CHAPTER 16

THE EYES

V'S POV

"Okay, you ready, Matsuda?" I asked.

"Umm, yeah." I smiled at his hesitation, but also felt a little disappointed, for this was going to be a very short game.

"Alright then, you go first." When I had joined the task force I knew I would be in for a surprise or two, but I had not anticipated the fact that I would play Snap with Matsuda of all people. Snap is a popular card game involving two or more players and a deck of cards. The players would divide the cards equally before beginning the game so they have their own fair amount. The first card is flipped the right side up on the table/floor so all players could see, each person taking turns in flipping their own card, until one of them flips a card that is the same as the one that was flipped right before it, making a pare, then the players have to snap their hands on the pile, and the first to do so will get to keep it, and the game would continue on until the players have lost their cards to the winner. Simple, I used to play this with the boys, mainly Near; in fact, he was the one to introduce me to it.

Matsuda flipped his first card over. Red Queen of hearts. My turn. Black King of hearts. His turn. Black King of hearts. Snap! I flung my hand out so fast it blurred, making Matsuda flinch back in surprise.

"I win." Too easy. We continued to play, and I continued to win every round until he lost all his cards. In the game I had considered letting Matsuda win one round, but decided against it when one simple fact came to mind. I never get beaten, there for, I never loos.

A little while later, Kira arrived. This will be interesting. "Thank you, Light," L said, holding out his hand to shake Kira's.

"Not at all, after all I want to catch Kira as much as you do, Riuga." Again with the Riuga. I really do hate that name, such a ridiculous alias, and I never really like Riuga the pop star ether, but, at least that was not L's really name. At least, I hope it is not.

"I'll have to ask that you call me Ryuzaki here." Yes, I preferred Ryuzaki, but I do wish L had been more creative, he had stolen the alias idea from an old friend of mine, and I do not appreciate that, but, I am sure he had a valid reason.

"I'm Matsui," Matsuda greeted cheerfully.

"I'm Ihra."

"And I'm Usie."

"Yes, of course." Kira turned back to L, his polite smile still in place. "Then perhaps I should call myself Light Usie?"

"Yes, please do. To keep things simple from this point on I'll call you Light."

"Yes," I agreed, looking from Kira to L, then back to Kira. "I think I will also refer to you as Light."

"Umm, alright, but what do I call you?" I smirked at him. This was just going to be played over and over, was it not?

"You can call me whatever you want." He snickered. Does he want my name so he could kill me? He should know better than to do it right away after I were to tell him, but I should be safe, it would be a little hard to kill someone with a name and face when that person has no name, but it should not be too difficult for the other Kira to kill me with only a face. I began plunging through that thought. How does the other Kira kill with only a face when the first still needs a name? That was when a thought struck me. What if this Kira . . . had what my dear friend had (or has, depending on whether or not he is still alive)?! Could it really be?! I have to confirm this possibility with L! After Kira has watched the tape, of course.

I felt a small pull from my wrist, and found it was L tugging lightly on the chain. "Umm, V, are you coming?"

"Yes, yes, I was just thinking." He tilted his head to the left, studding me curiously, then turned back to observe Light who was watching the tape. I want to see this; it would be interesting to see his reaction. He will either conform the fact that there is another Kira, or he will keep quiet about it, making it easier for him to get rid of L with the fact that he does not know that we are aware of another Kira. I just hope none of the others give it away with facile expressions of body actions.

"So," L said. Do not say anything revealing! "What do you make of this, Light, have you come to any conclusions?" Oh no. No, no, no, no, no! I wanted to do something, anything, hit his even, just to put an end to that stare he gave Kira. He was making it obvious! Kira will see it is a test, and he will do anything to–

"It's hard to say for sure, but there might be another person out there with Kira's power," Kira announced after standing up from the chair. Damn it L! You fool! You ignorant, selfish, stupid, STUPID fool! You gave it away! I had a chance at evidential proof against Kira, and you just BLEW IT! Who would have guessed you of all people would do this, is it not your job to catch the criminal? I suppose I should not be surprised, for if Kira is even half as ruthless as I, than you have no chances at success, you would most like end up dead if I had not decided you were better off alive. I frowned in great disappointment and sat on the floor, my back resting against the right side of the chair, hiding me from the eyes of the two people I did not want to see. They continued talking, but I payed no mind, I did not want to hear it, I just wanted to dwell in my own disappointment and misery.

"Umm, V?" Go away, Kira. "V, did you hear any of that?" Go away, Kira. "V, can you hear me?" Go. Away. KIRA!

"Err, Light, I'm not so comfortable with you waving your hand in front of her like that," Mr. Yagami said firmly. Waving a hand? I blinked a few times, shaking my head lightly, bringing myself back to reality. I noticed Kira's hand for only a second before he pulled it back, my eyes following its movement until they settled on him face.

"No, Light, I was not." Aizawa grumbled. He clearly wanted to comment on my answer, but would not do it in front of Kira.

"Oh, well allow me to explain," Kira said politely. "I have deduced that there is a second Kira, so to leer him in we'll send a tape, I playing the role of the original Kira." Well, this will be interesting, Kira playing the role as Kira.

"Ryuzaki, does this look okay? I think I managed to make it believable," Kira said, handing a piece of paper to L, but I would not have that, I wanted to see it first, so, I snatched it out of his grasp.

"Thank you, Light," I said politely, attempting to mimic L's words from when he shook Kira's hand. I began to unfold the paper, but L took it, and before we knew it, we were fighting over a sheet of paper. In all honesty, I do not think it was the paper we were fighting over, it felt like we were fighting over power, fighting for the most demonists. I did not want him to win, but I had to let him, or he might just lock me up. But I wanted to read it, so I did the one thing that could be done, I snatched the paper, ran behind Kira, quietly unfolded the paper and read through it at light speed, finishing just as L took it back, and I just pretended I had not had the time to read. I rather like the speech, but the end part about L dying really should be taken out.

"Umm, okay, so what do you think?"

"Hmm, I think you did an excellent job with this, but if we don't emit the part that says you are free the kill L, I'm gonna end up dead." Kira laughed out loud. It was a rather nice laugh; I only wished I could hear it when it was really his. This laugh was fake, it was not real, this was Kira putting on the act of Light Yagami's laugh, so it was not his laugh, or even Light's laugh. In my opinion no one can copy someone's emotions. Laughter is a sign of happiness and amusement, and someone as dark as Kira could never perfect laughter owned by such a young, incessant, care-free boy. Such a waste of a descant human being. Though he probably is not, for a descant human would not even consider killing. Someone like . . . L. Yes he captures criminals and sends them to their death, but at least he does not do it for power like Kira. Kira holds the power in his hands; L carries the will in his heart. And that is what makes him the better man, no, person out of all of us.

"Sorry, I guess I got carried away playing the part, I figured if I were him I would probably demand that you be killed. I was improvising, feel free to change it to whatever you like."

"That sounds good."

In no time we had the tape sent to several T.V stations and they willingly played them, and in ever shorter amount of time the other Kira responded. Hmm, eager are we?

"Kira," that deep voice came from L computer. "thank you for your reply, please do not worry I will follow orders and do as you say." I smiled a silent of my own for mine and L's success. "I really want to meat you. I don't think you have the eyes, but you don't have to worry I would never try to kill you." The eyes. The EYES! That confirms it; this other Kira has what my friend had! "That's a promise." The eyes, the eyes. I could not hear anything, I could not even full focus on the tape anymore, this Kira has the eyes! This Kira has the thing My friend had, the thing I has, for so long now, wanted. I had only considered my friend lucky when he had them, but I never considered how deadly they could be! This Kira could–

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" L yelled. That was hardly enough to bring me out of my thoughts, but being pulled onto the ground when he fell off his chair was.

"Shh-Shinigami. Am I supposed to believe that that Shinigami actually exist?"

"Th-the eyes." At first i was confused as to who owned that voice; it took a whole second for me to figure it out. It was mine. "The eyes, the eyes, the eyes." I was gasping, falling into a panic. "The eyes, the eyes, the eyes, the eyes, THE EYES!" I was screaming now, and no one could stop me. This person, no this monster, has the eyes, the same eyes my friend had, the eyes Beyond Birthday had.

Hello, thank you for reading. I just want to say I am sorry if I spelt a Japanese word wrong, and I just thought you should all know I am trying to make Kira as little OC as possible, but one way or another he will end up liking V, and V is NOT a vampire. Sorry.