A/n

Good Evening. Here is today's NEWS.

1. A homeless woman in Los Angeles will be lit aflame outside a drug store. The suspect, named Dennis Petillo, will be taken into custody.

2. A person reading this story will feel the compulsion to watch a bad documentary.

3. A boy will a fatal disease named Dalton Dingus will receive five hundred thousand Christmas Cards. He sets a new world record.

Today is January 8th. I wait in a small park, waiting impatiently for Midori to arrive. My phone buzzes. I flick it open to see I have a message from Midori.

Hey Michael! You havin' a good day? :D Sorry, but I won't be able to come meet you today. :( I need to work double shift today, so I'm not going to be able to make it. Thanks for understanding!

-Midori

I just stand there, my jaw open. I went all the way to Shibuya for nothing…

Sigh… Well, what can I do? I hear my phone buzz once again, and I flick it open. I received a message from the messaging service I signed up for. It sends me news as soon as it is released to the general public. I open the message.

Naomi Misora Still Missing

Naomi Misora, a former FBI agent, has been reported missing as of January 1st. Misora was a widow as her fiancé, Raye Pember, was killed as the result of a heart attack. Misora's current whereabouts are unknown. If you have any information that may help this case, please call the police tip hotline. Thank you for your cooperation.

So, as I predicted, Raye Pember was to die shortly after I saw him. And considering the fact it was a heart attack, I'm going to take a guess it was Kira. The fact that his wife was a former FBI agent and disappeared means that Kira must've eliminated her as well. He most likely forced her to commit suicide. That murderer, he's beginning to cross the line. If he continues this, more and more good people will continue to die. The problem is that now that Raye's dead, the people that Raye were following are probably now under suspicion. I'll need to be extra cautious not to let anything slip out by mistake.

I finally get back home, and open the door. "I'm home!" I yell, knowing very well no one would be home. I walk up to my room, and toss my bag on my bed. I walk over to my laptop, and open it, expecting it to turn on. However, when I open it, the screen is dark, and that's when I notice it's been powered down. Why is this turned off? I remember leaving this turned on before I left the house. Maybe Sachiko just turned it off when I was out. Yeah, that's probably it. I boot the laptop up and look at a few sites, then close it again. "I'm hungry." I mumble as I walk downstairs. I enter the kitchen and open the fridge. After removing a jar of strawberry jam, I close it and grab a spoon from a nearby drawer. After indulging myself to half of the jar, I return it to the fridge. Though it tastes good, I know moderation is important. I don't want to get any more addicted to strawberry jam than I already am. I can imagine myself being checked into rehab for strawberry jam.

Michael's Fantasy

"Mwahahaha! Give me more! Give me more!"

"What is this guy? A doper? Crack-head?"

"It's worse. He's a… strawberry jam addict."

"Oh no! This could take years of treatment!"

"Give me jam NOW! GIVE ME ICHIGO JAMU NOW!"

Reality

Yeah… I should try and avoid that.

I walk upstairs and pull out my cell phone. I think I'll call Light and see when he'll be home. I dial the number and put my ear up to the receiver, then quickly hit the call end button. Why is there so much static? It's as though something's interfering with the signal, like another electronic. I turn off the laptop and all of the lights in the house. There's still interference. I turn the lights back on. There's got to be a reason why the cell interference is so high. I kick the dresser in the frustration. "Ow!" I yelp. I fall on the floor and rub my foot. That's when I notice it. There's a camera wedged under the bed.

"What the hell?" I say. I look at the camera, blinking a few times to make sure it's actually there. Why is there a camera in my room? I pull it out from under the bed. It appears to be transmitting live feed. I plug my laptop into the port on the side of it and find out that there's actually a network of cameras and bugs all throughout the house. "This must've been what's causing the interference." I state. Could the police suspect Kira's in this house? I need to look into this. I grab my laptop and run out of the house. I have to look into the police database, but I need to be quick about it.

At a nearby coffee shop, I connect to the internet and then access the police database from a small booth in the corner of the store. I don't find much of anything in the general information, but I discover a locked directory which I decode easily. Inside is the information I'm looking for. The police have set up a network of cameras all throughout the Yagami and Kitamura households. The two families have nothing in common, other than the fact both families had someone in the household with access to classified information, and that they were being trailed by Raye Pember. This means that the surveillance will either end when L gives up, or when they have enough proof to convict someone of being Kira. I'll have to be on my guard the next couple of days. But first, I think I'll give L a message.

NPA Headquarters, L

This plan has taken an unexpected turn. Someone within the Yagami household has found the cameras and bugs. He showed me a message that read "I know you are watching me. Don't worry, I won't tell. This is clearly important to whatever investigation you are currently undertaking, and I will not interfere." I have no choice but to take his word on it. I've identified the person who found the cameras to be Michael Kami, age thirteen. The Yagami family found on the edge of Tokyo Bay, and took him to the hospital, where he was found to be homeless, have no family, and have a bad case of amnesia. After he was released from the hospital, he was taken in by the family, and he's been living there ever since. He is planning on enrolling into To-Oh University along with Light Yagami. He seems to be very intelligent, as the sites where Mrs. Sachiko Yagami allowed him to get his education show him getting incredibly high scores. His I.Q. seems to be around 180 based on the test he took, so it's clear he's very bright. However, other than very recent medical records, there were no other previous records of him, no matter where I looked. I could not find him in any country in which I have access to birth records, criminal records, or medical records. It's as though he just fell out of the sky. The whole thing is rather strange.

I pop a candy into my mouth. His percentage of being Kira is just a little bit lower than Light Yagami. According to Mr. Yagami, he's studying Law at To-oh, just like Light, so he must have a strong sense of justice. He could very well be Kira. I must gather information before I make any assumptions though. I don't know much about his personality, so it's hard to assign a percentage as to whether he's Kira or not. We have to keep an eye on him. I look back over at the surveillance monitors, watching Michael read some sort of manga. Just who are you, Michael Kami?