Chapter 2 The Search for GreatnessRules of the Death Note

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The owner of the note can recognize the image and voice of the original owner, i.e. a god of death.

*At the ICPO.*

The American ambassador slams his fist on the desk, "What the hell?! I thought we were done with this 'Kira' nonsense."

German ambassador's accent is heard next on the screens,"I thought we were as well."

Touta Matsuda stood in front of several screens where the silhouette of each country's ambassador stood, "We killed Kira, he died I swear."

Shuichi Aizawa nodded, "It's true, I was there when he died. In fact we're the ones who found his dead body."

Everyone was quiet, it was a known fact.

"So let me get this straight, we lost L, Watari, Light, AND Near!?" China ambassador's screen lights up, showing that he was the one talking.

Matsuda said quietly, "Yes unfortunately they are all dead."

Everyone was then quiet; there was not a sound in the room.

Matsuda calmly, "Everyone we might be dealing with another Death Note."

Everyone in the room gasped, there was mumbling between the ambassadors and the other people they were in the same room as.

"If that's the case then we need to find someone who can deal with this, seeing as we no longer have L or Near for that matter, how are we going to finish this?" exclaimed the Chinese ambassador.

Aizawa and Matsuda cringed, how WERE they going to finish this?

"He's right. The only reason we were able to defeat Light was because of L and Near. Without them we can't do anything." Exclaimed the American ambassador

Aizawa and Matsuda both knew the truth, they had to find somebody who is as smart as both L and Near, possibly smarter.

After the ICPO conference was finished, Aizawa and Matsuda went to the place where L and Near were found, hoping that they could get lucky. They saw the new owner of the place as they pulled up in a black sedan. She was a small plumped woman with brown hair. She had blond highlights and bright red lipstick. She had light blue eyes and a dark orange dress topped off with orange high heels.

The owner saw them and smiled brightly, "Hello boys, my name is Ichisa Renose, is there something I can do for you today?" Her voice was light but heavy.

"Yes, is there an extremely smart child here that can rival the smarts of L or Near?" Aizawa answered rather bluntly. He didn't feel like beating around the bush at all.

Ichisa looked sad for a second, "Well since L, Mello and Near died we haven't had children with half the smarts they had. It's really depressing actually."

Aizawa and Matsuda both sighed.

Matsuda said sadly, "Thank you ma'am, sorry for wasting your time."

"No no you didn't waste my time." Ichisa quickly replied happily

Ichisa then walked off caring a box of stuff. On the side of the box it read 'L's stuff '.

Aizawa and Matsuda both saw it and gasped. Aizawa then ran up to Ichisa.

"Excuse me miss." Said Aizawa

"Yes, what is it?" questioned Ichisa.

"May we have that box please?" answered Aizawa.

She looked at the box, a confused look on her face, "Oh this, well sure. We were going to throw it out anyway." Ichisa gave Aizawa the box, and smiled her bright smile.

Matsuda bowed, "Thank you."

Ichisa smiled, "No, thank you. That is one less thing to worry about. I was beginning to think that I might have to close down the orphanage. I was losing room, but with L's stuff gone I can make his and Near's rooms into something that can benefit us."

Aizawa and Matsuda looked at each other; they both then pulled out $100 and offered it to her.

Ichisa looked surprised, "I can't take this, this is your money."

Matsuda smiled, "No please take it, if a genius like L came from this place, there's no way we can let it close down."

Ichisa then took the money, and bowed.

"Thank you so much, if we ever get a genius as smart as L then I swear I will call you right away."

Matsuda and Aizawa both smiled and walked to their car.

They had gotten in the car and were sitting there, unsure of where to go next.

Matsuda frowned, "So now what?" He asked while rubbing the stubble he had let grown over the past few years.

Aizawa was already on his cell phone.

Aizawa "Hello, hi this is Aizawa. I was wondering if you could give us the address to the orphanage. No we didn't find one there. Ok, mmhm. Alright thank you."

Aizawa hung up the phone, and looked at Matsuda.

Matsuda was surprised, "Who was that?"

Aizawa smiled, "Our plan B. Just in case we didn't find what we looked for in Watari's orphanage, I had Halle Lidner help me find another Orphanage for Gifted Children. She actually found one, it's in Osaka. It's pretty far from here but I think that it's worth it."

Matsuda smiled, "Wow, that's amazing. You're already starting to think like L."

They both laughed, the first laugh they've shared together in years. Matsuda started up the car and then drove off.

Five hours later, they were in Osaka.

They then pulled onto the street of the orphanage. It was a small house, and it looked really kept up. There was a metal fence surrounding the house and it's large yard all around the house. The gate to the house was open, as if it were always expecting visitors. The two men walked up to the house, following the gray path up to the dark red building.

Matsuda knocked on the door. Only a few seconds later did a man opened the door.

He was about 5'10 and a little stocky. He had a small moustache and a little scruffy beard. He was wearing a black tuxedo and had a long red tie. His hair was short and brown and he had light brown eyes.

The man looked at them with a confused look, "Hello and welcome to Kodomo's Orphanage. My name is Chirotaki Kentegaki. How may I help you today?"

Matsuda "We were hoping to find a child that had a strong sense of justice and an extremely brilliant mind."

Chirotaki stood still for a second and then looked behind him, "Follow me."

Chirotaki led the two men into the house and into the kitchen, where there were children all over the place with happy faces.

"I think I have the perfect person for you." Chirotaki said as he looked at them.

Aizawa smiled widely, "Thank you sir!"

Matsuda did the same and bowed twice, "You have no idea how great this is."

"Kougi, Kougi can you come here for a second?" He called, Aizawa and Matsuda weren't sure where his voice was directed at.

Then a slightly tall boy walked into the foyer. His messy black hair was long and rested over his shoulders. He was tall, he looked as if he were almost 6'2. He was very skinny and was really pale. His jaw line was incredibly refined and there was a light amount of black stubble going down his jaw. He had two earrings in both his ears, one at the top and one at the bottom. Kougi wore faded blue jeans with a white v-neck t-shirt with an opened up blue button up shirt over it. The t-shirt and the button up were very long, his pants were very baggy, and he wore brown sandals. He had an incredibly 'bored with life' look to him.

Kougi looked between the two men, "Yes Chirotaki?"

His voice was deep but at the same time light, he talked very bored-like.

Chirotaki smiled and looked at Kougi "I want you to go with these men and do what they say."

Kougi stared at the Aizawa and Matsuda. "Hmm. If I'm going to jail, I'd rather not, not in my agenda. Especially not when Kira is on the loose."

Aizawa was confused, "What do you mean?"

Kougi stared, "You're both policemen aren't you? Well how do I know that? I could be walking into a kidnapping, oo scary right?" His voice held a sort of sass to it, as if he were making fun of them.

Matsuda started pulling out his badge, but Aizawa stopped him before he finished.

Aizawa stared angrily at the kid, "Hey hold on, how do WE know you aren't Kira. For all we know you could be Kira and we could be walking into a trap as well."

Kougi rolled his eyes, "Wow you're dumb. If I were Kira, I would have already killed you."

Aizawa and Matsuda both gasped and looked at each other.

Kougi raised an eyebrow, "What's wrong, didn't you guys find that out?" There was a 'You guys are idiots' tone to his voice. "The new Kira obviously has a Death Note, and just like Teru Mikami, can kill without a name. If I were Kira, I would have already killed you while you were walking up to the orphanage. Convinced now?"

Aizawa and Matsuda were both surprised, they excused themselves and walked outside while leaving the other two inside.

"This kid could be the real deal." Whispered Matsuda.

"Or a pain in the butt. However, I have to admit, he is pretty amazing. The fact that he figured that out without us was nice. He may be what we're looking for." Whispered Aizawa.

They both looked at Kougi; he was twirling his hair while at the same time scratching his foot with his other foot.

"He acts just like L and Near combined. He's weird too. Kinda smells odd. But I guess we're going to have to deal with him until the Kira Case is over with." Matsuda rubbed his chin.

The two men walked back into the house and into the kitchen where Chirotaki and Kougi were waiting for them.

Chirotaki smiled, "So is it settled?"

Aizawa and Matsuda both nodded, "Kougi, We are hereby placing you on the Task Force of Tokyo to fight against Kira." Aizawa had a formal tone to his voice, as if he were talking to the most important person in the world.

Kougi shrugged and followed the men to the sedan after he said his good-byes.

"Don't even THINK about trying to rape me, I know Kung-Fu." Kougi stated as he sat in the back of the car, right in the middle of the back seat.

Aizawa half-lidded his eyes and looked at Matsuda, who smiled awkwardly in his direction. They pulled away from the orphanage and back to Tokyo to catch Kira once more.

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The human who uses this note can neither go to Heaven nor Hell.