The End to Justify the Means
By Kuro.
"What's wrong Watari?" I asked, hearing something unusual coming from the link between Watari and I, "Watari..?" I repeated, somewhere, hoping that he would respond.
He didn't respond, his data had all crashed. As we had planned, he managed to delete all the information in his computer before he had died. I was leaned over the screen, my expression dark. Watari had been a friend, this was getting close to me; how had anyone found out his true name? I thought we had done better to cover that up. Kira must've... but wait, Kira had been found. Yagami Raitou was my only remaining suspect... and I had said I cleared all suspicion of him... especially when he had joined in the Kira case and had worked with me for so long. But when Higuchi died... What happened?
"All data deletion? ...What does that mean?" Yagami-kun asked from behind me as he most likely stared at the screen in front of me.
"I instructed Watari to delete all the information he currently holds if anything unexpected should happen to him..." I explained, part of me still wanting to doubt the truth.
"'Unexpected should happen to him...'" Aizawa-san repeated, looking at the screen, clearly disbelieving.
"He... can't be..." Matsuda-san stammered, seeming to be doubtful himself, "Where is the reaper?" he exclaimed suddenly, looking around for the pale white creature that called itself a god of death. The others started to look around as well, Yagami-kun too.
"The reaper... its gone," Yagami-san said, making the statement all the more obvious.
I turned my attention back to the screen, a distant feeling of hope still tugging at me, 'If Watari is dead... If that's the case, Amane hasn't even had a glimpse of his face... Yagami Raitou... Did he do something when he went out a while ago..?' I thought, a frown forming on my face, 'But I didn't let anybody know Watari's name... What if... the reaper...' I found myself thinking, the wheels turning eagerly inside my head. If the reaper was missing, and Watari was dead... it could only mean... I lifted up a spoon, ready to stir my tea, it hadn't been given enough sugar...
"Everyone, the reape-" I was cut off from my statement, a sharp pain in my chest. The pain was doubled as a realized exactly what was going to happen. My fingers trembled, my heart racing impossibly fast in my chest. The spoon fell from my grip, I could vaguely feel myself falling. Falling from my chair and down, down much farther than I had ever fallen. I think someone grabbed me before I hit the floor, because I was suddenly in someone's arms. My eyes were wide open, I think someone called my name.
"Ryuuzaki!" they exclaimed, I think it might have been Raito-kun. My vision was blurring, I felt faint, like I needed to sleep. My chest felt constricted, my eyes wide as they stared up at someone.
'Yagami Raito...' I thought, staring up as my vision focused briefly. What I saw was the most horrific thing I could ever fear to imagine. Yagami-kun's face... twisted up in a sadistic sort of grin, triumphant and smug... it was... painful... ever so painful to see that look on his face. I saw it, and I knew, Raito-kun... Raito-kun had always been Kira... from the beginning, and til the end.
'So... I... I wasn't wrong... But... I...' My eyes slowly closed, feeling too heavy to keep open so widely like always... A soft breath emptied my lungs as a cold feeling swept over my body. I could just barely feel Raito-kun's arms... holding... Raito-kun....