It was late afternoon. The task force had been working non-stop all day without any new leads. This made the task force feel slightly downhearted, but they kept up with their work anyway. The younger members of the task force sat close next to each other (due to the handcuffs), and continued to work diligently. That is until a cell-phone rang.

L slowly reached into his pocket and slid his phone out to flip open. He held it up to his ear in his special way and seemed to listen intently. Matsuda looked over disapprovingly. He was still upset that L was able to use a cell-phone when the other task force workers weren't.

"Yes, I see" L spoke into the phone, "one moment,"

L stood up and began walking out of the room. Light got out of his chair as he was dragged behind L reluctantly. The task force watched with interest as they watched the two leave the room. Then they got back to work.

L held his cell-phone opened by his side as he slumped down the hall. He then stopped at a door and opened it with his other hand. Light made a move to follow, but L pushed Light back behind the door-frame again. The detective then proceeded to slam the door in Light's face.

Light was taken aback. Not only did he get a door slammed in his face, but this was the first time L had ever let him out of his sight for almost the whole time they had been chained together. It puzzled Light. Why let him out of his view now?

Light could hear L murmuring in the other room. Curiosity took over Light and he leaned in close to the door. He pressed his ear against it. However, L was speaking English and at a fast pace. This made it slightly difficult for Light to decipher what L was saying. He only picked up few words, but not enough to make any sense of it.

Suddenly L stopped talking. Light leaned closer into the door to see if the detective was simply talking softer. A second later Light found his head no longer propped up by the wood of the door and he began falling. As he went crashing towards the ground, Light tried to brace himself with his arms. This plan failed and now Light lay on the floor nursing his most likely bruising elbow.

"That's very suspicious behavior. I imagine it would be something Kira would do," L's voice said from above. Light looked up and glared at him. Light took a moment before pushing himself up off the floor to stand up.

"I was just curious as to what the call was about. What if it had something to do with the investigation?" Light retorted.

"If it had something to do with the investigation Yagami-kun, then I would have informed the rest of the task force later. However, it has nothing to do with that," L said as he put his hands in his pockets. The chain clinked along with the movement of L's hands.

Light bit his tongue. There were so many horrible things he wanted to say to L, but apparently in the detective's opinion he was already being suspicious. It was most likely to save his comments for a later date. Light opted for an alternative statement though.

"What else is so much more important than the investigation that you had to go in another room to go talk about it?" Light questioned angrily.

L stayed quiet and tilted his head to the side. In Light's mind when the insomniac did that he looked something akin to an owl. His deep black large wide eyes staring blankly at Light. Then L blinked.

"If you must know the conversation is about a favor I owe a food friend of mine. I promised I would do something special for him for his birthday," L answered plainly.

Light was surprised for a second time that day. Apparently L wasn't as much of a social outcast as he had previously assumed. The guy had a friend. Light wanted to ask about how L even managed to acquire a have a friend, but decided to ask something else instead.

"A favor?" was the intelligible question blurted out of Light's mouth. He kind of felt embarrassed now that the question was out. It sounded so stupid when it had come out of his mouth. L scratched his foot and gazed up at the ceiling with thought.

"I promised him a trip somewhere," L answered.

"A trip?"

"A trip,"

"How can you go on a trip when Kira is still out there? Are you giving up again?" Light spouted out in an angered tone.

"Don't worry. I plan to have the investigation full and running when I'm gone. And as for Kira… Well, I suppose you will be coming with me on this trip with my friend," L said as he started nibbling on his thumb. Light chose to ignore the obvious stab of accusation sent his way and went straight to the other point.

"I'm going with you?"

"Sadly, Yes"

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I had promised myself that I wouldn't start another fanfiction until I was finished with one of my other ones. As you can see that didn't happen… I've been itching to write an on-going Death Note fanfic for a while now. I finally gave in during my travels in Germany (hmmmm, so that's where this idea comes from). I whipped out my travel journal and began writing away. I plan to update this story either once or twice a week. Since this chapter was a bit on the short side I think I'll post another one soon. Review please.