Summary : AU. What if it really was Raito's subconscious that was killing people and Raito himself doesn't know it?
Disclaimer : Death Note belongs to Tsugumi Ohba.
Chapter Five
Kira was torn between wanting to kill the Second Kira and meeting him/her. He could only conclude that the second Kira was bad news. Only an idiot would practically spill their secrets to the entire world. An international broadcast. And he probably was justified in killing the second Kira. He didn't need the Shinigami's Eyes anymore, having struck a similar deal with Ryuk, but it would be nice to meet and learn all he could about the "missing" information Ryuk neglected to tell him.
Thus, Kira was deliberating whether to send his own information to the newscast. On one hand, it would be risky for Raito, and on the other, if he didn't, he has no idea what the second Kira might do if he didn't reply. Hence, it took a combination of jan-ken-pon with himself, online chess and go, enough killing to put himself into a minimum of twenty life sentences and consommé flavoured chips before Kira decided that he should ignore the second Kira.
Raito woke up feeling like he had a midnight binge, which only occur when he had problems he couldn't solve immediately. Of course he couldn't have sleepwalked and helped himself to all the six packets of consommé flavoured chips. No, Raito do not sleepwalk and that was the end of it. There had to be another explaination. Growing hormones, perhaps?
Misa, on the other hand, was very anxious to meet Kira. He killed her parents murderer, and in her eyes, he was a good guy. Besides, she was confident he would not hurt her, she was supporting his ideals, after all. Not to mention, she knew how to kill a Death God, however impractical and weird the method is. She wanted to meet Kira, and help him create an ideal world. She was sure he would appreciate her! Thus that was why she begun to search for her stockpile of badly dubbed videos.
When the investigation team received the note the second Kira send, it seems amusing to them. It was a hint, possibly leading to the capture of Kira. L wasn't naïve enough to believe that they could catch Kira so easily, but the second Kira seems idiotic and naïve and capturing him should allow them to figure out how Kira killed so effectively, quickly and mysteriously. L knew that Kira was not stupid enough to fall for any tricks they planned, so they would need the second Kira as bait. Now, if only they could capture the second Kira, they could easily find the original Kira.
L wasn't very happy when Raito volunteered to scout out both Aoyama and Tokyo Dome. Neither was Kira. Both (one visibly and one invisibly) protested long and loud over Raito's poor decision. They threw in logical arguments and even some illogical arguments. Sadly, it was all in vain. Raito wanted to help and once he made up his mind, he was stubborn. Very much so. He had a feeling that he would be the prefect bait in both Aoyama and Tokyo Dome.
Why, Raito couldn't say. Call it a hunch. Surprising, the one who supported his decision was his father. Raito did not know whether to rejoice or be sad his father was willing to let his son go. But he wasn't planning to let his father know that he was probably going to be a sacrifice, a bait, to catch Kira. After all, with both Kira and the second Kira with the ability to kill with only a face, he and whoever officer that accompanied him, the risk of dying is high. Far higher than before.
Raito wasn't about to let L or his father knew he was planning to impersonate Kira. And find out who the second Kira is. That was his highest gamble with the highest stakes at hand. For once, all his acting skills would be put into use. The second Kira had never met the first Kira, and had no idea what he would look like. Hence, Raito was going to try bluffing his way if he met any of the two Kira.
Kira was torn between screaming, crying and laughing. Screaming in frustration because Raito was being stubborn and illogical, crying because he and L actually agreed on something, which was a first for both of them, not that L knew, and laughing because now he had a solid excuse to be in both Aoyama and Tokyo Dome. Kira was extremely curious to knew how Raito would planned to bluff his way around the second Kira. He might just succeed or fail.
Even if Raito failed, Kira was a failsafe, a backup, and he would kill the second Kira before Raito could be killed, cover be damned. If things actually degraded to worst case scenario, Kira would just kill everyone on the scene, and take Raito far away. He did make sure Raito had a backup fund for plastic surgery and air ticket fare to anywhere in the world, just in case. There was no way he did let Raito die just yet, he wasn't suicidal. Kira had all angles covered. Aoyama expedition should be safe. But it never hurt to be prepared.
Raito went alone. Normally Kira would throw a fit, silently and unseen, but this time, Kira sat back to watch. After all, it's not everyone you see the spectacle of someone trying to impersonate themselves. Kira knew Raito was being tailed, and Raito knew it too. Both choose not to act on it. It was, for a lack of word, nice and pleasant to have some backup. As long as Raito didn't get killed by the second Kira, or kill anyone, the law was on his side.
Raito didn't know of Kira's backup plan that involves him, plastic surgery and a plane ticket far away from Japan. Raito also did not know that Kira brought along his passport along on this trip, and emergency funding was a few digits away in an Automatic Teller Machine. It was time Yagami Souichirou was good for something, after all, even if it is emergency funding. Of course Raito had an emergency funding stash, but Kira thought that Yagami Souichirou should do something for his son. Hopefully the plan would never came to be.
Perhaps the Gods was on Raito's side that day, because after two hours of fruitless searching, Raito decided to take a break…at Note Blue. Out of idea where he could find the second Kira, or the first, his feet lead him to the very café Misa was waiting. Of course Raito didn't know it was Misa and neither did Kira since Kira was not the dominant psyche, but for Misa, seeing Raito was a dream come true. No, it wasn't because she couldn't see his life expectancy, she could, but he just drew her in.
For Misa, she was meeting her Prince Charming. She was drew to him, even if she wasn't sure he was Kira or not. His life expectancy kept changing. The numbers were never constant, and it baffled Misa. Almost as if the Gods themselves did not know when Yagami Raito would die, hence the constant changing life expectancy. Sometimes, it even disappeared totally, for a short moment, and then it was back, and changing again. It was……a very curious affair that Misa had all intention of finding out. Perhaps Kira would be interested in this individual.
A/N : Sorry for the long delay. All my data was deleted because of a computer crash, and I was caught up in my studies. I should have more free time now so updates would be more regular. The life expectancy is only unique to Yagami Raito and the story plot. Please Review. Thanks.