DN: The Next Kira; Vol 2: Becoming Kira

Chapter Ten: Testing The Death Note

JANUARY 20, 2003

EARLY EVENING (AROUND 5:00 PM)

TOKYO, JAPAN

                                                                                 MARIE

I unlocked the door to the house only to find it empty. No sign of Christy in the house. She must have had a really busy day. I thought to myself. I heard a dog barking right before Khloe tried to jump on me. "Oh!" I exclaimed. "Khloe, what's gotten into you? Christy's not here yet!" Khloe got down on her two paws in the front and started whimpering. I bent down to pet her. "Don't worry, girl," I said while petting her. "We can go for a little walk pretty soon so we can make Christy jealous." Khloe started to wag her tail and even started panting. "Doesn't that sound nice?" I asked in a teasingly voice. "Woof!" she let out. I laughed. "Yes, yes. Now go play with your toys. I have some homework I need to do." I quickly went upstairs to my room and locked the door. I was then greeted by Alex who meowed and ran up to me. "Hey, Alex," I said with open arms. He ran into my arms and started purring. I hugged Alex back as he purred. "I missed you two, pretty kitty." Alex then started to meow like he wanted to get down. I did him the favor of putting him back down on the floor and he ran to my bed for a cat nap. I chuckled. "Now it's time for me to do my homework."

I quickly got the notebook out of my backpack and placed it on my computer desk. I opened it up and read the instructions in the book. "Death Note," I read. "Whoever's name is written in this notebook will die. If the person's name is not specified within forty seconds, the person would simply die of a heart attack. The person writing the name in the Death Note must have a name and the face of the person who owns that name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected." I shrugged. "Sounds like this is a book that someone's working on based on the Kira investigation," I said to myself before chuckling. The biggest shock was when I opened the book and found out that most of the pages were blank. "What the hell?" I muttered. "This is a notebook?!" I asked in a louder tone. "You can't be serious! Is this for real?!" I then made a serious face and thought about writing Geffrey's name in the Death Note after what he did to me today.

I collected a pen from my bag and almost...ALMOST wrote Geffrey's name in the Death Note. Wait! I can't write his name in the Death Note! He may be a bully, but it'd probably be a bad idea to write his name in the notebook. What if this is real and I accidentally kill him? I thought to myself. "I can't try this out on a school bully," I said to myself. "I have to try it on someone else." What about a perpetrator of the law? A kidnapper? A rapist? A pedophile? A murderer? Yes, I should use it on a criminal instead of a school bully! I thought to myself. I turned around in my seat and turned on the TV. When I turned it on, I got more than I bargained for. "Welcome to Sakura News," said the news reporter. "Today we are talking about a kidnapping case that's still ongoing. An eight-year-old girl named Kanao Arata was in the park walking with her mother..." The news showed a picture of the young girl. She had black hair that was up in pigtails, brown eyes, and wore a pink outfit. I felt bad for her because of what she and her family must be going through.

Kanao? What a beautiful name. I've never heard any name like that before. I feel really bad for the poor little thing. I thought to myself. "...when a man snatched her and placed her in his car." the news lady continued. "The police are looking for this man who is believed to be a tourist, 48-year-old, Jules Chevrolet is believed to have traveled to Tokyo from France." I glanced at the picture they placed of Jules Chevrolet on the TV. This guy looked more like he was 70 rather than his late 40s. I thought to myself as I squinted my eyes at the picture of him. That's disgusting! Who travels from France to Tokyo to kidnap a little girl? What kind of sick psychopath is he? I thought some more. "Oh well, Jules," I said out loud as I took the pen and raised it. "You brought this on yourself." I wrote his name on the first blank sheet of the notebook with no cause of death meaning that in forty seconds, he'll just die of a heart attack. I don't know if Kanao is still alive, but if she is, then she's probably forced to do stuff against her will like getting raped or sexually assaulted. I clenched my fist as I waited for an update and slightly turned my head so I could look at my alarm clock. "Any second," I said out loud.