Chapter 22
Welcome back everyone! Let's celebrate 'cause we hit 1000 views! Yayyyy! That's incredible! So the first thing I need to make sure you know is that Suzuki slept so long that she missed the part where Ryuk mentions the mini LCD TV for $400. This is important to the story. She doesn't go back and review the footage either because she's too distracted from the dream. It could have been a really important clue that I wasn't sure if you were able to get from my hint at her sleeping 'till 11 and that 'apparently today is garbage day at the Yagami house'. But now you know! SO LETS BEGIN!
January 12th
It's been 3 days since I had that dream about Ryuzaki and I'm still shaken up over it. I just can't get over the fact that I was able to dream that up…good news it, or bad depending on your view, is that I haven't dreamt anything like it since.
In other news Kira is still killing people, albeit, not the usual hardened criminals. So this surveillance is pretty much useless 'cause we're never gonna catch Light doing anything other than studying; if he is Kira that is…The Shinigami hasn't done anything suspicious, other than exist, either. So there's no proof that it's Kira. Y'know…if I'm feelin' this way Ryuzaki is prolly feelin' is too or is pretty close. Actually he prolly got to this point way before me…I mean four days might not be enough but I think we're all well over the point of being tired of watching these two families everyday…I know I'm tired of watching Light and the Shinigami.
"Everyone, please come here a moment." Ryuzaki's voice breaks through to me. I'm sitting in the surveillance room on the couch, but I rise and head toward his voice. I stretch as I get up, raising my arms up and popping my shoulders.
Hmm…wonder what he wants…
I glance out the window as I enter the 'living room'; where Ryuzaki's voice originated. Everyone has already made it here an are sitting in their respective seats. The sun is up and shining brightly through the glass. I look back to my coworkers who seem to be shirking away from the sunlight.
We all look like miserable shut-ins, even Matsuda has grown stubble in the time we've been here and I thought he'd always have baby face…
I continue over to where they're seated an am greeted with a small smile from Ryuzaki. Ever since the dream he's been hard for me to look at, not to mention that he's been like, uncharacteristically nice to me. It's like he knows…its weirding me out…maybe I should confront him about it…
I plop down next to Aizawa, for some reason we all have our own special spot and mine is usually next to Aizawa. It's not like I like him or anything, I think it has to do with that first meeting we had, because we usually sit the same way. What do they call that? Group dynamic? I glance around the room.
That's weird where's Mogi? He must be at the real Task Force Headquarters dealing with all the calls. Apparently it's pretty bad down there… On day…er…I think it was the day after Naomi Misora went missing, I don't know when exactly but the important part is that Ukita was down there. He told me that the phones were ringing so bad that he got angry and unplugged all of them but two and used those two for the rest of the day. When he was telling the story to me it was like he was reliving it, he was getting so angry it was hilarious. I thought he was gonna implode. Actually it was probably funnier to me than everyone else because I speak more than just Japanese so to my English brain I was watching an angry Japanese man yelling about something and flinging his arms in the air. On man, I guess it was a 'had-to-be-there' sort of thing.
"In the past few days I have listened to all of our audio recordings and reviewed the video footage we've captured. I've gone over them many times and I've come to a conclusion. Our surveillance of the Kitamura and Yagami household has revealed…nothing." The Chief gasp, but I'm already aware that we haven't found anything. Ryuzaki places a peanut butter cup shaped truffle in his mouth. "We will remove the cameras and wire taps." I sigh and slump back in my chair.
I knew it…
"All that and we still don't have any suspects." Matsuda seems to say what all of us are thinking…well except me, I think there's a reason that Shinigami is hanging around Light. I just don't know why.
"It's alright, Matsuda. We'll have to pursue other leads but we'll get him." The Chief gives us all a small pep talk as he pushes his glasses back onto the bridge of his nose.
"Please don't get the wrong idea." All of us turn to Ryuzaki.
What?
"I only said that we were unable to reveal anything suspicious based on our surveillance." Ryuzaki licks the chocolate off his finger and begins to fidget. "Even if Kira was among them, I'm sure he wouldn't make it obvious. No, in fact it would mean that he was able to continue killing without doing anything outwardly suspicious." He finishes and picks up his coffee.
Basically what he's inadvertently saying is that based on our evidence and the fact that Ryuzaki knows that I can see the Shinigami…Light…is our prime suspect. Oh, but he's never tell the Chief or the team that right? Ryuzaki is the only one who knows I can see the Shinigami, we haven't quite figured out how to tell them about it yet. It's a hard thing to believe, I still can't believe that Ryuzaki believed it…Ha, that's my life in a nutshell. WEIRD SHIT HAPPENS AROUND HER BUT IT'S ALL TRUE SO YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT…
"Oh, then you believe that Kita is among one of those families." I glance from Ryuzaki to the Chief and then back, he's stirring his coffee. I notice now that there has been coffee on the table for all of us since I sat down. I pick up the cup in front on me and take a sip.
Oh my god that's bitter!
I cough a little and quickly throw some sugar cubes into my cup and grab the spoon that's close and begin to stir my own. Ryuzaki spares me a weird look before continuing to speak.
"As I said…there's a five percent chance." Seconds go by and all you can hear are the clinks from us stirring the sugar into our coffee. "Kira never stopped killing people even while the surveillance cameras were in place." He stops talking but I can read the look on his face, it seems that he's finishing the conversation in his head, bouncing theories around and placing things together.
We stare at him and wait for him to speak but after a few minutes I realize that he has no idea that he's talking to himself within his head.
"Ryuzaki, I know that right now there is a killer who can commit murder from a distance, but that doesn't mean that mind readers exist, or at least that any of us are mind readers. Is there something you wanna share with us?" I speak softly and when I'm done I sip my coffee. It's better now with all the sugar I put in it.
"Oh, I'm sorry…I got lost in thought. We will remove all the cameras and wiretaps from the houses first chance we get. I want you to go back through the sur-"
"Ryuzaki, enough." I cut him off and sigh. He gives me a sour face but I ignore it. "Let them rest and get cleaned up, even go home. I think we all need a break, and what's a better time than while the cameras and wiretaps are being removed? There is no more surveillance for us to watch, and think about it this way; you've watched those over a hundred times and found nothing, how are we supposed to find something within them at half strength when even you can't find anything when you're at 100 or even 75 percent? Or whatever you're at…I don't know I haven't even seen you sleep." I sigh and run my hand through my slightly greasy hair.
I'm tired and the day has just started…
"I see what you mean…" I look up with surprised.
Did he just agree with me?
"You are dismissed for now. I will call you back when we are ready for the next step." Everyone sighs in relief and one by one they get up and walk away until finally only Ryuzaki and I remain. I pull my feet up on the couch and slide down until I'm lying on my back. I prop my head with a pillow and then shift onto my side so I can watch him. Our eyes meet and his glare pierces my soul and pills my stomach with butterflies…I can feel my face heat up and I double check my shirt buttons just in case.
"What's up?" I throw the question at Ryuzaki, but it takes a minute for him to catch it, like he's still thinking behind those onyx eyes.
"Nothing…there is just so much to go through, to do, to set up…" He puts his thumb near his mouth.
"Yeah, but normally Watari does it right? Why don't we do something in the meantime? I know that you need rest even though you don't think you do. C'mon Ryuzaki, it's still light out lets go do something fun to unwind." I prop my head with my elbow as he continues to stare.
"You realize that we are taking the entrance exam along with Light Yagami in five days…we should be studying." My heart sinks.
Shit…
"Oh, c'mon Ryuzaki lets do something together, even if it's just staying here and drinking. I'm sure everyone will love it." I watch him and hope that I can throw a line that he'll wanna catch.
"I don't really drink, nothing's sweet enough." My face sours.
"Well fine, maybe Watari could make us something."
"Watari can make anything." I turn around quickly to see Watari standing behind the couch and looking down at me. "Hello Miss Matsui."
"Hi, Watari." I sit up and lean against the armrest. "Ryuzaki is being boring; he doesn't wanna take a break or anything." I practically complain to him like he's my dad and Ryuzaki is my brother who stole a toy. Wait…no…I take that back.
"Oh dear. Why don't you want to go out and have fun Ryuzaki? Everyone's been cooped up for days I'm sure Miss Matsui is suffering from cabin fever by now. The least you could do is indulge them." Watari finishes and I swear I catch Ryuzaki roll his eyes.
"There is nothing to celebrate. As far as I'm concerned we failed in our attempt to find Kira within the Kitamura and Yagami households. Give me a reason to celebrate like catching Kira and I'll gladly participate, but until then I will not go out and 'have fun'. His tone turns harsh and I just sit there stunned and looking at him.
What the hell? Why is he so pissed off? What the fuck did any of us do to deserve this? All I wanted to do was relax with my coworkers and make sure we get enough rest so none of us have a heart attack from the stress. God…that would be awful, I don't know what I'd do if one us went down. If I'm being honest it would probably be the Chief seeing as how he's older…that would be so scary. These people are like my family now, and the Chief feels like the father I never knew/had. I can't tell you how many times I almost called him Dad.
I turn back at Watari who seems like he's just as shocked as I am at Ryuzaki's outburst. My eyes shift back and I feel an anger well up inside. I stand up and put my hands on my hips. Ryuzaki still looks irritated.
"You may be used to working alone, but right now you have to remember that you have a team. A team that would die for you even after all the shit you've pulled. You need to realize that we're all human and need to rest. Chief Yagami is old and has a family, could you imagine what would happen if he overworked himself and ended up in the hospital? You may not need rest and I'm able to keep up with you relatively okay but you can't expect everyone to be the same." I finish my rant and immediately feel shitty."Oh shit…I'm sorry…I didn't mean to overstep…I probably don't know anything about how you feel."
"Suzuki." I shut up as his eyes meet mine. They no longer seem annoyed or angry, they just seem tired. He sighs before continuing. "You and the team do as you wish. I just don't feel like I have any reason to celebrate. And you have a point; I may have overworked everyone…I'm sorry." My hands fall to my side.
"No…I shouldn't have snapped at you like that. I'm the one that's sorry. Let's just go see what everyone else wants to do." Ryuzaki nods as he stands and Watari trails behind us as we work our way in the direction the others headed.
As we walk through the door to the surveillance room I have to cover my mouth with my hand for fear of laughing.
Oh my god.
Everyone is draped over a chair or couch and passed out; except Matsuda who has taken a pillow and blanket to the floor.
"All that bickering for nothing…" I scoff and glace back at Ryuzaki and Watari.
"Well perhaps the two of you would care for some lunch then." Watari smiles and I nod, my eyes shifting to Ryuzaki.
"Actually, yes. That sounds good; I'd enjoy lunch with you Suzuki." His face has grown soft and I wait for him to backpedal and say something like 'so we can compile evidence' or 'so we can watch more surveillance', but it doesn't come.
"Very well then. I will prepare something for you and call you when it's ready." Watari smiles and heads off. I look to Ryuzaki who turns and heads back toward the other room. I follow close behind.
"Suzuki…will you help me move this table over to the window?" I'm surprised at his question and the fact that he's actually going to do manual labor but I help him anyway.
I don't think anyone would believe me even if I told them.
"Isn't this view just wonderful?" Ryuzaki climbs in his chair and looks out over the city. I stand at the window and take in the view.
The city is bustling like usual and I look down and watch them for a minute. The sun is casting an orange glow about the buildings and it reflects off the mirrored windows and bounces around until the city turns into one giant gemstone. I take a breath and realize that this is why he's always by the window.
Tokyo… this city…is beautiful.
Well there ya go guys, basically filler. The actual Death Note timeline jumps around a lot, I'm getting my dates from a timeline that says it's getting its information from the 13th book…I have the 13th but It's packed away in a box. Nothing really happens 'till Jan 17th which is the exam, but then it jumps directly to April 5th at the ceremony. WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THAT?! I'm like dying over here trying to figure out what to do with it. Well I have an event but it's gonna happen during that…three-ish month timespan. Also today is Suzuki's birthday. April 13th. So I'll put that into the story too, which oddly enough is the day that Sakura tv gets the second Kiras tapes…ugh I am not looking forward to this. Anyway it's time for me to shout out. Thanks to Ky0shi27 for following me and the favorite from LenaMiaH. Oh hi there Shadow. *waves* I hope to have more like it, it's just hard to write cause he's kinda clueless. I had to take him out of character to make it happen. But that event I have planned will soften him up a bit. Thanks Ashley for the birthday wish lol. I'm sorry it was a dream but it was a test to see how you all reacted to it. Since I got a positive reaction I know it's ok to head in that direction. Hmm…no Wolfy. Oh well. I guess I better work on the next chapter. Should I write the lunch in or just skip to Jan 17th? Hmm….