Author's Note: Well I actually wanted to write this already so here's the first chapter! This pretty much just acts as a nice introduction showing how Light and L live together. It was cool because I got to show Ryuk as well as he never made it into Irrefutable connection. If you're a new reader I recomend you read Irrefutable first since it's the story of how L and Light became lovers and reached a compromise however it's not necesary for this to make sense.

BTW the Title and description is a little ambiguous because I'd like to keep the plot of this a little secret for a while however the meaning of 'inheritance' is a double one and will become clear.

This story will be seperated into two parts which are made of two seperate 'cases,' the first is more of an L investigation while the second is Kira's domain however there is of course blurring or boundries now that L and Light are together.

Please feel free to speculate upon what I have in store. ;) If anyone guesses what this part will entail in terms of inheritence then they will get....a honorable mention and a methaphorical cookie. *Waves metaphorical cookie*

Part 1: The Ryokuan Circle Case

Chapter 1: New world

In the following year preceding the absolution of the Kira Case Main Japanese Task Force in favour of the instatement of the Anti-Kira Organisation, intended for detailed observation and investigation, referred to as KL Surveillance in both the public and internal sphere, several changes in the pattern of Kira killings have been observed. The number of killings overall has seemed to decrease however there appears to be a more selective method of killing being employed by Kira. It suggests that Kira is being more thorough in investigations and also that he has somehow been enabled access to such resources and information that allow him to do so. There are other suggestions of changes in both behaviour and method in the pattern of killings that have been recorded however these cannot yet be fully quantified.

KL Surveillance is currently compiling further reports and running several investigations into such matters as; new vigilante organisations – both independent and Kira-sympathisers, Kira supporting organisations which may be providing links for Kira's resources and large or powerful criminal organisations which we believe Kira may too be taking an interest in. At this stage many of our suspicions on the matter of Kira's behaviour have proved inconclusive and current investigations are still in a crucial stage of development and cannot as of yet provide any truly valuable evidence or information.

- Takeshi Kobayashi, junior officer of KL Surveillance.

The artificial night light of the city filtered in through the large windows of the exclusive New York apartment illuminating the broad, well-furnished room and its two privileged inhabitants who were currently entangled among the expensive silk bed sheets. Light Yagami nipped the throat of the other man playfully, brushing his teeth only delicately across the white skin so beautifully illuminated by the pale light. L deployed his own mouth against the younger's throat in response, his fingers brushing over the tight muscles in Light's back and exerting pressure on the right points so that he could bring Light down and continue to ravage him more adequately. Time had allowed for an extensive amount of exploration so that they both knew each other's bodies, the sweetest expanses and impulses, so well that it was almost down to the very cells, the tiniest nerves. Moaning softly, very softly, Light wound himself around L, possessively wrapping his legs around his lover's hips and taking a new position astride the other man. L coiled his fingers in Light's hair and Light leant in to take his mouth.

Running his hands lovingly over L's thighs Light softly broke the kiss to move to L's throat again, his favourite spot to ravage. L's breath grew heavy as Light's lips and teeth did their work on his sensitive skin and he shifted and tensed beneath him, flexing his lithe body with pleasure. Kissing L's cheek and tracing the line of his jaw Light joined their hips more tightly, starting to grind, moving against his lover. L's hands found their place at Light's back and Light felt the man bringing his legs up to wind tightly around him, his feet exerting pressure at the base of Light's hips, his toes stroking in rhythm with his pleasure. The familiar position was a favourite, L's legs locking Light tightly to him while the younger man moved against him, breathing heavy and panting softly. Light moved his hips up, twisting slightly as he did so and leaning down with the clear intention of kissing his lover's collarbones when suddenly he stopped sharply, his movements coming to clear halt. His face tensed as he frowned and caught his breath.

"Ryuk!"

"What?" Replied the shinigami incredulously. He stood in the middle of the room, surveying the two men with his blank red-eyed stare.

"I believe," Light hissed, his voice husky and exasperated, "we have discussed this before." He cast a look over his shoulder at the grinning demon.

"Well…er…"

"Perhaps you misunderstood?" Light provided helpfully. L shifted beneath him, bringing his torso up to wrap his arms tightly around Light and press his face into the other man's neck, nuzzling the skin impatiently.

"Well…Humans are so complicated…"

"Perhaps then we can make it a simple matter of instruction and consequences?" Light's low voice intoned. The shinigami tilted his head as he recalled the bones of the conversations he had been given on protocol as well as the root of all Light's discipline and shrugging sank down through the floor. Light returned to pleasuring his lover, bringing L down against the mattress and letting his hands move across him. Pressing his face into L's neck he murmured,

"Really throws me off…" In reply L tilted his head, nudging at Light's until he had access at the other man's mouth and was able to claim it in a long kiss.

"My Kira," he whispered, running his fingers over the young mass murder's face and then kissing at the beautiful young man's cheeks. Little else was said, words were pretty redundant in lovemaking, the only other sounds were their breathing and moans as they reached their play reached its conclusion.

Afterwards they lay side by side, staring at each other with the same fascination that never seemed to waver no matter how much they consumed of each other. Light stroked L's hair, damp with sweat, tenderly and smiled,

"You look so pretty with your hair pressed down," he whispered for L's hair hung down more, the strands smoothed back by the sweat and Light's own ministrations. "You should maybe gel it back sometimes."

"You are not giving me a makeover," L replied in his best low monotone. Light chuckled softly then moved across the bed.

"We should start getting ready for the flight, I'm going to go shower." He felt L grab his arm, holding him back, and then the other man crawled across the bed to him to wrap his arms around his naked waist and kiss his shoulder blades.

"I'll join you," L murmured lovingly, "I'll confirm the flight with Watari and then I'll come through." Light nodded and then got up from the bed, taking his clothes off of the wardrobe where they hung neatly before making his way into the bathroom. L unwound his body, naked underneath the sheets, stretching the muscles briefly before wriggling across to reach for the bedside table. A total of eight cell phones were rested upon its surface, four belonging to each of the men. L selected the appropriate one out of his own and dialled Watari's number.

He still found it a little odd not travelling and residing in the same base building as his guardian however it had become evident to him very early on that the plans that he and Light were forming involved them pursuing a private arrangement between them. On the whole he supposed that the situation he was in now was far more conventional; he and Light were lovers and they co-habited. They worked together and they travelled together so they always stayed together in whatever place they settled in. Even Watari seemed to take the new arrangement as a natural one and the way that he and L operated was not that much altered apart from Watari overseeing L's primary domestic and consumptive requirements. However that was really enough of a prominent part of L's life for it to be a startling prospect and he knew that Watari viewed the new arrangement as been indicative of either one of two things; either L was pursuing a more independent lifestyle or he now got Light to fetch him his cake. In actual fact it was something between the two; L now ordered his own service but neither he or Light regarded domestic reality as something they would directly engage in, not for as long as there was money to pay someone else to do it for them.

The call took only a few moments consisting of L confirming that the time they had planned to take the jet was still convenient and that they would leave soon. Having several private jets made the travel that the two detectives required far easier. As L hung up Ryuk poked his head up through the floor to assess the situation.

"Can I come up now?" He drawled impatiently. L simply stared at him silently and inclined his head ever so slightly. Ryuk rose up to take his place in the room once more. He grinned nervously at L. L stared silently for a few moments then smiled at the shinigami.

"Tell me Ryuk," he mused, "I know that you cannot kill a shinigami with mortal weapons and you seam able to sublimate at will…yet I wonder, as you do have taste and are entirely capable of touch…Is it possible for a shinigami to feel pain?" Ryuk twitched in response to the question and L's intense gaze. L merely smiled wider and then got up from the bed to make his way across the room, intent upon his lover once more. At the door however L turned back to smile at Ryuk and say,

"We'll be able to provide you with more entertainment soon Ryuk, we're flying back to Japan in a few hours for a new case. I'm sure you'll enjoy that."

Author's note: So off they go to Japan and what wonders await them there?