FIVE DAYS LATER

"You know," Matsuda began, causing everyone to look in his direction, "there really is no point in having Kai handcuffed to Lorelai anymore. I mean, Kira's been killing people for over a week now and it's kind of obvious that it's not him."

L spun around to face him and put his thumb to his lip, pondering the statement, "perhaps you're right Matsuda-san."

L tossed the key to him, "please remove their handcuffs."

"Uh…ok," Matsuda said, taking the key and leaving the room to find Kai and Lorelai.

Meanwhile, Kai and Lorelai were arguing, as per usual.

"I don't care what you say! I know you're Kira!"

"Oh yeah? Well if I'm Kira then answer this; how am I killing people while I'm handcuffed to you?"

"I don't know yet but I'm going to find out!"

"Why won't you just admit that you're wrong?"

"Because I'm not wrong!"

At that point, Matsuda stepped in looking rather awkward and the two teenagers glared at him.

"Uh…Ryuzaki told me to un-handcuff you."

"Oh…alright then," Kai stated, obviously more than ready to have the handcuff removed.

Lorelai wasn't so agreeable, "why?"

"Um…because…well…Kira has been killing and Kai obviously isn't doing it so…" Matsuda trailed off, rubbing the back of his head.

Kai smirked, "even your dad agrees that I couldn't possibly be Kira."

"Right now."

"Oh shut up and admit that you're stupid and don't know what you're talking about."

At that, Lorelai promptly smacked him and held her arm out. Matsuda removed both handcuffs from the teenagers' wrists and Lorelai walked out of the room, obviously incredibly irritated.

THE NEXT DAY

Kai walked out of the headquarters and took a deep breath, "ah sweet freedom, I definitely don't miss being handcuffed to Lorelai we couldn't go anywhere! Not that I would've wanted to while I was handcuffed to her, that would've looked beyond awkward."

Kai sighed as he walked, his breath fogging in the cold weather, "it's weird…I guess I got kind of used to having someone to talk to whether it's Ryuk or even Lorelai…I'm actually talking to myself."

The rest of his walk was spent in silence until he reached his destination.

"I guess this is the place…it's the right address anyway."

Kai walked up the steps and rang the doorbell and was greeted by Teru Mikami.

Kai bowed quickly, "hello Mikami-san, I was wondering if Satoshi was here."

Mikami nodded and motioned for Kai to come in as he went to retrieve his son. A few moments later the gothic teen appeared, a look of surprise crossing his features as soon as he saw who it was.

Ryuk floated in behind him a minute later, 'do you have any more apples?'

Kai smirked, "I guess I don't need to ask if you have my Death Note do I?"

Sato shook his head, "I would have told you either way, Yori told me you were Kira…do you want it back?"

"That's actually one of the things I need to discuss with you."

Sato led the way up to his room and locked the door the second they were inside.

This room is…creepy to say the least, Kai thought as he took in his surroundings. The room was filled with skulls, chains, depictions of graveyards, coffins, ravens, as well as other symbols of death, and everything was either black or red.

Kai glanced at Ryuk, well…he certainly fits in here at least, if anyone were to see him in here I don't think they would even notice.

Sato sat on his bed and Kai sat in Sato's desk chair.

"Alright, let's cut to the chase" so that I can get out of here as quickly as possible, Kai thought glancing around the room once more.

"I need you to continue acting as Kira. You know why I had Yori act as Kira right?"

Sato nodded.

"Great, that makes this easier. I'm still under heavy surveillance so I won't be able to kill as often as I was, however, I will need to take a few pages out of the Death Note for emergencies and simply for the times when I am not under surveillance."

Sato nodded again and pulled out the Death Note, "will I still be the owner then?"

"Yeah, I'll only have pieces of it with me; you'll be in possession of the actual notebook. You'd have to give the ownership to me, or I'd have to kill you if I wanted to be the owner again."

"You won't have to worry about that, I'll give it back to you if you ask for it."

Hm…he's smart but a bit naïve…ah well, that's not important right now, Kai thought as he took the notebook from Sato and tore a few pages out.

"Now, there's one more thing I need you to do for me Sato."

Kai rang the doorbell to Yori's house and a few seconds later she answered the door.

"Can I talk to you for a second?"

Yori hesitated for a moment before nodding and leading him up to her room.

The second he closed the door she turned around, "I can't do this anymore Kai. I can't lie for you; I can't stand you being Kira. What you're doing is wrong! What if you're killing innocent people too? The police make mistakes! And even if you're not, killing criminals is wrong too Kai! And…"

She trailed off as Kai pulled her into a hug, "shh, relax Yori. Everything is going to be alright."

"But…Kai…no," she pushed him away and turned away from him, "you can't keep doing this Kai."

He frowned, "I'm sorry you feel that way."

Kai walked out the door and out of her house.

"Wait, Kai!" Yori followed and grabbed his arm, "please don't go."

Kai turned to her, no emotion in his eyes, "by the way, I'm breaking up with you."

And with that he walked off, leaving Yori with tears in her eyes and a broken heart.

Kai sat down on the sofa and sighed.

"What's the matter? I thought the first thing you'd do is visit your girlfriend and then you'd be at least a little happier than usual, which I guess isn't really saying much anyway…" Lorelai said glancing at him.

"Yori and I got into a fight and we broke up."

Lorelai blinked, "oh."

"Yeah but she'll cool off and ask if we can get back together, she always does."

"This has happened before?"

"Yep."

Why am I suddenly interested in his love life? Snap out of it Lorelai! Lorelai walked into the next room to reprioritize her thoughts.

An hour later L received a call, "…I see…yes I will tell him, thank you for calling…"

He hung up the phone and called in Lorelai, "bring me Kai please; I need to speak with him."

Lorelai nodded and dragged Kai in.

"What?" He asked, clearly irritated.

"Yori is dead."

Kai's eyes widened and he sat/fell down where he was…which was coincidentally on the floor.

"…What?"

"Your girlfriend, Yori Wakayama, is dead. She killed herself."

"…But…why would she…"

"She left a note; it said something about a breakup with you…"

Lorelai helped Kai up and led him to a chair.

"Kai was the fight any worse than usual or about anything more serious?"

"Not really…she thought I was cheating on her, which I actually wasn't, but she didn't believe me. She's thought that a couple of times, we've fought about it before, she breaks up with me and then she always finds out that I'm not and we get back together…"

Lorelai frowned, "Kai…I'm…I'm really sorry."

"…Don't be, it's not like it was your fault…"

"It's not your fault either."

"Yes it is!"

"No it's not; you were defending yourself against a rumor that wasn't true!"

"Made from the reputation I have! It's my fault Lorelai!"

Kai stood and walked to his room.

"I feel really bad for him dad, I mean I know his horrible reputation is his own fault but…he's lost so many people already…"

Kai closed his door behind him and smirked and pulled out the page of the Death Note that Sato had written on where the cameras couldn't see:

Yori Wakayama

27 December, 2024

6:45pm

Suicide; after breaking up with her boyfriend she goes

into a sudden depression which leads to a rash

decision to commit suicide in a quick and effective way

20 minutes later. She leaves a note saying

something about the breakup.