The Curse of Light Yagami

Take Two - Epilogue

Silence fell over task force headquarters as it finally sank in that they'd found Kira. The weight of months of investigating and the trauma Light had experienced slowly lifted. They knew who Kira was, and now they could start planning how they'd capture him.

"We need to lure Yamamoto out? Somewhere he won't be suspicious of but safe enough that we can make the arrest," Naomi said. Light finally tore his eyes away from the picture to look at the others.

"We can't reveal to Yamamoto we know he is Kira. We need to be careful not to alarm him; if he suspects we're the police, he won't show, and his actions will be deadly," L said.

"If Yamamoto's sanity is deteriorating fast, then how can we trust that he wouldn't react badly or be paranoid about a meeting we try to set up?" Raye said. Light moved back to his seat, drawing the others' attention to him.

"There's a way," Light said. "We give him what he wants - me. I'll contact Yamamoto and arrange to meet. He'll come to me."

"No Light, that's too risky! We can't predict what Kira will do when he gets his hands on you," Naomi said. He'd expected she wouldn't like putting him at risk, but out of everyone, he's the only person who can go up against the death note and survive.

"Yamamoto may suspect we are using you to get to him and not show. Especially if we are correct on why Teru was killed," L said. Light looked at him.

"I'm immune to the death note; he can't kill me; he wants me. I believe with the right words, he'll come," Light said.

"You contact Yamamoto. We will mobilise a SWAT team to make the arrest. When you've gotten Kira's guard down, they will move in to make the arrest," L said. Light nodded.

"When you arrest Kira, arrest me too," Light said. Everyone stared at him, "I'm going to make him believe I'm the second Kira."

Light thought he'd feel something coming face to face with Kira, anger, hurt or maybe a bit of happiness that finally, after months of searching, they'd finally found him, but as he stood alone in the empty warehouse, he'd arranged to meet Yamamoto, Light felt nothing. Finding Kira had consumed Light's life, and he wasn't sure what he wanted to do, but now it was nearly all over. The plan was simple, distract Yamamoto long enough to get a confession, then SWAT would come in and arrest them both; Yamamoto would be sent to a highly secured maximum facility where he'll await trial whilst Light would be taken back to task force headquarters.

"Light, it's been a while. I was surprised when you messaged me," Yamamoto said. Kira slipped inside the warehouse, shutting the door firmly in place behind him. Light stared at him, and a feeling of calm washed over him as Kira approached.

"It's been a long time coming. I wasn't sure at first, but who else could he be," Light said. He knew Yamamoto was obsessed with him, and Light needed to play into his fantasy to gain his trust. "You're Kira."

Now it started. "I knew it! There's no one else capable of such... beauty. This world is a rotten mess; criminals are taking it over like they own this place, and then an angel comes from the sky and wipes out all that corruption from this world in the blink of an eye. I knew from the beginning that I needed to track you down and then to find out I've known you all this time."

"You've been looking for me," Yamamoto said. Light saw the switch as the facade Yamamoto had been hiding behind slipped away to show the twisted man underneath, who basked in Light's fake praise.

"Of course! Ever since I got my own Death Note, it's been my dream to find you. We can work together to create a utopia where you rule over us, enforcing order and peace to the rest of the world. With our brains combined, we will be unstoppable. L won't know what hit him," Light said, stepping closer to Yamamoto.