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Another Detective

Chapter 7

Raito did not even register the words that the being said. This…thing was not human. A thing that was not human was talking. The thing that was not human had something to do with Kira. Kira referred to shinigami in messages. This thing was one. This thing was a shinigami. That was improbable! No…it was not improbable, it was impossible! Then again, people being killed from a distance by way of natural heart attacks used to also be impossible.

"Huh?" The expression of his thoughts came out as the simple English expression.

"Yagami Ratio you are not stupid, if you intend to make such a jest of yourself by acting as such it is not working".

"You're serious?"

"Misa will come under no harm, do you understand me?"

"No" Raito said in a timid voice that was out of character whether he was playing as Raito or as Smile.

"What?"

"I said 'no', do you need it spelled out in a more elaborate answer?"

"You realize you will die?"

"Yes, I accept that but I do not accept protecting Kira and pretending to be such."

"You are a fool, a heartless fool. Do you want to see your family die? Your little sister?"

Raito recognized that the shinigami did not mention Beyond, the thing did not know Raito was Smile. That was one advantage, although it may prove to be a small advantage.

"I will do it. I'll protect a murder, a psychopath, an idiotic girl. But she must give up her weapon to me."

"Deal Yagami Raito."

Clanking shoes made their way back to the shinigami and Raito. Misa smiled at the two happily and Misa returned.

"Raito!" Raito flinched at the loud noise of the girl's voice. This situation was…bad.

The girl and Raito made their way to his bedroom where she gave up her 'death note'. 'Death Note' was Kira's weapon and it had many rules but Raito had to force himself not to look at them or risk looking like he was not already familiar with them.

Watching the girl rattle on about her love for him, Raito attempted to make a plan. Preppy blonde model girl was getting in his way of catching Kira and she was herself a Kira. She could not be captured or arrested without the shinigami killing Raito and his family. Raito decided to play along with the shinigami's idea for now and hope an idea would come soon.

Raito's mother interrupted the talking girl, resulting in the girl's much anticipated departure. Sayu later ran into Raito's room.

"Who is she? Who is she?" Sayu asked in a cheery voice.

"Kira" Raito then watched as her sister stared at him in shock and fear.

"Then…why?"

"She thinks I am Kira."

"But…if she's Kira-"

"There's more than one."

"So, if she finds out the truth?"

"We'll all die."

"I am going to bed" Sayu said obviously being way in over her head. Raito understood, even he himself was confused.

Why had Raito revealed all this information to his innocent little sister? Well he obviously thought he was dreaming. Every teenage boy had dreams about mass-murders with god complexes, one of whom happens to be a blonde model that is deeply in love with them, right?

Even in dreams Raito had never seen things so insane. A book that killed people? Raito would not even read about such a thing in a novel, let alone believe such a thing in real life.

"Wake up idiot!" Raito aggressively hit his head into his desk. "I'm Smile, one of the smartest people and most famous detectives in the world, I cannot let a foolish dream get to me this way".

Maybe, just maybe, this was all real. Raito needed to come up with an idea quickly. He could fake being Kira, force Misa to give up Kira-worship, capture the real Kira and hope the second Kira fell into the shadows of the past but that may never work.

Raito wondered what he could do. While Raito was thinking, he had flicked his computer on and to an online cake shop. The site had a rounded cake with a large smiley face on it and an old text message echoed in his mind, 'I like cake'. He sent a request for a cake from Smile to be sent to the hotel the Kira Task Force was currently working at. As he did this so a thought occurred to him.

What about L? L would eventually draw a conclusion about Misa and Kira. The blonde idiot probably did not cover her tracks. What was he suppose to do? The thought of lying to the insomniac detective once again made Raito's heart construct.

Raito had never felt so confused in a long time. At last, he turned to something that always made him happy, L.

Message sent 11:45a.m. Number Unknown.

'You sent me a cake.'

Message sent 11:48a.m. Number Unknown.

'You like it?'

Message sent 11:51a.m. Number Unknown.

'Yes, what do you want?'

Message sent 12:05a.m. Number Unknown.

'L have you ever thought you were dreaming but couldn't wake up.'

Message sent 12:14a.m. Number Unknown.

'Smile should try not sleeping so much, I don't sleep nearly enough to have such things happen to me.'

Message sent 12:18a.m. Number Unknown.

'Thanks, that was helpful (the proceeding statement was sarcasm)'

Message sent 12:23a.m. Number Unknown.

'Are you referring to the Kira Case as the dream?'

Message sent 12:28a.m. Number Unknown.

'Sure let's go with that.'

Message sent 12:31a.m. Number Unknown.

'If you're dreaming then you wouldn't mind telling me how you know my name.'

Message sent 12:45a.m. Number Unknown.

'Sure, why not? It will only confirm to you that I am dreaming. I know your name because I saw your face, and above peoples' heads I see their names and the day they die.'

Message sent 1:11a.m. Number Unknown.

'Yes it does seem you are imagining things. So this texting, you believe, it part of your dream as well.'

Message sent 1:17 a.m. Number Unknown.

'Yes, that is my theory.'

Message sent 1:23a.m. Number Unknown.

'In that case I will tell you a secret.'

Message sent 1:25a.m. Number Unknown.

'?'

Message sent 1:28a.m. Number Unknown.

'Smile-kun is my first friend and I want to know how he looks so badly that I fantasize that he looks like a particularly attractive Kira suspect.'

Message sent 1:36a.m. Number Unknown.

'Who…?'

Message sent 1:41a.m. Number Unknown.

'I only have one main suspect.'

Message sent 1:45a.m. Number Unknown.

'Thanks for confirming that I am dreaming.'

Message sent 1:49a.m. Number Unknown.

'Why don't you tell me who you are so I can really confirm that you are dreaming?'

Message sent 1:51a.m. Number Unknown.

'Sure, you really want to know?'

Message sent 1:58a.m. Number Unknown.

'Tell me.'

A message was received on L's phone three minutes later.

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'Nice try L.'

L actually smiled at this, allowing the sides of his lips to raise his cheeks slowly. Thinking about the conversation of texts, L wondered if there was something really wrong with Smile.

He had told L that he felt like he was dreaming, what happened? It seemed to have affected him quite a bit.

Considering this possibility made L uneasy, what if Smile wanted his comfort and all he got was interrogation. L did not know how to treat a friend and he did not want to lose his friendship with Smile. He wondered if he should have left the stalker-like comment about imagining Smile as Raito.

Raito-that was definitely something to think about. The boy was Kira, L had already decided this was the best way to reason on the matter, but also was the only face he could not read. Raito's eyes always held such energy and emotion but it was impossible to tell what emotion was being displayed.

Basing his deductions after the expressions on Raito's face did not help either, his masks were flawless. Even though L knew the boy was putting on a façade, he could not help but smile a little inside every time he saw Raito smile.

L smiled to himself, his thoughts were funny. It was almost as if he was arguing whether he liked Smile or Raito better, there was no need for that. There was no problem with having more than one friend, but maybe that was L's problem. A slight possibility existed that L wanted neither of them as 'friends'.

Glancing down at the cake, L wondered why Smile sent the thing. The fresh white frosting seemed fluffy against the hidden mix of chocolate and vanilla cake. Smiling up at him, there existed a blue decorative smiley face.

L took the cake, which was only a round cake with a four inch diameter, and held it up to his mouth. He ran his tongue along the smile, licking up the blue frosting present there. He wondered if Smile tasted as sweet.

There were a few files L had about other potential Kira suspects. Glancing through them, L paid little attention although he noted someone by the name of Mikami Teru. It didn't matter much, Raito was Kira and L was almost never wrong.

Matsuda decided to walk in on L's thoughts with his annoying stupidity.

"Good morning Ryuuzaki! I brought donuts for you."

"Thank you."

"Am I still going with Light to investigate the second location that was put on the diary, even though you said the Kiras probably already met?"

"I was not planning on it, there would be no problem with it though."

"Great! I'll tell him once he comes."

Matsuda ran off to do something, L wondered what the man actually ever did, so L returned to his thoughts gearing towards the upcoming outing.

"Matsuda-san, I will be going as well." Matsuda and the other detectives that had since arrived glanced at L in surprise.

"You are going in person to a shopping district to investigate Kira?" Ukita asked.

"Yes."

Matsuda explained that he and Light were planning on leaving as soon as Light got there, L nodded to this. Matsuda then called Light to tell him the details.

"Hello" Raito said as he entered. "Ready to go Matsuda?"

"Yes, just waiting for L he is having difficulties with his shoes."

"You didn't help?" Matsuda seemed flustered, Raito sympathized, the thought of L's feet being near you was frightening. "I will go check on him."

Raito found L in a closet with a pair of tennis shoes. The shoes had no laces in the laces and somehow L had managed to tie part of the laces to the shoe toe and the other part to his ankle in an attempt to tie his shoes.

Staring at the sight, Raito burst into laughter.

"Need some help?"

"Raito-kun your enjoyment of this moment adds percentile to the chance you are Kira."

"Of course it does Ryuuzaki" Raito said as he sit beside L and slipped on the right shoe on the right foot and the left on the left. Then he put the laces through the holes and tied two double knotted ties. At last he looked up to Ryuuzaki with a smile on his face.

"Smile" the detective whispered and Raito seemed startled.

"What?"

"Nothing. You just have a startling smile."

The three then traveled to their destination.

I can't let anyone interfere
Someday, I will show you
A sky shining with light
Why? Am I a broken Messiah?
It's a "paradise" everyone's dreamed of
In the spreading darkness I exchange a pledge for the revolution
An evil flower that sprouted from love
With everything that'll happen after this
I can't let anyone interfere
Someday, I will show you
A world shining with light