Maou POV
I glared at the screen as Kira2 sent his/her reply. I was slightly upset that I actually was wrong, but I was pretty sure L and Light were right anyways. Kira2 in summary said she/he would follow orders, had 'the eyes' (whatever those are, although I noticed Light gasped a bit at that part), insisted on meeting Kira, and then finished by saying they could confirm their shinigami (I was almost certain Shinigami were this world's type of demon).
L POV
I wasn't as shocked as I would have been because of what I had found out previously that week about Maou thinking he was Satan (I was still a little doubtful that he was actually SATAN and it wasn't some sort of nickname (20% chance)). However, that didn't stop me from getting a little surprised, "Ahhh!" I screamed, nearly falling out of my chair, but luckily not as Sadao gave me a hand to help me stay balanced. "Shi-shi-shinigami?" I pause, "Am I supposed to believe that? That shinigami actually exist?"
"That's impossible!" Matsuda exclaimed, I had my doubts on exactly how impossible it really was, considering Sadao was probably Satan.
"Obviously they don't exist."
"Yes, that's right Ryuzaki, listen to yourself, of course Shinigami don't exist," Light pointed out.
I thought immediately to how Light also knew Sadao's real identity, if he thought Sadao was Satan, how could he not believe in shinigami? Talking of Sadao, I notice his hand is still on my arm.
"Not to avoid the subject, but Sadao, you can take your hand off me now," I told him, which he quickly did, "You have really fast reflexes, if I remember correctly, you were standing the farthest away from me," I mentioned.
"Oh!" Sadao exclaimed nervously, "Uhm, yeah, um sorry, and thanks? I guess I've always been like that."
I would guess that his speed and reflexes are part of his demonic power, judging by his response. "It's fine," I told him. I wasn't being too careful because Sadao might notice, also, it was easier to remain calm because I knew that if Sadao was Satan (75%) then there was a 95% chance that he was also low on power as mentioned.
"It is possible that Shinigami exist, I remember the first Kira sent a message suggesting the existence of Shinigami as well," I told everyone, changing back to the original subject.
"Perhaps we are dealing with the same person after all?" Mr. Yagami asked, "It would explain why we're hearing the same words."
"If this was the real Kira, why would he/she even bother to respond?" Sadao asked, making a sort of 'duh' gesture.
"Plus, why would he agree to let L live after going through all the trouble to get him to show up on TV? The real Kira wants him dead," Light added, "It doesn't make sense."
"Then maybe there's some other connection between the real one and this new guy. They could have already met and decided to use the word Shinigami as a way to confuse us," Aizawa suggested.
"No, I'd say that's unlikely. If the two Kira's were connected, the imposter wouldn't be so willing to give up on his plan to kill me," I tell them.
"So what's up with their use of the word Shinigami then?" Sadao asked, "Call me crazy, but I think it's totally reasonable to think that Shinigami might exist, even if Kira was made through the actions of a human."
Yes, Sadao would say that, considering he's or at least thinks he's Satan.
"Or it's some reference to their killing power," Light suggested.
Sadao laughed, "So you're saying they'd kill someone? Doesn't seem like a very nice first meeting to me," he told Light, "Though I wouldn't put it past them to do something like that."
Kira has already proved himself to not have much regard for people's lives, so it was actually a rather accurate guess on Light's part, "I agree with Light," I told everyone, "Based on their messages, we can assume the word shinigami holds some other meaning that only the real Kira and the second Kira are aware of. Now, we ju-"
"All we need to do is get Kira-two to tell us what that is!" Sadao exclaimed happily.
Aizawa turned to glare at Sadao, I had noticed that Sadao had slowly been getting more and more on the man's bad side, "Would you stop acting like an immature child? We're not trying to figure out who stole the cookie from the cookie jar, we're trying to catch a murderer, try to take this more seriously," He shouted, "And for heaven's sake, stop interrupting!"
"H-heaven's?" Sadao asked, falling to the floor laughing so hard I became concerned if he could breathe.
"Sadao, are you having trouble breathing?" I ask with a straight face.
Sadao finally stopped laughing, "Y-yeah, I'm fine," he panted, "Today's been a funny day for me, would it be okay if I took the rest of the day off?"
"Yes, I believe that is the most appropriate action you could take," I told him.
As I watched him leave the room, I heard him mumble, "I'd have a field day if something bad happened to those annoying chickens."
Once he was gone, Aizawa turned towards me, "Why is he even in this investigation?" He asked.
"I suspect him of being Kira, and this allows me to keep a close eye on him. Additionally, recently I acquired a recording of Sadao having a rather interesting conversation with two of his acquaintances. It included information on his past and identity, and if this information proves true, his chance of being Kira will increase by 10%" I informed them.
They knew me well enough to know that 10% was a considerable amount.
"What kind of information is this?" Mr. Yagami asked, he appeared extremely eager to hopefully decrease the chance of his son being Kira.
"I fear that there is only a 75% chance that this information will be accurate. While I am 99% sure that Sadao was unaware of Light and I listening to his conversation, the information suggested was extremely outrageous. While it seems unlikely that Sadao has a mental disorder of some sort, it must be considered," I told them.
Light looked at me with wide eyes, "You actually think there's a 75% chance that he's…" Light trailed off.
"Yes," I respond curtly.
"Can you tell us what this information is already?" Aizawa asked.
"No, there is only a 23% chance that Matsuda would believe me, and he is the most open-minded person of you three," I told them, "I am in the process of obtaining evidence that Sadao is who he claimed he was."
"So you're not planning on letting us help?" Matsuda asked, I shook my head. "What about you Light?" He asked.
"I don't believe Maou is that person, so there isn't any point in telling you," Light told him, "Are we going to send another message to the second Kira?"
"No, I believe we should leave the rest of this up to the two Kira's," I told him.
Maou POV -A few days later-
"Sadao, we received a new message, please come here as soon as possible," L stated over the phone.
"Okay!" I tell him, "On my way."
I was actually pretty close when L called, I was studying at the library across from MgRonalds. When I get there, everyone is looking at a sheet of lined paper.
"What is it?" I ask, I had taken Aizawa's advice and tried to act a bit more mature, my immaturity and carefree attitude was similar to how I acted on Ente Isla, but I'd altered it to blend in better with humans. It'll be hard to grow out off completely, but I might just earn a bit more respect if I do.
"Another message from the second Kira, a journal entry," L informed me, holding out the paper.
I grab it and look at the entries, "Weird, I'm guessing this is Kira2's way of telling Kira where he/she wants to meet Kira. Tokyo Dome seems like the obvious choice, but maybe there's something that only someone like Kira or Kira2 could understand?" I ask.
"That's possible," L acknowledges, and seconds later Light enters.
"Light, we have another message from Kira2, you should probably look at it," I tell him, he gives me a weird look before taking the paper.
After Light looked at it for a minute, L approached him, "Well? What do you think? Is it real?" He asked.
Light looked at him, "At this point in time, all I can say for sure is that he must be stupid," Light told L.
"Yeah, I agree. It's completely obvious he wants to meet Kira at the home game," Matsuda agreed.
"Doesn't he understand what would happen if we aired message? It would create an immediate panic and the game would have to be canceled," Mr. Yagami pointed out.
I resist the urge to comment and facepalm about not having thought about that, although if my theory is correct it wouldn't matter.
"To be honest, it's so stupid," L started, putting a sweet in his mouth, "I'm not even sure how to deal with this whole situation anymore. If we make the diary public, then we'll be forced to make some sort of televised announcement canceling the game on the 30th. But if we don't broadcast it we can be sure the second Kira won't do anything," He finished.
"Then we wouldn't have anything else to go on, and we'd have no hope of learning anything else from Kira2," I realized.
"Won't canceling the game make him angry?" Matsuda asked, "There's no telling what he'll do."
"Frankly, that's not a big concern. From what we've witnessed it's safe to say the second Kira admires the real one, he gave his word to the Kira we invented that he'd refrain from killing aimlessly. I'm inclined to believe that. I say we make it public and we air an announcement canceling the game," L suggested, "At the same time we'll announce that on May 30th we're going to set up checkpoints on all roads leading to the Tokyo Dome. And finally, we'll send a response from our invented Kira that's something like 'I understand and I agree to meet you there.'"
"Ryuzaki," Mr. Yagami said in a harsh voice, "You don't honestly expect him to go there if we set up checkpoints around the dome do you?"
"The real Kira won't, but it's possible the other one might," L stated, "However, assuming that the second Kira isn't the idiot he seems to be, it could very well be as Sadao suggested. Meaning there could be another message hidden in this diary, one that's not so obvious. some code that only people with this 'Shinigami power' can decipher. Still, it would only make sense for us to look into all of the places mentioned in the journal," L continued talking but I spaced out a bit.
"I should probably go to Aoyama and Shibuya since I'd blend in with the crowd there ya know?" Matsuda says, shocking me out of my thoughts as a different person spoke.
"Light and I could likely blend in there as well," I add.
"That's sounds good with me," Light agreed.
"But Light…" His father started to say.
"I'll be alright, don't worry," Light reassured his father, "Aoyama and Shibuya are places I'd go anyway. Not to mention out of all of us, Maou and I would probably look the most natural hanging out with Matsui here. Besides, the second Kira will be there looking for Kira, not for the police."
"Very well then, Sadao, Light, and Matsuda will travel to Aoyama and Shibuya on the 22nd and the 26th," L told everyone.
"Hey, I was wondering, Maou, why are you acting so weird today? Did something bad happen?" Matsuda asked me.
"What?" I ask, "No, Aizawa told me I should act more mature so I'm trying to do that. Am I good?" I say.
"Amazing!" Matsuda reassured me, "It's actually kind of shocking how well you can change character in such a short amount of time."
"I would increase your chance of being Kira from this situation, but the fact you changed after a simple recommendation from Aizawa is enough of a decrease that your percentage will remain the same for now," L told me.
I turn towards him, a bit shocked, "You'd change my percentage just because I can change how I act a bit easier than most people?" I ask.
"You are a much better liar than you pretend to be Sadao Maou," L told me.
AN Horray! Another chapter up, and within 24 hours of the previous one! To clear up some confusion on my crossover-guessing thing, (This is almost a clue in and of itself but I won't count it as one) the movie isn't animated. In the movie, there's an organization with an acronym for a name who really probably just wanted the full name to spell out something cool. That's your clue for the day! And yes, it's one guess per chapter, not like one guess forever or anything.
Cya!
-Frost
