Light:

Power outage. Rem's disappearance. All data deleted. Watari is dead.

Just a few eency weency moments before L dies. Oh yes, just a few seconds.

Just.

A.

Few.

Seconds.

"Everyone! The Shiniga_"

Yesssss! L is dying! Perfect Rem! L has died!

The whole time of L falling from his chair seemed like 2 hours shortened into 5 seconds. How long have I waited for this moment... Oh yes... He is DEAD!

Wait. I shouldn't let anyone else know. I am Kira. I want everyone to acknowledge me. But no one should know that I am Kira. That Light Yagami is Kira...

Oh, no, they shouldn't.

A small act. It's disgusting, I know. Put up with it. It's for your own survival.

"Ryuuzaki!", I shouted, running towards him. I held him as he fell.

No sign of Rem. She has indeed disappeared. L has died.

L was slowly closing his eyes. Oh no you don't! Time for one smile, that nobody can see but for him. I know how annoying it is to just be a few centimeters away from your goal. A smile. How long, have I waited for this.

Die, L. This is your punishment for going against Justice. DIE! JUST DIE! KYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA! KYAHAHAHAHAHAAA!

A few years later.

"Yes... Near... I'm Kira..."

I watched at his face. Funny. No change of expression.

"So what are you going to do about it? Are you going to kill me? Right here? Right now?"

Near put down his finger puppets. "No, Light Yaga_, I mean, Kira. What's the point?"

Idiot.

"Exactly, Near. Your bodyguards shooting down Mikami has no effect on me. Do you want to know why?"

Near stopped playing with his hair. The plan worked. Yes.

"Tell me, Kira. Why?"

"That's because he wasn't going to kill you."

Near's eyes widened. "What do you mean? Obviously he was going to kill me! For Mello! If we had joined forces, we would have surpassed L!"

"Bullshit! That is biggest bullshit I have heard in my LIFE!"

MY opponent's base was weakening. Even though I was quite far away, I could see his eyes twitching. He was trying to do what I was doing to him.

"L would have easily found out what my plan was. Easily. With a CAPITAL E! You will never surpass him, Near. Or must I call you... Nate River?"

Everyone : In the SPK and the Japanese Police Force, gasped.

Near was shivering. "M-M-Mikam-mi t-told you. D-Didn't he?"

I walked right in front of him, and squatted down till I got to his height. "No, my cute little Near. It wasn't Mikami."

I got up, spread my arms out wide and laughed, "ARE YOU SERIOUSLY THIS DENSE, NATE? SERIOUSLY?"

"Is this guy wacko?", I could hear Matsuda whisper.

I gave him a frosty glare. "Anyway. It was nice chatting with all of you. All of those who are trying to kill Kira. Well, here's the truth. You can't."

And as soon as I finished that, my plan began.

Giovanni pulled out his gun, and shot everyone in the SPK, except for Near. Near, drowned in a pool of blood started freaking out. He started yelling like a small infant whose toy was just snatched away. Matsuda pulled out his gun, a .45 calibre, and shot all Task Force members. He then looked at Giovanni at the same time when Giovanni looked at him. Both of them pointed their guns at each other, and shot each other. Duel style.

Near was still yelling.

"Near, shut up."

Not stopping.

"Shut up."

Nope.

"SHUT THE F**K UP!"

Near quietened down.

"You see Near? You, in a way, killed your foster brother, his friends, your friends, your colleagues, my colleagues, all because you went against Justice, Near. You went against me."

Near started releasing tears. He was breaking down. Maybe he was a kid after all. Immature brats. How dare they challenge my supremacy.

"Aren't you dying to know, how I did it? AREN'T YOU?"

Near stood up. He found it hard to, but he did. "Let me guess", he said, in a the usual cold style. "Ryuk"

I smiled. "You finally found the intelligence, haven't you?"

Near was persistent. "But why? I thought Ryuk was one of those shinigamis who just doesn't care about anyone."

"True, Near. The only problem was, that I had found a loophole in one of the Death Note's rules. One that Ryuk didn't write. One that Rem wrote. The Death Note I HAVE RIGHT NOW!

"Ryuk realized that it was that rule that could prove him fatal. Cleverly, he did not include it, when he wrote the rules in English. When Ryuk was coming back to the HQ with Misa, I had Rem's notebook, I decoded their language, by comparing Ryuk's notebook, and Rem's. That's when I found out the rule.

"I quote, 'If a Shinigami loses his notebook more than thrice, or it is exchanged among 5 or more humans, the shinigami's life span will decrease by half for every human exchanged to'. Then I had realized, that it was just one more exchange that would halve his life span. The fifth Kira, was Kyomi, in a way. She was the fifth Kira. From then on, his life span would halve.

"If he had attempted to kill me, then Misa would know, as she has my photograph at all times. She would give me the alert to my mobile phone. I would forfeit my ownership to Misa, which is possible, by the way, and Misa, 10 minutes after the alert was sent, would forfeit the ownership of what was my notebook to a network, who also knows of the alert system, and are loyal followers of Kira. They would pass the ownership, to such an extent, that Ryuk would die, almost instantly.

"I told this plan to Misa, right in front of Ryuk. And you can guess the rest."

Near exclaimed, "You blackmailed a shinigami!"

"Yes, Near. I blackmailed him. I told him what to write in the notebook. He killed Mikami, not you, or your idiotic bodyguards. He did. Like how he is going to kill you now."

And I walked outside the warehouse, as Near started laughing like a maniac. All a part of my plan.

I got into the car, looked at my watch.

3...2...1...

BOOM!

The warehouse exploded, with Near definitely inside it, for the echoes of his maniacal laughter, echoed a bit before the explosion.

Kira, now has no opponents at all.

A year after the mass killings at the warehouse.

"Misa. Let's get married."

Misa dropped the plate she had in her hand. "Light, are you serious?"

"Yes. Misa, I am. It is time."

She jumped on me and gave me a big kiss.

"Light! I love you so much!"

"So do I Misa. So do I."

Misa got up. "Alrighty, my future husband! When are we getting married?"

I thought for a while. "How about two weeks from now? We can book a hall by then."

Misa's smiled so widely, you could let Nile pass through her mouth. "I'll tell you what. I'll do the preparations! You go do your law abiding work."

"Mr. and Mrs. Kira. Sounds kinda catchy."

I turned back to see an old friend.

"Ryuk. How are you?"

"Fine. Except that the apple godown was shut for bad luck. They are shifting it, and I didn't have the patience to listen why..."

I smiled. "So you are stuck with us now."

"I think so. Hey, do you have any apples?"

"Help yourself...", I said, pointing at the fridge.

Finally. A peaceful life for Kira. No more running away. I don't think there are any more detectives who have the guts to chase me anymore.

Hm. The Fear of God. I like that.

I suddenly saw my mobile phone ringing. Must have put it in silent mode yesterday. The vibration resonated through the table and made a very dull buzz.

I picked it up.

"Hello? Chief Superintendent Yagami here."

"Yo! Asahi!"

No way...

"I got some pret-ty lay-deehs ovuh here! Wanna come?"

No goddamn way...

"Who is this?", I ask, trembling.

"Come on Asahi! Did you really forget your best friend so quickly?"

No...

He died...

Right in front of my eyes...

He died...

How can...

How can he live?

To be continued...