Authoress Note: Aw, it's so cold out. That makes me sad, but I guess it can't be helped. All righty then, Chapter 24 was moderate though I do have some insight to offer for some of you guys today. Also, let me know if you checked out the Death Note Final Conclusion too. I thought it was really good. Most of it seems like deleted scenes but still, there's this really cool one with Ryuk in it. I loved it.
Reviewer Acknowledgements:
Sharnii Brooke: (glomps) Welcome back! How are you? We've missed you! TJ? And Ryuk? Friends? Sorry that's not really going to happen, Ryuk's just tolerating TJ because they share a common interest in hating Joe together. Haha. Yeah, I decided to go for a more 'it's Keegan's ghosts, she needs to deal with them on her own' point of view instead of going for an all out 'let's show everybody the blood and gore'. Thanks.
Shoue: Well, thank you for falling in love with the story. I hope you like how it will end too.
KakaIru-luver: Hey! Bring that apple back! Those are for Ryuk! Heyyyyy. Oh well. I guess I'll have to buy another one. Thanks!
Mageofice88: Ah, but my friend if I were to give too much away it would ruin the ending. I do have a great surprise ending in story though.
Sahxyel: I feel as thought I owe you a really good explanation for the 'off-ness' of Keegan freaking out and she and Ryuk's argument. I decided not to write out the memory in detail because it just seemed pretty clear all ready, her parents died in a car crash due to an aggressive driver. But of course, I think as a character to actually her relive watching it through a vivid memory written out in full detail didn't seem like a good idea to me. So I just had her tell Ryuk was she saw instead. This chapter was about Keegan facing the ghosts of her past and actually get upset over the fact her parents were dead. Also, I mean, I COULD have showed you the scene where her parents died but I didn't think people want to really see a little girl's parents die in a car accident.
That's just sad.
The fact she and Ryuk got into an argument is also significant. Haha. It seems like every time they get into a fight she gets upset over something, which I find pretty funny.
The last couple rules posted were also in reference to the binding contract that Ryuk shares with Keegan in the Life Script. He's technically allowed to tell her how she 'could' have died had he not been there because the events were prevented from happening. There's also a Shinigami law that states that shinigamis can't kill humans other than using a Death Note, but I figure if Ryuk does kill Joe it might be with the bike because he's not technically touching Joe with his bare hands and can make up any old story because it would be believable with vehicles nowadays in the human world.
I figured that the fact that Ryuk had told Keegan that Joe was going to kill her eventually in time traumatized her because she had faced death as a child and death in a sense was probably 'warning' her that it would be back. So the fact that she realized Joe could have been waiting to kill her well into her 30s and 40s signifies also just how crazy Joe is.
That is a possible set back to the Life Script, but it also doesn't specify how long that person has to live AFTER you save them with it. Another set back is that you can't write the person's name in the Life Script twice unless it's a different person with the same name.
PiScEs-BlOsSoM69: Well, it's Ryuk and Christmas I don't think seem to mix. Haha. He practically knows nothing about the holiday, and he himself told Keegan he thought it was stupid…then again Why did he get her that present? Teehee.
Also, thanks to everyone else out there who's supporting the story from afar or while they're working on other things. Hope to see you in time for the finale of the story.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note. Death Note belongs to Tsugumi Ohba and Takashi Obata.
Disclaimer 2: The idea of the Life Script belongs to me. Please do not steal. Thank you. Any Original characters, Keegan Phelps (no relation to Michael Phelps) and others, belong to me. Thanks.
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Christmas hadn't gone over the way Keegan had hoped it would be. Just a bunch of family friends really, but unfortunately the Wahbergs, Smiths, and Warfs all called out and had to spend time with their own families together. They couldn't make it and so Keegan, Ryuk, and Aunt Carol were stuck with TJ and his family. Not that the experience was necessarily terribly but TJ wasn't exactly the best guest to have during the holidays.
For instance, TJ when excited, talked. He didn't just talk in that sense where he was just excited but he was just in such a good mood that he started mixing his English and his Spanish together to the point where his father actually started cursing at him at the table before he finally shut up. Much to Aunt Carol's dismay. Everybody seemed to be getting along just fine until the subject of Joe came up and TJ started talking about Joe from the other day and everybody couldn't help but excuse themselves from the table at dinner to go and open presents in the living room. IT was obvious: Nobody wanted to hear anymore about Joe.
It actually got to the point where TJ couldn't shut up because he was sugar high on chocolate, cookies, and homemade cranberry sauce before Ryuk actually locked him out of the house. Ryuk of course seemed to be having fun messing with TJ because for once he was actually sick and tired of all the company and decided the best way to get rid of it was to lock one party member out of the house.
Mr. Juarez, TJ's dad, couldn't stop laughing at his son out in the snow banging on the windows and crying that the cucuy was going to get him. Or something about 'la llorona' which Keegan shook her head at.
After TJ's family left, Keegan and Aunt Carol had a long talk about court and stuff and keeping Joe away. It actually came to the point where Aunt Carol wanted to move out of Jefferton and Keegan left the room angry about the idea. All Keegan wanted to do for the rest of this week was forget about Joe, forget about everyone in general, and focus back on stopping Mr. Yagami from reigning as 'Kira'.
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Unfortunately:
"I will eliminate you in the name of God. Do you hear me Kuro? ELIMINATE! ELIMINATE YOU! You've been pressing too far into my God's plan into creating a perfect world. I shall be sure to make you suffer for it like so many other criminals have. I'll kill you, infidel. I shall eliminate you from this earth by God's good grace."
"…What are you? A computer virus?" Keegan said with her brow twitching in annoyance at being called an 'infidel'. "How can I be an infidel if I don't believe in anything really?"
Now it was several weeks after Christmas and Keegan was starting to find herself receiving death threats from a Mr. Mikami, who was supposed calling himself 'God's right hand man'.
Keegan tapped her pencil against the laptop as she relayed the messages she'd received over the holidays from 'God's right hand'. And decided that it was going to have to be a nasty fight with this man as well.
"He doesn't know who I am, and I sure as hell don't who he is." Keegan sighed. "Ryuk…do you know who Mr. Mikami is?"
Ryuk, after growing bored of playing Guitar Hero after so many weeks, now had his sights on Keegan's Nintendo DS and wasn't really paying attention until she tugged on his arm. "Hey. I'm asking you something."
"Huh? Oh. Sorry. What about Mikami?"
"Who is he?" Keegan asked.
"Oh yeah, him. Well he's a prosecutor of sorts in Japan. Legal dealings and such." He explained. "Light's Right Hand Man." He pondered. "I traded Shinigami eyes to him once in exchange for half his lifespan. He's pretty smart, like Light, but I think he's got some head problems." Ryuk made a swirly signal around the side of his head and Keegan groaned.
"A basket case?! He's a basket case? Oh no…If there's one more thing I need is dealing with another crazy person besides Joe…" Keegan sighed while playing the message over again. "So, these Shinigami Eyes, he won't be able to use them on my if he tries to."
"That's right. The Life Script states that in an earlier rule Keegan." Ryuk said, tapping the stylus against the touch-screen on the DS. "So, you seem to be in less than a good mood from the past couple weeks. Christmas still bothering you?"
Keegan glanced over at Ryuk and he in turn was staring at her with those golden eyes again. "Yes. It is. Why are you reading my lifespan again?" She asked, a little annoyed. He'd been doing that for the same amount of time she'd been angry at Christmas.
"It's been steady since Joe's been in jail. I want to make sure it stays that way." Ryuk gave her his best explanation before he went back to playing the game awkwardly. "Did I do something?"
"No…" Keegan sighed, reassuring him. "It's just TJ's behavior at Christmas about Joe. His family's so rambunctious. Even getting him to calm down." She rubbed her temples. "I find myself wondering how I manage to put up with him."
"Because he's like your baby brother." Ryuk taunted humorously.
"Oh, yeah. I forgot." Keegan shook her head. "Well, if Mr. Mikami wants to be mean and nasty to me then I think it's only common courtesy I return the same unfavorable behavior."
Ryuk suddenly perked up at the idea. "Hm. He's a little hot-headed. A bit more than Light sometimes when he's angry. You sure you wanna get into a brawl with Mikami?"
"Mikami antagonized me first, so I'll provoke him back." Keegan said with a foreboding tone.
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"…Hello."
While doing some office work at home, Mikami's head jerked upwards when his laptop suddenly spoke and he glanced over at it, turning his head slowly until the laptop spoke again.
"You know who this is…Mr. So-called-Right-Hand."
Mikami turned his chair around to face the laptop and he grit his teeth. "So…you speak to me at last. How careless you must be to think you can win against God." He told Kuro smugly.
"I have my confidence…Mr. Mikami." Kuro assured, addressing him by his name.
Mikami almost jumped out of his seat and he rushed towards the laptop. "What is this? How do you know of my name?"
"…Divine intervention, Mr. Mikami. Divine intervention. Now, I want you to listen very closely because I know you'll go right back to your 'god' with this information I am about to give you. Kira's probably all ready frustrated with my next move so I'll just say this. The next time you try and kill someone who is getting closer and closer to interfering with your 'God's' plans, your powers won't work and you'll be left at a loss for words as to how I could do it and why I did it." Kuro informed him.
"Why should I do what you say?" Mikami hissed at the screen. "Your powers are nothing but a mild irritation to the peace that God is making in this world with his power of death given to the guilty."
"…Your judgments have been clouded and your spirit is deranged, Mr. Right-Hand. I suggest you do much soul searching and begin to wonder about your own self. If you and your God kill all of the criminals on earth, wouldn't that leave you and Kira as the only criminals left behind? Wouldn't you have to eliminate yourself from the earth because you realize that you are killers yourselves?"
Mikami grinned maniacally at the computer. "Sorry. But I believe God will save our souls by rewarding us for our good deeds."
"If you believe your 'god' is so great, does he treat you with praise and admiration? Does he adore you for your efforts? Or does he just leave you to your own devices like the cold calculating ice-blooded monster that he is?!"
"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SPEAK!"
"Face it, Mr. Mikami. You can't catch me. You can't stop me and that's what frightens your God too. He knows not of who I am or of my origins and how I came to have this power. When you look at a coin that lands on its edge how do you determine which side is the side that will win in the game of 'heads and tails'?" Kuro questioned.
"Think of it this way…God and I are heads, and you are tails. Whichever side the coin has more motivation on, that will be the winning side. I have faith." Mikami told Kuro, obviously growing more and more irritated with Kuro's casual behavior and riddles towards him.
"Is it faith? Or is it fear Mr. Mikami?" Kuro was now challenging his beliefs.
"You dare question my faith in my God? You do not even know how much good he is doing for this world."
"I know that he has no regard for human life whatsoever and neither do you. So I ask again, Mr. Mikami. Is it FAITH? Or FEAR?"
"…It has been and always will be faith."
"Then your cause is a lost one. Death does not last forever."
"Only for those who deserve it…" Mikami growled.
"Ah, very well. I'll leave you to your delusions about your God and this plan. Know this though, after this conversation I predict you will go whine to your God about me picking on you, then my assumption will be he'll send me a message. Kuro ordered. "Is this clear?"
"…Crystal." Mikami sneered. "May I go?"
"…Do as your free will allows you to do."
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"I think that went well…" Keegan said, not really too pleased with the events that just took place, but she was satisfied. "I think this should turn out interesting." She leaned back against the couch comfortably before Ryuk glanced up from the DS and turned it off.
"Hey, Keegan." He said suddenly.
Her arms behind her head, Keegan opened one eye to look over at him. "Oh? You're attention isn't on a video game for once?"
"…I got something for you, but I didn't want to give it to you at Christmas because I just thought it was stupid to do on that day." Ryuk scratched the back of his head and he suddenly handed her the closed velvet box. Keegan gave him a funny look and stared at the box in his gangly hands before she took it from him.
"Don't tell me, you stole this right?" She waved it at him with a shake of her head.
"Not this time, I stole the money to get it for you. So this isn't technically stolen." Ryuk was fidgety the whole time and got up to leave the room. "I need an apple."
"Bottom drawer to the left, not the right. You ate a 'grapple' last time and I don't think you liked it very much." Keegan called to him before she opened the box a smidgen to peek inside.
She almost slammed it shut before opening it again to look at the beautiful medallion inside. Well, to her it was beautiful. She closed it rapidly and she looked around awkwardly at the thought that Ryuk had actually gotten her something. Oh…how sweet.
She opened the box again and stared at the necklace with a small smile. "Ohh…it looks like Lucil circling his way around the moon." She said with clear admiration of the piece of jewelry. "Oh, Ryuk! Thank you."
"What?" He called, not being able to hear her from chomping down on the apple in his mouth. "For what?"
"You didn't have to get me this!" She called.
He swallowed the core and peeked at her through the kitchen window that peered into the living room. "Huh? Ohh…yeah. Uh. That. Hah. Yeah…I thought you might like it. I mean, it's a symbol of 'Kuro' all over. Right?" He said, stealing another apple from the fridge and chowed down on it nervously. "Yeah, you're uh…welcome I guess."
She took it out of the box and clasped it around her neck and looked down at it with glee. "It's perfect, aw. Thank you."
"…Again. You're welcome. Now stop thanking me all ready." He grumbled, crumbs spewing from his mouth.
"Why? Are you embarrassed by that?" Keegan chuckled, turning the t.v on. "I bet Mr. Yagami's none too pleased to hear that Kuro has contacted his Right Hand to threaten him."
It didn't take very long before Keegan received an incoming transmission on her laptop and she laughed. "Ohh…He's mad now."
Ryuk couldn't help but have to see this and was quickly in the living room before one could say: 'hopscotch'. "Oh, this I gotta see. After questioning Mikami's faith, I can only imagine what you're going to question him about after that little incident."
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"Kuro, have you no respect for privacy? Now you have to go badgering my followers? Just how much longer are you going to make the world suffer by keeping these criminals alive?"
"You're clearly upset by the fact that I didn't come to you and instead went to your little bitch boy. Aw. You're missing me all ready? I haven't even contacted you and you seem to be jealous of the fact that my sights have turned onto another prospective murderer." Keegan explained, casually shaking her head and looking over at Ryuk as he pulled out her DS again to start playing and eavesdropping at the same time.
"How do you know that Mikami is my 'Right Hand's' real name?" Kira's tone was livid.
Keegan frowned. "How many times must I continue to tell you that it's divine intervention?"
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"Don't give me that trash! I know about shinigamis, Kuro! I know you do too!" Light slammed his fists down on the computer desk. The rest of the Task Force had gone home for the day and Light was left alone in the middle of the night at the office with not a lot to go on with the Kuro case after abandoning it. Even though he'd been investigating more in secret, he found nothing; not an ounce of evidence to pinpoint as to whom Kuro was. Now, Light knew he was very good at reading people but Kuro was a mystery and a puzzle all in one.
"You think a shinigami is helping me, Mr. Kira?" Kuro taunted.
"I…know." Light growled at the screen.
"Yes, and you think you know everything. Don't you? It's divine intervention either way. But why would a Shinigami bestow Life Giving power to me then if shinigamis are death gods?" Kuro's tone was now pushing a limit between annoyance and interest.
"…." Light couldn't respond to that. It was a good question. He didn't know whether Ryuk was helping Kuro or not. Ryuk had told him that he wasn't on his side and he wasn't on Kuro's. So what did that mean? Could an angel of some sort really have established a powerful life-giving object to Kuro? Could divine intervention really…?
"Why did you question, The Right Hand's faith?" Light asked.
"It's also a question of your faith too…how loyal and faithful are you to the work of 'God', Kira? If you call yourself a God…whom are you working for? Is it for GOD or is it just for yourself as a 'god'?" Kuro asked.
"You're just trying to get me to feed information through to you so you can catch me…" Light stepped away from the laptop to cross his arms and stare at the window in front of him. "Of course it's not for me. It's for the whole world?"
"I'm not trying to catch you at all, Kira. I'm just trying to expose you for the fake that you are to the world. I'm making the world realize that killing, no matter how you do it or if you do it for good, is still wrong no matter what." Now Kuro was testing his will. "How long can you bear to languish in hiding until you either die or are exposed? How long can you bear to hide yourself with so many different authorities looking for you?"
"Then they'll die too! They don't even know what good I'm doing for this world! Neither do you! A worthless interferer like you could never understand!" Light snapped, glaring at the screen.
"You would kill innocent people who are only doing what their good job calls for in trying to catch you when they think of you as a criminal? Why…I bet you'd kill your own dear family if they found out that you were Kira." Kuro said, rather harshly comparing Light to a sociopath.
"The first signs of a serial killer come from psychological disorders or torturing small animals as a child. Other forms of sociopath behavior also derive from forms of parental neglect or some other form of abuse. What's the matter, Kira? Somebody didn't love you when you were little? Did your mommy and daddy not give you everything you wanted?"
Light suddenly picked up the laptop at the thought of Kuro talking about his own father and he threw it on the floor. He scowled at it and snarled. "WHO ARE YOU KURO?! YOU TELL ME WHO YOU ARE SO WE CAN END THIS! WHO ARE YOU!"
"NO! Mr. Kira! You tell me…Who are YOU? Who are you to call yourself a God? God is not an individual that takes lives. God does not hate and God certainly does not kill just because he feels like it or because bad people deserve it. If you look closely at the work of GOD, you will see you and God are nothing alike."
"What do you want from me…?" Light said, his voice shaking in fury. He picked the laptop up and shook it. "What do you want from me, Kuro?"
"I want you to end this whole thing. I want you to stop playing the role of God and stop messing up the world." Kuro told him.
"…It's impossible for me to do that Kuro. Though…heh heh. I appreciate your efforts to try and sway me. I doubt seriously though that even if you do manage to defeat me, I'll take you down with me as well."
"So…be it."
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The transmission ended and Keegan sat back in her seat on the couch and frowned. "This is going to be hard to do."
"Why? What are you planning Keegan?" Ryuk asked, looking up from the DS suddenly. "You actually are planning to get him out in the open?"
She nodded. "I am, but I think I'm going to need help. I have no choice. If I want him to get caught…"
"You're thinking about calling on the SPK?" Ryuk asked. "Keegan, that's a little extreme for you. Going to great lengths this time eh?" He leaned over her shoulder with a brow cocked.
It was a tough decision. Keegan didn't want to but this was the last straw. Listening to Mr. Yagami's temper towards her, she knew that this wasn't going to be easy if she was planning on getting him caught for the serial killer he was.
She turned her camera on and left the cap on it covered while she hooked it up to her computer. At that same moment, she felt as though she was getting closer and closer to the goal she had sought out in the beginning. "You're with me through this whole thing…right?" She glanced over at the shinigami sitting next to her, unsure if Ryuk would even answer.
"All the way." Ryuk assured. "Make him suffer, Keegan."
Keegan turned on a live stream and entered the database where to send it.
"Mr. N."
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"Mr. N."
"We're receiving a live-stream from Miss Kuro, sir. Shall we accept it?" Miss Lidner asked.
"Of course we will." Near answered before Gevanni could cut in and respond for him. "I assume Kuro would only stream to us if t involved something very important." Near picked up the Kuro-Cat Chess Piece and placed it right in front of his own self-portrayed Chess Piece.
"Mr. N, I've had a rough holiday, I can only hope yours was slightly better. I've recently had contact with Kira and I am none too please with my results of our conversation. If you can offer any insight into anything you know that I don't, would you please enlighten me?" Kuro requested.
"My apologies Miss Kuro, though I would like to this is a legal matter and giving you information on anything-" Near was cut off suddenly.
"I have a plan, but I'll need you to handle all of the arrangement matters." Kuro suddenly suggested.
A plan? Hm. Near stared at the screen in contemplation. "You have a plan? All right. Let's hear it."
"Tell me what you know of Mikami Teru, I understand he is Mr. Kira's 'Right Hand'."
Near's brows rose with interest and he cocked his head to the side at the screen. "Very well… We have reason to believe that he is aiding our main suspect in the Kira killings. We've recently acquired the object that Mr. Mikami has been using to kill people by replacing it with a fake one, very well made fake one if I may add."
"I see, if you're talking about The Death Note, then I bet there will be no doubt that you know what you're doing there." Kuro said, commending them on such an extreme effort.
"If my plan is the same as yours then perhaps we should collaborate in this plan."
"Our plan is to meet with the Task Force in a warehouse at a precise location. There we plan to present evidence and expose Light Yagami as Kira. Is that the same plan you had in mind, Miss Kuro?" Near asked.
"Something along the lines of that. Yes. Here's what I had in mind. Let's sweeten the deal to have the Task Force even more willing to come out. It will allow your 'suspect' the chance to be able to have the opportunity to 'meet me' in person. The meeting of Kuro with the Task Force will be a trap for who you believe to be Kira and you'll have your man."
"What if something unexpected happens?" Near asked.
"Then we'll have to take that chance. I have faith in your plans. I trust you, Mr. N."
"So, you will be the bait for our trap?" Near asked.
"I shall. I willingly agree out of my own free will to accept this task. I promise you, you will not be disappointed in your catch. Mr. N." Kuro said in acceptance.
"Very well, let it be done." Near said, "Please secure a flight to Japan at a location that will be disclosed in time. When you touch down, we'll be waiting for you in the terminal. I'll have Miss Lidner text your phone."
"Mr. N. Please do take caution when dealing with this man. I am well aware he is not of sound mind and is likely to snap at any given moment despite his calm and collected demeanor (my sources tell me this). I would appreciate you holding back until it is absolutely necessary to take him down for my public safety."
"Miss Kuro, you are sure you know what you are doing?" Near asked.
There was silence from the laptop before the voice of Kuro responded: "…I've known for a long time that this day might come. I just never expected this supposedly well planned collaboration to be negotiated so smoothly. Tell me, Mr. N, you are aware of who I am, I am sure of this. There's no denying it."
"Well, you're hard to read, but I definitely would have to say if it's taken Kira a hell of time to find you and not kill you…I have to admit you must be some sort of genius." Gevanni chuckled to himself.
"It's all common sense really, Mr. Gevanni." Kuro replied.
"Well then, if anyone has intercepted this message the only thing they won't know is your name or face. We'll try to keep that under wraps." Near assured. "Miss Kuro…we thank you for your time and effort in preventing Kira's strain of terror at bay. There is nothing more for me to say except: You've beaten death."
"And I suppose you'd like to learn the secret?" Kuro chuckled.
"This is just speculation, but…if there exists a notebook of Death, the Death Note, is it not also possible there is one for Life as well?" Near asked.
"I'd rather not give away any personal secrets, but then again…maybe there is."
"And how would you have acquired such a power, if I may ask?" Near cocked his head to the side attaching a little white notebook to the Kuro-Cat chess piece with a smile.
"It is simply divine intervention."
"Well played." Near smiled in satisfaction at the large screen. "You've still got 9 Lives to bargain Miss Kuro. Let's see if they last you when you meet the Mighty Kira, face to face." Near said, staring at the chess piece of Light Yagami marked as 'Kira' with the little facemask. He pushed the Kuro Cat chess piece in front of it with a smile.
"Erwin Schrodinger came long after Lewis Carroll, but it is my belief that the Cheshire Cat is an early form of Shrodinger's Cat. Lewis Carroll is never clear on what kind of 'Cheshire' Cat his kitty is, and the cat can appear to be anywhere and everywhere and sometimes even nowhere when he wants to me. So, it is my assumption that if Kira may strike at me…it's a toss of a coin landing on its edge. I could either be alive…or dead." Kuro explained cryptically.
What did she mean by that? Near seemed a bit confused until he thought on it. "You'll fake your death if you have to in front of him?"
"He'll never know unless he opens the box, but that's not how the experiment is supposed to be performed. So…yes. Think of Schrodinger's Cat in the Box as Pandora's Box."
"Which would mean?" Miss Lidner asked.
"You, the SPK represent the 4 corners of the box, and I am inside the box."
"So, if Kira were to open the box…." Near said, with a very sure look on his face he knew what Kuro was talking about.
"If Kira opens the box, he may get a nasty surprise as Pandora did."
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The body, after careful examination, in the back of the large tractor-trailer truck, had taken a while to be identified as Kiyomi Takada's. Light of course seemed to be unfazed by this because he had gotten rid of Takada himself to establish the fact that she couldn't be caught lest she expose him ask Kira. It was unfortunate he had to kill her, but he knew if she was rescued the police would probably make her talk and he didn't need any of that happening. All that mattered was that nobody knew he was Kira. Everything was perfect, until Near wanted to meet with them.
Aizawa's face was livid as he stared at the screen while the news report went over the fact that the body inside the truck was in fact Takada's. It all made sense now, the reasons why Kuro had such hostility towards Light rather than any other Task Force member. Light didn't seem remorseful about this tragedy at all, where as the rest of the Force was affected in one way or another at least some concern was showed for her death by the other members, but from Light: nothing.
Now all of these 'spokespersons' wanted to represent Kira in replacement of Kiyomi Takada. How sick was this world today? Aizawa looked down at the floor, not really paying too much attention to the message Light was being given by Near until the Date and time caught his attention.
'Matsuda and Ide…that could be the day when we all die.' Aizawa thought.
'Ide doesn't know a thing about Kuro granting Aizawa and I immunity from Kira's wrath. I wonder if Kuro will spare him too. Even thought Kuro doesn't know him and never spoke with him.' Matsuda looked a little worried. "We can make that date, can't we?"
"That's the plan." Light said. "It's settled then."
"I've set Miss Amane free. You need to call her to confirm it." Near informed.
Light did so, recalling that Misa had of course been taken into custody. He knew that thinking about the memory would do him no good. After hearing Misa's voice whine and complain about compensation or something in her fancy hotel room he told her to stay put and hung up, knowing she would. After that they were informed that the Notebook would stay in the Task Force custody but they had to take it out of the safe anyways with the confirmation passwords of each member.
When Aizawa punched in his password he was the first to open the safe and stare at the little black notebook with in it. 'The notebook that murders…' He stared at it for several moments before he thought over the rules in it. After they took it out, they strapped it to a special vest to him and he answered Near when addressed. "I'll carry it with me."
" L. Is it all right if Mr. Aizawa carries the notebook?" Near asked.
"It's in our best interest if he does, yes." Light answered with a small smile.
"Thank you. We'll see you at the scene."
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Keegan closed her laptop and sighed. "Well Ryuk. This timeline seems to be in our favor. Aunt Carol's leaving on a road trip with her girlfriends, so it will be good timing. I'll be able to book airline tickets when she leaves tonight."
"She's going on a road trip? Isn't she worried about Joe coming after you still?" Ryuk asked, skeptical of Keegan's plan.
"TJ's family's prosecutor made sure he's going to stay put in jail for a long time. There's not a chance he'll be able to get to me this time. I promise." Keegan assured.
"Keegan, you'll have to get there by yourself. You know. I can't go with you." Ryuk told her. "At least on the plan. And I'm not going anywhere without my bike." He went into the kitchen to stare out the window at the covered Nightrod VRSC. "It's mine ya know."
She followed after him into the kitchen and her arms reached around to hug him by the waist. "You mean it's yours now." She sighed. "You stole that remember."
"Tch. I'm not giving it back. I stole it fairly because some idiot didn't know what he was doing." Ryuk snorted. "It's not going back to the guy that gave it to me."
"Ryuk…how are you gonna get the bike to Japan and back?" Keegan asked, suddenly curious at the idea.
"How do you think Keegan? I'm gonna take it to the shinigami realm and then bring it back down to the location. I know my way around Japan, I'm FROM there." He reminded her.
"Just because you lived there with Mr. Yagami for who-knows-how-long doesn't mean you know-"
He reached around and covered her mouth with his hand. "Aw, shut up will ya! I know what I'm doin'!"
Keegan scrambled out of his reach with a frown and leaned against the kitchen counter. "This is really it…isn't it?" She asked.
"The last stand? Well…for Light maybe. But you it could be a whole knew beginning." Ryuk chuckled, suddenly crawling along the ceiling before he dropped back down in front of her. "…You're sure you know what you're doing though?"
She glanced over at the Life Script on the kitchen countertop before she gave it a serious look and picked the notebook up.
"Yes." She answered.
"Sure?" He got in her face with a grin.
"…Uh, yeah." She said, giving him a funny look.
"Positive." He said, putting his arm around her waist as he pulled her close to him.
"KNOCK IT OFF RYUK!" She snapped.
"…Heh heh. Just making sure." He snickered.
"I meant get your hands off my waist."
"…Oh."
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Authoress Note: All right, well then. I've decided to string the story for just a little longer. You know what's sad folks? There's only two more chapters left to go. (GASP). I know. It's terrible, but we're almost at the end here. It's almost finished. But I promise you that you shall not be disappointed. Thanks, read and review, and stay tuned for the next installment of The Life Script.