So, now that L is aware of Sayu knowing her brother's dark secret, how will he proceed?

Let's find out. Enjoy!

Death Note: Light's Angel

Chapter 4


"She wrote messages to you…through the cameras?" Naomi asked in complete disbelief. "Yes. Chief Yagami's daughter is more intelligent and resourceful than we originally thought." L answered while eating a blueberry scone.

The morning after their first night of surveillance, L called everyone in and told them what he and Soichiro had learned from Sayu. Naomi, Raye, and the Task Force were floored by how much the young girl knew.

"So, Sayu also knows that her brother is Kira? And that both she and Light knew the house was being watched? How?" Raye questioned. Soichiro looked drained as he shook his head. "We have no idea. Neither of them should have known anything."

"I am sure Sayu will provide an explanation when we question her." L said, taking another bite from his scone.

"Question her? You mean…?" Matsuda started to ask.

"Indeed, Mr. Matsuda. We will bring Miss Yagami here and have her tell us everything she knows that we don't about her brother." L finished as he devoured the rest of the pastry.

"Speaking of Light, did you two find it?" The detective asked as he turned to Mogi and Ukita.

"Yeah; it was messy, but we got it." Mogi said as he brought out a small box.

Upon opening the box, they saw that it contained three things: A crumpled potato chip bag, a crushed mini TV, and a small piece of paper with writing on it.

"That girl's intel was right on the money, Ryuzaki. As soon as we found the right trash bag and got the bag of chips, we saw the two things that shouldn't be in it." Ukita replied.

"Good work. This gives us proof that Light Yagami really is Kira." L said with satisfaction.

"I don't see how it does." Said a very disgruntled Soichiro. "Yeah, how do these everyday things help kill criminals?" Matsuda asked, sounding doubtful.

"As we watched Light in his room, he never once turned on his television or computer. So therefore, if he was Kira, he wouldn't have been able to kill criminals without learning their names and faces. That is, unless he had a way around it without being noticed by the cameras or wire taps, and thanks to Sayu we found that loophole."

"The mini TV inside the bag of chips with the volume turned all the way down. That is a clever way to get away with it." Naomi added, sounding impressed.

"And the piece of paper?" Raye asked, seeing the writing on it.

"There are two names written on it. I've already ran them through; they were the names of a purse snatcher and a bank clerk who was suspected of embezzlement. And get this…".

"They both died of sudden heart attacks last night after they were announced on the news." L finished Mogi's explanation for him. "Well, yeah they did." He said.

'There is definitely a connection between the two deaths and the writing on this paper. I wonder if this has to do with that notebook Sayu mentioned.' L thought to himself as he drank some chocolate milk.

'Maybe this paper came from that notebook? However, that would imply the notebook itself is the murder weapon… which can't be possible.'

L found it extremely unlikely that a "killer notebook" actually existed. Although, the evidence suggested otherwise. There was only one way to know for sure…

"Alright, here is the plan…"

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5 Days later…

"Light, hurry up. You don't want to be late. Oh, do your best."

"I know you don't need it, but good luck!" Sachiko and Sayu both cheered Light on, for today was the day of his entrance exams.

"I really don't see why you two are making a big deal out of this." He complained as he pushed through the gate and walked off.

Smiling, and hoping he'd do well, Sachiko walked back inside the house with Sayu.

Sayu herself felt really relieved; it was one of the few times when Light would be gone for a while that she would feel safe in her own house.

After closing the door behind her, Sayu once again thought about sneaking into her brother's room and steal that evil notebook… so she could destroy it. She wanted to do it lots of times, but was always afraid that Light would find out it was her. And if that happened, she would be in big trouble. Besides, it would not go with what she really wanted…

Before she could think about what to do next, someone rang the doorbell.

"Sayu, could you get that please?" called her mother. "Sure!" She then turned around and opened the door. It was someone she didn't expect. "Huh? Dad?"

It was indeed her father, looking happy to see her.

"Surprised to see me?" He said as he patted her head. "Dad, knock it off." Sayu said annoyingly. Soichiro laughed.

"Soichiro? I wasn't expecting you home so soon." Her husband smiled at Sachiko as she came back from the kitchen.

"I had hoped to see Light before he left for his entrance exams."

"I'm afraid you just missed him, dear." Soichiro shrugged. "Oh well, I'm sure he'll ace those exams."

"I'm sure he can, from the way you talk about him." The Yagami girls were caught off guard by the woman that walked up from behind Soichiro.

"Um, who are you?" Sachiko asked. The stranger bowed as she introduced herself.

"My name is Naomi Misora. I'm Soichiro's old friend from out of town."

"Well in that case, it is nice to meet you Miss Misora. I'm his wife, Sachiko." Sachiko said as she bowed back. Naomi then turned to Sayu.

"And who is this young lady?" "I'm Sayu." She said as she too bowed.

"A pleasure to meet you, Sayu." After the introductions, Soichiro told them that Naomi was visiting for old times sake and asked if she could use the bathroom before they head off.

"Of course, dear. Sayu, could you show our guest to the bathroom?" "Um, sure Mom."

Feeling a little unsure about their guest, Sayu took Naomi upstairs to where the bathroom was. It was just at the top of the stairs when Sayu stopped and turned to face her companion.

"Miss, how exactly do you know my dad?" Naomi smiled. "Why so curious?"

"A pretty lady like you hanging out with a guy like my dad? It just seems a little fishy to me."

"You think I'm pretty?" Naomi chuckled at the face Sayu made.

"You didn't answer my question. How do you know him?" Sayu asked her again.

After looking behind to see they were alone, Naomi leaned down so that she was eye level with Sayu.

"Okay, I didn't actually meet your dad until very recently. About a week actually."

"Then, you're not trying to steal him away from my mom?" Sayu asked out of concern. Naomi's eyes widened.

"Of course not. I would never do something like that. And besides, I'm already engaged to someone else." Sayu then began to relax a bit.

"Well, then… that's good to know." Naomi then suddenly became more serious.

"Listen Sayu, I need to tell you the real reason your father and I are here."

"The real reason?" Sayu started to feel a little nervous.

"The truth is… I'm working with your father and L on the Kira investigation. We came to pick you up and take you to L so that you can talk to him about what you know." Sayu gasped with shock.

"Wait, I'm going to meet L… in person?" She whispered excitedly. Naomi nodded.

"That's right. You made quite an impression on him that night. He wanted to wait until your brother left for his exams so that it be would be safe for us to come get you."

Sayu couldn't believe this was actually happening. Her meeting L? It seemed things were finally beginning to look up, except for one thing.

"Hold on, how will we explain this to my mom? She's the only one in the family that doesn't know the truth."

"Your father will simply tell her that he wants to have a father/daughter day with you. He'll bring you back later tonight."

"In that case, just let me get dressed and we can get going!" But Naomi calmed her down.

"Not just yet. There's something else that I need to do. You taking me to the bathroom was just a ruse… in order to get into your brother's room."

"What do you want in Light's room?" Sayu asked. Naomi hesitated a second before answering. "His notebook."

Sayu felt numb after hearing that. "You know about it?"

"Yes; L said you mentioned a notebook is somehow involved with all these murders." Naomi answered.

"And he asked you to get it for him? Not a good idea. If Light finds out it's gone…" But Naomi had cut her off.

"Don't worry, I won't actually take the notebook. I'll just be taking pictures of its contents with my camera phone." She then pulled out her phone. "Once I have all the pictures I need, we'll be good to go." With that, Sayu finally agreed and showed her where to go.

"Okay, here's his room. But you should take a good look at the door first." Sayu advised as they stopped in front of Light's bedroom door.

"Alright." Curious, Naomi examined the door for anything unusual. Which of course she found.

The first, and most obvious, thing was the piece of paper placed in the door. Naomi then searched upward and saw that the door handle was not completely horizontal like it should be. Instead, it had been lowered a bit, probably around 5 millimeters.

Finally, she spotted something small and thin in the door hinges. She took it out to examine it.

"What's that?" Sayu asked. "It's pencil lead." Naomi returned her gaze to the door.

"Your brother is a genius alright. He set things up so that he would know if anyone had gone into his room while he was out." She said.

"Yeah, I figured that when I saw the paper and door handle. But I never noticed the lead." Naomi smiled at the young girl.

"I think that was the point. If it was in the hinge when the door opened, it would break in two. That would definitely give it away that he had an uninvited guest."

"I'm sure glad I never tried to get in. And believe me, I wanted too." Sayu said with relief.

"I'm sure you did." Naomi studied the door from top to bottom one more time to make sure she didn't miss anything. After a minute, she concluded that there weren't any other security measures.

"It doesn't look like there are other surprises. As long as everything is the way he left it, including the door, Light will never know we were in there." Naomi said confidently as she opened the door and entered the room, with Sayu right behind her.

Naomi saw that there were mostly books in the bedroom, not much else to make it stand out.

"He sure has a lot of reading material." Naomi said as she looked around.

"Well, he was studying to get into To-Oh." Sayu responded.

"I see. So, do you know where Light keeps that notebook?" Sayu pointed at the desk across from the bed.

"He keeps it in one of his desk drawers. I heard him say it's the one with the key in the lock."

Naomi found the drawer Sayu was referring too. "The top right-hand drawer." She then opened the drawer to find, not a black notebook, but a thick diary.

"No notebook, just a diary." Before she could open it to see if it was inside, Sayu corrected her.

"Actually, that's meant to throw you off. The notebook is still in the drawer, under a fake bottom."

"A fake bottom?" Naomi asked as she put the diary down, surprised. Sayu nodded.

"Yeah, and there's a specific way to open it. If you try to force it open any other way, you'll trigger the booby trap in the drawer."

Naomi tensed up after hearing that. "What kind of booby trap?"

"Um, something about electricity and igniting a gasoline container." This alarmed the former FBI agent.

'Gasoline? He set his whole desk to burst into flames if someone tries to take the notebook?! Is he really that paranoid?!' Naomi couldn't believe a high school student would go so far to protect his biggest secret. But then again, this was Kira they were dealing with.

"That does complicate things. Thanks for telling me that, Sayu." Naomi said in gratitude.

"No problem. And don't worry, opening it is really easy once you know how."

"And just how do you open the hidden compartment without catching fire?" She questioned.

"According to my brother, all it takes is to pick up a ballpoint pen and then stick it up through a hole on the bottom of the drawer." Naomi then took a pen from the desk and knelt down to look beneath the drawer. Sure enough, there was a small hole.

'How does that girl know these things? She must have spent a lot of time eavesdropping on her brother.' It amazed her that Sayu could know so much and had never been caught by Light.

Naomi tried to fit the pen through the hole, but it seemed too big. She decided to twist the inner part of the pen out and then try it again, with the ink reservoir facing upward. This time, it went through and she heard a small click as she pushed upward.

She continued to push up until she felt it lock into place.

"Told you it was easy." Said a smiling Sayu. Naomi smiled back as she got up again and looked in the now open compartment. Inside was a small black notebook with something written on the cover. She took it out to see two words printed in English.

"Death Note?"

To be continued.