This chapter takes dialogue from episodes 8 and 9. I don't own Death Note.

(January 9, 2007)

I was filing all of our current work and keeping an ear out for any details from those who were watching the families.

I glanced up when I heard Mr. Yagami question the great lengths his son goes through to ensure his privacy.

"For a 17-year-old kid I wouldn't say this kind of behavior is particularly abnormal. When I was his age, I did strange things too." I grinned to myself in amusement as I thought of some of those strange things he did when he was 17.

You wouldn't know this just by looking at him, but he was a bit of a prankster when it came to keeping people from snooping in his bedroom when he was a teenager.

I remember one time, when Mello decided to sneak into his room while L was out. Mello got into the room and tried to break open a safe that L had used to keep some chocolate and other candy in case we ran out at Wammys.

Mello didn't realize anything was wrong until that afternoon when Near hit him with a super soaker and his skin turned purple. L told us that he put a bottle of color changing powder in his safe, to catch anyone breaking into it. When the powder gets wet, it would change the person's skin that color. It lasts a week. Mello never went into his room again.

I returned to the present and listened as he asked Mr. Yagami if he ever mentioned the investigation to his family and the chief confessed that he was usually so busy with the with his job that he doesn't get to see his family that much since we first began the investigation after we proved that Kira was in Japan.

Mr. Yagami was shocked to find that his son Light was looking at lingerie magazines. L felt it seemed forced, and the chief didn't seem pleased when L mentioned that he was suspicious of his son.

The two families were having dinner when L decided to put on the report he brought up in the first meeting.

L called me over to watch the Yagami family while the fake announcement was made. I listened as Light talked about how stupid the ICPO was, to make that announcement.

The detective chuckled, placing his thumb on his lower lip in thought before stating that Light was clever.

Even though he didn't say anything, I could tell that his percentage of suspecting that Light Yagami was Kira had just gone up significantly. I also knew that he wouldn't say anything around the officers, and especially not around Chief Yagami.

"After dinner, your son just goes back to studying without turning on the TV or his computer?"

"It's because the entrance exams is 5 days away." Came the older man's reply.

They were still watching Light when Watari came in to let us know that 2 petty criminals had just been killed. They were a bank clerk who was being questioned on suspicion of embezzlement, and a purse snatched being held in a detention center, whose crimes had just been broadcast to the public.

"While all that was happening, at your home, your wife and daughter were watching television. When that was over, they turned it off and didn't watch anything afterwards. From just past 7:30 until now, 11 o clock your son has done nothing but study. Kira needs a name and a face. Without those he can't kill. So I suppose anyone who didn't watch the news can't be Kira right?" L began thinking out loud.

"You said it yourself! That means my family has just been cleared!" Mr. Yagami interrupted.

"It doesn't make sense that Kira would kill two petty criminals right after their identities were broadcast. I know that it's only been the first day after the cameras were installed, but the Yagami household seems almost too innocent to me." The detective finished as if Mr. Yagami hadn't spoken. I mentally winced at what the chief must have been thinking after hearing that.

I had felt a similar feeling when we realized that B had become a murderer. Even today, a few years after we caught him, I still remember the Time when he was just a kid at Wammys, working hard to become the next L, should anything happen to us.

It took me a while to be able to admit what was right in front of me. The somewhat insane boy; which wasn't that surprising because of the pressure put on everyone in the detective program at the orphanage; who had always looked up to my boyfriend, could become a cold blooded killer.

(Time skip)

It was early morning a few days after we placed surveillance cameras in the Yagami and Kitamura households. L had become mentally exhausted not finding anything. We even rechecked everything over and over to be sure we haven't missed anything.

The men watched L as he ate some chocolates, while telling them that we were no longer watching the two households.

"In the past few days Riko and I have listened to all of our audio recordings and watched our video footage. We have gone over them many times, and I've come to a conclusion. Our surveillance of the Yagami and Kitamura households have revealed...nothing. We'll remove the cameras and wiretaps."

The dark-haired detective told the men that even though we didn't see anything, he was still suspicious of those families.

(Later that day)

We had just sent the men home to rest when L told me that he was planning to go to To -Oh to get close to Light. I wanted to go with him, because I didn't feel comfortable with him being so close to our prime suspect without backup.

He told me that I couldn't though, since it would seem too suspicious for both of us to sign up to take the entrance exams so late. The only way he was able to get away with it was by pretending to be a foreign student who needed to make sure he could get his student visa in time to apply.

"Are you sure this is a good idea L?" I asked my boyfriend, as I stared out the window, not wanting him to see the fear I was trying to hide, even though I'm pretty sure he could tell, even without seeing my face.

That's what happens when you spend as much time with someone as we have. We can read each other better than anyone else can.

He walked up behind me, and wrapped hi arms around me, pulling me into his chest.

"I'll be fine Radiance. I promise you that I will be taking every possible precaution in this endeavor. I will be sitting behind him, so he won't see me, and even if he does, I'm using the alias Hideki Ryuga." I gave him a small smile.

"I see what you're doing there. I just hope you know I will be worried about you regardless." I replied. He sighed, his hold tightening for a brief moment before he pulled away to give me a light kiss. L is very careful with his affections while we are working on cases, especially ones as dangerous as this, so I knew that he was really trying to set me at ease.

"I would be more surprised to find that you weren't concerned."

We spent a few more minutes in each other's arms before going back to our laptops and monitors to go through everything we have once again.