I'm in the world of DeathNote?

Chapter Five: Hidden Struggles

Oh btw this is skipped over time to when Light, Misa, and Soichiro (or how ya spell it :p) were confined...

~~Arashi's POV~~

I sat up suddenly, arching my back. "Yay. Finally Saturday. Glad yesterday was Friday." I laughed. Ryuzaki stared at me. "Akina are you alright? You stayed up all night and barely yawned." He said. I nodded. "Well I used to get abused and was in too much pain to sleep so I'm used to pulling alnighters for days at a time." I told him. He frowned. "Akina..." He started. Matsuda put a hand on my shoulder. "Sorry Akina. Abuse is terrible." He said, frowning. Ryuzaki nodded. I sighed. "Now stop getting concerned. Ryuzaki you have work to do." I scolded, smiling despite what I told them. They hadn't even heard the worst of it yet. I sighed yet again. "Okay, I'm about done with being cooped up. Im going down to the pool. Hehe. Ill be up in a bit." I smiled an ran to my new room at the hotel. I quickly changed into a swimsuit, knowing they had no cameras in my room or anywhere else, including the pool. I felt tears well up in my eyes when I thought of Akai. He was my long dead brother and suffered secret abuse from my father. Only I knew about that though. Akai and I were very close, closer than Kako and I were. I shook those thoughts and pulled on long-ish water gloves to cover the cuts on my arms. 'Can't let them know about my little habit.' I told myself. Fortunately, when I got to the pool, I discovered it was empty. I smiled and pulled off my gloves. I got in and swam around for a minute before memories came flooding back.

'AKAI!' I screamed internally as I watched him get abused in the middle of the night. I had woken up suddenly and checked on Akai and found my father beating him. I knew not to go into his room. My father would abuse me as well and take his anger out on Akai. My father was being worse than usual and soon Akai collapsed and passed out. I stared, sad I could not help, and felt tears slide down my cheeks. 'Father will stop beating him though.' I thought, seeing as he usually stopped when Akai was unconscious. How wrong I was. My father continued to beat him and Akai stopped breathing after a while. I could not hold myself back any longer. I ran into the room, sobbing and pounded Akai's chest. "Akai please! Please breathe!!!" I sobbed, while being beaten from behind. I felt blood run down my face and my neck. I got up, kissed Akai's forehead and ran back to my room, hoping that this was a nightmare and my twisted mind made up a delusion.

I cried and plunged myself under water. 'I wish I were dead. I should have died that day, not Akai. I should have protected him.' I thought as I held myself at the bottom of the pool.

~~Ryuzaki's POV~~

I walked down to the pool, worried because Akina had been gone for a while now. Or was it a few minutes? Either way I followed her. When I got closer to the edge of the pool, I saw Akina underwater, forcing herself to stay under. I yelped and jumped into the crystal clear, blue water. I yanked her arms and wrapped them around my neck as I pushed to the surface. Akina was still for a moment before she gasped in air and coughed up some water. I climbed out of the pool after setting Akina down on the edge. I saw her try to push herself under again. I wrapped my arms around her waist before she could go under. "Akina what's wrong??!" I asked, pulling her into my lap. She buried her face in my shoulder and started to sob. "Why didn't you let me drown?" She cried. I ran a hand through her hair. "Because I don't want you to die Akina." I told her. She pulled away. "Like hell you don't!" She yelled. I pulled her to my chest and let her cry. "Akina what's the matter? Why would you try to kill yourself?" I asked softly. She pulled away and rubbed her eyes. "I was supposed to die that day anyway Ryuzaki." She told me. I frowned. That was what Misa said. "What day?" I whispered. She ran a hand through her hair. "The day Akai died. My father beat him to death Ryuzaki. Then he tried to beat me." She said softly, hair curtaining her face, teardrops splashing the floor. She pushed her hair back and I caught sight of the cuts going down her arms and wrists. I felt like crying. "Akina please don't do that to yourself." I whispered, grabbing her arm and turning it so I could see the cuts clearly. Akina toppled me over, hugging me and crying. "Im trying to stop..." She sobbed. I smiled. "As long as you're trying than okay..." I said awkwardly. I haven't comforted a girl before and I don't know how to really deal with them. Akina stopped crying eventually and rubbed her eyes. "Thanks Ryuzaki." She whispered before kissing my cheek. I touched my cheek and glanced at her. "It's okay.....We better keep going on the investigation..." I trailed off. She giggled and jumped up. Despite her eyes being blood red from crying, she seemed happier. I smiled a little and grabbed her hand, running up the stairs and pulling her behind me. She laughed and almost fell. "Ryuzaki...!" She yelped. I turned quickly and caught her before she fell. "Wow... Good catch." She giggled. I smiled. "I have quick instincts." I laughed.

So a chapter about a girl trying to kill herself and a guy saving and comforting her. Oh joy. Anyway, hope it was good, ill get into other stuff soon. ~Okami Onna No Ko.