Chapter Twenty Six: The Reveal
Light browsed the world wide web as he sat at the computer in his old room. It felt relaxing to be in his old room not having to worry about L anymore. Had it only been five days since his death? It now seemed like forever as though he had never met L and he was just a character in a dream he had long ago.
Although L was dead there was still the issue of Mr. Brown, Hilary, Bud, and Martin. He knew without a doubt those were not their real names. Just crappy fake names that L had given them. Light knew Martin's first name as Shawn. However it would be too obvious if only Shawn died considering everyone knew that was the only real name Light was able to identify. He also would still have to get Shawn's last name. No, he had to think of a way to dispose them all at different intervals without their knowing that he knew each of their names.
Light stretched his hand towards the Death Note. Rem's Death Note to be precise. He looked through the pages again finally coming to a stop to where L's real name stood along with Watari's. He smiled in triumph at the two names and it would only be a matter of time before the true names of Mr. Brown, Hilary, Bud, and Martin stood beside them. But for now, who should he kill today? Whose actions were unjust and needed to be punished by the wrath of God?
He skimmed the news headlines. It wasn't until Light took a glimpse of the Foreign News section that he stopped. A picture of a woman with the headline "Trudy Fleming Awarded National Prize for Her Writings" was displayed on the screen. However, it was not the article that interested Light but the picture of the woman. He had seen it not too long ago in Mr. Brown's hands. This must have been his wife. A malice smile spread across Light's lips.
Mr. Brown, you messed up. Big time.
Just as Light was about to write down the name, he stopped. This was most likely a fake name given to her for her safety. He grinned. L thought he was so clever in preparing fake names for everyone connected to the Americans working on the case but he didn't know that Misa had the Shinigami eyes at that point.
Light reached into his pocket and took out his cell phone. He dialed Misa's number. Sorry Mr. Brown but maybe this will teach you not to mess with the God of the new world. Misa's cell phone was now ringing.
"Hello?" Misa's high pitched voice rang.
"Misa," Light said.
"Oh Light! I'm so glad you called!" Misa exclaimed. Light cringed a little. How much longer would he have to spend time with her?
"Misa, I need you to go to this web address," Light instructed. He gave Misa the directions to the page with Trudy's picture on it.
"What about her?" Misa asked.
"I want you to write her name down in the Death Note," Light said.
"I can't," Misa said. Light's heart stopped for a moment.
"Why not?" he asked, slight irritation in his voice.
"I can't see her name," Misa said, "Or her lifespan." Light thought for a moment. Why couldn't she see the woman's name or lifespan? There must have been a reason. Unless...
"Ask Ryuk if the Shinigami eyes have limits against people that are dead," Light said. It was the only explanation.
"..Oh Light! You're so smart! Ryuk says I can't see her name or lifespan because she isdead," Misa exclaimed. Light grinned. So this was all a plan was it? And now he knew about it. It was so obvious. The four planned to show Mr. Brown's deceased wife on public websites, hoping Misa would see it. Since L did suspect Misa of being the second Kira, the one with the eyes, they were hoping that Misa would write down Mr. Brown's wife's real name. Then all they would have to do is search the house and find the Death Note. That would be all the proof they would need. But Light had figured out their plan and now they had nothing. They were inferior to L.
"Misa, they're onto us. Or at least you. They'll probably search your place from top to bottom. I want you to bring the Death Note over to my house for a few days," Light said, "Once they've searched your place, I'll give it back to you."
"Okey dokey Light!" Misa exclaimed and she hung up the phone. This was perfect. Now all Light had to do was take criminals' names and spread their deaths out over the next few days tonight. Then starting tomorrow, he would start staying at the main headquarters again trying to find out Mr. Brown, Hilary, and Bud's real names along with Shawn's last name. The Death Notes would remain safely in the hidden compartment in his drawer.
Soon Mr. Brown you'll be with your wife.
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"Uhh...Mr. Brown? Is that you in there?" Matsuda asked as Natalie walked down the stairs with what appeared to be Mr. Monk in a gas mask. Shawn and Gus looked up only to hide their laughter as Mr. Monk really did look like an alien from the Star Wars Galaxy.
"Yes, it's me," Mr. Monk said.
"Dude why do you have a gas mask on?" Shawn asked.
"I'm going out," Mr. Monk said.
"You mean like out of the building?" Gus asked.
"Yes. I think I need some fresh air."
"There really isn't any need to wear a gas mask outside Mr. Brown. Kira wouldn't kill pedestrians," Light said.
"Who said this is to prevent Kira? I don't want to take in that foul substance you people call air here," Mr. Monk said and with that Mr. Monk and Natalie were off. Just shortly after they left, Shawn and Gus got up as well.
"Yeah we have to go too. Important psychic...matters to attend to," Shawn said.
"What?" Matsuda asked.
"Martin has to go pay his rent now for his apartment otherwise he's going to be evicted. He got the message today," Gus explained what they were really doing.
"Yes...you'd think L would have left us some cash in his will," Shawn said.
"Why would he do that?" Gus asked.
"So that you wouldn't have to pay my rent for me," Shawn said.
"What? I'm not paying your rent," Gus said.
"Oh come on Bud, I'll pay you back when we arrive in America next week," Shawn said.
"Wait, you guys are leaving?" Matsuda asked.
"What about avenging L!" Light exclaimed.
"Yeah well...see you guys live here. We don't. We can't afford to stay here that much longer. So we're going to investigate in America where we can pay for our rents and ...work on more cases that require a psychic," Shawn said, "I have a feeling though that L's spirit will be contacting me very shortly. So tootles." Light eyed Shawn and Gus as they left the room and he couldn't help but smile. They thought they had won. But it was he who had come out on top. All he had to do was get Misa to see them and write down their names while they were in America.
Psych
Shawn and Gus walked up the stairs to Light's room in his parent's house very casually. Shawn opened the door with a little walkie-talkie in his hand as though it were his own room. Gus, however, looked around with uneasiness.
"Alright, let's just hurry up and get out of here," Gus said.
"Gus, relax," Shawn said as he held the walkie-talkie to his mouth, "Jack o' Lantern this is Starsky and Hutch. The jaguar has landed. I repeat the jaguar has landed. Over."
"Good, now look around the room. The Death Note must be there," a voice from the walkie-talkie said though it was too muffled to tell exactly who it was. It was most likely Mr. Monk or Natalie.
"Dude you didn't say over. Over," Shawn said.
"So?"
"You have to say over. Over."
"Can you just look for the Death Note please?"
"But that's what makes this whole thing so much fun. Over," Shawn said.
"Shawn just look," Gus said as he was already looking around Light's room.
"No, not until he says over!" Shawn exclaimed.
"Fine. Look around the desk for the notebook. Be careful to put everything back the way it was. Over," the voice said. Shawn looked around the desk with Gus.
"There's nothing here," Gus said, "Just some papers."
"Check the drawers carefully. This is Light we are dealing with. Over," the voice said. Shawn looked around and examined each of the drawers. He stopped as he noticed a hole in the bottom of one of the drawers.
"Well, well, well. Look what we got here," Shawn said. He rose from his potion and looked around the desk. "I need something...small...and thin..."
"Use a pen," Gus said.
"No...something smaller..." Shawn said as he continued to look. He stopped, however, at the sight of the pens.
"How about a pen cartridge," Shawn said as he picked up a pen from Light's desk. He undid the pen to pull out the cartridge and placed it in the hole. A board lifted in the drawer revealing, not one but, two Death Notes. Gus took them both out and handed one to Shawn.
"The eagle has landed. Two eagles actually. Over," Shawn said into the walkie-talkie.
"Excellent so he must have seen Trudy's picture," the voice said.
"Dude say over! Over," Shawn said.
"Shawn, Trudy's name isn't in either of these," Gus said.
"Yeah that's weird," Shawn said, "The bait has not been taken. Over."
"That's fine. Finding the notebooks in Light's room should be proof enough. Just put them back for now and make sure the entrance looks the same. Light might have figured out there were bugs in the room when we bugged his room last time based on the entrance. Over," the voice said and the walkie-talkie was turned off on the other line.
"It's Show Time," Shawn said. He and Gus did as the voice obeyed and put everything back to normal before leaving the room.
Monk
"Mr. Monk, you look ridiculous," Natalie said.
"I'm sorry I'm embarrassing you," Mr. Monk, "I really should take this thing off shouldn't I?"
"Yes," Natalie replied as the two walked down the street together with Mr. Monk's gas mask still on.
"But I don't think I'm going to," was his replied. Natalie groaned.
"Well, we got the security tapes from the police headquarters. But we still got a lot of work to do," Natalie said.
"Have Shawn and Gus contacted us since they left Light's house?" Mr. Monk asked.
"Not yet."
"If we could just figure out how Light was able to write down people's names when he was on surveillance," Mr. Monk said.
"Don't worry Mr. Monk, we'll figure it out," Natalie said. The two walked by a store with different models of TVs in the window. Within minutes of passing the store, however, Mr. Monk walked back and stared at the models of little screens.
"Mr. Monk, what are you doing?" Natalie asked.
"Natalie. I know how he did it. I solved the case," Mr. Monk said, "well...part of the case." Natalie walked over to him and looked down at the mini television screens. Before Natalie had time to think, however, Mr. Monk was already walking into the store.
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Light walked into his house, completely flabbergasted as the entire investigation team was at his house. He didn't understand why they had told him to come over immediately but now he understood: Shawn was having a psychic moment.
"What's going on?" Light asked as he stared in terror at Shawn who was jittering around as the Death Note from headquarters was pressed closely to his ear.
"He just started screaming and led us all here," Yagami said.
"Shh! He's trying to contact the spirits!" Matsuda exclaimed. Mr. Monk was standing next to Natalie, rolling his eyes. Oh well at least he would get his moment of fame shortly. Light looked around and noticed Misa was there too with Ryuk standing next to her barely able to control himself. This was bad. Very bad.
"I sense...a spirit...no...two spirits!" Shawn exclaimed, "One is...a Shinigami!" Ryuk cackled a little.
"Is it Rem?" Matsuda asked.
"No...it's another one..." Shawn said.
"Hey, this guy's good!" Ryuk said.
"Another Shinigami?" Aizawa exclaimed.
"But who's the other spirit?" Matsuda asked. The investigation team could not believe this. Was Shawn really psychic?
"It's an eager spirit...he's been trying to contact me all week...it's the spirit of L!" Shawn exclaimed as he began to shove violently around the room with the Death Note ahead of him as though it was guiding him. "This way!" Shawn exclaimed as he had the book flapping and moving upstairs. Everyone followed eagerly as they entered Light's room. Shawn continued to scream as he ran around the room a little. He finally came down with a thud on Light's bed.
"Hyuk Hyuk, you're in trouble Light," Ryuk said.
"The Death Notes are in this room!" Shawn exclaimed as he got up. The others looked completely stupefied.
"This is insane," Yagami said.
"I can't believe you're accusing me," Light said.
"Hey, are you insulting L?" Shawn asked. He then placed his ear to the notebook again. "L says his killer is in this very room as well."
"Misa does not like this game!" Misa exclaimed. Suddenly, Shawn thrust himself forward towards Light's desk. His hand moved frantically towards the top drawer, revealing a diary.
"Why would L want him to look in this drawer? There's nothing there," Yagami said.
"I don't know...wait! What's that L? Two Death Notes? In this drawer? But there's nothing there. Under the drawer? No...no...a board...a board to hide the Death Notes!" Shawn exclaimed. Light's face began to turn pale as his father went to pull apart the drawer but Shawn stopped him. His hand then moved uncontrollably towards the cup of pens.
"What's that L?" Shawn said as he then looked towards Light, "Oh really. Light, you little devil." Shawn took out the ink cartridge of the pen and placed it in the hole at the bottom of the drawer. He pushed it up, revealing the loose board. Gus took out the Death Notes and handed it to Shawn. Light's face turned even paler than before as Ryuk laughed in amusement.
"Light? What is this?" Light's father said in disbelief. Was his son really Kira?
"I can explain," Mr. Monk said, "Here's what happened. Light must have found the Death Note probably during school. We'll never know when he found it exactly. Just as L had said Light's first victim was the man that held the school hostage. It was probably as a test."
"But Light couldn't be too sure that the Death Note's power was real. After all he didn't see the killing first hand," Shawn interrupted.
"So? That doesn't prove anything," Matsuda said.
"You're right it doesn't. However, the name after the first victim does," Mr. Monk said as he motioned for Shawn to show them the name in the original Death Note, the one from headquarters, "This person, Takuo Shibuimaru, was killed not to far from where Light used to take his College Prep courses. It may have been a coincidence."
"But we don't think so. As we said before, Light wanted to see the killing first hand so he could be sure that the Death Note worked," Gus said.
"And it did. So he continued to kill more criminals by means of heart attack," Natalie said.
"He wanted to be discovered. He wanted to create a perfect world without criminals. It was the perfect plan. No one would be able to figure out this crazy idea of killer notebooks and Death Gods. And Light was mostly at home or at school. It was the perfect alibi," Mr. Monk said, "But then something happened. L started working on the case and he challenged you in front of everyone. You had no choice but to figure out a way to dispose of him."
"But first, you had to get rid of the FBI agent that was tailing you: Ray Penbar," Shawn said, "And now we look to the next name of importance in the first Death Note we discovered: Osoreda Kiichirou. His entire actions before he dies are written here. Goes on the bus to Space Land planning to hijack it. Sees an apparition, probably a Shinigami, blahdy blahdy blahdy blah."
"You used Osoreda to get Ray Penbar's name," Mr. Monk explained.
"Yeah we had a little chat with someone. Maybe you know her, her name is Yuri. It took us forever to find the right person and we weren't even sure if you went with anyone to Space Land that day," Shawn said.
"But you did. You and Yuri went together. You wanted to make it look like you were going on a date. Yuri confirmed that you two were on that bus and that an FBI agent showed you his I.D.," Mr. Monk said.
"You thought you were in the clear but you thought wrong. There was someone else that was trying to solve this case. And that was Naomi Misora, Ray's fiancée," Natalie said.
"Yes, that's right. You ran into her on your way to the police station. We found the security footage. She must have told you everything she knew about the Kira case. Whatever it was, we'll probably never know, but what she had to say scared you and she went missing," Mr. Monk said.
"Light, you're in real trouble," Ryuk said. Light took a deep breath trying to calm himself down. He had to think fast. His best bet was to have Misa write down everyone's names here. He just had to give her the Death Note somehow.
"This is all just speculation. There isn't any proof linking my son to the case," Yagami said though he was starting to believe it.
"I don't know chief. It all fits," Aizawa said.
"This can't be happening," Matsuda commented.
"But what about when we had Light under surveillance? When we bugged his room?" Yagami asked.
"Yes, that's a good point. I was getting to that. I remember noticing Light's pattern as he was studying and eating potato chips at the same time. It was just so..." Mr. Monk made a motion to try and explain his feelings but soon gave up, "anyway it wasn't until Natalie and I passed an electronics store that it all came together." Mr. Monk motioned for Natalie to hand him something that was in a bag she had been holding the entire time. He pulled out a bag of chips and a small television. Light's heart jumped for a second. He now knew two of their names. If he could just get the others to slip up, he could write down everyone's names on the piece of Death Note paper in his watch. Sure, he didn't know their last names but maybe this would work. Even if it didn't he still had to try. He had no more options. Perhaps as he tried to write down their names, Misa would be smart enough to take a Death Note and write down their first and last names. But that was if Misa was smart enough.
"These are the exact same kind of chips that you were eating in your room that day," Mr. Monk explained as he opened the bag, "You put the mini television inside the bag and turned off the volume. You also put the Death Note along with a pen. It was the perfect plan."
"You're forgetting one thing Mr. Monk," Yagami said, "What about when we had Misa and Light constrained? There was no way they could have written down anyone's names." Just one more name!
"Yeah what about the thirteen day rule?" Matsuda asked.
"That part was a little tricky. Light had it set up so that he would purposely go under surveillance again. But before that he made up those two fake rules in the back so that when we found the Death Note, it would confuse us. Mainly L. However, L was right. Once you lose ownership of the Death Note, you lose your memories about it as well," Mr. Monk said.
"What does all this have to do with me?" Misa asked.
"There's no need explaining your case. You're guilty. There's too much evidence to prove that," Shawn said, "And now Light is guilty too. Right Gus?"
"That's right," Gus said. This was it. Light now knew everyone's names. He could dispose of them all and walk away free. Well, hopefully.
Light quickly opened up the secret compartment in his watch. Yagami, Matsuda, Mogi, and Aizawa drew their guns and were about to shoot.
"Don't bother," Shawn said as Light was about to write down everyone's names. To his dismay, the piece of paper was not there.
"What!?" was all Light could say.
"We switched your watch, wallet, and anything else we noticed you carried around with you all the time," Shawn said. In a desperate attempt, Light swooped for the Death Notes. Misa was about to do the same, knowing everyone's names but soon stopped. The four friends motioned for their fellow police officers to not draw their weapons again as Light was now writing down everyone's name.
"It's not going to work pal," Shawn said.
"Why?" Light asked, his voice faltered.
"Because those aren't the real Death Notes," a familiar voice called from the doorway. Light looked up to see someone he thought he would never see again. It was none other than L with Watari close behind him.
"How the hell are you still alive!" Light exclaimed. Ryuk began to laugh uncontrollably.
"Now it's our turn to explain how we figured this all out," Mr. Monk said, "We couldn't have done it without Rem's help."
"Yes, once when Rem told us everything we needed to know, the plan was easy to come up with," L said.
"But your plan was to trick Misa into killing Mr. Monk's already dead wife!" Light exclaimed.
"That was our back up plan. Mr. Monk suggested it," L said.
"You should always have a back up," Mr. Monk said.
"Big bait catches big rat Light. Our original plan was to make you think L and Watari were dead," Shawn said.
"But Rem was dead! We saw the dust that was left behind," Light said.
"That's true. Rem did die. But she didn't write L's name down. We used another Lind L. Tailor trick on you," Mr. Monk said.
"Yes, Rem told us the conditions that needed to happen for herself to die. So, we sent two criminals to Misa's apartment. One had a name with an L in it to confuse you. We showed Rem the pictures of the people as well as their real names. The criminals "broke in" to Misa's apartment and all Rem had to do was write down their names. The lifespans still went to Misa," L explained.
"Just as Rem asked us to. We made a deal with Rem. She agreed not to kill L and Watari if Misa was off the hook. Also, Light isn't allowed to be executed," Gus said.
"But we could still carry out the proper punishments since Rem's dead..." L said.
"But we are notgoing to do that are we L?" Natalie said.
"...No..." L said in dismay.
"You still haven't explained how you were able to fake L's death," Matsuda said.
"Oh yes, that was the tricky part," Shawn said, "Well, Watari's death was easy since he had his own office. All he had to do was replace himself with the fake Watari. And that "all data deletion" was a nice effect I must say."
"Except we never expected the light's to go out," Mr. Monk said.
"As for L, that was a little tougher. We placed his decoy hidden in the room with the monitors. And thanks to L's brilliant acting, seriously dude I'm nominating you for an Oscar I really thought you were dead, everyone believed it. Then while everyone went looking for Rem, Natalie and Mr. Monk helped L hide until the coast was clear and replaced the real L with the fake one," Shawn said.
"It wasn't that hard to act like L was dead. All I had to do was think about Mitch," Natalie said.
"All I had to do was think about Trudy," Mr. Monk explained.
"After L had "died" we've all been gathering evidence against Light," L said.
"And Gus and I also came here before and switched the Death Notes. That's why if you look in them, they all look like the first Death Note," Shawn said.
"Mr. Monk copied the first Death Note perfectly, taking out the rules that we knew were fake thanks to Rem," L said.
"But why are there three Death Notes?" Aizawa asked.
"Good question. The first one was Light's, the one we found. The second one is Misa's which Light took from her because he thought we were going after Misa. The third one is Rem's. Light beat us to Rem's remains and took her Death Note," Shawn said.
"And since we have been holding onto the real Death Notes, we can see another Shinigami in the room," L said. Natalie took out an apple from the bag and handed it to Mr. Monk.
"Rem told us Ryuk was probably the one who liked apples, hence the little notes from Kira. He was Light's original Shinigami," Mr. Monk explained as he uneasily handed Ryuk an apple.
"Hey thanks!" Ryuk said as he snatched the apple from Mr. Monk's hand with his teeth.
"Ugh. Natalie wipe!" Mr. Monk said. Shawn passed around the real Death Note so they could all see Ryuk standing next to Misa.
"I've been dying to talk to you five. Humans are so amusing," Ryuk said.
"I'm not sure if I should take that as a compliment or an insult. What do you think Gus?" Shawn asked.
"I'd say a compliment," Gus said, "Now can we just arrest Light already?" The hand cuffs were placed around the struggling Light as Aizawa and Mogi began to lead him out of the room.
"There are more FBI agents outside to escort Kira to jail," Watari said.
"I told you I would win Kira," L said.
"Hey Light send me a postcard when you get in jail!" Shawn exclaimed as he waved. The five friends then walked over to Misa.
"Misa, we're going to have to ask you to give up your ownership of the notebook. This way, you won't remember being the second Kira. Light will do the same and you'll be able to visit him in jail," L instructed.
"I still can't believe my son was Kira," Yagami said just before he went after Light. There was going to be some serious father-son talking. Shawn placed his fist in the middle of everyone. The others soon followed.
"We did it," Shawn said with the others smiling in agreement.
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Shawn, Gus, Mr. Monk, Natalie, L, Watari, and the rest of the task force walked through the airport. They soon came to a stop, away from most of the crowds that were passing through.
"Well I guess this is good bye," Shawn said.
"If any of you are ever in San Francisco..." Natalie said.
"We'll be sure to come and visit," L nodded.
"You could always come to Santa Barbara," Gus said.
"Of course we will! We still have to go trick or treating together!" Matsuda exclaimed.
"Remember, one year from today Kira Case Reunion," Mr. Monk said.
"Of course," Watari said in agreement.
"Monk!" a voice called from a few yards away. Mr. Monk and Natalie turned around to see Captain Stottlemeyer, Randy Disher, and Julie walking towards them along with three other people they did not recognize.
"Captain?" Mr. Monk asked.
"What are you doing here?" Natalie asked as she hugged her daughter.
"We were going to ask you the same thing," the Captain said.
"Spencer!" Lassiter said.
"Lassie! Julia! ...Dad? What the heck are you guys doing here?" Shawn asked.
"Why don't you tell us?" Henry Spencer asked.
"Wait you mean...none of you know why you're here?" Gus asked.
"No we all got airline tickets sent to us to go to Japan," Julia said.
"Yes, I sent for them," L said as he approached the new acquaintances, "Hello, my name is Edward Stretton. I work under L and this is Watari." The task force looked confused for a moment but then understood that L did not want them knowing who he was most likely because of Randy.
"Wow. You've met L?" Randy asked.
"Occasionally," L replied.
"That is so cool," Randy said.
"Hey I know you!" Matsuda exclaimed, "You're from the Randy Disher Project! I saw your video on Randy's face lit up at the mention of this.
"Look, I have a fan," Randy said.
"I love your "Don't Need a Badge" song!" Matsuda said. Pretty soon, the two were playing air guitars.
"Randy!" Captain Stottlemeyer yelled.
"Matsuda!" Yagami yelled. The captain and chief looked at each other for a moment, understanding each other immediately.
"...So you see my psychic abilities solved the case," Shawn was explaining.
"I'm sure they did," Shawn's dad replied sarcastically.
"...Dr. Kroger says he's proud of you for conquering some of your fears just to solve the case Monk. He even thinks you might have moved back up to square two," Stottlemeyer was saying.
"Really? He said that?" Mr. Monk asked. Stottlemeyer nodded. "Hear that Natalie? Me and Edward are on square two."
"How am I on square two?" L asked.
"You just are," Mr. Monk explained, "It's okay, Natalie's only on square four. We're catching up."
"But I still don't get why you're all here. Aren't we supposed to leave today?" Shawn asked.
"You aren't leaving today. I figured you would want your other friends here for your karaoke party," L said with a slight smirk.
So there you go! The end to the Monk, Psych, Death Note fanfiction! Sorry if it didn't turn out the way some of you planned but in all seriousness, come on how could I possibly kill off L my favorite character in Death Note? Not to mention, we all know Monk would probably go into seclusion again if someone that he knew died again. And it is safe to say that the guest stars for the new Monk fanfiction that I am writing are Psych and Death Note once more. I still haven't decided where to post it but just keep checking on my profile. Stick around for the Psych Out Moment which I will post either tomorrow or Sunday.