Maou POV
"Okay, I'll be going now, Light, call home if you need anything, take good care of him for me," Mrs. Yagami says as she leaves.
I had gotten along with Light's family moderately well, especially his younger sister Sayu, who was especially cheerful.
"Drive safe!" Light told her as she closed the door. Once she had left, he turned to his father, "So the doctors say stress was the only cause?" He asked.
"Yeah, to be honest I thought it was Kira when I first collapsed, but it seems I was just pushing myself too hard, I'll be alright," Mr. Yagami started, "Who's this friend of yours Light?"
"He is Sadao Maou, my second suspect in the Kira investigation," L informed him.
Mr. Yagami looked at me with suspicion, "What is the chance he is Kira?" he asked L.
"It's at 4.3% at the moment," L informed him.
"Just above Light then right?" He asked.
"Correct, Light Yagami has a 3.4% chance of being Kira," L responded.
"You told my dad I'm a suspect?" Light asked in shock.
"Yes, I told him everything, it is true I even told him I am L," L told Light.
My eyes widened, and I let out a small huh, "Yes, this man is L," Mr. Yagami confirmed. "To protect his identity, we on the task force call him Ryuzaki, but make no mistake, it's him."
"Ha! I knew it!" I exclaimed, fisting the air, drawing the gaze of everyone in the room, "What? I was just saying I trusted Ryuzaki when he said he was L from the very start," I explain, giving a big smile, "Also, if you don't mind me asking, why's Light considered a suspect exactly?"
"I've gone over this with Soichiro but I'll repeat it for you two," L begins, although he isn't looking at either of us, instead the wall directly in front of him. "Not long ago Kira killed 12 FBI agents who had come to Japan o assist us. They were instructed to follow people connected to the Japanese police. One of these agents, Raye Penber, exhibited unusual behavior before he died," L told Light.
"I understand, I was one of the people Raye Penber was investigating before he died, it only makes sense I'd be a suspect," Light concluded. "No, to be more precise, there's no one else you could suspect."
"Wait! Why do you expect me to be Kira then, wouldn't I have to have been one of the people being followed? I don't have any connections to the police!" I exclaimed.
"I find your son's deductive skills quite impressive Soichiro," L told Mr. Yagami before looking at me, "Sadao, two friends of yours by the names Emi Yusa and Suzuno Kamazuki were at the train station where Raye Penber died when he died. They were both on the train when he left it and died, and it has been deducted that Raye left an envelope on the train before departing. If you are Kira, Emi or Suzuno could be an accomplice, willingly or inadvertently."
I blinked, well that was a Heaven of a coincidence.
"Ryuga, I would like to help in the investigation. My father has erased any doubts I might have had regarding your true identity. I also want to catch Kira so I can prove once and for all that I'm not him," Light told L, his voice rising ever so slightly near the end of his words.
"Count me in too! Maybe then Emi will finally stop thinking I'm some sort of evil-incarnate!" I add, grinning from ear-to-ear. Being a detective was likely a much more respectable job than working at a MgRonalds, plus I'm a little curious if Kira can even kill me with his strange magic.
"No Light, this is a time in your life when you should be studying to become a great detective, it won't be too late to join us once you are done," Mr. Yagami told Light.
"Dad, what are you talking about, who knows how many years that will take," Light told his father, "Besides, don't you remember the promise I made, that if something ever happened to you, I would find Kira and make sure he gets executed," Light promised his father.
"Light, listen to me," Mr. Yagami spoke after a moment of silence, "Kira is pure evil. We can all agree on that. But recently I've started thinking of this whole situation in a different way. What is truly evil is the power to kill people," I snort softly at this, then I suppose in that case I was extremely evil, "And any person who has come to possess this kind of power is cursed, no matter how you use it, no true happiness can be obtained like that. Not by killing other people," he finished, that statement was completely untrue, my people got a lot of happiness because of my willingness and power to defeat the humans, perhaps it was a human thing?
"-you're absolutely right," L finished saying, I missed the first part, but I have a pretty good guess. "If Kira is just a normal person who obtained this awful power, I would say that he's cursed," L agreed, I snort not so quietly this, accidently drawing attention to myself, "Is there something you would like to say Sadao?"
"I doubt Kira is a normal person, if those four notes you showed us earlier were any proof, I'd say he's more likely to be a shinigami or crazy demon or something. Even if he or she is human, I doubt they're normal," I told them.
L looked at me, "So you believe Kira is some sort of supernatural being?" He asked.
"Maybe, might think it's correcting a faulty species or some weird stuff like that," I told him.
Mr. Yagami looked at me strangely before turning to L, "Ryuzaki, I'm sorry for all this trouble, but I'll be back to work as soon as these doctors let me out of here."
Suddenly, a nurse entered, "Excuse me, but visiting hours were over ten minutes ago," she told us.
"Okay, well it was great meeting you Mr. Yagami!" I exclaimed, waving to Mr. Yagami before leaving with L and Light.
Once we were outside the building, Light spoke, "Ryuga, what would it take to get you to believe that I'm not Kira, please, isn't there something?" He asked.
"Yeah, it kinda sucks to be accused of being a crazy madman with a god complex, because while I may be a crazy madman, I don't have any god complex at all," I added, although perhaps the god complex idea was a bit off, I didn't want to be a god because I knew I was pretty much the closest a demon could get to being a god. Besides, some gods were exceedingly dull, especially with how they had a lot of power but did nothing with it.
"If you aren't Kira it won't be necessary, let things run their course and the truth will be revealed," L told Light and I.
"Things will never be that simple," I grumble not-so-quietly.
"I can't take this anymore!" Light exclaimed, "Put yourself in my-
"Our," I cut in.
"- position, how do you think it feels to be accused of being Kira!" Light finished, he seemed infuriated.
L paused for a moment, looking into space, "It was one of the worst ever," He said, I burst out laughing.
Both L and Light looked at me, "What? You don't think that's funny, at all?"
Light sighed and seemed to calm down a bit, "What if you were to lock me up for a month in a place with no TV or any other kind of access to the outside world and keep a constant watch on me," Light tried.
I look at L, "Don't get any funny ideas, I'm not willing to do that, besides, Emilia would probably think I was trying to make some evil demonic plan and look everywhere in this world and the next for me," I told him, waving both my hands in and X position for extra effect.
L seemed to think for a second, "That's no good, I can't do anything that would deprive you of basic human rights, and furthermore, it's complete nonsense for the investigator to take suggestions from a suspect."
Light seemed to resign, "I understand," He replied, I let out a sigh, it would suck if I got imprisoned for a whole month, Alciel would probably have an actual heart-attack and Lucifer… probably wouldn't care. L gets in his car and Light walks up to him and says some things through the window. After L drives off, I can still hear Light talking, I didn't think he was the kind of person who talks to himself, I suppose I was wrong. I start to step forward, but then I realize it's probably rude to step in when someone is thinking out loud. I clear my throat to remind Light I'm here.
He quickly spun with wide eyes, "I forgot you were there, did you hear anything I just said?" he asked.
"Huh? Oh no, I heard you were saying something, but I thought you were thinking aloud and forgot I was here, it'd be kinda rude to listen to someone's thoughts," I told him, "Were you talking to me?" I ask.
"Oh, no, since we're both kinda stuck in this together, want to meet-up again somewhere? Outside of wherever we meet the task force," Light asked in a friendly tone.
"Sure! That'd be great, by the way, I don't really agree with L about you possibly being Kira, although I completely understand L's reasons for thinking I'm Kira, as well as a few reasons he's unaware of," I told Light, letting out a small laugh, "Though in all seriousness, how could I be Kira? I never wanted to be a god," I finished, wait a second, the way I worded that is like I am a god, which I pretty much am (according to some humans in this realm Satan is a demon god of some sort).
"Does your past make you seem more likely of being Kira?" Light asked.
I don't really know why I was being so open with Light, I guess he just has one of those faces, "Sort of, have you ever heard of the judging or detective term MAO (Motivation, Ability, and Opportunity (Not sure how commonly used this actually is, but whatever))?" I ask, Light nodded. "Well in terms of it, I suppose taking over the world could be a fair motivation, I mean, who doesn't want to rule the world. The interesting thing though, though I won't go into depth on this, I probably could pull off doing exactly what Kira does, giving me the ability. As for opportunity, I don't have a TV, but I tend to get the news from public TVs and people enough," I trailed off, "Though I'm almost certain my method would be different."
Light POV
As Maou finished, I looked at him in shock, I knew that people tended to be more open and trusting towards me (Maybe it was my appearance or the friendly persona I put up?) but was what Maou just told me actually the truth?
"Oohhh, this one is interesting," Ryuk cackled, just then I noticed something, he never referred to Maou by name.
There was certainly something extremely strange about Maou, did he really think he had the ability to do what I did, and what was up with the weird god slip-up earlier? Also, if Maou thought that his past made him more likely to be Kira, that's something I had to look into on my way to framing him.
"Oh yeah, I forgot, was Ryuga really telling the truth when he said you were harboring a criminal?" I asked Maou.
"Heh," Maou started, putting both his hands behind his head, "Yeah, Urushihara is an old friend of mine and I couldn't let him go to prison just because he was mad about how he was… different than some of my other friends in my past, he was there for quite a bit of it," He told me.
I couldn't help but notice how choppy that sentence was, I suppose Maou was pretty good at not mentioning things about his past, but wording it to not give anything away seemed not to be his strong suit, "Didn't he try to kill you?" I asked, Maou gave a chuckle.
"Yeah, but really, it's not like Lu-Urushihara had any chance of killing me, so in the end I mega-punched him in the face," Maou told me.
So Urushihara wasn't the purple-haired boy's real name? "Is Urushihara not his real name? Is that a way of preventing Kira from killing him?" I ask.
"I doubt Kira could kill him if he did know his name," Maou mumbled quietly enough that I don't think I was supposed to hear, why did Maou seem to think his friend was unkillable? "I suppose that's a good reason, but it wasn't really what we were thinking about when he went under that name, his other one was a bit recognizable. I have a feeling Ryuzaki already knows that my name and the two of my friends aren't our real names. I still don't know why Emilia changed her name to Emi, anyone who knows her will recognize her whichever name she gives. I actually didn't recognize her when I first saw her in Japan," Maou told me.
"Why do you all use fake names?" I ask Maou.
"Sorry, that's kinda tied with my past and real name, want to meet up at that tea 'n' coffee shop we were at earlier some time?" Maou asked after checking his watch, "I have to go, Ashiya might think I've been kidnapped or someone is trying to kill me again. I hope to learn more about you too, see you at school!" Maou told me, waving goodbye.
I wave too, "Bye!" I call as he runs off, does he really plan to run all the way back to campus? No, he'll probably take a bus or something.
Now I only had one question: Who exactly was Sadao Maou?
L POV
Nothing new was happening in the Kira investigation, so I had decided to do more research on Maou, as there was currently and 82% chance that Maou's past had something extremely unusual in it, possibly criminal with a 76% chance from the 82% mentioned. There was also a 23% chance that his past could be vital to the Kira investigation, this was also taken from the highly unusual percentage. The remaining 18% could be that Maou has nothing special in his past, and that he was just extremely protective of it. Slowly, I set the stack of sugar cubes (6 of them) into my mouth, savoring their sweet flavor.
I had made a chart of all the people Maou was connected to in some way. Out of all the people he purposefully spent time with, only one of them had existed for longer than a year (According to the internet anyways). Her name was Chiho Sasaki, her father worked in the police force. While I was almost certain she hadn't known Maou before he appeared a year ago, she might be aware of his past, as according to the camera footage I had, it was possible they were dating. Suzuno Kamazuki was another curious friend (?) of his, she had appeared a few months after Maou did. Kamazuki was extremely old-fashioned, and after a little research, I found that many of the things she did were based off of movies or TV shows, as if she were desperately trying to fit in. If I were to assume all of these people came from the same place (85% chance) then said place may not have modern technology (33%).
While other acquaintances of Maou's were interesting, I was especially intrigued by Hanzo Urushihara. Say, didn't the report mention something about an accomplice of his? It is 2:00 am at the moment, which means no one from the task force is here at the moment. I pull out my laptop, ,bringing up the report on the police investigation/search for Urushihara. Ah, the accomplice claimed his name to be Olba Meyer, it was likely to be a fake name (63%), simply because while his crimes were on level or even a bit higher than Kira's standards, he had not been killed. The police seemed to not have done an in depth interrogation of the man, as they seemed to quite firmly believe that he did not know where Urushihara was hiding. It also appeared that Olba had been extremely injured when he was found, but disappeared from the hospital once he was close to recovery, only to appear again a day later covered in new injuries which mainly consisted of extremely strong punches on various parts of his body.
I pick up my phone with my thumb and finger to call Watari, "The prisoner Olba Meyer is needed for interrogation to continue investigating Sadao Maou, how soon can he be acquired?" I asked.
"Very well, I will contact the prison he is held in and see when he can be transferred, or would you prefer we visit the prison tomorrow?" Watari asked.
"A transfer will be fine," I reply before hanging up. Unlike most people I did not have to bother with formalities with Watari, which saved quite a bit of time. Within a few weeks time, I would likely be ther able to obtain knowledge of Sadao Maou''s past (72%).
Maou POV (The next day)
"Hey! Light! Want to come over to my… I mean our dorm?" I asked after our last class ended, it was also the only class we shared.
The chocolate-haired boy whirled on his heel, "Oh, sure!" Light said, giving a small smile, "Also, since I decided to just stay at my parents house, it's fine if you just think of it as yours," he told me.
"Okay, remember where it is?" I ask. Urushihara's big secret (about being a criminal, not Lucifer) was out, or at least Light was aware of it, so there wasn't really any problem with having Light over. Except for Alciel's eccentricities that is.
"Yeah, I remember, are we going right now?" he asked.
"Why not!" I exclaim, I then grab Light's hand and start pulling him towards the dorm
Sadly, my dorm is rather far back, number 666 (Rather fitting yes?). I rather childishly pull Light through the halls, being a demon lord and all, I'd never bothered with trying all that hard to be polite, and hadn't really started learning some of those things until I was trapped in this world. Back to the main point, with my expert pulling, Light and I reached my dorm in record time.
I widely open the door "I'm baaaacccckkkk!" I shout, startling Lucifer and Alciel.
"Sire! Welcome home! How was your 7th day of school," Alciel runs over and falls onto his knees, "I beg you to discipline L-" he starts to say.
"Ashiya, we have a visitor," I interrupt.
Light POV
"Ashiya, we have a visitor," Maou interrupted the kneeling blonde man. I was more than a little confused, why was this man treating Maou like he was some sort of prince?
Immediately, Ashiya stood up and looked at me, "You were the one who was going to be Maou's roommate weren't you?"
"Yeah, I'm Light Yagami, happy to meet you," I told him, smiling politely despite his critical and scrutinizing gaze.
"Oh, yes, I am Shiro Ashiya, Lor- Maou's roommate," Ashiya tells me, smiling for a second before glaring again, "You're not going to support Maou using what little money we have for stupid unneeded things are you?"
"Um, no?" I say.
"Urushihara, come introduce yourself," Maou ordered a purple-haired boy who was intently staring at his screen.
Ryuk was laughing insanely, and I was tempted to punch him in the face despite how crazy it would make me look. Urushihara slowly got up from his sitting position, but he didn't look away from the screen for a second. Maou walked over and clamped his hand rather firmly on Urushihara's shoulder and pulled him away from the compute
"Hi, I'm Hanzo Urushihara," Urushihara told me, the boy didn't really strike me as criminal.
"Urushihara, he knows you're a criminal," Maou told him.
"What! Is he with the police? I've been good! I didn't even buy anything without your permission all week! And I don't really mind that you usually only feed me pork bowls!" Urushihara babbled in a panic.
"Calm down Urushihara, he isn't planning on putting you in prison or anything like that, L already agreed that I could keep you out of prison anyways," Maou reassured Urushihara.
I looked at Maou confused, was he really not going to keep L being at our school a secret?
"L?" Urushihara asked, "Isn't he the super-awesome detective with a secret identity doing the Kira case?"
"Yup! He's actually undercover at this school, though I doubt he'll stay throughout the year, he suspects both me and Light of being Kira!" Maou exclaimed happily, I look at him in complete shock.
"Uh, Maou are you sure you should be telling them this?" I ask, Ryuk's finally stopped laughing.
"Hey, Light, generally I don't help you with these kind of things, but want to know something funny?" Ryuk asked.
I nearly growled at him, instead nodding ever so slightly.
"Yeah, Urushihara and Ashiya are great at keeping secrets," Maou told me.
"Light, these people…" Ryuk started.
"Maou! You invited someone suspected of being a mass murderer into our home!" Ashiya exclaimed.
"...Don't have anything above their heads," Ryuk continued. I tilt my head, anything above their heads? What would be above their hea-
"No names, no lifespans," Ryuk cackled, "How interesting!"
I stumble a bit, "What!" I ask aloud, nearly fainting.
AN Poor Light, he has no idea of the kind of company he's keeping. Also, I know Ryuk never helps Light, but Ryuk also likes to surprise and scare people, and neither Light or Ryuk no what having no names or lifespans means. Also, to clarify, the way it works is that each world has it's rules, Earth has lifespans, shinigami, and books that can kill, but none of these will work on people or demons from Ente Isla. This story is likely going to have many events that are cannon up to some point where it will completely diverge, at the moment I think it will diverge is right after Light is let out of imprisonment, but I'm not certain, so don't quote me on that :P. Also, thanks for the reviews, follows, and favorite e'ryone!
See ya!
-Frost