Hi again! You know what this means... This story is no longer on hold! Yay! Anyway, I've rewritten the whole story (which took AGES) and hopefully made it a bit better. I haven't changed the basic plot, but the main things I've changed are: Evie is (hopefully) not as annoying as she was, L and Elle's meeting by the sweet shop is longer, and finally Elle and Light no longer fancy eachother. And I've solved the age problem: I don't mention Elle's age anywhere now, so she can be whatever age you think is sensible :D So if you want to re read it, go ahead but if not then don't bother. Oh yeah, and there's a poll up if you want to vote in that. OK, enough of me rambling on, here's the next chapter!

...

Elle

"Well, I guess the best thing to do..." I say slowly, "is to continue trying to find out if anything happened to Raye Penber. I've tried, but I can't find anything about him anywhere. Not even Matsuda seems to recognise the name."

"Matsuda should recognise the name if he was killed by Kira," says Evie. "Maybe that means nothing happened to him?"

"Hmm," I say, unconvinced. "I don't think Matsuda is the most reliable source though. You work with the police, maybe they know something about him."

"I'll ask around to see if anyone recognises the name." She picks up the phone.

"In the meantime," I murmur. "I'll check with the rest of the task force. If it's only Matsuda who can't remember..." I pick up my mobile phone and call Matsuda.

Matsuda

My phone rings. I sigh and pick it up.

"Hello?"

"It's me again, Elle. Listen, Matsuda, can you ask around to see if anyone recognises the name Raye Penber? This is important. But even more important, don't let Light know I've been asking."

"Why don't you want him to know?" I have to be careful with what I say because Light is in the room with me...

"Because he knows my name and what I look like, so if he is Kira he could easily kill me if I start asking tricky questions. Like this one. If he is Kira, this question will give me some vital information. If not, then it won't do any harm at all to the Kira case. Can you do this for me Matsuda?"

"Alright. I'll phone back later." I put the phone down. How can I ask around without Light knowing?

"Who was that, Matsuda?" Light asks. I pause.

"Um... just a friend." Luckily, Light lets the matter go. I sigh. Now, all I need to do is find out information for Elle.

Aizawa exits the room. I look up. This is my chance!

"I'm just going to the loo, people..." I mutter, and walk out after him. He's heading for the kitchen.

"Aizawa?" I ask quietly. "Can I ask you something?" He looks at me.

"You can ask, but there's no guarantee I'll answer."

"I need you to promise you won't tell Light."

"What is it Matsuda? If it's important for the investigation you have to tell Light. If not, I won't tell." I look around me before speaking.

"You know Elle? Well, she wants to know but she says it's crucial Light doesn't find out. Can I trust you Aizawa?"

"How do you know this "Elle" is trustworthy?"

"Kira killed her father, remember? She'll do anything to catch him. And anyway, I'll let you in on why she doesn't want Light to know if you promise absolutely not to tell no matter what I say." Aizawa thinks about it for a moment.

"Alright. This better be good, Matsuda." I lower my voice.

"She thinks Light is Kira, and she knows that he knows her name and face. So if she's right, Light could easily kill her if he knew she's asking questions which might cause trouble for him if he's Kira." Aizawa steps back.

"So that's two of them..." he mutters. I look at him, confused.

"I've been having my doubts about Light too," he whispers. "First Ryuzaki thinking he was Kira, and that was convincing enough. Now Ryuzaki's daughter..."

"I don't think Light is Kira," I say. "But I promised to help Elle. I was the one to tell her about Ryuzaki's death."

"Ouch," Aizawa winces. "That must have been nasty for her."

"Hey!" I say, but remember there's a more relevant topic here. "Anyway, do you promise not to tell Light I've been asking about this?"

"I promise."

"Do you recognise the name Raye Penber?"

"Um... it rings a bell, know I think about it. Raye Penber... yes, that's it!"

"What?" I ask eagerly. This is easier than I thought it would be.

"Don't you remember? He was one of the FBI agents killed by Kira. He was the one trailing Light who we spotted acting oddly before his death. And his fiancée killed herself after he died, which Ryuzaki said was completely out of character for her."

"I remember now! Thank you Aizawa! You've been a great help!" I run off to phone Elle and tell her the good news.

Elle

My phone rings and I pick it up straight away.

"Elle? It's me, Matsuda. I've found out who Raye Penber was!"

"Really? Tell me everything." I already know who he was, but a little reminder won't hurt.

"He was an FBI agent your dad hired to trail Light! He got killed by Kira, and a while afterwards his fiancée commited suicide. Your dad said he's worked with her in the past, and that he couldn't imagine her doing something like that."

"Really!" This is great.

"Thank you very much, Matsuda! That is exactly what I needed to know. I've got to go now. Bye." I put the phone down and run off to tell Evie what I've learnt.