By the time the taskforce had arrived Watari had replaced the chains that bound L and Light together.
"Is this even necessary anymore?" Light asked boredly as Mimic introduced the taskforce members to Rem.
"You should not worry Light. In fact after looking over the new information provided by the rules in the death note it would appear impossible for you to have been Kira at that time... that being said I do not want to allow my only suspect free, so we will discuss it with the taskforce in a few moments. If that is agreeable with you." L replied, stirring sugar into his coffee. If I allow Light freedom from these chains it will undoubtedly increase his opportunities for him to kill, however that being true it would also allow me more opportunities to discuss Kira with the shinigami and possibly convince her to cooperate with us... And I'm not about to let him out of the building so it is unlikely he will be able to contact the other shinigami...
"So everyone this is Rem. She is the shinigami attached to the third Kira's notebook." Mimic introduced the ominous floating creature who bowed her head slightly.
"Hello."
"As you can see this monster isn't exactly talkative" B chimed in. "So we've not been able to get all that much information out of her, and since we can't torture her... though I would like to try..."
"B!" Mimic cut in. "Sorry, Rem. What B was going to say is that although we've had little success in convincing Rem to speak with us regarding the second Kira she has offered to help us to some extent in capturing the first."
"So we're going to be working with a shinigami?" Casey asked, sounding rather happy considering.
"Yup." B answered grinning happily.
"How can we even trust this monster?" Chief Yagami questioned eyeing Rem dubiously.
"I assure you, Soichiro Yagami, that anything I say will be true. I am not in the habit of lying and where I can help you I will." Rem countered. During this time Mimic had been watching Light, interested to see what his reaction would be to Rem working with them, so far he had only shown a slight confusion and what she could only guess was minor annoyance.
Chief Yagami nodded slightly "I see..."
"So as you can see we have a completely trustworthy shinigami that's going to help us catch Ligh-er... Kira." B cackled slightly.
"Hey!" Light cut in "I thought the rules in the death note proved that me and Misa couldn't have been Kira!" he began only to be cut in by L.
"It is true that the notebook has drastically reduced your percentage of being Kira and because of that I will remove the handcuffs, however I recall you promising something along the lines of 'sticking it out until Kira has been caught' so if it alright with your father I would still like you to remain within the headquarters." L explained.
Soichiro swallowed nervously "I suppose that it is alright if Light agrees to it." he admitted.
Light nodded, if I ask to leave and the killings resume it will only increase L's suspicion of me... besides being inside the headquarters means I can keep tabs of the taskforce.
L smiled "Then it is agreed." With a soft click he unlocked the handcuffs. "For now however I propose we continue to work towards the goal of finding the remaining death note and kiras."
A faster update this time (though I think it's still pretty small), as always I hope you guys enjoy it and please review :)
