(Ls pov)
I had told Karin my plans to retire from being a detective and she seemed happy and relieved. She explained that she feared what could happen to either of us if we ended up in another investigation that would require us to work close to the police like we are now.
"Most of the time it is just the three of us, so we wouldn't really need to hide our new relationship. But if we had to work like this, so close to other people we could be caught, and if it got out..." She had trailed off, knowing that I'd understand.
I had pulled her close as I explained my reasons for thinking about retiring early. She told me that she was thrilled with the idea of spending more time together, She started kissing me, trailing between my lips and my neck, down to my clavicle.
Things had escalated until we ended up in her bedroom. We were currently undressed, holding each other under the covers after she showed me just how thrilled she was at spending more time with me. She did say that she thought we could still continue on cases, as long as it didn't require the kind of help we needed now. I happily agreed.
I enjoyed solving cases, and as long as I had Karin beside me I would be the happiest detective alive. I smiled as she looked up at me with love shining in her eyes.
At least, until her phone rang. Her eyes widened and she quickly sat up. She listened to who ever was on the other end as she quickly got dressed. I too decided to put my clothes back on.
"I'm on my way." I heard her tell the person on the other line, which I deducted was either Aizawa or Mr. Yagami.
"That was Aizawa." She told me, pausing as she opened a drawer, before handing me something. It was a Leaf Village pendant she had me use when I need to become temporarily invisible. It was infused with her chakra and used a password (cupcakes) to activate.
"The evidence has arrived, and you are going to want to see this. Everything ends today." She finished. I nodded as we rushed out to the living room, pausing to let Watari know what was going on before we went into the teleportation room and she pulled me close as we both popped away.
We ended up in an alley 2 blocks away from the building I had built. I activated the pendant before we both made our way to Headquarters. I then realized that this was the first time I would be inside my building since the day Watari and I were supposed to die.
I felt a mild ache as I thought of that day. I knew I was going to die. I had expected it, but when I realized that Watari was going to die as well...
I hated the thought of him struggling as he reached for the button to delete everything, and then collapsing in the control room.
I hated the tears in Karins eyes as she caught me when I fell, as she mouthed the words 'Everything is going to be alright L. I promise.' I thought that she meant that she was going to catch Kira to avenge us.
I never thought that she meant that we would live.
I hadn't even noticed that we had entered the main room. I looked around at the familiar screens aligning the wall. My chair, sitting in the same place I always had it, though it was currently occupied by Kira, No matter, he wouldn't be sitting in it for very much longer. I smiled at the thought of what was about to happen.
I looked over at my girlfriend, and watched her take a deep breath, and I realized that she was remembering what had happened here just a week ago.
"Where did you come from Asami?" Light asked, sounding surprised and a bit confused. Karin merely shrugged before turning to Aizawa.
"You told me that someone sent us evidence?" She asked. He nodded explaining about the boxes and the items inside. The first thing was a video, of what they didn't know. I could tell that Karin did know the contents, though she wasn't saying anything.
They popped the disc into the computer and the first thing we saw was Light walking in the woods. I turned to Light to see him glaring at the screen.
(Video)
He stopped in a small clearing and he held what was now recognisable as the Death Note. He handed it to the air in front of him on the left side.
"I hereby forfeit ownership of this notebook. Now, that means ownership has transferred back to you, right?" He paused as if being answered.
"Next, pass it onto Ryuk." The notebook moved seemingly by itself from Lights left to his right, as if it was merely being passed around in a circle.
"Now, that notebook's ownership has been transferred from you to Ryuk. OK, Ryuk, take the notebook and drop it on the ground so it's in the human world again." The notebook fell to the ground and Light picked it up.
"Now, the ownership goes back to me." Another pause.
"Maybe."
"Now, as for this notebook, the one I first received, I'm gonna give it back to you, Ryuk. Then you hand it over to Rem." While holding the first notebook he handed a second death note to what I realized was a shinigami, one that was different from the one that was here when I 'died'. The Death Note then moved to the other side, to Rem.
"Rem, I want you to give the notebook to someone with status who lusts for power and money. They'll end up using the notebook to satisfy that urge. If you do that, I can guarantee that Misa will be released from her confinement soon. And if I'm wrong, and looks like she won't be released for years, then you can kill me.
Does that sound fair to you?"
"Look, this is all to save Misa. You're gonna have to trust me on this." Rem must have agreed because I saw the book go farther away, as if Rem flew off. He turned to the other shinigami, Ryuk.
"After this, I'll go and demand to be confined like Misa and have them put me under 24-hour surveillance as well. While I'm locked up, I'll relinquish ownership of the notebook to you. That'll mean I'll lose all my memories of the death note. During this time, the killings of criminals will start again. Once that happens, Ryuzaki would be put in a position where he has to release us. And after I've lost all my memories, chances are I'd wanna help catch Kira myself. That's just the way I am."
"Right. Once that's done, I'll kill the new owner of the notebook. But there's still one problem remaining."
(Time skip)
The next thing we saw was Misa walking into the same clearing. I decided that it had to have been after we let her leave the building.
We watched as she walked over to an old tree and dug by its roots. She found a Death Note buried there. She had picked up the notebook before noticing a note.
"Huh!… Oh, huh."
"Dear Misa, By the time you read this letter, you should have remembered everything. Do you remember my friend at Touou University? He went by the name Hideki Ryuga. I want you to write his real name in the notebook and kill him. Then burn this letter right away. Take a number of pages from the notebook and rebury it where you found it. The next time when we see each other, casually touch me with a piece of the notebook. If you do this for me, I promise I will love you for the rest of my life." Misa smiled at the thought of helping Light and being useful for once. Then her smile turned into a frown.
"Nooooo! I can't remember it no matter what! Oh, I'm such an idiot!" She looks up.
"Ryuk! Oh, it's been so long! I'm so glad to see you! How are you doing?!" By now she looks she is hugging Ryuk, but then she falls and lands on her butt looking confused.
"Ha ha. Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Here!" She pulls an apple out of her bag. "Light told me to bring one for you.
Is it really that good?" She asked as the apple quickly disappears. There is a pause and then some strange looking thing lands in her hand.
"It doesn't look very good." I wondered that thing was supposed to be edible. It looked gross.
"Mm, by the way, before I forget, I want you to make the eye deal with me." Misa took a bite out the gross thing, before spitting it out.
"Ick, it's sand!" Another pause.
"I know, but what choice do I have? You see, I forgot the name that I absolutely have to remember. Light would be so mad at me if I let him down."
(End video)
I turned from the screens as I listened as everyone basically realized that I had been right all along.
I saw everyone focus on the tape that Karin showed Watari and me. My mind was working hard to put everything into place. So many of the questions I had about Light Yagami being Kira made so much sense now.
Light already knew that I planned to have him working closely with me. He knew that as long as he stayed with me and play the innocent student, he would eventually get a hold of the Death Note again, and regain his memories.
*So that was why he screamed like that in the helicopter. He was getting all of his memories back, and he didn't want to lose the notebook before he could kill Higuchi.*
I looked up in time to see Misa being handcuffed, begging Light to help her. Lights eyes suddenly cleared, and I realized that Misas cry for help broke through the chakra Karin had used on him. Light turned dark, angry eyes on Karin, reaching behind his back for something,
"You were supposed to be my Queen Asami. I was supposed to have been with you, not Misa! If I can't have you, then no one can have you! Prepare to follow L into death!" He yelled, and I realized he was holding a gun.
Time slowed down. I saw Karin grab a kunai from her sleeve and throw it at the gun he held. The kunai hit her target and the gun fell out of his hand, luckily not going off when it hit the ground. I thought it was over as I watched Matsuda tackle Light to the ground and Aizawa handcuffed him. Mogi led them both out to the police cars.
"Asami!" I heard Matsuda call. I turned towards the girl in question and stopped in my tracks.
I was not ready for the sight that met my eyes. Karin was clutching her side in pain, blood trickling through her fingers. I silently gasped as I realized that she is unable to heal herself because she was still healing from using too much chakra without replenishing. I saw her knees start to give out as she gasped from the pain.
I was just about to deactivate the pendant when I suddenly felt a strong pulse of energy come from Karin. I watched in shock as demonic chakra flowed out of her as the bullet was pulled out by Gobi and the bleeding wound closed up.
She opened her eyes and I shudders as I saw her demon eyes activated and I knew that I had to do something. I reappeared in front of the remaining task force members and shouted at them, telling them to get into the next room.
Then I watched as she was surrounding by a vortex of demonic chakra. I had to duck behind the couch to keep from being hit by inhuman energy. The vortex got more and more powerful before until it stopped all together.
I peeked from behind my hiding place as Gobis chakra receded and her eyes returned to normal and she swayed. I rushed to her side before she could hit the ground. She was already unconscious when I caught her.
I quietly begged my girlfriend to stay with me as I watched her struggle to take the short, jagged breaths that seemed to be all she had the strength for.
"Don't leave me Karin. I love you." I whispered, tears in my eyes as I watched held her in my arms.
I looked up as the ambulance finally arrived.
