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Like a snake his right arm shot out and
flipped the light switch, plunging his room into darkness, revealing on the
other side of the two-way mirror frozen in horror, eyes wide and thumb in mouth
L, standing a few feet away from where Light had been examining his own arse.

�Oh Bollocks!� said L.

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The next morning.

�I completely fail to see why you�re upset
about this.�

�Did I not mention the �being monitored at
all times� part of the deal?�

�Me detective, you suspect. It�s elementary
my dear Yagami-kun.� Ryuzaki grinned at him.

�um� that was a joke�errrr� I don�t know if
you�ve heard of�� he gave up as Light glared up at him from his breakfast.

�Come on! You weren�t upset about me
watching you for a week, why is this any different?�

�You did a lot more on camera than you did
last night, and your father was watching too� I mean, you just looked at
yourself in the mirror�You had a towel on� Most of the time� I�ve seen it all
before anyway� But you�re right you could do with some exercise��

Light furiously attacked his toast causing
Ryuzaki to fall silent. He felt this whole conversation was redundant, if Light
was the adult he pretended to be he would have understood and let it slide. He
decided to try something else.

�I�m er, sorry about your hand� I didn�t
realise my face was so hard.� That was it, and with a slight half smirk on his
face Light finally looked at him.

�Shut up Ryuzaki-san, haven�t we got work to
do?�

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He liked Light. Ryuzaki understood that much
from the complicated thoughts rushing around his brain, but anything beyond
that had yet to be deciphered.

Why did he like Light? He was most certainly
Kira, a mass murderer with a god complex - not the most likable of personality
types. He was also arrogant, vain, condescending, overconfident and talked far
too much.

�Liked?��As a friend? � Respected as an
equal? Something else? L didn�t think about these things. L was a professional,
a highly intelligent detective; always impersonal.

Ryuzaki on the other hand, was feeling very
�personal� indeed. He was used to Watari being his only contact with the rest
of his species for moths on end. A year even. Ryuzaki was sure that during that
very tricky embezzlement case in Sweden he�d spent his 20th year alone with his
laptop and assistant in the various hotels of Stockholm.

But on this case� he had to meet with police
before, when the situation required it, but never as L.

But on this case� he needed the police; he�d invited them to his hotel and into his
life, meeting with them on a daily basis, even caring about their opinions!
(Though only vaguely, he was still L). Then he had joined a university � just
to meet a suspect!

Watari understood him, or had at least
worked for him so long that he could deal with Ryuzaki�s lifestyle and lack of
social ability. The team too, he could work with, sure they were annoying and
painfully slow but they had the manpower and resources to make them worth
putting up with. Light on the other hand�

Light was intelligent. His perfect
university grades only put a number to something you knew within moments of
speaking with him. L was itching to set him a real IQ test (one of Wammy�s
creations designed to differentiate between those who couldn�t be measured with
normal tests.) What would it show? Higher, lower and by how much? Even if Light
beat his score it wouldn�t make him interesting. L had met many intelligent
people in his life, some so �intelligent� he�d felt simple in their presence.
One man, for example, was fluent in 30 languages and could multiply telephone
numbers in his head yet needed an assistant to get him dressed in the mornings.
Intelligent was normal for L, average and boring.

Light was friendly. He may not have been a
super genius but he had his head screwed on right. It�s a sad fact that people
of higher intelligence tend to have lower common sense and emotional
intelligence. To be of his level yet to still be able to partake in normal life
seemed strange to Ryuzaki; having spent part of his childhood in an orphanage
for children too intelligent to be allowed out. Light had friends, was the most
popular guy at school, and even had hot girls asking him out! To Ryuzaki,
having spent another part of his childhood in an orphanage for normal children, it just didn�t make
sense.

Light was attractive. L wasn�t completely
unaware of what his species considered desirable but this was the first time
he�d thought about it, rather than just accepting the general consensus. He
actually thought about it a lot, in fact he thought about it slightly more than
he though about strawberry shortcake (not as much as Kira, he was a professional after all). He thought
Light�s eyes, his hair, how well he wore his clothes and how good he looked
without them and Ryuzaki hated every bit of him, from that poncy hairstyle to
his designer shoes and socks (who wears designer socks!?). L hated his charming
smile and confident laugh that lit up that perfect angelic face and belied the
evil within.

Light arrogantly insinuated his way through
life, with a smile for every occasion, how could he not succeed? He weaved
dreams and delusions around everyone he met, dazzling them with his
�brilliance.� How could this charming, handsome policeman�s son possibly be
Kira? Evil people were ugly and dark, whilst Light was light and�

Whatever his feelings toward Light, L knew
they were inconsequential. No matter how intelligent, friendly or attractive he
was it didn�t matter, because, as he yelled at his thoughts, he was a murderer,
he was Kira. Looking good in a towel would not protect him from justice, good
grades would not exonerate Light from murder and no amount of friendly smiles
and tennis matches would prevent L from doing his duty. Whilst he could dazzle
and confuse others, L wasn�t yet blind to his faults and could still see him
for what he was. Nothing mattered, except justice. These new feelings would
just have to return from whence the came, L had a name to uphold.

Determined and with mind settled the
detective barged past his suspect and into the waiting elevator. Ryuzaki noting
as he passed Light�s very attractive cologne.

�Damn. Forgot to mention how nice he smelt.�

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�Are we sure Kira�s on our side?�

�Well of course he is Ooi, he kills whoever
we tell him to�

�No not that one, the other one. We agreed
to kill no more than 10 people for economic reasons a month, and less than 100
criminal a week to cover up anything suspicious, but Kira goes over that limit
at least every two days?�

�Mido its obvious that the original is a nut
job, why would he kill criminal when he could be smart and make money like us?�

�Must everything be about money for you?�

�Look Namikawa we�ve got a really sweat deal
here, all we have to do is not piss the guy off and we�ll be fine.�

�Well if you�re sure� Maybe we should try to
get a message to him.�

�Why? L will be so busy chasing him, he�ll
never notice us.�

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Eyebrows were raised at Ryuzaki�s bruised
face and Lights bandaged hand, but stares from both of them consigned the issue
to �none of your business� and �things that shall not be mentioned.� The team
had just returned for the morning session, bags at their heels. Light rushing
over to rummage through his ration of beauty products, looking for moisturiser
or his hair brush at least!

�Yagami-kun shows an unnatural concern for his
appearance. One might think��

�Oh go on! Turn that into a Kira theory.
Dying my hair obviously shows a great desire to have criminals �dieing� and by
brushing it more than once a month, clearly proves I want to �brush� evil out
of society!�

�Ahh� thought the team, �that�s what this is
about�. Light stomped of to a shiny glass partition, brush in hand and got to
work in front of his impromptu mirror (reassuringly transparent,) leaving L
standing alone in the middle of the room.

�Well then, let us begin.�

It had come to the moment L was dreading:
the start of the investigation. They were expecting him to lead them, to inform
and instruct them, and he had no idea where to begin. So sure had he been that
Light was Kira, now L was lost. Where to now? They had no new leads and, he, no
new theories. What could they do? Wait until Kira made a mistake? He liked his
original theory so much he was loathed to forget it and come up with another.

He just needed to think, by himself, and
come up with a new lead. That�s when he needed a team, not now, not when any of
them couldn�t connect the dots in the data. �Ok, give them something to do,
grunt work, anything so I can work.�

�We�re going to have to start all over
again. So what do we know? There is (at least 1, maybe 2) people who can kill
anyone they so wish without contact, as long as they know what they look like.
Previously it seemed as though Kira needed to know the name of the victim, but
since Sakura TV that no longer appears to be mandatory. I�m curious to know weather
this is still the case, Mogi-san, I would like you to look in to that. Look for
gaps in the victim lists where criminals Kira would normal target have not been
killed and there is a possibility of an alias being used. Or if just the
photograph is shown, does that person subsequently die?�

For that matter we need to know what sort of
criminals Kira considers evil enough to kill. We want to build up the �moral
code� of Kira, as it may lead to a physiological and psychological profile of
Kira himself.�

�How? Doesn�t he just kill whoever�s in the
news?� said Matsuda.

�Let us suppose Kira always kills
paedophiles and child abusers, we might then infer that Kira is a victim of one
of those crimes, narrowing down our search. Or perhaps Kira doesn�t kill racists
or abusive husbands suggesting he doesn�t see those as crimes worthy of death
and is, himself, a racist misogynist etc. It will also be useful to know when
Kira diverts from his moral standards, as I believe he did when he killed a
pickpocket and an embezzler, symptomatic of him being under pressure to kill,
perhaps because he is being watched and wants to��

�Ryuzaki!�

�Yes Yagami-san? Oh! Right, no accusing
Yagami-kun before your morning coffee, I forgot. But it�s an interesting point
don�t you think, Yagami-kun?... You�re glowering at me? You are still my
suspect you know! �. Well I�ll leave the task up to you, Yagami-san and
Aizawa-san. Don�t forget to take a look at whether there has been a change in
Kira�s moral code since, say, Yagami-kun and Amane-san were confined and the
deaths returned, caused by � perhaps different Kiras?...Oww!�

A hairbrush had collided with the side of
his face.

�That wasn�t very nice, Yagami-kun. I
thought we were friends.�

�You basta��

�Ryuzaki! Ryuzaki! You forgot me, what
should I do?� Matsuda hurriedly interrupted what was quickly about to descend
into all-out warfare.

�Ummm...� Turning away from Light, L tried
to regain the thread of the conversation or failing that, inspiration. His gaze
fell on Light�s watch.

�Time� he said. �When does he kill? Kira has
before shown he can set the time of death whenever he likes, but he didn�t
always. I�m hypothesising that setting the time of death, and controlling their
actions, is slightly more difficult then not, more time consuming perhaps. So
I�m wondering if, now the pressure is off slightly, can Kira be bothered? If
not, we can begin to build up his working schedule again, which proved very
useful last time. Then I�d like to know the time difference between consecutive
victims (prison victims will have most accurate TODs), and the lag between a
newly announced criminal appearing in the media and their death. Both will give
us a clue to what Kira has to do and how long it takes to have its affect. We
know from the Lind L Tailor and Sakura TV incidents that it is a matter of
minutes, not hours but a definite number would be useful.�

Looking at the worried expression on
Matsuda�s face. �Just input the data on an excel spreadsheet and make a few
graphs� Yagami-kun will give you a hand in interpretation and extrapolation.�

The team gave a collective sigh and made
their way toward the computers.

��That is of course, after he completes a
short test I prepared in order to gauge his moral opinions.�

The investigation had begun.

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Up in the dark control room Kira, who had
unconciously holding his breath, took in a lungful of air. Wow. L was a sharp
one. They wouldn�t discover anything too crucial but still� �He didn�t do this
last time�� Last time L had been too �depressed� to work at this point, leaving
the team to amuse themselves.

Kira could see now why L was considered the
World�s Best Detective, he looked for the holes in the case and attempted to
fill them with knowledge. He slowly chipped away at the huge mountain of the
unknown, breaking the huge question �Who is Kira?� into pebble sized questions
that even Matsuda could solve.

It would all be useless in the end though, L
was up against a far greater power. Knowing what time Kira went to bed wouldn�t
help when Kira already controlled every aspect of your life.

And besides he wasn�t going to make the same
�mistake� again. He wouldn�t change a thing, but wielding justice as he always
had, who cared if they knew it took 40 seconds and he didn�t have the shinigami
eyes? L was only going to �prove� that �Light� wasn�t Kira because his
�morality� hadn�t changed.

�Ha! L you should never have challenged a
god!�

The Shinigami laughed too. �Kyuk, Kyuk,
Kyuk, fat lot of good that�s gonna do you L we heard everything you said!�

Kira turned and fixed the Shinigami with a
red glare.

�Be silent!�

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*thwak*

*Run*

'huff huff'

*thwak*

�Go Raito!!!�

It wasn�t tennis as such, but since it was
stress relieving and counted as a
date with Misa it was still pretty good. �Finally some exercise.�

It was fun. It was challenging. It was in
fact two cardboard packaging tubes and a rubber ball in one of the unused room
on the 15th floor, but that did nothing to deter the competitive spirit and
masterful concentration. The carpet and lack of net made it quite tricky, but
the surrounding walls, celling and lack of strict rules added a lot to the
game-play experience. For example it was deemed acceptable to �accidentally�
clobber your opponent whilst swinging for the ball. Points were scored by
getting the ball in one of the bins on either side of the room or by rebound
off your opponent�s body, where the greater the impact sound the more points
awarded.

Crotch shots scored triple.

'huff' *Run*

*Thwak*

*Run*

*thwak*

*Boing!*

*thump*

�Oww!�

�Yay! Raito!�

The ball had ricocheted of the light fitting
in an odd way, striking Ryuzaki right between the eyes.

�10 points to me I think.�

�Raito�s winning! Go, Raito, Go!�

�Amane-san is very cruel, she doesn�t care
at all about the pain her boyfriend inflicts on those around him.� The comment
had the desired effect, and with Light distracted, L rammed the end of the tube
over the ball, swung his arm back to its full extension and, in a manner
reminiscent of a lacrosse move, released to ball after its full over arm throw.

�Ahhh!�

Light sunk to his knees, hands firmly
clasped over his groin.

�New balls, please!�

This was nothing like tennis.

�I think that 30 points might just put me in
the lead, Light-kun.�

If only the team could see them now.

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Light had carefully designed devices and
programs to prevent this from happening.

�Why?�

He checked all the cameras before he left
and had even locked some members of the team in their rooms.

�How?�

With his own elevator and a few hidden
staircases the risk was minimal.

�No way��

He�d come out to take a shower, get Ryuk�s
damn apples and just stretch his legs.

�Why now?�

His wristband automatically switched off any
camera he approached. His �mobile� should have buzzed the moment the problem arose,
should have given details, and suggest an escape path before the confrontation
became unstoppable.

�Its over�

�before he was standing face to face with
Matsuda.

�Hi, Light-kun what are you doing down
here?�

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'Breathbreath�calmcalm
don�tstranglebastardtodeathwithowntie�
becalm�heshotmekilledmestoodthereandshotmethebastartkillhimKILLHIM!'

�Heh Heh�I�m�� Smile� nice smile, happy
smile... �getting a snack�I didn�t eat enough at dinner�what about you
Ma-Matsuda-san?�

�Please don�t tell the others� but I keep
getting lost�um What floor are we on?�

A sign a few meters behind him announced in
foot high red numeral that this was the 8th floor. Light pointed this out to
him but didn�t trust himself to speak further.

�Oh gosh�don�t I feel silly? Not like you
eh? Only been here a day but I bet you know this place like the back of your
hand!�

Light snorted. And Matsuda laughed too.

�I just don�t get this building� all these
floors with empty rooms and the staircases can be really hard to spot� like
that one you just came through, only found it myself when I bent down to tie my
shoes and noticed that funny bit in the carpet, really looks like any other bit
of wall that door does, wonder what Ryuzaki�s thinking with that. And those key
card things, you need it to go anywhere or do anything, can�t make the elevator
open without it, and I�ve only gone and lost mine�Ryuzaki�s gonna be so mad
when he finds out! I�m too scared to tell him�do you think you could Light-kun?
He likes you, and you�ll just have a �Matsuda�s being stupid� laugh and no one
gets yelled at.�

That was it! No wonder his proximity alarm
hadn�t gone off, without the chip in the card the idiot didn�t show up on the
system.

The Kira investigation team:

�..86 percent competent detective

�..14 percent Matsuda.

However Light was by far the greatest idiot
of all �Why the hell didn�t I consider this possibility?� but at least he was
safe; idiots could be steered away and he�d had a lot of practise with this
one.

�I don�t think you're stupid Matsuda-san,
you�re right, this building is weird! The whole key card system is one complete
design flaw. Anyone could accidentally misplace their card, right, and then
what? Get stuck in a disused lavatory and starve to death? Don�t worry I will
tell Ryuzaki exactly what I think.�

�Thanks, Light-kun you�re so helpful. We�d
better be getting to bed; Ryuzaki wants an even earlier start tomorrow.�

�Here, we can use my card to get into the
elevator, so you should be able to get up to your floor, but you�ll have to get
Dad to let you into your room, I don�t have clearance for that�

He slipped his card (nominally a low
authority light blue one) out of his back pocket and pushed it in to the slot
by the door. The elevator arrived and Light extracted the card.

�Light-kun, when did your hand get better?�

He looked at his right hand, a hand
completely free of bruising, with perfect knuckles and no bandage in sight.

�FUCK!�

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