L watched as Light Yagami entered the hall for the entrance ceremony. The teen was wearing a pristine suit and had has hair combed, looking professional and made for success. The corners of L's mouth twitched upwards at the thought of how Light would react to the detective's appearance. That would likely be interesting. The percentage of Light being Kira wasn't high but for now he was one of the main suspects and so needed to be investigated until such a time that L could say for certain that the teen wasn't Kira. He watched as Light made his way up the isle of seats to the front and take the seat next to L. The teen looked nervous and when he had caught sight of L his eyes had widened slightly before Light had schooled his features to a look of nonchalance. Interesting.
Lights POV
I was startled by seeing the man from my nightmares sitting in the seat next to mine, I had thought that I would have to search for him. His appearance was just a startling as I remembered what with his wild hair, pale skin and daunting charcoal black eyes, his seating position only added to it. For a second I hand been off guard and had to fix my expression back to one of disinterest. I took my seat beside him, trying not to stare at the man all the while.
They called for the freshmen representatives, the man and myself rose then ascended the stairs to the podium on the platform. It was somewhat surprising that the man had gotten such high marks to be a representative but then I suppose that was my fault for making assumptions on his intelligence based simply on his appearance.
We made our speeches, his sounding suspiciously like a parody of mine then headed back to our seats. On our way the man began talking.
"Light. Light Yagami? Your father is Chief Souichiro Yagami of the NPA. Your respect for your father's matched only by your strong sense of justice," He said.
How did he know? Who is he? Dozens of questions swirled around my mind.
We both sat back down in our seats then the man continued.
"You're planning to join the police agency when you graduate. And you've already got experience seeing as you've helped police solve a number of cases in the past. Now you're showing an interest in the Kira case. I'm impressed by your abilities and your sense of justice. If you promise not to tell anyone about this, I have important information concerning the Kira investigation that I'd like to share with you," The man told me.
Kira? A sudden feeling of dread settled over me. Did the man know about the nightmares? What did he have to do with Kira? I had to find out.
"I won't tell anyone. What is it?" I spoke
"I want to tell you I'm L," The man replied.
L! That man was L! My plans for keeping him away from my father fell apart instantly, my father was working with the detective already meaning that they had already met and I wouldn't be able to keep them from interacting.
It was then that another thought occurred to me, Kira would be the cause of my father's death. There was nothing I could do; my father was going to die. I felt an overwhelming sense of helplessness. Kira could kill my father easily, it wasn't as though his name was hard to come by given his position…but maybe, no there had to be something I could do to prevent it. I had managed to prevent Penber's death so why shouldn't I be able to prevent my father's. Yes, that's what I would do, my father wouldn't die, I would do everything in my power to ensure that. If Kira could be captured before he killed my father than all would be well.
My attention turned back to L, if he was who he claimed to be, who I noticed was staring intently at my face. It was somewhat unnerving. The detective revealing his identity to me didn't make any sense, why would he take such a risk? What was his intention in revealing his identity to me? Appearing in such a public space while revealing his name, which was very unlikely his real name but still with Kira at large such risks could have dire consequences.
That was just it wasn't it, the great detective L wouldn't do such a thing unless it was needed of him to solve a case. I was a Kira suspect! The FBI agent following me, the strange auras in my room, probably officers searching for evidence, and now L revealing his identity. I was a suspect and L wanted to see if I would be lured into taking the chance to kill him. Perhaps it was my action to save Penber that got the detective's suspicion, I wasn't entirely sure. I had to clear myself of suspicion and I guessed that the only way to do so was by allowing the detective to carry out his investigation. It would be better to prove myself innocent quickly so that the detective could turn his attention to finding the actual Kira.
"If you are who you claim to be, then I would like to ask why you're informing me of your identity," I said.
"The reason I chose to reveal my identity to you is because I think you could be some help to us on the Kira investigation," L informed me.
