Death Note: The Next Kira (Part One)

Chapter Twelve: Meeting Light Yagami

JANUARY 17, 2006

AROUND 4:00 PM

TOKYO, JAPAN                                                             

                                                                                MARIE 

I slightly moaned as I woke up and was shocked to find out that there was a black bag on my head. The hell? I thought as I tried to feel my arms and legs. Even though I could feel my arms and legs, the problem was that they were both tied up. My arms were tied together tightly behind my back, and my legs were tied tightly too. I could also feel that I was in a chair and tied tightly to that chair with rope. I panicked as I struggled to break free. Hoping that this was all just a bad dream and that I would wake up soon. 

Sadly, it wasn't a bad dream, but real life. I continued to panic and struggle as I heard the door open. The sound of the door opening was followed by footsteps. Loud but gentle footsteps. I was still panicking so much and hoping to break free. 

"Help me!" My cries for help were muffled thanks to the bag over my head. "Somebody! Anybody! Please!-"

 Before I could say, 'Help me' again, that's when I felt someone placing their hands under my shoulders. I heard the sound of a guy's voice gently shushing me. I calmed down a little bit right before the bag over my head was removed. 

I looked around and found myself in a dark and empty basement. The person who held me hostage walked up in front of me, and I got a better look at him. It was (of course) Light Yagami! He looked so different! Not because his hair and eyes were red, but because he was also deathly pale like a vampire, and the clothes he wore were so different from the casual outfit that he would wear in the pictures back when he was still alive. He was also wearing an outfit that looked identical to David Bowie's outfit when he played The Goblin King Jareth in Labyrinth (but I'm sure you guys already knew that and he wore a black crown on his head (which I'm sure you also knew that, too). I was confused and didn't know what to think. 

Wasn't Light Yagami dead? Why is he tormenting me and having me tied up? I thought. 

"L-Light Yagami?" I asked nervously. An evil smirk appeared on his face. "That's right, Marie," he answered. "I'm Light Yagami in the Shinigami flesh." 

I made a confused face mixed with fear when he said my name.

 "How the hell do you know my name?" I asked Light. He kept his smirk on his face. "I know everything about you," he said sadistically. "And that your real name isn't Marie." He paused for a moment. "It's Anna," he continued. 

I leaned back in my seat and didn't respond. How did he know that my real name was Anna?! Had he been spying on me?! I thought.

 "I've been investigating you for a long time, Marie," he said, breaking the brief moment of silence. I gasped when he said this. "I know that you have a family back in America and that some of your dad's family members still live in Mexico, do they not?" he asked.

 I nodded slowly. "Mmm-hmm," I whimpered in fear. 

"I also know that you have a boyfriend who still lives in Waco, Texas," he added. 

"What's his name again, dear? From what I recall...I think it's a popular name that starts with a J." He thought about what my ex's name could be. "Ah, yes," he said. "It's John, isn't it?" 

My jaw dropped when he told me that he knew my ex's name. 

"Wait...how did you-?!" I asked in a loud tone.