Death Note

Chapter 29

Light and some of his workers walked in.

Near looked up at him.

L.E.K could tell that Light hated how he was wearing a mask, shaped to look like L.

For a moment, all was silent. The only thing making noise was that wretched fan built into the wall.

"Hey, does anyone else realize that he's the only one wearing a mask? He goes around accusing people of being Kira, when the truth is that he's only protecting his own identity instead of the others around him," Matsuda pointed out.

Near explained why he had the mask on and then said that he would be wearing it for 30 minutes so he could make sure that no one was being controlled.

Light's eyes looked over to L.E.K. It turns out he didn't know it was her. She was standing with the hood on, shadowing over her blue hair and red eyes. The sweater was zipped up and her hands in the pockets.

Light turned away, trying to pay no attention to, what he thought was some thug that Near had hired.

"What? You're going to wait and see if we die?!" Matsuda exclaimed.

Nate didn't answer.

Silence sounded through the room. Rain was pelting on the windows, water was dripping from the ceiling, into a small puddle, and that damn fan was making rusting noises, in sync with the seconds that was ticking aloud from Light's silver watch.

All of this time that was going by, made Light realize that Near was waiting for someone.

Finally 30 minutes went by and someone had pointed it out.

"Very well. Everyone seems to be safe. I'll remove my mask now," he said and untied a knot from the back and took the mask off.

Light still wondered why he was being so patient for nothing.

"What's wrong Near? You're quiet. Are you still waiting for something?" he asked.

"Waiting... That's an excellent choice of words," he responded, moving a finger puppet, which was supposed to look like kira. "Yes. I am waiting for the arrival of something that will solve everything once and for all."

"Someone else is supposed to clear this up?" Someone mumbled.

"He'll be here soon. It's only a matter of time. There's only one entrance to get inside this building and the only way is by opening that door," Near gestured to the red metal door on the right.

"When the moment comes, he'll walk in through that door or at the very least, open it a crack and peek through."

"Who is this person anyway?" Matsuda continued to blurt out things that he should keep to himself.

"X-Kira. The one who is currently using the note book and killing people on the real Kira's behalf. He's bound to come here and bring the note book with him. Then, he'll see me and write down my real name, or rather, he'll write down the names of everyone here who knows about the Death Note, and kill them," Near explained.

Everyone gasped.

"You just expect for us to sit here and let him come in and kill us?" Matsuda exclaimed.

"That's correct."

"That's crazy!" Someone shouted.

"He's already here!" Someone else called out.

L.E.K and all of the others turned their attention to the red door.

It was true. All that anyone can here was the sound of a mad person, scribbling down names while saying the word "delete" over and over again.

Matsuda pulled out his gun and was about to fire, when someone from Near's team pointed his gun at him.

"It'll be fine. Everyone won't die. I modified the note book. We took repossession of the note book and replace the pages. The person behind the door has been doing the killings for Kira. He has also been using exactly one page every day. Based on that, we replaced the page that he would be using today including all of the other pages, that he would use in the future, so that no one else will die," Near explained.

Finally X-Kira was done writing names.

"My guess is, in roughly 40 seconds, he will look in to see of anyone has died yet. That's when we will restrain him and seize the note book. Whoever's name hasn't been written down, must be Kira," Near concluded.

Everyone looked astonished by his amazing plan.

Light has formed a dark smile across his face, like he had thought he had countered Near's plan.

"You there, outside." Light addressed. "Have you finished writing all the names in the note book?"

"Yes... I've written them," X- Kira answered.

"Something doesn't make sense. Why would he answer you so quickly and honestly?" Nate asked.

"Who knows? Maybe he just honest, or confident to succeed, or maybe has seen through your brilliant plan," Light suggested while trying not to laugh.

"Teru Mikami. Won't you please come in and join us?" Near offered. "I already know that you were the one who was judging and executing people for Kira. If you have already written down our names, then there shouldn't be anything to be afraid of. You can come right on in."

"Teru Mikami, is it? He's right. You can come on in. There's nothing to be afraid of," Light followed along with Near, just waiting to get this stupid meeting over and done with.

Mikami seemed happy to hear Light's voice. In his opinion, Light was god.

He poked his fingers in, gripped the side of the door and pushed it open.

"How many seconds has it been since you wrote down the first name?" Light asked.

Mikami looked at his watch and began to count along with each tick his watch made, starting from 30 seconds and upward.

"31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39...!"

"Well, Near, looks like I win," Light said aloud.

"40!" Mikami ended off.

Note: The next chapter contains spoilers of the last episode of Death Note. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend that you watch it before continuing onto the next chapter.

Arctic Light