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"Okay, so how do I look?"

L looked over to where Caroline stood and rose an eyebrow, "Caroline, what in the world are you doing, and why are you wearing glasses?"

Caroline waved his comment off and twirled around to show him her new look. "Now Ryuzaki, my name is no longer Caroline. I am Abby, short for Abigail and Abby wears glasses."

L wanted to laugh at her but didn't dare. "You know you don't have to put on your charade when it's just you and I right? And what on Earth did you do to your hair?"

Caroline smiled and skipped over to the large hallway mirror to get a good look at her new look. She was wearing a pair of brown framed glasses and a pair of khaki shorts with an oversized brown sweater and tan ballet flats. She had spent a few agonizing hours flat ironing her natural waves till they were pin straight. "I straightened it. It took entirely too long, I don't know how women do this every day. I should have just dyed it."

L stood up from the chair he was seated in and moved towards Caroline, "You'll do no such thing. And those bottoms you're wearing are far too short."

Caroline looked above her reflection in the mirror and smiled at L's disapproving stare. "Yes Ryuzaki, Abby prefers short shorts. Her legs look rather nice don't they?"

L found his gaze traveling to her legs and shook his head before he let his mind wander too far. "That's beside the point. Don't you think you're taking this a little too far? Using an alias would suffice. I've already had Watari go to the trouble of erasing all of your legal documents and replace them with your fake ones." L frowned and added, "which he wouldn't have had to do in the first place if you would have stayed in England."

Caroline sighed and dramatically collapsed into a nearby chair. "L, you're killing my vibe here. I'm sure you're well aware that I teach an acting class at Wammy's, I happen to be an actress you know. " Caroline looked over at L and continued, "And nonsesne. Watari was pleased to see me."

L rolled his eyes, "You shouldn't be here."

Caroline rose her eyebrows at him and said, "Hmm, that's not what you were saying last night as I recall."

L blushed as he thought about the very late night they had last night. "Caroline be serious here."

Caroline's expression softened and she held out a hand to L. L grabbed it and tugged it lightly untill she stood next to him. "L, I know you would rather have me tucked safely away in the music room back in England but I'm where I know that I need to be now. I know you've said before that you don't believe in intuition but isn't it your intuition that's telling you that Light Yagami is Kira?"

L rubbed his hands down her arms and sighed. "Light Yagami is Kira. I know he is."

"That's exactly my point, you know he is Kira yet you have no proof, that's your intuition talking. My intuition was screaming at me to come here. I don't know why I need to be here yet, but there's a reason," Caroline explained.

L sighed and decided to just admit defeat. She was here now and there was no changing that. He wouldn't in a million years give her the satisfaction of knowing that her being there was putting him in a much better mood. Not only that, but now that she was here in the heart of the investigation he was more determined than ever to catch Kira to keep her safe. L smiled down at Caroline ans said, "Okay Abby, whats your cover story?"

Caroline broke out in her brilliant smile and said, "I'm one of your successors that you've called in to help with the investigation."

Caroline moved into the kitchen and started a pot of coffee. L followed her and said, "That's believable." L grabbed two cups from the cabinet and sighed. "Well I guess we better start going through all the notes I have so you'll be well versed." He looked over at the clock above the stove and winced. "We've got three hours before the others arrive. We better get started."


"This is Abby. She's worked with me on cases before, we trained together. "You may also know her as Deneuve."

Much to L's surprise Caroline didn't even bat an eye as he changed her cover story without warning. She had no idea who Deneuve was or why all the men in the room gasped, but she played along beautifully. She passed his first test.

"Hello gentlemen," she greeted warmly.

"You mean to tell me that she, a woman, is the third greatest detective in the world? I don't believe it."

Caroline looked over at the man she knew was called Aizawa and spoke loudly, "Are you meaning to tell me that Ryuzaki has chosen to trust you but you do not trust his word? He has told you all who he is, so what reason would he have to lie?" Caroline narrowed her eyes and continued in a lower voice. "And yes. I am quite obviously a woman. Shall we move on to more important things like catching the serial killer who has now killed hundreds of people? Or would you rather question my sex some more?"

All of the men were silent and L had to fight the urge to grab her in front of everyone and kiss her senseless. She really was a brilliant actress. Not only did he know she had never even heard the name Deneuve but that it was in fact one of L's own aliases... much less that Deneuve was the third greatest detective in the world.

"Now that we have determined that I am indeed a female, shall we discuss the second Kira theory?" Caroline asked.

All of the men settled down and took their various placed among the sitting room. When she was sure that no one was looking Caroline shot L a look that said, 'we will discuss this later.' She took her place in a chair and took a good look around the room to study all of the investigators. She didn't let her eyes linger over Light Yagami though she was dying to pick him apart. From the few glances she sent his way she determined he was extremely handsome, if you were into that sort of thing. He was that perfect prep-school pretty that usually came with some sort of stuck-up attitude. She decided to file that information away in her head and move on to L's theory.

"What's your take on the second Kira Abby?"

Caroline was surprised to hear the question directed at her from Light. She learned from L that he was very new to the investigation, today was his first official meeting with the task force. "I agree with Ryuzaki. I believe there is another Kira who has different powers from the first. I also have an idea on how to draw him or her out."

L's head snapped towards Caroline. This was not something that he was aware of. "What is your suggestion Abby?"

Caroline smiled at him and the rest of the men, "You need to send the second Kira a message. This person obviously is trying to get the originial Kira'a attention." She paused waiting for someone to catch on. When the men continued to stare at her she continued, "So give it to him. Pose as Kira and send out a broadcast challenging the second Kira, maybe he or she will respond. If we are lucky, maybe even slip up and reveal some information."

The room was quiet for a moment and L was the first one to speak up. He stared at her intensely, "That's a brilliant idea." The men all started talking about a strategy for the broadcast but L had tuned them out for the moment, "I'm glad that you came on the case Abby," he said quietly so only she would hear.

"Yes, this is where I'm supposed to be." She replied warmly.


More fluff, good stuff coming :)