This is a chapter in which Light in an asshole, as usual. Naomi Misora appears. This was fun to write, remember that this story sticks to the timeline of the series.
Thank you to Alexis Vance for being a beta and reviewing my chapters.
Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note; if I did Kiyomi Takada wouldn't be so damn annoying.
Seika Moriyama is a soldier born into a location known as the Division. Everyone who resides at the Division is immune to the effects of the Death Note. For generations Division members have been aware of the existence of Shinigami and the Death Note. You can choose to live as a normal civilian or soldier. She is forced to go into hiding due to pending civil war and leaves with her Shinigami companion Zenma who has been in Seika's family for four hundred years along with three other Shinigami; Zeph, Kuro, and Cana. The Shinigami are more godlike and the humans are far more dangerous.
Naomi Misora, the Woman Who Knew Too Much
"I'm home," Seika announced. She walked inside of the living room and saw her older brother lying down on the couch. "What have you been doing while I was gone?" Seika asked her brother.
"Stressing," he responded.
Seika frowned at the answer. "What're you stressing about?"
Seika walked over to the couch and lifted her brother's legs up so she could have a seat; once she sat he rested them on her lap.
"Light Yagami," he answered. "I made the choice to give him an offer to become a tactician so he could think we want him as an ally, but he's no idiot. The minute I made the offer he gave me a look of skepticism."
"Anyone would've been skeptical," Seika replied.
"Yes I know that, but Zen mentioned how intelligent Light was. A part of our plan is to offer Light immortality in exchange for Von, but I don't think it'll be that easy," Kasuka said. "Light kind of reminds me of Aevan. Aevan always has a backup plan, so I have no doubt in my mind that Light will also have one as well."
Seika couldn't agree more with her brother, in some departments Light was similar to Aevan, or at least Kira was. The two were both ruthless, and they sported the same smile after killing another human being. That's why Seika was somewhat frightened after Light killed that criminal on television. "So you're saying if we do tell Light that we'll offer him immortality, he'll have some kind of reinforcement."
Kasuka nodded at his sister. "A reinforcement or insurance of some sort, that's why I need you to gain his trust," he said to his sister. He took his legs off of his sister's lap and sat up on the couch. He stared at Seika with solemn eyes. "Keeping Light Yagami alive is important for our plan; while he is alive I need you to become his ally."
"Wait, are you suggesting that I need to help him kill people?" She was staring at Kasuka, perplexed. "Are you drunk? I'm not going to take anyone's life."
"Why not, you've done it before," Kasuka stated with a grimace.
"That's only when it was absolutely necessary," Seika responded. "Every time I took a life, I was only defending myself, or a citizen of the Division you know that."
"This is for the Division."
"Kasuka, you're asking me to help him play god. There's no way in hell I'm doing that; even if it helps us in the long run. You have to find another way."
Kasuka sighed and ran a hand through his hair. Seika noticed how it was pretty messy, he usually kept in neatly combed back, but now he had strands loosely daggling in front of his forehead. "I'm sorry; it was too much to ask of you, besides it could blow your cover. I'm just looking for ways to make this plan full proof."
"Kasuka, how long have you been stressed?" she asked, worriedly.
"A while," he replied with a bitter smile. "It's pretty hard having to lead a Division of two hundred soldiers, since Reiji faked his death."
Seika frowned at her older brother. "Two weeks ago Aevan released you from your torture, I know Cana healed you of all your physical wounds, but how are you mentally?" Seika asked.
Kasuka gave Seika a small smile, and that little smile made the entire trauma Kasuka was going through painfully apparent. "Honestly, not that great," he replied. "I've been walking around like everything is fine, but it isn't. The day Reiji 'died' Aevan kidnaped me and had me tortured every day."
Seika clenched her jaw. "What did he do to you?" She asked. She placed a comforting hand on top of Kasuka's and rubbed soothing circles around it.
Kasuka was quiet for a moment he wasn't looking at Seika. "That's the funny thing, it wasn't even him. He just got one of his soldiers to do the dirty work. They'd beat the shit out of me while I was tied up. Aevan stood there and watched a couple of times. I know that Aevan's an asshole, but I never knew that he was so evil. He never laid a hand on me, but he put me through so much mental torture."
"What kind of mental torture?" Seika asked with a puckered brow.
"Have you ever heard of Chinese Water Torture?"
Seika shook her head in response.
"It's a form of torment in which the victim's hands and legs are bound and a mask put over your mouth and nose. Then little water drops will fall on your head one by one. As time goes by the falling drops of water begin to feel heavier and heavier, and eventually it feels like something is being drilled into your head. I couldn't think the entire time. I wanted to die. That was only one of the mental forms of torture he put me through."
There was lump in Seika's throat.
He kidnapped Kasuka and tortured him for forty-six days, because he knew you'd get angry and swear vengeance.
She remembered when Reiji said those words to her. In a sense this was all her fault. "I'm sorry Kasuka," she apologized lowly.
"Why are you apologizing, you didn't do anything wrong." Kasuka said with furrowed brows. He didn't want his sister blaming herself for any of Aevan's actions. Nothing bad that has happened to the Division was Seika's fault. "Everything that Aevan has done wasn't your fault, do you understand that? I would never blame you for anything, and neither would Division One."
Seika graced him with a weak smile. Kasuka was always there to make her feel better. He was more than just her older brother, he was also her advisor.
"Listen to me Seika, not one day went by when I didn't think about you and our brothers. I love all three of you. The worst thing that Aevan has done to me was keeping me away from my family."
Kasuka smiled at his younger sister and she returned it. There was nothing he loved more than his family. No matter what they'd always look out for each other. He pulled Seika in for an embrace, which she gladly returned.
"I'm really happy that you came to see me, I missed you so much, Kasuka," Seika said. "When all of this is over we can finally be happy. The Division will stable once again, after four hundred years we'll make Kousuke's dream come true."
Kasuka released Seika with a soft smile on his face. "Yeah, I think things might finally get better, and maybe our family can even come together again, just like old times."
Seika didn't say anything, but that comment shocked her immensely. The Moriyama family was completely screwed up, and the fact that Kasuka had faith in them was staggering.
"Zen told me Reiji's purpose for having you going into hiding. Tomorrow I going to show up at this Yotsuba Cooperation and have a word with him," he informed.
"Yeah okay, but right now all I want you to do now is go in your room and try to get some sleep." Kasuka needed a break; there was too much responsibility placed on his shoulders. "I don't need you to over think anything we'll figure it out like we always do."
Kasuka sighed at his younger sister. "Yeah, yeah, I'm going mom, goodnight." With that Kasuka left Seika in the living room.
Seika sighed and swung her legs up on the couch. There was a faint smile on her face. Almost three weeks ago she left the Division to go into hiding; the same day she left Kasuka came back from his torture. She had a brief reunion with him. She was happy that now they could finally talk and be together. If Makoto and Yukio were with them she'd feel complete.
Kasuka mentioned the possibility that their family could come together once again. Seika and Kasuka's relationship with their father was far from good, but there was a point in time when they were all happy together, maybe it could happen again. Seika didn't know about that, but she'd be pretty happy if it did happen.
Currently, Light was lying in his bed with his arms folded behind his head. He just finished eating dinner, which was pretty good tonight; he finished his homework and studying for the day. At the moment he felt pretty content.
He knew not to be too happy; he still had L to take care of. The day Light had met Seika; Light's father revealed to the family that he was the head of the Kira investigation, which was the day after he had killed Raye Penber and the other FBI agents.
He wondered what L and the Task Force had planned for him next. Whatever it was, he'd be ready for it. As long as he ceased his bickering with Seika and stayed on her good side then all he'd have to worry about was L.
"You seem to be happy." Ryuk observed. Light smirked at the Shinigami's comment, he was happy. "What's with the mood?" Ryuk asked.
"Things are going to look up, Ryuk," Light informed the Shinigami.
"Why do you say that?" the Shinigami asked. "Did you have a nice talk with Seika?" The Shinigami asked.
Light grinned at Ryuk. "I don't think nice is the word, but it was definitely informative." Light got up from his bed and walked past the Shinigami, heading over to his desk. He picked up his Death Note and stared at it for a moment before smiling. "Big things are coming, Ryuk." Light informed the Shinigami.
"How do you figure?" Ryuk asked the teenager.
"I'm going to gain Seika's trust and manipulate her," Light answered. "While you were downstairs watching movies, Seika and I got to talking. She lacks a normal life, she's never been around normal people, they intrigue her to a degree, and somehow if I can use that to my advantage, she'll no longer be a threat."
"So you plan on using her and twisting her emotions, by giving her a fake life and friendship?" Ryuk asked.
Light smirk stretched even wider. "Precisely, human beings are greedy and selfish. They always want what they can't have. Seika was born into the Division without a choice; she can't have a normal life, that's why she came to my school in the first place. Seika has taken a bite out a forbidden fruit and I'm going to make it taste sweeter, so she'll never want to go back."
Ryuk looked at Light for a moment before cackling. Light glared at the apparently amused Shinigami. "What's so funny?" Light asked.
"Well Light, your plan might work on any other kid, but you said it yourself, Seika's not normal. She may act like an immature brat sometimes, but from the short time that we've known her I can tell that she isn't completely naïve," Ryuk said.
"I'm well aware of that, but I'm certain in the right amount of time with the right amount of tactics, I can get inside of Seika's head. I've already found out what her deepest desires are, and if I have the power to give her those things, Seika will have at least a little loyalty towards me. No one is above being tricked."
What caught Ryuk was what Light said about Seika's deepest desires. How in the world would Light know that? "Seika's deepest desires?" Ryuk repeated.
"Yeah, when you were downstairs, Seika told me some things about her life at the Division. Seika's very sure of herself and her abilities, but underneath all of that, she's just a normal teenaged girl. Trust me when I say I'll have her under my control."
"Good luck with that, just make sure to keep me entertained," the Shinigami instructed.
Ryuk's opinion didn't matter to Light. He had to stick with his plan, although he couldn't deny that some of things that Ryuk was saying were true. Seika really wasn't an idiot. Seika had a way of bringing out anger in Light. She could spark reactions from people. Seika had a charm, and in the right situations she'd use it. That's why people immediately took a liking to her, like his family or Hiromi. She could see trough him, so this was going to be excessively difficult.
Light resisted the urge to sigh heavily. He briefly considered accepting Kasuka's offer to make it seem like he was on their side, but immediately kicked that thought out of his head. They'd find it bizarre if he accepted the offer, they didn't trust Light, and Seika and Kasuka knew Light didn't trust them.
At the moment Light is still working alone, he doesn't expect help from anyone, but he did need Seika on his side, she'd become his insurance.
Light decided to sleep on it. It was getting late.
It was morning and Soichiro was already tired. He was grateful that he was able to spend time with his family yesterday, and got a good night's sleep, but the Kira case took a lot out of him. Currently he was in L's hotel with the other members of the Task Force.
They've only know the man for an hour, but he was truly strange.
"Ryuzaki, I have a question," Matsuda announced.
L looked at the young police officer with a blank expression. "What is it Matsuda?" L asked while placing a fifth sugar cube in his second cup of coffee.
"Do you remember that storm that happened on Tuesday?" Matsuda asked the detective.
"Yes I do, why do you ask?" the detective replied.
"I don't know it was just kind of bizarre, and was wondering what you think caused it."
"Probably Kira," L responded before picking his up his cup and taking a sip of the over sweetened coffee. Everyone in the room looked up from their work and looked at the detective dubiously. "Then again, this seems like it's out of his reach so, I'm considering that it was a Shinigami."
"A Shinigami?" Aizawa asked while looking at the detective incredulously. "Like a god of death? Ryuzaki, that's completely crazy."
"Yes it is, but so is Kira. Remember Aizawa, it is important to consider all possibilities when it comes to Kira," L said to the police officer.
Mogi was also looking at the detective in bewilderment. "What would even make you consider that possibility?"
L wasn't looking at any of the Task Force members at the moment. He was focused on his cup of coffee, he added one more sugar cube, and began to twirl his spoon in his cup. "When Kira began to kill prisoners he wrote me a subtle message. It said "L did you know that Shinigami love apples". At first when I had read that message I assumed that Kira was referring to himself as a god of death, but after the storm I considered that Shinigami actually do exist, but it's nothing more than a theory."
Soichiro and Aizawa had no response to L's words. They found him completely and utterly unbelievable, he truly was one of a kind.
"We don't have time to talk about theories," Aizawa said. "We should focus on the evidence we have now."
"You are completely right; we have far more important matters to worry about, such as the death of the F.B.I agents," L pulled out a marker and began to write dates on the coffee table.
"The F.B.I agents came to Japan on the 14th of December. On December 19th Kira began to kill prisoners, at that time he had made it apparent that he can control their actions before they died, as well as the time of their deaths. Within those five days Kira came to knowledge that F.B.I agents were investigating him. Kira felt cornered due to not having the knowledge of their names, so this is why he killed the convicts."
The Task Force was staring at the detective with wide eyes. This one man gathered more information on Kira's actions alone, than the police did. He was like a one man army of some sort.
"On December 27th Kira effectively wiped off all of the F.B.I agents. I think that there is a possibility that Kira was one of the suspects being investigated between the 14th and the 19th of December," the detective said.
"So you're saying that you want us to look into the people the agents were investigating?" Matsuda asked.
"Yes," L replied. He pulled out a stack out papers and handed them to the Task Force members. "This is some of the information that was provided when the F.B.I agents were still alive. I have one question to ask of you guys."
"What is it Ryuzaki?" Soichiro asked.
"Are you guys willing to risks your lives in order to capture Kira?"
The police officers all looked at each other for a moment before nodding. "Yes we are," Soichiro answered.
L gave the Task Force members a small smile. "Good, then let's show Kira that justice will prevail."
Light was so happy that it was the weekend. Usually he'd probably be studying, but he thought that he deserved a break. He kind of wanted to stay in bed all day, but there was no way that would happen.
Even though Light was relieved the weekend had approached, he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. He was so focused on ensuring that Seika wouldn't reveal his identity, he almost forgot about dealing with L.
Killing Raye Penber and the other F.B.I agents was big enough of an accomplishment for Light, but by now, L would probably be wondering just how he pulled that off.
"If I were L, what would I be thinking right now?" Light mused aloud. Ryuk's attention was now focused on the human who was currently wrapped up in his thoughts.
Light began to reflect of key events that happened so far.
Out of the twelve F.B.I agents Raye Penber was the first to die. Penber was investigating me and most likely a few others. I took a big risk with the bus jacking incident, but it cleared Penber's suspicion of me being Kira.
He determined that the Task Force couldn't link that to Kira; Light figured they'd deem the bus jacking as an unfortunate incident. What was so fortunate about the bus incident was that Kiichiro Osoreda didn't die of a heart attack; he got hit by a car.
If the task Force found out that Kira could kill by any means other than a heart attack Light would be in trouble. He'd also be in trouble if they found out he came in to contact with Penber.
He decided to go downstairs and as he descended from the steps he heard whining.
Looks like Sayu's awake, he thought.
"Sayu, your father has been pulling all-nighters very often without a change of clothes, so you're going to bring them to him," Sachiko ordered.
"But I promised my friends I go hang out with them today," Sayu protested.
"I'll do it," Light said. Both of the females in the living room looked at Light. "Besides, I could use a break," he stated
Sayu beamed at her older brother. "Thanks, Light! I owe you one."
Light went back upstairs to his room and of course Ryuk followed. "You're gonna spy on the police with this information?" Ryuk asked.
"I'll only be able to go to the front desk, but I'll take what I can get."
Ryuk giggled slightly. Light looked at the Shinigami with a raised brow. "What's so funny?" Light asked.
"Nothing, I just can't wait to tell Seika about that something interesting is going to happen," Ryuk said.
Light rolled his eyes at the Shinigami. "Your little friendship with Seika slightly disturbs me," Light stated. The Shinigami merely chuckled at the boy's words.
Light brought a page from the Death Note with him and took his coat before leaving the house.
Seika woke up around ten o'clock; she got up and took a quick shower. Seika put on her clothes and didn't bother blow-drying her hair. She'd just let the wind take care of it.
She went downstairs and saw that Kasuka had is motorcycle helmet in hand. "Where are you going?" she asked.
"Good morning to you too," he said with a smile.
Seika raised a brow at her older brother, he seemed… different. She walked up to him and slightly ruffled his hair. "You hair looks neat," she stated. Yesterday it was disheveled, and now it looks fine.
"And yours looks stringy," he said as he tugged on a strand. "Ever heard of a blow-dryer?"
"Yep, but that takes far too much time. Now, back to my original question, where are you going?" Seika asked.
"Don't you remember? Yesterday I told you I was going to see Reiji," he answered. "There's a lot that we need to talk about."
Seika frowned at her older brother. "Do you want me to come with you?" she asked.
"Nah, this is something I need to handle alone, I'm not sure when I'll be back, so don't wait up. Oh, and thanks to you I got the first night full of sleep in weeks."
Seika smiled at Kasuka. "No need to thank me, and tell Reiji I said hi," Seika said to her older brother.
"Will do," he said. He hugged Seika before leaving the house.
Seika went to the living room and slumped down on the couch. She had nothing to do at all, she briefly considered going to Light's house, but she wasn't so sure about that. He probably had plans with his friends or something.
From what Seika gathered, Light was pretty popular. He had a lot of friends and it seemed like a lot of girls were fond of him.
I bet if they knew he was a psychopath they wouldn't like him very much, Seika thought.
Then again, I kill people too.
She hated how she and Light shared that common factor. She knew that they were different for obvious reasons, Light enjoyed killing, and Seika only took lives when necessary. Like when Division Four infiltrated Division One, she killed some of those soldiers to protect the citizen of Division One.
Light didn't protect people. He says that he's only doing this for the good of the world, Seika hated that excuse. He made it seem like he was performing a selfless act of some sort, but then he'd go around saying he was going to become "The God of the New World". She suppressed a gag at the thought of Light becoming a god.
It was impossible anyway, she tried to tell him that over and over, but of course he wouldn't listen. Why wouldn't he listen?
Seika gave up thinking about it. He pissed her off, and when she thought about him she just got angrier. Seika groaned; she was bored, and hungry. "Well, I might as well go to sleep again."
At moment Light was very distressed. One minute, Light goes to the Police Headquarters to give his father a change of clothes the next, he walks out with a woman who knows way to much information about Kira.
She told him her name was Shoko Maki. This Shoko Maki woman told Light that she believed a friend of hers came into contact with Kira, not only that it turns out the "friend" was more than a friend, but actually her fiancé, who was also an F.B.I agent.
Raye Penber, Light thought. He stopped in tracks processing everything that happened.
"Is something wrong?" Shoko asked.
Light shook away his surprise and gave the woman a look of sympathy. "Nothing it's just I'm sorry for your loss," he said.
Ryuk began to laugh at the display in front of him. "If Seika were here she'd be having a riot."
Light resisted the urge to roll his eyes. He so badly wanted to shoot the Shinigami the deadliest glare possible, but he had more important matters to attend to.
Light continued to walk with the woman who knew way too much. "So what makes you think your fiancé met Kira on that bus?" Light asked as he walked behind the woman
"Eight days after the bus my fiancé was on got hijacked, he died," she stated bitterly. "The same man who had attempted to rob a bank two days ago went and hijacked a bus, and then he dies in an accident the same day, what are the odds. I think Kira set that up, so he could contact my fiancé in order to get the names of all of the F.B.I agents and kill them."
Light was boring a hole into the back of the woman's head. She was far too smart.
"What really stands out about the hijacking is that the gunman got hit by a car, it suggests that Kira can do more than just give his victims heart attacks. I think Kira can control the actions before a person dies."
The two stopped walking for a moment. This woman was dead-on. If she revealed this information to the Task Force, than it'd only be a matter of time before Light was found out. "I'm sorry to say, but that sounds a tad bit crazy to me."
"I don't see another way of looking at it," Shoko said. "If Kira controlled the hijacker, chances are he killed him too."
"I still can't find what you're saying believable."
"My fiancé told me that during the hijacking he was put into a situation where he had to reveal his identity."
This was far too troublesome; Light had to get rid of her quickly.
Ryuk was stunned by the knowledge of the woman. She completely figured it out, he was totally going to tell Seika the next time he saw her. He wondered how she'd react. Seika was always a bit of a surprise. Ryuk figured that she'd be pretty angry.
"There is no doubt in my mind that your deductive skills are excellent, but your personal interest in the case might get in the way, but still you do have quite the interesting theory. The person he showed his identity to on the bus had to be Kira."
Shoko graced Light with a small smile. "That's right," she said as the two continued to walk.
It's amazing that I found her before she went to the cops, it seems like there is a god on my side after all. It won't take her very long to figure out that I'm Kira, I have to eliminate her
"Is something wrong?" Shoko asked, interrupting Light from his thoughts.
"I think we should get this information down right away," Light said to the woman.
"You really think so," she said with hopeful eyes. Light almost pitied her… almost. There was a sick satisfaction bubbling up in the pit of his gut.
"Does anyone besides me know about this?" Light asked.
"No, you're the first person I've told," she answered.
Even better, Light thought. After I kill her, it'll be like this conversation never happened, and I'll be cleared from all suspicion.
Light went inside of his bag and pulled out a pen and his page from the Death Note. "You're pretty bold," Ryuk said.
"Can you please tell me the date of the bus jacking incident?" Light asked.
Ryuk watched the display between the two humans. This was so fun to watch for the Shinigami. This just continued to get better and better for him. He hasn't felt so much excitement in centuries.
Ryuk looked down at the paper Light was writing information on. It said, Shoko Maki, Suicide: January 1st, 1:15 pm, a place only she knows, somewhere hidden, somewhere secluded. The body should be difficult to discover. All clues point to suicide within the next 48 hours.
Ryuk laughed even harder, what made this even more entertaining is that the woman's name wasn't Shoko Maki, it was Naomi Misora. This woman was really clever.
Light took a momentary pause when he heard the Shinigami's laughter.
What was so funny?
Light disregarded the Shinigami's amusement and focused on the woman in front of him. He took the Death Note page and put it in his pocket.
"I'd like to give this information to my father," Light told the woman.
"I'd actually like to report this information myself," she responded.
"That's make sense," Light replied. He looked down at his watch. Ten more seconds and she'd be gone. Light smirked when the second hand reached one.
"Kira will definitely be caught, don't you think?" Shoko said.
Light frowned and looked at his clock. Something wasn't right; she should be walking towards her death by now. Light's frown deepened when Ryuk started laughing again.
Ryuk's been laughing like that for a while now.
Actually, he started laughing when she gave her name. It then dawned on Light.
She's using an alias! That's got to be it!
"I should be heading back now, the Task Force might be at the station now," the woman said.
"Yeah," Light responded evenly.
Light pondered over ways to get her real name out of her. No matter what he did it'd be too obvious, he was running out of options.
"There's always the eye deal," Ryuk reminded.
Light briefly considered accepting the offer, but immediately shut the thought out. He didn't need the eyes. If he was going to become god he'd do it as long as possible.
The woman turned around and looked at Light. "Do you still have business at the police station; I'd like to go alone, if you don't mind."
"No problem," Light replied coolly.
"That you so much Light, you really helped me more than you know," she said with a smile.
"No need to thank me," he replied.
She began walking away from Light and he was running out of options.
I have about five minutes until she makes it back to the police station, I have to think fast. I've got it.
"Excuse me," Light said. "I forgot to tell you, contacting someone form the Task Force directly will be impossible."
"Why," she asked incredulously.
"Wasn't it pretty odd that there wasn't anyone at Task Force Headquarters?" Light said. "The Task Force is discreet. They won't just let anyone talk to them."
"You're pretty clever," Ryuk praised, "I'm impressed."
"How do you know all of this information if the Task Force is so discreet?" the woman questioned.
"Spoke too soon," Ryuk said.
Light was silent for a brief moment. "You've got me, I'm actually a member of the Task Force," Light said.
The woman was stunned by the revelation. "You're an agent?" she asked.
"Yes," Light answered. "L is in charge of the Task Force and he's leading our investigation, he was concerned that the Task Force had become too small after cops quit, due to fear of their lives. L let me join despite the fact that I'm in high school, because I have helped with cases before"
"Then that means L trusts you," the woman said.
"Yes, I was handpicked by L, along with a group of elites. I can go to the Task Force whenever I see fit."
The woman stared at Light for a moment before frowning a bit. "Thank you for telling me this, but I'd still like to go by myself." She continued to walk back to the police station.
"Wait a minute, I just told you they won't let you talk to anyone."
"Yes, but I was hoping to speak with L directly," she replied as she kept walking.
"Please wait, meeting L is impossible," Light said. He walked in front of her so she could stop walking.
"You might be right, but actually I have had contact with L before, although it was only through a computer," she told Light. Light was stunned; he couldn't believe that she had met L. "We worked on a case together in the U.S about two years ago. I was actually an F.B.I agent before."
This was Light's opening all he needed to do was get her name out of her. "That isn't much of a shock; your investigative skills are amazing."
"I think if I go to headquarters and give my name, then L might let me speak with him directly. I can only trust him."
"If that's the case then why'd you give me so much information about Kira?" Light asked.
"It's because you remind me of L," she replied.
Light was sickened by her words. L disgusted him more than anyone, even Seika. L was just as smart, if not smarter than Light and that was so foreign to him. His battle with Seika was a game of manipulation, with L it was a battle of wits, and Light had been outsmarted by the man before. Light's mind was his best weapon, and knowing that he could be overpowered by someone else was distressing.
Light gave the woman a fake smile. "Please investigate with me, the Task Force could use your help," Light offered. "All you need to do is give identification and I could give recommendation."
"You want me to join the Task Force," the woman asked.
Light nodded and held out his hand, "What do you say."
"I have nothing to lose now that Raye is gone, please let me investigate?"
Ryuk busted out laughing. This was far too entertaining; it looked like Light won another round. He truly was an evil genius.
"I just need some identification first," Light announced.
"Oh yes, you see I actually gave you an alias at first. My name isn't Shoko Maki. I'm so sorry for deceiving you," the woman said.
Light smiled at her. "No need to apologize, I'm impressed with how careful you've been."
"I have my driver's license, that's good enough, right?"
"Of course," Light replied.
Just one more step and I've got her.
The woman went inside of her purse and handed her license to Light.
Naomi Misora, Light smirked when he read the name. He wrote it down on his Death Note page. Light looked at his clock in anticipation.
"If you don't mind my asking, why do you keep checking your watch?" Naomi asked.
Light looked up from his clock to lay his eyes on the woman. "Oh well, I guess it's because… I'm Kira."
Her eyes widened slowly and Light was satisfied at the sight of realization on her face. It was too late for her now, her fate has already arrived. The two stared at each other in silence. Light had a smirk firmly planted on his face. She looked simply terrified. He had won again.
She turned around and began to walk away from Light. "What's the matter," he asked.
"There is something I have to do," she replied as she continued to walk.
"My dad may be available, are you sure you don't want to speak with him," Light asked
"No, I have nothing to say to him," she answered.
"Then goodbye, Naomi Misora," Light said with a smile.
Light watched the woman walk away and gave a heavy sigh of relief. "That was a close one," he said aloud. Nobody was in the area at the moment, so talking to Ryuk was safe. "Ryuk, do you want a dozen apples?" Light asked.
The Shinigami perked at his words. "Of course I do," he replied excitedly.
"Then do me a favor," Light said.
"I'll do anything," Ryuk replied.
"Good. I don't want you to tell Seika about what just happened here. She'll get angry and it'll interfere with my manipulation plot," he said.
"You got it," the Shinigami replied.
The woman continued to walk. Her body wouldn't allow her to do anything else. Naomi didn't have the will to resist what was going on. It was almost as if her mind turned off and her heart stopped beating. She couldn't think straight, there was only one fleeting thought in her mind. I'm really sorry Raye…I tried.
I hope you liked it. Reiji will appear next chapter and important things are discussed.
If you have any questions feel free to review, and I'll answer them all next chapter.
