"I know who he is." Misa's voice sounded, her eyes darkened by her hair, "I know who Kira is."

L stopped, a grin spreading across his features. "Oh, do you now?" he scolded himself mentally on how uncontrolled his voice had been. Then he realized Misa might take his excitement as being happy that he might be able to work along side Kira.

He turned around, looking at Misa with sharp eyes, barely able to contain his excitement. "Really?" he asked softly.

She nodded, still not looking directly at him. He walked back to the table and sat down. He leaned closer to her.

"Tell me." he whispered.

She looked away, towards the crowd, and said nothing.

"I've waited too long to meet him, Misa-chan." L breathed, anger filling his chest at being denied his answer. "You hold the key to a perfect world. The key to Utopia."

Her eyes lit up at this. If L could listen to thoughts, he would have heard her think "that sounds like something Light would say." But, despite L's amazing brain power, he couldn't
do that yet, so he just stared at her eagerly.

Finally, she looked at him, her amber eyes meeting his dark ones.

"Light." She said, her voice full of an emotion L couldn't even begin to explain, "Light Yagami is Kira."

L tried his best to hide his excitement, knowing that the malicious gleam in his eyes would ruin everything he just built.

"Then you are–"

"Yes, I am the second Kira."

"Oh my, so I wasn't wrong after all."

She smiled.

"Light is brilliant. It will be a pleasure to work along side him."

"Yes." she agreed, nodding her head, "he is marvelous. I often wonder how it is he got so smart."

"To avoid me for so long– he may even be brighter than me!" L mused aloud. Then he checked the time.

"I'd better get you back to your shoot, or else your agent will have my head."

On the car ride home, L was giddy with excitement. He was beyond giddy. He was ecstatic. He used the ride to calm himself, but when he stepped out of the car and into the hotel building, he instantly felt the giddiness return. He was so close, so close.

He strolled into the main room and looked directly at Mr. Yagami.

"Ryuuzaki, where did you go–"

"I'm sorry to ask this of you almost immediately after you hid it, but would you please retrieve the Death Note for me?"

Mr. Yagami stared at the messy haired detective, but then acknowledged the request with a nod of his head, and hurried out the door.

L sat down in his usual seat beside Light, but knew that doing anymore research would be frivolous. Kira was sitting right beside him.

"Did you find out anything useful?" Light asked curiously, his eyes shining excitedly.

Ah, Light-kun. You're such a good actor.

"I don't want to lie to you," L stated simply, staring at the screen, "so I wont tell you." then he began typing. Besides, he had to busy himself into Mr. Yagami came back.

Raito looked as if he was about to yell at the detective, but he calmed himself down and turned his attention back to the computer.

About 40 minutes later Mr. Yagami showed up with the notebook.

He handed the note over to L.

"Shinigami."

Rem, who had been standing there watching the whole ordeal, looked over a L.

"Yes?"

"Who possesses the Death Note at this moment?"

"Yagami-san still has ownership."

"I see." then L turned to face Mr. Yagami. "Yagami-san, please give me ownership."

"Wait, wha–"

"If you don't give me ownership, I'll die."

Mr. Yagami at L, confused. Then quietly he said, "I give up ownership of the Death Note."

L nodded his thanks and turned back to Rem. "Do I have ownership now?"

"Yes."

"Ok." then he walked over to Rem and held out his hand.

"Give me your Death Note."

"What?" Rem asked, taken aback.

"Give me possession of your Death Note. I'll give it back to you and send you back to the Shinigami Realm."

"I-I'm not sure if it'll work." she tried to explain. "I am the Shinigami for both books."

"Lets just try it."

Rem nodded and handed the dark haired detective her notebook. She didn't want to bring suspicion to Light and Misa by staying here...

L grabbed onto the book and held it firmly. Then he handed it back to her.

"I don't want that notebook anymore."

It was an odd feeling. Kind of like a weight had been lifted from her shoulders. Rem knew that she was able to go back, that she had to go back.

She turned sadly around the room and said her goodbyes to everyone, sad that Misa was not there. She looked at Light with a look of "You better tell her that I'll miss her company."

Then the white Shinigami left.

L opened the Death Note and skimmed the rules.

Annoyed, Light approached L. "What did that just accomplish?" he asked testily.

"I can't be killed by a God of Death now." L told him, holding up the book and pointing to rule number XXXIV. He read the rule aloud for the room to hear.

"'The owner of the Death Note cannot be killed by a god of death who is living in the wold of the gods of death.'

Also, a god of death who comes to the human world, in the objective to kill the owner of the Death Note, will not be able to do so.'

Only a god of death that has passed on their Death Note to a human is able to kill the owner of the Death Note."'

L closed the book and shuffled across the room to a small safe he kept there. He placed the notebook within the safety of the metal box and locked it. He walked to the others.

"Out with it!" Light seethed. "You've been keeping us waiting for so long."

L looked over at the Yagami boy with wide eyes. "Why Light, if I didn't go through all these precautions, I could have been killed."

"Well, now that we've made sure that you wont be killed, can we get on with it?"

L shook his head. "Not yet. There's still one more thing I must take care of." Light crossed his arms angrily. "Matsuda-san, Mogi-san, please restrain Light." L said quickly his eyes never leaving Lights.

Light jumped back and raised his arms in defense, ready to ward off any attempt the others made to capture him.

"What the hell?" Light asked, glaring at L.

"Once you are restrained I will explain."

Matsuda and Mogi cuffed the boy and sat him down on the couch, each sat either side of him.

"Ryuuzaki," Mr. Yagami said angrily, "I think we need an explanation!"

"And an explanation you'll get." L replied, lifting up his shirt and pulling off a recorder off his stomach. The others gasped.

He placed it on the table and pressed the play button.

"It's amazing," he said simply, "what a little acting and a ditzy blonde will get you."

The tape started out slow. Him calling Misa over. Her asking her agent if she could go out. Them walking to the café, trying to make light conversation.

The café scene, however, shocked them. Especially when L started going on about Kira.

They listened as L got up to leave the café without any evidence.

Then Misa called out to him.

Light's expression flicked for a second when Misa said "I know who he is. I know who Kira is."

The others just stared. The stared at the device, waiting to hear the answer.

Then, from the box that warped the speakers voiced ever so slightly, the recording that had some fuzziness from the movement of L's shirt, came the answer they've been searching for.

"Light Yagami." the box hissed. "Light Yagami is Kira."

For a second, Light thought that he should deny it. But the looks that everyone wore when they faced him were enough to guarantee that he would not make it out of this. His fate was
sealed with the kiss of cherry red lips and a melodic voice.

Nobody spoke. L paused the recording. "It goes on to talk about how she is the Second Kira. It describes some of the things they did together." L said, his voice void of emotion.

When Light spoke, however, his voice wavered with fear and anger. "How dare she?" he spat. "How dare she?! She promised that she wouldn't say anything, no matter what! I can't

believe I was found out because of her." he turned to face L. "And you," he snarled, "I hate you. I was going to make a perfect world. Can't you see that? I was on my way to a Utopia, where crime is non-existent. I was going to, L. I was so close to being a God."

L smirked. This had been his hardest case yet, and now that it was solved he felt a mixture of relief, happiness and... sadness?

It had been my hardest case. I loved actually being challenged.

After today, he planned to drastically cut back on his sugar intake and sleep for a few days. Then he would take on his next case.

He walked over to Light and leaned down to whisper into the teens ear.

"If you had succeeded, I, and many others, would be without a job."

Then he stood up abruptly, turning away from Light; away from Aizawa, Matsuda, and Mogi; away from the now sobbing Yagami-san.

"Turn him in. Then get some officers and take Misa into custody. I would like to see you all back here at 10:00. Except for you Yagami-san. Only come if you feel up to it."

Then the mysterious detective left the room.

The three officers took Light, who went without much struggle. He was going to go with dignity.

Soichiro Yagami sat on the couch, face buried in his hands and cried. He cried as the world moved on around him, but his had stopped.

Le snap! Second chapter is finished! This was quite a fun little story to write in my spare time. Well, folks, there you have it. Kira is caught. I hope you liked it!

And thank you for the reviews. Kind words always make me smile (especially when my writing skill are commiting suicide .)