Death Note: The Next Kira (Part One)

Chapter Sixteen: The Confrontation/Flashbacks of Yesterday

 JANUARY 19, 2006

AROUND 12:30 PM

TOKYO, JAPAN

                                                                         MARIE                                                                              

"Hey, loser!" I heard a guy's voice say. 

"Did you get your bag checked for a Death Note?"

 I looked up to see who was saying that and found Geffrey and Saiko looking up at me.

 I nodded. "Yes, and they didn't find anything," I lied...well, maybe not a full lie.

 Without knowing it, Chief Matsuda picked up the Death Note and didn't know that it was, in fact, the Death Note, but wrapped up in black wrapping paper.

 Saiko frowned. "Aw, what a shame!" she said in a baby voice. "I was really hoping that they'd find one in your bag and that you'd be arrested for being the new Kira."

 Although I was the new Kira, I didn't let Geffrey's words or Saiko's words get to me. "But just in case you are the new Kira after all," Saiko began. She took an apple off her tray. "Here's an apple for your Shinigami."

 Geffrey and Saiko laughed right after she placed the apple on the tray. "Let's get out of here before she writes our names in the Death Note, bae," Geffrey said. "She looks like she has those red Shinigami eyes." They walked away and continued to laugh. 

I ignored them with the classic Wednesday Addams look on my face as I watched them go back to their table. I picked up my chopsticks and tried to enjoy my plate of Chinese food. 

                                                                    VINCENT 

"Do you really think we should tell her that Leonardo DiCaprio is after her?" I asked as I continued to get some teriyaki chicken on my tray.

 Kyrie looked at me and gasped. "Leonardo DiCaprio?!" she squealed. "Yay! I hope so!" 

"No!" I answered in a loud whisper. "The Shinigami!"

 Kyrie's smile faded. "Oh," she commented to me softly before shaking her head. 

"I don't know. She didn't seem shaken up when the police came in and issued a Death Note BOLO, so she can't be one of us." 

I turned and exited the Authentic American Food Bar with Kyrie on my tail. 

"So, what are we going to do, Vincent?" Kyrie asked quietly. 

I got a cup from the fountain drink station and filled it up with ice before getting a drink of Monster Energy.

 "We're gonna pretend like we didn't hear that stuff from Ryuk and Midora, alright?" I asked.

 Kyrie looked at me with a look like one of her favorite celebrities had just died. "So that's it?" she asked. "We just allow the Shinigami to manipulate her until he gets what he wants?"

 I held my hand up. "We can't just tell her that her life is in danger because of some Shinigami that may or may not be after her," I answered. "We have to pretend like we don't know anything until she reveals that she has a Death Note...if she has a Death Note." 

I waited for Kyrie to get a drink from the fountain machine. She got a drink of Melon Soda right before she placed it on the tray. We then walked to the table where Marie was sitting.

 "Hey, Marie," I greeted her right before she looked up at me.

 "Hey, Vincent," she said to me. 

She then looked at Kyrie. "Hey, Kyrie," Marie greeted.