A/N: Um… hi. This is the first fic that I've written for a long time. My other ones have all been deleted, as they sucked. A lot. I really hope this one doesn't suck as much, but I can but hope. I've been looking for a fic where L joins Raito, but I haven't found any so far. If you know any, please message them to me. Also, this is the only one that I actually have an idea of how to end, as well. The other ones have just been me writing whatever came to my mind. So, with that said, I bring you…
Chapter 1: A Different Reaction
My pen scribbled across the paper. Another one dead. Those criminals didn't deserve to live, anyways. Soon, I, Yagami Raito, shall be god, the God of a New World. There will be no one to stop me, and I shall mold this pathetic excuse of a world into something better, a world of peace…
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Raito sat back in his chair, satisfied that he had gotten much done that day. In all, he had killed 192 criminals that day only, adding to his ever-growing list of deaths. Soon, he thought, the world shall be mine! Ryuk just stared at him, chuckling silently to himself about how brilliant he was to "accidentally" drop his Death Note into the human realm. Now, if only he could get his hands on some apples…
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Meanwhile, Yagami Soichiro was at a rather important meeting, one involving the great detective, L.
"What do you mean, you refuse to take up this case?" Soichiro exclaimed, confused that L turned down such an important case, the case of the mass murderer, Kira. "He's killed hundreds, maybe thousands, and you won't do a thing about it?"
"Not quite," Responded an electronically altered voice. "But since he's limited his killings to highly dangerous criminals, why should I stop him? He's helped my cases, actually. I refuse to hunt him down and arrest him." In his rage, Soichiro missed the fact that L said he would do something, just not hunt him down to stop him.
"Preposterous!" raged Soichiro. "What if he starts killing innocents after he gets bored of killing criminals? It'll be too late then! We must act now, to save lives of those who may be killed! How is he able to murder those across the world in such a short period of time, anyways? We could acquire new technology from him if we catch him, as well!" He glared at the gigantic "L" projected on the wall, as if that would make any difference.
"Wow," said L, with a hint of annoyance in his voice. "You haven't thought this through at all. If you go after him, you may very likely anger him, directing his efforts to yourself instead. This would not only endanger your lives, but slow his dealings with criminals as well. In addition, many nations have already started respecting this "mass-murderer," as you call him. Or her. Chasing after Kira may interfere with our relations with those countries."
"B-but," Soichiro spluttered. "I-I won't allow him to take any innocent lives! Regardless of whether you, L, will help us or not, I will lead an investigation team and find this "Kira." All who do not want to join me leave this room at once, as unwilling people will be a hindrance to this case."
"May I add that it will also endanger your life," L's artificially voice added. "Kira does know how to kill, you know." Soichiro cursed inwardly at this, since he knew that this would cut down the number willing to help him on the case dramatically.
The rest of the gathered people, who had just quietly watched Soichiro argue with L, talked amongst themselves, discussing whether or not to join the case. One by one, they exited the room. At the end, only five, not including Soichiro (and Watari, who was their liaison with L) remained. They were Matsuda Touta, Aizawa Shuichi, Mogi Kanzo, and Ide Hideki. Soichiro looked slightly disappointed at the lack of people, but decided it was, at least, better than no one at all.
"Well then, gentlemen, let's start?" declared Soichiro. "As we have no clue as to where this Kira character is located, we should first investigate different parts of Japan, since that's where the initial murders started."
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On the other side of the laptop computer screen, L shook his head. Not too smart, are they? He thought. He had already a general idea where Kira was. However, he did not wish to get in his way. What he wanted to do was exactly the opposite. He wanted to join whoever this "Kira" was, getting rid of criminals left and right. Staring at a laptop all day for days on end was beginning to get boring, and he wanted to try something new.
He began making plans to find Kira, and intended to find him soon. L gathered his thoughts, and began to use his genius mind to locate Kira.
Hm… according to my research, Kira should be in the Kanto religion of Japan. Since he has been able to get names of many criminals unknown to most of the population, he should either have connections with the police, or is a very experienced hacker .I shall investigate the former first, but to do that, I would have to go out in public. Or maybe, I can reemploy that FBI agent, since I remember she had Japanese origins. If I remember correctly, her name was… Naomi Misora.
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A/N: And that's it for chapter one. I apologize for the shortness. Feel free to review or message me ideas you may have, since I don't get much mail. Or you could review/message me just because. =) I'll try to update as soon as I can, which may be the coming weekend. I will try, but no guarantees.
As for characters in Death Note, I like most characters except for Misa and Near. I also dislike Soichiro for some reason. Because of this, they will not be seen in a very good light. Heck, Misa isn't even going to be in this fanfict. So yeah.
I don't care much for flames, but they're still reviews. I'll welcome them with open arms. =D