Crossover fiction: Death Note & Durarara!

The Color of this Town

Prologue

The great detective L was sitting on the floor in front of his laptop in his usual awkward position and was absent-mindedly chewing on the tip of his thumb while staring at the screen. On it, before a simple white background, was the large black letter "W" and from the loudspeakers came the slightly modified voice of his agent, Watari.

"…many consecutive incidents following closely up to one another in Ikebukuro in the past few days. People have been calling it 'the slasher'. The police have found no leads as of yet."

L remained in his thoughtful silence for a moment before wondering aloud:

"Could it have something to do with his disappearance?"

Watari paused before asking: "Are you going to investigate this case?"

"Of course," he answered matter-of-factly. "No criminal evades justice once I take up his case. I won't let this 'slasher' get away. Especially not since it could have something to do with him."

He fell silent again, then added as an afterthought: "I guess I have to find myself an agent to take up the investigation in my place – someone who can act as my eyes and ears, who can move around freely and talk to people out in the open. In this case I want someone who can defend themselves if necessary. Do you have any recommendations, Watari?"

In his room, the informant Izaya Orihara was spinning in his chair, laughing.

"Humans are so interesting! I wonder how this will continue!"

The only other person in the room, a young woman who was busy sorting books into one of the many bookshelves lining the wall, barely reacted to Izaya's strange behavior – she merely rolled her eyes as if to say: "Great, and now what?"

"…you see", Izaya was saying – it was unclear whether he was talking to her or to nobody in particular – "humans always do what you least expect them to. They act impulsively, and that's what makes them so incredibly interesting! I love humans, I really do – that's why I love my job!"

He abruptly stopped spinning in his chair and reached for the keyboard of his computer.

"Although sometimes – in order to make things even more interesting" – he said, as he started to type – "you have to give them incentives to act upon. I think I'll just stir things up a little bit more. Ah, humans are so entertaining!

Hey there, everyone!

Here is my new fiction (WHAAAT? ANOTHER NEW FICTION? - Yes. I apologize.) - this time it's a Crossover fiction between two awesome series: The all-time-favorite, DEATH NOTE, and a series whose brilliance I only just realized and which I just recently finished: DURARARA!

So, there you have it, this is the prologue. Unlike my other Death Note fiction, this fiction will focus on L - it takes place BEFORE Light found the Death Note started going berserk on the world - L is the world's best detective, and everything's fine. That is... well... until Durarara! happened xD

But just wait and see, I have loads of ideas for this one :D Trust me, it's gonna be fun! xD

Anyway, I'd love to hear your opinion - this fiction was born out of a suggestion of a friend, actually, after hearing her complain that there aren't many Death Note and Durarara! Crossovers even though there are lovely opportunities here. Well, then, I hope I won't dissappoint you!

Please tell me what you think of the idea so far xD

~ZoeTsunami~