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Fifty Days	By : sashocirrione Category: Death Note > Het-Male/Female > L/Misa Views: 2868 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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CHAPTER 12: Hideki Ryuga
The plan to use Hideki Ryuga worked better than L expected. Misa was avoiding him after Light's death. The servants and Rem attended to L's needs, taking him on bathroom breaks, feeding him, and helping him shower while still wearing the straightjacket. L was grateful for the absence of torture, and for Misa having apparently forgotten about a replacement blindfold. With what she'd seen, she certainly had other things on her mind. L was also glad he didn't have to perform for her sexually. After seeing Watari, his shame was at an all-time high.
Hideki Ryuga frequently wandered into L's room that day, looking at him curiously, wearing the expression people get immediately before they are about to speak. L knew Hideki desperately wanted to ask questions, but was completely unable to. Then, in the afternoon of the first day after Light's death, Hideki came into L's room carrying a tabloid. He opened to an article in the middle and held it in front of L's face, saying, "Read this."
L read it. It contained lots of speculations and rumors, but also included concrete information from the police about Misa fleeing the scene of a drug-induced suicide of one man in extreme bondage who was known as her boyfriend while pushing a wheeled metal frame containing yet another boyfriend in bondage, this one living. It said the police were looking to interview both Misa Amane and "Hideki Ryuga" for possible drug charges.
It included Misa's admission of being pregnant in front of the limo driver during the time before the sound-proof wall had ascended, and had photos of L, including the grainy weird-angle cellphone photo and several photos of him walking beside Misa with his black t-shirt pulled up to cover his face, wearing a green mini-skirt and the pink-and-black leggings.
The photos were grouped together in a frame titled "Mystery Man" and had further information about how Hideki Ryuga, not the pop star but a different man, had absolutely no photos that could be found other than the ones taken of him recently with Misa. To-Oh University did not even have a photo of him, despite that he'd received a perfect score on the entrance exam and had given the freshman address jointly with Misa's other boyfriend, the one who had killed himself.
"Hideki Ryuga" was well known in gossip circulating among university students as a reclusive, eccentric rich kid, but there were almost no details other than that. The rest of the article trailed off into increasingly bizarre speculation and rumors that were obviously made up.
When L finished reading the article, he studied the real Hideki Ryuga's face. The man looked about ready to burst with curiosity.
L said, "You want me to tell you everything about this, don't you?"
Hideki said, "Yes! I really want to know."
He seemed about to say something else, but he didn't and then his face looked quite confused.
L twisted within his bonds, turning his head in every direction and scanning the room for any sign of Rem.
Satisfied, he dropped his voice and said, "If you say nothing about what I'm about to tell you, and do exactly what I say, I'll tell you everything. First, contact me the moment that Misa actually leaves this place. Come to me immediately and I'll give you a few more instructions, and if you do those as well, I'll tell you all about this."
Hideki Ryuga said, "Thanks!"
L said, "You won't say anything to your servants or Misa. If you do, I'll find out. Also, you won't be obvious you're watching for Misa to leave. If any hint of this escapes, I'll know."
Fortunately, if Misa left, Rem would go too, so there was no danger of their little conspiracy being overheard by a creature invisible to Hideki unless he decided to blab about it at a later time while Rem was around.
L added, "Never discuss this with me except when I tell you it's okay first. Misa is very, very good at catching people who are having private discussions. If she is anywhere in the area, she might unexpectedly arrive. Do you understand?"
Hideki said, "Yes," and turned to leave the room, but then L saw a better view of the front of the tabloid and the cover story caught his eye.
L said, "Let me read some more before you go."
Hideki came back, and held up the tabloid magazine, turning pages as L requested. The cover story said, "Kira Targets Hundreds of Paparazzi Worldwide" and the article gave details about a massive slaughter that had started shortly after Misa told L she might do that. The deaths were all by heart attacks, since the public didn't know Kira killed any other way and Misa was smart enough to keep that much secret. The victims included a number of legitimate mainstream journalists that Misa had apparently targeted by mistake along with all the rest.
The article speculated about whether Kira was a celebrity or connected to one, or if Kira was someone being paid by celebrities. The suddenness of this development, with no warning, was making people think there had to be some incident that had angered either Kira or someone who was paying Kira. The article had a list of celebrity scandals happening around that time, however not including Misa's incident, and there were included quotes from three of the involved celebrities saying they weren't Kira and had no connection to him.
As Hideki finished and walked away, L began thinking about Misa's capture. With this, there was little doubt she'd be caught. It was now clear that even if L hadn't leaked information to Roger Ruvie and told him to get other investigators on Misa's trail as soon as it was safe to do so, Misa would have eventually slipped up badly enough for normal detectives to begin to realize who Kira must be. In fact, anyone who read through this entire tabloid magazine might now be speculating that Misa Amane was Kira. The relevant information was in two separate articles, but they were in the same publication, separated by mere pages.
There was no way Misa could elude capture long enough to successfully raise another Kira to adulthood. Misa wasn't stupid, and L had underestimated her more than once, but she wasn't on the same level as Light and she was further impaired by her impulsive nature. Misa had been right. She'd truly needed Light, and couldn't function properly without his guidance.
It was only a couple of hours later that Hideki Ryuga came running into the room, saying that Misa had just driven away.
L said, "It is close to Christmas, but I notice you don't have decorations up yet. Do you normally decorate?"
"Yes, but only shortly before the actual holiday."
"Where is the old man being kept? And, is there a route from here to there that bypasses the main entryway?"
Hideki Ryuga briefly described the layout of his mansion, including the room where Watari was.
L said, "I want to sneak out and talk to the old man privately. I need you to let me out of my restraints and let me borrow a cellphone. I assume you have more than one?"
"Yes"
"Get all of the servants involved in decorating for Christmas. Give them specific orders to stay in the west end of the building, particularly decorating the dining room and the entryway. Tell them that if you see them wandering away they will be in trouble; they are not to stop until finished. While they do this, sit next to a window with one cellphone and watch for Misa's return. If you see her, call the cellphone I borrowed to warn me and then run to meet me in this room and put my restraints back on. I can't fasten them from the inside."
Hideki then took L out of all the restraints except the shackles, which he didn't have the key to. While Hideki unfastened things, L carefully memorized the look of everything so he could have Hideki recreate it perfectly later. Then Hideki got out two cellphones and told L the numbers for each of them, and let him have one. L made Hideki repeat all the instructions once more to ensure he had them straight, then sent him off to organize the servants.
A few minutes later, L got a call from Hideki saying, "They're all here now."
L simply answered, "Yes," and then cautiously snuck out of the room.
If Hideki was stupid or any servants were disobedient, there still might be some possibility of running into them in the forbidden areas. L stuck to walls and cautiously peered around each corner before rounding it. He had to go through most of the length of the building and down two floors to reach Watari. Misa had been smart enough to put Watari in the furthest part of Hideki Ryuga's mansion from L. She must indeed fear the possibility of this sort of meeting.
When L came in the room, he gasped softly. Watari was not being held in a guest bedroom, but in what looked like a large storage room, with plenty of shelves covered with boxes and a few piles of miscellaneous items on the floor. All the things seemed to crowd Watari, making his form look smaller and almost brittle. L could see Watari's head still slumped to one side and the visible parts of his face and neck covered with bruises. Watari had never looked so old, and for a moment L feared he might be dead.
L approached softly and when he was only a few feet away, said, "It's me."
Watari's head snapped up immediately, and in a dry, croaking voice, he said, "Don't, Ryuzaki. She'll kill both of us if we escape."
"I'm not escaping yet, and I'm not rescuing you at this moment. Rem has a weakness. Do you know what it is?"
"No."
L said, "Whatever it is, the other death god, Ryuk, has admitted that such a weakness exists. Misa knows it, Light knew it, and Rem knows it. It is possible you may have heard some clue. I'll need to interview you about anything you overheard them saying in case you didn't realize the significance of it."
Watari's head slumped again, and he said, "Knew? Has it been past twenty-three days, then?"
"Light died yesterday."
Suddenly, the images were crowding into L's mind again, and he wanted to puke. He pushed them out, gained control of his breathing, and said, "I have three plans, two if I cannot figure out Rem's weakness today. I think we will either be dead or rescued soon. Let me get you some water."
Without waiting for an answer, L slipped out to a small kitchenette he'd seen and returned with a glass of water he held to Watari's lips. Watari drank greedily, and when he'd finished that glass and had drained two refills of it, his voice was no longer so hoarse. L felt bad subjecting him to rigorous questioning, but that's exactly what he did. L anxiously sifted through every comment Watari had overheard, searching for some clue. Unfortunately, Misa had been smart enough to keep Light out of Watari's hearing range nearly all the time, and L wasn't finding anything he didn't already know.
After only a short while, L knew he was done with the questions, and Hideki still hadn't called with a warning.
L said, "We have time. Do you want me to let you out for a short rest?"
Watari chuckled, a very brave-sounding chuckle, and said, "Misa is a squeamish torturer. I've had much worse. Don't risk getting caught for my comfort."
L didn't want to ask the next question, but he knew it might be his only chance and Watari deserved to hear it.
"If I'm sure I have failed, do you want me to kill you?"
Watari was quiet for a few moments, and then he said, "Yes. If you are sure."
L replied, "I will only kill you if I have already killed myself."
L wanted to say something else, he wanted to linger, but he couldn't think of anything to say and he knew it would be best to avoid Misa by a large margin of time, so he quietly withdrew from Watari's room. He put the glass back exactly where he'd found it after wiping it dry, then snuck back to his room and phoned Hideki Ryuga to help him. Hideki obviously wanted to talk, but L refused until all the restraints had been replaced to his satisfaction.
Hideki was so anxious to ask questions that he was actually jumping from foot to foot. L wondered what it was like to be controlled in such a way. Was Hideki capable of figuring out he couldn't ask questions of his guests, or did he somehow think everything he did was his own decision, no matter how ridiculous and confusing it was?
Then L gave Hideki a long story about how Misa had been studying advanced sexual techniques, and was teaching them to others. L described the restraints as some kind of enhancement-inducing endurance test, almost like a kind of sexual yoga. It was pleasurable if you could get past the bad parts. Light had killed himself because he'd unwisely mixed Misa's techniques with drugs, which was why the article said there were drugs in Light's system. The old man was not having sex with Misa, but was paying her to teach him the techniques. When he finished learning, he'd go home.
Hideki's only response to the tale was to say, "Misa had two boyfriends."
It was a simple statement of fact, not a question, but L knew Hideki wanted to ask about the situation. Hideki had that incredibly curious look on his face again.
L said, "I need to know you a little better to tell you that story. Don't let Misa find out I visited the old man and I'll tell you before long."
Hideki looked as if he really, really wanted to know but he agreed and then left the room. This was good. Hideki Ryuga's cooperation could be bought by satisfying his curiosity, and by withholding some of the information he wanted so he felt there was more payment waiting in the future if he continued to behave.
But it was also bad. Plan one had failed, accomplishing nothing other than getting Watari some water, learning the layout of the mansion and creating a situation where Hideki Ryuga would need to be carefully managed so he didn't blab about what had happened.
Plan two, negotiating secretly with Rem, was the next thing to try. Unlike Watari, L couldn't go to her. He had to wait until Rem wandered into his room without Misa, and the tension was killing him. He hoped it was a matter of hours, not days, until that circumstance happened. L didn't have much time for any plan to unfold.
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