I have returned, with banana muffins. I'm not lying. They're amazing and they have chocolate chips, and you can't have any. I'm odd today, don't question it. Anyhow, here's a chapter. Also, on a side note, this story has reached 3.5k viewers so I'm estatic plus there were a lot of reviews last chapter and this story has 40 followers so hell yeah! Onto the story!

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{{}{}{}}-BOWLING BALLS ARE TIRED OF THE CHUCKING!-{{}{}{}}

My eyes zoned in on the doorknob as it turned. Ryuzaki had called upon the being on the other side of the door to come in, from his crouch on the chair, just seconds earlier. My fingers subtly gripped the carpet floor under me. I took a breath as the door was slowly pushed open, my eyes drifting to the face of Light Yagami. He walked further into the room, and behind him floated it. My head turned to Ryuzaki inconspicuously and I looked into his deep soulless eyes. I nodded once, in early confirmation. He drew any possible notice of my reaction away as he lifted his hand and uncharacteristically greeted, "Light!" As if he was still in his Hideki Ryuga persona that he'd held at school.

Light's gaze still landed on me though, but by then I was able to put on a calm face. "Ryuga, you didn't tell me you invited anyone else." He turned to me, "My name is Light, and you might be?" He held his hand out charmingly, and I hesitated before shaking it, avoiding looking at the supernatural creature behind him.

"I'm-"

"She is Kitame Kitamura. She's a suspect in the Kira investigation." Ryuzaki interrupted me, getting my name wrong once again. I shot him a peeved look. It wasn't like my name was a difficult one to remember.

Light seemed to barely pay mind to Ryuzaki though and seemed more occupied with his own thoughts. His eyes flashed with recognition. "Have I seen you around before?"

Damn. It was too soon. How could he know already? I thought it was too dark for him to see me and-

"That's it, you're the girl that left her bag on the bullet train." He concluded. I inwardly breathed out a sigh of relief, glad that he hadn't seen me that night. Though I wasn't relieved about the fact that the creature beside him seemed to be cackling at something on my head. I was tempted to look up, fearful that I may have had a bug in my hair or something- it has happened before. Yeah, when I was nine, some stupid boy from my class decided to place a beetle on top of my head while I was doing my homework on the bench outside of the school. He kept giggling with his friends and pointing to my hair so I felt my head, only to yelp once I felt something, sending the beetle to the grass. I actually picked it up afterwards and chased the boy down with it. I was honestly a hilarious child.

Light was staring at me as if waiting for some response. Had he asked something? I couldn't remember so I nodded with a half smile.

"Also, Light, I'll have to request that you call me Ryuzaki from now on." He stated, "the others you see here are Matsui, Aihara, and Asahi."

"So I guess that must mean I'm Light Asahi." Ah, so Asahi was Light's father, who was in actuality a Yagami. I'd had a feeling they were all using fake names from the start. That must've been why I vaguely recognized Light's dad.

"I suppose so, though I will continue to refer to you as Light, to make things easier. Would you be bothered if Kitame did the same?" He called me Kitame again, making me deadpan.

"Of course not." Light responded politely. I was glad for that, since I only referred to him as Light in my head. It would've probably been pretty awkward if I'd been so casual to call him just Light without his permission. Equally as awkward as accidentally making a weird throat noise while yawning in a room full of silent people. Am I the only one who can relate, or does that happen to others too? Anyway, Watari brought in some tapes and put one in the video cassette for the small TV. The static of the screen was replaced with black letters, spelling Kira, and the same distorted voice from Sakura TV.

The room was soundless as Light examined the footage intently. Kira was talking about how she proved herself and how she wanted L to show his face to the world, which was entirely ridiculous. I mean, if he hasn't revealed himself by now, there's no way he would just because Kira said she'd spare him for cooperating. It was laughable. As odd as it may sound, I'd honestly had higher expectations for Kira- in the sense of intelligence. Light almost seemed... angry? And the rest of the group was just staring at him, like they were waiting for something.

Ryuzaki's eyes were particularly owlish as he chewed his thumb, hunched over. Ryuzaki was seriously such a strange human being, I'd never seen anything like him.

"So Light, what do you infer about this?" Ryuzaki broke the near silence, his eyes colossally wide and boring metaphorical holes into Light's back.

Light gripped the arm of the chair and pushed himself to his feet. He seemed sort of peeved off, and his eyes were narrowed slightly. "It's hard to tell, but this might not be the Kira we're familiar with and might be someone that shares his power. It's not like Kira to use these types of victims for his killings. We've already established that Kira needs a name and a face to kill, but this Kira was able to kill those officers and that detective outside of Sakura TV."

I tilted my head almost comically. Could it be, that there are more than one of these supernatural powered serial killers? I would've never thought it possible, but it almost made sense. It would explain why Kira's intelligence seemed to lower dramatically as of recently, considering what seemed to be nothing more than a publicity stunt than an actual means to get people to board the pro-Kira train, as well as believing a detective hidden in the shadows would actually show themselves to the entire world when there's a killer that can kill with only a face. On the subject of 'only a face', that surprised me as well. I don't know why, but I thought Kira needed nothing but a person's name. I hadn't really gone into depth to see if I could be right, but I was pretty sure all the names of Kira's victims were displayed publicly.

"L- I mean Ryuzaki, said the same thing!" Matsui exclaimed...

Wait.

What?

Backtracking, I re-registered Matsui's words. He... he said L. He said L, and then he corrected himself to say Ryuzaki... Ryuzaki was Hideki Ryuga, Suzuki, and...

My eyes widened as it was practically spelled out for me. Ryuzaki is L. The whole entire time, he was L. Before I could hold my tongue, I blurted out, "you're L?" My head was spinning.

His expression grew flat, and I would guess he wasn't thinking too highly of Matsui at that moment. "Yes." It was a straight answer, none of the allusiveness that I would have anticipated. "I am L." The way he said it sent shivers down my spine. It was the same statement that Moji had said to me on the day of the entrance ceremony, yet the true L's words held so much more depth to them. It was almost haunting, how everything was connected. Why hadn't I discerned it earlier? They both ate while talking and held a uniform monotony to their voice, but it wasn't they, it was he, because L and Ryuzaki are one and the same. I was way off. L wasn't a forty-something-married-man with kids, he was a twenty-something-reclusive-humanoid. Ok, so maybe the humanoid part isn't exactly accurate, but I was still way off.

How was that even feasible? That would mean he was in his early twenties or late teens when he solved my cousin's murder. Now it was also bothering me that I wasn't sure of his age. I would have to ask him eventually to satisfy my compelling curiosity, though who knows if he'd actually tell me. Would that mean he had skipped years in his schooling? Was he that smart? There is no way he'd be able to get such a high positioned job and working alongside an FBI agent in a murder case straight out of university. That kind of thing just doesn't happen, right? Maybe on TV, but getting the highest ranking of a specific career path straight out of university in real life, is not possible. That would be like if I decided to major in political science, and right when I graduated I became the prime minister!

Maybe the position of greatest detective in the world works like a monarchy. If the King dies, the prince becomes King, even if he's only twenty years old. So maybe Ryuzaki-L is the son of another L that died? No, that wouldn't make sense. L's proven himself to be qualified for his job, if L was a title granted upon any children of a preceding L, there would be no way to ensure that the new L wouldn't turn out to be a moron. I was rambling aimlessly again wasn't I?

Ryuzaki, or L, was speaking, "-and Light, I would like to request that you play the role of the real Kira." What was going on exactly? I zoned out of the conversation as a result of my mulling over the reality of Ryuzaki's identity. I wanted to ask, but there's no way I actually would. I guess I missed something important.

"M-Me?" Light seemed surprised and I was still completely lost. I should really pay more attention to, well, everything around me.

"Yes. You are the only one that I could consider to pull something like this off. At any rate, we don't have any time to waste. Do you think you could script a message from Kira to be aired on tonight's news?"

"If it would help in finding Kira, I'll do whatever it takes." I narrowed my eyes at Light subtly. Why was he faking it? By that I mean that, that was clearly not his actual opinion on the matter. It was all fabricated, like some sort of elaborate character that Light was always hiding his true self behind. Oh, and I also noticed that Light's overseer found something funny, as I heard that gravelly chuckle once again. I still refused to look the creature in the eyes, for fear that I wouldn't be able to look away. It wasn't that difficult to remember the last time I looked into those beady red eyes, I froze on the spot and screamed. Not my best moment, I'll admit.

He lifted his thumb to his lip in mock thought; I had a feeling that he already decided what courses of actions would be taken before I even arrived, probably before he even contacted me as a matter of fact. His eyes were peering into mine as he spoke, "Hmm, and in order to assess your theory of this other Kira, I ask that you be the one who relays this message to the public. Your voice will be put under numerous alterations to mask your identity, and we will see if we can replicate what the recording might sound like if any of the other people in this room had done so, therefore determining if there is a noticeable difference. If there is a noticeable difference, it may serve as an effective means to confuse the second Kira, and prevent him or her from coming into contact with the original Kira."

All the other people in the room were men, meaning if the voice of me as Kira was noticeably different than say, Light's voice as Kira, even after all the voice distortion, this supposed second Kira was probably a girl, like I'd thought. It would narrow down suspects drastically I presumed.

It didn't take long for Light to come up with something. If he wasn't Kira, he was definitely a true Kira supporter. That was possibly the only genuine thing about him that I could find. L made some alterations, because Light decided to include a statement that he claimed was a joke- which if it was, it was worthy of a million eye rolls.

I took a deep breath, ready to lie like I meant it, and had my voice recorded with dozens of voice distortions and alterations. "I am Kira, the true Kira. The one who was shown on Sakura TV several days ago was not. I have chosen to be lenient with this imposter, only because I believe he was trying to help me, but I want to make it clear that killing innocents are against my principles. If the imposter is truly sympathetic to my cause and wishes to be of some help, I ask that he refrain from killing aimlessly, and accept my basic principles. If he ignores this warning and continues to be reckless, I will not spare him. I ask only that he cooperates and agrees to do what I say. I intend for the creation of a new world, where those who have done no wrong have nothing to fear, and killing people who have committed no crimes goes directly against that. That is all." The recording was stopped, and replayed back. It sounded nothing like L's debut after the death of that stand in from months ago, and in a strange way, I could tell it was my voice, even though it was distorted beyond recognition.

I remembered that day. I was shocked, because L was most likely in Japan, and Kira was real. I was astounded that somewhere in the world, there was something or someone that could end peoples lives without being anywhere near them. It sounded entirely ludicrous, but it was true. It was proven as Lind L. Tailor had slumped over lifelessly after declaring he would catch Kira.

The recording was sent to the news station immediately. The sun went down and we all waited for it to air, and everyone started to leave in pairs afterwards. I was the last one of course, since I still had to tell Ryu-L about what I'd seen.

{{}{}{}}-PUDDING PREVAILS!-{{}{}{}}

Yes, I nearly copied Light's Kira message right from the anime but it had to be done. Yes, I hate myself for it, but besides from messages like such, I will never just copy dialog word for word so don't be too harsh on me. Now, reviews from top to bottom!

Guest: I hadn't thought of Matsuda x Kita, so thank you for that, and if enough people want Matsuda x Kita I will do that. Though, so far, L x Kita seems to be the most popular among viewers. As for Light x Kita, I already stated a few chapters ago that it's difficult enough to keep Light in character for myself, and making any romantic relationship with Light would prove to be impossible for me. Lastly, an OC x Kita is possible I guess, if enough people want that, but I've always felt it's much more like original fiction if you have too many OCs, and I'd like to keep the canon characters pretty prominent, instead of just pushing them to the side entirely.

Leia -san: then wait no longer!

Wolfy-sama: is this soon enough? I was away for a while but I tried my hardest! Thank you so much! I've tried to do specifically that, since I see way too many cookie cutter and Mary Sue characters around. Kita will not be a sue as long as I can help it!

BirthdayFake: yes, I honestly should just forget about life and focus on this. It would be much easier.

arapyanime: good ol' Light. Drama will ensue.

Guest: thank you! I'm attempting to slowly develop the relationship between L and Kita, since their pairing is winning so far. It makes it more believable. You had a good guess, but Light isn't positive that someone can see Ryuk, plus he had absolutely no idea that anyone else would be coming to the meeting. Ryuk also does pretty much whatever he wants so there's a slim chance he'd just stay home and miss out on the action. L has not freaked out about Misa's Shinigami message yet, but he's suspicious of the fact that there is something that only Kita can see following Light, and he's already received the note about Shinigami loving apples from Kira. He may not react as strongly in this universe when that happens, but I haven't decided yet.

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