Chapter 2
"Unwanted De Ja Vu"
Disclaimer: Death Note is no miney.
Coleman Household 8:24 AM 10/4/22
Today will not be a good day. It is going to be a day full of people... not just regular people either... the family kind... the kind that will look at you and tell you things that you are already knowledgeable of; such as 'You have grown.' I am completely aware of the natural occurrences of my body... and sometimes they like to talk about other natural occurrences... ew.... wrong path to think down.
Ben was sitting quietly on the living room couch while he allowed only the sounds of his thoughts and music in his mind until the idea came to him that it might be possible to get even more information out of his mother.
"Mom?"
No answer.
"Mother??" He yelled a little more loudly with a ton more sarcasm.
She wasn't answering.
Ben went throughout the house looking in room to room trying to find her, but he had no luck.
She's probably in the garage doing laundry or shes in the garage talking to someone.
He walked to the garage door and heard her talking along with the sound of the dryer being started.
I need to stop jinxing myself.
Benjamin walked slowly up the stairs to do what he normally did on his laptop when no one was there to talk to... Research.
After 2 hours of looking up random facts about detective work, he stumbled upon something that actually wasn't something someone had written due to Kira's influence. It was about someone who was recognized as an icon for justice... This person had once challenged kira and of course... died.. why was he so important then? According to the article it was because he had gotten too close to kira. Ben quickly copied and pasted the article to his computer. He knew that it would eventually be deleted and the author would probably be killed. He had collected several articles saying something similar to the one he was reading. He could assume that this mystery person went by the code name 'L.' That he had been extremely intelligent and that hundreds had hated him.... for challenging kira. If kira knew that he kept these documents, there would be a 76% change of death. Therefore no one could know about these documents. Not even his family... and especially not the Yagamis. He had found out that Light Yagami held a strong position in Japan... the position of L himself, but there was no way that the L in the articles and this new L were the same person. This new L only worked for Kira, not against them. The minute he found this truth of Light being L, Ben directed all his frustration and suspicion towards Light. There was a more then small chance that he could be kira, but he was the only one with that chance. Nevertheless, he could not let anyone of power know his secrets.
Would it not be common sense to assume that the new L is the one who killed the old L? And would it not be common sense to assume that this person is kira?
6:26 PM
Ben heard a doorbell.
What if this Light Yagami is kira....? I want to have some fun.... I want to pretend he is kira and see what happens. What could it hurt? Unless he really is and I die... that would be terrific evidence if I were to leave a prediction of this occurrence.
A close to psychotic smile spread across Ben's face. He found every little article on Kira and L that he had stored and placed it on one single folder on his computer and sealed it, giving it the name: In the Occasion of Ben Coleman's death in the next year.
He knew that he would most likely remove the name if he didn't suspect Light to be kira after meeting him in person. That was unlikely.
Slowly he walked down stairs to see his new 'experiment.'
These experiments were not uncommon for Benjamin. He enjoyed messing with peoples minds after all.
When he finally laid eyes on Light Yagami, his eyes grew big with excitement as he realized the stress and nervousness that was suddenly erupting from the way Light stared back.
This is impossible!
Light could feel his body tremble as he looked upon the mirror image of Ryuzaki himself.
The kid looked exactly like him in the eyes of Light.
5% chance... that this person.... is.....kira... and he knew my father...
Light froze.
There is no way that this kid could know who you are. Crap. He's coming closer.
Light was visually distressed for a minute or less, but then quickly obtained his composure once again.
"Heeeey, Light." Ben said casually. He was careful to look Light directly in the eye.
Because your eyes can't lie.
"Hello...."
This is seriously unwanted deja vu.
"My name is.... Bentley."
According to the article Kira needed a face and an exact name.
"Nice to meet you, Bentley."
I need to be careful around him.
"It's my pleasure."
I know he knows I'm being sarcastic.
Just then Mrs. Coleman called them both in for dinner. They had been waiting to eat with the Yagamis. As he walked by he whispered in his mother's ear to call him Ben for now because she was usually the only one to talk to call him by his full name, Benjamin.
She looked at him with curiosity and then continued on.
Everyone else usually calls me Ben... unless they are angry with me.
At dinner everyone was happy and enjoying their meal, except Light. He was thinking about how to eliminate this boy without suspicion. He noticed that the kid kept looking at him... in the same way L had whenever he was testing him. He also noticed the absurd amount of sugar that Ben had put in his tea. It was all really nerve racking.
Could this be some wicked reincarnation of L himself?
No. Look at his family. They are completely different from him. Could it be possible that L had any family? Yes. It's unlikely, but yes. Maybe he is a sibling... or a cousin. He looks way too much like him to be a cousin. I don't care. I'll say I have to go to the bathroom and then I will write his name down and set a time of 3 hours. No one would expect Kira to be so obvious... and if they did.. then I will kill them.
After dinner, most of the family had stayed at the dinner table and they were catching up with Misa, and a few cousins.
Light had left to find the bathroom. Ben waited patiently in the living room for him.
After a few minutes, Light quickly walked out of the bathroom and into the living room.
"What do you think of kira, Light?" Ben questioned suddenly.
Light was startled at the voice of the person that he had not seen sitting quietly on the far end of the couch.
"Why are you asking me a question like that?"
Time to get the hang of acting again.
"I want to know what you think of him."
"Well...."
I have to answer how Light would answer
"I think that he has saved a lot of people from trouble by eliminating the bad guys." Light talked casually with a small smirk on his face.
"Hm..."
"Will you tell me why you are asking now?"
"Is it not obvious? You are kira, of course."
Light felt his heart begin to pick up an unwanted pace.
There is NO WAY he could have evidence against me. But why does he ask me this question just all of a sudden?!
"Do you know my father?" Ben asked.
Father?! Did I not just meet him?
"Was that not your father in the other room?"
"No, my real father is someone only you know, because you are kira of course."
8%
"Why do you think that I'm kira?"
"Because.... look at you... you hold a powerful position in the police force in Japan, you were alive when the old L died, You are the new L, who is currently under control of Kira. You have all the qualifications of being kira as well. You are fairly young, so people would not suspect you, you live only with your wife who works which makes it easy for you to hide your sins, you have money, and finally, you seem like the kind of person who has a strong sense of justice. Now I will ask you again... Do you know my father?"
Ben knew that 80% of what he had just said was iffy evidence.
"I will tell you if I know him, when you tell me who he was."
"....how did you know if my father was dead?.......... You said 'was.' "
"Well I assumed that your 'real' father was probably your father before he died, and that your mother remarried after his death."
Nice save, Mr. Yagami.
Light was tense. Only 13 minutes had passed since he wrote in the notebook:
Bentley Coleman. He is to die in 3 hours of suicide.
As for Benjamin, this was pure entertainment. Never before had he tested a person who reacted so strongly against his claims.
Just then Misa walked into the room.
"What are you guys..... doing?" The pause in the middle of her sentence was due to laying eyes on Ben. This scared Light.
"Misa! Don't startle me like that."
"Oh... I'm sorry.. Light. Um... would you mind helping me unpack our stuff?"
"... No... I wouldn't mind at all."
Both Misa and Light stared at Benjamin for a second then hurried up stairs.
That beyond weird smile on his face gave me the chills.
'Light..?" Misa whispered.
"Sshh!" Light waited until they got into the bedroom to talk to her.
"Light what's wrong?"
"I don't know, Misa, that kid just freaks me out, that's all."
"Oh, yeah, he was a little weird looking."
"Misa?"
"Yes?"
"Stay away from him."
"Okay Light."
