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A Paradise for Kids	By : sashocirrione Category: Death Note > AU - Alternate Universe Views: 1723 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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CHAPTER 4

L had settled in to watch with Soichiro before the hidden cameras were even installed. It was just the two of them inside a hotel suite, with a rows upon rows of monitors, all currently blank except just one. That monitor was showing a view from a hidden camera disguised as a pin on Mogi's shirt collar as he approached the Yagami house. Soon, Mogi would install the other hidden cameras. L's eyes were fixed on the active screen in fascination. Would they soon discover proof of an abnormally young serial killer?

Soichiro nervously cleared his throat and said, "You understand why I don't want any of the others to watch this footage, don't you?"

L pressed a thumb to his bottom lip and said, "Of course. It is your private home, and you have a wife who is thirty-four years old. If I was in your situation, I would also want the observers to be reduced to the absolute minimum."

Mogi had just reached the door and Sachiko was answering it. Wow! She was a really good-looking mature woman, even better than the file photo L had seen earlier. Her skin had almost a glow to it, her eyes had such life, and the way she tilted her head slightly as she talked to what she thought was merely a pest inspector, it all worked so well together. Sachiko was quite thoroughly grown up.

Then Sachiko stepped to the side to let Mogi in, and the way her hips swayed and her sweater clung close really drew L's gaze.

Before L could stop himself, he blurted out, "Wow, your wife is really a MILF!"

"What?"

"Oh," L said, "forget I said anything. It only makes sense in English."

Soichiro said, "I know a little English."

"No, forget it, really," L said.

And, thankfully, Soichiro seemed satisfied with that. Well, this was what happened when you weren't used to investigating with others. L resolved to be more careful in the future.

On the screen, Mogi held out a hand with one of the hidden cameras for Sachiko to inspect. It looked like a small grayish metallic disk lying on Mogi's palm. In the background, Sayu was watching television and Light was sitting in a living room chair, reading a book. Was that a slight flicker of interest from Light?

Mogi said, "Mrs. Yagami, I will need access to every room of the house. I will be back in one week to collect the detectors. If any termites have been in your house, the pheromones they exude will be collected by these detectors."

Sachiko leaned close to inspect the hidden camera that she thought was a termite detector. The hair from the side of her face fell over one eye fetchingly, almost hiding it, so the effect was as if she were looking through a veil.

She said, "Will these change color if they detect termites?"

"No, Ma'am. I will need to collect them and return them to the lab after the week is finished, to see if they detected anything."

"And what happens if your tests say we don't have termites, but later it turns out they were wrong?"

"As long as you keep up your annual tests, Koga Pest Company will fully pay for any structural damage."

Sachiko nodded, looking satisfied, and then said, "Light, Sayu, the pest inspector will be installing these detector disks. Please don't bother these items or remove them, okay?"

Without even turning away from the TV, Sayu called out, "Okay, Mom!"

Light hesitated. Was that look on his face slightly suspicious? Then Light said, "That's fine, Mom."

L dropped a few more sugar cubes into his coffee and then took a long, loud sip, watching Mogi installing the cameras. Most were placed high, to give sweeping views of each room, and the blank monitors were coming to life one by one as more and more cameras were placed and turned on.

Yes, soon, they would be in every room. Soichiro had insisted that there shouldn't be any blind spots. Once this test was finished, Soichiro needed to know his son was completely in the clear. Every room. One week. L swallowed as he thought about the implications of that. Sooner or later, Sachiko was going to take a shower, and from the looks of it, she was one hot MILF. Once the clothing came off, would it look the way his imagination was already filling in the details?

Yes, it probably would. Sachiko was well-developed, with a firm behind and breasts that were high and tight, not saggy. Her skin was clear and healthy-looking. She probably didn't have any flab or varicose veins hidden under that clothing. From the look of her, it would be nothing but the body of a fully mature, ripe woman once she revealed it. It would be easy to make a copy of any shower videos, or videos of her dressing and undressing, and sneak them into the private stash...

Soichiro said, "Is it truly necessary to put sixty-four cameras in my son's room?"

L replied, "That is how many are needed to completely cover the room, and Light's room is the most likely place for him to do something suspicious. He could use objects to block the cameras, but we can't do anything about that because it is impossible to prevent cameras from being blocked. If he starts blocking them, we'll have more reason to suspect him."

L noticed a misplaced camera and pressed a button on a microphone in from of him, one that went straight to an earpiece in Mogi's ear. "Mogi, you put it too far under the edge of the shelf. I can't see anything from that camera."

Mogi was alone in Light's room with the door closed. As he moved the objectionable camera, he dropped his voice and said, "Can you see the view now? Or should I move this camera to the left?"

L said into the microphone, "Move it to the right instead."

Mogi adjusted it, and soon it was fine, giving a clear view of the room. Just as L finished telling Mogi that the camera was indeed in the right place, he noticed something odd in the living room. Both Light and Sayu were staring attentively at empty space, with looks on their faces as if they were listening to someone talk.

Sayu opened her mouth as if to say something, but Light shot her an angry glare and said, "Remember the kittens."

Sayu said, "But-"

Light said, "If anyone finds out, one kitten."

Sayu said, "Ohhhhhh! Sorry."

L said, "Both of your children are hiding something. And, I think Light realizes that cameras are being installed."

Soichiro started up from his chair and said, "Sayu would never... and if she thought Light was killing people, she would cry all the time."

L said, "Obviously, Light hasn't told her everything. A child of Light's intelligence could easily fool a child of Sayu's intelligence. But she knows something about this. I am sorry, Chief Yagami. This operation has become riskier than I anticipated. If Light is Kira and Sayu knows something, and Light believes we are closing in on him, there is a significant chance he will kill his sister to keep her quiet."

Soichiro said, "But... but..."

L said, "We have little time. For Sayu's sake, we are going to have Mogi tell Light the truth."

"Didn't you say that was too risky?"

"Not this way. If Light realizes he'll be proven as Kira if his sister dies, then her life will be saved."

L pressed the microphone button as Soichiro sweated beside him and explained the situation to Mogi in as few words as possible. Then they both watched the monitors as Mogi went to the living room and called Sachiko in there.

Sachiko emerged from the kitchen and said, "Is there any problem?"

Mogi pulled out his police badge with the fake name and said, "Mrs. Yagami, I'm here on behalf of L, to investigate your son Light."

Light made a startled little jump in place and then his features quickly went into a bland, neutral look. L could see, though, that Light's fingers were trembling slightly.

Sachiko looked shocked speechless, and Mogi continued, "L believes Light could be Kira. If I die, or if Light's sister Sayu dies, Light will be proven as Kira."

Sachiko said, "I don't understand."

Mogi removed the earpiece from his ear and said, "Would you like to speak with your husband? He will assure you I'm telling the truth."

Sachiko took a few steps backward, looking very nervous and confused. She fished her own cellphone out of her pocket.

L turned to Soichiro and said, "Get your cellphone from the front table. I think she'll call you."

Soichiro was up and running for the entranceway of the hotel suite, and Sachiko was pressing buttons on her cellphone. In a few moments, Soichiro was coming back with his cellphone pressed to his ear and the two were talking. Sachiko was extremely incredulous and kept asking Soichiro again and again to repeat himself. Her eyes looked as if they were about to bug out of her head. Finally she hung up and dropped her phone onto the floor, looking as if she might faint at any moment.

Mogi said, "Mrs. Yagami, the 'pest detectors' I installed are actually very small cameras. L would like to keep your house under surveillance, and see if Light does anything Kira-like. If you won't let us keep the cameras in place, then we would like to take Light into custody and see if the criminal deaths stop."

Light said, "Mom, it doesn't matter what Dad says. This guy is probably a pedophile who took Dad prisoner to force him to say those things to you. We need to call the police now."

Sayu said, "Mom, what is a Kira? And what is a pedophile?"

Sachiko shakily used a foot to reach out and slide her cellphone closer to her without getting close to Mogi, and then gingerly picked it up. Light had a smirk on his face that almost looked evil.

Light said, "I'm going to get rid of the cameras, okay Mom?"

Without waiting for an answer, Light got up and ran, going up the stairs.

As Sachiko called the police, L called NPA Deputy-Director Kitamura and told him not to send police to the Yagami house. There was no reason to make the situation even more confusing and possibly get Mogi arrested for using a false police badge. Mogi was still standing in the living room helplessly, trying to explain himself but continually interrupted by crazy looks Sachiko was giving him.

Within that time, Light had pulled a small stepladder from a closet and locked himself in his room. L saw that Light was methodically removing the cameras.

L pressed the microphone button and said to Mogi, "Light is going to try something in his room. You need to break down the door and take him into custody, now."

Mogi ran upstairs, leaving a frightened Sachiko in the kitchen, arguing with the police on her cellphone.

Mogi kicked at the door and even tried ramming his entire body into it, but it was of very solid construction and only groaned under his attacks.

Soichiro jumped to the microphone, pressed it and said, "There is a toolbox under my bed with a pry bar in it."

Mogi rushed to the Yagami bedroom as more of the cameras in Light's room went blank. Just as the last camera in Light's room went out, Mogi was at Light's door, the door splintered open and L could see the view of Light's room only from the hidden camera fastened to Mogi's collar. Light had a desk drawer open, but he quickly closed it.

Mogi said, "Don't move, kid!"

Light backed up a few paces, looking as if he were about to have a nervous breakdown, his eyes frantic, his hands trembling.

Mogi opened the same drawer. The bottom didn't look right. Before L could shout a warning through the microphone, Mogi had wrenched the bottom up and there was a sudden whoosh of flame. Mogi was screaming and hit the floor, the camera view a whirl of spinning chaos. He must be rolling to put out the flame.

L pulled out his cellphone, hit a button and said, "Aizawa, move in now. Mogi is hurt. Bring Matsuda, a fire extinguisher and the first aid kit. Arrest Light if you can."

Then L pressed the microphone button and said, "Mogi, are you all right? How badly are you hurt?"

L only heard heavy breathing for a few moments, and then there was a camera motion as if Mogi were sitting up, showing a small fire on Light's desk, and Light himself flattened against the wall as far away from it as he could get, looking wide-eyed and confused.

Mogi's voice came over the connection, saying, "My- my arms. They're badly burned. Everything else is fine. I shielded my face."

L said, "Good. I did not get a view through the camera of what was in that drawer. Did you see it?"

"It looked like maybe a notebook. I only saw for a moment before the fire came out."

L said, "I think that must have been physical evidence. Try to see if there are any unburned pieces."

Mogi got up with a groan, and began searching. He quickly found a fragment of paper with all the edges burnt. Just then, Matsuda and Aizawa rushed into the room. Matsuda ran to the desk fire and sprayed it with a fire extinguisher. Suddenly, Mogi started screaming.

L said, "Mogi, give the evidence to Aizawa and let them secure the area and take Light away. You need medical treatment."

Mogi screamed, "It- it's a thing! A horrible thing!"

L said, "What kind of thing?"

Mogi said, "It says- it says it is a shinigami!"

Aizawa took the scrap of paper from Mogi and started yelling as well.

Everything was chaotic for the next few minutes as Light was handcuffed and the invisible presence was apparently telling all kind of things to Aizawa, Mogi and Matsuda and a few more scraps of mostly-burned paper were retrieved from the scene and Mogi had some hasty first aid put on his burns and was then sent off to the hospital.

Through it all, Light acted extremely bewildered, and at last the reason why came out. The shinigami, Ryuk, said that all of Light's memories had been destroyed. At one point, Sayu wandered near and asked why everybody was talking to the Christmas angel, then burst into tears and started babbling about dead kittens.

It took two days to sort out everything, and the entire time Soichiro seemed to be in a state of deep shock, hardly able to say anything. At last, when it seemed that everything had been investigated thoroughly and proven as well as it ever would be, Soichiro confronted L and said, "I just- I still can't believe it. My boy, he's so young, and he's so good. How did this happen? Did that monster possess him?"

L replied, "It is impossible to prove whether Ryuk made him do those things or not. Some people do not have a proper sense of compassion and empathy for others, and your son could be one of them. That is why he will be forced to go to regular psychiatric counseling until he is twenty. A ten-year-old cannot rightly be executed or sent to prison, but his crimes are so severe something needs to be done."

"I- I agree," Soichiro said, "Do you think he will be fixed, and become a normal adult?"

L said, "Light has every characteristic of a great detective. I would like to be an advisor to monitor the progress of his case. If his sociopathic tendencies can be overcome, then by the time he is grown, perhaps I would even want to mentor him as a detective in training. We will see how he turns out."

A/N (Author's Note):

Well, that is the end. Sorry this last chapter took so long to come out, but I got stuck on the plot. I had been planning for 13-year-old Misa to have a minor part right before Light gets captured, but it seemed that no matter how I plotted it, I just couldn't get the plot kinks worked out so that it would all make sense, so I finally gave up on bringing in Misa and ended the story this way instead.

Light was caught much easier in this fanfic because, at age ten, he just wasn't as intelligent as his older self, and he also had less life experience and fewer resources.

I realize this fic had the potential to go into massive multi-chapterness and thus re-tread the entire Death Note storyline from a younger perspective, but I never intended to do that. Two reasons: one, I think 10-year-old Light would only pull a few tricks on L before getting caught and anything else just isn't realistic and, two, I think that re-treads of the entire series with a different perspective are usually boring, and I wasn't at all sure I could pull it off for more chapters than this.

I'd rather end on a high note, when I think I'm actually still pulling off the premise, than drag it out into a bunch of chapters of fail and then realize I'd better end it because it just wasn't written that well.

If you want an LxSachiko fic that actually goes somewhere, there's a wonderful fic by SunMoonAndSpoon called "Kids" that has a full-blown romance and lemon and everything. Unfortunately, you will need to actually search for the author and/or title, since the author didn't use fanfiction dot net's character tags to indicate it as an LxSachiko, so you'll only find it if you're looking for that specific fic. It isn't finished, but it's still pretty good.
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