AN: NEWS FLASH!

If you have the second volume of Death Note on hand, check out page 185. If you don't (or are just too lazy to find it), then do copy-paste with the link below, take out the spaces, and insert periods. If you don't check this out then I guess it's okay, but you'll understand more of where I'm coming from if you look it up. (And yes, for those of you that aren't complete lazy bums, that is exactly who you think it is--Nikki and I compared the frame there to the frames at the very end of the series, and it's definitely supposed to be him.)

Seriously though, it totally blew my mind. Thanks for telling me 'bout it, Rosie!

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March 2, 2011
3:42 PM

The day after Jaymes Fosse was killed.

Already it was clear that Yamamoto, being the youngest member on the investigation team, was the one that would always be made to go downstairs and borrow things from Mido, since apparently the rest of the team was too lazy to do it themselves.

"Stupid Matsuda, making me go look for paperclips... What does he even need the damned paperclips for, anyway?"

The elevator door opened, and he stepped out, still grumbling to himself. I have to figure out where Mido is... But as it turned out, the doctor was talking to someone down the hallway, so he didn't even need to shout for him.

"See, I don't know what they're doing for the investigation, but if they find any interesting information and inform me, I'll tell you, okay?"

Yamamoto's mind froze as he headed towards Mido's voice in sort of a "Holy crap!" moment. Is Mido a spy or something...?

"Dammit Mido, I don't like being stuck down here without any news and you know it!"

That voice... Could that actually be...?

Yamamoto rounded the corner and saw Mido talking to--

"Light?" he squeaked.

The brunette man turned around, and his eyes widened in recognition. "Yamamoto?"

Mido's immediate expression was somewhere between startled and pissed off. "Oh hell...!"

Yamamoto felt himself smiling, probably due more to the coincidental shock of it all than anything else. "What are you doing here?"

Light sported a similar grin. "I could ask the same of you!"

Mido came very close to giving himself a facepalm before simply deciding to sigh. "It's Yamamoto, right? I really don't think you should be down here--"

"No, it's okay!" Light tried to convince him. "We know each other! There's no harm done!

The doctor sighed again, but with a bit more exasperation this time. "No, it's not okay! You're supposed to be dead, remember?"

Yamamoto interjected nervously, "Um, Doctor Mido, i-it really is okay. I-I won't tell anyone he's here! Promise!"

Mido glared at him half-heartedly. "You better not. There's going to be hell for me to pay if the wrong person finds out."

'Wrong person' probably means 'Ryuzaki,' Yamamoto assumed. He might freak out a bit if he knows Mido's been bringing other people besides him back to life. In response to the doctors order, he nodded his head so quickly everything blurred.

Light had probably heard the emphasis in the doctor's voice, but he apparently decided to ignore it because he changed the subject. "So, Yamamoto... what are you doing here, anyway?"

"Well, I... I guess I work upstairs."

Light raised an eyebrow. "Doing what?"

"Looking for Kira. Again."

Mido winced, and Light's eyes got ever-so-slightly larger.

"I know." Yamamoto shrugged. "It seems like it's gonna go on forever, doesn't it?"

Light avoided his eyes, as if sensitive to the subject. "...Yeah... it does..."

Taking the doctor's leering glance as a signal to change the subject again, Yamamoto stuttered the obvious question: "So, um... I guess Mido... um...?"

"Oh..." Light glanced at Mido, who pretended to be looking at the wall. After rolling his eyes he nodded. "Mmhm."

Then an incredibly obvious thing occured to Yamamoto.

Oh my God!

"Wait a minute! Doesn't that mean that Kira...!" ...killed you? Afraid of accidentilly making another stupid remark, he didn't bother to finish the sentence.

Light got the point, and tentatively answered, "More or less..."

Yamamoto's eyes widened. "Oh, God! I-I'm sorry! I wasn't thinking!"

"That's okay." Suddenly Light looked him straight in the eyes and smirked slightly. "Do me a favor?"

"Well... sure."

"Catch that bastard for me, would you?"

March 3, 2011
1:07 PM

"Psst! Yamamoto!"

Yamamoto glanced around the basement for the noise before noticing Mido motioning for him to come join him around the corner. On tip-toe for reasons he didn't quite understand, Yamamoto inched over to the doctor. "You, um, want me for something?" he whispered.

"Okay, you don't have to whisper. Just don't be too loud," Mido said, rolling his eyes. "I sent everyone down here out on a free day and knocked Light out with some sleeping pills."

Knocked Light out...? "Um, why?"

"Because I wanted to clarify something for you if you're going to keep coming down here to visit him."

Yamamoto raised an eyebrow. "Oh... 'kay...?"

"Look: I know he's interested in the investigation and everything, but it's a bit, erm... tough for him to swallow that he's stuck down here in a basement and not up there helping you guys."

Yamamoto thought about that for a second. Light's smart enough that he can maybe outwit Near--or even Ryuzaki--and he's stuck here twiddling his thumbs... "I guess, um, that makes sense. Soooooo... what did you want me to do?"

"Hmm? I'll help him get over his boredom," Mido said, "but I'm asking you to keep the details of the case at a minimum."

...That made sense, too: remove the temptation as much as was possible.

"Don't even mention who's working with you upstairs," Mido added.

Yamamoto frowned. "Huh? What does that have to do with this?"

"I know precautions have been taken, but..." The doctor paused and chose his words carefully. "Frankly, that didn't save either Light or Ryuzaki the first time around in preventing their deaths, did it?"

Ah. "Got it. I promise I won't tell him anything important."

May 28, 2011
6:18 PM

"Hey Yamamoto," Light heard the elevator door open and assumed it was his friend. He rounded the corner. "What're you doing?"

Yamamoto trudged toward him and smiled weakly. "Hi Light," he offered.

"What's wrong?" Light frowned, and he noticed that Yamamoto was cradling his shoulder.

"I need a bandage. Badly." He lifted his hand up off the apparent wound, saw blood, and quickly covered it up again. "Is Mido around here somewhere?"

Light's eyes got quite wide. Was he shot at or something? "No, he randomly took his secretary out on a date, I think... you know what? Screw the doctor." Light walked over and looked at Yamamoto's shoulder. "Good God, what happened?"

Yamamoto winced. "Well, um, someone tried to put a bullet in my skull, but they missed and took a small chip off my shoulder instead... It's a long story--"

"Come on, I can fix that up since Mido isn't here." Light half-dragged Yamamoto into the room where he knew all the medical supplies were kept. Yamamoto sat down in a chair and Light dug some antiseptic out of the cupboard. "If it's a long story that's okay, because I want to hear it. Oh--and this might sting a little..."

"Okay, well... We're sort of investigating this one guy--OUCH!" Yamamoto shouted on accident.

Light rolled his eyes. "I told you it would sting!"

Yamamoto gritted his teeth. "You said it might sting! Agh!... But, anyway, we're investigating--OUCH!--a man living in Misa's apartment, because he might be Kira."

Living with Misa? "And he shot at you?"

"Yeah, he--" Yamamoto's expression changed from pained to sympathetic. "He did. Oh jeez, Light, I'm sorry. It had to be hard for you to hear the news, since you were engaged and all before..."

Hard for me to hear that my former fiancée is apparently dating a psychopath? Yeah, it kinda is. Light finished wrapping Yamamoto's shoulder with a bandage. "I think I'm dealing okay... There. Done."

"Good." Yamamoto stood up and winced a little at the pain in his shoulder. "We're gonna arrest him tonight and hopefully book him as being Kira."

"It's about time," Light muttered.

"I'll get you more news when we come back, okay?" Yamamoto left for the elevator without waiting for a response.

Like hell I'll just sit here and wait for news. He had to get Misa away from this insane new guy, ASAP.

Without much of a plan in mind, he reached into a nearby desk drawer and got out the Beretta...

AN: Well, I think that covers basically all Light-related flashbacks.

We have now officially exited the confusing-plot section of the story. Please remember to pick up all personal items before you go. Thank you.

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