Two weeks passed in confinement and I just kept getting more and more memories. Some of it seemed to be of a male me in the same situation, but I'm pretty sure some of those things haven't happened yet.

"Hello? Light?" L's voice reached my ears as I sat on the floor with my head between my knees.

"What?"

"You've been in here just over two weeks and not a single criminal has been punished. Now, why make this harder than it has to be? Are you ready to confess?"

"Confess? The other me…Didn't do it either." I muttered, more to myself before lifting my head and answering. "Don't be ridiculous. I'm telling you, you're wrong. I understand why you feel that way, but even if the evidence does point to me, I swear to you this is a setup! I am not Kira! Zoom in on me if you want! Go ahead, look in my eyes! You tell me, do these look like the eyes of someone who is lying?!"

After a few minutes, I sighed and stopped staring at the camera to lower my head.

"Is Misa alright?" I asked.

"She's fine." He responded vaguely.

I paused a bit longer before the weird kind-of memory came up. "Hey, L? Have we ever had a fight?"

There was no response.

"I mean, have I ever punched you?"

"No. Why are you asking?"

"No? Huh. I guess it must've been a dream." I didn't really answer his question, but he didn't say anything else.

Was I going crazy from confinement? But, punching that guy would pretty nice right about now. First he puts cameras in my room, now he's watching me here 24/7 and it's still kind of creepy. I don't even want to think about what he might've seen me do. It makes me shudder.

. . .

It was over a month since I had been confined. Pretty much all I could do at this point was lay on the floor. However, I had remembered some more things I wasn't too sure of anymore.

"Light, how are you feeling right now?" L suddenly asked.

I groaned a little as I moved my head to look more in the camera's direction. "I'm alright. Ryuzaki, I know that in the time I've been in prison no new criminals have died, however, that suggests to me that Kira is someone intimately familiar with my situation." I thought of the male version of myself and wondered if it could've been connected.

"No, Light. The reason criminals have stopped dying is because you are Kira." L replied.

"No! I'm not Kira! How many times do I have to say it?" It was getting harder to stay calm in here. I lowered my head again. "I'm not leaving here without Misa. Please shut up unless you're going to tell me how she's doing."

L did shut up, but I didn't stop muttering to myself.

"Misa…I hope you're okay. This is…So much to handle all by yourself. He's not doing the same thing to you, is he? Please let it be better for her…" I trailed off into a short bout of coughing as more memories of that male version of myself came.

This time, it wasn't the coughing that made my eyes water. It was what the memories had contained. I'm pretty sure I've gotten the full story now. A story that makes my heart wrench with worry that I've followed the same path, but I pushed that thought to the back of my mind.

It wasn't too long that I was allowed to take a shower and change into a white dress shirt and some black pants before my restraints were put back on. Aizawa took me out to a tunnel to meet up with my Dad, who came in a car with Misa to pick me up.

"Light!" Misa ran out to me as soon as she was let out.

"Misa!" I responded, my eyes starting to tear up just a little at seeing her bright smile. "You're alright. Thank god." Then, I looked up at my father. "Dad, what's all this about?"

"He's your dad? Oh my god, I totally called your dad a stalker and said he was old and all kinds of other rude stuff!" Misa said, then stood up straight as my father approached us. "Pleased to meet you. My name's Misa Amane. I'm Light's best friend and I'd like to-"

"All yours, chief." Aizawa said, exchanging car keys with him as he walked past without a word.

"Let's go. Get in the car." Dad gave me a scary look, so I obeyed.

Once in the backseat with Misa and driving down the highway, I let out a relieved sigh.

"I was starting to think I'd never get out of there. And it feels good to finally be cleared."

"No." Dad spoke up. "I am afraid you two are being taken, to your execution."

"Huh?!" Misa and I both gasped and leaned forward with disbelief.

"I wanted to be the one to escort you to the execution site. It was secretly built in an underground facility not far from here."

"Wh-What?! Execution?! What the hell are you talking about?!"

"What? Is this a joke? We didn't do anything!" Misa and I started yelling in panic at the same time.

"L is convinced that you are Kira, Light. And that Misa Amane is the second Kira. He is convinced that the only way we can prevent the murders is to execute the two of you." Dad said.

"I-I don't understand! The killings have already stopped!" I replied.

"No, they never stopped." Dad replied.

"They never…That's not what he told me. So he was lying?"

"L was trying to get a confession out of you, Light. He would have said anything. But at this point, that's not the problem. It's political now. You see, L's suggestion that the killings would stop if you two were eliminated was unanimously accepted by top officials in the U.S. and the Japanese government. They want Kira to disappear. No trial, no publicity."

"But that's completely insane! Please, Dad! I'm not Kira!" I yelled.

"She's right! What kind of a father are you anyway?! This is your own daughter you're talking about!" Misa added.

"L made this decision. Not me. And his word is absolute. Over the years, he's tackled the most difficult cases, solving all of them. He's never been wrong."

"You trust L, more than your own daughter?" I asked, my voice quiet now.

"L went so far as to stake his own life on this theory. If the killing's don't stop, then he too will be executed."

That made me shut my eyes tightly and shake my head. "No! He can't do that! If he dies then who will catch Kira?! L can't die!" I tried to keep my voice from cracking, since it was dangerously close, but my mouth continued on it's own. "You can't let him do this! Dad, you can't let him just die because of this!"

"Alright, we're almost there." Dad ignored me completely as we finally got out of the tunnel.

"L…You idiot! Why?! Why does it have to be this way?!" I muttered, hanging my head as I shook it slowly now I saw one drop of water land on my pants before I wiped my face on my shoulder and we took a sharp turn that jerked everything in the car around.

I barely noticed, caught up in a panic over L's death. Is it because of that memory? No, there's some other reason I'm so worked up about it. I don't know what that is though. It makes my chest hurt so much I almost wish I couldn't breathe. I don't know why, I just know it's not from this rough road we're taking. When the car stopped, Misa and I looked around the dark area in confusion.

"Where are we right now?" I asked. "Why did you bring us out to the middle of nowhere? What is this?"

"Wait a sec! I bet he brought us out here to let us go!" Misa said hopefully.

"This will do. Looks like there's nobody around to see us out here." Dad started talking. "I decided it would be better for us if I brought you here instead of the execution site. Listen to me, I'm going to kill you here, then kill myself."

Misa and I began to panic immediately.

"What?! What are you talking about, Dad?! You can't! That's crazy!"

"How can you say that?! You'd kill your daughter for L?! If you want to die so bad, why don't you kill yourself?! If you do this, you're no different from Kira!" Misa yelled, in tears.

I was as well, to be honest.

"I am nothing like Kira! I am bound by my responsibilities as a parent and chief of the NPA."

"Dad, come on! Think of what will happen when L dies because of this?! Kira will go on doing whatever he wants! If we die here, the truth will never be revealed and, please, Dad! You have to reconsider!" I begged.

"It's too late." Dad responded, pulling out his gun. "Either way, you will be executed. At least with this, I'll be the one to do it." He pointed the gun at my forehead.

I took a couple shuddering breaths as I stared at it. "Please stop, Dad! I'm not Kira! If I die here, L will lose not only the war but his life! Kira will go on! Can't you see?!"

He pressed the gun right up to my head. "Amane, I'm going to die here with my daughter, but I have no reason to kill you. Do you understand what I'm saying? It's only a matter of time before police locate this car. Then, they'll transport you to the original sight and they'll execute you there." He cocked the gun.

I whimpered, then moved my eyes to Misa. "Run, Misa!" But she just continued to slowly shake her head and whimper, so I turned my terrified gaze back on my father.

"Light, my daughter, from one murderer to another, I'll see you in hell."

"No, Dad!" I shut my eyes tightly. "L will…!"

"No! Stop it!" Misa screamed just before the sound of the gun firing reached our ears.

I opened my eyes and stared at the smoking gun in shock. I think I was still alive, somehow.

"Y…You used a blank…" I breathed out, watching as my father lowered the gun and let out a relieved sigh.

He sat back down in his seat. "Oh, thank goodness."

"Thank…goodness?" I repeated. "What's going on? I don't understand."

"Please, forgive me, you two. I know that was hard on you, but it was the only way I could get you out of prison. You must understand. I only agreed to do this because I believe in your innocence, Light. Were you watching, Ryuzaki? I did exactly as you said, and as you can see, I'm still alive."

I noticed the camera above the rearview mirror now.

"Yes, it was a convincing performance." L said through a speaker. "If Amane were the second Kira, who only needs to see a person's face to kill them, there is no doubt she would've killed you before you had the chance to fire your weapon. Also, if Light was in fact Kira, the Kira I know wouldn't hesitate to kill even his own father to save himself. With Light in particular, I cannot rule out the possibility that she might've seen through our act at some point, however, as we agreed, I will end their confinement immediately. And, as we discussed, Amane will remain under surveillance until Kira is apprehended. Although she insists the tapes we found were just occult videos, the physical evidence we have, plus her confession suggest otherwise."

"Hey! No fair! You still suspect me?!" Misa whined.

"If I were you, I wouldn't complain. You get to go back to your normal life. If you're innocent, surveillance shouldn't be a threat to you. Think of it as complimentary police protection." Dad told her.

"Oh, I get it. Since I'm not the second Kira, it'll be kind of like having my very own private bodyguards."

"As for your part in this agreement, Light," L spoke up again. "You and I will be together 24/7 and that's how we'll remain until we've brought Kira to justice."

I stared at the camera for a few seconds before I nodded. "Fine. We'll catch Kira. Together."

"Yes. I look forward to working with you."