I'm sure you all want to know how Sayu learned about Light being Kira.
Well, that time has come! Please enjoy immensely!
Death Note: Light's Angel
Chapter 5
Sayu, her father, and Naomi had just returned to the hotel and were about to enter the room where everyone was waiting. Before knocking, Soichiro turned to his daughter.
"Remember Sayu, when you meet him, address him as "Ryuzaki"." "I know." Sayu said nervously.
"Don't worry. Everything will be fine. He'll seem a little weird when you meet him, but trust me. He's the best there is." Naomi assured her. Sayu smiled as her father knocked the door.
"It's us." He called out. A moment later, Watari opened the door.
"Welcome back, Chief Yagami, Miss Misora. And let me guess, Sayu?" The old man asked nicely. Sayu nodded as she bowed.
"Um, yes. Are you…Ryuzaki?" She asked. Watari chuckled.
"No, young miss. I'm his assistant, Watari. Ryuzaki is waiting inside with the others. Please, come on in." He then led them inside, have them take out and deactivate their phones, and into the living room, where they were all waiting.
Sayu recognized the men from the Task Force, who she met through her father. When she met Naomi's fiancé, she quickly looked away and turned a little red. Raye thought she must've been a little shy. "Hey, I'm not going to bite or anything."
"No, it's fine." She said softly while looking at the floor.
"Maybe she's got a little crush on you Raye." Naomi teased, making Raye chuckle. "No I don't!" Sayu protested.
"Well can you blame her? I am a good looking guy." Raye said, teasing Sayu further.
"Sayu, Raye is an FBI agent, just like I used to be. He was part of a team assigned to help catch Kira." Naomi said, finally ending the teasing. Sayu then gasp as she remembered something.
"That's right. My dad told me and my family that all but one of the agents had died. But he wouldn't say who the survivor was."
"Well, you're looking at him." Raye replied, though he sounded depressed. Sayu immediately realized how insensitive she had been.
"Oh, I'm so sorry Agent Penber. You must still be upset about what my brother did." "No, it's okay." He replied halfheartedly.
"I believe we have more important matters to discuss with Sayu than how much her brother has upset you, Agent Penber."
Sayu and the engaged couple looked over at an impatient L. "Sorry Ryuzaki." Raye said.
Sayu was surprised upon seeing the detective at last.
'Ryuzaki? So then… that guy is L? He's way younger than I imagined. Not only that, but he looks kinda strange; just wearing a plain shirt and jeans, barefooted and sitting in his chair like that. Plus, he looks like he hasn't gotten a good night's sleep, judging by those shadows under his eyes.' L then focused his attention on the teenager.
"Sayu Yagami, I am glad we can finally meet face to face. We have a lot to talk about."
'You have no idea.' Sayu thought as she sat on the couch next to L, with her father sitting beside her. She felt a little creeped out by L's eyes, like he was staring right into her very being.
After being given some cake and tea from Watari, L took the cake slice and began eating it.
"Now then, let's get down to business. Do you know why you're here, Sayu?" L asked. The girl nodded.
"Yes; to talk about my brother being Kira." Soichiro had shut his eyes and lowered his head. Sayu could only guess how much her father was being tormented by this awful fact.
"Correct. I understand how difficult this must be for you, knowing what your brother is. It took courage and a strong will to do what you have done. Not to mention you have evaded suspicion from Light that you know the truth up to this point. For that, you have my respect."
Sayu was stunned by L's praising of her, causing her to blush. She never thought what she did was impressive at all. "Um, thank you." After taking a couple of more bites from his cake, L put his small plate down for tea.
"So, how did you discover that your brother, Light, was Kira? Also, how long have you known his secret?" Sayu looked down, a feeling of dread slowly grew inside her. She knew she was going to relive the day it all began… the day she wished had never happened.
"Before I say anything, I have to warn you. You're not going to believe half the things I'm about to tell you. But I promise, it's all true."
"Tell us what you know first, and then we'll decide whether or not to believe you." L responded logically. After taking a breath, Sayu began her story.
"I've known from the beginning." she said quietly.
"The beginning?" Naomi asked, surprised by the answer, as well as everyone else. Sayu nodded for conformation.
"It began 5 days after criminals started dying from heart attacks. It was a stormy night…"
Flashback
Sayu was in her room, bored. She wished she could watch some TV or play on her computer, but the storm made that impossible. Plus, with her dad at work and her brother taking those nation wide exams, it was just her and her mom at home.
All she had was a math homework assignment that troubled her to no end. She gave up after only 10 minutes.
"Man, this is just too hard. I wish I was as smart as Light. Why couldn't there be two geniuses in the family?" Sayu complained, sighing with frustration. She then had an idea.
"Hey, maybe Light left some notes in his room that can help me understand this stuff better. I just got to make sure he doesn't know I've been in there." Sayu, with her mind made up, got out of her chair and walked to her brother's bedroom.
Once inside, Sayu searched for any school notes on her brother's desk. To her annoyance, she found none. She then searched the desk drawers if there was anything useful in them. When she opened the top right-hand drawer, she saw something that made her curious.
"Huh, a notebook? Maybe that can help me." But when Sayu picked up the notebook, she saw a couple of words printed on the cover in English that raised her eyebrows.
"Death Note? What kind of notebook has a name like that?"
Overcome with curiosity, Sayu sat in her brother's chair and opened the notebook. Inside the cover, she found what appeared to be instructions, also in English.
"Death Note: How to use it. 1: The human whose name is written in this note shall die."
A roar of thunder and a flash of lightning occurred just then, scaring Sayu. After calming down, she returned her attention to the notebook. What she had just read seemed both absurd and disturbing.
"Say what? A notebook that can kill people? Sounds like something from a cheap horror movie." She went on to read the other printed instructions in the notebook. When she was done, Sayu felt somewhat nervous.
"What kind of sick place did Light get this from? And why the heck does he even have it? This isn't something my brother should have in the house."
Sayu then looked through the actual pages of the notebook and saw, with growing fear, tons of names written in them.
'So many names… Did Light write all these down himself?'
The more names she saw written down, the more she became certain that something was seriously wrong with her brother.
'Does Light actually think he's killing people just by writing down their names?! That's crazy! Light is studying to become a detective. He's no murderer! Why would he want to kill people anyway?!'
Right there and then, Sayu decided to show her mom the horrible notebook and try to help Light with whatever problem he was having. Just as she was about to step out of the room and call her mom, she heard the front door open and close.
"What a nice surprise. I wasn't expecting you home so early." Sachiko said downstairs. At first, Sayu thought it was her dad. That made her feel a lot better. However, the other voice she heard was not her dad…
"Yeah, hi Mom. It's because…" Sayu's heart began beating faster and her blood ran cold. She was paralyzed with fear.
'Oh no! Light! He wasn't supposed to be home this soon! If he finds me in here…!'
Panicking, Sayu quickly put the notebook back in the drawer she had found it. After making sure nothing else was out of place, Sayu hightailed it out of there and made it back to her room just as Light came up the stairs.
"Oh Light, do you want anything at all dear? You can ask for whatever you like."
"No Mom, I'm fine. Thanks though." Sayu heard her brother close his bedroom door.
As Sayu quietly approached his room again, she heard her brother say he already got what he wanted right before he locked the door.
Through the door, Sayu heard Light laughing… a laugh that sent shivers down her spine. She had NEVER heard him laugh like that before, and it scared her. Sayu wondered if her brother really had snapped and turned psycho.
'Light… What happened to you?' Sayu couldn't understand what had gotten into her brother.
And unfortunately for her, it was just the beginning.
"You've taken quite a liking to it."
The same time she heard Light yell and fall out of his chair, Sayu came close to screaming and quickly covered her mouth. Her eyes widened with terror. There was someone else in that room with her brother!
"No reason to act surprised. I am the Shinigami, Ryuk. That used to be my notebook. Judging by your laughter, you've already figured out that what you have is no ordinary notebook."
Flashback Interrupted
Sayu was startled by a scream close to her, and saw that it came from L. Like her brother, he too fell to the floor. This greatly concerned everyone.
"Ryuzaki! Are you okay?" Naomi asked as she moved to help him up. Before she could do anything, L sat up. He turned to Sayu, looking afraid.
"A… Shinigami? Am I supposed to believe that Shinigami… actually exist?"
"Well, I warned you, didn't I?" Sayu said, overcoming L's sudden outburst. "And I thought you wanted to hear everything before judging whether it was true or not?"
It took a few moments for L to calm down and got back in his chair. "Yes, you are right. Please continue." Sayu nodded as she picked up where she left off.
Flashback Resumed
Sayu tried her hardest not to make a sound. She did not want that stranger with the creepy voice to know she was there. 'A Shinigami? As in a God of Death? What is that creep on? Shinigami don't exist! And what notebook is he talking about?'
She then remembered the black notebook she found in her brother's desk drawer. The one that said could kill people by writing their names down.
'So this Ryuk guy used to own that sadistic notebook? That… Death Note? Has he come to take it back? And how did he get in the house without me or Mom hearing him?'
Another horrible thought had occurred to her. What if he had already been in the room when she found the notebook?! Would Ryuk rat her out to Light?! She didn't know what the guy would do.
Sayu heard Light getting back up and speak to Ryuk.
"A Shinigami. A God of Death huh? Well, I'm not surprised. In fact, Ryuk… I've been waiting, for you." "Oh?" Ryuk replied.
Sayu didn't expect her brother to say that. Does he really believe he's talking to a Shinigami?
"I've already figured out that this Death Note I found is real. It didn't take me long. And now that I've witnessed the proof of it's power, I only feel more confident in what I'm gonna do."
Sayu couldn't breath.
'Witnessed the proof of it's power? Is he saying that that notebook… really can kill people?! He's actually seen people whose names are written in it die?! That's totally ridiculous! There's no way it can be true!'
But what she heard next really shook her to her core.
"That's interesting. I certainly wasn't expecting this. Several Death Notes have made their way into the Human World in the past, but you're the first to have written this many names. Look at how many people you've killed in only 5 days. Most are reluctant to write this much."
Sayu started shaking as she covered her mouth again.
'Five days?! Light Yagami, my brother, has been killing people for five days?! No, I don't believe it! Light would never…!'
Sayu was snapped out of her thoughts as Light spoke again.
"I've already prepared myself, Ryuk. I used the notebook even though I knew it belonged to a Shinigami. And now that Shinigami has come. So, what will happen to me? You're here to take my soul, right?"
'Take his soul?' Sayu couldn't believe how calm Light sounded. Is he really not afraid to die?
"Eh, what do you mean? Is that some fantasy you humans came up with? I'm not gonna do anything to you."
This puzzled both Light and Sayu.
'If Ryuk isn't there to take Light's soul, then why is he here?' Sayu asked herself that before Ryuk resumed talking.
"The notebook becomes part of the Human Realm from the very moment it touches the Earth. In other words, the notebook is now yours."
"This… is mine?" Light asked in disbelief.
'It's his?' Sayu mirrored Light's astonishment, only with more fear.
"If you don't want it, just give it to someone else. But if you give it away, I'd have no choice but to erase your memories of the notebook." Sayu nearly gasped at that part.
Erase his memories? Meaning he won't ever recall having the Death Note or using it? She would definitely have to remember that.
"So then, you're saying I can use the Death Note all I want and I won't be punished?" Light asked.
"Let's just say this. You will feel the fear and pain known only to humans who've used the notebook. And when it's your time to die, it will fall on me to write your name in my Death Note. Be warned, any human who's used a Death Note, can neither go to Heaven nor Hell for eternity. That's all."
Ryuk then laughed. All the while, Sayu wrapped her arms around herself and shivered again.
She had never been so afraid in her life.
'Death Notes… Shinigami… No human owner can go to Heaven or Hell… My own brother turned serial killer… What kind of nightmare is this?!' Sayu asked herself as tears ran down her face.
To be continued.
