chapter 6

disclaimer: I do not own death note


As Vanilla was washing dishes at the cafe when she heard the news announce a world-wide broadcast. 'I have got to see this' she turned the sink off and dried her hands. She walked to the main part of the cafe and leaned against the wall as she watched the TV.

"I am Lind L. Taylor, otherwise known as L" the man on the TV says. Vanilla rolled her eyes.

'that isn't L, the man on the screen now was arrested recently, I saw last time I hacked the police computers. What is L planning?'

"criminals around the world are being murdered by a serial killer. I consider this crime to be the most atrocious act of murder in history. I will not rest until the person or persons responsible are brought to justice. Kira, I will hunt you down, I will find you." The man on screen seemed confident but Vanilla knew it was an act. she crossed her arms in front of her chest.

"Kira, I've got a pretty good idea what your motivation might be and I can guess what you hope to achieve, however, what you are doing right now is evil." The man on the screen smirked. The man sat there, not doing or saying anything else, just staring ahead at the camera. Suddenly the man collapsed. Vanilla narrowed her eyes and waited for an explanation. She knew it wasn't L, she wanted to know why he did that. The screen changed to the same white background and black L that she had seen on the screen at the police station.

"I had to test this just in case but I...I never thought it would actually happen! Kira, it seems you can kill people without having to be there in person. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't just witnessed it. Listen to me Kira, if you did indeed kill Lind L Taylor, the man who you just saw die on television, I should tell you that he was an inmate who's execution was scheduled for today, it was not me."

'I knew it'

"the police arrested him in absolute secrecy, so you wouldn't have heard about him on TV or through the internet. It appears that not even you have access to information of these types of criminals. But I assure you, L is real, I do exist. Now, try to kill me!" Vanilla's eyes widened a little at this.

'is he crazy!?' L kept taunting Kira, challenging Kira to kill him.

"well Kira, it seems you can't kill me after all. So there are some people you can't kill. You've given me a useful hint. Let me return the favor. I'll tell you something that I think You'll find interesting. Although this was announced as a worldwide broadcast, the truth is we are only broadcasting in the Kanto region of Japan. I had planned to broadcast this message around the world until I found you, but it looks like that won't be necessary, I now know where you are." Vanilla had heard enough. She turned around and went back to washing dishes.

"Megumi-chan?" Vanilla said, peeking around the corner to see her co-worker/best friend.

"yeeeees?" Meg replied, leaning back in her chair to see Vanilla, but she leaned too far and the chair fell backwards. Meg stood up and ran her hand through her short black hair. Her blue eyes flicked back to Vanilla. "what were you saying again Valarie-chan?" Vanilla felt kind of bad about lying to Meg about her name but she didn't want to take any risks.

"um, my shift just ended so you need to take over now"

"can do! see ya tomorrow Val!"

"yup, see ya!" Vanilla waved as she walked out the door. On the way back to her apartment she decided to take a detour and walk through the park. She was surprised that there was no one else there. She closed her eyes as she hummed her favorite song. Suddenly, something hit her on the top of the head and knocked her down.

"owwwww..." she sat on the ground rubbing her head. She opened her eyes trying to locate whatever had hit her on the head. A few feet away from her she saw a thin black book. 'where did that come from?' She reached over and picked it up. She turned it over to see something written in English on it. "Death Note?" She opened it and read the words inside. 'the human whose name is written in this note shall die. This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in mind when writing their name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be effected.' She tossed the book on the ground. "I could have thought of a better prank" She said as she walked off and back to her apartment.