Chapter 4

((A/N Im sorry if this chapter and the next seem choppy and unedited. They are old ones I'm uploading from another website and I haven't had anyone edit them yet. spock-of-the-fridge has offered to be my beta and so chapter 6 and on will be much better. spock-of-the-fridge, I appreciate it! 8D

Now, ON with the horrible chapters! XD))

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Two days later, on the 24th, I walked into L's hotel room and sat down next to Matsuda.

They were talking about something that had to do with Light.

"What are they talking about?" I whispered to Matsuda.

"Light, Yagami-san's son, is going to join the team. Don't tell him about the second Kira theory," Matsuda answered.

"Second Kira?" I said, talking normally now.

"Oh, hello," L said. Then he went back to talking to Soichiro. "I want you to ask if he can come tomorrow to join," I heard L say. I knew they were talking about Light. "Don't tell him about the second Kira."

"What's this about a second Kira?" I asked.

"The possibility of a second Kira is very high," Aizawa told me. "Also that they're a child or woman."

"Fingerprints?" I asked, thinking about the tapes.

"Yes," L said. "I was thinking about comparing the size to your finger print. Because you are the only woman here,"

"okay," I said, confused. L handed me a bag with a piece of browny-yellow paper inside, from the envelope that the Kira tapes were held. I put my finger on top of the fingerprint.

Sure enough, they were the same size. Mine was just a smidget bigger. But it was still enough to tell that the fingerprint was a womans.

"It's the same size," I announced.

"okay," Soichiro said.

We spent some time talking, the most interesting topic about how, if Light thought there was a second Kira, that h'ed be freed of some of his suspision, until I had to go because of class.

"I hate mondays," I grumbled, as I stretched outside, waiting for a taxi.

When it came, I felt a vibrating in my pocket, saying I had a text. I took out my cell phone. It read:

To: Mayu Kaori

From: Ayame Keiko

Message:

Mayu, when are you gonna come hooooome? I checked the school website, our first classes are canceled. Wanna play a game once you get home?

Where are you, anyways?

~Ayame

I rolled my eyes, then replied. I typed:

Ayame, I'm on my way. I was looking for notebooks again. I think everywhere is sold out though.

Okay, we can play a game.

~Mayu
I closed my orange slider phone, and sighed. I was really looking forward to sleeping. Aw well.

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When I got back to my dorm, Ayame was in the doorway, waiting.

"You took forever!" She complained. 
"Sorry," I said.

"Aw well, I got the game set up," She said.

"Okay," I said, and we played for a bit, until I started to fall asleep. Ayame then decided to go to bed, and I did too.

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The next night, Light walked into the hotel room.

"Oh, hey May-" he started.

"Machi Kohana," I cut him off.

"Okay, Machi," He said, confused.

Everybody went on to give their fake names to Light.

"I see. So I am Light Asahi?" He asked, after Soichiro said he was Asahi.

"Thank you for your cooperation. I will call you Light-kun." L said. L then went on to explain how everything worked. He then told Light to watch the tapes, as we all sat behind him.

"So, did you find anything interesting?" L asked. Light paused.

"There's a possibility that there is a second Kira," Light said. Everyone was surprised, but i was happy. He's not as suspected now, I thought, happy. Light just didn't seem like Kira.

"Good job, we suspected a second Kira too," L said.

"Were you testing me?" Light declared.

"No, I was the only person who though there could be a second Kira. We needed someone to come to the same conclusion without any insight from me," L answered. "So you've been a great help already,"

They then went on to discuss the tapes from the 'real' Kira they wanted to make. I spaced out every now and again.

"We think that...from the real...the best course...need you to...pretend to be Kira..." was all I heard.

"Pretend to be Kira? Huh?" I said. Matsuda looked at me. "Were you spacing out?" he asked, but whispered at the same time.

"Umm," I said, not answering.

"In any case, were running out of time. I plan on making our broadcast on the evening news so please start working on a draft immediately," L said to Light. He then went on to explain to the others what they could do to help. He told me to help Matsuda with the Kira video.

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"Ryuzaki, is that good enough?" Light sighed, after writing down the draft for the Kira video. "I wrote it as if I were Kira,"

"It's not bad but if you don't remove the 'It's fine with me to kill L' part," L started. He turned towards Light. "I'll die."

I giggled.

Light laughed as well. "I just thought that Kira would've wanted to make sure that L died." He said.

"Umm, Ryuzaki has a good reason," I said awkwardly.

"I was just kidding. You can remove it," Light said.

"Okay," L said. He passed the draft to Aizawa. "Aihara-san, the draft is done. Please take care of the rest."

"Okay!" Aizawa said, and rushed off to work.

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Two days later, sitting in the hotel, Watari, from the computer, said "Ryuzaki, the second Kira has responded."

"What?" Everyone gasped.

"The tapes and envelope are being sent over. I will send you the video now." Watari continued. The now-familiar Kira showed up on the screen.

"Kira-san! Thanks for replying!" the second Kira said. "i'll do everything Kira-san said."

I glanced over at Light. he looked deep in thought.

"I want to meet Kira-san." Kira said. "I think kira-san doesn't have the eyes, but don't worry! I won't kill Kira-san no matter what!"

"He said 'Doesn't have the eyes.' What does that mean?" I asked.

"Please think of a way to meet without getting caught by the police. When we meet, we can just confirm each other's identity with our God of Death."

My eyes widened. "G-god of...Death?" I whispered.

There was a huge crash, masking my kind of loud whisper, and everyone looked towards the sound. L had tipped over his chair, and was staring at the screen with wide eyes.

"God of Death...Is he saying that Gods of Death are real?" L said, shakily.

"Ryuzaki, you can't help that people talk about nonsense like Gods of Death." Light said. It seemed like he was hiding something...

"The messages Kira made his victims in prison write also affirm the existence of Gods of Death..." L said.

"So perhaps this tape is from the same Kira who killed those victims in jail? Since they talk with the same..." Soichiro asked.

"That's not it Dad," Light said. "If this were the old Kira, he wouldn't respond to our fake tape. He wouldn't be so foolish as to play this game and make it unnecessary for L to reveal himself on TV and get himself killed."

"Then maybe the real Kira and the second Kira have contacted each other and are using things like 'God of death' to confuse us?" Aizawa said.

"That's probably not so. Like what Light-kun said...If they had contacted each other, Kira wouldn't have stopped the plan to kill me...The second Kira is not trying to do what the real Kira would do, instead it's more like what he thinks he is doing whatever Kira needs." L said. he stood up, put his chair back on it's legs, and sat down. "He is not acting in pursuit of Kira's goal to 'Change the world by punishing criminals and those who get in my way'...He is doing what he feels needs to be done...to meet the real Kira."

"So then the second Kira doesn't want to reform the world...he is only interested in knowing who Kira is." Light said. "Then maybe 'God of Death' is a code word for their ability to kill? 'We can just confirm each others identity with our God of Death' would mean they can prove their identity by killing someone on the spot."

".......I agree..." L said. "At the very least, it is certain that 'God of Death' is something the two Kira's have in common...It will help us a lot if we can find out more about it."

"What do we do now to reply? If we do it wrong he will figure out that we don't know anything and that we're not Kira..." Light asked.

"No, we will leave it to the two Kira's to make the next move" L said.

"Leave it to them?" I asked, surprised.

"For the second Kira to make a reply now, assuming he hasn't figured out that the response is a fake, he must be fairly content with the situation. His goal to catch the attention of Kira has been achieved." L said. "Using words that only they would understand, the imposter plans to give Kira the message today on Sakura TV's 6 O'clock news. On the other hand, the Real Kira must be paying close attention to the exchange between us and the second Kira." L said.

"What do you think he's planning?" I asked.

"Kira must want to minimize contact between the second Kira and the police. If this keeps up, I don't know, what will happen. Maybe the real Kira will send in a message of his own." L scratched his knee. "Right now, the only medium we can use is Sakura TV. There are too many unreliable sources on the internet...thousands of them. Thus, it is also difficult for the Kiras to contact each other online."

"Nothing is as dependable as predicted murder on TV," I mumbled.

"I think it's very obvious that the second Kira is not good with technology nor is he smart or disciplined."

I was confused. I thought we had confirmed the female fingerprint on the envelope? So why was everyone considering Kira to be a he?

"Maybe, the second Kira lives by themselves or is from a rich family. Maybe both," I suggested. "Many people I meet that are from rich families or live alone act a lot like how the second Kira is acting," I continued.

"Maybe," L said. "Anyways, if the second Kira doesn't get what he wants, maybe he is leaking Kira's secrets to force Kira into meeting the second Kira and telling him to stop. That will be interesting."

This got me thinking. Why...no, how did this second Kira show up? Why are they sending in Kira tapes that are sure to get Kira mad if they want to be on Kira's side? Either the second Kira is really ignorant, or was raised in a family where they got away with stuff. Ultimately, I thought that the second Kira had to live alone. Maybe they were in college, or maybe they are older than we think and graduated college already. The first Kira's probably from high school, and to think this second Kira's could be older and is searching for Kira...that's a bit pedofile-ish, isn't it?

Next thing I knew, it was time to leave and I was walking into a taxi.

I sat there, looking out the window, watching the different colours go by. The blacks, browns, and reds, with the occasional blond, of peoples hair. The bright, flashing colours of the screens. The bluey-grey blur of the buildings.

When I got close to campus, I got out and payed for the ride. I walked into a nearby store. Might as well pick up some notebooks to keep the lie strong with Ayame.

I walked towards the section with notebooks in it, and saw that there were only plain, one colour notebooks there. There were an ugly shade of pink, a green, a grey, and a black one. I would have gotten an orange one, since orange is my favourite colour, but there were none. So I grabbed the black one. It was just a simple one, easy to use, bendable covers. The pages inside were yellow tinted. The one thing I noticed the most though was that there were no places to put your name, unless you had gel pen. So I grabbed a silver gel pen as well. It would be fun to decorate it.

After walking out of the store, I grabbed my phone and texted Ayame. It said:

Ayame,

I'll be home soon. Found a notebook, finally!

Hey, lets go over the math homework together, okay?

Mayu

Soon, i got one back, saying:

Mayu,

Oh fine, we can do homework.

Yay! Notebooks! Now you wont have to be out so often!

Ayame

This made me think more. What excuse was I gonna use now? I couldn't say I need more stuff, because Ayame knew I never went shopping, then go shopping the day after for something I could have picked up the first time. Maybe...I could say I was out at a friends house? No, we never did that stuff separately, either. Hmmm...I'll say I was studying with Light. That was a half-lie, because we were studying together, it was just that we were studying Kira.

Kira.

Why did I join the team again?

Oh right, so I got to thank Kira. Riiiight. Because he saved me.

That night was so long ago, it seemed. I had remembered it, I just never really thought of it.

That man was scary. I'm kind of glad that I was at a friends house the night he murdered my parents, otherwise I wouldn't be here right now. Of course, I felt bad for my brother and parents...

I had to duck into a nearby café's bathroom for a second to calm myself down.

When I did, I left and walked the rest of the way home.

"Hi Mayu!" Ayame called cheerfully as I put away my shoes. 
"Hey," I answered. I sat down in my favourite chair and grabbed my laptop.

I checked my e-mail. I had some from my classmates, one from someone asking for the homework for English, and a junk mail. I replied quickly, deleted my junk, and put the computer down.

"hey, can we do the math homework now?" I asked. I wanted to get my mind away from Kira for a few hours.

"Okay, fine," Ayame grumbled, and we sat and did our math studies for a bit.

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The next day, after classes, I got a call from L.

"Hello?" I asked. Thankfully, Ayame still had classes. I had given L copies of mine and Ayame's schedules, so he knew when to call now.

"Hi, Mayu. We need you to come to the hotel room soon. The second Kira sent in another video and a diary to go with it,"

"A...diary?" I asked, confused.

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((A/N Ahaha I fail, sorry for the wait.

I forgot about this story for a bit, actually. Then school got in the way so I couldn't write. Sorry!

Yeah, about the notebooks, I was REALLY bored and decided to use the fact that Mayu kept telling Ayame that she needed notebooks. i was also trying to take up space on the pages so i could update this. XD

Haha get the "Black, easy-to-use college note book with yellow tinted pages, and how she's gonna use silver to decorate it?" Ha ha if you don't get it, you fail. XD

lol I was REALLY bored. maybe I shouldn't have two cokes in a row and then stay up until 12:34 AM (Haha make a wish!)

So, do you like?

And one more thing: GORRAMIT MISA I HATE YOUR KIRA TAPES! XD))