Author's Note: I forgot to mention last time that the italics, unless within a normal font paragraph is the Narrator.

Sorry it's so short I just felt that the end was a good place to end it.

Also, I don't own Death Note.


2 - L's Decision

August 14... Saturday... 2006... The day everything changed for The Agency.

L eyed the applicant suspiciously. He picked up and looked over the man's appliction again. Everything on it was outstanding. Everything was almost too good to be true. Only the name bothered him. Lee Teilwal. That name was haunting. L looked at the clock. 3:04. He eyed the man again. Something is going to happen... It's only a matter of when...

The applicant looked at L with glee. He had dearly hoped L had discovered the secret of the name he had chosen for himself. He hoped L had figured out that it was he who was the man he had been chasing for the past year. You may know it's me but you can't do a thing about it. You may have evidence but the police will never believe you. The applicant smiled.

L noticed the faint, but evil smile. This was the man he had been chasing for a year. The bastard who had eluded him for all this time. Sitting at his desk, in his Agency, with a smile of victory on his face. And L knew the man was right. He had won, for now. L had all the evidence he could ever hope for. But he had no way to prove that it was the man sitting before himwho had killed all those people.

It was bad enough that the people who were convicted of those murders all had motive and the means to do it. But many of them were actually present at the scene at the time the murders happened, or at least didn't have an alibi. And that wasn't the worst of it. This man had made it blatantly obvious that he was the killer. Well, at least, he made it blatantly obvious to him. The police were too stupid or too blinded to see the truth.

"So... I've looked over your application."

"And?"

"It's the best I've seen in three years."

"Thank you."

L paused. He looked at the clock again. 3:09. He looked at that name again. He wanted to ask about it. He wasn't sure how the man would react, though. I'll ask later.

"L-san?"

L decided to mention the name now. "Uh... It is the best I've seen, but I have a question about the name."

"Anything you want to know."

"I was wondering why..." He hesitated. How should he ask the question? "Why did you choose that name?"

The applicant smiled more noticeably than his previous one. He noticed. "I choose that because I don't have my own name and because you're my idol." That wasn't the real reason, but who would question that?

Somehow he knows my name. How did he figure it out? But that isn't important right now... He doesn't have a name? How could he not have a name? That complicates things. L turned and faced the window. It started to rain. He paid no attention to the rain and he thought about what could happen if this man was allowed to join The Agency. He thought about what could happen if he wasn't allowed to join. He thought quickly.

The applicant watched L in silence. He can't pass me up. I'm the perfect detective. But more importantly, I'm the bane of his existance. He'll want to keep me close to see if I slip up. Well, I have news for you L. I won't be caught so easily! L turned back around.

"I can't let you join."


Author's Note: Read, enjoy, or don't, and review.

It's my first fanfic, go easy on me.

I just noticed... My account name is Bleach For the Win. Why is my first fanfic about Death Note?