#50 Truth
"Would you like to know something interesting, Ryuk?" Light asked as he leant his chair back on two legs, throwing the shinigami's daily apple from one hand to the other.
Ryuk's eyes fixed on the shining fruit. "Sure Light, whatever. Gimme the Apple!"
Light smirked, reverting to throwing the fruit up and down in the air. "I've made an extensive study of the law, and do you know what I've discovered?"
"That it's broken? Gimme!"
Light laughed to himself. "Well yes, but specifically, I've discovered that in court, in order for something to be regarded as the truth, it has to be proven. If there's no evidence, it's not regarded as true. Isn't that weird?"
Ryuk made a desperate dive for the apple, missed, and phased through the wall. A few seconds later his head re-appeared. "Your sister's desk is really messy Light. An yeah, it's messed up, truth has to be proven. Feed the shinigami!"
Light shook his head and took a bite out of it, ignoring Ryuk's groan. "I thought you of all people might find this interesting Ryuk. This means that even if someone's a mass murderer, so long as you can't prove he is, then in the eyes of the law, he's as innocent as you or me."
Ryuk growled. "Me maybe, you're a mean-ass."
Light raised one eyebrow, chewing thoughtfully for a moment before replying, "No-one can ever prove consistently that I am Kira. That's why I have no need to fear the police or the judicial system, because under their eyes I am and always will be an innocent man." He laughed to himself, "I'm above the law anyway, being that I'll become a god, and anyway, I'm not doing anything wrong, am I?"
Ryuk recognised what he was supposed to say here, but he was angry about loosing his apple. "Hey, whatever you need to tell yourself to make it easier to sleep at night." He snapped.
"This isn't about justifying myself!" Light growled. "I have no need to! What I am doing is the right thing to do! Criminals never change and the good people of the world have to suffer because of a broken system that is weighted in favour of the criminals! It'' not right or fair that people who are good and honest and truthful have to suffer because of bad, deceitful liars! You're an idiot Ryuk!"
Ryuk tilted his head and let out a soft chuckle, Light was so funny when he got riled up, his hair messed and his eyes glittered red. "Ya want that to be true? Prove it."
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