One of the reviewers said that it was out of character for L and Kat to apologize. The reason that I put it in is because I put myself in a position where I was both. It is a good method, just try to imagine one of the only people you trust, are friends with, knows who you are (and I use the phrase "know" lightly) and has some understanding of you (once more, using the term "understanding" lightly) not speaking to you because of something dreadfully trivial. It makes you feel incredibly horrible, no? So, knowing my character's inside and out, I just put down what I believed was good, even if it might have or have not been written vaguely, I was certainly not going to have a sobbing mess and L literally falling apart for Kat. That would have been utterly and completely preposterous. I apologize if this is wordy, lengthy or even if I sound mean. I was just making a clarification.
Chapter 13Kat cursed K for getting up on her high horse and deciding to go all "cat's do whatever they want" on her. She admitted, even if it was mainly K, she too wanted to go and see things for herself. Running a hand through her hair, she looked up at the hotel, sighing at the prospect of having to see Lawliet and explain to him that she quite literally lost control of herself.
Turning her tired but curious eyes towards the building, she began her ascent up the building, shrouds of shadow flickering on her as she climbed through the bedroom window.
She took her mask off and pulled her laptop towards her, hell bent on finding out who the Second Kira was. It should not be all of too hard, she thought; Matt has been instructing me on how to do this stuff, even if Mello demanded in exchange for me to give them an apprenticeship. Who in their right mind says, "God dammit! You learn something than we do to!"? Odd, that one.
She clicked through many pages, setting up the programs before she had to go and make copies of the "Kira" tapes. Even if she was horrible at making devices, unlike a few people, she was fine with programs and things like it.
She remained in the room for a majority of the time until she heard calm take the task force over again. They must have retrieved Yagami-san from the ordeal.
"Excuse me while I go fetch Kokoro," She heard through the walls, he was right outside the door. She grabbed a lock of her hair and began to twirl it while she typed away, ears twitching when the door closed and the soft thump of footsteps reached the bed.
Lawliet was silent as he watched Kat twirl the purple strands of her wig, probably having forgotten she had the thing on. Which, that in itself was just something the cat girl tended to do when she was trying to cover up for something (that is, if it was Mr. Wammy or himself).
He walked to the bed and sat down next to Kat just like her, which would be in a normal way since she had her legs straightened out with the computer on her lap. Placing his thumb to his lips, he looked at the screen of her laptop, noticing the many e-mails she had opened from Matt.
"To get right to the point, why did you take matters into your own hands…?" Lawliet asked, looking at the screen rather than her green eyes which were now pointedly staring at him. Kat did not know how to phrase it so she bluntly said, "K did. Took control. Can you please be kind enough to bring me the Kira tapes? We can watch them in here right after the task force leaves." She said, opening a window with "Eighteen Magazine" flashing above, the main feature being "Misa-Misa," a song called "Caramelldansen" blasting from the page. Kat shook her head at the little figures dancing and coaxing her to dance along. She would do that when she finally died from a shot or something. (Please notice she would be dead when that happened)
He nodded, getting up to go dismiss the task force, saying he would watch the tapes. Kat looked at the purple locks wrapped around her finger and mewed huffily, yanking it off her head and letting her own tresses out.
Suppressing a yawn, she continued to mutely flip through pages of info on the Misa girl, trusting her instincts to lead her in the right direction. She did not even look up as Lawliet entered the room, still flicking through pages fast, when she finally came to one that was remotely interesting. "Hm, so she I s Kira supporter…" She muttered, clicking open another file of police reports. Lawliet had once again crawled up to where she was, looking at the screen.
"What are you doing, Kat?" He asked, reminiscent of a curious child in the way he said it.
She turned to him, pulling the laptop around so he could see.
"This is Amane Misa, nineteen and freshly out of high school, her current occupation status stands as an upcoming model and spokesperson," She said vaguely, letting Lawliet look the rest of the information over himself. She leaned over to the dresser, pulling out a box of pocky and assorted hard candies imported from different countries. Lawliet momentarily froze as he saw her black vest hike up a bit, showing more of her flat stomach than usual. Shaking his head of the impolite ogling images, he continued to read, thanking Kat when she handed him a few sticks of strawberry pocky while she took a chocolate flavored one. Lawliet shook his head, he could swear that either she picked that habit from Mello or he picked it up from her.
"So…I deduct that you believe this girl to be…Kira?" He asked, munching on the candy sticks.
Kat nodded her head, then paused and shook it. "No, she is the Second Kira."
Lawliet looked up at her, "Oh? And why might you think that?"
Kat was not an idiot, she knew he was testing her. "Simple, this Kira is sloppy and is undoubtedly female, the previous one was male, and did his worked, albeit only slightly, more diligently." She said, flopping back onto the pillows, placing a hand behind her head.
"And why Misa Amane?" He questioned further, the wheels in his head turning as he contemplated everything Kat told him.
"To start off, the victims shifted from mass murderers and such to drug addicts and celebrities- which led me to believe that the second Kira was among them as well and had an odd vision, perhaps having celebrities as better role models?" She paused, glancing at Lawliet as he nodded at her to go on.
"Not to mention that when I listened to the live broadcast of the tapes, something about the dialogue instantly told me it was a female, the way she phrased things, and the fact that I could pick up a certain high pitch from it, males would not have that." When Lawliet gave a fleeting stare at her ears she returned to explaining. "And the fact that I saw a flash of blonde when I was down at the scene," She added, picking a tape up and doing some complicated things before adjusting the voice. Making it sound exactly like Amane Misa. She tapped her chin in thought as Lawliet merely stared, it being more unsettling than usual. After squirming a bit she decided to just try and pretend he was not there. But then that did not feel right. Giving a sigh, she popped out the disk with the model's voice and gave it to Lawliet.
"I suggest we keep this piece of information to ourselves, at least until we have Light on the task force."
-
Kat was lying on her stomach, swinging her legs at the same time as her tail. She was stacking a bunch of cards after getting peeved off with her computer when it failed to give her any more information.
Lawliet was looking at the TV situated in the bedroom, eyes curiously wandering over to Kat every once in a while when he heard her give a soft hiss or mew, even a high pitched meow of uncertainty, ("You are most likely the only one that can accurately guess what I am saying when I switch to Feline Language," Kat once told him after once having weaved little fables that the other cats had told her.)
"So... what's on them, Ryuuzaki?" Chief Yagami asked as the task force entered the bedroom without so much as a knock. Kat glanced at them once, the only one looking at her questioningly was Matsuda.
"Very interesting videos," Lawliet said. "The instructions were to broadcast video 3 if the police said 'yes' to working with Kira. And if the answer was 'no,' to show video 4." He put his thumb to his lip.
"Video 3 details the conditions for cooperation. Basically, they were to show more criminals on the news, and particularly to report crimes in which people were injured, or cruelty was shown toward the weak, even if those crimes were minor. And Kira will be the one to decide who should be punished." He explained, Kat grimaced in disgust, it was one thing for them to try to bring 'justice' to the world, it was completely different if civilians tried to take the law into their own hands without the proper morale and aptitude.
"And, as proof that the police are sincere about working together with him– to have top NPA officials and L appear on TV to make the announcement." At which point, Kat glared, muttering about idiotic criminals and their propositions.
"They also refrained from demanding Agent K to appear, so either they have determined her unworthy of death and merely a nuisance or the more probable, they have deduced that K cannot be killed by the killing style used by Kira."
"So what about the 'no' video, number 4...?" Chief Yagami asked, most likely completely disregarding the little fact about K.
"Basically, it's the same thing; just expressed in a different manner." Lawliet answered. "It'll be much faster to have you watch it then to explain it in words." he told them reaching for the remote on the table.
Lawliet turned around and preposed they play "Go Fish," not in the mood to argue, she agreed then asking "Should I call Watari for some fishing poles?" To which Lawliet just shook his head and began explaining the rules. She just nodded her head, a childishly determined look on her face as she raised her fist and bobbed her head, exclaiming that she would succeed.
Lawliet switched to the task force when the video ended.
"Yagami-san. Obviously, the police are going to say 'no;' so please go ahead and give Sakura TV permission to air this video," He said after the task force had watched the tape.
Kat sighed; it would take four days till the tape was aired. She flopped backwards, flicking her eyes at the computer screen.
Then her mind suddenly took a sharp turn. A solitary massive cruise liner moving unknowingly towards an iceberg, impending doom to befall to the majority of passengers, it seemed like and interesting idea. She turned her emerald orbs to Lawliet, noticing he was simply staring out into space while biting onto his thumb.
Biting her lip, Kat rose to her feet slowly, picking up a minute blue cellular phone from the bed. After dialing and asking for them, she closed it and made a gargantuan leap to land next to Lawliet. He merely turned his raven head on her, wondering why she was asking Mr. Wammy about "The Titanic."
"Ne, why are you looking at me like that, Ryuuzaki?" She asked, unintentionally leaning towards his face.
Lawliet turned away from her, looking at the screen of the TV instead. "I was just trying to decipher why you were asking about The Titanic."
Kat shifted around so that she was at eyelevel with him again, even closer to him. "Well, you could have just asked. I asked Watari for it because of something I read on the internet." She paused, tilting her head at him in such a way that painted a picture of a naïve puppy hearing a new sound. "You will watch it with me, yes?"
Lawliet bit his thumb hard, "Yes- of course- sure," He floundered around. "May I ask what brought this on?"
Kat leaned in more, eyes focusing on a spot next to his lips. "Oh, I read that stuff like 'friends' 'loyalty' 'betrayal' and such are portrayed in it, I suppose you can explain why they act like that when the movie finishes."
Lawliet then noticed where her eyes were. "Uh, Kokoro, why are you looking at my…?"
She smiled, leaning in closer than backing up, raising her left hand up. "You had a piece of pocky on your cheek, it was very distracting." A naïve grin painted her features.
AT that moment, Lawliet could have face planted on the bed if he was immature, but no, he kept his composure and merely gave a curt nod, thanking her for taking it off.
-
Lawliet watched the scenes oddly, just as Kat asked, "Why are the windows of the car steaming up?" Then two seconds later: "Why do they not have clothes on?" Needless to say he did not answer those questions.
He remained silent as the movie went on, and Kat continued to ask questions like "What is love?" "Why do they shoot guns so poorly?" (to which he said it was merely acting. "I know it's acting, but at least aim.") And "Are they best friends like we are? Why do we not do things like that, Ryuuzaki?"
He looked down at the cat girl to find her head resting on his hip, curled up. Well, that was one way he could avoid answering her questions.
Lawliet kept his eyes on her a few seconds before shifting her so that he could lie down. Sleep did not sound so bad, maybe they would be able to get a few hours in without nightmares.