CHAPTER 21

LOST

V'S POV

What was he hoping to gain by putting up this act? It is obvious that he is lying, but why? He spent all that time hiding his identity, only to suddenly expose himself as Kira? There must be a reason, there must be a plan.

"Look, dad . . . if Ryuzaki is L, then it's safe to say he's the world's best detective, and if V is V, then it is obvious that she's the greatest criminal in the world, and right now they both seam pretty sure I'm Kira. We know they've never been wrong before."

"What . . . what are you saying, Light?! Stop this!" Kira went on, explaining how he was followed by the FBI agent before he died, and how he was the one to be approached by Misa Amane first.

"If I was in L and V's place, even I would have come to the same conclusion. You see, subconsciously I might be Kira. If that were the case, I could be him and not even know it."

"No, Light." Subconsciously? No, that was not possible. The evil that was always reflected in his eyes could not be subconscious, he was Kira and he knew it! What was his plan?

"I . . . I'm not sure of anything anymore. I'd never kill someone, but unconsciously who knows what I'm capable of. Another me could be killing people while I'm sleeping."

"I'm afraid that's not possible," L stated.

"Not possible, what do you mean?"

"A while back, before I joined the investigation L had covalence cameras installed in your house," I answered, still refusing to turn around.

"Cameras?"

"Yes," L answered this time. "Every night, you slept normally. Criminals' names that were being broadcast were still dying, even though you would have had no way of knowing about them—"

"That is untrue," I interrupted. L looked at me in question. "While I was gone the day I escaped the sell, I saw Light and talked to him, as you are already aware of, but while I was there he had mentioned a handhold T.V he would sneak into his room when he was unable to watch something."

"What?!" Of course, it was Aizawa that had the most dramatic response. He grabbed my left shoulder and pulled me up a bit. "Why hadn't you said anything earlier!?"

"Wellllll . . . how am I supposed to say something no one asked about in the first place?"

"Hey, that's not fare!" Matsuda argued. "You're a part of this investigation, so you're supposed to help us, not keep things from us!" I ignored him completely and went on deciding what it was Kira was planning. The most logical and easiest explanation would be that he planned to be locked up like Misa Amane and be proven incessant with the fact that criminals will continue to die. That is . . . unless I prove he is guilty before he is able to do something.

"Yeah, why didn't you tell us?!" I was not about to answer, and they knew that. I was too . . . happy. Though I knew this would be no challenge, I was sure it would be very interesting, and to be honest I was excited to watch Kira be locked up. Small vibrations thrust through my chest as I smiled, and it took me a moment to realise they are chuckles. Very dark and wicked chuckles. Chuckles that scared everyone in the room. The hand gripped onto my shoulder tighter, pulling me up higher. "WELL!?" He still expected an answer? He's as stupid as Matsuda! My chuckles became more pronounced.

"Why are you laughing?!" Matsuda demanded. "This is no time to be joking around!" Well, just look at who is saying this.

"Laughing, Matsuda?" I questioned. "Who is laughing? This is too serious of a situation to be laughing of all things. And I am very serious right now. I am sad to say this, but what else is there to do?" I turned me head to L a second after Aizawa let go of my shoulder, and he stared back. "I think we should lock him up, as we have done with Amane." Mr. Yagami gasped, but was unable to speak a word, for L spoke first.

"Yes, I agree."

"What!?" Alright then, Kira has been accepted into a highly excluded school trip for the genius and will be unable to come home for a while. An easy excuse.

"I am sorry, Mr. Yagami," I said, standing up from the chair and slowly walked over to him, eyes on the floor. "But L and I do feel it is the only possible way."

"No! There's no possible way my son could be Kira!" I placed my hand on his shoulder in comfort.

"I know, and I agree." Just grab his phone and go. I slowly wrapped my arms around his tall form, laying my head on his chest, slipping his phone out of his pocket as I did so. He froze in shock. "But this is the Kira investigation, and we must take as many precautions as possible, no matter the occasion." I let go of him and walked as close to the corner of the room as the chain would allow, taking the phone with me.

Mr. Yagami said nothing to me, but instead continued arguing against L. That was the perfect moment to call his wife. I opened the phone and scrolled down the list of phone numbers. I stopped at his wife's name and entered it. It began ringing, so I cleared my voice, preparing to adopt Mr. Yagami's deep and dry voice for the moment. "Yes, Dare? Why are you call, something the matter?" This is sad, to think the only occasion he calls his wife is when something unordinary has happened.

"No, nothing is wrong," I said in a deep and tiered voice.

"Oh, you sound horrible! What's the matter?" Well, that was quite the insult on my part, but at least I have learnt I am horrible at voice acting.

"Oh, nothing, really, just tiered from work. I thought I would just call to see if I could get more details on the school trip Light is attending."

"What? A school trip?"

"You did not hear? Light is going on an exclusive trip for the overly bright, so he will be going away for a while."

"What?! That's wonderful! But why hadn't he mentioned this before?"

"It was last minutes notice."

"Oh, that's so terrific!"

"Yes, I am so proud of him." Alright, I may be pushing it now.

"Oh." She sounded like she was going to cry any second. "Our little boy is growing up—" I immediately hung up. I was not about to listen to her rant on about her little boy.

"Mr. Yagami, could you call your family and make up some excuse for Light's absents. And please do it now."

"But—"

"Already taken care of," I announced, holding the phone up. "And just so you know, Mr. Yagami, I think you may be in trouble with your wife."

"What?"

"But that is not the point, the point is that Light is to be locked away."

"No! My son is not capable of—"

"Let it go, dad." I did not need to hear another word, I had won. I just knew I had! I could not help but smirk when they hand cuffed him, and I could not help but chuckle when he was taken out of the room.

What is he planning? I watched Kira through the television, but all he seemed to be doing was sitting on the bed calmly. Whatever he was planning, I would stop him before he had the chance. I just had to figure out what it was first. I then turned my attention to Mr. Yagami. He looked sad, just sitting on his chair in a sell. I could only imagine the depression he would be going through when we finely expose Kira completely. Oh well, at least he would not be around when I kill Kira, or have him kill himself, whichever comes first.

"I wonder . . ." I said out loud. Amane lost her memory, or perhaps willingly gave it up, so does that mean Kira could too? I decided to brush that thought aside, filing it in the back of my mind to plunder through later. So, no criminals have been killed since Kira has been locked away, but does he really think he could get away with us believing he is killing subconsciously? Absolutely not. This boy is Kira, and he was completely conscious of it. He knows of the sins he was committing; all that was left was the punishment.

"Mr. Yagami looks pretty bad," L pointed out. "I think he's taking this harder than Light or Misa."

"Of course he is," I chuckled without a trace of humour. "Any good parent will always feel this way went it comes to their child's suffering."

"And how would you know that?" Matsuda asked curiously. "Do you have . . . kids?" Yes and no, I have Matt, Mello and Near, but we are not bonded by blood, so I chose not to answer and decided I would talk to Mr. Yagami.

"Mr. Yagami?" I said when I pushed the speaker button. He immediately sat up and turned to the camera.

"What is it?! Is it good news?! Is it bad news?!" he yelled. Poor Mr. Yagami.

"No, I just thought I would tell you not to be so stressed. No matter what you are thinking or feeling, everything will turn out the way it was meant to. It could take some time, so it would be best that you rest somewhere more comfortable." He stood up, knocking the chair over as he did so.

"Imposable! What makes you think I care where I am!? It won't change anything! With the state I'm in now this is the best place for me." He walked up to the camera. "And no matter what the result, when I leave here, it's going to be with my son!"

"But, Mr. Yagami, you have to understand that there is quite a possibility your son does not exist anymore, all that could be left is a corps full of rotting evil. I understand why you are reacting this way, but—"

"You don't understand anything and you never will understand! You have no children, so how could you understand?!" How . . . how dare he?! I understand perfectly fine! Even more so then he does. How could he say that?! He knows nothing about me!

"I will have you know, Mr. Yagami, I understand everything you are going through, and do not question why." With that I pressed the button again.

"Light," L said through the microphone. "You've only been here for one week, but I'm sure it can't be easy. Are you feeling alright?" What are you planning, Kira? What is your goal? He looked up.

"Yeah, I know I must look pretty bad in here, but this useless pride. I suppose I'll have to . . . Get rid of it." What was that supposed to mean? Why had he put more emphasis on the last four words? What was he planning? Suddenly his eye widened and he looked around in confusion. He looked . . . different. As if . . . he was incessant. "R-Ryuzaki, I realise I was the one pushing for confinement, and that I asked you to put me in here, but I just realised something important. This whole this is completely pointless. Because I'm not Kira. You have to get me out of here!" What was he doing? Of course he is Kira! But then . . . why did I feel a strong sense of truth in his words? Is it possible that—

"I can't do that," L replied. "I promised you that no matter what you said I wouldn't let you out until I was convinced that you are not Kira."

"Please, L, I wasn't thinking clearly. Do you really thing a serial killer like Kira could commit those crimes without being aware of them?! If I have no memory of his crimes, I'm not him!" No memory? He does not remember? He has . . . forgotten? Oh no. This cannot be happening. No, no, no, no, no, no, No, No, NO, NO! This cannot be! He . . . he does not remember! I stared at his face, hoping to find something proving he is lying, but all I could see was truth. He honestly thought he was incessant. He . . . let go of his memory. He is no longer Kira, he is now Light Yagami. Kira . . . bet me. He won. I . . . I lost. I lost! NO! I was careless! I should have thought more closely on the possibility of Kira forgetting. Instead I was stupid enough to ignore it and go onto something else. How could I have allowed myself to do that?!

I lost . . . against Kira.

It has been fifteen days since Kira was locked up and criminals have just stared dying again. Not that I cared anymore. I was what most would call, depressed. Kira bet me. I have lost to Kira. It may have only been the battle I have lost, but all the same.

"What's going on?! I just heard!" Matsuda bellow as he barged through the door. "Two weeks' worth of criminals were just murdered all at once! It happened yesterday!"

"Yeah," Aizawa groaned. "Kira is back."

"So did you guys already tell the chief?"

"No, not yet." Matsuda took that as his chance to tell him himself, so he ran over to the microphones.

"Guess what, Chief! Kira started killing again!" I did not bother looking up; I just continued to look away.

"What?"

"It looks like Kira was only resting. But now he started punishing criminals again!"

"Is that true, Matsuda? Then that means . . . my son . . . I shouldn't be happy that people are getting killed, but at least Light's name will finally be cleared. But knowing Ryuzaki, this won't be enough to clear him." He was right.

"Well . . . he's in the gray."

"Did you hear what he just said, Chief?"

"Yeah, it's a hell of a lot better than being completely guilty. Thank God."

"I'm sure as far as greys go; he's a shade closer to being cleared! Let's tell Light!" I then hear a sharp wack.

"Matsuda!" I turned around to see Matsuda holding his hand, and L's hand lifted. L had backhanded Matsuda's hand! This would have been very funny if it were not for the state I was in. "I mean, please don't, Mr. Matsuda."

"Matsuda?" he questioned.

"We shouldn't tell him about this."

"But-but why not?"

"Hello, Light?"

"What is it, Ryuzaki?"

"You've been in here for just over two weeks and not a single criminal has been punished. Now why make this harder than it has to be? Are you ready to confess?"

"Don't be ridiculous. I'm telling you you're wrong. I understand why you feel that why, but even if the evidence goes point to me I swear to you this is a set up. I am not Kira! Zoom in on me if you want, look into my eyes! You tell me, do these look like the eyes of someone who is lying?!" I stared at Kira's screen, looking deep within his eyes. No he was not lying.

"Amane, are you ready to tell me who Kira is or not?"

"Hah? That again? I wish I knew, but I don't, because if I did I'd thank him for punishing the burglar who killed my parents. To me, Kira's a hero."

"Hmm," L hummed in annoyance.

"I would not bother if I were you, L," I mumbled. "They do not remember anything."

"Hmm, what do you mean?" I sighed and lowered my head.

"I think they gave up their memories of the murders."

"What?" Matsuda said. Then what do we do?"

"That is entirely up to L." All was quiet.

"I have a plan," L announced.

And now, here I am, in the trunk of a car, just waiting for something to happen. This was all part of L's plan. This was the car Mr. Yagami would be driving when he tells Kira and the other Kira that they will be executed. He will take them to a random spot and pull a gun to Kira's head, and if Mr. Yagami survives, then they both are incessant, and I will be here ready to restrain them both if they are not. So, in the end, I hope Mr. Yagami dies.

I felt the car begin to move, but I payed no attention to it. Instead, I began fiddling around with the puzzle cube Watari had given me to entertain myself while I was here, but since it was completely black I was unable to see the colours clearly, but it was alright because I had stuck stickers on each colour box to resembling them. I would feel for the sticker, and if it felt like an R, then the colour was red, but if it was a G it would be a green. It made solving it harder, which was good.

I heard yelling, but I, again, payed no mind to it.

Red, blue, yellow, yellow, blue, green—

I was cut off mid thought when the car suddenly picked up speed, turning sharp corners onto rocky roads, causing me to hit my head on the roof of the trunk. Wow. The car then came to a quick stop, but I pushed myself up against the roof so I would not hit something again.

"This will do," I heard Mr. Yagami say. Alright, this is where the good part begins. "Looks like there's nobody around to see us out here. I decided it would be better if I brought you here instead of the execution sight. Listen to me. I'm going to kill you here, and then kill myself." I heard loud gasps, then shouts of protest.

"What?! What are you talking about, dad?! You can't, that's crazy!"

"Don't say that! You'd kill your only son for L?! If you really want to die so badly why don't you kill yourself?! If you do this, you're no different than Kira."

"I am nothing like Kira. I am bound by my responsibilities as a parent and as chief of the NPA." This is getting good.

"Dad, c'mon, she's right. Think about it, if we die here the truth will never be revealed! Please, dad, you have to let us—"

"It's too late. Either way, you will be executed, at least with this; I'll be the one to do it." I assumed by Kira's yells, Mr. Yagami pulled out the gun.

"Please stop, dad, I'm not Kira! If I die here, Kira wins! Can't you see?!"

"Amane, I'm going to die here with my son, but I have no reason to kill you, do you understand what I'm saying? It's only a matter of time before the police locate this car, then they'll transport you to the original spot, and execute you there." I then heard a click. He'll die, he has to. Kira will regain his power and kill him! "Light, my son, from one murderer to another I'll see you in hell."

"No, dad!"

"No! STOP IT!" BANG! The trigger was pulled, Kira will kill, and Mr. Yagami will die. Everything was silent, was that good? No, it was not. I should be hearing Mr. Yagami groaning in agony as he has the heart attack. What is happening?

"Y-you use a b-blank."

"Oh, thank goodness." What? No! He is still alive!

"Thank goodness? What's going on, I don't understand."

"Please, forgive me you two. I know that was hard on you, but it was the only way I could get you out of prison. You must understand, I only agreed to do this because I believe in your incessant, Light. Where you watching, Ryuzaki? I did exactly as you said, and as you can see, I'm still alive."

"Yes, it was a convincing performance," replied L's voice. "If Amane were the second Kira, who only needs to see a person's face to kill them, there's no doubt she would have killed you before you had the chance to fire your weapon. Also, if Light was in fact Kira, the Kira I know wouldn't hesitate to kill even his own father to save himself. With Light in particular I can't rule out the possibility that he had seen through our act at some point, however as we agreed, I will end there confinement immediately. And as we discussed, Amane was remain under covalence until Kira has been apprehended, though she insists the tapes we found were just acol videos, the physical evidence we have plus her confession sagest otherwise."

"Hey, no fare! You still suspect me?!" I stopped listening; instead I opened the truck and slid out, leaving the puzzle cube behind. I was not convinced yet.

I walked around to the right side of the car, to Amane's side, opened the door and grabbed her hand.

"Hey, what are you doing?!" I then placed my two fingers on her wrist, checking her pulse. It was faster than the regular heartbeat, but otherwise normal. I then checked Mr. Yagami's. His was the same. Now for Kira's. I walked around to his side of the car, opened his door and placed my fingers on his neck (not wrist).

"Umm, what are you doing?"

"Shh!" I hushed him. Everyone was silent. Kira's pulse was (as Amane's and Mr. Yagami's were) a little fast, but nothing unusual about it. How disappointing, that was the only hope of him being Kira I had left. I frowned as I pulled away, and slammed the door on his face before sliding back into the trunk.

"Are you sure this is necessary, Ryuzaki?" Kira—no, Light asked.

"This is as difficult for me as it is for you."

"It is not that bad, Light," I assured him. "Once you get used to the lolly rappers and the way he looks at you in the shower, it is fine." Light looked horrified.

"So is this what you meant by being 24 hours and day with him? Never would have guessed. Are you on that side of the fens, Ryuzaki?"

"I told you I'm not doing this because I want to, okay?"

"But Light belongs to me! I don't want to share him with you two! If you guys are with him twenty four seven then how are we supposed to go on dates together?!"

"You can still go on dates, but it'll have to be the four of us."

"No way! Are you telling me we have to kiss in front of you and stuff?"

"I'm not telling you to do anything, but I suppose I will be watching."

Hmm, Misa is obviously obsessed with Light; so, why not tease her a bit? This would be good. "Light?" I asked, looking up at him.

"Oh, yeah, V?"

"Why, of all people, did you allow her to be with you?" I cocked my head to the side. "I thought you were more into the more intelligent women." I stepped closer. "Because I know the perfect girl for you if you still do," I purred, touching his arm.

"W-what are you talking about?"

"Hey!" Misa screeched, pushing past me and clung onto Light's arm. "Back off! Light is mine!"

"I will be the judge of that. Light can you please get her to stop talking now?" He obeyed, which was not what I was expecting at all. Maybe he just believes she is in need to shut up as much as I do.

"Listen, Misa, that's enough," he ordered sternly. "The police have already established that it was you that sent this tape, so you're lucky to even be here right now." She turned her full body to him. "So they have every right to keep you in prison."

"Hah? How can you even say that, Light? In case you forgot, I'm your girlfriend; don't you trust your own soul mate?" Light was taken aback.

"Err, what do you mean soul mate? You the one that said you fell in love with me at first sight, Misa." To put it plainly, Misa Amane was shocked and heartbroken. She really thought Light loved her too. She's stupider then I thought.

"So why would you kiss me if you didn't have any feelings for me?!" she cried out, tears falling down her face. "You took advantage of me?!" She stared hitting him with her fists in the chest while crying the word stupid over and over, but he did not budge at all. Not only stupid, but weak too. If it were me he would most likely need an ambulance.

"So, you fell in love with him at first sight?" I mused. I had heard of it before, but never felt it for myself, thank God. I never did understand how one could fall in love that way, not that I do not believe in it, I just wish I could understand it.

"So what," she sniffed with remaining tears in her eyes.

"Why were you in that coffee shop that day of all days? And what were you wearing while you were there?" She frowned and spun around again.

"I don't know why I was there, I don't know what I felt and I don't know what I wore! Since when did I need a reason to go there, hah?" She stepped closer, challenging me. There was no challenge. Stupid girl. That is her new name, S.G.

"So you just fell in love with some guy, and all you knew was that his name was Light Yagami?"

"Yes."

"And yet you have no idea whatsoever how you gained that knowledge." She came even closer so our faces were inches apart. One move and I could kill her before anyone knew what was going on.

"Yeah! So what?!"

"If Light were Kira, how would you feel about him then?" Her face softened and turned confused.

"How would I feel if Light were Kira?"

"That is right." She breathed in a deep breath before grabbing Light's arm and snuggled into his side.

"That'd be wonderful," she sighed dreamily. "I mean I've always been grateful to Kira for punishing the man who murdered my parents, so if I found out that Light was actually Kira, that'd be like a bonus for me!" She was rubbing her face up against his arm now, and the gesture reminded me of a cat rubbing its scent up against its owner, telling the other cats to stay away. "If anything it would make me love him even more, even though it like practically impossible for me to love him more than I already do!"

"It is Kira we are speaking of, S.G; you would love him for being a murderer? You would not be afraid? What if he were to kill you?"

"You're talking about Light being Kira? He wouldn't be scary at all! I'm a supporter of Kira, so if I found out my Light was Kira I'd think of how I would be helpful. Besides . . ." Her eyes turned angry. "Who are you to judge Kira? You're nothing but a murderer yourself!" I rolled me eyes and let L continue.

"That's very generous of you, but I'm pretty sure Kira doesn't need your help. Well, Misa, based on what you just told us there could be no mistake that you are the second Kira, but you made it so painfully obvious that I almost don't want to believe it."

"Whatever! It's not believable because I'm not the second Kira, okay?" She has to leave, she is getting so annoying that I want to hit her, but the force of the hit will most likely kill her, so it would be best that I just trick her out of the room.

"Hey, back off from my man, S.G," I growled, grabbing Light's other arm.

"What, no way! He's mine!"

"Fine how about this; the first one to touch the door at the end of the hallway will be the first to kiss him. Deal?" She smirked evilly.

"Fine by me!"

"Alright, ready, set—"

"GO!" She took off out of the room, and all I did was smirk and lock the door.

Hello! Hope you enjoyed this chapter, please leave a comment and if you have any ideas I would love to hear them. Thanks! And just so you know I'm planning on making a second trailer for this story after Christmas. Merry Christmas!