((Author's Note)) After many months with a broken computer, a job that is more deadly than than the plague, spending five hundred dollars on a new computer just to rewrite every stinking chapter because I lacked the program I had used previously...I have finally gotten to chapter 20.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAYYY!

So without anymore wait, I'll give you the chapter now. Also the top twenty facts that I promised won't be showing up as planned. It took me so long to get this done that I felt that the update was more important than the facts, so instead I was thinking about doing something else. Maybe a completely unrelated AU chapter, a fluffy one-shot, a not-so-fluffy one-shot, what do you guys think?

Chapter 20-Doubt

We sat in awkward silence...just staring at each other. Just me and her, alone in the far corner of the cafe. My hair was pulled back into small Pigtails now that it was long enough to do so.

"Why did you pull me out of my classes?" I finally asked. "I had psychology with Light Yagami...you know."

"Why are you bringing up Light Yagami?" My mother asked.

"Why do you think?" I asked back. "He's L's top suspect. That's why he and I enrolled in the first place."

Mom sighed. "I needed to talk to you alone."

"If this is about what happened between me and L, I've already told you...He wasn't my first and I had asked him to do it, he didn't take advantage of me." My ears flattened in frustration.

"This has nothing to do with that," the woman took a small breath to calm herself. "This is about your father."

I tilted my head in confusion. "What about him?"

"Have you forgotten?" She asked. "When we first met at the bakery you said you were looking for him, were you not?"

"Of course I haven't forgotten," I snapped. "What are you saying, that you found him or something?"

"I'm saying that you should stop looking for him."

We were silent for a moment as I processed what she just said. "...What?"

"Listen, Aruki-"

"Only Beyond could call me that."

"Yugi," she corrected. "There's no point in trying to find him. For all you know, he could be dead," Mom tried to dissuade me.

"And for all you know, he could be alive," I shot back. "If you know something about him just tell me so I can find out how to fix this problem I have with my random shifting."

"It will stablize as you get older."

I paused. "And my heat cycles?"

"They become more bearable as long as you don't get an addiction to the sterilizer."

"Addiction?"

"Like most drugs, if used improperly, it can be harmful to you."

I was going to ask how she knew all these things when my cellphone rang. I pulled it out and looked at the caller ID before answering. "What is it, Ryuzaki?"

"I noticed that you were not with Light when your phsychology class was over. Care to explain?"

"Not really," I stated bluntly.

"Fair enough," L said. "I only called to inform you that Light and I are on our way to the tennis courts for a little competition and felt that you would enjoy witnessing the event."

"If it will get me out of my current predicament, then I'm all for it. See you soon." I hung up. I looked at Mom. "I gotta go before he gets annoyed with me as well." I stood up and walked past her toward the door.

"Don't think we're done talking about this, Yugi."

"We are for now, Just leave it at that."

~*TimeSkip*~

"I have to admit I was surprised, Ryuga," Light commented as he tied his shoe. "I never thought you'd ask me to play tennis as a way to get to know each other."

"Is it a problem for you?" L asked monotoiously. I was leaning against a nearby post in boredom. Man, I wish I had brought my cards.

Light shook his head at L's question standing up. "Not at all, but when you first invited me to play, did you know how good I was?"

"Yes. I'll be fine, though," L replied. "It's been a while but at one time I was actually the British Junior Champion."

Light gave L a slightly amused look before turning to me. "What about you, Miku?"

I looked up at him. "I never really played Tennis," I answered, "but I was a crack shot at badminton back in LA. I bet I would've been offered a spot in the olympics had I been old enough."

"Well, tennis isn't too different from badminton," Light stated. "Maybe I can teach you the basics one day."

"Why not right now?" I asked, walking up to him and giving him a cute look. "I'm Going to be watching so I'll catch on really quickly. Maybe after your match with Heideki we can have a match."

Light had stepped back from my sudden closeness and went speechless.

"Whaddya say, Raito-kun?" I offered.

I noticed a faint blush across Light's cheeks at the way I said his name. "I don't see a problem with that."

I smiled as Light and L entered the tennis court for their game. L served first; and scored first. "Fifteen Love." He called out boredly.

Soon the game became more heated and other students began to gather around me, making me a little self-conscious about tight spaces. Movement in the corner of my eye made me look to see that one girl...Kyoko Sakuagi standing next to me and staring at the two geniuses.

Eventually a self-proclaimed judge began to keep score.

I was ignoring most of the conversations as usual until another student came running down the steps.

"You won't believe this!" he exclaimed. "I thought I'd heard the name Light Yagami somewhere before, so I checked. He was the 02, 03 Junior High tennis champion." I thought that was neat. "Apparently during the third-year award ceremony he announced that he was hanging up his racket, and I guess he hasn't played competitively since."

"Hey, Hey!" Kyoko yelled right next to me, causing me to wince from the sudden increase of decibles. "What about my Ryuga?! Don't tell me you haven't noticed him holding his own against the former junior high champ!" I didn't hear that last sentence as the one before it rang in my (possibly bleeding) ears.

I don't know what came over me. A form of possession? Most likely. We did it after all; and a simmilar thing happened back in L.A. during the BB case between Misora and Beyond.

"Your Ryuga?!" I snapped. "I don't see your name on him."

"And how do you know it isn't hidden?" Kyoko sneered. At least she had guts, I'll give her that.

I smirked deviously, "I've seen more of Heideki than you ever will, Sakuragi." Her eyes widened.

"B-but you're cousins. That's Illegal!" she exclaimed.

"Not here in Japan. I looked it up," I shot back. "If it eases your concience, we're very distant on the genetic level."

"That doesn't change a thing about that," Kyoko growled.

"Whether it does or not, Sakuragi," I tilted my head as I noticed her hands balling into fists, "Heideki Ryuga is mine." Kyoko grit her teeth as I moved closer and carressed her face. I moved closer until I could just whisper in her ear. "And I'm not sharing."

"Game and Set, Won by Light Yagami. Six games to four." I turned to see Light and L leaving the tennis court, both covered in sweat, before I turned back to Kyoko.

"Se ya 'round, Babycakes," I said. "And stay away from my Ryuga. Or there will be consequences." I let my eyes flash completely red before running over and giving both Light and L hugs.

"Congrats on winning, Light!" I said to him. I quickly handed him a water bottle and ran next to L and gripped his arm possessively, glancing over at Kyoko, who was fuming now.

"What are you doing, Hatsune?" L asked.

"Oh, nothing, Heideki," I replied, "Just pissing off a rival, that's all."

L and Light both glanced over at Kyoko before looking back at me curiously. before they could ask, however I spoke up again. "So anyway, something came up during your match that I need to attend to, so I'm gonna need a raincheck on that match, is that alright?"

Light smiled. "That's fine. How about Monday after classes?"

"Can't," I said. "First day of Fight Club is the most important, and I'm not missing it for the world. What about this Saturday? I have nothing better to do then."

"Uh, sure," Light agreed, "Maybe we can have lunch together afterward."

"Sounds like fun," I winked. "See ya then, Raito-kun!"

Light blushed once more and I turned to leave. "Yeah, see ya, Miku," he said softly.

"Call me Yugi," I told him. "All my friends do."

"Ok...Yugi," Light smiled once more and waved. I waved back before skipping down the sidewalk toward our current headquarters, which wasn't far from the University.

Light's POV (3rd Person)

I watched Mik-er, Yugi as she skipped away, her piggtails bouncing behind her. Ryuk chuckled beside me.

"She really is something, isn't she, Light? Hehehe." He closed his eyes and supressed the frustration he held for the shinigami as he and L began to make their way to the cafe.

As innocent as she may seem, I can't let my guard down around her. For all I know she could truly be L and Ryuga is just another plant she's using to get to me. He thought. However, if she isn't really L and Ryuga was telling me the truth about him being L, then what is her purpose in this investigation? Ryuga mentioned her sharp mind when when we first met, but I fail to see any of that skill.

Light shook his head. I'm over thinking this way to much. It doesn't matter if neither of them, one of them, or even both of them is L. The fact of the matter is that I have to be aware of what I say whenever she uses that animalistic charm of hers. Sure L only suspects me by a mere 1%, but it's unknown if she even thinks I might be Kira.

"Light, are you coming?"

Light looked up to see Ryuga a little ways ahead of him.

"Uh, yeah." He walked up closer to him. "The Coffee shop is this way."

More than likely she's just paranoid because of her friend's death. And if I did actually kill him, he deserved it one way or another, which means if she finds me out it makes her a liability I would have to dispose of, and that would be difficult considering she practically admitted using an alias by giving me her nickname...but then again she could have been using the alias to protect herself from meeting the same fate as her friend...so it just loops back to her being paranoid.

"Light, are you okay?" Ryuga asked. "This is the second time you've stopped in less than a half-hour. Is there something on your mind?"

Light shook his head. "It's nothing, really."

"If you say so," Ryuga shrugged.

Yugi's POV (1st Person)

I fired up my computer and called into Wammy's. Once three familiar faces appeared, I began to spill updates.

After a small discussion on what to do next, Matt brought up my eyes.

"So what's with the red eyes, anyway?" He asked. "You said you'd tell us. Are you wearing contacts or something?"

I shook my head. "No. It just happened one day. I woke up one morning and could see everyone's names, glancing in a mirror I saw that my eyes had changed."

"Woah, you can see people's names now?" Matt exclaimed. "That's so cool!"

"Is it possibly from your Wolf-Puberty or something?" Mello asked dully.

"I don't think so," I replied.

"I could look into it for ya if you want," Matt offered.

"Thanks," I told him.

"So how've you been, Yugi?" Near asked. "Find any more leads to Akiteru yet?"

"No," I sighed. "But frankly, I think he can wait until the Kira investigation is over. I need to keep my mind focused for once, and I can't do that while criminals continue to die."

My phone vibrated and I picked it up. It was Watari.

"Hello?"

"Yugi, I've already contacted Ryuzaki..."

"What is it?" I asked.

"Mr. Yagami just had a heart attack."

I took a deep breath and tried to stay calm as Watari explained, "He and the rest of the task force were on their way to headquarters when he collapsed. An ambulance has already rushed him to the hospital."

"I understand. I'll be there as soon as possible." I hung up and turned back to the computer screen. "I need to go, see you guys later."

Near nodded as Matt said, "Alright. I'll get to figuring out about that eye thing for ya, see ya later."

"Yugi," I looked toward Mello.

"Yeah, Mello?"

He hesitated for a moment. "Be careful."

I smirked. "No promises, Mell." With that I signed off and headed out the door toward the hospital.

Author's Note: I'M FINALLY DONE WITH THIS CHAPTER I'M SO RELIEVED!

I still want to know what you think I should do for my Chapter 20 special thing which I really want to do. Tell me what you think in the reviews, I'd love to hear from all of you.

Until next time...

-Garden of Time