Chapter 13

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 TV~"Kira thank you for your reply, do not worry I will follow orders and do as you say. However, I know we share a common enemy and as I hope you will agree with I demand that 'L' show up on live television, like I have ordered. I hope this meets your wishes and I cannot wait to meet with you. 'L' if you are listening I want you to follow my orders or there will be severe consequences."

Mr Howell swallowed. "Get Ryuzaki online now. He needs to see this. Thank you Jim for streaming the response."

"No problem." 

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Phil was eating cereal and chatting happily with Dan when he heard the little beep in his work phone. He tried his best not to show his surprise and swallowed what was left in his mouth. 

"I need the toilet." He announced and poured the rest of the soggy cereal down the sink. Dan giggled.

"That's nice to know." He replied sarcastically earning a small grin from Phil before departing to his room. He whipped his phone out and shut the door behind him. He looked at the contact to see it was Jim calling him - must be something important to the Kira case.

"Jim, what's happened?"

"It's a message from the second Kira. We have a reply, I'll send it to your laptop right now." Jim replied. Phil sprinted over to the bed and opened up his laptop, quickly typing in the pass code. Sure enough when he screen loaded a file had popped up in his emails. He clicked on it and a video flew up on screen with the similar 'KIRA' text across it.

Phil listened over the message and glared at the screen - he was no closer to founding out any leads to the case. The only thing he has added to the pile was the 2nd Kira's complete loyalty to the original. Phil rubbed his temples. So this Kira still wanted him to appear on TV? With the evidence they had collected Phil knew he would most definitely die if he was to appear. He grit his teeth as he tried to think of a solution.

Why hadn't the original Kira done anything either? The killings were going on as usual - around 32 a day. Was Kira sitting back and letting events unfold? Was he happy that the 2nd Kira had L in a hard situation? Well that was an obvious yes. 

In frustration Phil clicked on Skype and called the task force. 

"L! Have you heard the reply?" Mr Howell asked in worry.

"Yes I've heard it and I'm not particularly happy with it to be honest. The only thing we could use is his loyalty but Kira could easily step in and stop it if this 2nd Kira were to take the bait." Phil chewed his lip in thought.

"What the hell should I do?" 

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"You're boyfriend's been gone a while." Ryuk chuckled, eating an apple out of the fruit bowl.

"Shut up! He's not my boyfriend!" Dan hissed. 

"No need to get defensive, I was just wondering when you were going to do something interesting. I'm so bored, write some names in the Death Note or something." Ryuk complained. Dan glared at Ryuk, knowing that he wasn't helpful at all - he was merely an observer and expected to be entertained by, what Dan presumed he thought was, their worthless human existence. 

"Look Ryuk, I'm playing a waiting game. The reply has been sent and now we need to see if L will appear on TV or if he will do something else. We've got him trapped in a fairly good situation for us so we're waiting it out and seeing what happens. Besides PJ is writing in the Death Note today so I'm going to relax." Dan snapped.

"Whatever, I just hope your friend leaves soon so I can play some of your human video games." Ryuk shrugged, not affected by Dan's words at all.

Dan rolled his eyes and watched Ryuk drift into the living room. He looked around the empty kitchen and remembered Ryuk's earlier comment. Phil had been gone a while, especially since he said he was going to the toilet. 

In curiosity he got to his feet and quietly padded down the hallway. He got to the bathroom and frowned when he saw the light off and the room empty. He decided to check on Phil and see if he was in his room. He got halfway there when he heard a muffled conversation through the door. Phil was definitely talking to someone. 

Dan ever so slightly pushed the door open a crack and was shocked by the words he heard. "Yes I've heard it and I'm not particularly happy with it to be honest. The only thing we could use is his loyalty but Kira could easily step in and stop it if this 2nd Kira were to take the bait." Phil said as he looked at the screen. Dan's heart beat sped up and his eyes went as round as saucers.

Phil couldn't be ... no!

"Well then we might have to use what we can. I take it you'll be in tomorrow?" A second voice replied making Dan's blood run cold. Was that his father? He knew his father was working on the Kira case with L ...

He couldn't be ...

"Yes I'll be in tomorrow. Tell Jim to save the Kira response and I'll look through all the tapes a few times. We need to find a loop hole so I don't end up going on TV." Phil sighed.

That was it. It confirmed everything. Dan stumbled backwards and tried his best to be quiet. His heart was beating at a rapid pace, his palms were sweating and his face held a horrified expression.

PHIL was L?

Dan felt his breathing get heavier as he had a mini heart attack. "No! Phil can't be L. HE CAN'T BE L!" Dan thought in panic and rushed off to his room. He clamped a hand over his mouth and whimpered, wanting to cry. Phil was his best friend, crush and now also his sworn enemy. How was that going to work.

He knew it that moment that he could never kill Phil so getting rid of L was out of the question. That meant that Phil would be unknowingly hunting Dan down for as long as it took to finally track him down ... but what would happen if Phil found out it was him? "He'd be so disappointed in me..." Dan panicked, feeling his insides hurt.

Dan felt like breaking down. He had to tell someone, he had to let his emotions out. "I need to see PJ." Dan thought. "Surely he wouldn't want to kill Phil as well?"  Dan chewed his lip and grabbed his jacket, keys and wallet. He needed to get out of that apartment QUICK, or else he'd do something that could mess up everything. 

"PHIL! I'M GOING OUT!" Dan called as he pulled his shoes on and didn't wait for a reply as he swiftly left the apartment and power walked down the hall to the lift. 

"Hey Dan! Where are you going?" Ryuk called.

"To the shops to buy milk." Dan replied.

"Ok ... then I'll stay here." Ryuk replied and flew back inside the apartment, just as the lift doors closed. 

"Good, I don't want you there anyway." Dan thought bitterly. As soon as he was out the building he called a taxi and jumped in, blurting out PJ's address. Throughout  the whole ride Dan was having an internal panic attack and his insides were squirming. He wanted to break down in the back seat but knew he had to hold it in or else the driver might call the police on him. 

As soon as the taxi stopped Dan jumped out and practically threw the money at the driver before sprinting up the front steps and frantically mashing the door bell. 

Soon enough PJ answered the door. He took one look at Dan and immediately knew something was wrong. "Dan? What happened?" He asked in worry. 

"It's Phil!" Dan cried, a tear going down his cheek.

"WHAT? What happened to him?" PJ asked in alarm, letting Dan through the door.

"I'll tell you inside." Dan whimpered and with that the door was slammed shut.

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Sorry it took so long to update. I was procrastinating and planning out other One Shots so ... yeah. Sorry :/ X

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