when he worked so hard in hiding his emotions. He remembered introducing himself.
"Hello, I'm L" the young boy said awkwardly extending his hand towards the little girl who still stood behind Watari.
She looked at his hand and then at the boy himself.
"Actually, if I recall, your name is Ryuzaki" Watari quickly said.
L bit his thumb. Yes, how could he have made that simple mistake?
He had to lie about his name, even to his sister. After all he was soon to be the greatest detective in the world. And five year olds were not ones to keep secrets.
But he also wanted to build a trust between himself and his newly discovered relative. He shook his head as he thought that.
What had happened to 'no emotions' L? A few hours ago he had watched a person being tortured and then murdered and had not felt a pang of pity for the person. He had locked away his emotions. They would only get in the way of solving cases.
Yet here, this little girl had made him feel insecure. Had made him actually want to connect with another person. Had made him want to build a trust between himself and her like a trust with Watari.
A tiny little voice broke him from his thoughts.
"But L suits him better."
L looked down on the girl, who had finally gotten the courage to step out of Watari's shadow. Watari looked down at her as well. At this the girl's head tilted a little down.
"But if you want to be called Ryuzaki that's okay," the girl said.
The side of L's mouth twisted upwards but his thumb hid the smile.
"Thank-You"
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The girl had understood the meaning of Watari's correction, sort of. People shouldn't be calling her big brother by his real name. The reason behind it though she did not know.
Maybe it was a game. Who ever said each other's real name would lose. The girl liked games. She wanted to play as well so she added, "Can I have a name too?"
When she saw both persons look her way, she wasn't sure anymore about her game theory. That is until the old man broke into a smile.
"That is an excellent idea young one" he said, "A name for you will also be necessary if you are to stay in Wammy's House."
L, er--Ryuzaki looked at the man, "Is she…"
"I have not yet tested her" the old man had said "and even if she isn't qualified, Wammy's House is still an orphanage."
The girl didn't comprehend. All she grasped was the fact that she was going to get another name.
To play.
"Can't she come?" the boy had asked raising his thumb to his lips and bit. The little girl had seen him do that many times. And why was his back crooked like that? She also noticed that his skin was pale, only more so than her own.
"You know very well where your priorities lie…" the old man started but then sighed, "and yet you will think of a way to try to make this work, am I correct?"
The twelve year old boy only nodded.
"I will follow whatever order you designate is appropriate" the old man said.
The little girl just looked at both, her eyes fluttering. It was late. The red clock showed a three a two and a one. She always remembered that when it said three and it was dark outside then it was past her bedtime. The boy looked at the girl, eyes pensive.
"What is your name?" he had asked.
The girl just blinked at him, all drowsiness gone. Her name…her real name…what was it? She remembered it was something similar to the boy's, something similar to L. She remembered no longer feeling foolish from her name when her brother had accidentally had told her his.
Ah, of course.
Her name.
The girl whispered it, suddenly the foolish feeling coming back.
"Hmm? Did you say Bee?" the boy, her brother, bent down a little more than he already was.
The girl cleared her throat.
"V, that's my name. Just the letter V"
There was silence. The girl had her head facing the floor. Memories flooded her mind.
She usually didn't go out when she lived with her parents. So on those rare occasions where she went out and met other children her age; she would tell them her name. And of course being five year olds they poked fun at the fact that her name was just a letter.
Even as she stood there, she swore she heard those laughs.
No, someone was laughing.
She looked up to find L chuckling. But it wasn't that of the little children, laughs mocking her. It was an empty laugh.
"Our mother sure had a gift with names, don't you think Chibi?" L said.
For a moment the girl stared at L with a blank look and then she broke into a smile. She nodded in agreement with her brother.
Chibi. She liked it. Now…
if only she knew what it meant. Or if it had any meaning.
"Now, to take care of your teachings…" Ryuzaki said.
"What ever you learn I wanna learn too" Chibi said. L tilted his head to the side and looked at her. Then as if deciding something he answered, "I don't learn. I'm a detective. I solve unsolvable crimes."
It was said in a matter that meant to intimidate. But the little girl, Chibi now, just answered in a resolved matter, "I want to do that too."
The old man and her brother looked at one another and then shared a chuckle.
"You and the many that live in Wammy's House" L said. He shook his head. "No, I do not want that for you…" after this L was lost in thought. Chibi thought that her brother did that a lot. After another moment of quiet, the boy turned once more to his sister.
"Chibi, what do you want to be when you grow up?" he asked, glancing at her shirt before facing her.
"A detective" she quickly responded supporting what she had said before. The old man laughed quietly at her response. L did not.
"Besides that" he said with most seriousness.
This time Chibi thought.
"Something awesome," she said, "…like a ninja!" she added, smiling when seeing the old man start to laugh again. L smiled as well.
"Then that settles it."
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And that's how Chibi was now in the village of Konohagakure. L had made arrangements for her to study the ways of the ninja and paid many visits. Part of her still wanted to be a detective. She had learned quite a few things from her brother. She knew that if she had gone to Wammy's House, which she now knew the true purpose of it, she would have picked up a few more things. But she admitted that she enjoyed being a ninja a whole lot more.
She released L from the surprise hug. She knew that the man was not used to much physical contact with other people.
L, once released, put his hands into his pockets and walked over to the curtains and kept walking towards the tray of sweets. The curtains could be picked up later.
"I'll never understand your fascination with ninjas" he said. He grabbed a sugar cookie and threw it towards his sister. Chibi caught it with ease and took a bite.
"They're just awesome" she said. She swallowed the cookie and then she looked at her brother seriously. "Ryuzaki…"
L nodded at her with the same staidness, "I know," he grabbed the plate of cheesecake from the cart of sweets. "Let me give you the details," L said as he took a bite out of the cake.
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To Be Continued
Author's Note:
-throws confetti- this is the longest chapter so far! I'm so proud! T.T
-shakes head- NO wait! No, stop the music! –music stops-
I cant celebrate yet. Not until the story is done or when I make my point.
But this was a good chappy. I would have written more but…I'm trying to pace myself as well.
A little about L's habits were revealed here but not all.And how L became to have a little sister. Not from the same dad, but tomato, tomahdo. Right? :D
The special guests had made their appearance!
And let me tell you now, I have not finished reading the manga for Death Note. (I know sad no?) I have seen many spoilers and know what happens in the story because of said spoilers. But because I have not finished Death Note, the characters might be off (I haven't gotten to the part with Mikami Teru yet :P) I'm basing the character's character off of fanfictions. :)
Also, yes, its dark when Raito leads his group out into the wilderness at the same time its sunny out in Konoha. This just demonstrates how far apart both parties are. .
So yeah. Raito was found out! And before L! –gasp- that's not Buena!
Mr. ?? you will be punished for this.
Mr. ??: Not my fault I'm smarter than this L.
L:-tilts head- you're smarter than me?
Raito: You lie! You're not smarter than him! If anything you're stupid!
L: Raito-kun defends my honor? I am touched.
Mr. ??:…-eye twitches-
Me:…uh yeah…I think this scene explains my future plot line ;3
Anyway I hope you enjoyed the chappy.
Look out for chapter 5!
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-yunie