Chapter Eleven: Vampires and Shinigami
Ryuzaki looked over the speech that Light had prepared for the Kira video. Shawn was once again playing Pac Man on the couch. Matsuda was able to surpass his score but Shawn would win in the end. Mr. Monk was making sure all the drinks had a back up coaster on them. Ryuk was so tempted to just knock over one of the glasses and see what would happen. Gus looked around the room uneasily.
"Do you guys get the feeling we're being watched..." Gus said. He began to pay close attention to the walls.
"It's just your imagination," Shawn answered, "Stop letting that Wilting Flower incident get to you."
"Wilting Flower?" Natalie asked.
"I told you to stop telling everyone about that! I was seven! I couldn't sleep for weeks!" Gus exclaimed.
"My name is Wilting Flower, I died many moons ago. Will you be my friend?" Shawn said in his Wilting Flower voice.
"Knock it off Martin!" Gus yelled though at this point it was pointless using Shawn's fake name thanks to his dad's call yesterday.
"Well what do you think Ryuzaki? I tried to get into Kira's shoes as best as possible," Light said.
"This is good...but if we don't take out the part 'as for L you can kill him'...I'll die...," Ryuzaki said.
"...Light would sure like that to happen," Shawn mumbled to the others. Light, however, heard this comment but pretended not to. He just laughed off Ryuzaki's comment.
"Well when I thought about it from Kira's view I figured he'd definitely want L dead in this situation...it was just a joke you can change it," Light answered.
"It wasn't that funny...right?" Mr. Monk whispered to Natalie. She shook her head.
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"Okay guys we're going to go get pizza," Shawn said as he motioned Gus to follow.
"Pizza, at this time of day?" Light asked. It was only ten o'clock in the morning.
"Yeah. We would have just called for delivery but a certain someone doesn't want anyone in the hotel room..." Shawn said as he referred to Ryuzaki. Though he was only kidding even though Ryuzaki didn't realize it.
"So anyone want any particular toppings..." Shawn asked.
"I don't like pizza...it's too...messy," Mr. Monk said.
"Okay so that's no for Mr. Brown...anyone else...going once going twice..."
"Ooo! Can we get one with anchovies!" Matsuda asked.
"Ask for one with apples Light!" Ryuk exclaimed.
"And where are you going to eat that Ryuk?" Light thought to himself.
"How about you Ryu?" Shawn said but he then remembered that pizza wasn't sweet, "Oh right...never mind...come along Bud!"
Psych
Now as soon as Shawn had suggested getting pizza, Gus knew something was up. He immediately went down to the car to follow Shawn. Shawn was already in the driver's seat with the window open and the car doors locked. Gus tried to open it, hoping Shawn would unlock it. But he didn't.
"Shawn open the door!" he yelled.
"What? What's that? I can't hear you!" Shawn said though he could clearly hear what Gus was saying. Gus banged on the car door but Shawn placed his hand to his ear.
"Shawn! This isn't funny!"
"What? Still can't hear you!"
"Shawn!" Shawn finally opened the door and moved over to the passenger seat.
"Oh come on Gus I was just joking around."
"Well it wasn't funny...so why are we going to get pizza anyway?"
"I was hungry...and we need to recollect our thoughts somewhere where Light can't hear us."
"Okay ...so what are we recollecting on?"
"Light is definitely Kira."
"Shawn, we've been saying that for weeks now. There's no evidence against him."
"I know...but...if we could just find something...any clue...wait! If Light is Kira...maybe he met that girl that...went missing..."
"If he did...when could they have met?"
"I don't know..."
Monk
As soon as Shawn and Gus left, poor Mr. Monk looked completely lost. Not that he needed Shawn and Gus. He just felt uncomfortable around Light. He didn't know why though. Suddenly, however, someone put the case files back on the table all completely un-organized.
"Now all the files are messed up...again..." Mr. Monk said.
"Is something wrong?"
Light asked with curiosity.
"Yes...all these papers are
un-organized again...we need to work on a system from now on..."
Mr. Monk said as he began to re-organize everything for the thirty
eighth time, "now let's organize the Monk way."
"...why Monk?" Light asked. Natalie stopped for a moment. This was not good. Mr. Monk glanced quickly at Natalie then back at the papers. Finally, he looked up at Light.
"I grew up in a monastery...the monks were always teaching us the ...value of cleaning and organizing...and so we are organizing the monk way..." Ryuk burst into laughter at this.
"This guy can't be serious!" he laughed and nearly fell on the floor.
"I see..." Light said, trying to pretend to believe Mr. Monk's story.
"Hey guys, pizza's here!" Shawn said as he put a plate of pizza down on the table. He then handed Ryuzaki an Almond Joy.
"We figured we'd get you something," Shawn explained.
"Hey this pretty good pizza for delivery!" Matsuda exclaimed.
"It's not delivery, it's Digiorno," Shawn said, "yeah the pizza place wasn't open...so we just went to the grocery store..."
"I didn't think they would have Digiorno pizza in Japan," Gus said.
"Me either. We were lucky they did. I was starving. And who would have known Almond Joys were so popular..." Shawn continued this pointless conversation.
"Ryuzaki we've received a response from the second Kira!" the computer screen said.
"Oh joy already? Yeah breakfast and a show!" Shawn said as he took a slice of pizza. Ryuzaki took his half eaten Almond Joy and sat down back in his chair.
"I want to meet you Kira," the video said, "I don't think you have the eyes but I won't kill you, don't worry."
"Eyes? What eyes?" Gus asked.
"Maybe it's a secret message?" Mr. Monk suggested.
"Or maybe the eyes are like killer...enhancers..." Shawn said. Ryuzaki didn't offer anything though he too seemed puzzled.
"Please think of a way we can meet without the police knowing. We can confirm each other when we meet by showing our Shinigami."
Quite a few things happened at once. For one, Gus immediately became excited.
"I told you so!" he exclaimed as he jumped up and down, "I knew they were real!" At the same time, Ryuzaki fell out of his chair from complete shock so no one really paid attention to Gus.
"Ryuzaki are you okay?" Natalie asked.
"Shinigami? Are we supposed to accept the existence of such a thing?" Ryuzaki said, still in shock. Gus finally realized what was going on and stopped jumping up and down.
"Come on Ryuzaki, Shinigami can't possibly exist," Light said.
"For once I agree...Shinigami can't exist...just ignore Bud. He is the one who believed in Wilting Flower," Shawn said. Gus glared at his friend for insulting him.
"Actually I think that there's..." Mr. Monk was about to say until Natalie cut him off.
"Kira made a prison write something that suggested the existence of Shinigami," Ryuzaki said, still on the floor.
"Maybe Shinigami is like a secret code..." Shawn suggested.
"and maybe the real Kira and the second Kira have joined forces...and they're using the word 'Shinigami' to confuse us," Aizawa suggested.
"That's not possible," Ryuzaki said as he finally got to his feet, "If they were working together then they wouldn't stop their plan to kill me." Natalie helped Ryuzaki lift his chair back up.
"The second Kira is acting from his own feelings. The second Kira's own feelings...the desire to meet Kira," Ryuzaki continued.
"Maybe this 'Shinigami' term is describing the ability to kill..." Light suggested.
"What? Uh-huh Shinigami exist. I said so from the beginning," Gus said.
"I second that theory," Mr. Monk said.
"Oh come on you too you can't be serious," Shawn said.
"I'm dead serious," Gus replied, "We have run into other supernatural beings before remember those va—"
"O—kay let's not go there Bud," Shawn immediately cut his friend off, "Wilting Flower and Scary Sherry don't count." Mr. Monk nodded his head in agreement though he was thinking the exact same thing as Gus. Ryuzaki noticed their uneasiness but he'd figured he'd ask them later about it since they clearly didn't want to discuss it in front of Light.
"From now on, we'll let Kira and the second Kira handle everything. We can assume that the second Kira is very happy right now after receiving a reply from Kira...even if he knows it was created by the police," Ryuzaki continued.
"She..." Mr. Monk said, "The second Kira is a female."
"Wait when did we find out the second Kira was a girl?" Shawn asked.
"The fingerprints...they were too small. Unless an eight year old is the second Kira," Mr. Monk said. Ryuzaki nodded.
"Yes she...we'll air this reply on the six o'clock news. It's possible that Kira might send a reply this time. He definitely wouldn't want the second Kira getting caught by the police. I've also been thinking about what the second Kira will do if Kira does not reply...maybe she will release more information to the police and media," Ryuzaki said.
"And that would put more pressure on Kira," Mr. Monk said.
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"Mr. Monk, Gus, I'd be interested in knowing why you think Shinigami exist...and why they have something to do with this case," Ryuzaki asked. Light had left about an hour ago. Ryuzaki had sent out the rest of the team to look through some other evidence regarding the case simply because he knew Mr. Monk and Gus wouldn't talk with so many people around.
"See here's the thing...I'm ninety five percent sure that these Death Gods exist," Mr. Monk said.
"I agree with Mr. Monk," Gus said, "I mean it makes sense. Maybe that's why everyone is dying of heart attacks."
"Do you have any logic to back this up?" Ryuzaki asked.
"...well...see here's the thing...we're not suppose to tell anyone..." Mr. Monk trailed off.
"Mr. Monk, this could mean closing the case and your return to America," Ryuzaki pointed out.
"...Let me just consult this with my assistant," Mr. Monk said as he pulled Natalie away.
"Natalie, let's just tell him," Mr. Monk said.
"No Mr. Monk!" Natalie said, "We promised Zero and Yuuki that we wouldn't mention the vampires!"
"Natalie, first it's vampires and now it's Death Gods! And I need to get back home and replace the lint filter on my drier...I mean it's not going to clean itself."
"No."
"Mr. Monk are you going to tell me or not?" Ryuzaki asked. Mr. Monk slowly turned around.
"...We can't..." Mr. Monk said, clearly depressed.
"How about you Gus?"
"I don't have a problem telling our logic," Gus said.
"Gus!" Natalie exclaimed.
"Sorry Natalie but this is a matter of life and death. Look we've been here before. We got a case offering at a high school. Turns out the school was full of vampires."
"...Vampires?" Ryuzaki said. Were these four completely insane?
"That's right. Ask Shawn he'll tell you all about it."
"I got digits from one of them..." Shawn said. Ryuzaki turned to Mr. Monk and Natalie. If they both confirmed this information then it must be true. Right?
"It's true...there was a school full of vampires..." Mr. Monk said.
"Mr. Monk! You promised!" Natalie yelled.
"I'm sorry...I couldn't help myself..."
"Okay fine it's true Ryuzaki. But we're not telling you what school it was," Natalie said.
"It doesn't matter. The police aren't going to believe this any way. And if vampires doexist, it doesn't prove that Shinigami exist," Ryuzaki said.
"Wait...are you saying you don't believe us?" Shawn asked.
"I never said that," Ryuzaki replied.
"But you were hinting at it," Natalie said.
"I can't believe this!" Gus exclaimed.
"Listen Ryuzaki...I can't lie...I've tried and it just...doesn't work for me..." Mr. Monk said.
"Well we know that we're right...right?" Shawn asked.
"Of course we're right Shawn! We were there!" Gus said.
"I had to wipe the blood off a vampire...we were there," Mr. Monk cringed at the thought. Wiping the blood off Kaname's chin was not a pleasant experience.
"...You know what if you don't believe us then how can we work on this case together?" Natalie asked.
"Natalie let's not go that far..." Mr. Monk said. He didn't like the idea of a case being unsolved. In a way he was like Kira, he always thought he would win. "Oh I get it! Ryuzaki is punking us. It's all just a joke because we're all friends..."
"...Mr. Monk I think he's being serious..." Gus said.
"No, no, you're kidding right? You really believe us right?" Mr. Monk said.
