Like a puppet on a string you hold on tight
You hold on tight like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string you hold on tight
You hold on tight, you hold on tight

Chapter Two

A week had gone by now and his hands the Death Note was protected and used wisely. It was in this decision that Raito Yagami had found it had decided that he would purify the world with his powers. The only way to truly purify the world was to take away the criminals that painted the Earth in blood and havoc. It was Raito's destiny and god given right to destroy all of them.

"You think you should rest Raito?" Ryuk came half way through the wall one leg in the room the other still hanging outside while the rest of his body started sliding through.

Raito just looked over his shoulder and sighed his eyes going downward back to the note book as he stared at the television of the latest criminals scribbling their names down. "I can't waste time, and I can't fall behind anywhere else. If I do… things could lead to trouble. Anyway I need to rid the world of criminals."

"You are strange."


"How many have died so far." One of the older men questioned his eyes strewn in a thin line as he massaged his forehead clearly having a headache. After all this time, the hours the toiled, the days they spent trying to figure things out they had gotten nowhere.

"Fifty-two have died so far." Someone shouted.

"All of them by heart attacks!" Another added.

Then the bickering got louder and there in the far corner a old Japanese man watched his face composed his glasses glinting in the light as he listened to everyone's shouts and rants. His mustache bristled and his hair was smoothed neatly back behind his head in black and gray strands probably beyond the age of fifty at least.

"They are criminals! They deserve to die anyway!"

Yagami looked up his eyes widening as he stared around the room to find who said that.

"There is no excuse though! Killing is a crime as well!" another stood up his finger pointing accusingly at the man who yelled.

Everything was getting ridiculously heated up. The room filled with so many angry men didn't help either, it was an eye sore and a head sore. Yagami then stood up shouting. "That is enough! No matter what each other say we always end up with the same question and no answer. We should know when we are defeated. We must call L on this case!"

The auditorium for once went from yelling to silent murmurs between the councilmen. Yagami just sighed and stared at everyone's puzzled faces.

"He is the only one that can solve this."

"Yeah Yagami, but he only takes cases he is interested in. It would be useless to turn to him, even if he can figure out any case!"

"We should at least try! We are getting nowhere ourselves!" Yagami shouted back before falling into his seat hitting the papers away from his desk top. 'These men are incompetent fools!' The room though went silent and turned as the door at the bottom of the room below everyone who sat in the dome like structure. The man was clad in a trench coat a hat covering the top of his head as he moved along the center of the room. He set his suitcase on the table then and faced everyone his hands buried in his pockets.

"Gentlemen, L is already on the case."

"Watari!" many men stood up then knowing Watari was L's eyes and ears. He was also L's voice in times of crisis. He always came in L's stead talking to everyone who was ever on the case L was on. The notorious genius L had never shown his face before and even now he used Watari living up to his reputation.

'The man who works with L… he doesn't even know who L is… but he our only contact.' Leaning closely Yagami watched as Watari snapped open the suitcase pulling out the computer hooking it up to the big screen giving a projection of screen that had a single Romanesque letter L against a white background.

"Silence, I will bring you L's voice now."

The room grew dark then and everyone went silent watching and waiting for the voice. It echoed then through out the whole room bringing surprised gasp to many peoples faces.

"Greetings ICPO, I am here to talk about this case. This case is an unforgivable mass murdering and we need to work quickly to stop him!"

Everyone started murmuring and nodding before Yagami stared at a few demanding their attention back on the screen as L continued.

"I unfortunately cannot do this all exactly on my own so I ask all of you on the ICPO to join me completely into solving this case!"


School had just ended and Raito smiled waving good by to his friends before stepping into his house seeing his younger sister and mother waiting at the door.

"Raito-kun!" he glanced at his sister he flew at him from the hall holding her homework in front of her face. "Help me with my math?" Sayu Yagami was Raito's younger sister- she was horrible in school. Almost everyday after dinner he dedicated his time to his sister for her school work.

"After dinner."

"Thank you so much Raito!" He nodded then and moved past her giving his mother his test grades before moving up to his room the shadow of the Shinigami following close behind him.

"You seemed in a good mood."

"Not really, I have been worried about the Death note leaving it hear all the time." He stepped into his room locking it behind him with a sudden click before moving to his desk pulling the note book from his drawer before flicking his computer on. "Here check this out Ryuk."

The Shinigami lingered his way over hovering in the air peering over Raito's shoulder before chuckling. He had no idea what he was really looking at, but he thought it was amusing that humans had so many interesting things.

The Legend Of The Savior Kira

CRIMINALS WORLD WIDE
DYING ONE AFTER ANOTHER

BECAUSE KIRA IS AMONG US AGAIN

HE IS THE ONE THAT WILL TOLERATE NO WICKEDNESS

OUR MESSENGER FROM HELL

ONLY THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIS EXISTANCE AND RETURN

MAY ENTER

"I am not sure if I like being known as a 'Killer' Ryuk, but the people feel as if justice is being served- I am a god."

Hyuk, hyuk, hyuk- 'But for how long Raito Yagami?'


ICPO

"How are we going to catch him? If we can't even figure how he is doing it, or what he is doing to kill this criminals how should we know what to do?" the uproar had increased since meeting L. The councilmen of the Japan Police were eager to know how they would go about doing this while others from the boarding countries worried if their homes would be in more danger then the others.

The whole room seemed to shutter to the loud voices that cawed annoyingly like crows attacking some predator that had made it to their nest. They all accused that L knew nothing more then they should and was only so mysterious figure that would help them so far.

In the far corners of the room worried whispers came from individuals questioning if this L was the man behind it all. If he was he would come to the police saying he would help by taking someone else in while he got off free as a bird and then he would kill ever single on of them.

Humans were fickle, they worried over nonsense and they created obscene 'what if' ideas that caused everyone grow in anger. They demands became constant and it was almost hard to tell who was actually thinking or who was just yelling like a bitter ex-wife.

Finally L spoke hushing the crowd as he spoke his idea.

"ICPO, I have come to a conclusion that will put our search to a minimal area besides the whole world- Japan. The criminal behind these mass murders is in Japan!"

Yagami stood up beads of sweat coming on his forehead his headache no larger then before. It was as if everything had left him, his mouth had gone dry and his muscles gave way leaving his body shaking and standing dead on his feet hoping his legs would keep him up with their support.

"W-Why Japan, what evidence do you have L?"

There was silent a moment before he sighed, he really had no idea- Yagami knew it. L was basing himself off a hunch, but why doubt it, he was the best right? Slowly Yagami sat down rubbing his temples before the corner of his lips lifted. "Tell us what you would have us do."

"Now I have you attention. I believe if we narrow it down to Japan we can air in a certain part of Japan to the parts where I am sure he would live- possibly the Kanto region. We will air only in the Kanto region and if he is there then he will possibly do something. I want you to get the news all over the Kanto region to broadcast this- also I want a criminal destined to day at this certain date in time." A message popped on the screen and everyone looked up at the date before scribbling it down. "I hope everyone on the force will move to Japan. Thank you."

Then before any questions could be asked Watari shut the computer down and slipped it back in the suitcase before bowing his head to them and turning to leave the conference room.

Everyone just watched silent before they all stood up walking out from the room following the orders that L had given them like loyal puppies.


"They are cheering for me- the fans of Kira are yelling 'Go Kira!' right now Ryuk" Raito smiled leaning back in his chair the moaned against the back of his weight that it was forced to hold. "Everything is going perfectly, as long as there are Kira followers I have many people would probably call themselves Kira. I am pretty much shielded. Things are going according to plan."

Hyuk, hyuk, hyuk. "Not quite Raito- there is still someone who isn't as thrilled with the idea as you."

"What?" Spinning around in his chair he looked at Ryuk's whom was looking directly at the television. "Lind. L Taylor?"

"We interrupt our regular scheduled broadcasting for a special announcement from the ICPO- This will be airing world wide! Translations will be…"

"World wide, what is this?" grabbing the remote he turned the television up and listened closely a sick feeling entering the pit of his stomach. This guy would be trouble and Raito could feel that lost feeling coming over his eyes as if he was trapped in a dream.

As the screen zoomed onto the male Raito took all his features in studying the look of his eyes and how he just seemed stare directly at him as if he knew. What did he know, did he know who he was, did he know that he was the guy who was doing it all? Panic rose in his chest and he quickly swallowed it down. If he let this take over him he would do something stupid and if he did that a lot could happen.

"My name is Lind. L Taylor, and I am L."

"L! Who is this guy?"


"Its finally started, the broadcasting."

"Yagami sir, are you sure we can fully trust L. We don't even know what he looks like or what his real motives are- what if he is the bad guy?" Yagami looked at one of the new cadets on the force and sighed. The worry on his young face told him that the boy wouldn't last a week in this part of the force, no matter how good he was where he came from.

"We don't know, but we have no choice. We are just going to have to trust him. All of us no that and even if we want to change that we won't be able to. We need to trust L, he really is our only chance at this case."

"What about your son?"

Yagami turned his old eyes just seeming to lock on the younger males who almost frightened away from his gaze. The idea of his son going against a mass murderer scared him and he didn't want to put him in that kind of danger- actually he didn't want any of his family in any danger.

Swallowing the lump in his throat he turned away from the cadet and stared through the rows of computers to watch the television broadcast.

"We did everything you wanted L, just fulfill the promise to the ICPO."


"To the predator of this serial murders: you have done a task that will go down in history as the cruelest of mass murders. This is an horrible act and I will stop at nothing to catch you or anyone behind it… I will cat you 'Kira'!" Raito leaned back in his seat and chewed on his bottom lip the pressure already rising inside him. He felt his fingers slide along his desk grabbing a pencil and the notebook setting it in his lap waiting. "At any cost…"

"Hm… he thinks he can get me?" Raito almost wanted to laugh, but he didn't know why. Part of him was nervous and scared while the other was filled with pride. He then started just giggling his arms winding tight around the Death Note before he shoved it against the glass trying to make L see it through his television set. "You can't catch me! No one can! I have the Death Note! It is impossible! Without the notebook you have nothing on me!" Ryuk watched his large black lips curling into a smile with his own laugh. Then slowly he tried to calm himself as he looked at Ryuk's smiling face. "I knew something like this would happen Ryuk, it's all going according to plan."

Lifting a gloved finger Ryuk put Raito's attention back to the television.

"Kira I have a good idea what you are doing and I know exactly why you are doing, but what you are doing is evil!"

All control in Raito seemed to leave him, it almost seemed like he was defeated as his head and shoulders fell forward the mat of his copper caramel hair fell over his face casting a shadow over his features. Slow shallow breaths came form his lips and he just sighed a moment before he glared up at his television. "Me evil…?"

Tearing his book open he pushed himself to his desk quickly scribbling the name in huge letters on the page. 'I will kill him! He was stupid to show his face and name to me! He is as good as dead!' He then smirked and then stared at the television already just laughing at him. "I am justice! I am the God of the world who will help the weak and create a perfect world, and those that oppose me are evil! You are stupid L. If only you were smarter I could have had more fun…"

"Lets show the world what happens when you going against Kira L! Show the world my power!" he smirked in his watch as L kept on talking before he finally looked over at Ryuk a look of achievement on his face. "Just twenty more seconds."

"The police are already starting-" the man then stopped talking his eyes bugging out as he clutched his chest heaving himself up out of his seat before falling face first against the table.

"Good bye Lind. L Taylor." Raito chuckled.

Two men in black suits then walked over carrying the body off from the spot everyone screaming who watched in the studios before another voice came over putting Raito's victory to shame.

"What the hell… so…son of a-"

"Unbelievable! I did this on the off chance that Kira would actually try to kill me. I now know you don't have to be nearby to kill someone. So why don't you kill me Kira! Come on! Kill me!"

"He got you."

"Shut up!"

Biting his lower lip he listened at how L just talked as if he knew he wouldn't die. 'The smug bastard new this would happen!' "Kira, listen to me. The criminal was scheduled to die today with no records on the television or internet so there was no way you could know who he was. I am the real L Kira. So come on and kill me!"


"Does he have a death wish or something!"

Yagami lifted his hands commanding everyone to listen as he taunted Kira. If it worked then L would be dead right then in just the same amount of time, but a minute or too gone by and nothing happened.

'Wait how come L isn't dead?' itching he chin Yagami thought long and hard about it. If he didn't have to be nearby to kill someone wouldn't everyone be dead right now- especially L. But he was still alive, there was no sign of L making a gasp or thud of death. It was just quiet.

"Seems like you can't kill me after all… there are some people you can't kill." He chuckled. "Tell me something Kira… did you think this was broadcasted around the whole world. It was only broadcasted in Kanto I lied… so I can now predict and know that this killer is in the Kanto region! Your first killing told me so, in Shinjuku, he was a meaningless killer- the news only aired into Japan so that was how I knew you were in Japan. The police must have missed this obviously."

"So L really is the best!" the young cadet smiled walking forward to stand next to Chief Yagami giving him a glowing smile. "With him we can do anything!"

Yagami nodded. "His planned worked, that is the L I know."

"Kira! Your death is not far now! I will catch you!"


"That L is not such a bad guy." Ryuk said with a snicker as he looked over at Raito who was obviously not laughing.

"L… I am going to hunt you down and destroy you. I am Justice!"

"Kira… I am going to hunt you down and destroy you! I am Justice!" Hearing that then Raito pressed the button turning the television off his face tight and stern as he just stared forward growling his chest rubbing and his heart beating fast against his chest. L was smart, he had underestimated him, but he wouldn't anymore, not again.

"You guys are both looking for an existence that is a mystery, and the first one to find the other will die." He smiled then laughing slightly before his gaze looked to Raito who just glared in his direction. Raito had so much pressure, but a larger determination, it amazed and surprised Ryuk how much he could really know.

"I will catch him first." Turning around then Raito gritted his teeth like an angry child who was just told he couldn't get his favorite toy. "I will win this…"

'Humans are so interesting…'

Like a puppet on a string you hold on tight
You hold on tight like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string you hold on tight
You hold on tight, you hold on tight