Chapter 19

Sorry about the long wait I had a lot of stuff in my personal life to do…like work…and I got to hang out with my cousin. *waves* Hai BooBoo I hope you're still reading this! :P Well I'm sure you want to know what the big hype was about concerning this chapter so here ya go.

January 8th

12:15 pm, currently I'm in the same room with Ryuzaki and Chief Yagami watching an empty house. Watari set up the cameras today, seeing as how both the Yagami house and the Kitamura house were empty. Both the Chiefs kids, Light and Sayu were at school and his wife went shopping or something. It didn't take him very long and we've been watching for a few hours.

All of a sudden the front door opens and someone steps through into the house. It looks to be a boy, a high school boy. That must be Light. We watch as he walks up the stairs and gets to his door. One of the other monitors flicker like something walked in front of it. I lazily roll my head and gaze over to it, my head is in my hand 'cause we've been at this forever and I'm bored and tired.

HOLY FUCK WHAT IS THAT THING!

I scream as I jump back in my seat, falling off the back of the couch and hitting my head on the floor. The Chief immediately jumps up and around to help me as a startled Ryuzaki merely looks back down at me to make sure I'm okay before looking back at the screen.

"Suzuki are you alright?!" The Chief helps me to my feet as the other members run into the room. I watch one of the screens as Light sits on the bed and leans back until he's lying down. He stays there for a second but then stands and gets his coat from the closet and leaves again.

Can no one see that thing?!

My eyes are glued to the screen; the Chief watches as Light places a piece of paper in his door. "I don't believe it; I never knew he went to such great lengths. What could he be hiding in there that he doesn't want anyone else to see?" The Chief is supporting me because my legs are still shaking so bad.

How 'bout a big fuckin' white Goth monster with pointy fuckin' shark teeth?!

I want to scream at them, but I can't find the words. I just stand there and shake…and stare. I watch Light leave the house and ignore the monster as it tries to talk to him.

"For a seventeen year old kid this is particular behavior isn't abnormal, I did strange things when I was his age too." Ryuzaki seems detached but I'm too distracted to care. As I watch them leave the house my heart rate calms down and I edge away from the Chief and back to my seat, though shaking. Ryuzaki gives me a questionable look, but I simply nod slowly and sit down. The Chief comes around and is about to ask me something when Ryuzaki beats him to the punch. "Have you ever talked to your son about the investigation?" The Chief seems immediately offended and sits down angrily, forgetting me.

"Of course not. I've never once revealed classified information to my family. Besides…I don't get to see them too often these days and usually when I get home all I can do is sleep."

"I understand…" Ryuzaki looks to the Chief then to me then to the screens.

Well I don't…how come no one else saw that thing? Am I crazy? We have the sound turned off, was it really talking to Light? If it turn the sound on will I hear it speak?

. . .

It's been a while since Light left and everyone has already come back. Currently Mrs. Yagami is downstairs making dinner and Sayu is watching T.V. I stare for a minute then one of the cameras catches the front door opening. Light walks in and I wait for that monster to appear again.

After I had freaked out and Ryuzaki pissed the chief off everyone went back to their stations, eventually they forgot that I freaked out at all. Or at least they pretended to…No one said a word to me about it, Ryuzaki kept looking between me and screen though…

Light opens up the door to his room…there it is…I gasp and cover my mouth with one hand and try not to scream. I'm prepared this time as I watch the monster follow Light over to the bed. Light has a bag and pulls out some book and lies down on his stomach and begins flipping through it like some teenage girl. I take a closer look out of curiosity. What is that? Oh-oh oh my god.

"I can't believe my son is looking at those magazines! Suzuki I'm so sorry, please don't think bad of him, he's a smart and respective boy." The Chief seems horrified and looks to me, my covered mouth must seem like I'm horrified at Light, but in reality I'm horrified at that thing in the goddamn room.

"That's normal for a seventeen year old, but it seems like…an act…almost too obvious. He didn't want anyone in his room because he didn't want anyone to know he had these magazines?"

"Hey! That's my son you're talking about. Are you honestly telling me that you suspect him?" I watch as the monster looks around the room in a hurry, seeming to look for something. What's it looking for?

"I do suspect him, that's why I put wiretaps and surveillance cameras in both your and the Kitamura households."

I watch as the thing goes over to the air conditioner where one of the cameras is hidden. Uh-oh. One of the other monitors fill with its face and I shirk back and try not to whimper or close my eyes. How can nobody see this?!

For the first time I get a terrifyingly good like at the monster. Its eyes are big with what looks like bad eyeliner around them. Through the black and white camera I can't see that color anything is but they're definitely not white. It has giant pupils and a giant mouth. Its lips are dark and look like they've been painted with black lipstick. Its teeth are extremely sharp, spaced out and definitely don't look white either. It doesn't seem to have a nose and on one of its pointed ears it seems to have a heart shaped long earing. Wait a minute…this thing looks like a vampire. Thinking of it that way calms me down a bit and it's not as scary, I can feel my body relax. It's amazing how the brain reacts between the unknown and something you're familiar with.

Nosferatu's mouth moves as if he's talking and out of the corner of my eye I think I see Light move his head. Can he actually hear it? Nosferatu backs out of the air conditioner-wait, this thing can walk through fucking walls! I watch as it crawls across the ceiling like a spider. I'm not sure whether I should be laughing or terrified…Light flips through some more pages and sits up, a few of the other screens show Nosferatu's face, but it seems I'm getting used to it because I'm not as freaked out. Despite the way it's acting. Light closes the book and walks over to his bookshelf and kneels down. Probably to hid his dirty teenage magazine. How come women don't have those? I'd be pretty okay with a book full of sexy shirtless men like Ryu-nevermind.

The screens below show Sayu yell up the stairs and Light leaves the room. Must be dinner time…I check my phone for the time. Yep…no wonder I'm fuckin' hungry.

Sayu heads back down the stairs and sits in front of the TV freaking out over some show. Light and Mrs. Yagami sit at the table; Nosferatu is still upstairs looking around and…counting on his fingers? The fuck?

Ryuzaki hits the volume button on the remote and the TV's begin to playback audio. He picks up his phone, with his thumb and index finder, and hits a number. "Mr. Aizawa, are the Kitamuras watching television right now?" Aizawa responds but I don't hear it, Ryuzaki takes the phone away from his mouth. "Watari please contact the broadcasters and tell them to play our message."

I glance back at Watari who picks up his phone and leaves the room.

"Huh, what's this?" I turn back to the screen as Sayu's voice comes through. "They're saying that in response to the Kira murders the ICPO has decided to dispatch 1500 investigators to Japan, the investigators were drawn from the law enforcement agencies from its member nations…1500 investigators that's a lot."

Light seems to stare into space at Sayu for a minute. "The ICPO sure is stupid. There's no point in making this announcement, it they're gonna send all those people shouldn't they keep it a secret?" Ryuzaki folds his arms and seems to be listening intently. I keep watch between Light and Nosferatu. "Even the FBI agents; who were secretly investigating were killed by Kira, why would this be any different? This is probably just a desperate attempt to shock Kira into revealing himself somehow; quite frankly I wouldn't be surprised if Kira sees right through this."

Woah…he saw right through us…wait a minute. What if Light is Kira? He said it himself that Kira could be able to see what we're really doing, not to mention that monster…Wait! That makes sense, what if Light is Kira and that monster, that no one but I can see, is the way that he kills people! They're in two different rooms, it's not that hard to believe that he couldn't tell it to go out and murder people. If it sticks around him, it could have told him about Penber and Light could have had it kill him…but then again if I can see it then I would have seen it on Penbers death tape and I didn't…Does it depend on the type of camera? Normal vampires aren't supposed to be able to be captured on film…Oh my god! What am I even saying?! Vampires aren't real…well at least in this world, this thing belongs in Halloween Town with Jack. Maybe it jumped here somehow…No that's not right…I locked this world and it's clean of outsiders…it has to be naturally from here…Oh man…what the hell is it doing here!

"Your son is clever isn't he?" Ryuzaki's voice snaps me out of my thoughts.

"Well…yes." The Chief seems thrown off as Light thanks Mrs. Yagami for dinner and grabs a bag of chips. Sayu says somethings about how Light's good looks are gonna go down the toilet, but I'm too busy watching Nosferatu on another screen, he looks exhausted.

As Light enters his room he sips a cup of, what I can only assume is coffee, and walks past Nosferatu.

"That's it Light; I found every camera they put in the house."

Holy shit it CAN talk! It's a raspy voice and it definitely sounds tired, but it can talk and I can hear it! This thing has gotta be male, its voice is way low…

"I guess Shinigami get tired when they work hard."

Oh my god! That thing…it's a Shinigami! I can't believe I'm hearing this right now. Shinigami exist! Here in the 'real' world! And I', watching one right now! Wait…he found the cameras and is about to tell Light where they all are…that is not good.

"Now let me explain where they all are, it's a little bit complicated so listen up. There's nothing I hate more than explaining something twice."

"Alright, it's time for me to hit the books." Light's voice catches me off guard. What the hell? No one really talks to themselves like that do they? Wait…maybe he was trying to talk to the Shinigami without us knowing he was talking to one. I wonder if Light had him look for the cameras…actually how did he know there were any at all? Watari put that paper back in the door…man this kid is smart, maybe he is Kira after all…

"There sure are a lot in this room, I counted 64 in total. I guess whoever put them here expected you to at least find some of them." He stands up and walks over to Light who is working on his homework or something. "What I wanna know is how I'm gonna to eat apples?" He heart skips a beat.

'L Do You Know, Gods of Death, Love Apples'

That proves it! This thing likes apples, it must be a Shinigami!

"Oh yeah…I guess you can't talk in here. We better discuss this outside tomorrow."

"Okay I think I'm getting the hang of this now." Light raises his pen as he speaks. Wow…he's gotta be talking to Nosferatu…there's no way that a normal person would talk to himself this way.

I glance over at Ryuzaki who is staring intently at the screen. How do I tell him what's going on if I'm the only one who can see it?

Light opens his bag of chips after a little while and Nosferatu falls over the bed and hangs his head over the edge. His arms are so long that they touch the floor of their own accord. I listen as a weird chuckle comes through the speaker sending shivers down my spine. Light begins to write faster as the Shinigami begins to twitch.

That's…not creepy at all…

"Ooohhh the symptoms are starting!" It seems to be in distress as its feet fly into the air and its body begins to twist. My blood runs cold as the sight begins to make me nervous. Light seems to ignore it, but I watch the whole thing play out…

"After dinner your son goes back to studying, without turning on his T.V or computer?" Ryuzaki's voice tears me away from the scene.

"It's because the entrance exams are only 5 days away." The Chief responds in a calm tone and I watch Ryuzaki's eyes bounce between different screens. I turn to them just in time to see Light stretch, crumple up his chip bag and toss it in the trash next to him, he then continues to work.

Damn, that bag went by fast it must have been mostly air…

I continue to watch him, ignoring the sight of the Shinigami; but nothing seems out of the ordinary…Suddenly I hear footsteps and turn to see Watari enter the room. He's holding a piece of paper; he meets my eyes and smiles at me in greeting.

"Ryuzaki…"

"Yes, what is it Watari?"

"A few moments ago a bank clerk being questioned on suspicion of embezzlement and a purse snatcher being held in a detention center were broadcast on the news. They both just died of sudden inexplicable heart attacks."

My heart sinks instantly. No way… I snap my head to the screens. Light didn't do anything but study and eat chips! And the Shinigami just said that his symptoms were starting and freaked out. He never even left the room! How can this be?!

"While all of this was happening, at home, your wife and daughter were watching television. When they were done they turned the T.V off and didn't watch anything else. From just past 7:30 'till now…11 o'clock, your son has done nothing but study; Kira needs a name and a face, without those he can't kill. So I suppose anyone who didn't watch the news can't be Kira, right?" Ryuzaki stares at the screens with his thumb to his mouth as he talks.

"You said it yourself! My family has been cleared." The Chief seems excited. It's not that simple Chief…

"It doesn't make sense that Kira would kill two petty criminals right after their identities were broadcast." The Chief gasps and I'm still too shocked to give any real feedback. "I know it's only the first day after the cameras were installed, but the Yagami household almost seems too innocent to me."

Yeah…it's like he knew there were cameras…I just wish you could see what I see Ryuzaki…

Light stands and looks like he's going to bed, I quickly look away as a sign of respect and my eyes land on Chief Yagami. He sits down in a huff and puts his head in his hands in disbelief. I'm sorry Chief…your son has got to be Kira…I just don't know how he killed them…It's not there like there are more than one Shinigami in this world right now, so who else could have done it…

Ryuzaki looks to me for a moment and my heart begins to race as our eyes meet.

"I think that since the Yagami house has gone to bed that I would like to walk to you Suzuki…privately." My heart pounds harder.

"Y-yeah? Okay Ryuzaki we can do that…" He stands and begins to walk away. I glance at the Chief who shrugs, but then I quickly follow Ryuzaki.

"Where are we going?" I catch up to him and ask as I trail closely behind.

"Your room of course." My heart skips. My room?!

"M-my room?" I suddenly feel like a stupid love struck idiot again… Not that I'm in love with him or anything!

"Yes it has a door we can talk in private." He stops dead and I almost trip over him. I look and see Watari, he smiles and I reciprocate. "Can you bring us something to eat Watari? I need to talk to Suzuki alone for a minute." Watari looks between us and smiles weird at me.

"Of course." He stands and heads to the Kitchen immediately. What was that all about? That was like a 'there's-something-going-on-between-you-two-and-I-know-it' smile…

Ryuzaki continues to my bedroom an as we enter I can feel myself beginning to shake and overheat. He walks over to one of the chairs in my room and stands in front of it. I close the door behind me and slowly turn toward him, putting my hands in my pockets. He stares and it feels like he's piercing my very soul, the excitement quickly turns to fear.

"Sit…I think we need to talk."

My heart jumps into my throat and I feel like I need to vomit, I am indeed frightened.

What did I do?

Well there you go folks, Chapter 19. How did you like the plot twist? It's gonna be really fun from here on out considering it just deviated severely from the original story. I bet you're excited to see what Ryuzaki has to say too, I know I sure am. (Because I haven't fully written it yet…) Thanks LunaTheAwesome Jordan for the favorite and Natasha and Shadow for the reviews! Also…I don't know how it happened but thanks for the nickname of Kitty-San XD I basically sit in front of my ps4 and watch my Death Note Blu-ray and wonder how I would act if I was in the anime. Aside from crush on L ^/^ Chapter 20 has just begun on paper and I'm gonna try and pound it out but I don't know when so just be patient and keep on reviewing. ALSO, Kiki stayed on my lap for like half of this chapter, it was so hard to type. Jesus like 3,263 words…that's way too much…well I'll see ya later.