chapter 8

disclaimer: I do not own death note


Vanilla sat on the couch in her apartment with her laptop open beside her and a piece of paper on her lap. She wasn't getting anywhere on the case but she had managed to find a way to contact L. She was going to ask to work with him to catch kira. Her laptop was loading a file that she had made so she could use a voice modifier and while that was loading she was designing a logo for 'Dragon'. She was basically copying L, a picture of her logo would be on the screen and she would speak with a robotic sounding voice, except she wouldn't be talking to him directly. Instead she was going to send a recorded message directly to his computer.

She finished the logo and recorded the message. She played it to make sure she didn't give away to much and then, with some difficulty, she hacked into L's computer and left the file, making sure it wouldn't be easy to track back to her. but still possible.

"Look out L. I may end up working with you but it's still a race to catch Kira, may the best detective win" She leaned back with her hands behind her head and smirked.

~*~ L

L was surprised to find a strange file titled 'Dragon' on his computer. "what's this?" he muttered, pressing his thumb to his lip.

"what is it? did you find something Ryuzaki?" Matsuda ran over to see what L had found. He gasped when he saw the file "It's dragon!" this got the attention of the rest of the task force.

"Dragon?" L looked away from the computer screen, he had never heard of dragon before.

"you haven't heard of dragon!?" Mutsuda was surprised. "He's the best detective in Japan! but he only ever solves crimes in the Tokyo area and no one has any clue who he is. He appeared about 17 years ago and has continued to solve crimes all the time since then. He used to leave papers on desks around the police station but 9 years ago we improved our security and he started hacking our computers to leave files like this one" Matsuda explained decidedly.

"but he seems to always know when we are having trouble on a case or when something is happening, it's almost scary"

"Dragon has never contacted us unless he has solved a case"

"does this mean Dragon knows who kira is?"

"maybe"

L opened the file. They were shocked to see that it wasn't like the other files Dragon left. The background was red and in the center was a black dragon wrapped around a yellowish-white flower. A robotic sounding voice came through the speakers, it sounded almost like multiple people were saying the same thing at the same time, some high pitched and others low and fuzzy.

"Hello L. I am dragon, I'm sure you've heard of me before but in the event that you haven't, I am a detective. I hide in the shadows and have always made sure that it was impossible to track me."

L leaned forward a bit and listened intently.

"I usually wouldn't contact someone this directly but this time I'll make an exception. I am not getting very far on this kira case, seeing as you, most likely unintentionally, have made it impossible to get information the way I usually do, through the Japanese task force."

"what!?"

"Although I still have ways I could get the information, I have decided to try something different. You see, I have always worked alone, but seventeen years is a long time to do the same thing so I'm offering to help you. Of course, you could completely ignore this if you want, if you don't want my help then I will continue to work alone, but the offer will still stand. If you do want my help or if you just want to contact me I'm sure you can track this message back to me."

~*~ Vanilla

Two days later as Vanilla was relaxing in her apartment she heard a strange sound from her computer. She sat it on her lap and put on her headphones. There was a pop-up in the middle of her screen. She clicked on it and her screen showed a black L on a white background. Vanilla smirked and turned on her voice modifier as a voice played through her headphones.

"Dragon, I have considered your offer and have decided that you may be able to help us. But, it is possible for someone to listen to our conversations this way"

"true, that is an easy feat for any hacker if you aren't careful"

"yes, it would be best to meet in person, but it could also be dangerous. I know nothing about you, you could be kira for all I know."

"though just saying it doesn't really prove anything to you, I can promise you that I am not kira nor will I try to attack you."

"Good. now as for meeting in person, how about at Heiwanotaki park at 9:00 am tomorrow."

"fine with me, there is a bench under some trees near the fountain, we can meet there"
"alright. I'll see you then, Dragon."

"I'll be looking forward to it, L"