Chapter 3 The Battle Starts

A few nights later, Kyodu was laying on his bed, thinking about what his next move was, and then a sudden thought came to him.

Kyodu questioned, "Ryuk, what is the best thing Light ever did for you?"

Ryuk was surprised by the question, "Give me apples and entertainment, what's it to ya?"

Kyodu then sat up and glared at him, "No you idiot, what's the one thing you'll never forget about Light that might help you in your lifetime?"

Ryuk was still surprised. He had never thought about that before, then again he never really cared for things Light told him.

Ryuk answered, "Well I guess it was how he gave me advice sometimes, and how he never gave up no matter what the problem was. Up until his death that is, hehehe."

Kyodu looked away from Ryuk and outside the window; it was nearing night-time.

Kyodu "(I have to think carefully about everything I do from now on through. Otherwise I might end up like Light.)"

There were six knocks at the door.

Kyodu smiled, "Right on time Kiyomi, come in."

Kiyomi ran into the room with a bowl of apples. She then closed the door quickly. She looked flustered and out of breath as if she were just running. Kyodu stared at her as she placed the bowl on the bed. Ryuk attacked them moments of them hitting the bed.

Kyodu frowned "Kiyomi, are you okey? What's wrong?"

Kiyomi pretty much ignored him, then turned on the television and pointed to the screen.

Look! They found a new L."

Kyodu gasped a bit and quickly looked at the television.

There on screen was a black haired teenage boy who looked like L. The boy's long black hair rested over his shoulders, and covered his eyebrows making him look mysterious. He was standing awkwardly with his right arm hanging and his left arm shoved into his awkward.

Kyodu was scared, "That c-can't be. Someone as smart as L? Wait no."

He breathed in and out, "That's what they want me to do, they want me to panic."

There was only dramatic music, words had appeared on screen.

"Hello New Kira. I am New L. My name is Koudo Kumori, But I bet you already knew that."

Kyodu was confused, "Why would he say who he is on television like that?"

Kiyomi put her hand to her chin, "Maybe he wants you to make the same mistake Light did when L did this exact same thing."

Kyodu looked at Kiyomi, "You may be right. We should just sit back and enjoy the show that 'Koudo' is displaying for us."

Kougi then sat down in a chair, but just like L and Near he crouched in a chair while leaving his right leg down normally.

Kougi "So I showed my face, are you going to kill me? If not then I know exactly what to do. I planned everything out, if I don't die then you are either in Japan or America, If I die then you are in another part of the world. So…..what's it gonna be Kira?"

Kyodu smiled, "HAH, this is New L? He's a joke, there's no way he could possibly find me now."

Kyodu then wrote down the name of the man on the screen next to Koudo/Kougi. 40 seconds later the man died, his name was Chizaki Kurokuma. The tech people quickly pulled away the body, Kougi did nothing.

Kyodu "Now what Koudo?"

A little later Kougi smiled, "Caught ya."

Kyodu's smile disappeared, "What?"

Kiyomi was watching the television screen closely, she was completely amazed.

Kougi smiled, "You see, I already anticipated that you wouldn't kill me, mostly because you didn't want to make the same mistake that Light Yagami made more than 12 years ago. You knew that if you killed me that the police would have found you, and you would have been captured. You see although I said 'if you kill me you are in an area different from Japan', I was actually bluffing. Just like L, I only broadcasted this message in the Tokyo area. Somehow, I knew that you were in Japan, and I knew that you were in the Tokyo area. The Death Note has fallen into the same place twice hasn't it, that's pretty ironic don't you think? You can try to kill me now, but I will not die. You see, I am actually wearing a mask right now. This is not my real face. My real face is under the fake skin that I had made. Just for this occasion."

Then a K appeared on the screen. It was the same font as Near, L, and Watari's, and just like L but deeper, a disguised voice came with it.

Kougi "You have lost this battle New Kira. Soon you will lose the war, and we shall have you executed. However, I am curious to how you are committing so many crimes within the past few days. Heh, maybe you're working with somebody. I'll find you Kira. One way or another."

The broadcast was over. Kyodu, Kiyomi, and Ryuk were all staring at the screen. Ryuk then laughed hard.

Kyodu was shocked, "He figured all of that out in a matter of minutes. DAMMIT."

Kyodu then hit the desk, startling Kiyomi and make Ryuk laugh harder.

Kiyomi was shocked as well, "There's no way that they can have someone who's as smart as L. That's not even possible. We should have known the police were going to find SOMEONE."

Both of their heads were facing downwards, they both felt incredibly defeated.

Rules of the Death Note

If the time of death is written within 40 seconds after writing the cause of death as a heart attack, the time of death can be manipulated, and

the time can go into effect within 40 seconds after writing the name.

The human who touches the Death Note can recognize the image and voice of its original owner, a god of death, even if the human is not the owner of the note.

ICPO

German ambassador's enthusiastic accent, "That was amazing."

American ambassador, "It was quite the show, Kougi figured out where New Kira was so quickly."

Spanish ambassador's voice was heard next, "Yes, it was almost like L was here himself."

Aizawa was astonished, "Yeah, he's the new reincarnated L. In fact, he may be better than L."

Kougi was standing next to Aizawa. He had a bored look on his face and was glaring at the screens of the people around the room.

Matsuda smiled, "So what do you want us to do Kougi?"

Kougi looked at Matsuda, "I'm going to need the FBI and the Japanese Police, that's it."

There was mumbling all around the room. They were shocked at Kougi's request.

American ambassador, "Why do you need those two organizations?"

Kougi looked at the ambassador, "Because, The FBI is my back up plan. If I ever need them, they should be in Japan. Seeing that L needed the FBI, I might need them as well. First things first, our first base shall be in Tokyo, our second in Kawasaki. The reason for us having a second base is that if our first base is found, we can always hide in the place that is the closest place to Tokyo. I expect the FBI in Tokyo by next week. In the mean time everyone, I bid you adieu."

Kougi left the building with Aizawa and Matsuda behind him. They were on their way to the police station to find some new recruits, because for this case they are going to need all the help they can get.

Meanwhile, in Tokyo, Kyodu was sitting in his room writing names in his Death Note.

Kyodu "Hmmm. Shibasu Rezumari. He killed five people in efforts of trying to avenge his brother. He also killed seven people while trying to escape the cops. He's innocent but he's guilty at the same time."

Kyodu sat there for 5 minutes arguing with himself about whether or not to let this man live. Then he had come to a decision.

Kyodu sighed, "I have to let the man live. Even though he killed twelve people, he did it for revenge. If someone had killed Kiyomi I would be doing the same thing he was."

Ryuk was laughing, "Well well well, It seems big bad Kira-sama has a soft side to him."

Kyodu glared at him, "Shut up. I can't kill off every single person that kills someone. Everybody has killed something in his or her life. I have to admit that even I have killed something."

Ryuk was curious, "Oh really, what was it?"

Kyodu "When I was five I had a pet hamster. I loved that hamster. One day, I wanted to try something. I decided to conduct an experiment and put my hamster in a bowl. In this bowl was flour, salt, and butter. The hamster ate everything in the bowl, making it extremely sick. Then 2 days later, the hamster died. I was sad for the next 4 weeks."

Ryuk laughed, "So you basically poisoned the hamster. If it were I, the hamster would have died from a heart attack or hit by a car. You were ruthless with your killing. Speaking of have you been using the other aspects of the Death Note? You know that there are other rules don't you?"

Kyodu smiled, "Of course. I think I should let the people I kill for now get an easier death. I'll write the cause of death soon, just not right now. I wanna make the police think about the way the people are dying right now, and after this they will be wondering how they are dying. Eventually though, they will find out about how I can control their actions. I think it would be better if it were later though. That way I can plan out how I'm going to deal with this Koudo guy."

Kyodu was writing names in the Death Note like crazy. After he had one name, he put down another soon after. There were four knocks at the door soon after.

Kyodu looked surprised, "Huh, yes what is it?"

Maid answered, "Um, I came for your wastebasket."

Kyodu "Hold on please."

Kyodu then put the Death Note away while looking at his wastebasket, it was empty.

Kyodu grinded his teeth, "(Shit. If she sees that I have nothing in my wastebasket after I've had all those apples in here, she's going to tell Gengatsu!)"

Kyodu then pulled out a bag of apple cores and poured them in the wastebasket.

Kyodu "Come in."

He then pretended to be finishing buttoning up his school shirt. Then the maid walked in and blushed.

The blonde Maid had a smile on her face as she looked away, "Oh I'm sorry. I had no idea that you were changing."

Kyodu smiled, "No it's okay. Please help yourself."

The maid quickly grabbed the wastebasket and ran out closing the door behind her.

Kyodu sighed, "That was a close one."

Ryuk was laughing very hard. He had found this whole thing funny.

Kyodu looked at Ryuk, "What are you laughing at?"

Ryuk exclaimed, "I just thought about how funny it would be if Gengatsu found out that you weren't really eating all of these apples. That would be quite a sight now wouldn't it?"

He was laughing very hard.

Kyodu laughed as well, "That would be a sight, now wouldn't it. That would mean no more apples in the house from that point on."

Ryuk was surprised, "Hey I was just kidding! Come on, you wouldn't do that to me would you?"

Kyodu smiled and looked at Ryuk, "This won't happen if you do me a favor."

Ryuk "What is it? I will do anything. Just don't take away my apples. I don't know if I ever told you this but apples to Shinigami is what drugs are to humans. Simply addicting. You don't want to see the symptoms if I go without apples for too long. I start twisting up and bouncing off walls, it's just crazy.

Kyodu smiled, "Ok Ryuk. I want you to tell me exactly when and where somebody starts following me. If you do that then we won't have any problems. Because the only way people would figure out that I'm Kira is if Gengatsu tells somebody that I don't eat apples except apples are taken to my room almost every day. I assume that the police have kept the detail that Shinigami love apples. That way they can easily tell when another Shinigami has come to the world. Therefore, in order for you to keep getting apples, you have to tell me if there is someone following me at all times. Is that alright?"

Ryuk stared at him, "Of course. However, you do know that I'm only doing this because this deal is in my favor. Not because I like you."

Kyodu "Yeah yeah."

Kyodu then tossed an apple at Ryuk. He jumped up grabbed it in his mouth and ate everything but the core, which he spit into the wastebasket.