Author note

OMG I am SSOOOO sorry I took so long to update! D : Can you all ever forgive me?

Serenity: No

Me: Shut up! o-0

Anyway I apologize for my delay and the length of this chapter but chap 12 should be up within the week depending on school work and volleyball. But I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and thanks for your support. I'm sorry if this chapter skips some details but it was already long enough and I kind of wanted to get to the point of the story. Hope it doesn't suck.

I do not own Death Note, I only own Serenity, Richard, and the other random people that pop up!

Hope you like it : )

The week that followed Light's confinement dragged by in an uneventful blur. No criminals died after Kira's confinement, but Serenity suspected nothing less. But the angel also expected that this entire charade by Light. Something wasn't right with this whole ordeal, Serenity could feel it, the boy still resonated evil and she still felt the shinigami's presence. Light continued to act like he was mortified by the fact that he "could be" Kira but the next day flipped the investigation upside-down. Serenity was effected the most by Lights new behavior, it confused her more than any of the others. When Light had said "get rid of it" she had felt Ryuk's presence disappear and the evil within Light turn into a confused and frightened innocence. This doesn't make any sense, its like he's been brainwashed or something. Like when the shinigami left so did his memory of being Kira, now he's not even evil at all. Maybe getting rid of the shinigami and death note gets rid of the memory of it. That must be it, it's the only explanation! Serenity realized with a slight feeling of victory. Wait if that's the case then Light is now innocent and Kira could quite possibly never be brought to justice. No, Light doesn't seem to be the person to let go of that kind of power without a plan to get it back. Which means that there's a high possibility that he would put someone in his, well Kira's place temporarily until he regained the death note. That little genius of a scum bag, I should have figured that out sooner! Oh you're clever Light, but not clever enough. Even though Serenity figured it out, as the days passed she continued to think about how useless her information was. It was a rule from the divine not to interfere further with the affairs of the living then being their to protect your human unless they discovered what you were and asked for it. Serenity was already treading on thin ice by helping out with the investigation in the first place, if she divulged what she knew not only would no one believe her, but she didn't know the consequences of doing so and she wasn't eager to find out what they were.

More than a month passed and the remaining team members weren't making any progress with their two now clueless captives and Soichiro continued to refuse leaving without his son. And adding to the stress was the fact that Kira began killing again when both Light and Misa had no access to their death notes, the case was getting more and more complicated. Patience was waning thin and tensions were high. Serenity and L were still uncomfortable near each other, but Serenity no longer went out of her way to avoid him. Finally, Serenity came up with a plan to solve the Task Force's little dilemma.

"I think I have a solution to our little problem." The angel stated from her spot leaning against the wall.

"Oh yeah and how do you plan on fixing our "little" problem? We need the chief, Light's innocent, and Misa Amane is completely clueless. The only problem is Ryuzaki's inability to see all that!" Aizawa retorted angrily at the only woman on the Task Force.

"Calm down Aizawa, lets just hear her out." Matsuda reasoned, not wanting yet another fight to start between the two detectives.

"Thanks Matsuda. I have an idea to settle once in for all if Light or Misa is Kira," Serenity paused. This is stupid, I already know that Light is… no scratch that, he was Kira and Misa was the second Kira. But we could use the new oblivious and innocent Light to help us find the knew Kira. Misa will continue to be useless and Soichiro will return to the force. This plan could work, it's a little sadistic for me and it feels… wrong. But this has to be done. She took a deep breath before she continued. "We all know that Mr. Yagami would probably kill his son and then himself if Light was convicted as Kira right?" This was met with shocked and angry stares for her even bringing that touchy subject up. Seeing and feeling the hostility practically flowing off the angry Aizawa Serenity stepped quickly to her own defense. She held her hands up in a sign of peace. "Just hear me out. I'm was thinking, what if we put our two suspects in a position where it would be that they would have to kill Soichiro to live them selves. If they have this killing power then don't you think at least Misa wouldn't hesitate to kill anyone if Light was in danger. I mean she is obviously deeply and almost unnaturally in love with the boy so if he were to be threatened…"

"What the Hell are you getting at Serenity?" Aizawa snapped, balling his fists in anger.

"Well if you would stop interrupting and let me finish!" She growled back. She let out a deep breath to compose herself. "Anyway, what I'm saying is that we need to devise a fool proof plan the would either expose our captives as Kira, or prove that they're not." There was a heavy silence that followed her words.

"I agree, and I think I have a plan in mind." L finally spoke up, for the first time turning from the monitor in front of him to face the three other detectives in the room.

"You to Ryuzaki? How is her little "plan" supposed to help?" Aizawa growled as he absently jabbed a finger in Serenity's direction.

"She's right. Mr. Yagami could easily be the one to help out our current situation. I have an idea that may prove useful. We could have Mr. Yagami take Amane and Light to their "execution" for being Kira and the second Kira. He would do this under the pretenses that I was convinced of their identities and that the governments had agreed to this arrangement. From their he could take it upon himself to kill his son, from what he's already told me that's not to farfetched. A possible threat to Light's life would lead Amane or possibly Light to kill Mr. Yagami without question if they are Kira and the second Kira. Amane wouldn't hesitate because of her deep devotion to Light, and Light wouldn't hesitate because if he is Kira, Kira would not even need a second thought to save himself which was proven when the FBI agents were killed." Matsuda stared at him dumbfounded and Aizawa just continued to glare daggers at both of the mysterious Wammy detectives.

"But the chief… what if he doesn't agree to do this? He has already suffered enough stress and worry, pretending to threaten his son's life could throw him over the edge!" Matsuda exclaimed, looking between his three team members with a pleading look on his face. "I couldn't do that to the chief, I just couldn't." Matsuda hung his head in shame. He couldn't bring himself to support anything that could possibly hurt Soichiro, the old man had been like a father to him ever since he had joined the NPA and possibly hurting his mentor just felt wrong. A comforting hand found his shoulder.

"I don't like doing this to the chief any more than you do. But it's the only way to find out what really is going on in this whole Kira situation. We're doing this to help everybody, and it will help the chief to." Serenity not only directed her comforting words at Matsuda, but slightly at L and Aizawa as well. The chief was important in a different way to all of them. Aizawa seemed to finally understand what needed to be done.

"Ryuzaki, you should tell the chief of your plan so we can all be rid of this damn stress." he said, his tone calmer.

"Yes Mr. Aizawa I suppose I should. Thank you for understanding." L replied as he proceeded to speak into the microphone connected to Soichiro's cell. And just like that another plan was set into motion.

Serenity watched the monitor displaying the inside of Soichiro's car. As much as she thought this plan could help she didn't like one major detail, the gun. The mere thought of the pistol in Soichiro's pocket made her uncomfortable and nervous, blank bullet or not it was a gun. She supposed the only reason that she harbored such unreasonable fear was because she had died at gun point. She shivered slightly as she remembered the sound and mostly she remembered the pain, that searing and excruciating pain that she felt when the bullet met her heart. Oh yes Serenity Karther hated guns, she despised their very existence. She pitied the two teens, she hadn't had time to fear her fate before the trigger was pulled, but these kids could die of fright once they saw a gun pointed at Light's head whether they were murderers or not Serenity pitied them. She was jarred from her thoughts by the resounding bang that came from Soichiro's gun as he pulled the trigger. Serenity let out a startled yelp as she jumped back, memories of the pain flooding back to her. She knew the bullet was a blank so her initial shock soon passed and she composed herself, Matsuda just gave her an odd look but didn't question his team member.

When Light and Misa arrived they seemed relatively at ease, like the events that had happened in the car with Mr. Yagami had never happened. With their memories wiped they seemed to have regained the naivety and innocence of youth.

"Are you sure this is necessarily Ryuzaki?" Light asked as he held up the wrist that was cuffed to a chain attached to the great detective.

"This is as difficult for me as it is for you." L replied.

"So is this what you meant when you said you would be together twenty-four hours a day with him? Looking at you I would never have guessed. Are you on that side of the fence Ryuzaki?" Misa asked slyly.

"Like I told you I'm not doing this because I want to."

"Yeah suure…"

"Oh shut up you, you're lucky we don't chain you to the wall." Serenity snapped as she began to get more and more annoyed with the petite blond.

"She's right actually, at first I considered chaining you to Saga for safety. But luckily for you I decided against it." L added seriously.

"Wait, What?" Serenity gave L a dangerous look, he took the hint.

"Well I wasn't sure if Amane could be trusted so I thought it would be a good idea to keep her under surveillance at all times and since you are the only woman here it seemed to be the best idea." He explained without a single hint of emotion.

"What?" She asked again with more emphasis. She glanced at Misa briefly. If I wasn't dead, I think I would be talked and annoyed to death if I had to be chained to little Miss Obsessive over their. How dare L even think of torturing me like that! I mean he watched the surveillance cameras, he knows how annoying that little killer is. Serenity thought with a hint of angered annoyance. He knows how much I'm not a people person.

"Yeah he actually went over that plan with me." L shot Matsuda a glare that kill for divulging their little secret meeting. I should have never trusted that idiot with a plan. L thought as he prepared himself for the inevitable beating that would come with Serenity's rage.

"RYUZAKI!" Serenity screamed as she tried to prevent herself from leaping over the coffee table at her childhood friend. But the fact that she had preformed the touch meant that she couldn't harm him and even if she could she would be the one feeling the pain.

"Saga I…" Serenity halted L's attempt at apology by holding her hand in front of her, daring for him to continue past her stop sign.

"Ha see keeping Light from me made your girlfriend angry. See what happens when you keep us apart." Misa stated enthusiastically as she attached herself to Light's arm with a triumphant expression on her face. Serenity's eye twitched at the comment and she shot a glare in Misa's direction accompanied with an angry hiss.

"Light please make Misa stop talking now." L begged.

As the atmosphere cooled the conversation drifted to more pressing and less dangerous subjects and was completely calmed when Aizawa forcibly shoved Misa out of the room to the relief of everyone in it. When Light asked if they could find a better base strategy then skipping from hotel to hotel Serenity for the first time agreed with him. She hated Light for the deeds he had done even though angels were taught not to hate she couldn't help it, but Light was or at least had been evil and it was in an angels nature to hate evil. Serenity hated Light, but now that he had apparently been mind-wiped she was just confused, she nearly missed the presence of his shinigami which came as a shock because she hated the damn death gods presence. As it turned out L had had a headquarters being built all along for the exact purpose of staying in one place. The building was quite big and impressive to say the least.

When the building was finished everyone began to settle in to their new advanced base of operations. Serenity had adjusted quite nicely to the new living arrangements. Her car was parked in the underground garage and she had commandeered nearly half a floor of the building despite L's requests that she only have one room instead of half a floor which she guarded territorially, something Matsuda learned the hard way. Serenity had also covered the cameras in her room, telling L that she was a woman that deserved privacy or he would face her wrath, which remembering her temper at others in their childhood he didn't protest. The reason she wanted privacy in her room was the fact that not only were her poor wings getting sore, she wanted to eventually be able to do some "stealthy observation".

She, Matsuda, and Soichiro were watching the surveillance cameras in Misa's room so they could observe her and Light's date, plus L. Watching the cameras unnerved Serenity, she had rarely seen L depressed, no scratch that, she had never seen L depressed and it made her concerned. When she saw Light throw the first punch her protective instincts took over as she shared L's pain. Damn that kid can throw a punch. Serenity thought as she saw L fall back followed by Light as the chain dragged him down after. Ha you dumb ass did you forget that you two were chained together?

"I'm gonna go break em' up before the fight gets any worse." She said standing up from her seat on the swivel chair.

"How do you know that they're gonna fight? Light only punched him we don't know how L will react." Matsuda said.

"Trust me L's never one to take a hit without hitting back." I should know, I taught him to always fight back. "He follows the old saying "an eye for an eye" very closely." And with that she dashed out of the room to play peacemaker just as L dropped down and kicked Light in the face. The fight had officially begun. Serenity dashed to the elevator and quickly punched in Misa's floor number. She tapped her foot in impatience as the elevator made its way to the destination floor. When the elevator stopped and its doors opened Serenity darted out to find the living room of Misa's floor. She yanked the door open to reveal L getting ready to spin around for a expert kick and Light was pulling back for a punch. Men. Serenity thought, rolling her eyes. She quickly dropped low to the ground, swinging her leg to block L's kick as she launched her hand at Light's fist, griping it tightly. She maintained her balance perfectly, years of practicing capoeria really paid off. Both of them gave her surprised looks, L let the smallest of smirks flit across his lips.

"I see you've been practicing." L praised in a monotone. She replied with a wink before returning her attention to why she was here.

"Okay boys now I know that you both are a little testy but no need to duke it out alright. Now I'm going to release you two and if either of you makes a move to throw another hit I will fight you myself. And trust me that is not a fight you want, do I make myself clear?" The two young men nodded and Serenity removed her leg from its blocking position and released Light's fist. "See isn't it better to be civil. Now both of you are gonna be bruised." She looked both of them over, eyes lingering a bit longer and L. "Get some ice, you both look like Hell." She finished before walking out of the room. L and Light exchanged surprised glances and returned their composure.

"I think its safe to say that this date is over." L said as he straightened up a bit and began dragging Light towards the door. He felt his swollen eye gently, feeling the slight throb of pain and the now delicate soft skin. "And we do need some ice." He added. L and Light were both fortunate that they healed considerably fast, it only took a week for their various bruises to fade away.

No hostility remained as the days passed and everyone was almost relived when Light discovered the Yotsuba groups rise in stocks. It was not hard to see that many leaders of competitor companies were dieing, they had found were the new Kira was conected. The only problem was how to find him in person.

Matsuda was ecstatic to share the news with the chief, but Soichiro had his own news to share and it wasn't good.

"Mogi and I have already made up our minds on this. Aizawa, Matsuda, Saga, if you wish to continue working this case you will have to quit the NPA." Chief Yagami said gruffly. How could the police cave? Unbelievable that they would risk the freedom of the world because of a threat, but I guess it's the only way to prevent unnecessary death, even if I do hate cowerdice. Serenity thought bitterly, she didn't even need to consider the decision. The only reason she joined the NPA in the first place was so that she would eventually be on the Kira case, which she now was. The current employment in the police force was now unnecessary. Matsuda also agreed to quit with eagerness but Aizawa couldn't. He seemed to be on the fence for the decision between what he wanted to do to catch Kira and what he had to do to support his family. Why isn't L saying anything? If he had enough money to build this skyscraper I'm sure he has enough to support us on a pay roll, he's bound to have a fortune. Maybe he's testing how strong we're all devoted to this case? But what do I know? I'm only the fourth best detective in the world… well was since I'm technically dead. Crap why does that little fact always have to come up? Serenity's little loyalty guess turned out to be right which caused Aizawa to be infuriated that he had to go through the stress of the decision and he quit the Task Force then and there, reducing the number of members yet again.

When L introduced Aiber and Weddy into the group the team was anything but trust worthy. Naturally Serenity didn't like the conman and thief because crimes were obviously frowned upon to angels. But being who she was Serenity was willing give second chances to most and possibly for the two criminals. Helping to catch Kira would be a way to redeem themselves in the eyes of the divine. Serenity soon let her hostility drop and actually began to appreciate the presence of the criminals, it was nice to finally have another woman on the team. She was thoroughly examining pictures of the Yotsuba Group's members, committing all their faces to her photographic memory. Watari's voice broke her concentration.

"Ryuzaki."

"Yes what is it?" L asked.

"Detective Eraldo Coil has just received a request to investigate the identity of L." Serenity's eye gave an involuntary twitch at the other detectives name.

"Hey isn't Coil supposed to be the second greatest detective in the world after L? Who on earth would send such a request?" Soichiro asked. Serenity let out a huff of annoyance, she really didn't like Coil. When she had left Wammys she had been the worlds second best detective, but then Coil sowed up and she fell behind. She wasn't jealous, she only took cases when she thought they were important or when they were heartfelt, Coil took any case for the right amount of money, and also she didn't like getting kicked out of a place she held for more than a two and a half years.

"He's not so great." Serenity muttered under her breath. Watari continued by telling who sot out Coil's services.

"We had enough on our plate for this case as it was but now we have to deal with Coil as well." Soichiro said angrily, the case was strange enough and added complications would just make everyone more stressed.

"It's quite alright, the detective known as Eraldo Coil is me." L said through a mouthful of cake. The statement was met with shocked gasps from the rest of the Task Force, Serenity just stared at him openmouthed and dumbfounded. L is Coil? Oh wait that kind of figures that L would be two of the people that surpass me as detectives. Impressive L… impressive. Serenity thought as she recovered from the reveal. L continued shortly after letting his team have a moment to process the information. "It's quite simple really, three of the greatest detectives in the world: L, Coil, and Denauve are all actually me. It's my experience that people try to find out me identity using this method." L said picking the strawberry off the top of his cake and turning to face the three detectives behind him. "I'll give you this strawberry if you keep it a secret." He said in an secretive tone as he dropped the small red fruit into Mogi's outstretched hand.

"Damn L you never cease to amaze me." Serenity commented while shaking her head. "All this time I thought I was competing against two very different people to regain my spot at second in the detective chain, and it was you all along. No wonder I could never get past Coil and Denauve, It's because I could never surpass you." She finished with a light hearted chuckle. "But I guess I can settle for fourth best." She smiled. L returned the gesture slightly before returning to explaining the plan to expose Kira within Yotsuba until he was disrupted by Watari's urgent voice.

"Ryuzaki, I've just received a distress signal from Matsuda's belt."

"Ah. Where is he?" L asked. What did that idiot get himself into?

"It seems to be coming from the head office of the Yotsuba group."

"Oh God, Matsuda you dumb ass." Serenity growled under her breath. That idiot is going to blow our cover! Serenity had to try hard to restrain herself from laughing when L called Matsuda to find out if he was in trouble by using one of his many voice disguises. He had always had a talent at voice imitations when they were kids, some things never changed. After a while of watching Matsuda nearly blow his cover, Serenity finally spoke.

"So what are we gonna do to save Matsuda?" She asked calmly though her patience was wearing thin. She was not going to allow a friend of hers to die just because L wanted to assess the situation first, every moment wasted he was in more danger. L saw the pleading and fearful look in Serenity's eyes and it put a grip on his heart. He was momentarily distracted by Light's phone but the distraction gave him the time he needed to formulate a plan. After the teen hung up L griped his sleeve.

"Light there is a chance that we can save Matsuda," He said glancing at Serenity. "but we'll need Misa's help… and she'll listen to you won't she." Serenity shot him another quick look. "I'll explain my plan to Matsuda over the phone, that way we'll know if he's still alive and we might be able to save him. She listened in silence as L started to tell his plan to Matsuda.

"We're going to fake your death, that way they won't feel the need to try and kill you." Serenity listened with interest as L explained his plan. It was simple yet brilliant, Matsuda would pretend to be drunk and fall off the balcony. Of course he would land softly and be hidden while Aiber faked being a dead Matsuda and they would drive away in an ambulance with Aiber and Matsuda would be safe and everything would be alright. Serenity was impressed with L's plan and the second he mentioned that they needed an ambulance her brain hatched an idea. She let him finish his explanation then asked her question.

"Ryuzaki, if you don't mind I'd like to drive the ambulance to rescue Matsuda. I assure you that no one could get you there faster then me." L pondered the idea for a moment before responding.

"I don't see why not."

"Awesome! Now Ryuzaki, Light, you're coming with me on this little rescue mission. Come on lets go boys we got a dumb ass to save!" She said as she dashed excitedly to the elevator.

"Uh Saga, we need to get an ambulance first." Light pointed out.

"Oh come on kid you gotta stop focusing on the draw backs and be a little more optimistic. I can get the three of us to the nearest hospital, I show 'em my badge we get the ambulance and ta da we go save Matsuda." She stated as if it were the simplest thing in the world to understand.

"Uh okay then Saga but how do me, Aiber, and the chief get there." Mogi interjected.

"Watari will drive you." She shot back. "Now come on we're wasting time. Ryuzaki, Light come on." She said with a tone that meant she would except no argument as she proceeded out the door to the elevator.

"Why are women show impatient?" Matsuda asked.

"Maybe because we have to deal with slow witted men." Weddy replied before she took another drag at her cigarette. The five men in the room shot her annoyed glares, she simple shrugged and puffed out a cloud of smoke.

L and Light found Serenity in the underground parking garage, leaning against her Corvette.

"Get in." She said gruffly and then burst into a fit of laughter. Wiping her eyes she finally composed herself enough to continue. "I'm sorry I've just always wanted to say that all dramatic like." Light raised an eyebrow.

"Um Saga, you do know that car is only a two-seater right?"

"Nonsense there's a backseat, you're small enough to fit." Serenity replied as she swung herself into the drivers seat.

"But I'm chained to Ryuzaki!" Light argued.

"A little stretching never hurt anyone and seniority, so you're stuck in the back kid, sorry." With many muttered complaints Light positioned himself in the back seat and L in the passenger. Soon they were speeding down the road, both men fearing that their lives would end before Kira could get to them because of their companions reckless driving.

The receptionists at the hospital gave Serenity odd looks as they heard the young woman's request, especially when they saw that her two companions were chained together.

"Um miss, we cannot comply with your request unless we see that this isn't some kind of hoax or elaborate high jacking of government vehicle." The receptionist gave L and Light a skeptical look with her last sentence, her voice cold.

"Oh please, here's all the proof and identification you need." Serenity retorted as she pulled out her special S badge. The hospital worker scanned it quickly.

"So you're the infamous S huh. Well I don't see how that qualifies you to take one of our medical vehicles but there's not much of a choice, just be sure to return it." a broad grin spread across the female detectives face as the worker handed her the keys.

"Thank you miss." She said. She turned to her two companions. "Come on boy's, to the AMBULENCE!" She exclaimed with gusto and darted to the emergency parking. Serenity leapt into the drivers seat as she waited for her chained accomplices to arrive. Soon L's face appeared in the window, she smiled as her eyes met his slightly nervous gaze. Even her best friend feared what she could do without speed limits, not that she drove them anyway but still it was a scary thought. "You and Light get in the back and wait til we pick up Aiber." He nodded and retreated from the window. "Oh and Ryuzaki, get the cool hats down off the wall and pass em' around, if we're gonna do this, we're gonna do it in style!" She started the engine. This is going to be fun. Serenity thought smugly as the ambulance roared to life. Very fun indeed. She shifted into drive and sped out of the parking lot.

Serenity didn't think it could get much better as she drove down the crowded Tokyo streets at break-neck pace without a concern to being pulled over. It was fantastic and thrilling.

"How you boys doin' back there?" She asked playfully as she looked to the back of the vehicle to the two chained men. They looked back at her with wide and fearful eyes.

"Um Saga, shouldn't you be watching the road?" Light said in a pleading tone. Serenity's grin broadened.

"Oh come on, driving is the easiest thing in the world. Look no hands!" As she said the last part she threw her hands in the air, bringing her knees up to steer which meant she had no control over the gas or breaks.

"SAGA!" Light screamed as the driver became even more reckless then usual. "Please you're going to kill us all!" He begged. Serenity laughed, not only was it fun to terrify the two men but it was even funnier because of the way they looked wearing the ridiculous hats. She was disappointed at the end of her fun but complied with the teens request.

"Killjoy." She shot back at him as she regained control of the ambulance. He's not even Kira right now and still manages to ruin my time. She thought as they neared their destination. When Aiber was safely loaded and they were all headed back things seemed to be better but they were all still irritated with Matsuda for putting them all through this.

Time passed again and the Task Force finally found a contact within Yotsuba, they were getting closer to their goal of exposing Kira. After Lights conversation with the Yotsuba member L made a comment. If he were to die that Light could possibly replace him as L. Serenity flinched visibly and struggled to hold back a growl. What is L doing? What about Near and Mello? Serenity screamed in her head. But L can't die with me around so Light won't be able to take his place but still… why would L even think like that, perhaps he would do it to set a trap so that Near and Mello could find Kira easier if L died? But who knows. I won't ever fully understands what goes on in L's head. But she hoped it must be some kind of test, perhaps this little announcement was just a test for Light. Serenity hoped so with all her heart. L caught the look in Serenity's eyes and the shocked expressions of the Task Force members. S maybe had some idea about what he was up to but the others were clueless. If he did die and things went according to what he suspected Light would wait for him to die and regain his place as Kira along with taking his place as L. If that happened Light would have all the power in the world. But L had an ace up his sleeve incase he were to be taken by death, Serenity. He knew she already suspected Light as much as he did and in the event of his death Serenity would stop at nothing to find who was responsible. If she became emotionally attached to a case their was nothing to keep her from solving it and their were always his successors. He wasn't the worlds greatest detective for nothing. Unfortunately Light seemed to figure out his plan as well.

"Ryuzaki how could you even think that? Do I look like I could become a murderer? Do you think I could kill all of those people?" Light asked in a serious tone with a hard stare to mach.

"Yes I do, I've always thought so." L replied simply. It took a split second for Light's fist to connect with L's cheek bona and for L's foot to hit the side of Light's face.

"ENOUGH!" Serenity pushed them apart, giving steely glares to both of them. "You've already fought once, do really want to try again? I don't want to have to teach you two how to play nice the hard way got it." The two fighters nodded to her and turned away from each other, not wanting to argue with the angered woman. She let out a deep sigh. Men are idiots.

Finally we know who Kira is! And I thought Misa was a total idiot, she actually did something crafty. So this Higuchi man, he's the new Kira… interesting. Now all we half to do is catch him. Should be easy enough. Serenity let a small smile grace her lips at the thought. They were so close to catching Kira. Her expression faltered. But even if the apprehend Higuchi, Serenity knew that Light would regain his power and they would have to go through this whole fiasco again. Great, just great. And for once I thought something would be easy… This case is a bitch.

The plan to catch Higuchi was in motion. Serenity was brimming with anticipation, they were finally going to be able to bring at least one Kira to justice. She taped her foot with impatience as the watched Higuchi's desperate attempts to find out Matsuda's real name and stop the broadcast. When Higuchi made "the deal" it was time to put a stop to him. L had figured out that the Yotsuba member now possessed the same powers as the second Kira which impressed Serenity who was the only one who knew exactly what was going on in Higuchi's car.

"Well I don't see why we should miss the fun. What do you say you two?" L asked as he turned in his seat.

"Lets go! I'll drive!" Serenity exclaimed.

"NO!" Light objected, remembering the last time he was in a car with the woman.

"Actually that won't be necessary, I have a faster method of transportation in mind."

"Well it better be good because few things are faster transportation then my driving." She said with indignance.

"I'm sure you'll like the helicopter Saga, you always did like fast travel." L smirked as he got up to lead the way to the roof. He knew just how to get through to Serenity, and just how to avoid commenting on her driving. He knew better then to tread on that thin ice. L chained Misa to one of the chairs to insure that she wouldn't be going anywhere and headed with the others to the roof.

"I didn't realise you could pilot a helicopter Ryuzaki. It's incredible." L said, obviously impressed.

"Well you can figure it out with intuition."

"Oh don't be so modest, it kicks ass that you know how to do this. But I do have one question." Serenity said as she poked her head in between the two seats from her spot in the back next to Watari.

"Yes Saga."

"When did Watari become a sniper?" She asked with a slightly concerned but curious voice.

"Watari is trained in many fields. I'm surprised you didn't know that S." L smirked. Serenity huffed at her lack of knowledge of her old caretaker while Light sat oblivious to the two other detectives inside conversation. Light shook his head and looked at the monitor tracking their targets location.

"Wait, Higuchi's not headed to Sakora TV, he's headed the wrong way." He said puzzled. Serenity broke out of her brooding and mumblings of "nobody tells me anything any more" and "when did I fall out of the loop" and looked over at the monitor.

"Based on his route I'd guess he's going to the Yotsuba main office." L guessed. They checked to make sure everything involving Matsuda was removed, it was. The plan was going smoothly so far. When Soichiro was shot and Higuchi escaped the television station, L brought up a back up plan. They had to apprehend Higuchi now, there was no other option.

Apprehending Higuchi was far easier then expected but one thing still remained for them to find out. How Kira kills. Serenity was nervous, she new what the death note could do and she thought that just seeing Rem, who she assumed was the shinigami would give the men panic attacks. She unbuckled herself from her seat in the helicopter to get a better view of the scene playing out below. At first she thought they might actually follow L's command of doing what ever necessary to get Higuchi to explain how he killed. But he admitted that it was the death note and that shocked Serenity to the core. The man was of worse being then she thought. After Soichiro began to scream and cower after he had touched it along with Mogi, Serenity couldn't help but flinch.

"Bring the note book over hear Mogi, I would like to examine it." L ordered calmly through the headset. Mogi readily complied and rushed over to the helicopter and handed L the notebook. L's eyes widened as he saw the shinigami and even more so as everything in this case began to fit into place. There were two notebooks that could kill, that's how there were two Kira's, but L's problems had only just begun.

"Ryuzaki, let me see the notebook." Serenity asked calmly. She had known L long enough to see the shock riddled through his feature, from the way his back was stiffened to the way he was unresponsive to her voice. "Ryuzaki," she calmly cut in again "let me see it." L looked back to see her collected blue eyes staring intently at him and nodded. If anyone could help him with this it was her. He held out the notebook, waiting for her to take it but not at all expecting the reaction she had. Serenity took the deadly instrument gingerly into her hands and was immediately met with a searing and unbearable pain. She let out a scream of agony as she tossed the notebook to the front of the airborne vehicle and clutched her smoking hands to her middle, doubling over from the pain. L whipped around the second he heard Serenity scream, he was beyond concerned because Serenity never screamed. He thought perhaps it was because of the shinigami but she had been the one to believe that shinigamis could be involved and never in the time he had known her had she been terrified enough to scream like that. When he saw that her hands were smoking and tears were running down her cheeks he began to panic.

"Saga what's wrong?" L asked his voice laced with his emotions. She tried to bring herself to reply but couldn't, so she did the next best thing, she held out her hands. They were badly burned, black and still slightly smoking and the places were the notebook had touched were oozing a faded red and slightly translucent blood. The death note was a thing of evil and an angel was exactly opposite that, causing such a painful and punishing outcome from the contact. "Saga what happened?" L panicked as he looked at his friends mangled hands. Watari had also turned his attention to the injured detective, leaving Light unobserved. Light picked up the death note and let out a scream of his own as his memories returned. He grinned wickedly, his plan had worked perfectly. None of them saw him write Higuchi's name on the small piece of paper that had popped out of a compartment in his watch. Nobody saw him sign his victims name in his own blood.

The days were filled with more tension then ever before now that Rem was in the midst of the Task Force. Serenity's burns healed unnaturally fast but the fact that she has received them in the first place still baffled her, she didn't think that anything but L's pain would become hers and she planed to find out why touching the death note had that effect on her. She could once again feel the evil radiating off of Light and Misa. Her theory had proven correct, Light had planned for his power to return all along. The original Kira even set it up so L had no choice but to remove the handcuffs that bound them together. Something was going to happen, Serenity could feel it in her very being, the end was nearing, the real struggle of this case had just begun.

Well that was chap 11 for ya, hope you liked it! : D

The next chapter is what you've all been waiting for!

Serenity: Finally! It only took you 12 chapters to get to the point.

Me: Shut up, its long because you're in it!

Serenity: Oh so now you're playing the blame-game huh.

Me: What? You can't make me the bad guy in this situation! :0

Serenity: Watch me.

Me: Why you…!

Matsuda: Oh no guys don't fight again! D :

Ryuk: Ooh another fight. I'll go get the popcorn and apples!

Matsuda: -.-

Ryuk: What.

Matsuda: You're stupider then me sometimes. "shaking his head"

Watari: What's going on here? "Walks in to find me and Serenity on the floor fighting and Ryuk and Matsuda throwing popcorn at each other"

Everyone: "stops fighting when realizing Watari watching" Nothing!

Watari: Mmmhmm.

Everyone: 0 : D We are good little children Watari!

Watari: Yeah sure.

See you next time! : D