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From the moment, Narumi was a ten months old, Soichiro Yagami knew his eldest child was the brightest kid you could ever meet. He wasn't saying this because Narumi was his child. No, his daughter had always been bright, even if his wife would say Light was brighter than any of the three kids they had together. His wife might think it was just pure luck that by the time his daughter was a year old, his blond-haired baby girl could speak Japanese without any lisp and could walk without stumbling down but Soichiro knew better. He knew nothing his wife or children could say, or do in Narumi's case, could make him think his eldest daughter wasn't smart.

Though Soichiro would admit he did have his doubts about his daughter's intelligence since his daughter could do or say things which made him want to question her intelligence. There were so many times, his daughter always said the most obvious things or ask the most obvious questions yet there were times she would say things that no one had ever considered. No, his daughter was intelligent but why she acted like she wasn't intelligent was something he didn't understand. It was just disappointing to see his beautiful, little girl wasn't trying her hardest to show her intelligence to the world.

Yet ever since Narumi started working on the criminal cases, Soichiro could see a real change in his daughter's behaviour. Before his daughter would eat ramen twice a week but ever since she started working on the case, Naurmi had been eating instant ramen every couple of hours. Whenever he checked on her, he could see the thoughtful look in her eyes as she read through the articles. Most of all, he noticed Narumi had not gone to Light at all about the case she was investigating.

It would have been all good signs if it weren't for the fact Narumi was right about the murders of the criminals.

Rubbing his temple, Soichiro gazed at his fellow policemen. He almost sighed when he caught sight of his daughter sitting beside Matsuda with a cup of instant ramen in her hand. If Narumi kept eating ramen, Soichiro was going to have to take his daughter to therapy because too much ramen wasn't good for her.

When he saw everyone had arrived, Soichiro cleared his throat, stood up and began, "As many of you may have been aware, criminals around the world had been dying of heart attacks. Due to the number of deaths, we have been led to believe that an individual or organization may be responsible for their deaths," he paused, glancing at his daughter, who still had a smile on her face but Soichiro noticed there was a weary look in her eyes. "Due to the seriousness of the situation, the ICPO had decided to hold a meeting to discuss the best course of actions. Our department is allowed to have three representives, including myself. The other two candidates has been chosen, in one case, to gain experience while the other candidate has been the first to consider the possibility of murder."

"The first representitive I've chosen is Matsuda Touta. He needs experience and I believe he will provide a good input on how the general population will react," He said, watching as the young man stood up, giving him a surprised look before walking towards him.

"The other representitive I've chosen is someone who came to me personally after four days after the murders had started. This person had been working tirelessly in trying to figure out the cause of death," his daughter blinked her eyes at him and gave him a sheepish smile. "My daughter, Yagami Narumi."

As soon as he finished saying his daughter's name, the whole room started to tense at his words. Most of them he knew didn't think Narumi would be up to task, no doubt thinking of just how inexperienced the girl was as well as the fact she was his child. They presumed he would have given in to his daughter's demands but Soichiro would have never given in to Narumi's demands when it came to their work.

No matter how much he loved his daughter, Soichiro would not allow his favour of her show in their work.

"I've one thing to say to you guys," his daughter said as soon as she reached to where he was standing. He raised his eyebrow at his daughter but the girl didn't dare to do what he asked. "I know to most of you, I'm just some inexperienced brat who only got the job because of my father and if you dislike me then it's fair enough but I did came up with the theory that these so called 'coincidences' were actually murders," she gazed at all of them with hard eyes. "Now does anyone have any questions or have any objections on why I shouldn't be involved?"

"I've just one question, how did you figure out these coincidences were murders?" One of the officers asked, gazing at his daughter with suspicion.

His daughter smiled. "Tell me do you think ninty criminals, who all had done some form of henious crimes, could all die from a heart attack? One or two...that would be coincidence but ninty? That's a little bit too much. Now some of these criminals were in the age ranger where a heart attack isn't likely to happen while some of them were declared to be fit and healthy...for them to have a heart attack was strange. Perhaps, if it was just one or two then it could be overlooked but fourty fit people died from heart attacks. If that wasn't murder then what is?"

"The Chief said you've been working on figuring out the case...have you figure out anything from the past few days?"

"The deaths mostly took place from around the time 8pm to 2am," his daughter answered, closing her eyes. "That's a pattern I have been seeing since the deaths had taken place but as to who or where the criminal might be, well that's a different story entirely. I don't know what might be their age range nor their occupation but I can safely say the killer has a black and white view on the criminals."

"Black and white view on justice? What makes you say that?" Another officer asked.

His daughter curled her lips. "Anyone that has not commit a crime is safe but that might change for all I know. Anyways, he killed the criminals who were all reported to do some form of terrible crimes, like murder, rape or anything else that is seened as a terrible crime. He didn't wait to see the conviction of the criminals because I knew for a fact some of these criminals were having their evidence checked since a new evidence has been found, which could prove them innocent. Now, does this killer care? No."

Everyone blinked their eyes at his daughter. Some of the officers who had seen his daughter grew up, raised their eyebrows before reluctantly nodding their head. There was no doubt in Soichiro's mind, they must be thinking about the fact how his daughter had never shown this much intelligence when it came to investigation. It was always Light who showed his brightness, who was always seen in their family as the genius but now Narumi was showing them she was just as bright as her brother.

The only question Soichiro had was what caused his daughter to decide to show everyone her intelligence? And why did she always let Light get the spotlight?

There were no apples in the bowl.

That was the first thing Narumi noticed when she got back home from work. It wouldn't be unusual if it weren't for the fact, her mother wasn't home or the fact she knew very well Sayu didn't like eating apples. The only person who actually eat apples were her parents and Light but Light couldn't eat all five red apples in just a matter of three hours. No, maybe her brother had guests in the house but her brother never brought guest to their house, especially since he didn't like mixing with people.

"Narumi-neechan, you're back," Light said, snapping her from her train of thought.

She blinked her eyes and smiled at her little brother, who was making his way to the kitchen, where their mother had hopefully cooked some food for them to eat. Honestly, she didn't feel like cooking now espeically since her theory had just got confirmed or had to explain on how she came up with the theory.

"How's school? I haven't actually seen you since I started work," she admitted, going to the stove. "Are you ready for the exams?"

"I'm as ready as a person could be but extra studying wouldn't hurt me."

Narumi smiled at his words. "No, it wouldn't hurt you but don't take it too far. You need to get some sleep my dear little brother or else your brain won't do well when it comes to the day of the exams...and you need to eat properly! Or else Mum might nag you into eating five serving of her food just so she doesn't worry about you."

"You're the one who tells me to eat properly, not Mum," Light said dryly as she put the rice and fish into her plate. "And you shouldn't talk. You're the one who eats ramen whenever you have the chance, it's a miracle you haven't become fat from the amount of ramen you eat."

"It's because I'm awesome," Narumi sang, taking a seat on the table.

"That's not a good reason," Light said, giving her a smile. "One of these days, all that ramen will cause problems for you."

Not really, Narumi wanted to tell him as she took a bite of the fish their mother cooked, eating ramen everyday won't be a problem as long as you did exercise. Naruko Uzumaki ate ramen almost everyday to the point where almost all the meals she cooked for her family was ramen, to the amusement of her husband and the annoyance of her three kids. Eating ramen was just one of the few ways Narumi remind herself, she wasn't just Narumi Yagami but also Naruko Uzumaki. This was just one of the few things she could do to remember the life she used to have.

"So have any girls confessed you to again?" She asked.

"Yes," Her brother answered, giving her a smile. "But I had to tell her I couldn't think of going on a date with her until the exams were over."

Narumi snorted. "That's one way to let a girl down gently...y'know, you can still go on dates even when there are exams."

"I'll think about it," her brother said as he poured himself juice.

Shaking her head, Narumi took a small bite of fish. She watched as her brother took the glass of juice upstaires, where he would most likely be studying for his exams. She frowned as she realized her brother told her, he would think about her advice. This wasn't like Light. Her little brother would never consider listening to her advice since he thought she was the idiot of the family. Why now of all times would he consider her words of wisdom? Was it because now he decided he want to act like a normal teenager?

No, Light couldn't have suddenly decided to become a normal teenager.

"Your brother has never acted like a normal kid," Kurama said to her as she walked towards the fridge to get her favourite orange juice. "When you used to play with all the kids, your brother would just watch them as if they were beneath him because they weren't as intelligent as him."

"That's because Light couldn't connect with them," Narumi said, pouring the orange juice into the glass. "Now of days, he has learnt to connect with people his age but he's not really close to them. Light may have fooled Mum, Dad and even Sayu into thinking he has friends but I know better, I know he doesn't consider any of them his friends. I know he can't really act like a normal teenager."

"Yet now he's trying to act like one," Kurama pointed out. "Maybe the boy has a change of heart."

"No, I know my brother better then anyone in the household and I know he's stubborn," she informed him, taking a sip of her orange juice. "Besides, no one can change their personality in just one day. No, something is up but I don't know what."

"Are you going to snoop in his room again?"

"No way," Narumi answered, sitting in the chair. "I know that brother of mine and I know he'll find out I have entered his room without permission...besides maybe he did have a change of heart."

"How certain are you that he has a change of heart?"

The blonde grimaced. "Very little chance but I'm going to give him a few days before I start snooping in his room. Of course, before that I'm going to figure out how he knows how I enter his room."

"You could always enter in the same way your sensei used to enter in your house."

"Why didn't I think of that?"

"Even after all these years, your stupidness surprise me."

"I'm not stupid!"

"Whatever you say brat, whatever you say."

One of these days, Narumi decided, she was going to find a way to make the furry monster inside of her suffer. Just because she forgot she could enter her brother's room through his window didn't make her an idiot. It just meant she was a little bit forgetful. There had never been a time where she was forced to use her former skills but with her brother acting strange, Narumi might just have to do some infiltratation into her brother's room.

Thank goodness Narumi knew her brother wasn't a normal boy because Narumi wouldn't handle it if she caught her brother reading those perverted magazines. It was bad enough Naruko Uzumaki caught her son reading those magazines but Narumi wouldn't like the image of her brother being tarnish by this.

Of course she would do this after the meeting.

Watching the other representatives as they bicker reminded Narumi of the days where Naruko had to listen to her subordinates argue over who should be sent to catch her daughter. It was annoying, childish and seriously a pain in the neck to hear when all you wanted to do was to go home to your family. Unlike those times, the arguements weren't about who should get her daughter but whose fault that they were in this situation.

Narumi rubbed her forehead and gazed at Matsuda and her father, who looked just as irritated as her about the situation they were in. She opened her notebook, where a mini mindmap of all the information she gathered was proudly displayed. The only thing she could confirm was the pattern but nothing else. There was no way she could confirm the killer was in Japan. She had no idea about what the occupation might be but she did know the killer had a black or white view on justice.

"Um, Chief? Who is this L they're talking about?" Matsuda asked when the representatives had finally decided they were going to call some guy called L.

"I've never heard about L," Narumi agreed, tilting her head at her father.

Her father sighed. "I forgot for the two of you, this is your first meeting. L is somebody whose name, face, and whereabouts are a secret. He can solve any case and you could call him a 'private investigator' of sorts. We have no clue on who he is. He keeps himself in the deepest secrecy, solving case after impossible case all over the world...and he's our last resort."

"But L is kind of stubborn," Another representative spoke out. "L will only take on cases that interest him."

"Stubbornness aside, how can we contact him?" Another representative asked.

If he took cases that only interest him then there would be very little doubt he wouldn't take this case, Narumi thought to herself as her fingers tapped on the table. After all, this was the most talked case in the world. Criminals were dying left and right. Half of the people were cheering for the killer to continue killing criminals. Those people had no idea on what they're supporting, not realizing they were no better then the criminals they wish to die.

It made her sick to her stomach.

"Gentleman, L is already on it," everyone turned to face a heavily disguised man at the front of the meeting hall. "L has already started working on the case."

"Watari!" One of the representatives yelled.

"Watari?" Matsuda asked. "Is he another Japanese representative?"

Her father shook his head. "No, but he's the only contact we have with L. Still, even Watari doesn't know who L is…"

Watari must be an old man, she thought to herself, crossing her legs together as Watari went up to the table, putting his briefcase down on the table. If he was the only contact between L and them then it made Narumi wonder why L would use an old man to be his proxy. There was nothing wrong about the old man but she didn't like the idea of having an old man coming here to give them information about L.

"Please be silent," Watari said, opening a laptop. "I will now give you the voice of L."

Narumi leaned forward to get a better look of the laptop, where an ornate L decorated the screen. She glanced at the monitor, which also displayed the letter for everyone to see. Well, now there was no point for her to lean forward. She blinked her eyes when she heard a synthetically altered voice coming from the computer.

Wasn't this guy taking it a little bit too far?

"Greeting to everyone at the ICPO. This is L," the voice said, causing Narumi to roll her eyes at the obviousness of his statement. "This is the biggest and most difficult case yet. The difficulty of this case lies on its unprecedented scope and make no mistake, we're witnessing an atrocious act of mass murder, one that is unforgivable."

"It seems he also agrees with you," Kurama said as she stared at the monitor. "Perhaps, there is some hope for this pathetic world you were born in."

"Father also agrees with me when I said this was murder."

"Yes, he did but most of the people in this world didn't seem to agree with your thoughts. None of them consider what this killer is doing is murder," The fox pointed out. "After all, some of the people in the streets are praising this killer for his actions."

"I know...that's the worrying bit," Narumi answered, rubbing her forehead. "For people who lost their families due to these criminals, I get where they're coming from but wishing the death of all these criminals isn't right. No one has the right to judge whether or not someone deserved to live. People can change after going through jail or after having deal with a harsh punishment...heck letting those criminals die, is not punishing them. Death is sometimes too good for them."

"If the killer is caught then he'll be killed," He pointed out to her.

"I'll try to convince them they shouldn't kill that person," Narumi said firmly. "Killing the killer won't make us any better then him...besides death would be too good for him. No, the killer needs to rot in prision for the rest of his life. He should be forced to see the crying faces of some of those criminal's families...most of all, he needs to understand he's no better then the people he's killing. Honestly, does the killer think by killing these criminals would decrease the crime rate?"

"Yes he does."

"Only a child would think like that," Narumi said, rubbing her temple. "People will go through a circumstance that makes them feel like they've no choice but to become a criminal. For some of these people. it's their job. Besides, doesn't he think by killing all of these criminals that he would increase the crime rate? Eventually someone is going to snap and when they do, a lot of people would die. Heck, it would continue the cycle of hatred because as long as he kept killing criminals, those criminal families will want revenge against him."

"You think the killer has your experience? The killer probably never spoke to a criminal in his lifetime," Kurama pointed out. "The killer sees what the media protrays the killer as. He doesn't see their families...if that killer existed in your previous life and killed your husband, what would you have done? What would those brats of yours do?"

"If that killer killed Gaara, I would have try to find the man and kill him for his actions," Narumi said coldly. "Naruko Uzumaki may have believed in second chances but if her husband was murdered again, she wouldn't hesistate to kill the killer but not before making him see her kids and telling them why he did it."

"And you won't do it now?"

"Gaara is gone. Naruko's kids and descendants don't exist in this world," she pointed out. "I don't love anyone in this world...the memories of Naruko's love for Gaara, makes me hesitant in finding love. What if I fall in love with someone and all I would do is compare them to him? But if I did fall in love and that person I love is murdered by this killer...I will make them pay for their crime."

"This case cannot be solved without the full cooperation of the ICPO, that is all the police organisation you represent throughout the world," L said, drawing her attention back to the situation at hand. "You need to make the decision to fully support the investigation at this meeting."

Well the person got her support, Narumi thought, gazing at her notebook. She had so little clues on what the hell was happening or how these murders were happening but she had picked up a pattern and she did figure out the motive of the killer. If this guy was really the best detective then Narumi hoped this person knew how the killer was killing people or what he needed to kill them because at this rate, criminals were going to die, both innocent and guilty criminals.

"Also I require the additional cooperation from Japan's National Police Agency," her father and Matsuda stood up at this response. Narumi made a face as she realized why the man wanted more help from them. If the killer came from America, he would have request the American Police help. If the killer was from Germany, he would ask their police for help. For him to ask them, it meant he presumed the killer was in Japan.

"What? Why Japan in particular?" Her father asked.

"Because he thinks the killer is in Japan," Narumi informed her father before L could answer his question. "I've a question? What makes you think the killer is in Japan? There have been murders all over the world so how could you be certain the killer is in Japan and not in America or China?"

"Why do I think the killer is in Japan?" Narumi nodded her head. "I think I'll be able to provide you with proof after a direct confrontation."

This man was insane.

"A direct confrontation?" Another representive asked before she could voice her opinion to him.

"At any rate, I would like to set up the investigation headquarters in Japan."

How the hell was he going to do this? Narumi couldn't help but asked herself as her father grimaced at the news L had given them. For him to confront the killer and give them proof, he would need to confront the man and die...which was the worse thing to do. She tilted her head. No, she might be thinking in the wrong way. What better way was there to give them proof without dying? It was times like these where Narumi missed Shikamaru and his brains. He would have figure out what the man was planning to do.

Whatever the case was, Narumi had a feeling this case was going to get more complicated.

A/N: Please tell me what you think.