Cameras and wire tapes
Happy Holidays to all of you! Hoping for a happy 2018 with health and life.
" I think there is a 5% of chance that one of your daughters is Kira, Yagami-san"
"Ryuzaki, you can't be serious! None of my daughters is Kira, I would know that!" Chief Yagami angrily said, while the rest of the Task Force responded with nods, supporting their Chief, with the exception of Naomi who remained silent.
L "gifted" him with an unimpressed look, while putting another cube to the small tower made of sugar cubes on the coffe table.
" I must admit that there's only a small chance of it, but in this moment, they are our only suspects."
Soichiro rubbed his temples, remembering how they had gotten to this situation
A few hours ago
As brilliant as L was, even he had his moments of depression. After the failure with the FBI agents, he locked himself in his dark room in Wammy's, waiting for the depression to kick off. His excuse to the Task Force was that "they needed time to settle their minds" while waiting for Naomi Misora's return to Japan.
The NPA stated that some members of the families of the NPA agents spotted the FBI agents following them. L was surprised. The FBI agents sent to Japan were ones of the best in the field, so either they got too comfy, or the people who spotted them were very observant. Too much observant to not be suspicious, L thought.
"I undertand your reasons to not reveal names or information to the FBI. But I need you to trust me with all the information you have. In other words, I need the names of the people who discovered the FBI agents in Japan"
The Task Force exchanged looks, while Soichiro Yagami cleared his throat "Ryuzaki, I'm glad you undertand our reasons to no tell the FBI more information. And while I'm aware you were the one who sent them, I fully trust you, I need to trust on you. The ones who discovered the FBI agents were my daughters"
"But Chief!"
"Every FBI had assigned two familes. Do you know the name of the FBI agent who were following your family?
"Yes. His name was Raye Penber..."
"Wait Raye?"
"Do you know him?" Aizawa asked
Naomi sighed, she didn't need the Task Force sniffing into her business "Yes... we were partnes in some cases"
Soichiro cleared his throat. "As I was saying, we didn't revel to the FBI who was the agent for which the whole operation was discovered. Saying it would only destroy the anonymity of the pople who he was spying"
"I see. Not other agents were compromised by the people they were investigating"
"Not to our knowledge"
L licked his fingers, gooey thanks to the juices of the strawberry he was holding " And how did you daughters discovered that someone was following them?"
" Sayu told me that she spotted a man wearing a trenchcoat outside of her school"
Naomi cringed. She told Raye, multiple times in fact, that he needed to ditch that trenchoat when he was in a stakeout. It would only succeed in making him look more suspicious.
"And Light, my eldest, told me that he was following her when she in a trip with one of her friends."
"Anything else?"
"No. Apparently a bus jacking happened in a trip that both Light and the agent were"
More licking "A bus jacking?"
"Yes."
"What happened in that busjacking"
"A criminal was holding the bus hostage. Light and her friend planned to rob the guns out of the criminal's hands, but the FBI convicned them to not do a thing. Light thought that he was an accomplice of the criminal, this is why she went to the Police so we could investigate him"
"The criminal, the one holding the bus hostage, what happend to him"
"The FBI agent defied him and he tried to flee. He was hit by a car in the process."
"And he...died?"
"Yes. We visited the morgue to be sure"
"Interesting"
"What do you mean by that?"
"Doesn't seem too convenient that the FBI agent's identity was compromised in bus jacking, who just happened to take place when you daughter was there too, and the criminal inmediately dies?"
"What are you insinuating Ryuzaki?"
"That seems too many coincidences to me, specially that the criminal died"
"Are you insinuating that my daughters are relationed with Kira. That's absurd!"
"No really, it just that that whole incident seems a little contrived to me. Unless Kira can kill..."
"...with other methods outside of heart attacks" Naomi interrupted/completed for him.
L wasn't annoyed. Actually he rewarded her with a tiny smile "Excellent deduction, Naomi Misora. I was thinking the same thing. However, that's only a theory, although a very interesting one, since we don't have any proof that Kira can kill with other ways outside of heart attacks"
"So stupid. if Kira was actually able to kill in other ways, why just stick to heart attacks instead of more subtle ways. It would be more easier for him to stay under the radar" Aizawa sentenced.
"Because Kira doesn't want to stay under the radar. Kira wants to be known to the whole world, so people can view Kira as the ultimate expression of justice"
"An attention whore" Naomi said with a smile.
The next hours were spend in infinite revision of data, documents, witnesses reports etc
After they finished their investigation" (investigation to them, to L, it was just many hours of doing nothing) then was when he dropped the bomb " I think there is a 5% of chance that one of your daughters is Kira, Yagami-san"
Naturally Soichiro protested. He knew his daughters as the palm of his hands, none of them could be a killer. The rest of the Task Force protested too. The knew that Yagami girls, Light specially, and they knew they couldn't be kilers. Impossible.
" I must admit that there's only a small chance of it, but in this moment, they are our only suspects."
Naomi nodded in agreement. None of the people they had investigated seemed remotely suspicious, and while the Yagami girls didn't seem suspicious too, at the moment they were the only ones with a remote inkling to Kira.
"What about the Kitamura family? Penber was investigating them too"
"True. However the Kitamura family never knew a thing about the FBI investigating them, at least not until you discovered it"
Soichiro was mad, but he was a man of justice so he swallowed and said " What do you suggest then Ryuzaki?" An interrogation?"
"No, that's not going to work. I think it's time to plant bugs and cameras all over the house"
"What? Are you crazy? That's illegal!" Aizawa screamed.
Soichiro didn't like such an idea, but he nodded "I hope you know how deeply offended I'm at the idea of considering my family as suspects, but considering the circumstances, I do agree with you planting bugs and surveillance cameras all over the house"
"But Chief, you don't have to do that. Ryuzaki himself admits that the suspicions to you family are extremly low "
"Chief, you have a wife and two young daughters in home"
"And do you think I don't know all that? This is my decision so I suggest you just shut you mouth!"
Mtasuda' eyes widened at the agressiveness coming out of his normally patient boss.
"Sorry for yelling" and turning to L " When the survillance equipment would be installed in my house?"
"Tomorrow. The Kitamura's house in going ot be under surveillance too. And as courtesy, you can be present during the surveillance"
"How was the trip kiddos?" Sachiko asked to both Light and Yamamoto, the latter seating in the backseat of Sachiko's old Suzuki Suzulight . His mother was at work so Sachiko picked both of them.
Light shrugged while Yamamoto started to cheerfully chat with her mother. It was an enjoyable trip. Except for Misa Amane thing. The gal, although nice, was too "sticky" and annoying for Light's tastes, she barely stayed away from her for two days. When Misa asked for her telephone so they remained in contact, she left her a fake number.
After they dropped Yamamoto in his house, they went to their won and chatted a bit in the dining hall. Sayu was with her friends so they were alone in the house.
When Light went to her bedroom, she noticed something.
"The doorknob" and when she crouched, she saw how the the mechanical pencil she always left in the hinges of the door was broken.
"Mom, did you went into my bedroom these days?"
"No baby. Why?"
"It wasn't Mom. That leaves only Dad or Sayu. My father rarely, if ever, gets into our bedrooms. Maybe it was Sayu but she isn't here, so I can't ask."
"Oh nothing. Some things were out of place, that's all"
"Maybe it was Sayu"
"Yes, maybe. But I can't ask Sayu inside the house, in case my suspicions are true"
"Mom, I left some things in Yamamoto's travel bag. I'm going to pick it up"
"Okay, but don't be late. Dinner is almost ready"
After she got out the house, Light got out her cellphone and started calling Sayu.
"So I assume we're not going to your boyfriend's house" Ryuk commented.
Light made a shushing gesture with her hand. Beep,Beep,Beep,
"Light?"
"Hey Sayu"
"Hey, how's going? You already home? "
"Yes. Sayu I want to ask you a question. Did you get inside my room on these days I was out?"
"Mmm, nope. Why?"
"Nothing special. It's just I can't find a book and I thought maybe you picked it up"
"As if I would want to steal your boring books. Bye"
"Bye"
Sitting in the farthest bench of the park near her house, a place where nobody would saw her talking to the air, she spoke up "Look Ryuk, I think there's a strong possibily that wires tapes, maybe surveillance cameras are inside my house"
"Really?"
"Yes, Do you remember the last thing I did before getting out the house for my travel?"
"Duhhh..."
Light sighed "I spread hand cream in the both inteior and exterior door knobs, so they were sliperry because of it. If someone asks, I can simply say that my hands had too much cream on them. Today I found the doorknobs still slippery. However, I always left my doorknob 5 centimeters down, and today was all the way up."
"The most incriminating thing was the mechanical pencil I usually leave in the hinges of the door. It was broken. But my doorknobs was still slippery, that means that someone was inside my room, but more important, someone was inside my room and did not want me to know. That's why I didn't even change my clothes, they may be bugged.
"That L is closing on you, isn't he?" Ryuk laughed
Light puffed her lips, angry at his nonchalant actitude "Ryuk, do you know that you can't eat apples right now?"
"What? Oh right! The cameras would only see a floating apples eating itself!"
"Look, I can't risk being caught, and you can not risk your fun ending just now, don't you? I make you a deal: you search for the cameras in the house, and I would buy you the double of apples when we are outside of it"
Ryuk grinned "Deal"
"Good, now accompany me to the cyber coffee. In case my house is really bugged, I need to take care of some things"
"Ryuzaki, I would like to know if there is possible on me being the only one present during my family's...private times" Soichiro was willing to put aside the privacy of his family for the sake of justice, but he still wanted to know if there was a way to keep both.
It was almost 8:00 PM, most of the Task Force were gone, and the only ones in the living hall of the hotel room were Soichiro Yagami, Naomi Misora and L.
L didn't move his eyes off the screen "I'm afraid I can do that. As the father of the family in question, I can't trust you to have a 100% unbiased view. That would be risky and unprofesional"
Naomi intervened " What about me? I'm not compromised and I'm a woman, I think there isn't problem in me and Chief Yagami being the only ones present in their privates times. You can watch the surveillance cameras with us the rest of the time"
Naomi almost felt like they were kicking L out of his own investigation, but what other options were there? Sayu and Light Yagami were children*, and she trusted L but she still didn't like the idea of him watching two teenage girls while they were in the shower or changing clothes.
L stared at both of them, then nodded "I think is reasonable. I trust your unbiased feeling on this case Misora"
Naomi smiled. To be honest she didn't think L was going to accept, but he was far more reasonable than she thought.
In his mind, L rolled his eyes at their naivety. Suckers. Didn't they suspect that he was going to watch the live stream of the surveillance cameras anyways since the comfort of his own bedroom?
"Oh, Hideki Ryuga! Why there is no boys like him on my school?"
Light stared at her sister, in full "swooning-mode" all over Hideki Ryuga. Light thought the guy was pretty handsome but based in his interviwes, he seemed like a total airhead. And she never understood people's obsession with celebritites.
Her mother begged Sayu to end her dinner, but she wasn't listening. Even so, Sachiko seemed more amused than annoyed at her sister's antics.
"Light I found another camera! There is one in the living room, one in your mother's bedroom, another in the kitchen, 34 in your bedroom and 34 in your sister bedroom"
"Sayu's bedroom? L must be linking Raye Penber's discovering and thus the discovering of the FBI with Kira."
L stared at the screen. Nothing seemed out of place with the Yagami family. It was possible that this was just a dead end? Maybe but for the moment, there it was nothing they could do about it.
Sayu Yagami was young but that wasn't an impediment to have her as a suspect as Kira. However she didn't seem to fit the mold. Incredible nice and easily excitable, squealing over celebrities. Nothing about her screamed "Kira" to him.
Light Yagami was a more acceptable candidate as Kira. According to L's files, she was the top scoring student of all Japan. That's still wasn't proof of anything, because being book smart doesn't translate to being crafty as Kira. Despite that, she was far more interesting that her sister. L couldn't pinpoint exactly what was so interesting about her, but whatever it was, it was able to make him not take off his eyes from her.
"Watari?"
"Yes?"
"Put the announcement in the Kitamura's house"
"1500 officer are coming to Japan in response to Kira's murders" said an emergency headline while Hideki Ryuga's version of "The Bachelor" was still on.
"1500 officers! Holy crap! " Sayu whistled
" It's that true or is L using his bluffing tactic? Nah, this is L wanting me to get into his trap. Sorry L, I'm not falling this time"
So Light just stared at the screen and kept her mouth shut.
Sayu was so rapt in Hideki Ryuga's perfection that she didn't notice Light flopping next to her in the couch. She turned and saw Light smiling at her
"We should watch a mvoie. Hell, we can even saw Hideki Ryuga's movie if you want"
"Since when do you want to watch movies with me? You always complain the I always want to watch Hideki Ryuga's movies"
"I'm goign to favour the honor to watch movies with me. Heck we can even watch Hideki Ryuga's movies if you want" Light teased.
Both sister accomodated around each other in the couch. Sayu saw her mother staring at them and waved so she could join them.
Now the three Yagami girls were in the living room, piling up in the couch with sheets. They had a marathon of movies, huddled with cans of soda, popcorn, potato chips and other junk food, chatting and joking around. It was a lovely family scene, and Soichiro was pleased and secretly sad that he wasn't present there. He was so busy nowadays.
What Soichiro didn't know was the sinister plan behind that lovely family time...
"Ohhhhh! The sympthoms are STARTING!"
"Just watch me L, Criminals are dying right now. I went to the cyber coffe today, and since there, I programmed their deaths happening at precisely these hours while I'm here, none the wiser, having a movie night with my family" she thought while making a comment about the benefits of practical effect over CGI.
"UhuhUhUhUh!"
Light had to fight to not grin like a maniac. Nothing could ruin her glee, no even Ryuk's withdrawal sympthoms and pretzel dance behind her
"Now I'm going to take a potato chip...AND EAT IT!
The report form last reports say that 5 criminals died tonight. All of them were very high profile criminals. Two murderers and one rapist "Watari read with his sage-like voice.
L bit his bloody thumb "I watched the family last night. They were togtehr the whole time, watching seemed too...perfect. Or maybe I'm trying to see more that is there becuase they are the only ones remotely suspicious"
"Ryuzaki, you saw my family last night. There is no way any of them could be Kira"
L bit the cookie of his hand with all the strenght of his teeth.
"But Kira can control people's times of death. But even so, I have no proof of anything. It's not like I can accuse Sayu Yagami or Light Yagami of scheduling those criminals' deaths. The only thing I watched was them having dinner, chatting a bit, having a movie night and falling slept."
"Yagami-San, you know as well as me that Kira can control people's time of death. I'm afraid this don't absolve your daughters from suspicions. The surveillance equipment will remain there until I'm satisfied with the investigation on them"
"Kira, who are you?"
Sachiko, Sayu and Light awoken until noon, between a mess of empty junk food bags and cans. Thank goddness it was Saturday.
Light smiled, remembering the events of the past day. Hoping to see which is my method of murder L? Sorry, is not that easy with me"
If only those annoying cameras and wire tapes were out her house for her upcoming birthday.
Potato chip scene, I couldn't resist XD.
I once used the method with the cream on the doorknob to know if my brother got into my bedroom or not. The tiny piece of paper Light used in canon seemed too suspicious to me. I mean, who places a piece of paper in the door? Only someone who is hiding something.
*Canonically Naomi has a soft spot for children, so I guess she wouldn't be too fond with the idea of spying in two teenage girls.
In this fic Light doesn't use regular TV bulletins to kill anymore, since the whole Lind L. Taylor incident and fake new bulletins situation in chapter 5 made her too distrustful of regular news, so she only uses the internet or Deep Web. So no tiny TV in potato chip's bag...
Next chapter: Light's birthday!
