Elle
The next day at school, literally everyone was talking about L vs. Kira. As I'd thought, L is a detective. Apparently he's the best detective in the world, and never shows his face to anyone or lets them find out his real name. Kira is a murderer who's killed hundreds of people already! At first I thought it was just playground exaggeration, but when I asked a teacher they said it was true. Anyway, apparently he kills with heart attacks (how on Earth can he do that?), and can kill from any distance but he needs to know somebody's name to kill them. And he only kills criminals. L is responsible for catching Kira, but not everyone is sure that Kira should be caught. Some people think he's doing the world a favour by getting rid of all the criminals. We had a debate about whether we thought Kira was right or wrong. So, anyway, I guess I won't have to ask mum about L and Kira after all. But there's definitely something going on. I bet she knows L. I'll have to do some snooping around the house. I mean, I know it's none of my business but it would be so interesting to find out who L is. There's probably only a handful of people in the world who know who he is, or have met him. It would be great to be one of those people.
"Elle?"
"Ymph?" Whoops. I remove my thumb from my mouth and try again.
"Yeah?"
"Do you want to come round my house tomorrow?" Sayu asks. I grin.
"Yes please! I'd love to! I'll have to ask mum, but it should be alright." This could turn out to be interesting. Apparently Sayu's brother Light is a bit of a genius, and he's interested in the Kira case. And to be honest, I'm interested too. Sayu had been joking all day, asking if I was L, but it's also got me wondering. How can somebody kill so many others? Even if they are evil. That's just hypocritical, killing killers. Anyway, it's not right for one person to decide who's "good" enough to live. So, I might want to see if I can find out anything.
I went to open the front door, then paused as an idea hit me again. L might be on the TV again, and maybe mum's watching? So instead of throwing the door open like I usually do, I open and shut it as quietly as I can and poke my head sneakily into the living room. Mum's not there and the TV is off. Oh well. May as well check to see if L's on it again. I flick through the channels, but all that's on is some random cartoons and the news. I decide to watch the news.
"...and the Kira killings continue. The death toll is now well over 500, and the detective L seems to have made no progress since yesterday's confrontation. There have also been several people writing in to us to express their opinions on Kira. We will read out some of these letters now." Mum enters the room.
"Hi, Elle!"
"Hi!" I say, keeping my eyes glued to the TV. But mum persists in talking to me, so I don't hear anything.
"Mum! I'm trying to watch..." I say. She turns to the TV.
"And now, a replay of yesterday's events." A dark haired man with a plaque saying "Lind L Taylor" on it appears on the screen.
"You're watching this? Why?" I blink. O... K, why shouldn't I be watching this?
"Well, why not? It's interesting. I want to find out more about Kira and L."
"You mean you actually know about them?" She asks. I laugh.
"Of course! Everyone was talking about it at school."
"You're probably gonna get bored after a couple of days of it. Trust me."
