Japan

10:00 AM

The room was quiet and empty. Well, with an exception. Alone in the room was the world's greatest detective, lying in the middle of the floor. Strangely however, he didn't look dead. Sure enough, he slowly began to open his eyes. "Wha- what's going on?"

He sat up and looked around. "What am I doing here?"

L paused and looked at his hands, which once again had feeling in them. "Why am I alive?" This was the biggest question. People don't just come back to life, and of course, Lawliet vividly remembered his death and how he died in great detail. He remembered the heart attack, he remembered when he fell, and he remembered getting to see Light's true colors before it was finally over. But waking up again? "Could it have been Kira? No. He only possessed the power to kill, and it doesn't make any sense to resurrect the person you wanted dead in the first place. It has to be something else. If shinigami exist, maybe it's not a stretch for other supernatural things to exist also. It's currently the only possible explanation." L glanced over his shoulder, and across the room from him was a fairly small desk. Sitting on desk was a newspaper, and on top of that an apple. "Now what is all this about?" He carefully got up and made his way over to the desk. When he skimmed through the newspaper, he found himself in quite a shock. It stated that more supernatural murders were yet again taking place. He glared at the apple. "KIRA!"

He had no doubt in his mind Light was behind this, but he didn't understand how. L may have died, but it wasn't in vain. He knew very well than Mello and Near would succeed in taking this guy down, even if it killed them too. So the question is how. How did Kira return?

Titans Tower, Jump City

8:20 PM
"Wonderful BeastBoy!", Starfire exclaimed. "You are winning!" Cyborg and BB were once again playing one of their racing games to pass the time, while Star continued to watch enthusiastically.

" Actually Star," Cyborg chuckled, "you have to be ahead of the other player to win!"

" And whoever wins has to play me!", Robin added.

"What fun! I shall go fetch Raven so she may join us!" The happy Tamaranean joyfully flew through the tower until she made it to Raven's room. Then she landed and momentarily suppressed her excitement to knock on the door. " Raven?" No response. " Hello? Raven?" Still no response. " Oh.. why will she not answer?" Star turned to walk away..
"NOOOOOO!" Raven screamed from her room. Hearing the yell she immediately turned around and smashed the door down.

"RAVEN!", Starfire gasped. The half-demon was on the floor, doubled over and groaning, with her fingers pressed against her forehead.

" No!..Ugh!...Stop!...GET OUTTA MY HEAD!", she moaned. Star ran to Raven and fell to her knees, pulling her closer.

"Raven , please, what is going on?!"
"Brace yourself, Starfire", she said as she lifted her head to look her friend in the eyes. "I'm going to die soon."

Meanwhile, the guys were still out in the entertainment center playing video games, BB still losing. However, in a matter of minutes, the game system shut off out of nowhere without a warning and without rebooting.

"Uh.. what just happened?", BeastBoy asked in total confusion. As they were getting up to check the system, the monitor came back on, and the screen showed a large calligraphic L. This was incredibly strange. None of the titans have ever seen anything like this before. A filtered voice came through the speakers.

"I need the undivided attention of ALL the heroes and heroines receiving this message". All.. The titans aren't the only ones being requested. Someone who's good at hacking private technology is now calling out to several peace-keepers across the globe. Whether this hacker is good or evil, this must be serious. The mysterious voice continued. "I know you're wondering how I'm here right now, but that's not important. However, I can assure you that I am the real L." The real L? Robin started to wonder how well-known this person was. Come to think of it, he was starting to sound familiar. "I've contacted each of you because there is another supernatural murderer out there". Now this is really starting to sound familiar. It was starting to sound like that tragic global event that happened a few years ago. Wait..that's because it's the same man. This hacker, or L was that detective who confronted the problem from that event head-on and succeeded. "I have also discovered that there are other forces involved with this mystery as well. I cannot fight the with my abilities alone, so I have specifically chosen a variety of gifted people to assist me." This is bad.. if this is something not even he can handle alone, then even the strongest are in danger. "I want the head of each alliance to meet with me in New York City. Not only because we will be able to blend in there, but also because I've found that the murderer is in America." That's exactly were jump city is. Where the tower is. Robin knew he could let anything happen to his city, or his team. "Also, it is imperative that you don't give out your identities, secret or not. All the other details will be sent to each individual privately. Good luck, and be prepared to risk everything." With those final words the transmission finally ended. And the boy wonder knew what he had to do

"L…" Robin muttered. "I have to find him". The other two titans looked over in shock.

"Dude wait!"

"We should talk about this, man!" There was no point in questioning it. His mind was already made up.

"Cyborg, while I'm gone, all of our messaging systems need to be turned off. In the meantime, only you and will be contacting one another." Starfire, who was just coming back from Raven's room, overheard the end of the conversation though the living room entrance. She couldn't possibly let Robin leave like that, especially not after what she just heard. She entered through and walked up to her boyfriend. "Robin…Perhaps you should stay"

He turned around and saw her distraught face. He didn't like leaving her at all, let alone while she was feeling like this, but the situation was too important.

"I can't", he responded. "I'm sorry, but it's a matter of life and death.

"Please, you do not understand-"

"No, you don't understand." Robin interrupted. " If you knew anything about this, about L, especially with his last case, I know you'd think differently."

"But Robin-" He interrupted again, this time with a passionate kiss.
"I'll be alright. I promise." With that, he set off, leaving Starfire with her overwhelmed feelings. The ultimate misunderstanding.

New York City, USA
1:56 PM

Martin looked at the crowded area surrounding him.

"Wow, he's right. In a place like this, we'll fit right in." Canada isn't all too crowded, so trying to search for someone in the city that never sleeps might be a little more difficult to do. Although, that just might be the point.

"Martin, don't you think it's a little reckless to travel so far, alone I might add, to go looking for a supernatural mass murderer?" Diana questioned, through the speaker of his watch. "And why would you even consider trying to seek out this L guy? "I mean, how can you put your trust in someone that you've never even seen before?"

"I've seen his work ,Di. Besides, He knows a lot more than I do at this point. I won't get anywhere without his help."
" Whatever. Just don't do anything stupid."
" Could you not be such a buzz-kill for once?" Martin looked up as he was walking, and saw a tall building with blue-tinted glass. Just like the one L described in his private messages. "Anyway, I need to go. I think I just found the place." He turned off phone and hurried in.

Diana's room, Quebec

2:10 PM

Diana took of her headphones, thinking about what she was to do to turn the situation in her favor, while Ryuk stared at her, confused.

"There's something I don't get,"Ryuk started. "If you keep bothering your brother like that to quit the investigation, won't that make you look suspicious?"
"You're missing the point. I knew he wouldn't listen in the first place. But this is how he and I always are. If I didn't say anything at all, I would look even more suspicious than I already do now."
" You won't be able to fool L that easily you know. Even the real Kira couldn't manage that-"

"Oh, stop worrying Ryuk!",Diana interjected. "I already have a plan…."

New York City, USA

2:15 PM
" 303, 304,…305! Finally!"Martin sighed with relief as he knocked on the door. When the door opened, he didn't see what he expected…it was a girl, somewhere between 18 and 20 years old. A fiery red-head with a pink bow tied in it, in what looked like a cropped school uniform. It was Blossom, all grown up.

"Glad you could make it. Please, come in." Despite her politeness, Martin still reacted as always in this kind of situation.

"Anything for you, babe" he flirted as he threw one of his arms around her. She elbowed him in the chest and smacked his arm away.
" Shut up, Jonny Bravo!" Both of them brushed themselves off and continued to proceed in. Danny was the first to greet them.

" Oh, great! It looks like the last guy's here now" he said as he stood up with a smile on his face. Martin noticed that there were about four other people in the room, exclude himself and the girl.

"I get it. You guys must be the others L requested help from."

"Who else would we be?", Ben Tennyson commented. "Okay, Ryuzaki. That's everyone. Now would you mind coming out here?" Ryuzaki? That must be alternative alias to 'L', given no one was going to tell each other their full names.

"Alright", the detective responded. The mystery man finally stepped out of the shadows. His hair was a wreck. His clothes were tattered and baggy. He wasn't even wearing shoes. His eyes were completely dilated with dark circles under them, as if he never once slept. Was this really the world's greatest detective? Everyone immediately started questioning him.

"I don't know if we should trust this guy. Is it really okay to be working with him?", Ben remarked. L just stopped and stared.

"Would you really let a murderer go free because I simply do not look the part? If you're not careful, appearances will deceive you. So try not to judge by that alone."

"Ryuzaki's right", Robin added. "We can let something as small as that get in the way of our overall mission. Tennyson shrugged.

"Uh, yeah..sorry.."

"So about this murder", Jeremy asked, "What exactly are we up against?" L climbed into one of the chairs and sat in his trademark fetal postion.

"I'm getting to that. The killer is using something called a 'Death Note'. It's a terrible device that allows you to kill someone just by writing their name inside. Yet it just looks like a little black notebook."

"But if that's who we're after, even with our powers and abilities, how can think to catch him?", Blossom asked, worried. L bit his thumbnail and smiled.

"Oh, we'll catch him"