Chapter 60
June 7th – 7th Day of Confinement
Day 7 of everyone's confinement…well technically 8 for Misa I think…Everything's starting to blend together and everyone's miserable. Light's miserable, Misa's miserable, the Chiefs miserable, I'm miserable. This farce Light's putting us through is such an enormous waste of time, I just wish he would make his damn move already. Poor Ryuk is still in there with him which means he's still Kira and it's not like Rem's come back and there haven't been any new killings that would make sense for Kira or the Death Note…You need a name and a face to kill, and it seems like the default killing method is a heart attack…however you can control someone before their death, which we learned from the 'suicide notes'…now that I think of it, Light was probably experimenting, the deaths around that time we're weird. We've had 7 days of confinement for our main suspects and nothing…7 days of boring monotonous nothing, and don't get me wrong, there not being murders is wonderful, but it doesn't help our case move along. Right now, it just seems like Light and Misa are Kira and 2.0, but there's no definite proof and we haven't found the murder weapon. Despite all that I still haven't seen Ryuzaki at all…I need some fresh air…I need a break…I wonder if Matsuda and I could go out for a drink…I need something…being locked up watching everyone everyday isn't good for my brain…I miss human conversations…I miss Ryuzaki…
"Light…" Ryuzaki's voice comes through the speakers and I lift my head from my arms where I was resting, using them like a pillow.
Ryuzaki's talking to Light…Light actually doesn't look so good, poor kid needs a shower, his hair is wicked greasy…He's a murderer, and I'm feeling bad because his hair's greasy? The days really have been getting to me…
"It's been a week now, how are you doing?" Light raises his head to look at the camera, the bags under his eyes a testament to how the week's been for everyone.
"I'm fine, but I know how I must look in here with all this pride…I guess…I'll have to…get rid of it."
What?
Ryuk suddenly untangles himself and comes to attention. "Okay, see ya Light." He stands up fully; stretches and waves before phasing through the wall. Light's head sags as he seems to pass out at the same time. I jump up out of my chair and slam my hands on the desk, fully alert. Watari's making lunch so there's no ones in this room but me. I look at the monitors desperate for some clue as to where Ryuk went to.
Where did he go?! What the hell is going on?!
I snatch my mic and quickly fit it in my ear. "Ryuzaki?!"
Light's head comes back up lazily and he looks confused as if he's just realized something. "Ryuzaki, it's true that I suggested the confinement and asked you to put me in here, but I just realized that all this is pointless because I'm not Kira. You have to let me out!" I stare at the screen in shock and witness the birth of a completely different Light.
It's just like what happened to Misa. Did Light just give up the Death Note? Ryuk left and Light's completely different, that has to be the case, but why would he do that?
"I can't do that Light. I promised you that I wouldn't let you out until I was certain you weren't Kira. That was what you wanted, what you asked of me." Ryuzaki's voice is calm and collected like always and doesn't appear to have heard me…or is ignoring me. I try again,
"Ryuzaki! Ryuk is gone! The Shinigami just up and left."
Light considers Ryuzaki's words and I can't help but feel like maybe Ryuzaki can't hear me. Light looks back up at the camera. "I said that sure, but something must have been wrong with me then. Do you really think Kira could have done all those horrible things and not have any memories of them? I don't know what kind of power Kira has, but I do know that he's real and had to have free will! He did those things willingly and I don't remember any of that so I can't be Kira!" I slowly return to my hair and watch the original Light Yagami; the one who existed before the corruption of the Death Note, the Pure Light.
You don't remember because you're not Kira anymore…this was all for nothing…a giant waste of time…
"I also believe that Kira would have to be conscious of his actions…however everything still fits if we assume that you just can't accept the fact that you're Kira. The killings stopped immediately after you were confined. I believe that you're only hiding the fact that you're Kira." Shock washes over Light as Ryuzaki basically calls him a liar.
"Ryuzaki, listen to me very carefully, I swear I'm not lying. I am not Kira! I had to have been framed! I can think clearly now and that has to be it!" The more the two talk the more anxious and urgent Light's voice becomes. I still don't know if Ryuzaki heard me either, I can only assume he did and if he didn't, I hope he's figured out what's going on by now.
"You think you were framed? Listen Light, the only people who know about your confinement are the members of the task force and yet the killings still stopped as soon as you were confined."
"Then someone there has to be Kira! Let me out! I can help you find them. Ryuzaki, please, I'm not Kira! Let me out!" Light practically begs for his freedom and it kills me to think what would happen if the Chief could see this.
"No, I can't let you out."
Light grows desperate and frustrated; his head lowers and you can hear it in his voice. "Dammit…why is this happening?" Confliction grips me.
This Light is pure, as if he never became Kira. A Light that can't remember all the horrible things he's done…a Light that without those memories, that power, doesn't belong in a cell. So, what do we do now? Light isn't Kira anymore, Misa Isn't Kira anymore, do we wait and keep them confined until a new Kira appears? I know that with the killing stopping immediately after they were confined it pretty much confirms to everyone that they did it, but now that they've given up the power and aren't Kira, is it really moral to still execute them even if they have no memories of the crimes they've committed? I know they did it and soon everyone else will too, but something about it still feels…wrong. I wanted Kira to pay for the crimes he's done, I wanted Misa to pay for Ukita…but not like this…not when I can see who they were, who they could have been if they never touched a Death Note.
"Psst, Hey Suzuki." I suddenly hear Ryuk's voice and it takes me a minute to find him. His head is poking through the wall by the door to the hallway where everyone is being kept. He phases through the wall and I spin my chair to face him. Watari still hasn't come back from the kitchen so we're safe to talk, only Ryuzaki looks at the camera to this room and very rarely.
"Hey Ryuk."
"I made a quick round to make sure we wouldn't be heard. That old guy is still in the kitchen and everyone else is either in cells or a bunch of floors up moving furniture. Did you know how big this place is?" I can't help but smile at his excitement, but I also wanna steer that excitement toward productive answers to questions I have.
"So, what's going on? Why did Light give up the Death Note?" I cross my legs and fold my arms as I lean back.
"Oh, you saw that? I'm not really sure I can tell you. Remember I'm not really on either side of this, just a bystander really. I mean maybe if I gave some information it would make it more interesting, but it wouldn't be fair now would it? Your side already has an advantage because you can see Shinigami without touching a Death Note and therefore will always know who possesses one."
Mmm that's right, he's a spectating specter…wait, what? I'll always know who has one? What does that mean?
"What do you mean 'always know who possesses one'?"
"Oops slip of the tongue, but I guess it doesn't really matter. Basically, when someone takes ownership of a Death Note the Shinigami that owns the book has to follow them closely; we call that possession or being possessed by a Shinigami." He pauses and the wheels in my mind begin to turn.
He must be talking about how I saw Rem behind Misa in Aoyama…
"You're saying that I'll be able to tell who Kira is because a Shinigami will be behind them?"
If that's true, and I've got pretty substantial evidence that it is, once Rem finds a replacement, we only have to get close and I'll be able to confirm who it is.
"Yeah pretty much, maybe not always behind them but around them. How'd you figure it out so quick?" He looks intrigued.
"Because that's how I found Rem and Misa the first time. Misa was in disguise at the time, but when a new girl claiming to be Light's girlfriend showed up at his house while I just happened to be there, and she had the same Shinigami following her as the girl from before, I kinda just put two and two together. It wasn't until Misa's confinement however that Rem came to talk to me…and by talk to me I mean scare the shit out of me in a public restroom. Which by the way, what the fuck is up with that?" Ryuk chuckles and I break out into a grin. "But in all seriousness if you can't tell me then I'll try to guess." He shrugs and I switch which leg is crossed.
"Okay, lemme think…My theory is that Misa giving up the Death Note was never part of the original plan based on what Rem said to me after…Light had to think of a plan quick and if I was him I would have sent Rem away to find a replacement for Misa…now the question is, what will Light do now? He's given up the Death Note, but you don't seem to have it…so where is it? Maybe he hid it? But if he hid it somewhere he'd come across it later it would be too easy for us to find, he would have thought of us going through his stuff…so where…Hiding it is a very 'Kira' thing to do…Okay forget where for a second, say he did hide it and plans on getting it back later somehow without his memories, all this is, is a bit of sacrificed time. He plans it out so there are a few days of Kira activity and then nothing, now the suspicion is on him and while we're investigating him, Rem finds a new Kira so that we have no reason to hold Misa anymore…but it's been 7 days and he gave up the Death Note before any new Kira activity, before Rem found a replacement. He's lost all memories of Kira and the book so why do it so early? His subconscious murderer theory is already out the window…I don't get it…Pure Light wanted to help us find Kira…what Kira Light's plan to have Pure Light help us all along? Did he switch personalities to throw us off? To get close to us?" I get stuck in my own thoughts and trail off as my hand migrates to my chin in a classic thinking pose.
"Wow, you weren't too far off." My head snaps up to look at Ryuk.
"What?"
"I can't tell you where, but Light buried the book. I gotta tell you I've seen humans go far to hide the book but never anything like this, I've never seen it used like this either."
So, Light buried the book…but how will he remember where?
"Ryuk…?"
"What's up?" I eye the Shinigami and suddenly it hits me how fucked my life is that I'm having a normal conversation with a monster that would give me nightmares any other day about where a mass murderer hid his tool which is a freakin' notebook that kills people and I'm doing this all with a straight face.
"Question…say you give up the Death Note, lose your memories…what happens if you were to get another one?" He fidgets slightly as if he's weighing if he should tell me.
"Well I suppose that had you owned the book before, you'd get your memories back, otherwise you'd just be able to see the Shinigami that book belongs to…why?"
I figured your memories would return, but I didn't think it would be that complicated…and being that there are two Death Notes out there that we know of, there's no telling which one Light owned…I've never seen the damn thing, I've only seen the black one on Ryuk's hip.
Ryuk seems to be waiting for a response. "oh, uh, no…it's nothing, just seeing if my theory is valid."
Light's smart and there was plenty of time between Misa's confinement and his own to get his hands on Misa's book…There's only one way to avoid Light regaining his memories; whoever Rem picks as the next Kira, we must find them before Light and take their book. Under no circumstances can Light get his hands on the Death Note.
"So, hey listen…" I look back up at Ryuk and he's fidgeting again. "Could I get an apple before I go? We don't have them in the Shinigami realm, and I really want one…I need one." I smile and stand up slowly.
"No problem." I look up at the monitors one more time and everyone seems to be relatively okay, so I start walking to the kitchen, expecting to pass Watari on the way.
So, Light's plan is to wait it out until he can get his hands on a Death Note and regain his memories. Since his is buried it will be Misa's that the Kira Rem chooses will have, and there's a 50/50 chance that during the time between Misa's and his confinement he claimed it as his own…so Light can't get his hands on that book no matter what!
Hope everyone enjoyed these new Chapters, it's gonna start getting exciting since the confinement is boring as hell but leads into the Yotsuba arc. I hope Suzuki isn't too smart for you, i tried to think of it in a way that i would put it together. Step by step how i would figure stuff out. :D
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Little Sunflower1 - CH57 - You're doing an awesome job Kitty. better written than anything i have done, hope everyhting with your computer is fixed etc.
A.) Awe thanks Sunflower. It is and it isn't. Windows 10 is garbage so this 'new' computer is constantly having issues. It took like 10 minutes to even start up this time cause of an update. That plus word freezing randomly when i try to save the document, it was slow going writing this chapter.
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