Chapter 10

Light Yagami had joined the Kira case.

The brunette sent a smirk my way as he was led to the case evidence. I knew the saying, "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." Light was neither a friend or an enemy, so I guess it would be okay to just ignore that saying and kick him in the balls just for good measure.

He was totally Kira. My intuition told me so. From how the past few days had gone, I realized my gut was almost always right.

I had kept my distance from everyone, and I knew that they noticed something was up. Matsuda didn't bring up that day. He always gave me a pat on the back or squeezed my hand in reassurance.

"Everything will be okay," he kept telling me that. I had no choice but to believe him or else I would have fallen apart.

Light came up with the same conclusion as L: a second Kira was out there.

"It's decided then. First, we must stop the second Kira. He clearly sympathizes with Kira and isn't that smart. He might be subservient to the real Kira. Then, chances are good that we can stop him if we fabricate a message from the real Kira," L said.

Light spoke up. "Just as I'd expect from you, Ryuzaki. I, myself, was thinking that would be the best move."

Sure, you were. I rolled my eyes at the man.

"So Light-kun, I'd like for you to play the role of the real Kira."

"M-me?" Light pretended to look surprised.

"Yes you, bitch," I muttered under my breath. L glanced over at me, but I quickly looked away.

I can't believe I almost let myself fell in love with my second kidnapper.

"Yes. Someone as talented as you should be able to pull it off. Either way, we don't have much time. Can you script a message from Kira, so we can get it on the evening news?"

Light agreed sweetly.

He made me gag on a daily basis.

The three of us youngsters were gathered later that evening.

I sat as far away from the other two as I could. I was summoned by Watari, instructed to keep up my appearance as L's personal nurse in front of Light. I was supposed to 'spy on him' as well.

Light had just finished his script, so L was reading over it.

"It's written amazingly well...but if you don't take out the part that says, 'I don't care if you kill L,' I'll die."

Light laughed annoyingly. "Well, when I put myself in Kira's shoes, I figured that he would want L to be killed, no matter what. I wasn't serious of course. Go ahead and edit that part as you see fit."

"Sure. Aihara-san, the script is ready. Please go ahead with it."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A few days after Light's video goes out, Watari informed us through the computer that there was a reply from the second Kira. They played the video, where the second Kira said they would do as Kira instructed.

"I want to meet you, Kira-san. Although I don't think you possess the eyes, I won't kill you, Kira-san."

The eyes? What did that mean? I couldn't figure it out.

"Please think of a good way for us to meet without being caught by the police. When we do meet, we can confirm each other by showing our Death Gods."

I heard L gasp from beside me.

"Death Gods?!" Matsuda and Aizawa exclaimed at the same time.

The detective suddenly threw his hands up, letting out a terrified shout.

"What the hell?!" I shouted, startled by his sudden outburst.

L fell out of his chair and onto the floor. "Ryu—Ryuzaki!" Aizawa and Matsuda crouched down beside us on the floor. I had already crawled over to him, trying to get him to sit up. "Are you okay?" I asked.

L sat up quickly, staring at the TV. In a terrified tone, he said, "Shinigami? You expect me to accept that such things exist?"

I was done with L trying to define all of this by logic. I knew that something else had to be going on. "How else have they killed all these people, Ryuzaki?" I pointed my finger into his chest. "It's like you don't believe in ghosts, either."

He shot me a look that said, 'You're stupid.'

"I don't believe in them, Ava-san." He paused for a moment. "Kira also made prison inmates write notes that hinted at the existence of Shinigami."

Yagami-san spoke up next. "If that's the case, shouldn't we assume this person to be the same Kira we've been chasing since the beginning? They're the same person so they used the same words..."

Light cut in. "That can't be, dad. If we are dealing with the original Kira, there's no way he's respond to the video that we made up. There's no way the real Kira would play along with our plan and allow for L to avoid appearing on TV and dying."

"Then, perhaps these two Kiras have already established a connection and by using the word, 'Shinigami', are attempting to throw off the investigation," Aizawa said.

Okay, these theories were getting ridiculous.

L took the words right out of my mouth. "That's impossible. Just as Light-kun says, if the two Kiras were already connected, there's no way they'd let my murder be suspended."

The second Kira person obviously was infatuated with Kira and would do whatever he said, just like a doggo.

They wanted to meet him no matter what. If Kira did not respond, L said that second Kira would broadcast another secret in order to manipulate the original one.

We would just have to wait and see what happened.

"What are you doing?" I asked, a scowl on my face.

L crawled into the bed, reaching over and taking the book I was reading from my hand. He set it on the nightstand beside him. "I have something to ask."

"Uh, okay?" I sat up and faced him. "What is it?"

He stared into my eyes. "Why have you been avoiding me lately?"

I had let out a sharp laugh. "How dare you ask me that." I threw the covers back, ready to jump out of the bed.

He stopped me by grabbing my wrist. He looked so confused. "What?"

I tried to shake him off, but his grip was too strong. "I know what you and Watari did, L! I can't believe I was so stupid to trust you guys. I should've known something was up sooner."

With my free hand, I brushed the tears away from my cheeks. With his other hand, he squeezed my chin, forcing me to look at him.

His eyes scanned my face and I noticed that his expression had become darker. "Tell me, Ava. What exactly did we do?"

I couldn't lie. He was scaring me. I started to tremble under his gaze. "You—you made me sign a marriage registration." I whispered the words. I was too embarrassed to say them.

He was quiet for a few moments. "I couldn't help myself."

My eyes snapped back to look into his. "What?"

He let go of my face and wrist, putting his head into his hands. "When I saw you… I lost all of my reasoning. All I knew was that I wanted you."

L grabbed my hand suddenly and pushed my palm onto his chest. "Can you feel my heart, Ava? I spent a whole night wondering 'why does it beat so fast when I see this girl?' I figured it out when I saw you the next morning, smiling brightly despite what happened to you."

I stared at him in shock. "It was love at first sight," I breathed out the words.

He nodded, studying my face. "I couldn't send you home when I had just found you. I…I had Watari get the papers and make you sign them without you knowing. It was the only way to keep you here long enough to make you feel the same."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. "So…because you fell in love with me, you made me elope?' I shook my head. "L… I thought you were a man of justice. How could you do this?"

He hung his head. "I'm sorry Ava. I didn't think about how this would affect you or your life. I was selfish, I am selfish."

It was silent for a long time.

He sat there with his head hung in shame. I came to my senses after processing the whole situation completely. I slid out of the bed, my feet touching the cool floor.

He looked up at me as I grabbed my bag.

"L," I said, looking right into his dark eyes. "I want it annulled and I want to go home. Now."