Chapter 18

Hi again, sorry it took so long, I've been super procrastinating cause the chapter seemed so long handwritten and I was just like *most annoying sound in the world* so yeah, here we go!

January 5th

"That was footage from surveillance cameras at the station. The death of one of the FBI agents is captured on here." Aizawa rubs the bridge of his nose, he's tired. We're all tired.

We've been working for days on this; that is, collecting surveillance footage and statements and going through files. Currently we're watching the death of Raye Penber, one of the FBI agents. Ryuzaki warned me before we began watching that it might be gruesome and that I didn't have to watch if I didn't want to. However, I knew how important it was to have all eyes on this so that we could find clues so I sucked it up and watched it…

It made me cringe the first time and I sat next to Ryuzaki, which made me feel better. By the fourth time we watched it…something inside me changed. I don't know if I got over that fear and sickness or if I just became detached…but…it just stopped bothering me.

"Please play back the following scenes again; Raye Penber passing the ticket gate on the way in, him boarding the train, and finally where he dies on the platform." Ryuzaki takes a bite of his green ice cream that Watari has begun dishing out; I take a look behind me to see Watari coming toward me with my own.

"What flavor is it Watari? It looks like frozen wasabi. The only green ice cream we have at home is Mint and Ryuzaki's doesn't smell minty at all."

"This is green tea, Miss Matsui." Watari smiles but doesn't hand it to me yet.

"Try it you might like it." Ryuzaki doesn't turn as he addresses me; he just seems to be aware of everything, looking past him I see that Aizawa is still looking for the correct tapes for our 3 T.V's.

"If you say so Ryuzaki…" I reach out and Watari hands me the cone. I turn back around and sit, Ryuzaki watches my every move. He must be waiting for me to try it, gauge my reaction. I take a bite and immediately want to spit it out. Ugh what is this crap? This isn't sweet at all? How does he like this? It's like they took warm unsweetened tea and made an ice cream out of it, or just froze it themselves. Just don't say anything, just finish it and don't ask for more…Shit…this is fuckin' gross…

"So…what do you think?"

God dammit Ryuzaki…

I sigh. "Can I be completely honest?"

"Of course; Suzuki."

"It's not really my thing. I'm more of a peanut butter or cake batter or vanilla ice cream flavor girl…Back home I'd get a vanilla small cone and then have them dip it in peanut butter sauce." Ryuzaki's eyes light up as I talk about it.

"My, that does sound good. Watari, make sure you get some of that next time you go out." I blush at Ryuzaki's big scene. I hear Watari say 'Very well.'

"You don't have to go through all the trouble just for me…"

"Nonsense, I would very much like to try it." Ryuzaki finishes his ice cream and quickly eats the cone, tossing the paper wrapper on the table. He turns to me with wide eyes. "So you probably aren't going to finish that are you?"

I hand him my ice cream with one bite taken out of it. "No, have at it." Ryuzaki smiles and takes it eagerly. Guess he doesn't care about girl cooties…figured he'd be more of a germ-a-phobe.

"So based on the records I have here, Raye Penber entered through the west gate of Shinjuku station at 3:11pm. Then at 3:13 he boards a train on the Yamanote line, but even if he was following someone at that time it's gonna be really very difficult to draw any conclusions from this blurry video. Then at exactly 4:42pm-" Matsuda stops as Watari hands him a cone with a double scoop of green tea ice cream. "Oh thank you very much Watari…um…at 4:42 pm he exits the train at Tokyo Station and dies on the platform."

I notice that Aizawa has been fidgeting since Watari gave Matsuda his snack. Maybe he wants some…I turn my head to see what Watari is doing but the Chief is standing right behind me. Oh my god!

My heart jumps out of my chest, but I don't scream, my hand just goes to my chest like usual. Watari comes over and hands Chief Yagami an ice cream of his own then slowly hands Aizawa his. Jeez he's like a kid with that thing.

"It's a bit strange don't you think?"

"What's strange Ryuzaki?" I pull my feet up onto the couch and sit crisscross.

"Did you notice something?" I glance at Matsuda and notice for the first time that he has dark bags under his eyes.

"Mmhm…we know that Raye Penber got on the train and then an hour and a half got off the train and died on the platform; Suzuki you might not know this, but the Yamanote line only takes an hour to complete its circuit. Not only that but there's the envelope." My head snaps to the 3 TV screens that are paused.

"Envelope? What envelope?" Ryuzaki rewinds one of the TV's when Raye passed through the gate and pauses it.

"He's holding what looks like an envelope as he enters through the ticket gate."

I lean forward and plant my hands on the table, but my knees are still on the couch. Aizawa leans forward too.

"Yeah there it is!"

"But over here where he's died there's no envelope. Wow Ryuzaki, good eye." I turn back and meet his gaze but he quickly looks away.

"Yes; and on this list if his personal effects the envelope is missing." The Chief reads the paper to himself before telling us.

"He must have left it on the train…" I return to my previous position on the couch as Ryuzaki rewinds the tape again.

"Watch closely at the end here…he looks like he's desperately trying to look inside the train before the doors close." I watch the video closely for a moment.

"Ryuzaki…what if the folder had that file of FBI agents and the thing Penber is trying to look at…is Kira…" I sit back and ponder as the room fills with disbelief.

"If that's the case then I'd find it hard to believe. What reason would Kira have to come to the scene of his own crime when he could simply kill him from afar?" Ryuzaki seems to ponder the thought as he finishes my ice cream.

"What if he just gets off on it?" Everyone glares at me for a minute. "Either that or he knew we assumed he could kill from a distance and thought he could get away with such a bold move." Ryuzaki nods and we're all quiet. After a few minutes Ryuzaki rises to throw out his paper cone and the one on the table.

Suddenly Watari's phone rings. He answers it but I can't hear him 'till he speaks louder. "Ryuzaki it's Ukita at the NPA, he says he's on the line with someone who from the tip line who has information for us."

"Right…give Ukita the number for line five and have the informant call that number instead, it'll be safer that way." Ryuzaki turns to Matsuda as he finishes and I can't hear what number Watari gives to Ukita. Better not be my damn number! "Mr. Matsuda, it's ok for you to turn your cell phone on, actually please turn it on right away." Matsuda does what Ryuzaki says and it begins to ring immediately. Ryuzaki snatches it out of poor Matsuda's hand and answers it. "Yes…this is Suzuki head of the Kira Investigation Public Information Division."

"You bastard! How dare you use my name, now everyone will think I'm a man!" I turn around and slam my fits on the top of the couch. "Why do you always have to pick on me?!" Everyone seems to giggle at me or pretend not to as I fold my arms and sit back down pouting.

"Raye Penber's fiancée? Naomi Misora? I've heard that name before…" Ryuzaki looks to Watari who begins clacking on his laptop. Aizawa leans over to me and begins to whisper.

"Maybe he picks on you because he likes you." I scoff at the thought.

"The only way Ryuzaki would like me like me is if I covered myself in chocolate or something; and I'm not about to do something like that." Aizawa laughs and I catch a look form Ryuzaki. What's that smile for? Wait did he just wink at me?! What the hell? A shiver runs down my spine. Is Ryuzaki into that kinda crap?

Ryuzaki looks back to Watari's computer for a second, his eyes widen as if he's realized something, but go back to his normal sad panda eyes and he hangs up. He hands Matsuda back his phone before speaking.

"It seems she's been missing since the day after her fiancée died." Ryuzaki begins to walk away, as if in thought.

"Ryuzaki…do you think it was suicide? Or did Kira get ahold of her?" My tone is soft because I' m not sure what caused his sudden, uncharacteristic change of expression. Did he know her?

"No; the Naomi Misora I knew was strong, not to mention an excellent FBI agent. You might be right though; if anything she'd be trying to catch Kira. It appears she came to Japan with Penber, it's possible she may have found a clue." Ryuzaki puts his thumb to his mouth and seems lost in thought.

"So you're thinking Kira may have gotten to her first?" I ask the question into the air.

"Everyone I'd now like to focus our investigation on everyone Raye Penber was tailing. In particular he was assigned to two families." And I'm ignored…

"Who were they?" The Chief seems tired…Ryuzaki turns his head slowly and dramatically.

"Deputy Director Kitamura and his family and…Detective Superintendent Yagami and his family." My jaw and heart drop as everyone gasps. "At this stage I'd like to place wiretaps and surveillance cameras in both households." My mind flips a switch and I'm apald.

'Ryuzaki is a weird guy but I don't think I could ever see him spying on anyone personally…'

No, No way, he'd never do that! This isn't right! Somethings wrong here! Is that even legal?

"Ryuzaki…what are the odds that Kira is among one of those households?" The Chief's voice snaps me out of it and I just look at him.

"Hmm…about 10% actually it's probably closer to 5%..."

10 percent…5 percent…that's not enough to approve of that type of behavior…

"No!" I snap out of it again, apparently missing something important. It seems like the Chief is about to rip Ryuzaki a new one… "Of all the people we've investigated so far not one of them seemed the least bit suspicious. Even if it's just a one percent chance; we cannot afford to ignore it. I don't have to tell you how offended I am that you've placed my family under suspicion, having said that, just do it." No way… "And make sure you install them everywhere, I don't want any blind spots in the house, and that includes the bathroom."

"Thank you very much…that was my intention." I look to Ryuzaki in shock and mild disgust, but he's not looking at me.

"C'mon Chief, you don't have to agree to this."

"Yeah he's right! You have a wife and daughter at home don't you?!" Aizawa and Matsuda try to talk him out of it, but the Chief just seems to be getting frustrated. He turns around and snaps at them, I jump back a little.

"YES I'M WELL AWARE OF THAT FACT, but there's no point in doing any of this if we can't be thorough! So I suggest you keep quiet!" Damn…

No one says a word as we stand shocked to our very core. This whole time we've been working together I've seen the Chief as a cool headed and family oriented man…this is the first time he's ever exploded like this. It's scary…He looks at me and sighs, probably realizing what he's just done.

"I'm sorry you had to see that Suzuki…" I nod slowly as Ryuzaki takes a seat next to me.

"As a courtesy to Chief Yagami and his family only he, Suzuki, and I will conduct surveillance on his home." Ryuzaki looks between the Chief and I.

"Why me?"

"Because you're a female and I trust you to look after his wife and daughter, that is, if Chief Yagami is okay with it." I turn to the Chief whose eyes soften as they meet mine.

"I think that would be fine. Thank you, Ryuzaki." How could anyone be okay with this…?

"Watari, how long would it take to set up wire taps and the cameras we need?"

"Starting tomorrow I can set them up at any time providing we know that both houses will be empty." No not Watari too-no way everyone is okay with this…

"That settles it then, once we find out when the houses will be empty Watari will set up the cameras and wiretaps." I look over to the Chief again with confusion and remorse he meets my gaze and seems to read me, giving me a sad not0so-reasurring-smile…

How can you be okay with this?

So, that's it for now folks, Chapter 18 was the last finished Chapter I had, you're going to have to wait for the rest of them like good little boys and girls. The next chapter is going to blow your mind though! I want to say thanks to my new Follower/Favorite Mihel Asyki Akatsuki Schizo…I'm never typing that out again you are now Mihel, so there. *Takes a breath to relax* Thanks to… Wolfy and ShadowInDarkness ( ^_- ) as well for the comments and such, hope you liked this chapter. Did you all like how I thought ahead and made her name Suzuki? Lol that was a part I had planned out for forever. It there's a certain part that you like in the anime or manga ask me about it and ill either tell you what will happen, tell you that it's a secret, or pull something out of my butt.

=^-^= Hmm…what else do I say here? I hate regular green tea too it tastes like burnt leaves…I hate all kinds of "iced tea" unless it's sweetened like Brisk or stuff. I drink the giant Peace Tea's like crazy my fav flavors are Razzleberry and the sweet lemon. OH by the way have you ever listened to the Death Note musical? There are English dubs of the songs, they're actually kinda catchy….and there are people who have done English dubs of the main song; Natewantstobattle is my favorite for the verses but JohnathanYoung's was stuck in my head for like 3 days…any who I guess I better continue 19 or type out what I already have… (before I have a riot on my hands…) Well C'ya later, feel free to comment and pm me if you want.