Doctor Note - A Doctor Who x Death Note Crossover Story

28. Deduce

The Sontaran collapsed shortly after what he just said.

"What does that mean? 'I've been here all this time, haven't really helped out with anything that's happened. Who am I?'?" the Doctor asked. "L, you're the genius here, help me."

"Don't humble yourself Doctor, you know you're smarter than me." L called back.

"Come on guys, it's safe now, you can come out." The Doctor called out and the others slowly got out of their hiding spots.

"Well, it's obvious, the first part. 'I've been here all this time,' so he must be one of us. Who's been here all this time. He must've changed his appearance so no one would recognize him." L thought out loud.

"He hasn't given us much to use has he?" the Doctor commented, "'haven't really helped out with anything that's happened'? What?"

"Does he mean everything that's happened recently? Or anything that has happened throughout both of our worlds' timelines?" Light asked.

"No, it must be what's happened recently. It must be. So who hasn't helped out much throughout this whole ordeal of me coming to your world?" The Doctor asked, before looking at the Janitor.

Everyone followed his gaze and realised that he's looking at the Janitor, whom, at that moment in time, was in the middle of picking his nose. He realised that everyone was looking at him and quickly took his finger out of his nose and wiping it on the side of his pants before smiling nervously.

"GET ME OUT OF HERE!" The Janitor screamed at the top of his lungs. "I'M NOT THE MASTER!"

"I'm sorry, but according to the riddle that the Master, you, gave us, it only pointed to you. You're the only one who can be the Master." Light reasoned, giving an 'I win' smile to the Janitor.

"So, tell me, how do I get out of here? Out of this universe?" the Doctor asked.

"I don't know because I'm not the Master, okay?" the Janitor exclaimed, "why won't anybody believe me?"

"We'll give you some more time to get your thoughts straight, when we come back-" the Doctor started before Light interrupted him.

"you better get your story straight or you'll be sorry."

The Doctor looked at Light coldly and when Light noticed and asked what was the problem, this was the Doctor's reply: "Really? I'm older than you. I can interrogate a bad guy, go away."

While everyone was away from him, the Janitor decided to ask Jack something.

'Jack, am I really the Master, and I don't know it, you know, like the person in that Manga, "Rabbit Doubt"?' the Janitor thought.

No. You're just the Janitor from Scrubs.

'Then why did you make me get caught?' the Janitor thought angrily.

Well, because you fitted the profile, you haven't really done much.

'But that's because you didn't make me do much' the Janitor defended himself.

I know. I needed you to not do much.

'Why is that?' the Janitor thought.

To make this chapter longer.

The Janitor was so angry that he started yelling, "WHY YOU LITTLE MOTHER-"

The Doctor looked around the room as they waited for the Janitor to calm down, he was still yelling out at Jack. What a fool, the Doctor thought to himself.

L sat down, trying to get comfortable into the nearly-destroyed couch and realised that he left his cup of tea at the desk across the room.

"Watari," L called out and the old man walked out.

"Yes L?" Watari answered.

"Would you bring me my cup of tea? It's at the other side of the room, on that desk." L said, pointing at the cup.

"Certainly," Watari said calmly and walked over to pick up the cup of tea.

Watching L and Watari made the Doctor have a brainstorm and he started to question himself in his head, what had happened when the Sontarans and the Daleks rushed into headquarters.

He went back to those events and replayed what had happened in his head. And after he was done, he could only ask himself a question. It was the million dollar question to him. It was: where did Watari go during the mayhem?

Then the Doctor realised that there's only one logical and reasonable explanation. He jumped out and yelled so loud that everyone including Ryuk jump.

"Watari! Where were you when the Sontarans and the Daleks raced into headquarters?" the Doctor asked loudly.

"I beg your pardon, sir?" Watari asked.

"Don't feed me that crap. You're the Master aren't you? It's not just a coincidence that you disappeared to somewhere else just as the Sontarans and Daleks attacked headquarters!" the Doctor fought back.

"What are you talking about Doctor? Haven't we already caught the Master? Isn't he the Janitor?" L asked.

"But if you think about it even further, you'll realise that the Janitor doesn't fit the riddle perfectly. He only appeared just after I appeared here. Because, as he explains it, Jack needed a supporting character in the story that knew the truth." The Doctor started, "and if you think it even further, you'll realise that Watari here, fits the riddle perfectly."

Light, Ryuk and Matsuda caught onto what the Doctor was talking about.

"He's been here all this time..."Light and Ryuk said at the same time.

"And he's been mostly under the radar. He hadn't helped us at all at finding anything, be it Kira or the Master."

L still couldn't believe it-didn't want to believe it. "Watari, please tell me this isn't true..."

But all Watari did was give an evil grin at the Doctor.