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Futatsu no Tsuki
Chapter 5
Dyed dark hair styled to lay over the right side of his face, smooth cheeks with slight coloring and eyes the rich shade of brown with a hint of red, Yue Yagami stood in the entrance hall. He wore a loose white shirt covered with a black, half zipped up hoodie and slim blue jeans torn as a design. On his feet were simple sneakers though he studied them intensely while he waited for the explosion at his appearance. He swallowed at the sound of his mother's gasp, and the clatter of something falling further into the house.
"I'm home." He whispered, hands in his pockets while he listened to the footsteps. The soft creaks and shuffling seemed nostalgic, though his eyes remained downcast. The fingers in his pockets grabbed the fabric, tightened into fists before he numbly took in the missing pairs of shoes.
"Yue-chan?" Sachiko hesitated only a second before wrapping her arms around the teen, tears welling and falling from her eyes and onto his hoodie. She held him in trembling arms, her greeting hindered by the soreness of her throat. Seconds passed, her lips forming the words into halted syllables. "Welcome home."
Yue wetted his lips with his tongue and swallowed once more, his heart racing as he released his hands from his pockets. He ignored their tremble and wrapped them around his mother, her gentleness nostalgic. Footsteps approached tentatively from down the hall near the stairs heading to the second floor. Yue released his arms from around his mother as he noticed Sayu standing just 3 feet away from them.
"Mother, who . . . ." Sayu paused a second as she studied Yue, her brows furrowed until recognition lit them up. "Yue-niichan!" She hurried forward as well, tears in her eyes - yet the moment she reached them she struck the teen in his arm. "Idiot! Why'd you have to run away and make mom cry!?"
"I'm sorry. It's been so long, you've grown so big . . . ." Yue placed his hand on Sayu's head, remembering when she was so much shorter. "Five years . . . ."
"What are we doing? Come inside, come inside. I'll make something up right away. You must be starving." Sachiko let go of her son and wiped the tears from her face. Her smile reaching her eyes. "I can't believe you're home….my son, my Yue…."
Yue smiled sadly and slipped off his shoes, the floor he hadn't stepped on in years felt strange under his feet. Familiar and reassuring.
"How are dad and Light? Aniki must still be a top student, I bet." His face flashed a miniscule twitch of pain, his eyes a glint of jealousy mixed with a tinge of guilt. A brief recollection of the bully incident flashed through his thoughts. He brushed away the memory with a smile and followed his mother into the kitchen.
"Your father is working on a difficult case and today is Light's first day at To-oh University." Sachiko paused, glancing at Yue every few seconds, her hands trembling too much to be much help fixing a meal. Her eyes watered again, the question she wanted to ask dying as her unexpressed sobs filled her throat.
"To-oh's first day of classes is today? But I thought…." Yue glanced at the calendar on the kitchen wall, then at the clock above it. 'I still have time to make it….'
"Yue? What is it? Do you want to…."
"What school are you attending, Yue-niichan? Have you gotten into a college?"
"I attended as a second year student at an American university last year - and To-oh accepted my transfer request for this school year. But I thought I missed opening day…." Yue replied, missing the surprise forming on his mother's and sister's faces as he studied the wall clock and calendar. The next moment he cursed and slapped his forehead. "I must have been so preoccupied that I messed up my calculation of the time zones changes!"
"Yue-niichan? You're only 18, how can you have attended an university last year?"
Yue glanced down at his sister, his brief surprise changing to laughter. 'Oh yeah, I finally achieved something Light hasn't….'
"I attended an American High school that allowed me to apply for early graduation - with enough college credits from advance courses to place me in the second year at the University I attended."
"That…that means you're starting your third year, but…if you're transferring…."
"Regrettably, the University I attended in the States doesn't meet the standards To-oh requires to allow me to start as a third year. Thus I'm starting as a first year, but with many of my classes accelerated or honors ones…."
"…Yue….I…." Sachiko glanced at the clock herself, the next moment rushing to the laundry and picking out a blue uniform pants and jacket. The spare uniform Light bought for himself. "Here. You can still make it for the opening ceremony."
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Light gazed out the window at the clear blue sky sprinkled with sakura petals twirling about. His blue uniform, neat and pressed, he wore perfectly as he approached the stage. Behind him, the strange student dressed in a white long sleeve shirt and blue jeans followed - Light quickly glanced at the black hair, dark eyes, and pale skin as he ascended the stage steps.
'….the guy who sat behind me all through exams….' His face remained composed as he read the commencement speech, years of acting polite while feeling above others kicking in. He recited the speech he could easily have memorized, and then waited for the fellow student to give a similar address.
The process did not take long, and soon he left to return to his seat. As he descended the steps, his sharp ears picked up the whispers of two teachers in charge of the opening ceremonies. Their voices were strained as they discussed a late student speaker.
"….supposed to be another speech, but seems the speaker is late…."
"Late on the first day of university…some slack off…."
"No, it's a transfer from an American university, those he's supposed to be only around 18.…"
"A prodigy? What's his name?"
Light tuned out the rest of the conversation as he reached his chair, the weird student sitting next to him. He faced forward, staring at the stage though he studied the weird sitting position of his fellow student.
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Yue rushed through the school entrance yard, his heart racing from running to the university after realizing he could still make it for the opening ceremony. He hadn't been days late as he first feared, but just enough to miss the first 10 minutes.
'My speech can be done anytime during the ceremony, but I must've missed Light's….'
He reached the doors to the university and heaved in breath as he finished putting on the uniform jacket - the pants he'd changed into at his parent's house. The pants and jacket belonging to Light as a backup uniform. Thin lips curved as memory of his brother's habit returned - Light always bought a back up uniform for the rare occasions he couldn't wear the usual one.
"What am I doing? I've got to get to the auditorium."
Yue bowed to the faculty member standing at the entrance, ignoring the disapproving glare - he quickly combed his fingers through his hair. His hand paused a split-second before allowing the strands to fall naturally on his face, no longer styled over the right side of his face.
"Are you by chance the overseas transfer student?" Another faculty member approached, eyes puzzled even as Yue nodded. "But you're Japanese…."
"I lived in the States for a long while, but I'm full Japanese. I apologize for being late, the change in time zones was difficult to deal with."
"Your Japanese is perfect. Come this way, the freshmen commencement speeches have already been made, but there's still time for yours."
"I appreciate it." Yue bowed his head and smiled, trailing behind the faculty member; he heard clapping from behind the auditorium door, his heart jumped in his chest as he briefly imagined what his brother would look like. While the faculty member whispered to someone just inside the door - which lead directly onto the stage - he inhaled and then slowly released it.
'Good, no perform….on second thought I better not finish that thought, now is not the time for perversion….'
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'This guy is L….this guy….' Light kept his agitation masked as he took in the striking declaration. Ryuk laughed beside him as thought and counter thought swam through his brain. 'I…can't kill….'
His brown hair swayed slightly as he glanced at the stage, his eyes taking in his surroundings like a camera, though his mind focused only on L. That is until the next speaker strolled toward the podium. Footsteps echoed in his ears, his eyes round and body frozen as he recognized Yue.
Time broke down and he blinked. Half his brain muttered 'it couldn't be' while the other half echoed all the similarities that would be uncanny unless it was. It seemed he was floating, detached from his surroundings - the only one not a blur was Yue at the podium. All thought of Kira, L, and the investigation vanished as he watched Yue, dressed in a slightly oversized uniform, hair dyed black instead of the rich auburn it'd used to be. Those familiar caramel eyes sweeping over the crowd locked on him once, discreetly yet Light missed no move. His heart pounded.
"Yagami-kun…." L studied Light's sudden change, noticed the on-edge posture and the rounded eyes. The speaker's words echoed over the auditorium, though compulsion kept him staring at the bare expression on his main suspect's face - surprise mingled with something not quite anger and not quite happiness.
L's lips parted around his thumb as he noticed the sudden moisture in Light's eyes. Something the college student quickly schooled, changing the chocolate orbs to ice. L blinked.
'What….' The detective shifted his gaze toward the stage, following Light's - his thumb slipped along his top lip. It took a mere third of a second to pick out the similarities of the student on stage and Light; the framed photograph in the unused bedroom illuminated in his thoughts. 'Yue? Light's twin? Yet…wait, this person….' His mind grew blank as a scar on the teen's neck peeked out from the collar, a second scar starting from his right ear and reaching toward his eye. The tussled black hair no longer hid the scar fully. 'Those scars…I've seen….'
The auditorium exploded in applause as Yue finished his speech and left the stage; the sound drowning out the black haired student's footsteps.
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Light leaned back against the bathroom stall door, heart racing, hands shaking. He bit down on his lip as Ryuk's voice grinded down on his eardrums. Bracing himself from striking the wall or yelling out, he flipped open his cell phone. On the white display screen the words 'one new message' blinked. He opened it, breath catching as he read Sayu's email.
- Niichan! Guess what? Yue's back! Mother cried when he showed up at the front door. Guess it was the right thing to not move all these years, otherwise Yue would have had a terrible time finding us. By the way, Yue borrowed your spare uniform since he just moved back and is going to To-oh like you. Don't get too mad at him k? I already called him an idiot. He seemed sad, maybe something happened in the States?-
Light clenched the cell in his hand, his emotions a kaleidoscope spiraling in disorder.
"Why now? He should've stayed away…why now?"
Swirls of memories twisted behind his eyelids, ones that were happy, ones that were painful, and ones that were distressing spiraled along without order.
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Sun and sakura petals filled his eyes as Yue gazed at the clouds - white rarities among the azure heavens. His hair once more styled over the right side of his face, blocking the 4 year old scar from view. Jagged and discolored, it started at the top of his ear, curved down an inch before rising again to reach toward his eye. Below this scar, 2 inches from it's lowest part curved around his ear, it reached to the scar on his neck - that scar from 5 years ago.
-Blurred images as the car struck him, sudden pain - his dash into the street preventing any bracing as the car swerved. He blacked out as his back hit the asphalt - the wetness on his neck the last thing he noticed. Police sirens, ambulance, the touch of an oxygen mask…they swirled in his awareness, merging into one prolonged scene. Like a recording of a movie without any discernable plot.-
"Light…might not want to see me….yet he recognized me the second he saw me…." Yue fiddled with the buttons of the uniform he wore, unable to remember any of the speech he gave as the image of his brother blocked out all other recollection of the ceremony. Beyond that only the blurred images from 5 years back flashed through his thoughts. "Guess dad is the last one left…I wonder if mom got in touch with him yet? I wonder…."
He held out his hand as the sakura petals floated down, two of the pink beauties landing in his palm. His lips curved into a delicate smile, eyes sadly taking in the vibrancy of the blossoms.
"The symbol of the Japanese police is the sakura - the cherry blossom….dad…if he ever found out…." Yue closed his fingers around the two plumes, caramel eyes glistening under the pure blue sky dressed by lazy, drifting clouds. The sound of gunfire echoed in his recollection from four years back - the sound of gunfire and then the touch of something sticky on his hands.
He squeezed his eyes shut and shook his head, mentally swatting away the images; his body trembled as his throat burned - the petals crushed in his palm.
"Taeku…you plead guilty so I….you barely knew me, yet….you sacrificed your liberty…."
'If anyone deserved a second chance, it was you…yet Kira….'
"…Kira will pay for what he did to you, Taeku. I swear I'll see he's brought to justice or I'll die trying." Yue's caramel eyes glinted under the bright expanse of sunlight and sky as the oath he'd first uttered at Taeku's funeral once again spew forth from his lips.
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L tilted his head and rubbed his thumb over his lip, his eyes glued towards the direction Light had stalked off in after the ceremony ended - towards the restrooms. He moved his hands to his pockets and scratched his left leg with his right foot, his coal eyes now staring at the blank walls.
'That speaker, unless I'm mistaken, was Yue, and Light's reaction shows he recognized him…though it doesn't appear Light wants anything to do with his brother….um….' L scratched his head, side-glancing towards the restroom, his lips slightly frowning. 'Should I go see what Light is doing? If Light is Kira, and if how he reacted to Yue's presence is an indicator, he might…about 3% chance…kill Yue. It will prove he's Kira, but….'
The detective sighed and walked a short distance to a bench within view of the restrooms, removed his shoes and sat down in his usual position. His original plan to meet with Light, reveal his identity, and then head back to the hotel obstructed by Yue's sudden appearance and Light's reaction to it. His curiosity screamed at him to not leave until he was sure it really was Yue and he got a chance to converse with his suspect's brother.
'I need to know how Yue's presence will affect Light and the investigation. Is Yue for Kira or against him? Would Yue fight for his brother or against him? Using Yue to help catch Light as Kira could be a double-edge sword, but….'
He focused ahead as he saw Light leave the restroom and noted his suspect's new stoic demeanor. Quietly he slid back into his shoes and walked toward the brunette, noticing that his suspect's schooled expression did not falter once Light noticed him.
"You waited for me to exit the restroom? Don't you think that's a little creepy?" Light locked his gaze on L, eyebrows briefly furrowed in annoyance when the detective disagreed. Silently they both walked toward the wide courtyard of the school, the ground and air littered with cherry blossoms.
L began to speak as they headed for the school gate - the entrance ceremony had ended and there were no classes for first year students. The detective's lips barely moved when he noticed Light stop and his black eyes picked up the sight of Yue standing straight ahead. The black-haired college student wore his uniform jacket tied around his waist, his upper body covered with a long sleeve white shirt, and his hair newly gelled to the side.
"Aniki." Yue held up his hand and approached, stopping only a few feet from Light.
A/N: End Chapter, please review.
Chapter 5
Dyed dark hair styled to lay over the right side of his face, smooth cheeks with slight coloring and eyes the rich shade of brown with a hint of red, Yue Yagami stood in the entrance hall. He wore a loose white shirt covered with a black, half zipped up hoodie and slim blue jeans torn as a design. On his feet were simple sneakers though he studied them intensely while he waited for the explosion at his appearance. He swallowed at the sound of his mother's gasp, and the clatter of something falling further into the house.
"I'm home." He whispered, hands in his pockets while he listened to the footsteps. The soft creaks and shuffling seemed nostalgic, though his eyes remained downcast. The fingers in his pockets grabbed the fabric, tightened into fists before he numbly took in the missing pairs of shoes.
"Yue-chan?" Sachiko hesitated only a second before wrapping her arms around the teen, tears welling and falling from her eyes and onto his hoodie. She held him in trembling arms, her greeting hindered by the soreness of her throat. Seconds passed, her lips forming the words into halted syllables. "Welcome home."
Yue wetted his lips with his tongue and swallowed once more, his heart racing as he released his hands from his pockets. He ignored their tremble and wrapped them around his mother, her gentleness nostalgic. Footsteps approached tentatively from down the hall near the stairs heading to the second floor. Yue released his arms from around his mother as he noticed Sayu standing just 3 feet away from them.
"Mother, who . . . ." Sayu paused a second as she studied Yue, her brows furrowed until recognition lit them up. "Yue-niichan!" She hurried forward as well, tears in her eyes - yet the moment she reached them she struck the teen in his arm. "Idiot! Why'd you have to run away and make mom cry!?"
"I'm sorry. It's been so long, you've grown so big . . . ." Yue placed his hand on Sayu's head, remembering when she was so much shorter. "Five years . . . ."
"What are we doing? Come inside, come inside. I'll make something up right away. You must be starving." Sachiko let go of her son and wiped the tears from her face. Her smile reaching her eyes. "I can't believe you're home….my son, my Yue…."
Yue smiled sadly and slipped off his shoes, the floor he hadn't stepped on in years felt strange under his feet. Familiar and reassuring.
"How are dad and Light? Aniki must still be a top student, I bet." His face flashed a miniscule twitch of pain, his eyes a glint of jealousy mixed with a tinge of guilt. A brief recollection of the bully incident flashed through his thoughts. He brushed away the memory with a smile and followed his mother into the kitchen.
"Your father is working on a difficult case and today is Light's first day at To-oh University." Sachiko paused, glancing at Yue every few seconds, her hands trembling too much to be much help fixing a meal. Her eyes watered again, the question she wanted to ask dying as her unexpressed sobs filled her throat.
"To-oh's first day of classes is today? But I thought…." Yue glanced at the calendar on the kitchen wall, then at the clock above it. 'I still have time to make it….'
"Yue? What is it? Do you want to…."
"What school are you attending, Yue-niichan? Have you gotten into a college?"
"I attended as a second year student at an American university last year - and To-oh accepted my transfer request for this school year. But I thought I missed opening day…." Yue replied, missing the surprise forming on his mother's and sister's faces as he studied the wall clock and calendar. The next moment he cursed and slapped his forehead. "I must have been so preoccupied that I messed up my calculation of the time zones changes!"
"Yue-niichan? You're only 18, how can you have attended an university last year?"
Yue glanced down at his sister, his brief surprise changing to laughter. 'Oh yeah, I finally achieved something Light hasn't….'
"I attended an American High school that allowed me to apply for early graduation - with enough college credits from advance courses to place me in the second year at the University I attended."
"That…that means you're starting your third year, but…if you're transferring…."
"Regrettably, the University I attended in the States doesn't meet the standards To-oh requires to allow me to start as a third year. Thus I'm starting as a first year, but with many of my classes accelerated or honors ones…."
"…Yue….I…." Sachiko glanced at the clock herself, the next moment rushing to the laundry and picking out a blue uniform pants and jacket. The spare uniform Light bought for himself. "Here. You can still make it for the opening ceremony."
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Light gazed out the window at the clear blue sky sprinkled with sakura petals twirling about. His blue uniform, neat and pressed, he wore perfectly as he approached the stage. Behind him, the strange student dressed in a white long sleeve shirt and blue jeans followed - Light quickly glanced at the black hair, dark eyes, and pale skin as he ascended the stage steps.
'….the guy who sat behind me all through exams….' His face remained composed as he read the commencement speech, years of acting polite while feeling above others kicking in. He recited the speech he could easily have memorized, and then waited for the fellow student to give a similar address.
The process did not take long, and soon he left to return to his seat. As he descended the steps, his sharp ears picked up the whispers of two teachers in charge of the opening ceremonies. Their voices were strained as they discussed a late student speaker.
"….supposed to be another speech, but seems the speaker is late…."
"Late on the first day of university…some slack off…."
"No, it's a transfer from an American university, those he's supposed to be only around 18.…"
"A prodigy? What's his name?"
Light tuned out the rest of the conversation as he reached his chair, the weird student sitting next to him. He faced forward, staring at the stage though he studied the weird sitting position of his fellow student.
0
Yue rushed through the school entrance yard, his heart racing from running to the university after realizing he could still make it for the opening ceremony. He hadn't been days late as he first feared, but just enough to miss the first 10 minutes.
'My speech can be done anytime during the ceremony, but I must've missed Light's….'
He reached the doors to the university and heaved in breath as he finished putting on the uniform jacket - the pants he'd changed into at his parent's house. The pants and jacket belonging to Light as a backup uniform. Thin lips curved as memory of his brother's habit returned - Light always bought a back up uniform for the rare occasions he couldn't wear the usual one.
"What am I doing? I've got to get to the auditorium."
Yue bowed to the faculty member standing at the entrance, ignoring the disapproving glare - he quickly combed his fingers through his hair. His hand paused a split-second before allowing the strands to fall naturally on his face, no longer styled over the right side of his face.
"Are you by chance the overseas transfer student?" Another faculty member approached, eyes puzzled even as Yue nodded. "But you're Japanese…."
"I lived in the States for a long while, but I'm full Japanese. I apologize for being late, the change in time zones was difficult to deal with."
"Your Japanese is perfect. Come this way, the freshmen commencement speeches have already been made, but there's still time for yours."
"I appreciate it." Yue bowed his head and smiled, trailing behind the faculty member; he heard clapping from behind the auditorium door, his heart jumped in his chest as he briefly imagined what his brother would look like. While the faculty member whispered to someone just inside the door - which lead directly onto the stage - he inhaled and then slowly released it.
'Good, no perform….on second thought I better not finish that thought, now is not the time for perversion….'
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'This guy is L….this guy….' Light kept his agitation masked as he took in the striking declaration. Ryuk laughed beside him as thought and counter thought swam through his brain. 'I…can't kill….'
His brown hair swayed slightly as he glanced at the stage, his eyes taking in his surroundings like a camera, though his mind focused only on L. That is until the next speaker strolled toward the podium. Footsteps echoed in his ears, his eyes round and body frozen as he recognized Yue.
Time broke down and he blinked. Half his brain muttered 'it couldn't be' while the other half echoed all the similarities that would be uncanny unless it was. It seemed he was floating, detached from his surroundings - the only one not a blur was Yue at the podium. All thought of Kira, L, and the investigation vanished as he watched Yue, dressed in a slightly oversized uniform, hair dyed black instead of the rich auburn it'd used to be. Those familiar caramel eyes sweeping over the crowd locked on him once, discreetly yet Light missed no move. His heart pounded.
"Yagami-kun…." L studied Light's sudden change, noticed the on-edge posture and the rounded eyes. The speaker's words echoed over the auditorium, though compulsion kept him staring at the bare expression on his main suspect's face - surprise mingled with something not quite anger and not quite happiness.
L's lips parted around his thumb as he noticed the sudden moisture in Light's eyes. Something the college student quickly schooled, changing the chocolate orbs to ice. L blinked.
'What….' The detective shifted his gaze toward the stage, following Light's - his thumb slipped along his top lip. It took a mere third of a second to pick out the similarities of the student on stage and Light; the framed photograph in the unused bedroom illuminated in his thoughts. 'Yue? Light's twin? Yet…wait, this person….' His mind grew blank as a scar on the teen's neck peeked out from the collar, a second scar starting from his right ear and reaching toward his eye. The tussled black hair no longer hid the scar fully. 'Those scars…I've seen….'
The auditorium exploded in applause as Yue finished his speech and left the stage; the sound drowning out the black haired student's footsteps.
0
Light leaned back against the bathroom stall door, heart racing, hands shaking. He bit down on his lip as Ryuk's voice grinded down on his eardrums. Bracing himself from striking the wall or yelling out, he flipped open his cell phone. On the white display screen the words 'one new message' blinked. He opened it, breath catching as he read Sayu's email.
- Niichan! Guess what? Yue's back! Mother cried when he showed up at the front door. Guess it was the right thing to not move all these years, otherwise Yue would have had a terrible time finding us. By the way, Yue borrowed your spare uniform since he just moved back and is going to To-oh like you. Don't get too mad at him k? I already called him an idiot. He seemed sad, maybe something happened in the States?-
Light clenched the cell in his hand, his emotions a kaleidoscope spiraling in disorder.
"Why now? He should've stayed away…why now?"
Swirls of memories twisted behind his eyelids, ones that were happy, ones that were painful, and ones that were distressing spiraled along without order.
0
Sun and sakura petals filled his eyes as Yue gazed at the clouds - white rarities among the azure heavens. His hair once more styled over the right side of his face, blocking the 4 year old scar from view. Jagged and discolored, it started at the top of his ear, curved down an inch before rising again to reach toward his eye. Below this scar, 2 inches from it's lowest part curved around his ear, it reached to the scar on his neck - that scar from 5 years ago.
-Blurred images as the car struck him, sudden pain - his dash into the street preventing any bracing as the car swerved. He blacked out as his back hit the asphalt - the wetness on his neck the last thing he noticed. Police sirens, ambulance, the touch of an oxygen mask…they swirled in his awareness, merging into one prolonged scene. Like a recording of a movie without any discernable plot.-
"Light…might not want to see me….yet he recognized me the second he saw me…." Yue fiddled with the buttons of the uniform he wore, unable to remember any of the speech he gave as the image of his brother blocked out all other recollection of the ceremony. Beyond that only the blurred images from 5 years back flashed through his thoughts. "Guess dad is the last one left…I wonder if mom got in touch with him yet? I wonder…."
He held out his hand as the sakura petals floated down, two of the pink beauties landing in his palm. His lips curved into a delicate smile, eyes sadly taking in the vibrancy of the blossoms.
"The symbol of the Japanese police is the sakura - the cherry blossom….dad…if he ever found out…." Yue closed his fingers around the two plumes, caramel eyes glistening under the pure blue sky dressed by lazy, drifting clouds. The sound of gunfire echoed in his recollection from four years back - the sound of gunfire and then the touch of something sticky on his hands.
He squeezed his eyes shut and shook his head, mentally swatting away the images; his body trembled as his throat burned - the petals crushed in his palm.
"Taeku…you plead guilty so I….you barely knew me, yet….you sacrificed your liberty…."
'If anyone deserved a second chance, it was you…yet Kira….'
"…Kira will pay for what he did to you, Taeku. I swear I'll see he's brought to justice or I'll die trying." Yue's caramel eyes glinted under the bright expanse of sunlight and sky as the oath he'd first uttered at Taeku's funeral once again spew forth from his lips.
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L tilted his head and rubbed his thumb over his lip, his eyes glued towards the direction Light had stalked off in after the ceremony ended - towards the restrooms. He moved his hands to his pockets and scratched his left leg with his right foot, his coal eyes now staring at the blank walls.
'That speaker, unless I'm mistaken, was Yue, and Light's reaction shows he recognized him…though it doesn't appear Light wants anything to do with his brother….um….' L scratched his head, side-glancing towards the restroom, his lips slightly frowning. 'Should I go see what Light is doing? If Light is Kira, and if how he reacted to Yue's presence is an indicator, he might…about 3% chance…kill Yue. It will prove he's Kira, but….'
The detective sighed and walked a short distance to a bench within view of the restrooms, removed his shoes and sat down in his usual position. His original plan to meet with Light, reveal his identity, and then head back to the hotel obstructed by Yue's sudden appearance and Light's reaction to it. His curiosity screamed at him to not leave until he was sure it really was Yue and he got a chance to converse with his suspect's brother.
'I need to know how Yue's presence will affect Light and the investigation. Is Yue for Kira or against him? Would Yue fight for his brother or against him? Using Yue to help catch Light as Kira could be a double-edge sword, but….'
He focused ahead as he saw Light leave the restroom and noted his suspect's new stoic demeanor. Quietly he slid back into his shoes and walked toward the brunette, noticing that his suspect's schooled expression did not falter once Light noticed him.
"You waited for me to exit the restroom? Don't you think that's a little creepy?" Light locked his gaze on L, eyebrows briefly furrowed in annoyance when the detective disagreed. Silently they both walked toward the wide courtyard of the school, the ground and air littered with cherry blossoms.
L began to speak as they headed for the school gate - the entrance ceremony had ended and there were no classes for first year students. The detective's lips barely moved when he noticed Light stop and his black eyes picked up the sight of Yue standing straight ahead. The black-haired college student wore his uniform jacket tied around his waist, his upper body covered with a long sleeve white shirt, and his hair newly gelled to the side.
"Aniki." Yue held up his hand and approached, stopping only a few feet from Light.
A/N: End Chapter, please review.