Karma (Death Note)

Chapter 11: Stubborn

Through the screens. The suspect, Light Yagami, has entered his room and has brought someone with him.

A man with short dark hair and big dark eyes, he was a bit shorter than the suspect and looked really happy to be there.

"Why does he look like Matsuda?" Yagami-san voiced my thought out loud.

"Yagami-san, do you know him?" I asked him.

"No..." He shook his head as he watched his every move through the screen.

"Hey! I heard that someone looked like me!" Matsuda said as he walked into the room.

"Yes, Matsuda. There is someone that looks like you..." I pointed at the man in the screen.

Matsuda walked over to us and stared at the man in the screen.

"Hey, isn't that Takeshi?"

"You know him, Matsuda?" Yagami-san asked.

"Yeah, he's my cousin! I never thought that he was friends with Light."

That only made me wonder more. What does this Takeshi have to do involving the suspect?

I watched the kid spin around the suspect's room and land on the bed, he was laughing while the suspect was sitting on his desk, watching him with a smile.

The kid slided from the bed then went under the bed then he pulled out the magazine that the suspect bought a few days ago.

The kid faced the suspect triumphantly as if he found buried treasure, the suspect stood up immediately and tried to take the magazine back but the kid was putting it out of his reach, then it turned into a chase.

"I-I never thought my son acted so... immaturely." Yagami-san stared at disbelief at the scene that was happening before him.

"That's what teenagers do. They seem to be friends and that is what friends are supposed to be, immature..." I glanced over to Matsuda the moment I said the last word. He looked as clueless as ever.

"So that means the suspicion on my son is lowered, is that right?" Yagami-san asked with hope.

"Hmm, not too much." Yagami-san looked down a bit.

"But I am starting to get suspicious of this Takeshi character..."

"WHAT?!" Matsuda cried in disbelief.

"Do you have a problem with this, Matsuda?" I asked as I turned to see his enraged face which I have never seen on him before.

"Of course I have a problem! First you suspect Light to be Kira, Now you think that my cousin is Kira?!"

"I did not say anything about your cousin being Kira. But I think he is somehow involved with Kira." I answered him.

Matsuda slammed both of his hands on the table. "That's bullshit!"

"Calm down, Matsuda-"

"No! I won't calm down, chief! What makes you think that my cousin has anything to do with all of this, Ryuzaki?" He exclaimed.

"Your cousin is friends with the suspect, he was let into the house as a friend and Yagami-san has no idea who this man is. Including the fact that you didn't even know that he was friends with the suspect." I explained to him.

"They could've met in school and were friends there!" He countered.

"Then why is it that he comes in now? May there be something that they're planning?"

"It could just be coincidence that this all happened today!"

"Matsuda. With what has been happening lately, there is no such thing as a coincidence..."

"Look L, I am NOT going to let you suspect that my cousin is involved in this case." He made his decision.

"So you are saying that you are covering up for your cousin?"

"I'm not covering up for anyone! My cousin has nothing to do with this case. End of story!" Matsuda is still being stubborn and uncooperative.

"Matsuda, understand that we are trying to catch Kira here. Kira could be anyone here in Kyoto and we wouldn't have even known that Kira was here if we didn't do that broadcast weeks ago. Our suspect here has all the qualities of being Kira and your cousin is friends with him. So he might have something to do with this."

"B-But he-" I cut him off immediately.

"Matsuda, think about it. Don't you think that your cousin has something to do with this case, especially when I already listed down all the facts in front of you?"

He was fuming but didn't say anything. This was the exact reaction Yagami-san had when I suspected his son to be Kira, but a lot more violent. Who would want to find out that someone that you are related to or was with you in some time of your life to be suspected as a criminal?

"Matsuda, as bad as it may seem for you. We have to investigate every possible suspect and every person that may be involved in the case..."

He glared at me harder than before then turned his head to the side, he got up then went to the door.

"W-Where are you going, Matsuda?"

"I'm just going to get L some coffee..." I got the hidden message. He really despises me now...

I can still feel that glare boring through my skull but I didn't care.

He needs to understand the situation or he'll make rash decisions.

He turned back and walked out of the room. Yagami-san let out a sigh and the room became colder. Has this room been this cold? Better ask Watari about it later.

"Sorry about him. You know he is still a rookie..."

"Yes, I am aware. But I am surprised that you did not team up with him. Have you finally acknowledged that your son is indeed Kira?"

"No, never. But knowing you, you will stop at nothing to find Kira and we will help you capture him, even if it means that my son has to be a suspect." He declared boldly.

"Very well then..." I responded as I watched this new character's every move through the screen.

Oh no, my coffee has gotten cold...

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"OMG! Who knew that Takeshi was actually Matsuda's cousin?"

If you read my first note in the first chapter, you could have thought that they were related.

And yes, I was hinting that he was related to Matsuda in the first chapter. lol

Matsuda seems pissed. Well, watch the last episode and see how pissed he can get.