Light couldn't mask all of the shock that swept past his face, and L smirked at the look; perhaps this actor wasn't ready for any question or surprise. Matsuda looked at L in question, "No name? How does that work? Everyone has a name, right?" He asked in slight confusion, but mostly curiosity.

L turned away from the shocked Light and looked down to meet Matsuda's questioning gaze, "Well Matsu," He said, "I was never given a name at birth, and none was recorded on a birth certificate or any sort of document."

"But didn't your parents-," Matsuda started to interrupt L, but was quickly silenced with a finger against his lips in a 'Shh' sort of motion. "Oh, sorry." He said and blushed lightly in embarrassment. L smiled playfully and gave off a small, amused chuckle. "It's fine Matsu." He said before continuing.

"I had no parents, none that I ever knew of, and so, when I was found by Watari and taken to the Orphanage, I was given a name. Now, being given a name is much different than being born with one. It's like a nickname for no name. Even though I call myself Dachi, my real name is nothing, because I have none. I could call myself what ever I wanted and it would still not change my name. Because someone needs a name to be able to die in a Death Note, I will never be able to be killed by it."

Though L was facing Matsuda, the whole squad and Light had heard everything. "Do you understand?" He asked the shorter, younger man. Matsuda processed all of the information before he nodded his head. "Yup; Dai!" Matsuda said happily, proud to have come up with a nickname to call the man like he had done to him.

Dachi smiled at Matsuda as his eyes softened in a delicate manner. He stepped out of the room, closing the door behind him and quickly locked the door with one hand as he held the bag of food in the other. He looked around the room for a moment before nodding his head and breaking the silence, "I'm going to go out and get some fresh air while I eat my food. When I get back I'll go over with what was said in that room. No one goes into that room until I get back, understood?"

The group nodded in sequence as Sato was the only one who spoke, "Hai."

Dachi nodded his head as he walked past Matsuda and grabbed Sato's leather jacket from the couch as he replied, "I'm going to borrow this." Sato nodded his head as Dachi turned and headed towards the door. He opened it and paused before he glanced back at the group and continued, "Just relax for a while. We've got him." Dachi paused as he looked over at Matsuda and smiled softly again towards the young agent. "Would you like to give me some company on my walk?" He asked, hoping to get a chance to ask Matsuda more about Light.

Matsuda's eyes widened in happiness and a huge grin appeared on his face. He nodded his head, feeling no need to question for reassurance. "Of course!" He exclaimed, enthralled at the idea.

Dachi's smile grew as he let out a small chuckle at how excited Matsuda was. "All right, We'll be back in a little while." He said as he started to exit the door. He turned around slightly to catch Matsuda's gleeful gaze, "Let's go, Matsu."

Matsuda nodded his head again and started to make his way to where L was, "Bye everyone!" He called out as the two exited and the door to the room was closing. It clicked shut and Matsuda turned to face the taller man who was waiting for him before continuing down the hallway. Matsuda soon caught up with Dachi and the two of them entered the large hotel lobby before exiting through the doors. The cold air bit at Matsuda as he shoved his hands into his jacket pockets. He glanced up at L, a smile on his face, "So, where are we walking to, Dai?" He asked happily.

"Nowhere specific, I just wanted to get some fresh air." Said Dachi as he walked slowly down the side walk, Matsuda at his side as he held the bag of food in his hand, still not opening the bag to get into his food.

"Aren't you going to eat your food?" Asked Matsuda as Dachi held the bag, pondering for a moment as he tried to break the ice quickly. "Matsu, can I ask you a personal question?" Asked Dachi as Matsuda cocked his head and smiled softly.

"Sure." Replied Matsuda as Dachi let the bag fall to his side as his hand held onto it tightly. Dachi's eyes fell onto Matsuda as he asked in a serious tone. "I wanted to ask you about Light...About what your relationship with the young man is exactly."

Matsuda's eyes widened slightly. "Eh?" He said in slight confusion, "Relationship with Light? Well…" Matsuda thought deeply on it for a moment. After a few seconds of silence Matsuda met Dachi's eyes once more. "Now, well, I would say that we didn't have a relationship. I mean in the past, I had considered him a close friend. I had known Light for a long time; ever since I joined the Japanese Police Force and was assigned under his father, Soichiro Yagami."

Matsuda paused a moment more as he thought about what he should say. He didn't want to keep anything from Dachi, and felt wrong to do so. "I…well…I had, um, grown fond of Light over the years, and I guess I kind of developed a high-school like crush on him. Though, I don't have those feelings for him anymore. I guess…I feel slight pity…" Matsuda paused a second and inhaled deeply, "I mean, I know I shouldn't. I know we are doing the right thing by capturing him…its just; I don't know. I guess I've just known him so long that it's hard to detach all feelings. I guess that kinda makes me a bad person, huh? Feeling sympathy for the bad guy…" Matsuda trailed off, looking down at the ground unable to see the look in Dachi's eyes as he confessed the truth.

Dachi paused at his walking, they had just turned the corner of the sidewalk, now in a more desolate area on the other side of the hotel. Dachi gazed down at Matsuda as the young agent refused to look up at him, afraid to see his response. Without a single warning Matsuda's eyes widened as he heard quick shuffling as he felt Dachi's hand grip his chin and pull his face upward.

Dachi's once soft smile was gone and instead Matsuda saw a sad look on Dachi's face; as if there was slight regret or even fear in his eyes. "It's never a bad thing to care for someone, no matter how messed up they become. We just have to know when they can no longer be helped...And when we have to put our feelings aside and look at them with fresh eyes, perhaps seeing that we placed our emotions in the hands of the wrong person." Dachi tilted his head just slightly as he let out a regretful sigh and let his hand fall away from Matsuda's chin.

"I'm going to be blunt with you, Matsuda." Said Daichi as he took a step back and leaned against the building wall; still keeping eye contact with Matsuda. "I'm afraid over my years of solitude my manners have become dulled with my lack of social interaction. So, please, forgive me for my rudeness, but...Light's just trouble. He has a convincing story of how he was trying to escape the Death Note and Mikami , but frankly...I don't believe it."

"Matsu, I don't think you should be around Light. If he knows you ever had any type of emotions for him, he'll use it to his advantage. He may use you somehow to get the information he needs to get rid of me. So, I think it may be best if you just try to keep a wall up, if it becomes too much and I see that you're unable to control your emotions around him, I'll have to dismiss you from this case."

Matsuda's eyes slightly widened at the thought of being dismissed. He nodded his head toward Dachi, "Okay," He said sincerely, "I won't be around Light. I mean, he is a criminal, and he did a very good job at deceiving everyone. He could be misleading us again…we really can't trust him anymore." Matsuda sighed softly and removed a hand from one of his pockets to run it through his dark hair. "I don't want to be kicked from the case. That would be horrible!" He said and let out a small smile, slowly getting back into his usual mood. "And, don't worry about the question; it's in human nature to be curious." He said with a smile.

Dachi smiled softly toward Matsuda, glad the he decided to listen to what he had said. He removed himself from the wall as Matsuda walked over to him. "Can we still go for a walk, Dai?" Matsuda asked; his voice held hope that they would still continue on.

Dachi smiled at Matsuda, glad to have gotten that out of the way as he leaned forward and shuffled Matsuda's hair gently. "I would like that." He said playfully as he removed his hand from Matsuda's head.

Matsuda squinted his face as he straightened his hair and began to follow Dachi's steps as they continued to walk. "Let's get off the subject of the case. I just want to clear my mind." Said Dachi as Matsuda walked by the taller man's side. Matsuda nodded his head, taking in Dachi's appearance; his long, loose curls bouncing up and down as they walked.

"Do you have family Matsu?" Asked Daichi as he opened the bag and pulled out a small box that held his small dinner.

Matsuda's smile seemed to falter slightly, but less than a second later it appeared back on his face, "No…" He said as though it didn't bother him in the slightest.

Dachi's gaze turned slightly curious. He opened up the small box with his dinner in it and asked Matsuda, "No?" But as soon as he did his eyes widened slightly. Maybe he shouldn't have said anything. Matsuda, as he knew, was an emotional man. If he had no parents…or family for that matter, perhaps he shouldn't intrude. "Um…" Dachi put in quickly, "You don't have to say anything if you don't want to…" He added as a side note, not wanting Matsuda to be uncomfortable.

Matsuda just shook his head, "It's fine," He said. "My parents were the only family I knew. They had me and never got married; none of my other family thought that was right, so they basically cut the two off. I never had any brothers or sisters…" Matsuda paused a moment, "My dad, well, he wasn't the greatest; actually, there was nothing great about him. My mother was really all I had; she was always so good to me and we were extremely close. He didn't love me or her…I don't even know why he stuck around…maybe he thought making people's lives a miserable mess was amusing…" He said, as if recalling something. Matsuda shivered slightly, but it was not from the cold; fear perhaps?

"Well," Matsuda started once again, "To make a long story short he abused us. I never understood it. I guess some people are just messed up in the head. I always did my best in school, not for him though, no, for my mother and me. I didn't want to stay there forever and planned on leaving as soon as I could. And then, well," Matsuda sighed once more and kept his eyes closed on the memory, "When I was sixteen I guess he found out I had gotten a part time job along with going to school full time to save for a place of my own and he just completely snapped. He killed my mother in front of me; he almost got me too. If the neighbors hadn't heard the screams I bet I wouldn't be here right now. He heard the sirens and ran…they never did catch him…"

Matsuda opened his eyes once more, sadness etched into them. He breathed in deeply to compose himself and closed his eyes for another moment. He opened them before he continued to speak; the sadness wearing off slowly until it was gone. "I told the police I had someone to stay with and got a small apartment of my own. After that, I knew I wanted to become a police officer or detective to solve cases and prevent bad things from happening to good people. I put myself through college, and then joined the Japanese Police Force before then becoming part of the SPK."

Matsuda smiled at Dachi, "I just want to help people the best way I can and doing things like the Kira Case really does make a difference." He concluded his story.

Dachi looked at Matsuda in shock as he stopped in his tracks; amazed at the hard life Matsuda had gone through. "I'm sorry...I had no idea, Matsu. I would have never asked if-" Dachi was cut off as Matsuda stopped and turned so he was now in front of Dachi, hands raised and a worried look on his face.

"No! Don't worry about it!" Said Matsuda as he brought down his hands and smiled softly towards Dachi. "I don't mind talking about it. My life has turned out to be good even though I had to hit a few rough patches before getting to the point I'm at right now." Said Matsuda as he passed Dachi a comforting smile with his eyes closed.

Dachi was taken back at how well Matsuda seemed to be about the situation and he couldn't help but pass the young agent a soft smile of admiration. "You're stronger then you let on, Matsu." Said Dachi as Matsuda let out an embarrassed laugh as he scratched the back of the head.

"Well, I don't want anyone to be jealous of my amazing skills." Said Matsuda in a joking manner as Dachi shook his head and let out a small chuckle. "And what skills would that be?" Dachi asked as Matsuda brought his hand forward to the front of him and let his chin rest in his palm, rubbing his thumb on his jawline, thinking of his skills.

"I guess you caught me on that one." Said Matsuda as he smiled sheepishly. "I don't really have too many skills."

"Eh, you'd be amazed to find out what skills you possess when certain situations come up." Said Dachi as he smirked at his comment. "True, Like when your on a chase after a criminal?" Asked Matsuda, completely naive to Dachi's reference.

Dachi let out an amused laugh as he replied, "I guess that would work as well."

"Wait…what were you referring to then?" Matsuda asked, curious to know, "What kind of situation do you mean?"

Dachi let out another amused chuckle and closed his eyes as he shook his head softly, "It was nothing Matsu." He said as his eyes met Matsuda's questioning ones again.

"Aw! Please, Dai! Tell me what you mean! I wanna know what you were thinking about." Matsuda said with pleading eyes that were full of curiosity and a slight pout on his face.

Dai smirked, "Well then Matsu, I'll tell you this." Matsuda leaned in close to Dachi to hear him better as Dachi stopped his walking for a moment and turned to face Matsuda. "It's for me to know, and you to possibly find out. It'll be like a mini second case to work on, ne?" Dachi said and winked at Matsuda before returning to his full height and turning forward once more to start walking.

Matsuda's face lit up as he smiled at the idea. "Aww, but how can I challenge the detective skills of L? That's impossible. The way you figured out Light was in Tokyo amazed me! I would have never thought of that." Said Matsuda as he quickly rushed to Dachi's side like a small child would.

Daichi chuckled as he looked down at Matsuda and replied, "Don't worry, I think you can get to the bottom of this case." Daichi paused and then laughed a little harder thinking of what he had just said, interpreting it a different way.

"Was that another clue?" Asked Matsuda, trying to figure out the thought process of Dachi. The hazel eyed beauty smiled playfully at Matsuda and replied, "Perhaps."

Matsuda scratched his forehead in thought, wondering what Dachi could mean. Dachi looked over at Matsuda and chuckled lightly at his expression. Dachi ran a hand through Matsuda's hair, messing it up some, "You'll be able to figure it out Matsu; I know you will. Perhaps this case takes more patience than some others. Try to pick up on hints."

Matsuda opened his mouth to speak, but before he could, Dachi added to what he had said, "And no, Matsu. I won't tell you directly what those hints are."

Matsuda's mouth instantly closed and he returned to his small, pouting face, "Please Dai! Just one hint that would be really good! I won't bug you for anymore directly! Pretty please…" Matsuda begged Dachi; the small pout on his face along with large, beseeching eyes.

Dachi let out an amused chuckle as he shook his head and smiled in a cocky manner. "You think I am given hints at the beginning of a case? Perhaps, sometimes, yes. But most of the time you have to start with very little or even nothing."

"Just one? One little thing? Just so I know what direction I need to go?" Asked Matsuda as Dachi smiled at the thought and replied, "You're goal is to find out what my words mean underneath their true meaning, your wanting to understand my mind, correct?"

Matsuda nodded as Dachi continued, "Then you need to analyze me. You need to notice the things most people don't notice." Matsuda cocked his head in question as he asked, "I'm not quite sure I-"

"You have a tendency to put your emotions out more publicly then you think." Said Dachi as he stopped and looked at Matsuda, wanting him to understand what he was saying. "I noticed when I first met you that you were coy and in a sense innocent, yet still a grown man who obviously after what you have told me has been through a great ordeal. You love the thought of a chase, I saw your eyes flicker when I said we were going to take down Light. Though, now that I've analyzed you some more, I'd have to say the spark I saw was more for Light rather then the chase. You tend to bite your lips when thinking intently and blush terribly whenever you feel like you've made a fool of yourself in front of me. By looking at little things like these, I can begin to understand how you think and maybe what you feel like at certain times. It's basic profiling."

Matsuda was in shock at the things Dachi brought up. "So, here's my tip to you; A little question to ask yourself to start your profiling. Why would I notice this about you? My job? My hobby? You start there and see where you go."

Dachi gazed over at Matsuda once more, "See, you're blushing. You think that you've made a fool of yourself toward me and so you're blushing." Dachi said with a mischievous grin on his face.

Matsuda's eyes widened once more as his blush increased, turning his whole face a bright scarlet color. "I-I'm not blushing. It…its just cold." Matsuda said as he turned his face away form Dachi's and shoved his hands once more into his pockets. Matsuda heard Dachi let out a soft chuckle and his eyes softened, but the blush still remained on his face. Matsuda finished his thought from earlier, 'I'm just going to have to observe everything he does until I can find the answer,' he concluded.

***

Mikami sat in the desk chair, facing the large wall that was made out of plates of glass. The desk behind him and the death note laid open on the polished oak. Mikami leaned back in the chair, his head titled downward as his head was propped by his hand. His lips were in contact with his fist as his eyes scanned over the city.

Usually the city lights gave off a beautiful view, but to Mikami, all he could feel was worry; fear for God. The plan didn't go as God had mentioned. The man had no name, how was that possible.

"God won't be able to move in that man's presence, not unless he became lenient on him." Whispered Mikami as he glanced down at the cell phone in his lap and whispered, "I will wait for you, no matter how long it takes...And while I wait, I'll clean up the world."

***

"Join the team?!" Asked Aizawa as Dachi nodded his head and let out a frustrated sigh. "It's a choice we all need to make. And you also need to come to a conclusion if any of you believe or don't believe Light's story. It's credible, true, but at the same time...We're talking about the man that killed his own father to make his plans work."

"It is all of your choice to either let Light join the team or not. Light might still be Kira, or working with Kira…or something he is not telling us. But, if his story is true, then he might have a vital role in helping find Mikami Teru. There are pros and cons to both sides. Overall it is your choice." Dachi said as he gazed at the group.

Mogi, Aizawa and Ide all started to talk and debate amongst themselves quietly, thinking of any questions for anything and what would be best for everyone. Matsuda was sitting next to Dai, as usual, at the table. He kept his head down as he thought hard about the subject. All Matsuda wanted to do was stay away from Light and listen to what Dachi had told him, but working with Light would just make those things harder. Just the thought of having Light around him seemed to make him uncomfortable and uneasy. But what if Light was telling the truth? Matsuda sighed, torn in two, as he stayed unsure about the whole situation.

Sato walked over to the side where Dachi was kneeled at the table. Sato kneeled to his own knees as he leaned forward and whispered towards the older man, "Are you sure we should even be considering this?" Asked Sato as Dachi turned towards Sato and raised his index finger to his own lips, telling the boy not to question him at the moment.

"He has helped us before...And if he does fear Mikami as much as he says. Then he would put his whole heart into making sure he is caught." Said Ide as Aizawa countered, "But he could also be throwing Mikami under the bus in order to get his hands back on the death note."

The three were silent a moment before Mogi spoke, "Well, what if we let him on the team," Aizawa opened his mouth to oppose the statement, but Mogi gave him a slight glare before continuing what he was saying, "But we keep an eye on him no matter what he is doing or how he is acting. Someone has to watch over every move he makes to make sure he isn't doing something he isn't supposed to. So, he can work, just be on a very tight leash. If he helps us, then it was a good choice; but if he starts to act strange about things or anyone notices differences in his behavior then we can just lock him up again."

Ide and Aizawa looked at Mogi for a moment, and then each other, contemplating the idea in their head. Ide met Mogi's eyes once more and nodded his head, "I think that would be the best thing we could do." Aizawa was a little more reluctant, but also nodded his head in agreement, "Yeah, it would be for the best…" The three men turned so that they would be facing Dachi once more, ready to propose their idea to him.

Dachi nodded his head; understanding what they were proposing as he let out a small sigh and asked, "And the one to be responsible for Light?" Dachi watched all the men glance at each other before looking back over at Dachi.

Matsuda pondered over the thought, he would have taken the position, but knew that Dai would have refused at the thought. "If no one wants to, I'll keep my eyes on him." Said Sato as Dachi looked over at Sato in slight shock. He quickly regained his composer as he shook his head.

"I don't want to put you with him. He's extremely manipulative, if he is with Mikami, he's going to try to get more information on me. You would be the perfect victim. I won't put you in that situation." Dachi sighed as he brought his hand up to his head and rubbed his temple in a stressed manner.

"I suppose I'll take the responsibility. The thought of being around that murder 24/7..." Dai shook his head, not liking the idea but knew it had to be done. "He won't have a single moment of privacy as long as I'm around. I won't give him the chance to get in contact with Mikami if he is in fact still involved with him." Said Dachi as he narrowed his eyes at the thought of being stuck to the man at all times.

"Hey, it's just like before." Said Matsuda as he smiled up at Dachi. The orange haired beauty looked down at Matsuda in question. "What do you mean?" He asked as Matsuda raised his hand, using his finger in gesture motions.

"The original L didn't really trust Light either, so he ended up handcuffing himself to Light for a period of time." Said Matsuda as Dachi frowned at the thought.

"Yes, well, I suppose that would be a good idea. I mean, handcuffing yourself to someone makes sure that person cannot leave your sight and they can only get that small distance away from you. It would defiantly mean that you could keep an eye on them at all times…" Dachi said in thought.

Matsuda's eyes widened, "Are you going to handcuff yourself to Light just as L did?" he asked.

Dachi shivered in disgust, "No, I would never bind myself to the likes of him." He said. Suddenly Dachi's eyes brightened slightly as a mischievous smirk spread across his face, "I…" He said in thought, "Have a much better idea. One that will allow me to keep an eye on Light at all times without binding myself to him in anyway." Dachi chuckled at his thought, as the rest of the team, including Sato, was curious to what Dachi could mean.