DEATH NOTE ISSUES
Author Note
So, this chapter is rewritten… I hope it's better now. Enjoy!
Chapter 2. The Keepers.
It has been a couple weeks now, and I'm starting to hate Kira more and more. And it looks like people around are starting to adore him more and more. They are making sites, programs, YouTube videos about him, it's just disgusting. Am I the only one who sees his true form? Am I the only one who sees he is a fake God, a serial killer, murdering innocent people? Is he thinking he's better than me? He's such a stupid, arrogant bastard. I can't stand it. If only I had known him personally, I'd kill him and leave this job to me. I am way more capable of making this world better. God of the World, oh come on! That title could better be referred to me. Maeko, Goddess of the World… I damn like it. I only kill people who deserve to die. I just can't understand why people still love him so much. What are they going to do next, set up a Kira-fan-club at school?
As I lay in the grass, enjoying the hot summer sun, I got snapped out of my thoughts by an annoying voice sounding from far away coming closer and closer. I put off my sunglasses and look into the voice's direction.
''Maeko-chan! Maeko-chan!''.
Oh God no. Not him. I roll my eyes and sit up, sighing deeply.
The idiot calling my name is Sora. He has been in love with me for three years already and he still doesn't get the hint that I am not interested. He thinks he's the ladies' man, even though he isn't at all. He has brown, combed back hair, braces, a cap and glasses. He is tall, a bit too slim for my taste and extremely clumsy. He is the most unpopular guy at school and his looks are… Well, I'm not going to describe them. Mostly I'm just staying nice to these kind of people because they barely have friends - I wonder if that isn't mean too - but this just takes too long. Soru is getting really annoying now, but I cannot just blow him off at once, now can I? I also cannot stay nice to him as that is pretty sad too… I sigh, annoyed, and stand up.
''What is it, Soru?'' I ask, in a slightly annoyed tone. I place my hands on my hips and cock my head a bit to the right.
''Well, Maeko-chan… I was wondering...'' Soru starts, but I interrupt him.
''No. Again. No. I will not go out with you.''.
''You even didn't let me finish! I wasn't about to ask you out this time!'' Soru says. He sounds insulted and I sigh again. ''Shoot it.''
Soru nods and takes a deep breath. ''I was wondering if you wanted to join our Kira Fan Club! The meeting is on every Tuesday after school! We'll know all facts about Kira, and we'll talk and draw about him! It's going to be freaking awesome! Please join, Maeko-chan!''.
I raise one eyebrow and I feel like face palming myself. I cannot believe my prophecy actually became true. 'These people are so pathetic.' I think by myself. Then I hear Dai's voice behind me. ''A club about Kira, hmm? If I were you, I would join that club. If you want to defeat Kira, you have to know more about him, not?'' Dai chews on a lollipop. I frown a little.
Dai is right. If I really want to defeat Kira, I need to know more about him. Maybe we'll even get so far that we discover his methods, his secrets. If I know that, I could easily destroy him! Then I will be the new God! The ruler of the world! I will make this my own place! I will blackmail the government and they have to do what I say. I would make the world a better place. I could threaten everyone, stop the wars! I would be the Queen of the World! And no one would be able to stop me…
''God of the World…'' I whisper while dreaming.
''Sorry, did you say something? I couldn't quite hear you.'' Soru says, frowning.
''Huh? Oh, sorry." I shake my head and scratch my back, smiling a bit. "You know what, Soru? It's a pleasure to join your group. Thanks for the invitation. I will meet you at the meeting!'' Soru grinned and his eyes start twinkling. He claps his hands of excitement and I roll my eyes. 'Add a jump and an ''OH MY GOSH!'' and you can define him as gay…' I think by myself.
''Thank you, Maeko-chan! You won't regret it! The meeting is at four o'clock at my place! I wrote the address in your history book…''. I raise one eyebrow at Soru. He blushes like hell. ''Hehe, I wrote it last week for… You know! Just in case.'' I shake my head. Just in case… Just in case my ass.
''Yeah, I guess. I'll see you Tuesday then.'' I say slowly, not sure if I actually want to be in his house. The school bell rings, and I quickly grab my bag and walk away from Soru, into my house's direction. As I successfully avoided my mother's worried speech about Kira again, I rush upstairs and lay down on my bed, staring at the gray ceiling. It has a couple black spots and one small hole, where my lamp used to hang. I sigh and close my eyes.
What would actually happen at the meeting Tuesday? Where are we going to talk about? What Kira could be like? Are we going to try to find out what his secret power is? What is Kira? Is Kira an old, almost dying man, or just a teenager, maybe a middle aged man? Is it even a man? It could be a woman. How does he or she kill people? Is it magic after all? Thousands of questions rush through my head as I look at Dai. He's chewing on a lollipop again, and gazing out of the window.
How much do I know about him? Not much actually. The only things I know is that he's a Death God, that his name's Dai, that he likes lollipops and that he is actually the real owner of this Death Note. I huff and grab the Death Note. I open it and look at all the names I've already written. Do these pages ever stop? Is there a last page? I huff again and grin slightly. Unbelievable, that you can kill people via a book. You just have to write their names down. You don't even have to touch them. That way there's no proof you killed them. No weapon, no fingerprints, no evidence at all.
Suddenly an amazing bullet shoots through my head. I sit up and look at Dai. A grin appears on my face and I start to laugh. I fall down on the bed, my belly facing the ceiling as I start to laugh hysterically.
''It is all so clear now. How could I be so stupid? It's so freaking obvious. I can kill people with the Death Note where ever I want, whenever I want and however I want.'' Dai turns around and looks at me with a confused face, raising one eyebrow.
''Yeah, you can. I thought you already figured that out.'' He says slowly. I jump off of my bed and stand in front of Dai, still laughing.
''I know how Kira kills those people! I know his secret weapon!" I take a pause and look at Dai, expecting a response, but the only thing the Shinigami did was shrugging and shaking his head, puzzled. I throw my hands up and raise my voice a little. "It's the same goddamn book as this one! He also owns a Death Note! It's the perfect weapon!'' I yell at Dai, and Dai nods in approval. He takes his lollipop out of his mouth and leans against my desk.
''Hm. I guess that Ryuk is the real owner of Kira's Death Note then. He lost it a month ago and once you lose it, you can't have it back.'' I frown and cock my head at Dai to the left.
''What happens if I lose it?''
''If you lose it, someone else will probably find it and use it. And then I will have to leave you. So don't lose it.'' Dai turns away and puts his lollipop back into his mouth again. I grin.
''Oh? And why exactly don't you want me to lose this Death Note, Dai? Tell me.''.
''You know… Just...'' Dai stumbles. My grin widens and I laugh softly. This is so genius. It's time to tease him even more.
''You like me, don't you?'' My voice is higher-pitched than normal and I try to look at him, but Dai's face is still turned away. ''Fine. I like you. Whatever. Just as friends. Or acquaintances. Or something like that. And I want to find out who that Kira person is. Can I stop now?''.
I laugh. ''Yeah, that's enough for now. Don't worry, I like you too. As a friend. So I won't the lose the Death Note.''.
''Yeah, whatever. Give me another lollipop. Banana flavored.'' I roll my eyes and throw him another lollipop.
It's Tuesday, and I'm walking with Soru and Dai to the meeting. Soru keeps on talking about how glad he is that I joined his club and that the rest of the club also is. I don't even pay attention. I wonder how this meeting is going to be. Are all those other members nerds? Or popular people? Do I know them? I shrug. I will see eventually.
We finally arrive and I see four other people waiting in front of Soru's house. I bet he has never had this much company. I observe the other members. One guy and three girls. Unknown to me. So, we're with six. Not much, I expected to be more actually. Since people fall over heels for Kira. They'd literally do anything to just have a bit more information about him than anyone else. My eye immediately falls on the boy again. He has brown, slight messy hair and he's tall. He is quite cute and according to his outfit he attends the same school as I do. I walk past him and smile at him. He nods and smiles back. Though his smile is warm, I get shivers from him. There's something mysterious about him. I can't really put a finger on it. He walks behind me, giving me a comfortable but an uncomfortable feeling at the same time. I sit down on a brown leather couch in the corner, and the boy takes a seat next to me. I don't mind though, since he's kind of attractive. An 'I-Just-Hit-Puberty'-voice distracts me.
''Welcome everyone, to the Kira fan club! I'm so glad all of you came…'' Soru glances at me and blushes slightly. ''… Especially Maeko-chan. She used to be a Kira hater, but now she has finally changed her mind and she's one of us now!'' Soru says, with a lot of delight in his voice. Ugh, I need to puke. I can hear Dai smirking next to me. A minute of silence makes me uncomfortable.
''So… Ehm… Let's discuss about Kira.'' Soru tries to break the ice. ''Maeko-chan, why did you hate Kira first? And why did you change your mind?''. All the faces turn to me and I turn as red as a tomato. Shit, what am I going to say? I suck at improvising. I need to come up with something and fast.
''Erm… Well, at first I thought people were just making it up to get attention or something, and that most of the deaths were coincidences, but a friend of mine explained to me with all these complicated theories that it couldn't have been coincidence so I guess I just started believing in him since then.'' I say, stumbling, trying to convince everyone of my story by smiling, even though it was a bit sheepishly. I can see the boy next to me looking at me with a slight confused face.
''Ah, fascinating! And who is that friend of yours? Maybe you should bring him or her with you next time! Would be lovely!'' Soru says, full of happiness. Okay, I've decided. He's definitely gay.
''He's dead.'' I say bluntly. I close my eyes, mentally giving myself a face palm. Shit, I need to cover up. ''And, I don't want to talk about it, actually.'' I say fast, looking at my feet. ''Good one.'' Dai sighed in relief, and I nod in agreement.
''Oh I see… I'm very sorry for your loss, Maeko-chan!''. The rest of the group silently approves. Soru continues.
''And how about you, girls? Why do you believe in the Kira Theory?''. I turn around and I see the three girls on the other couch, grinning like crazy. ''We only heard he might be hot.'' One girl says with an extremely high-pitched voice. She's not from here though. She is naturally blonde, pretty, very skinny and blue eyes. Her nose sticks out a bit and her lips are full, painted with red lipstick. She must be from the US, a cheerleader or something. I bet you can smell her attitude in Europe. ''Yeah, and we thought maybe with this fan club he might visit us.'' Another girl says. I squeeze my eyes. Wait, I do know her. I've been friends with her in the 7th grade of Junior High School. Yuki is her name. Same name as my niece. Too bad she turned out like this.
''And maybe he wants to take one of us out on a date! KYAAAAH!'' The third girl screams, and the other girls start KYAAAH-ing too. I roll my eyes. I don't know the third girl, but I don't like her already. Maybe I should write their names in the Death Note. I chuckle softly.
''Ah, okay… Erm… Interesting, I guess. And how about you? What's your name, actually?'' Soru asks the boy who's sitting next to me. I turn to him. He smirks, making my curiosity grow even more.
''My name is Yagami Light. I'm only here because I would like to hear some information about Kira. It's a fascinating person and I want to know more about him.'' The boy says. His voice is low and mysterious, yet so open and sweet. When he glances back at me, I can feel a connection. A click, so to say. It's weird, but I have this feeling that we have a lot of common. Light smiles at me and I smile back.
''That is very 'superdupercool', Light-san!" Soru said, chuckling sheepishly. Superduper… I'm not even going there. "So, does anyone here know something useful about Kira? Some news?'' The slim guy continued.
''I've heard there is a second Kira since last week. Someone found out Kira's secret and uses it for the reason. Some think they work together.'' The American cheerleader says. Light and I turn to the girls quickly at the same time. When we realize we did, we look at each other and we slowly turn back like nothing's going on. I glance at Light. Why'd he turn around so quickly like me? What's up with him?
''Really?'' Soru smiles and he grabs a white crayon, writing 'KIRA II' on the blackboard standing next to Soru. '' Very interesting! Kira the Second!''. I slowly grab a bit of paper and write in small but readable letters a letter to Dai. I lay it on my knee, covering it a bit with my hands. Dai notices it and reads the letter out loud.
That Light person is a little weird. Do you think he knows more about Kira?
Dai bursts out laughing. ''I already found some stuff out about the boy, but I won't say anything! You have to find it out yourself!''. My eyes widen and I want to yell at Dai. What does he mean with 'I won't say anything!'?! I have all the rights to know what he's hiding! He must tell me! I quickly erase the last message and write a new one.
You better tell me, moron! I have to know!
Dai shakes his head and laughs again. ''No way! You are so into that Kira stuff, I'm not! It's your business, I'm only traveling with you!''. I roll my eyes and crumble the message. Goddamn it, I need to find out! Maybe Light knows Kira in real life! I have to know!
I glance at Light, but he's just staring at the blackboard and listening to Soru. Well, actually, he doesn't really look like he's listening. He's zoned-out, in his own world, probably thinking of Kira. He just gazes in front of him. Makes me even more curious…