Disclaimer-All these wonderful characters here do not belong to me. Otherwise, things would have happened quite differently.
To the anonymous reviewer-Thank you! You're the first reviewer! And don't worry, it may not be this chapter, but soon, they'll meet. :)
Okay, I'm a Chief Yagami fan, but for the purpose of this story, he has to be the bad guy. Sorry!
Begin!
"Alright, let's start with the tip line reports."
"Yes sir."
The meeting of the Japanese police force began.
"Up to this point we've received three thousand twenty-nine responses about the murders via telephone and email. Most of them have been curious citizens and prank calls but there are fourteen people who claim to either know Kira or have seen him. All fourteen accounts were followed up on and carefully documented on. However, nobody can provide any information that wasn't already publicly available."
I let out a quick smirk before regaining my 'poker face'.
"And last week, there was an additional twenty-one who called and claimed to be Kira"
I disguised my laugh as a cough. What fools would actually do that? Idiots.
"We didn't want to rule anything out, so we followed standard procedure and created files for all twenty-one of them."
"Uh-huh, alright. On to the victim reports." I said.
"Yes sir."
Mogi sat down as another man stood.
"On further investigation, we have confirmed that information of the heart attack victims was in fact publicly available in Japan immediately prior to their deaths. Also," He glanced at the screen with the letter L on it, "concerning L's request that we investigate the time of death for each victim, we found that all of them occurred between the hours of four pm and two am on weekdays, local time, and sixty-eight percent of them occurred eight pm and twelve am. Weekends and holidays seem to be the exception to this rule, as the times vary more widely than the week."
L spoke in his warped voice.
"That information is extremely relevant to us. It suggests, that given the times of death, our suspect could very well be a student."
A student? Wait! That was...that was the perfect idea! I could get rid of that spoiled brat, once and for all! I'd been doing those hours originally because of convenience, but now...I had a hard time keeping a straight face.
"Based on the fact that Kira is only killing criminals, I think it's safe to assume that he's driven by a very unrealistic notion of justice. It's not impossible that he may even aspire to be some god-like figure. We're dealing with an individual who has a very childish view of what's right and wrong. Of course, this is new speculation at this point, but still, I recommend you to re-examine any assumptions made to whether or not our suspect is or could be a student. We must consider every possibility. I believe that is the shortest way to finding and arresting Kira. Please, continue with your report."
Childish? Bastard doesn't know what he's talking about.
"Does anyone else have something they would like to add?" I asked the room.
No one.
"Before I go, I have one more additional request. This is directed to the team that's investigating the TV news, victims, and the internet. I would like you to go back and take a closer look at the exact way in which the victims identities were made public. Be as thorough as possible. In particular I want to know if photo's of the victims were made available to the public in Japan. I'll leave it to you." The screen flashed blank, and the elusive L once more was gone.
The man in the trench coat and hat snapped the computer shut before walking out the door.
later later later later later
I yawned and stretched. These late night were not good for me.
"Chief." Matsuda called.
"Mmm?"
"You look like you could use one of these. Sleeping much?" He asked while handing me one of the two plastic coffee cups.
"Thank you. That'll do the trick." I said, accepting the cup.
He smiled.
"Come on. Let's head back. I'm sure your family is worried because of how late you are working tonight."
I chuckled.
"I'm sure you're right, Matsuda. I bet they're worried sick."
meanwhile meanwhile meanwhile meanwhile meanwhile
"I knew I could count on you, Light!" Sayu exclaimed.
I smiled.
"Hey, what are brothers for if they can't do their sister's homework for them?"
She pouted.
"I only ask when I don't understand."
"Hmm. And how often is that?" I teased her.
For that, I received a well-deserved slapped with a book.
"Sayu darling, where are you?" Father asked from the hallway.
I stiffened, and Sayu snatched up her things. She dashed for the door, but I pulled her back.
"Wait." I hissed in her ear.
I held her until the footsteps passed the door and faded.
"Hurry."
Sayu opened the door and took off, only to smash into Father.
"Sayu! What are you doing in here?" He exclaimed, giving me a nasty look.
"Oh, ummm..."
"She needed to borrow a pencil, Father. She was just now returning it." I lied as quickly as I could.
"Ahhh..." I knew he didn't buy it.
"Sayu, why don't we go down to dinner?"
"Okay, Dad." She glanced over her shoulder at me with a worried expression before being tugged away softly by Father.
I banged my head on my desk.
"Shit..."
time time time time time time time time time time
I awoke to my stomach gurgling. I glanced at the clock. Midnight. I should probably be able to sneak downstairs and grab some food.
Creeping past Father's room, though...I heard something.
"It'll be much easier this way. And since he's smart, they'll suspect he hacked my files. All the better. My part is to make this look as much like him as I possibly can. My acting skills must be flawless." I glanced in the room. There sat Father, writing in a black notebook. The TV was on the news channel.
After another five minutes of this, he clicked the news off and flicked the notebook shut. There was white writing on the cover, too small to read from this distance.
"Time to get the boy." He rose to his feet.
I scurried back to my room, hunger forgotten.
Lurching footsteps came towards my room as I scrambled to get under the covers. I was 'asleep' seconds before the door to my room opened.
"Wake up, you son of a bitch." He shook me.
I slid my eyes open.
"Let's go."
He dragged me barefoot out to the car and tossed me into the back seat. The car shot off.
"Why was Sayu in your room?"
"She was borrowing a pencil."
"Of course she was just borrowing a pencil." His words were heavy with sarcasm.
I frowned.
"We're here. Get out and on the ground."
I refused to get up.
"Hmph. And here I'd thought I'd broken the spirit in you years ago." He muttered.
Father got close to my face.
"Well, we'll just have to fix that."
nextday nextday nextday nextday nextday
"What?" I exclaimed, jumping out of my chair at work the next day. "I don't believe this! Another twenty-three victims yesterday? Are these confirmed?" Of course. I was the one that killed them. I knew they were.
"Yes."
"The day before, there were another twenty-three victims. He's killing one off every hour on the hour."
"Considering that this new pattern has been going on for two weekdays, it does punch some holes in the theory that our suspect is a student."
"Maybe not. Anybody can skip two days of school."
L's mangled voice spoke.
"Your missing the point. It does appear less likely now that Kira is a student, but that's not the message he's sending by doing this. Ask yourselves why every hour, and why are all these victims in prison, where they're sure to be discovered immediately? Why not other criminals like before? I believe Kira is telling us that not only can he kill people from a distance, but he can also determine the time of death. But something's not right. As soon as we began to suspect that Kira was a student, the pacing of the killings changed, as if to contradict that theory. Coincidence? No. Too convenient"
I hid a grin behind my hands.
"This can only mean that Kira has access to police information. It's obvious now. This is a direct challenge to me."
Later later later later later later later later
"He's figured part of it out. It's only a matter of time before I place the main evidence, the death note, in Light's hands."
I smirked, and Ryuk stared at me.
"Only a matter of time..." He echoed.
L
"So Kira has found a way to obtain information from the task force headquarters. This is one fact that can not be ignored. But what does he get out of all this? What is he hoping to achieve in the end?" I mused.
I glanced over at my inspiration, a little, green, beat-up teddy bear.
"What do you think, Mi? Do you know who Kira is?"
HQ HQ HQ HQ HQ HQ HQ HQ HQ
"What's this about?" I questioned the three men in front of me.
"With all due respect, Chief, we're resigning. We demand that you assign us to a different case. Otherwise you can have our badges right here and now."
There were gasps throughout the room.
My plan was working. The important part was to make sure L and the team didn't trust each other. Think about, could you trust someone who's face and name you didn't know? When L discovers that Kira is getting confidential information, he'll be obligated to start investigating the police to find the source of the leak. When that happens, it'll only be a matter of time before L becomes convinced that Light is Kira. He'll come out of the shadows to work with me, his father. And then I'll eliminate him, right before arresting Light. It would be perfect.
"Why? You're good cops."
"Isn't it clear? It's because we value our lives, Sir. If what L says is true, Kira has some ESP power that allows him to kill people indirectly from anywhere. Well, if I were Kira, Sir, I would probably want to try and get rid of the people who were trying to catch me."
"Let's face it, he knows he'll be sentenced to death if he's caught."
"We all sat here and watched when L decided to pull that media stunt and challenged Kira to kill him. Well, it was all very impressive at the time, but then again, L never had to show his face or reveal his name. I'm sure you recall L's last request. He asked if we'd take a closer look at how these victims identities were made public, and specifically whether photos of the victims were available to the public prior to their deaths." He slapped his palms to the table. "Well it turns out he was right. Every single one of those victims names and photos were broadcasted to the Japanese public and then they died. Unlike someone we know," He glanced at the letter L on the screen, "we're investigating this case wearing police id's with our names and photos on them. Anybody with a computer can find out who we are. We don't hide our faces, we're out in the open!"
"Sir, the truth is, we could all be killed by Kira at any time."
"For these reasons we refuse to continue working this case."
"Excuse us, Chief." They all said in unison.
"Hey! Stop. All of you. Hold it right there."
The door shut behind them. I turned my laugh into a cough. Many more would be next. I'd have to kill, them later, but for now, it'll do.
WATARI WATARI WATARI WATARI WATARI
I looked on screen at the pale boy.
"We brought the FBI to Japan four days ago. They're fully operational. As requested, they're now gathering intel on the police."
The raven spoke. "This is the complete list?"
"Yes."
"There are one hundred forty-one people in the police force who have access to classified information regarding the investigation. I'm sure it's somewhere in this list of police officers and the people closest to them where we will find our suspect."
I noted the circles under his eyes.
"Have you been feeling alright, Ryuzaki? Sleeping well?"
He glanced up from the file he was looking at.
"Sleep?"
"Yes, sleep. How much sleep have you been getting lately?"
He shrugged. "Four to five hours a night?" He guessed.
I sighed. Ryuzaki pushes himself to far for his own good.
"What about the other case you've been working on? Have any luck with that?"
"No, Watari. I've had no luck at finding Mi."
LIGHT'S HOUSE LIGHT'S HOUSE LIGHT'S HOUSE
"Has the agent started following Light yet?" I asked Ryuk.
"Yes. He has. It's creepy, how he takes notes of every little thing the boy does."
"What is his name?" I held up an apple to tempt the shinigami.
He moaned. He stood firm for a moment, before snatching the apple from my hand as he mumbled a name.
I slowly got up, and walked to the window, and pulled up the blind.
"Raye Pennbar." I smiled. "I know just how to play this."
L
*Beep Beep Beep*
"Yes Watari?
"Three more heart attack victims, but the circumstances of their deaths are different from what we've seen so far."
"What do you mean by different?"
"I'm sending you copy of a letter as well as pictures taken at the scene."
"Okay."
My screen suddenly filled up with images.
A dead man in a bathroom. A picture drawn in blood. A letter.
"It sounds like he was afraid that Kira would find him. It's believable that our victim could have been genuinely afraid when he wrote this. We know Kira can control the time of death, but what if he can also determine the actions in the moments leading up to death? In which case..."
I sent a message to the police.
"Chief. We can't release details of theses men's deaths to the media. As far as they're concerned these are just heart attacks. I have reason to believe that Kira was performing some kind of test using these criminals. If that's the case, we don't want to be giving him the results of this information by releasing it to the public."
"Right. I understand." Chief Yagami said.
I clicked off the conversation with them, before scanning the letter for anything that might be a clue.
I gasped.
CHIEF CHIEF CHIEF CHIEF CHIEF CHIEF
"Be ready, Ryuk. Phase two begins...now!"
Ugh. School starts in three days, so I'm trying to update as much as possible right now.
It another chapter or two, Ryuzaki and Light meet. Just thought you'd want to know. Slow beginning. *Shrugs*
The longest chapter I've ever written ^-^