[January 28, 2010 1:00 PM]

The SPK (Special Provision for Kira) and the Japanese Task Force meet at the warehouse to settle the Kira case once and for all. Both sides agreed that there would be no electronic

devices allowed while meeting, no cell phones, no cameras and no recordings devices.

The place was inspected prior to entering. Light Yagami, the man who became the second L, also accused and suspected as being Kira, finally meets the last obstacle standing in his way,

a puny little runt wearing an L mask named Near, the would be successor of L, and the only remaining members of the SPK, Lidner, Gevanni and Rester.

Light refers to Near as inferior to L and therefore has no right to wear his mask. Matsuda also points out that Near is a coward for wearing a mask and accusing Light as being Kira. Near's

excuse is that it's just a precaution to see if anyone else is being controlled as their faces and names may have already been exposed to Kira, but his hasn't yet.

Near suggest that they wait for 30 minutes to see anyone is being controlled before they die. Light figures out it was just a front to buy time for "him" to come, but he only says this in his

mind not to give himself away. After the time passes, the cowardly Near finally removes his mask (giving a douchey little smile) and admits what Light suspected all along, that he's been

waiting for the "arrival of the one who will solve everything once and for all."

Near explains that the one who will come, the one he calls "X-Kira", will have to use the only entrance, the red door, to see inside and write down his name, and everyone else's name

except for the one who is Kira. Near also tells them not to interfere with the person who will do this but let him finish and try to ignore him.

Suddenly, he arrives, the man with dark hair and the red 'shinigami eyes' who peeks thru the door to see the names of those he must kill or rather "delete." Through his shinigami eyes,

he discovers the names of everyone in the building, among them is Nate River (Near's real name), but one in particular stands out, 夜神月(Light Yagami) who he refers to as "God," the

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whose lifespan he cannot see, the one who is the original Kira he has been standing in for.

Immediately he backs out his pen and starts writing down their names, while saying "Delete! Delete! Delete ..." Matsuda takes out his gun to do something but Rester and Gevanni point

their gun at him and order him to stop and not do anything, while Near assures them that everything is fine and that they won't die. They ask him how can he be so sure and he informs

them on his little plan of modifying the notebook by replacing the pages that X-Kira is writing on with fake pages.

He goes on to explain how he knows that X-Kira only writes the names of his victims on one page per day and that the pages to be used today and after have been replaced so no one

would die. Near predicts that X-Kira will look in at them in about 40 seconds to see if they die and that is when they will seize him and whoever's name is not written down must be Kira.

Upon hearing this Light gives a sick, twisted smirk on his face knowing full well of Near's plan to replace the pages of the notebook all along. Thinking to himself, Light explains how he had

Mikami prepare a fake notebook and send pages of the real notebook to Takada so she could do the Kira killings instead to throw Near and his agents off, therefore the notebook Near's

agent altered was a fake.

Mikami even confirmed it with him through Takada that the notebook had been tampered with, but since the incident with Mello and Takada two days before, Light has something else up

his sleeve which will ensure his perfect victory! Light continues to mock Near in his mind, thinking he is nothing compared to L who would've considered the possibility of a fake notebook

and tested it instead of wasting the opportunity.

Light assures himself that Near is no match for his genius. Light then asks "You there outside. Have you finished writing down names in the notebook?" and Mikami replies with a devious

smile, "Yes, I've written them." Near then points out that it's strange how the man outside answers Light so "quickly, calmly and honestly" but Light brushes it off that he is probably just

confident that he'll succeed.

Then Near for the first time reveals X-Kira's name, Teru Mikami, and asks him to come in. When he enters Light asks him how long it's been since writing down the names, and he replies,

"30 seconds, 31, 32 ... 35, 36, 37, 38, 39," then Light interrupts saying, "Well Near, it looks like you've failed." And Mikami finishes by saying, "Forty!"

Matsuda holds his head in fear and panic of dying but then realizes it's been over a minute and they haven't died. Near reminds them that he already told them no one was going to die.

Mikami looks in horror as he sees that he has failed. He then asks himself, "Why won't they die?" and tries writing down their names again but Near orders Gevanni and Rester to arrest

him and confiscate the notebook.

Near tells everyone to take a look at the notebook to see the names written down and the names were as follows: Nate River, Anthony Carter, Stephen Loud, Halle Bullook, Kanzo Mogi,

Hideki Ide, Touta Matsuda, Shuichi Aizawa, [and last but not least] 夜神月(Light Yagami). Everyone, especially Near, were in great shock, except for, of course, Light Yagami, Kira-the

mastermind behind it all. He knew all along that Mikami would betray him and write his name down in the fake notebook.

Near had no idea this would happen and he could not explain it, however Light could. As for the others, they were relieved to see once again reassurance that Light isn't Kira, especially

Matsuda who quickly came to Light's defense saying, "You see Near? You were wrong! Light isn't Kira! It's been proven before!" Near, however, was speechless and in a state of shock to

find that his plan had failed.

Light: Near, it seems you owe me, no, all of us an apology for foolishly risking our lives, and accusing me, L's true successor of being Kira. Was it because you were jealous Near? Because

I took L's place instead of you? How selfish of you!

Near: But I was 99.999% sure that you were Kira... could it be? Mikami must have betrayed you! That must be it!

Light: [laughs out loud] Betray me? [laughs out loud] You would stop at nothing, even try and frame me to prove that I'm Kira just to take L's place wouldn't you?

Near: What? No! It just makes sense that-

Aizawa: Light... I want nothing more than to believe that you aren't Kira, but surely you can understand why we were suspicious. What about when you said Near "failed" right when it

was 40 seconds since Mikami wrote our names.

Light: Well, Aizawa, it's simple. I really thought Near had failed and that we were all going to die because I believed Kira, who we've finally caught as Teru Mikami, was really going to kill

us. I had no faith in Near's plan whatsoever, but it seems I was wrong. Near tell me just how were you able to ensure that we all would not die?

Near: [pauses for a bit] I don't understand, I was certain he would never betray you like this. Well it seems you were right Light, I have failed... I suppose there's no way for me to prove

that you are Kira since your name is written in this notebook along with the rest of us.

Light: Or maybe we're all Kira. [chuckles] Just kidding. Oh, so just because the part of your plan about proving me to be Kira didn't work out, you admit you've failed? As much as it pains

me to say this, you are actually just like L. He was the exact same way when he had to deal with the fact that he was wrong about me being Kira. But I'll admit, since we all didn't drop

dead I wouldn't say it was a complete failure. We didn't die just like you said, so tell us how were you able to pull this off and help us finally catch Kira?

Matsuda: Yeah Near, We'd all like to know.

Near: All right. I'll explain that part for now, but I'll still try to find a way to expose the real Kira.

Matsuda: But we already got the real Kira. It's the psychopath standing over there in handcuffs that tried to kill us all!

Near: No. That is X-Kira, Teru Mikami, the one who has been judging for Kira. Light Yagami, L-Kira is Kira. But as for the fake notebook well, to tell the truth it almost wouldn't have worked

and we all would've died, including L-Kira. We originally altered a fake notebook in Mikami's possession, however when I said before that we had modified the notebook, I was in fact

referring to the real notebook as well the fake. We only switched part of the fake notebook, but as for the real one we replaced the entire thing. [pulls death note from his shirt] This

notebook here is actually the real one.

Mikami: What?! No! Impossible!

Near: We used the same kind of pen Mikami used and copied his handwriting perfectly and made both the inside and outside of our fake look exactly like the original. Gevanni was able to

do it in a single night. Of course, since I had touched the real notebook before coming, I've been able to see the shinigami as well. [looks up at Ryuk] It's a pleasure to meet you Mr.

Shinigami, I'm Near.

Ryuk: [chuckles] Nice to meet you too, my name is Ryuk.

[Everyone looks shocked]

Light [thinking to himself]: He can talk to Ryuk. He can see him that means it must be true. Well it seems the worst case scenario I envisioned actually came true. Near was actually able to

figure out the notebook Mikami was using was a fake and was somehow able to steal it. I was hoping it wouldn't come down to this but - oh well...

Near: Some of the edges of this notebook's pages are torn. Tell me, if someone's name was written on a ripped off piece of paper would they still die?

Ryuk: Oh yeah, of course they would.

Near: I thought so. I bet you used this to your advantage. I wonder how many times you've deceived us with this and how many people you killed? Light Yagami, you are Kira.

Light: Are you kidding me? You have no proof and if I am Kira then why was my name also written in the notebook along with everyone else's? Give it up Near, stop falsely accusing me!

Matsuda: Yeah! Quit it Near! Light's innocent!

Aizawa [thinking to himself]: How could Near still insist that Light is Kira? Mikami wrote all our names. It only makes sense Mikami's Kira and was going to kill all of us. Could Light be right

that Near is just jealous of him being L and trying to frame him to become the new L by saying he's Kira? After all he's still just a kid. But then again how could Mikami have found us in the

first place? Someone must have leaked that info but who?

Near: I might not be able to prove it yet but, I will. Anyway, I never finished explaining the real reason why we're all still alive. It was all thanks to Mello.

Light [thinking]: Mello?! I knew it. I knew I had to do something about his interference.

Near: Please take a look at this page of the notebook. [Page reads: "Kiyomi Takada burns self to death January 26, 2010 2:33 PM"]

Light [thinking]: Takada's name is in the notebook! I was the one who killed her but her death was written there just one minute later! Could that mean Mikami did the same thing I did?

Mikami [thinking]: I had to make sure Takada was taken care of.

Near: On the 26th, right after Takada's kidnapping was broadcast on the news, Mikami went to the bank.

Gevanni: I've been trailing him. I knew he went to the bank every month on the 25th, so it was odd for someone so methodical to go to the bank twice in two days. I followed Mikami to

the bank as he headed to the safe deposit boxes. It was only at this time that he seemed concerned whether someone was following him or not. I got into his safe deposit box, inside

was the real notebook. Sure enough Takada's name had already been written inside it.

Near: Do you understand now Light Yagami? Mikami made a move on his own and wrote Takada's name in his notebook but you had already killed her using a notebook clipping yourself.

This was the event that made me consider the possibility of a fake notebook and it was thanks to the efforts of one person. It was Mello. I bet Mello knew in his heart that working by

ourselves neither of us would be able to attain our goal and surpass our mentor, L. But together... together we can stand with L, together we surpass L!