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Leaning against her chair, Narumi gazed at the small television before glancing at her fellow police officers. All of them looked nervous at what was soon about to take place. Some people even glanced at each other and started to whisper ideas on what the man was planning but if there was one thing that was clear from those conversations, they were all nervous and excited to see what was happening. If Narumi was honest, she didn't like where it was going but if she wanted proof that L was right then she would have to suck it up and watch whatever he was board-casting to them.

"The more we wait for him to show his proof, the more excited I feel!" Kurama said as she tapped her fingers against the table. "It has been so long since something excited happened. This world could be too boring at times."

"Boring is nice, boring means I can sleep at night and not worry there would be a war in my backyard," Narumi said, closing her eyes. "Like Shikamaru would say, everything that's happening right now is troublesome. Why the hell couldn't this killer be sympathetic? Why couldn't this killer realize he's no better then the people he's killing?"

The Kyuubi snorted. "Gaki, you keep forgetting that the killer isn't like you. The people of this world don't realize the things they wish, don't know what they're giving up until it was too late. They call the murderers in prison monsters when they don't realize they could be murderers too if they were pushed to their limits. None of them can see the truth behind human's nature."

"Even if they did, they would deny it," Narumi pointed out, closing her eyes. "You think people like admitting they could potentially become murderers? Some people worship ninjas but they don't realize the ninjas, they worship are killers themselves. Movies protray Samuaris at times as being heroes and honourable men but none of them stop and consider they don't always follow the code."

"You used to worship ninjas, you dreamt of being a ninja since you were four."

"I did...I always thought they were heroes and they were always saving people," Narumi said, smiling softly as the memories of Naruko's genin days rushed through her mind. "I always wanted to be a ninja but I never realized what I signed up for until the Nami no Kuni mission. That was the day I got a wake up call for what I signed up for. It was also the day I realize that not everything was black and white. It was in the Nami no Kuni mission I realize missing ninjas could be good people."

It was also the day she decided she would never run away from the mission and she would always keep her word even if it meant she was going to break some of her morals.

"We would like to apologize for the interruption," The announcer said, snapping her from her thoughts. "As of now, we're bringing a live broadcast from Interpol, ICPO. We now take you live to ICPO."

Narumi tilted her head when she saw a shaggy-haired man dressed in an expensive suit. This man wasn't L, she knew that much from the behaviour presented by L so far. The man didn't reveal himself to the ICPO and used a synthesiser to hid his voice from them. Those were the signs of a man who took caution to the next level. For him to reveal himself to the whole world wouldn't make sense. No, this man must be a stand in.

The only question was, did the man knew what he sign himself up for? And what made L think he was any better then the killer he was capturing? If this man died then how were they going to explain it to his family? Did he think it was alright to use human's lives like this? Then again, ninjas weren't any better.

The Uchiha Massacre was a prime example of the extent to which a ninja would do to protect the village.

"I head up an International Police Task which includes all member nations," The man said, staring calmly at the camera. Does he know he's going to die? Narumi couldn't help but ask herself as the people around her whisper about what was happening. "I am Lind L. Tailor, otherwise known as L."

"I don't get it if he never show his face to anyone before, why does he chose to show it now?" Matsuda asked her father, drawing her attention from the television.

"Who says that's L?" Narumi asked, drawing everyone's attention to her.

"What makes you say that it isn't L?"

"From the brief interaction we had with the man, he has never showed his face or revealed his voice to us...if he can't reveal it to a small group of people, he definitely can't reveal it to the whole of Japan," She pointed out to them, putting her feet down on the floor. "Besides, there's a risk of dying...for him to reveal Kira exist in Japan, he needs to get killed."

"So you think that's a proxy Narumi?" Her father asked, looking just as sick as she felt.

"Yeah, I think he is a proxy," she grimaced. "I can't blame him for using one. Kira is dangerous Father, he has shown no mercy on criminals which means there's a potential he doesn't understand the value of human life...though the same could be said for L. Honestly if this works, the man in the television is going to die."

"We need to stop him!" Her father yelled.

She shook her head. "Father, I hate this as much as you do but if we want to confirm Kira is in Japan, this has to be done."

"Narumi!"

"Your father seems to be naive in the way on how to get evidence," Kurama said as she gazed back at the proxy set by L. "Does he think we're going to catch the criminal without sacrificing a couple of people? To get a killer, sacrifices has to be made. The man was just unfortunate enough to do this."

"Sacrifices may have to be made but it doesn't mean I like this," Narumi answered. "And Father isn't naive, he has a very strong sense of moral. Perhaps, if I was born as his daughter first then maybe I would have inherited his sense but Naruko Uzumaki knew of sacrifice even though she hated it and tried to avoid sacrificing the lives of the people around her. Then again, Naruko like every other ninja was a tool of war even if she didn't admit to it until the near the end of her days."

"And is Narumi Yagami a tool to be used?"

"I don't know if I'm a tool but I do know one thing if they think I'll be an obedient tool then they have another thing coming," Narumi said, curling her hands into a fist. "Naruko Uzumaki isn't a tool anymore and hasn't been a tool for a long time."

"For you to call yourself Naruko Uzumaki tells me brat, how much trouble these people will have if they think they can control you."

"Criminals around the world are being murdered by a serial killer," Lind said, drawing her attention back to the TV. "I consider this crime to be the most atrocious acts of murder in history. I won't rest until the person or persons responsible are brought to justice. Kira, I will hunt you down. I will find you."

This wouldn't be enough to get Kira to reveal himself, Narumi thought to herself, tilting her head. From what she picked up from the articles, Kira was killing murderers because he thought they deserved to die. Kira wouldn't care if some man was threatening to hunt him down because until there's evidence, it wouldn't matter what the man said because you couldn't hunt a person down without knowing where they are.

Only the people in the police knew this was broadcast to the whole of Japan...if Kira was in Japan, he wouldn't know about this. No, he would presume he was safe because the whole world was watching this, which meant in his eyes L would have to search the world to find him.

The only question was, was the killer really in Japan?

"Kira, I've got a pretty good idea on what your motivation might be and I can guess what you hope to achieve," Lind declared, giving them a look so serious that it made her shiver. "However, what you're doing right now is evil!"

That might be enough to set the killer off.

Without any warning, Lind began to convulse and clutch his chest before slumping down on his desk, revealing to the world his dilated eyes. L was right, Narumi thought, the killer is in Japan but which part of Japan was he in? She rubbed her temple and gazed at her father, who just stared at the dead body with sickness and anger. Her father was a good and just man, who would never survive in the shinobi world, where people sacrifice other people's lives to protect their homes.

Narumi frowned when the familiar L logo appeared the screen. What was he planning now? Was it not enough to prove to them the killer was here? L must be a man who either loved taunting people or had no idea of when enough was enough.

Then again, it would be bad if the killer thought he won...after all, the killer just proved he didn't know the meaning of mercy. No, this killer just proved he didn't know the value of human life.

"Ah. I had to test this, just in case, but I-I never thought it would actually happen," L said, through the voice modifier. "Kira...it seems you can kill people without having to be there in person. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't witnessed it. Listen to me, Kira. If you did,indeed, kill Lind , the man who used just saw die on television, I should tell you that he was an inmate whose execution was scheduled for today. That was not me."

If Lind L. Tailor was scheduled to die then why hadn't Kira killed him before today? Narumi couldn't help but ask herself as the people stared at the television, dumbstruck at what they were forced to witness. Maybe, there was a limitation to the extent to the people Kira killed. If that was true then there was still a way to protect those criminals but what was this limitation?

"The police arrested him in absolute secrecy, so you wouldn't have heard of him on TV or through the internet," L said. "It appears not even you have access to information about these type of criminals."

TV or internet...so he's been killing criminals he heard from TV or the internet, Narumi thought, but if he haven't met them before then how does he kill them? What does he need to do his crime?

"Don't they always show their face and name in the TV?" Kurama asked lazily.

Narumi blinked her eyes. "Yes, they do...wait a second Kurama, are you telling me the killer does need a name and a face to kill someone? Shit, what if he can kill us. I mean I don't want to die until Light and Sayu have their own kids but if he needs a face and a name then no one is safe."

"I wouldn't say that, you're safe," Kurama said dryly. "After all, we both know you don't really consider Narumi Yagami as your real name...besides what type of name does he use? Does he use their birth name? Or does he use the name people identify themselves with? In your situation, Narumi Yagami is just a name in your certificate...you don't really have an attachment like you have with Naruko or Naru."

"That's true but what if the birth name in my certificate is the one that he needs to kill me."

"Then I hope we get reborn in a world where no one acts like snakes."

"That so helpful!"

"But I assure you, L is real!" L declared. "I do exist. Now...try to kill me!"

If Kira couldn't kill L right now then it proves the idea that Kira needs a face and a name to kill someone, Narumi thought to herself, rubbing her hands together. If that was proven true then she needed to be extra careful when she went out of the house and into an unfamiliar area or met people she had never met before. She sighed. She always wanted to use her chakra when she had the opportunity but to use it to make sure she kept herself alive wasn't something that made her happy.

Damn, Kira for putting her in this situation.

"What's wrong! Go ahead!" L taunted. "Come on, right now! Kill me!"

If she had any doubts about the man being insane or not then this confirmed it: L was insane.

"What the hell is L doing? He's taking it too far!" One officer yelled.

"Are you trying to kill yourself?"

That was the question wasn't it? Was L trying to get himself killed? Narumi mused, licking her dried lips. No, L must have realized something. He must have realized there was something needed for Kira to kill his victims and he was going to have Kira confirm it by doing it live in television. After all, if Kira couldn't kill him right now then it proved Kurama's idea that Kira needed a face and a name to kill someone.

She hoped for people's sake that wasn't true.

"Can't you do it?" L asked.

Now that was just mocking the killer.

"Seems like you can't kill me after all," L declared, earning sighs of relief from everyone. "So there're are people you can't kill. You've given me a useful hint. A dealer to a saver. I'll tell you something that I think you'll find interesting. Although this was announced as a worldwide broadcast, the truth is, we're only broadcasting in the Kanto region of Japan. I had planned to broadcast this message around the world until we found you, but it looks like that won't be necessary. I know now where you are."

"That brat is good," Kurama declared, crackling in delight. "He just proved not only that Kira was in Japan but he narrowed down the region where the killer might be...and taunted a killer without worrying about dying. Why the hell didn't you think of doing this?"

"Because Kurama I'm not a genius," Narumi said angrily. "I'm an ordinary girl, who just looks at things the way a ninja would operate. I'm not Shikamaru, who would have done something like this...though the lazy bastard wouldn't have announced the region where the killer was. I'm not Itachi, who probably would have done the same thing! I'm Naruko Uzumaki, I'm not that smart."

"Somebody is a little bit grouchy today, is that time of month again?"

"Make that comment again Kurama and I'll make you wish I sealed you in my son."

"Now, now don't be hasty Naruko."

"The police treated your first killing as an unrelated incident," L said, drawing her attention back to the TV. "But in actuality, the first of your victims was a suspect in Sinjuku. Of all the criminals that recently died of heart attacks, this one's crime, was by far the least serious. Furthermore, his crime was only ever reported in Japan."

This man was scary good, Narumi thought, leaning against her chair as everyone else gasped at what he just said.

"I used this information to deduce this much," L admitted. "You're in Japan and your first victim was little more than an experiment, which means you haven't been killing for very long. We decided to broadcast in Kanto first because of its large population and, luckily, we found you. To be completely honest with you, I never expect it would go this well. But it won't be too long now before I'll be able to sentence you to death. "

"L has...certainly lived up to his reputation," Matsuda spoke out, breaking the silence in the room.

Her father grimaced. "He proved Kira exist, the deaths were as Narumi said were murders, and that Kira is in Japan."

Now the only thing left for L to do was to find the killer.

"You look so tired Narumi-neechan and where's Dad? Don't you leave work the same time?" Sayu asked as soon as she entered the living room. Her mother sighed and shook her head at her, probably no doubt irritated at the fact she chose to be a police officer like her father instead of a safer job. It must be frustrating for her mother, Narumi thought, having to watch her husband and eldest child take a job, where there was so much risk of them dying from a gunshot.

Narumi shook her head. "I'm tired because of the fact I've been working on a case and Dad is still working."

"You didn't try to tell him to come back home?" Her sister asked, giving her a pout as their mother handed her a bowl of steaming noodles. "I thought if you go work with him then Dad might be more willing to come back home on time."

"You know as well as I do that isn't how it works," Narumi said, giving her a smile. "Dad needs to work a lot so he could make the country a safer place to live. Besides even if I tell Dad to come back home with me, he wouldn't do it after all he's leading a new case now."

"A new case! What's it?"

"It's classified," Narumi said, earning a relieved sigh from her mother. "Besides even if I'm allowed to tell you, I won't tell you."

"Why not?" Sayu asked, tilting her head.

"Cuz you should be worrying about school not about the case I'm doing," she said firmly, taking a bite of the noodles their mother made. "After all, you need to get good grades for the next couple of years if you want to go to a good college."

"I leave the good college to Light," Her sister declared. "Aniki is the top of his class! Between the three of us, I need to be the average one."

The blonde shook her head at her sister. "Y'know I know you're smarter then you look Sayu, you could go to a good university if you put some effort into it."

"Says the big sister who used to spend more time socializing then doing school work," Sayu said, earning a shaking head from her mother.

"Y'know I'm the older sister which means I've more life experience then you," she pointed out, taking a sip of the miso soup their mother made for them. "Trust me kiddo when I said it's better to focus on your school work then thinking about boys and make up."

"Naru-chan, you never thought of boys when you were Sayu-chan's age," her mother reminded her, giving her a fond smile. "You had so many boys trying to get your attention but you never even consider them. You and Light are so similar to each other when it comes to our love life."

"No, we're not mother!" Her brother declared, drawing their attention to him. "I've dated girls but none of them were worthy of me bringing them here. Naru-neechan just doesn't have an interest in guys."

"I have interest in guys but the guys who always come to me are so fake!" Narumi declared, causing her sister and mother blinked their eyes while her brother just raised his eyebrow. "What? Why are you giving me that look? I might not look like it but I know how to spot an asshole and every guy who tried to date me was an asshole. I mean none of them actually wanted to know about my day and if I tell them they're wrong, they won't listen! Besides, none of them care about my feelings."

"Isn't most guys like that?" Sayu asked, giving her a frown.

Narumi sighed. "Not all of them, there're good guys out there...you just need to learn how to spot them."

"Ooh, can Naru-neechan tell me how to spot one?" Sayu asked, earning a shaking head from their mother and a strange look from Light. No doubt her little brother didn't like the idea of their little sister dating, which was understandable because Narumi didn't like it either. "But wait a second, Naru-neechan how do y'know if they aren't nice guys if you don't date them."

"Don't y'know little sister? There are certain things that just screams bad guy," Narumi declared. "Though some girls don't care about it because they think they can change them to a good guy."

"But they can, can't they? I mean a girl can change a bad guy to a good guy?"

"No, they can't really change them," Narumi answered, giving her a smile. "Changing a bad boy to a good boy isn't something every girl could do. Just because the books protray it as something easy doesn't mean it is easy. Bad boys are bad boys for a reason; some of them led a hard life, some of them just hadn't been taught right and anything else."

"Y'know the more you say it Naru-neechan, the more I don't want to date a bad boy."

"My adorable little sister should never date a bad boy!" Her little sister flushed red while her mother and brother nodded their head in agreement. "If you date a bad boy Sayu or even marry one...well you won't be happy, listen to your big sister when she says they aren't worth it."

Narumi hoped her sister would take her advice because she didn't want what happened to Sakura to happen to her little sister. Her little sister still had the chance to learn about the way of asshole men and would listen to her advice, unlike Sakura who had been dead set in dating Sasuke even though everyone pointed out it was a bad idea. Narumi knew Sasuke cared for Sakura but Narumi also knew Sasuke would have never loved her friend in the way she deserved.

Even though it wasn't his fault, Sasuke had made her friend wait for him for years. He left her and took a job that would make him go years and years without seeing his wife, without seeing his cute little daughter. It was a miracle Sakura stood by him, Narumi thought, because if it had been her she would have left the bastard. Narumi may have loved Sasuke but there would have been no chance in hell she would stand waiting for him to come back home.

"Naru-neechan, you seem really tired today," Her brother commented, earning a snort from her sister.

"Naru-neechan has been working on a case," Sayu answered before she could tell her brother what was happening. "Don't bother asking Naru-neechan about the case, she won't tell us because it's classified."

"Is it really?" Her brother asked, looking at her in disbelief. "They let you work on a classified case?"

"Why do you sound so surprise? I can be very smart when I want to be," she informed her brother, giving him a scowl. "Besides, I've been working on the case for the past few weeks...though I'm not getting any closer to solving it."

"I could help you," her brother said.

There was something about the way her brother looked that made her feel weary. It wouldn't be so bad if she didn't know that look well. It was the look of someone ready to judge-the same look Naruko would get every damn time she went to the grocery store or talk to the kids her age. How could her sweet brother want to judge someone just yet? No, she was just imagining things. Her brother wasn't the kind to judge people but then again, didn't everyone judge? There was not a single human being on Earth who didn't judge.

"You should focus on your school work, Light," Narumi said firmly. "My case isn't any of your concern. Until you graduate from university, I won't tell you a damn thing about my cases."

"But you always need help."

"That's true but I work in a team and I'll trust my team to help me out," she informed him, nodding her head. "Besides, you've helped Dad with enough cases for the past couple of years...it's time you start acting like a normal teenager."

Narumi wasn't going to let her little brother get involved in this case not when she knew there was a chance he could die from it.

She would never forgive herself if her brother died.

"This is the first time I saw someone say no to you," Ryuk said to him as he made his way to his room, where he could hopefully continue killing people. "Until today, I never saw someone tell you the word no but your sister proved me wrong. She won't ever let you help her from the looks of it."

Light smiled and shook his head, earning a raised eyebrow from the Shinigami. "Narumi always says that but she'll always come to me for help...there hasn't been a day where my sister hadn't come to me for help. She says she won't let me help but sooner or later she'll hit a block and when that happens, she's going to come to me for help. After all, I'm the smarter one between us."

The Shinigami chuckled at his words. "Your sister seems confident she doesn't need your help."

"Narumi isn't that bright," Light said, leaning against his chair. "She always says something stupid or do things that could lead her to trouble. When it comes to boys though as you can see, Naru-neechan has a lot of experience with them though she had never dated anyone."

"And how do you know she has never dated anyone?"

"Because she would have told the whole world if she was dating," He answered. "Besides, I've seen my sister around men and not once had she ever given an indication she liked them as much as they liked her."

The Shinigami laughed before flickering his eyes to the picture of his sister and him when she was young. "Your oldest sister doesn't look anything like you and your family."

"I know," Light said, leaning against his chair. "People used to think Mum and Dad adopted a foreginer's daughter; it used to irritate Mum a lot while big sister just laughed at them and looked confused. She even had people talking to her in English since they thought she could speak the language...she always looked at me for help. Narumi always come to me for help."

"You're confident your sister is going to come for you for help."

"Why of course, my dear big sister isn't that bright."

It would only be years later that Light would regret saying those words because it would only be years later when he realized his sister had been playing him the whole time.

A/N: The next chapter is going to be longer since the story will pick up the pace in the next chapter. Plese review and give me any feedback on how I should improve the story.