Chapter 2.

L looked at the files he was given on the Jeanne and Sinbad cases. Of course he'd heard of them before. Those two were quickly rising criminals, and like all criminals they needed to be brought down. By the looks of it, the two could be no older than 16, 17 at the most. Their skills could not prove to cunning for L.

He made a couple of mental notes to himself about the cases. For one, they always seemed to happen at night. Two, the same people seemed to be trying to capture Jeanne. And the leader on the capture attempts. She always used the same tactics, even though she knew they wouldn't work. There had to be some kind of reason for that. He also noticed the target's owners. They were all reported acting strangely until Jeanne attacked. Then they seemed to collapse, and return to themselves. How could all these be linked. That was L's goal. Not only to catch the Kaitou's and bring them to justice, but to figure out the strange patterns.

"I'm going to need all the information you have on Miyako Todaiji. The people she hangs out with the activities she's in, the places she usually goes." L informed a few of the police from the force he'd been given to discuss the case with. "And I want her under surveillance"

They gave him a strange look. Miyako had always been helping out the police force, she was after all the chief's daughter. "But sir, you can't possibly think Miyako is Jeanne. There's tons of proof to disprove that. Miyako's goal is to catch Jeanne no matter what!"

"Maybe , but please get me the information I need regardless" L said returning to his papers, not allowing for further discussion on the matter.

They left to go get the information L needed but sounding highly skeptical in their discussions as they left.

L continued going through the files until he came to the picture of Jeanne. "It won't be too long now" he said to himself.

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Maron awoke, once again to a bang on the door. She'd been out again late and of course overslept.

"Maron! Hurry up or we'll be late for school!" Miyako called in to her.

"Fin! Why didn't you wake me?" Maron asked jumping ot of bed and rushing to get her uniform on. She threw a quick glance to the angel, and saw her sleeping peacefully next to where Maron had been sleeping. She smiled, at least Finn would have a nice sleep. Maron grabbed her bag and opened the door to a furious looking Miyako.

"Now look, you're going to make Chiaki and I late for school!" Miyako said grabbing Maron's hand and dragging her towards the elevator.

"Huh? Chiaki?" Maron asked looking at the boy who'd been leaning against the wall.

"You two didn't have to wait for me!" Maron said as they entered the elevator.

"What let you skip class? Not on my watch! Really Maron, what would you do without me?" Miyako said.

"Live a much more relaxed life" Maron said to herself. Unfortunately Miyako had heard. She spent the entire run to school lecturing Maron, how she Maron would be miserable without Miyako, no to mention failing due to all the classes she would probably miss. None of them noticed the men that were following them on this run.

"Good morning Kusakabe-san….and everyone else!" Minazuki greeted the three as they entered the classroom barely on time.

"Way to just group us in there" Miyako said sounding annoyed. Minazuki smiled and shrugged as the tree took their seats for the long grueling school day.

The door opened and a young woman stepped in. She was not the usual teacher, however she stood at the teachers desk. "Your usual teacher decided to take a small leave of absence, therefore I will be substituting for the next couple of days at the least. I'm Miss Hinamori and I believe we'll get along great for the time being."

The class remained staring at her as she smiled at them. Finally she turned around and began teaching. Halfway through the day, the lunch bell rang. Maron who had been staring at the clock the entire time practically jumped out of her seat, and headed for the door. Miyako, Minazuki and Chiaki followed her out. They each got their lunches and decided to eat outside on the lawn, near a large cherry blossom tree..

As they ate, Chiaki directed his attention to Miyako. "So how's the Jeanne case coming? Catch her yet?" he asked sounding interested.

"No!" Miyako replied sounding joyful. Maron picked up on that.

"Why so happy then?" she asked confused.

"Well, as of yesterday, we're getting outside help!" Miyako said. "You won't believe who's come to help!"

"Who?" Maron, Chiaki, and Minazuki asked together.

"Well, I'm not supposed to tell you probably, but L is going to help out. L, THE L" to Chiaki and Minazuki this meant nothing, but Maron understood. Miyako had told Maron about L before many times.

"L, the amazing detective who can solve any case, the world's best detective who you aspired to be?" Maron asked. It was word for word what had come out of Miyako's mouth any time the subject came up. Maron had almost memorized Miyako's admiration speech by now.

"Yes! I might get to meet him. Probably not….but still he'll be there!" Miyako said excitedly.

"And he'll be working on the Jeanne case? Well then it's just a matter of time before Sinbad and Jeanne are caught for who they really are!" Minazuki said sounding excited.

"Yeah…" Miyako said now sounding less enthusiastic.

Maron threw her arms around Miyako. "I'm so happy for you!"

Miyako looked at her a bit shocked. "Yeah…thanks"

Chiaki looked deep in thought. "Who's L?"

Miyako quickly went into detail about all of his many accomplishments, leaving Maron who had already heard them zone out.

The bell rang and the three gathered their lunches and returned to the classroom..

Soon after all the students returned to their rooms, and man jumped down fro the tree with a recorder in his hand, and ran off.

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Finally, as if hours had passed, the bell rang letting the students out.

Maron stretched before getting up to leave.. She was joined by Miyako.

"I wonder what will happen. Since our teacher wasn't in class, I wonder if we'll have gymnastics today" Miyako wondered aloud, seeing as how their teacher was also their gymnastics teacher.

Maron looked hopeful. "It would be nice to have a day off. "

"Slacker!" Miyako said.

Maron laughed, but headed to the gymnastics building anyway.

They were both surprised enough to see the same teacher from their homeroom. "Hi-hinamori-sensei!" Miyako started. "What are you doing here?"

"I told you that your teacher wouldn't be here. I was asked to take over gymnastics for the time being as well. Don't worry" she said smiling. "I'm qualified enough, I hope you'll all work hard"

Maron hung her head. Today wasn't going to be as easy as hoped. Hinamori turned out to be exactly as she claimed. She was an amazing gymnast, and made the girls work as hard, even harder than P-Sensei had ever made them work. She watched them all closely, their styles, their movements, and made many comment on how to improve. Both Miyako and Maron were worn out by the time practice was over, and both wanted nothing more than to go home and rest. They left together, heading home. Maron checked her watch. It was only 5:00. She still had plenty of time to do her homework, make dinner and have some time to herself.

Before she knew it, Maron and Miyako were back at their apartment complex. Maron as always walked over to her mailbox, and looked at it hesitantly. Miyako looked away pretending didn't notice a thing, and waited by the elevator for it to come. Maron opened it, and found it empty. She closed and joined Miyako who started immediately talking about what she and her family would probably have for dinner, inviting Maron. Maron politely refused, saying claiming that she was probably just going to have a quite dinner while she did her homework.

Miyako rolled her eyes. "Well then, at least make sure to go to bed early, that way I won't have to practically bang down your door tomorrow"

Maron nodded, and entered her apartment. "I'm home!" she called to Finn.

"Welcome home, Maron!" Finn said happily. "Guess what?" she said looking excited.

"What?" Maron looked at her suspiciously.

"Well…." Finn started slowly.

"Hah! Tonight's the night! I know it!" Miyako's voice was clearly audible in the hallway. "I'll catch Kaitou Jeanne if it's the last thing I do!"

"Finn!" Maron hissed. "You didn't! I told you not to send out notices without telling me first!"

"But, I had to do it right away!" Finn said making an excuse. "Anyway, Maron can't refuse! Maron, the reincarnation of Jeanne D'Arc is the only one who can seal the demons!"

Maron sighed. She knew that she wouldn't win this argument. She never did. But with someone new working against her, she was a bit hesitant. But it was too late. The notice had already been sent.