A/N: Hey guys! This is my very first crossover fic, so, we'll just see how it goes. I really like this idea and I'm really looking forward to writing it. About the Fullmetal Alchemist part, I really worked hard to make sure that all the events fit in to place. I researched everything and I'm trying to make it as true to the story as possible, but I will probably mess up sometime with the timing of things. So, if that happens do your best to ignore it.
By the way, this is based off the anime versions of both FMA and DN. (Psst, not Brotherhood)
Constructive criticism is HUGELY appreciated. And I would really like to get at least ONE review before I post the first chapter, yeah?

I don't own Death Note or Fullmetal Alchemist, but if I did it would go a little something like this...

Epic Fullmetal Alchemist/ Death Note Crossover
Written by ~Taylor~
Preface
Why L decided to quit the Kira case

L had finally decided to quit the Kira case.

It took a lot of thought, and wavering, and making pros and cons charts in his mind, but in the end it had boiled down to just two main reasons.

One, L was bored. So much so, that it had made an impact on his efficiency. He was just as useless as Matsuda. The detective wasn't thinking clearly, his ambition and drive that he had when the case had first opened was all gone. L just didn't care anymore.

Light Yagami was proven not to be Kira when he had installed video cameras in the Yagami household. He was proven not to be Kira when he was incarcerated and criminals kept dying. He was proven not to be Kira when Higuchi was proven to be Kira.

But yet he was still under suspicion.

That alone should be enough to verify his culpability, but that wasn't how things worked. You need solid proof, and that's what they didn't have.

And after the recent discovery of the Death Note, it seemed like Light really wasn't Kira. L had actually considered the possibility, what if Light Yagami really wasn't Kira? What if all this time I'd been chasing after the wrong person? the likelihood of that being true had scared the raven-haired detective. It was hard to grasp the concept that his deduction was wrong. Even though it frightened the poor bastard to death, he wanted to believe it. He wanted to believe with all his heart that Light Yagami wasn't Kira.

Mainly because of the second reason. Which was, that L was in love with him.

Yes, the Great, mysterious, world famous, L was in love with the man believed to be Kira. It made things that much more complicated. So now, knowing that Light Yagami was Kira, and knowing that he might even be intelligent enough to outsmart himself, and knowing that it would be even harder to arrest him now because of his love for the boy, and also knowing that Light didn't love him back, he had still managed to fall head over heels for him.

That is why he was quitting the Kira case.

A/N: This chapter is more of a preface than a chapter. It's just so you know why L is quitting. I guess. (creative chapter title, I know right)
It's way shorter than the regular chapters will be, just so you know. I'm not on of those people that posts like 200 600 word chapters. And most of this was author's notes anyway…
It took me sooooo long to write this chapter though. I just couldn't find the write words and I rewrote it like 6 times and its like 7 am here. Grrrrr, I'm sleepy.

~Taylor~