Shinigami Yagami Raito
Summary: The moment Yagami Raito killed his first victim with the Death Note, he died. Only problem; he never noticed that.
Pairing/s: None.
Warnings: Totally different story. Raito out of character, Ryuuku different, many things different.
Disclaimer: Don't own Death Note. If I had owned Death Note, L would never have died, and neither would Raito.
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Chapter Five
"That second Kira just disappeared," Matsuda said as he looked at one of the screens. "Do you think he or she found the real Kira, Ryuuzaki-san?"
"We had a patrol there on the meeting place, but they could easily have slipped between our fingers," L said. "They must be in contact. Also the real Kira is trapping down on the killing, only searching for criminals that have committed very serious crimes."
"Maybe he's giving up," Matsuda said, although he did not look convinced.
"Or he's planning something," L said and took a sip of his sweet tea. Soichiro nodded at that and the detective continued, "We will continue as usual. Kira must be stopped."
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Sayu stared at the girl who took off her shoes. Raito saw his sister and said:
"Hi, Sayu. This is a friend of mine, Misa."
"Nice to meet you!" Misa said and ran up to Sayu, giving a quick bow. "Your brother's so cool, Sayu-san!"
"Misa," Raito groaned.
"What? It's true!" Misa said with a pout and Sayu giggled. "Ne, Sayu-san, what's your favourite artist? Raito here says he doesn't have a favourite, so please say you have one!"
"I do have one," Sayu said.
"Yes, great! Tell me everything!"
"Misa, there is no need to frighten my sister to death," the teen said. "And where did Ryuuku go?"
The door opened and Ryuuku got inside.
"Sorry, got a phone-call," the man said and got off his shoes. "Long time no see, Sayu!"
"Ryuuku-san," Sayu said before the two girls continued chatting. After a minute or two Misa dragged Sayu upstairs, both of them laughing. Rem stayed behind with the two.
"Misa is full of energy," Ryuuku commented.
"She always is," Rem supplied.
"Well, let's make sure she doesn't destroy the interior of the house," Raito said and he and Ryuuku walked upstairs, Rem floating behind them.
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Misa fell down on Raito's bed, burrowing her head into his pillow and said:
"Your sister's great!"
"I know," Raito said as he sat down. "Mother isn't coming home until later, but I think I can persuade her to let you stay for dinner."
"I would love to!" Misa said and sat up. "Ever since my parents died, I've never really had home-made dinner."
With her vibrant attitude, no one would suspect her of being Kira. Raito had also gone out and made sure nothing could be tracked back to her, as she was now his friend and he promised to keep her safe.
If anyone would go really wrong, Rem would take Misa away and Ryuuku would probably drag Raito's ass off as well.
"So what are you going to do now?" Misa asked and looked at him.
"I'm going to give L a chance to find me," Raito said. "As a way of passing time. The time is almost in anyway."
"In for what?"
"For Kira to disappear," the teen said. "I began out of boredom, and now I'm going to finish it before I leave."
"So Raito-san will leave?"
"Yes," the brown-haired teen said. "There is no point in me being here when I'm a Shinigami."
"And what will happen to me?" Misa asked.
"You have Rem," Ryuuku said, and looked at the Shinigami. "You're staying with her, right?"
"Yes," Rem replied.
"You won't be alone," Raito said to her. "And if you really want to see me, I'm sure Rem will help you find us."
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Ryuuku had gone out for a flight and when he returned Raito was still writing.
"Whatcha doing?" the Shinigami asked. "You've been writing for hours."
"I'm finishing the game," Raito said. "And now I'm programming it when to appear, and then I have to install it in L's system, and that will be hell to do it without him noticing."
"Why don't you let me help? You don't have to do all the work on your own," Ryuuku said and put his head on the teen's shoulder.
"Do you think you can help me install this thing then?"
"If you tell me what'll do."
"Fine. It will, at a specific date when I'm not there, show a riddle on all the computers, and they can't continue working until they've solved the riddle. But once they solve it, they will automatically get a message downloaded which I've reordered where it tells the whole story of Kira and his tool to kill."
"Sneaky."
"It sounds a bit stupid, but it's fun," Raito said.
"Just tell me what to do, and I'll fix it for you."
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Raito looked at the TV along with the others.
"This is getting out of hands," Soichiro said. "Kira fans will help Kira-sama save the world. All they do is destroying!"
"Hmm, I think the good man is right," Ryuuku said as he looked over Raito's shoulder. "I installed it while you all were watching TV. But we gotta talk about this with Misa and Rem. Can't leave the world in chaos, can we? How about a message from Kira to his people?"
Raito said nothing; they would talk later, when they were away from here.
L watched the screen with his wide eyes, curled up like usual. The footage showed the world rabid Kira fans in Japan who was inviting people to their show in five days, where they would show them Kira's justice on stage. It made him sick. It made all of the people in the room sick.
"We have to stop them!" Soichiro said.
"And we will," L said. "We will."
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Misa looked at Raito and nodded.
"We can't let them hurt anyone innocent!" she said. "And we can't just stop being Kira, as it won't stop the crazy people."
"So we'll have to go there, on that day they are going to make the sacrifices, both of us as Kira. There we will declare we are returning home."
"Make it sounds like we don't belong here?"
"Exactly," Raito said and looked at her. "Rem will help you with that, and with a disguise. I have my own look as a Shinigami to use."
"You said something about a game with L."
"Yes, it will appear on the morning, well before the sacrifices. I have made a message making it sound clearly like I'm not from here. They will figure it out, then go there and realize it is true."
"Are you going to act like a god? They might believe you are coming back," Rem said.
"No, I'm not going to act like a god," Raito said. "I'm going to make them realize I'm a monster, and they will be killed if they try to follow what chaos I've created."
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"Raito, are you really feeling alright?"
Raito turned his head to look at his father and nodded.
"You don't look too good," Soichiro said.
"I'm fine, dad," Raito said. "Just a little tired."
"You're working too much," the man said and sat down next to him. "Take a little break."
"I think I'll do that," the teen said slowly, realizing he should not freak them all out by continuing to work despite looking like he belonged in a hospital more. He rose up from the chair and walked over to a comfortable-looking armchair, sitting down there with a sigh of relief and rubbed his red-rimmed eyes. Ryuuku moved over to him, hovering in the air and was careful not to touch him. The motion could be seen by someone, and that would create a bit of trouble.
The others watched the teen worriedly, and L stared at him with his bottomless eyes.
"Raito-kun is very hard-working," he said, "but do take it easy a bit now. Raito-kun needs something to eat?"
"Probably," Raito said and looked at L. "Thanks. I sometimes forget things like that, I'm so into things I'm barely aware of the rest of the world."
L nodded and called on Watari, letting Raito order a meal and watched the teen bring up his legs and wound his arms around them. He leaned his head down onto his knees and closed his eyes, not caring if the detective was watching him. He felt Ryuuku sit down in front of him, leaning his head back and the Shinigami said:
"It's three days until the sacrifices. We need to check the location, and find a plausible solution to your disappearance."
Raito moved one hand down, just enough so his fingertips touched Ryuuku's forehead and still made it look like he was just letting the hand down. Ryuuku understood and nodded before getting up again, walking to the computers to watch the others.
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Raito jumped down on the place, having changed into his Shinigami form and was currently invisible along with Ryuuku and Rem.
"That's the stage," Raito said. "It's nearly done. How come the police haven't come and done something?"
"They don't really know the location," Ryuuku said. "Apparently it will be told a half-hour before it all starts to the entire world while the fans knows through websites. It will also be filmed."
Raito watched the people work, all talking about Kira until his ears nearly bled.
"Enough," he growled. "I don't want to hear this crap anymore."
Ryuuku grabbed onto him and they lifted, Rem silently following. They landed on a rooftop a bit away and Raito sat down to think.
"The best reason to let me disappear is to let me die," Raito said.
"But you have to appear as Kira," Ryuuku said.
The teen sat silent for some time, the two Shinigamis watching him. Slowly he put his head in his hands and said:
"I have an idea. But then I have to let one person know… what I am."
"It depends if that person will tell anything to anyone," Rem said.
"She won't," Raito said. "If I tell her so, she won't."
"Who is it?" Ryuuku asked.
Raito looked up at them both.
"Sayu."
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"Onii-chan, what's wrong? Where are we going? Why's Ryuuku-san with us?"
"I'll explain it all when we get there, Sayu, please trust me on this," Raito said.
Sayu allowed Raito to almost drag her with him, jogging lightly to keep up, feeling a bit scared at his behaviour. It looked like he had seen a ghost. He had looked like that for several days. Soichiro assured both her and Sachiko the teen was just working hard, but Sayu suspected this had nothing to do with it.
She barely hung on where they were going, Ryuuku's trench coat flapping in the wind. She did not notice Misa until the girl touched her arm. "Misa-san!"
The blonde flashed Sayu a smile and said:
"Raito-san, slow down a bit. The world's not ending."
Raito looked at them both and slowed down a bit.
"We're almost there," he told Sayu. "It's gonna be okay."
She could not help but wonder what he thought would go wrong.
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Sayu sipped the hot chocolate gratefully, curling up in the armchair. They were in Misa's apartment which was a nice little place. The girl had made hot chocolate for the chilled Sayu but both Raito and Ryuuku had declined.
"What is it, onii-chan?" she asked.
"There is something happening in three days," Raito said. "Something big."
She listened to him while he told her about Kira, the investigation and the show the fans were going to put up. In the end Misa took the cup from Sayu's numb hands and the girl was staring at her brother.
"Why are you telling me all this?" she asked.
"Because I'm not… your Raito anymore."
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They let it sink in a bit, stepping out on the balcony while Sayu progressed it all in the living room.
"She looks okay," Misa said.
"I hope she is," Raito said. "It isn't every day you get to know your brother is a Shinigami, started all this mess with the killing and now he wants your help to fake his own death."
"True," Ryuuku said with a small wince. Raito sighed and leaned back against the wall, breathing in the slightly chilly air. Misa sat down and looked over the buildings, Rem settling down next to the girl.
"Onii-chan?"
They all turned to see Sayu hover in the door.
"Can I talk to you?" she asked. Raito pushed himself from the wall and followed her inside. She went back to her seat and looked at him. "You really are dead?"
"Yes," Raito replied. "I am."
"And Ryuuku-san is dead too?"
"He is."
"Misa-san?"
"She's alive," Raito said.
"About the Shinigami I can't see…"
"Rem? She was out there with us. I can let you see her later if you want to."
"Yeah," she whispered. "So you're leaving in three days?"
"As Raito yes," the teen said. "But who knows… perhaps Misa has this friend who you might enjoy too…"
The girl watched him and understood.
"What do you want me to do?" she asked.
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"When is the message going to be played up?"
Raito looked over at Ryuuku. It was the day before the sacrifices, and tomorrow Ryuuku would go with Sayu, looking like Raito. It was to appear as if they had accidently gotten into the place, where Raito would be accidently killed. Rem and Misa was going to be close by to make sure Sayu was safe, and Raito would wait until the police arrived, which should be right after he 'died'. Then he, the great Kira, would appear and tell the world exactly what he felt about all of this.
"Ten in the morning," Raito replied. "Everyone is working in the main room then."
"And the message doesn't point you out?"
"No, it doesn't. It sounds like it's someone who's not from this world."
"That's good. Makes them more convinced there are more mysteries in this world then they think there is."
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"Raito-kun is not coming in today?"
Soichiro looked over at L and replied:
"No, he had promised to be with Sayu today, since they're both free."
L nodded and turned back to the screen. It was eight-thirty.
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Raito ate breakfast at a café with Sayu, Ryuuku and Misa, Rem standing behind Misa and looking around the place for anything suspicious. There was nothing around of course, but she simply had that kind of personality so they said nothing.
Sayu was eating happily, since she had gotten used to the idea that even her brother was to 'die' today she would still see him fairly regularly. She was not going to like it when the action really happened, she knew that, and prepared herself for it. She had to convince a lot of people it really was Raito and that he was dead.
"Nervous?" Raito asked her.
"A bit," she said.
"Don't worry. I won't let you get hurt," the teen said. "Misa will be as close to you as she can, and Rem will not be far away. And if it goes bad, you got Ryuuku by your side."
She nodded.
"It will be fine," she said. "I'm sure of it."
"Today it will stop," Raito said. "Or at least it's the beginning of the end for this chaos I made."
"You just wanted to help," Sayu said. "You didn't really think it through." She put her hand over his and held it like she had not done in years. It was a comforting touch. "You're going to make up for it some way, I know that."
Raito smiled at her, and was a bit sad that the time as Yagami Raito was running out. He would not leave Sayu, but they would not see each other as often as before.
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L was sitting by one of the computers while the others were filing when all screen suddenly turned black. The detective's hands stopped typing.
"Watari?" he asked.
"It seems to be an automatic program running," Watari replied. "It's starting now."
A text on English appeared on all the computers:
Just for you, L-san, a riddle to solve the mystery.
For the question I know must be burning in your mind, I shall answer. I am Kira. This program should start at ten o'clock and will reveal who I am if you can solve what I give. As I understand, you never give up on a challenge and do not fear, it will not be as hard as you think.
Here we go:
Red or green, juicy or sour, shaped in a circle, what is it?
Something scary, something dark, something to fear, takes soul to heaven or hell.
It comes after the dark but before the day, soothing away the horrors of yesterday.
The last stage, the last stop, before a new journey take place.
Find the words I seek and write them out on the keyboard, and you will receive the story of a killer.
L stared at it.
"Kira's message," he whispered. "He wants us to solve the riddle."
"Alright," Soichiro said. "Find the words."
"He describes something, we have to figure out what he's describing," L said. "First one is apple."
"It's so simple," Soichiro said. "It's too simple."
"Something is wrong, Kira wouldn't give up this easily," L said with a frown.
"But the killings have lessened," Matsuda said. "Day after day, it's fewer who dies."
"Second one, Shinigami," Aizawa said. The others looked at him. "What, you've never read about reapers?"
"Shinigami," L mumbled and typed it down after he had typed apple. "Third one."
"It comes after the dark but before the day, soothing away the horrors of yesterday," Soichiro mumbled.
"Dawn!" Matsuda said. "That's between night and day."
"Dawn," the detective said, eyes scanning over the sentence. "Yes, that fits. Dawn. Last one."
"Death," Watari said quietly. "Death is a new journey, and it's the last stage of life."
"Death," L muttered and typed it down. "Now what?"
"An automatic download began," Watari said and typed in a few commands. "It can't be stopped."
"It's just a download, not something taking from us?" L asked.
"Just a download, can't tell what it is yet. But I think it's a… voice message."
They say the download complete and Watari looked at the detective for confirmation. L nodded and the aged man started it.
"Hello, L." The voice was smooth, somewhat light yet an underlying darkness in it. Not human. "As you can guess, I am Kira. For the question why I made it so easy… I knew it would make you frustrated. It was too easy. Truth is, I didn't think you would have time with something complex, considering the day."
"Is this recorded live?" L asked.
"No, doesn't seem like it," Watari replied.
Kira continued, "You may wonder why I began this. This chaos and useless killing. You deserve the truth, L-san. And the truth is that I don't know.
I simply can't tell you something I don't know. I began, and then I didn't stop, and I didn't realize it until it was too late. But I will not leave this world without trying to fix it."
"Leaving?" the detective mumbled.
"You see, I don't come from this world, your world," Kira said. "There is another world, different from yours. The world that I come from. One day I arrived at this world, a day like any other. Only that day I killed a human. The day after, I killed more humans. Before I knew it, I craved it. I had to do it. It was not a pleasant feeling.
But then I met salvation. A friend came to my, and yours, rescue. He woke me up from the darkness I had sunk into, and made me realize what I was doing. By then fans had showed up all over the world. I was disgusted with myself. I had killed so many people for what? For my own, selfish desires. Today that will stop. I have heard of the sacrifices to be made for my honour. It will start in one hour but I will not let it happen. No more blood shall be spilt by me.
So… that is why you should hurry. Especially Soichiro-san."
They all tensed.
"I have watched all of you, have seen what you think you could hide. I have seen your children, Soichiro-san. Sayu and Raito. In the company of two friends, they're heading directly for the place where Kira fans have gathered. They will show no mercy on the children to a policeman trying to bring Kira down."
The message died down.
"Where is that place?!" Soichiro said.
"Yagami-san, I know you want to go there but do not panic!" L said and got up. He looked at the man with determination. "We will not let your children die."
Tbc…
This is a nightmare! Writer's block is pure nightmare!
I'm deeply sorry for the wait, and that this chapter is so short.
Well… it's out now. And I hope it's a bit good anyway.
Last chapter(!), chapter six: The sacrifices, will they happen or not? A misfire in the plan; the fans take Sayu up on the stage, ready to sacrifice her! What are they to do, and will L and the others reach them in time?
Until later,
Ja,
Tiro