Kat was lying in bed, grumbling about the after affects of rain. She ran her clawed hand through her hair, glancing at the pile of books and files that were right next to her.
A grin twitched at her lips; of course Lawliet would bring her books and the progression of the case. Habit: an action or pattern of behavior that is repeated so often that it becomes typical of somebody, although he or she may be unaware of it. She had noticed this of many of the humans and those around her. Her own little habits, like picking up on ill intent and being all stubborn about it, twirling her hair...Or Lawliet's habit of bringing her books when she was bed ridden from rain.
She stretched her stiff arm for a second before pulling the pile closer to her, reading over the book titles before gluing her eyes to the case notes. Everything that was written in hardly legible English they had concluded themselves, though the part about Kira being a socialite with a normal life, living with no strife was her in-put.
Closing her eyes, she huffed. Essentially, Kira was a student in either high school or college, with a god complex, access to police records, needed a name and face to kill, could control time of death and they had uncovered no new surprising information. But then again, once you discover humans can kill with something as natural as cardiac arrest, nothing surprises you.
She settled back, picking up a marker that was next to the files. She could probably categorize her thoughts from what was accumulated.
キラは、スマート、天才のレベルかを私たちのレベルもアップします。彼には、比較的普通の生活警察庁のファイルにアクセスするので、彼は、ご家族のメンバーは、ポリシーは語った吉良には、神の複雑かつ幼稚な道徳そこは彼をアウトされるのいずれかの高校や大学の学生です。キラを失う嫌いです。私はあなたのプロファイルをのぞくとそれらをゼロにしてフィットします。
-心加藤
(Kira is smart, prodigy level or even up to our level. He has a relatively fair life with access to police agency files, so he is a family member of a police officer. Kira has a god complex and childish morals which makes him out to be either high school or college student. Kira hates to lose. Look into the profile I gave you and zero in on those that fit it.
-Kokoro Kat)
Kat listed the families that fit under the category, circling the ones that would most likely be connected, and sketching out a crudely drawn college called "To-oh." In her head, Kira was a person who once wanted to study law and such, become a police officer, so this was the grounds she would assume their serial killer treads on or would tread on.
She settled down, curling herself up with a book called Chu Ju's House. It was naturally a made by a Chinese person, by she had the one that was raw, in Mandarin.
She recited the words softly, keeping her voice low. Chances were she was only out for about an hour or two, and she had left for her mission early in the day. She spared a glance to the window, eyes flickering from every little snowflake that fell, white against the darkening sky. Kat was torn between slight irritation and happiness. The snow had begun to slow her down slightly when she turned fourteen (thirteen by everyone else's standards), but she could not help but feel that it was fun to be in, it was the first time that Lawliet did anything civil for her, and when she had let her guard down.
The murmuring voices in the other rooms, she could hear them better than any normal person could probably, able to sort out the pitch differences and zero in on Lawliet's emotions. There was a sent missing, the one that belonged to Aizawa; he must have gone down to the NPA to check out the Kira sighting claims and clues.
She turned her neon green eyes back to the book, memorizing it lamely.
After a few minutes of this, she could almost feel her body screaming at her to get up and walk around or something more productive.
She must have dozed off because the files that were there previously were gone.
Placing the book gently on the bed, she got out of the comforter, stretching her self out.
"Itai," She muttered, looking down at her shoulder curiously, and then switching over to the spot where she had a gash. Did Mr. Wammy dress me? She wondered, after noticing that she was in lavender silk pajamas, a color that contrasted with her eyes. Carefully stepping over to the dresser, she tiled her head at the reflection, pondering why her hair was in two loose braids, bangs, as always, framing her face.
"I look like those female humans from the orphanage…" She muttered, biting her lip while turning around to look at herself from different angles. (A/N: Like how some animals are fascinated by reflections and just look at themselves wondering who the other is in the mirror) Mirrors were captivating to her, but that might have been her feline instincts taking control, attracted to anything reflective or shiny and letting her curiosity get the best of her.
She glanced at the mirror one last time before walking out of the room like a normal human, hands wrapped around her midriff protectively.
Kat made sure to be completely silent as she sneaked in, taking her seat on a couch.
The hum of everyone was enough to almost lull her back to sleep. She curled into a ball, playing with a loose string on the couch, wrapping it around her claw and cutting it to a small size.
Lawliet had caught sight of her when she gave a soft sigh of boredom, but quickly turned back to the task force.
"Our Underworld sources tell us that Kira is not among them and that they fear coming up to execute any plans," He paused, looking at Matsuda as he put his hand in the air like a student.
"You work with criminals?" His eyes were wide, with either fear or admiration, nobody would know.
Lawliet took a sip of his tea. "Depends on what you are directing the question at, Matsuda-san."
The man seemed to gulp a bit, looking at the table. "You said 'our underworld' sources.'"
Kat looked up at Matsuda; the nervous air around him was causing her to loose her nerve. Being part cat is annoying sometimes.
"Yes, that would be referring to Kokoro, she isand 'agent' after all." He matter-of-factly, as if it was obvious that she did the dirty work.
Matsuda seemed taken aback, in his minds eye, it was difficult for him to picture the woman that came in a few hours ago, pale and injured doing anything like hanging around criminals for the sake of information.
Kat kept quiet, hanging onto every word that came from Lawliet's mouth. The FBI agents had been killed, the work of Kira.
Lawliet picked up the file he had taken to Kat's room and placed it in front of the task force.
"Now, from what Kat has gathered of Kira, he is in a family or close to a family that is involved with the police. She assumes that they will eventually go to To-oh or are at the university, completely plausible. She also has written that Kira is most likely top of the class, maybe even a prodigy. Listed here," He pointed to the families that had offspring that fit under the categories, speaking through a half eaten cookie. "Are the possible suspects to be investigated."
The raven haired man leaned back, casting his eyes around the men, "Now, if we apply the deaths of the FBI agents then we can eliminate about 75 percent of the list, than we look into the last four names, those that were being tailed by Agent Penber and Hail. And from what the security tapes show, Kira was evidently being tailed by Raye Penber, which leaves us with 25 percent of the list. Director Kitamura and Chief Yagami's families."
Everyone looked at Lawliet as if he was out of his mind, save Kat since she had written the list.
"So we need Watari to install security cameras and bugs all over those houses," She concluded, sighing at the end.
"But that's illegal in Japan!"
Kat looked up sharply, seeing how Chief Yagami was turning an odd shade of purple and the rest just looked outraged in general.
"I am aware that it is illegal, but it is beneficial to our cause, whether the problem of privacy versus catching a murdering fiend is all that important…" She trailed off, closing her eyes. She was not going to explain her ideas; it was idiotic of her to have spoken at all.
Yagami was on the verge of spontaneously combusting, but he looked L in the eyes and spoke as calmly as possible.
"I find it extremely galling, to say the least, to have my own family placed under suspicion." he said, "so very well, go ahead. You have my permission!" he looked like he was alright, but Kat could tell he was wishing for a gun.
"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!!" he instructed.
"Thank you, that's exactly what I plan to do." L said.
"S-sir! are you serious?!"
"Do you really understand what that means?!"
"Think about your wife! And your daughter!" the task force protested.
"I'm fully aware of what this means!" Yagami's sudden anger startled Kat, "including the fact that it's meaningless if it isn't done thoroughly! Now just shut up!!" he shouted.
"Sorry, sir..." Matsuda said timidly.
"It's okay... I'm sorry, too..." Yagami answered.
"As a courtesy to Yagami-san... surveillance of the Yagami home will be carried out by him, Kokoro and myself only While the rest of you take turns doing the following- two people keep watch over the Kitamura house, one person mans the NPA office..."
"And one of you look through the Yamanote line security videos to see if anyone from the Kitamura or Yagami families is pictured." Kat finished for him.
"The bugs and cameras will be in place for seven days." L continues, "this period may be shortened or extended depending on the circumstances."
"In either case I will tell you about it, you have my word I will not extend it secretly. So that's alright then?" he asked.
"Watari, how long will it take you and Kokoro to get the bugs, cameras and monitors ready?" L asked, and Kat glanced at him in confusion, she had not expected to be counted as a computer camera person.
"Starting tomorrow... they can be installed any time once we know when nobody will be home." he answered, Kat was– at this point– hoping she would not be expected to assemble a camera or bug, because she wasn't the best with her hands...
The task force was silent.
"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." L concluded.
Once the task force had left for the night, Kat learned that her part in the bug/ camera scandal was to install them in the houses, not assemble them along side Watari. This fact was a source of great relief for her as she had been terrified of breaking several thousand dollars worth of technology.
Kat herself was used to spying on others, having done it ample times. Though her version was actually more like up front and personal, she even occasionally tried to fool the criminals with kindness.
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"I've studied the tapes we got from the bugs and cameras over the past five days... numerous times." L began to say, as the task force braced themselves for the suspect list.
"And my conclusion is..." everyone looked at him, focusing hard on every syllable he uttered, so as not to miss any important information.
"That of the people in the Kitamura and Yagami families, suspicious activity was observed in..." the task force members held there breath as the suspense built up.
"Nobody." L finished flatly. The task force exhaled all at once. "We will remove the bugs and cameras." he said.
"Hmmph... so no suspect, after all..."Matsuda said. Kat's tail twitched, this one was annoying.
"I thought we were on track with Raye Penber's targets..." Ukita stated.
"Well none of them were on the Yamanote line videos..." Aizawa pointed out.
"Don't give up!! All right, so we're back at square one. We'll just have to put our minds to starting over." Yagami said, he looked relieved to learn his family had been cleared.
"Please don't misunderstand me. I only said 'no suspicious activity was observed.'" L cut in, while calmly eating a chocolate, Kat reached for the box on the table, she had been expecting something like this to happen. It was typical for L to find a lead and chase it across the world if he was ascertained of it.
"Eh?!" Yagami exclaimed, he seemed suddenly less calm.
"Even if one of them is Kira, they simply aren't making any mistakes." L explained, "They're putting criminals to death as always, without showing use how."
"... So you're saying one of them might be Kira, after all?" Yagami asked; he was worried about his family.
"...as I said..." L answered, stirring his coffee, Kat ate one of the candies on the table as she listened, "there's a five percent probability." he said.
Kat used her logic for this one: he usually lied by ninety percent so it was a 95 percent probability.
"But if we can't catch them on camera, then we'll have to call each of them in for questioning..." Matsuda thought out loud.
"If one of them really is Kira, they'll murder whoever's questioning them." Aizawa pointed out.
"So we do it the way L– I mean Ryuuzaki– did it, without showing our faces." Matsuda suggested.
L– Ryuuzaki– stirred his coffee in thought.
"No, even if we do it like that, it's too dangerous to let them know we suspect them of being Kira." Aizawa told him.
"That's true. First we need to prepare some hard evidence. We only question them when we're ready." Yagami agreed.
L sat in silent though for several minutes, Kat watched him as he stared into his coffee cup; she wondered what he could be thinking...
Finally after almost five minutes of thoughtful silence, L spoke.
"Kokoro, when can You and Watari remove the cameras and bus?" he asked, Kokoro gave him a blank stare.
"As soon as both houses are empty, we should be able to get them out." she answered.
"Then please do so." L requested, and Kat nodded.
Later that day Kat and Watari removed the cameras and bugs from both houses.
When Kat returned, she found L at a coffee table, writing in his precarious way. She walked over to him, on all fours, peeking at the paperwork.
"Entrance forms, To-oh university? So our prime suspect is indeed Yagami Light?" Kat asked, taking the set of forms and pen that Lawliet had handed her.
"Yes, three percent," He spoke enigmatically.
Kat meowed, holding the pen normally, a bit irate at the fact that she had to use her thumb to write. She left the part that called for her name blank, peeking at Lawliet's form, raising an eyebrow when she saw it said 'Hideki Ryuga.' Sighing, she pushed her forms in front of him, point with a claw to the name blank.
He just glanced at it before taking out a set of legal forms and papers in front of them. "Your name will be Iida Kaori."
Kat looked at Lawliet questioningly, she recalled vaguely that Iida Kaori was a former member of the group Morning Musume, Watari had given her a CD of the group for one of her birthdays.
"We have names of celebrities because if Kira were to try and kill us he would think of them and essentially alert us that we are within Kira's vicinity." He explained, writing off more information on the paper.
"It is very practical," She nodded absent mindedly, signing the bottom of the page while humming "Do it! Now."