Chapter 47
Mello sat in their beat up apartment in the equally beat up easy chair, with his feet up on a wobbly table. He listened to the conversation going thru the headphones with disdain and disbelief. This stupid girl was the 2nd Kira? He snapped his chocolate with disgust and glanced at his laptop which was opened on a page with Amane's history. True Kira had killed the person who killed her parents and had always been vocal about her support of Kira, but the drivel he was listening to just didn't add up to her using the notebook. But there was no other reason why Mogi would be with her. He shrugged, if she had the eyes then Kira would definitely had been interested. He groaned as she whined about Light again, didn't know how Mogi stood it, he would have shot her by now. He decided to check on Matt before his ears started bleeding.
Matt looked away from his game as his cell phone started beeping. He glanced at the laptops that were spread out in front of him that were connected to cameras pointed out of the window,
"Matt, how's it going for you?" Mello asked him .
"Boring" he answered putting his phone on speaker so he could continue to play, "So far they've had all their food delivered and no one has left, which pretty much proves its their headquarters. But its boring watching something that never changes."
"It's better than listening to the drivel I'm being subjected to. Keep an eye on them coz they might make a move to go back to Japan soon. They reported that idiot Demegawa and a group of his followers were wiped out by Kira…they may to go back to investigate that."
"Then I guess we'll be going to Japan" Matt surmised.
"You got it. But I don't want them getting ahead of me Matt, so keep a good eye." Matt agreed to and Mello hung up. It didn't seem as if Near was doing anything at the moment either, he hadn't heard from Halle. He'd wait a while to see if he did before he initiated anything. He grimaced as he put the headphones back on; he better get SOMETHING worth this torture.
"Light Yagami is still a registered student at To-Oh University," Rester was saying from the screen, but nobody has seen him on campus since he graduated. Also, all the police here have been given false job titles so no one knows they're on the police force." Near listened as he put the finishing touches on his finger puppets. He finished the one that was L's likeness, painting the eyes. He sighed at the puppet, it certainly wasn't a pleasing likeness of L; of any of them for that matter, but it was the best he could do as drawing and painting weren't his skill.
"Also, when I asked former students what they remembered about him, I got some very interesting answers." Rester continued. "Light Yagami received letters of appreciation from the police department on two separate occasions for advice that led to the resolving of cases. I think it's safe to say that these facts and the influence of his father all point to him being on the police force right now." Near had the word "duh" fly around his head but he kept it to himself.
"He also had the highest score in the entrance exam. But someone going by the name Ryuga Hideki, the same name as the top Japanese pop star then, tied scores with Yagami and theymade the freshman address together. And he was often seen with Light Yagami, but no photo of this Ryuga Hideki can be found."
Near was smiling, ofcourse there would be no pictures available. Ryuga had been L, obviously. He sighed to himself sadly; why would L go out and confront Light like that, letting him see what he looked like. He then remembered the broadcast they had all watched in Dr. Thompson's living room. Ofcourse; L knew that Kira had to be taunted, faced out in the open in order to get him to show his hand at all. But how did Kira get his name?
"I also received information that in June of that year, Light, Ryuga AND Misa Amane were all seen together on campus. After that everybody seems to have lost track of Ryuga. Light and Misa were also missing for several months right after that."
Near raised his hand that was adorned of finger puppets of Light, Misa and his freshly painted L.
"L used the name of a popular pop idol to get close to Light Yagami whom he suspected of being Kira", he said to Rester and the rest of the team, "It was a dangerous plan that assumed he wouldn't be killed as long as Kira didn't find out his real name. But the second Kira appeared with the ability to learn people's names just by looking at their faces..and Kira and the second Kira joined forces. Everything now fits." He felt his hear grow both heavy and fill with anger at the same time. Light and Misa had been in confinement and because of that 13 day rule they had forced L to release them. Light then took that opportunity to kill L; his L. Light Yagami as Kira surpassed and defeated him, if I don't admit that reality, I will be killed too. He looked sadly at his L puppet and took a deep breath.
"It corroborates with everything we've learned from Aizawa as well. The fact that Amane is Yagami's fiance' is proof to me."
He then thought about what was going on now. The death of Demigawa, the idiot proclaiming to be representing Kira who apparently got too ridiculous even for Kira, and the next round of criminals happened soon after he spoke with Aizawa. That would mean that someone else would be doing the killing as Light would be doing everything to keep suspicion away from him. That would also mean he wouldn't have Amane doing it either because she could get caught. That would mean he had given the power to someone else. Whoever is doing the killings now is definitely someone Light Yagami has power over, all he has to know is their name and their face and he can control them. He must be giving the orders as to what to do. There are so many people these days who would probably jump at the opportunity to follow Kira's orders. If I can prove that Light is Kira with solid evidence..if I can capture the one who's doing the killings along with Light Yagami it will be over. He stared at the Light Yagami puppet, and slowly crushed it's head between his fingers.
Matt continued to follow Misa for the next several days, always walking in the same crowd with her, chocolate bar in hand, eyes watching her every move behind dark sunglasses. Always thinking he put together some more ideas as he watched her. If she indeed had been the second Kira she certainly wasn't any more, all he kept hearing her talk about to Mogi was her boyfriend Light. Soichiro Yagami had a son named Light, and considering the movements of Mogi, and Aizawa, along with the conversations I've heard from Light Yagami, he is the current L, I think that's a pretty safe conclusion. So if I take action it really shouldn't be against her, it should against the bastard himself. His thoughts were interrupted by his cell phone.
"What's up, Matt?"
"Mogi and Aizawa are outside the building and having one hell of a conversation if judging by their expressions."
"We know Aizawa talked to Near because he's got suspicions about this L2. Maybe now Mogi is thinking the same thing and they're having a conference out of L's earshot. Keep an eye on them, Matt." Something was obviously about to go down, he'd continue to watch the girl.
This was not what Christine was expecting when she put this class together. She should have realized things would not be as they had been before Kira's near reign had begun, but this was more than she expected. She had barely begun when questions she hadn't been expecting began.
"Why are we even bothering to go through all of the courses anyway?" one of the students had questioned her.
"Yea, Kira's got it all under control. There won't be any criminals for us to bother with any way soon." Another had added. She shook her head violently.
"NO! That is entirely the wrong attitude. Kira is wrong, Kira is evil and Kira needs to be destroyed. The world needs to get back to normal.." she noticed everyone kind of shrink back in horror at her speech.
"Aren't you afraid someone is going to give your name to Kira? Everyone who opposes Kira dies, Dr. Thompson, don't you know that?" another student cautioned. Christine stood up from her desk in the classroom and walked to the front of the class.
"No, I am not afraid of that. As of yet, Kira has not destroyed people's abilities to think for themselves, although it does seem dangerously close. You must understand something; Kira will never be able to stop all crime no matter how hard he tries. I have heard that now he also is going after people with criminal records. People who have already paid their debt to society and are living normal, productive lives. Do you think this is correct?" The class looked at each other, and then back at her, collectively shaking their heads.
"I will admit that crime statistics are down since he started his "work", but that is only through fear, not because he has changed anyone or anything. His decisions are all based on his whims, one day he may decided that red headed children are evil, that left handed people are truly the devil's outlet, that people who aren't doing as well as he thinks they should need to be eliminated. The poor, the disabled, the elderly. Where will this end?"
There was embarrassed silence and shifting in chairs. Christine smiled and turned on her projector, displaying a picture of L in front of them.
"This is the subject of this class, L Lawliet or as he was better known as, simply L." There sounds of surprise as they gazed at the picture.
"I thought there were no pictures of L, that they weren't allowed." One student stated.
"You're quite correct, there were no pictures allowed out in the world when L was alive. I had this and several other to myself, personally as his doctor and his friend. These pictures never left my sight. But now…now that' he's gone there's no reason to hide who he was."
"But how can he be gone if I keep hearing news about what L's doing now? Isn't he still after Kira?"
"And doing a piss poor job of it. Kira's been in power almost six years and nothing has happened."
"This is because the person calling himself L, is an imposter. Our L died six years ago in his attempt to capture Kira. And the rightful successor to L is now engaged in bringing down both Kira and the fake L right now." There was more chatter amongst the students and then Christine spoke again.
"But before we get into what's happening right now, we need to talk about how this all began. That man in front of you was the first L, the one who brought all of this together and in order to understand how this all happened, you have to learn about him first. The first thing you need to know is he was one of you. He was brought here to Whammy's at the age of 8 after the loss of his parents. He considered Whammy's his home and it's students his family." She smiled as she watched their body posture change from slouching to sitting up attentively. She walked back to her desk and sat on it, her hand near the projector. She knew they'd listen now, and that's all she wanted.
