Yes managed it to upload the chapter this week! Didn't had any time to upload it earlier today since I went to the Elf Fantasy Fair (it was very funny there). But here it is chapter 10, were nearing the end.
Death Note Afterlife. Chapter 10; Suicidal Operation.
Nate walked towards Kenji who was standing in the opening of the elevator. "Hello, you must be Kenji." he said and held his hand out to Kenji to greet him.
"Hello, Near was it?" Kenji asked although he knew exactly who he was.
Nate nodded. "So you're with you mother today?"
"I am. I really wanted to know what kind of stuff she was doing at work." Kenji lied.
"She probably also told you about the Kira case then?"
"Is that important then?"
"She didn't tell you are being suspected of being Kira?"
"Not directly, but I could make it up from my conversations with her."
"Would you mind if I take Kenji with me to another room?" Nate said and looked towards Halle who nodded to him. Nate motioned to Kenji to follow him to the other room.
Near walked into the room and he squatted down on the chair that was behind the desk and motioned to Kenji that he could sit down on the chair that was on the other side of the desk. Before Near began to speak he grabbed some toys and papers that were lying on the desk and put them away in a drawer.
"Would you like a cup of tea?" Near asked.
"Yes please." Kenji said and Near walked to the machine in the room and made two cups of tea.
While Near was making some tea, Kenji looked at the toy robot that was standing on the corner of the desk. He saw a red button on the middle of its chest and wanted to push it.
"Would you mind not touching that. It is a very special gift from a friend of mine." Near said and put the tea in front of Kenji as he took a gulp of his own tea.
"Are you going to interrogate me?" Kenji asked after he also took a gulp from the tea he got from Near who was squatting on the chair again.
"Smart boy. I just have to make sure you're not Kira because if you are you'd probably have seen my real name already."
"So, what's your first question?"
"Are you Kira?" Near simply asked.
"Sorry to disappoint you, but no." Kenji said seriously.
"That really disappoints me. It is weird since all the paths lead to you."
"Which paths?"
"The rare victims were kids from your school and even some from your class. You…"
"But that doesn't prove anything. What if someone else from my class or school could be Kira?" Kenji interrupted.
"That brings me to my second reason." Near continued after he got interrupted. "You are mostly home alone which gives you much time to make judgments."
"I have friends whom I hang out with, so I'm not always at home."
"My third reason. You're close to someone who's working in the operation, so the Death Note would probably be passed onto you."
"But I'm not the only ones who has connections with the operation, doesn't one of your other colleagues have any relatives who are on my school and is home alone a lot?" Kenji held on strongly to his chair if he wanted the chair to break.
"Actually no." Near said while Kenji was scared inside of being caught. "And the thing that makes you a suspect even more is that you were there when Anthony got killed in the Hasu café."
Kenji had a very serious expression on his face when looking at Near but from the inside he thought it already was over, he lost. What could he say now to defend himself?
"But I'm telling you, I'm not Kira." Kenji said.
"But why do all the paths lead to you then?" Near calmly asked.
"I don't know, maybe someone is setting this up to not become a suspect himself. But I'm telling you; I am not KIRA!" Kenji shouted so hard that the others could hear him from the other room.
"Kenji, don't dare to screw this up, or else..." Sayu thought.
After a few moments of silent in the room Kenji stormed out of the room and walked away from Near in anger. Near, who was following him, grabbed Kenji's shoulder. Kenji then stood still for a few seconds.
"You are Kira Kenji, just admit it." Near said.
Kenji then became furious, turned around quickly and slammed Near on his nose, giving him a nosebleed.
"Kenji! Why did you hit Near!" Halle shouted shocked because of her sons actions.
"It's okay Halle, if he wants to do it this way." Near said and then punched Kenji in his stomach. Kenji fell but recovered quickly and kicked Near back in his stomach making him fall on the ground.
"Kenji, stop it now!" Kenji walked to Near and stood next to him.
"Sorry mother but this person must vanish from this world." Kenji said with now red eyes, he then was about to kick Near in his face but his leg got grabbed by Near and he threw him against the wall. Near and Kenji both stood up and just stared at each other.
"Ooh! This battle is getting intense." Raito said who was standing next to Sayu. While Near and Kenji still were standing still and Halle and Gevanni looking what was about to happen Sayu suddenly saw the Death Note lying in the bag of Kenji.
"Dammit Kenji. Why did you bring this thing along with you?" Sayu thought.
Suddenly Near sat down on the ground.
"What are you doing?" Kenji asked surprised.
"This fight is over Kira." Near responded.
"I'm telling you that I'm not Kira!" Kenji ran to Near to kick him against his head, but Near grabbed his leg again and blocked the attack.
"Stop now." Near threw Kenji on the ground. "Gevanni, would you be so kind to hand me over the bag Kenji brought along." Near said as suddenly everyone in the room looked with big eyes about what was going to happen next.
"Just as I thought." Near pulled the Death Note out of Kenji's bag. "Thank you for the hint Sayu."
"Kenji, is this what it looks like?" Halle asked.
"Mom, you…you don't understand." Kenji said.
"What is the thing that I don't understand? You have killed thousands of people, what is the thing to not understand?"
"How do you think I feel? You're never home, I always have to cook for myself and am stuck in a dark house the whole night. I get bullied at school, because of liking other thing than the others."
"Why didn't you tell me that!"
"Because you wouldn't understand it. I just want revenge!" Kenji shouted as a tear crawled over his cheek. "I want JUSTICE in this world!" Kenji started to laugh hysterical to the shock of his mother.
"Sorry, Kenji." Halle said and she sat next to him.
"Halle, Gevanni, Sayu?" Near interrupted. "I want you to touch the notebook, because it seems there is another individual in this room." he gave the notebook to his colleagues and let them touch the Death Note and they all saw Raito standing in the room now.
"Hello Shinigami." Near said.
"Nice to see you, Near." Raito said.
"Sorry Kenji, but you have failed me. I don't need you now anymore." Sayu thought and then opened her watch where the she hid the piece of paper from the Death Note. She remembered a tactic from her brother to write something down without having a pencil. You just have to get something sharp and pointy and then prick yourself a little so you can write with your blood.
So Sayu grabbed a hairpin out of her hair and pricked in her arm and wrote down a name on the paper. Kenji Bullook.
While Near and Gevanni were talking with Raito about the current case, Halle was holding Kenji against her chest to calm Kenji down. After the 40 seconds past Kenji suddenly began to feel something, a heavy pain in his chest.
"Mom, I still love you." Kenji said and looked up to his mother.
"I also love you Kenji, don't forget that." Halle cried.
And I will always love you." Kenji said as his eyes slowly closed and let his last breath out.
"Kenji…KENJI!" Halle shouted while tears crawled over her cheeks and held her son tight against her chest. "Kenji…I will always love you too." Halle now only cried.
Near, Gevanni, Raito and Sayu looked to the crying mother holding her dead child in her arms.
"What just happened?" Near thought and looked around him with his lastly looking at Sayu. "Guys, you can go home now. I want to have some time alone." Near said and squatted on the ground.
Gevanni nodded and then left the room. Sayu shortly followed Gevanni and passed Raito.
"Sorry Ryuzaki, this had to be done." Sayu whispered.
"I know. See you again soon." Raito answered and Sayu left the room too.
After a few minutes Halle finally stopped crying. She looked to Near who had been waiting for her the whole time until she finished crying.
"What are you going to do now?" Near asked.
"I don't know."
"If you want you can quit the case."
"No. Kira now already has taken two of my loved ones." Halle said when she suddenly realized that her son was the current Kira. "But if Kenji was Kira, why did he died? Did he killed himself?"
"I don't think so. I don't really know yet what exactly happened but it involves another Death Note or ripped out pages."
"I shall pay the funeral. You may pick the most beautiful coffin you can find."
"Thank you Near." Halle said and wiped some tears away.
Sayu was sitting in her room watching the news. "Now that I killed Kenji, I should be the owner again. If Ryuzaki just was here. He could tell me more information, but he is commanded to stay with the Death Note." she thought.
"Sayu!" Sachiko shouted from downstairs. "Misa is at the door!"
Sayu walked downstairs and saw Misa talking with her mother in the living room. "Hi Sayu." Misa said.
"Hi Misa. How are you doing?"
"Great!" Misa said happily.
"Shall we go upstairs?" Sayu asked and already turned around to head upstairs. Misa nodded and followed her upstairs. When they entered Sayu's room Misa sat down on her bed and Sayu on the desk chair.
"So, how did it go? Has Kenji figured out Near's name?" Misa asked.
"No he didn't." Sayu said.
"What happened?" Misa asked surprised.
"Kenji…died." Sayu said as Misa looked shocked about the answer Sayu gave.
"But…" Misa couldn't finish her sentence because she was just speechless.
"Near interrogated Kenji, but Kenji screwed it up. The two of them got into a fight which suddenly stopped because Near found the Death Note in Kenji's bag."
"He had the Death Note with him?"
Sayu nodded. "Seems Kenji wasn't that clever at all."
"And what about Ryuzaki?"
"Ryuzaki is still at the SPK. Because Near has the Death Note there Ryuzaki has to stay there according to the rules." Sayu said. "But because I killed him the Death Note is now in my possession."
"That's true." Misa looked down on the ground. "But how are you going to figure Near's name out now? You don't have any helper anymore. And I won't shorten my lifespan for a third time, although I got two lives of a Shinigami I won't shorten it."
"You don't have to, you can't even reach the SPK so that would be useless."
"So there isn't really something I can do?"
"Well not…" Sayu got interrupted because she got a text message on her phone from Near.
"Tomorrow is the funeral of Kenji. Halle would like you to come, you can also take Misa with you if you want." it said.
"You could go to Kenji's funeral if you want." Sayu said.
"That is the least I can do." Misa said.
"Sayu dinner is ready!" Sachiko shouted from downstairs.
"Coming mom!" Sayu shouted back.
"It was nice to see you again Mrs. Yagami." Misa said.
"How many times have I told you that you just can call me Sachiko?" she responded.
"Sorry, I just have a habit that I always say the last name of an adult."
"You're an adult yourself Misa." Sayu said.
Misa giggled. "Well, I will be going now. Bye!" Misa said and walked away.
"She's always such a nice girl." Sachiko said. "Now let's eat something, I'm hungry."
"Me too." Sayu said and she and her mother sat down at the table and began to eat their dinner.
"Sayu, Sayu, Sayu. Please hurry up." Raito thought while he sat on the couch in the lounge of the SPK with Near sleeping in the room next to it.
"I really want you to kill off my last enemy. After that I have completed my task." Raito looked at the toys at the ground.
"I remember that I always would play with you when we were young, and that I brought you to school and picked you up. Until it suddenly became embarrassing. We had many good times, I've seen you grow up from a cute girl to a mature woman." Raito then looked at the picture of Near, Mello and L on the computer desk.
"Sorry, for involving you in the mafia case with Mello. I had almost killed you, but you are the last person I want to kill. I hope you will accomplish our goals, good luck Sayu."
And that was the end of Kenji. Will Sayu discover Near's name, will Ryuzaki reveal his real identity as Raito, will Misa finally be able to do something? You'll find it out in the next chapter.