Five-year-old Kai stood behind his mother, staring at L.
"Melina, perhaps you should have Sayu watch Kai and Keitaro while we discuss this particular issue."
"Alright, come on Kai, let's go see Aunt Sayu."
Melina called Sayu and a few minutes later she was sitting outside the headquarters waiting for them.
"Thank you so much for watching them on such short notice."
"Oh, it's no problem at all."
Melina handed Keitaro to Sayu.
"Alright Kai, you be good for Aunt Sayu ok?"
"Ok mom."
Melina walked back in the building. An hour later Kai picked up the phone at his aunt's house to listen in on the conversation she was having with his mom.
"L found evidence…Light is Kira."
"Oh no, not Light!"
"Unfortunately yes…L apprehended him a few minutes ago with the help of Mello…he plans on giving him the death sentence."
Kai hung up the phone.
Daddy's Kira? He thought to himself, why would he do bad things like that? Killing people is wrong! I thought he was working to keep people from doing bad things…
Kai shook himself back to reality and pulled out his phone.
Eleven forty-five pm huh? Guess I should start heading back now…
Kai stood and stretched as he thought.
"'Night dad, guess I'll see you later."
He walked away from the gravestone and headed back towards the headquarters.
He shivered and shoved his hands in his pockets.
Someone's following me…he turned around and didn't see anything. He turned back around to face the barrel of a gun.
Dang it!
"Where'd you get a gun Shinobu?"
"Shut up."
What the heck can I do? I can't kill him, that would make me even more suspicious and I don't know what he's going to do…heck, I don't even know if he knows how to work a gun!
"Look…Shinobu just take it easy alright? No need to get violent…"
Hmmm…this could actually work to my advantage…I just need to play my cards right…
Kai lifted his hands and took a step back.
"Now, what's all this about Shinobu?"
"I hear your old man was Kira."
"That…may or may not be true…"
"My dad was in prison for a crime he didn't commit…Kira killed my dad."
"And this includes me how?"
"Your dad killed my dad, so I'm gonna kill you."
"Yeah…that makes perfect sense…"
Kai took a step forward and attempted pushed the gun away from him with his left hand. Shinobu pushed against Kai's hand and shot Kai in the shoulder and Kai fell to the ground. Shinobu dropped the gun and stared at Kai. Then he turned and bolted in the opposite direction. Kai cursed through his teeth and pressed the button on his belt.
Matt jumped as the alarm on the computer went off.
"Crap! L, Kai's belt is sending out a distress signal."
Mello, L, and Near turned slowly to look at Matt.
"I'm serious…"
"It would appear so," L flipped off the alarm and handed the keys to Matt.
"Matt, you drive, Mello, call the police and an ambulance. I assume we're going to need it."
Matt pulled up next to the sidewalk where Kai was laying.
Mello let out a low whistle, "maybe we will need that ambulance…"
They got out of the car and Matt and Mello helped Kai sit up while L inspected his wound.
"It seems that he hit a crucial artery…"
L began to clean and bandage the wound.
"Who shot you?"
"That idiot Shinobu."
Matt looked at Kai, confused, "but I thought his deal was picking on Keitaro, surely he…Kai?"
Kai blacked out in the middle of Matt's sentence. Mello cursed under his breath. The ambulance arrived with the police right behind them and the emergency medical technicians took over making sure Kai was ok.
How strange, even when Kai was faced with possible death, he didn't kill Shinobu. He could have easily made his death look like it was not out of the ordinary. Though, I suppose getting shot could work to his advantage. He could gain sympathy from others…but why would he go so far? That shot could have killed him if it had been even slightly off. I don't believe Kai would go to those lengths simply to gain sympathy—he might risk the life…or even kill someone he seems close to intentionally but not himself. This doesn't seem to fit his personality. Perhaps he isn't Kira…at least at the moment. L thought through this as Matt talked with the police and Mello attempted not to be recognized by them.
One of the younger EMTs walked up to him, "is he your son?"
L nodded.
"He's going to be fine; he'll need surgery to fix the artery and his collarbone and he'll be sore for quite a while but after that he should be back to normal. He should be able to go back to school in a couple of weeks."
"Thank you, we will follow you to the hospital."
"Hanataro!"
The young EMT turned around and an older EMT gestured for him to come back to the ambulance. He ran over, got in the back, and shut the door. L got in the car and Matt and Mello took the hint and got in the car as well.
Kai lay in the hospital bed, flipping through the TV channels with the remote in his right hand and his left arm in a sling.
I wonder how long it'll take before Yori finds out what happened…
He sighed and set down the remote.
A nurse walked in the room, "Yagami-san, you have a visitor."
He sat up, "who is it?"
Keitaro walked in and the nurse left the room.
"Hey Kai, how're you feeling?"
"I'm alright, don't worry about me."
Keitaro pulled a chair up to Kai's right side and sat down.
He looked at Kai's shoulder, "I knew Shinobu was a jerk but…I never thought he'd go this far…"
Kai smiled and put a hand on Keitaro's shoulder, "don't worry about it Keitaro. You won't have to worry about him anymore."
Keitaro's breath caught in his throat.
What does he mean by that? Shinobu will be arrested so he could easily kill him without it being out of the ordinary…but he doesn't have the notebook does he?
L walked in and sat in the chair next to Keitaro. He opened his mouth to say something but before he could Yori burst in the room.
"Oh my gosh, Kai! Are you ok?"
She hugged him tightly.
"Ah! Ow, Yori let go!"
She let go automatically, "I am so sorry! I was just so worried about you!"
He sighed, if she wasn't so useful I swear…
Yori sat on the bed, sitting on the remote and turning up the TV as she did so.
'In other news, a high school student named Shinobu Kuraki was charged and convicted with the attempted murder of a fellow classmate, Kai Yagami…'
"It was Shinobu?"
Kai nodded. She hugged him around the waist and put her head on his good shoulder.
Really? Why won't she just write his name down and get it over with? I assumed that as soon as she learned who it was who shot me she'd automatically kill him…
She kissed him on the cheek and stood.
"Mom said I could visit you for a little bit but I have to go back home now, I love you, feel better!"
She left and Kai sighed in relief.
Alright, I made sure it would be announced while I was in the room. Now what will he do? L thought as Yori left the room.
L pressed the nurse button on the hospital bed. A few moments later she entered the room.
"You called Yagami-san?"
"Kai would like a cup of tea with sugar please."
Kai stared at L as if to say "what the heck?"
"Of course," the nurse said and left the room.
"You've got to be kidding," Kai said rolling his eyes.
'…I have just received word that the student charged with attempted murder, Shinobu Kuraki, has been found dead. The paramedics say it was a heart attack, the police suspect it was Kira.
Everyone stared at the TV.
It's about time, Kai thought, fighting back a smirk.
He must have given the notebook to someone else…either Keitaro or Yori and it couldn't have been Keitaro…L thought, looking at Kai suspiciously.
Keitaro looked from the TV to Kai to L and then back to the TV, was it Yori? Did Kai give the notebook to her?
The nurse brought in the tea, handed it to Kai, and left the room. L stood, took the tea from Kai, and sat back down.
That's weird, I was sure L was going to say something about Shinobu…either pertaining to me being Kira or someone else being Kira…
Kai stared at L.
"Is something wrong Kai?" L asked as he sipped his tea.
"No, I was just expecting a snide comment or a deduction or percentage or something…"
"Hm…very well, clearly you could not have killed Shinobu however that does not clear my suspicions of you being Kira. You could have given the notebook to someone else temporarily."
Kai sighed, "first of all, I'm not Kira, I've told you that a million times. Secondly, what's the percentage now?"
"Five percent."
Kai sighed again, "well, that's better than last time…so if you think I was Kira and I gave the notebook to someone, who do you think I gave it to?"
"Perhaps Keitaro or Yori and considering Keitaro was in the room with us I believe it was Yori."
"You suspect Yori? There's no way she has anything to do with this!"
"What makes you so sure?"
"Well…I…"
L's cell phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Ryuzaki, this is Matsuda."
"I am well aware of who you are Matsuda-san."
"Right, well anyway, we kept surveillance on Yori like you asked and we got a video of her right before she left the hospital writing in a notebook that looked a lot like a Death Note."
"Thank you, please ask Mogi-san and Aizawa-san to assist you in apprehending her."
L hung up the phone and stood.
"It appears that Yori may have had something to do with it after all. We will question her and let you know what we find out later."
"No way, I want to be there when you question her, if you're questioning her now then I'm going with you."
"You're not going anywhere until you're healed."
"Then you're not questioning her until I'm healed."
"That is not your choice to make."
Kai glared at L.
"I'm going with you."
Kai stood and L pushed the button for the nurse.
She walked in, "what is it Yagami-san?"
"Actually that was me; I would like you to please make sure that Kai stays in bed and in his room until he is healed."
"Yes sir."
Kai glared at L and sat back down.
Dang it! How will I make sure she doesn't give anything away?
"Come on Keitaro," L left the room with Keitaro following close behind.