"Misa has given up possession of the Death Note," said Rem as she walked into Light's room through the wall.

"What?" asked Light, getting up from his chair, where he had been thinking over his situation.

"As I said, Misa has given up possession of the Death Note," said Rem, handing the tattered notebook to Light. "She passed ownership to you."

Light took the notebook carefully, looking at the Shinigami writing on the cover. As he stared at it, a plan started to form in his mind—ownership, Shinigami, keywords, memory...

He looked up at Rem, realizing something. "Memory..."

"Yes," said Rem, nodding. "She no longer remembers anything about the Death Note."

--

"Misa Amane," said L, talking into the microphone in front of him. "What can you tell us about Kira?"

On the screen was Misa, tied up so there was no way for her to move. Her arms in a straight jacket, her eyes covered with a blindfold, her legs latched to the board which held her in place; all a bit extreme, but all very necessary—at least, according to what the investigation team knew.

"I keep telling you, all I know is that he killed the burglar who killed my parents," said Misa, tiredly rolling her head back. "Please, at least bring me a change of clothes... You know where I live, don't you? Go get me some new clothes..." When L didn't respond, she started shaking. Tears soaked the blindfold as they ran down her cheeks. "Please, please... Then, then at least let me use the bathroom!"

L pressed the button that turned on his microphone. "You just used the bathroom, Amane," he said coldly.

"Come on, you'll get to see me pee. Isn't that what you want?" she sobbed. "You pervert!!"

L froze. I'm... a pervert..?

He thought it over for a minute.

Well, actually, when you consider the recent events with Light-kun... I am a bit of a pervert, aren't I?

Shrugging to himself, he prepared to ask another question.

Suddenly, the door opened. The team stopped talking and turned to the person who had entered.

"Light-kun," said Matsuda, surprised.

"Ryuzaki," said Light, walking past the other team members and straight to L. "I need to speak with you."

"Alone?" asked L, putting his thumb to his mouth and cocking his head to the side innocently.

"No." Light shook his head. He looked to the side nervously, grabbing his right arm with his left hand. "This is... this is about Kira."

The others in the room looked at each curiously. What would they talk about if they were alone?

"What is it, Light-kun?" asked L, turning back around to look at the screen, but still giving Light his full attention. He started chewing on his thumb, his eyes narrowing. What are you going to do, Light-kun? What is your plan?

Light took a deep breath, and then looked straight at L, his arms back at his sides. "I think I might be Kira."

The room flew into a panic. Soichiro stepped forward first, waving his hands in the air violently. "L-Light! Don't be ridiculous!"

Gesturing for his dad to stop, Light looked to the ground shamefully. "No, Dad. I've thought it through, and Ryuzaki's logic makes sense... I am the most suspicious out of everyone." He looked at his hands shakily, as if they were covered in blood. "So, even if I am unaware of it... Maybe I am Kira... Some part of me I don't know about..."

That's ridiculous, L thought angrily. You are not unaware of it. You are Kira!

"Maybe," Light muttered, looking up again, "In my sleep, or something..."

"B-but... Light-kun... We set up cameras," Matsuda said hurriedly, "We watched you for three days, your sleep patterns were normal..."

Besides some interjections, L couldn't help thinking.

Light's eyes widened. "Really? You went that far, Ryuzaki?"

As you obviously know by now, Light-kun, yes.

Looking confused, Light murmured, "Then... maybe I'm not really Kira?"

"No," said Aizawa, his eyes dark.

Soichiro, who had been shocked silent, looked at Aizawa with shaky eyes. "A-Aizawa..."

"We only set up cameras in your house," Aizawa continued. "We didn't watch you when you went outside..."

"Th-then, I could be Kira!" Light exclaimed. "Ryuzaki... What should we..?"

"I will set up a cell for you, Light-kun," said L nonchalantly. "If the killings stop while you are imprisoned, then you are Kira."

"R-Ryuzaki," muttered Soichiro.

Light nodded. "I understand, Ryuzaki... I'm ready."

I know you are, thought L. But what are you ready to do?

Soichiro looked to the ground, horrified. "My son… Not my son…"

Perhaps I should get one more cell ready, thought L, glancing at Soichiro.

"When will I go, Ryuzaki?" asked Light, his eyes blank.

L turned around on his chair, looking into Light's eyes challengingly. "Now."

I'm on to you…

--

Sitting in his cell with his hands chained behind his back, Light thought back on his plan to make sure everything was right.

One Death Note was buried in a forest somewhere, and Rem was taking the other Death Note for some poor sap somewhere else. All he had to do was say the keywords at the right time, and everything would fall into place.

--flashback—

Gathered around the tree which the Death Note was buried underneath, Light turned to Ryuk. Ryuk perked up, ready for his instructions.

"Ryuk," said Light, "The next time I say, 'get rid of it', no matter the context, assume I'm talking about the notebook. Understood?"

Ryuk grinned. "Got it."

--end flashback—

Yes, everything was perfect. No problems whatsoever…

"Hey, Light," said Ryuk, sitting next to him on the ground, "I'm bored."

Glaring at Ryuk discreetly, Light mentally sneered. Shinigami have absolutely no patience... Or at least, this one doesn't.

Ryuk was silent again, just looking around the room. Light stared into space, going through mathematical equations in his mind to keep himself from getting too bored. Not being that interested in thinking, Ryuk couldn't find anything to entertain himself with.

Well, there was always his hobby.

"Remember that night, when you looked up those doujins?" asked Ryuk, glancing at the man next to him.

Light didn't move.

You know I can't respond, Ryuk… Are you taking advantage of that?

"Well, while you were asleep," Ryuk continued, "I read them. There are a lot of them, you know. Took me about a week to read them all."

Ryuk smirked when Light twitched.

Catching himself before he looked at Ryuk, Light thought, Oh, come on… Tell me he's not going to…

"That beaver one was pretty funny, really. And well thought out, as weird as it was. I think it was made by a genius on crack, hyuk," said Ryuk, chuckling. "Kira turned out to be a bunch of beavers all over the world, working together to get rid of the worst of the humans. They'd fly around on balloons, so they wouldn't leave evidence, and they'd use peashooters to shoot poison darts into the criminals' necks…"

Just shut up, Ryuk, thought Light, Just stop talking…

"You know what L was?" Ryuk said, glancing at Light and grinning. "L was a ferret."

I didn't need to know that… Now I'll have that in my head…

Light tried desperately to push the image of L as a ferret out of his mind, but it just kept attacking his brain. It was horrifying.

"They had this vicious battle in the end. Pretty good action scene, considering it was a bunch of beavers versus a ferret. The ferret had mad kung fu skills," said Ryuk, looking up to the ceiling as he remembered it. "But the Kira Beavers won. The ferret wasn't strong enough…"

A ferret using kung fu to stop a mass wave of beavers wearing Kira hats flooded Light's brain. He wanted to shake his head, in a desperate attempt to shake the thoughts away, but he couldn't. He just had to sit through it.

"Then there was that one with the blonde guy. I'm not into human males, but the sex scenes were actually pretty hot," Ryuk continued. "Maybe because the bottom guy looked like a girl. Anyway, it started out with that one page you clicked on, where the blonde guy was doing XXX to the brunette guy's XXX…"

Light felt dread come over him.

Oh God…

--

One Week Later

"…And that's how L did it. It was pretty kinky," Ryuk said, finishing his vivid description of another doujinshi. "Oh, hey, I just remembered another part of that one I told you about yesterday, Kira Kira Lovely…"

Taking another deep breath, trying futilely to relieve his stress, Light continued his mental mantra.

Make it stop… Make it stop…

Light looked up when L's synthetic voice came over the speaker.

"Light-kun," said L, the alien-like synthetic voice difficult to understand. "It's only been a week now. Are you all right?"

Now's my chance!

"Yeah. I must look pretty bad in here, but," Light muttered, sighing, "This pride; I'll have to... get rid of it."

"…He didn't use a whip, he used a… oh." Ryuk stopped talking and hopped up happily. "Okee-dokee!" He turned away from Light, phasing through the wall. "Bye-bye, Cake-kun."

After a minute, Light's narrowed eyes suddenly went wide. His eyes gleamed with a new sense of purity and confusion.

What am I doing here?

--

Misa Amane and Light Yagami, held on suspicion of being Kira one and two. Soichiro Yagami, held on request, in order to stop himself from doing anything rash if Light was really Kira. Three people, lying in their cells; two for being murderers, and one to make sure he didn't become one along with them. L watched carefully, wondering when one of the Kiras would slip up.

Chewing on his thumb thoughtfully, L twitched to attention as Light's expression suddenly changed.

What the..?

For some reason, Light had changed from an aura of evil and anger to doe-eyed innocence. L was going to comment on it, but Light's voice stopped him.

"Ryuzaki! I just realized... this is pointless! And that's because... I'm not Kira! Let me out of here!"

Standing behind L, Matsuda raised an eyebrow. "Huh?"

L held down his confusion as he pressed the button for the microphone. "I can't do that, Light-kun. I promised you I wouldn't let you out until you were cleared, and no criminals have been killed since you were imprisoned."

"C'mon, Ryuzaki," said Light, leaning forward on the floor and staring straight into the camera. "Do you honestly think Kira could commit his murders without being aware of it?"

"I also agree that is impossible," said L, "But I believe you are just hiding the fact that you are Kira."

"No! Do I really look like that type of person?" yelled Light. "Zoom in or whatever and look into my eyes! Are these the eyes of someone who's lying?"

L reached over and pressed the 'zoom in' button. Light's amber eyes shone on the screen.

"Pretty eyes," Matsuda muttered. "But this is weird. Light is going against what he said before and not making any sense."

Agreed, thought L. On both points. I never noticed before, Light-kun has very beautiful eyes... Anyway.

Pressing the button to talk to Misa, L said, "Amane. What do you know about Kira?"

Misa sighed. "This again? Kira's a hero. He killed the guy who murdered my parents."

L chewed on his lip, confused for the first time in his life.

What the heck is going on?

--

In his cell, Light wondered if he should look away from the camera now. Had L looked into his eyes yet? It was starting to get uncomfortable to look up at this angle…

Hm… What if L was a ferret? Light shook his head violently, shocked by the thought that had just flashed through his head. Where the hell did that come from?