A/N: Okay so here's the next chapter, right after the first one. In this chapter we get a look at L for the first time and Light comes to some fun conclusions. Enjoy the chapter and please review!

Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note or its characters.

Chapter 2:

11-29-03

Light was worried. He had gone home and looked up more information on Kurou Otoharada and any other information the police had released. It had been confirmed that it had been a heart attack, but Otoharada hadn't had any history of heart troubles so it didn't make any sense that he had died from a sudden heart attack. Then, the next day, criminals continued to die, all from heart attacks. If one criminal dying from an unexplained heart attack was suspicious, then 40 or more criminals dying from the same thing was just downright impossible. Well it was impossible that it was a coincidence, it was possible that it was intentional. But who ever heard of a serial killer only killing other criminals and only killing them with heart attacks.

The first idea that Light had was that it was some kind of drug, but some of the criminals had been kept in solitary and no one had access to them except a few select guards. It could be that there were a bunch of guards making a statement, but that didn't explain how the criminals who had just been announced were also being killed. Light couldn't deduce much more from the few facts that he could find on the internet. The police weren't treating this as a case and Light couldn't help but feel that they were making a mistake not taking this seriously. Light laid down on his bed, placing his hands behind his head and closing his eyes, letting his mind sort through the facts he had collected, trying to come up with another conclusion.

"Light! Dinner's ready!" Sachiko called from the kitchen.

Light got up still thinking, and as he exited his room, one thought ran through his head:

I will find out who's behind this.

12-01-03

Beep!

The sudden noise from the computer seemed loud in the nearly empty room. L turned and looked at his computer, hand still on the doorknob. The computer sat alone on a desk with a pile of folders that L was looking over for his cases. L shuffled over and viewed the alert that had popped up on his computer.

"The ICPO is having a meeting…" L spoke in a quiet voice, merely voicing his thoughts.

L sat down in the chair that was in front of the desk and opened the alert, curious what had drawn the police's attention so much that they had to have such a large scale meeting.

"Numerous unexplained deaths…criminals…all heart attacks…" L's interest was piqued.

L had been aware of the rising number of criminals dying, and all from heart attacks, but he didn't think that the ICPO would be willing to take action so quickly. L had little faith in the police forces of the world. They were inefficient and he often had to help with cases that they had trouble with; cases that any intelligent person should be able to figure out. But that was the problem, wasn't it? There was a reason that L didn't go out much, besides the obvious reason of keeping his identity safe. It was because that L found people boring. On the few occasions that L allowed himself to contemplate his emotions, he found himself wishing for someone who could match his intellect and that could challenge him. L liked puzzles and mysteries. It was one of the reasons he decided to become a detective. So it made sense that the only person who could interest him was someone that wasn't see through and predictable like all the people he had worked with so far. Even Naomi Misora, a woman who was a most man would find exciting and beautiful, was still plain and ordinary in L's eyes.

L blinked as he refocused his thoughts, silently locking his emotions away for another time when he felt the need to dissect them.

"Watari," L said into the intercom he kept next to his computer, "Please put all the recent heart attack victims into a new file."

"Taking on a new case, sir?" Watari asked, barely containing the disapproval he felt.

"Yes," L said letting small smile come unto his face, his mind already whirling with thoughts, ideas, and possible suspects, "This one will surely be interesting."

12-02-03

"Finally the police are getting off their lazy asses!"(1) Light said to himself as he hacked into his dad's computer, searching for any change in information from the heart attack deaths he had been following.

Light had been hacking into his father's computer for a few years now. When Light got bored, he sometimes looked into open cases that his father was investigating, trying to figure out the killer. If he did, he would give subtle hints to his father, who Light hoped, never caught him doing. Hacking into the chief of the NPA's computer was definitely not something Light wanted to be caught doing.

It had been about 4 days since that first criminal had been killed. Light was counting Otoharada as the first victim, even if there was no proof. Light deduced that since the major killings hadn't started until the next day, the killer was only testing his killing method.

Now, after 4 days, people had given the killer a name. They called him "Kira." Some people, much to Light's disgust, saw Kira as a savior, killing criminals and "bad" people. Others just saw him as a murderer, which was what he was. Light had, at one time, thought about Kira and whether or not he was right in what he was doing. Light knew that the justice system was flawed, but did that mean a single individual had the right to take it upon themselves and do what Kira was doing. There was no guarantee that all the criminals that Kira had killed were guilty.

From the sheer magnitude of the killings and their circumstances, Light could deduce a few facts about Kira and his method of killing. One was that either Kira was a complete psycho, which was unlikely with his periodic killings, or that Kira wasn't there when the killings occurred. No normal human could possibly watch so many people die by their own hand without being affected him. If Kira had been there for all his killings then by this point, Kira's killings would have varied or changed in some kind of way. Another fact that Light was able to figure out was that Kira most likely needed a face and a name to kill. Besides keeping an eye on the dead criminals, Light also kept track of criminals in general. From all his research and comparisons, criminals whose names had appeared incorrectly, or when no picture was shown, did not die.

Light only hoped that someone else would come to the same conclusions he did. He counted the first criminal who has kept the nursery school hostage, but Light didn't know if other people would understand what his death meant. So far the criminals who had died were on death row or people who had committed heinous crimes, but Otoharada had committed a less serious crime and not only that, the news of the kidnapping had only aired in Japan.(2)

(1) L says something similar in the first chapter of Death Note about the ICPO. I couldn't help putting it in there

(2) Alright I know that all that crap Light just deduced is all stuff L tells the police later, but come on people! Light is just as smart as L is and I believe that if Light hadn't been Kira, he would have come to the same conclusions L had.

A/N: So how was this chapter? Please review and tell me anything you found wrong or inaccurate. I would also like to hear what you think of the characters and of my writing; like I said last time: constructive criticism is good, but flames are bad. I know there isn't a lot of action in this chapter, but I had to get these couple of days out of the way. I already have plans for the other chapters and I can't wait till Light and L meet. Yay for LxLight! Speaking of L, how was his character in this chapter? I wanted to avoid having him alone because I felt like I couldn't do his character justice. Tell me what you think please?