AN I'm back! Although to be honest, I started writing this chapter immediately after finishing chapter one! Hehehehe! Anyways…. to the story!

Maou POV

"Uh, hi, Emi," I greeted Emelia as she entered my dorm.

"Satan! I wasn't going to ask because this doesn't seem like you, but I don't know of any other powerful demons in this world!" She growled, waving her arms dramatically, I cringe, whenever she calls me by that name it usually means trouble.

"What are you talking about?" I ask, as far as I know, I haven't done anything evil lately, I haven't even used my magic since the fight with Sariel!

"Kira is what I'm talking about!" She exclaims, she seems to be just holding back from yelling as she shoves a newspaper in my hands. "At first I thought I could ignore the similarities and evidence, but this is too much! Kira obviously has magic, he's probably aiming for world domination, and he lives in the same region of Japan as we do!" She scolds me, "I'll bet this college thing you've been talking about was just a lie to keep me from realizing what you were really up to."

"What! Are you trying to say that you think I'm Kira?" I ask her with wide eyes.

"I'm not saying I think you are, I'm saying I know you are demon overlord!" She shouts as she leans closer to me.

"I'm not! And I'm serious about getting a better job, I learned recently that I would likely get higher in rank in this world faster if I went through college instead of waiting to be promoted," I informed her.

She then proceeded to slap her forehead with her hand, "Do you really expect me to buy that?" She asks me, "The only way I'll believe you is if you show me who the real Kira is."

"How am I supposed to know that?" I ask her, but she just storms off, forgetting to close the door after she opens it.

She storms past some poor student, shoving the student to the side as she passes. He looks at me questioningly. I shrug in response.

"Hey, did you hear about that tennis match going on between Hideki and Light?" The boy asked in a friendly conversational tone.

"No, is it still going?" I ask, I hadn't known the my would-have-been roommate was good at tennis,, and wasn't Hideki some human movie star?

"Yeah! It's really cool, it might finish soon though, so you should hurry!" The boy told me.

"Okay, better go check it out before it's over then, see you around!" I responded before running off, if people were commenting about it, they must really be good.

I dash through the hallways and reach the tennis courts less than a minute after that boy having told me about the match. It was quite impressive, although I quickly realized this Hideki was most definitely not a TV star.

I suddenly see the boy from before running down the stairs to where the humans and I were watching the match, "Hey guys, I thought I'd heard the name Light Yagami before so I checked, and it turns out he was a tennis champion!" He exclaimed, he went on to say more but I ignored him, watching as Light's demeanor changed ever so slightly, something most humans wouldn't notice. It seemed like the boy had chosen to go for the win, I'd noticed before he seemed to be holding back slightly for some reason. I could see the figurative cogs turning in both of the humans heads, there was obviously something more to this match, but what? Suddenly, I watch as Light runs forward, hitting the ball so that it bounces underneath Hideki, winning Light the game.

"Light Yagami wins 6 to 4!" The judge announces loudly, causing many people to let out a chorus of cheers.

People have already started to leave, but I watch as Hideki and Light politely shake hands, Hideki is looking at Light with a calculative look on his face. They then started walking back towards the school building, I watch them for a second then run up to them.

"... expected, you beat me," Hideki was saying as I came into hearing range.

"Hey guys! Wait up!" I exclaimed, Light and Hideki turned to see me catch up, "You both were amazing!" I told them smiling.

"Thanks," Light said. "Wait, I don't think you and Hideki have been properly introduced!" He pointed out.

Hideki looked at me with his large panda-like eyes, "Hello, my name is Hideki Ryuga, but I'm also known as L."

"L? As in that super macho detective dude that's after Kira?" I ask, looking at him in shock, what kind of joke was this? I also knew he probably wasn't lying, he had no reason to.

Light also looked at Hid- no, L in shock, "Why would you tell him that?" he asked after a moment.

L gave a small but cute smile, "Because I think he could help us in the Kira case," He explained, but I think it was pretty clear that there was some other unmentioned reason.

"Anyways, Hideki, want to go somewhere with me for a drink?" Light asked, "I have a few questions I'd like to ask you."

"Sure, it's the least I can do after you humored me with the tennis match," L said in his monotone voice, "Maou, you should come along too," he added.

I blink, "Uh, sure, sounds like it'll be fun!" I say, putting on a fake smile, in all honesty L creeped me out a bit.

"Before we get any further, there is something I would like to tell both of you," L told us, looking first at Light, then me. "You both are my prime suspects on the identity of Kira," He said.

I froze, Light did as well a moment later.

"You think I'm Kira too!" I exclaim angrily before I think too much.

L looks at me with a raised eyebrow, "Are you implying that someone else thinks you're Kira?" he asked.

I look down at my feet, now a bit embarrassed, "Uh, yeah… a girl I know named Emelia, she's sorta like my nemesis, so she'd obviously try to make me out to be some sort of justice-driven wannabe god like Kira," I defended myself.

Light interrupted, "You think I'm Kira?" He asked, stressing the I in the sentence.

L refocused on him, "Yes, although we haven't made much progress so when I say you're a prime suspect it means there is a 2% chance of you being Kira, there is a 4% chance that Maou is Kira," he told Light.

"Hmph," I say, "Why would you let people you suspect of being Kira to help you in the investigation?" I ask.

"Well, if one of you is indeed Kira, there isn't much you could do to sabotage the investigation without getting noticed, and it's extremely unlikely that you are both Kira," L explained plainly, "Therefore it is more beneficial to ask you both to help on the investigation."

"Oh," I look at him, "That makes sense,"

I hadn't noticed the specific time when we started moving, but at some point we had started walking in the direction of a cafe-like place I'd never been to before. Now we were stopped at the front doors, "Well, here we are," Light exclaimed in his odd tone. I sorta felt bad for the guy, I mean, other than being smart, what had he done to warrant L to think he was Kira? Light opened the door, letting L and I pass through before following us in.

The bell jingled as the door closed, and I looked at a flat-faced employee, "You can sit wherever you like! A waiter will get your orders in a moment!" He said loudly, he obviously hadn't ever worked at a MgRonalds, as he couldn't fake enthusiasm to save his life (Luckily for him, I wasn't in a bad mood today…).

L led me and Light to a closed off table, and we all sat down. "Sadao," L started, I wonder when we got on a first-name basis, actually, I don't remember telling him my name at all! "... to explain?" L finished saying something, "Sadao," he repeated in monotone, leaning forward slightly and waving a hand almost robotically in front of my face.

"Hu-what?" I ask, confusion written across my face.

L leaned backwards again, reaching up as if to change the position of something, only to realize it wasn't there. A second later, L had expertfully taken out and unwrapped a lollipop before ceremoniously sticking it in his mouth, "I asked about that girl, Emelia was it, who thought you were Kira," he repeated, his voice slightly distorted by the lollipop.

"Oh, Emi?" I asked.

"Yes."

"Well, she has a bit of a temper I suppose, and we've always been something like enemies, although I think she hates me more than I hate her. Uhm…" I trail off, trying to think of something to say that wouldn't link to Ente Isla. "Yeah, that's pretty much it I suppose."

"When and why did you become enemies?" L asked curiously, my eyes widened.

"Uh, see, that's a long story that I really don't feel like telling," I told him.

Light checked his watch, "I don't have anything I need to be doing, do you Hideki?" He asked.

"No. Would you please tell this story Sadao?" L asked.

"I'd rather not," I told him.

"Why not?" L asked.

"That's another thing I'd like to avoid sharing," At this point, I decide that it's probably best to just stick to 'I don't want to tell you'

"Hm, as I still am unaware if this past would increase or decrease your motivation as Kira, I am going to be increasing your chance of being Kira from 4% to 4.3%," L informed me.

"What! Just because I'm not comfortable telling my past you think I'm more likely to be Kira!" I exclaimed.

"Hm, I suppose this conversation is going nowhere, so I will begin a test of each of you's deductive reasoning," L decided, he then handed us each a piece of paper, "Kira has been leaving death messages with some of his victims, decode the message and write down your thoughts on each pad."

I noticed a pen in front of me as well and grabbed it. After Light had grabbed a pen as well, L pulled out three pictures of what appeared to be messages in the victim's blood. Almost immediately after seeing them, Light wrote something down. Looking closer, I noticed something, if they were ordered differently, the top line of each would spell out 'L do you know gods of death love apples.' I quickly write this down. Observing the numberings, I remember something L said, or more precisely, he didn't say. He hadn't said there were only three messages. I look down at my pad and write 'Is there a fourth message?'. Then I hand my pad to L as Light had done.

"Curious, while Sadao took longer than you did Light, he came to both of the right conclusions," L told Light, Light's jaw almost dropped, sadly it seemed like he had more self control than that.

"What do you mean L?" Light asked.

"Both of you noticed the message on the notes, however, only Sadao speculated on the existence of a fourth note," L stated, pulling out another message, "You arrange it in this order, with the final message, and it reads 'L, do you know god of death who love apples have red hands,' he told Light.

"But seeing as I had only three notes to work with, my deduction was perfect," Light told him, I was leaning backwards and had an honestly satisfied smirk on my face.

"No, Sadao noticed that when I mentioned notes earlier, I did not specify there were three, which suggests that there could be many more," L told Light.

AN And that's the end of chapter 2! Thank you for reading, and a special thanks to:

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