I ended up stressing about the entire second Kira issue until the day we got that diary. That's when I came to a decision. It was just before I got called and headed to the place I was supposed to meet up with everyone.
"He wanted the journal shown on T.V.?" I asked when I got there.
"Yes. This is it." Dad handed it to me.
"Please take a look at the entry he made on the thirtieth." L said, so I did.
"Confirmed our shinigami at the Tokyo Dome." It said, and Ryuk gave a short raspy laugh over my shoulder as I looked at a different date. May twenty-second. "My friend and I showed off our notebooks in Aoyama."
"What do you think? Is it real?" L asked me.
"All I can say is he must be stupid." I stated.
"Yeah, I agree. I mean, it's completely obvious he wants to meet Kira at the home game." Matsuda said.
"Doesn't he understand what would happen if we aired this message?" Dad asked. "It would create an immediate panic and the game would have to be cancelled.
"To be honest, it's so stupid," L said, putting a chocolate in his mouth. "I'm not even sure how to deal with this whole situation anymore. If we make the diary public, it'll be forced to make an announcement cancelling the game on the thirtieth," He crouched on a chair. "But if we don't broadcast it, we can be sure the second Kira won't do anything."
"Won't cancelling the game make him angry? There's no telling what he'll do." Matsuda said as we all went over to sit down on the couches around the coffee table.
"Frankly, that's not a big concern. From what we've witnessed, it's safe to say the second Kira admires the real one. He gave his word to the Kira we invented that he'd refrain from killing aimlessly. I'm inclined to believe that. I say we make it public and we air an announcement cancelling the game. At the same time, we'll make an announcement that we're going to set up checkpoints at all roads leading to the Tokyo Dome. And finally, we'll send a response from our invented Kira. Something like, "I understand and I agree to meet you there." L said.
"Ryuzaki, you don't honestly expect him to go there if we set up checkpoints around the dome, do you?" Dad asked.
"I don't think that Kira would even consider it, but it's possible the other one might. It all depends on how stupid he really is." L said, looking at the journal. "However, assuming he's not actually the idiot we think he is, there could be another message hidden in this diary. One that's not so obvious. If there's a message here, written in some code that only people who have this "shinigami" power can understand, there'd be no way for me to decipher it. Still, it would only make sense for us to look into all of the places that were mentioned in the journal. The twenty-second he's meeting a friend in Aoyama…Twenty-forth, meeting another friend in Shibuya…We have to be prepared for the possibility that all of our efforts will be fruitless. Let's keep an eye out for people with notebooks in Aoyama and people in clothing stores in Shibuya."
I'm not worried about her getting caught. I'm worried about later on.
"All we can do is place more surveillance cameras in Aoyama and Shibuya in hopes that we might catch something. We should also arrange to have undercover officers in both locations on these dates."
"I should probably go to Aoyama and Shibuya since I'd blend in with the crowd there, you know?" Matsuda suggested.
"I'll go too." I volunteered.
"But Light," Dad started to protest.
I smiled at him. "There's nothing to worry about. Aoyama and Shibuya are places I'd go anyway. Not to mention out of all of us, I'd probably look the most natural hanging out with Matsui there. Besides, the second Kira will be looking for Kira, not the police." I pointed out.
So, that got settled and I talked to Matsuda about the trips.
"Okay, we'll talk more about our trips tomorrow." I told him.
"Sounds good Light." He replied as I got in the taxi. "See you tomorrow. Careful getting home."
"You too." I replied before closing the door and riding off.
Once I got in the door, I felt like collapsing I was so exhausted.
"I'm home." I called tiredly.
"Hello dear. You're back quite late today." Mom greeted me as I took off my shoes.
"Yeah, sorry." I started walking past. "I'm going to bed early tonight."
"Light, aren't you going to have any dinner?" Mom called up the stairs after me.
"No, I ate out."
Once my door was locked, I flopped face-down on my bed and sighed. I fell asleep pretty quickly too.
When we were supposed to go to Aoyama, I decided to call a couple "friends" to hang out, since being alone with Matsuda was kind of awkward.
"Um, excuse me, Light?" He approached me, looking a bit confused. "What's going on here?"
"Oh, these are some of my friends from school." I replied, turning to the group of seven or so people.
"Nice to meet you." Matsuda bowed slightly to them and they returned it.
"This is my cousin Taro. It's his first time ever in Tokyo and he wants to see Aoyama and Roppongi, so I figured the least we could do is show him a good time. I'm counting on you guys." I said, then grinned mischievously. "Oh yeah, he also told me he's looking for a girlfriend, so ladies?"
The group laughed.
"Hey, I never said that!" Matsuda protested.
After walking around a bit and keeping up an exhausting charismatic act all day, like I expected, no one approached me at either location we went to on either day.