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Realization
Futatsu no Tsuki
Chapter 15
Watari glanced at L concerned as he noted the detective's growing impatience with the cell phone. For the fifth time in twenty minutes the black-haired detective had dialed Yue's number and received, by the frown on his face, a caller-not-available-try-again message each time. The cake slice he'd placed on the table in front of L - a chocolate topped strawberry cake he knew L loved - remained untouched, forgotten in the detective's aggravation.
His wizened eyes shifted to observe the other task force members, noticing how they watched and whispered among themselves. Aizawa especially grew agitated every passing second that L ignored them. Determined to avert the pending explosion, Watari approached L and whispered in his ear.
"I know you're concerned about Yue-san, but you need to make some effort to interact with the others on the investigation. Aizawa-san is about to lose it."
L glanced back at the others, revealing how unobservant he'd been of their presence for the past twenty minutes or so by the slight twitch of his lips and eyes. He frowned a bit before leaving his chair and facing them.
"Ah, finally he shows he knows we're still here." Aizawa began stepping forward angrily before Matsuda blocked him in an effort to prevent the violence threatened by the irritable officer's glare.
"There is nothing more that can be done, besides looking through the compiled data and tapes again, until I can gather more information for the Kira investigation. Those of you who wish to can take a break."
"You had us wait twenty minutes before telling us that? We've already looked through the data hundreds of times….now…."
"Aizawa-san, please calm down…."
"…..and who have you been trying to call for the past half-hour anyway? If it's anyone that is important….."
"Yagami-san's son Yue. He seems to be avoiding my calls to check on him. I am certain he is not in danger however, so it would be best not to worry Yagami-san…."
"But if Yue-san isn't answering his phone for so long, then couldn't it be that he's in trouble? Especially since you've been calling so much…." Matsuda squeaked and went for his cell placed on the table where they'd each placed there upon entering the room.
"He shut his phone off, so he probably doesn't know I called….and you'd only worry his father needlessly if you tell him, which given Yagami-san's current health it is best not to do so."
"But….but…."
"I am certain there is no danger to Yue-san from Kira currently."
"There is no guarantee, Yue-san is investigating on his own….he might…."
"….He and Light-kun share the same written name, not to mention a similar even if not identical physical appearance….Light will not risk it unless his brother becomes an extreme threat…."
"That is only if you're right that Light is Kira! Ryuzaki-san….."
"Matsu….." L's cell phone rang before he could complete his sentence and he answered it quickly, noting the number as the one Yue had given him.
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Caramel eyes blinked, the skin around them whitening with each step the model made towards her apartment door - holding in his breath Yue pulled himself away from the small window of the stairwell door, dropping to the floor before the glowing red eyes noticed him. He counted to a hundred, heart pounding in his chest as what he saw remained burned on his retinas. Floating along unhesitatingly behind the model from the moment the elevator doors opened, had been a creature monstrous in form with huge wings. Further, the creature had seemed to converse with the model who responded in turn with neither surprise nor fear.
'Shi….Shinigami….that had to be….but how….why….' He tugged the handle of his bag, drawing it closer. The skin around his eyes pale as his pupils narrowed in fear. 'The notebook….the notebook must be….'
His brother's face suddenly flashed before his eyes, the strange sensation of death that filled him whenever Light was around suffocated him as nausea bubbled in his stomach. He knew. Despite the lack of evidence and the burden of proof that needed to be satisfied, he knew.
'Aniki….'
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"Yes, I understand that….I apologize…." L ended the call frowning, face stripped of all other expression to disguise the anger flaring through him. He stalked toward the table with his desserts and sat down abruptly on his chair, snatching the chocolate strawberry cake and a fork before responding to the other's questioning stares. "Go ahead and call Yagami-san now, Matsuda-san, and inform him that next time he talks to Yue-san to get his son's real cell-phone number."
"Real number? But didn't that number work yesterday…."
"Apparently the real owner of that number has just returned home from vacation to discover his 'missing' cell phone in his mailbox." L grumbled and dug into his cake, the rare glimpse of irritation peeking from his usually unexpressive mask silenced the task force members' protests.
As the task force officers returned to their side of the room amid the papers and boxes of investigation material, Matsuda hesitated in calling. Glancing at the other officers with a nervous smile, his request that one of them call instead almost passed from his lips before he caught the surprised expression on each one's face.
'Did Ryuzaki-san actually get tricked by Yue?' Seemed to be the silent question passed between them, the incredibility of the idea keeping them from voicing it aloud. Matsuda swallowed and glanced back at where L continued to sulk with his back facing the task force; uncomfortably he glanced at his cell phone, wondering how he could inform Souichiro about things without worrying him too much.
'Perhaps I should call Light and see if he knows where Yue is, and ask him to get Yue's real number….'
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Light leaned back against the seat as the bus cruised along the streets, carrying him back towards the university. He ignored Ryuk as the Shinigami whined for apples, the revelations from earlier that day running through his thoughts and filling him with avenues that could lead him to victory. If he could get the task force in general to distrust L….
His phone's ringtone drew him from his current thought-trail and onto another one as he took the contraption from his pocket; two nights ago when L stipulated that Yue give his cell phone number to the detective in exchange for allowing Yue to investigate alone and without being followed, Light had listened closely to the number the younger twin had given.
It was a different number than what he'd gotten when he called his phone from Yue's cell. However it had still worked when the detective and his father tried it out right after he and Yue left the hospital area, sparking Light's curiosity even deeper.
'Yue must have gotten another cell phone and number, but when…and why? Just for the purpose of hiding the number of his real one?' The message Light had read on his brother's cell phone flashed through his thoughts, the sender's name and the odd way the sender referred to his brother burned into the forefront of his brain. The sender Tenichi and Yue referred to as 7123 - a number that seemed familiar to Light, though he couldn't place it.
"Hello? Oh, Matsuda-san…." Light answered causally, eyes widening a sliver before he schooled them, his lips briefly curved into a smirk. "I see, he gave a false number….yes, I'll try to get in touch with him myself. I should see him at the university today - we actually have a class together this afternoon. I'll ask him then."
Pressing the end button on his cell, the brunette refrained from chuckling and instead glanced at the passing scenery outside the bus window for indication that it neared his stop; once it was one stop before the university one, he pressed the stop request button and exited the bus. Behind him Ryuk followed him with a curious gaze.
"Light, this isn't your stop…."
'I see why Yue gave a false number….it was a delay on keeping the task force from keeping track of his investigation….though it's interesting that he doesn't want L to know what he's doing, and that he didn't say anything about my getting his real number….is he planning something with that Tenichi?'
"Hey, Light…there's a store over there…are you going to get me an apple?" Ryuk floated in front of the brunette and pointed toward the entrance to the supermarket; he paused as Light glared at him sharply - however that glare lost its sharpness and the brunette's expression changed into one of serious inquiry.
"Ryuk….is there anything else about Yue that you're keeping from me? If I get you an apple now and I find out you kept anything else from me…." Light studied the Shinigami while keeping his threat unvoiced, not that it needed to be. His lips twitched as he saw the Shinigami gulp slightly before responding.
"….well, you already know that your brother had a few near death experiences so, there's nothing really….other than that….." Ryuk said, willing to answer the human's questions honestly in the hope of getting an apple that day despite the brunette's earlier refusals.
"That's all.…All right….wait, are you saying you can tell such a thing? That you knew when you first saw Yue?" Light's eyes widened with pure curiosity, though his rational mind saw no reason to needing such knowledge - he knew Yue had almost died before, that his brother's heart stopped at least twice before the younger twin disappeared. That a Shinigami could tell such a thing didn't mean anything to his current predicament.
"The lifespan of humans who 'died' but were resuscitated are different than a normal human's lifespan - especially those whose hearts stopped but were revived when it was close to the end of their original lifespan. Those are especially rare - Yue's the first one I've seen in about a hundred years or….." Ryuk continued with delight as they headed toward the store, stopping only when he sensed the brunette stiffen.
Light froze, his stomach clenching as he processed the Shinigami's jarring words delivered in that offhanded tone.
"You're saying that…Yue was supposed to have died before….that his normal lifespan was supposed to have ended before now? Meaning his suicide attempts…."
"Well….suicide attempts that coincide with the end of a natural lifespan usually succeed….the occasion of a human's normal lifespan extending after they 'died' usually means another human saved them…."
Chocolate eyes blinked and thin lips swallowed back further questions as Light sunk once again into his thoughts, buying Ryuk's apple without really noticing.
'Does this mean….that while in the States, Yue….his criminal friend saved him….that….no, I've pretty much figured out already why he's against Kira for killing that friend of his….I hate to admit it, but Taeku Takashima probably was innocent of that crime he was in prison for….I researched it yesterday and found out that Taeku had been taking care of a teenager before that conviction, which I'm pretty sure was probably Yue…and….' Light exited the store and gave the elated Shinigami the apple before continuing towards the university with a stoic countenance masking his intense thinking. 'Yue must have been….Taeku plead guilty so that Yue….I'm certain that's the reason Yue wants to avenge his friend's death, if Taeku had physically protected him I'm certain Yue wouldn't have concealed that information…..but then when was Yue's normal lifespan supposed to have ended? When….'
Coldness washed over Light as a wave, his stomach and chest tightening as the childhood memory grabbed a hold of him. That day that Yue had nearly drowned while saving a younger student from the same thing - it was barely for even half a minute, but his brother's heart had stopped that day. He'd felt it in his bones, had been able to sense it as though he'd been the one in danger - the terrible dread he'd felt while rescuing his brother after diving into the pool had been acidic, and it'd felt like his own heart had stopped for those thirty seconds….
'It couldn't be that Yue was supposed to….that I'm the one who….Yue's endangering my ideal world because I…..'
Chapter 15
Watari glanced at L concerned as he noted the detective's growing impatience with the cell phone. For the fifth time in twenty minutes the black-haired detective had dialed Yue's number and received, by the frown on his face, a caller-not-available-try-again message each time. The cake slice he'd placed on the table in front of L - a chocolate topped strawberry cake he knew L loved - remained untouched, forgotten in the detective's aggravation.
His wizened eyes shifted to observe the other task force members, noticing how they watched and whispered among themselves. Aizawa especially grew agitated every passing second that L ignored them. Determined to avert the pending explosion, Watari approached L and whispered in his ear.
"I know you're concerned about Yue-san, but you need to make some effort to interact with the others on the investigation. Aizawa-san is about to lose it."
L glanced back at the others, revealing how unobservant he'd been of their presence for the past twenty minutes or so by the slight twitch of his lips and eyes. He frowned a bit before leaving his chair and facing them.
"Ah, finally he shows he knows we're still here." Aizawa began stepping forward angrily before Matsuda blocked him in an effort to prevent the violence threatened by the irritable officer's glare.
"There is nothing more that can be done, besides looking through the compiled data and tapes again, until I can gather more information for the Kira investigation. Those of you who wish to can take a break."
"You had us wait twenty minutes before telling us that? We've already looked through the data hundreds of times….now…."
"Aizawa-san, please calm down…."
"…..and who have you been trying to call for the past half-hour anyway? If it's anyone that is important….."
"Yagami-san's son Yue. He seems to be avoiding my calls to check on him. I am certain he is not in danger however, so it would be best not to worry Yagami-san…."
"But if Yue-san isn't answering his phone for so long, then couldn't it be that he's in trouble? Especially since you've been calling so much…." Matsuda squeaked and went for his cell placed on the table where they'd each placed there upon entering the room.
"He shut his phone off, so he probably doesn't know I called….and you'd only worry his father needlessly if you tell him, which given Yagami-san's current health it is best not to do so."
"But….but…."
"I am certain there is no danger to Yue-san from Kira currently."
"There is no guarantee, Yue-san is investigating on his own….he might…."
"….He and Light-kun share the same written name, not to mention a similar even if not identical physical appearance….Light will not risk it unless his brother becomes an extreme threat…."
"That is only if you're right that Light is Kira! Ryuzaki-san….."
"Matsu….." L's cell phone rang before he could complete his sentence and he answered it quickly, noting the number as the one Yue had given him.
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Caramel eyes blinked, the skin around them whitening with each step the model made towards her apartment door - holding in his breath Yue pulled himself away from the small window of the stairwell door, dropping to the floor before the glowing red eyes noticed him. He counted to a hundred, heart pounding in his chest as what he saw remained burned on his retinas. Floating along unhesitatingly behind the model from the moment the elevator doors opened, had been a creature monstrous in form with huge wings. Further, the creature had seemed to converse with the model who responded in turn with neither surprise nor fear.
'Shi….Shinigami….that had to be….but how….why….' He tugged the handle of his bag, drawing it closer. The skin around his eyes pale as his pupils narrowed in fear. 'The notebook….the notebook must be….'
His brother's face suddenly flashed before his eyes, the strange sensation of death that filled him whenever Light was around suffocated him as nausea bubbled in his stomach. He knew. Despite the lack of evidence and the burden of proof that needed to be satisfied, he knew.
'Aniki….'
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"Yes, I understand that….I apologize…." L ended the call frowning, face stripped of all other expression to disguise the anger flaring through him. He stalked toward the table with his desserts and sat down abruptly on his chair, snatching the chocolate strawberry cake and a fork before responding to the other's questioning stares. "Go ahead and call Yagami-san now, Matsuda-san, and inform him that next time he talks to Yue-san to get his son's real cell-phone number."
"Real number? But didn't that number work yesterday…."
"Apparently the real owner of that number has just returned home from vacation to discover his 'missing' cell phone in his mailbox." L grumbled and dug into his cake, the rare glimpse of irritation peeking from his usually unexpressive mask silenced the task force members' protests.
As the task force officers returned to their side of the room amid the papers and boxes of investigation material, Matsuda hesitated in calling. Glancing at the other officers with a nervous smile, his request that one of them call instead almost passed from his lips before he caught the surprised expression on each one's face.
'Did Ryuzaki-san actually get tricked by Yue?' Seemed to be the silent question passed between them, the incredibility of the idea keeping them from voicing it aloud. Matsuda swallowed and glanced back at where L continued to sulk with his back facing the task force; uncomfortably he glanced at his cell phone, wondering how he could inform Souichiro about things without worrying him too much.
'Perhaps I should call Light and see if he knows where Yue is, and ask him to get Yue's real number….'
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Light leaned back against the seat as the bus cruised along the streets, carrying him back towards the university. He ignored Ryuk as the Shinigami whined for apples, the revelations from earlier that day running through his thoughts and filling him with avenues that could lead him to victory. If he could get the task force in general to distrust L….
His phone's ringtone drew him from his current thought-trail and onto another one as he took the contraption from his pocket; two nights ago when L stipulated that Yue give his cell phone number to the detective in exchange for allowing Yue to investigate alone and without being followed, Light had listened closely to the number the younger twin had given.
It was a different number than what he'd gotten when he called his phone from Yue's cell. However it had still worked when the detective and his father tried it out right after he and Yue left the hospital area, sparking Light's curiosity even deeper.
'Yue must have gotten another cell phone and number, but when…and why? Just for the purpose of hiding the number of his real one?' The message Light had read on his brother's cell phone flashed through his thoughts, the sender's name and the odd way the sender referred to his brother burned into the forefront of his brain. The sender Tenichi and Yue referred to as 7123 - a number that seemed familiar to Light, though he couldn't place it.
"Hello? Oh, Matsuda-san…." Light answered causally, eyes widening a sliver before he schooled them, his lips briefly curved into a smirk. "I see, he gave a false number….yes, I'll try to get in touch with him myself. I should see him at the university today - we actually have a class together this afternoon. I'll ask him then."
Pressing the end button on his cell, the brunette refrained from chuckling and instead glanced at the passing scenery outside the bus window for indication that it neared his stop; once it was one stop before the university one, he pressed the stop request button and exited the bus. Behind him Ryuk followed him with a curious gaze.
"Light, this isn't your stop…."
'I see why Yue gave a false number….it was a delay on keeping the task force from keeping track of his investigation….though it's interesting that he doesn't want L to know what he's doing, and that he didn't say anything about my getting his real number….is he planning something with that Tenichi?'
"Hey, Light…there's a store over there…are you going to get me an apple?" Ryuk floated in front of the brunette and pointed toward the entrance to the supermarket; he paused as Light glared at him sharply - however that glare lost its sharpness and the brunette's expression changed into one of serious inquiry.
"Ryuk….is there anything else about Yue that you're keeping from me? If I get you an apple now and I find out you kept anything else from me…." Light studied the Shinigami while keeping his threat unvoiced, not that it needed to be. His lips twitched as he saw the Shinigami gulp slightly before responding.
"….well, you already know that your brother had a few near death experiences so, there's nothing really….other than that….." Ryuk said, willing to answer the human's questions honestly in the hope of getting an apple that day despite the brunette's earlier refusals.
"That's all.…All right….wait, are you saying you can tell such a thing? That you knew when you first saw Yue?" Light's eyes widened with pure curiosity, though his rational mind saw no reason to needing such knowledge - he knew Yue had almost died before, that his brother's heart stopped at least twice before the younger twin disappeared. That a Shinigami could tell such a thing didn't mean anything to his current predicament.
"The lifespan of humans who 'died' but were resuscitated are different than a normal human's lifespan - especially those whose hearts stopped but were revived when it was close to the end of their original lifespan. Those are especially rare - Yue's the first one I've seen in about a hundred years or….." Ryuk continued with delight as they headed toward the store, stopping only when he sensed the brunette stiffen.
Light froze, his stomach clenching as he processed the Shinigami's jarring words delivered in that offhanded tone.
"You're saying that…Yue was supposed to have died before….that his normal lifespan was supposed to have ended before now? Meaning his suicide attempts…."
"Well….suicide attempts that coincide with the end of a natural lifespan usually succeed….the occasion of a human's normal lifespan extending after they 'died' usually means another human saved them…."
Chocolate eyes blinked and thin lips swallowed back further questions as Light sunk once again into his thoughts, buying Ryuk's apple without really noticing.
'Does this mean….that while in the States, Yue….his criminal friend saved him….that….no, I've pretty much figured out already why he's against Kira for killing that friend of his….I hate to admit it, but Taeku Takashima probably was innocent of that crime he was in prison for….I researched it yesterday and found out that Taeku had been taking care of a teenager before that conviction, which I'm pretty sure was probably Yue…and….' Light exited the store and gave the elated Shinigami the apple before continuing towards the university with a stoic countenance masking his intense thinking. 'Yue must have been….Taeku plead guilty so that Yue….I'm certain that's the reason Yue wants to avenge his friend's death, if Taeku had physically protected him I'm certain Yue wouldn't have concealed that information…..but then when was Yue's normal lifespan supposed to have ended? When….'
Coldness washed over Light as a wave, his stomach and chest tightening as the childhood memory grabbed a hold of him. That day that Yue had nearly drowned while saving a younger student from the same thing - it was barely for even half a minute, but his brother's heart had stopped that day. He'd felt it in his bones, had been able to sense it as though he'd been the one in danger - the terrible dread he'd felt while rescuing his brother after diving into the pool had been acidic, and it'd felt like his own heart had stopped for those thirty seconds….
'It couldn't be that Yue was supposed to….that I'm the one who….Yue's endangering my ideal world because I…..'