CHAPTER 15

SECOND KIRA

V'S POV

"So, what do you think, V?" L asked, carefully watching my face for any since if emotion, but I refuse to show any. I could not deny the fact that these tapes were interesting, but . . .

"It is just as I thought," I announced. "This person is obviously trying to have you expose your face on television, and for obvious reasons, too." I frowned as I pulled in another mouthful of chocolate cheese cake and mumbled out the last words. "How boring."

LIGHT'S POV

"It looks like I've even got God in my side now. Well . . ." I turned my eyes to Riuk. ". . . I suppose it's actually and God of Death." He chuckled.

"Seems like it."

"It would appear another Shinigami has come to the human world, and somehow that Shinigami's death note has fallen into the hands of someone who agrees with Kira, and this person most likely has the Shinigami eyes, which makes him very deadly, his power to kill surpasses even mine. One thing is for certain, if I leave things I'm pretty sure L will be finished off within the next four days." This was all good, but I was only pointing out the obvious positives in this situation, the negative was still to come. "However, I can't forgive this imposter for the way he's tarnishing Kira image with these senseless killings. Not to mention that if he slips up and gets caught the death note could be discovered and that I cannot allow. I can't afford to leave him alone for much longer." There was a brief pause as Riuk chuckled. "Therefore, what needs to happen very soon is for me to join the task force. It will allow me keep track of L and this fake Kira."

"Hey, what about that V girl?" he suddenly questioned.

"What about her?"

"She's a criminal, right? Why haven't you tried thinking up some way to kill her yet? It would be interesting to see how you do it when she has no name."

"Riuk, I'm not going to kill her." Didn't he get it?

"Hey, why not?!" he demanded, and I was once again grateful that the rest of my family were incapable of hearing him.

"Because, she may be a well known criminal, but, then again, so am I." I smiled wickedly. "I may be very dangerous and can . . . no, do kill every day, but I had to pick up a note of death to do that, before that I would never have even considered the possibilities of creating a new world, but V . . . she choice to do this on her own. She has nothing to really help her the way I do, but she is still doing it, she is killing criminals by herself, and she has been doing so for years. Though the possibilities of killing ever criminal by herself is impossible, she is still doing it. Though I don't practically agree with the way she kills . . ." I shivered at the thought of her drinking the blood of her victims. ". . . she deserves a taste of the new world as much as I do, if not more." I could just picture it. The castle I would be living in, the golden, marble-like wall and floors, and the throne I would be seated in, and maybe, these will be another one next to it, with my goddess in it. I tried to picture that, too, what I would like my future bride to look like, but all that could be seen was the white-headed beauty with her devilish smirk, just calling me to her through thick waves of plea. . .

I banished the thought. Though she was pretty . . . no, pretty didn't cover it, she was more like, heartbreakingly beautiful, sexy, yes, so sexy, and perfect. She was perfect. But, no matter how perfect she is, I shouldn't be looking that far into the future, it's better if I stay in the present moment and think things through that way.

V'S POV

Kira, would he do this? No, he would never, it is too . . . out of character. Kira would never kill such insignificant criminals just to prove who he was, there would be no need. So . . . there would have to be another Kira. Yes, I have no doubt about that. This other Kira must have killed those kinds of criminals on purpose to be sure that Kira would not get to them first. Kira is not the bad guy in this nor is he the good, but he certainly can gain plenty of fans and admirers, and one of those people could be the other Kira. Besides, Kira would not be able to find time to do all of this; he had a house full of family to avoid suspicion.

"Ryuzaki." Mr. Yagami's regretful-like sigh brought me back to reality. "I'm afraid it's as you thought." He walked closer and sat on the couch as he spoke. "Several of our member countries have weighed in, and it seems they are in favour of having the real L appear on TV." L hardly showed any since that proved he was listening, he just sipped his tea and spoke in a calm voice, as he usually did.

"I think that is the most appropriate choice given the options." I agreed.

"We have time, three days to be exact," I said, taking the sugary cup of tea from L and sipped. "Perhaps we can find some countermeasure." I thought for a second of a way to tell the men about the other Kira, and decided it would be best to use something along the lines of what L way say. "It really would be a shame after all this and L get's kill by the first person to hop onto the Kira wagon." It sounded right, but I am sure L would have used slightly different words.

Matsuda gasp (yes, I have decided it would be best if I refer to him as Matsuda instead of S.B). "V, what do you mean by that?" asked Mr. Yagami.

"I mean to say that I withhold a strong belief that this Kira is not the Kira we have been chasing, this is another Kira." Now, it was not just Matsuda that gasped.

"Another Kira?"

"I . . . I-I don't understand, why do you think there's a copy cat, how did you come to that conclusion?" I smiled at Aizua. I understand why he could not figure it out, he did not have my deductive skills, but I did not like explaining things, in fact I hated it, so . . .

"Why not ask L that same question; I'm sure if he were half the man he claims to be he would have figured it out by now."

L spoke the answer as though I had said nothing. "I looked at the victims he used for his predictions on tape number one; their purpose was to prove to Sakura TV staff that he is Kira." He reached out and began picking the strawberry with him fork. "Both their names were only reported on tabloids and daytime talk shows, so they weren't exactly hardened criminals. The real Kira has no need to prove himself using such insignificant criminal, but from the perspective of the second Kira . . ." He stabbed the strawberry and plunged it into his mouth and continued to talk. ". . . he wanted to be absolutely certain that he didn't predict the death of a criminal that could've been killed by the real Kira first."

"V, Ryuzaki, if you two had to put a number on it, what's the probability of a second Kira?"

"This time I would have to say it's more than–" Just as he was about to tell them I cut in and revealed my estimate.

"95%." They all gasped again, this time, even L.

"Well, I was about to say 70%, but I would like to know how you came up with an estimate so much higher than mine." I looked away from him to the table. Would they mind if I decide to sit on it, it has to be better than the floor, not that I minded the floor, but the table will be a little more suitable nonetheless.

"Well, the way I see it, if Kira even had time to organise all the tapes and post them from such a distant place, then the percentage would be much lower, but with him in his room most of the time, I do not see any other option but another Kira."

"But we don't even know who the real Kira is yet," Matsuda blurted out, almost gaining my attention, but I was too focused on moving L's cake and tea off of the table. "How could you know he was too busy?!" I was tempted to answer; I even stopped everything I was doing to think it through. I wanted to tell them that the only real Kira was the son of Chief Yagami, but if I wanted to stay on his good side than I should never even mention it. So, I chose to ignore the question and, to drop the subject, I continued to climb onto the table and sit in my average position. The looks on their faces were priceless, much like the first time we all meat.

"Is there something wrong?" My voice sounded curious and incessant.

"Umm, no." They were all still staring at me, but it was not with the same expression, this time they were trying to act like I was not even there. It seemed to be a challenge for them. I searched the table carefully, looking for room, but there was only so much of it.

"Hmm, it may be a small table, but I would not mind moving so you can try it if you would like."

"No!" They all yelled at the same time, all but L. I cocked my head to the side, silently questioning them.

"Umm, no thank you, V," Mr. Yagami said, but it sounded more like an apology. "But, I think we would be more comfortable on the couch."

"Oh, but you are wrong, Mr. Yagami," I protest, leaning off to the left so I could get right into his face, and he immediately flinched back. "I find it to be very comfortable, you really should try it."

"Oh, err–"

"I wouldn't mind testing your opinion, V." It was quite unexpected for L of all people to be saying this. I twisted my neck to look at him and determine weather he was just trying to help Mr. Yagami, or if he wanted the subject to be dropped, but the expression he held showed that he was purely curious. So, I moved off the table back onto the floor for him, he stepped on and sat in his usual position. The other men could not hide their priceless expressions this time. "Hmm." He obviously was thinking very hard about this, anyone could tell with the way he was staring up at the ceiling, bitting his thumb nail. Oh, how that reminded me of Beyond. Oh, Beyond, how I missed him. "Yes, it is comfortable, as you said."

"Oh, yes. Anyway." I turned back to Mr. Yagami. "I would like to have your permission to allow your son to help us with the investigation."

"What?" I rolled my eyes and huffed. If there was one thing I would not do right now, it would have to be repeating myself.

"Yes, would that be alright, Mr. Yagami?" L asked, taking my side, as I knew he would. "Your son's deductive skills could be of much use to us."

"Yes," I agreed. "With his help, we might be able to uncover the other Kira sooner rather than later, and when we do, we could use the information we gather from them to capture the real Kira, too." He stared at me for a moment, and I thought he was going to answer right there, but he turned to L.

"If you want my son to join the task force, does that mean you no longer suspect him?" Of course.

"Well, I can't say he's been completely cleared but, as V said, with his help, we might be able to uncover the other Kira soon rather than later." He looked down, slightly disappointed with the answer, but answered my own question anyway.

"If my son wants to co-operate with you I have no reason to prevent it."

"Thank you, Mr. Yagami," I murmured, smiling up at him. "But, do not tell him about the other Kira; I would be very interested in how fast he could work it out himself."

He forced a smile back. "I understand." I nodded and was about to tell L to move from my new favourite spot, but he spoke up before I had the chance.

"I think that maybe, the people that died in front of V and me on the road could have been test subjects. The people were incessant, and they were both healthy, according to their medical files." The other Kira? No, it was a Shinigami! I wanted to tell L that, but, I was unsure of what he would do. He, and the rest of the men, would be very angry that I had not mentioned this earlier, and it would immediately reargue the possibility of gaining their trust, so, I remained silent.

"Umm, V?" Mr. Yagami spoke up again. "I didn't get to properly thank you." Thank me? That got my attention. It was quite rare that I got thanked. "If it weren't for you, I'm afraid to imagine what could have happened. I might have had to shoot that man to get those tapes, so, thank you, I don't know if I could live with myself if I were to kill someone." I doubted he would have shot him anyway, tapes or not, and the man would have been far too cowardly to not give him the tapes, but still, I was grateful for his gratefulness.

"You are welcome."

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