Author Here: This is my first Death Note fanfic. Ever!! I hated it when L died so I wanted to make an alternate story leaving after the part Higuchi is caught by the police and killed by Light. It's about a day or awhile later in this chapter doesn't really matter, but because I love winter so much. LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOWWWW.

If Kira was a Snowflake

Ryuzaki looked up at one of the millions of snowflakes drifting down. It was so peculiar, how the first snowflake was looked upon many with disgust. It would mean that winter was starting again, and a handful of people hated winter. But the others would look at that snowflake and get excited. Children for instance, loved to see the snow come down. Ryuzaki himself used to love snow, but the past few years everything he thought of had been about Kira. So today, he looked at that snowflake curiously and imagined that little snowflake as Kira.

"C-Can we go now?" Light disrupted his thoughts. "I-I'm freezing m-my …butt off."

The two of them were in a park sitting on a bench. Nothing had been unusual about that, except the fact that they were handcuffed together, and people walking by gave exchanged glances to one another.

"No" Ryuzaki answered with a smirk on his face. "If you're Kira, then you deserve it."

Light crossed his arms, then slumped against the bench looking rueful but also enraged. He sighed then covered his face with his scarf to insulate more heat. "How can you be sitting there, not wearing any winter clothes at this time of year?" He sneered.

Ryuzuki still never stopped looking away from the falling snow and shrugged. "I'm just not cold."

"You should really-

"Look up there." Ryuzuki interrupted pointing in an aimless direction. "See that snowflake?"

"There are millions of snowflakes…" Light mumbled looking slightly away.

"Then just look at one and pretend that's the one I'm pointing at." He insisted.

Light rolled his eyes, then looked at one flowing around unlike the clones around it. This was making him in a somewhat irritable mood. "Ok. I see one. So what is it now? Are you going to make some prodigious philosophy?"

"I was thinking more of an inquiry. After all, I still strongly believe you're Kira." L pressed his thumb against his mouth, pushing his lip in thought. "Now think. Kira is that snowflake going down to the ground. Half the people on earth think that Kira's a saint. The other half, think Kira's a neglectful self-centred counterfeit, who happens to make prisoners who are well known, drop down from heart attacks simultaneously. Now think hard. Would it be appealing to you if only half of the people believed that you shouldn't exist and the other half believed you were some god, which may inflict some type of war? But think of it this way. Children like snow. Adults hate snow. People like Kira. People hate Kira. Don't you think the people who like Kira are behaving in a sort of childish manor?"

If it hadn't been for his trusty scarf, Light's face would have been a dead give away. This was driving him insane. He was immensely cold, He was handcuffed to guy who was on the top of his hit man list, and L was portraying him as some sort of pied piper. He took a deep breath then asked very slowly so his voice wouldn't crack in anger. "For the last time…" He began, frustrated, "What leads you to believe I'm Kira?"

L looked at him, after what seemed to be three hours since he last looked at Light. "If it's making you angry, just know that I don't want you to be Kira. Through my eyes, you're guilty till proven innocent, but as far as police rules, you're lucky because you're innocent till proven guilty."

Light relaxed a little "Sometimes, you make no sense whatsoever. But I still don't understand. You want me to be innocent, so why don't you just say I'm innocent, and I stay innocent for the rest of eternity?"

Ryuzaki gave a friendly smile. "Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. I won't let our friendship act as a barrier against my job."

Light laughed. "That's a bit sinister, don't you think?" Silence took over for a minute, then Light decided he would break the silence by asking. "Why did you decide we had to be handcuffed again?"

"Since Higuchi died, I decided that this could not be the act of just having one notebook out in Japan. There must be another one out there. This led me to also believe you attained it somehow, but gave it to someone else to kill Higuchi when given the chance. I must admit, this is the most confused I've ever been in my life. And I envy you for overcoming me if you are the original Kira. But I'm letting my instinct guide me at our current time, and yet it's not a very good strategy."

The two boys stared at the snow falling down then at the people passing by. The trees covered by snow gave the air a cheery feeling, which was kind of ironic seeing that there was still a mass murderer killing prisoners.

"It's controversial isn't it…" Light soothingly exclaimed. " The way Kira is killing only prisoners. Crime rates have gone down a massive amount." He guessed he was trying to change Ryuzaki's mind, because a part of him had no intention of killing him. Light sort of contemplated on whether L was his friend or it was just fun to have him around because L was actually competition for him. Either way, he would have to kill L at some point of his life.

A walking couple passed, holding hands and Light immediately searched for a new topic. "You should get a girlfriend, Ryuzaki."

Light thought this was the first time L ever looked really surprised other than the time he found out shinigamis exist. Right after he said that, L jumped from his odd way of sitting then tried turning his body to face Light. Instead, his handcuffs yanked Light's hand and pulled him into the snowy ground. "G-Girlfriend?" Ryuzaki said. He looked kind of nervous. And Light, being the expert on girls, instantly knew that even though Ryuzaki was a prodigy detective, he was not very smart when it came to relationships. For instance, Light was now on the ground with his face full of snow, while L was standing over him like some maniac stuttering the word "girlfriend"

"Yeah" Light spat out snow. "Haven't you ever had one?"

"Umm." Ryuzaki's eyes were wide open as if he had just woken up. "Misa's a girl, and I suppose she's a friend."

"That's not what I meant, Ryuzaki." Light got up from the snow then began brushing himself off. "I'm talking about dating. I'm just suggesting if you have a girlfriend, it really loosens you up." Then he also thought how much they distract you from doing other things but never told Ryuzaki, because it was all part of his sub-plan.

"Do take things into consideration, Light" L looked up at the snow again. "You are my first friend, so how likely is it that I had a girlfriend before I met you?"

"Not that likely, I presume." Light smiled. "I don't take Misa all too seriously, but what can I say? Be nice to everyone and it will be beneficial in the end."

Ryuzaki nodded. "I thought about what you said earlier, and it just occurred to me that it's really actually cold."

Matsuda was sitting opposite from the Shinigami that had an overwhelming presence. It was staring at him. And he decided it was safer to pretend that he didn't notice. He turned around repeatedly on one of the computer chairs cautiously glancing at it sometimes, then he couldn't take it anymore. "Gah! What are you staring at? Do you see I'm going to die any second or something?! Are you thinking of killing me cause you have nothing better to do?!"

Rem's lips curled then she sighed. "You humans are quite intriguing. When you are bored you do repetitive motions with your hands or body. In the Shinigami world we don't bother doing anything of the sort."

Matsuda looked down, and realised he was twiddling his thumbs. Then he stopped and hid his hands behind his back. Looking bashful he said "Oh I'm sorry, it's just that you are…"

"A death god. Yes." She answered for him.

Aizawa was leaning against a wall with his arms crossed deep in thought. Occasionally he would look up and look like he was about to say something but then he would bow his head and lean back on the wall to think even further. Matsuda seemed to take notice of this.

"Aizawa?" He said getting up from his chair. "What's on your mind?"

Aizawa looked at Matsuda, startled then shrugged his shoulders. "I was just thinking about the incident earlier, where it appeared that there were two Kira's. One, trying to communicate to the real Kira by sending messages on TV, and us pretending that we were the real Kira."

Matsuda tilted his head "So…"

"I remember that when that Kira said he had a shinigami, He said that he also had eyes." Aizawa stared past Matsuda to Rem, as if he knew where he could find more answers.

"Hey, don't forget Kira can also be a girl…" Matsuda remarked cheerfully

Aizawa looked back at Matsuda "Huh?"

Matsuda looked up at his sour expression then shied away. "Oh it's nothing. It's just that you said 'he had a shinigami' when it could be a she or maybe just a kid."

Aizawa now frowned. "Damn it Matsuda. You shouldn't be joking about in a situation like-

"He's right though." Rem murmured. "Anyone who possesses the notebook doesn't have to be worthy of power. It could be a selfish little child or really an ignorant fool. But you. You want to ask me something. I can see it in your eyes."

Aizawa was yet again startled. Then he looked her straight in the eyes and stepped closer. "Those Shinigami eyes. They can see people's names am I correct?"

Rem nodded. "Go on…" she beckoned.

"What else can they do?"

Rem was silent for a minute, with Matsuda, Aizawa, and now Kanzo and Soichiro listening attentively. "Our eyes can see the life spans of people."

Aizawa was impatient now and was yelling. "The full details though. Give me the full details. Is my life span decreasing because I touched the book? Is L going to insist we destroy it?" Aizawa was right. There were rules on the back of the notebook stating that anyone who touches the book will suffer great consequences if the notebook is harmed in anyway.

"I can not interpret things like that. For now, you are going to die from old age. If there is a slight altar to the your future, I will see your life span change."

Aizawa was furious now. Matsuda and Kenzo were holding him back in case he went raging towards the shinigami. "But the full details! What about the full details!"

There was a sparkle in Rem's eye. She smirked, then said. "If you're talking about seeing death note users, I can tell you now. When you see another death note user, you can not see their life spans. It's a way they don't mistake each other for being normal humans."

Aizawa calmed down and the room was silent except for Aizawa's panting. "Give me the eyes then. I want to get rid of that son of a bitch."

Rem sighed. "You have a family am I not correct?"

"Stop changing the subject! I want those eyes." He started struggling against Matsuda's and Kenzo's grip.

"There is a consequence you'd have to pay in order to gain such a power." She cocked her head to one side.

"I'll do anything."

"Half your life span then."

Everyone gasped. The room fell silent.

Author Again: I know EH!? It's different. Let me know if I did anything wrong. Besides the fact that I'm changing the story completely. FOR ALL YOU MELLO and NEAR and MATT etc. fans. DONT YOU WORRY. I'm going to incorperate them in somehow too.