It had not been long since Light Yagami had picked up the Death Note, using it to create his so called perfect world - Already at this point, his doings had been spotted, the world becoming a better place rather quickly, most criminals shivering in fear of who was going to be next, since it was quite obvious to them, that they were targeted - In jail, in Los Angeles, the news of Kira had awakened a, to some, well known person, rising from the dust to take his part in the game - For the past two years he had been staring into the same wall, waiting for something interesting to happen, this seemed to be his call - Back in Japan, the race of finding, and arresting Kira had only begun, police using their normal methods, though quickly learning that these in this case just weren't enough. Happily for them, they got company by the times greatest detective, L, who stayed anonymous behind wires and screens, yet behind that distorted voice, sat a detective with not only this case on his mind, but also something completely different on his mind - Having, a few hours after B's break out, recieved the message that he had gone missing - Of course he remembered him, he was hard not to remember, not only for L, but for the whole Wammy house, having been the first wammy at that time to create his own path in life, away from what he had been taught, merely a few years before Kira, had he been L's enemy, if enemy is the word, the case itself had been small, and most of it seemed to be caused simply to provoke L at a personal point - With all this said, no one was surprised about his outbreak, not those who knew him however, the police had of course been completely surprised.. It's not often one manages to break out of complete isolation - But then again, B had his charm (In theory - L only knew of Naomi Misora being a target of this behavior - Which didn't work as intended, it seemed), yet talking himself out of jail shouldn't be that big of a deal - Already at this point, L was having a hard time keeping calm. Hopefully none of this would be too much of a problem.
As expected, Kira played with the police and L's trust in each other, leaving both no other chance than to investigate each other - Though the police of course quickly came to the conclusion that there was nothing to investigate in L, having no idea who he was, neither face nor name - L on the other hand, could quickly scoop up information about the police, looking though sites on personal matters, as well as their job information itself, stumbling across mostly positive information about the whole squad - Irritated, as the police site chose to close down shortly because of maintenance, like any other, L tried to refresh the page, only to see a big black text saying "Read in between the lines". He mumbled it to himself, the site forcing a refresh for it all to go back to normal, yet suspiciously reloading right at family Yagami's case. - Seemed like a weird coincidence, but then again, it might be his imagination, eyes sliding down the screen to see the clock, he had been awake for almost two days, no wonder if he was imagining things - Letting the case rest, much against his eager nature, not mentioning the matter to Watari, if the text had been true, he should consider taking the advice, it shouldn't matter who put it up, even if it was meant as a discouragement, perhaps even a joke - Restlessly staring out the hotel window, cities still lit up at this time, it was never quiet here.. Shortly returning to Wammy's within his mind, hearing bells as lessons started, children laughing and screaming, only to quiet down as the teacher spoke - "What are you thinking.." L spoke directly at his reflection in the window, turning to see tea served - Having not slept in two days coffee seemed more convenient, but this was simply Watari's mute way of reminding L sleep could help a little on his restlessness - Sleep tends to be underestimated, especially when you're excited.
Streets might be lit up the whole night, but one student had run the risk of going through the park that night - What is ones worst fear when walking alone in the dark? - To meet someone, anyone, but in this case, a murderer - Whose eyes see through a person, even in dark? - The start is always the tricky part, to actually catch the victim.. Or, catch isn't the right term but.. - He could simply smash the victim with a bat, but, unlike what some might think of him, B preferred a more or less fair fight.. By other words, no fight at all, strength wasn't something he had. - It didn't take long before natural death took it's cause, the student fainting, his breath spasming, seemed like a typical case of asthma, which also explained he shortcut, he had probably forgotten his medicine, hoping that going through the park would be quick enough to save himself. Didn't seem to by the case though, leaving B to the easy part, taking ahold of the unconscious student before placing him softly against the grass, it was too messy to leave him right on the footpath. The student was shortly admired, before a needle was placed at his arm - His time had come - Glasses removed on the victim, before, with all patience in his life, B cautiously cut out the victims iris - It might be boring, reminding him a bit too much of a previous murder he committed, but, this was still an important part of the show - A twitch left the drugged student, somewhere, deep within, he could still feel the pain, the injection had been overdosed to the point where, even if he could feel it, he wouldn't be able to do anything about it, but by now, it should only be reflexes, the numbers had already reached 0 - Now was the time, for the messy part, giving himself good time removing two fingers from the victims right hand, specifically the middle finger and the little finger, blood flooding out, yet not splattering because of the hearts missing movement - Binding the two disembodied fingers together, with a red string, placing the out cut irises on the little finger, before placing his artwork on the chest of the body, and getting up from the ground - The body didn't necessarily hold a message itself, it was just important for further reasons that the fingers could actually get identified by something so obvious as a body beneath it - Yet just because it's murder, it doesn't necessarily mean it can't be artistic (Though feeling out of shape). A smile of satisfaction appeared on B's face, before he briefly took a look around him. This whole 'murdering out in the open' didn't suit his taste, nor his style, but people are constantly with someone, especially when your target is a teenager - Taking off plastic gloves, staring one last time at the victim, before simply swallowing the gloves - It would be an easy way to get them out of the way, and smarter than trashing them, leaving unwanted evidence. They would most likely get decomposed quite a bit before leaving his body again - He had to get going, his job had just begun.
Convincing the school to choose B as the detective for the murder, wasn't that hard. As shown earlier to L, B was capable of hacking into computer systems - Not that hacking was an interest of his, but due to his natural talent with numbers, hacking felt a little like solving a puzzle, most codes being only a bit of ingenuity and logic away from a hack - Recommending himself to the school by using the police's mail, even manipulating with their files, by adding his name to them as the one in charge of the case, and even adding himself to the list over frequently used detectives - They wouldn't notice, this department of the police mostly used detectives to cases where there was too many to speak to, making the police 'unnecessarily' wasting too much time on one little case - Not to mention, the police tends to be better at the more simple and rough work, detectives being quite focused on a completely other level, their focus often making people nervous and more likely to give useful answers, because they would keep popping by until they got what they wished for - And let's face it, words work better than big guns, people get stunned when a gun is pointed at them, where words in most cases, soften them up, especially if the detective can relate to the suspects problems and thoughts - Not that B was that great at feelings, but he had his own method: Be provoking, be stupid - He previously applied this method against Naomi Misora, and it worked out just fine - So how does it work? - Well, people like Light Yagami, who was the main target, are so full of himself that he wouldn't even consider it being weird that B would seem less gifted - The stupidity making him let his guard down, believing the detective would be too stupid to take hints - In the end, how it looked to others didn't matter, as long as B catches his killer, and that would happen.
"It is in deep sorrow, that I will have to message you all, that one of our students was found dead, most likely murdered this morning in a park.." the principal of the school informed, hearing a gasp from the students, before he continued, "We have already hired one to take care of the investigation part of this case, you will be taken out of class one at the time to speak with him - I know this is soon, but it is very important that if you know anything concerning this case, that you share it with either us, or the detective, understood?" - There was low chatting, closed eyes, Light listened to the people around him, they were already suspecting Kira to have something to do with this, God, had they not at all paid attention to what Kira stood for? - However, this detective thing could get pretty troublesome considering the circumstances, hopefully he wouldn't stick his nose up in everyone's business, though knowing that he himself was already watched over by one detective,he knew that this probably wouldn't be a whole lot different. - After a short ceremony for the lost student, they all returned to their classes - Most of the day was used by most students to doze off, misusing the opportunity of the loss to do nothing, when asked, saying they were still in shock about the loss - Nonsense, it was easy to see how they didn't care, just like- - "Yagami-Kun, it's your turn to speak to the detective" - Getting up from his chair, before leaving the class room, Light was met by an unbalanced looking person, who reached his hand towards him, while looking through a list of names, "You must be Light Yagami.." he said, receiving a nod in reply, "I am truly sorry to have to interrupt your class, please, follow me for a walk, fresh air helps one to think.." he continued, already at this point pissing Light off - He didn't want to be seen with this guy.. Shortly wondering if L himself looked as unappealing as this one. - Yet keeping his mouth shut, doing as asked, even accepting the door being opened to him, also accepting the guys business card.
Eyes quickly reading the obvious - Rue Ryuzaki? - He sure didn't look like neither a Rue nor a Ryuzaki, but whatever - "I hear that your father works for the police, I am hoping this will make it easier for us to cooperate, since you already know a little about the system" Ryuzaki said, turning his eyes towards Light, only to see him looking straight forward, instead of at the person talking to him, while they were walking - Smug personality is seems, eyes leaving his face shortly, to look above his head.. Only a name, no numbers - A smile crept to Ryuzaki's face - "Why are you smiling? - Shouldn't you too show a little respect for the dead?" - Finally, Light spoke. "But of course - I'll go through the basic questions; Where were you around 20.00-00.00 last night? - Have you had any contact to this student during the last week, and if so, can you tell me a bit about him, and if he had been acting strange or out of character in any way?" - Here goes, a light sigh leaving Light, why did he have to be a part of this - Ignoring his irritation, he replied, "I was at home, doing my homework - I went to bed about 23.00, my mother and younger sister were at home the whole night, they saw me go up into my room, so I suppose, if needed, they can verify that I was home - And no, I can't say that I have spoken with him, I don't socialize a lot at the time being, I have an exam coming up, and unlike most other students here, I prefer good grades over unsustainable friendships.." - The answer was to no surprise, he really was 'one of them', "I see.. Please don't misunderstand my intentions, you are not in any way suspected for the murder, but I'm sure you know this - When I asked others who they might suspect, most answered Kira, do you think that Kira might have had a reason to kill this student?" - The question finally seemed to get Light's attention, his glance leaving the ground, to look at Ryuzaki, "That's not my perception of Kira, no - I might not have been friends with the student, but, I know he wasn't a criminal, which is what Kira focuses on in his killings - Isn't it?"
Even if it hadn't been for the missing numbers over his head, it was quite obvious that this was indeed Kira himself - "With that said, I don't see what Kira has to do with anything - It was a murder, right? - Kira is known to kill by heart attacks which wouldn't be considered a murder at first glance.." Light continued, only becoming more fascinating to listen to, yet keeping his enthusiasm down, Ryuzaki continued, "You are right, it seems unlikely - The victim's iris had been cut out his eyes, while two fingers, the middle and the little finger, had been removed, bound together by a string of red color - The little finger had the irises placed on it.. - Does any of this ring any bells? - Oh.. Yes, I forgot, he was drugged too.. Forensics are still working on finding out what drug we are dealing with.. I would say heroin myself, though." - Playing clever now, are you mister detective? - Though the killing itself sounded off, it sounded planned, obviously, and must have taken quite some time, not to mention, heartlessness.. To cut out the eyes of a student.. That's just sick - Light frowned once at the pictures that filled his mind, at the same time feeling himself being stared at.. Of course he would stare, he was probably trying to find evidence through his facial expressions - "Eyes often refers to 'see', when it comes to crime scenes.. - The fingers could stand for two, but I'm not quite aware why one would place the irises on one of them.. - See two.. Something, I suppose.. - Maybe even 'See one', considering only one of the fingers had eyes" - Seemed like the two Kira's had yet to meet each other, what a disappointment - Thoughts were interrupted by school bells, the school day being over, the two's eyes met shortly, "Ah, how time flies, I wasn't even aware it was already this much!" Ryuzaki exclaimed, his constant change in personality and tone of voice slowly confused Light, "I'll have to take my leave then, I have exams to study for.." he excused, leaving the so-called detective to himself, finally he could be himself again.. Hearing a light chuckle from above him, Ryuk seemed to be in a good mood today, not noticing this Ryuzaki looking directly at Ryuk, as if he could see him.
Half asleep in a chair, L tried to keep an eye on the Yagami family through camera.. Waking up a little as the door to the house opened, to see Light, the eldest of the two children in the household, and also L's main suspect at the time, return from school, to be greeted by his mother as he had been all the other days L had been watching, yet this time, they spoke about a murder that had happened at the school the day before - The police being at their break, this message suddenly caught L's attention a lot more than monitoring, "Watari!" the yell flew through the living room, startling the elder.. L didn't normally yell like that. Even though, Watari gave himself time to finish brewing the coffee L had asked for earlier, bringing that with him. As soon as it was served, Watari calmed down a little. Whatever had made L yell, wasn't more important than his coffee - But as soon as the sugar had been dosed, and a sip had been taken, he returned to his monitoring while speaking, "A murder has been committed against a student at Light Yagami's school, if you could please find me info about this case, that would be nice - Also, if there is an official investigation going on that, I would very much like to know who is in charge of it.." - Receiving a nod in reply, before focusing on the screens again - Light went to his room to study, only a few sentences left him when he was alone, and nothing that was relevant to the case in any way, almost falling asleep again, before he saw a casefile being placed on the desk in front of him, "I think you will like this one, the police is not working on this case, the school hired a private detective.." Watari didn't get to finish his sentence, before L grabbed the casefile, "Rue Ryuzaki!" slight surprise was to be heard in his voice, yet it didn't really surprise him, alone the fact Watari had said he would probably be interested, gave the surprise away a little. Browsing through the casefile, the method of the killing could be considered as alike, yet it seemed a lot more random this time than last - The murder had been committed outside, and the body had not been cleaned, leaving blood around it - But iris had been removed from the body, which sounded familiar.
"Watari.. When is Light Yagami's exam?" handing back the case file to Watari and not in the mood for the police to get too much into this part of the case, "It's tomorrow morning." he replied, receiving a nod, "I would like to join, if that can be arranged" - Getting left alone for the rest of the evening, L chose to, against his nature, browse the net, after his last experience with hidden messages, he had become a bit curious - Finding an unknown file on the computer, a document, which said: "You're on the right track - two" - A little smile made it to his lips, he never thought he'd find himself in this kind of partnership, especially not with whom he thought was most likely B - He had once been a promising detective.. B.. But, after A's suicide, he had run away, never showing his face a Wammy's again - He had his way of dealing with his problems and wants, which was what had brought them together again. When B took his try at committing the perfect murder, he was so close to getting away with it, using himself as the last victim by burning himself to death, which was merely seconds away from succeeding, if it hadn't been for Naomi Misora.. - Naomi, the agent who disappeared a few days before B's return - Maybe, they had something to do with each other, maybe he knew something? - Back then there had been one big question in his murders that had never been answered, and he had done it yet again; His victims didn't fight him, there was no sign of struggle, at all - Of course, this could be explained by the fact that he drugged his victims, but, when you choose to drug one, through a needle to the arm, who wouldn't fight against that - An injection from a complete stranger? - Actually, unprofessional as it may seem, L did not only wish to turn up at Light's school to meet him, but also in hope of meeting B, not that they would be able to talk, if L could even find him, unaware what he actually looked like, but, to meet him, would be interesting. - Most likely for both parts.