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Misa's eyes brimmed with tears, a silent scream had lodged it's way into her throat and she looked like absolute hell through every single word I spoke.

But it worked.

Misa couldn't say anything she was so overcome with regret and betrayal that she couldn't even speak and I had to force myself to do this to the poor girl. But it really worked.

"Light..." She choked out.

"Now do you know why I told you? Rem here is going to stay with you Misa and make sure you don't hurt yourself. I just needed you to know the truth so you didn't kill yourself tomorrow" The blonde nodded weakly in a delayed response.

I stood up from the living room I had brought her over to and strayed to the door just as I felt a large bony hand grasp my shoulder.

Turning around, I looked at Rem a final time. "Mizuki... Thank you for keeping your promise..."

I glanced over at the shaking girl huddled on the couch. "Don't worry. Saving lives here is what I'm good at"

And I left without another word.


I yawned, bringing my hand to my mouth in a stretch.

"Chouko. Get in" Aizawa ordered from the rolled down driver seat. I waved along and shut the door behind me in the backseat. I gave Light a fake nod of assurance just as Aizawa started driving. Rain continued to pelt down on the windshield as we drove down the road towards Daikoku Wharf, the buildings that passed by looked like smudges of grey and black while my mind was concentrated on how this would play out.

I almost looked panicked when Light tapped my shoulder to remind me that we had arrived.

Aizawa, who had left to check out the building, opened Light's car door with an indifferent look on his face.

"There's no mistake, Near's inside. I checked it out. Alright, let's do this" He stated firmly.

When Light moved to the rusty sliding door I could see flashes of all I'd done in my time spent here. The things I've done. The people I've saved. All strange hues comprised in that single moment in time.

And then I saw them.

The SPK were all lined behind two figures, the first wearing a hidden mask. It was a lookalike of L. Stray puppets lined the floor of the two crouching albinos with some being noticeably akin to the people in those flashes.

I smiled at the sight of Yuki and she returned it gleefully.

An uneasy silence hung in the air with the worn auburn fan making it's screeching noises to cut through the think tension. My muscles were tense and ready, itching for the fight yet to come.


It took all of my self-control not to fling into the arms of my sister who I hadn't seen in over a month.

"Akio? Is that you?" Resentment crawled at the edges of Aizawa's voice at my 'betrayal'.

"Yep! Good to see you guys again!" I waved childishly at the stunned faces of the task force.

Matsuda looked like he was trying to avoid my line of sight entirely. "Hey, hang on. Am I the only one who sees something wrong? Near can go around accusing people of being Kira but the fact the he's wearing a mask says that he's only trying to protect himself. Not anyone else!" The once happy-go-lucky rookie pointed an accusing finger at the little robot next to me.

He tapped his mask. "It's just a precaution. There's a good possibility that Kira has already seen the faces of everyone in the warehouse except for mine. In fact he might be writing down your names as we speak. So I'd like to wait for one hour-no... make it thirty minutes. That should give us more then enough time to see if anyone is being controlled before they die"

Matsuda grit his teeth. "What!? You're just gonna wait around to see if we die!?"

My eyes bore into his. "Don't worry Matsu. This goes for everyone, including the members of the SPK. Better safe then sorry right?" I smirked.

He stuttered aimlessly before quieting down. That started the countdown. During those boring thirty minutes I had nothing better to do then screw with Near like always. For instance I had fun with playing with the annoying twit's soft white curls hidden behind the mask then moving my hand out of the way when he swatted at me to stop, then immediately returning to doing just that. Somehow it kept me entertained.

"Near! It's already been over thirty minutes and nothing has happened yet!" Matsuda exclaimed, jerking my attention away from the white locks of hair, whipping my head around in surprise.

"Of course not. That's because Kira isn't here with us" Light smoothly responded.

Near's masked head tilted upward. "Very well. Everyone seems to be safe... I'll remove my mask now" Before he could reached behind his head I did so for him, ripping off the mask gently. Near kept silent, looking up at the task force with that disturbing smile of his.

Just then I heard something on the roof screech and groan. An extra beam of greyish light was cast down from the ceiling as a rope was thrown in it's wake.

Well, a rope. And then a person.

Caught halfway down and gripping onto the end of the rope for dear life, was Mello himself.

"Dammit Matt! Put me down!" The blonde barked worriedly.

A friendly voice chuckled above. "Sorry!"

The task force was speechless to say the least.

"Mello..." Light muttered dangerously.

"And his best friend Matt!" Matt cheered as he inched down the rope, slowed by his injuries.

I grinned like a fox at the arrival of the trio. Once Matt safely landed on the ground Amaya came recklessly speeding down the rope, almost breaking her neck while doing so.

"I thought you died in that fire..." Light said with as little suspicion as possible.

Mello smirked. "I had some help" He looked to his partner who was dusting off her short shorts.

Near turned to his rival counterpart. "Now that everyone has been revealed I believe that it's time to welcome X-Kira" He smugly suggested.

The Task Force gasped in horror. "What?" Ide cried.

"Mello used an unknown route to gain entry because X-Kira doesn't know of it. That means the only way he can enter is through that door. He will either walk inside or at the very least peek through. When that happens you shouldn't make any move to stop him"

"What are you saying? This doesn't make any sense!" Matsuda waved his hands in futility. "What are you trying to tell us Near? That some other guy is going to drop by with the notebook, poke his head in and kill us all!?"

Ide joined in. "And you want us to sit back here and let it happen!?"

Near stared at his finger puppets. "Yes. If someone comes into the warehouse through that door, just let him in without resisting. If the door opens slightly then act as if you don't notice anyone there"

"But- But that's just crazy!" Matsuda tried.

With the X-Kira puppet resting on his index finger Near tapped it on the idiotic Kira puppet. "He's already here!"

Everyone's head snapped to the doorway while Light's eyes twitched madly. I heard a feint sound of Mikami chanting "delete!" over and over again while the other residents of the room were thrown into a panic.

Matsuda immediately reached for his gun, only to be stopped when Mello aimed his Beretta 92 at his head and the rest of the SPK followed suit, guns all aiming for one another. "Don't do anything!" Gevanni ordered.

"Everything is fine! You won't die!" Near informed. I was amazed at hearing Near's voice anything higher then a mutter.

Mogi didn't lower his firearm. "How can you be so sure Near?"

The broken genius lifted up a tiny model of a book. "Because I modified the notebook" The Task Force's eyes widened. "We retook possession of the notebook and replaced the pages. The person behind the door has been doing the killings for Kira. He has also been using exactly one page every day. Based on that I was able to replace the page he would use today as well as all subsequent pages so that way no one else would die"

Once the chanting had ceased Near continued. "On the other side of that door is X-Kira. My guess is in roughly forty seconds he'll look inside to see if we're dead. That's when we'll restrain him and seize the notebook. Whoever's name is not written down must be Kira"

As I intently stared at Light I could see his lips form into a disturbing smile and watched his body shake with suppressed laughter.

His sanity officially snapped.

With every creak of the tawny fan the door slip open bit by bit.

"You there, outside, have you finished writing down our names in the notebook?" Light failed to hide his malevolent grin.

Mikami's slick tone echoed from the doorway. "Yes. I've written them"

Mello kept looking behind him in a dark corner of the warehouse, not paying much attention to the more pressing concern. "Don't you think it's rather odd?" Near mused.

"Hmm?" Light's shaky voice questioned.

Mello filled in for Near. "Why would X-Kira answer you so obediently and calmly?" Mello observed.

"Who knows? Maybe he's just honest. Or confident that he'll succeed or perhaps he's seen through your brilliant plan" He responded.

It was like Matsuda had regained his lost innocent voice. "If that's true then we're in big trouble"

I smirked. "Come on out Mikami!"

Near rolled his eyes. "Would you please join us? If you've already written down our names then there shouldn't be anything to be afraid of. You can come right on in"

My violet-eyed sister echoed Near's voice. "Mikami, we won't hurt you" She said teasingly.

"Mikami was it? He's correct. There's no reason to hide from us, you can come in" I could imagine the curled lips of the Kira worshiper.

At Light's words the door was instantly opened with a worn out shrill. With a wide simper and the notebook clutched desperately to his chest Mikami revealed himself.

"How many seconds has it been sense you wrote down the first name?" Light said egotistically.

Mikami raised his watch close to his gleeful face.

"30 seconds..." I looked over at Mizuki.

"31..." She locked eyes with me.

"32..." Amaya glanced over from Mizuki to me.

"33..." We all nodded in unison.

"34..." I glared at Light for the last time.

"35..." I turned to Mello and Matt.

"36..." Quietly, I moved closer to Near.

"37..." He took my hand in his.

"38..." I squeezed it for reassurance.

"39..." Light smiled widely. "Well Near, looks like I win"

"40!"

-End of Chapter 61-