About a week had gone by and the big three had successfully reached their goal, making a new friend along the way. One Sayu Yagami had been spending more time than ever hanging out with them at the shop, basically becoming one of their siblings.

However they were never able to go to her house because of the late night shifts and recently, Kira. About half way through Norman, Emma and Ray's agreement with the cranky old lady, a mass murderer showed up. People all around the world had been dropping dead from mere heart attacks. So the three knew they had to make sure to stay away from most people, or at least the suspicious ones.

They had used library computers to do some research and found multiple sites for Kira. They were mostly people posting names of criminals they wanted dead and a few, most likely cops or police supporters, posting reasons why Kira is evil. But at the time, that's all they could do, research in the library, just like now.

" There's nothing useful here. All we know is that criminals everywhere are dying from heart attacks. If we want more information we'll have to hack into police files." Ray was obviously annoyed, the crease from his eyebrows and sharp tone gave it away.

" What about patterns? Times of death, or maybe where the first victims started dying?" Norman suggested as Ray continued searching the web, making a mental note to erase this all later. Emma was standing behind ray, leaning slightly on the chair he sat in.

" Wait, Ray! Right there it shows the date the broadcast was on, we can use that to see what criminals died first on T.V., but it might not work with news articles because-" Emma began to point to the screen.

" Just because the body was found doesn't mean it's the most recent death, I know. But thanks for showing me that I guess." Ray cut her off, causing Emma to pout and Norman to laugh lightly at the two.

After spending a few more hours in the library they had to leave. But since they were no longer able to stay at the little shop, they began to search for a good place to camp out.

It was already getting dark out, showing that it was probably already seven or eight at night. Although, the cold wind didn't bother them much , thanks to their new clothes that were 'bought'. The two boys felt Emma tug on their hands pulling them to a park up ahead.

" I think I see a playground! We can sleep in the tunnel things, okay?" Emma suggested, smiling brightly at the two.

"Hn." Ray grunted but followed nonetheless.

"Alright." Norman walked with the two and they all settled down for the night. " So, let's go over what we found out. " Norman was the first to speak after a bit of awkward silence.

" Well, we know he's in the Kanto region, same as us. And we also found out that there is a famous detective named L." Ray listed the two things on his fingers.

" Don't forget that they're most likely a student. More specifically a high school student. Most likely following the schedule of both normal school and cram school with all the early morning and late night murders. And if we put in the higher murder count during holidays and weekends we have even more proof." Emma added while Norman nodded at the information.

" Exactly, we also need to make sure to not give out our real names, especially since we don't have middle or last names. If Kira thinks that we should die for whatever reason, the only thing they will need is our first name, this makes us more vulnerable to Kira's power."

" Ya... I forgot about that." Emma trailed off, swearing she heard Ray mumble "idiot" under his breath. A few more hours passed before they were all able to drift off into a peaceful sleep.

The next day Emma, Norman, and Ray decided to stick together as often as possible. I mean, you probably shouldn't split up when you don't know the city very well along with the fact that a dangerous serial killer is on the loose.

Because they didn't know the area that well they pulled up maps of the streets and stores online and memorized all the main roads, hidden areas, and popular shopping districts. In fact, they were in Aoyama, shopping for groceries. Well, they were, until a special broadcast had interrupted their shopping.

"We now take you live to the ICPO."

" What's this all about?" Ray commented and went outside to look at the big screen.

"I head up an International Police Task Force which includes all member nations. I am Lind L. Tailor, otherwise known as L."

"Pshh, as if. What idiot would think that a famous detective would show his face to potential enemies." Emman and Norman agreed to Ray's comment, Emma feeling like she needed to add something.

" There's also the fact that he's considered a genius, so shouldn't he know that Kira needs a face or a name to kill? It just doesn't make sense." A puzzled look came across her face.

"Criminals around the world are being murdered by a serial killer. I consider this crime to be the most atrocious act of murder in history. I will not rest until the person or persons responsible are brought to justice. Kira, I will hunt you down. I will find you."

" No, this can't be the real L. Perhaps a fake to lure Kira in the wrong direction?" Norman told Emma.

"Kira, I've got a pretty good idea what your motivation might be, and I can guess what you hope to achieve. However, what you're doing right now is evil."

" That would make sense, especially since it seems like the fake L is trying to make Kira mad." 'Could this actually work?' Ray thought. Tailor hadn't talked for about a minute or so when he suddenly clutched his heart and thrashed around, eventually going limp and falling against his desk.

' A heart attack!' The three cattle children realized at the same time, that Kira was not just going after criminals, but also all of the people who got in his way.

Two suited men with black sunglasses remove Lind L. Tailor's body from view and was replaced by a gothic looking L.

"Ah. I had to test this, just in case, but I-I never thought it would actually happen. Kira…it seems you can kill people without having to be there in person. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't just witnessed it. Listen to me, Kira. If you did, indeed, kill Lind L. Tailor, the man who you just saw die on television, I should tell you that he was an inmate whose execution was scheduled for today. That was not me."

"There he is, the real L…" Emma trailed off, still processing what had just happened.

"The police arrested him in absolute secrecy, so you wouldn't have heard of him on TV or through the internet. It appears not even you have access to information about these types of criminals. But I assure you, L is real. I do exist. Now…try to kill me! What's wrong? Go ahead! Come on, right now! Kill me!"

" I see now, by doing this he can warn civilians to not give away their real names as well as show them that Kira is not a god. It's a shame this is a world broadcast though, now they don't know where Kira could be.

"What's going on?"

"Look, it's Kira versus L!"

"Huh? What?"

"This is freaky."

The people around them had begun to murmur, but they slowly began to shout, cheer, and boo.

" Amazing."

"Do it, Kira!"

"Someone, stop this!"

"What's the matter?!"

"Can't you do it? Well Kira, it seems you can't kill me after all. So there are some people you can't kill. You've given me a useful hint."

"Let me return the favor. I'll tell you something that I think you'll find interesting. Although this was announced as a worldwide broadcast, the truth is, we are only broadcasting in the Kanto region of Japan. I had planned to broadcast this message around the world until we found you, but it looks like that won't be necessary. I know now where you are."

" He really is the number one detective, huh…" Ray whispered while the others just nodded, paying attention to the screen.

"The police treated your first killing as an unrelated incident, but in actuality, the first of your victims was a suspect in Sinjuku. Of all the criminals that recently died of heart attacks, this one's crime was, by far, the least serious. Furthermore, his crime was only ever reported inside Japan."

" Isn't this great! All our theories have just been confirmed." Emma chirped in.

"I used that information to deduce this much. You are in Japan and your first victim was little more than an experiment, which means you haven't been killing for very long. We decided to broadcast in Kanto first because of its large population, and, luckily, we found you."

"To be completely honest with you, I never expected that things would go this well, but…it won't be too long now before I am able to sentence you to death."

" Jeez, sometimes it seems like L is only saying this to rile Kira up… how childish." Emma snorted slightly at Ray's input.

"Naturally, I am very interested to know how you're able to commit these murders without being present…but I don't mind waiting a little bit longer. You can answer all of my questions when I catch you… Let's meet again soon, Kira."