Chapter Sixteen; Days Gone By

—three days later

"Ryuzaki. It's as I told you on the phone: I may be Kira." Light tells Ryuzaki with fake look of distress on his face. Ryuuk is laughing behind him.

"How are you 'maybe' Kira?" I question Light. "I'm pretty sure you would know if you commit mass homicide."

"You can't be Kira!" Chief Yagami says while holding onto Light's shoulders. L-Like she just said... you would know if you killed those people!"

"Please Ryuzaki..." Light begs, "Lock me up like Misa. I have to know if I am Kira or not."

Despite his father's protests, Light holds out his hands and surrenders. Mogi glances at him for a moment before removing the handcuffs from his pockets to lock the around Light's wrists and walk with him out the room.

"If my son is going I'm going with him!"

"Chief Yagami! You can't do that to yourself..." I tell him.

"Yes I can!" He yells at me. "I am a grown adult! I know what I am doing! Now take me!"

"Y-Yes sir." Matsuda stammers. He spares Chief Yagami the handcuffs and walks him out the room.

When Mogi and Matsuda return the room become uncomfortably silent.

"Damn..." I sigh. "That's two people down we're gonna be."

"Unfortunately there's one more." Ryuzaki announces.

My heart rate skyrockets and Quart laughs behind me.

"As much as I don't want to do this... Ashley is under suspicion for being one of the various Kiras." He says monotonously.

"How am I under suspicion? I've been by your side for almost this entire time!" I subconsciously try to defend myself.

"Yes you are. It is those times when we are not side by side that have us suspicious."

"He isn't lying." Aizawa speaks up. Mogi nods while Matsuda just looks confused.

I hold out my hands in defeat. I'm pretty sure I will be safe because I've been writing down names ahead of time whenever I could. I can't help but to be nervous though.

Mogi takes out his handcuffs once again but Ryuzaki takes them out of his hands, "I can handle this."

Ryuzaki gently locks the handcuffs around my wrist. I frown as I watch his hands do so and look at his promise ring.

Once we reach my cell he speaks up, "I'm sorry. I have to stop these criminals. This is the one time I hope I am wrong."

I respond with silence.

"I love you. Please remember that."

"I love you too..." I mumble.

He kisses me gently on the forehead before locking me up.

—day 2

"Miss Ashley. You are aware of why you are in here- correct?"

I respond to the voice on the intercom, "I am under suspicion of being a mass murderer named Kira."

"Geez... I thought this would be exciting considering your boyfriend locked you up but just sitting here? This is sooooooooo boring." Quart complains.

"Can you tell me anything about shinigami?" The voice asks.

"Shinigami?" I question. "What do you want to know? I only know what's in the books or online. Possibly even less."

"Can you tell us anything specifically about a shinigami's eyes?"

"Well it looks like someone said something." Quart grins.

I put my hand on my chin in a thinking pose, "The eyes... Aren't they just supposed to show how and when a person is supposed to die or something?"

The man behind the intercom makes a satisfied sound. "Do you think a human can posses such a power?"

"A human and shinigami are not the same thing so I highly doubt so."

"Thank you for your cooperation."

—day 16

I quietly instruct Quart to deliver tapes I recorded about a month ago to Sakura TV.

"Oh thank you so much for giving me something to do. This is so boring."

He moves at an alarming pace out of the cell.

"I know you guys are there. How long has it been since I got put in here?" I ask.

"Sixteen days." The mystery man behind the intercom informs me.

"Is Kira still killing?"

No reponse.

"What if I said I can see things like a shinigami?"

"Don't joke about this."

"I'm not. I can see when and how people die."

"H-Hey... Is she going crazy?" Another person says behind the intercom. Most likely Matsuda.
A third person fusses, "Shut the hell up Matsuda!"

That has to be Aizawa.

—day 20

"Tell us about the shinigami eyes you possess."

"I don't 'possess' shinigami eyes." I tell the intercom. "I've never met a shinigami. It's just that I have something similar."

"You realize telling us this puts you under more suspicion that you are Kira?"

"You think that if I was Kira I would tell you this? I just thought I would be honest. I'm not Kira."

I'm not totally telling the truth but I'm not completely lying either...

—day 29

"Twenty-nine days..." Quart frowns, "I miss my strawberries."

I want to get out of here as much as you do.

—day 41

"How are you holding up?" Quart asks.

I shrug.

"You don't look very shrug-worthy."

I shrug again.

—day 50

"Ashely." The intercom speaks.

I groan and roll over onto my side so I face the camera and intercom, "Yes?"

"You're free to go."

"About time!" Quart exclaims as I rush off my bed.

"Goddamn. It's about time." I smile as I see Matsuda with a set of keys unlocking the door.

He smiles, "Welcome back"

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edited june 18 2016