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Chapter 03 – L. Lawliet

Jade studied the tall building. It looked exactly as in the book. Even with Namikawa's help, it took more than a month before she finally found it, the headquarters of the Kira investigation team. It was under Ron Halder, obviously an alias, but it didn't matter. As long as she can talk to one of the 'higher ups', it was bound to get back to L. she took a deep breath then walked into the building. Once inside, she headed for the receptionist's desk.

'Ummm… hello. May I speak with Mr. Halder?' Silently, she thanked Reiji for the Japanese lessons.

'Do you have an appointment Miss?'

'Umm… I don't have one, but if you could just tell him that Jade Lawliet is here regarding Ryuzaki, I'm sure he'll know me.'

'Ryuzaki?' As expected, she gave me a questioning look.

'Yes.'

'Hmm… one moment then please.'

'Hello, this is Shiori at front desk. There's a Miss Lawliet here looking for Mr. Halder regarding Ryuzaki. Yes. Yes. I understand. Thank you.'

'I'm sorry Ms. Lawliet but Mr. Halder is not here at the moment.'

'I see. Can I leave a message then?'

'Umm… sure.' Shiori smiled and handed her a piece of paper and a pen. Jade quickly scribbled down a short message and gave it back. After thanking the receptionist, Jade left the building sighing. Lost in her thoughts, she ran right into another person.

'Gomenasai!' Jade and the stranger cried out in unison. They bowed in apology but ended up knocking each others' heads instead.

'Itai.' Jade rubbed her forehead and glanced up at the man.

'No way!' She exclaimed. 'Ma-Matsuda?!'

'Yeh?!' Matsuda looked at her enquiringly. 'You know me?'

'Oh my, it is you! This is awesome! Matsuda you have to take me to Ryuzaki, it's important that I see him!' Jade paused to take a breath and found Matsuda with a confused expression. Without realizing it, Jade had started speaking in English

'Oh sorry, Matsuda-san. Please take me to see Ryuzaki-san.'

'Ryu-Ryuzaki-san? Wh-what are you talking about?' Matsuda laughed nervously.

'Please, I have to see him. Tell him that I have information on the Kira case. Tell him I'm Jade Lawliet. I'm sure he'll be willing to see me!'

'Y-you know about Ki-Kira?' He stammered in surprise.

'Yes. Please, I have to see Ryuzaki.'

'Umm… okay, here's what I'll do. I'll give him a call and see what he'll say alright?'

With Jade's agreement, Matsuda pulled out his cell phone and dialed a number.

"Mushi mushi, Ryuzaki-san? Yes. Yes. I'm at the front of the building with a Jade Lawliet. She says she needs to see you about the Kira case. Hello? Hello? Ryuzaki-san? Are you still there? Hello? Oh, Ryuzaki-san! I thought you hung up already. Yes. Yes. No. Okay, we'll be there.'

Grinning, Matsuda hung up the phone.

'Well, he says he'll meet with you.'

'Awesome! Thanks Matsuda!' Jade embraced Matsuda tightly causing the latter to blush.

'Oh… it was no problem. Right this way then Lawliet-sama.'

Blushing slightly herself, Jade let go of Matsuda and followed him into the building.

Matsuda led her up to the 9th floor and left her in one of the office rooms saying Ryuzaki would be with her shortly.

Several minutes after he left, the door opened and an elderly man entered. Jade recognized him instantly, it was Watari.

'Hello, nice to meet with you. I'm Jade Lawliet.' She bowed slightly as she introduced herself.

'Nice to meet you too. I'm Ryuzaki.'

Jade couldn't help but give an involuntary snicker. 'Ryuzaki?'

'Yes. You said you had something to discuss–'

Before Watari could finish his sentence, Jade burst into laughter.

'He's ever the cautious man, isn't he?' Seeing Watari's puzzled face, she explained, 'The real Ryuzaki-san, I mean. L. Lawliet.'

'I see. Should I bring her to you now Ryuzaki-san?' Watari asked no one in particular.

Out of nowhere, a voice answered, 'Yes.' With that, Jade was ushered into the room next door. Just as she remembered, the door opened to reveal a pale looking man with black circles surrounded his curious eyes. He sat in an office chair with both legs up and wore a white long sleeved shirt with light blue jeans.

'Thank you Watari-san, I'll take it from here.' He spoke in a deep voice as he wiped crumbs of cake from his mouth.

The elderly man bowed and exited the room.

'Have a sit.' Ryuzaki gestured to one of the chairs as he proceeded with eating his slice of cake.

'It seems you know a lot about me, Miss Lawliet, assuming, that is your real name.' He spoke after Jade had sat down.

'Yes, that is my real name.'

'What a coincidence, we share the same last name

Jade smiled nervously. 'Yeah, what a coincidence.'

'How do you know me Ms. Lawliet? And what do you know about the Kira case?'

'Well, you see… I'm not exactly from this world. Where I come from… '

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'So this is Jade Lawliet. She will be staying here and helping us with the Kira case.' Ryuzaki introduced her to the five detectives.

'It's you Lawliet-sama!' Matsuda exclaimed as he shook her hand.

'We're glad to have you with us.' Soichiro Yagami welcomed her, followed by Shuichi Aizawa who shook her hand. Behind them, Kanzo Mogi acknowledged her with a slight nod.

Suddenly, Jade froze as she finally noticed the fifth man.

'So I guess its back to the handcuffs, huh? Ryuzaki-san.' Light Yagami – Kira – approached them. Not wanting anyone to know anything connected to his real name, Ryuzaki had un-cuffed Light and placed him under the team's surveillance. Light Yagami turned to Jade and extended his hand, 'Hi, I'm Light Yagami. Nice to meet you.'

Expecting to see the cold, hard eyes of a murderer, Jade was surprised to see his eyes reflecting determination and sincerity instead. Eyes that were like her father's.

'Nice to meet you too, Light-kun.'

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Translations:

Gomenasai – sorry

Itai – Ouch

Mushi mushi – Hello (when on the phone)

(Forgive me if the translations are not accurate, I'm a newb in Japanese)

A/N: By the way guys, do you like this story? If so, please review. I want to know if there is even anyone interested in this story, if it's worth continuing.