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Chapter 3

Arrival

Biting the tip of his thumb, the greatest detective to ever live, L, stared at the videotape for about the eight’s time. After deciding to divide the work, only Soichiro Yagami and Matsuda Touta remained with him. The former drinking more coffee than usual in order to stay awake. The latter having been smacked with a newspaper for drooling on the desk.

“Ok…” Matsuda spoke as he yawned, barely able to keep his eyes opened. “We know Raye Penber got on the subway at 3:13 pm and got off at 4:42 pm. Shortly after that he collapsed and died due to the heart attack. At about the same time the remaining eleven FBI agents also died by the same cause.” Another yawn found its way out. Placing a hand over his mouth Matsuda murmured an apology, while Soichiro turned to L.

“What are you thinking Ryuzaki? There must be a reason for you to be watching this particular video over and over.” He asked.

“Why yes, there is.” L leaned closer towards the monitor. “The thing is that the subway does a complete route in an hour, while Mr. Penber was on it for about an hour and a half. Not only that but…”

L leaned even closer, while both Soichiro and Matsuda watched.

“He doesn’t have the envelope when he comes out.”

“Envelope?” Matsuda asked as he looked at the screen. “What en-”

“That one.” L said as he pointed at the screen, where there was in fact an envelope. Both Soichiro and Matsuda gapped in amazement, while L just narrowed his eyes. ‘Where did that envelope go?’

“That’s amazing Ryuzaki.” Soichiro applauded as he searched the monitor of Penber’s death, where no such envelope could be spotted. Matsuda on the other hand shifted his gaze back at L. “Ryuzaki. What does it mean?”

L signed as he picked a nearby sweet tray before he began eating a few pieces. “The biggest possibility is that Penber left the envelope on the subway, the bigger question however is why. Why would he leave it, and did it have something to do with his and the other eleven agents deaths? That envelope-”

Before L could continued he was stopped by the sound of his cell phone, which he in turn answered. Soichiro and Matsuda just looked on as L spoke with no more than a few words as replies, during which he nodded a couple of times, regardless of the fact that the other person couldn’t see him. With a final nod and an affirmative yes L hung up the phone and turned his attention to Matsuda.

“Seems like Watari is currently caught up in a couple of things with the rest of our little group. Matsuda, I have a small request.” The man in question just stared as L picked another sugary sweet and placed it on his mouth. “I have a few guests coming over, two of them in fact. Would you be so kind and pick them up at the airport.”

Matsuda just blinked before he forcefully nodded, no use arguing. “Sure, why not.” Matsuda just hoped that picking them up and bringing them back would then allow him to sleep for a couple of hours, he didn’t know how much he could last this way.

“Guests?” Soichiro questioned as L just picked another sweet. “Why yes. One of them is a rather extraordinary FBI agent.” During which L coughed, and Soichiro could have sworn he heard L cough “former”. “Her name is Naomi Misora, but you’ll all refer to her as Shoko Maki. She helped me during a rather tough case a few years back, there’s no doubt on my mind she’ll be of use to us now.”

“And the other.” Matsuda asked, trying to hide the fact that he was trilled that a woman would work alongside these dull men filled environment. He wondered how pretty she was, but was taken back to reality when L spoke. “The other? We’ll he… he… he’s a guy.”

Soichiro and Matsuda just narrowed there eyes. “And?” They asked in unison. L just signed. “Well, you’ll learn soon enough, just go pick them up. And when you do ask for her.” Matsuda nodded as he left, while Soichiro just looked back at L, wondering who this other man could be. It was clear L didn’t want to talk much about him.

L just ate another piece of sweet, narrowing his eyes in the process. ‘I should have thought this over a bit more…’

-

Not much afterwards a single plane adorned the mostly empty skies. Said plane slowly came down and landed, and after a few minutes its passengers where getting of at a steady pace, during which two “FBI” agents got off. After taking quite a few steps they found themselves at the main lobby.

It was a rather big airport, and quite filled up with a lot of people. Having left from California at roughly 10:00 o’clock during the morning, the two had been on the plane for more than an entire day, excluding the one stop. They had arrived at Tokyo, Japan at 2:20 o’clock during the afternoon, the next day. Too much time on a plane for either of their liking.

Looking to the sides Beyond just yawned. If that b*****d L made him go through that much sitting down ever again he was seriously getting a knife through the throat, but not before his limbs were stuffed down it first.

“Where?” Naomi spoke softly as she looked around. Beyond just raised a brow as he looked at her. “L said he would send someone here to pick us up, but I don’t see anyone with my name.”

“Shoko, you mean.”

“Yes.” Naomi walked on searching to see anyone who could possibly be linked to L in some way. Since they were pretending to be FBI’s there had to be someone who was an FBI waiting for them. No such person could be spotted.

Instinctively, her hand made its way towards her phone, only to stop halfway when she realized she didn’t have any number she could call. Signing, she turned towards Beyond, who had been staring at her the whole time.

“We might have to wait a while before someone comes.”

“Like hell we are.” Before Naomi could even protest Beyond walked straight out of the airport. Looking around he saw that there weren’t as many people outside as they were inside. No FBI look-alikes either. Taking a few more steps Beyond was dumbfounded when he saw that he was headed straight for the floor. Funny, he didn’t remember tripping. Falling flat on his chest, it was then Beyond realized that a certain brunette was on top of him, holding him with a grip he was sure he couldn’t break. Misora Massacre indeed.

“What the hell are you trying to pull?” Her eyes showed quite a lot of anger, which Beyond found both amusing and slightly fearful, due to the fact that this woman could kick his a** with ease.

“Shoko dear, I’m not going anywhere. I was going to see where the department where the Japanese police reside is, that way we can walk there.” Beyond looked as Naomi allowed his words to sink in, which he could tell since her grip was slightly loosening. “By the way, people are staring.”

During the commotion Naomi had failed to see that the two had caused quite a crowd, the nearby people looking at the two curiously. Blushing slightly Naomi released her grip and stood up. Beyond did the same with a small grin on his face. “Glad to know you still live up to your reputation.”

Ignoring his comment Naomi spoke. “We were told to wait, there’s no need to walk there.”

“Why wait, we’ve been sitting on the damn plane for more than a day. You want us to sit and wait some more.”

As much as she hated it, she actually agreed with him. It ached to even think about sitting for so long again. Signing she began to walk, while Beyond followed close by. “I’ve been to the station before, with Raye.”

Beyond frowned slightly at the mention of his name, as her voice usually fell whenever she did. “So I know it’s not to far from here.”

“That’s perfect.”

“Don’t separate yourself from me like that again, understand.”

Nodding Beyond remained silent, while Naomi felt slightly tense due to the fact that she wasn’t following L’s direct orders. While all common sense told her to stay and wait, something inside her told her to go on. She hoped she didn’t screw anything up.

-

Not far of, at the airport’s parking was a small black car parked not far from the main entrance. On said car was a young man, who had arrived a bit earlier than the plane for which he was waiting for. Having decided to take a small nap in the meantime, he had placed an alarm on his cell phone in order to wake himself up. Unfortunately for him, his phone ran out of battery before the alarm had gone off, resulting on him missing the plane, or rather the people he was supposed to escort.

That man was Matsuda Touta.

-

His writing was impeccable. No mistake could be spotted as his pen danced along the thin papers he wrote on. What he wrote was no more than a couple of names. With a final stroke Light Yagami closed his Death Note and placed it securely back onto his desk drawer. Standing up he made his way out of his room and onto the kitchen.

“Light-kun.”

Turning his attention towards his mother Light gave a faint smile. “Don’t tell me, dad finally called.”

“Why yes.” A smile adorned her features, relieved to have heard from her husband again. “Unfortunately he won’t be coming home for a while, but I promised him I’d take today’s meal directly to him at his Headquarters. I was wondering-”

“I’ll take it to him.”

“You sure?”

“Yeah. Besides, I was hoping to see if I could atleast speak a few words to him, personally.” Picking up the box that his mother had prepared Light walked out the door and headed towards the police department. In his mind he had another motive for this, hoping that perhaps he could get some, any, information from his father of the investigation. Anything that could give him a step ahead from L would suffice.

“Heading back there again, eh?”

Without even looking the shinigami’s way, Light gave a small nod of acknowledgment. “I need all that I can get on L in order for there to be true justice in this world. You know that.”

“Yeah, just checking.”

-

Both Naomi and Beyond stood in front of the police station, both a bit tired as the walk had been slightly longer than expected. Naomi however was relieved to see that they had finally gotten there, and in a few minutes she could meet up with L. It hadn’t hit her until then that this would be the first time, or so she thought, that she would meet L in person, face to face. She inwardly smiled as she began to walk forward, but stopped as she noticed that Beyond hadn’t moved.

“I’m not going in there.”

Her eyes widened. “What? You agreed to this. What’s so wrong with going in, especially when it was you the one who said that we should walk here?”

“While I agreed with you on everything I made it quite clear that I wasn’t going to work alongside L. I have nothing against with working alongside you, even if you work alongside him. Much less do I want to see that b*****d. If you don’t mind I’ll wait for you here.”

Naomi was dumbfounded, although she should have suspected this from him. He was like a stubborn child. She didn’t know whether to trust him enough to just leave him out here alone or force him inside. She was more inclined towards the latter option, but before she could move he spoke.

“I won’t move from this spot. That much I promise you.”

Signing Naomi walked inside, taking a peak behind her during every few steps. Luckily for her that the doors and surrounding walls were made of glass. Heading straight to the counter, where two young men where, Naomi stopped.

“Excuse me. My name is Shoko Maki; I’m here to speak with L’s department.”

Both men exchanged glances; it wasn’t everyday someone asked for that. “I’m sorry miss.” One spoke. “None of the members who are working alongside L, much less L himself, is present at the moment.”

Her eyes widened. ‘Don’t tell me…’

Outside Beyond just stared. ‘What’s taking her so long; she’s just standing there chatting. Just go to L already and get it over with.’ Holding his urge to barge in, Beyond singed. ‘This is going to be a rather long day.’

Before he could think anything else, a young man passed by his side, heading for the department. The man seemed normal enough, brown hair, well dressed; not much out of the ordinary.

What bothered Beyond however was the chill he got when he had passed him. Like if something had gone straight through him. The man entered the department with out even turning, due to which Beyond couldn’t see his name.

Light Yagami stopped as he saw Naomi speaking. Listening to her words, his eyes widened. “Do you have any idea where L could be at this moment?”

“I’m sorry miss, but we’re never given that information. You have to come back later, perhaps then someone might be here.” Lowering her head Naomi couldn’t help but feel stupid. Ad she stayed at the airport she could have probably been on her way to meet L, since he obviously was well hidden. ‘What now.’

“Um, excuse me.”

She was taken out of her thoughts when a young man spoke. Said man handed a small box towards one of the men she had been speaking to. After a few words were exchanged he turned to her.

“I may not know what it is that you need, but my father works on the Kira Case, he might have an idea where L is.”

Naomi just stared at this young man as she heard one of the others protest, but was shut up when the other man told him it was ok. “You wouldn’t happen to know where it is that they are?”

“Not exactly.” Light spoke as he shifted his gaze. “But I could call him for you. If you’d like.”

With a nod as agreement, both Light and Naomi walked a few steps back. Exiting the building, due to Light’s request since his phone didn’t get much signal inside, both of them walked towards the side.

Beyond looked on as Naomi walked alongside this man in an opposite direction where he stood. Wondering if said man worked along side L, Beyond just stared at his face. ‘Light Yagami, huh?’

Seeing his name with his Shinigami Eyes was simple now that he had seen his face, but… ‘What the hell?’

Closing his cell phone, Light turned to Naomi. “Sorry, it appears he has his phone turned off. Don’t mind my asking, but what is it exactly that you want to speak with him about.”

“I shouldn’t say much.” Naomi started. “But I believe that Kira can kill in other ways other than heart attacks, and can control victim’s actions before they die. I was hoping I could speak to L about it.”

Light’s eyes widened. ‘What! How did she? Who is this woman?’ Trying to calm himself down, Light spoke. “That’s a very interesting thought, and I suppose it is possible. How did you come up with that?”

Lowering her gaze slightly, Naomi took a deep breathe. “One of the twelve FBI agents killed was my fiancée, Raye Penber.”

‘Penber? That man… she’s his fiancée.’ Shaking his thoughts Light decided it was best to continue. “Have you told it to any one else?”

“Well actually… no. I haven’t really.” ‘Except Beyond.’ Naomi supposed this man knew enough, no use telling him about someone like Beyond anyway. Speaking of which, it wasn’t the very best idea to leave him alone like that. She had better get back to him.

‘That’s good, she hasn’t told anyone yet. Perhaps there really is a God up there on my side, and not just a Shinigami. Still, I can’t let her reach L.’

“Well, I thank you for your help, but I better be going.”

“My name’s Light.” She stopped as Light spoke up. “The least I can do for you is tell my dad about you when I contact him later on. What’s your name?”

“I’m Shoko Maki.”

Ignoring the laughter from his Shinigami, Light wrote her name on a piece of the Death Note he always carried. ‘Good.’ He asked her for other information to keep her there, like address, phone number, etc. Rather than write that he just wrote her cause of death.

“Shoko Maki – Suicide – Goes to a location only she knows where no one would be able to find her.”

After having written it he spoke. “As soon as I get in contact with my dad I’ll be sure to give him your information. I’m sure he would contact you with L in no time.”

“I’d appreciate it immensely.”

Looking at his watch Light saw that the forty minutes had passed, and he looked at her with a slight smile; only to see her staring back at him as she had been a few seconds ago.

‘What the-’

Ryuk’s laughter filled his ears as Light eyes widened. ‘Nothing happened.’

“I better get going, thank you.” Was all Naomi spoke before she turned. Light practically yelled at her to wait, surprising her slightly. ‘Damn it. Why didn’t anything happen? I’ve written suicide before, and they’ve done it. How?’

Hearing Ryuk’s laughter Light became even more annoyed. ‘He’s been laughing like that ever since she said her name… Unless… It’s an alias.’

“Do you need something?”

Light’s attention was turned towards Naomi, who appeared to be in a hurry to leave. ‘Damn it, I can’t let her leave; but I can’t ask her real name or she’ll suspect something. She’s a woman, so I could… no, I’ll just cause a scene. Damn it, I have to trick her. How? Damn it, I have-’

Light thoughts where once again stopped, but this time by a hand being placed on his shoulder. Looking at Naomi Light could see that she was a bit too far, and both of her hands were with her. Although she was also looking quite surprised, her eyes placed at the person behind him.

Turning Light’s eyes were met by another set of eyes staring not at him, but slightly above him. Something about this man he didn’t like. ‘Who?’

Something about this man bothered Beyond. It wasn’t that he looked suspicious, nor was it the fact that he had been talking with Naomi for a bit. None of that bothered him. Only one thing did.

‘Why can’t I see his death?’


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I tried to change Light's meeting with Naomi a bit, no point in reading a fanfic which tells you exactly what you read on the manga or saw on the anime. Even so some things on this story might be slighly parrallel with the actual canon. Atleast at first.

Regardless of which this is actually where the plot will start moving foward. Let's just wait and see.

-Rue