Reminder: Not all Death Note rules apply. We even created a few of our own (like with how Sakae and Kohaku also lost their memory along with Light because they had touched the Death Note that Light gave up and they also somewhat were the owners too; it's confusing, I know, but life is confusing so yeah :P).
Sorry for the long wait. Brittany has been very busy and the times she actually got on, we hardly got anything done together (which is why I work ahead and makes senses so she just has to add in her character comments). Hopefully, the next update won't take 2 weeks like this one. O_O
Enjoy and ignore any errors! Also, some stuff from chapter might have been accidentally halved. I noticed that half of a sentence was gone and fixed it. Tell me if you see any more half sentences.
It's another day. Light, L, Kohaku, Aiber, and Misa are in Misa's room. Misa and Aiber are acting out what they are going to say in front of the Yotsuba men. Sakae and Ryuichi were elsewhere, possibly at their own home or out and about doing things. Everyone else was probably doing what everyone else does.
"All right. Let's try again from the top," L said through a director cone. Kohaku smiled a little at how seriously L was taking this, going so far as to use a director cone.
"Tell me, Misa, is it true you once said that you came to Tokyo in order to meet Kira?" Aiber asked Misa.
"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!" Misa exclaimed, going a bit over the top with her acting.
L hit her in the head with his director cone lightly before moving the cone to his lips. "Misa, please stop overacting. It looks too cheesy, not to mention fake." Kohaku snickered.
Misa turned around on the couch to face L, Kohaku, and Light. She spoke to L with a pouty face. "Huh? But I thought that was a realistic performance."
"Just do it again," L said, in a slightly annoyed tone of voice through the director cone before lowering it from his lips.
Misa waved her hands around. "Whatever you say, oh so great director."
"If you don't get serious about this, I'll kick you," L stated blankly with still a slight hint of annoyance in his tone. Kohaku started laughing a lot.
"Hmph," Misa grunted out, still pouting.
Kohaku continued to laugh. "You better…You better get serious or else Ryuzaki will kick you since that is apparently all he can threaten you with."
"How was what he said funny?" Light asked her.
"It wasn't exactly what he said that was funny but it was how he said it. Who knew the great Ryuzaki could get annoyed so easily." Kohaku started smiling and continued to laugh a little.
L hit her on the head lightly with the director cone, grinning a little. "We all need to take this seriously."
Kohaku smiled still. "Since when did I start taking anything completely serious?"
"We should get back to them acting out what they are going to say," Light commented.
Sakae walked in. "Hey, what's going on?" she asked.
"Misa's overacting to lines," Kohaku stated. "At this rate, when the real deal happens, she is gonna screw up."
Sakae laughed a little bit as she walked over to them. "No idea how to fix that situation," she commented, looking over at Misa.
"Unless you have knowledge in acting," Light commented, "there isn't much someone could do."
"I think Misa should try to look uneasy and sound a bit nervous. Like this." Kohaku cleared her voice as she sat beside Misa. She lightly clenched the jeans she was wearing and looked at Aiber. She spoke in a tone that sounded a tad nervous and she even looked a bit uneasy. "Ah... what? Who did you hear that from...?"
Sakae smiled a little. "Good job, Kohaku. Still, you have to feel the role; put yourself in the character's shoes. Maybe harder than it sounds," she said.
"We are going to be in here all day," Kohaku stated. "That's gonna be super fun!" she cheered fakely.
"Well, if someone can try working harder," Light said while looking over at Misa, "we should be able to be out of here soon."
"Hey, don't blame me!" Misa pouted.
"Start taking this seriously then," Kohaku said, poking Misa's cheek.
"You aren't taking this seriously either," Misa pointed out.
"I'm not the one who has to appear in front of Yotsuba dudes," Kohaku stated.
"It's either save your life or put yourself in danger, which one?" Sakae asked as she mimicked a balance with her hands. "We don't have all the time in the world, Misa."
"Okay. Sorry," Misa stated.
"Let's get back to work," L said. Everyone nodded.
Misa was inside Mogi's car. It was very...awkward. The date is October the 24th.
"Ah, Misa-Misa?" Moga asked.
"You're not smiling enough, Mochi, and you can just call me Misa, you know," Misa said.
"I'm not cut out for this but it's part of my job, so…" Mogi took a deep breath. He was soon smiling and acting very cheerful. "Misa-Misa!"
Misa was taken by surprise a little bit. "Wow, what is it, Mochi?!"
"Today, you have an interview with the Yotsuba Group to see if they'll use you in their new ad campaign but remember this is also an infiltration mission, so stay sharp!" Mogi exclaimed.
"Don't you worry. I already know about that and of course that means you can't let your cover fall, either. You're gonna play the character of the hyper-energetic manager, okay?" Misa smiled.
"Right! Bring it on! Hooah!" Mogi exclaimed as he drove the car up to the Yotsuba building.
Mogi continued to be cheerful in the head office as Misa headed into the interview room with Ooi and Shimura. The rest of the Yotsuba men, plus Aiber, were in the room. Misa sat down in the chair placed before all of the men.
"Now then, I don't believe you and I have met before, have we, Misa? My name is John Wallace, an executive adviser for the advertising department. Nice to meet you," Aiber said.
"Thank you! I'm very pleased to meet you, too!" Misa exclaimed cheerfully.
"Well, this might seem a little bit sudden, but I'd like to be honest with you. We've been talking about it and we've pretty much decided to hire you already, but before we make it official, I'd like to clarify a few things," Aiber said.
"Yes," Misa said.
"We've been doing a little background check on you and according to our sources, a burglar killed your parents during a robbery. You worship Kira because he killed the suspect. Isn't it true that you came to Tokyo in hopes of finding and meeting Kira?" Aiber asked.
"Ah… what? Who did you hear that from...?" Misa asked with quiet tone. She looked uneasy and sounded a tad nervous.
"I'm afraid I can't answer that. The information is liable and now I'd say it's confirmed. The look in your face tells me that these are the facts," Aiber stated.
"Huh. Coil, I never thought you'd investigated that far," Ooi thought.
"Also, you're still hiding something from us, aren't you?Something you prefer the world not to know," Aber said, looking at papers in front of him.
"Okay, here's where I pose and look nervous," Misa thought as she began to look nervous as planned.
"It seems you were detained by the detective L for a short period of time. We'd like you to tell us the full story of what really happened. It would be a problem if the new face of Yotsuba turned out to be Kira," Aiber said.
"Yes. We would appreciate to it if you are honest with us," Ooi commented.
"All right. I understand. I'll tell you everything. Yes, I was held for questioning. I didn't think it was L, but he did ask me lots of questions about Kira, but I'm not the second Kira and I never was. I was released because he realized that I didn't have anything to do with Kira, after all," Misa said.
"Did you manage to see who it was that was restraining you?" Ooi asked.
"No, I was blindfolded all time," Misa stated.
"But if he asked you questions. Surely, you heard his voice, right?" Midou questioned.
"Only through a speaker and voice filter, so..." Misa said.
"Come on, what the hell is this anyway? A job interview or police interrogation? How long are we gonna keep this up? I'm going to the bathroom." Higuchi stood up and walked out of the room.
"He has a point. It seems the interview veered a little off track. We are very sorry," Ooi said
"Excuse me, but would you mind if I went to the bathroom as well?" Misa asked.
At the facility, L was sitting in his chair in his usual squatting position and he was staring at the computer in front of him, looking through things. Light stood behind him, not too far behind him since they are cuffed to each other, and he was looking at Sakae and Kohaku who were also standing behind L and beside/in front of Light.
"I hope Misa can pull off her acting this time," Kohaku commented randomly, stretching.
"I guess we will have to see," Sakae commented while sighing.
"I'd hate to see what is going to happen if she can't," Light said.
"Eh, she shall be fine." Kohaku poked Sakae and Light. "So, how is the relationship going?"
"Wah?!" Sakae stared at her, shocked slightly.
Light put his arm around her, pulling her close to him. "I would say that it is going very well."
"Cute," Kohaku said, smiling a little.
"How is your love going then, Kohaku?" Sakae asked.
"It is going wonderfully." Kohaku looked towards where L was sitting. She leaned over and messed with L's hair since they all happened to be standing right behind L's chair. "Right, L?" He nodded and Kohaku noticed some blush in his cheeks, causing her to smile more.
Sakae laughed a little. "Aww, you two are good together," she commented.
"Thanks." Kohaku looked back at her two friends. "Also, I expect ya'll to get to the next level of your relationship in...at least 5 to 10 years," Kohaku stated, rubbing the back of her head laughing a bit. "And have little kids running around, stressing you two out. That would be so adorable."
"Yea, it would!" Sakae smiled to herself. "That would be...awesome."
"I guess it would be." Light said to himself, smiling.
Misa was inside a restroom at the Yotsuba building. She was staring into the mirror, talking to herself. "Oh, this is getting exhausting. But… everything's going well so far. I just have to keep it up."
Rem, unseen by Misa, approached her from behind and places a tiny piece of a page from the Death Note against Misa's hand. Misa gasped as Rem appeared behind her. She was about to scream when Rem covered her mouth.
"Hmmmm!" Misa's scream was muffled by Rem's hand.
"Being touched by this scrap of paper alone will not restore her memories of the Death Note, but at least now Misa can see me once again," Rem thought. She wanted to keep Misa from harm.
"Oh, what is this thing?! Some kind of monster?!" Misa thought.
"Misa, you're in a dangerous situation right now. There are people within Yotsuba who can easily have you killed. I've come here to warn you. Calm down and listen to me," Rem said in a calm tone to try to get Misa to calm down a bit.
"Calm down?! How can I?! This thing looks like it's gonna kill me!" Misa thought.
"Please believe me. I'm your ally," Rem said.
"My ally?" Misa thought, still not relaxing just yet.
At the facility and inside the large surveillance room, Matsuda was standing around, worrying about Misa. Light and L were looking at information on the computers before them and Mr. Yagami was doing the same nearby. Kohaku was just pacing back and forth, staring at her floor while biting her thumb nail. Sakae was sitting on the couch, looking at her phone and texting her brother, who was currently not there due to being at work and was coming back soon enough. She sighed and placed her phone onto her lap. Sakae rarely left the facility unless it was to go to her college classes (which wasn't too often because of being under too much stress) or to go out to eat with her brother to get away from the Kira nonsense for a while. She looked at Kohaku, who was still pacing, and thought about what will happen once Kira was caught.
"When this is over, Light and I will be able to be a somewhat normal couple. Kohaku will...probably go wherever L goes. Things will be very different than they once were…" Sakae thought.
"I wonder if Misa-Misa's all right. Maybe we should have wired her or used something to track her movements," Matsuda said.
"With you worrying about her so much, I believe you, my friend, have a huge crush on her or something," Kohaku said, pausing her pacing to look at Matsuda.
Matsuda blushed a little. "I wouldn't say I had a huge crush on Misa-Misa…"
Kohaku smiled. "But you have a crush. That is really cute. Maybe once everything is over, you could date her. Age is but a number, after all."
"Yea! I'd think it would be cute if you two got together," Sakae commented.
Light stared at the computer before him, thinking. "Just as I thought. The Kira before I was detained and the one it surfaced afterwards, they must be two different people. The aim all clearly doesn't match. This Kira is killing criminals as soon as they've had their crime broadcast on TV, regardless of the situation. He's punishing people who never intended to kill, those who sincerely regretted their crimes, or people with excusable circumstances. The original Kira would have never punished those kinds of people. That's the sort of distinction I'd make if were him. The way the original Kira acted is disturbingly close to my ideals.… Huh!" Light leaned back in his chair. "What the hell am I thinking? I'm not Kira. Something's gotta be wrong with me if I'm seriously comparing myself to that murderer."
"Light, are you okay?"
Light turned to see Sakae looking down at him with a confused expression. "I-I'm fine," he said.
"Hmm…" Sakae bent down a little bit to examine his face. "You seem worried about something."
"Just looking at some details about the case," Light told her.
Sakae cocked her head slightly. "Oh, you have something on your cheek."
"Huh? Where?" Light reached his hand up to touch his cheek.
"Right there." Sakae kissed his cheek then smiled. "Gotcha," she teased.
Light laughed a little bit. "Seems like it, don't it?"
Sakae gave him a small hug. "Why, yes; yes it does," she said with a smile.
Back in the Yotsuba building and inside the washroom, Rem still had Misa's mouth covered up. Misa hadn't calmed down just yet.
"Light Yagami is Kira," Rem revealed to Misa. "Tell me, what is Light doing at the moment?"
"Mmmm…" Misa patted on Rem's hand that remained on her mouth. How could she tell her if she couldn't speak? Rem soon released her hand from Misa. Misa dropped onto her knees on the floor. She looked at Rem. "What are you? I mean I can tell you're not a stalker...but you don't look like a human at all."
"No, of course not. I am a Shinigami. Before you were captured by L, you and I worked closely together," Rem revealed.
"What are you talking about? I don't understand. You know me? And Light is Kira?" Misa questioned.
"The Death Note. It grants its owner the power to kill someone simply by writing that person's name in it. Light Yagami took it upon himself to punish criminals using that notebook. He soon became known to the world as Kira. You also possessed that same power. In fact, your ability was even greater than his. You managed to find Light by using your power to determine that he was in fact Kira," Rem told her, leaving out that Kohaku and Sakae had also been a part of everything.
"Light is Kira and I'm the second Kira?" Misa questioned.
"That's right or rather, that used to be the case. Light arranged it so you would both lose this power. This was all according to his plan," Rem said.
"He did? Then Ryuzaki was right!" Misa thought.
"Misa, do you still love Light enough to die for him?" Rem asked.
"Unbelievable. You got to be telling the truth. You already know everything about me. I totally believe you now. And, yes, I do love him to death...but as a friend because he is with Sakae and I don't want to ruin their relationship, even if I do kind of hate seeing them together...also, Kohaku said that I need to listen to my heart and my heart is telling me that I am not in love with Light but with the mere thought of being with him. It's amazing that Light and I were both Kira, of course I wanna believe something like that. I only wish I could remember it," Misa said.
"You haven't changed, Misa. It seems your feelings for Light have changed a bit from loving him as more than a friend to loving him only as a friend, but it's enough to convince me that the only way you can be truly happy in life is if you can support him in his plan," Rem said.
"Thank you, Shinigami," Misa said. Even though she didn't truly love Light, she would help him with anything.
"It's Rem. The current Kira is a violent pathetic human being. I don't know what he's capable of. Be careful and beware the others from Yotsuba. Trust Light. Let him do whatever he feels necessary," Rem said.
"Okay, I got it. I guess I should just act normally in the meantime though, right?" Misa asked.
"That's right. When you go back to the interview, you will be able to see for yourself who the real Kira is. Be on your guard and do not trust him," Rem stated. "Listen, when you return, I will be in the room. The man sitting in front of me will be Kira."
Soon, Misa headed back to the interview room. Rem had already gone into it and stood behind Higuchi, the current Kira. Misa opened the door to the interview room.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so took so long.I was just fixing up my makeup a little." Misa headed to the chair she had sat in earlier. She sat down and stared at the men. She spotted Rem in front of Higuchi. "Higuchi is Kira?! That bastard!"
Back at the facility and inside the large surveillance room, Matsuda had sat down in the chair to L's left. L and Light were still sitting in the same spot they had been earlier. Mr. Yagami wasn't in the room. Kohaku had moved a chair so she was sitting to L's right and she was sitting in between Light and him, her chair on top of their long chain; she also happened to be sitting normally in the chair. Sakae was sitting in Light's lap instead of sitting on the couch. Ryuichi, who had returned shortly beforehand, was glaring at Light, but Light ignored him and wrapped his arms around Sakae, kissing her cheek.
"Misa-Misa sure is late…" Matsuda said.
"Stop worrying," Kohaku commented, spinning her chair around in circles. "She'll be back soon. Probably."
The elevator doors opened. Mogi and Misa walked out of it.
"Oh, they're back!" Matsuda exclaimed.
Kohaku stopped spinning her chair and was facing towards them. She watched Misa walk towards her and the others. "Welcome back."
"Hey!" Misa cheered. She then huffed. "Oh, I'm exhausted." She sat in Kohaku's lap.
"Eh…?!" Kohaku blinked and blushed a bit. This action was just plain odd. "W-Why...are you…?" She blinked a couple more times before shrugging. "Okay then. My lap welcomes you with open arms, apparently."
Sakae laughed. "Hey! No fair! I wanna sit in your lap too!"
"You have Light's lap to keep company," Kohaku stated, smiling a little. "Also, it's not like I wanted her to sit on me."
"Why don't you push her off, then?" Light asked, smiling a little and laughing a bit.
"That would be rude," Kohaku told him, sticking her tongue out.
"How did it go?" L asked, ignoring that Misa was in his girlfriend's lap.
"Yotsuba agreed to hire Misa on as their spokesperson for the new ad campaign," Mogi told him.
"That's good to hear," L stated.
"And I made sure to give them my cell phone number." Misa pulled out her phone. "Would you believe three out of the seven guys already massaged me asking for a private date."
"What?!" Matsuda exclaimed.
"Uh, Misa, I wouldn't be so happy about that…" Kohaku said, frowning.
"Uh oh…" Sakae muttered slightly.
Misa continued speaking. "So now I accept their invitations and then investigate them, right? Oh, it's going exactly as I planned."
"No. The plan's getting canceled right now," Light commented.
Misa looked at him. Light still had his arms around Sakae who was still on his lap. "Huh? But why? Everything's been going so smoothly up until now."
"If we go any further, you'll be in danger. You can still appear in their commercials, but from now on, you should deny that you were suspected of being the second Kira and thus detained by L. Mogi will continue being your bodyguard, but you'll be working solely as a celebrity," Light said.
"I agree with Light; you'll be in danger if this shit goes any further," Kohaku said, pushing Misa off her lap lightly and making Misa stand.
"Agreed," Sakae commented.
"Things are getting unpredictable right now. Great," Ryuichi thought.
"If that's what you want then that's what I'll do," Misa said, sighing.
"Hm," L hummed, looking at her.
"Well, I'm feeling pretty tired. Tomorrow shoot is bright and early, so I better get some sleep." Misa headed to the elevator. "Thank you, Light...Sakae...Kohaku. You guys are so sweet to be worried about me...but I've thought of the best plan ever. I'm gonna be useful to you, Light. I promise." She entered the elevator and headed to her floor.
Sakae sighed. "Why does life have to be so complicated?"
"Life has always and will always be complicated," Kohaku stated. She sat in a chair by L, sitting in her curled up position after turning the chair so she would be facing Sakae and Light.
"I guess as they say, there is always two sides. One side is complicated while the others are calm," Sakae stated. "Two sides to everything."
"Hmm...never thought of it that way," Light commented.
"There are a ton of things you haven't thought of," Kohaku commented, yawning.
"The same goes for you, just as everyone. Well, maybe not everyone," Light said.
"I know that, you idiot." Kohaku threw one of L's sweets at Light.
"Hey, don't throw things at me!" Light yelled at her, playfully.
Sakae laughed. "Okay, kids, no fighting."
Kohaku laughed as well. "We aren't kids. We are just...very immature people."
"Don't say we aren't kids, because we are technically kids no matter what age," Sakae stated.
"Whatever," Kohaku said, sticking her tongue out at Sakae. Sakae laughed and shook her head.
It's October 25th. Misa had finished a scene for the movie she was in and asked Mogi if she could use the restroom at the hospital. Inside the restroom, Misa switched outfits with her friend, Nori, before sneaking out of the hospital and calling Higuchi.
Soon, Higuchi arrived in his car, driving up before stopping beside where Misa stood.
Misa leaned down a bit and spoke to Higuchi who had the window of the passenger's side rolled down. "What an amazing car!"
"If you like it, I'll give you a ride anytime or buy you one of your own. By the way, loving that nurse's outfit, Misa," Higuchi said.
Misa got into the car. "I'm glad you like it." She giggled. Soon enough, Higuchi was driving around with Misa while back at the hospital, Mogi learned that Misa snuck off.
As Higuchi drove, Misa stared at him from the corner of her eye. "Kyosuke Higuchi. This sleazy pervert, he's been sending me text messages ever since that party. He's been even more persistent than any of the other guys. If he's Kira, it can't get any worse than that."
"Hey Misa, how about we grab a bite to eat," Higuchi suggested.
"Are you planning to take me somewhere and do pervy things to me?" Misa questioned him. "Well, even if you were, that's okay. I'll be fine since I can kill people." She looked out the passenger window.
Rem was sitting at the back of the car, observing them. "What are you saying, Misa? Is this part of Light Yagami's plan? Is this what he wants you to do? Or is this your way of telling me that you want me to kill Higuchi the moment he tries to do anything?"
Higuchi chuckled. "C'mon, you're just kidding with me, aren't you, Misa? You can kill people?"
"Yep! It's true and do you know why? Because I'm the second Kira," Misa said.
"Huh? That can't be. Even if she was the second Kira before, there's no way she still is. She's not supposed to have any memory of it, either. What the hell is going on?" Higuchi thought. He forced out a laugh. "Hahaha, Misa, you don't have to make up stuff like that to feel safe with me. I'm sure you'll find that I'm quite a gentleman."
"Yeah, maybe. Anyway, I'll only prove that I'm the second Kira to the real Kira," Misa stated.
"You'll only show proof to Kira? Why?" Higuchi asked.
"I'd show him because it's always been my dream to become Kira's wife. I know he'll need me by his side once I tell him," Misa stated. She was, of course, lying to try and get him to reveal everything.
"If she really is the second Kira, then it's pretty clear from the Sakura TV incident that she has the Shinigami eyes. If that's the case, I need to make sure I keep this girl by my side at all costs. I've gotta test her first," Higuchi thought. "Ha ha ha! Well, since I happened to be Kira, does that mean you'll marry me?"
There was an awkward silence and then Misa exclaimed, "Really?!", while staring at Higuchi with wide eyes.
"Yeah. I mean it," Higuchi said, sounding a little nervous.
"What?! Then prove it to me! C'mon, let's prove it to each other!" Misa exclaimed.
"I can't do that. It would be a pretty bad idea to let someone witness how I kill people," Higuchi stated.
"You think so? I don't know. If I thought someone was Kira, I think I'd be willing to show them. We'd never get anywhere if I didn't," Misa said.
"Ha! Then why don't you kill someone? After all, I could be the real Kira," Higuchi said.
"All right, but I'll only kill bad people, okay?" Misa stared at him.
"That's right. Bad person, huh?" Higuchi pulled the car over and pulled out his laptop. A piece of a man was on the screen after Higuchi clicked on several files. "This is Ginzo Kaneboshi, president of a major finance company. He's infamous for his immoral collection method, sometimes he even makes people pay with their insurance money. How about him?"
"Would you be able to confirm his death right away?" Misa asked.
"Yeah, as soon as I call him," Higuchi stated.
"Okay, then. Could you turn around for just a sec?" Misa asked. Higuchi looked out his window and Misa started to write, even though it wasn't going to work...for her.
Rem watched her. "Misa, you want me to kill Ginzo Kaneboshi, don't you? Then Higuchi will believe your claim about being the second Kira. Very well." Rem wrote down the man's name in her Death Note.
After 30 seconds went by, Misa looked at Higuchi. "All right. He should be dead by now."
Higuchi pulled out his phone and called a number. He spoke as soon as someone answered. "Hello, this is Higuchi from Yotsuba."
"Sorry, our president just collapsed and stopped breathing! Call back later!" the secretary exclaimed quickly before hanging up. Higuchi looked at Misa.
"Told ya!" Misa exclaimed.
"She killed him! The same guy I chose just a minute ago! It would have been impossible to do that unless she had the power! This proves it!" Suddenly, Misa's seat was leaning back and Higuchi was out of his seat and on top of her. "So if I'm Kira, you'll marry me, right?!"
"Well, hey, why are you getting so serious all of a sudden?" Misa questioned.
"Because I'm Kira," Higuchi said.
"Then prove it," Misa said.
"I'm not gonna be able to kill until I get home. You understand?" Higuchi stared at her.
"Oh, well, that's no good then." Misa pushed Higuchi off of her and sat up. "For all I know, you're just making all this up and you have an excuse to take me to your place. Wait! I know. What if you stop killing the criminals on TV?! That should prove it! If you are Kira, it should be no problem. You can start killing again when I tell you to. If all the times and deaths match up, then I'll believe you. After all, killing criminals in that way is something that only Kira can do."
"I see what you mean. That's a good idea. All right, Misa," Higuchi said.
At the facility, Misa was standing in front of everyone (Mr. Yagami, Matsuda, Mogi, L, Light, Kohaku, Sakae, and Ryuichi) in the large surveillance room with her phone out, playing what she recorded in Higuchi's car. The only person sitting down as L.
"I'm Kira. So in order to make you trust me, I'll prove that I'm him. I'll stop killing criminals for the time being. Then once you are fully convinced I'm a real thing, you and I get married," Higuchi's voice said on the record message on Misa's phone.
"And so, based on what he said, Higuchi is Kira!" Misa put her phone away.
Matsuda smiled. "Now we not only know Kira's identity but all those deaths that were worrying the chief are gonna stop! That's amazing, Misa-Misa!" Misa did the peace sign at him all cutely and smiled.
L dropped a sugar cube into his coffee before drinking some of it. "If the killing of criminals stops now, then there is no doubt that Higuchi is the one with Kira's powers. However, I knew Amane would do almost anything for Light, Kohaku, and Sakae, but to think that she would actually go this far? If criminals do stop dying after this, it will make it difficult to determine the critical element: how Kira conducts his murders. I have to think of a plan," he thought.
"Misa, how did you get Higuchi to confess?" Light asked.
"She probably seduced him," Kohaku commented.
"It was easy. That guy's totally in love with me. All I had to do was tell him I'd marry him if he was really Kira. Plus I managed to convince him that I am the second Kira," Misa stated. "If I didn't say this now, I'd probably end up contradicting my story later."
"What the hell were you thinking?" Kohaku asked. "He could've, like, raped you or something. Maybe even kidnapped you."
"Holy…" Sakae thought to herself.
"Misa! You idiot! Didn't I tell you to deny all that?!" Light exclaimed. Watari entered the room with a cart of sweets and stuff, pushing it over to L.
"Light, don't call her an idiot," Sakae said, gripping Light's arm. "She was trying to help, even though it was extremely dangerous for her to do that."
"Yeah. Now we know Higuchi is Kira, right? So what's the problem? Can't we just catch him?" Misa questioned.
L grabbed some of the sweets from the cart and placed them on the counter in front of him. Watari walked away. "I suppose this is what you would call a victory, right, Matsuda?" L questioned.
"But right now, we still don't know exactly how he kills his victims, do we?" Light asked.
"Yes, that's what I was thinking. Before we move to arrest Higuchi, I want to find out how he kills people," L said.
"That would be helpful," Ryuichi thought.
"After criminals stop dying, we will be able to figure it out, unless we come up with another idea. Isn't that right?" Light asked.
"Yes. At any rate, even if we do arrest Higuchi, we're not going to do it until we are certain that criminals have stopped dying. Let me think about this for a moment," L said. He clicked on one of the buttons of the keyboard in front of him. "Wedy." A W insignia appeared on the screen of the computer.
"Yeah," Wedy answered.
"An update on the current situation, please," L demanded.
"Everything's going smoothly. We should be able to track 70% of their movements using our cameras inside the office building," Wedy stated.
"What about outside the office?" L asked.
"That's not gonna be possible with just Watari and me," Wedy stated.
"What if you focus only on Higuchi?" L asked.
"I'm sure Wedy can handle that, right?" Kohaku thought.
"Higuchi? I've only been able to enter the houses of five of the men so far. But Midou, Namikawa and Higuchi, all have super high-tech security systems, especially Higuchi. He recently constructed a dampening room that shuts out any electronic waves. It took me two days just to break into the place," Wedy stated.
"This guy sure does sound suspicious," Matsuda commented.
"Very much so," Sakae agreed.
"Gotta wonder why he would need something like that," Ryuichi commented.
"Hm," Mr. Yagami hummed.
"All right. Then begin installing microphones, trackers, and cameras, but not in the house. Instead just put them in every car." L started munching on his sweets.
"What?! After getting this far?!" Wedy exclaimed. "Do you know how difficult it is to break into someone's house?! Besides, do you have any idea of how many cars this guy has?"
"He only has six," L said as he swallowed down another sweet.
"That's a lot of cars for one person," Kohaku commented, biting her thumb.
"Common for someone who just loves to spend money," Sakae commented.
"Mmm." Kohaku continued to bite her thumb.
"Fine then. I just have to install them in all his cars, right?" Wedy asked.
"Yes, thank you," L said.
"Oh, if Higuchi had been bugged earlier, I would have been in big trouble," Misa thought.
"Light, I'm sorry to keep coming back to this topic, I'll just get right to the point," L said.
"What is it?" Light asked.
"Do you remember killing anyone, I mean?" L asked.
"Huh?! Are you still going on about that?! Look, I'm not Kira! How many times do I-" Light was interrupted.
"I just want you to answer the question. Well, do you remember?" L questioned.
"No, I don't," Light stated.
"Misa, what about you?" L asked.
"I don't remember. How could I?! Cause I'm not Kira!" Misa exclaimed.
"Lastly, Kohaku and Sakae, I'm sorry to ask this but how about you two? Do you remember killing anyone or helping kill anyone?" L asked them.
"I don't remember anything like that ever happening," Kohaku stated, scratching the back of her head. "Although, I do feel like I am missing important memories. Could I have been involved with Kira?"
"Honestly, I don't remember something like that," Sakae said before thinking to herself. "But what is this empty feeling inside my head?"
"Hm, look Light, please listen to what I'm about to say. I'd like you to thoroughly analyze my current theory. This could determine the way in which we'd end up catching Kira. Light Yagami used to be Kira. Kira's power has somehow passed onto another person. Light Yagami now has no memory of ever being Kira. I need your analysis based on these assumptions. Do you think you can do that for me?" L asked.
"...Yeah, I'll give it a try," Light answered hesitantly.
"Light Yagami used to be Kira. Kira's power has somehow passed onto another person and it resulted in the memory loss of the girls (Kohaku and Sakae) as well as Light. Was that because Light Yagami wanted it to happen or was there someone else in control of Light, lurking in the background, who gave him the power and took the memories of the girls? Was it that person who passed Light's power to someone else?" L looked at Light.
Light was quiet for a moment. "...Given your premise, it would be my will."
"Yes, of course." L looked away from him. "If there is a third party with the ability to bestow or transfer Kira's power and they didn't want their method to be discovered, it makes no sense that they would wait so long to transfer it from you to the next Kira. If we believed that this was the work of some being watching us from above, then we'd have to accept that they are impossible to catch. Not to mention, I'd already be dead. Or at the very least, I'm being made to be a fool by eternally dancing in the palm of someone's hand. It's highly unlikely that such a being exists," L said. He ate another sweet. "Even if Light Yagami was Kira…" L looked back at Light. "Kira's power can only be transferred by the will of the person who possesses it. Thank you, Light. I can now say that I feel 99% better."
Watari walked out of the elevator and carried a tray of sweets over to L. He took L's cup and the cart he brought in earlier out of the room.
"We'll create a situation where Higuchi will not be able to pass on his power to anyone else. We'll have him show us how he kills," L said.
"So, what are you gonna do?" Light asked.
"I'm going to trick Higuchi using Sakura TV," L said.
"That's a really good idea," Kohaku stated.
"Quite," Sakae commented.
"Like a hidden camera show!" Matsuda exclaimed.
"What?" Misa questioned, confused a bit.
"We'll use the Kira Special that Demegawa airs every week. We'll book a three-hour time 'll be announced that Kira's identity will be revealed near the end of the special," L explained.
"Would anyone actually buy that, though? This is Sakura TV, after all. For all we know, Higuchi may not even watch that program," Matsuda said.
"We'll get Namikawa to call him and say 'This is on your TV.' That should be enough to get him watching. Higuchi will buy it once he realizes that the special guest on TV is someone who knows his secret," Light stated.
"Perhaps," Sakae commented, not really paying any mind.
"Oh, I get it! So we'll be using Aiber then. He will reveal that he was a spy all along!" Matsuda exclaimed.
"Stop assuming things, Matsuda." Kohaku crossed her arms. "I already have in mind who's going to be that special guest."
L nodded. "We will not be using Aiber. Whoever appears on the show has to be someone who Higuchi believes he'll be able to kill. In other words, it has to be someone whose name he can look up easily."
"But we're never gonna find a person like that, are we?" Matsuda questioned.
Kohaku facepalmed. "Matsuda… you are too stupid for your own good."
"Huh?" he wondered.
Light looked at Matsuda. "You are the only one who can do it."
"Matsu!" Misa cheered.
"Yea...yea, that could work," Sakae commented.
"Matsuda,"Mr. Yagami said.
"Perfect guy for the job, I presume," Ryuichi commented.
"Higuchi probably thinks that you were listening in on their meeting and overheard their plans to kill people. It would make sense that Misa's manager who he thought was dead is the one revealing the secret," Light said.
"Mhm," Sakae said.
"That's right. We'll have Sakura TV use a voice-filter and a frosted glass to protect your identity. Higuchi would probably realize from the announcement and the silhouette that it's the manager, Taro Matsui, and just to make sure, we will have the studio messed up to accidentally reveal your face from behind the frosted glass," L stated.
"Whoa! Sounds exciting!" Misa cheered.
Kohaku half-smiled. "Misa, maybe you should give Matsuda a good-luck kiss." Matsuda blushed a little and Misa giggled at him.
"I might just do that," Misa stated. Matsuda blushed more.
"Ooh!" Sakae teased.
"Until the show ends, the announcer will keep saying they will reveal the full name of H who's acting as Kira," L said.
"Higuchi would feel cornered. He'd have no choice but to find out the manager's name as soon as possible. We can anticipate what actions he'll take," Light said.
"We'll witness his killing method. After that, we'll arrest him and there is one potential problem with this plan. If Higuchi can kill by simply looking at someone's face just like the second Kira, Matsuda will die," L stated.
"Ah!" Matsuda exclaimed.
"But, considering the fact that you are still alive and how he's pursuing Misa, I doubt that's the case," Light stated.
"Yeah, but uh, don't mention that shit again though," Kohaku said to L. "I had a mini panic attack just then." She leaning against Sakae.
Sakae laughed a little. "You were worried for Matsuda, weren't you?"
"A little bit. Still kind of am." Kohaku looked at Matsuda. "Don't worry, Matsuda. You'll live. Probably."
"Thanks…" Matsuda mumbled.
"At any rate, we're only going to do this once criminals stop dying. We'll have to wait for two or three days to see whether or not that happens. In the meantime, Matsuda will have to decide if he wants to go through with this plan," L said.
"I don't need two or three days to decide. I want to do this," Matsuda said.
"Great. Misa, give him your good luck kiss," Kohaku commented. Misa smiled and went over to Matsuda. Matsuda's face became bright red when Misa gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. It wasn't a kiss on the lips but it still got an adorable reaction from Matsuda. "Awww~" Kohaku cooed.
"Misa and Matsuda will make a lovely couple," Sakae stated, smiling at Misa and Matsuda.
"Hmm, that's a possibility," Misa stated, smiling. She held Matsuda's hand.
Matsuda continued to blush. "Uh… Well, even if we become a couple, we...um… We'd never be as great of a couple as Kohaku and Ryuzaki."
Kohaku blushed a little and she moved to stand behind L, wrapping her arms around his neck. "My intelligent little monkey~" L grinned a little and placed his hands onto of Kohaku's.
Light pouted a bit. "What about me and Sakae? We're a great couple too, right?"
"You're a cute couple," Misa stated. "But Ryuzaki and Kohaku are the perfect couple, Light. They have had more moments of cuteness than you and Sakae have."
Light pouted more. "So?"
Sakae hugged him. "Don't worry about it, 'kay?"
Light kisses her forehead. "Okay."
Soon, they were all planning to put the 'Kira' special plan into action.