Paladin Ch 7 Gods
A/N: …and I still don't own Death Note…
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"Chief, bad news…" Sanami approached, file in hand "we found Aizawa… and his family…"
Upon viewing the crime scene photos Matsuda made a mad dash for the men's room.
"The bodies were left right outside the police station for us to find," she continued, disgusted, "how considerate."
"Have we learned anything else about Matsuda's lead?"
"Not much," grumbled Mogi. "Wara Ningyo brought up something about a serial killer in Los Angeles but many of the details of the case are locked-it was one of L's cases."
"Hmm." The Chief stroked his chin in thought. "Matsuda!" He called. Matsuda had returned from his bout of worshipping at the throne of the porcelain god though he was still looking rather green.
"Matsuda, how did you come by this information again?"
"Uggh." Matsuda groaned and then soldiered on "Light called me. He said he met a witness who needed to get into touch with L."
"And what did you tell him?"
"Nothing! Honest!"
The chief removed his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"Mogi, I think you should resume your previous duties now… It's what L would have wanted. Also see if you can find out about this witness."
"Uh… wouldn't it just be easier to ask Light?" asked Matsuda.
The Chief looked pained. "Like it or not, my son is a Kira suspect, we should act accordingly. And in any case as his father I don't want him getting involved in any of this… All of you are to be careful. You've seen full well what this new subject is capable of and he may yet target us… and this goes for your families as well. Though my guts telling me that he already has what he wanted. The priority now is finding and recovering L. We have our work cut out for us, so let's get to it."
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"Onii-chan!"
Light quickly began the process of closing all the open windows on his computer such as the crime scene photos of Backyard Bottomslash and Quarter Queen (mutilated and MURDERED little girl… around Sayu's age…) As well as the databases of the various police agencies around the world.
"Uh… what is it Sayu?"
*Ka-chik, ka-chik!* came the sounds of Sayu rattling his door handle.
"Ugh! Light, why do you always have to lock your door?" Sayu complained, "I forgot to tell mom, I was going out today..."
That's right. Dad's working (of course) and mom's out shopping.
"So uh, yeah, I'm going out today."
My little sister… unsupervised… …and HE's still out there…
"I'm just going out to the mall for a little bit…"
The door exploded open. "I'll go with you!" Light said quickly and with mock enthusiasm.
"Huh? But aren't you studying right now? And besides it's me and my friends from school. Girls doing girlie stuff. You'd be so bored…"
I'm ALWAYS bored. But really, a small price to pay...
"No, no, I'll come with you. Just let me get my coat."
He started reaching for his white coat when he remembered Oh right that one's in the evidence locker. So he chose his red jacket instead.
"Oh Light, you must be busy…"
"No, no I insist… What?" he asked, seeing the stunned look on her face "Is it such a crime to want to spend some quality time with my sister?"
"You are such a drama queen."
"Ha ha!"
"But seriously your weirding me out. What gives, really?"
"I've just had an epiphany of sorts… I just realized we don't really hang out that much anymore."
"E-piph-any?"
"Yeah…"
"You know Light, I'm 14 years old. I don't need a chaperone."
Naomi Misora-san is tougher than you, Sayu, and look what that maniac did to her…
"Alright, you got me… You see, I have NO CLUE what to get you for your birthday this year..."
"Ah, Light that's months away."
"You know how I like to be prepared. So come on, I'll get you whatever you want."
"You know, you'll regret saying that."
"…Probably."
Because little sisters are worse than Shinigami when it comes to binding contracts...
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"The God of the New World is also a pack mule, who knew?" Ryuk floated upside-down (just within hitting range if he managed to annoy his human enough) as he laughed while Light become weighed down by Sayu's many purchases… and no doubt it would get worse once they met up with Sayu's friends. Worse still, Light was sure he'd been spotted earlier by Ryo and Yamamoto from school. Dammit, I'm never going to live this down.
"KuKuKuKuKu."
"Say didn't you want to get apples while we're out?
"Nah, I've changed my mind."
"Hey, no fair!"
"Hey, what about me?" Zellogi's headdress feathers shook with annoyance "Or should I go out and introduce myself to Naomi Misora?"
"…Wait, are you buying a blanket?" Sayu peered curiously at what her brother was putting in their basket as they went through the department store.
"Oh, it's for a friend… it's a long story... Anyway, what about that top?" Light knew deflection worked best as he indicated a tight pink one that he knew Sayu would like.
"This one?"
"Yeah, doesn't it look pretty sweet?"
"Yeah, cool! I'm gonna go try it on!"
"…blankie." The Death God moaned pathetically and tried to snag it on its hooked hand. Light intercepted it masking it with a move that looked completely natural.
"You'll GET IT when we get HOME, moron."He whispered. Like hell was he going to contend with rumors of ghosts what with blankets floating around… and Zellogi, seeing that look, confirmed once again that Ryuk's human is indeed, quite scary.
Meanwhile at the beginning of Hour Four of The Great Shopping Trip and listening to Light talk clothes with his sister Mr. Mogi was seriously beginning to question young Yagami-kun's sexuality...
But soon Mogi realized he should have wished that things had remained boring…
It was as Light and Sayu wandered through the food court when someone suddenly blocked their path. Someone large with bulging muscles. He looked like a gaijin, with sickly pale skin and shaggy red hair falling across his bulging yellow eyes. Sayu squeaked with fear as the man smiled at them… Light could understand why. Those were not human teeth, it looked closer to the mouth of a…
"Shinigami."
Light's eyes widened.
"Which of you is it? Show yourself to me!"
He glowered down at them. "It's one of you isn't it? You smell of Death. You're the reason God doesn't talk to me anymore!"
As the man drew nearer; Light instinctively stepped in front of Sayu, all the while his mind a whir. Who was this? What did he know? How did he know? Did he know that he was Kira? He knew nothing about this guy, and sincerely doubted he could get his name in time. Oh hi, you've probably come here to kill us, could you please tell me your name? Right… and even so, there's the matter of that OTHER guy that's been following us, I think he's a police tail. It would be bad to let him see how I kill… I might be able to use him, but I can't count on him to step in and help either….Best bet. Just play innocent and scared and ask yourself what would Light Yagami, the caring older brother do?
Light scanned around looking for SOMETHING he could use… his eyes finally landing on IT on a nearby table…
Well… This is hardly the best plan I've ever come up with.
"I'll find you… squeeze it out of the both of you. Then I will surely have HIS favor! And afterwards… you look like just my type… little Sayu Yagami." HIS SISTER. This animal was touching his sister!
"Sayu, run!" Light lunged for that steaming Styrofoam coffee cup and then threw it in the guy's face. The man screamed.
…and Sayu did run… and hid under one of the wall-side tables.
Idiot." Run" means get out of here!
Meanwhile the coffee had failed to slay crazy-man, who indeed seemed oblivious to the smells of coffee and boiling flesh… he only seemed angrier than before.
Yes, genius. Light thought as this bear of a man grabbed him by his shirt.
"Freeze!"
Well, looks like my tail decided to blow his cover after all... Mogi had his gun pointed at his attacker…
"Drop him and get your hands over your head, now!"
The red-haired monstrosity threw Light to the floor, then spun around and soon had lifted Mogi up by the neck with one hand.
"Don't interfere, mortal!" hissed the monster through his rows of shark-teeth.
As he shoved Mogi up against the wall, the gun flew out of his hands… Mogi tried to get free but he would have had more luck in fighting a brick wall. With those glistening fangs inches from his face, Mogi knew he was going to die…
And then a sound, like thunder… a sudden explosion rose-colored and wet and…
The guy's head was missing… Mogi belatedly realized that that sound had been a gunshot. Mogi watched as the Chief's son dropped his gun with trembling hands. He slunk to the floor, wide-eyed and terrified.
The only thought that Mogi was able to process at the moment was That was a good shot.
It probably helped that Ryuk had written down "Mukido Bukimi shot to death" in his own Death Note. Don't get the wrong idea-he didn't do it to save his human, (thus why he wasn't a pile of dust and ashes) it was just he was in enough trouble as it was and leaving something alive that was in clear violation of the rules would no doubt exacerbate his problems back home. He would never tell Light, though. The kid might get the wrong idea.
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A/N: BOOM! HEAD SHOT!
Thou shalt not suffer an OC to live…