Mizu: Make way my readers, make way

Ameko: For we are here. At the end of all things

Mizu: NOW. The ending shall be making you scream and throw your head against the wall in frustration

Ameko: But there is a specific reason for this!

Mizu: My loyal readers, I hope you have faith in me to bring you a satisfying sequel

Ameko: NO SKIPPING AHEAD TO THE END! YOU'RE GONNA BE KICKING YOURSELF FOR IT!

Ameko: Now with that over, let's get to the reviews

Kairi4ever15: xD I have a schedule planned for this. It's that after this is finished I want to reqrite my attack on titan fanfiction before the second season of the show comes out but I don't wanna leave you guys deprived of Into The WorLd for that long. I think what I'm going to do is make a collection of one-shots and funny panels to hack off my writers block and provide you with more content. And I think one of them will be everyone having a party at Light's death, and then shinigami Light up there in the shinigami realm will just say "...fk you guys..."

I'm going to call it, "During the Gap" or "Into The WorLd of One-shots and Skits"

Your thoughts?

ArcticHuntress: *grins evily* Yep.

Pikamewgirl: I'll give it a shot. First I need to finish Hellsing Ultimate and then I gotta finish Death Parade (It's a dark show! Seriously! Don't be fool- Everybody! Put your hands up!

FireFox1313: That describes my reaction after getting close to the end of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. And I need to watch both of those!

MickeyLOLgirl: Ooohhhh Yes we are. Everyone needs to have that 'talk' eventually...

ChrisYagami: What work?

Lavish22: (chapter 36) Believe it or not, Near is 17-18 years old! O.o He's like Honey-senpai from OHSHC! And yes... Let us just see how that plays out

Lavish22: (chapter 61) It will be coming out... I'll tell you later (hehe~!)

JaceSienna98: Aww don't worry! HERE YOU GO MY DEAR!

Nifawiwa: All good things must come to an end, sadly... Well, it does reflect their personality, and while Near is serious by nature and L was aware of the importance, Mello didn't want to see how he died and the details so he's still confident in his own abilities, that's why their so chill. Ahh yes, I have decided to go with the "UNLESS" portion. I'll check out One Punch Man, and I'm really into anime like Death Note (obviously) an- you know what, just go check out my Myanimelist account. I have them all there c: Byeeee~!

scaggsdr: Perhaps they may not be given a choice... Ohhhh I'm so evil...

Mizu: Let us begin

Ameko: Roll the chapter!


"40!" Mikami shouted, his voice echoing across the building.

Silence built up the tension like building blocks, almost as if someone was stretching a rubber band and the elastic was storing to snap.

Matsuda whimpered in unsure relief, slowly relaxing his death grip on his head.

"W-We're still alive... It's been over a minute and... we haven't died" Matsuda stared at his own hands like he didn't expect them to be there. I turned to look at the dumbfounded brunette, stepping back over to Near's side of the room.

Seemingly ignoring my presence, Near continued. "Didn't I already tell you all that nobody was going to die?"

Yuki smirked. "They just can't listen to reason, I suppose"

"W-Why.. Why won't they die!?" Mikami looked over to Light, desperately. "God! I-I did everything you told me!"

I had never heard Near's voice above a mutter in this world so I couldn't help but be surprised when he shouted, "Rester! Gevanni! Take him now!"

The two burly agents ran over to the prosecutor, Gevanni locking his arm around his neck while Rester handcuffed his hands with the shiny metal handcuff. A section of the notebook fell from the black binding.

Near held up his hand. "Gevanni, the notebook please" Amaya made a small sound of relief.

"If you didn't believe me earlier then see for yourselves" I gulped at seeing our real names on the paper. "I can confirm that the first five names are the real members of the SPK. Now, would you all agree?" Near looked at us, a twinge of victory overcame his ashfallen eyes"

Nate River Yuki Kurozuki Mizuki Kurozuki Amaya Tukiko Mihael Keehl Mail Jeevas Anthony Carter Stephen Loud Halle Bullook

"Yeah... My real name is Mizuki Kurozuki" Amaya shoved her hands in her hoodie pockets.

She cleared her throat. "My name is Amaya Tukiko"

Unwillingly, Mello confirmed. "Okay, of course that's our real names"

"The only person who's name is not written down is Light Yagami" Light's expression darkened, glaring heavily at the albino.

Mello walked beside Near, "He also called you God. And when Mikami stopped counting you said that you had won. There's no clawing your way out of this grave" The blonde said dangerously.

"It's settled" Light hyperventilated in shock.

His eyes shrunk to pinpricks. "IT'S A TRAP! THIS WHOLE THING IS A SET-UP! THIS IS ALL PART OF NEAR'S PLAN JUST TO FRAME ME! IS'NT IT A LITTLE ODD THAT NOBODY DIED AFTER HAVING THEIR NAME WRITTEN IN THE NOTEBOOK!? THIS PROVES IT'S A TRAP!" Light struggled endlessly.

Near had remained calm and collected, still in his hunched over position similar to L's. "I believe I already told you that no one would die because I modified the notebook"

"No- You..." Light grasped at straws.

I grinned wildly, an insane smile that reflected, showing all of our effort and all of our plans had come together. We had won.

"Well, I think it's a good of a time as any" I spoke up. Light's eyes flashed with a ray of hope that I had come to his aid. "Lawli! You can come out now!" Everyone with the exception of Yuki and Amaya's group all looked to me in a weak confusion.

Seemingly from the shadowy corner Two almost identical figures melted into view.

"Light... It seems that your time is up" L looked up with a determined furrow of non-existent brows. Beyond on the other hand, was wearing a disturbing grin and fidgeting with his hand over his pocket.

Gasps erupted from both sides, mainly from the SPK but I could still see that Near had dropped the packet of foe paper, bringing his hand to his mouth in a broken gasp.

"No... NO NO NO! YOU DIED! I SAW YOU DIE!" Light's expression grew terrified.

L turned to Near and Mello. "I must thank you both. I feel as if my choice to choose you both as my successors was the right choice. You've made me proud..." L murmured stoically.

"..L..." Near choked.

My lover's gaze fell back to the white-haired detective alone. "Yes Near, I'm sorry for not contacting you sooner but I feared that it would have had negative side effects.

From what Yuki told me I thought that Near could barely walk. But in moment L stopped talking the successor jolted from his position and ran to clutch L tightly, like if he let go L would fade away in a mist.

"How... how are you..." Near muttered.

"Ryuzaki!" Matsuda called in glee, looking torn between staying on Light's side or the one with his previously thought to be dead boss. Beyond's gaze had narrowed on Mikami and I remembered the job I said he would take.

L leaned closer to the ground, ruffling the astonished teen's hair affectionately. "On the day of my intended death Mizuki was able to strike a deal with Rem the shinigami for a bargain. My life was to be spared in exchange for Misa Amane's guaranteed safety. She agreed. Mizuki and Watari prepared my drink with a paralysis drug, as I fell I used a well hidden crush ball that, when applied enough pressure, temporarily cut off my pulse"

The suspended happiness that L had presented the task force with was dissolved as the fact that Light was kira slowly sunk in, hitting Matsuda the most. With a frown I strode over to the happy go lucky rookie and took away the gun hidden in his coat, preventing him from shooting Light. He shouldn't have to carry that burden.

The weight of his greatest enemy being alive and that he had been defeated made Light gasp and yell at the same time. "S-STOP IT!" He screamed, tearing across the room, tripping on his own feet, clutching the metal wall with horror.

L looked down to Near who was still clutching the hand of the sleep-deprived ravenette. "Near, please know that it is nice to see you as well but for now I think that it's best of you explain how you won" Near let go of L's hand like it gave him an electric shock. "I-I apologize..." L gave that adorable rare smile, looking down at the boy he had longed to see for so long. "It is alright. You don't need to apologize"

Near nodded and turned back to the groups, honing his gaze on Light. "Light... Just a moment ago you believed that everyone here was going to die and you might have been right. We did exactly what you thought we'd do and modified the fake notebook in Mikami's possession. However, when I said before that we had modified the notebook I was in fact referring to the real notebook as well as the fake. We only switched part of the fake notebook but in terms to the real one... We replaced the entire thing" Near unbuttoned the first button of his shirt, reaching inside to hold up the black notebook. "This one right here is the real one"

"I-Impossible!" Light shouted, his gaze narrowing from me, to Near, to L.

He set the two copies side by side. "We used the same pen that Mikami used, copied his handwriting perfectly, and made the inside and outside of our fake look exactly like the original. Gevanni was able to do it in a single night" Gevanni glowed with pride at his masterful handiwork.

"Of course, because I had touched the real notebook before coming, I have been able to see the shinigami as well" Near stared directly at Ryuk. "It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Shinigami. My name is Near"

Ryuk cackled. "Hehehe... Nice to meet you too, my name is Ryuk" Near blinked, unfazed at the god of death before him.

"Some of the edges of this notebook's pages are torn. Tell me, if someone's name was written on a ripped off piece of paper would they still die?" Near asked curiously.

The shinigami waved his hand. "Oh yeah, 'course they would"

"I thought so. I bet you were able to use that to you advantage?" The sheep echoed.

Yuki leaned on the standing boy. "Look at that! You're standing!" She grinned.

He sighed in a mixture of both agitation and affection for the matching albino. "Yuki..."

"I'm joking... Oh yeah he used it to his advantage. That's how Higuchi died. He hid a piece and wrote his name in blood without anyone knowing!" I was unaware that, as if reminded of something, Light looked down at his watch.

Near looked downward, sitting back down on the floor, his knees weak from just the amount of energy it took for them to stand. "I wonder how many people you've really killed..."

I saw Yuki look back at Light. "You know Light. My dad was shot by a criminal. My mom was pregnant with me at the time so I never even got to meet him. When I saw you killing off criminals at first I was happy. But then I realized that my sister has killed before just to keep us alive. Most of those criminals only broke the law because they had to! You were killing off innocent people who just needed to stay alive! But now... I honestly don't think you care about the criminals... You just wanted to play God..." I was amazed at Yuki's out of nowhere rant, a pang hit my heart as I remembered what it was like. Yuki asking me questions about a father I barely knew. Her asking our mother who had spoken no more then a few sentences since she saw her daughter become a killer and her husband become a corpse.

The brown eyed serial killer glared heavily at Mikami in suspicion. As if reading his thoughts, Near interrupted his internal debate.

"You're wrong. It was all thanks to Mello..." Light staggered in the view of the scarred blonde.

Near picked up the real notebook. "Please take a look at this page in the death note" Written in quick, bold letters was Kiyomi Takada.

"G-God... you told me you couldn't move freely! I-I had to make sure Takada was taken care of!"

"You Idiot! I gave you strict orders not to make any unnecessary movements until today!" Light shouted at his loyal follower.

Near rested his hand on his pulled up knee. "It's all true. On the 26th right after takada's kidnappings were broadcast on the news, Mikami went to the bank" Gevanni fixated his deep pools of silver to the dark haired prosecutor.

"I've been trailing him. I knew he went to the bank every month on the 25th so it was odd for someone so methodical to go to the bank twice in two days. I followed Mikami to the bank as he headed to the safe deposit boxes. It was only at this time that he seemed concerned that someone was following him or not. I got into his safe deposit box, inside was the real notebook. Sure enough, Takada's name had already been written inside it" Gevanni explained to the red-handed killer.

Mello pulled out a chocolate bar from his coat. "Mikami decided to move on his own. Of course, I already had killed her but Mikami had no idea. That was where you lost" Gevanni nodded at the ex-mafia boss.

Amaya leaned closer. "Do you get it now? You didn't fathom the idea that Mikami would ever disobey you and write in the death note. Because you had already thought she was dead. Then when we got to the SPK to patch Matt up from the bullet shot I explained to Near the exact time I made the call so he was able to put the pieces together"

The albino twiddled his hair with his fingers. "This was the event that made me consider the possibility of a fake notebook. We were able to stop you thanks to the efforts of one person. it was Mello who did it all" Mello was unsure of how to react to his hated rival praising him for victory.

Halle's gaze flashed over to Mello with a strange fondness and relief that he was still alive. "I suspect that you knew that you were going to die? Right Mello?"

Shaking his head to clear the wandering thoughts, Mello nodded. "I knew I was going to die. Amaya knew it too. So while I was busy trying to accomplish my necessary goal she tried to save our lives" Amaya grinned, pecking the red scratchy scar on his cheek.

"We knew that if we continued working separately we would never be able to beat you and surpass our mentor L" I smiled, softly jabbing at L's chest with my elbow. Turning to his teacher Near flashed his unsettling smile. "Together we were able to beat the Kira that I had thought defeated L... But it turns out that not even you could beat him. And that was because of you second mistake"

I tilted my head, confused at this 'second' weakness that Near was talking about, until he looked at me.

Nodding in thanks I drilled my triumphant violet spheres into Light. "You always thought of me like a neutral party, never taking one side. After all, I knew you were Kira and I knew about the death note and I knew L's true name and could kill him at any time. You though that I was just enjoying the show. You never suspected that I had been against you the whole time" I smirked at Light's look of absolute fear, taking L's hand in mine.

Mello turned to me. "I've been wondering something... If you knew about Light being Kira and had the evidence to prove it then why didn't you say so from the start?" I looked downward, thinking of Zeeron and his chilling words. "Just keep it entertaining or I'll just start over again..."

Locking he gaze of Mello's I replied, "Because I was sent here. And he's found a way to spectate this from far away since the start. If I ended his little show too quickly then he would have killed all of us, taken Light's death note, and then watch it all over again" I stated vaguely.

Mello knew who I was talking about, Amaya must have told him, and accepted it, however, Aizawa did not.

"What!? Who the hell is this guy!?" Aizawa demanded.

"I can't say that. Just accept that he could kill us with the snap of a fingers because he's had a death note for many, many years and knows all of our real names. If I tell you who it is then he'll kill us" I lied to him by telling him the truth.

Near had stared at me with suspicion before turning back to Light with the puppets of L, Himself, Mello, Yuki, and I all on each of his fingertips. "So Kira... I'm interested to see if you can talk you way out of this one"

Light grit his teeth with a strained mind, racing at the speed of road runner, trying to find out how to escape.

And then...

His bone chilling laugh of insanity spread out through the building. His eyes glowing a bright red and his lips curling up into a disturbing smile.

Light drew in a sharp intake of breath before declaring softly, "That's right..."

"I am Kira"

-End of Chapter 62-