[Open RP] When you find your son...

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After a talk with an older Rika, and finding out Light had popped, Soichiro had left Hogwarts for a day or two, armed only with some money and a fake ID he bought from Matt.

He went to London, where he acted for all the world like a slightly lost tourist, and managed to find a cybercafe to research at. What he found was this:

The Yagami family did exist here. He found a list of the graduates of To-oh University, Light Yagami among the list. Then he looked at the directory of the NPA. Sure enough, Light was there, as well as himself. He considered seeing if his password worked, but didn't for fear of being traced.

Still, he had something to go on if he decided to do more research.


After that, he returned to Hogwarts, beelining for his room, where an ecstatic Yukiko greeted him. He made up for being gone by taking her for a walk, ending in the Great Hall with water for both of them.

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Mikami was also in the Great Hall, although with the dark circles under his eyes and pale skin you'd be forgiven for mistaking him for L, at first sight. The large cup of coffee he was drinking was entirely unsweetened, though. He looked up as he noticed Soichiro, then glanced away hurriedly.

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Soichiro noticed Mikami, noticed the paleness, but didn't say anything to Mikami, just greeted him with a hello.

Yukiko was more receptive, though, barking in greeting.

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Mikami echoed the greeting, distantly, then looked down at Yukiko. "I don't think we've met."

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Soichiro smiled and bent down, petting her. "My dog. Yukiko." Yukiko moved forward and nudged Mikami, looking for pets.

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"You're affectionate, aren't you?" He leant to scratch her behind the ears. ...it wasn't right to, he knew. He shouldn't be talking to Yagami even by proxy, if he didn't stay faithful when was God ever going to come back?

- but he wasn't, was he? He'd never have let Karasu do that if he meant to return, and forgive...

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"We just finished a walk together. I owed her one after leaving for a day." The house elves took good care of her, but she was his dog and wouldn't let him forget it.

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"I expect you did." He patted Yukiko's head as he withdrew his hand. There'd be dog hair on his sleeve now, but he somehow didn't care very much. "Has she forgiven you?"

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That was when the house elf came with water for both of them.

"I expect she does now," he said as he sipped at his water and Yukiko tried to get water all over the place.

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Mikami shifted away, avoiding the splashes. "Apparently. Judging by her enthusiasm."

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Soichiro just smiled and petted her one more time before looking at Mikami. He immediately frowned. While he didn't bat an eye at Mikami's paleness (admittedly, and this may just be the mun's opinion, Mikami was always a bit pale), the circles under his eyes were a sign that something was off.

And curse Soichiro being nice and actually giving a damn since the chocolate plot.

"You okay?"

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Mikami hesitated, coffee cup half-raised. "...no," he admitted, quietly, because that was obvious and he knew it. And he ought to warn Yagami about Karasu as well, no one deserved to meet him unsuspecting, but the thought of telling him was unbearable. The cup shook in his hand, and he put it down hurriedly.

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"Still upset about Light? Or..." he thought about that brief moment at Mello's mercy, and how they mentioned that Karasu was a danger. And he remembered squibbing a few dangerous people recently. "Or is it someone else?"

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His eyes were focused on his coffee. "- both." Although 'upset' was far from the word he'd have used, about Kira. 'Devastated' was closer. "One of the new arrivals, an extremely dangerous one. A demon. His name is Karasu."

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"He's a demon?" Somehow, Soichiro didn't pick up on that. Or forgot. "I met him, briefly." He petted Yukiko. "I didn't like him."

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"Good. Don't let him near you. Especially don't allow him to touch you."

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Soichiro was silent while his dog promptly climbed onto the bench and put her head in his lap.

"Speaking from experience?" he asked quietly.

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He tensed, edging away slightly. "Does it matter?"

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Soichiro considers his next words carefully while letting his dog nap in his lap.

"If he was hurting you..." he paused, "that's a bad thing. And just another one for him, I heard he targeted A as well."

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He looked up, sharply, appalled. "He hurt A?"

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He shook his head. "I don't know. His name came up. All I know is I was used as a guinea pig for A to practice that word spell on. That...that's how I got cursed."

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"That would be Mello's idea of self-defense training, then?"

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Soichiro had the grace to look a bit ashamed. "Er...yes. It was his idea."

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"...at least it's another way to restrict that psychopath once he gets hold of a wand." Meaning Karasu, not Mello, obviously, although Mikami would apply the term to either of them.

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"Possibly, but how far can we go? Is it limited to four words all together or four per person?" Soichiro thought the limit was four words, not six. He doesn't even know about phrases.

"Also, if we could undo it, so could he, if he found someone willing to help him." Ryuk came to mind; he'd do anything if bribed with apples.

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"I think it was six altogether, but I - would have to look it up, I was more concerned with how to remove it." And too exhausted now to remember the details. He was trying not to show that in front of Soichiro, but it was hard to avoid.

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Soichiro hadn't picked up on it yet, but the now-awake Yukiko had, and whimpered in sympathy.

"What's wrong?" Soichiro asked, looking over Yukiko and then noticing she was looking at Mikami. "Oh, you're worried about Mikami too?"

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He glared at Soichiro, a little unsteadily. "...I don't need your concern."

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"Well, Yukiko won't take it back." He stroked her fur. "But you look like hell, Mikami, how can I not be concerned?"

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He laughed bitterly. "Isn't hell what I deserve?"

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"I used to think that. Now I'm not so sure."

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"What makes you think this changes anything between us?"

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"Not for you, no. I doubt you even remember, the hexed food sometimes does that."

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He looked away again. "...I remember that. I don't see what difference it should make."

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"You were such a nice boy, Mikami. I don't know what happened, and it's probably not my business to know, but something changed you to make you who you are now." Soichiro recalled that he once said that the Death Note was the true evil, and everyone who used it the true victims. He wondered if that was Mikami's case.

"Whatever you say, I just can't look at you the same way I used to."

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"I grew up," Mikami snapped. "And you're right. It's none of your business."

Ordinarily, he would have left at this point, but he didn't think he'd be able to stand up in a dignified manner. The last thing he needed was to give Yagami another reason to pity him.

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Soichiro let it go, it wasn't his place to pry.

Yukiko stretched a paw out to touch Mikami's leg.

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He startled, flinching away before he could help it.

"Don't -!" - touch me, the rest of the sentence would have been, but he cut himself off. He was not about to panic over the dog. "Stop that."

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Yukiko recoiled and climbed into her master's lap, looking for comfort.

Soichiro spared Mikami a look of concern before tending to his dog.

"If he tries to hurt you, and you're near Gryffindor, you can hide there."

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"I know how to take care of myself, Yagami. I'm not seven years old now."

He hesitated, lowering his voice a little. "...Yukiko, I'm sorry for frightening you."

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"This isn't some human, though, Mikami, you said it yourself, he's a demon. I don't hold the odds of you lasting long against him high."

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"I -" He froze for a moment, blocking out images and the phantom ache in his thigh. "Kusuriyuri made wards against him. I have some, and I have my wand, I'm not going to let him disarm me again, I'll be fine."

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"If you say so, Mikami. Just keep in mind my suggestion."

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He drank the last of his coffee and stood up. Never mind dignity, he was leaving.

"If I need to I'm sure I can hide by myself. And I'm regularly in Gryffindor, I don't need your permission to go there."