On Monday morning I entered the kitchen, dressed in my school uniform.
"Good morning" I said to my parents and tool a seat at the table.
"How are you feeling today?" My mother asked.
"I'm feeling much better" I replied.
The headaches were occurring less and the pain was much more bearable.
"Are you sure?" My mother persisted.
I offered her a reassuring smile.
"Dear if he says he's fine than he is. You shouldn't baby him so much, he's nearly an adult" My father told her. "Now Light" He turned his attention to me. "You will be able to catch up on the work you missed won't you?"
"Yes Father" I nodded.
My father had high expectations of me and I was determined not to let him down.
Sayu skipped into the kitchen.
"Dad can you give me a ride to school" She wondered.
"Ah I'm afraid I can't today honey, I have to get to work" He answered.
"Please I hardly ever get to spend time with you" She gave him her puppy dog face that even I found hard to resist.
"Okay but we have to leave now"
"Oh thanks Dad" She sang and gave him a hug.
I found my lips tugging into a grin, she had him wrapped around her little finger. There probably wasn't a person who she couldn't manipulate.
My father kissed my mother goodbye then exited.
"Bye mum" Sayu kissed her cheek and gave her a hug.
She was about to leave before I stepped in front of her.
"Don't I get a goodbye hug?" I smirked.
"No way, I don't want your germs spreading to me and making me sick" She pulled a face.
She attempted to get around me but I was simply too quick for her and pulled her into a hug.
"Bye Sayu" I said, releasing her.
She stuck out her tongue and ran out of the kitchen. I couldn't help but laugh.
A glance at the clock told me I ought to be going.
"Goodbye Mother" I grabbed my things then pecked her of the cheek before leaving.
"Bye Light. If you feel sick come straight back home" She called after me.
It made me happy to see how much she cared. I liked it when she spoke to me about thing other than my examination results as rare as it was.
School was as boring as ever. My class mate constantly questioned me about my absence and whether or not I was still well enough. It took the majority of the day to get them to leave me along. During lunch I managed to complete all of the work I had missed.
I kept seeing the flashed of colour in people's eyes and could sense their emotions at a stronger rate than before. There were times when I could pick out a certain emotion from someone and determine who or what it was directed at. At times it was overwhelming though over the course of the day I learned how to tune them out and was able to do so if they weren't too strong. Whenever I would come into physical contact with someone I would see glimpses of their pasts. That was harder to control but thankfully none of these new…I guess you could call them 'psychic abilities' caused me to get headaches that weren't too bad. It was only the odd one that really hurt.
Once I got home I greeted my mother then went to my room. I switched on the television, turning it to the mews. As per usual it revealed that people from my dreams were still being killed. How was he doing It? I could help but be curious as to the means he was using to commit the murders. Most believed that Kira could only kill through heart attacks. I knew better though from what I saw in my dreams. Kira could kill using a range of methods such as when he had killed that thug by having him hit by a truck.
The screen flashed and a news reported came on.
"We'd like to apologies for the interruption, as of now we're bringing you a worldwide broadcast from Interpol's ICPO" The man announced.
What? Interpol? I sat up straighter, my interest piqued.
Another said. "We now take you live to the ICPO" and the screen cut to man wearing a suit. He had long dark hair and eyes, on the name plate below him it read Lind. L Taylor.
"I am in charge of an international police task force which includes all member nations." He told. I am Lind. L Taylor otherwise known as L"
Who was he? I'd never heard of him.
"Criminals around the world are being murdered by a serial killer. I consider this crime to be the most atrocious act of murder in history. I won't rest until the person or persons who are responsible are brought to justice. Kira, I will hunt you down. I will find you" Taylor spoke.
He seemed fairly certain, if not entirely stupid. Taylor had revealed both his name and face to the world, both of which I had deduced were needed for Kira to kill. I had researched nearly all the murders and it showed me that only criminals with both their face and name revealed in some form where killed. Those who only had their names revealed to the public had not been killed, yet at least.
"Kira, I've got a pretty good idea what your motivation might be and I can guess what you hope to achieve. However, what you're doing right now is evil" Taylor spoke.
Well at least he didn't think that Kira was some divine entity that should be worshiped. A couple of moments later he gasped then collapsed, dead. It was his own thought.
The screen changed again, this time to show a black, gothic L from the English alphabet.
There was a gasp and then. "I had to test this, just in case, but I-I never thought it would actually happen. Kira...it seems you can kill people without having to be there in person. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't just witnessed it. Listen to me, Kira. If you did, indeed, kill Lind L. Tailor, the man who you just saw die on television, I should tell you that he was an inmate whose execution was scheduled for today. That was not me"
No way, I stared with wide eyes at the screen.
"The police arrested him in absolute secrecy, so you wouldn't have heard of him on TV or through the internet. It appears not even you have access to information about these types of criminals" L informed.
Brilliant, that was the only way to put it.
"But I assure you, L is real. I do exist. Now...try to kill me!" He ordered.
A pause.
"What's wrong?! Go ahead! Come on, right now! Kill me!" He taunted.
"Can't you do it?... Well Kira, it seems you can't kill me after all. So there are some people you can't kill. You've given me a useful hint"
I waited for him to say more.
"I'll tell you something that I think you'll find interesting. Although this was announced as a worldwide broadcast, the truth is, we are only broadcasting in the Kanto region of Japan. I had planned to broadcast this message around the world until we found you, but it looks like that won't be necessary. I know now where you are" He said.
"The police treated your first killing as an unrelated incident, but in actuality, the first of your victims was a suspect in Sinjuku. Of all the criminals that recently died of heart attacks, this one's crime was, by far, the least serious. Furthermore, his crime was only ever reported inside Japan. I used that information to deduce this much. You are in Japan and your first victim was little more than an experiment, which means you haven't been killing for very long"
I was completely shocked. He had figured so much out.
"We decided to broadcast in Kanto first because of its large population, and, luckily, we found you. To be completely honest with you, I never expected it would go this well. But it won't be too long now before I'll be able to sentence you to death"
It was amazing he had managed to prove that Kira existed, the deaths were murders, and that he was in Japan.
"Naturally, I am very interested to know how you're able to commit these murders without being present...but I don't mind waiting a little bit longer. You can answer all of my questions when I catch you...Let's meet again soon, Kira" The broadcast then cut out"
If anyone could catch Kira it was this L and I hoped, he succeeded.
