Alternate Note
Chapter 7
So, this one has been a long time coming. As usual, I thank you who've been waiting for your patience! This chapter was a struggle since I'm mixing things up quite a bit (pulling from manga, anime and movies plus my own imagination can get a bit confusing)! Hope you like it! Thanks for enjoying this with me!
It was only a couple of days before Mr. Soichiro Yagami was released from the hospital and now he was walking into their newest defacto headquarters location to rejoin his team and investigation. In this time Kira remained active but no new leads had been identified. He opened the door to the darkened suite where he was greeted with the site of L typing awkwardly at a computer as Mogi sorted ridiculously tall piles of paperwork. Matsuda and Aizawa were on their way back the regular NPA headquarters and wouldn't arrive for another half hour or so.
"Mr. Yagami, welcome back." L spoke to him without turning away from his computer screen. "I trust you are feeling well?"
Mr. Yagami's shoulders relaxed slightly. "As well as can be expected, yes."
"Very good," L spun around in his office chair and faced the older man. "I would like for you to call Light and have her join us today. If you get in touch with her now she, Aizawa and Matsuda should all arrive here at approximately the same time. That will be perfect timing to have everyone go over all the evidence we've gathered so far together."
Soichiro sighed slightly, "Very well." He picked up his cell, turned it on and called his oldest daughter.
Light put her pen down and closed the Death Note, her eyes moving to her phone buzzing across her desk. She grasped it and flipped it open, "Hello?"
"Light, this is your father. I need you to head over to meet us as soon as possible if you still want to join the Kira investigation." The voice was clear yet slightly hesitant over the phone. Her father was still uncomfortable with the entire situation, not that she could blame him.
"Of course Dad, I'm just finishing up some work here and I'll head right over. What's the address?" She pulled out a clean sheet of ordinary notebook paper as she said this and wrote down her father's instructions.
Once their goodbyes were said she snapped her phone shut and looked up at Ryuk who was floating around randomly to entertain himself. "One step closer..."
"Huh?"
"Never mind." She stood and placed the death note back into it's secret location before grabbing up her white trench coat and walking out.
The eighteen year old felt awkward walking into a hotel and riding the elevator up to the penthouse suites alone. It made her second guess her usual choice in attire; short skirts, high heels and trench coats probably weren't helping the image people were getting of her so she just shoved her hands into her coat pockets and looked straight ahead. Whatever they were thinking didn't really matter anyway.
She was Kira, there was nothing she couldn't do, damn what anyone thought. They have no idea what I can do, her eyes narrowed in malice for a moment before she caught herself, No! Focus! My only goal is to get rid of L so I can carry on with my life.
The elevator dinged as it stopped at the top floor. She swept the long hair that had fallen into her face back as she stepped off the elevator and followed the signs for room 1034. After a short walk she stopped abruptly in front of the door. The war begins now. Light didn't have time to worry over her ever darkening thought processes. I just need to win.
Knock, knock, knock.
The entire assembled team, sans L who carried on as per usual, collectively turned to face the door.
"Please come in." L called out as he continued his work.
The knob turned and Light stepped in.
The entire group was strangely quiet for a moment before Mr. Yagami walked up to his daughter, "Come in, I'll introduce you to the team. We are all going by code names, so please use those while you are here. I'm Asahi." he gestured towards Matsuda who stepped forward.
"Hey Light, I'm-" Matsuda was cut off as Watari called out from an adjacent room.
"L, you must look at this." Watari strolled into the room and turned on the TV. On screen the Sakura TV newscaster was explaining that they were under duress and had no choice but to play the Kira video tapes they had been sent. Everyone in the room, Light included, ran up towards the screen, introductions completely forgotten at the moment.
On TV they changed the shot to their outside festival as "Kira" continued his speech about having the public cooperate with his plans. The once calm festival had quickly become a Kira party of sorts. People were cheering on Kira and officers had started running up to disperse the ever more rowdy group.
Gasps and shouts of excitement tore through the crowd as the police officers began dropping dead and "Kira" kept on about how if you stood against him, you would be eliminated.
A man they recognized was filmed running up and shouting for everyone to leave, that they were in danger. Suddenly he grasped at his chest, gasping and a young girl ran up to help him as he fell. "Mr. Ukita! Mr. Ukita, are you alright?!"
Light gasped as she recognized her little sister Sayu on screen. "No! Sayu! Get out of there!" Inside Light was ecstatic, things were definitively working in her favor as this nearly proved she couldn't be Kira. Of course, nothing ever works out that perfectly.
Sayu started shout out, "Stop this Kira! Whoever you are this is wrong! Can't you see that?!"
Oh God... Sayu, shut up! Stop talking! Light turned and ran for the door but before she reached it L called out.
"Don't. You will only be killed if you rush in there."
Her head whipped to face the crouched detective who still hadn't turned to look at her. "That's my little sister, like hell I'm waiting here!" With that she yanked open the door and ran out, her father seemed to have come to his senses and was following her out.
"Wait Light! I'm coming with you!" The door began to swing shut as Matsuda and Aizawa moved to join them.
"Please, do not follow them. There is no telling where Kira is and if we all run in blindly we shall all be killed." This caused the other two men to pause.
"Well then, what do you propose we do Ryuzaki? Stand by and watch as Kira has a field day?!" Aizawa, hot headed as always shouted.
"I have a plan, will you please call deputy director Kitamura? We will need his assistance." L's hands were clenched so tightly on his legs that his knuckles were turning what. What in the world is going on here?
The TV station was only three blocks from the hotel where they were all gathered moments ago and Light ran the entire way, heels slamming into the unforgiving concrete and blacktop, coat and hair flapping wildly behind her. Sayu, Sayu, Sayu! Please don't die!
The footsteps and shouts of her father behind her were completely ignored. She nearly screeched to a halt as she reached the chaotic scene outside of Sakura TV. It took her a few tense moments to locate her sister, tears streaming down her face and helplessly clutching at her chest.
No... "SAYU!" Light didn't hear herself scream as she ran to her sister and caught her in her arms before she hit the ground. "No, no Sayu! You idiot! Why?!" She watched, terrified as the light in her sister's eyes dimmed and she shuddered out a final breath. "NOOOOOO!"
Amane sat in his dressing room watching the ensuing chaos with a smile. This will get me noticed by Kira for sure! I wonder when he'll show up?
He frowned as he'd already had to kill several cops and now a young girl, how long exactly would it take for Kira to show up or respond to him anyway? He was getting bored as he stretched his leather clad legs out and reached for the remote to turn off the broadcast but paused as a young woman ran into the shot, shouting the name of the girl he'd just killed.
Amane sat straight up, eyes wide and shoulder length blond hair swaying slightly in his face. She had a name, but he couldn't see her lifespan. "No way... Kira is... a woman?" He smiled. "Found you. Light Yagami? I'll be seeing you soon."
Just then there was a knock at his door. He turned off the TV and asked, "Yeah, what is it?"
The door opened and his manager poked her head in. "Your TV appearance has been cancelled with everything that's been going on."
He rolled his eyes at her, "Yeah I figured that."
The woman glared at him. "Don't give me that attitude. Let's just get ready to go to your shoot instead. I called and had it moved up so get changed."
Amane groaned but got up to change and head out anyway. Besides, I found Kira! Now I just have to figure out how to meet her.
Soichiro ran to catch up with Light who was now crouched on the ground, gripping Sayu's limp body in her arms and crying unabashedly. He felt the world shift beneath his feet as his mind finally took in that one of his girls was dead and his other was falling apart. His hand reached for his gun before coherent thought had returned to him and he swung around screaming.
"Leave now! Leave or I'll start arresting you all here and now!" More people started screaming and running as he started shooting at the large TV screen that was still showing the broadcast of the Kira tapes.
Shrieks continued to fill the air as glass from the screen showered the nearby area. He stopped to take off his jacket and drape it over Light's head, "Take your sister and get out of here! I'm getting those tapes!" then took off into the TV station, threatening the guards at gun point to let him in.
Moments went by and Light could not bring herself to move from that spot, Sayu eerily still in her arms amid the commotion. She was beyond herself at this time, she could barely think. Whomever this second Kira was, she would kill him. Not only had he tarnished Kira's name by killing innocent people, he'd also destroyed her family and this would not go unpunished.
Lights and sirens filled the air as several armored cars with tinted windows pulled up to the scene. The police L had specifically instructed on how to respond finally arrived. Aizawa, helmet covering his head stopped by Light and shook her shoulder, "Light, Light. Come on, we're getting you guys out of here..."
When she didn't respond right away he looked up to see Soichiro running out of the building, bag in hand. "Chief.." he said quietly, head bowed. The bag was tossed into his hands and he watched as his chief fell to his knees holding his girls. There was nothing he could or wanted to say as he looked away from his superior crying in the street.
Several hours later Light sat staring down at a cup of coffee that had been placed in front of her. She didn't want to be here and her father had flat out refused to allow it but she told him to let it go. I have to do this... everything that's happened is because I am Kira, because L is trying to stop me. I have to end this game.
The room was once again eerily silent, a heavy weight hanging over them all as no one in their small task force knew exactly how to proceed in a situation like this. Everyone but L, who seemingly had no tact. He'd made her sit and watch all the Kira tapes, including ones that hadn't been aired.
"Miss Yagami-" He began, voice cutting through the silence unceremoniously but he was quickly cut off.
"Light." Her eyes moved up to the almost vulture-like figure of L and right now he did seem like a vulture, dark eyes piercing, picking for scraps in light of a death. "Just Light. What exactly is it that couldn't wait until... later?" After my sister's funeral? After we've had time to process this? What am I even supposed to say?
"Very well, Light, I need to know what conclusions you can draw from these latest Kira killings and the tapes he has left, now that you've had a chance to view them. I understand it may be difficult for you, seeing as you have been directly affected by these events but it is all the more reason I need you to answer this for me." He watched her very closely, hands clasped firmly to his knees. Something is very wrong here. I still think you are Kira, Light but this... this is a new... no, a second Kira. A Kira with no morals and a half way decent plan to kill me. Fortunately he or she is not yet in contact with the original Kira.
Matsuda, who had been practically fidgeting the whole time could no longer take it and spoke up. "Hey, Ryuzaki, do you really think this can't wait until later? I mean-"
"No. It's alright. I'll answer him." Light shifted slightly and took the cup of now cold coffee to her lips, knocking back the entire thing in one go. She set the cup down. "This is the work of a second Kira. This killer has no morals and is clearly looking for attention from the original Kira, of that I am certain. His threat to kill you, Ryuzaki, is proof of that. What better way to get the original Kira on his side than to eliminate his greatest enemy?"
L's eyes widened and he suppressed a small smile. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Even if you are Kira, admitting this truth makes it harder for me to pin you as our killer.
Matsuda gasped outright and the rest of the men in the room were left gaping.
"Th-that's exactly what L- I mean, Ryuzaki deduced before you and Chief were brought back here!" Matsuda, forever excitable, exclaimed with more enthusiasm than was appropriate.
"Yes! Exactly what I had been thinking, thank you Light." L spoke as he stood and walked to stand over Light who looked up at him suspiciously.
"So why exactly did you need me to tell you that?" She asked him warily. Is this some other kind of crazy trap?
"Well, my theory wouldn't hold much water if I was the only one to draw that conclusion and you did it so quickly... you might even be a better detective than me." His slight smile was now showing as he bit the side of his thumb and Light stared back at him slightly dumbfounded. Wait, he... what?
"Tell me," L continued paying no regard to her utter confusion. "would you write a response to this second Kira for me? I think you're the best person to do it." He paused and looked at Mr. Yagami, "That is, unless you feel you need to take some time with your family right now."
Light thought for a moment, she was truly torn between leaving and getting some slight space from all this and cornering the imposter as quickly as possible to get revenge. "I'll do it."
"Light..." Mr. Yagami began.
"No Dad, I have to do this. Now, more than ever, I have to catch Kira. No one will stop me." She stood and gave him a hard, determined look.
Soichiro gave a defeated sigh. "...alright."
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Sooo... yeah. I don't love how this turned out but it'll have to do. Things are getting super dicey! How will Kira and Second Kira get along?
Thanks again, love you guys!
