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Another Detective

Chapter 11

"Please take me off this investigation; we are holding my son as a Kira suspect. I shouldn't be here. I let my personal feelings get in the way."

"Your right personal feelings shouldn't be involved."

"And if my son is really Kira, I don't know what type of actions you would take."

"Yes. I could imagine you would kill your son and then yourself."

"Could you confine me as well? I don't want my feelings to get in the way."

"I thought you may say something that, I made Watari make arrangements." L had been astonished when Soichiro did not approach him previously about being detained; it was already fourteen days into the incarceration.

Before L could finish speaking, an abrupt intake of breath interrupted all thought and Soichiro fell to the ground with his hand clutching his heart. It appeared that Kira had gotten to him, already proving that Kira was conceivably not Raito.

Dread arose among the task force members as they all attempted to get Soichiro to an infirmary. L had decided on something and asked Watari to bring in a pair of handcuffs, although this request only added to the investigators' bewilderment. It would be callous to not release Raito from his cell, taking into consideration his father's situation, but he could not discharge Raito from his confinement for the time being.

Matsuda was finally getting Soichiro into a car to take him to the hospital but the rest of the investigators seemed intent on the fact that this was, in fact, the attack was Kira and Soichiro was already dead. A sigh escaped L's lips, there was more and more evidence pointing to L being wrong than to Light being Kira. The thought was disheartening; maybe Smile actually does have the genuine Kira.

Despite the panic around him, L's mind escaped into itself in order to consider things that had happened during Raito's confinement thus far.

The boy had been annoying, and although aggravation could not kill, it seemed Raito was intent on making L die from it. In the last few weeks, Raito had become more of the emotion in L's life than even Smile. Of course this could also be because of how distanced Smile had been acted recently. Every time he received a text, it seemed generic. Maybe L was imagining it but the texter did not even seem to be the same person as the Smile he usually spoke with.

Smile had recently mentioned the fact that he had a Kira suspect detained and when L tried to joke about it Smile seemed upset with his frolicking in such a dire circumstance.

Now could not be considered the time to reflect on in dept possibilities. L wanted to bring Raito out of the cell in person, although it did not seem like the best idea to do so. He may currently be upset for having been locked up for all that time, even though it had been Raito's own idea in the first place that sent him to the cell.

The venture to the cell in which Raito was being held took L several minutes, by the time L reached the cell Raito's father probably had already been pronounced dead. L felt pity for the miserable boy whose father most likely had died at Kira's hand but he did not allow the sympathy to effect him, Raito could still be counted as the number one Kira suspect.

Approaching the door of the cell in which Raito slept, L felt a slight tingle. It reminded him of the day Raito had removed the sticky note and had kissed him on the forehead to purposely get a reaction from him. Maybe Kira's elaborate plan was to raise reactions in L. Maybe by making L act human Kira could win. This was improbable.

"Raito-kun" L called as he opened the door to the cell.

"L? You're here? In person?" Raito's voice rattled with fear, had Watari told L who he was? That would prove to be detrimental. Rem was still in the cell and if Rem found out she might kill Raito for the pure joy of seeing Smile, the one who had openly mocked the second Kira's broadcast, die. Maybe she would kill L. For some reason the thought of his friend dying made him feel even worse than the thought of his own death.

"That should be obvious Raito-kun, you really do not seem to show the extent of your promised intelligence" L said as he moved towards Raito and removed the cuffs that had held Raito's hands and feet. The red marks that shimmered in the light unsettled L, had he personally caused such ruin to the teen? It would be worth it if he happened to be Kira but whenever he heard Raito speak, all he could think of was Smile.

"I am not the one with the title L hanging above my head but only acts like a child with an addiction to sugar" Raito said. The extent to which this statement was true amazed him. L really did have an L above his head, at least in Raito's eyes he did. While looking at these numbers Raito noticed something rather shocking. L's death was destined to be soon! Why?

"Speaking of things...Hanging…and my head only increase your Kira percentages."

"Why are you releasing me?"

"Kira has killed your father."

"What!" Raito's blurred eyes speed across the room in search of the shinigami. Rem had a satisfied smile on her face, that wicked creature had killed his father.

"Yagami-san has passed away due to a heart attack."

"Why?" Raito whispered and collapsed onto the floor. His eyes glared up at Rem, asking her what he had done wrong and why such a thing had happened.

"Protecting Misa is important to me and your father's death would ensure you that I will kill your mother, sister and self" Rem replied/

"Raito-kun, are you alright?" L watched as emotionless brown eyes gazed at him with obvious sadness, his eyes looked like a puppy by some means. The expression of sorrow was lost, there was no time to weep or place to sorrow while Kira still reined as king of all the imprudent fools that thought he was a god.

"That is not important now. Are you going to bring me to him?"

"I must keep Raito-kun under surveillance so that I can prove he is Kira" L said and clasped a cuff around Raito's hand. Then, he cuffed one side on his own wrist.

"Wow L, I know we're friends and all but I don't want to follow you around like a puppy."

"Raito-kun is being bad, sit." L was happy that this statement made Raito finally smile. Not that L wanted to see that trickster's cunning smile and know Raito was going to say something just to bother him.

"You are a really odd comforter but it worked."

"I do not often comfort people."

"I know."

"What do you mean, you know?"

"Nothing, why did you put the handcuffs on?"

"Come along Raito–kun, your father's body is at the local hospital."

Raito's smile seemed to fade a little after this statement but they continued on.

"I don't know what you're talking about. What numbers?"

"Your numbers are there again, what do you do Kira?"

"I am not Kira!"

"We have evidence to prove you are."

"Like what?"

"You did not have numbers."

"What numbers?"

"I do not feel like explaining it to your Kira, I am sure you know what I am talking about."

"Who are you? Why am I being held here-I did nothing wrong!"

"Murder is wrong"

"Can you please, if you will not let me go, at least provide food?"

"Fine"

"What is this?"

"A sandwich."

"What is in the sandwich?"

"Peanut butter and strawberry jam."

"I'm allergic to peanuts!"

Gladness filled the girl who had known the Japanese hospital was in need of someone that was American. The job was very nice and the pay was substantial enough to pay for her living expenses. Usually, there was no major problems occurring but already today there was one major happening.

One of the victims of the mass murder named Kira was brought into the hospital. Basing her assumption off of the amount of officers with aliases that had accompanied him, she knew he had to be part of the police officers fighting against Kira.

She was glad that such a person had died! Kira did not need rebels fighting against him, such actions were shameful.

"Emma, please assist us with this man that had an allergic reaction" the girl turned to leave off to tend to this man but it seemed they would need a few minutes so the nurses to get the shots.

"So why did you eat the peanuts?" She asked a tone of apathy evident in her voice.

"H-forz me", Mikami said or attempted to say. ('He forced me')

"Why did you listen?"

"I wx in suspiton four bin Kire", he said through his swelling mouth. ('I was under suspicion for being Kira')

The doctor gasped at the revelation but could not ask any more questions when the nurse finally came in with the syringes.

Outside the door of a hospital room, L and Raito stood and argued about whether or not they were going to keep the chains on after the hospital visit. During this argument, L mentioned wanting Raito to be Kira.

Raito was upset and decided to lean against the door, which opened as he pushed it and he fell into the room bringing the cuffed man with him.

Once inside the room, Raito had hit into none other than Kira himself and L was shoved into Beyond.

Then Raito burst into laughter.

Staring straight right at me?
Why is my reflection
Someone I don't know?
Somehow I cannot hide
Who I am
Though I've tried
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?