Disclaimer: I own nothing. Even my clothes are stolen.

Light: ... -sigh- Great, so now I'm being controlled by a thief...

"So, you are planning to kill this fanfiction writer?" Rem asked, somewhat startled by Light's proposition. "How are you going to go about finding her name and face?"

Light smirked. Now that the suspicion against Misa is clearing up, I think it's time to put my original plan into action.

"Misa, I want you to dig something up at the location I tell you…" Light whispered to her.

Misa looked slightly confused. The look in Light's eyes silently told her to keep a blank face. I wonder what Light is talking about? He makes it sound so important… It's like he's telling me a big secret. How exciting!

I don't expect her to understand this right now, Light mused. But after she digs up the Death Note, she'll remember everything. I'll just have to tell her about the changes I've made to the plan. Of course, I still want to kill L, too. It would be ideal if I could manage to use Misa to kill both L and Cannibal. But it probably won't work out that way…

Light stared at the computer screen idly, his head propped up by his hand. A yawn issued from his vocals, causing L to glance over in his direction for a moment.

"Reading fanfics again, Light?" L commented, taking a sip of sugary coffee. It was rather late, and the rest of the investigation team had gone to sleep. Actually, it's kind of odd for Light to stay up this late researching. I think yesterday's incident really scared him… "What is more important to you, Light? Catching Kira, or catching this fanfic writer?"

"I'm trying to catch both," Light replied, still looking at the screen. Why do L and I always manage to end up in the same room with no one else around? It's probably Cannibal's doing… "But right now, I don't think we are going to be able to concentrate on the Kira case until we are fully in control of ourselves. We have to catch her first."

"I'm not sure of that," L said. "It might be possible to use her in order to solve the Kira case. Besides, she doesn't control us all the time."

"We can't trust her," Light stated. "How do you know she's not on Kira's side?"

"I don't," L replied, taking another sip of coffee. Well, there is actually a high possibility that she supports Kira. If Light were Kira, then he would probably realize this and try to use her to his advantage. Is this just a cover? Or does Light really see her as a threat to Kira? "But what could we really do to her if we caught her? I think it's best to find a way to make this situation work to our advantage instead."

He has a good point, Light thought, frowning. But I can't let her control me. After yesterday's incident, I don't trust that she knows what she's doing. Whoever this 'Cannibal' person is, she's too young and reckless for my liking. Next time, I might not be so lucky. If she gets too carried away, she might end up accidentally exposing me as Kira.

"What are you afraid of, Light?" L asked softly, looking over Light's shoulder at the screen. "This girl seems rather harmless. So far, all she seems to be interested in is a little male on male action between us. Outside of occasional minor distractions, she hasn't prevented us from working on the Kira case." Granted, our dignity may have been hurt a little, but… I'm willing to sacrifice a little pride if there is a possibility of finding the evidence to expose Light as Kira.

You have no idea what she's done to Kira, L. Or maybe you do, Light mused before saying, "You seem to trust her more than you trust me."

"Yes," L admitted, taking a long sip of coffee. "I do."

"Damn it, Ryuzki, when are you going to stop thinking that I'm Kira?" Light breathed somewhat angrily. L realizes that Cannibal might mess up and expose me as Kira. All he has to do is sit back and wait for that to happen. Which is why I have to get rid of her as soon as possible.

L put his thumb to his lips, thinking. "Okay, I admit it. I want you to be Kira. I won't really be satisfied unless I'm right."

Light glared at L for a moment. Before he could think about what he was doing, he had punched L in the face hard enough to knock him off of his chair.

"A natural enough reaction," L mumbled, massaging his face. He even managed to draw blood… After L had gotten over the shock, he retaliated with a well-aimed kick in the direction of Light's face.

It didn't take long for the battle to escalate into an all-out brawl. Light had L pinned to the ground, aiming a punch at his face. Suddenly, he felt the familiar lustful feeling that was not his own rush through his body.

"What's wrong, Light?" L smiled.

Light sighed and stood up, running his fingers through his hair. That's odd. She was only controlling me for a few seconds… "This is pointless. We need to work together if we want to catch her or Kira. We can't be fighting all the time. And we can't be kissing all the time, either."

"Perhaps we could get her to sign a truce," L suggested.

"A truce? That's not like you, Ryuzaki," Light said, disappointed. L thinks that Cannibal is on his side, and he's trying to use her to catch me. Actually, it might be easier to let him think that she's on his side. What am I thinking? If I let Cannibal go on controlling us, who knows what might happen? I can't take my chances. She claims to be on my side, but after all she's done…

"Yes, you're probably right. She probably wouldn't agree to such a thing," L sighed. "We couldn't exactly force her to follow it, either. But if she is really a fan, then she might agree to it. We won't know unless we try."

"I suppose it's worth a try," Light mumbled, writing an e-mail.

Cannibal,
Ryuzaki and I were wondering if you would be willing to sign a truce for a bit. If you leave us alone until we catch Kira, then we will let you control us all you want…

The reply came before he had even finished typing.

Light and Ryuzaki,
Sorry, I can't stop writing; my fans would be angry.

"Any other great ideas, Ryuzaki?" Light asked, sarcasm dripping from his voice.

"Not particularly," L replied, sighing and stirring a few more sugar cubes into his coffee. I still don't trust her completely, but I think that she could help me to expose Light as Kira.

"I can't remember his name," Misa admitted, seemingly on the verge of tears.

"It's okay, Misa," Light assured her. He pointed to the computer screen. "Actually, there is someone else that I'm even more interested in finding right now. I've managed to hack into the system and found a picture of this person on facebook."

"Well, the name here is an alias," Misa said, squinting at the picture.

"Yeah, I found that out when I wrote it in the Death Note," Light said.

"Why do you want to kill this person, anyway?" Misa asked. "She's just a harmless college student."

"Just tell me the name that you see," Light demanded sharply.

"Well…" Misa seemed to be stalling. What language is this? My English isn't that good. But half of these letter combinations aren't English or Japanese…

"What's wrong?" Light asked.

"It's a foreign name... I'm having a hard time reading it," Misa admitted. "It's like, ka-su…" She started to write this down in the Death Note. Ryuk gave a small chuckle as he watched over her shoulder.

"No, wait," Misa interrupted herself, scribbling out what she had written. "It's kya-sa-ri-n… Or maybe it's not…" She wrote this down, then paused. "The last name is the part I can't read… It's not English. German, maybe…."

She tried writing it down, misspelling it at least five times and never getting it quite right. All the while, Ryuk was laughing uncontrollably.

"Can't you just write down exactly what you see?" Light asked, somewhat frustrated with Misa's stupidity. Ryuk is laughing just like he did when I tried to kill that woman with the alias. Does he know something that I don't know? Or is he just laughing at Misa?

"It would probably take me too long to write it that way," Misa tried the best she could to copy the strange foreign letters into the Death Note. She managed to write it within thirty seconds. "There! That's exactly what I see. She should die in forty seconds."

"I love you, Misa," Light looked down at his watch and smiled evilly. This is the longest forty seconds of my life. I can't believe it was this easy. It was almost too easy, actually…

When the last second had gone by, he instinctively looked up at the computer screen. His heart sank.

Before his eyes, an e-mail had popped up from the infamous fanfiction writer.

Light,
Whew, that was a close call… So, I guess Ryuk didn't tell you about that particular rule. If you accidentally misspell a person's name four times, the Death Note can no longer kill them!

"What's wrong, Light?" Misa asked frantically. Light looked as if he had had a heart attack. His eyes were widened in horror. To Misa's relief, his heart was still beating, but at a very rapid pace.

"She got me," Light stated once he had calmed down a bit. He glared at Ryuk with his Kira-eyes. "Why didn't you tell me this, Ryuk?"

"I didn't know about it," Ryuk confessed, still laughing. "We shinigami have no reason to misspell a human's name."

"Shinigami are useless," Light mumbled. He glanced at Rem, who gave him an I-didn't-know-either look. Light closed his eyes and sighed, trying to calm down.

So, I've just made one of my biggest potential enemies virtually death-proof, Light mused. Well, I guess now I have no choice but to do what L is doing, and hope that she's on my side. I didn't want to resort to trusting her, but now I don't have any other choice. While he was thinking this, another e-mail had popped up.

Light,
Don't worry. This will be fun. You'll see.

Of course, this only succeeded in making Light angry. He had managed to calm down a little, but this sent new waves of rage through his body. His eyes seemed to flicker red, and a short burst of evil laughter escaped his vocals. Fun? I wanted to become a god, but now I'm just a puppet. Now she is the god of this world, and there's no way for me to stop her...

"It's okay, Light," Misa desperately tried to comfort Light, who looked as if he were on the verge of insanity. She hugged him and whispered in his ear, but he did not seem to notice her. What's wrong with him? I've never seen Light this stressed out before. He's scaring me…

"Well then. If that is the case, there's nothing more that I can do," Light said suddenly. He sighed deeply and ran both of his hands through his hair at the same time. "Now I have no choice but to trust her."

Misa had no idea what he was talking about, but was glad to see that her love had seemed to regain his wits.

"I will become the god of this world," Light said, smiling sinisterly. "And this writer is going to help me achieve that!"

"Oh, Light!" Misa sighed happily, hugging him again and resting her head on his chest. She looked up at him and asked, "So, um, who is this person that you keep referring to?"