All of the students a lined themselves to go to the gymnasium where they were to hear the emperor's speech. Lelouch sat right next to the new guy Ryuga, He couldn't shake the feeling that Ryuga was watching him.
"Do you need something?" Lelouch came out and asked during the speech.
"Yes, indeed I do, I understand that you are a very class A student here. You could easily be in the position getting the medals like Light and I had done."
Lelouch was growing uninterested, "So what?"
"I heard that you were looking into the Kira/Zero case, and I thought that your skills could make a good detective with us on the case."
"What are you saying? What are you trying to tell me?"
"I want to tell you, I'm L" Ryuga said then turned back looking at the emperor.
'L?' Lelouch was in shock, he didn't know what to say or do, and it was like he was trapped in a sea of fear and excitement, 'Is this really L? Did he just reveal himself to me? Why would he do that?' Lelouch and Ryuga sat quietly for the rest of the program, afterwards he confronted him again. Not getting much information out of him, Lelouch pulled out Zero's phone and speed dialed 1.
"Zero?" Kallen answered, "What is it?"
"I have some new information on L," He began, "More like he posing as a student there."
"He is?"
"Now then, I want you to kill Ryuga."
"What?"
"He's L."
"Understood," Kallen said hanging up; she quickly brought out her pocket knife, "I should have known that back water genius was up to something."
"Have you lost your mind?" C.C. asked.
"What are you talking about?" Lelouch asked.
"Think about it, if he dies right after he told you who he was, you'll be the first listed suspect."
Lelouch paused, it was so obvious, he was so caught up in the moment he had no idea what he had just done! "I have to stop her!" He ran to the roof of Ashford then looked down and saw Kallen and Ryuga walking down the side walk toward each other. Lelouch could see the knife hiding behind her back, he panicked he had no idea what to do.
They got closer and closer then when they were a yard away and she ready to strike, "Suzaku, hey buddy!" Ryuga waved to him. Kallen quickly put her knife away as Ryuga passed him and began to walk and talk with Suzaku; Ryuga then looked back at Kallen with the eyes of Check.
Kallen looked back in a glare; Lelouch watched the display and made a fist, 'L!' He thought, 'This was all part of your plan, you would either have the plan slip up by running into Suzaku or Kallen would stab him and he would be a witness. He played me, he got me and I wasn't able to stop him… Fine I'll play your little game. Let the real fun begin… L'
(Britannian Settlement)
Shirley walked over to the pill of dirty by the tree; she then picked up the notebook and read the words, "It's in Japanese… Death Note?"
To Be Continued
