When they came home it seemed quiet. And suspicious. They walked in the living room. They jumped. This was because a man was sitting in a chair except that he was bare foot and was really crouching on the couch. "Hello." The man greeted "I am L."

'L! HERE?!' Conan thought. This thought was a blend of respect and dread. "I know you; you're after that Kira guy!" Conan said. L chuckled, "Well aren't you an interested little boy." L said walking towards Conan and messed up his hair.

L looked at Detective Richard, "I think you're daughter was killed by Kira sir." 'Of course! That makes perfect sense!' Conan mentally bellowed. "We found these." Conan said taking the bag of claws out of Richard's pocket.

L took the bag and held it awkwardly. "Theses look like an amalgamation of dog and Komodo dragon claws, but I doubt that we're dealing with a dog/dragon hybrid. This could be an aide of Kira's. I'm bringing you both to my hotel on the other end of the country."

"Why are we coming?" Richard finally asked when they were on the plane. "Two reasons really. One, I heard you unravel every criminal act you work one," L said 'Yeah, with my help.' Conan thought "And you both are suspects to be Kira." "What that's outrageous! She was my daughter!" Richards yelled. "And she was my best friend!" Conan yelled.

"I know but you were the only two at the time." L responded, not raising his voice like the other two "What about the claws? Have we lost track of that!?" L smirked, "We'll get that back when we get to the hotel."

An hour or three later, they were at the hotel. When they finally got to his room they were greeted by a brown haired teen. "Hello L. Who are these people?" The teen asked.

"These are the most recent victims of the Kira attacks. Conan, Richard, this is Light Yagami." L said. Richard shook Light's hand. 'I don't trust this guy.' Conan thought. When they walked in the room they saw a really striking girl in her 20's.

"Hey Light!" she said running up to Light and kisses his cheek. Then she see's Conan. "Awww. This kid is sooooo adorable!" she said messing with his hair. 'Sexy, but she can be a feme fatal. On the other hand though…'

"Conan, Richard, this is my girlfriend, Misa." Light said. "Wait, Misa. Isn't she a model/actress?" Conan asked. "We met before the actress part." Misa said.

"Alright, Light can you study these claws? They were found at the crime scene." L asked, throwing the bag to Light. Light saw them and was instantly scared. 'These…these are Ryuuk's!' the Kira part of his mind thought. Misa saw the claws and said, "Hey aren't those Ryuuk's...Mmmhp!" Misa's mouth was covered by Lights hand. "Who's Ryuuk?" Richards asked. "Oh, just an ex-boyfriend of Misa. Animal Trainer on the set."

'Strange. It was almost he was trying to hide something from Richards. Or more logically, L.'

'Whew. That was a close call. I'm going to have to remind Misa not to talk about Ryuuk.'

They looked over the claws again and again. "It isn't animal or human." Light kept telling them. "Well it can't belong to nothing!" Conan and L kept yelling.

"Richard, what do you think?" Light asked. Richard stared, "Well I doubt it's an animal, no animal with claws that big could possible climb up to her window."

"But could it be a man wearing clawed gloves to try to throw us off?" Conan thought. "That's not unreasonable Conan." L said. Conan, now embarrassed, said, "Oops. Did I say that aloud?"

"Yes you did." Misa answered, smiling.

'This is going nowhere. Wait, is this in my head? I think so. Yeah it is.' Conan thought.

After 23 long hours it was finally time to sleep. Richard and Conan go a free room and room service via L.

Conan didn't sleep. He couldn't sleep. Instead he tried to creep into L's room. He walked at the foot of his bed.

"Conan, what are you doing?" Conan froze in his place and turned his head. He yelled, "What the hell!? I thought you were sleeping!"

"I sleep with my eyes open."

'That figures.' Conan thought. "Go back to bed little one." L whispered, "You can't work right unless you're completely rested." When Conan walked away he heard faint snoring.

He turned his head to see L's eyes wide open. 'Wow. He wasn't kidding.'