Author's note: It is kind of short and kind of late. Sorry, I have been really sick and could not think but I wanted to post a new chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own death note and I do not own lyrics.
Another Detective
Chapter 15
"I need to retrieve some things from Light-san's room" Beyond said, interrupting the conversation between Mikami and Sayu. The girl only responded with a nod and Beyond turned to say something to Mikami. "Stay."
Under any other circumstances Sayu would have sniggered at the grown man telling another grown man such a childish demand but she understood now was not the time. Beyond had never before invaded the social structure of Raito's life for any reason, what ever was going on held upmost importance. As she watched Beyond leave towards her brother's bedroom, Sayu became uneasy. What could be in her house, in her brother's room, that was of such importance?
"Mikami-san, why have you come along with him?" She beseeched in order to remove her thoughts from troubling matters.
"I would rather not disclose that information." Sayu stared at the man with shoulder length black hair. Why did people find the need to hide so much information?
Mikami seemed like he was going to add something to his statement but he was interrupted by Beyond returning with a laptop. They had came all the way over here for a laptop?
When Sayu saw the laptop she immediately understood. Beyond would not be able to directly contact the police without that particular computer, Smile's computer. She had watched Raito use the same computer to edit together the footage and hack into the satellite signal on the day she found that he is Smile. Their need for the piece of the technology was justified but it also meant an unfortunate truth; it would be a long time until Raito returned home.
Sayu smiled politely at Beyond before making a request. "B, I know something that might be helpful to you."
A sadistic smile found its contorting way onto Beyond's face as he glared at Sayu. "Sayu-san, Light-san will kill me in the most tortuous of ways if I allow you to do anything involving this case, do you understand me? You need to comfort your mother and wait for Smile to take care of matters." Beyond waved his hand in a gesture to Mikami so that the man knew to follow him. Once Mikami had began to walk towards him, Beyond walked towards the door of the house.
"Wait! I will show you what information I have. Hold on a moment!" Sayu ran towards her room to grab something but by the time she returned the two had left as unexpectedly as they had arrived.
Looking at the object she had went to her room to obtain, Sayu grimaced. Why hadn't they stayed around just a few more moments so she could give this to them? She returned to her room in order to place the item back in its place. Upon entering her room, Sayu let out a shriek. There was a black colored being floating in her room.
"…Interesting", the creature remarked as it took an apple that had been on Sayu's dresser and ate it messily.
Letting her eyes study the being, Sayu tried to place some realistic idea along with the thing. It had on strange tight black clothing, with a hair that matched that matched the strange fur that adorned his shoulders. An earring dangled from his left ear, it was shaped like a heart but Sayu knew enough to realize this heart did not symbolize love. Around his waist was a skull clad belt and a chain that attacked itself to a black rectangular shape.
The stares finally disturbed the creature and it turned to look and the fearful girl's face. Something was amusing in the creature's eyes so it let out a harsh laugh.
Something in Sayu's minds registered, the story Raito told her. The Kira threatened him, right? How was Kira getting her powers except by some god of death? Shinigami must look like this, or at least similar to this particular one. Was this the same one that Raito had been with when he met Kira? Sayu doubted this; this one seemed too lax to be concerned about a Kira's welfare.
Maybe it would be beneficial to befriend the creature. "Hi Shinigami-san, my name is Yagami Sayu."
"You don't have the notebook? You just took the few pages he had tucked in the pages of his little diary."
"Sorry, what are you speaking about?"
"Write a name in the diary, on the third page-the one that's blank."
"Why?" The shinigami laughed again at the question.
Sayu decided writing a name could do no harm, so she opened the diary to the specified page and wrote the first name that came to mind.
Whirling in a circle during the course of walking, Beyond turned to stare at Kira with contempt. There were still numbers above his head, it was aggravating. Another frustrating fact about the numbers was the length; if he was to be convicted as a mass murder shouldn't the number be small? Mikami still has at least twenty years of life left.
Mikami stared back at Beyond, his innocent eyes looking somewhat frightened. Mikami did not understand why the detective thought that he was Kira. There was never an instance Mikami had ever had the supremacy to influence or judge criminals, even as a lawyer the only way to get the criminal arrested was if the criminal was too poor to buy their way out of the case. It was true, Mikami wished he had this power and greatly praised Kira for his work but he was not Kira!
Beyond grabbed his phone to make a call; his phone was off. After pressuring the top button for several seconds, a noise sounded and a message appeared. It appeared L had sent him the message several minutes ago.
Message sent 2:23a.m. Number unknown.
'How do you foresee the handling of your situation after Smile's death?'
That was a valid question, too bad Smile was not dead so it did not matter. Beyond considered the question for a moment before responding. By the time he had finished considering the question, he and Mikami had walked back to the building Smile owned and several hours had passed.
Message sent 9:00a.m. Number unknown.
'Can my suspect and I temporally join your investigation team?'
Message sent 9:10a.m. Number unknown.
'The location the investigators are moving to is attached to this text message in address book format.'
After sending the message L sat down his phone, it was time to wake up Raito but every time he looked at the teen his thoughts became jumbled.
Could the same lips that form that sleeping smile really spew out lies at every waking moment? That deceitful smile, why did it have to seem so familiar and affable? L remembered the sight he saw, the one he ignored before dazing off to a blissful rest, the smiler's eyes were a bloody color of red which served to enhance the power of that trickster's smile.
That smile and piercing red eyes were like a dream and a nightmare that made L perturbed. Stupid Kira, with the stupid ability to control emotions, how could he so easily cause a reaction from L? Was killing his only friend not enough? Now Kira had realized that even in the face of death L would not react excessively and thus the murder had to use a different plan of action by making L have hallucinations.
His reasoning was flawed, of course, Kira had up till now showed no ability to make hallucinations but L would not admit to having a dream of such unceremonious nature.
Changing the course of his thoughts, L began to compute the many aspects of the Kira case. How many criminals die each day? Is there any fluctuation in this number? Are the criminals more of one type or where thieves, murderers, rapists, and terrorists all dying at the same speed? Was Ratio-kun Kira? Is he still Kira?
Perceiving the teen as a criminal was difficult, even when the teen was locked up Raito's eyes never looked innocent but they never held the blood guilt of a murder. The way the boy spoke in a half joking manner that could barley be taken seriously, was identical to how Smile acted in their text message conversations.
He was thinking about Raito again, how had his thoughts come full circle?
L's eyes glared at the sleeping boy. Raito looked just as unsettling with his eyes closed and his body for the most part unconscious than when he was awake. At the moment, Raito could not be Kira. He could not now find out the names and faces of the criminals that were dying but L could not decide whether or not he had been Kira in the past. The boy he was glaring at awoke under the stare and sat up with an exaggerated yawn.
"We are moving to the new location once we shower" L said.
"What do you mean after 'we' shower?" Raito exclaimed at the thought.
"Don't worry we will do that separately and remove the chain."
"Malpractice" Raito said just loud enough for L to hear.
The two completed the showering and then left to the new headquarters that L had built. In front of the building, Beyond sat in a bench in a way that mirrored L's sitting style and Mikami sat chained to a pole. The chain was not the same as the handcuffs that L had used to imprison Raito; instead the chain was thin almost like a chain that would used to tie a disobedient dog.
"He obviously has not lost his touch at destroying a person emotionally" L remarked since he knew Raito would not know what he was talking about. Beside him, Raito had to restrain himself from laughing at the joke that very few people would know about B.
The four united to walk into the recently constructed edifice. After going through an assortment of security procedures, they reached a large room filled with the glaring screens of computers and chairs cushioned comfortably. It was obvious the room was where most of the investigation would be held.
"Kira killing case castle" Beyond said in English so the rhythm would be obvious.
It would be another hour until the rest of the investigators arrived one by one. Everyone seemed distressed by the new location but they only showed it through the anxious expressions that occupied their faces.
Deciding to get a snack while working, Raito asked L where he could find such an item.
"There is no eating while working", L said and took a spoonful of cake to shove into his mouth.
Watari, despite L's objective, overheard Raito's question and brought a small bag of chips. After opening it, Raito flung a couple chips at L. The black haired detective's hair caught the projectile.
Beyond glanced over and then smiled in his eerie way. Noticing the smile, L looked over at the other detective in order to discover the reason for such amusement. The red and black haired detective pointed at the plain black hair that L possessed.
Reaching up to the spot pointed to, L ran his hand through his hair. Surprisingly, the amusement of Beyond seemed to have also became the pleasure of Raito as well especially when L's hand's motion resulted in a crackle of noise as the chips crunched into trillions of little pieces.
Realizing the situation, L tugged on his left arm and forced Raito to fall out of his seat.
Matsuda interrupted the games to point out an actual part of the Kira case. "Ryuuzaki, someone other than criminals has dyed and the death is being attributed to Kira." Matsuda's comment caught everyone's attention.
Chill out whatcha yelling for?
Lay back, it's all been done before
And if you could only let it be
You will see
Somebody else round everyone else
You're watching your back, like you can't relax
You're trying to be cool, you look like a fool to me
Tell me
Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
and You fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into
honesty
promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no