A/N. Well shit. Writers block is a PAIN THE THE EFFING ASS!

SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SOOOOOO SORRY for the wait! Forgiveness is a virtue! I was hoping for cookies as a reward for doing this chapter but I have been so slack I don't think anyone will give me any. _

I have decided to make this a longish one to make up for my laziness. It is also somewhat on the serious side. I am going by the anime as much as I possibly can for the moment.

ANYWAYS!

Off to have some fun.

Chapter Ten

Dates and Danger

L, Raito, Lillith and Misa were having a 'date'

"Hey. You know for me, this just isn't feeling like a date." Misa whined. L looked up from his cake.

"Please don't mind me. Anyway, are you going to eat that cake?"

Lillith picked up the plate and gave L a glare that could turn milk.

"Miiiiiiiine."

Misa went on, telling a horrible lie about sweets and getting fat while L and Lillith had a staring competition. Without looking away L said,

"As long as you use your mind, you won't get fat."

"Hey! Are you making fun of Misa again?"

Lillith snorted.

"Well spotted, Misa." Lillith muttered sarcastically, while she proceeded to turn the cake to mush.

L and Raito raised their eyebrows and shared a look.

The other three continued talking while Lillith let her mind wander, blocking out the noise.

All of a sudden, L went flying across the room, the momentum pulling Lillith and Raito along with him.

Misa screamed and stepped in the cake that Lillith dropped.

L and Raito then began punching and kicking each other and all three of them flew over to the lounge, which was knocked over.

Lillith, her face blank, grabbed each of them by their hair and crashed their heads together.

The men fell to the floor just as the phone rang.

"Yes?"

"Ryuzaki!" Guess what? Misa Misa was voted top of the Eighteen readers' popularity poll!"

"I see."

"This means she will be the lead roll in Director Nishinaka's next big movie!"

L dropped the phone back onto it's cradle.

"What was that?" Raito asked.

"Just Matsuda being his usual dumb-ass self."

Lillith pushed them back onto the lounge.

"If you ever do that again, I will take payment from your flesh." She threatened, with an evil glint in her eyes.

Two Months Later

Raito was typing like a maniac. L was sitting, depressed and unmotivated. Lillith was playing Solitaire.

"Ryuzaki." Raito said. "I know you have no motivation but could you look at this for a second?"

Everyone converged on Raito's computer.

"That appears to be hinting at something." Lillith mused.

"Yes. All three of these people held important positions in big businesses. And all three of them died by heart attack."

"And as a result, Yotsuba's share prices have risen while the others have fallen." Lillith concluded.

Raito nodded.

"Simply put, those deaths have benefited Yotsuba."

Lillith took the mouse and clicked something.

"And if you look deeper, there have been thirteen incidents over the last three months."

"What do you think Ryuzaki?" Raito asked. "The only conclusion I can come up with is that Kira is backing Yotsuba."

"Yes." L leaned forward. "But if this is true, killing criminals isn't Kira's primary objective."

Raito nodded.

"It is possible that they are using the act of killing criminals as a cover for killing people for their own profit."

Lillith rubbed L's back.

"Feeling a bit more motivated now?"

The doors slid open and Soichiro walked in with Mogi.

"Chief!" Matsuda practically sang. "Guess what! Thanks to Raito-kun we have a possibility that Kira is backing the Yotsuba group!"

"Yotsuba? So that is why." Soichiro put his hand on Matsuda's shoulder. "I heard from the Deputy Chief that Kira has been sending bribes to politicians."

"So basically the police have sold out to Kira." Lillith cursed as her tower of sugar cubes collapsed. "Am I right?"

Everyone gasped and looked to the Chief.

"Yes. Mogi has already made his decision. Aizawa, Matsuda. If you still want to pursue Kira, you will need to do as we have done, and resign from the Police."

"What do you mean?" Aizawa asked.

"If we continue to investigate with L, we will be fired."

"What did you decide Chief?" Matsuda asked.

"In a few hours, I will no longer be Chief." Soichiro looked between the two. "But you have your own lives to think of. So please decide carefully."

"I think you should all return to the Police Force." L said suddenly. "I started alone, and I can finish alone. Thank you all for sticking with this for so long. And I promise to bring you all Kira's head as a present."

"Well that isn't morbid at all." Lillith muttered. L gave her a small smile.

"Ryuzaki, as long as I am here you are not alone." Raito said.

"Oh yes. Me as well." Lillith held up her hand. "Not that I could escape even if I wanted to."

"That is correct." L stared at them. "Until Kira is caught neither of you will be aloud to leave. However the rest of you should return to the Force."

"Didn't you say you needed co-operation on this case?" Soichiro asked.

"Well that was before the police caved to the whims of a madman wasn't it?" Lillith commented.

"We have put our lives on the line for this case! We may not be much help now that we are civilians, but we have a right to decide for ourselves!"

"I guess so." L munched on some cherries. "In that case please make your decisions."

"But Chief."Aizawa looked worried. "If we resign the we will be out of the job. Even if we survive to catch Kira, then what?"

"After? I hadn't really thought about it."

"I guess you could find new jobs." Lillith raised her eyebrows at Aizawa.

"I've decided!" Matsuda thrilled. "I am going to quit the police and continue chasing Kira! I have my job as Misa Misa's manager anyway."

Aizawa turned to L.

"Is it possible to return to the Police and help out in my spare time?"

"No. If you are planning on returning, please don't come back here."

"I swear I won't give any information about this place!"

"And I won't give you any information." L dropped the cherry stems onto his plate. "If you want to pursue Kira as a lone policeman, then that's up to you."

"I came here knowing full well that my life was at risk, and if I quit... How can I face Ukita? Damn-it! Why aren't the police fighting him!"

The computer beeped and a W appeared on the screen.

"Ryuzaki? Didn't you make me promise to support all the Team if anything happens? Including death or being fired by the Police? Why are you reluctant to tell him this?"

Aizawa gasped.

"Mind your own business Watari." L muttered.

"Isn't that great Aizawa-san?" Matsuda said.

"It was a test, wasn't it?" Aizawa looked up at L. "To see if I was willing to leave the Police."

"Yes. It was. I wanted to see what choice you would make."

"You are such an arse." Lillith batted L on the back of the head.

"Fine!"Aizawa snapped. "I am leaving and returning to the police. I have just realized that I hate Ryuzaki and his methods!" He turned around and walked away.

"Thank you for all your hard work." L said, loud enough for Aizawa to pause before leaving.

"Found another one." Raito said. L and Lillith rolled over to see his monitor. "A branch manager of one of Yotsuba's biggest rivals. Seventh on September – Slipped on the stairs at home and died."

"Friday." Lillith tapped her chin. "All the deaths relating to Yotsuba happen at the end of the week. I mean, at the beginning they were just all over the place but now there is a pattern. Putting them from Friday evening to Saturday afternoon."

"Excellent observation Lillith." L smiled.

"I am not just a pretty face, my dear." She returned the smile. "Besides, I have to keep up with you two smarty pants by coming up with randomly brilliant observations."

L looked back at the computer.

"Is Kira part of Yotsuba? Or merely using Yotsuba? I have no idea which it is but we can safely assume that it IS Kira behind this."

"Time to investigate Yotsuba thoroughly." Lillith replied.

Mogi walked over and placed a tall stack of papers in between L and Matsuda.

"I have finished compiling the list of all the employees of Yotsuba. Both here and overseas."

"Thank you." L grabbed the stack.

Matsuda stood up.

"Is there anything I can do? Besides being a manager?"

"Coffee." L shuffled through the papers. "And extra sugar."

"Don't be lazy." Lillith scolded. "Get up and go get it yourself. And when the hell did they get here?"

She motioned to the newcomers sitting on the lounge.

"These are our new members." L said.

The man stepped forward and ruffled his blonde hair.

"I am Aiber, a con artist. Nice to meet cha."

The woman took off her sunglasses.

"I am Wedy. Thief by trade."

Lillith jumped up and shook their hands.

"Welcome to the club!"

END

A/N. I thought that was a good place to stop. What do you reckon? Hope this chapter is up to your expectations! Once again SORRY for the lateness.

LOVE MEEEEEE!

My Beta finds this one lacking something. I dunno. You be the judge.