Breaking into a full out sprint, she took to the upper most floor, finding herself at gun point
Breaking into a full out sprint, she took to the upper most floor, finding herself at gun point. The girl, Yuukimoto Roze, with her bleached blonde hair, hazel eyes and gaunt face sneered at her, poised to kill her.
K looked straight into the cold barrel dully, seeing the bullet at the end with her acute eyesight. Everyone, she could tell, that was watching froze.
"This, is suppose to be who they send after me? Some newbie?"
The deafening blow of a shot, screams and screeches coming from her transmitter, as she saw crimson.
K gritted her teeth, ducking down faster than the human eye could track and dodged the bullet by half, a fair sized bullet hole left in her shoulder, opposite of the one she got at the beginning of the Kira case.
Yuukimoto Roze looked around baffled, whirling around to the dark corner of the room where two iridescent green orbs were staring at her through a mask. Roze seemed frightened for a moment as she contemplated the possibilities of who this person might be. This can't be…! She thought distraught, frozen.
"Ah," K said monotonously, tilting her head to the side. "That hurt." The malicious innocence in her words was unsettling, like a scene from a horror movie with a vampire or something.
Roze backed up, before raising her gun and shooting tactlessly at her. K immediately took to running, sighing slightly as the bullets missed her by a while. Roze trembled visibly blanching as the person kept avoiding her usually impeccable shots.
Then empty clicking reached her ears as she tried to shoot again. Her eyes widened as the ghoul eyed person stood in front of her. "Ne, this is not as fun as I had thought I would be…. such a pity…." She mumbled. Looking into her eyes, Roze seemed to become petrified, as those soulless eyes bored into her. More shots rang, but K had disappeared from her view once again.
Roze scanned the room frantically, spotting her at the lone window sill, illuminated eerily by the moonlight. I would not be surprised if she was a Shinigami herself…Roze thought blandly, catching the gun that was thrown her way by one of her more loyal Yankees.
"That one hurt more," She said, completely numb to the bullet now imbedded in her stomach.
From the observations, one recluse noticed how she was not putting her all into the mission, being careless, at least more so than usual.
K turned her eyes noncommittally to the newcomer, noting her as Amemoto Sora, another yankee, but this one seemed less cowardly. Her ebony fell in cascades down her back, violet eyes narrowed into a glare towards K, her tall frame of 5 foot 8 inches surpassing K's by an inch. All females stood in stony silence, trying to decipher the weaknesses of the other.
Sora's mouth twisted into a smirk, "So this is Agent K?" Her voice, so similar to K's own alto, and different to Kat's quiet soprano voice….
K looked at her knife while she twirled it, "And if I am?"
Roze's face turned to shock. "T-this is Agent K?! But I thought she was never hurt on missions!"
Sora faltered once before speaking again. "That is what they say, but then my question to her is; how did I manage to get her if that is so?"
K stopped, rolling her head forward towards them, staring at them through her lashes. "You just caught me on an off day, is all, but…"
She flickered out of view, appearing before Roze and Sora, slashing horizontally with her knife. She was emotionless as blood spattered her clothes, watching both females fall.
"Human children should not act as if lives are at their hands," She said sardonically before pressing a button on her transmitter and jumping out of the window.
Everywhere, it was silent. O and P looked at the screens fearfully, speechless. Both children practically deciding whether or not to proceed with becoming and Agent.
-
Kat's breathing was labored, eyes watering with pain, but to her knowledge they were just "leaking" again. She clenched her teeth, looking ahead and seeing the hotel. Forcing her eyes to stay open, she ran to the hotel through a back alley, and then scaling the walls not unlike how she did at the Wammy House when she was younger. With every few feet and jump, a sharp sting pierced her stomach and shoulder.
Finally, as she reached the window she had left open, she climbed in, wincing when she had to dislodge her claws from the sill. Gasping, she fell to her knees, wrapping her arms around her stomach. Watari, who was in a corner of the room, came bustling over to her, giving the cat girl a weary look.
He shook his head disapprovingly, "All this because you got into a fight…"
Kat looked at him through bleary eyes squinting, "No…I think it is going to rain again…" She muttered, soft high pitched voice trailing off as she dun her hands in her stomach, giving a slight yelp when she took the bullet out.
"That was a once in a lifetime occurrence young lady, it does not rain twice in January."
"Really? I never knew…" Her eyes were starting to flutter close as she yanked the bullet in her shoulder out as Watari tended to the one in her stomach.
From the door, Lawliet watched; eyes on the girl who seemed to be dying before his eyes.
"Watari…What are friends? The dictionary has many meanings of it….but I still do not understand…" She muttered in an attempt to keep herself awake.
Watari looked at her with soft eyes before returning to bandaging her up. "A friend is someone who you care about, someone who stands by you no matter what and you them."
Kat gave a feeble sigh, "You are no help, and you use confusing words as well…the word 'care' has many meanings as does the phrase 'stands by you.'"
Lawliet considered entering the room and helping explain but stopped himself when he had his hand on the door knob. He doubted that he could even begin to be clear about the topic; Kat would probably lash out at him for confusing her again.
"Well then, why don't you ask Ryuuzaki? I am sure he would be willing to comply," She winced as he pulled a bit roughly on the gauze.
"That is not an option, K angered him when we were in the car, she was not suppressed well enough," Kat whispered, running a hand through her hair.
Kat has multiple personalities? It seems probable. Ever since we were at the orphanage she would change subtly in persona, but nothing as serious as this. Furthermore, if K was the one that wanted a rise out of me, and was the one controlling the mission…than she must be the one with the intense hate for humans…at least Kat can stand being in a room with Mr. Wammy and I, talking. He thought, pulling the door closed.
Kat glanced at the door, frowning. "He heard…"
-
Kat was lying on a bench, watching the human boys swing rackets back and forth to get a little neon yellow ball.
She was lucky to be even able to attend, what with Lawliet and Watari and the whole task force arguing that she was injured and needed rest. She had silenced them by rolling her eyes, and doing a very slow cart wheel. Afterwards, they grudgingly obliged to her demands and allowed her to go with Lawliet to To-oh.
She looked on idly as a crowd began to form, some fan girls rooting for Light and a few odd balls that were rooting for "Ryuga." Yawning slightly, she rolled herself onto her feet into her crouched position, placing her head in her chin.
"Hey look at that girl, is she that hot Iida Kaori from Morning Musume?" A few guys whispered.
Kat rolled her eyes; they would not be saying that if they knew that she was K. And she was not that physically appealing either, at least, the male cats would assure her when she spoke to them. (A/N: Yes, she can speak to cats when in cat form) But then they might literally be saying that she was hot, it was hard enough being able to comprehend what the phrase meant when she was younger.
"No, she is Iida Kaori but not the one from the group, anyways, she looks weird." That was more of what humans would say if they saw her tail and ears.
"Kya! She looks like Misa-Misa!" Who in the bloody hell is Misa-Misa? She wondered. She watched the boys, keeping an eye as the ball traveled fast, for normal humans, and bounced the other way. Truly though, her ears were listening more to the side commentary that the fans were making.
Every once in a while, her eyes would train on Lawliet until she could sense the boys glaring daggers at him.
Stretching and getting up, she walked to the entrance of the gated courts, sensing the end of the game. She ignored the human males and leaned against the fence, hearing the ending of the game, the winner being Yagami Light. She fisted and un-fisted her fingers then walked behind Lawliet and Light (Ironically, she noted, Light and "Low-Light," as was the correct pronunciation of Lawliet). Twirling her hair, she looked to the ground as Light left to go change so that they, apparently, could go to some Café.
It was awkward, but she could not seem to remember what a human did to…ah, make peace again? Maybe she could find some cookies and a tea set like when they were seven? Candy? Maybe strawberry shortcake? She bit her lip thoughtfully, one hand covering her stomach.
Lawliet was in a similar position of thought; though it was centering more on how he was to teach her about the issue and intentions of intentions of humans…did that even make sense? He shifted from foot to foot, looking once more up at Kat, seeing her eyes filled with confusion.
The tension was broken as Light returned, and they made their way to the café, with the two orphans making small talk with the boy rather than chatting with each other.
-
The café was an exceptional place to talk about, as it seemed. Light politely hauled a chair for Kat, and she thanked him with the same politeness. He made it painfully obvious to her that he was acting. But then again, he did not know that she had her suspicions about him.
"This is one of my favorite coffee shops." Light said. "If you sit here in the back, nobody can hear what you're talking about."
"You've picked the perfect place for this." Lawliet told him.
"Yeah. For one thing, back here nobody's going to be staring at you two for sitting like that. Ha ha."
"True... I just can't sit any other way than this." Lawliet explained, "if I sit the way other people do, my reasoning ability drops by forty percent."
"Forced habit," Kat answered, twirling her hair again.
"So, Yagami-kun. What did you want to ask me?"
"That can wait until you're positive that I'm not Kira. So you go ahead and start, Ryuga." Light said.
"In that case..." Lawliet began, "I don't mean to be rude, but can I test your reasoning abilities?"
"Sure. Sounds like fun." Light answered. Oh, was he in for it.
Kat smirked slightly; Lawliet always had ulterior motives for tests.
Light drank some of his coffee.
"Does the fact that we told you we were L and K tell you anything?"
"Hmm." Light considered the question, "let's see... it indicates you both have some hopes that I can help you solve this case... and... you've deduced that even if you tell someone who may be Kira that your L and K, you won't be killed... or that you've taken some steps to ensure that you can't be killed..." he explained, answering with no hesitation.
"And that means, although news reports so far have said only that Kira needs to know what someone looks like to kill them, maybe he needs something else as well." he continued.
"In which case that 'something else' would be their name." he decided, and Kat resisted rolling her eyes, did he get nothing out of the little escapade she had put on?
"I draw this conclusion from the fact that, while L would always use an alias anyway, you made a point in calling yourself Hideki Ryuga, someone whose name and face are known to practically everyone in Japan."
"Correct." Lawliet said bluntly, Kat could almost see his mind going a million miles per hour.
"Your saying I'm right, just like that?" Light asked.
"Why should I hide the fact that you're right?" Lawliet shot back at him in return.
"Next question, from what you deduced, what would you say about what I did in public after the whole 'Lind. L. Tailor' incident?" Kat ventured, setting her head in her chin to feign boredom.
Once more, no pause. "The fact that K was assuring the fact that Kira could not kill her with a name if he just looked at her, even if her features were incorrect, in the color scope at least."
Kat nodded, blowing air out.
"But the probability that you're really L and K is extremely low." Light pointed out.
"Why's that?" Lawliet asked.
"If I was L, I would reason that it's enough to have another person approach someone I suspect may be Kira and tell him that they're L." Light answered.
"The real L needs to stay someplace safe at all times." he explained, "even when he's using the police, he needs to do that from the shadows, out of view."
"But K is an Agent, she does hands on missions and such, then again, I suppose you are going to elaborate on the fact that she wears a mask and what not?"
"I see... your right that anyone calling himself L puts himself in danger. And why would he come out into the open now, when he's never shown himself before... it would be stupid for the real L to do such a thing..." Lawliet said, Kat fingered her hair; Lawliet might as well have said he was an idiot. Not to mention he ignored her completely.
"Still, I actually think you really might be L, Ryuga." Light said. Kat cleared her throat indignantly. "And you K, Kaori."
"Meaning?" Lawliet asked.
"Well, most people probably imagine L to be a lot older then you, or more detective like somehow." Light told him. "You're too out of character to be a convincing fake. So you must be real..."
"And what are the odds that L took that into account in choosing me?" Lawliet asked. He was trying to see in how many ways Light could sum it up.
"Hmm, since it's L we're talking about; I guess there's a good chance of that." Light agreed. "The same applies to you Kaori, most people assume that Agent K would be a male or at least someone more older since she helps L with some of his cases. You don't look the part, but we are talking about two geniuses so the skies the limit." He offered them a smile, probably more to reel in Kat, like most of the female population at To-oh. "
"When you start second guessing and third guessing like this, it's endless." Light laughed, "I have to admit I'm getting pretty confused!"
"Since this is basically an interview to see if I can request your help in the investigation, I suppose it's rude not to show you anything at all." Lawliet said as he reached into his back pocket.
"This information has never been made public. I'd like you to look at it and tell me what you think." Lawliet requested, sliding four sheets of paper across the table.
"This is a list of the twelve FBI agents who were murdered by Kira, with the order in which they received the file and the order in which they died." Lawliet explained and Kat noted the missing elements in the explanation. "And these three photographs show notes written by prisoners shortly before they died. We believe they wrote them under Kira's control."
"First please take a look at the FBI list. Does it tell you anything?" Lawliet asked.
"Hmm? Let's see..." Light looked over the list of names.
"What's this file you said they received?" Light asked, "If I don't know that, there's no way I can make sense of this."
Kat turned her neon eyes towards him, trying to mentally record everything he did.
"Oops... sorry; that's a file containing the names and photographs of all twelve agents, so they could each know who the others were. The day they received this file, they all died." Lawliet explained.
"In that case... okay, Kira needs to know what people look like, and maybe also their names... this file contained both names and photos..." Light began. "And the very same day the agents received this file, they all died... so there's a possibility that Kira used this file to kill them."
"All right. what about these notes?" Lawliet asked.
"These three notes are very interesting." A glint passed through his head, her instincts were on alert as she held back the urge to smack this human.
"If it's true that Kira can kill people and also control their actions; that's pretty amazing." he said. "It looks to me like he could have 'dictated' these notes, actually; because they contain a hidden taunt to L."
"If you take the first word of every line they form a sentence, or rather, a question. Because the order that makes the most sense would be, let's see... 'L do you know gods of death love apples?'" he said.
"But... the backs of these photos have their print number on them... if you put them in that order– the message reads 'L do you know love apples? Gods of death.' that doesn't make much sense, so I find it hard to believe Kira wanted L to read it like that." he finished.
"Incorrect," Both she and Lawliet chorused monotonously. "In fact there's a forth note." she continued as L took out another note. "If you add this, you get the following message: 'L do you know love apples? Gods of death have red hands.'"
"Okay, but if there were only three notes, my reasoning was flawless." Light argued.
"No it wasn't, because there were in fact four notes. Figuring that out would have made your reasoning flawless." Lawliet answered.
"I think I'm correct in deducing that you decided there were only three notes, Yagami-kun, and therefore could not infer there might be a fourth one." Lawliet finished.
"Gee... your right I didn't think of that." Light agreed, "but still, either way I don't think these notes will help you find Kira. I mean shinigami don't even exist." Light pointed out.
"All right. Now let's suppose you're L. If you came face to face with someone who might be Kira, how would you try to determine if he was?" Lawliet asked.
"I'd try to make them say things that haven't been reported on the news. Things only Kira could know. Just like you're doing now, Ryuga." Ligt answered.
"Very good." Lawliet said. "I've already asked the same question to a number of detectives, and most of them took a few minutes to think about it. When they finally came up with an answer, it was usually something silly like, 'bring out a well known criminal and watch from a hidden location if they kill him or not'... but you, Yagami-kun, were instantly able to think about it from the perspective of Kira talking to an investigator."
"I have to say you're quite brilliant Yagami-kun." Lawliet said. Kat sighed, She absolutely loathed being ignored, especially in these situations.
"Ha ha... you make it sound like if I am doing too well, I'm under even more suspicion." Raito told him.
"Indeed. Now it's up to three percent..." Lawliet stated, "however, this also increases my desire to have you help us in the investigation."
"To tell you the truth, you guessed correctly earlier. At present, I am not the only one going around calling himself L." that was obvious, who really can solve two thousand cases without other detectives? "My position is this– even if you are Kira, I'd like you to help us with this investigation. Do you understand my logic?" Lawliet asked, another test.
"If I help you, the investigation might move forward, at the same time, if I'm Kira I might slip up and betray myself... in other words, you can kill two birds with one stone... I think it's a great idea." Light answered.
But then he switched emotions just how she usually switched facades.
"I think you've got me all wrong, Ryuga" Light stated, "while it's true I'm very interested in the Kira case and even in helping to solve it... I'm not Kira, and I sure as hell don't want to get killed."
"I'm not going to help someone I can't even trust and end up getting murdered by Kira. I'd rather think about the case on my own. You can't prove to me that you aren't Kira, either. So you and I are in the same position, basically. Think about it from my perspective. Is it fair that you get to question me but I can't question you?" Light asked.
"Anybody looks at us, all they see are two college students. In fact, most people would probably say you're more likely to be Kira then me. Neither of us can prove we aren't Kira. But if you're L, Ryuga, or even a stand-in for L, you ought to be able to prove that."
"I'm talking about having someone I can trust, for example someone from the task force, or my father, tell me strait out that you're L, or at the very least a part of the investigation. If you say you can't do that until I prove I'm not Kira, then I can't work with you on this case." he finished.
"Not to intrude on the terribly interesting conversation," Kat made an annoyed motion with her hand. "But we never told you that you could not ask someone of the task force to prove that Ryuga over here is L. He is in fact in direct contact with your father, but it seems you have either no qualms about me being K or are sure I am not: how horrifically frustrating." She mumbled the last part.
Light seemed surprised to say the least, that he was allowed to see the task force, than, all at once, both Lawliet and her cell phones rang. "Ah, excuse us," She said sickeningly polite.
At that minute Raito's phone went off as well. "Now it's mine..." he said and answered.
"Yagami- kun, your father..." Lawliet began.
"Had a heart attack..." Light finished.
Kat's eyes were wide as she heard Matsuda, who had stolen the phone from Watari, babbling away about Kira getting the Chief.
She got more irate and hissed, "Matsuda, please shut up! This is serious!"
Maddy: New piccy links for Kat and L! The one with L in swimwear is here! (Please go view but be cautious of drooling on computer!)