Alternate Reality

It has officially been three days since L had declared war. I am quite irritated, yet touched that Kira would go through the trouble of using the very same words which I used to challenge him. I have drilled the shinigami( who insists that I call him 'Ryuk') for information. So far all I got was…

My suspicions that I am stuck in an alternate reality are correct. No surprise there.

I am playing Kira's role in this world.

He cannot tell me how I got here.

Ditto for how I can get back.

I have full power over the Death Note.

So clearly there is a 5% chance that Ryuk has been ordered by some superior power to keep quiet. I have also realized that if I can lure out and kill this world's L then technically I am killing the Kira from my world. Then I win.

Wow, my plan sounds so simple. There it is the key word "sounds" not "is". If I manage to lure Kira out, who's to say he won't have his own Death Note and kill me first? Which brings up another question- how DO I lure him out in the first place? I of course know the answer but am avoiding it, but seems like I can't anymore. I have to kill people like he did.

But am I prepared to do that? Am I prepared to go against my own ideals and betray my morals and everything I stand for to catch this one criminal, by killing millions of other criminals and innocent people. Kira has already used my Death note to kill thereby making me seem like the real Kira, the 'bad guy'.

I asked my mother about this matter, I remember looking up to her as a small child. Her opinion greatly mattered to me. So obviously I had to ask her thoughts on Kira.

"Well, Kira is not exactly a good person or a bad person. He has killed a lot of criminals, which is a good thing but in the process he has killed a few good people. I think that maybe he is just lost. The power which he possesses to kill has gotten into him and corrupted him but if he learns to control it well then it would not be so bad right?" She smiled at me and right at that point I was reminded how it felt to have a mother. When I get back to my world I won't ever have this privilege. "Thanks mom."I said while hugging her.

So there it is, my question is answered I shall play the role of Kira by eliminating only the necessary criminals. As long as I don't let the power get into my head I should be fine right? With that thought in my mind I wrote the name of another criminal, the second one I have killed. "I'm sorry but I have to do this." I whispered it to the paper as I waited for forty seconds.

~L~

The next day at school I greeted by a familiar face. Light Yagami. He spotted me first "Oh Ryuzaki, there you are." He exclaimed while running towards me. At first I was apprehensive. Is it this world's Light? But he called me Ryuzaki instead of L my real name. "Oh Light, long time no see. When again was the last time I met you?" I asked. He answered "Why the last time I was with you, was when you were in the helicopter when that light struck us." Ok so he is my world's light. Wait why is Light-kun here, last time I asked him he replied with full honesty he was not Kira. Now the very fact he is here is suspicious. Whose role was he playing, is he L? The chances of him being Kira has now hit thirty seven percent. "Light-kun? Are you L? In this world I mean" I asked him. "No, I am not are you still accusing me of being Kira? Because I managed to figure out that you were not L, why? because I am part of the task force, yes the very same one back in our world, everyone was present except you. Also the head of this task force is L, who I presume is Kira." He replied matter-of –factly "Very impressive Light-kun for you to figure that out I just hope that you won't arrest me on the grounds of being this world's Kira. Hey speaking of Kira have you seen his face, I mean L's face? Do you know who he is?" "Haha wouldn't dream of it Ryuzaki, you sure have a sense of humour! But sadly no I have not seen L's mean Kira's face he's hiding behind the computer like you did when I first met you."

"I see…" So Kira has figured out that if he shows himself to anyone and if anyone recognised him (eg:Light-kun) and if that person leaked the information to me, all I had to do was picture his face and write his name in the Death Note, an easy victory. But of course Kira too had figured that out and had hidden his face.

After school Light asked if he could come over to my house and discus our next plan of action.

"So Light-kun, why exactly did you transfer to my school?"

"Well Ryuzaki I wanted to see if I was the only one transferred to this world…and so I decided to seek you out, just like you sought me. I want to catch Kira as much as you do and to do that I need your help."

"Oh…how nostalgic."

"Yeah, hey Ryuzaki do you by any chance have the Death Note? Can I see it?"

"…No you see, I had it four days ago, and now it is missing."

"Missing?! Who took it?!"

"I killed only that one criminal; the one who died first, Matsuyama I believe was his name. Then the book went missing. I suspect Kira- I mean L, took it to kill the rest of the criminals as he knows I will not kill any more people."

"Are you sure? I mean how would he take it back from you, you are after all its holder, unless you give it to another person its full power is with you."

"Shinigamis…Kira could ask his shinigami to bring the book back to him. Then he would be able to kill those people. I noticed it was not the same as Higuchi, so probably Kira still possesses the Death Note from our world, which is why I did not see his shinigami. But tell me, how did you know about its rules, unless you yourself possess a Death Note yourself."

At this point I could see Light was uncomfortable when I asked him this. He frowned slightly before answering.

"Well L-sorry I mean Kira – told us about the rules of the Death Note, so that's how I know about it."

"and you never asked him how he knew this?"

"Well he said that he had once seen a Death Note himself…" again he hesitated before answering

"How suspicious! You didn't bother asking him how he knew about this. That is unlike you Light-kun."

At that point Light's phone started ringing.

"My phone is ringing. And oh! Would you look at the time, it's so late I should be going for my task force meeting. Let's continue this conversation tomorrow Ryuzaki. I have to leave." With that he left. Luck was on his side today he left before I could interrogate him further. The very fact that he believed that I would kill all those people in itself is very suspicious. In any case I shall question him tomorrow.

So Kira let the best man win.