Disclaimer: The characters in this story are not mine. If they were I would have stopped Light from ever getting his paws on the Death Note, so he would have grown up to be a Good Little Police Officer. Anyhow, full credit to the author of Death Note for coming up with these characters, who ever you are you are wonderful.
A/N: Once again my story has been beta'd by Virtualdraconium, with whose help I just manage to not get the book entitled "The Rules of English Grammar" and shredding it into a snow like substance and throwing it out the nearest window. At least not in public anyway. I apologise most sincerely to her again, for the many ways I abuse the poor little English comma. Well I hope you all enjoy this most recent installment.
A/N: By the way when you come across an L all on it's lonesome, that's where you have to imagine it all big and pretty. Just like it was on my computer until I uploaded it. This time I will let you read the actual story and not another a/n...
D is for Death Note
"Ryuk," Light said confidently, "Do you want to be interested again?" At this Ryuk stopped laughing and looked at Light expectantly, it was difficult for Light to continue looking back however, as Ryuk was still tumbling around in the air. Light and Ryuk then began to hammer out the details of what could turn out to be a very worthwhile deal for all involved, with L looking on amused at Light's plan. Ryuk would watch any likely suspects for them and, in return for every one hour of time spent, he would get two apples. Ryuk of course neglected to tell them of the human cost there would be, after all he had his own rules to follow. As he was becoming bored again, and watching the two men sit there staring at their respective screens for hours was not an entertaining activity, he sped from the building to see what else he could find to do on Earth. He had never realised humans could be so entertaining.
"Light-Kun, could you please draft an email containing all of the rules specific to the Death Note so they can be sent to all the relevant police departments, with instructions for sending us information. But can you do so without actually revealing the existence of the notebook" L said, picking up a strawberry and returning his gaze to the screen in front of him. Light nodded, and began pulling together a document from the Kira files; the list of rules and effects of the Death Note. Mainly just to see just how much information L had managed to gather about it. However, it was none too pleasing an experience to realise just how much L had managed to figure out, before his conference with Rem; a move that had startled him beyond comprehension.
There was a time when he would have believed L to have ulterior motives to his request, but now he knew that it was just because he had the biggest knowledge of the Death Note. He silently wondered when his opinions had begun to change.
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Two hours later the following email appeared in the mailbox of every major police officer and departmental worker.
L
As your office may already be aware, two murders have occurred that demonstrate a great likelihood of being the beginnings of the work of a serial killer. Though not initially apparent, this is the most likely explanation due to the connections shared by the two incidences and the Kira case. It is very probable that the killer is demonstrating the rules used by Kira when killing his victims. These rules, as stated by Kira during interrogation, are as follows:
The human whose name is written in this note shall die
This not will note take effect unless the writer has the person's face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore people sharing the same name will not be affected.
If the cause of death is written within 40 seconds of the subject's name, it will happen.
If the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a heart attack
After writing the cause of death, details of the death should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds
The first rule has been demonstrated with the death of famous singer Danielle Catron, who was suffocated with piece of note paper bearing her own name. The third rule has also been demonstrated with the death of Mark Rotherstone, who was killed with the strap of his own stopwatch which had been broken at the time of 40 seconds.
I have been asked by the police departments of the victim's respective countries to investigate these deaths, due to the lack of any evidence at either crime scene. In regards to this, it would be in the best interests of all that, should any other cases of a similar nature come to light, however distant the similarity may be, the details should be passed onto my associates as quickly as possible.
Soichiro Yagami stared down at the document in his hand, his throat tightening; he had never expected to be reminded of his son in such a manner. He could still never quite believe Light capable of being Kira. He had not been able to understand how someone like Light, who had been so full of the need for a proper upholding of the law, and with such apparent kindness towards everyone he met, could have done so much wrong. Soichiro's mood deepened as he remembered L coming to him before confronting Light, and the surprising tact with which the detective had breached the news on his son to him, the sadness in his eyes had also not escaped Soichiro, despite the dire shock of the situation. As the full details of the confrontation surfaced again in his mind his hands fisted and, as the page crumpled, damp spots formed as his sorrow grew and resurfaced. A few minutes later he composed himself, and rose to distribute the notice around the detectives, the most recent of which being Matsuda who had finally gained the promotion he richly deserved.
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For a few minutes after he had sent the email, Light sat there contemplatively thinking back to when he'd first found the Death Note, not for the first time in the past few months, he thought about how different things could have been. He would have been starting his career as a police officer; he would have made his father proud and may even have begun to work with L on cases. Would he have worked with L though? For some reason he hoped that would have been the case. He sighed and, uncharacteristically, put his feet up on the table in front of him, his hand rising to his mouth.
"Is Light-kun alright?" L said, turning away from the slice of cake he was currently eating,
"If I had never found the Death Note, would we ever have met?" Light said as he stared off into the middle distance looking distinctly troubled. This caused the other man to put down his cake and turn to look at Light fully.
"Undoubtedly Light-kun."
"What?" Light said his gaze focusing on L.
"With Light-kun's intelligence, and his original aim to join the police, it would be very likely that I would have called upon you to gather evidence for me on scene. This would have led to our meeting, it has happened before."
"Who?" Light asked intrigued.
"It is hardly relevant now, it was quite some time ago," L said, turning away from Light.
"Who was it L?" Light asked again feeling slightly unnerved, but refusing to drop the subject.
"Misora Naomi." At this L grabbed the plate and exited the room, leaving a stunned Light behind him. For the first time since becoming Kira and beginning his 'quest', Light felt truly guilty for having killed somebody. Though how had L come to work with Naomi?
