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"Your child is Kira, so you'll kill him and kill yourself?!" Misa screamed, glaring viciously at Soichiro through her tears. She yanked and struggled against the handcuffs that bound her hands behind her back. "If you want to die, then die by yourself! Can't you even see that if you do that you'll be no different from Kira?!"

"No...," Light's father said coldly. "I'm different than Kira...I have the responsibility of being his father and the police chief."

Misa reared her head back, tears flowing thickly from her eyes. "AHHH!!! You're insane!!"

"Dad! Misa's right!" Light argued, fear showing in his eyes. "If we die here, we'll never uncover the truth! We should run away! The truth might come out. No, I'll find the truth while running!"

"It's too late, Light...," his father murmured grimly, his hand shifting into his jacket. "It's already been decided by those above me. You're dying either way. This way at least it'll be by my hand..."

With that, he withdrew a gun.

"Stop, Dad!" Light yelled, panicking. "I swear I'm not Kira! If we die here, we'll fall right into Kira's trap! Don't you see that?!"

"Amane...," Soichiro said, ignoring Light's words. His eyes were grim and dead. "Light and I will die here, but I have no reason to kill you. The police will find this car soon. You'll be executed at the planned site..."

He pointed the gun directly at Light.

"L-listen, Dad!" his son stammered in terror, sweat trickling down his face. "If we were Kira and the Second Kira, there's no way we'd let you kill us! There are no witnesses here, if we were the Kiras, then..."

"Shut up," he growled, switching off the safety,

"Dad!!"

"Light, we're both murderers. We'll see each other again in hell."

"NOOOO!!!" Misa screamed.

A gun shot went off.

o o o O O O o o o

Sakura's ear twitched and she glanced up in surprise, frowning.

What the– What was that?

Dunno. It sounded like some kind of explosion.

Her eyes darted to the people all around her. They didn't seem disturbed – unless you counted the fact that they were watching her in shock as she flew by. None of them seemed to hear the splitting 'bang'. Her eyebrows furrowed.

Hm...it doesn't look like any of them heard it. If this truly is a place filled with only civilians, then their hearing isn't as sharp as a shinobi's. Which means, the sound must have been very far away.

Good point. I bet you're right.

Curiosity getting the better of her, Sakura ran towards the explosion-like noise. A sudden thought occurred to her.

Maybe Deidara of the Akatsuki got sent here, as well!!

If he did, then we'll strangle him!!

Oh, we'll do much more than strangle him! It's payback time for all the trouble he's caused Naruto and Gaara!!

Damn straight!

With that thought alone, Sakura picked up the pace. She hoped with all her heart that is was Deidara. She was going to make him pay.

o o o O O O o o o

Yagami Light and Amane Misa sat frozen on their seats, eyes widened and mouth agape in shock. The gun was inches from Light's head, smoke drifting lazily from it.

"A blank...?" Light murmured, almost too terrified to speak.

"Thank God," Soichiro mumbled, sighed and falling limp in his seat.

"Thank God...?" Light asked shakily. "What do you mean, Dad?"

"Forgive me, you two...," he father replied, voice ragged and exhausted. "This was the only way to end your confinement...Please understand that I only did it because I truly believed that you weren't Kira." He didn't even have the strength to look up at the camera above the rearview mirror. "Did you see that, Ryuzaki?" he asked tiredly. "I did as you said and I'm still alive."

Light and Misa glanced up in shock.

--

L – rather, Ryuzaki –, Aizawa, and Matsuda all stood (or, in L's case, sat) around a monitor, watching the scene unfold. L leaned down slightly to speak into a microphone, his voice becoming garbled.

"Yes, brilliant acting," he mumbled. "In that situation, if Amane was the Second Kira, who can kill with just a person's face, I think we can assume she would have killed you before you shot Light-kun..."

--

Light and Misa stared at the camera, still unable to believe what had happened.

L's strange, computer-generated voice continued.

"And the same is true if Light-kun was Kira. The Kira I know would kill his own father if need be...it's possible Light-kun may have figured out it was an act before the end, but as promised, I will end both of their confinements."

--

L studied their reactions to what he was saying on the screen. "And also as promised, though Amane says they were tapes to send to an occult TV show, we do have various pieces of evidence connecting her to the Second Kira. Until every thing is made clear, we will put Amane under surveillance."

"What?! You still suspect me?!"

--

"Well," Soichiro said, "you will get to return to your normal life. If you're not guil–"

"Excuse me, sir."

Light, Misa, and Soichiro glanced up in surprise. A girl with pink – pink!! – hair was standing outside of the car, knocking uncertainly on the window. Soichiro's eyes narrowed thoughtfully.

"Ryuzaki, do you see this?"

"No, I don't. What is it? And what was that voice?"

"There's a girl outside the car," he replied.

A frown tugged at Sakura's lips. She could have sworn she heard someone reply to the man in the car, but no one else's lips moved. And plus, the voice sounded funny, almost like it was over a transceiver, but more scratchy...

"A girl?" There it was again. "Hm...does she seem suspicious?"

"She looks innocent enough."

"...very well. Roll down the window and speak to her, but I must press that you be careful."

"Understood."

Soichiro reached over the passenger seat to the left side window. He pressed a button, watching silently as the glass slid down. Sakura stared with interest as the window disappeared into the door.

Whoa. Who'd it do that?

Don't ask me.

"...is there something you need?" Soichiro asked, realizing that she wasn't paying attention. Light raised an eyebrow. What was so amazing about a window rolling down.

"Hm?" Sakura said blankly, staring at him. "...oh!" She grinned sheepishly. "Gomen, but um...did you hear an explosion-like sound?"

Soichiro blinked.

"An explosion?" he echoed in surprise. "No. Why?"

Sakura frowned.

"It's strange," she mumbled. "I was running when I heard this noise. It...it wasn't exactly like an explosion, but like a...a 'bang'. I don't know." She sighed, running a hand through her hair. "Are you sure you didn't hear anything? No one else seemed to have heard it, either."

Soichiro was utterly quiet.

"A 'bang'?" he confirmed, strange thoughts entering his head. She couldn't possibly have heard the gun go off...could she? Unbeknownst to him, his thoughts matched L's very closely. "When did you hear it?"

"Just a moment ago," Sakura replied truthfully. "It was loud and short; it only lasted for a split-second. But it..." She frowned deeply, confusion written out across her face. "I'm not sure what it was."

Soichiro was now little more than uncertain. There's nothing else it could possibly be, unless someone else fired a gun at close to the same time...No. It can't be that. Only police officers carry guns in Japan. He wasn't sure what L wanted him to do, but he acted on his own, anyway. "What's your name?"

She blinked, uncertainty flashing in her eyes. He was wearing a police badge-thing, so he couldn't be bad, right? "Sakura."

"Well, Sakura, tell me...did it sound like this?"

Soichiro rolled down his window and shot the gun at the ground. Sakura flinched back from the sound, a hand going to her right ear.

"Yes," she mumbled, staring at the gun. "Just like it. What is that?"

"You don't know?" Light asked in surprise. Sakura sent him a blank look. "You honestly don't know what a gun is?"

"A 'gun'?"

Light and Soichiro exchanged surprised looks.

"Where are you from, Sakura?" his father inquired.

A strange look passed behind her eyes.

"I'm searching for my home, but everyone I ask says that they've never heard of it," she said bitterly.

"Is that so?" Soichiro murmured.

"Hai. I also asked a police man on a horse, but he said the same thing." Soichiro frowned. This didn't sound good.

"What's it called?"

"Konoha, short for Konohagakure."

The three just stared at her. Sakura sighed in defeat, gazing down at the ground. "That's what everyone did before they said they'd never heard of it."

"Er, Sakura," Soichiro tried again. "Do you know what country you're from?" She nodded.

"Fire Country."

They stared again.

"Are you joking?" Light demanded. "Because it's not funny."

Sakura bristled. "It's not a joke!" she snapped. "I'm lost, and I can't find anyone I know!"

Soichiro struggled to find the right thing to do. He wasn't sure what he could possibly–

"Yagami-san," L cut in.

Sakura's fiery gaze snapped to the mirror, and then to the camera above it a moment later.

"Ah," she murmured. "I was wondering where that voice was coming from."

--

L paused while Aizawa and Matsuda exchanged surprised looks.

"You could hear me?" he asked.

"Yes," the girl replied, though he still couldn't see her. "While I was outside of the car, I could hear this man speaking with someone, and none of the others' lips were moving."

"I see..." Hm. This girl is a bit strange...I wonder if she has bugs inside of the car...? No. That's not possible. She had also said the word 'car' strangely, but he chose to ignore tat fact. "Sakura-san, is it?"

"Hai. May I know your name? I believe he called you 'Ryuzaki'?"

A small smile flickered on his face.

"Yes. Sakura-san, could you get in the car? I can't see you."

--

Sakura blinked in surprise.

Ah. The camera angle.

She paused, staring down at the door. ...how was she supposed to open it?

"Is there something wrong?"

"Ano...how do I open the door?"

That caught them all by surprise. What else did she not know?

"Oh, the doors are locked," Soichiro said in realization, thinking that that was what she had meant. He pressed a button, and a 'click' sounded. He reached across the seat and popped open the door, pushing it open gently.

Sakura grabbed the door and sat on the seat timidly, closing it behind her. She stared up into the camera.

"Can you see me now?" she asked.

--

L smiled in amusement.

"Yes, Sakura-san." Now that he knew what she looked like, he would be able to identify her if he 'ran into' her again. "Yagami-san, it's best not to shoot the gun any more out the window. Others may hear."

"Right, Ryuzaki. I'll be more careful."

"Sakura-san?"

"Hai?"

"You said that you are from Konoha and the Fire Country, correct? Which is it?"

Sakura blinked on the screen.

"Konoha is in the Fire Country."

"Ah."

He frowned.

--

"Have you considered that you might have amnesia?"

Sakura glared at the camera, appalled at the thought.

"I know I don't have amnesia, Ryuzaki-san," she ground out.

"There's no need to be upset; amnesia isn't something one can control. I would explain why you don't recognize a gun or gunshot."

"With all due respect, Ryuzaki-san, amnesia is out of the question," Sakura said as politely as she could manage. "I remember everything about my friends and my home; I haven't forgotten a thing."

The red-brown-haired boy behind her seemed shocked that she would speak to the voice in that manner, she noticed from the mirror.

"Is that so? Then tell me how you noticed that you were lost."

Sakura sighed.

"I was fighting Akatsuki, got sucked into this big bright 'portal' thing, and I woke up in an alley."

Everyone was silent.

--

"Is this girl for real?" Aizawa mumbled, one eyebrow raised.

"Maybe she hit her head or something," Matsuda suggested. L pondered the thought for a minute.

"No...she seems to be telling the truth," he admitted.

"What?!?" Aizawa called in shock. "You actually believe her crackpot story?!? And what the hell is 'Akatsuki'?!?"

"It's not that I believe it," L disagreed. "It's more...she's either telling the truth, or she thinks she telling the truth."

Realization dawned over the two.

"You think Kira messed with her head?" Aizawa asked. L shook his head.

"Maybe Kira was controlling her, and when he took his power away from her, she lost her memories," Matsuda said. L shook his head again.

"No...I don't believe she has anything to do with Kira," he murmured. "In fact, I'm almost 96% certain that she isn't. But, we can't rule the thought out...interesting."

"So what do we do?" Aizawa inquired.

An odd smile spread on his face. "I'd like to meet Sakura-san."

Mwahaha!! L and Sakura will meet in the next chapter, so be prepared! :DD