"W-What is all of this?" I spoke, looking around the tiled room that I've been in for the past three days. The room that the Kira case was being conducted in was...more unusual then it normally was. I know that sounded far fetched for an investigation room but it seems there was always something strange in here. Now, we all know this Near kid was completely weird, and does in fact eat small children as a hobby and/or sport. But I honestly didn't expect to see...whatever this was. The be accurate, it was probably the strangest thing I've ever seen in my entire life, the includes the time I walked in on Kyle sewing a stuffed dog head onto a chicken...thing. At least, I was hoping it was a chicken.

The room was lined of wall of legos at least four inches thick and four feet high. Where did he find the time to do this, I did not know. Wasn't he obsessed with catching Kira or something? Or maybe his childish obsessions were even stronger then that. At side the wall were dozens of animal figures, some standing and others were tossed aside like old underwear. In the middle of all this mess was a blow up...anime sex doll? I blinked, it was dressed in a black dress, but it still clearly was a sex doll. There were dotted lines marked on the dolls neck, and there were red marks around it, like s symbol for blood.

It was way too early for this shit.

I looked over to Near, who was standing, looking at me with a dull expression. I laughed nervously, scratching my head, messing up my bed-head hair even more. Well, at least he had is cloths on? There was also a toy gun in his hand, an orange one to be exact. But, none of this made any real sense to me. I all honestly, I had no idea what to think, but the other people working on the case looked just as surprised. Most of them at least. A few acted as if this was completely normal, which it probably was to them. I started to feel some sympathy for the people who worked with Near longer then me, much longer then me. This kid must have been dropped on his head as a child or something.

"Shoji-san, how nice of you to join us this morning. I was just explaining the current Kira situation to everyone, would you like to join us?" He spoke so calmly, in complete monotone as if what he done was the most normal thing in the world for a high-class detective to do. But, it still didn't make any sense what-so-ever. I mean, really, what was going through his mind?! When he was dropped on his head did it make him smart but screwed up at the same time?! I wouldn't be so surprised, actually, it was one of the more likely conclusions.

I shook my head tiredly, my mind barely able to function properly. I noticed my mouth was still open, so I decided to close it for the sake of not looking like an complete imbecilic. "N-no thanks, I think I'll pass this...this...explication"

"That's fine, you can search through the recent reports then. They were printed off just now so I hadn't received the time to examine them yet" He pointed to the computer, which did have a very large stack of papers sitting on it. I sighed, rubbing my eyes as I stumbled to the desk. Might as well get some work done, while doing my best to ignore his bizarre explanation. Meanwhile, Light was listening to Near, completely unaffected by his abnormal display. How he was immune to it, I had no idea, but I decided I wouldn't bother asking because he would just be an ass about it. Something like 'I'm just more mature then you.' or anything along those lines.

I sat down on the rather cushy chair, flipping through the papers to try and find anything significant before I actually begin to take it apart. There was nothing worse then reading through an entire pile to only find out the good stuff was at the very end. I learned that the hard way kids. Although, Light has been acting strange lately. He wasn't making as many smart remarks, and always had his 'I'm thinking so don't you dare bother me' face on. I guess he was really serious about this then, not that I wasn't. It's just lately there wasn't anything interesting going on, since then same thing as always was being executed day after day. Just me killing criminals secretly under Near's watch and Yoshi killing them whenever she felt like it. Nothing new, just same old same old.

I filliped through the papers, pausing at a news report from England. My eyes widened as I read through it, a small frown surfacing on my face. Apparently, there were a lot of deaths in England, with both criminal and innocent people adding to the growing death toll. Doesn't sound unusual yet, but the way they were dying caught my interest. They all committed suicide, even if they were perfectly happy before. They all just killed themselves out of the blue, no warning signs, nothing.

The majority of the suicides preformed were simple things like hanging themselves, using poison, or shooting themselves in the head. Although, some were more unusual. Things such scratching out the veins in the neck, wrists and back of the ankles was one used by criminals with no other tools. Others slit there throats, ultimately bleeding to death. Others burned themselves to death along with freezing to death was used to along with a number of others.

What was really shocking was the number of suicides. Nearly five hundred suicides have occurred in the past two days, proving as being completely unreal. England received the average of five thousand suicides per year, meaning roughly thirteen suicides occurred each day. But if this kept up, who would know how large the number would be. To be realistic, the entire population of England may be deceased in a short amount of time. I read through the article more closely, trying to pick out small bits of information this time around. All ages were committing in this act, not just a certain group. Elderly, adults, teenagers and even children...nobody was left out. Criminals seemed to be the mass majority of the deaths, which was somewhat of a relief, but soon there wouldn't be anymore right? When there wasn't, would civilians be the main target then?

I concluded had to be the 'new' Kira, no way five hundred people would commit suicide in only two days. So if it was the new Kira, then why were they doing this? Obviously it's to get attention, but from who and why did they want it from them? Could it be to catch Near's attention, my attention, or even another persons attention...? That, and out of all places, why England. There had to be some kind of reason why he chose England over Japan considering I figured the new Kira knew I lived Japan seeing how he killed Ji just to irritate me. I flipped through it, apparently there were already some investigations going on in England, but none of them had any real leads. Wait a second...this is in England...Kyle lived in England while my family lived just over the sea from it. Who could say that he wouldn't start with America next if he planned on continuing this?

"L!" I shouted, coming close to almost saying 'Near' out of panic, but that would have been my own suicide. Good thing I was getting a hang of this, right? He walked over slowly, dragging his feet. Apparently he was finished with is explanation and everyone went back to work by now. He sat on the floor, completely ignoring the empty chair next to me. "Yes Shoji-san?" I handed him the files, pointing to the article of the suicides in England. "Here, read this, I'm certain it's related to Kira directly, if not, then in some why or another."

He flipped through the reports, reading them in what I thought was mild interest. This was good, the case seemed sever enough for use to take action, plus, there would be no way for me to kill the hundred and fifty people a day under his watch so he couldn't point a finger at me! In a way, this was more in my favor then it was in his. He stopped, flipped back to the first page of the report and began re-reading it. I waited patently, counting the ceiling tiles to keep me somewhat occupied.

"This is certainty interesting, good eye Shoji-san." I twitched, noting the very subtle hint of sarcasm in his voice near the end of that sentence. Was everyone in this business so mean to me? I'm not bragging or anything, but I'm really not all that bad at this stuff! "It's in our best interest to keep an eye on this topic. Why don't you go a head and search and contact the people working on this case to gather more information on it?" I hid a frown, but it would have been foolish to think Near would rush to England first thing anyways.

"W-wait, I get to contact them? As if, over the phone?" I pointed to myself in confusion, making sure he was talking to me.

"What else could that mean? That is unless you think you're not qualified enough for the task."

"No! That's fine, I see you're finally seeing the greatness of my skills huh?" I smiled, boasting myself before turning to the computer to search deeper into the subject.

"Indeed." That guy has a thing for sarcasm, even though it's hard to tell when he uses it. I decided to ignore this, opening the internet as well as a blank word document. Research, this was something I've been repeating for the past days I've been here. I have only left this building once to go help Matsuda with groceries. The rest of the time I have been going through files, looking into various people, researching and analyzing news reports. None of it has been all that interesting, until this that is. Even if we weren't jumping on the nearest flight, it was a start. Hopefully we would head there eventually. Sanguinely I dialed a number, waiting for the other line to pick up.

"Hello?" I blinked when I heard the voice of a young boy, speaking in English of course. It was soft and well, adorable. Quiet frankly I was suspecting some middle-aged guy to answer instead. With a low, scratching voice, probably breathing pretty heavily from smoking cigarettes. Or maybe a weird perverted laugh as he flipped through a playboy magazine.

"H-hello! My name's Shoji Minori," I introduced myself, using the fake first name Near told me to use."I'm part of the....um....group that work with the detective L in Japan to capture Kira." I heard the boy make a 'mhmm' noise, waiting for me to go on. "We're interesting in the events of massive suicide surrounding the country of England, believing it could very well be linked to the global killer Kira. We were hoping to be able to gain some more information on the subject, if you're willing to share it that is." I help the phone away for a moment, taking a deep breath. Man did I sound unprofessional, at least I thought I did and by the look Near was giving me, I was right.

"Hold on, let me see what I can do." The boy spoke and the sound of the phone being sat on a hard surface was brought to my ears.

"Thank you." I muttered, but he probably couldn't hear that by now though. I took in a deep breath, calming my nerves. Since when was it so difficult for me to talk to people over the telephone?

"HEY!" I jumped, tearing the phone away from my ear. Someone just screamed into the phone, what's up with that?! Are they trying to make me go deaf?! "STOP CALLING HERE YOU GREEDY PARASITES! WE'RE TRYING HARD ON OUR OWN, AND WE'RE SICK OF ALL THESE GOD DAMN PHONE CALLS!" I couldn't tell if the voice belonged to a man or a woman, but either way they were scaring the crap out of me right about now! "IF ANY OF YOU CALL ONE MORE TIME I SWEAR WHEN I CATCH THIS WANKER I'LL LET HIM KILL YOU BEFORE I KILL HIM!" The other line hung up shortly after, with the dial tone playing in my shock induced silence. The room was silent as they stared at the phone, looking either shocked or annoyed.

"Well...that went well." I said, sarcasm thick in my voice. The rest of the day progressed slowly, with no avail. We didn't get any leads what so ever seeing as it was either the people didn't want to bother with us or didn't have much information themselves. Several numbers were crossed off the list, making me wonder why we were even bothering to contact these people anyways.

I hung up the phone once again, another useless call. Near was doing something on the computer and the majority of the other people went home already. I scowled at the phone, now out of numbers to dial I would have to try and find some more. I glanced over to Light, who was busy looking over the reports from earlier. Truth to be told, we hit a brick wall here, not moving forward at the least.

"Shoji-san, please go to your room and pack for at least a weeks stay." I blinked, staring at Near with mild confusion. It was ten now and my mind was starting to go fuzzy. Pack my bags, for what?

"Why?" I asked, still glaring at the helpless telephone.

"It seems we have no choice, then to visit England and conduct our own investigation." I grinned, happy that I wouldn't be stuck in this building for awhile. "Don't worry, I have a building in England quite similar to this one." I groaned, my hopes crushed by a simple sentence.

"Hurry, we leave at four a.m." At the mention of our early departure, I turned around and shot up the stairs. I had six hours to pack and try and get as much sleep as possible. I paused at the doors of the elevator. Wait...does that mean he was buying tickets online? Which means....he let me go on making all those pointless calls for nothing? I slapped my hand to my forehead, pressing my floor number in the elevator. Stupid albino genius.

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"Ah man, why did you hang up on them like that?" A red headed boy asked, calling from his game of checkers. He sighed, running a bony hand through his hair before moving his piece. The person across from his observed the board carefully, debating on what his next move should be. Soon enough a brown haired girl stormed into the room, dressed in a causal 'A Perfect Circlue' T-shirt a loose brown jeans. She glared at the boy before placing her self on a rather luxurious leather couch, colored a navy blue.

"Because I'm sick of all these calls! We have enough to deal with over here! In case you didn't notice, Friday!" The the brown haired girl yelled, using eccentric hand movements to describe her frustration. She flipped open a laptop, nearly breaking it in half. The red haired boy, presumed as 'Friday', rolled his eyes before turning back to his game of checkers. "And that was someone working for 'L' too. It could have been a really good opportunity Jason. Sometimes you're way to rash..." He mumbled, earning an agreeable slow nod from the person across from him.

"What was that punk? Want to be the next 'Kira' victim?" Jason growled from the couch,cracking her knuckles and glaring at the smaller boy menacingly.

"No thanks, I wouldn't like to disturb our guest here." Friday spoke in monotone, straightening his plain black T-shirt. "This is no time for violence Jason." His eyes fell on the checkers board as a shaky hand, perfectly pale and horribly bony, finally made his simple move. He smiled, pondering his next move carefully.

"Whatever, little brat." She muttered, turning her attention back to the laptop. Friday shrugged his shoulder at her childish behavior, rolling his eyes for empathizes.

"Looks like you're body is still not working well, huh?" He asked, not receiving an answer as he placed his piece at the other side of the board to avoid his opponent. "It make take awhile, but you can't expect it to work right away, right?" He forced a laugh, waiting for the other to make his next move.

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The Death Note was hidden under her mattress, where her parents would never look. Yoshi made sure of that, making sure to guard her bedroom like she was a solider in the military. Not just any military either, a very dangerous army that would never lose! This was no joke, the kid set up some pretty complected traps. Most involved something she stole from the kitchen, hooked up so they would be triggered when the door was open. Although, Yoshi's parents didn't find it that strange, she had done stranger before. For example, the Digimon phase was one of the worst with her stealing various stuffed animals to try and find the digital world.

They were still paying that one off.

Yoshi sighed, writing down some names with a bored expression. No word from Cage since he left without notice. That meant no more secret visits so she could act like a badass spy. Masuyo hasn't contacted her either, and whenever she went to give her a surprise visit she wasn't even there! Yoshi even bothered to sneak around her college to find answers, turns out she working with some detective giving her hands-on credits or something! Why was she always left out!? They didn't tell her anything! Now she had to wallow in her own boredom.

"This is so irritating, I want to go kick a puppy." Her voice was childish, but don't be fooled. She did kick a stray puppy the other day in her frustration. She glanced to her bed, frowning. But guilt formed soon after and she ended up taking the starving thing home with her. Now it was laying in her bed, sleeping, burring it's cream colored head into her blankets selfishly. Well, at least it entertained her sometimes.

Yoshi yawned, snuggling in her fuzzy pink blanket. One day they'll regret underestimating her just because she's a child. One day, they'll see that she's not so childish after all. The world around her went fuzzy as her breathing got slower. One day...

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I jumped out of the plane, stretching my limbs like a new born lamb. Did that make any sense? Probably not but I don't care right now! I'm finally free of that god-forsaken vehicle of death! Behind me Gevanni and Lidner followed, both of them looked rather relived. Near and Rester were in some kind of privet section the whole time to protect Near's face. As for right now I had no idea where he was, but I didn't really care! It was nice to be away from the albino bastard! As for Light, he was already ahead of me, looking well...excited. In shown in his eyes though, in his eyes only.

I raised my eyebrow at this. "What's up?" I asked, far from the others.

"I just...have the feeling...it was a good idea to come here, I can feel it." I shrugged, not understanding his weird ghost intuition. He never talked like a normal person anymore, it was kind of frustrating. "I bet, but I agree. It does seem to good idea." He didn't reply, going back to ignoring me.

"Does this place have good food?" I twitched, looking back at Ultio. Yes, the lazy shinigami did decided to tag along for once. Why? Oh it's simple, the food. That's the only thing he seemed to care about for some reason. "Sure, why not?" I answered, and I figured the strange expression he wore was of delight. It was hard to tell, with it's weird fox face, monkey skull mask and torn up body and it's disconnected jaw. Really, there was something wrong with that thing.

I paused waiting for the others to catch up with me. I wasn't to motivated to proceed, knowing that the trip through airport hell was far from over. Lines, going through metal detectors, recovering luggage among other things. When we reached our first line, I was surprised. Instead of a long, dreadful line of death there was a simple short one. Was it because of the news of the suicides? Most likely, not like I had a problem with it. Less lines for me.

Still, our trip through the air port was slow and boring. But we managed, with all of us coming out in once piece which as absolutely amazing. I was sure someone would lose an arm or a leg. You know, airports are probably the second most dangerous place in the world. The first was the bottom of the Atlantic ocean, where the sea pigs would eat your toes off for a snack. But that was a better fate then being eaten alive by a herd of hairless cats.

My first step out of the airport was amazing, right away I took a deep breath of the fresh London air. I blinked, well, the air was better then nothing I guess. Not like the air back home was any better. I looked over to Gevanni and Lidner, both of them were loading luggage into a taxi. I sighed, throwing mine in the taxi as well. I just got out of the airport, I didn't want to be locked in some building right away! I glanced over to them sheepishly, feeling nervous next to the older adults.

"Um, is it okay if I hang around the city for today? I have the directions to the place, I'll catch up later!" I asked, looking up at them with pitiful eyes. I need a break, a break from being cooped up like a pet bird! The exchanged unsure glances, but I had a feeling they were considering it. Was it because they found me annoying? Oh man, I hope not.

"...I suppose it would be okay, just come back before six then." Lidner said before following Gevanni into the car. Squealing, a thanked them before walking in the other direction. Dang, I felt like a teenager again, having to be there by six. It was one right now, giving my five hours. Oh well, it was better then nothing! I wondered if I could track down Kyle in a day, but I doubted that. That kid was like a ninja or something.

I looked to Light and Ultio, both looking rather satisfied with my decision to explore the city before going to the building of death.

"Can we get food now?" My stumach growled, and I turned to Ultio. He must have read my thoughts.

"You bet." Airline food makes me want to kick a kitten.


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