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The Sugar Cube Fort	By : sashocirrione Category: Death Note > Het-Male/Female Views: 2334 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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CHAPTER 14: SEARCH
This was it! Light had the camera in his sleeve, Watari had just arrived and L was on his way downstairs. This was Light's chance to photograph L and Watari at once. As Rem followed L, she wondered if she could truly keep her excitement and anxiety under wraps. Wait, actually, there wasn't much need to hide her emotions, since Light's opinion was the only one that mattered now, and Light would expect Rem to be jittery.
When L arrived in the main investigation room, he was very calm and acted like himself. To the investigation team members, he explained that because of the need to be absolutely sure the notebook could be transported safely, a delay of another day or two would be needed, but that he'd already done everything that could be accomplished for the time being, so everyone should work on restoring the merged database. Watari did not appear. Rem assumed he must have gone straight to the control room he used to monitor the entire building.
However, L did speak to Watari briefly on the microphone, and shortly afterwards Watari came off the elevator pushing a cart laden with doughnuts, candy and fruit. Light made some subtle motions that looked as if he were pointing the space just under his wrist in Watari's direction, but the movement was very natural. A few moments later, he got up and headed for the elevator. The moment Light stepped inside the elevator, L's computer beeped. The doors to the elevator refused to shut.
L spun around in his chair and said, "Mogi, Aizawa, please restrain Light. We need to search him now."
Light backed further into the elevator as the two men advanced on him. He waved his hands in front of himself and said, "This is some kind of mistake. L is still sore about being wrong so he's stuck on his crazy theories."
In a commanding voice, L said, "It looks like he slipped it from his sleeve and now has it palmed in a hand. Make sure he doesn't try to hide it by slipping it into your clothing as you restrain him or by dropping it down the crack at the bottom of the elevator doors."
Light crossed his arms and said, "I have no idea what you're talking about, Ryuzaki."
Light was looking just slightly angry, but not very panicked. He still thought he could win. What plan could be possibly have now? Aizawa and Mogi grabbed Light, held his hands behind his back, and led him out of the elevator and into the middle of the room. Then they began to pat him down and look inside his clothing. Soon, Mogi drew out the miniature camera from one sleeve. It was a small, gray object that looked much like a button from some doll's clothing.
L said, "Chief Yagami, please take that camera and see what is on it."
Soichiro took the camera and hooked it up to a computer. The computer monitor displayed several photos of L and Watari. L said, "Light, you are Kira. Will you confess?"
Light said, "I have never seen this camera before. Someone planted it on me, either the shinigami because it hopes to frame me to protect the real Kira, or L because he's just so insanely committed to his discredited theory of me being Kira. Everyone knows I can't be Kira because of the 13-day rule. Besides, according to Ryuzaki, I'm not the kind of Kira who can kill with just a face, and even if I could, I've seen your faces already. What would I need with photos?"
After Light's little speech, the investigators did look confused. Soichiro said, "Maybe it is as he said, Ryuzaki. The shinigami has been acting erratic, and the security here is so extreme I think Light couldn't have gotten this camera through the security checkpoints by himself. It must be the shinigami's doing."
L said, "The shinigami was the one who smuggled the camera inside, but she did it at Light's command. I believe Light has been threatening her into cooperating. Light took the photos himself. He needs photos because he is in communication with the new Kira, who has the shinigami eyes."
In an angry voice, Light said, "That's what you say. These shinigami are certainly up to something weird. Maybe even Midora is in on it. With Rem attacking humans in such a pointless way, that proves something mysterious is going on, but we don't know what plan or motivation is occurring. Until we figure it out, we can't say what is going on."
Did Light suspect the investigators were lying about losing sight of Midora? Only Soichiro, Mogi, L and Watari knew the truth. Mogi was as stoic as ever, hardly saying anything and not looking as if he had a secret, but Soichiro had been sweating and he'd had a stressed expression on his face ever since he returned.
L looked delighted. He wasn't really smiling, it was a kind of subtle smirk, half-hidden by the thumb he pressed to his bottom lip. He said, "So, in order to prove you are Kira, I would need to prove that you have an arrangement with the person who is currently writing down criminals' names, and I would need to prove that this camera is really yours? I think I can do that."
Light's eyes narrowed just slightly, but other than that, his expression was very neutral. He was keeping good control over himself. Light said, "Since I'm not Kira, you won't be able to do any such thing."
L walked over the computer that was hooked up to the mini-camera and began typing. The pictures displayed disappeared one by one. He said, "I'm erasing all data on this camera, and overwriting it so that nobody could ever recover these photos. Then, we will use this camera to set a trap for the new Kira."
L disconnected the mini-camera. Holding it between two fingers, he said, "There is a camera blind spot outside on the west side of the building. We'll put it under the third bush from the left, and the new Kira will come there and pick it up. Watari has installed new hidden cameras and microphones on the outside of the building so we'll be able to watch it all."
Light had a flash of frightened surprise on his face, but he quickly covered it up. He said, "If your information is that specific, where did you get it? How do you know it isn't wrong?"
L picked up a doughnut, licked it, and said, "The shinigami decided to cooperate with me, in exchange for something that is yet to be precisely determined. It can't kill all of us, and it did not like being threatened by Kira, so it switched sides. Still, it might kill a few of us or cause horrendous problems in some other way if we can't find a good compromise with it."
This time, a flash of hatred passed across Light's face before he could control it. He said, "If you got information like that from the shinigami, and if it turns out to be true, then it only proves that the shinigami is working with the new Kira. It wouldn't prove anything else."
L said, "In any case, it would be extremely suspicious, wouldn't it? I guess we'll see. Soichiro, I need you to hide this camera outside for the new Kira to pick it up. Mogi and Aizawa, I need you to completely search Light and put different clothes on him, then bring him back here in shackles and handcuffs. Make sure to remove his watch. That model has a hidden compartment for carrying a spare battery, and he could try to conceal something dangerous in there."
Mogi and Aizawa kept strong holds on Light's wrists and shoulders, and began pushing him from the room. Now Light was looking angry, not trying to hide it. He said, "You stupid shinigami. What are you trying to do to me?"
Rem followed along with Light, and nobody tried to dissuade her. She wanted to be absolutely sure Light didn't try something. What if he did have a scrap concealed in his watch? Is that how he'd killed Higuchi?
Aizawa and Mogi didn't let Light have much movement. They forcefully hustled him along, into the elevator, then down several hallways and into a small room that held only a few lockers, a rolling cart with a basin on it and a kind of stainless-steel cot as high as a table, with straps on it. Light let out a kind of little growl and struggled a bit, but the two men forced him up and onto the cot. They first pulled his watch off and placed it in the basin, then strapped down both his wrists and ankles.
L's voice came over a speaker in the room, saying, "I've had the compartment in his watch checked while he was sleeping, and each time it has been empty. However, it is possible he's had a scrap of paper sneaked in since then. Pull the bottom knob four times with less than a second break in between each pull."
Mogi fiddled with the watch, and a little circular tray slid open. It contained a needle, but nothing else. Mogi said, "There is a needle here."
L's voice said, "Yes. The first time I checked that needle, it tested positive for traces of blood. I think that is how he killed Higuchi when he was in the helicopter, but he destroyed the scrap of paper before I could find it. The helicopter video showed that both of his hands disappeared into a hidden space between the notebook and his laptop, exactly 40 seconds before Higuchi died. Unfortunately, that video was also destroyed with the data deletion."
Light said, "You are making a big mistake. That shinigami has been feeding L some story designed to protect the real Kira. This is all a set-up. Do you really think the son of your superior could be Kira? When I was under surveillance in my home before Higuchi started operating, there were a few criminals who died from heart failure as soon as the media announced their identities, when I never received information on them. If I'm Kira, how did that happen?"
Mogi and Aizawa said nothing, but they did look conflicted. L's voice came over the speaker again, saying, "It is now just after nine, and I believe we'll have everything resolved by noon. I will prove Light is Kira. It is important to do this right, and Light needs to be properly searched and secured. If I am wrong I will make it up to the Yagami family in a big way."
Mogi and Aizawa both said, "Yes."
Then Aizawa picked up a clipboard with a list on it to check things off, and Mogi picked up some scissors and began advancing on Light.
Light's eyes widened and he said, "What are you doing?"
Aizawa said, "A prisoner who needs to be restrained and searched is treated this way. We can't let you undress yourself, and we can't undress you before you are strapped down. However, once we've strapped you down, we can't get your clothes off normally. L will replace everything we're destroying."
Light gritted his teeth and looked indignant as Mogi cut a slice down each sleeve and pant leg, finally pulling away the remains of the shirt and pants altogether and placing those pieces in the basin. Aizawa checked off each item on the clipboard. Then Mogi removed the shoes and socks, and next slid the scissors under the hem of Light's boxers, eliciting a hiss at the cold metal, and with two long cuts to the legs was able to pull those away too. As Light lay there completely nude, he didn't say anything, but he looked as if he wanted to punch someone. His body was almost completely hairless, and his limbs were long and thin, but not as gangly or bony as L's limbs.
Mogi got out a metal scope-like instrument and looked in each of Light's ears, and then his nostrils, as Aizawa checked off those items on the list.
Then, L's voice came over the speaker, saying, "Check his feet for callouses. There is a trick professional magicians use, where they cut a slice into a callous and conceal things there, hiding the cut with make-up."
Mogi moved to Light's feet, and examined each callous carefully. He found nothing. The look in Light's eyes was pure fire. Then, Mogi put on some latex gloves. Light hissed and pulled himself as far away as he could, which was just a couple of inches. Mogi leaned over Light's upper torso and said, "Don't bite."
Mogi put his fingers in Light's mouth, pulling aside the cheeks to look everywhere. Mogi's fingers continued exploring inside Light's mouth for a while, then they were removed and Mogi got out a tube of medical-grade lubrication, spreading that on his latex gloves as he walked to the other end of the stainless steel cot. Light gritted his teeth, then made his face extremely blank and turned his head entirely to one side, staring at the wall. Mogi inserted his fingers and Light grunted slightly. Mogi did not explore inside for very long, but as he did so Light got a partial erection. Light's expression remained extremely blank the entire time, his face and eyes averted toward the wall. Nobody said anything about it, and a few moments later Mogi had peeled off the gloves and thrown them into the trash.
Aizawa and Mogi left with the bin of removed items and the clipboard, coming back less than a minute later with a simple outfit of a shirt, pants, boxers, socks and shoes, all in a color scheme of black and dark gray. They unstrapped just Light's legs after warning him not to kick and dressed his lower half, then once more strapped his ankles to the metal cot and then unstrapped his arms to put his shirt on. Next, they handcuffed his hands behind his back, shackled his feet together, with a one-foot chain restricting how far Light could step, and helped him off the metal cot, leading him back to the main investigation room. He was unresisting but looked upset.
As soon as they arrived in the room with the others, Light said, "I'm not Kira, and you'll know that sooner or later. Then you'll be sorry."
L replied, "Whatever you say, Light. The truth will come out. By the way, I've been tracking the location of Misa's cellphone, and it seems she's on her way here. Won't that be interesting?"
Matsuda said, "Ryuzaki, I don't understand. Misa visits here nearly every day since she moved out. Why would this time mean anything?"
L picked up a strawberry and held it at eye-level, his dark eyes seeming to be entirely absorbed in it. He said, "I don't think there is any point in keeping this a secret any longer. The only building Midora entered was the one with Misa's apartment in it. Misa is certainly the Kira who is operating with Ryuk right now."
Aizawa said, "What?"
Soichiro said, "Yes, it is true. We were instructed not to say anything in case it would cause Light to be suspicious and not get caught with evidence. It is now clear that my son is Kira unless these shinigami are conspiring to frame him."
Light leaned forward slightly, and then said, "L, what you are doing is completely pointless. Even if Misa is killing people and has an agreement with this shinigami, that would only lend more weight to the idea that the shinigami is trying to trick us somehow. I am not Kira."
In a slightly more sinister tone, Light continued, "What is that shinigami doing to you to convince you it is telling the truth?"
L said nothing, but began typing at the keyboard in front of him. Instantly, the monitors displayed multiple views of the outside of the building, including the former blind spot and one that showed a view of the street. After a couple of minutes, a taxi pulled up and Misa got out. Rem could see Ryuk flying behind her.
L said, "Please gag Light now. I will probably need to speak to Misa and I don't want him trying to shout things in the background."
Mogi produced a ball-gag with heavy straps and fastened it around Light's head, testing each strap carefully before he stepped back with a small grunt of satisfaction. Light breathed noisily through the small holes in the ball. Light's eyes were still defiant. He didn't look as worried as Rem would expect. Did he really expect his story of a shinigami conspiracy to work?
As long as Misa picked up the camera, it had to prove that Light and Misa were both Kira, didn't it? Well, L didn't look worried at all about whether it would work, but, then, Light didn't really look very worried either. Mostly he looked angry. Were both of them just doing a good job of hiding their feelings?
The monitors showed Misa going right by the bush where the camera was concealed and coming to the first-floor entrance. The motion-detectors installed there caused a brief harsh beeping sound. Of course, it would be strange for Misa to come here and not visit with Light, so she had to visit as a cover, and it was also true that spending time with Light had always been a priority with Misa, even in life-or-death situations. So it made sense that Misa wouldn't pick up the camera first. She must be planning to do so on the way back. When Light didn't appear, would that ruin the whole plan? Misa was still standing there expectantly. Rem drank in the view, making a bittersweet memory to treasure. Misa looked surprisingly normal, perhaps even slightly happy.
Will she ever look like this again? Is this the last time that any sort of happiness graces her features?
L pressed a button on a microphone in front of him and said, "Misa, this is Ryuzaki. I'm terribly sorry, but today we are engaged in an exercise where we practice locking down the entire building. Nobody will be able to come in or out until tomorrow. I shouldn't even be speaking to you right now."
Misa looked directly at one of the cameras and said, "Can't you let Light talk? Just for a minute?"
L said, "No, Misa. The only microphone currently connected to the outside is in my private rooms, and nobody except me is allowed in here. You visited with Light in person last night, and tomorrow you can talk with him again. This is all I will say now."
Misa lingered at the entrance for a few moments, bouncing a bit on her toes, and then she turned around and began walking away.
L said, "Rem, where is Ryuk? Will he notice the new surveillance cameras and warn Misa?"
Rem said, "Ryuk is right behind Misa. I don't think he's paying any attention. After all, he already knew the place to be a blind spot for the video cameras. Why should he work so hard to check again?"
As Misa passed the correct bush, she stumbled slightly, and knelt down, unfastening and then tightening one of the dozen or so buckles on the big black boots she wore. One hand brushed slightly along the bush as she got up again.
L said, "She must have it. Go!"
Soichiro, Mogi and Aizawa bolted from the room. Shortly afterwards, they showed up on the monitors. They surrounded Misa just as she was about to get into her taxi, putting a blindfold on her and handcuffing her. Misa fought this time, unlike her first arrest. She spat at the men and threw herself to the sidewalk, and then began crying.
While Soichiro held out his badge for the taxi driver, Aizawa held Misa firmly and Mogi dug his hand into Misa's tightly clenched fist. Mogi then held up something too tiny to see on the monitors. He had the miniature camera. Misa screamed, a wild and frightened sound. She was struggling so hard that the men couldn't make her walk at all. With Aizawa and Mogi each taking one end, they hoisted her up and carried her between them, walking toward the first-floor entrance. Getting inside the building was a lot more complicated than getting out. Rem knew it would take them several minutes to pass the other direction through all the security devices.
Rem was just dreading the confrontation with Misa. She had imagined herself gloating over Light in this moment, but she felt so horrible that she didn't have the heart to gloat. Misa had perhaps never been a real friend, but, in a few moments, Misa would no longer be even her ally. And, would this plan even work? Light seemed to be convinced that the investigators still hadn't proved he was Kira. Was that just a desperate hope, or was it true? Even if they hadn't proved it, there couldn't be much doubt left.
All too soon, the three men were coming into the main investigation room with Misa. Soichiro looked as if he'd visibly aged in just the last few hours. His face was strained, with many lines etched into it. Misa had on a cloth blindfold and handcuffs, but in a few moments Aizawa and Mogi had put her in shackles as well and fastened a very secure large metal blindfold over the top of the cloth blindfold, so large it was almost a mask. Misa was panting, like the exhaustion after a strenuous crying session.
Ryuk drifted through the wall just then, and began laughing. He said, "Well, Light, it looks like they've caught both of you. I'll give you a bit of time to see if you can figure a way out of this, but if you fail, I'll kill you. Remember, since you're the first human to own my second death note, I have to see you die."
Misa let out a pained sob and Light sent a death glare in Ryuk's direction.
Rem felt a sudden urge to kill all the investigators. They were scaring her precious Misa! But, she couldn't do anything. If she even said a word, Misa would figure out she'd been betrayed. Rem wanted to keep the deception going as long as possible.
L said, "Misa, do you confess to being the second Kira?"
Misa flinched, then blindly turned her head toward the voice and said, "That again? I've told you, I don't know anything about the second Kira."
L got up from his chair and walked over until her was only a few feet from Misa. Then he said, "Misa, we caught you with a camera that had photos of myself and Watari on it. We know you did this according to orders from Light."
Misa sniffed indignantly and said, "And months ago you said you'd caught me with evidence I'd sent the Kira video tapes to Sakura TV, even though I told you those were occult videos, and later you said I'd been controlled by Kira into sending them."
L said, "Yes, but now that we know more about Kira's power, it seems that Kira can only control people in the course of killing them. Why are you still alive? You must have been Kira, but you gave up ownership and lost your memories, am I right?"
Misa flinched again, and said nothing.
Ryuk said, "Oh, this one is smart. It looks like he knows almost everything."
L walked back to his computer, started typing on the keys, and said, "Well, there are other ways to prove this beyond a shadow of a doubt."
A low-quality video started displaying on one of the monitors. Light immediately went rigid. It looked like the inside of a store... wait, it was that store! The one where Light bought the tiny camera! Soon, the video showed Light come up to the counter and buy the camera. He was wearing sunglasses and a hat, but it was recognizably him even with those items and the graininess. And, for a little while, Rem herself showed up in the background.
L said, "Stores always have their surveillance videos arranged so that people's faces will be shown when they purchase. I had Watari conduct an operation of collecting all video from stores within an hour's drive that sell these sorts of cameras, and search through all of those videos for Light. You may also recognize the clothing Light wore last night, and I've had area police search the nearby trash and they've already retrieved the hat and sunglasses that Light used. Light did buy that camera, and he is Kira."
Light looked extremely angry, and he was shaking just a bit. He set his gaze on the death note and tensed as if he might make a run in its direction, but Aizawa grabbed his arm very firmly.
Matsuda gave Light a look of pure despair and said, "He really is Kira. There's no other way it could be."
Soichiro slumped against the wall behind him. There was an incredible tiredness in his eyes. With a voice filled with disappointment, he said, "Light."
L said, "Remove Light's gag. It is no longer important to keep him from saying the wrong thing in front of Misa."
Mogi walked over to Light and undid the buckles on the heavy straps that had fastened the ball-gag firmly to his mouth, pulling it away in a quick motion. Light coughed a few times and licked his lips, but didn't say anything. His eyes were pure evil, pure defiance. He glanced briefly at Ryuk, the shinigami that none of the investigators could see or hear yet.
Mogi said, "Light, we all know the truth now. There's no point in denying it."
Aizawa said, "Mogi is right. You should just confess. It'll make a difference in how well you're treated before you die."
Light said nothing. He still looked determined, and mean. He looked like he believed in himself, like he thought of himself as a god, and if he just kept making plans, he'd get out of this.
Misa let out a strangled scream then, and panted a few times. When she got her breath back, she said, "I did it. I'm Kira. It's all my fault. I controlled Light to do everything he did. It is possible to control people without killing them. If you kill me, the deaths will stop and Light will go back to normal."
A/N (Author's Note):
I am disappointed that canon Death Note never did anything about trying to convict Misa. Near and the SPK just forgot about her and let her go, even though after Light was exposed the task force must have known that Misa had to have been the second Kira. There was really no other way to look at it.
It was like nobody cared about Misa's crimes and everyone completely forgot about her, unless you think that Near perhaps kept one of the death notes and wrote down Misa's later suicide. It's another example of the way that female characters in Death Note are treated as if they're unimportant and disposable. It's like Misa's story wasn't important enough to tell and she just became decoration in the second half of the series.
I think that if Light and Misa were cornered at the same time and place, this is exactly what Misa would try to do. She was willing to die for Light almost from the first moment she saw him.
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