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Death Note: Light's Angel
Chapter 8
"Kira… I know who you are. And I know how you kill."
Light stared at the screen in disbelief. Ryuk tilted his head and chuckled. "Sounds like you've been busted, huh Light?" But instantly, Light smiled, looking insane.
"Are you kidding me? There is no possible way for L to know the truth about me. He doesn't have a single bit of proof linking me to Kira. He must be bluffing.". L continued with his message.
"I know what you must be thinking right now, and you have every reason to doubt my words. However, this time it will be in your best interest to believe me. It will mean the difference between your life and, quite possibly, your death."
Light then started to laugh like a maniac. "Oh come on L! Are you so desperate to catch me that you'd resort to this?! I thought you were better than that! I'm disappointed that you would do something so amateurish!"
"Hey, are you sure he's not lying?" Ryuk asked. Light grinned at the Shinigami.
"Of course I'm sure Ryuk! He can't know a damn thing!"
"Not only do I know everything, Kira, but I also have sufficient evidence to convict you of your crimes. I can arrange your arrest anytime I wish. But I have… a proposition you might want to listen to."
"Oh yeah? This I just gotta hear." Light said eagerly. He sat and listened as L continued.
"Although your methods are nothing less than evil, I understand that you simply want to make the world a better place. Perhaps you can, but without resorting to cold blooded murder. So… I intend to break that unfortunate habit of yours. If you agree to the following terms, you will not face prison and almost certain execution."
"He's really milking this, isn't he Light?" Ryuk asked as Light snorted.
"Starting today, the murdering of criminals and anyone who stands against you will cease immediately. You will live the life you had before you've obtained your power to kill. And lastly, you will not attempt to have someone else carry out your goals."
Light almost split his sides from laughter. "Does he seriously think I'd agree to all that?! What a fool!"
"If even one of these terms has been broken, I will not hesitate to have the police invade your home and arrest you on the spot. Your life will be taken away, and that will be the end for Kira. If one unexplained death has occurred, I will know that it was you. You would be wise to agree to this."
"He does sound pretty serious." Ryuk commented.
"It doesn't matter how serious he sounds Ryuk. The point is, he hasn't said one word to convince me that this isn't another one of his schemes to force my hand."
The next thing L said made Light swear he had just read his mind.
"Oh, I almost forgot one other thing. I want you to know that like Shinigami, I also love apples. Such a sweet fruit. Though I'm sure Ryuk loves them more than I do."
Light had jumped to his feet at that instant. His mouth was hanging open and his eyes were as big as saucers. Even Ryuk was visibly surprised.
"What? He knows about Ryuk?! Impossible! How the hell could he know?!" Light cried in disbelief.
"Wow, even I didn't see that one coming." Ryuk added in shock.
"As I previously stated, if you violate any of the terms of our agreement, then you can be sure that I will have you incarcerated in the blink of an eye. I will know, one way or another. But for now… Take care Kira."
The TV had then resumed its previous program. Light stood still in complete shock. Ryuk was silent for a while.
After a long moment, Light slammed his fists onto his desk.
"DAMN YOU L! DAMN YOU!"
Pissed as hell, Light fell back down miserably in his chair. "How? How did he do it?" Light asked himself. He was at a complete loss to this turn of events.
Suddenly, Light thought of the one thing that could have lead to this disaster. He opened his desk drawer and opened the hidden compartment inside. He sighed in relief; the Death Note was still there.
"Good, for a second I thought whoever told L about you took the notebook. Not that it will do me any good now." Light said bitterly.
"I'm definitely interested to know who did it." Ryuk said with curiosity.
"It just doesn't make sense. The only time L could have heard your name was when I was under surveillance, but of course I never once said it. Also, I almost never say your name when we are outside, and ONLY if no one else was around."
"Well, someone let the cat out of the bag. Hey, you think it was that FBI agent you failed to kill? He was tailing you before, right?" Ryuk wondered.
"I doubt it. Even if by some slim chance he found out I was Kira, there was no way he could've found out about you or the Death Note. Not only that, but no one else tried to get into my room after the cameras and wire taps were removed." Light answered.
"Hmm, maybe someone in your family heard a thing or two from you up here and blabbed to L?" Light got out of his chair and looked Ryuk straight in the eye.
"NO ONE in my family knows about the notebook besides me! And certainly not you! They have no reason to suspect me of hiding anything! My mom is blissfully ignorant, my father surely doesn't believe me being a murderer, and my sister… Sayu is probably the very last person on this planet that could know the truth! But of course, she knows nothing, just like everyone else besides L!" Light ranted.
"Woah, hey! I get it, I get it! No one here is on to you!" Ryuk conceded while waving his arms around. Light took a deep breath and fell back into his chair again.
"I can't believe it. If I kill someone else now or pass the notebook to another person to carry on as Kira, L will have me arrested just like that." Light said as he snapped his fingers. "Man, I would love to know what evidence L has to put me in cuffs."
"Who knows?" Ryuk said.
Outside the door, Sayu smiled to herself. She almost laughed at Light's comment about her. 'Yeah well, I'm not as dumb as you think I am Light.'
She thought back to how this change occurred…
Flashback
As Sayu cried on her father's shoulder, L felt sympathy for the child. He had just told her of her brother's ultimate fate after he gets apprehended. But he had a job to do, and he wasn't going to go soft now.
"As sad as this is, we have a case to finish… and a killer to catch. Thanks to Sayu, we have everything we need to make an arrest. I say we carry it out now while Light is unaware. With the element of complete surprise, he won't have a chance."
However, before L could explain further, Sayu broke away from her dad and stared back fiercely at him.
"Ryuzaki, wait! Please, handle this another way!" She cried out.
"What do you mean by another way?" L asked, startled by Sayu's outburst.
"What I mean is… don't arrest Light. At least not like that." She pleaded.
"Sayu, your brother's crimes cannot be overlooked. This has to be done, for justice." L stated.
Sayu shook her head. "Just hear me out. What I'm trying to say is… I want the old Light back. The brother I've grown up with and looked up to. The Light that wants to be a detective himself someday. That notebook… that's what started all this. It changed him, made him into Kira. If he gives it up, his memories of it will be gone, and he'll go back to the person he was before."
"Sayu…" Soichiro started, but Sayu continued.
"The real reason I've reached out to you, is so that you could help me come up with a plan to force Light to give up the Death Note and forget everything. Once you get the notebook, you can destroy it. It would be like executing Kira, since it is the very source of all this trouble. That way, you get to defeat Kira and I get my brother back at the same time. Everyone wins!" Reasoned the young girl.
"Look Sayu, if we go with this and it works, Light may forget… but everyone else won't." Naomi pointed out while looking over at her fiancé.
"Yeah, I could never forget what Light put me through. He murdered Federal agents, and tried to do the same to me. I agree with Ryuzaki; Light is not getting off the hook, not from this." Raye said with underlying anger.
Sayu, feeling desperate, turned to her father. "What about you Dad? Don't you want the old Light back?" Soichiro stared into his daughter's eyes and felt conflicted.
"Of course I do Sayu, but I simply can't see how we can force Light to give up being Kira. As much as I hate to say it, we have to go through with the arrest. It's our duty to uphold the law."
Shocked by her father's response, Sayu jumped off the couch and looked around at everyone.
"The last time I checked, the law doesn't include notebooks with the power to kill! Do you honestly think that you can put Light on trial with something like this?! I doubt a jury would ever believe it unless they see it happen with their own eyes! And I honestly don't think ANYONE here would do that just to prove a point!"
Sayu then turned to face L again.
"It would be a huge mess! But what I'm suggesting is better, don't you see? If he forgets everything, there would be no need to execute him! Destroying the notebook will be enough! Yes, I know no one will forget what Light has done except Light himself, but I'm not asking you to forget! I'm asking you… to give him a second chance! I'm asking you to trust me! PLEASE!"
L stared back into the eyes of the innocent, pleading girl. He saw the tears running down her face, but also saw fire in her eyes. Sayu was determined to save her brother, and she wasn't going to take no for an answer.
"Ryuzaki… I've changed my mind." Sayu gasped, along with everyone else, as she turned to the man that had just spoken on Sayu's behalf.
"Sayu is right. It would be too complicated to try to prove the existence of Death Notes and Shinigami. And like I just said… I do want my son back." Soichiro stated firmly as he stood up.
"Dad…" Sayu responded with a grateful smile as she wiped her tears away.
"I agree with the chief. I think everyone should have a second chance." Matsuda said as he too stood up. "Me too." Mogi added. "So do I." Ukita said. "I guess you got my vote too, kid." Aizawa added as well.
Feeling hopeful now, Sayu turned to Naomi and Raye. "What about you two?" She asked.
"I still don't agree with this." Raye said. "I'm not so sure either." Naomi admitted. Sayu, seeing this, decided to come fully clean.
"Agent Penber, I was the one who gave you that note."
Everyone stared at Sayu in surprise… except for L.
"I thought so. It makes sense, seeing as you were the only person at the time to know the truth about Kira. Plus, your reaction to meeting Agent Penber made it obvious." Sayu nodded, impressed by his observation.
"You were the one that saved my life?" A stunned Raye asked.
"Yeah. I overheard Light saying he was being followed by someone one night and he planned to get that person's name. The next morning, I got up early enough to hear Light calling that girl, Yuri, to meet him at a bus stop at a specific time. I got dressed and left before Light did, though I went out the back door to not be noticed."
The couple listened as Sayu continued.
"I got to the bus stop ahead of Light and Yuri's date. I then picked a good place to hide and watch without being seen. I made sure that I couldn't even be noticed by Ryuk. When I saw Light and Ryuk coming, I saw you not far behind, Agent Penber." Sayu said.
Both her father and L were stunned and impressed with the risks Sayu took to save a man she didn't know.
"When you started to pass me, I lightly bumped into you and slipped the note in your pocket and ran off through an ally before you could try to catch a glimpse of me. Though back then, I didn't know you were FBI. I thought you were working for the police under my dad."
Raye and Naomi were both speechless from this revelation. "Sayu, I can't believe you did that." The latter said.
"I didn't want Light to kill anyone that didn't deserve to die." Sayu paused before continuing.
"Please, if you won't do this for Light, then do it for me... to pay back your debt."
The couple turned to each other. "Raye, we do owe her for your life. Maybe we should do this."
Raye appeared to be thinking about it. After a moment he looked back at Sayu.
"Alright, you win. We will support you as well." He responded while holding Naomi's hand.
Sayu's smile increased even more. At last, she turned back to L. He smiled at how everyone was siding with the girl.
"You seem to be quite persuasive, Sayu Yagami. Very well then, we will go with your suggestion." He finally conceded.
Sayu immediately hugged L, who was not expecting it at all.
"Thank you Ryuzaki! Thank you all!" After gently releasing himself, L began discussing with the others of how to get Light to give up being Kira…
Flashback End
Sayu felt so grateful to everyone for agreeing to her idea. Now it would only be a matter of time before her brother is freed from the Death Note's hold over him.
To be continued.
