Just another day... [OPEN]

[charlie]

"Accident....? Your saying my parents death that was caused by Kira's self righteous actions was a d**n accident?!" Charlie's temper began to boil as he clenched his fist while looking at the floor. It was like hearing the cop that had told him about his parents all those years ago. Who was this girl to tell him that this was a accident, if Kira the so called god never made a move to kill that one specific murderer then his parents would have not collided with that truck, life would have been normal for Charlie. No adoptive parents, no scavenging or stealing for money or clothes or even a place to shower and use a bathroom, and especially...no closing off his heart to the world and hiding his real feelings and thoughts. No...to Charlie this was a insult, a accident isn't caused by someone, a accident wasn't something you could have stopped. If the authorities caught Kira before what happened to Charlie then this would have been avoided.

Charlie calmed down but the furious anger that was on his face faded slowly. He did not tell her before the story was told that it was his parents after all, how would she have known. Regaining composure he looked at the dog that belonged to Emily and thought it was very cute, it was funny how it jumped up and licked her. He then heard her say something that caught his ear....Kira...caught. Was it a possibility, was it even conceivable to catch someone that leaves no trace of his murders. It seemed far fetch but a idea like that could not be taken from his mind so easily. "You think he can...how...he doesn't just appear to anyone" Charlie's interest was fully concentrated upon Kira and how he could be found now, that could be the drive he needed to get Kira, to find out that he could actually be caught. She looked embarrassed at him but he didn't really see anything to be embarrassed about, this interested him too much. She was smart maybe she would join him in this....taking down Kira so that he fell down upon his knee's miserable and embarrassed, no longer a god but just another human. But first he had to know more about her stance on Kira. "What you think about Kira, Em...where do you stand?"

[kizami]

Emily was thinking for a long time about how Charlie was still holding tightly to the memory of his parents but he was becoming a man and that was something he had to live with. She stepped into the kitchen taking out bread wondering if she should answer his questions "That's the thing, I try NOT to think about Kira but if I have to say something on everything it would be this;" she spread some peanut butter on a slice of bread and went on "He's a murderer, but crime rates have gone down by an incredible percentage since he came about. My stands are neutral, can't say I hate him but I sure as hell don't praise him either" she finished making a couple of sandwitches and gave one to Charlie

Nibbling into hers she gave the rest to her dog who picked it up and ran off to a corner, leaving it there seconds later to be untouched until someone decided to throw it away. Again she'd be seen chewing on another piece of gum it had been a few moments when nothing was said so she broke the ice with a polite voice she said "I'm sorry about your parents," she pulled some hair away from her face and breathed in thinking of a way to put her next statement lightly "I'm sure Kira didn't mean for them to die though, he was just doing what he does; placing judgement on criminals. It seems like what happened to your mum and dad was a horrible case of the 'right place wrong time' syndrome"

Em felt bad for the kid; he seemed to have had it rough in life but blaming people for the death of his parents would result in nothing, yet again it could be good for motivation. She joked around trying to bring a smile out in his distraught face "Lets go catch him! That'll make ya' feel better" she giggled triggering the dog to start barking again

[charlie]

Her thoughts... was just like his, not knowing where to stand, not thinking about it to directly to not cause confusion. How can someone hate a person that has been killing of the evil in the world one after the other trying to cleanse it, yet he was still doing murder. Murder...could you really classify the eradication of all that is bad and disgusting in this world as murder? Too many thoughts bounced around in Charlie's mind as he sat down on the couch. Emily came from the kitchen and handed him a sandwich which he ate slowly and laughed a little on what the dog did. She was sorry...then told him about what Kira tried to do, Charlie tried to grasp a hold of things, his whole way of thinking ever since he was 10 was being challenged. His thoughts about Kira seemed to be changing, but Charlie also had a stubborn streak he wouldn't let his thoughts about Kira be so easily twisted.

"Maybe your right Em...but I cant forgive what he did, he didn't think about others on the highway while he killed that criminal and in doing so my family's life and even my normal life was stripped from me" There was a odd silence between both of them as Charlie found a remote and turned on the tv, their were more stories and cases that linked all to Kira, some were all over the world while others were specifically in japan. "Wrong time..." Charlie mumbled to himself as he thought about what she said. He looked at her and saw she was smiling, what a odd time to do that. "Lets go catch him! That'll make ya' feel better" Charlie's hand dropped the controller, this wasn't a bad idea at all. He stood up and turned towards her. "I never heard a better idea, maybe we should take him down!" Charlie was very excited he was at the point of bouncing up and down. "Why not do it?, it sounds good, and maybe we could try some ways to get him that others don't. What do you say?" Charlie wanted her to join him. "Hey a computer... you mind if I show you something?"

[kizami]

Em chewed quietly with her blue eyes contemplating, Charlie took her joke seriously but Emily was the laid back type she'd never thought of seriously going after Kira. It would be too troublesome to try to do, there was tons of data over the span of years that they would need to collect in order to realize killing patterns and time sequences related to the the killings. Aside from that there was also information that the police force would keep completely confidential, it would be too much for a 16 year old senior and a friend to try to take on alone. They'd need a whole work force of dedicated people. She bit her bottom lip not wanting to be a kill joy but not very enthusiastic about the idea at the same instance. But since Emily knew this task was completely impossibe to do she slipped her giant headphones on and kept a straight face.

With such loud music blasting in her ears one would think she wasn't even paying attention but she pointed to the study which had a small library and a soft beanbag chair in the corner, on the other corner the computer desk was large and wide. It had papers spread out making the whole area look messy, Emily pushed the junk off the desk having it fall into the mini trash bin that was waiting at the edge. The computer was already on and ready for usage
"Go 'head" She was blowing a large bubble now that would prevent her from saying anything further

She was curious as to what he was going to show her so she waited lazily on the beanbag chair until the bubble she was making popped. She wasn't as motivated as Charlie because she knew if it was that easy to get a hold of him Kira would've already been caught. She was thinking again and all she said next was "I wonder how he does it," then the sounds of chewing and music from her headphones filled the air as well as light foot steps as her dog walts into the room, sitting next to his master the pit let his tounge hang as he breathed heavily. They both seemed to be waiting for something amazing to happen she watched in hidden amusement waiting to learn of Charlies capabilities

[charlie]

Sitting in the chair and wheeling it around towards the computer Charlie's fingers began to type in the computer feverishly. He didnt go to internet browser though but inputted some codes into a black window screen. As he wrote for a few minutes he heard Emily, "Yea I always wondered how he did it as well, when we find him you can ask him yourself" as the codes began to move down the screen he stopped tying and a loading window came up. Charlie took out his other phone. "I only used this a few times Emily, it helps me hack into....stuff...". Plugging his phone into the usb part of the computer a happy face appeared on the screen. "Hello Charlie, systems operational" as the screen loaded up again a screen appeared that looked like it was hacking into something, it was a mouse eating through walls of stuff leading to what looked like...a fan site that was secret to most people.

"Good we are halfway in..." typing in again quickly Charlie went through many files of Kira cases that were recorded by his many fans. Some were murders which you saw some pictures of the bodies found at the scene, these looked like cover ups by the cops to think that it had no involvement with Kira. "I found something that showed all the places that Kira has killed people, and from that information it narrowed down where Kira could be. This was put into place after L took up the case of Kira" Charlie didn't look at Emily while he was saying this he was too focused on his work. Remembering back in the few years he spent with a bad crowd he met a man that was obsessed with the government and Kira and always wore a tinfoil cap saying that radiation spy waves or something was invading his mind to steal his ideas and change his perception of life...Charlie never really payed attention to that, he only spent time with the man so he could learn how to hack into super computers. "Some crazy guy taught me this, it was very helpful. Ah found it!" hitting in a few keys a map began to appear on the screen with dots showing up on it little by little until many red dots began to blink on the map.

"Whoa...theres many more then when i last checked a few months back..." as the dots blinked Charlie backed his chair up so that Emily could get a good look. "Do you see something out of the ordinary that catches your attention.? I noticed something a little weird...look at japan and compare the deaths to where we are right now". Waiting to hear her view on the whole locations, he thought...maybe this wasn't impossible, they just pin pointed where Kira could be in the world. The people really needs to guard there files more carefully.

[kizami]

Emily looked at her dog, who glanced back with equal bewilderedness. Of coarse the animal had no idea what was up but he knew something by his masters actions, the dog soon lost interest however curling into a ball and closing his eyes as if sleeping. Em on the other hand had her eyes intent and locked on the screen. Prior to this she would say that her computer was a piece of crap, now it was being used to steal data from Kira on a fan site? It didn't seem too unlikely, there were all types of websites based on Kira now even a "K-spiracy" site based on the thought of a conspiracy made by the government; that Kira could be an insider that's working with and being protected by the government.

Emily thought 'What if this is an overlooked version of a criminal Holocaust? What if the nations biggest leaders are really behind it? Is it possible?' then the girl wondered if she was being too far fetched. People everywhere were going crazy about this thing; some even make a living out of promoting Kira and his will. She sighed, 'He IS the new world order... or she? Or they?' who knew? It was interesting, but she spent no more time thinking she began to speak again
"So what does that mean? Kira might be in Japan, or maybe Kira's smart enough to be in one place and focus his killings in another. There's many possibilities but lets assume he's in Japan; we can't do anything. We're in america... what now?"

[charlie]

"Well since most of the killings are in Japan and started there first, there has to be a reason. Why did it start specifically there first? Maybe he or she does live there and their just killing others all over the planet so it would take curious eyes away from Japan. But maybe your right maybe he is smart enough to focus his killings on a place far away from him but this is the only lead we have..." Charlie contemplated what to do next as he saw more blinking lights appear on the map, every news announcement of Kira's work immediately went to this site.

How could one man or woman kill all over the world, maybe this wasn't just one man but actually many people, probably a huge cult, that is doing someones bidding. If that was true then eradicating this and humiliating those persons would be a very hard task that Charlie would have to undergo. True they were in America, true they couldn't do anything just sitting here on there fat asses. Charlie thought with his finger on his chin until he finally came to a very simple conclusion. "Well...I guess we'll just have to go there...thats if you wanna tag along..." asking her this seemed very out of the ordinary for Charlie, hell even for a normal person its awkward. "Think about it...we cant do anything here, and would you want someone like Kira continuously killing until one day he or she gets bored and starts killing innocent people?"

Charlie tried to motivate her into going with him, for some odd reason he was comfortable around her and didn't have to dumb down his intelligence like he did in school so he can be inconspicuous. He needed someone to watch his back if he did go to Japan, trust is hard to find in this day and age.

[kizami]

The girl wanted to laugh and she would've if not for the fact that she had expected this result and it therefore didn't surprise her. She sat there almost bearing a meticulous expression like if she was carefully anaylzing this theory. She wasn't. She twiddled her thumbs and chewed with her mouth closed on her tasteless candy.

Emily didn't admit it but she didn't care much about what Kira was doing, she knew she was insignificant when it came to that. She leaned back and stared at her ceiling observing the patterns that the paint made on it. Truthly she didn't want to leave the states... not for good. Here she found comfort and safety... and boredom, and routine. On that note she began to think over how it would even be possible for her to travel to Japan 'Charlie is trying to be a hero and I'm none of that but if this means getting into something other than a summer job and the cycles of the city life then I just might---'

"Well my mum did promise me a good graduation gift when I get my diploma, I tol' her I wanted to go to France" and she definately wanted to go to, the idea of seeing Paris and all those wonderous tourist attractions was appealing to her but she never thought of anything too interesting in Japan

Japan; The home of animation and interesting gadjets alike. Japan; Makers of the best videogames and fashion. Japan; The land of the dead thanks to Kira. Her porcelin skin crinkled at the thought, she formed a frown and her ice blue eyes blinked around the room in search of an answer. The walls held no assistance, and the girl said plainly "I still want to"

Em's mild slipped away for a moment. She imagined herself wearing a huge smile and a black and white stripped shirt with a red belt. She wore a cool hat too and spoke words she'd probably never truely understand.
Then she weighed her options. In Japan they did have interesting vending machines with all sorts of strange things... like panties and it might be fun getting stuffed into a train with hundreds of others at rush hour.

It was a tough decision, but in seconds she made up her mind. "Well I'll speak to mum about it." She'd be going to Japan but only because she had someone to go with. Of coarse her mother would probably decide to tag along but Emily had a plan to make it otherwise. In the inside she was excited she had never really been out of the country but on the other hand she doubted they would make a difference by going there

[charlie]

"Thats great then, whenever you can convince your mom to let you go there then contact me, heres my number when you can get your mom to allow you to go call me alright" handing over his number to his phone Charlie was a little nervous, not about giving the number over but about the new adventures hes about to undergo. "So Em, if you don't mind, if I'm going to be traveling with you I would like to know something about you. What are you interested in?"

Charlie asked this for a specific reason, hes putting himself in danger by going to Japan, a place he had very little experience about and also going with a person he did not know. The least he could do to make it safer was know a little more about this girl. The only thing he knew was that she likes to chew gum and, just like him, not pay attention in class. She seems trusting due to the fact that she brought him to her house but that could because of the way the world is changing because of this Kira character. Also he thought she was a bit cute so you never know what might happen. Waiting for her to speak he thought about how he would find a place in Japan, Charlie never really expected to just grab a hotel there its just too expensive to keep renting a hotel so there had to be some place he could find. His Japanese wasn't too bad since he was practicing it ever since he found out most of the killings were in japan, he knew sooner or later he would travel there.

Maybe he could use a abandoned building like the one he lived in and fix it up the same way but would Emily really agree to that. She seemed carefree but not that carefree to at first live in a crappy place. Robbing wouldn't be a problem and getting connections wouldn't be either, but to get her to go along with that would be something of a problem if he knew nothing about her.

[kizami]

Looking at the number the girl wondered why he was being so open with her. It wasn’t a bad thing as much as it was an awkward one, Emily didn’t bother to give him her number since she was going to be calling him as soon as she got an answer from her mother; and she had a perfect idea for her to go along with it too. She smiled inwardly ‘I really am a brilliant child’ and on the surface all that could be seen was a slight smirk.

Em wasn’t going to go full-fledged and admit that she totally trusted the prior stranger. He was nice and relatively good looking but like a child in the prime of their youth she never concerned herself with the likes of good-looking people since in her opinion they were self centered among other things. Emily rolled off of the colorful bean back landing her body right on top of her pit bull, the dog grumbled under her and opened his eyes. He seemed to be sleeping or close to it but Em had disturbed him, the dog began to crawl away but she held fast and began to call out pet names and speak odd voice as if talking to a baby
“What happened, Fluffy? You don’t like my new fwend? Huh? Huh?---
That’s a good boy” Fluffy was now biting on her hand playfully, letting her hands escape from the lock of his jaw every time she pulled back a little. But then she became aware of Charlie again the dog took the opportunity to leave when he saw she was distracted and she and her new found friend began to talk again

“Well, in a nutshell I’m pretty normal just a heavy headed for my age… that’s meaning smart not stubborn-“ She didn’t have to throw in that little detail because he probably already knew what she meant but she continued to speak almost like she was having a mini rant. “Ummmm I don’t like sports but I like sport cars… videogames happen to be the best thing next to bubble yum and my Fluffy” Her eyes scanned the room for the pet that wasn’t there, she shrugged and continued she figured she could get into more personal stuff, now that they were being all open and what not. There was a pause and silence hung in the air like a stale wire until she said “Fluffy has been the only thing I really cared about in this house for a long time, me and my mum never truly talk. She’s out always on business and my dads been going since…since…”
Emily couldn’t recall when the last time she saw her father was, in fact she couldn’t even make up the image of his face. She could never remember seeing any baby pictures with herself with anyone that could’ve been her dad. Old portraits around the house were of Emily and her mother alone, there was even a special framed picture of Fluffy and Emily at a playground from years before, but never one of a potential father

Gulping away the slight nostalgic feeling that came about she mumbled, or tried to at first. Emily wasn’t a very emotional person but she did have her limits, she thought it was kind of sad that she had a family but was almost fully abandoned by them.
“But enough about that- I cant say when’s the last time I’ve seen him I don’t know. So lets move on what are you into; Other than identity theft, theft in general and other criminal-like activities?” She was grinning now, mostly because she was trying to get herself out of that mood from before, her smile was cryptic however like if she was trying to read right through the boy. If she wanted to hit a soft part she was going to try to hit hard. She wanted to test his patience, see if he could handle awkward questions and deal with it accordingly although she wasn’t doing anything too bad now Emily was known to have a silver to her gold side.
“So I’m guessing your parents died around a year ago since that’s around the time that Kira has came about” Em cleared her throat “Don’t you have any other family members that could take you in? I know no one could replace them, but sometimes its not about replacing them more than it is about letting people help you take care of yourself not that your doing a bad job at it already,” Then she was stuck sometimes she would catch herself being contradictive and this was just one of those times

[damn i wrote u a bible xD]

[charlie]

[Bible...no Sh!T! XD but it was awesome]

Seeing a smirk upon Emily's face seemed like some sinister idea was being produced. Plans were always fun to pull off, even when Charlie's plans don't go exactly the way he wants them too they still plan out in the end the same. Charlie was smart but he never actually admitted it to people, this Emily girl made it seem clear she was smart, a little vanity showed through her cute smile. Sports cars...of course every girl loves sports cars...need to get one when I'm in Japan Charlie thought to himself, it would make it seem like he was someone important and let him into places.Charlie concentrated back to what Em was saying before his mind wandered too far. But as she spoke his eyes started to wander instead of his mind, they went up and down her body but as soon as he noticed what he was doing he quickly stopped and averted his eyes towards the dog as it scampered away from her.

The conversation soon came around about her talking about her family, a father and a mother just like his family was. Except... as she brought up her father her voice trailed off until it was a little mutter. Her relationship with her family was the opposite of the one he had as a child, it was almost void of actual love. She got out of her mutter quickly...to quickly, the subject must have been a sore one. Emily also changed the subject towards Charlie and it was weird the way she was asking these questions so abruptly. "Family?...well I was adopted before...that didn't last long." Whats with the creepy smile? he thought as she waited for him to continue talking. "Replacing my family is impossible I know and If i wanted help i would have stayed but I don't need help from people like them to deal what i have to go through later in life. At the moment the only thing on my mind is Kira".

Charlie wasn't really mad about talking about his life, he was more nonchalant. "Me a identity thief? never!" Charlie chuckled a little bit since he always carried at least 6 other IDs with him all with different names. "What ever gave you that idea" Charlie sat back on the couch and laid back looking up at the ceiling. "I have not had a relaxing day in so long Em...I've just been trying to hide from authorities and live everyday without the help of parents or any friends...its hard..." Charlie closed his eyes as his body began to relax on the couch. Charlie suffered from a bad case from insomnia, ever since the Kira incident he had a fear that Kira might kill him in his sleep, sure it had no proof that he could kill people in their sleep but Charlie never took that risk, he felt to uncomfortable to sleep. But as he laid back he let it all go, he was too relax to even move much.

All those nights of staying up late looking up information about Kira was taking its toll on Charlie's body, he used creme to hide the dark circles he had around his eyes not just under. It worked fairly well if u didn't look too closely. His hair was always kept in place but that took hours in the morning to do. Muscles began to ache and his eyes began to be to heavy to even lift. He was about to sink into a slumber but he tried to stay awake to hear if Emily had anything else to talk about he didn't want to seem rude.

[kizami]

After a while of talking she and Charlie switched places, she was sitting on the computer chair now observing patterns and theories about Kira on some fan sites.  She was surprised by how many people kept up with everything but then again Kira was the new black these days...or something like that.  She listened to Charlie talk a bit and then he began to recline, she felt sympathy towards him; the guy seemed to have had it rough it was clear he might have some sort of sleeping disorder so she tried to stay as quiet as possible as she did her work.  She leaned back in her seat spinning the chair around so that she was half way to facing him "Its okay get some rest, anymore sleepless nights for you and it'll seem like you've got permanent black eyes"

Then she went typing speedily on the computer.  She wasn't exactly a hacker or anything extravagant but she could reach 120 wpm on a good day if her gum still had a tinge of flavor in it... speaking of which Emily reached into one of the pull out draws in the desk and opened up a new pack of gum, this particular dresser (the one on the far bottom right) was filled with packages of gum; all different brands and flavors, and for some reason they were accounted for.  Emily would know if anyone had touched or moved anything there and of coarse being an only child meant that there was no one to steal her treasures so in that case she enjoyed not having anyone around.

As Charlie began to drift off Emily worked on making a fake web page online.  She planned out an idea that would be flawless if executed correctly; She would create a web site that would be based on an college orientation ceremony held for widely known and esteemed universities around the globe.  Trips would be available to qualified students to visit these universities to broaden their "opportunities".  To do this she searched the Internet for the most notable universities and found that it was at first very difficult to rule out the petty from the prominent yet after a while everything began to fall together perfectly and in no time she was typing the last points of data for the day 'For more information please contact [e-mail] or Professor Charles Shafer---' The girl had to of coarse randomly choose a last name for 'Professor Charles' but the point would get across anyway because the next keys she typed in just so happened to be the phone number that Charlie gave her.

Emily pushed her chair back and blew a bubble from her chewing gum as she left she closed the door behind her careful to be silent just in case Charlie had nodded off.  If he decided on getting up she'd be in the living room watching TV with an opened but untouched box of cookies on her lap, she was flipping though the channels looking for anything Kira-related since the occurrences of the day had her more curious than ever on that type of news

[charlie]

As Charlie's eyes came to a close, his dreams already began to unfurl. The wind swept past his hair as he found himself in the car his parents were in during the day they had died. His head turned towards the passenger and driver seat. "Mom....Dad?...." the sounds of the passing highway were deafened by the blood rushing out of Charlie's face. His parents were in the front seat...but...there faces were melting!

With his heart pounding and his tears swelling up in his eyes Charlie noticed he was back to being the same age when his parents died. He reached for the door handle to escape this nightmare but as he opened the door to the highway it turned to a fiery road with skeletons wearing prison outfits screaming JOIN USSSSS!!! Before Charlie could shut the door he saw a man in a car speeding down the road engulfed in flames and dead criminals. He was a man possessed with his eyes burning brightly and his mouth drooling profusely. Shutting the door quickly Charlie found himself stuck in the car with the melting faces of his mother and father. The scene was familiar to Charlie, he had this dream time and time again for the past few years, ever since his parents life was robbed from them. It always scared him and this was yet another reason he did not fall asleep, he didn't want to see there death. Soon the same thing will happen... his parents will turn their heads completely around and scream out KIRAAAAAAA right before the other car crashes into theirs sending them flying into the line of a truck killing them and causing a huge explosion sending debris and fire everywhere on the road.

The flash up light was followed soon after by laughter, a evil laugh coming forth from the darkness. Charlie couldnt see who it was or where the laugh was coming from exactly, he couldnt even tell if it was one or more people laughing, but the laugh chilled Charlie to the bone.

Charlie woke up in a bit of a startle from the nightmare and he stared around where he was to gather his bearings. Everything was fine, he was still in Emily's house, he fell asleep while he was here. Its been weeks since Charlie has had sleep like that. Charlie got up from his slumber and wondered if he had screamed in his sleep, his other friends said that when they stayed over and he did actually collapse into a slumber they heard him scream for help and also scream Kira's name in anger. As he re entered the living room he sat near Emily and grabbed a cookie, he hoped she had not heard what he might have yelled from his slumber. "So whens your mom suppose to get home?" He asked her trying to sound as casual as possible.

[kizami]

Overtime Em had gathered all types of munchies around her everything from chips cakes and cookies were about and she finally got to actually eating some of it too. It was getting late and Emily could see the slight changes in the sky from the upcoming sunset through her window. A light but warm breeze came in through the half open entrance and the white lace curtain seemed to float in the air with every soft blow of wind. Sadly Emily had lost interest in news reports within 15 minutes of watching it so right now she was peeping a video game review telling herself that she would return to the previous channel and watch the news when the commercials came on... that's when she heard it

It was a mix between a groan and a scream but a lot more concealed. Emily thought that perhaps it was just a startled gasp she began to listen carefully looking around for her pet Fluffy. If anyone was sneaking in they'd have her dog to worry about and he was good at alerting when people entered the facinity. She ignored the sound for now seeing as it didn't seem to bother the dog and she began flipping through channels again. When Charlie appeared she came to the conclusion that he was the one that made the sound; she had left him sleeping in the room and he shows up shortly after her hearing it 'Nightmares probably,' the girl figured but she dare not ask about it instead she said "Mums not one for being home often, collect your things we're off now" it was like she had been anticipating his return.

Emily grabbed a thin sweater and walked out whistling for the dog to follow and he came without a leash or any restraints and walked by her obediantly. The moderately large dog didn't need one save for the fact that the police didn't like dogs that size walking around freely but she didn't plan to be out too long. She began to tell Charlie the plan

"A few weeks in Japan; that's what I'll tell mum if we don't have any leads by then I'm coming back but if within two weeks we find come hints on this case I'll think up an excuse to stay longer. When I get home I'll see to getting cheep hotel prices, work on trying to conjure up the cash- Oh an' this trip is going to be right after graduation..." she waited for any rebelious statements, it was sudden and the plan was awfully choppy but they still had a while before the actual date and there was still things she needed to cover but for now this was what she could come to

[charlie]

Charlie moved through the assortment of snacks that Emily had assembled around her. Whats with this girl? Is she a total fat ass under those clothes? thought Charlie as the girl got up to go. He wondered if she had any real idea on what those horrible snacks had on her body, but he wasn't one to talk and besides by the looks of things her body was already fine as it is. Getting his stuff and leaving the house he was wondering how he would convince her mother to let her go halfway around the world. She seemed capable of it, aka a good liar. Leaving the apartment Charlie noticed the sun was sinking into the horizon, he had slept longer then he meant to thats when Emily told him her plan. It wasn't a very well thought out one and there were too many ways it could go wrong but...Charlie didn't really wanna ruin a woman whose on a roll so he let it be.

Upon leaving the house, with the dog scurrying behind them, Charlie wondered how Emily would get that kinda dough for not only the trip and food but also a hotel. Japan didn't seem cheap but Charlie always had a stash of cash he saved up from some pickpocketing and pawning off merchandise. He doubted that Emily was into any kind of stealing but who knows, this girl could be into a whole lot of things that he never thought she would be interested in.

The walk was getting uncomfortable and Charlie knew he had some planning ahead of him, and he also needed to call in some favors for another fake ID for the plane tickets, also a passport. "Em...I have to go now, I have some stuff to do for our trip. Whenever you have everything ready you call and tell me whats up. Until then I guess ill see you later". Charlie never liked goodbyes, it always meant the end to something and most of the time...endings mean something bad. So before she could say her goodbyes Charlie was gone down a street and turned the corner...he was gone.

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A hour or so later Charlie strolled up the street on the west side of Manhattan making sure no one was following him. The alleyway leading to his building was dirty and had graffiti everywhere. Broken glass littered the cement and rain started to come down. Near the end of the alley was a metal door, something that Charlie asked a friend to fix when he first arrived here. Getting his keys and opening the door he entered a place that seemed like a tech geeks dream. There were 2 computers there on a desk facing a large tv screen. On the screen were multiple channels playing simultaneously, all news reports and crime investigation stories. Most of the reports happen to revolve around the Kira cases, this person or group was a large section of the law now...it was truly a scary sight. Locking the door with a 3 thick locks Charlie got comfortable.

The room was pretty large since it was really 2 living rooms in one, the wall on the opposite side facing the screens was knocked down and left there like a gaping wound. The workers that wanted this building knocked down just seemed to left it untouched but Charlie didn't know why. He cleaned the place up pretty nicely since his first night here, the floors were still wooden and now they shined with polish, the walls were painted now a dark blue color so that light would not seem to harsh to Charlie's eyes, and the windows were boarded up with more wood then you could find on the floor, so that no one could break in or see into Charlie's secret hideout.

Charlie went into one of the 3 bedrooms he had in this place and moved one of the floorboards. There was his secret stash...not drugs but a big wad of money, at least 10,000 dollars. It was separated into debit cards and cash. This was all that he needed to travel to japan and live a few weeks off of comfortably, but he would need another source of income as soon as he step foot on Japan, things always go wrong...they never go right. At least not in Charlie's life. Collecting the cash and putting it onto the bed Charlie went back to the living room and sat down at the computer looking up some information and prices of tickets to Japan.