Hey guys!

As you can see, this is the second chapter! *hooray!* Please enjoy!!

Several people leaned out of their doorways and windows to get a better look at the shiny, black Rolls Royce as it pulled to the curb outside of a normal, suburban home in Missouri. Light stretched as he got out of the luxury vehicle and yawned, "I know you wanted to track her down, but really? All the way to America…"

"It's not like you had anything better to do, Light-kun," L shot back as he hopped out of the car.

"Ooh, cranky, are we?"

"Shut up. My sugar levels are considerably low," spat the detective as he pulled a handful of Jolly Ranchers from his pocket, unwrapping three and shoving them in his mouth. The odd couple walked up the pathway to the front door, rang the doorbell, and waited for ten seconds before the door was opened by a girl. She was too old to be in high school, but not old enough to be in college. She scoffed, "You must be one of her friends."

"Her?" Light inquired, peeking inside the door slightly.

"Yeah, my little sister. Doesn't matter though, she's not here." She began to close the door when L stuck his bare foot between the door and the frame.

"I'm sorry, but do you know where she went?"

"No, and I don't care." L took his foot back, "Now, listen here, we came all the way from Japan just to see-"

"She's not here! Just go away!" With this, the girl slammed the door in their faces. L stood with a somewhat appalled look on his face.

"That…that bitch! Does she know who I am?"

"Obviously not, but we need to go if we're going to find her," Light said, gently tugging the stunned detective back to the Rolls Royce.

"Well, we know that she's a liar. She said that she worked on Maiden Road, but she lives in America."

"Yes, very interesting and very obvious, Light. We need to know where she is right now…driver," L leaned forward slightly, "do you know of anything happening today? Particularly anime related, perhaps?" The driver thought, "Yes. I believe that there is a convention nearby."

"Excellent, take us there."

"You do know the probability of us finding her in an environment like that is-"

"Highly likely, Light-kun. If she enjoys anime as much as her profile led us to believe, she will be there." Light shrugged and slouched in his seat. He was tired after the flight and every time he had tried to fall asleep on the flight or in any of the time spent in the car, L would continuously kick him until he woke up and showed no sign of slipping into a nap.

"Light-kun, why would someone in America, let alone a teenager, be so interested in Japan's affairs?" Silence. "…Light-kun?" L looked over to catch the rare glimpse of a sleeping, completely vulnerable Light Yagami. The way he was sleeping made him look younger than he acted, like any normal teen boy would look like. L could feel his face heat and his palms sweat. As he quickly turned to look out the window, he questioned himself for the first time in a long time. Did he like Light-kun more than a friend? He pushed the question from his mind as the convention came into view. It was hard to miss, full of noise, colors, and oddly dressed people.

Light was having a pleasant dream. He was back in Japan, judging criminals from an extremely classy room, Misa was not part of his life as far as he could tell, and L was calling from the next room. Light calmly got up from his chair and walked over to the door frame, the plush carpet muffling his footsteps, the smell of fresh cake lingering in the air. As he turned the corner, he expected to the see the detective sitting on the couch in his odd little manner, enjoying some strawberry shortcake, but instead saw the detective sprawled out on a large bed with silk sheets, only wearing jeans that were unbuttoned. Light woke up with a start and tried to sit up, but was blocked by something warm and sweet.

L had been poking Light and gently calling his name to wake him up, each time he got louder and a little closer to Light's face. When he was just inches away from the teen's face, he yelled his name and Light woke up with a gasp. L hadn't predicted this and was still extremely close to the boy's face when he did this. Both males sat in complete surprise, not even noticing that they were kissing. L broke away first, terribly embarrassed and quickly opened the door and jumped out, pulling a very confused Light with him.

"Well," said L, clearing his throat to regain his composure, "Here we are…the convention."

"Yeah…convention…" Light was dazed and snapped out of his trance when a girl wrapped her arms around him and said, "You're cute! My friend would absolutely love you!"

"What?"

"She would, wouldn't she?" Another girl had appeared and had forcefully grabbed L's hand and arm, leading him, and consequently Light as well, away from the mass of cosplayers. Both girls were dressed in long gray coats and black pants that ended half way down their shins. Their shoes were sandals that showed their toes and heels, but went up above the ankle and ended. They wore white and red masks that resembled a cat.

"Where are we going?" L questioned as the girl squeezed his hand tighter.

"To introduce you to our friend, silly! Where else would we be going?" Light began to fight back as soon as he saw the van they were leading them to, L catching on a bit later.

"Hey! What are you doing?!" Light tried to pry himself away from the girl, but she had a freakish strength about her. Two other children wearing similar outfits to the girls' had opened the back doors to the van. The girls' pushed Light and L into the van with the strength a full grown body builder would have. They took their masks and costumes off in one smooth motion before closing the doors. One girl had vibrant green hair, wore a black leotard with a bright yellow tutu, pink and black striped stockings and black ballet slippers. The other had jet black hair, wore a red wife-beater, black baggy camo pants which were tucked into black combat boots splattered with neon paint of all colors. The only thing they had in common were that their eyes were purple and their faces were of that of a clown's.

"The boss will be pleased with this catch," the girls' said at the same time. L kicked the latch in a desperate attempt to open it, but it was locked tight. Light rammed all of his weight against the door repeatedly. The sound of their heavy panted and the dull metallic ringing was drowned out by crackling of a PA system.

"Oh, joy! You've been found! I noticed you snooping around on my profile the other day, so I decided to meet you in person. And, so you don't attract any attention to my lovely van, you're going to take a little nap!" The PA cut off and was replaced by the sound of hissing as a purple-pink gas filled the van. Both Light and L coughed and sputtered before passing out on the floor.

Alright, there was a little Naruto reference in there, and just to clear things up, I do not own either Naruto or Death Note!

~Stella Crescendoll