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By the time I arrived in Japan there was a lot of commotion about Kira. Some thought of him as a god, others a glorified murderer. I decided to go undercover to a collage, one of the best ones in Japan. There I met the guy L suspected to be Kira, Light Yagami. He was a nice guy, popular, smart, but something about him said evil. Probably his demeanor. I was going under the name Altessa, it was very uncommon, but if this guy knew as much as I thought he did he'd know who I was. I had long hair now, brown, and brown contacts. I looked normal, except for my converse. I made friends with the guy fast and was soon invited over to his house for dinner. When we got there he introduced me to everyone of his family. His father was the one working on the case alongside L. he was home tonight but I pretended I wasn't suspicious. "hello, you must be light's friend from collage." I didn't speak Japanese but I knew what he had said. But to not seem suspicious I looked at him curiously.
"dad, she speaks English only. No Japanese." Light said. His father looked up at me amazed.
"I'm sorry, I'm trying to learn Japanese, but with all my studying it's hard to cram lessons." I said and acted embarrassed. "oh, by the way my name is Altessa Estelle." I said. Instantly my name caught his attention.
"Altessa? That's an odd name. you don't hear it around. What does it mean?" he asked trying to cover up his shock.
"it means 'noble reaper.'" I said smirking. After dinner I thanked his family for dinner and then I remembered something. "light. You forgot to give me that book you said you would!" I said. I tried not to laugh in an innocent way like a normal girl. He looked up and suddenly remembered.
"oh yeah, here, come with me." I followed him in his room. I saw the creature laying sprawled out on his bed. It was a death god. Light got the book and handed it to me. He looked where my attention was drawn and looked at me surprised.
"shinigami." I whispered. The death god looked straight at me and I stared with back at it.
"is something wrong?" light asked suspiciously. I snapped back to reality and the death god was gone.
"sorry, I was just spacing out." I said and thanked him. Then I went back to my apartment. By this time Light was working with the task force on the case. The next day he came up to me and asked me if he would come to see his dad. I knew this meant facing L, but I agreed. We came to a large building. We went up several floors to a hotel room. It was filled with computers and monitors. And also sweets. Wammy, who had been using the name Wammy, was going by, looked up and saw me. I bowed and he almost dropped the cake. "nice to meet you." I said in Japanese. Watari regained his composure and bowed back to me. I had picked up Japanese easily. The other task force members looked at me in surprise. Then I saw the familiar head of L in a chair. The chair was quickly turned around. I looked at the task force members. He was actually showing himself to them? What was he thinking? He looked me straight in the eye and I held his gaze.
"ms. Estelle. May I ask what you're doing here?" he asked. I sneered. Why was he breaking my cover?
"I have no idea what you're talking about. L." I said.
"I'm going by the name Ryuzaki." he replied.
"it makes no difference to me." I said.
"may I ask again, what are you doing here? I told you to stay in England."
"and when have I actually listened to you. Wait, scratch that question." I said. I could see the policemen and Light looking at me and L confused. I turned to them. "L and I are old friends." I said as though that explained everything. A young guy, named Matsuda, looked at me really close.
"so you're the Altessa, right?" I nodded and all the others looked shocked. I smirked and they all stood up and bowed. Then they each told me their names. I took out my handheld and played "gory demise" by creature feature. They all looked at me strange.
"you all just died." I said. L looked amused. I sighed and explained when I saw their confused faces. "from hacking in L's database I learned that all Kira needs is a name and a face. By telling you that I'm Altessa, which I am, all of you showed your faces and told me your names. I could have killed you in a matter of seconds." I said and smirked at them again. "by the way L, I want you to listen to something." I said and brought out my handy-dandy laptop. My fingers glided over the worn keys. Unlike L's awkward way of typing my hands flew over the keys. I was at my place in a matter of minutes. And I had hacked into the speaker systems. I clicked enter and immediately the song began to play. It was "god's gonna cut you down" by Johnny Cash. L listened and his eyes widened. "I was listening and it sounded a lot like Kira. He's trying to be God. And we need to stop him." I said and grinned. "plus, Kira can't kill me. It's impossible."
"impossible. How is that?" light asked. He was just upped one more on my suspicion boards.
"why should I tell you? You're the prime suspect and Kira in my books." I said. I glared at him. "I hate to use the Yagami family but it was necessary for information. By the way chief, you have a lovely wife and daughter." I said nodding in Soichiro's direction. The older man gaped at me. I yawned and stretched. "L, good luck with your investigation. I hope you don't mind me staying here. I hate to live in a hotel for the rest of this investigation." I said. He nodded and I went up to him and lightly kissed his cheek. "don't die on me okay?" I said.
"I'm more afraid for you. And I don't expect you to be killed by Kira." he said looking at me.
"I must admit I'm only hoping I don't get gunned down. Criminals can be tricky, even I know that. I was one after all." I said looking at Light.
"A CRIMINAL?! Ryuzaki, what are you thinking? This is a police investigation, not crime scene. She could know Kira!" light yelled. I smirked, it was just the reaction I was hoping for.
"Light, you don't mind. I was just a part of the largest crime syndicate in the world. No big deal." I said. "and boys, remember the name Altessa Estelle, she will solve this crime." I said. I left. The shinigami was floating outside the window. I sung an old lullaby that came into my head:
Oh please death,
Come and save my soul,
You're the only judge for me,
So judge fairly,
Lead me into the dark,
I am not scared,
Wipe away my tears,
And make sure I never cry again,
Oh shinigami,
Come out and play.
The shinigami then looked at me. And it flew down to me. "Where did you hear that lullaby?" the death god asked.
"I don't know, by the way what's your name?" I asked.
"the name's Ryuk. You must be Altessa." I smirked and nodded. "you're going to kill Light Yagami, aren't you?" Ryuk asked. I nodded. He laughed wildly. I threw an apple at him and he ate it whole. "thanks. So you honestly don't know where it's from?"
"nope, I saw you and it just popped in my head. Do you know what it's called?"
"yes, it's called the Shinigami's Lullaby. It's used to call us. I haven't hear sang by a human before. Usually only the shinigami king sings it. And it doesn't sound as good." I smiled. I had stopped walking because Ryuk had stopped several feet away. "I can't go any farther. I must stay by the owner of the death note."
"so I was right. Light Yagami is Kira?" Ryuk looked embarrassed and looked around.
"umm...uh…yeah. But I have one question." I looked at him curiously. "why is it that you can see me? You didn't touch the notebook." he said puzzled. I sighed and took out my contacts. My eyes glowed orange. They weren't shinigami eyes. They were just, special. I could see things other people couldn't, like shinigami. I quickly put my contacts back in and smirked.
"nice meeting you Ryuk." I said and walked away. Over that year I had come to the conclusion that Light Yagami was Kira and he killed people by using the death note. I had also found out that Misa Amane was the 2nd Kira, who appeared a little bit later. I still kept my secret safe, only because I knew no one would believe me. Then it happened. Light and Misa gave up ownership of their death notes and forgot everything. Then a new Kira was made and was caught. And that's when it happened. The others learned of the death note and shinigami. I decided to hang with the task force when they discovered this. I strode in smirking. Of course I made a wrong move. I forgot to touch the note book and I still noticed the shinigami. "hello Rem." I said walking in. the others stared at me in disbelief.
"you could see the shinigami and you didn't touch the notebook. Interesting." L said. I was able to come up with a story why though. I walked over to the note book and picked it up.
"this thing is the murder weapon? To think I went right over it." I said. L looked at me curiously. "I did in fact touch the notebook. It was when I did a house search on Misa's room. I touched it, but just dismissed it as a notebook." I said. L nodded, of course he bought my story. How could he not. I hated lying to him but it was the only think I could do to keep myself safe from Light. If he were to find out about my eyes it would be a disaster and I'd be classified a freak.
Rem helped the investigation, though there was a couple of rules in the death note that confused me. Then of course that day happened. I looked for L all over that morning. I had woken up alone that morning and last night L had seemed so sad. I didn't see him until noon. He showed up with light, I didn't understand why he had befriended him, but I let it slip. L was watching the monitors and he revealed his plan. "I will use two convicts who are to die in a little over 13 days. If the rule is true, they will die on the 13th day. If it is fake they will live and Misa Amane will be arrested and executed." I saw Rem's eyes widen. She'd do anything to save Misa. I then reassured myself. Rem wouldn't do that. She'd kill herself as well. I sighed and watched then I saw Watari pop on the screen the alarm was going off. He was clutching his chest. Then he pressed a button and all the data was deleted.
"WATARI!" I yelled and my lips trembled. Then L fell from his seat. Light caught him and said something. I didn't listen. My world had just come tumbling around me. I walked over to light and pushed him out of the way. I then dropped to my knees. He was in the last seconds of his life. "L Lawliet, I love you." I whispered. The entire time I was with him I had never said it. I was afraid I might have bad luck and something might happen to him. I bent down and kissed him. Then he went totally limp in my arms. "L! please, wake up." I said and sobbed. I had never cried. But in that moment I sobbed for the longest time. I took my contacts out as well, in the last moments he saw me, he saw the real me, brown hair, and orange eyes. I cried in his old white long-sleeved t-shirt. He couldn't leave me. I didn't know what to do so I sang. I sang the Shinigami's lullaby. "Oh please death, Come and save my soul, You're the only judge for me, So judge fairly, Lead me into the dark, I am not scared, Wipe away my tears, And make sure I never cry again, Oh shinigami, Come out and play." no shinigami came. Rem had turned into dust. Rem may have thought Misa was safe by killing L, but she only placed her in more danger. At L's funeral I didn't cry. I was so angry. It was amazing that I didn't choke Light with my own hands. I was going to wait though. I was heading back to Wammy's House. I bid the task force farewell and left.
When I got to the orphanage I went to L's room and locked myself in. I didn't cry. I just stared at the ceiling. Finally Roger asked if he could come in. I told him no, but I slipped him a black piece of paper with white letters. It said "L was dead." I heard him gasp when he read it. And I heard him walk away. Then I heard another knock, "who is it?" I said in a raspy voice.
"it's Matt." I got up and opened the door. Then I hugged him for the longest time. I just held him. "Mello heard the news. He's leaving the orphanage." he said. I nodded and went with him to his room. Mello was packing everything he could.
"Mello…" I whispered. And went to him and hugged him. "I know you're angry. I am as well, but what do you plan to do after you leave?" I asked him. He shook me off.
"I don't know. Near will take L's place. I gave it up. I refuse to work with that albino bastard." I sighed. I went up to him and kissed his forehead.
"take care of yourself Mello." I whispered in his ear.