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A/N: Hey guys. This was just an idea that I had. I'm afraid I'm not very good with words and I'm not sure if this is going well or not. I'm not sure how many chapters this is going to have either. D: Possibly five.

Decisions, Stupidity and Graves

Matsuda looked hurriedly around the room and studied each of his co-workers carefully. L and Raito were sat in front of the many PC monitors and discussing the '13 day rule'. Mogi was looking through some files of some sort and Aizawa and Chief Yagami were sat on office chairs. From his seat at the other side of the room, Matsuda couldn't tell what they were doing.

He nervously looked down at the desk and looked at the lined paper in front of him. He grasped a pen tightly in his hand and scrawled a title.

'What I want on my gravestone.' He had a feeling he was going to die this evening.

'Matsuda. "Here's your coffee sir."'

'Matsuda. "Hey, can I talk to you for a minute?"'

'Matsuda. "Determined yet underestimated.'

Each sentence had lines striking it out. No. No. No. He screwed the paper up into a ball and shoved it into the pocket of his suit. He best not put this in the bin here in case Watari or somebody found it and realized that he hadn't been working.

He glanced at his watch and nibbled at his bottom lip. It was getting towards the evening now. He best get it over with now.

"Ryuuzaki..? Can I talk to you please?" L and Raito both turned around and looked at Matsuda with questioning eyes as he unsteadily stood up and strode over to them.

"Yes, Matsuda?" L asked politely, barely taking his eyes off the forkful of cake he held in his hand. Raito folded his arms and leant back in his chair slightly, his legs crossed. Matsuda shuffled back slightly. The way Raito sat made him seem intimidating and confident.

"Um, well you know how we have very few people on the team who would be willing to spare their lives and how it would really help if we could pick up some more people and all that?" Matsuda said slowly while looking down at his hands. He twisted his fingers together and twiddled his thumbs.

L looked away from his cake and looked at him with a small frown. Raito had one eyebrow perched eye above his eye.
"Yes..?" L said again. Inside he groaned. What had Matsuda done now?
"Well y'see I have this cousin and she's from England and we were just talking and she kind of sort of worked out that I'm working on the Kira case because I may have accidentally let it slip that I don't work with the police any more because I'm working on an important case and I'd been working on it for a while and it was with-" Matsuda babbled endlessly, his eyes darting to both L and Raito, terrified that they were going to throttle him. Behind him, Aizawa, Mogi and Chief Yagami listened.

"Your cousin knows about the case?" Raito interrupted him sharply. "Matsuda you idiot!" he cried and anger clouded his face.

L sighed and turned back to his cake. He chewed thoughtfully and rested his free hand on his chin. Of course he was sat in his unique way with his bare toes on the fabric of the chair and his legs were pressed against his chest.
"Judging by you bringing up the fact that we're a little… short on staff, you're suggesting that your cousin joins the task force?" L asked. Matsuda nodded and flinched at the look that Raito threw him.

"Oh great! Then there will be two of them!" he muttered darkly. Matsuda grinned sheepishly. "Matsuda, you idiot!" he said again, he stood up and looked down at the cowering bachelor before him. "Do you realize what you've done?!" Raito said in a raised tone. The other members of the team stood behind Matsuda with scowls on their faces.

Matsuda saw the danger and quickly turned behind him and grabbed something out of his suitcase that was beneath the desk. There was a distinct sound of plastic clunking against cardboard as he waved a box in Raito's face. Time for plan B.
"OK WHO WANTS TO PLAY TWISTER?"
"TWISTER? I'LL PLAY TWISTER WITH YOU ALL RIGHT!" Raito roared and had to be held back by Mogi and Aizawa before he could inflict serious damage on Matsuda's face. He could see what was on his grave now. 'Matsuda, Left foot, red.'

"Calm down, Raito." L said turning to him. "You're acting extremely out of character. Now, Matsuda, you say that your cousin worked this out herself. That means that she could have investigation skills that could be of use to us. Does she know what she would be putting on the line if she joined us?"
"Yes, Ryuuzaki. She said that she was willing to risk her life and fly over to Japan to help us."
"Well, we are a little short on staff. I guess we could have her here as a sort of trial."

A/N: D: Did that go well? I'd appreciate some feedback. Good or bad.