DISCLAIMER: I do not own Death Note or any of it's characters and what not.
sorry this took so longish?, i wrote it, decided i didn't like how the story was going, erased it, re-wrote it again, erased half of it, had a small case of writers block, erased everything but the first few lines, then re-wrote the rest of the story to what we have today.
Oh how I wished it was just a dream. Like that first time. But it wasn't, and sadly I'm just going to have to face that fact. I needed my L. I breathed hard, everything happens for a reason anyway.
I sighed and got up from my bed. It's been a few days since I did anything productive. I got up from my bed and walked into the main room.
"Namiko! You're finally up." Matsuda welcomed me back.
I cocked my head to the side, "How long have I been asleep?"
"Days, weeks, maybe even years." Aizawa mumbled sarcastically laughing.
Light laughed a light chuckle "You've been in there for a week."
Damn. That was way too long. I stretched reaching my arms above my head.
"So what's the latest with the Kira case?" I asked, bored. I went to stand behind Light's chair.
"Well... I think you should watch this." Matsuda said as he brought something up on the screen. It was something complied together about the Kira case. Made by L. It explained every incident that happened from the time when everything first started to the time he had died. At the end, it had a message with L's voice recorded.
"The following is the record which contains everything I have investigated on the Kira Incident. The fact that now you are reading this message means I am no longer alive at this moment. I hereby leave this record as my firm achievement. That is all." We all remained in silence for the rest of the evening
He was gone.
Days went by, we had a funeral for L. I left him with his favorite flowers, red roses. I visited his grave everyday. Up till ten days had past after his funeral.
We all sat down on the couch back at the headquarters.
"It's been ten days after Ryuzaki's funeral... I guess we're not gonna die after all" Matsuda said sighing in relief.
Aizawa studied the newspaper. "We know Watari's true identity now. But we never found out anything of who Ryuzaki really was. The only one that knew any of this is Namiko." He looked at me. "You're the only one we know of that knows anything about Ryuzaki's true identity."
I pressed my lips together firmly.
"Yeah that's true. Who could have guessed that Watari was actually a famous inventor." Matsuda said.
Aizawa continued on, "The paper said he founded orphanages around the world using the fortune he inherited from his patent."
Matsuda sniffed a little, "He was a fine man... A hero." We all nodded our heads in agreement.
Aizawa put down the paper and continued on, "But it doesn't help us now. We can't continue investigating using this place with L and Watari gone." He sighed, "This is tough."
"Light, how's it going?" Chief Yagami asked.
"I should be able to transfer everything out of the system by tonight... It's weird though, I almost feel as if Im stealing... Anyway, I created a voice filter identical to the one Ryuzaki used. We can use it to make the police think he's still alive and give them orders like we've been doing so far, but... Who's going to take the place of L? Where will we work from? And, what will we do with the notebook?"
Look who's trying to act innocent. I rolled my eyes.
"Well, I mean the only two people really capable here to take on the role of L would be either you Light, or Namiko." Matsuda said.
I looked towards Light, he was still facing the computer desktop. I knew that Light was Kira. I just didn't have anything to prove it with. He was a mastermind, and that was why I couldn't catch him. I stared down the back of his neck. He wasn't going to take that spot immediately. L's place was exactly what he wanted and that's why he was playing hard to get.
The rest of the team looked at me, waiting for my response. I looked down at my feet, tapping them on the ground. All right, Light. You want to play like this? Fine. I'll give you exactly what you want. I took a deep breath in, "I think... Light would be certainly very capable in succeeding L. But my question is, does he really want to." I looked in Light's direction. What lie do you have to say to that? Light Yagami. I glared at him. He was thinking... Thinking how simple this was getting into L's position of power. Light was at the top now and I'm sure he's very happy with it. It's a shame that I'm going to have to crush everything he's worked up to. Isn't that right? Kira.
"I understand... I'll do it." He agreed with us. Ugh. I'm tired of hearing this bastards voice. I tuned him out for a while.
"I can be Watari too."
Kira said what? "Things would be easier if I could rent a one bedroom apartment." He turned to his father.
Of course Chief Yagami would say yes to that. If Light was old enough to buy condoms and rent porn no one saw anything wrong with him getting his own place. But of course, most people don't think too much like I do.
And that just made it all the more easier for Light to take the places of L, Watari, and still remain Kira. I sighed. He was at war with himself. A bias man, he had his money on Kira.
I stood up. "I'm going to my room." I said with an irritated flat tone.
"What's wrong with Namiko?" Matsuda said in his too-loud-for-a-whisper tone.
"She's just probably upset that Ryuzaki passed away. I mean, we all are. But they had something special together." Aizawa explained.
The door shut behind me, damn right we did.
I flopped down on my bed and looked around the room. I needed to pack everything up tomorrow, we were closing this headquarters down for good in a week. But, where was I going to go? It's not like I came from Japan like any of the other guys in this team. And it's not like I had the money to rent my own place like Light was doing. I guess, in my life I never really had a home. Whammys was like my home. But it felt as fast as I was brought in, I was forced out to spend the rest of my life at the headquarters. But now that place is gone, so is Watari, and so is L. Without them I really had no place to go to. Someone knocked on the door.
"Come in." I hollered. It was Light. "Yes?" I said trying not to sound irritated.
"Namiko. I was wondering, where are you going to go after we all move out of the headquarters? I mean, you can't just stay here. You need to find a place. Maybe rent one like I'm doing."
"I would, but, it's not like I have the kind of money to do that. In fact, I don't have any money at all. I would have gone out and gotten a job when I first came here to Japan but with the Kira case going on I had to stay in private this whole time. And I still have to." Where was he going with this?
"Well, I am moving into a new place. And I could probably find a place that's big enough for all of us." He smiled at me.
"...All of us?" How many people was he going to bring with him?
"You, me, and well Misa. Since she's my girlfriend. If that's okay with you. Your the first person that I would want to move in since your such a big help to the Kira case. So similar to Ryuzaki and all."
He really is a nice guy... When he's not being a creep and killing everyone. So why the hell not. I had no where else to go anyway. "Okay, yeah. Thanks for the offer."
"Great! It could just be even easier in solving this case." He smiled at me. I forced one back. He continued on. "But there's kind of a catch." I listened to him.
"You need to come with me to lunch with Misa. So I can tell her the news. I'm pretty sure that at first she won't be too happy with the news but she can live with it."
I sighed. "When's lunch."
He laughed, "Tomorrow at noon. The cafe down the street. After we're down with that I can come and help you pack everything up."
"Sounds good." Now get out of my room. I smiled.
"All right. That's great." He walked out of my room.
I slept that night.
RINGG.
Cellphones ringing in the morning is like a jackhammer being used on my hear.
"Yes?"
"Namiko~ You're up." It was Light.
DON'T FUCKING BOTHER ME AT 9:00 IN THE MORNING. "Yes." I looked at the clock. It was already 12:00. Whoa there.
"So, where are you?"
I jumped up from my bed, and threw on my favorite pair of skinny jeans, and my gray long sleeves.
"Um, yeah I'm almost there, just a few minutes."
"All right, Misa and I are waiting."
I could hear her jumping around in the background. 'Liiighttt~ Who are you talking to?'
Ugh. I hung up my cellphone and shoved it in my back pocket. Quickly brushed through my hair, which was surprisingly easy to brush through after all this time, and ran downstairs through the street dodging everyone. I finally reached the cafe.
"YAAAY! VICTORY IS MINE. MISA WINS."
Found them. I cleared my throat as I reached their table.
Misa gasped when she saw me. "Hey Namiko!"
I nodded my head at her, Ryuk, and looked at Light. "So... You win?" I said looking at Misa.
She sat back down. "Oh! Pull up a chair! Light just asked me to move in with him! Isn't that great?"
I sat down, smiled my crooked smile, and sighed.
"There's a catch." Light and I said in unison.
Misa remained silent, for once. I let my mortal enemy finish.
"Namiko is also going to be living with us."
"WHAT?" Everyone in the cafe looked at her. "HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO ME LIGHT?" She screamed slamming the table.
Light stood up. "Namiko has no where to go. And she's really a big help and a great friend once you get to know her. Misa, you're just going to have to deal with it."
"Fine." She pouted.
"Come," Light said standing up. "Let's go to Namiko's room so we can help her pack up her things and move into our place."
I looked toward Misa. Her eyes turned into hearts. "Our place. I love the way that sounds." She said in a dreamy voice.
I popped her bubble. "Remember that I'm still here." I said in my monotone.
"You sound just like L. So pushy." She pouted while waving her hands in the air.
I clenched my jaw, "L wasn't pushy. You're just irritating." We both bit back a snarl.
Light butted in, "Uh, let's just hurry and pack Namiko's things."
As soon as we started, we were finished.
so, im thinking of just going along with the anime series and maybe ending it similar to that, but we shall see.
