"Did you just call me a raccoon?" asked L. I smirked and broke off a piece of chocolate before pressing the button to reply.
"Yes. I did. And while I'm at it I'm telling you a few things you should know." I popped the piece know your true name and I as of three seconds ago have a photo, courtesy of the webcam. I also know how Kira kills and who Kira is. Don't bother asking Maki-san because she only knows that I know this information, she has no idea what it is."
L was nibbling on his thumb. I released the button and turned to Maro. She looked at me for a moment before she picked up the note I had written for Naomi and slid it into her death note. To anyone else it would be invisible.
"Remember ya owe me a bag of cherries for this."
"No problem. I'llgive you two bags if you can get the shinigami king to multiply my account again."
"I'll be back in three days, and you'll owe me six bags."
"Why?"
"He'll multiply it by 666."
"Deal."
Maro Waved as she flew through the ceiling to drop off the letter and get me more money. L was watching the computer silently. I sat back and waited. He'd have questions for me in a moment.
"Are you going to sit down or stand there staring like idiots?" That got their attention. L sat in his customary crouch.
"How did you find me?"
"You have so many computers L. And only a few people switch hotels every couple of days."
"You tracked my IP address."
"Simple and easy to do."
"You say you could turn this investigation either way. Yet you contacted me."
"I have already made contact with Kira. You came second." He paused, then began to chew his thumbnail.
"Why are you even contacting both L and Kira?"asked Matsuda, cluelessly.
I sent an image to the computer where on both sides of the scales there appeared a different symbol.
One side had an apple and the other had an L. It wavered back and forth.
"I want to pick the person I like best. The two are both extremely intelligent and have ideas of what justice is that I find interesting. I know how both Kira and L think. But how they act is a different matter entirely."
I watched as Maro flew in through the ceiling. Naomi noticed but remained silent. Maro slipped the note into her back pocket when no one was watching and flew off.
"Maki-san, you can read your note now."
L turned to watch as Naomi opened the note and winced at my handwriting. I grinned.
Naomi's POV
I read the note Maro had slipped into my back pocket.
Dear, Maki-san,
You'll find that L will want to read this, let him. Also,encourage L and the task force to ignore you while I speak with them and bring me back some of Watari's strawberry crème cake. It's my personal favorite. Also, get yourself into the task force. That way you can try to figure out some things on your own. I know you don't want me telling you everything.
Happy new year,
Jessie-san.
I wordlessly handed the note to L. Who snatched it and read it. I felt my temper begin to boil. Why wouldn't she tell me anything? It wasn't like I was going to go blurt out who she was to L. She was a good person even if she was a little odd, I wouldn't tell L about her. I liked her better.
My brain clicked. I liked her better. I looked at L and realized what she was trying to tell me. She liked L better than Kira. She had already chosen L. But L couldn't know. When she had told me that I hadn't been sure what she was talking about. But now I knew. L had to think she was a threat. He would want to keep an eye on her. That meant I was a threat too, and would be allowed onto the task force so that he could keep an eye on us. She was a genius. She was even planting that idea into L's mind, making him think it was his idea.
"You are a genius." I told the computer.
"Only sometimes."
"Why did you pick Maki-san Jessie-san?"
"She's hot."
L turned to the computer and looked at it blankly. Then turned and gave me the elevator eyes.
"Yes she is."
"L, yo're more of a pervert than Jessie-san."
"Maki-san, welcome to the Kira case."
"But L! We don't even know who she is! Or this Justice character."Protested Matsuda
"I have worked with Maki-san in the past. That is enough for the moment. Please turn off your cell phones and take a seat."
I watched as L crouched in his chair and I sat in the back by the computer. He explained to the task force everything that Jessie had explained to me earlier about Kira. He also confirmed that he would be sending a message via the news . Nothing new, so I just leaned back and stared into space while L explained it to the task force.
"Maki-san, is there any reason you're not paying attention?"
"Jessie-san has already explained this to me."
"It seems that you L-san, have seriously underestimated my intelligence. I can predict your every move because it is what I myself would do if I had your personality. I am not a trivial matter L-san."
L began to chew on his finger and stare at the computer. Re-evaluating Jessie's threat level.
L's POV
This man who called himself Justice. If he knew me as well as he said he did then he had chosen that name just to irritate both myself and Kira. It appeared that with the note mentioning the strawberry crème cake had been to confirm he knew me as well as he did. It seemed that he was more of a threat than I had first thought as well. I was also 98% certain that he was indeed a male.
What worried me the most however was that he claimed to know both the names of Watari and myself. But he also claimed to know how Kira killed and his identity. That information was worth the risk.
I turned to Naomi Misora, known now as Maki-san. She knew something, and there was a high probability she would tell me if I could get her away from Jessie-san's computer. There was also the issue that Jessie knew about the notes that had been sent in the forms of suicide letters. He had displayed this when he had weighed the apple against the L in his short animation.
"Maki-san, if I could speak with you alone for the moment." I demanded.
She turned to the computer which gave the vocal equivalent of a shrug before turning to me and following me into the next room. I wanted answers.
