This chapter is based on one of my all-time favorite episodes of Death Note. My only fear right now is that I will unable to do it justice. Disclaimer: I don't own Death Note or Persona 4.

"The instrument to write with can be anything, (e.g. cosmetics, blood, etc) as long as it can write directly onto the note and remains as legible letters."

Chapter 11: Assault

Kanji was standing next to Watari in the hotel currently acting as IVK headquarters. "Things have been a little quiet lately," Kanji muttered, "While I'm grateful that there haven't been as many deaths, this also means we have to less to work with in regards to catching Kira." Watari nodded. "I understand your frustration Rokuten but... Wait, what's this?" Kanji had been channel surfing to pass the time and maybe find a lead. He had stopped on Sakura TV, and the name Kira had come up. After listening for a few seconds, Watari and Kanji headed for the main sitting room, where L was talking with Aizawa, Ukita, Matsuda, Rise, and Labrys. "Ryuzaki," Watari said, "We have a situation. Turn on Sakura TV." Rise picked up the remote and turned on the nearby TV.

Over the TV came an unusual broadcast. "So you see, everyone at this station is being being held hostage by Kira. Beyond that, we feel we have a professional duty to air this broadcast. Five days ago, our producers received a letter and four tapes from Kira himself. The first tape predicted the deaths of two criminals recently arrested as proof that it was indeed Kira. As both of these criminals were later confirmed to have died of heart attacks, we are certain this is not a hoax. The second tape was to be aired on this date at exactly five-fifty-nine pm. We believe this tape may contain more death predictions, but beyond that, we believe it contains a message from Kira himself. And now, the broadcast." On the TV came a white background with Kira's name spelled out in messy diploma-style.

For a few seconds there was nothing, then came the sound of someone's voice being cleared over a voice-filter. "People of the world, I am Kira. If this tape is being broadcast on April eighteenth at exactly five-fifty-nine pm as I requested, then it is now five-fifty-nine forty-seven... Forty-eight... Forty-nine... Please the channel to Taiyu TV. The news anchor will die of a heart attack at exactly six-o-clock." "Change it now!," L said. Rise changed the channel, and sure enough the news anchor was seen dead in his chair. "Change it back," L said, "And bring me another TV. No wait, make it two." Kanji and Watari rushed to retrieve the TVs. Meanwhile the Kira on TV was still speaking. "This man has openly spoken against Kira, and this is his punishment. Now as further proof, I will next kill the head TV commentator from NHN, who has also dared to defy Kira. Right now, he is scheduled to appear in a live broadcast."

L turned to Rise and nodded. Rise turned the channel to NHN, and sure enough one of the commentators was dead. "Alright, change it back...," L said. He turned to the TV as Kira continued. "By now you should have no trouble believing that I am Kira, so now I will present you with my message." L thought to himself. 'If this broadcast is aimed at propaganda to gain support for Kira then...' "We need to stop the broadcast immediately!" Rise, Aizawa, and Matsuda each went for their cell phones. "No good, "Aizawa said, "None of my contacts at the station are answering." Matsuda sighed. "No one's picking up at reception either." Rise slammed her phone into the ground. "Damn you, Demegawa! You picked a fine day to stop answering my calls!" Seeing his teammates' frustration, Ukita rushed out the door. "I'll stop that broadcast myself."

He rushed out of the hotel and into his police car. Turning on the siren, he rushed to Sakura TV as fast as he could. When he got there, he tried to open the door but found it locked. "Damn it," he said, and began pounding on the glass door. "Let me in right now!" The guard shook his head and crossed his arms in an x. Growling, Ukita moved back a few paces and went for his gun. But before he could move to fire, he suddenly felt his heart pound in his chest. Realizing he was suffering a heart attack, he tried to push the button on his belt, but collapsed on the ground before he could manage. This was seen back at headquarters, much to the horror of L and the others. "Oh my God...," Rise said quietly, "Ukita..." Aizawa growled and made for the door. "Whoa there cowboy," Labrys said, placing a hand on Aizawa's shoulder, "You go out there you'll wind up dead right next to Ukita."

Aizawa was livid. "Well, what are we supposed to do?! I thought Kira needed a name and a face to kill, but there's no way he could have found out Ukita's real name!" L was clutching his legs, visibly terrified. "Please calm down Aizawa. We need to think of this rationally. It's more than likely that Kira is either in the TV station or somewhere nearby, although there is the possibility that he may have set up surveillance cameras around the building. I don't how he managed to kill Ukita without knowing his name, but it's clear that he intents to kill anyone who tries to stop the broadcast." "Well then," Labrys said, "Why not send someone Kira can't kill?"

She stood in the middle of the room and extended her arms out to her sides. She suddenly glowed a bright red color, and before everyone's eyes, her arms and legs took on robotic properties. A metal headpiece resembling a helmet appeared on her head, and her trademark battle-axe appeared on her back. Her eyes turned from bright blue to deep red. Heading to the window, she opened it and started stepping out. "Wait a minute!," Matsuda said, "Why are you going out the window?!" "Fastest way," Labrys said with a wink. She jumped out and used the thrusters in her legs and axe to cushion her fall so she wouldn't make a crater in the pavement. She then ran full speed, faster than any normal human or in fact any vehicle, to Sakura TV.


Meanwhile in his hospital bed, Soichiro listened to the broadcast. "People of the world, listen to me. The last thing I wish to do is kill the innocent. I hate evil and love justice. I have always thought of the police as allies. I hope that we may work together to create a better world. Even if you do not wish to join me, I ask that you stand aside and be patient, for I will bring you a better tomorrow free from evil. So say good-bye to the world as you know it. I have sent two more tapes to Sakura TV detailing what will happen in regards to the police should they decide to either support me or defy me." Soichiro frowned, and carefully got up from his bed.


The guards were soon surprised to see Labrys show up wielding her battle-axe. "One chance guys," she said, "You either open the door or I smash it down." Nearby, a person was watching as Labrys brandished her axe. In front of the person was a Death Note and a pair of binoculars. "No good, I can't see that woman's name. Without it, I can't kill her. Does this mean she's not human?" The guard shook his head and tried to turn her back. Labrys just smirked. "You're choice pal!" But before she could swing her axe to batter down the door, a police van drove past her and smashed through the doorway. Surprised, Labrys lowered her axe. "That works too..."

Walking into the lobby, she saw someone come out of the van covering his face in a brown jacket. She walked to get a better view. "Detective Yagami?! I thought you were in the hospital!" Soichiro smiled at her. "I was until I heard about this broadcast." He turned to the guard. "Now then, take us to were this message is being broadcast from." Flabbergasted, the guard simply nodded and led the way. Demegawa was surprised to see Soichiro and Labrys enter the studio so suddenly. "The Kira tapes," Soichiro said, "Give us every copy you have." "Hey wait a minute," Demegawa said, "It's not that simple, our hands are tied here. Kira will kill us if anything happens to this broadcast." Soichiro pulled out his gun and yelled, "You'll die right here if you don't hand over those tapes right now!" Demegawa gulped and went for a black bag containing the tapes. "They're right here. Every last one of them. Just stop waving that gun around, you look like madman." Labrys giggled. "You should see him when he hasn't had his coffee."


L and the others had just witnessed the police van plow into the station, barely missing Labrys. She had run inside seconds later. "Well," L said, "That's one way to get into the station without being seen by Kira." Just then they saw another police car drive up to the station and two policemen get out of it. Matsuda's eyes lit up. "Look at that. We're not alone after all." L nodded. "Aizawa, do you have Deputy Director Kitamura's number?" Aizawa nodded, dialed the number, and handed the number to L. 'Aizawa,' came Kitamura's voice, 'I told you never to call this number.' "It's L," L said, "Listen. There may be other policemen who will try to stop the broadcast out of a sense of justice. You must take control of the situation before more lives are lost."

'What do you mean?,' Kitamura asked. He got his answer seconds later when the two policemen who had come out of the car died of heart attacks, causing the news crew to flee the scene. Kitamura sighed. 'I understand L. What should I do?' Before L could answer, Watari got a call on his cell. "It's Detective Yagami." L held his hand out to Watari. "Call him back and hand me the phone." 'Ryuzaki,' Soichiro said, 'It's me. I have the tapes from Kira.' "I see," L said, "So it was you who was driving that police van. I assume you are with Hippolyta?" 'That's right,' Soichiro said, 'So, how do you suppose I move out of here? I guess the front door is out, but I could always use the police van again.'

L thought for a second. "One moment Mr. Yagami." He switched phones. "Deputy Director Kitamura. I need you to listen to my instructions very carefully." He detailed a plan to rescue Soichiro, then moved back to his call. "Detective Yagami, in five minutes you and Hippolyta are going to walk out the front door. Don't worry, I've made arrangements to make sure Kira won't see your face." He hung up both phones. "It would appear things have taken a turn for the bizarre. Out of all the things that could have happened, this is one none of us could have predicted. Let's hope my plan works, because if it does we could finally have a decent break in the case. Looks like you finally got the action you've been hoping for Rokuten." Kanji smiled. "Too bad it had to come at the cost of one of our own."


Soichiro and Labrys walked out to the lobby of Sakura TV. What they saw there surprised them. "Ryuzaki's been busy," Labrys said. A wall of police vans, Special Assault Team troops, and capture nets was placed in front of the entrance to the station. The troops were wearing tinted helmets and carrying tinted riot shields. It was clear they were making sure Kira couldn't kill anyone else. Just in front of the door, Ide was waiting with a car with tinted windows. "Thank you Ide," Soichiro said, "I can drive from here." He and Labrys got in the car and drove back to the hotel. Labrys looked behind her to see the SAT troops spread out to search for Kira.

"Crazy night," Labrys said, "We lost one guy, but it looks his sacrifice won't be in vain." Soichiro nodded. "We'll make sure of that." They arrived back at the hotel, and Labrys helped Soichiro into the room. Light was there to greet them. "That was pretty reckless there Dad. If Mom had known about this, she would have had a heart attack herself." Soichiro chuckled at his son's joke. He walked over to L and handed him the bag. "These are all the tapes they had, along with a letter. Perhaps Susano-o can trace the handwriting." L nodded and looked over the letter. 'The postmark is from Osaka, but we know that Kira can control people before they die so it's possible he had someone else send this from Osaka.'

He handed the envelope the letter was in to Aizawa. "Have this brought to the lab and tested. We may finally have some physical evidence to work with here." Aizawa nodded happily and headed off. L took the first of the tapes and inserted it into the player. "Nobunaga and I will go over these tapes. I recommend the rest of you get some rest." As Light watched the others head off to bed, he thought to himself, 'I remember this series of events from my dream. Misa Amane, have you now entered the game? If things go the way I think they will, your affection will soon turn to the new Kira. Will that be Kisuke? We'll find out soon enough. Igor said that of the four people who received the dream, only I learned a lesson from it.'

Sitting down next to L, he said, "Let's see what Kira has to say to the world." They stayed up all night going over the tapes. The next morning the rest of IVK came in to check on them. "I'm glad you're here," L said, "These tapes have proven quite interesting. In particular the third and fourth tapes deserve mention. The first tape did indeed contain a predication of the deaths of two criminals whose names were broadcast to the media. The second tape contained Kira's message to the world, and a request that the police join forces with him. Now, here's where the tapes get interesting. If our answer was yes, tape number three was to be played. If no, then tape number four."

Light turned to the others. "The third tape requested that more and more criminals be broadcast to the media, naturally including names and faces. Kira seemed to be most interested in those criminals that had caused trouble for the weak and defenseless, especially women. Naturally Kira intended to play the role of judge in all this. Additionally, Kira wanted everyone involved with the police, especially those investigating Kira, to publicly reveal their names and faces to the world. This of course includes L." "The fourth tape has different wording," L said, "But it basically says the same thing. I think it should go without saying that our answer is no." He handed Soichiro the fourth tape. "Return this to Sakura TV and authorize its broadcast."


Kisuke listened intently as the new broadcast from Kira was aired. "I can only say it is a shame that the police have chosen to defy me. Therefore, in four days I will kill either the Head Director of the NPA or the detective known as L. The choice is yours." Kisuke turned off the TV and smiled. "Looks like I've even got God on my side now. Or maybe, it's actually a god of death." Ryuk chuckled. "It certainly seems like another shinigami went and dropped their Death Note in the human world. And now a human has picked up that Death Note. And how interesting, it happens to be a strong supporter of Kira." Kisuke nodded. "And judging from what we've witnessed last night, this human has made the deal for the shinigami eyes, making them even stronger than me."

He sat down on his bed. "Still, they way this guy operates is sickening. Sure, there have been one or two people who have spoken out against Kira. But every god has people who speak out against them, that's no crime in and of itself." He clasped his hands. "If I let things go as they are, chances are L will die in four days. However, I can't let this individual continue to operate like this. I need to join the task force and help contain this threat soon. If the worst happens and he gets caught, the Death Note will be discovered and then it'll only be a matter of time before L finally captures me."


The IVK was sitting around the table. It seemed the Heads of State had weighed in and agreed that L should be the one to die. L was calm about this, sipping his coffee as if nothing was wrong. "I suppose this is the most appropriate response. But we should be able to find a counter-measure in three days. Or at least, I hope we do. After all this it would really suck..." He took a bite out of his cake. "If I'm killed by the first person to jump on the Kira bandwagon." The others, save for Light, seemed shocked. "So we have another copycat," Yosuke said, "This is just like that business with Kubo." Naoto nodded. "Except this time our copycat is fully capable of killing in the exact same manner as the real Kira."

Matsuda looked at L. "What makes you think we're dealing with a second Kira?" "Well," L said, "It was this new Kira's choice of victims. The two criminals he killed had only ever been featured in tabloids and day-time talk shows. The real Kira would have no need to kill such minor criminals, even to alert us to something he's planning. However from the perspective of the second Kira..." He stabbed a strawberry from his cake with his fork and picked it up. "He'd want to kill criminals that he knew wouldn't be killed by the real Kira first." "We've checked it out," Light said, "And we're sure we have yet another Kira on our hands. But this one seems more ruthless."

L nodded. "The Kira we know has always avoided killing people that were truly innocent, with the exception of those that were trying to catch him. Not to mention, this new Kira appears to be able to kill someone just by looking at their face." He turned to Soichiro. "Get Deputy Director Kitamura on the phone. I think now would be a good time to have his son Kisuke join the task force. However, he is not to be told that we are dealing with a second Kira. As far as he's concerned, we are still investigating the original Kira." Soichiro nodded. 'This are moving quickly,' Light thought, 'Only a matter of time before Kira gets caught up in our net. The original, or the second, it doesn't matter. Catching one will lead us to the other.'


Misa was walking down the shopping district of her hometown, followed closely by Rem. Rem was a female shinigami with a grayish body. She looked rather skeletal, with white muscle-like skin on her torso. Her arms appeared to be made from spinal cords, and her hips stuck out like a pelvis. She had purple dread-locks and her head was wrapped in bandages that covered one of her eyes. "Misa," she said, "I gave you that Death Note to use for what you wanted." Misa giggled. "But I am. I want to meet Kira myself, and talk with him. I'll always be grateful for he did. That's why I sent those tapes to the TV studio, to get Kira to notice me." Rem sighed. "This is a very dangerous game you're playing. There's a strong possibility that you could be killed." Misa stopped. "I'll be alright Rem. If it comes down to it, I'm still stronger them Kira. After all, I have the eyes." She opened her eyes, which seemed to glow bright red.

Next chapter: Love

"Even the original owners of the Death Note, gods of death, do not know much about the note."

Next time, the hunt for the two Kiras begins. Read and review.