Chapter 25
The next day Beyond and I left the Task Force and L alone so that we wouldn't distract them. I was walking past the police headquarters, where Chief Yagami used to work, with BB by my side. Auburn hair caught my attention, and I turned my head to see Light and Naomi Misora walking down the street together talking quietly.
"Hey Beyond," I whispered to my companion, who looked down at me. "Let's follow them a while."
Beyond looked to where I was pointing. His face scrunched up in a scowl.
"If she sees me, she'll more than likely try to arrest me again!" He said in a growl-like voice.
"Not whenever I'm around she won't. Besides, I only want to find out if Kira will kill her before I do. Look at her lifespan."
Beyond's face turned back to normal as he watched the red numbers start dropping. "So we're going to try and beat Kira at this game, right?" He asked me with a sadistic grin.
"Of course." I replied.
We followed them from a distance until Misora started walking away. The death of her fiancé must have driven her insane. Anyways, her time was almost up. She had minutes left before she died.
Eventually we came to her house. I noticed that she looked like she was being controlled by something as she came here; as if she was walking against her will.
"Should we break in?" Beyond suggested. I gave a slight nod.
Beyond easily climbed to the roof by climbing up the brickwork. I had to admit that he was skilled at these kinds of things. I followed up after him, but a little slower.
Beyond kept a lookout on the roof to make sure that nobody could spot us. I climbed up to the roof and jumped up, doing a roll onto the roof, gracefully landing next to Beyond.
"There's a sunroof over there," he pointed out.
"We'll go in there. I'll go in first." I told him, sliding my ninjato out of my boot and walking to the sunroof.
I was about to stab the glass whenever Beyond grabbed my arm and pulled it back. "We need to enter more quietly in case the neighbors hear." He said.
"Alright." I mumbled.
BB flipped out a switchblade and unscrewed the sunroof-window. He picked up the sheet of glass and sat it aside, then he looked over at me.
"I'll go in first."
"But I wanted to!" I whined. He put up a hand, telling me to be quiet.
"It's a far drop, Lamia-chan. Once I get inside and make sure no one is in the room, you jump down and I'll catch you." BB explained.
Before I could retort, the black-headed teen smiled at me and jumped into the house. I walked over to the gaping hole and looked down at Beyond after I put away my ninjato. The teen stood with his arms open, and he mouthed, jump.
I slid down, forgetting about how far I had to jump. I've jumped off of things a lot higher than this before, so it shouldn't have rattled me so much.
I felt strong arms wrap around me and sit me back down on the floor. "Thanks." I whispered quietly.
Beyond nodded and we crept through the room, which looked to me like the living room. There are only seconds left before she dies, we have to find her quickly. There was a loud thump coming from the stairs, so I headed that way. We were already on the second floor, so we could easily sneak up on Misora if she was downstairs. But, whenever we made our way to the stairs, a rope was tied to a beam next to them. I ran over to the edge of the rails and looked over.
Misora's body way hanging limp by the rope that was tied to the beam on the stairs. The rope was tight around her neck, and the smell of death overpowered the once sweet smell of her home. She was already dead, because there was no lifespan or name left above her head.
"Kira won this round." I growled, storming down the stairs and to the front door.
Beyond followed me but stayed quiet most of the time as we made our way back to the hotel that L was staying in. Damn you, Kira. She was my prey, not yours.
I glanced around the room to make sure none of the Task Force was paying any attention to me. Then I walked over to L and leaned down next to his ear. "I need to tell you some information."
L's bulging black eyes gazed up at my green one, and he stood quickly. "Follow me." He said and walked to another room and sat down.
I closed the door behind us to make sure we wouldn't be interrupted. "I know you'll probably be disappointed with me after I tell you this, but it was necessary for me to gather more information on Kira."
"You killed someone again, didn't you?" L asked me and I shook my head.
"Beyond and I happened to see Naomi Misora talking to Light on our walk today. What caught my eye though was that Misora's lifespan was low, and so we followed her back to her house and broke in via the sunroof," I sighed, then continued. "We heard a loud thud and I ran to the stairs to see what happened. Apparently Misora had committed suicide by hanging herself from the top of her stare-case."
L was staring at me, studying me. "So you are saying that you think Kira killed her?" He asked.
"Yep." I said and nodded. "Light Yagami was talking to her before she committed suicide, so I have a feeling that he was the one that made her. In other words, I think...No, I know he is Kira."
L put a thumb to his mouth and looked down at the floor with half-lidded eyes. Then he looked back up at my face.
"Misora would never stoop as low as committing suicide. I agree with you, Lamia-chan. I also believe it was Kira's work. I will have to put the Yagami household under surveillance." He told me, then he left the room.
I jumped to my feet and quickly followed him into the living room. I sat in my usual spot, in the floor next to L's chair. Beyond sat down next to me, pulling his knees up to his chest like L does. I'm going through their files later to see if they are related in any way.
"I am going to place wiretaps and cameras in the Yagami household." L announced to the Task Force.
"But chief has a wife and a daughter!" Matsuda exclaimed, clearly worried about the family.
"Sit down Matsuda," Soichiro said gruffly, then let out a long sigh, "If it's for the best to clear Light's innocent, then I'll agree to it."
L nodded, "I understand what Matsuda said. Soichiro and I will be the only ones to watch his family," then L paused and looked down at me with intense charcoal-colored eyes. "Lamia is an exception, though."
"But she's a criminal!" Aizawa exclaimed jumping to his feet.
My eye focused on him and I glared; he sat back down immediately but didn't look pleased. Beyond fidgeted by my side, as if he wanted to attack the man for saying such a thing to me.
"But I trust her, Aizawa. She might not be obedient all of the time, but she does what she thinks is right. Therefor, she has earned my trust." L told Aizawa. Beyond relaxed.
I spoke up and stared at the man who called me a criminal. "I am not a bad person. I do kill for fun, but it's always people who deserve to be justified. I have killed infamous thieves and drug addicts before, with the help of my boss of course. They help me find targets. To this day I still don't know who my boss is." I told him, aware that the others were listening closely.
"Oh..." Aizawa actually didn't have a smart-ass remark this time.
"Since you are now finished arguing, as I was saying, Lamia is aloud to participate in the surveillance of the Yagami household, since she has had experienced enough to point out things." L said...
"Hey, Ryuzaki." I said around the spoon in my mouth. I held a bowl of chocolate ice cream in my arms.
"Are you finally joining us?" He asked as he looked up from the tv screen.
"Yeah." I replied and sat down on the floor next to his chair. Mr. Yagami was sitting on the couch next to him.
It was late at night, and I couldn't fall asleep so I decided to see what L was up to. I looked to the screen that is being studied intensely. Everything looked normal. In every room, everyone was sound asleep. Even Light.
The next day whenever I was watching the Yagami household, Light got out porn magazines and started flipping the pages. He mouthed something, but I'm not good at reading lips so I couldn't tell what it was.
"I can't believe my son reads such things!" Soichiro exclaimed.
"He's a teenager," L reassured him, "I did crazy things whenever I was his age too." I smirked, because I knew L hasn't ever did anything bad in his life. He only said it to comfort Soichiro.
"By the way, how old are you Ryuzaki?" I asked him.
"Why do you ask? Can your eye not see the date of birth, but only the date of death and name?" L asked me.
"I can only see your death date and your name. For your safety, I'm not going to reveal anyone's death date." I said.
"Besides, you have to be between the ages of 17 and 26, right?" I suggested. L didn't answer, but only nodded.
After a while of boredom and thinking random things, I decided to speak.
"I want to go to To-oh University."
"Really?" L asked and I nodded happily.
He smiled; a real smile at me. "I've already enrolled us both there."
"What about Beyond?" I asked after a few seconds of happiness.
"He's going, too. All of us will have fake names; which I am working on right now." L opened his laptop, then looked back at me. "You'll need to get that eye removed before it causes infection." He said out of concern.
"Will you get me an eyepatch with the initial of my alias on it?" I asked him.
"Sure, why not? That was my plan anyways." L told me and patted my head.
Later that day, I found out that Light is going to the same University as us. That's probably why L chose to go there; so that we can keep an eye on Kira.
I was on my way to a black market doctor to get my left eye removed. I told L I would go, but he doesn't know where I am going. He just thinks that I'm going to a nearby hospital. The reason I'm not going to a normal hospital is because they ask you questions and want a name. In the place I'm going to, as long as you give them the money they want, no questions are asked.
I veered to the left down a dimly lit-up alley. At the end of the alley was a door to go into what looked like the basement of a building, but some people like me know what's really there. I walked to it and knocked loudly two times. The rustle of footsteps could be heard as someone scrambled to open the door.
The raggedy door opened, and I walked in quickly. I have been here before. Many times, actually, so the people there know they can trust me unless they piss me off.
"Hey doctor." I called out to the old man in a white lab coat that was sitting on a couch.
His eyes looked at me, full of wisdom. "What are you here for, Lamia?" The doctor asked.
"I'm here to get my left eye removed, Xander." I spat coldly and pointed to my shut eye.
Dr. Xander stood quickly and pointed to a patient chair. The smell of blood was making my mouth water, but I controlled myself not to go crazy over it as I sat down on the chair.
"I'll see what I can do." Xander told me and leaned my head back so that I looked up at the ceiling. I opened my left eyelid, which was very painful to do.
Dr. Xander grabbed a bottle of eye drops nearby, and held my left eye open as he put three drops of the stinging liquid in. He let go of my head and I immediately put it in my hands.
"Here." Someone said to me. I didn't even see them to know they was handing me a tissue. I immediately grabbed it and wiped away the excess liquid that was trying to escape my eye.
"I'll have to drug you," I heard Xander say, "You'll be knocked out from the pain anyways."
"Just knock me out and get it over with, Doctor." I opened my right eye and gazed at him. Then I reached into my coat pocket and grabbed the wad of cash I had in there. I got it from mine and Misa's house; I keep a lot of money hid there that I've saved up over the years.
I placed it in Xander's wrinkled hands. He smiled at me, and stuffed the money in his own pocket. The old man went away for a second, then came back with a metal tray of supplies. The first thing he did was hand me a pill, which I gulped down quickly. He said it would take a few seconds to knock me out.
As my vision blurred and my eyelids felt heavy; I seen Dr. Xander pick up a scalpel and put on gloves. As his hands reached my eye, I passed out.