Hello! Sorry for the wait, I don't really have a good excuse for it, so soz!
Maou POV
"What!" Light exclaimed aloud right after Alciel's outburst.
I was a bit surprised, I had expected Light to be annoyed or maybe a bit surprised by Alciel's statement, but his reaction was many times stronger than I would have expected. Light looked a bit faint as well, 'Note to self: Light does not like surprises'.
He stumbled backwards a bit before I grabbed him to steady him, "Are you alright?" I ask him, turning to reprimand Alciel before getting his answer, "Ashiya! He's a guest, besides, according to L, I am more likely to be Kira, both of us are under five percent I think anyways," I reassured Alciel.
"Okay, I apologize," Alciel said, bowing, everyone else in the room couldn't help but notice the suspicious and not-so-subtle glare Alciel was giving Light.
I stand there awkwardly for a moment before speaking, "So, Light, do you normally eat a snack after school or something, er, what do you like to do in your free time?" I ask.
Light POV
I believe Maou thought my surprise was from Ashiya's outburst, not Ryuk/something else. I could also tell quite easily he didn't have very many friends.
"Sometimes I eat after school, but it's not really a must, for things I do in my free time-" I kill criminals probably wouldn't be a good answer "-I like tennis, also, I play Go from time to time, but I spend a lot of time studying for school," I told him.
"Cool! Have you ever tried chess?" Maou asked.
"No, I know some of the fundamentals of it though, it sounds interesting," I told him, though truthfully I wasn't particularly interested in learning an overly complicated spin-off of Go, although I guess it was more similar to Shogi, but I didn't play it.
"I've played it a bit, I'll go get my chess set," Maou told me, starting to walk off.
"When did you get the money for a chess set!" Ashiya shouted after him, causing him to walk a bit faster. Suddenly, only me and Urushihara were in the room as Ashiya chased after Maou.
"So, you're expected of being Kira?" Urushihara asked, glancing at me with a cocky grin.
I attempt to remain polite, "Yes, L d-"
"You must have a pretty strong sense of justice then right?" He asked, I had a bad feeling about where this was going.
"My father is a police officer, so yes, I suppose I do," I answer him.
"You do realize that protecting a criminal is pretty much a crime by itself," Urushihara continued.
I glared a Urushihara, right then Maou walked in, he looked at the two of us, me glaring slightly and Urushihara smirking, "Urushihara, what did you say to Light?"
Suddenly (Pineapples! (Just Kidding… (Sadly))) I realized something that made me out to be a complete fool. Ryuga hadn't prevented me from telling the police where Urushihara was, he just told me he didn't plan on telling them. Other than his appearance though, I didn't have any proof that he was a criminal. My phone was able to record so maybe I'd be able to record a confession of some sort? If Urushihara was arrested, however, Maou might be put into question on whether he knew he was hiding a criminal or not, then I'd lose a potential scapegoat.
"Me?" Urushihara asked innocently, "I was just trying to make friendly conversation with dear Light," he answered, while he spoke in a way too innocent voice, his mask was perfect, the imperfection was undoubtedly on purpose.
Maou seemed like he wouldn't be fooled no matter how innocent Urushihara acted. He seemed to decide to just move on from the subject though, "Okay, you know the rules of the game right? How each piece moves and how to castle right?" Maou asked.
I nodded, "Do you want to be white or black?" I ask.
"Since it's your first time I'll be black," Maou told me.
"Hey, watcha doin'?" Ryuk asked, back from laughing over how I'd reacted to his information earlier.
"So I'm white then," I concluded, we quickly set up the board.
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"I lost," I said sadly.
Maou laughed, "I'm obsessed with this game so I've gotten pretty good at it, if you practice a few times I'm sure you'll win," he reassured me. I was extremely upset at my loss, but it was also rather understandable since it was my first time.
Maou POV
While on the outside I was being an honorable winner, on the inside I was cheering at my victory. When I first learned chess I figured it would be useful to learn a game that's foreign to Japan to back up my story about being a foreigner. Later on though, I realized that I actually enjoyed the game quite a bit.
Light POV
It seemed very likely that Maou was from outside the country, as almost no one played chess instead of shogi. I hadn't given L any leads in the Kira investigation, false or otherwise, so perhaps trying to learn more about Sadao Maou would be entertaining, as well as possibly useful.
"You seem pretty well-acquainted with chess, are you from outside of Japan?" I ask.
Maou laughed, "Yeah, I guess you could say that," he replied.
"Hey, Maou, you aren't planning on telling him anything are you?" Urushihara asked warily.
"No, sorry Light, you wouldn't believe me if I told you anyways," Maou turned to me as he finished the statement.
"I tend to think of myself as an open-minded person," I told him, laughing. This probably wouldn't get him to tell me, but oh well.
"If you were open-minded enough to believe me, you'd probably be insane," Maou told me.
"Uh, sorry to cut this off so suddenly, but where's the bathroom?" I ask, if I left Urushihara and Maou alone, or at least thinking they were alone, maybe they'd say something.
"Oh! Just leave through the door of this room, it's the first one on your left, also, be careful not to disturb Ashiya, he's trying to figure out if I bought anything else without his permission," Maou told me.
"Thanks!" I tell him, quickly leaving the room. There are only two rooms branching off from there, I quickly close the door behind me before carefully putting my ear to the door.
"Why exactly do you trust him? Not to be suspicious, but the last person we invited into our room, albeit it was in our old apartment, was an assassin from Ente Isla who was sent to kill all of us," I hear Urushihara, an assassin? No kidding they used to be in some sort of bad business, and what was Ente Isla, a gang of some sort? Perhaps some sort of small island?
"Exactly! Light couldn't possibly be worse than Suzuno was!" Maou exclaimed, he was certainly positive.
"Are you kidding me," Urushihara sighed, "If he is Kira, that makes him like ten times worse than Suzuno."
"Eh, from what I was able to figure out, Kira needs a name and face to kill, and he doesn't know our true names, plus I'm not sure if he needs our faces as they are or as they were before, although for you it's one and the same," Maou replied, did Maou and Ashiya have some sort of face surgery or something?
"Do you think Kira is from Ente Isla?" Urushihara asked, was there something special about this Ente Isla place/gang?
"Maybe, but I've never seen anyone with abilities similar to his," Maou replied, "Light'll probably be done soon though, so let's switch to a safer topic."
After hearing that, I quickly walk back to the bathroom, quietly shut the door, flush the toilet, and let the sink run for a few seconds before coming back into the main room.
-Timeskip 11 days (I'm using a timeline of DN and this is when Misa's recordings are played, April 18)-
Maou POV
I was headed off to work, my hours had been cut slightly shorter to give me more time to study, but my magic seems to have started to adjust to Earth and helped me in that I barely ever had to sleep. Ms. Kisaki had been surprisingly nice and supportive of me getting a college education, and she seemed to have been even more shocked that I got into To Oh.
Everyone around me seems to have stopped, paying extra attention to whatever is on TV, I look up, "-received a message from Kira himself. In other words, all the reporters and staff here are Kira's hostages. Aside from that we have a professional obligation to share this message with you. I assure you that this is not a hoax and Sakura TV is not airing this tape for the purposes of sensationalism. Four days ago, our program director here at Sakura TV received four tapes. After a thorough examination, there could be no doubt that they are from Kira himself.
"The first tape we received contained a prediction regarding the time of death of two suspected criminals who'd recently been arrested, and as predicted, at the exact time Kira had specified both men died suddenly of heart attacks yesterday. Kira has instructed us to air the second tape today at exactly 5:59 PM, and we do intend to comply with his demands. This tape should offer proof of his powers by predicting yet another death. Beyond that we understand that it contains a message to all of the people of the world from Kira," A reporter explained.
I looked at the board surprised, what? Was there actually a message from Kira, or was this some sort of publicity stunt? How could they pull it off though, if there was actual proof of Kira's ability?
"And now, the video," The reporter said, suddenly the screen changed to spell out the word Kira in fancy lettering.
"I am Kira," A heavily modified voice started, I almost laughed at how congested it sounded, but it was probably not the best time, "If this video was being aired on April 18 at exactly 5:59 PM as I requested, then the time now is exactly 5:59:47, 48, 49, please change the channel to Taiyo TV, new anchor Kazuhiko Hibima will be killed by a heart attack at exactly 6 o'clock," The voice stated.
The TV changed to Taiyo TV, which surprised me, was there someone actually controlling the channels of that huge TV? I would've never guessed. Anyways, big surprise, Hibima was sitting back in his chair, dead.
The screen switched back to Sakura TV, where Kira continued to ramble as well as kill another victim, call me cruel, but I'd seen so many people die when I was on Ente Isla, I didn't really care, Kira already proved his power. However, the people he killed weren't much of criminals, they just spoke against Kira. It was unusual, killing to petty of criminals could lower his support, so why did he do it?
My attention turns back to the screen when the picture changes, "As you can see, someone as collapsed just outside the door, again, we're coming to you live outside the Sakura TV building," A woman's voice says, and the picture is just as she describes, a police car is parked right outside the doors and a figure is collapsed right next to them, as if he had tried to enter before he met his demise at Kira's hands.
"I now await a response from the police," The creepy voice returned, "They must decide whether or not they'll help me create a better world for all of us. Please announce your decision on the 6 o'clock news in four days. I've prepared two videos, one to be aired if the answer is yes, and another if the answer is no," the voice ended.
Thinking about it, doesn't Kira need both a name and a face to kill? How'd he get that police officer then? Did he know their name already? Or does he only really need a face to kill? The former seems more likely, there was plenty of evidence that both were needed.
"A vehicle has just driven through the doors of the station," The reporter lady from early informed us viewers. Well, that was a creative way to get in unseen. A minute passes, "We're still outside Sakura TV, as you can see, a police car has just arrived," Sure enough, two officers stepped out of the vehicle, and promptly died of heart attacks, I sighed at their stupidity.
The broadcast appeared to be over, so I got back on Dullahan II and left, the odd actions of Kira still in the front of my mind.
AN I'm back! Sort-of… thanks for the reviews and stuff, although I'm a bit sad I only got one review for chapter 4… I love reviews! They make me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside! Hope you enjoyed.
Bai!
-Frost