Death Note: The Next Kira (Part One)

APRIL 14, 2006

TOKYO, JAPAN

AT 7:02 PM 

                                                                                      MARIE 

I went downstairs and saw Light digging through a box. I walked up to the box and saw movies in it. "What are you two doing?" I asked. "Picking out a movie," Light answered.  He looked up at me. "So, I'm guessing Titanic is a no, right?" Light asked. "Well yeah," I answered. "That means no. I don't wanna think about the Heart of the Ocean getting into an accident." "And it won't," Light reminded me. "You need to get your mind off of that, Marie." He paused for a moment as I crossed my arms. "Seriously, Near's gonna be fine," Light continued. "And if you keep worrying about this, you'll more than likely get anxiety." I sighed and lowered my head before I looked back at Light. "Alright," I said. "I'll try. Now, what other movies do you have in the box?" I watched as Light and Ryuzaki continued to look in the box. "There are quite a few movies with shipwrecks in them," Ryuzaki answered. I watched as Ryuzaki brought up a DVD. "Oh," he said out loud. "I found The Little Mermaid." A smile appeared on my face because it was one of my favorite Disney movies besides Beauty and the Beast. Besides, a lot of Disney movies made me feel good. (From Snow White to the Pixar movies, that is. Home on the Range and Chicken Little were pretty sucky. Well, Chicken Little had some enjoyable things, but Home on the Range??? What were these people thinking?) 

"Uh, Ryuzaki," Light said. "The ship sinks in that movie. A storm came unexpectedly and the ship was struck by lightning which caused it to get set on fire." "Uh...alright," Ryuzaki said. "We'll just keep looking." I watched as he gently placed the movie down. "You've seen Titanic, right, Ryuzaki?" I asked. He nodded. "Yes," Ryuzaki answered. "I went to go see it in theaters when it came out." He paused. "I cried," Ryuzaki continued. I nodded. "I almost did to when Jack died," I commented. Ryuzaki shook his head. "No," he corrected me. "I cried when the ship sank and all of those innocent people were lost. It's much sadder knowing that the Titanic was a real ship that sank back in 1912. None of us were alive back then. Not even Watari was alive." I made a confused look on my face. "Wasn't Watari born in 1929?" I asked. Ryuzaki nodded. "He was," he answered. "The people that raised him are not his parents by blood. His real parents died not long after he was born. His real mother died of childbirth and his father was so grief-stricken that he killed himself." I got curious about what happened. "So, what happened to Watari?" I asked. "Did a couple find him?" 

Ryuzaki nodded. "Yes," he answered. "He was left on the doorsteps of a rich couple's house. Watari assumed he left him at a rich couple's house because he didn't want him to grow up poor. Not long after he was left at the doorstep, his adoptive mother found him after the maid saw him. A few days later, they found a truck underwater with a man inside. They didn't even realize  it was Watari's real father until they did a DNA test." I was shocked to hear that. I couldn't even find myself to say anything. "Thankfully, Watari's adoptive parents lived long enough," Ryuzaki continued. "His adoptive father died in 1978 due to a heart attack and his adoptive mother died in 1980 due to heart failure." A few more seconds passed by before I said anything. "Did you meet them?" "I was brought to the Wammy House in 1984 so no," Ryuzaki answered. "I got to meet Roger's mother before she died in 1994. Unfortunately, his father died before I could meet him. One interesting thing is that Roger told me his grandmother was on the Titanic."

I was surprised to hear that. "Really?" I asked. "That's what he said," Ryuzaki answered. "She was a teenager and went on the lifeboat with her brother. Her parents when the ship sank. She didn't live long enough to see the movie Titanic came out in 1997, but she did see an older movie on TV. Roger said that when that movie came on, she would instantly break down into tears." "So, I'm guessing she was telling the truth after all, right?" I asked. Ryuzaki shrugged. "I guess so," he answered. "The 1910s were not kind to ships. You got the Titanic, Brittanic, Lusitania, SS Eastland, etc." "Okay, that's enough talking about sinking ships," Light said. "Nobody wants any shipwrecks. Not even the one on The Little Mermaid either." "Well, at least that one's not real, Light," Ryuzaki reminded him. "Well, when a cruise ship gets stuck in a typhoon and set on fire thanks to a lightning strike in real life, we'll talk," Light said. "Anyway, Marie, are you going to order pizza? I'm starving."