I don't feel like sharing my one-shots with you all, and I would rather type this up before typing up the next chapter of Possessed. I'm warning you all, this is repetitive and almost the entire thing is copied from, I believe, volume 2 or 3 of the manga. I would check, but my manga is packed in a box in a friend's basement seeing as we (my family) are going to move soon. Enjoy. I don't own Death Note. And italics are the televised words.

Time skip, 1 year later.

Fifty-two in the past week, and that's just those we know about." "Every single one from cardiac arrest." "All of the victims are criminals either being pursued by police, or already behind bars." "We may assume that more wanted criminals, whose whereabouts are unknown, have died as well."

"In which case, the death toll would be well over a hundred…" "But they're all violent criminals who deserve the death penalty several times over. Is it really such a great concern?" "Who just said that? That is a totally irresponsible view!"

"But has it been verified as murder?" "How could ore than a hundred heart attacks be a coincidence? Of coarse it's murder!" "Who could possibly murder that many people over such a wide area, virtually simultaneously?"

"We believe this is a carefully orchestrated mass assassination carried out by a large organization." "The only 'large organization' capable of something like that, I believe, would be the CIA or the FBI!"

"I dare you to say that again!" "Now, now…" "Please refrain from making jokes in questionable taste…" "With so many criminals dying, our pride as police…" "It's not a question of pride!"

"I have to say, it is a problem if we have condemned criminals dying before their sentence is carried out." "Why don't we first ascertain whether this is murder, or just a coincidence?" "But the coroner's report for every single one says 'cardiac arrest, cause unknown'!"

"You can't track down a murderer when the cause of death is a heart attack…" "It would be one thing if they had a knife sticking out of them…" "How about putting it to a vote?" "I think we have no choice. This is another one for L."

"But they say L only gets involved in cases that interest him. If not, forget it." "That's right. And anyway, we have no way of contacting him!" "L is already involved. L has been investigating this case for some days now." "Watari…" "Silence, please. You shall now hear L speak."

"Good afternoon. This is L. the case before us is unprecedented in scope and difficulty, and is a monstrous crime of mass murder that must be stopped at all costs! In order to solve it, I request the full cooperation of police worldwide, with a resolution to that effect passed at the Interpol meeting today."

"L… Interpol has passed a resolution promising you their full cooperation." "Good. I strongly request the cooperation of the Japanese police in particular." "What? But, why Japan?" Matsuda questioned.

"Whether this is being carried out by a group or by an individual, it's highly probable that they're Japanese. And if not Japanese, they are in Japan." "But how… how can… on what evidence?"

"Why Japan…? I think… I'll be able to show you why very soon, in a direct confrontation with the killer. I therefore request that the investigation be headquartered I Japan."

This is a scene transition.

"IS EVIL!" 40 seconds after muttering that line, Lind L. Tailor was no longer among the living.

"I… I don't believe it. This as an experiment to test a hunch I had, but I never really thought… Kira… you can actually kill people without direct contact. So, my hunch was right. I couldn't believe my own eyes, but you can. You'd have to, of course. It didn't make sense otherwise. Listen to me, Kira. If you just killed Lind L Tailor, the man you saw on our TV, he was a condemned criminal, scheduled to die today, at this hour. That wasn't me. His arrest and conviction were kept secret from the media, and went unreported even on the internet. Even you had no way of knowing about him, it seems."

"But I, L, do in fact exist. So, come on! Kill me if you can! What are you waiting for? Come on! Go ahead and kill me. I'm still here. Can't do it, Kira? Evidently, you aren't able to kill me. So there are people you can't kill. That's a valuable clue. Now I'll give you some information in return."

"Although it was announced that this was being televised globally, actually it was broadcast only in the Kanto region around Tokyo. The plan was to broadcast live to other areas in turn, but that's no longer necessary. You are in the Kanto region of Japan, Kira."

"We broadcast first to Kanto because it has the largest regional population in the country. That you happened to be there was pure luck. I didn't expect this to work so perfectly according to plan, but now, I dare say, it may not be so long before I send you to die. Kira, it would interest me greatly to know how you carry out your murders. But that's something I can find out AFTER I catch you!"

"Kira… I'm going to find and dispose of you, if it's the last thing I do! I'm righteous! Till we meet again, Kira."

"Ryuuku-oto-san?" "Yeah. A Shinigami dropped a notebook. I will not find out which, and even if you wanted me to, I cannot kill the owner of the notebook." "It looks like I'm helping then, Ryuuku-oto-san."

Omg, it was sooo boring to type this. I would like to thank plannedbyReaperLight for reviewing. I may or may not type up the next chapter of Possessed. Anyway, I really should update Life of a Death, maybe tomorrow. Today, whatever. Bye.