Chapter 41
"I hope you know you're inviting a snake into your den."
"Yes, but what animals dwell in this den are up to us. He might think us rabbits, but perhaps awaiting him are badgers."
"Yes, Ryuzaki, a den full of badgers."
April 23rd (con)
Light didn't waste anytime getting to us; it felt like once he had gotten off the phone with the Chief that he was calling again to be brought up from the lobby. Once he was up with us he acted lie a respectable High School Student and shook Ryuzaki's hand; I however, was just trying not to roll my eyes at a teenage murderer.
. . .
"Thank you for joining us Light." Ryuzaki and Light shake hands, but it's weird because they already know each other and Ryuzaki isn't big on human contact.
Could he be getting used to people, or is it 'cause Light is Kira and it's an enemy thing?
"Not at all, I want to catch Kira just as much as you do Ryuga." Hearing Light call Ryuzaki by his alias catches me off guard and I shift in my spot behind him. I'm standing behind Ryuzaki and the rest of the task force is to our left. I catch Ryuk's glare, which isn't directed at me, but I shift uncomfortable and fold my arms.
"I'll have to ask that you call me Ryuzaki here." Light gasps and for a minute I actually believe he's surprised.
For a kid he's a good actor…
"Yeah, and I'm Matsui." Matsuda speaks up and Light seems surprised again, but this time it doesn't seem like an act.
"Oh, are you and Suzuki siblings then? I would have guessed perhaps married at first but Ryuga-err Ryuzaki, introduced her to me as his girlfriend." Light smiles innocently and my stomach churns.
It's odd that Light doesn't recognize any of the task force from his dad talking about them. Didn't they all come from the Japanese Police? Surely the Chief would have introduced at least one of them to Light…
I sigh. "For this case he's my brother." I speak up and Light turns to me nodding, Matsuda on the other hand sulks.
"Wait!" We all turn to Aizawa. "You're telling me that even Light knew about your relationship before we did?" I sigh again and pinch the bridge of my nose.
Is this seriously important right now?
"Yes, Aihara, he knew because that's when Ryuzaki asked me out. Well he actually did it by telling Light we were a couple, in reality he never actually gave me the option. I'm not complaining, I prolyl would have said yes anyway." I walk up next to Ryuzaki and throw a glance at him; he seems bored but there is slight red on his cheeks.
"Well I guess that was pretty smooth, even for you Ryuzaki." I roll my eyes.
You gonna be mad at him or kiss his ass Aizawa? And normal people would probably consider it rude, not smooth.
The Chief clears is throat, grabbing our attention. "They call me Asahi." Something changes in Light's eyes and it feels like he just realized they're all aliases.
"Yes of course, then I guess I should call myself Light Asahi?" The question is directed at Ryuzaki, but I look at Light and catch more movement from Ryuk. He's got a big ass smile plastered across his stupid face.
He's smiling like an idiot, why…wait, what was it that he said? Oh yeah, our real names are written above our heads with our lifespan.
"Yes, please do, but to make things simple, I'll just call you Light from now on; but let's get down to work. You can start by looking at all the information we've collected thus far." Ryuzaki's demeanor changes and he begins to lead Light toward his new work area. "I'd also like you to look over these video's, they were all sent to the T.V station, but never aired." I follow close behind, along with Ryuk as Ryuzaki offers Light the chair in front of the screen we set up for the tapes. "For security reasons you're not allowed to take notes and all materials must remain here." Light looks up at us and nods slowly.
"I understand."
"We will begin now." Ryuzaki doesn't give him a chance to go over the materials, he just picks up the remote and hits play. "Suzuki, will you come with me for a minute?" I jolt as he says my name.
"Ah, yeah, sure." I trail after him and we make our way to my room. Ryuzaki opens the door and I walk in completely confused.
What are we doing in here?
"Are we alone?" I look at him even more confused as he shuts the door behind him.
Alone? What does he mean? Oh, that's right, he can't see Ryuk like I can…
I glance around the room, but there's no sign of my spectating specter.
"Yeah, for now." He nods.
"For now; meaning that Light didn't come alone?" I nod and fold my arms again. Ryuzaki puts his thumb to his lips which means he's thinking. "What do you think Light will make of those videos?"
Why are you asking when we could just wait and find out? Did you bring me in here to see if Ryuk was here? Did you bring me in here to see about Light? Or did you bring me here because the others are too bust watching Light to notice we're missing? I can't read you right now, Ryuzaki…
"Um…well…he's as smart as you so…he'll probably be immediately suspicious, it's not like Matsuda to keep quiet, but then again, Light doesn't seem to know him…so maybe he'll look toward his dad, but when he realizes no ones talking he'll probably figure something's up. Now, if he's Kira; he'll remark on how they were made, maybe call them fake, or he won't if he doesn't want to bring attention to himself…However, if he is Kira he'll definitely realize that the second Kira, Kira 2.0, will kill you in a few days if we do nothing. So Light might just leave this alone, and that's what worries me. We need to try and push him, make him work with us. Like, it's been a few minutes maybe you should ask his opinion of the tapes now."
Ryuzaki stands there with his thumb at his lip and mulls it over; after a few seconds his thumb falls away and he smiles.
"I think you're absolutely right." I smile at his blatant honesty, or what I hope is honesty, and he begins to walk toward the door.
I follow close behind him, kinda depressed that he didn't even try to kiss me, and as Ryuzaki opens the door, my blood goes cold and it takes a lot for me not to scream; Ryuk is standing right behind the door.
"Scared you, didn't I?" He cackles, and I hope that Light can't hear him talking to me. I follow Ryuzaki down the hall and try to ignore him, but the Shinigami continues to try to get my attention. Luckily at this distance I can still make out the sound of the Kira Tape, so Light is still distracted. "Oh, c'mon Sammy, don't ignore me like Light does, I'm bored." As I hear my real name I snap.
"Hey, Ryuzaki." He turns around in a mix of concern and confusion. "I gotta use the bathroom, I'll meet you in a few minutes." He nods and continues without me. I on the other hand, turn around and make a B-line for my room.
As I walk through my door I hold it open and wait for Ryuk to float through. Once he's in I shut the door and sigh, trying to get my cool back. "So, it seems we need to set some ground rules, Shinigami." He looks hurt as he lays across my bed.
"Awe you forgot my name already? That's kinda rude…"
"No, I didn't call you by your name because you didn't call me by mine." I walk forward and shoo him off my bed. "And don't lay on my bed, it's already gross because it's a hotel bed, I don't need Shinigami cooties too. Who knows what you brought from the Shinigami Realm." He floats up and pouts.
"Aren't we in a bad mood today."
"That's probably because the guy who wants my boyfriend dead is in our living room and there is probably a second one out there acting as a copycat." He seems surprised.
"A second Death Note, huh."
There's that phrase again, what is it?
"What's a Death Note? You told me before that normal humans need to touch one in order to see Shinigami, but you never actually said what it was or what it does." I sit on the edge of my bed and watch him as he floats horizontally in the air, as if he's on his own bed.
"Well, I guess I could tell you. I don't think it'll help with the case at all…" I pull my feet up and sit cross legged, he pulls out the black book from it's pouch on his hip and floats down till he's standing. "In American terms, I'm a reaper, I-we, look down from the Shinigami Realm and write names in the book, whoever's name is written will die." My heart skips a beat and I stare at him in bewilderment.
A Death Note is actually a notebook of death…
"That's crazy…and you're telling me that humans can possess this power?" I stand up and make my way to the door.
"Now wait a minute, I never said that." I notice that his hands are book free and I stop when my hand reaches the doorknob.
"You never denied it either Ryuk…" He puts a finger up, drops it and frowns.
"You're not very nice." I laugh as he comes closer to the door.
Being called mean by a Shinigami, that's rich!
"You said you like apples from the human world? I'll try to keep some in my room for you as long as you continue to keep my secret, but that means you can't talk to e when Light is around, also don't even follow me into private bathrooms, and most importantly; I'm Suzuki Matsui here, now Samn Crisis…" He looks excited.
"Oh boy, apples! You got yourself a deal!" I smile at him and realize that he's not so scary after all.
"I should really get back though." I pull open the bedroom door and head toward the living room, hoping that I didn't miss Light's thoughts on the Kira tapes.
. . .
When I walk into the room Ryuzaki is standing next to Light who is in the process of standing from his chair.
"It's hard to say for sure, but there might be another person out there with Kira's power." Everyone gasps at Light's revelation and the Chief seems eager to know more.
"Kira's power?! What do you mean by that Light?!" I walk up and stand a few feet away from Ryuzaki and Light's smarmy face and put my hands in my pockets as Light points to the T.V with his thumb.
"At least I'd say this tape wasn't made by the Kira we're familiar with."
And you know this because you're Kira, right?
"For one, it's extremely out of character for him to use these kinds of victims for his killings and two, we're already established that he needs a name and a face to kill, so how did he kill that detective and two officers outside the television station like that?" Light pauses and I turn to look at the Chief, Matsuda, and Aizawa who are completely flabbergasted.
"It's…the same."
"That's almost exactly the same as how Suzuki and Ryuzaki said it." The Chief's face lights up and I can only imagine what's going through his head.
"I think you're exactly right." My attention gets pulled back to Ryuzaki and Light. "We also believe that it is the work of a second Kira." Light looks offended for a minute.
"So, you knew all this time Ryuga, sorry Ryuzaki? Which means this was all just some test." Light folds his arms seeming irritated.
"It wasn't my intention to test you. The truth is, if Suzuki and I were the only ones who thought there was a second Kira, it would not only be hard to convince the others, but it would probably look suspicious given our current relationship. The fact that you also came to the same conclusion makes our theory that much more believable. As expected you did not disappoint us, you've been a great help. It's decided, first we must work on stopping this copycat, from what we've seen he clearly sympathizes with the real Kira, but lacks sophistication, I think he might even be willing to obey the real Kira. If so we can lure the second Kira into a trap by sending our own message from the real Kira."
As Ryuzaki finishes it takes a lot not to laugh, for one, he called Kira 2.0 stupid, and two, it sounds like Ryuzaki is gonna make Light write to Kira 2.0, so it's actually Kira 1.0 writing to Kira 2.0. Other than that, everything makes perfect sense.
"I guess I shouldn't be surprised, you literally took the words right out of my mouth."
Yeah, sure Light…
There's silence for a second as Ryuzaki seems to gather his thoughts. "Oh…and Light, I would like you to play the part of Kira."
BINGO! CALLED IT!
I shift my weight to my other foot and take my hands out of my pockets to cross my arms. Light gasps at Ryuzaki's request.
I feel like it's all an act…but it's so believable I'm beginning to second guess myself.
"M-me as Kira?"
"Yes, you're the only one I could think of that's be able to pull something like this off." Because he is Kira? "At any rate we don't have time to waste, do you think you could script a message from Kira in time for it to air on this evenings national news?" Ryuk starts cackling again and I nearly shit. Sometimes he's just so quiet that I forget he's there and other times he talks too much. Light seems irritated.
It's a rather foolish, but interesting plan, Ryuzaki. You perfectly managed to convince Light to help us catch Kira 2.0 while also testing how far his act will go. Depending on how this plan goes we might be able to catch the second Kira first and have him lead us to Kira 1.0…what a great plan, I can't wait to see how it all plays out.
Well what did you guys think? I actually have 42 all written up I just gotta second draft it and then type it up. SO, let's see who's new to the story ^^ Oh, no new favorites or follows, but what about comments…holy shit! Um I guess I better get started.
hateme101) –
love it
A.) Awe thank you ^^
Leah) - chapter 1 –
"It's the Bowler Hat Guy! (Meet the Robinsons) lmao. I loved the A/N at the bottom, I applaud you for the forewarning for children and I also appreciate the thought behind the whole thing. Can't wait to read more, nice chapter"
Oh, wow you've started commenting from the very beginning ^^ Thanks for coming. And yeah I think warnings are a good idea ^^'
Leah) chapter 2-
I'm psychic. What happens next is they walk in and L says, "I am Batman".I'm psychic. What happens next is they walk in and L says, "I am Batman".
A.) Nope ^^
Leah) chapter 3 -
No offense intended, but what the Hell kind of name is 'Samn'?!
A.) It's a long story but basically, I got sick of writing Sam when I was a kid and just changed it to Samn, when you look at the name Samantha it kinda makes sense, I just trashed the other 2 A's and the T, and H.
Leah) chapter 4 -
That's a really good description of L, I almost drooled lol I'm weird
A.) Why thank you ^^ and it's okay I like L too.
Leah chapter 5 –
Another nice chapter, I really hope he couldn't see her through the shower door, that would be extremely disturbing
A.) Yeah, it would have just been a black blur though. The glass was pretty frosted. Besides I don't think L even would have cared at that point. He was still kinda a robot.
Okay this is a lot ^^ I'm loving it but I'm gonna respond to just a few that I have thoughts on.
UnhappyHomicideExperience) chapter 40 -
Oh daamn, 39 had me grinning like a madman- they're just so cute I'm sorry. And oh no looks like some drama is due what with the snake (*smirks*) and co making an appearance.
Great chapters though! :D
A.) Glad you enjoyed it, yeah Light is kinda a pain in the ass…she kinda finds him irritating.
Leah) chapter 19 -
Maybe she's BB's daughter since B.B. has Shinigami eyes. It would explain her mysterious past, the reason only she can see the Shinigami and the reason L got scared when she ate the strawberry jelly. Am I right? I feel smart right now
A.) ^^' Yeahh, she's not BB's daughter. I actually have another OC named Blake Barker who is BB's daughter, but good guess though. I honestly forgot about that part and I can't remember the original reason he gave her the look, it was probably BB though.
WalachianVampiri) chapter 40 -
Oh gods, been binging this story to last two nights and I love it! Can't wait for the next chapter and keep up the good work!
A.) Oh hi there ^^ thank yo for binging, when I saw this come across I totally thought you were Leah and just changed your name lol, but yeah, I keep trucking along. ^^
Guest) chapter 39 -
"What I'm trying to say is that your life isn't something you can just throw away, you need to learn to fight for it because, dammit, you're important, Ryuzaki. Important to the team and important to me."
This type of issue and it's viewpoint is good to slip into this story.
Especially with so many young people who may consider the end of life as a solution to a problem.
Thank you so much for putting this in there...
A.) You're very welcome. I wasn't really thinking when I put it in there, I was just thinking about what I would say to Ryuzaki, but I see your point, and thank you for pointing it out. I also have struggled in the past and if you guys ever need to talk to someone you can always come to me and send me a message on Tumblr ^^ no worries. If you ever feel shitty and want Ryuzaki to say something to you you can always do an anon ask and ill write something up for you ^^
Thanks to everyone who commented and everyone who has been reading my fic Have a great day and I should have 42 done soon.