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Chapter 6

It was the next day, and the sun had already begun set, Light noted. Time had flown by so quickly, he could hardly recall anything after the hospital visit. Ryuk was being quieter than usual, something the young man was thankful for. The call they had gotten while L was interrogating him had given him a lot more to think about in such a short time. He could hardly believe the raven-haired man's words, and once they had gotten to the hospital, it felt like he was carrying the burdens of thousands on his shoulders. It wasn't a pleasant feeling.

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The day before...

'Does this guy have a death wish?' Light thought, just as the detective finished his statement. 'I don't understand, what is he thinking?'

L's phone rang, and almost like a chain-reaction, so did Light's. They both excused themselves and took the call. They caught each others gaze, and Light could've sworn he felt his stomach drop.

"Light, it's your-"

The brunet froze, "—My father... he had a heart attack!"
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When they arrived, Luna was already there and talking to the doctor. She motioned them over to hear what he had to say. He recalled the doctor's words concerning his father. Apparently, stress was the main reason behind the heart attack. It wasn't exactly rare for a man that age, but it still worried him slightly. Light grimaced, subconsciously clenching his fist. Damn these human emotions. It would be difficult to abandon them on his path to godhood, but it was a necessity. Kira couldn't, and wouldn't be held down by these petty feelings.

However, something did go right that evening. The detective had told him why he suspected him, so now he could properly figure out a way to shift his suspicions elsewhere. Once L was focused on someone else, that was when he would strike, taking out L's most valuable player first. Luna would be gone, and L would be an easy target. It seemed far too simple, but he wasn't complaining. Truthfully, he disliked having to rid the world of an innocent man, whose intelligence seemed to match his own. But to achieve his perfect world, it had to be done.

The Task Force were all sitting together, discussing something uninteresting. Or at least, that's what Ebony thought about it. She was forced to be there, so the strange detective could keep an eye on her. Luna was with Watari at the moment, so there was no one to help with her boredom.

"Regarding Naomi Misora's disappearance, shouldn't we open an investigation?"

L waved off Matsuda's question, "If we do, it should be coordinated separately from the Kira case. Also we'll have to use police sketched instead of actual photos."

"We're talking about someone who's been missing for four months already. Chances are, she's probably dead." commented Aizawa.

L paused, considering the previous statement before continuing. "If you're right about that, I find it odd that we haven't found her body yet. If we did, it might provide us with some much needed physical evidence."

The door behind them opened, causing everyone to shift their attention. Watari and Luna hastily walked in, informing them that something was happening on one of the popular news stations, Sakura TV. They turned on the television just in time. Three people were sitting in front of the camera, claiming that they were now under the control of Kira. They all watched in silent disbelief, until Aizawa decided to voice his thoughts.

"Kira's hostages? What is this?"

The broadcast continued, explaining that Sakura TV received four tapes that were supposedly from Kira himself. The first tape they had received contained predictions of the times of death or criminals that had recently been arrested. Each criminal, unsurprisingly, died at the exact time and date that was predicted.

'If what they're saying is true, it's clearly only something that Kira could do...' L thought, not daring to remove his eyes from the screen.

"Kira has instructed us to air the second tape today at exactly 5:59pm. And we do intend to comply with his demands. This tape should offer proof of his powers by predicting yet another death! Beyond that, we understand that it contains a message to all the people of the world, from Kira."

Ukita gasped, leaning in eagerly. "This has to be another fake, don't you think?"

"I doubt it, I'm pretty sure even Sakura TV wouldn't stoop that low."

"And now, the video," a blurry image of the name "KIRA" written in an old-looking font appeared. Various sounds could be heard before someone actually began to speak.

The person cleared their throat, "I am Kira. If this video is being aired on the 18th, at exactly 5:59pm as I requested, the time is exactly 5:59:47, 48, 49..." they paused, as if they were waiting for something. "Please change the channel to Taiyo TV. The news anchor, Mr. Kazuhiko Hibima will die of a heart attack at exactly six o'clock."

Collective gasps could be heard throughout the room, and Luna changed the channel to the requested station. It was silent, and the image of a man with his head tilted back was all that appeared. Someone, likely a colleague, rushed up to him and shook him. As the people on-screen began to panic, the man signaled to turn off the camera. The chaos continued for a few more seconds before L ordered Luna to change the channel, and bring them two more TVs. Thankfully, Watari had already brought them in.

"Kira" was already talking about another presenting another victim. It was another news anchor for a different station. "Kira" claimed he was killing him because the man was supposedly against the idea of Kira. Watari changed the channel, and the man was in a similar position to the first. Changing back, the mysterious person began to speak again.

"Now that you've seen proof of my powers, you should have no trouble believing that I am Kira."

Just then, L called out, "Stop this broadcast! We can't let him finish!"

Matsuda rushed to the phone to call Sakura TV. It was a terribly unlucky coincidence that no one was picking up. Hearing of this, Ukita cursed and rushed to the door.

"Ukita! What are you doing?" Matsuda asked frantically.

"I'll stop this broadcast myself if that's what it takes!" Luna yelled at him to stop, but he was already gone.

She groaned, wondering if she should go after him or not. As she turned around to watch the screen, she failed to notice Ebony slipping out the door.

"Ukita! Wait, let me come with you!" Ebony yelled, catching his attention. He had already made it downstairs and was getting into his car.

"No way, it's too dangerous for you! Aren't you supposed to stay with Ryuzaki?" he said, watching her approach the car.

"And it's not dangerous for you? Please, you'll need help getting into the station and since we'll most likely get in huge trouble for this, you can place the blame on me!" after seeing the look he gave her, she continued, "I'm not letting you leave without me!"

He sighed. If they kept this up, he would be too late. "Fine, hurry up!"

Grinning, she got into the car and buckled up. This would be an exciting night.

Ukita had turned his police siren on and was taking all sorts of shortcuts that she never even knew about. Glancing at the glowing screen of the radio, she noted happily that only five minutes have passed. They would make it on time, and maybe then L would trust her more. Sure, she would probably get lectured by multiple people, but this... wannabe Kira needed to be stopped as soon as possible. She prided herself in knowing that this Kira was a copycat, even though she would never have even suspected a second killer if Raiden wasn't so good at getting information. Ebony briefly wondered how Light was reacting to all of this. What would he do about it?

Somewhere across the city, Sachiko and Soichiro Yagami were watching the broadcast together in his hospital room. Neither spoke a word, shocked into silence because of all that was happening. Sachiko turned off the television, and her husband turned his attention to her.

"Sachiko?"

She silently stared at the remote in her hands, before looking up and smiling at him. "Darling, this can't be good for your health."

"Sachiko, like it or not I am still in charge of the Kira Task Force." he stated calmly.

The woman sighed, looking down, before silently turning the television back on.

The tires screeched as Ukita forced the car to stop. Ebony placed her hands in front of her as she jerked forward. She breathed heavily, watching Ukita jump out of the car before rushing after him.

"No, wait! Don't just rush away like that!"

He attempted to pry the doors open with his bare hands, before cursing once he realized it was locked. Ebony ran up to him and looked around for another way in.

She spotted a large rock and got an idea. "Ukita! We need to break the glass!"

"What?" she tried to communicate her idea to him, but neither could hear the other over the sirens of the other police cars that were drawing closer to the news station. Ukita tried to yell at the guard standing inside, before cursing and drawing his gun.

Her eyes widened and she took several steps back, when he suddenly froze. "Ukita!?" she shouted, confused.

His hands shook at he dropped the gun. He tried to reach down and press the button on his belt, but his heart finally gave out. Ebony watched helplessly as he collapsed, yelling his name once more and rushing to catch him.

Back at the task force headquarters, they were still trying to contact Sakura TV with no luck. Matsuda happened to glance at the television at that moment, and saw a body lying in front the station's front doors. There was another painfully familiar person as well, who seemed to be sitting on the ground beside the man and shaking him. He caught sight of her face and paled.

"Aizawa, look."

Everyone was staring at the screen in shock, also realizing who the two were.

"What does she think she's doing?!" Luna gasped. She had been watching the whole time, and had seen Ukita collapse almost as if it was in slow-motion.

"She must have convinced Ukita to bring her along." the detective stated emotionlessly.

"Ukita... damnit! Kira did this," Aizawa stuttered, and turned to leave the room.

L growled, "Mr. Aizawa!" hearing the footsteps stop, he went on, "Where are you going?"

"Where do you think? I gotta go there!"

"You can't. Please, think about this rationally."

"What, you want me to just sit here and watch TV?!" Aizawa snapped.

"If this truly is the work of Kira, you'll only meet the same fate if you go there." L said, trying to rationalize.

"And what about that girl? You're just going to let her die out there with Ukita?!"

L tried to speak, but was quickly cut off. "You told us Kira couldn't kill without a name! So how could this happen?"

Matsuda then decided to speak up, "The aliases and fake badges were worthless. What are we gonna do, L? You don't think Kira has all our names already, do you?"

"That's a definite possibility." L confirmed grimly. "However if that were the case, you'd think it would be easier to kill off the entire task force before making a move...

Initially, I concluded that Kira needed only a name and a face to kill, but from what we've just seen... I'd say it's not entirely impossible that Kira can kill with only a face. All I know for sure, is that Kira is either in that TV station, or he's somewhere close-by. In a place where he can watch everyone who enters the building. But then why did he not kill-"

"- If Kira is in the area, then isn't that why we should get down there?!" shouted Aizawa, glaring at the detective furiously.

He countered the statement calmly, sounding as if he were speaking to a child. "For all we know, Kira could have surveillance cameras set up in the area. If we rush down there unprepared, all of us will be killed-"

Aizawa grabbed his shoulder roughly, "Wasn't it you who said we'd have to risk our lives to catch Kira?" he snarled.

Luna decided to interject, "Aizawa, you need to calm down! You're being irrational." she saw that her friend was shaking, and began to worry for him.

"No, he's right. I meant what I said, but risking my life to catch Kira, doing something that I know will cost me my life are two entirely different things."

In his blind fury, the other man refused to let up. "Oh yeah?" He was going to continue, but upon seeing L in the shaken state he'd put him in, he realized he was going too far.

"Please control yourself. We've lost Ukita. We might lose Ebony as well. I understand you want to go there, but something will happen to you as well."

Soichiro Yagami sent a brief apology to his wife, who had probably already discovered his empty bed. He knew this decision was brash and not well thought out, but what else was there to do? One of his most trusted officers lay dead, and an innocent girl could possibly be the next victim of this unknown murderer. He refused to just sit there and not do anything.

The news station was now in his sights, and he sped up and angled himself just right. The large automobile he had taken crashed through the glass doors, effectively getting him inside the station and sending everyone in the surrounding area in a state of shocked panic.

Chief Yagami ordered the poor guard he had almost run over to take him to the broadcasting room, where he then forced them to shut everything off. After they did as told and gave him the tapes, he let himself relax for a brief moment. Somehow, his insane plan had worked, and he was alive. He hadn't seen the girl and Ukita in front of the station when he drove in, so he assumed that they had somehow been taken to safety.

He hoped, from the bottom of his heart, that he had at least saved the girl. He wouldn't be able to forgive himself if he let another person die tonight.