The Final Battle
Sequel to "The Way it's Supposed to Be"
Chapter 1: Exposure
Light continued his crazed fit of laughter. In the other room, Misa briefly wondered what was making Light so happy before turning up the TV's volume.
The excited crowd had broken down the doors of the orphanage and rushed in. The reporter continued, "The rioters have just forced open the doors and gone inside. If you are just tuning in, Kira himself has sent the address to NHN for us to broadcast as the location of an outpost against Kira."
Ryuk began to cackle again. Apparently the confrontation with Near earlier had him riled up. Light stood. "Ryuk, today marks a new day." The Shiniagami looked at him with his wide grin. "The reign of Kira begins anew." Light picked up an apple from a basket on the desk and offered it to Ryuk, who accepted it hungrily.
The TV suddenly cut out. Light looked at it strangely and made to turn it off when the transmission was restored to a nervous looking man. He was sitting in front of the camera and holding a sheet of paper. He looked to be middle-aged and of Japanese decent. His eyes darted around in paranoia and he started to speak. "My name is Jet Nagisa and what I am about to tell you is the truth about Kira. I have successfully hacked the NHN satellite to bring this evidence to light." He paused for about half a minute, wiping away sweat from his soaked face. He began again. "Kira is no god and is using a dea-." The man suddenly grabbed his chest. His face twisted in agony, and he fell straight toward the view of the camera.
Light was stunned. Had this man almost said Death Note? Good. Mikami got him before things went out of hand. But how did he find out about the Death Note? Would Mikami betray me?No, he wouldn't. He wouldn't have killed Nagisa if he had. Ryuk continued to munch on his apple and looked at the young man with mild interest. "Something wrong, Light?" he teased. The TV had reverted to snow before coming in again. This time, there sat a person wearing a mask. With a sudden realization, Light remembered that Near had worn the exact same mask in the warehouse. An L mask. He wore all black: jeans, long-sleeved shirt. In his lap sat a red book. He began to clap slowly. "Well done Kira, well done! Another stunning display of your might!" He lowered his hands. Light guessed him to be 17 or 18 from his voice. "As the viewers can all see, Kira's power is indeed real. There is something, however, that your god seems to have conveniently forgotten to tell you." He paused, perhaps to let the statement sink in, and pulled a pen out of his pant pocket. He opened the notebook in his lap and wrote in it. Could that be…?!
He finished writing and held up the notebook. It was blank except for a name scrawled in large letters across one of the pages. Light recognized it as the name of the NHN reporter that had been on only minutes before. The picture automatically went back to the NHN station where the reporter was saying, "…to be experiencing some technical difficulties at the moment so…" Light leaned in towards the TV, eyes fixed on the screen in anticipation. Ryuk, who had finished his apple, laughed. "No rest, huh Light?"
It can't be a Death Note. That notebook is red. It can't be the real thing. But if they didn't have something to show, they wouldn't have attempted something like this. Somehow, someone else had gotten their hands on a Death Note; that much was clear from the kid's little speech. Several possibilities rushed through his mind: was this guy about to reveal the existence of Death Notes? Was he simply trying to get in contact with Light by spouting seemingly useless information on TV? Light looked at his watch. "36…37…38…39…"
The next second, the reporter fell dead. Light was dumbstruck. But that's impossible! There's no way. This is bad; if the world finds out about the notebook, things could go very wrong. Ryuk laughed at Kira's expression.
The guy wearing the L mask was back. "Death by heart attack, the power of Kira." He held up the notebook. "This is known as a Death Note. The human whose name is written in this note shall die. All one requires to use it is the name and face of their victim. The instrument of Kira, himself.
"There are currently seven Death Notes in the world," he continued.
Seven?!
"Two are owned by Kira and five are under my control. My name is Pride, and if you are man enough, face me Kira. I challenge you to see who can catch who first. But remember, I'm not as soft as L or Near. When I find out who you are, I will kill you. Ta-ta!" The TV immediately switched back to NHN where a newscaster was talking rapidly, but he held no interest for Light, who switched it off.
A/N: Here's another revision of a chapter with the help of Ohka Breynekai. In the next chap, we'll finally meet the members of the KOF(Kira Opposition Force) andhear Light's plan to eliminate. Until next time, later!
