Death Note: The Next Kira (Part One)

Chapter Thirty: Meeting Ryuk

JANUARY 27, 2006

AROUND 8:45 AM

TOKYO, JAPAN 

                                                                            MARIE 

I walked up to the door of Vincent's house and knocked three times on it. That's when the door opened and I saw Vincent behind it with the chain on his door. "Oh, hey, Vincent," I greeted him. "It's nice to see you in like what...two days?" Vincent shrugged. "Yeah," he answered. "Something like that. Anyway, do you wanna come in?" I nodded. "Sure, it's really cold out here," I answered. Vincent then closed the door and I listened to him take the chain off of the door before he opened it again. "Welcome, my lady," he greeted as he slightly bowed as he got out of my way. I chuckled as I walked into the house and heard Vincent softly close the door behind me. The house looked very nice and cozy on the inside as it did on the outside. I then saw Kyrie on the couch with a Shiba Inu. I watched as they both turned and looked at me. "Ah, hey, Marie," Kyrie greeted me as she waved at me. "How've you been? It feels like it's been forever since I've seen you." 

"It's only been two days," I answered. "But I've been keeping myself busy since there isn't any school. Anyway, I'm happy that Commander Aizawa's anniversary party and the Misa Misa Legacy party have been delayed since Chief Matsuda and Commander Aizawa will be busy with the funerals this weekend." "I think they have a funeral that they had to attend today," Kyrie replied. "I don't know if they had to start yesterday, but I'm sure they'll be done by Thursday since the Misa Misa Legacy part is that night." "They have the most funerals to help out with tomorrow," Vincent corrected us. "Today, Officer Mogi and his partner, Officer Ide are going to help with the funerals today. Officer Sanami and her partner, Officer Himura are going to be helping with on Sunday."  "Still, I'm surprised that there is an officer who shares the last name of Mr. Yamamoto," Kyrie told us. "What do you think about that, Vincent?" 

I turned and looked at Vincent. "I don't know," he answered. "Yamamoto is a pretty popular last name and I'm sure they aren't related because they don't even look related." I turned back around when I heard a Shibu Inu panting and walking up to me. "Aw," I let out as a smile formed on my face. "Who's this handsome Shiba Inu?" "My sister, Shelke's dog," Vincent answered. "We named him after Red XIII from Final Fantasy VII." I bent down and petted Red as his tail wagged. "Aren't you just a sweetie?" I asked him. Red barked and I laughed. "Yes, you are such a sweetie," I continued. "He can also be a bit of a meanie if you get on his bad side," Vincent informed me.  I watched as Vincent walked to the rocking chair on Kyrie's right and sat in it. "So, where's your friend who loves the apples, Vincent?" I asked. Vincent started to get a little tense when I asked him this. "Is something wrong?" I asked. "It's fine," Vincent answered. "He just doesn't do well around people...or, that is...people don't usually do well when they first see him. He's kind of nervous that you'll probably do something mean to him when you first see him." 

I shook my head and denied that. "No, I won't, Vincent," I assured him. "I'm sure he's wonderful." "He's wonderful once you get to know him," Vincent said. "He can be a little bit of a pain if you live with him." I got even more curious when he said that. "Huh? You live with him?" I asked. "Yes," Vincent answered right before he looked at me. "But don't worry. He's out right now. He'll be back at night." "Okay," I said as I nodded. After that, we all sat there (well, I stood there) in silence for an awkward amount of time. "Would you mind if I fixed my own makeup in the bathroom?" I asked. "My makeup kind of got messed up when I was trying to wake Khloe up." Vincent pointed at something. "Go right on ahead," he answered. I turned and looked at the staircase. "Oh," I let out. "Thank you." 

I went up the stairs and headed to the bathroom so I could fix my makeup since it kind of got a little messed up when Camilla was kissing me. Since I didn't know where the bathroom was, I had no choice but to look for it. Upon looking for it, I opened the door to a bedroom and it looked like Vincent's parents' bedroom since I saw a queen-sized bed and a crib for a baby. I stood there and got lost in my thoughts. A crib? Does Vincent have a baby sister or a baby brother that he never told me about? I thought to myself. That's when I heard the sound of someone dropping something. "Huh?" I asked as I turned around. I found an apple that was already eaten to the core on the floor. I slowly approached the apple core and that's when another apple core was dropped on the floor. "What the...?" I asked. Is Vincent's friend back so soon? He said that he wouldn't be back by dark. I thought to myself. Then another one fell on the floor. I looked at them and it all looked like it was leading up to another room.