Chapter 20

The plan was completely obscure to Kat, and when she verbally expressed her questions, K took over and forced a smile out, all the more to make her part convincing.

The "Tomo-chan" get-up was out and K was about ready to put a switchblade to anyone's throat. Being clad in the clothing she had gotten at one of the photo shoots, the white and blue number, really did not help her state of mind at all. And when she began envisioning murdering a whole flock of humans, Kat took over, determined to do a good job.

So now, she was sauntering next to Lawliet, multiple scenarios filling her head.

Prior to getting in character, she had researched everything that could help the whole charade they were putting up. Among the scenarios was one where Misa thought that she, Kat, was dead from somehow attempting to kill her…Or Light had informed Misa that Kat was alive…either of those meant that they would be flaunting the fact that however they were killing did not effect Kat…

The possibilities were endless, and Kat (including the rest of the personas and host) felt as if they were taking a risk, however unlike all those other times she did something outrageously rash, this just made her feel a bit slimy…

So deep in thought she was that she did not notice that Lawliet had pulled her by the elbow to sit down, and was now flipping through a book that held the top students at the University.

Lawliet gave her a glance through the Corner of his eyes when he saw her eyes turning the vibrant blue that pertained to her persona, seeing the slits of her eyes narrow because the sun was at its highest point.

"Hm, act like any other couple Ryuga, and whatever you do, don't laugh if I start acting like Near when he got into Mello's chocolate stash…" She whispered a faux smile already in place.

Lawliet nodded before turning around, looking up, a similar façade of happiness lighting up his face. He waved his hand in the air, "Hey light!" Kat nudged her elbow into his ribs, a cue to tell him to lay off on the acting. "How's it going?" That was more like it, with the relaxed and taunting tenor he usually used.

Kat's ears ruffled underneath her hair, listening in on Light's conversation. "Kiyomi…can we continue this later? I need a moment alone with them."

"Uh, okay." She gazed longingly at him as he began to walk away.

Kiyomi Takada, Miss To-oh…it is an interesting mate that he has picked out there…K mused suspiciously.

"I hope she's not upset," He asked, it was clear he truly did not care for the girl.

"Never mind that. Is it okay for you to be here? Didn't you say you were afraid to appear in public?" He asked, making a small gesture with his hand. The slight confusion in his eye when he looked at Kat did not go unnoticed by the female.

"I did, but then I realized that as long as your not Kira I should be safe. The fact is, you're the only one on the outside that knows me as L. In the unlikely event that I die in the next few days, I have informed your father and everyone else at headquarters to assume you are Kira." He quipped as if it was completely obvious to all.

Light gasped.

"Besides, you told me yourself that you missed having me around at school so I figured why not come back for a little…change of pace. As long as it doesn't kill me," He said the last part in a dark tone. "College is a lot of fun."

"Yup! Modeling doesn't compare to actually using your brain…" Kat mentioned, putting a finger up in the air.

"I have to admit, without you two around, an intelligent conversation is hard to come by."

"I see, luckily Kiyomi is there to fill the void," Lawliet retorted.

"Well, something like that," He said. Then a chill went down Kat's spine, the blur that was at Light's side seemed to shake a bit and she heard a ghost of a laugh coming from the space.

Lawliet climbed down from the bench, putting on his sneakers, "Hey, do you want to have some cake in the cafeteria?"

"Sure I have a break now, anyhow," He said, already walking. Kat and Lawliet strolled leisurely behind him. "Hm, that's perfect, I'm kinda craving shortcake right now."

"Well, let's hope they have it."

"Light, there you are!" An annoyingly familiar voice yelled, the soft thumps of running reverberating in Kat's ears. "I had a photo shoot nearby so I thought I'd come and see you!" Kat instinctively hid behind Lawliet (even if it was not much seeing as she was only three inches smaller than him…though compared to Misa's four foot nine inches, Kat was ten inches taller than the girl). "Oh this must be one of your friends!" She walked towards Lawliet. "you look so different, unique."

A happy light came to the Kira suspects eyes, Kat could only assume he had somehow came to an astounding revelation.

"Hello, there, I'm Amane Misa, Light's girlfriend!"

Lawliet blinked a few times, "I'm Hideki Ryuga," Kat chose then to jump in. "Yup! This is Tomo's boyfriend Misa-chan! Isn't he cute?!" She asked getting up in her face but only so that Light intercepted.

"Yeah, he has the same first and last name as that famous idol, pretty bizarre huh?"

Lawliet started laughing a bit, causing Light to give him a skeptic glare. "Light, you are a lucky guy," They both seemed taken aback. "I have been a huge fan of yours ever since Tomo introduced me to Eighteen Magazine."

"What?! Really?! That's so sweet of you both!"

"Yup! That's my Ryuga!" Kat exclaimed, giving Lawliet a quick hug, letting go quickly when a jolt of electricity ran the course of her body.

"Oh my god! Is that girl Misa-Misa?"

"Yeah! Your right! And the other one is Tomo-chan!"

K suppressed a sneer of triumph; everything was playing into their hand. Flocks of people surrounded both Kat and Misa, the feline girl was scratching the back of her head, answering the questions that were shot at her while Misa was sincerely modest.

"Oh my god! Somebody just touched my butt!" Misa exclaimed, a startled Lawliet behind her.

"Uh…This is an outrage! Uh, taking advantage of such a situation is unforgiveable!" He pointed at her. "I will find whoever is responsible for this."

Misa merely giggled, putting her hands to cover her mouth, "Oh Ryuga, you're so funny!"

Then a stern woman in a business suit walked into the flock, calling Misa's name. "Misa! It's time! Or are you planning to be late again?"

"N-no, I'm sorry Yoshi," She stuttered.

"Ah! Hello Yoshi-san, I'll see you a later time, right?" Kat asked from Lawliet's side.

"Hm, oh, hello Tomo-chan, yes, we will see you." And with that, she hauled Misa away.

She turned around, "Bye Light! See you later!"

When everyone had left Lawliet casually turned to Light, Kat having disappeared. "Well then, let's go."

"Actually, could you go on ahead? I need to use the restroom."

"Oh, okay then, I'll see you there." Lawliet walked on.

-

Kat followed Misa and Yoshida through the shadows, making sure that all her motions were silent. The blur behind Misa kept on moving, causing Kat to want to rub her eyes.

Just as they turned a corner, Kat put her hand up to her ear where a hidden miniature headset was, the latest piece of technology from Mr. Wammy. "Subject has turned the corner! Apprehend and keep in tact! I repeat! Keep subject in tact! We need her conscious for the interrogation!"

"Affirmative, Kokoro-dono," The voice of the commanding leader sounded in her ears. Kat scaled the side of a building, looking over the edge, watching as Amane was tied up and flinching when Yoshida was knocked out and the blonde female was read her charges.

She shook her head, pulling out her cell phone and calling Lawliet's phone. She frowned as it rang a few times.

"Yes?"

"Mission accomplished," she stated simply, jumping down onto the pavement.

"Yes, I see, so it's done then?"

"Of course, we apprehended her, captured, I am on my way to the other car as we speak."

"I understand."

-

Kat frowned at the girl held in the confinement room, how could someone like this be so villainous and obscenely oblivious as to kill in the name of someone she was most likely stalking?

The feline girl leaned back in her chair, hand twirling her hair furiously.

Watari was standing right next to her, making sure the communicating devices were operational. They were currently residing in one of the many estates that Kat had in her possession from persecuting a mafia leader. It was very modestly a small secluded mansion with quite a few rooms and a few acres of forest on all sides. The room that she was in was completely blue and resembling much the dorm they had back at the orphanage save the beds. Yet, Kat had made sure that the whole house was modeled like the Wammy House, wanting something familiar in the hectic lives that Lawliet and her self led.

"Everything is fully operational, Kat," Mr. Wammy informed her.

She eyed the switch board warily. "Uh, Quillish can you make it so that we are connected to Lawliet's headquarters? You know how I am with anything…uh, how does Mello phrase it? Ah, you know how I am with anything tech-y." She said, pawing the air when she spotted a mosquito buzzing around her head. Quillish simply nodded, flicking a button.

Back at the current head quarter's, a sketched out letter "K" appeared on a computer, something that Kat had a creative little girl named Linda do for her. She remained silent, watching everything play right before her eyes, as if a show.

The door to the hotel room opened and in walked Lawliet, closing the door behind him in his precarious way.

"Oh Ryuuzaki, we're uncovering more and more evidence." Aizawa said, quite enthusiastically.

Lawliet completely disregarded him, walking over to the computer. "Watari, Kokoro, has she said anything?" Lawliet asked.

"No." Watari answered through the laptop, "Sorry, but nothing yet. She hasn't even complained about being restrained."

"All right, send the images this way." Lawliet ordered. This did not settle at all well with Agent K.

"Hey, L, are you sure these humans will not throw a fit or something? They seem to be the type…" She lashed out.

"Just do it." Lawliet told them. The screen changed in the hotel, Amane Misa was strapped to some kind of bar-structure, blind folded and wearing some kind of ripped white cloth strait jacket. She looked frightened but was not weeping, wailing or anything that K expected a human female like her to do.

"Whoa!" the task force members protested in unison. "Ryuuzaki... this is..."

"She's been captured as the second Kira. What do you expect?" Lawliet reminded them. "If we had no evidence, it would be one thing."

"It's true... the finger prints don't match and it seems like the video equipment was disposed of, but we found the same type of paper as the diary, an express delivery stamp, the ink and components all match." Aizawa stated, "the pollen found in the adhesive of the envelope sent from Osaka matched the flowers growing around the apartment she lived at until April and is rare in the Kanto region..."

"And a ticket stub for the Tokyo-Nagano train from the day of when a tape was sent from Nagano. The security tapes should still exist for that day, I bet we'll find her if we view them. Kira didn't leave any evidence like that." Matsuda said.

"Yes, with all this physical evidence it seems pretty certain..." Yagami-san agreed.

"There's no mistake." Lawliet announced, "Now it's just... how did she kill? And does she know Kira? Who is Kira? We'll have to make her confess."

"Watari, Kokoro, take precautions but do whatever it takes to just make her talk." Lawliet instructed his companions.

"You sure you want me to get my hands on this kid? It will be more likely she will be traumatized if I use my usual methods." K said, licking her lips in excitement.

"You're right, let Watari do it instead, your methods are too messy for this situation."

K gave a resigned sigh, "Fine, I will make sure she does something then."

"And... Yagami-san... right now I have forbidden Light-kun from coming in and out of here. But...the next time...I believe he will be called in as a prime suspect. Please be prepared for that." Lawliet said as he sipped some coffee.

The entire task force went silent as the grave, so Lawliet continued as though he needed to justify the statement.

"Amane moved to Tokyo in April and soon became close to Light-kun. Her parents were killed by a burglar and Kira killed the burglar. And Light-kun possessed a cell phone just to call her with. Not that that's rare among lovers, but I doubt that a prideful guy like Raito-kun would accept such a thing." Lawliet explained.

"The only thing in his favor is that I would think Light-kun, if he is Kira, would kill Amane to keep her from talking. But she's still alive. Though I would assume he knows that if he killed her while this few people know of her arrest, then it would only deepen my suspicion against him." Lawliet decided.

Kat listened in to all this of course, though her eyes were trained on the massive blur behind Amane. It was, impressively, three days before Kat had to page Lawliet about Amane finally talking.

"Visuals and audio now!" Lawliet commanded as the rest of the task force gathered around the computer.

"I... can't take it anymore." Amane said, "Kill me!" she ordered. "Kill me! Hurry up and kill me!"

"You said she hasn't had water in three days, right...?" Aizawa asked, brows furrowing.

"That's too much for a twenty-year old girl... she must be at her limit..." Matsuda agreed.

Lawliet pushed the button at the base of a computer microphone on the desk. "Misa Amane, can you hear me?" He asked.

"Yes..." Amane answered weakly. "Please... kill me now..." She begged, but Kat could sense that it was not directed at any of them.

"Does this mean that in the face of overwhelming evidence, you are acknowledging that you are the second Kira and giving up?" Lawliet asked,

"No, I don't know anything about that..." Amane answered, "I can't take this... I'd rather be dead... now! Hurry! Kill me! You can do it instantly, right?!" She cried, shaking.

A slight shushing noise was all Kat heard as she strained her feline ears. "Yes, kill me." Amane seemed to answer it, whatever 'it' was.

"Yes... kill me..." Amane repeated. "I can't take it... kill me." She responded again to the noise.

"No... no... kill me..." Amane begged. "I was supposed to die that day anyway..." Amane said through the screen.

"She must mean when the burglar killed her parents..." Aizawa suggested.

"Poor girl, I feel sorry for her..." Matsuda said.

"I would die happy now... while I'm still young and pretty... kill me..." Amane begged the thing, an overwhelming sense of pity filled Kat.

And then, her head lolled down. "Ryuuzaki, she has passed out, I will let Watari take over this and go tend to a few other matters," Kat said in to the microphone that Quillish had pointed out a while ago.

"Fine."

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