Chapter 44

"What if Shinigami can give their vision to humans and that's what Kira 2.0 meant when he said Light didn't have the eyes…"

May 12th

Two weeks…it's been a little over two weeks since Ryuzaki and I made the discovery of the possibility of 'Shinigami vision' and every day since then I've been going back through all the cases and victims we think are connected to 2.0 and seeing if they match up with our theory.

Kira 1.0 needed a name and a face to kill but 2.0…just needs a face and can use the 'Shinigami vision' to figure out that persons name…the most obvious case being poor Ukita…he didn't stand a chance…

I put my pen to my forehead and sigh; I've been working in my room by myself on my little project and have had little visitors. Occasionally Ryuk will come by and eat my apples, but I've yet to ask him about the 'eyes' and no one else has bothered me. Ryuk is quite the talker anyway though, he never talks about anything death note related, just mostly about the way Light treats him and how bad of a roommate he is. Except that one time when he mentioned that they played Mario Kart together, imagine that, a Shinigami, a God, playing a video game. Other than that, I also learned from him that when Ryuk picks things up they appear as though they're floating. He only told me though, and I didn't have to experience it firsthand.

I sigh again, putting the pen down and lean back as I rub my eyes. They're dry and ache from the screen and size 11 font on the files. I pick up my work phone and check the time and for messages.

Ugh it's 10 am…I've pulled an all nighter again…maybe I should take a nap before everyone gets here…if they aren't here already…

I stretch my arms above my head and stand to go and lay on my bed. I reach the foot and let myself fall forward, I bounce slightly, but lay face down. At this point any position would be comfortable and I find my eyes closing on their own.

I could just fall asleep right here…

A knock comes from the door and my eyes shoot open.

You have got to be shitting me…

The person on the other side knocks again and I push myself up and rock backwards onto my feet, so I can answer the door.

When I open it, I expect it to be Watari with a late breakfast or wake up call, but to my surprise it's Ryuzaki. He looks over my tired and most likely disheveled appearance showing immediate concern.

"Yeah? What is it?" I'm exhausted and it comes out in my voice causing him to look even more concerned.

"Um, are you alright, Suzuki?" Ryuzaki is usually never lost for words, but he doesn't seem to know what to think of me. I sigh and rub the bridge of my nose.

"Yeah…just pulled an all nighter…"

"Oh, I see…Well I'm sorry to ask this, but could you come out? Another message was sent to Sakura T.V, but this time it's a video and a diary page. Chief Yagami already called Light and he's on his way." I nod and run a hand through my bangs before stepping forward. Surprised by my sudden movement he steps back into the hallway. I shut the door behind me and sigh again.

"Okay, let's go…" Ryuzaki eyes me the whole way to the living room/investigation room and I don't mean in the good way. Normally his concern would be sweet, but he's looking at me like I'm this fragile thing that will break with a single touch and I'm not.

When we enter the living room/ investigation room Matsuda spots me first. "Good morn-woah, are you alright?" He's standing with a stack of papers in his hands and I walk past him to the couch where I just flop down and lean back, closing my eyes.

"I'm fine, I just pulled an all nightery." I crack open an eye and see the Chief looking at me disapprovingly.

"It's 10 am…" His voice is stern but mixed with concern and disbelief.

"I am well aware…" I lean forward and put my elbows on my knees. Watari comes around with a cart, placing a kettle on the table with some cups, and by the smell, it's only tea. Before I can even ask for caffeine I hear the pop and hiss of a can opening and he sets a Dew in front of me. I look up at the old man with a tired smile. "Oh, thank you Watari, you're a saint."

He chuckles. "I wouldn't go that far Miss." I take a sip of salvation and spot Ryuzaki out of the corner of my eye just standing with his hands in his pockets. I set my can on the table among the sea set and case files and look up at my concerned panda-eyed-genius-boyfriend.

"Ryuzaki, seriously I'm fine, but if everyone keeps asking, I won't be." I see pink dust across his cheeks and then I cross my legs, running a hand through my bangs again.

I hear the front door open and I look over the back of the couch as Aizawa, Light, and Ryuk enter the room. Ryuk, who is behind Light as always, waves and instead of waving back I make direct eye contact to let him know I see him. After, I turn back around and greet them as a whole.

"Hey guys."

"Hey Suzuki, Oh, are you feeling alright? You look pretty tired." I understand Light's need to appear polite, but being asked again irritates me, Matsuda stifles a giggle as he knows I wanna explode. I take a breath and sigh it out.

"Yeah, just haven't been to bed yet…thanks for asking." He nods understandably, and everyone takes their respective seat, except Ryuzaki, who pops a squat next to me.

"So…this diary page?" Light leans back and crosses both his arms and legs. "You were saying Kira 2.0 wanted us to show it on T.V?" The Chief, who is by the printer, retrieves four pages and hands one to Light, myself, and Matsuda, keeping the last one for himself.

I rub my eyes again as they start to burn a little and try to focus on the diary page before me.

"May

1st- I said I wouldn't be participating in club activities during Golden Week, but my friend called and invited my anyway.

4th- I went to Saitama Super Arena with a friend to see the Morning Musume Concert

5th- It was the last day of vacation, but I just sat around the house being lazy.

7th- School has just started, but I just borrowed my friends notes and skipped class.

10th- My friends invited me to go drinking, but I declined. Yokohama is too far.

13th- The friend I promised to lend a CD to came by, so I let her borrow it.

16th- I forgot to do my report so I copied it off my friend.

19th- I bought Jump for the first time in a while. The Short story was really good.

22nd- My friend and I showed off our notebooks in Aoyama.

23rd- I ran into HIM in the Cafeteria. He was eating pork curry rice.

24th- I met a friend in Shibuya. We bought some clothes to wear this summer.

28th- I heard theyr'e coming out with something better than PS2 called the PSX. WOW!

30th- We confirmed out Shinigami at the Giants game at the Tokyo Dome."

I read it a few times as the Chief clears his throat. "Look at the entry for the 30th."

We confirmed out Shinigami at the Giants game at the Tokyo Dome? That's way too obvious…so it couldn't be…however…the 22nd mentions notebooks which could be death notebooks…wait…if there are two death notes then there will be two Shinigami. If I go to Aoyama, I'll be able to spot it right away…but will the Shinigami be near Kira, or will it venture off like Ryuk? Also, if the Shinigami is above a crowd I won't know who's Kira…so what do I do?

"First, Light, what do you make of this?" I look up form the paper to Ryuzaki and then to Light, I can see the wheels turning in his mind. He takes a breath to center himself and collect his thoughts, then lowers the page and addresses us all.

"Well, one thing's for sure, this person isn't very bright-"

"Exactly…wanting us to broadcast this diary is an obvious message to Kira. Even if it's written from last year, it's clear they plan to meet with Kira 1.0 at the Giants game that happens to be on the same day this year." Matsuda interrupts Light, but that's not the part that surprises me.

Last year? What does he mean? My eyes go to the page on the coffee table and land on the faded part next to the month. Oh…would you look at that…must be more tired than I thought…can't believe I missed that…

"Do you think that they're dumb enough that they don't know that as soon as we broadcast this the game will be cancelled?" The Chief also seems tired, he's not as sharp as normal.

"It would have to be. The media would probably say that going to the game would get you killed or some other nonsense." Matsuda sets his paper on the coffee table as well and folds his arms.

Watari comes back around and sets a box of assorted chocolates in front of Ryuzaki, it's top is gone so I have no idea what's what. That fact doesn't seem to bother him though because as Watari leaves Ryuzaki bends forward and grabs a random truffle.

"Quite frankly, all of this is idiotic…" He pops the truffle in his mouth and leans back. "However, it makes it that much harder to react to…" Everyone stares and waits for him to explain, but in typical Ryuzaki fashion we have to wait for him to eat another one first. "Well, if we broadcast the diary, then we'll also have to cancel the game. On the other hand, if we don't broadcast the diary, 2.0 might not act." We all nod and Aizawa adjusts in his chair bringing our attention to him.

"If the game is cancelled 2.0 might get angry and who knows-" Ryuzaki cuts him off.

"I don't believe that will be a problem." We all turn to him. "2.0 seems to revere the original and they believe the one we created is the original, so when they said they'd do as we said, they essentially swore not to kill unnecessarily." He takes a ragged breath and sighs. "For now…let's broadcast the diary and announce the cancelation of the game, let's also say that we'll be closing off the streets around the Tokyo Dome and conducting an investigation there. We received so much police cooperation during the Sakura T.V incident that I think we could manage that…Then we'll create a reply from the 'real Kira' saying 'Understood, let's meet.'" The Chief clears his throat, but it sounds like more of a scoff.

"You think they'd be that stupid to come after we announce that police will be around the Tokyo Dome?" Watari comes over with special tea for Ryuzaki and a bowl of sugar cubes.

Was something wrong with the other tea or is one coffee?

Ryuzaki fills his cup with whatever liquid Watari brought and then puts in a few sugar cubes, few meaning like five, and then takes a sip. "No…I don't think 1.0 will come…but I don't know how stupid 2.0 is…say for instance 2.0 is smarter than we give him credit for, think about the possibility of any other hidden messages in this diary. We're only going off what we know, but there could be something on here that only the two of the Kira's know and everything else is just here to send us on a wild goose chase. Obviously; we wouldn't be able to find it, that being said, we still have to check out all of the locations mentioned in the diary. That includes; 22nd in Aoyama and the 24th in Shibuya. This might be a waste of time but let's put our attention on people holding notebooks in Aoyama and clothes stores in Shibuya."

You won't find anything in Shibuya or the Tokyo Dome, Ryuzaki…You know about the death note, don't you? I could have sworn I mentioned it…It's a notebook of death; 'notebooks in Aoyama', it's a connection and something only the Kira's would know…or would have if I didn't have the ability to see and hear Shinigami. As far as being smart…I don't think 2.0 is all that bright…I just think they want to appease 1.0 and will do anything for them…but that would include being careful…but how will they know Light is Kira? If we were walking together side by side and Ryuk was directly in the middle behind us, what about Light would make 2.0 chose him over me?

"Suzuki, are you with us?" I look up from my head in my hand position that I had fallen into and everyone is staring at me concerned, including Ryuzaki. "You've been rather quiet, are you alright?" I sit up and rub my eyes, a headache forming.

"I'm fine, I was just thinking…I think that Light, Matsui, and I should go to Aoyama…we look more like typical college kids and will fit in when walking around." I look at Ryuzaki feeling slightly bad about what I'm about to say. "I'd include you, but from past experiences, you kinda stick out like a sore thumb…" I'm not sure if the metaphor translates correctly by no one says anything about it, Light just nods slightly.

"That's a good idea, I'll even invite friends to blend in more." I look at Light who smiles causing a shiver to run down my spine.

Oh, the snake has friends?

"Light…" The Chief's voice is forbearing, but Light cuts him off.

"Dad, don't worry, Aoyama and Shibuya are places I'd go anyway, and Suzuki's got a point, out of all of us we're the ones that would look normal hanging out together. Not to mention that the only person Kira 2.0 is looking for is 1.0."

And of course, that's not you, right Light?

"Are you alright with all of this, Ryuzaki? It is your girlfriend we'd be bringing into a potentially dangerous situation." Matsuda's question brings all of our attention to Ryuzaki who, judging by his eyes, is deep in thought.

He comes out of it and looks at me, our eyes meeting. I can see the flood of emotions he's going through even though he doesn't often show it on his face. We wait a few seconds but he's being indecisive; he knows it's important that I go, but he also knows it's dangerous. If 2.0 does show up and can see my name with their Shinigami Vision, then they could just kill me on the spot…

"Ryuzaki…" I see his eyes become clearer as a sign he's listening. "You know I can handle myself and that this is the reason I joined the task force. You know how I feel about you, but this is also my job, you can't make me stay behind because of favoritism, we all have a job to do…so let me do mine." My voice is soft and comforting despite the annoying feeling I have in the back of my mind. I've never been treated like a fragile thing before and I'm learning that I hate it…

He stares at me for a few seconds more and sighs, signifying that not only has he decided, but that he's given in.

"Alright, you can all go. We'll broadcast this diary tomorrow. Asahi-" He turns to the Chief. "Can you get cooperation from the police before tomorrow night's news?" Looking determined the Chief nods.

"Yes. I'll do my best." Ryuzaki nods.

"That's all I can ask for…" His face drops and he looks serious. "Also, and this is very important…while it's true that this is a chance to catch either Kira, we must also remember that for them, this is an opportunity to join forces. That being said, I want to strengthen our security even more. He pauses and takes a sip of his coffee, or whatever it is. Well at this point it's probably more sugar than whatever it was when Watari gave it to him. "Obviously don't reveal that you're working on this case to anyone. Avoid going outside as police officers as much as possible, and I want you to destroy all photos of yourselves, except the ones you carry on your person."

What? Why? Could Kira 2.0 use a phot to kill us?

"I've left no photos of myself anywhere, even at To-Oh University, where Suzuki and I are registered. I've also made it so the security cameras at this hotel deactivate when we enter and leave. That being said, I want you to father up all your files at the police headquarters, all your photos at home and all the ones you've given away…and dispose of them.

All their photos?! Even the ones we've taken recently? Like the one I have of Matsuda and I? Or Ryuzaki and I? Or would those fall under the 'on your person' category? I just don't want to get rid of all our photos and something bad happen to one of us and have nothing to remember that person by…like Ukita…and what about family photos? I'm sure the Chief and Aizawa have tons of pictures of them with their families at home; does Ryuzaki want those destroyed too? I understand it's a safety issue…but isn't that going too far?

"Ryuzaki…" They all turn, looking a mix of concerned and confused. "You can't ask them to dispose of family photos, that's just wrong…" I hear Aizawa make a 'tsk' noise, but he says nothing…although I'm sure he's thinking about his own family.

Ryuzaki places his thumb to his mouth. "Yes, I see…any photos at home...you may keep…but make sure they're kept safe. I still, however, want you to go out and collect the photos you've given out, so they can be destroyed. At this point we still don't know how Kira 2.0 kills; Kira 1.0 needed a name and a face, but 2.0 seems to only need a face, and because of that we need to be careful with photos until we know if they can be used by 2.0 to kill." He turns to me. "Is that more acceptable?" I nod.

"As long as they can keep their family photos, yes."

"Wait, Ryuzaki does that mean you still suspect my son?" I look toward the Chief who seems irritated, but as far as his conclusion, I'm not quite sure how he got to that…even though we do. Ryuzaki sighs.

"Unfortunately, he's not totally in the clear, and that's part of my reasoning, but like I said, we're not sure if 2.0 can kill with a photo, and it's best to be cautious." Light nods seeming to pretend to understand.

"You're right, Ryuzaki…and I'm impressed you were able to think that far ahead. If Kira 1.0 and 2.0 join forces and wanted to wipe out our team, all they'd need is our photos and that'd be it. Even Ryuzaki and Suzuki who've been so secretive and on this case from the very beginning." Ryuzaki looks to Light, but by what he just said it seems like he knows I'm using a fake name…and that scares me.

"Yes, I only showed myself to all of you because in the beginning I assumed Kira needed both a name and a face…but it seems the game has changed. A second Kira has appeared and perhaps, has a new ability. In order to prevent them from joining forces; I would, at least, like to capture 2.0 during this opportunity." I sigh tiredly and look toward the window, it looks like it might rain. Ryuzaki seems to notice I'm tired and I feel him look at me and back to everyone else. "That's all for now; Light feel free to go home for the day, everyone else, you may go back to what you were doing before." I feel the couch shift and watch him go by to stand at the window. I want to go back to bed, but for some reason I'm drawn to Ryuzaki instead.

I stand up slowly and join him at the window. "Hey…" my voice comes out quiet and tired, but it doesn't startle him. He turns slowly with a smile on his face; warm and kind, despite everything we've been through lately.

"Hey you…" His arm twitches like he wants to wrap it around me, but then he must decide not to because it just settles at his side. "How're you doing, you must me dead on your feet by now…" I nod and watch as the first few raindrops of the oncoming storm hit the window.

"Yeah, but once I lay down I'll be out like a light. I just wish I was able to get used to a bed, y'know? I mean I understand why we have to keep moving…" I trail off, so I don't seem like I'm complaining and fold my arms. Ryuzaki looks back at the window and I shift my weight to the other foot.

"Yeah, about that…" My head snaps up to him and he looks back at me with a sly grin.

"What! We don't have to move anymore?!" My excitement is clear in my voice.

"I forgot to mention it to you, but you see that building there?" He turns back and points in the direction of a building that's been under construction since we got to Japan.

"You mean the new one they've been building?" He nods and puts his hands in his pockets.

"It won't be one hundred percent ready until, about August, but they tell me half the floors are complete." I can barely believe what I'm hearing.

A whole building just for us?!

"You're telling me you own that building?!" I want to wrap my arms around him, but I'm too tired and he might freak out.

No more hotels?! No more rock-hard beds?! No more rearranging furniture for Ryuzaki?!

"Yes. I had arranged for it to be built around the first time we met with Chief Yagami and the task force, construction started soon after." He looks back down at me seeming to enjoy my reaction. "It has twenty-three floors above ground and two below; and although you can't see it from here, there are two helicopter pads on the roof. We can accommodate up to sixty people, but I intended to give you your own floor.

My own floor?!

"My own floor?! Seriously? That's amazing! Wait-Ryuzaki…you bought an entire building and payed for it's construction, where did you get the funds for that?" His face deadpans and he looks at me with a face that says 'really?' I feel instantly embarrassed and look out at the building. "Oh yeah, number one detective, I forgot. You must have gotten tons of money form cases in the past…but my own floor…that's just amazing."

"I'm glad that it's to your liking, or at least I hope it will." He looks down at me with a smile that makes my heart skip.

"I'm sure everything will be fine." He nods, but I can see the beginning of pink on his cheeks.

"What?" He looks away the pink turning to red.

"It's nothing." I know he's lying and something is rolling around in that brain of his, but I drop it for now.

The rain is starting to come down hard now and I yawn remembering I've been up since six am yesterday.

"Listen, Ryuzaki, imma go take a nap…wake me up in a few hours." He nods and pulls out his cellphone as if he's about to call someone.

"Alright Suzuki, sweet dreams." I smile meeting his dark eyes, causing my heart to once again do flips. I turn and start the trek back to my room where I'll probably sleep for six hours before anyone tries to wake me.

A new facility, my own floor, my own room, my own bed! I can't believe this, maybe Ryuzaki and I will even be able to spend some time alone together and I don't mean work in my room. I mean maybe we can snuggle on the couch and watch a movie…y'know what they say…all work and no play, something something something…

Hi everyone! Are you surprised at how fast I uploaded this time? HAHA I told you I was working on 44! Sadly though i haven't stared on 45 i actually drew a bunch of L stuff today which i'll be posting on Tumblr and DA in a bit...maybe...i wanna digitize one of the drawings first. Anyway thanks to ShiroKuroe for favoriteing and following! And no one commented so that's it! Tell me what you've thought of the latest chapters! :( i like hearing from you guys...