It was silent in the graveyard, other than the sound of the rain. Even Ryuk hadn't said anything…of course, that couldn't last.
'Watching humans grieve…that has to be the most pathetic thing I've ever seen…'and with that, he flew off, leaving Kai sitting in front of his brother's tombstone.
So…that's it then…I'm totally, completely alone… Kai sighed and closed his eyes.
Suddenly, the feeling of the rain stopped and he looked up to see Lorelai standing next to him, her blue umbrella shielding them both from the torrent.
"It's been raining for two hours Kai…and you've been out here for three…you should come back to headquarters."
Kai looked at her, all the normal emotions of hate and anger gone from his eyes, replaced by defeat and despair.
"You don't have to be out here," he said flatly.
Lorelai was silent for a moment, "yes, I do…someone has to show you you're not alone."
Kai looked down, unsure of how to respond.
Lorelai hesitated before placing a comforting hand on his shoulder, "please Kai."
Kai sighed again and slowly complied, standing and following her in complete silence back to headquarters.
L sighed as he stared out over the rain-blurred skyline of Tokyo.
"Well Light-kun…it seems I have failed to keep my word."
He walked over and sat in his chair and stared at the blank monitor that used to show the cell Light had been held in as he thought back to the promise he had made him all those years ago. The room had been dark and void of everyone but the reclusive detective, very much like it was now, but it hadn't been nearly as silent as there had been an audio feed as well as a video feed coming from the cell that held the world's most terrifying killer.
"L…I know I'm in no position to be asking anything of you but…if anything happens to Melina…I want you to take care of Kai and Keitaro."
L stayed silent, deep in thought about what Light was saying.
Light sighed and glanced up at the camera, "I know…there's no reason you should do this for me…but I just want to be sure they'll be safe."
L finally spoke, catching Light slightly off-guard, "in the event that something should happen to Melina…you have my word that I will protect Kai and Keitaro."
Light bowed his head in gratitude, "thank you."
Forty seconds later, Light Yagami died of a heart attack.
"What the heck do you mean he didn't show?" Zakuro shouted in anger and slapped her poor, terrified boyfriend.
Sato stared at her wide eyed, I've never seen her like this, he thought.
"I-I'm sorry!" He stammered, "he just never showed up! At least, I don't think he did, I didn't see anyone."
Zakuro grabbed his shirt collar and pulled him up until their faces were only inches apart, "you don't think?"
Sato gulped.
"Send him another message, make him come, alright? I don't care how you do it, just do it!" With
that, Zakuro left her room, leaving Sato all alone, pale from fear.
Mono laughed, 'if he's that useless why don't you just kill the kid? And while you're at it why don't you just kill that other guy you're so eager to get rid of?'
Zakuro rolled her eyes, "in order; because I need him to meet up with the people who show, I'm sure as heck not going to be stupid enough to show myself, and because unlike him I'm smart enough that I don't want the police after me. If I get rid of him then the police will think Kira is gone and I can go about my business without them on my tail, at least for a while."
Mono laughed again, 'you think you've got this figured out don't you?'
"I know I do. Now shut up."
"I imagine since no one showed up our informant will send us another message, most likely to Mello's account again. I've taken the liberty of setting his account to forward any incoming messages to myself considering recent developments," Near stated, sitting at a computer, twirling a lock of his hair.
L nodded and turned to Lorelai, "how is Kai doing?"
Kai lay on his bed staring at the ceiling, I can't just lay here doing nothing for the rest of my life, I have to do something…anything…but I was doing this to protect Keitaro, at least partially…now that he's gone, what am I doing this for? What's the point?
Kai sighed and pulled out his phone, at least this'll give me something to keep my mind off of it…I wonder if whoever it was that sent the initial message will send another one, Kai debated this for a while.
Yeah, they probably will since no one showed up, I mean if they're that determined to tell them who they think Kira is…they'll probably send it to Mello's account again, I doubt they know he's dead. I'll bet Near set it up to forward to his account. Matt probably didn't. I know I wouldn't if I was him; it'd be too depressing to have mail forwarded from your dead best friend's account to your own. L probably didn't either, he wouldn't for security reasons.
Kai connected to the internet and hacked into Near's e-mail account with little difficulty, for a detective he sure has low security.
He scanned through the messages, careful not to leave any trace that he'd been there, hm…I'm not seeing anything that looks like it could be—oh wait! This one was just forwarded from Mello's account thirty seconds ago.
He clicked the message and read through it:
I noticed you didn't show up to find out who Kira is so I'm going to give you another chance—but this is the last chance. If you want to know who Kira is, meet me at the Yellowbox Warehouse at 8 o'clock tonight. I'll be waiting.
Kai frowned, eight o'clock huh? That shouldn't be much of a problem. I'll just meet them there, find out who they are, and get rid of them. Now I just have to get rid of the message.
He marked the message as spam to make sure another wouldn't be received, then deleted it. Then he logged on to Mello's account and did the same, removed any trace of himself from both accounts, and turned off his phone.