I go through my laptop in my apartment to do some comparison. Let's see, these past deaths placed next to the deaths in the past. I look through all the files in the restricted database, huh? What? I find something unusual in the collumbs of speeding numbers and codes. Somebody figured out my pattern, not one but TWO!?! Grrr... I hate tresspassers, these weren't ordinary tresspassers, they were pretty smart. I seach for a data trail,damn... I could only find one of them. The signature was scambled with the rest of the data. Took me a good two hours to find.
" I found you.."
A sly smile crawls on my face.
"Lets see how good you are Elizabeth Kate Ren."
I decided to send a little virus, though I would want this tresspasser's computer to be destroyed, my virus will only seach and destroy the data that was stolen from me. Too many memories were in those files and nobody is going to steal those from me! I punch a few keys and a pack of viruses follow the data trail.
"Good Luck dodging those"
I shut down my laptop and destroy it, I've done this before, I take a spare from my closet and continue my research. I wonder to myself,hmm why would someone have any interest in the past Kira case? Hmm... I suppose if this Elizabeth decides to sneak in again I should contact her and perhaps meet her. Oh well... Untill then, Elizabeth for now you are my enemy untill you prove you are a friend.
I arrived in Japan during the early hours of Sunday morning. The plane trip was awful - I was wedged between two disgusting teenage boys who kept trying to make conversation with me. As if. I quickly exited the plane and walked into the terminal's washroom to refresh myself. I removed my bag from my back and withdrew an outfit that would make me 'blend in' with the crowd. Ugh. It was awful having to mingle with all the boring people - they had no motive, no nothing, they didnt do anything out of line. I sighed, pulling on a dark red sleevless top with a slogan on the front. To be honest, it wasnt too bad. At least it was red. I stepped into a pair of dark tights and pulled my own short tartan skirt over the top of it - the only garment that was actually mine. I put on a grey jacket and boots and stepped out of the cubicle. I took a moment to refresh my make-up and do my hair (unfortunately, part of this expedition depended on making people feel secure so I had to 'appeal' to them) before walking out of the airport and into the open air. Feeling the wind on my face was exhilerating after spending so many hours on a plane - it cleared my head and I managed to think. Who to track first? I decided to go after JJ, as it was closer. I called a taxi and began the slow drive to the Shinjuku district, putting in my headphones as I did so. I smiled to myself. I had the perfect alibi - now all I needed to do was find some information to be able to get inside Kira's head. It was all good and according to plan. I felt my eyes close and I drifted to sleep as we drove down the road.
I was running, barefoot...and I still had the the night dress nanny gave me to wear for the night. I was running, fast, I looked back to see what was it that was chasing me...I didn’t saw a thing, it was too dark to see. While I was running:
“Nanny!...” I tried to scream...but nothing, somebody had to hear me. “Higashi?...someone?...” still nothing, I was still running. I can feel the tears falling down my cheek, such a cold feeling. “Daddy?...father?...PAPA!! help me!...I am afraid...”
I looked back again to see if I can distinguish something in the darkness, but still nothing, it was just darkness everywhere I looked...I didn’t know to where I was going, it was too dark to see...again I felt those cold tears flowing down my face...and now falling down my night dress...I should have known they weren’t only tears...it was raining...now my white night dress is soaking wet...
Although I was barefoot I couldn’t feel the ground nor see it, if it was solid or liquid...was it soft? or sand like? or muddy?...I have to continue running. What if I should stop running?...No! that is foolish, what if that thing...that presence that is chasing me wants to...kill me, I mean wants to break this body of mine...I don’t want to lose this body, it has too many memories...RUN! I must continue running. I began to pant...pant...pant, I can feel how I’m losing my breath from time to time...but I must keep running...
I can feel a breeze coming from somewhere in front of me and the ground became numb, I don’t know for sure, but...I could feel like I was running on something very thin...now...I...am falling?! NO! I tried to scream but I had no voice...
“Aaaaaa!!!!!!!!......” I woke up, I was sweating... I saw the baldachin from my bed...I could hear the tick of the clock...it was just a stupid dream...
“Ojo-san, are you alright?” said nanny from the door, for how long she was standing there?
“Yes...” I said trying to get a hold of myself, “I think I had, humans would call it a dream but it was a terrible dream...darkness everywhere and I fell...
“A nightmare...” she said to be more specific of my describing.
“A what?” I asked
“You had a nightmare atashi no ojosan...a bad dream.” Tried nanny to explain, “that’s how we humans call it.”
“Yes...a nightmare...” I tried not to think about it, “what time is it?”
“4:30 in the morning.” said nanny.
“I can not sleep anymore, is someone off duty right now?” I asked.
“Yes, ojosan, only Kita” she replied
“Call him here, please.”
“Right away, ojosan.”
Kita came and knocked...
“Yes miss...did you sent for me?” asked Kita.
“Yes..I had a bad dream.”
“A nightmare?”
“Yes and I don’t know what it means, I think it’s a warning or something...”
“Can you tell me what was it about?” he asked
“Let me show you.” He approached and sat on the edge of my bed, with my right hand I touched his head and we closed our eyes...in 3 seconds he lived everything I felt in the dream...he winced...
“That was...interns...” he said
“What does it mean...am I being watched?”
“Do you have the feeling of being watched, miss?”
“No...”
“When I talked to Higashi, he said everything was ok, nothing out of the ordinary.” Kita said.
“He watches me too much and less what surrounds me.” I said sarcastically.
“Understand him miss, he is just trying to protect you in every way he can.” said Kita
“Yes, but sometimes he exaggerates...”
“Yes, I know miss...” said Kita, “Kanaka bring miss a glass of warm milk.”
“Yes...” said nanny and left my bedroom.
Then Kita said.
“Your body is very tired miss.”
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“I mean you haven’t slept in 4 days miss, you just stood and observed the events of the past few days...that is not healthy for this body you know.” he said “and now when you’ve finally got time to sleep for 3 hours, but the body is to agitated to rest...and your mind too...”
“Too bad sleeping pills doesn’t work on me, the could have been quite handy in this kind of situations.”
Nanny just entered my bedroom.
“Here is your milk ojosan.”
“Arigato nanny.” I drank my milk and then asked “Kita how long a human body can live without sleeping?”
“For 10 day to be exact, that is the limit, but in your condition I should say 7 days or less...”
“I promise I’ll rest more in the future..” I said to make the both of them not worry so much. “Now live...I wanna get dressed and go for a walk.”
“Where?” asked Kita.
“In the park near by.” I replied
“Want to escort you?” he asked
“No...I want to be alone, I need time to think...and chill down.”
When I arrived in the park it was still dark...I sat on the first bench I saw...”what to do? am I being followed...I should be more careful, although I think it’s just the tiredness that’s doing it’s job...”
“meow...meow...”
I winced...”What was that sound...am I imagining thing now, I really should take a break...”
When I turned my head towards the bushes all I can see was two green eyes...
“meow...meow...” the eyes said.
“Hello to you too...” then the eyes moved and the air around them began to get a shape...a black shape...with ears and tail ^^
“A cat...hey kitty, are you alone here? I just be nuts, talking to a cat...
“meow...meow...meow...”
“Nice explanation...who would live a cat abandoned in a park in January?” I asked myself
“meow...meow...”
“Yup...an idiot exactly...” I laugh. “Wanna come home with me? It’s nice and warm, has food and a soft bed which I don’t sleep much in it...”
“meow....”
I’ll take that as a yes.” I pat it on the head and took it in my arms, when I was about to get up the sun was coming up, and it’s fist rays ran into my eyes...”This is gonna be a bright day.”
When I entered the hall way of my home Lasuto has just arrived home...I turned around towards her.
“Okeri nasai Lasuto.” I said
“Tadai...ma? madam...” her eyes saw the cat in my arms “A cat miss! She is so cute” she said very happy “You’ll keep it?”
“Yes, I think I will.”
“You are too kind for this world, did I ever told you that madam?” Lust asked.
“Yes...” I laughed.
When we entered the living room everybody was there to give their reports.
“Ohayo gozaimasu, minna!” I said to them all. “Nanny?...do we have some fish or something to feed my furry friend here?...and some milk too...
“Yes, right away, ojosan” nanny replied.
I put the cat on the sofa and she looked at me.
“meow meow...meow...meow...”
“She talks a lot” said Minami “What’s your name kid?”
“meow”
“That is kind of hard to pronounce.” he said.
“I don’t know how to name it...”
“Where did you found her madam?” asked Lasuto
“In the park.” I said
“You should name it after the place you found it or something like that...” Minami said.
“Well koen is not a nice name for it...” I said disappointed
“In some tribes newborns were named after an event that happen in that moment...if an eagle flew, they named the newborn “Eagle” or “Black-Eagle”...said Minami...
“Well when I took it in my arms the sun just came up...” while I was watching the cat...”Higashi how do you say nice feeling, or ray, or Sun or...light...?”
“Ii Kimochi, Rei, Taiyo...Hikari...” said Higashi pissed when he heard the last word of mine.
“No..no...it’s a she, how about bright like asahi? I said “Asahi is nice, what do you think Asahi?”
“Meow” said the cat pleased more by the food then by the name, I think...
“Then it’s settled, Asahi welcome to the family!” I said happy, “Now I was thinking a lot this morning and I think it’s time to take the cat out of the bag and I don’t mean you Asahi...”
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Sorry for the long post, but I don't post to much...so when I post it is a very long post, from now on J.J is gonna interfere more with the other characters...^^
If you wanna see J.J's outfits from this post check put my Fan Art ^^
16th Januray
As the bell rang for the end of school the storm clouds had gathered. Me and Cookie gathered our shoes and with our bright flouro coloured umbrekka's headed home. We were excused from gym today due to the weather so as we walked home we played a little game we had made up our first year at school. It wasn't really a game but more of a show of our energy and our twin connection.
Seeing as we had as much energy as we did, we decided to walk home through the park and then maybe go do a little late afternoon shopping. Even though we both thought it i allowed Cookie to call home to mum and ask if she needed anything from the shops while we were walking home. We had our arms entwined together a we walked the empty paths of the park
"Are you sure mother? It won't be any trouble, we'd be glad to get anything you need..... Ok... Ok, see you tonight."
"SEE YOU SOON." i yelled into the phone as Cookie began to hang up.
"Cookie?"
"Yes, Rice?"
"What did you think of that news report? you remember the one where the guy bled to death?"
"Disgusting."
"How could they let him go free sister?" i asked in english. I leaned my head against her shoulder as we walked and she rested her head on mine.
"I don't know sister, but he was found innocent. That is that."
"What if, their was a god out there that would punish people like him?"
"well, hopefully they would obey the laws like the rest of us."
"Do you know Kira?" i asked
"NO, who is she??" Cookie asked looking at me surprised, we had never found different friends. So the fact that i had mentioned someone she didn't now was extrodinary.
"Kira is not a she, he is a he."
"Ohhhh." she gave me an all knowing look. "This a cute boy at school... OH is he that boy who you were...."
I placed hand over her mouth as an evil smile began to crawl up on her face. She thought Kira was a boy at school... i laughed and she laughed with me. That was the end of our converasation and the start of the rain. i caught a sight of two girls sitting in the window of a cafe, one of the girls seemed to be interigating the other but then my attention turned back to runing home. We ran and squealed as our hair got staturated. When we got home our mother panicked over us and got us both warm towels and then she gave us both a hot cup of hebal tea and then as we sat underneath the Kotatsu. We watched as father came home, he put his breifcase on the kitchen counter, gave us both a kiss on the forehead and then turned on the television as mother finished up on dinner.
As always our dinner table had lots of conversation as we told of our days and the events that shaped them. I loved coming home for dinner and we were a close family. Through thick and thin we had always been together and we were always smiling. No matter what our family would hold together and we would be there for each other.
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Arisa!!
God damnit, I sit at my desk in the living room of my apartment, hacking KIRA files. Someone has beat me too it. Must be something else to have gotten through all this.
My eyes dart around the screen as file after file offers its advice, but behind it all is what I really want.
ACCESS DENIED
The message flashed again. Leaning back in my chair I think What is this? Is it serously that important? Now if the wall covers this and . . . but then theres got to be . . .
I clip away at my keyboard until I spot the pattern, the flaw if you will, in the system. After that, its just a matter of breaking a wall and moving a file and. . .
KIRA
I feel a thrill run through me. Yes! I did it!
I don't have time to dwell on my accomplishment though, its only an accomplishment if I find something of use to me.
As I read all I can take in, I notice there are peices missing, like in a puzzle. I love puzzles, I grin to myself.
Dates are out of order or not even there, information makes sense to a certain degree, but some information was empty without the information I know has to be here somewhere.
Leaning back in my chair, I pull my hair back from my face and hold it as though I'm going to put it into a ponytail. After a few seconds, I let it drop. I hate ponytails.
After poking holes through a few more obstacles, I am able to copy and paste all the information onto Word. After some consideration, I print the file.
Probably stupid of me. If the wrong person finds this, I could be in some deep shit.
A shiver runs down my arms as I realize its already 11pm. And I'm tired.
I have to be up early and start on that new case.
A woman was accused of murdering her husand after he cheated on her, then, in a mad rage, his brother. She was arrested before she could commit suicide.
Should be an easy case, I think. The evidence is overwhelming, but I hear she plans to plead innocence. Perhaps there will be some sort of challenge? I hope so. I'm bored.
As the printer whirrs and spits out sheet after sheet of confidential information, I pull on track pants and my favourite t-shirt. I look down at my Dirt Shirt and smile. Alot of people wouldn't know what it was, seeing as I'm living in Japan now. It was from PEI, washed with the famous red mud that could be found only on that small island. It was just boat ride across the bay, easily covered by my fathers trawler.
I was shaken out of my memories as the printer beeped, hungery for more paper. I placed a few more blank sheets in the tray and counted the ones already finished. There were sixteen, and the comtuer told me it was only 17% done. I sighed and loaded the whole package of paper into the printer and went to bed.
I'll go through it tomorrow. I yawn and set my alarm. Time to forget everything, at least for a few hours.
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Just a note; I don't actually know how far a trawler can go nonstop, or if it can cover the distance from southwestern Newfoundland to PEI. I don't know much actually, but I think my character needs to show a bit more of her small-town-girl-fighting-a-big-world-but-winning-somehow personality.
^^ I like my character, even though she's kind of boring compared to all the child geniuses she'll soon be working with.
