Light glared out the window of the task force headquarters, the rest of the team doing various things, everyone had noticed, yet no-one wold comment on the fact that L, who was very much an indoors person, was not here.
He turned around and noticed that Watari was still around, so he decided to ask for them all.
"Watari, where is Ryuzaki?" He asked, remembering the false name the detective had asked them all to call him by.
The older man chuckled, then replied.
"Ryuzaki is currently out on business." He smiled at the various dumbfounded looks on the faces of every person in the room.
"What kind of business does Ryuzaki need to go out to do?" Matsuda questioned him.
"Is it business pertaining to the case? Soichiro, Light's dad pressed.
"The type of business he has gone out to do, that is his own information to give, and this may help with the case, it just depends what the person he has gone to meet decides." Watari commented, everyone stood around, thinking about what the person he had gone to meet was like.
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Flashback, 13 Years ago,
Winchester, England.
A nine year old Kagome sat at the back of a large library, on a large sofa in the corner, she was reading one of the many Sherlock Holmes books, many would claim the series to be too complex for a child such as herself, on the other hand, her parents encouraged her interest in higher level books and her general interest in learning altogether.
She had managed to skip five school years, and as such was allowed to come on holiday with her parents to England during the school term.
Her parents were currently out on a romantic date, which she did not wish to sit through, so she had asked to wait in the library until they were done, which they had agreed on, after telling the librarians that were on duty to make sure nothing bad happened to her, and getting them to agree.
"Oh, hello." Kagome jumped at the sudden voice, her book going flying. Her head flew to the side, where a boy about her age stood, shuffling his bare feet, an educational book in his hands. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, it's just that it's really quiet here and I was wondering if I could sit next to you." He turned his head towards his feet, and she noticed how self-conscious he seemed.
She smiled and shuffled up on the sofa a small bit to make room for him, picking up her book which had landed on the floor and found the page which she had been on last. She felt the sofa dip next to her and decided it was time for some introductions.
"My name is Kagome, what's your name?" She asked, her head tilted in curiosity. He blinked at her in surprise, he had never made a friend before and it seemed like this girl wanted to become friends with him.
"My name." He stared at the book in her hands, 'Sherlock Holmes? That's a pretty advanced book.' He blinked. "My name is L." Kagome grinned, and decided to play twenty questions with him.
"How old are you?" She asked, he looked at her. "Twenty questions, to get to know each other better!" She exclaimed, quietly as to not get in trouble with the kind librarians.
"I'm ten." He noticed how she was waiting, obviously making it so they took it in turns. "Uh. How old are you?" He asked her back.
"I'm nine!" She smiled, as did he. They both learnt various things about each other.
Kagome learnt that L was an orphan, who wanted to become as smart as he could and also took on occasional detective cases, which he technically wasn't supposed to do because he was too young to do such activities, but he didn't listen to what anyone said about age.
L learnt that Kagome was from Japan on holiday with her parents, because she was doing so well in her school, he found out that she enjoyed learning, and had skipped many years due to her advanced knowledge on multiple subjects.
That was one thing they had in common, they were both geniuses. He had insisted on calling her K after awhile, which she had found adorable.
They had become fast friends, and when the time came for her to leave England to go back to Japan, they exchanged addresses to write letters to each other, and he gave her a very special present. He gave her a silver butterfly necklace, which he put on for her, she smiled and told him she would always treasure it. Afterwards, they waved goodbye and she boarded the plane.
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Present day,
Tokyo, Japan.
Over the years, they had sent each other many letters, and L had even visited whenever he was on a case in Japan and had a small bit of free time.
In fact, he was going to visit her now, she had ended up becoming a detective too, however she mainly focused on the paranormal happenings, and she was the best at it, so much so that he wanted to know if the case he was working on did in fact have supernatural beings involved.
He grunted as he reached the top of the many stairs that lead to the shrine that her family lived on, before he walked over to the door and knocked.
The door swung open to reveal Souta, Kagome's little brother.
"Oh, Kagome, your friend from England is here!" He yelled up the stairs, letting him in, where he proceeded to remove his shoes and walk further into the hallway, as a girl, who was about 3 inches shorter than he was, with hair that was messier than his came bounding down the stairs.
"It's been a while, hasn't it, L?" She asked, before ushering him up the stairs to her room, where he plopped down on her office chair, before she went about getting him a cup of tea, which was easier than going back downstairs as she already had a kettle in her room.
He gladly accepted the tea, knowing that she would have already put his ideal amount of sugar in.
"I need to ask you for a favor." He carefully worded his sentence so she would understand just how important it was. She sat on her bed, leaning forward a bit.
"I'm listening." Her eyes were trained on his, and he let an inaudible gulp pass. Why wouldn't she stop looking at him with those gorgeous eyes of hers?
"I need to know if there is anything supernatural linked to the Kira case." She sighed, leaning back against the wall, breaking eye contact, where he let out a breath he hadn't known he had been holding.
"I do believe so, yes. I'm sure you already know Kira was taunting you with 'Shinigami' correct?" She phrased it like a question, but it was a statement, really.
"Correct." He replied, not liking where this was going.
"L. There really are Shinigami involved in this case." She admitted, he knew he wouldn't like her answer.
"I see. Then I have one more question." He admitted, watching as her eyes closed and she fiddled with the necklace he had gotten her when she was nine, it was hard to believe that she was twenty-two and he twenty-three now.
"What is it?" She questioned him.
"Would you like to join this investigation?" Her eyes snapped open.
"Are you being serious?" He nodded, Kagome sighed, running her hand through her hair. "Yes, I would, I know more about this kind of thing than you do, and I don't want you to get hurt."
L grinned, although it may be dangerous, he was looking forward to having her on the team, she would be a great asset, and he just didn't like being away from her for too long, he admitted, only to himself that he had developed very strong feelings towards the woman.
It would prove to be very helpful in the long run, after all, another very talented detective, known as K had just joined their dangerous game.
