I don't own any of the characters from Death Note. I only own two of the characters in this story. They're from another story I wrote. I wanted to use them because I thought it would make it more interesting. The other eight belong to the writers of Death Note. The plot and the title belong to Agatha Christie. I'm only using the basic plot of the story, the events and details of this story are mine. Hope you enjoy it!
Cast of Characters
1. Mello- The number two at Wammy's House. His best friend, Matt, convinced him to come along while he visited a good friend from his past.
2. Light Yagami- A brilliant straight- A student. He's currently a prime suspect of the Kira case. He has joined L and Watari on a vacation to a beautiful island.
3. Beyond Birthday- A convicted murderer of the LABB murder cases. He was sent a letter about a new program to help inmates find God. The inmates are sent to a small island far away from civilization accompanied by law enforcement.
4. Sky- Number twenty-nine at Wammy's House. She is friends with Mello and is currently dating his best friend Matt. She is also friends with Near. She is invited to an island by her best friend, Ginny who got an invitation from her aunt for a vacation.
5. Misa Amane- She is an actress, model, and a singer. She's also Light's girlfriend. Her agent calls her, talking about auditions for a new movie she should be a part of.
6. Matt- The number three at Wammy's House. He is Mello's best friend and Sky's boyfriend. He receives a letter from an old friend, asking Matt if they could meet up again. He convinces Mello to join him.
7. Watari- The inventor who created Wammy's House. He convinces L to take a vacation. They find an ad describing a luxurious island, perfect for a vacation. It's decided that the island will be their destination.
8. Ginny- A girl from Winchester, England who befriends Sky, Mello, Matt, and Near. Receiving a letter from her aunt talking about a wonderful vacation, she goes to the island, inviting Sky to come along.
9. L- The world's greatest detective. He is currently investigating the Kira case. He and Watari go on a vacation along with Light.
10. Near- The number one at Wammy's House. He receives a letter from an old college professor he became close to. The professor asked if him and Near could meet up again on an island he picked out himself.
Chapter 1
The boat seemed to move ever so slowly, its passengers waiting very impatiently for it to arrive on location. One of its passengers, an old man, talked to the driver of the boat discussing many global issues. The driver didn't seem too interested in what the old man had to say. The man was aware of this fact. There were other passengers he could talk to, but they seemed absorbed in their own thoughts. He did know the other passengers quite well though. After a while the old man sighed and sat down. It seemed the driver wasn't at all interested in what he had to say.
A young man, also a passenger, seemed to enjoy looking out to sea. It was almost as if he was waiting for something. Of course this was not so. He was just thinking very intently. He was indeed annoyed how long the ride to the island seemed to take. He sighed. "How regrettable this situation is." He said. He stood up and turned to the old man.
"Watari, I'll be right back. I'm going to see how Light is holding up."
The old man nodded. The other passenger, L, went below deck where the other passenger resided.
Once he was below deck he noticed the other passenger sitting down flipping through pages of a book, not really interested in its contents.
"Light, you seem bored. Perhaps you should join me and Watari."
The young man named Light looked up. "No thanks Ryuzaki, I'd rather just stay here."
"Very well then, suit yourself. I hope you don't mind if I join you then."
"Not at all, make yourself comfortable."
"So tell me Light, do you think you'll enjoy taking a vacation?"
"Honestly, I would have preferred to have not come at all."
L tilted his head in curiosity. "Interesting, why is that?"
Light sighed and placed his book on top of his suitcase. "I wouldn't have minded taking a vacation, but this island is practically in the middle of nowhere. I'm sure I could have found something more productive to do."
"I see, very interesting. It seems there's no turning back now though." L turned to look out the porthole. He stood up, not really standing straight, and walked near the pothole. "We're in luck Light," L said. "It seems we've arrived to the destined location."
Light looked up in surprise. "Thank goodness, I was getting really sick of being on this damn boat."
"Yes I agree, I was getting a bit sea sick myself."
"Really, I didn't know you got sea sick, Ryuzaki?"
L smiled to himself. "When I say sea sick I don't mean the feeling of being nauseated. I simply mean that I am sick of the sea. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Yes, I understand exactly what you're saying." Light said, smiling.
The two young men went above deck, joining Watari and the driver. Finally the boat reached the shore of the island. All three passengers got off, glad to finally be on solid ground again. Light quickly paid the driver before he left.
"Well the island is certainly lovelier in person." Watari commented. The others nodded in agreement. "Well shall we start heading inside?" L nodded, but Light said he'd rather explore the island before going inside.
"Very well Light, would you like me to take your luggage inside?"
"Yes thank you Watari."
Once the other two were inside, Light began to explore his surroundings. If one were to stand near the shore and face the island they would see an enormous two story house. Light noticed there was another entrance to the house, different from the one L and Watari took. That seemed a quicker way inside if one was near the shore. Also, there was a cliff and a little path one could follow to get to the top of the cliff. Light followed this path
After reaching the top, he realized how beautiful the sea looked from this view. "I suppose I'll have to enjoy this vacation .After all I know exactly why Ryuzaki invited me. He still has suspicions of me being Kira. He wouldn't want me all by myself in Japan. He had to have me here right under his nose to investigate me. This is just like him. I know it's something he would think of doing."
Just then Light noticed another boat coming into view. "It looks like that boat is making its way to this island, but why? There shouldn't be any more guests here besides us." Light quickly ran down the path and into the front entrance. He was taken away by how nice the house looked inside, but quickly regained his composure.
"Hello Light, glad you could join us." L said.
"L, Watari there's another boat approaching this island."
L looked surprised by this news. "That can't be Light. I made sure that we would be the only ones vacationing here."
"Well you didn't do a very good job." Light remarked. L frowned, about to say something, but Watari cut him off. "It might be a good idea to investigate this."
"Yes, he's quite right, shall we investigate this then?"
With that being said they all ventured outside. By the time they were near the shore the boat was already leaving and had dropped off another passenger. The passenger was a girl with long blond hair wearing the most unusual clothing. She was busy on her phone when she noticed she wasn't alone.
"Light!" The blond practically tackled him. "I'm so glad to see you. What are you doing here? Are you auditioning too?"
"Misa, why are you here?" Light sounded confused and annoyed at the girl's presence. "Misa Misa was offered to audition in a new movie. My agent called me saying that auditions would be here." The girl named Misa frowned when she noticed the other men were there as well.
"Oh Ryuzaki, Watari good to see you guys too." She didn't sound too enthusiastic as before. "Why are you all here?" Misa asked.
"We are here on vacation, Misa." L explained. "It's quite a coincidence you're here as well. However, I don't think there are any auditions here. I'm sure everyone would have arrived already if that was the case."
"You really think so?" Misa asked, sounding quite disappointed.
"Yes, I'm 57% sure of it."
"Well maybe they'll be here soon. In the meantime, I want to unpack and start practicing. Misa Misa really wants to be in this movie."
They all decided to head inside. Watari announced he would make something for dinner. They sat down at a very long table discussing their reasons for being here, when Misa said she left something outside and went to go retrieve it. She followed the same path up to the cliff after collecting her lost item. She did not notice the other boat approaching.
Misa was too busy on her phone again to notice as the boat reached the shore. There were four people aboard but only one got off, a man. Perhaps if Misa had noticed this, she would have recognized two passengers as law enforcement. The man stepping off the boat was in handcuffs. One police officer paid the driver just as Light had, and climbed aboard the boat again.
"Shouldn't someone be here by now?" one of the officers asked.
"They should be. I suspect they're waiting inside for him." The two officers were discussing the whereabouts of the other officers when the man in handcuffs spoke up.
"Excuse me gentlemen, perhaps the other officers are waiting for me inside." The man smiled, knowing he was right.
The officer who was aboard the boat nodded. "Yes that's probably true. I guess we'll let him go here then." The other officer agreed and reluctantly unlocked the handcuffs. It was obvious he wasn't comfortable with letting a convicted killer loose on the island. He didn't have much of a choice though. Once the handcuffs were off, the other officer boarded the boat. As the boat sailed away from the island the man waved to the men on the boat
"Goodbye gentlemen, thank you for your assistance!"
The officers and the driver shook their heads solemnly. "I still don't agree with the court's decision, you know. This can't possibly be a good idea." One officer complained. "There's not much we can do now," the other officer replied. "He's on his own now."
The man smiled to himself and headed toward the entrance of the house. Just then, Misa came toward the man surprised at his presence. "Ryuzaki, what are you doing out here?"
The man looked, almost startled. "Well we should go inside then; Watari said something about making dinner soon."
"Did you say Watari?" the man asked.
The blond nodded. "Yeah, are you all right Ryuzaki?"
The man didn't even answer. He just ran toward the entrance. "Ryuzaki wait for me!" Misa called. He finally stopped at the entrance. "Shall we head inside, Misa?" the man said smiling. "Yes we should." The door burst open. Light was standing near the table drinking tea.
"Where did Watari go?" Misa asked.
"He went in the kitchen with Ryu… oh well never mind. I didn't see you leave Ryuzaki."
"Yes well if you'll both excuse me, I would like to go explore the house."
They both nodded. "Misa I would have noticed Ryuzaki leave. Did you see him walk outside?"
The blond shook her head. "No, I saw him near the shore. You know, I've never seen Ryuzaki run really fast before." Light looked confused. "Whatever, I'm going to find out what he meant by exploring." Light followed the man down the hallway.
"Hey Ryuzaki, where did you go?"
"Right here Light." Light jumped in surprise. The man was right behind him. "I don't understand when did you go outside?"
"Oh Light your confused aren't you? That's all right, I'm confused myself. Perhaps we should head back to the dining table that might explain things." The man turned to leave, but Light grabbed him by the arm. "You're not L are you?" The man smiled. "You're quite clever Light. No I'm not." Light frowned. "Then who the hell are you?" The man laughed which made Light wince. His laugh reminded him of a certain shinigami's laugh. "Follow me and you'll find out."
The strange man ran down the hall, Light right behind him. When they arrived, L was sitting down drinking tea. Misa was talking to him. "But Ryuzaki I'm positive I saw you outside."
"That's highly unlikely. I never went outside Misa." The blond sighed and finally noticed Light with the strange man. Misa instantly screamed. L looked up in surprise, worry in his eyes. "What's wrong Misa?" Misa pointed behind him at the strange man next to Light. L quickly turned around. His eyes opened wide, and almost knocked down the chair and the table.
"Oh L I knew you'd be surprised to see me."
"Ryuzaki, is he related to you or something?" Misa asked, her voice trembling.
L finally regained his composure. "No Misa he is of no relation to me. What are you doing here?" This question was directed toward the strange man.
"How funny, I was going to ask you the same question. Well I can show you why I'm here though." The strange man pulled a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to L. The detective read it rather quickly. He shook his head in confusion. "I don't understand. None of this makes any sense."
"What does the paper say L?" Light asked. Just then Watari entered the room, just as shocked as L to see the strange man. "What are you doing here, Beyond?"
"Here Watari read this, it'll explain why." L said. As Watari read the paper, L explained its contents. The document was signed by a judge agreeing to let the man, Beyond Birthday, to come to this island in order to help him and other inmates become religious. In other words, to help them find God.
"That doesn't make sense. There's no way we could be here for a vacation, Misa for an audition, and some kind of religious order." Light said.
"You're probably right about that Light. It seems we were lied to, how regrettable." L said. Light looked deep in thought, as if thinking about something. He suddenly looked up at B.
"That religious order it sounds familiar to me. I've heard about it before. It actually used to exist back in the late 40s early fifties. It didn't turn out so well though. There were some suspicious suicides with some of the inmates. In the end, the experiment was cancelled. The people who organized it tried to cover it up. I can't believe I forgot about it."
"Well this sucks, I was really looking forward to meeting a nun." B.B. said.
"Hold on a second. If you're not L, how did you know mine and Misa's name?" Light asked.
"That's another good question Light. Perhaps one day I'll answer it. It's weird that I can only see your name though." Light sighed and sat down at the dining table. "I wonder why we're all here. There must be some sort of answer."
Beyond came up behind him and patted his shoulder. "There probably is an answer, Light we just have to figure out what that is. Still, I am quite confused myself. I just hope I'm the last one to arrive."
"Well then, shall we all eat? I've prepared something for us all." Watari said.
They all nodded, except for Beyond who went to the kitchen, saying something about a jar of strawberry jam.
Chapter 2
It was late in the evening when the next boat arrived. Just like the last two, carried only one passenger. The boat neared the shore, letting off another passenger. Having already paid the driver, the passenger, a boy with white hair walked toward the entrance. From his pocket he removed a folded up piece of paper. The boy quickly read over the note. He shrugged his shoulders and headed toward the entrance.
"I'm sure the professors waiting for me inside." The boy said. He walked through the front entrance. Inside, the house was incredibly dark. It didn't look as if anyone was here. As the boy approached the dining table he noticed silverware on the table. "Someone must have been here already." He said to himself. Suddenly he heard footsteps coming from the staircase. The boy looked up and was shocked at what he saw. A man came down the stairs, but it wasn't who the boy was expecting. The man didn't stand up straight and was wearing blue jeans and a white long- sleeved shirt.
"Who are you?" the boy asked.
The man smiled. He approached the boy with a childlike curiosity. "You can call me Ryuzaki. Who are you?"
"I'm Near."
"So Near, what are you doing here? I didn't expect anyone else to be here."
"I got a letter from a friend of mine. He said to meet him here. Why are you here?"
"A friend of mine convinced me to take a vacation. The island was supposed to be empty of anyone else. Honestly I'm not surprised you're here. There are four more people upstairs. I assume that friend of yours will never show up. Follow me; I might as well introduce you to the others."
He started to follow the man named Ryuzaki. He hesitated just a moment before doing so. He was a bit suspicious, but Near really had no other choice. The man led him upstairs. When they were on the second floor, the man Ryuzaki knocked on a door. "It seems we have another guest here." He said to the person occupying the room. There was movement in the room then the door opened, revealing a woman with long blond hair.
"Really, you can't be serious?"
"Oh I'm hundred percent serious." Ryuzaki said. "I think it best we all introduce ourselves. Misa, please tell the others and we'll meet you downstairs." Misa nodded and rushed down the hallway to the other rooms.
Soon enough, four people, including Misa, gathered into the living room. They all took a seat and looked at Ryuzaki. "As you already know, we have another person to join us on the island."
"We already know that Ryuzaki, honestly we should introduce ourselves first." The man talking stuck out a hand to Near. "I'm Light Yagami, and you are?"
"Call me Near." He said this and shook Light's hand. Near looked at the others and noticed a man who resembled Ryuzaki exactly. The man noticed Near's glance. He stood up, walking just the way Ryuzaki did. However, he never got the chance to speak because the old man (Near recognized him as Mr. Wammy) there spoke for him. "Just to clarify, they are not related." He cleared his throat and pointed at Ryuzaki. "This is Beyond Birthday. Of course I already know you Near."
"You're no fun Mr. Wammy. I was absolutely enjoying myself."
The man resembling Beyond spoke. "Hello Near, I've heard about you but we've never met before. I'm L." They both shook hands. "I'm glad to meet you." Near said who was quite happy to finally meet L. "Yes same here. If you don't already know, this is Misa Amane."
The blond girl waved energetically at him. "It's nice to meet you. I guess it's pretty obvious we're all here for different reasons."
Light sighed. "Yes well hopefully we can make the next boat when it arrives. Besides, I have a bad feeling Near won't be the last one to arrive"
"How interesting Light, I was thinking the exact same thing." L said, biting his thumbnail. Beyond Birthday started to laugh "It seems your both right, looks like another boat is approaching." He was looking out the window, and there was indeed another boat. "I think I'll go welcome them, after all it's only polite." Before anyone could object, he dashed out the front door.
The boat dropped off two girls both about the same height. One had curly blond hair with fair skin and bright blue eyes. She was wearing jeans and a green hoodie. The other had straight black hair and sky blue eyes. She had on a blue T-shirt with a black leather jacket and jeans. As the boat left, they both looked around.
"So this is the place huh? Isn't so beautiful?" the girl with black hair remarked. Her friend nodded. "I agree, I just wonder where my aunt is. Do you think she'd be inside?" the girl spoke with an English accent. Before she could get an answer, Beyond approached them.
"Hello ladies, would you like to head inside? They both turned and were shocked as to what they saw. "Um sure, are you staying here too?" the blond asked.
"Yes I am. I'm sure your both here to visit someone, but I think you'd like to know whoever you may be waiting for, isn't here." He said frankly.
"What? She has to be here I got a letter saying…"
"Well that letter was fake. Just like the other letters everyone else got was fake."
"Well this just sucks. Anyway I'm being rude, I'm Sky and this is my best friend ever, Ginny."
"It's a pleasure, I'm Beyond Birthday but you can call me B for short. Now let's go inside there are other people you should meet as well." He ran toward the front entrance and the two girls reluctantly followed.
"We have two more guests. Congratulations L, you were right." Even though he was smiling, there was a hint of bitterness in his voice. Light said he thought the same thing, but B ignored him. The two girls entered and were stunned at the other people there.
Sky gasped. "Mr. Wammy, Near what are you doing here?"
"I don't see how it matters Sky, the reason why I'm here is false."
"Perhaps it does matter. I do suspect others will arrive. By the way I'm Light Yagami and your Sky right?" She nodded. "This is Ginny, oh my god Its Misa Misa!"
"How wonderful to meet a fan of mine. It's a pleasure to meet you."
Meanwhile, the last two guests were arriving. They were two boys talking or more rather arguing.
"Matt you said he'd be here and I don't see him here." said a boy with short blond hair wearing black leather clothing with a black rosary.
"He probably is here so calm down." The boy called Matt said.
"Probably? He has to be here. I didn't come all the way here for some guy who isn't going to show up. You better hope he's inside." With that, he walked off heading for the door.
"Mello, wait up I'm coming." Matt called. When Mello reached the door Matt finally caught up with him. Mello turned to glare at Matt. "He better be inside." As they both entered, eight heads turned to look at them.
"Uh um well hi." Matt said. He whispered in Mello's ear. "I guess he's not here. None of these people is him." Mello wasn't listening though since he noticed L.
"L, it's good to see you again. I just didn't expect for you to be here though. Mr. Wammy, glad to see you as well."
"Yes same here Mello. Perhaps we should introduce ourselves" They all did so. Mello recognized Beyond Birthday from a story L told him .He then turned to look at Ginny and smiled. "Hey Ginny what's up?"
"Mello, nice to see you." She greeted him with a hug. They were both happy to see each other. He then turned to Near. "Now you, I'm not at all happy to see you"
"I know that Mello but I'm glad to see you."
"Yeah whatever I honestly don't give a fuck, but I bet you knew that too."
"Oh Mello you have such a temper. You really should relax. I'm sure you wouldn't want L to choose Near instead." B said calmly. "You obviously met L before and L usually only meets the number one and two, sometimes three. I'm pretty sure your number is high. What number are you Mello?"
"He's number two, I'm number one." Near said.
"He wasn't asking you! Besides does it really matter what number I am? I don't think it's any of your business B."
"I suppose not, after all whether your number one or two, you'll never be as great as L."
Before Mello could respond, Sky came downstairs after picking a room to stay in. "Mello what are you doing here?"
"Oh great this makes my stay here even more shitty."
"Really, you're not happy to see me?"
"I think I made that fairly obvious. It's not my fault your too stupid to understand what I said." This started a short argument. That is until Sky noticed Matt. She went up to hug him.
"Sky I didn't expect to see you here, Ginny too."
"Same here, I'm glad to see you guys. Except Mello because he's being an asshole."
"Of course I am. You should be happy to see your boyfriend Sky."
"Well is anyone hungry," Watari asked. "I made some dinner earlier."
No one was hungry so they all decided to pick a room to stay in. Mello and Matt decided to share a room while everyone else chose one for themselves. After saying goodnight to each other they headed into their rooms. All except L. He sat on the sofa, thinking.
"Aren't you going to sleep L?" B asked standing on the staircase.
"Perhaps I will. I'll be going to my room now." L said without turning around. He walked up the staircase then to his room.
"Goodnight L, I do hope you sleep well." B said. He always talked to L with some sort of fake politeness. This time was no different.
"Goodnight B."
Once L entered his room he shut the door. B walked to his room laughing all the way there.
"It seems something suspicious is going on. I wonder what's going to happen. I suspect we'll all find out soon. Oh yes very soon indeed." Finally entering his room he closed the door and lay on the bed, closing his eyes. He soon fell asleep, letting his dreams take over.
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