"Hey, Mello, look at this," Matt called. Mello walked into their room and leaned over the back of Matt's computer chair. Matt pointed to a line on the screen. It read:

Hideki Ryuuga, age 26, room 844

"You don't think…" Mello asked, smiling at their success.

"Oh yes I do," Matt replied, basking in his own glory.

"But how the hell did you find it?" Mello asked.

"It's the same hospital that Watari went to the last time they were in Japan," Matt explained, "And if I've learned anything about L, it's that he's confrontational. He would be in Japan if he really does think Kira's there."

"You never cease to impress me," Mello told him, kissing him lightly on the cheek.

"And as a result, I never cease to be rewarded," Matt replied coolly.

"Well, you'll have to wait a little while on this one," Mello said, "We need to make traceable fake identities so that we won't get L caught."

"Got it," Matt said, turning back to his computer, "One sec… okay, here. So, what do you want your name to be?"

"Always with the hard questions," Mello groaned, "Okay, how about…James?"

"You sure?" Matt asked, smirking to himself, "We could always make you a girl. You can be Cathy and I can be Adam."

"Hey," Mello protested, "Don't make stupid references. You know I don't read the material."

"East of Eden," Matt sighed, "And Cathy was a prostitute."

"Yeah, how about no," Mello rolled his eyes, "Go with James. How about James Crawford?"

"A jurist, I like it," Matt smiled, "Okay, where were you born?"

"Atlantis."

"Mello."

"Okay, okay," Mello laughed, "France. Avignon, France."

"Great."

Matt continued to type silently for a moment, while Mello shifted for foot to foot, staring at the wall.

"Alright," Matt finally said, "You're James, and I'm Jean Wilson. We met while you were on vacation in Paris, and we then decided to room together at St. Edmund's School in Canterbury. Oh, and your middle name is Cathy."

"Change it."

"Fine…"

"I wish I knew what was going on," Light whined.

"I wish you would act your age," Watari retorted, "Ryuuzaki is going to be fine. I've come to this hospital previously, and I trust their doctors."

"You were here before?" Light inquired.

"Yes," Watari sighed, allowing the slightest feeling of nostalgia overtake him, "We were following a group designed for the soul purpose of killing L and, as we later found out, to keep him from discovering the plans of their higher-ups to overthrow their nations government."

Light gave him a look that screamed 'how did I not know about this?'.

"They weren't trying to overthrow the Japanese government," Watari explained, "They were simply hiding in Tokyo to avoid being caught."

"Good luck with that when they had L after them," Light smirked.

"Yes indeed," Watari nodded in agreement, "Although they did prove to be formidable opponents. The hard part was not proving their guilt, rather than bringing them in. I got shot in my shoulder in the process, hence my awareness of this hospital's competence."

"Why was it so hard to bring them in?" Light asked.

"Well, unlike Kira, these people had no morals or ideas of right and wrong. They were a large group of people who would easily kill each other to save their own skins. They didn't think twice about resorting to needless violence."

"What happened to them?" Light asked.

"Most of them were arrested and sent to jail for varied periods depending on their crimes. A few of their higher-ups were executed. Their families were very upset."

Light's eyes widened.

Their… families?

"Watari?"

"Yes?"

"All those people Kira killed - how do you think their families took it?"

"How do you think your family would have taken it if you'd succeeded in killing yourself?"

"You're a jerk, you know that? Wake up from your own little world and think about what it would be like for the rest of us if you died! We need you, Light! Don't ever try to leave us!"

"Yeah, I guess I did get a bit emotional."

"I'm always worried about you, stupid."

"I was so worried."

"Can I… can I have a moment?" Light asked. Watari didn't say anything. He simply stood and left the room.

"So what's wrong, Light?" Ryuk asked, "Regretting your divine justice?"

"No!" Light shrieked, "But… I… yes…"

"You could always give it back to me," Ryuk suggested, "You and L would have a big burden off your backs."

"What, you're bored again?" Light glared at him, "You think I'm going to give it back to you so you can give it someone else? Maybe a mafia boss?"

"That could be interesting," Ryuk pondered.

"No, it would be horrible," Light stated, "I'm not giving it back so you can bring about the apocalypse."

"Well, that's too bad."

"It's just… sometimes I wish you'd never dropped that thing in the first place."

"It did bring you and L together."

Light felt his heart stop.

What would I have been to L if I hadn't become Kira? Just some well-educated college student not worth his time? If I gave up the death note… would he still love me? Is he in love with Light or Kira?

"Hey, don't go getting that look again," Ryuk pulled him from his thoughts, "I've seen enough tears to last me until I die, and that's saying something."

"Did L really cry?"

"Like a baby."

"Man… I feel…"

"Guilty?"

"Yeah."

"Well, he really does love you," Ryuk said.

"Wait, what?"

"Well, I've been around long enough to know what it looks like," he reminded him, "The guy gave up the case of his life to be with you."

"Which person do you suppose he's in love with?"

"Mm?"

"Light Yagami or Kira?"

"They're the same person," Ryuk shrugged, "When you love someone, you love all of them, their good traits as well as their imperfections."

"Wow."

"I can be deep when I want to be."

"Are you sure you don't want to tell Near?"

"No way," Mello snarled, "He'll come later, after L knows that I was the one who found him, not Near."

"Near wasn't trying to find him," Matt pointed out.

"L doesn't need to know that," Mello grumbled.

Matt smiled.

"You're hopeless."

"Yeah, whatever. Let's just go sit at the gate, okay?"

"Sure."

"I can't wait to see the look on his face when we get there," Mello smirked.

"By the time we manage to find his address, he'll probably already know we're there," Matt sighed.

They reached the gate and sat down to wait for their plane while Mello silently munched on his chocolate that had softened in his hand from being carried all over the airport.

"What if we contact Watari?" Mello suggested, "We could say we want to surprise him and ask him not tell."

"I swear sometimes you act like you're five."

"That would make you a pedophile."

"Not cool."

"Okay, fine. I'm a five year old who can blow things up."

"Someone needs to put you in time for that stuff," Matt smirked.

"You are such a smartass."

"I think it kind of comes with the profession."

"True," Mello shrugged, "I guess that would make L a smartass too?"

"We'll know in little while," Matt smiled, "I wonder what he'll be like…"

Author's Note: And enter my second favorite pairing for this anime. You'll have to tell me how I did with writing them. Those scenes weren't written in the other fics I'm basing this off of. So, it's all mine. Aside from the character profiles, Whammy's house, and basically everything else. But the lines are all mine. Everything else belongs to Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. You know the drill, disclaimer, disclaimer, blah, blah, blah... Oh, and don't forget our two leads. I got a review requesting that the surgery make L be able to conceive a child... Maybe in my next one. I laughed when I read that though. And, yes, for those of you who were wondering, there WILL be a next one. A sequel to this one called 'History'. And, no, of course I'm not going to start publishing it until I finish with this. It would give away the ending! You guys don't want the ending to happen too fast or be spoiled, now do you? Mwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!