Chapter 1: E

"There've been fifty-two deaths that we're aware of and that's just in the past week."

"Every single one of them involved a heart attack."

"They were all criminals who were either being held in prison or who were wanted by the police for outstanding crimes, and I think it's safe to say there are other criminals whose deaths are unaccounted for." an older man with blonde hair and a matching blonde moustache spoke from the front of the room. Beside him were another two officers, each of them had their own microphone to talk over.

"In which case the death toll could be well over one hundred."

There were about fifty police officers from all around the world in one large room. They were discussing about the recent deaths involving criminals around the globe, dying of mysterious heart attacks.

In the past two weeks over one hundred criminals that have done big and small crimes all died, and they all died the same way.

By a heart attack.

Today all the police officers have joined together to discuss the matter and decide how to handle the situation, but most importantly how to stop these deaths.

Matsuda, a young police officer glanced up and recognize his Chief, Soichiro, "Morning Chief. They started the meeting without you."

Soichiro took his seat next to Matsuda, "That's fine. I had to take an urgent call from headquarters."

"At any rate," another man from the crowd spoke. When Soichiro and Matsuda heard the man speak they turned their heads towards him and listened. "These were criminals who were probably facing executions sooner or later. Perhaps we shouldn't-"

The blonde haired man who spoke earlier slammed his fists on the desk and yelled angrily, "Why should it matter whether it's a criminal or someone innocent? Last time I checked murder was still murder!"

"It's still too early to consider these a homicide."

"Then how did all these people have heart attacks at the exact same time!? That's not coincidence. It's murder!"

"You think it's possible to simultaneously kill all these people in different locations?"

"We're treating this as an elaborate murder plot that's been carried out by a large organization."

"If it is a large organization I'm sure I'm not alone in suspecting the FBI or the CIA."

"I dare you to say that again!" someone from the back row yelled.

A middle aged man from the crowd stood up from his seat and said, "Now, now. This is not the time to be joking around."

"We need to confirm that these are indeed homicide and not coincidences."

"How?"

"Autopsy results show that in all of these cases the victims died of a sudden heart attack."

"Investigating a series of heart attacks is pointless. I don't see what else we can learn."

"Absolutely, if these people had been shot or stabbed at least we'd have something to go on!"

The same blonde man from the front row spoke through the microphone, "If that's the case it looks as if we'll have no choice but to bring in L and E."

Suddenly the large room fell silent. The men glance around the room curiously. The assembled organizations then began to murmur to each other, discussing the option of asking L and E for help for this case. The only thing that could be heard were the whispers from the different police officers around the world, discussing about the idea of asking L and E for help on this case.

Matsuda leaned forward to his Chief and whispered, "Err Chief. What's this L and E they're talking about?"

"Right." Soichiro glance over at the young officer and explained. "I forgot that it's your first time at this conference. We don't know L's and E's real name or whereabouts. In fact we still don't even know what they look like. However they managed to solve every case they ever taken on. They tackled some of the greatest mysteries this world has ever known. They hide in the shadows, but they are the best of the best. Our last resort, our trump card."

Matsuda raised an eyebrow in curiosity, "Do they work together Chief?"

Soichiro shook his head, "Oh no, they work alone but they are the best, without each other's help."

"But I've heard L and E are extremely arrogant. I understand they'd only take on cases that they're personally interested in."

"That's exactly right. Besides, we don't even know how to contact them." someone replied.

"L is already on the move."

Everyone in the large room turned their heads towards the front of the room and saw a heavily disguised man on stage, "Gentlemen. L has already begun his investigation into these incidents." the man spoke, his voice low.

"Huh? Who's that?" Matsuda asked.

"That man is the only known person who can contact L. Nobody knows his true identity either." Soichiro answered the young man's question.

"Please be silent. L would now like to address the delegates." the man opened a laptop and an L appeared on the screen which also appeared on the monitor behind the man.

"Greetings to all of you at the ICPO. I am L. The difficulty of this case lies on its unprecedented scope and make no mistake, we are witnessing an atrocious act of mass murder, one that is unforgivable. This case cannot be solved without the full cooperation of the ICPO. That is all of the police organizations you represent throughout the world. You need to make the decision to fully support the investigation at this meeting. Also I require additional cooperation from Japan's National Police Agency."

Soichiro and Matsuda stood up from their seats, the chairs made a screech sound as it got pushed back, "Why Japan in particular?" Soichiro asked.

"Whether this guilty party is an individual or a group, there is a strong possibility that they are Japanese and even if they are not we can be sure they're hiding in Japan."

"What is all this based on?"

"Why Japan you ask? I think I will be able to provide you with proof of that after I directly confront the culprit."

"A direct confrontation?"

"At any rate I would like to set up the investigation headquarters in Japan."

"Wait!" an older man from the back row piped up. "What about E?!"

"Yeah!" another man shouted. "Isn't he going to be working with us?"

A few men nodded in agreement and waited for L's reply.

"E?" L's synthetic voice said. "As far as I know he isn't interested in this case."

"Why is that?"

"Because if E was interested he would have made an appearance today."

The same man who asked the question huffed in annoyance and sat back down in his seat with his arms crossed over his chest, "Arrogant." he muttered under his breath.

"Now," L continued. "Let's capture Kira."

…..

It's been a few weeks since the Kira investigation started. L and the police officers have made a few discoveries about Kira, so far they know Kira is in Japan and he needs a face and name to murder someone, but recently Kira had access to police files, from the beginning apparently. L had no choice but to send twelve FBI agents to Japan to investigate the police officers from the NPA. But unfortunately the twelve FBI agents all died of heart attacks. When the police officers from Japan found out L had sent FBI agents to investigate them, they all left the case because they didn't trust L and they didn't want to be murdered by Kira.

Only five members from the NPA stayed to continue working on capturing Kira. Soichiro, Aizawa, Mogi, Ukita and Matsuda, they were the only ones to stay behind and continue working on the Kira investigation and work alongside with L.

A few people wondered and hoped (mostly Matsuda) if E would start working on the Kira case because of recent events, but after all these weeks E still hasn't made an appearance. Therefore anyone who hoped E would start working with them gave up that idea.

This evening the five members met the famous L, they've discussed about Kira and what to do next and now they have finished.

"So, does anyone have any questions?" L asked as he gazed at the men with his dull eyes, his annoyance at having been interrupted earlier on was clear in his tone.

"Actually Ryuzaki," Soichiro started. "I do have one question for you and it pertains to what you said to us earlier about how you hate to lose. Does the fact that you've shown your own face means that you've lost? By just being here are you admitting defeat to Kira?"

"That's right. By showing my face to you now and by sacrificing the lives of twelve FBI agents I have lost the battle, but I'm not going to lose the war. This is the first time I've ever put my life on the line. I want to show Kira that we're all willing to risk our lives if that's what it takes," L gave his new team a witty smile. "And that justice will prevail no matter what."

"Hey yeah. That's right."

"I like the sound of that."

"We can do this!"

"Alright then, let's do this Ryuzaki."

Everyone smiled excitedly towards L. Soichiro looked like he was having a thought. Slowly he gave a small smile towards L, accepting this was the real L.

"Before we go any further I have to be absolutely sure that none of you are Kira. So I need to speak with each of you individually before you leave today."

"Huh?" Aizawa said in incertitude, he glimpsed over at the other men and said. "What's the deal? He still doesn't trust us?"

"No. I think it's a fair request. Try to see it from his perspective. Kira has been getting information from our headquarters from the very beginning. So there is a good chance that he is one of us."

"Chief's right. Working on this case has given us a chance to see him in person."

"He's risking his life to be here."

"I apologize for questioning all of you like that, but I'm afraid I had no other choice. I've determined that Kira is not among us."

The small group of police officers all sighed in relief.

"Ryuzaki how can you be certain that we are all innocent?" Soichiro asked.

"Well, to be honest from the beginning I set a number of traps that would reveal if any of you was Kira." L answered with his head resting on the palm of his hand, "But after speaking with you one-on-one I don't feel the need." L's cell phone started vibrating in his pocket, "Excuse me." he fished out his phone and answered.

"Understood. I'm just about finished here anyway. You got the key so let yourself in. Oh, and Watari," L paused and said, "Please bring the phone." he pressed the end call and looked at the men. "Watari is on his way."

The task force members waited patiently for Watari to arrive. About a minute or two minutes later a sound of the door unlocking was heard in the room.

The men glance up and saw a man in his seventies with snow white hair walk into the room. In his hand was a brief case and a hat. He greeted the men politely, "Gentlemen, it's an honour to meet all of you."

"This person is Watari?" Aizawa query, sounding doubtful.

"Um, what about your usual outfit?"

"If I dressed like that I'd be announcing to the world that I'm Watari." he explained. "That's all it takes to give away the location of our headquarters and Ryuzaki."

"Oh, I see."

"Ordinarily I would never show my face to any of you. The fact that I'm here is proof that you've won Ryuzaki's trust."

"Now that you mentioned it I do feel honoured." Matsuda rubbed the nape of his neck and let out a nervous laugh. "Ha, ha."

Watari looked over at L, "You mentioned on the phone you wanted me to bring the phone to contact E."

All the men pecked up when they heard the mention of E. They looked up at Watari, surprise and confusion were set in their eyes, "Huh?" they all said in unison.

"E?" Ukita questioned.

"Woah!" Matsuda chimed in, "E is going to work with us too?!" he asked curiously, eager to hear. "Amazing! We will defiantly catch Kira now with E's help!"

Aizawa looked at L and asked doubtfully, "E is interested in the Kira case?"

"Not exactly."

They all stared at L and waited for him to expand his sentence.

"I'm going to personally ask E to join the Kira investigation."

~Author's Note~

How was it? Was this chapter as good as toffee apples?

I never had toffee apples before…

I never had tacos either.

Disgraceful.

Anywhoo, I know this chapter was kinda boring, but trust me. Next chapter is going to be better. This was just the introduction.

I'm not going to say, "I do not own Death Note," in each chapter. We all know I don't, because if I did this would have been included. Or I could be Tsugumi Ohba pretending to be a fan and writing this other idea he had. Yep, I like this idea. Let's stick with it.