A/N: I have to thank everyone who reviewed on the A/N and gave me new ideas to how it would go, I finally got it rolling :D A slightly longer chapter because I made you all wait so long -3-
Interception:
Anime/ Manga crossover
Death Note/ InuYasha
Pairing: Kagome/ L
Rating: K+/ T/ M
Language: English
Main Characters: Kagome, L, Light, Kira Investigation Team,Japanese Police, Shippou, Misa
Minor Characters: InuYasha, Sesshoumaru, Sango, Miroku, Sayu, etc.
Summery: Interception: n. (American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team. She didn't always agree on what was being done by the one who called himself "Kira", or the mysterious being who called himself "L", but with everyone choosing sides and only a select few who are "indecisive", the odds are stacking up against her- and with a threat on her life, her grandfather contacts an old friend of his, and next thing she knows she's right in the middle of the two opposing forces.
Though she sees good in everyone, she's having a hard time deciding which side to fight for…. Kira's sense of "Justice"? Or the "Justice" that has been used by human's for generations? Decisions, decisions…
Interception:
Chapter 18:
Only by touching each other's DEATH NOTE can human individuals who own the DEATH NOTE in the human world recognize the appearance or voice of each other's God of Death.
An individual with the eye power of the God of Death can tell the name and life span of other humans by looking at that persons face. By possessing the DEATH NOTE, an individual gains the ability to kill and stops being a victim.
From this point, a person with the DEATH NOTE cannot see the life span of other DEATH NOTE owners, including him-herself. But, it is not really necessary for the individual to view the life span of neither him/herself nor the other DEATH NOTE owners.
The God of Death must not tell humans the names of life spans of the individuals he sees. This is to avoid confusion in the human world.
January 1, NPA building:
With Kagome and Naomi:
Kagome looked around the giant building as her cousin made a B-line for the receptionist's desk, not even looking at the décor and layout. Kagome almost snorted "and she was in the FBI?"
"Kagome, hold my purse for me?" Naomi said quickly, handing her the purse before striding towards the receptionists desk. Kagome sighed as she looked at the giant bag on her side now before glaring at the small hand bag that now swayed with her cousins steps as it sat comfortably at her hip.
Kagome stood behind her cousin for a good few minutes, vaguely listening to what her cousin was saying, before a small head ache began to form….
Kagome's eyes widened a fraction, Ryuk was nearby- and if he was, Light must be nearby too. No, what reason would he have to come to the NPA of all places? Hardly anything, but still, on that off chance that he could be coming there….
"Excuse me, where are your public restrooms? You see I can't wait and if you could just tell me how to get there." Kagome spoke up, cutting her cousin off. The two men behind the desk glanced at each other before they pointed behind themselves to a sign that said: "Public Restrooms."
"Thank you!" Kagome called from over her shoulder as she ran to the bathrooms, giving her cousin and apologizing glance as she ducked into the restroom. Kagome quickly checked all the stalls in the woman's room before slumping against the wall, she gave a tired sigh.
Not today, anything other than today. She was planning on seeing her mother after this little adventure with Naomi, apparently with her ever growing headache, that that would not be the case.
"I really hope Naomi is alright…" She couldn't exactly tell her cousin: "Hey, there's a Shinigami coming this way with a deadly, normal looking, teenage boy. You better watch out."
That would not fly well, no way- no how.
"She'll be fine, Naomi is strong and smart." Kagome kept repeating in her mind as she walked over to the sinks, she put her palms down on the cool marble and griped the edges, her bangs covering her eyes as she stared into the mirror.
Her features where shadowed, her blue eyes glowing from the florescent light's above, standing out against the shadows on her pale skin, slightly hidden behind her bangs. She was frowning into the mirror, all sense of happiness gone.
And in a brief moment, she reminded herself of a wild animal. Wild eyes, piercing a soul, hair that was wild and curled in odd angles, the shadows of her tilted head made her appearance seem sharper and more dangerous. She reminded herself of a demon….
Demon….
Kagome sighed, lowering her head even further, clenching her jaw shut as the pounding in her head grew worse. Light was most defiantly in the building, and so was Ryuk. Kagome shut her eyes tightly; the grip on the edge of the counter housing five different porcelain sinks tightened considerably.
She's a coward; she left her cousin out there alone! To deal with him. She took a deep and shuddering breath, straightened her back, squared her shoulders, and strode towards the bathroom door, she wrenched it open and strode towards the receptionists desk.
Naomi was gone.
"Eh? H-hey, did you see where the woman that was here went off too?" Kagome asked the men behind the desk. They stared at each other before pointing towards the door.
"She left with someone just a few minutes ago, I'm sure she'll be back." One guy said, fixing papers on the desk before sitting back down in the office chair next to the other guy, who nodded in response.
"But you're more than welcome to sit in the waiting area for her to get back, if you'd like." The other spoke up, Kagome casted a quick glance at the plush and comfy looking carpeted area by the doorway, she sighed and nodded knowing that she wouldn't be able to find her cousin if she already had a few minute head start on her.
Kagome's head hung as she trudged over the sitting area, plopping down into an overstuffed chair. Kagome's head drooped even lower than before. Dammit all.
With Light:
"Someone you know met Kira?!" Light asked, astonished. He couldn't believe his luck, good thing he offered to take the bag of clothes to the NPA office himself instead of Sayu. He must really be a god then if his luck was this grand.
"Ha ha ha!" Light laughed, not believing her, but deciding to listen anyways. Ryuk followed lazily behind them, his red eyes glazed over as he tried his best not to look at the NPA building.
"Must resist…. The urge…. If I go, Light will surely know something's up and might kill Kagome! But this isn't very entertaining… Maybe another day without bothering the Miko will not kill me…. But I'm so bored!"
"Sorry… It's just that, you'd have a pretty hard time convincing the police of that." Light said, ignoring the Shinigami behind him who seemed to having a mini-panic attack.
"…. I know." The woman next to him said, she glanced at him from the corner of her dark eyes, striding forwards.
"That's why I want to explain my reasoning to the task force, in detail."
"…. But if your friend actually met Kira, shouldn't he or she be the one talking to the task force?" Light asked. The dark haired woman beside him was quiet for a moment before speaking:
"He can't do that. He was one of the FBI agents who was killed." She didn't seem to notice how he stopped, his eyes wide as he stared at her in wonderment.
"An FBI agent who met Kira… You mean…"
"He was also my fiancé." She spoke, her voice laced with venom and an undertone of sadness. Her fists clenched at her sides. " He told me he got mixed up in a bus-jacking… But if my hunch is correct, Kira was on that bus as well."
"Ray Penber…."
The woman finally noticed that he had fallen behind, and looked at him with a critical eye.
"What's the matter?" She asked, Light hoped that she didn't see the smallest bead of sweat slid down his cheek.
"I was just shocked to hear that your fiancé…" Light lied quickly, as usual.
"Yes, that's why I won't rest for a moment until the police arrest Kira. And I'll do everything in my power to help them."
Light quickly caught up to her again. Now, this woman was a threat, though how big of one, he was not sure.
With L:
10 minutes later
"I'm very sorry for interrogating each of you like that, but now I can say that Kira is not here among us."
"Ryuzaki… What makes you so sure?" Soichiro asked, his tired eyes not giving way to his determination.
"Well, to put it simply… I had prepared a little trick to test whether you were Kira or not. But I didn't feel the need to use it on any of you."
His cell phone rang from his pocket. "Excuse me."
"Hey, after telling us to turn off our cell phones…" Matsuda thought, sweat dropping slightly before sighing mentally.
"Fine. We've just finished, too. Use your own key to let yourself in." L said before snapping his phone shut. "Watari is here."
"Good afternoon, Gentlemen." The older man said, dressed in a finely pressed black suit as he took his hat off, his umbrella tucked under his arm as he carried a red shopping bag with him and a metal case.
"Coming here dressed in that get-up is like holding up a sign saying "I'm Watari." People would guess right away that Ryuzaki was in this hotel…" He trailed off with a chuckle.
5 minutes later:
"One more thing. There's nobody in the NPA's Task Force office right now. That's no good. Take turns if you must, but make sure one of you is always over there." L said, staring up at the "Captain" of the Task Force.
"We'll do that. Aizawa, you be the one today." Soichiro said, Aizawa turned towards the door.
"Yessir. I can be there in five minutes."
With Light again:
"When were you in the FBI?" Light asked casually as he finished writing Naomi's Misora's name on the sheet of Death Note paper he always kept in his wallet.
"From September 2001, to October 2003…" She trailed off, glancing at the man who just passed them, he seemed to be somewhere in a hurry….
"I hope I haven't inconvenienced Kagome for too long."
"What a pain. Writing this all out again for the same damn woman." Light mentally growled, glaring at the paper with his mind's eye.
"Um… Why do you keep glancing at your watch all the time?" Her voice was laced with the slightest undertone of nervousness. Good, she needed to be nervous.
"Oh… My watch? That's because…" He closed his eyes, saying it as casually as one would about the horrible weather Tokyo has been having lately.
"I am Kira." Light said, snapping his eyes open, the warm brown gone, and with the glint of the sun through the heavy grey clouds in the sky, giving his eyes the appearance of being red.
"Huh?" Her eyes were wide, she took a step away from him, unknowingly right into Ryuk's chest. Light only chuckled. "What do you mean…?"
His watch ticked 1:25 in the afternoon, and Light's smirk widened as he watched the woman suddenyl turn around and start walking away.
"What's the matter?" Light asked, not trying to even fake curiosity, his voice very much smug, if it was anything from his widening smirk and the mad gleam in his eyes were to go by.
"There's something I have to do." Was her only answer. Light flipped his phone out.
"Hey! My father's phone is back on. Didn't you want to talk to him?" She only kept walking, her voice dull as her figure swayed from side to side lightly.
"No. I have nothing to say to him." And she kept on walking.
"Goodbye, Naomi Misora." Light thought, as he and Ryuk watched the older woman walk away, Light's hands tucked into his pockets.
With Aizawa:
NPA Building
"Hey, how are things here, any visitors?" Aizawa said, his umbrella tucked underneath his arm as the receptionist on his right handed him a clipboard to sign in at.
"Actually… There was a woman here about fifteen minutes ago, but she left with someone to talk. She hasn't returned, but another woman was with her. The first one said she had an appointment with the Task Force, maybe the second one knows something?" He pointed to the waiting area, where Kagome's bowed head was, her sunglasses forgotten on the top of her head where it pushed her hair back, keeping her bangs in her eyes.
She was worrying her bottom lip, her heart beating erratically in her chest.
Where was Naomi?