"Good morning, Light." Sayu greeted me when I came down for breakfast.
"Good morning." Mom greeted me as well.
"Mom, Sayu, can you do me a big favour? And keep Misa a secret from Dad and everyone else for now? You see, Misa's a model and we wanted to keep our friendship a secret so I wasn't hounded by the press or anything."
"What?! Is she really?" Sayu asked. "I thought she was pretty, but I had no idea! That's pretty impressive! Even for you, Light." She got the mischievous look on her face. "I'll keep it a secret, for fifty bucks!"
"Oh, stop it." Mom said as Ryuk snickered.
"Even if my friend's a model, it doesn't mean I'm made of cash." I responded while laughing lightly.
School was boring, as usual. At least I didn't have to talk to Takada or what's her name though. After classes were over, I headed over to the hotel to see if they had gotten the tape yet.
"Hello." I greeted when I opened the door.
"Oh, come in. Your timing couldn't be better, actually." L responded as I set down my bag. "We just received a new video message from the second Kira."
"Huh? Wow, that didn't take long." I responded as I went over to see it.
"Yes. I believe it's the last one. Well, take a look at this." L hit the play button on the remote and the familiar screen came up.
"I've decided to stop searching for Kira. And I'd like to thank the police department for their advice. However, I still plan to help Kira in his mission and I hope that in time, he will come to see me as an ally. I will start by punishing criminals that Kira has yet to judge. Also, I will share my power with others who I think are worthy and I will encourage them to do the same. Together, we'll make this world a better place."
"After watching this, I can only think that Kira and the second Kira have managed to make contact." L stated after turning off the T.V.
"Yeah, you're right. No way that sudden change of heart and just giving up on their original goals couldn't've been scripted. It's pretty obvious the purpose of the message is to hide the fact that they met." I replied, putting a hand to my forehead as L noisily ate whatever was in front of him. "What's really strange is that it's unlike Kira to be so careless."
"That's true, but are we to believe that Kira made a mistake this time? Or is this his way of letting us know they made contact? It'd be an effective means of provoking us. The idea of their union is very threatening. However, this is also one less reason to suspect that Light is Kira."
"Ryuzaki, what do you mean by that?" Dad asked.
"If Light is Kira, I don't think this is the message she would have had the second Kira send us. It doesn't fit. She would've had the second Kira go through with his plan to have me appear on T.V. Then, deny that they ever made contact, letting the second Kira shoulder the blame for my death. She'd make him say something like, hm…" He licked the donut he was holding. ""Although I have agreed not to go through with this, I have come to realize that it is not Kira's true intention that I stop. I'm positive that the real Kira would want L to die. There's no way he'd make me…stop."." L licked the donut some more.
"Ryuzaki,"
"Yes, Light?"
"I think you're mistaken. I would never do that if I were the original Kira."
"Why not?"
"Well, if you're L and I'm the original Kira, then I already know your personality pretty well. L would never agree to appear on T.V. no matter what threat he was facing. And he wouldn't allow someone else to die in his place. The L I know would find some way to escape the situation."
He looked at me. "So, you figured it out."
"Light, you've got to stop that. I don't like hearing you say, "If I were Kira" even hypothetically."
"I'm sorry, Dad." I responded, not looking away from L. "I just wanted to let Ryuzaki know what I thought of his plan. I posed that scenario because I want to help solve this case. The only reason I'm comfortable saying things like that is because I'm not the original Kira."
"That's a good point. You're not Kira. That is, it would be a problem if you were Kira," L said, stirring his tea. Then he stopped "Because…I feel you're the first friend that I've ever had."
That line was like a slap to the face. I would've physically recoiled if I hadn't gotten so good at hiding things.
"Y-Yeah, I know what you mean. The two of us have a lot in common." I responded.
"Thank you." L then looked at me as I smiled.
"And, I have missed having you around at school. We should play tennis again soon."
"Yes, we should." L turned back to his tea, slurping it.
As I walked home, the annoying shinigami decided to speak up.
"A friend? He's your friend? That's a good thing, isn't it, Light?"
"He's a friend, but I'm a goddamn backstabber." I grumbled, angry with myself at this point.
"I see."
"Light!" Misa's voice yelled just before I got tackled to the ground. "I'm sorry, but I just couldn't wait for two weeks like you said! Actually, I was just on my way to your house when I spotted you!"
I agree with the original Light. I wanted to smack this girl so badly at that moment.
"I…I just wanted to see you so badly." She said as we got up.
"Well, you might as well come over." I sighed.
"Yay!" She squealed.
"Oh, great to see you, Misa!" Sayu greeted when we got there. "I saw you in a whole bunch of magazines."
"Please, come on in." Mom said.
"Sorry to drop by like this." Misa replied, taking off her shoes.
"Could you make us some tea, Mom?" I asked, closing the door behind me.
Upstairs, I locked my room's door and spent some time listening to Misa talk about the photo shoot she had the other day. I ended up showing her my latest video game obsession and we more or less bonded. She still got kinda crazy devotee of Kira on me sometimes, but it was fine. At least she didn't claim to be in love with me. I don't think I could even pretend with that. Anyway, she ended up giving me one of her cell phones too.