Do I Want Friendship or Do I Want Your Love?

Chapter 2: So Much Closer

I was relaxing after my exam and had the television on when there was an Interpol. "An Interpol?" I asked and then Lind L. Tailor appeared.

"I head up an international police task force which includes all membered nations. I am Lind L. Tailor.... Otherwise known as L." I stood up when he said the L.

"So you're my rival," I growled.

"Criminals around the world are being murdered by a serial killer. I consider this crime to be the most atrocious act of murder in history. I will not rest until the person or persons responsible are brought to justice. Kira, I will hunt you down. I will find you." I didn't say anything. "Kira, I've got a pretty good idea what your motivation is and I can guess what you hope to achieve... However, what you are doing right now, is evil!" I sat there silence. Lind L. Tailor dropped dead. I smirked and then an L appeared on the screen.

"I-I had to test this just in case, but I- I never thought it would actually happen. Kira, it seems you can kill people without having to be there in person. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't just witnessed it. Listen to me, Kira. If you did indeed kill Lind L. Tailor, the man who you just saw die on television, I should tell you he was an inmate who's execution was scheduled for today. That was not me. The police arrested him in absolute secrecy so you wouldn't have heard about him on TV or through the internet. It appears that not even you have access to information about these types of criminals.

"But I assure. L is real. I do exist. Now try to kill me!" I grinned

"You'll definitely be a worthy rival."

"What's wrong? Hurry up! Come on! Right now. Kill me!.... What's wrong? What are you waiting for? Do it! C'mon! Try to kill me!..... What's the matter? Can't you do it?" I laughed and continued to watch. "Well Kira, it seems you can't kill me after all. So there are some people you can't kill. You've given me a useful hint. Let me return the favor; I'll tell you something that I think you'll find interesting. Although this was announced as a world wide broadcast, the truth is we are only broadcasting in the Kanto region of Japan. I had planned to broadcast this message around the world until we found you, but it looks like that won't be necessary. I now know where you are.

"The police treated your first victim as an unrelated incident, but in natureality the first of your victims was a suspect in Shinjuku. Of all the criminals that have recently died of heart attacks, this one's crime was by far the least serious. Furthermore, his crime was only ever reported inside Japan. I used that information to deduce this much."You are in Japan and your first victim was little more than... an experiment, which means you haven't been killing for very long. We decided to broadcast in Kanto first because of its large population and luckily we found you. To be completely honest with you, I never expected things would go this well, but it won't be too long now before I am able to sentence you to death. Naturally, I am very interested to know how you are able to commit these murders without being present, but I don't mind waiting a little bit longer. You can answer all my questions when I catch you. Let's meet again soon Kira." He broke communication. I laughed again, happily.

"Now if I could pass this exam, I could help my father in the task force and learn more about L. This will be so much fun." I pulled myself off the couch and went into the kitchen to find a bite to eat when the front door opened.

"Mother, are you home?" I called.

"I am." She walked into the kitchen with some groceries and I took a bag from her. "Have you finished your exam?"

"I did. They'll send you the results later tonight or tomorrow. I hope I passed.""We all do," Light said as he came downstairs.

"Thanks." I got an apple and some sweets.

"Why aren't you eating healthy," Sachiko scolded as I sat in my weird position.

"I need it to think." She sighed and I ate it while reading again.

"Where did you get that dogtag anyway?" I saw it was out of my shirt and instantly put it inside it again, but pulled it out. It had been the same L as the one on the screen.

"Lawliet, are you L?" I whispered.

"What Night?""Nothing Light. I got it from a friend when I was five."

"Before you came here?" he asked. He remembered me coming here; Light is that smart.

"Yeah." Of course he didn't know my last name either and even if he figured it out, he didn't know my name wasn't Night. "When is father getting home?"

"In about an hour." I grinned. Soichiro was bringing home the information on the L.A.B.B murder case that happened in Los Angolos He always brought me new cases whenever he could. I already had a huge file on solved cases and cases that weren't solved, but I solved most of them myself. I needed people to know of me. I called myself Z. I wonder if L notices me by now.

I heard the door open from upstairs and hurried downstairs. He was home! "Father!" I threw my arms around him in a hug.

"Ah, hello Night. Here's the case you asked about." I took the folder from him.

"Oh, thank you!" I hugged him again and then put the folder under my arm. "Dinner's ready if you're hungry. My exam score should be coming in soon. Tonight or tomorrow."

"Good. I'm hoping for the best." I went into the kitchen and opened the folder. I frowned. The criminal had been Beyond Birthday. Wasn't Beyond Birthday B from the Wammy House? Soichiro walked in with Light. "Father, do you know anymore about this case?"

"I don't know anything of the case." I sighed, frustrated. Naomi Misora solved the case, but it doesn't say who she was working under. If I'm correct, she was on an absence from the FBI, but I can't be sure. I'll check up on it later.

"Night, please put that away and eat," Sachiko said.

"Oh, alright." I folded the folder up. "I'm going to put this away real quick." I went out of the room without an answer and went up the stairs two at a time. I wrote the note to check up on Misora and tucked both the folder and the note under my bed. I sat in my spot without a word and we ate in silence.

"So, Light how are your studies?" Soichiro asked.

"Alright I guess."

"Whatever, he's at the top of his class. My brother's a genius," Sayu put in and I smiled. I looked up when I saw a paper passed over to me.

"I got your test results. I thought you might want to see them." I instantly opened it up.

"So what's your score?" Light asked.

"Tell us," Sayu edged on.

"Night?" I looked up and grinned.

"Hundred percent in all subjects. I can't believe I passed!" I got up a minute later. "I'm officially a detective now! I'll be upstairs.""Alright." I went up and turned on my laptop. While it loaded, I opened up the folder again. Three murders took place and B then tried to kill himself. Could L have been on this case? I don't know and I can't be sure. Maybe I should send out a message to L as Z, but ... I don't know. I sighed and went to my computer. I looked Misora up. She was on an absence at the time and if L did take on this case, he would've needed eyes and ears for him since he doesn't show his face to anyone. I mean, come on he used a stand in for his face today.... Even if it was a criminal who was going to be executed. Misora would've been perfect for him. I opened up a drawer in my dresser I didn't use and put the file in with my other cases. I went downstairs.

"Father." I found him in the kitchen.

"Yes, Night?"

"Are you working on the Kira case?"