Scattered

Part 3

About a week had gone by and the big three had successfully reached their goal, making a new friend along the way. One Sayu Yagami had been spending more time than ever hanging out with them at the shop, basically becoming one of their siblings.

However they were never able to go to her house because of the late night shifts and recently, Kira. About half way through Norman, Emma and Ray's agreement with the cranky old lady, a mass murderer showed up. People all around the world had been dropping dead from mere heart attacks. So the three knew they had to make sure to stay away from most people, or at least the suspicious ones.

They had used library computers to do some research and found multiple sites for Kira. They were mostly people posting names of criminals they wanted dead and a few, most likely cops or police supporters, posting reasons why Kira is evil. But at the time, that's all they could do, research in the library, just like now.

" There's nothing useful here. All we know is that criminals everywhere are dying from heart attacks. If we want more information we'll have to hack into police files." Ray was obviously annoyed, the crease from his eyebrows and sharp tone gave it away.

" What about patterns? Times of death, or maybe where the first victims started dying?" Norman suggested as Ray continued searching the web, making a mental note to erase this all later. Emma was standing behind ray, leaning slightly on the chair he sat in.

" Wait, Ray! Right there it shows the date the broadcast was on, we can use that to see what criminals died first on T.V., but it might not work with news articles because-" Emma began to point to the screen.

" Just because the body was found doesn't mean it's the most recent death, I know. But thanks for showing me that I guess." Ray cut her off, causing Emma to pout and Norman to laugh lightly at the two.

After spending a few more hours in the library they had to leave. But since they were no longer able to stay at the little shop, they began to search for a good place to camp out.

It was already getting dark out, showing that it was probably already seven or eight at night. Although, the cold wind didn't bother them much , thanks to their new clothes that were 'bought'. The two boys felt Emma tug on their hands pulling them to a park up ahead.

" I think I see a playground! We can sleep in the tunnel things, okay?" Emma suggested, smiling brightly at the two.

"Hn." Ray grunted but followed nonetheless.

"Alright." Norman walked with the two and they all settled down for the night. " So, let's go over what we found out. " Norman was the first to speak after a bit of awkward silence.

" Well, we know he's in the Kanto region, same as us. And we also found out that there is a famous detective named L." Ray listed the two things on his fingers.

" Don't forget that they're most likely a student. More specifically a high school student. Most likely following the schedule of both normal school and cram school with all the early morning and late night murders. And if we put in the higher murder count during holidays and weekends we have even more proof." Emma added while Norman nodded at the information.

" Exactly, we also need to make sure to not give out our real names, especially since we don't have middle or last names. If Kira thinks that we should die for whatever reason, the only thing they will need is our first name, this makes us more vulnerable to Kira's power."

" Ya..... I forgot about that." Emma trailed off, swearing she heard Ray mumble "idiot" under his breath. A few more hours passed before they were all able to drift off into a peaceful sleep.

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The next day Emma, Norman, and Ray decided to stick together as often as possible. I mean, you probably shouldn't split up when you don't know the city very well along with the fact that a dangerous serial killer is on the loose.