L stared at the screen, he mind working furiously. Light and Misa had been proven innocent, but he still felt it. These two people were guilty. He just knew it, if only he had a way to prove it.
All evidence pointed to them being the first and second Kira. But the rule in the back of the Death Note proved their innocence. No, he still had to pursue this idea, at least a little bit. Their had to be more evidence somewhere, and he would find it.
Then it came to him.
His eyes brightened as a plan filled his head. It based completely on Misa's naivety, but he was sure it would work. 86 sure!
L pushed away from the desk and swivelled around. He stepped carefully to the ground and to a closet in the room. That task force looked up at him.
"What are you doing?" Light asked.
"I think I may have a lead on who Kira is."
The team jumped to their feet.
"What, seriously?" Matsuda asked, exhilarated.
L nodded.
"Who is it?" Mr. Yagami asked.
L shook his head.
"You wont... tell us?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because it's part of the plan."
"Ryuuzaki, you have to tell us!"
But L ignored them, slipping on his ragged sneakers and walking out the door, his arms full of various gadgets.
A car was waiting for him as he stepped out of the building. He told driver where to go, then sat back and started to place various listening and recording devices on his body.
He was restless, the thought that he was so close to finding the Kira made his heart beat faster. He wanted to jump and yell and let the whole world know how close he was to the truth, but all he did was sit in the back seat and twiddle his toes. It was all he could do.
Why didn't I think of it sooner? He asked himself. Once I got the general idea, this plan was easy to formulate. In fact, the easiest so far I do believe! She'll believe me. Misa's pretty smart, but she's not near smart enough.
The car slowed to a stop. He thanked the driver and told him he could go back, that he'd call him when he needed to be picked up.
As he walked towards the photo shoot, he discreetly turned the recording device on.
"Misa Misa-chan!" he called.
A blonde girl dressed in a gothic lolita get up looked up, her eyes widening as she saw L.
"Ryuuzaki-kun? What are you doing here?"
"Can you take a break? I need to talk to you." L said, standing in front of the popular model.
"Can it wait?" she asked, looking over at her boss.
L shook his head. "No, it's terribly important. I'll return you here in no more than 30 minutes.
Misa checked with her boss again. She turned back to L.
"Ok, you've got me for 30 minutes. What do you want?"
L smiled. "Would you like to go to a café?" he asked, his tone and eyes telling her she didn't have a choice.
She nodded and they started walking.
"Ok, you have 24 minutes left. Spill it."
L sipped his coffee slowly. "Misa, do you know who Kira is?"
She narrowed her eyes. "Not this again. No, I don't."
L's eyes dropped, a sad looking spreading across his features. "Really, you don't?"
"No idea at all."
"It's a shame. I... I never wanted to put Kira behind bars." he sighed, looking out the window, his eyes clouding with depression.
Now to put to use those acting skills...
"I wanted to meet him. I actually support Kira. I've been holding this chase so I can find him. Find him and ask him if maybe, just maybe," L paused to sip his coffee, "I could work beside him to rid the world of evil."
He glanced over at Misa, who stared back, shocked.
"Ryu..."
"Please, call me L."
Her eyes widened even more, and she placed a hand over her mouth.
"L, the L, wants to become Kira?" she whispered.
He nodded slowly. "I'm jealous of him. Here he is, passing judgement on criminals. I wish that I was beside him, helping him write names into the Death Note."
"So this whole case... was a lie?"
L chuckled. "Yes. It was just a charade to find Kira."
The blonde girl shook her head in disbelief.
"And
I was thinking, if Light was Kira than that would be perfect. Light
is smart. He'd be the best person to work along side of. And you,"
he flashed a quick smile at Misa, "it would
be perfect. I wanted it
to be the three of us, passing judgement on the wrong doers. That's
why I was so dead set on you two being the Kira's." he sighed and
got up from the table, setting some money on the glossy wood. "But
I was mistaken. A pity." then he turned to leave, when Misa's
voice came from behind him, soft and uncertain, yet confident. Wispy
and solid, forceful and passive. She spoke in a tone L had never
heard anyone speak in before.
"I know who he is." L stopped in his tracks, a smile spreading across his lips. "I know who Kira is."
Like most my other pieces, this idea came to me at the most random time (while I was shampooing my hair, actually). Right after I was finished with my shower I typed this up. I had the first chapter half done in five minutes (I found out that if you sit like a normal human you tend to type faster. Ah well.). I'm fixing up the second part and the 3rd and last part will be out shortly (if anybody cares).
Anyway, I hope you like it. If you feel like reviewing then, you know, go ahead. I'm not going to stop you. 3
