Chapter 10: Disaster

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(I don't own Death Note. I credit all characters except Daigo and Shana to the true author of the manga/Anime: Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata)

Kira watched the news that night. The mass murderer couldn't stop thinking about the young man who was with Ray Penber when he died. By now, he had already given the information about Ray Penber to L and the specialized task force, so there was no point in writing his name down now. Suddenly, Kira has an idea. The murderer pulled out the black notebook, and began writing

Soichiro Yagami

Death by Suicide, January 5, 2004. Sends pictures of all the remaining NPA members to the following address online – realizes his mistake one day later, and attempts to recover file before someone reads it. A message appears on his screen, saying "Kira will judge all evildoers. You and the rest of these NPA members have been judged by Kira." Does not tell anyone about any of these occurances. Cancels everything planned for the next several days, then kills himself where no one will ever find him at a place only he knows about.

Kira then waits.

Soichiro Yagami, realizes there's something he needs to do, and asks Ryuuzaki if he can leave for awhile. He shows up at the NPA's headquarters, and compiles a list of the NPA's members who are on the task force. After the report is complete, he sends the file, and returns to the meeting. He listens intently, and approves of what is about to happen. They begin watching the tapes of the FBI agents. Ryuuzaki watches the tapes, and also begins watching Soichiro Yagami.

Something isn't right. Mr. Yagami is the sort of person that wouldn't leave a meeting unless something important came up. Ryuuzaki speaks up, while watching one agent of the FBI dying of heart attack, "Mr. Yagami, May I ask what was so important that you left our meeting early into it?" Mr. Yagami said, "Huh, Oh. I just had to send in some documents to the chief. Nothing of great importance."

Ryuuzaki nodded his head, and continued watching the screen. Ryuuzaki stopped the tape, walked out of the room, and said, "I need to talk to Watari for a few minutes." He goes through the door while Yagami is left silent. Watari looks up from his own set of computers, and says, "Yes, Ryuuzaki?" Ryuuzaki says, "Watari, I need you to keep an eye on Mr. Yagami. It may be nothing, but he did something while away. Monitor his computer for me."

He returns to the room, and continues watching the FBI agents.

A beep appears on his/her black computer. The files were successfully sent to the account. She quickly uploads a virus to the internet server, causing the system to crash, erasing several accounts including her account. Kira begins reviewing the files. She takes note of their names and faces. Perfect. These people will become my pawns for a time, that way I can determine the identities of L and the rest of the agents. I'll have to plan this carefully so the details will not lead back to me. I guess there's no point in going after Ray Penber's helper. Kira mulls it over as he/she lies down on the bed.

Daigo was dismissed shortly before Ryuuzaki starts watching the video tapes. He stumbled back to his grandparents' house, where he lay on the bed. After a few minutes, he is fast asleep.

The next morning, Ryuuzaki calls shortly before school is to begin. "Good morning Daigo. I'm just letting you know there's a meeting later today at…" A loud ring sounds as Daigo slams the phone down. He really likes to sleep as long as he can before school begins. "Yawn Better get goin'. I think I'm gonna smash Ryuuzaki's face in for this."

He packs up his supplies, and exits the building. Shana meets Daigo as he walks down the street. "Daigo, I've got several criminals set to die at various times throughout today and tomorrow.."

Daigo smiled and said, "Thanks Shana. Things are looking fairly well on my front. L isn't going after us for awhile. He's chasing the Kira who's killing the police. Just keep a low profile, and they'll never suspect you."

Daigo took a closer look at Shana. She almost looked like she was starting to enjoy what she was doing. He said, "Look, Shana. I don't think it's a good idea to leave the notebook in one person's hands for too long…"

Shana felt shocked. She had to admit, she was starting to enjoy using the notebook. It had an alluring quality to it. Something that almost demanded she use it. It was disconcerting to notice such a presence. It was almost…evil. Shana shook the feeling aside and said, "It's alright. I'm not doing this for myself. I'm doing it to save so many people. I can handle this."

Ryuk sat off to the side, watching the exchange. "Humans. They are so…interesting."

Soichiro Yagami looked on his computer in the morning and checked his email. He noticed something was wrong. He forgot he sent something to an email address, but the website he sent it to was the wrong one. He tried hacking into the account, but suddenly the screen turned black. The words started to appear,

Kira will judge all evildoers. You and the rest of the NPA members have been judged by Kira.

Yagami sits silently at his computer, contemplating what he had done. He gave the NPA members' names and faces to Kira. He felt hopeless, that everything was lost. He began crying, that he would be the death of the rest of his members. Finally, he stood up, and left the building. He phones his wife, saying he'll be out of town for awhile.

He also calls Ryuuzaki, who answers. "This is L. Mr. Yagami, we know what appeared on your computer screen. What does it mean?" Soichiro tries to answer, to tell Ryuuzaki that he sent the members names and faces to Kira, but couldn't. All he can say is, "I'm sorry L. I need some time off…Please forgive me for what I've done…" Ryuuzaki quickly says, "Mr. Yagami, you're being controlled by Kira…don't give in…FIGHT IT!! WHAT DID KIRA HAVE YOU…!" The phone cut off.

Ryuuzaki looks at his phone, and attempts to call Soichiro back, but he didn't respond. He knew Kira had probably just claimed his next victim. Ryuuzaki called the rest of the members of the task force, excluding Daigo for an emergency meeting. Everyone is to meet together at the hotel suite in the Tato Hotel.

Thirty minutes later, the meeting begins with Ryuuzaki saying, "Everyone, I have terrible news to report. Soichiro Yagami is now under the control of Kira, and I cannot find him. No doubt, Kira will kill Mr. Yagami in a place where no one will find him. What we need to discover is what Mr. Yagami did originally while under Kira's control. Matsuda and Aizawa, check Mr. Yagami's computer back at headquarters. Mogi and Ukita, bring in Light Yagami. Also, bring in Daigo." Everyone is shocked at all this. After Ryuuzaki finishes, everyone scrambles.

Light Yagami was sitting, bored in class when Ukita and Mogi ask for Light's early dismissal. They meet with another student in the hallway. Light immediately recognizes Daigo from the time he picked up the death note. He says, "Hey, aren't you the freshman who was in the courtyard…"

Daigo manages to mask his terror at hearing this, then calms down on the inside. It's alright. All he saw was me picking up a black notebook that I dropped. Daigo smiles and said, "Yeah, you can't imagine the panic I went through at realizing it was missing. Then, I saw it was in the courtyard. So, I asked the teacher to see if I could get the notebook back."

Light said, "Yeah, I can imagine." They walked silently to their next class completely unaware of what was about to happen. Mogi and Ukita were waiting in their Japanese culture class. They spoke to them, "Light, Daigo. There's been an incident. Mr. Yagami, your dad, Light, has disappeared. We suspect Kira is behind it, and that Kira will kill Mr. Yagami before this is over."

Light's eyes opened wide and he responded quickly, "Dad! Kira got to my Dad…Wait which Kira?" Ukita and Mogi looked at each other, clearly surprised. They said, "The second Kira."

Daigo and Light ran through the lobby to the elevator. The elevator was on the top floor, so they had to wait. Meanwhile, Ukita and Matsuda caught up to the two. After several seconds, which could have been several years, the elevator opened. They rushed inside. Daigo began thumbing Ryuuzaki's floor number. Light stood off to the side and began questioning Ukita and Matsuda. The elevator went slowly up to L's floor. Finally, the doors opened again. Light and Daigo rushed to Ryuuzaki's door, where Daigo pounded relentlessly.

Ryuuzaki opened the door a fraction, and Daigo burst through. He grabbed Ryuuzaki and said, "What do you mean Kira has Soichiro Yagami? Ryuuzaki, you better have a good explanation for this!" Light was shortly behind him. Ryuuzaki's dead eyes penetrated both of them. He said, "I don't know for sure, but there's a 90 chance that Soichiro Yagami is under the control of Kira. I don't know what he did for sure, but he did something last night when he returned to his office."

Ryuuzaki grabbed Daigo's hands, and pried them off him. He narrowed his eyes and continued, "We need to find out what he sent, what he did, and everything we can. Light, I know you can hack into your father's computer."

Light was surprised at this, then said, "Right. How did…Never mind. You want to see if I can recover what my father sent…Oh no!" Light's eyes widened in fear at the terrible thought that crossed his mind.

He paced for a second, then turned back to Ryuuzaki, "L…you don't think that…my dad did…?" Ryuuzaki nodded his head in agreement. Daigo was confused. He asked, "What? What did your dad do?" Ryuuzaki said, "If you recall Daigo, Mr. Yagami went to his office the previous evening during our meeting. We believe he gathered information on each member of the NPA who's in the Kira investigation."

Daigo grabbed his mouth in terror, then thought again, "Wait…he can't get my name from the NPA's system. My name isn't on record, because I'm a transfer student…right?"

Ryuuzaki sighed. He looked out the window and responded, "No. Unfortunately, your name and face, along with Light's and Mikami's were put in the system. That means your father has undoubtably sent the information about you. He may have been able to avoid sending Light's information, as he wasn't a member of the task force yet. However, there is good news."

(This is my currently my favorite chapter. Light meets L, albet under terrible circumstances. The story will basically skewer from the main storyline at this point.)

Two questions:

1) Who is the first Kira

2) What could possibly be the good news Ryuuzaki has?