Disclaimer : Death Note isn't mine. I'm sure you've known it.

Warning : A bit ooc. Bloody scene at the end of chapter.

A few footsteps echoed in the silent of a skyscraper. Eight men in black got into a meeting room and sat on the chairs behind the octagonal table.

"It appears that we're all here." A bald man with black glasses clarified. "All right, the meeting will now start." His hands rested on the table in front of his face. "In order for our Yotsuba Group's succession to increase and become the world's greatest enterprise...

"...who should we kill?"

A brown-haired man interrupted while he fixed his glasses. "But Ooi, we don't have to kill someone every week, right?"

"Mido, why do you being so weak? Did you forget?" Cold sweats ran down Ooi's face. "We have a connection with Kira... in other word, we have a ties with him."

The dark-haired bespectacled man grinned. "Those who lose their nerve will definitely get killed."

"Kida, my words didn't show that I'm losing my nerve, right? What are you talking about?" Mido protested.

Namikawa gave a second glance at his colleagues. "Well... if we think about it for a bit, really easy to just find out who has a connection to Kira. But if you value your life, it would be best not to touch on that." he said quietly.

"But, it has been decided at two meeting that's held last week and the week before..." Hatori said, cold sweat on his forehead. "Certainly that among of us, eight people here, have a connection to Kira..." A nervous smile hovered on his lips. "Then this person didn't take advantage of that connection for their own personal desires, but using it for the company, for all eight of us. It's amazing, isn't it?"

"However, why did Kira start not only executed criminals, but also willing to commit murder which we decide?" a tanned blond-haired man asked.

An auburn-haired man grinned mockingly. "Takahashi, you really are silly, huh... still not realized yet?"

"Huh?"

"Of course this is going to be profitable for Kira."

"Profitable for Kira?" Takahashi said. "Does that mean he has become a hit man, Higuchi?"

Higuchi sweat dropped as he looked at his co-worker. "You'd better just keep quiet. If you're too stupid, you'll get killed, you know..."

Namikawa still put his stoic face. "Eight people here are all still young, but are part of the candidates who will occupy the president's chair later." He circulated his views to all his colleagues. "And since these meetings have started, the rewards have been many times more than those of the other employees."

Shimura added. "How strange for Kira just support one company. I think the term 'connection' is only lip service to it..." He turned. "Definitely one of this eight people..."

The men's face hardened, their eyes look serious, when Shimura continued his words.

"...is Kira."

CHAPTER 01

COMRADES

A sedan car drove in to the dimly lit basement. Aizawa opened the car's window - with a look of boredom - and pressed a few buttons security system, perform retinal scans, before its engine processing and parking gates open. The car sped back into the parking lot.

He put metal items that he had in a box, automatic doors opened and he walked inside.

Soichiro and Matsuda turned to see Aizawa walk toward them. Soichiro looked surprised at his coworker's plastered forehead.

"What happened to your forehead?" he asked. Aizawa laughed while scratched the back of his head.

"Ah, I got in a fight with my wife." He corrected his tie. "My daughter is still small. It looks like I'll have to be commuting back home."

Soichiro gaze softened. "Yes. It is much better to be able to go home."

Aizawa turned to the right and left. "Where's Ryuuzaki?" he asked.

Matsuda smiled, glanced toward Aizawa. "On a date. Along with Light and Misa-Misa, went out earlier."

Aizawa raised an eyebrow. "A date?"

Matsuda nodded.

Well... L became a third wheel, right...

Everyone was silent for a moment before nodding, agreed with the Narrator. Light and Misa were on a date with manacled L trailing behind both of them.

Poor L...

If I could, I will to be your date partner, L-chan...

(And the narrator got beaten with an iron pipe by author who happened passing by because he blabbered)

Aizawa pull a chair, he sat with a sigh. "But, though that has long passed, I still can't believe that L's actually a woman."

"Yes, indeed." Matsuda said. "At first I thought she's just become a girl if hit a cold water and become a man again if drenched with a hot water."

Everyone was silent and stared at Matsuda with a 'have-you-lost-your-mind?' look.

"What? I'm serious, you know." Matsuda said, aware the mean of his co-worker's stare.

Matsuda… we're not in Ranma fandom…

"Oh, yes. How did she can cover her breasts? Although she is a flat-chest woman, it should be still outstanding. But hers, it's totally invisible."

Everyone glanced at Aizawa with a (¬_¬) face.

Aizawa aware that his co-workers stared at him, cleared his throat with a red face. Realizing that his question so to the point.

Nasty pervert ...

"Shut up, Narrator!"

Matsuda put his finger on the cheek. "Aaaah... Misa-Misa once asked about it to her. Ryuuzaki said she can cover it because she wrapped bandages on her chest and wearing oversized T-shirt. In addition, the reason to walk/stand bent for covering it too."

"Then, how she sat, too?"

Matsuda nodded.

Ooooh... that's the reason...

"But, the most unbelievable was Light's reaction when he knew about L's a woman..."

Matsuda nodded in agreement.

Flashback…

"L, you're..." Light gulped. "...a woman...?"

L silently stared at him, can't say anything. She didn't expect her secret will be uncovered so fast.

Her mind was interrupted when she felt her body lifted. Her eyes wide to see Light's face is so close, realizing that the brown-haired man carry her bridal-style.

Light soon out of the pool in panic while carry L in his hands. He immediately laid her on the couch, and asked Watari for first aid.

He took a towel, gently wipe the wet body of L - who looked bewildered. Watari arrived and put the first aid on the table. Light took the antiseptic and cotton, carefully wrapped it to cover the wounds on her body.

"Light-kun, what the hell?" L yelled, trying to rid Light's hands, but no avail.

Light hold L's rebel body. "Calm down. I'm just treated your wound!"

"But-!"

Very softly Light stroked L's cheek - which was swollen from being beaten earlier -, he looked at the girl in front of him so fondly. "I'm... sorry for hit you, and I've vowed to never hit women. It must be hurt, isn't it? Take it easy." He smiled. "After your wounds treated, it will not hurt anymore, really."

When heard Light's voice tone, instead of to be quiet L becomes revolt even more. "I'm not a child!" she snapped, felt so pissed.

Light stroked L's hair slowly. "Hush... be quiet... don't be a naughty child. Shut up, and sitting properly, ok?"

L's brows wrinkled, she frowned. "LIGHT-KUN!"

End of Flashback…

"His reaction similar with my wife's reaction when my daughter hurts..." Aizawa said the face (-_-').

"And immediately I thought of my mother." Matsuda added. "I know Light-kun doesn't like hitting women - a gentleman of him, anyway - but I didn't thought his reaction become like that after doing it."

The silence burst again.

Speaking of Misa, you remember when she knew that L's a woman?

Everyone fell silent to remember the incident, and then nodded with goosebumps.

"Yes. Thankfully she didn't kill me with her voice." Aizawa said. "I don't know how she could nag so long in one breath."

Matsuda sighed. "Yes. Moreover, Misa barked about Ryuuzaki handcuffed Light with her because she wanted to make him hers." Matsuda snorted a laugh. "The problem is… I can't imagine that."

A picture of Light with a dog leash and fought over by the two women comes into their mind, made them both giggle.

Both of you... though I was pleased to laugh at the image in your mind, but the father of the rumored man is sit beside you, you know...

Heard narrator's words, they immediately clammed up.

Soichiro sighed. His gaze fixed on the existing documents in front of him. His hand took another file before sighed again.

Aizawa smiled nervously. "Is something disturbing you, commander?"

"Yeah, commander!" Matsuda exclaimed brightly. "You've been constantly sigh. What's wrong?"

Yes, yes. Is something bothering you, Commander Yagami?

Soichiro sighed again, he nodded. "Yes. There is one thing that kept bothering me all along."

"What?" asked Aizawa, Matsuda, and the narrator simultaneously.

"How do they both sleep and bath?"

"Ah."

0******************0

HATSYI!

"Are you okay, Light-kun?" Misa asked anxiously. Light and L are rubbed their noses with their finger.

"I don't know..." Light said, one his eyebrow raised. "It seems there are people that talking about me..."

L combed her bangs - that covered her eyes when sneezed earlier - with her finger. "It must be Matsuda."

Light nodded, his hands folded across his chest. "Hm, hm... typical of him..."

Misa turned, her face lit up when her eyes found something at the end of the park. She took Light's arm and ran, dragging her boyfriend - as well as the person who had been handcuffed with him - to the crowded place that he saw.

Colored balloons float in the bright blue sky at the time. Misa's bright eyes to see the rides and games in a place called the amusement park.

"Light-kun, let's go there!" Misa pointed amusement park in front of them.

Light raised an eyebrow. "But, Misa-"

"Please, Light-kun..." Misa pleaded as she gave the sweetest puppy-eyes.

Light turned to L and provide a 'help-me-out-of-this-crap!' gaze. The women who handcuffed with him only silent stared at him blankly, before grinning.

"You may, Misa-san. We still have plenty of time." L smiled. "Anyway, I feel sorry for Light-kun. He was always complained about how he didn't have enough time with you. So, considered that Light-kun has been working hard to help me, I'll be gladly to..." She continued her words without regard to Light's glare behind her. "…gives you time until this afternoon for a date."

Misa's eyes shined. "Really, Ryuuzaki-san?"

L smiled nodded. Misa scream happily, she then ran to hug L's neck.

"Kyaaaa! Thank you, Ryuu-chan!"

L's eyes widened, she raised her eyebrows. "Ryuu-chan?"

Misa smiled broadly. "Yes! It's okay, right? We are friend, right?" She then hugged L again. "You also can call Misa 'Misa-chan' or 'Misa'!"

L sighed, her hand grabbed Misa's arms. "Misa-san... if we're not doing it soon, time will run out, you know."

Misa immediately let go her hands. "Ah, right!" She then ran ahead, left Light and L who were still not moving.

Light gave a sharp look at the woman beside him. Dark aura spread around his body. He then smiled sweetly, still filled with deadly aura. "Thank you very much for your help, Ryuuzaki. I never thought I had a very good friend so I got plenty of time for my girlfriend." He growled, emphasized the word 'very' and 'friend'.

L is also smiled, an amuse-stare in her eyes. "Likewise, Light-kun. It feels good to be useful for my 'best friend'."

Electric sparks visible between their gaze. Lightning illusion added effect of the dark aura that surrounded Light. The brown-haired man closed his eyes tightly to steady himself.

'Relax... quiet... patient, Light Yagami... the person in front of you is a female... don't use violence... ' Light muttered to himself.

Misa's shout stopped their silent wars. "Light-kun! Ryuu-chan! Come here, quickly! I don't want our time runs out!" Misa shouted, waved her hand. Light replied her wave with a smile.

"We'll be there!" Light yelled. He turned to the L with a threatening look. "Be thankful Misa with us, or you're out."

L lifted her hands and bit her finger, which adorned to cover her smirking lips. Her legs move followed Light. "I'm grateful for Light-kun was too gentlemanly to hit me, or he will go to the hospital because my kick."

Veins popped on Light's forehead. He then let out a defeated sigh, his eyes glanced at L's 'normal' appearance. "Do you still have to look like a man? We already knew you were a female, you do not have to hide it anymore."

The messy black haired woman gave Light a strange gaze. "You're wrong, Light-kun ..." She looked down, walking ahead. "I don't hide it from you all, but from him."

Light stared at her back with wide eyes. 'What does she mean...?''

0**************************0

"Rem, the original Kira really exist, right?" A baritone voice echoed in the dark room. Rem looked at the man who was writing in front of her.

"Yes... when I left him, no doubt there's a reaper that follows them." The white Shinigami replied in a hoarse voice.

"Then, why did they stop killing criminals and have someone else to do it?"

"I don't know." Rem looked at her charge before her turned away. "But if you don't want, then you can stop now." She added sarcastically. She then took a magazine that contains news about Misa.

The voice of pen's strokes on a paper became the signs one's life and death. "No... the criminals should die, especially the black rulers who like to bribe..." His eyes moved to read the news on his laptop. "Even if you write 'death by accident', though looks like a natural death, it will too suspicious if many people from other companies died due to accidents. But if I write 'die because of illness', it will take a long time until natural death. Meanwhile, if forced to write his illness development, then it'll become a heart attack...

"In other words, if you want to kill fast then just write 'death by accident'. If it is not in a hurry, just write 'die because of illness' is the best way. But...

"Still, it would become suspicious if the death is only the people from rival companies, although its look a natural death due to accident or illness. Therefore, it's most beneficial for Kira to extend his reach into crimes within politics and business. Everyone is doing it and I can also make people commit financial scandals before them. Because it just has to be a heart attack when Kira punishes.

"After all, who was able predict what would happen during two weeks Kira disappeared? In the early weeks does look calm, but after that the crime actually increased by two times higher than that before Kira appeared... actually the people to be patient to not do evil because of the existence of Kira." The man grinned. "Then people other than criminals, wished for Kira in action again.

"The existence of Kira is very important now. If Kira didn't want to kill, I'll kill. Moreover, security is very important for our company." He smirked more broadly. "The existence of Kira must be grateful by people. For those of us with larger incomes, criminals are a horror, especially robbers..."

Rem looked away. Her lips were shut, her eyes pierced the man who became her charge now. 'This man is indeed a disgusting human being…'

0***********************0

L's eyes twitched read the reports on her laptop deftly. Her fingers were busy typing. Her brain absorbed the information in front of her quickly.

She leaned over the back of her – or their? – bed. Monitor's light is the only illuminate in the dark room. She glanced at the man who fell asleep on her right side.

Light was really tired, usually he would got up because the light from laptop's monitor, and asked - rather reign - L to turn off her laptop so he could sleep. But to be honest, Misa really drained their stamina. She drew them there and here all day tirelessly. During their time at the amusement park before, they only rest once in a cafe, and only briefly before Misa to pulled them again into another rides.

The woman detective sighed. She took a candy from her pocket, and ate it. Her eyes looked back at the monitor in front of her, back to work again.

"L..."

L stopped typing on her laptop. She turned toward the door of her room and saw a male who become a father figure for her. "What is it, Watari?"

"There are other cases."

The black-haired woman raised an eyebrow. "Watari, I told you I don't want to take other cases for now."

"It's different."

Seeing her partner's serious face, made L considered. She reached into her pocket, took out a key, before opening the handcuffs and locked it in the bedposts.

The floor was very cold tonight. Although she was used to walking barefoot, still, her legs aren't accustomed to walking on the metal floor that can absorb the coldness.

They reached the investigation room. Watari sat in front of the monitors, he typed something deftly on the keyboard. Window pane appeared on the screen, opened the information in it.

She didn't know what the feeling swept over her now, she didn't know if she nauseated, disgusted, or even she didn't feel anything. The photos of victims that appeared on the screen made it really bad.

A pool of blood flowed above and below the body that no longer formed. Hands, foots, head and other body parts scattered messily, so much fragmentary. The intestines gushed out, visible bite marks and torn by wild animals. Liver, spleen, bile, and other internal organs disposed off in to a can like garbage. Both eyes of the victim gouged out, his tongue cut off, several teeth broken, right ear cut off, and ...

Oh God! L gasped inwardly. The victim's genital mixed with the brain.

L winced. No way the culprit wanted to give evidence for a 'dick-head' swear, right?

Victim's heart which stabbed by a knife was found embedded in the walls that decorated with red words written by the viscous fishy liquid called blood.

I'm Coming...

TBC…

A/N :

Author : (banzai mode) \(=A=)/ Yeah… After so loooong time, this fic has finally updated. (bows) Sorry if the story is so bad and unsatisfying. I'm bit confused how to connect one scene to another, so there's a chance this chapter not-so-connected with the last chapter.

Angel Light : (pushed the author out of the room, and locked the door) Instead of listening author's words that made people become depressed, just let's to the review.

Devil Kira : (¬_¬) Expel us, huh…?

Angel Light : (beat Kira very hard)

Devil Kira : (death glare plus death note in hand) I'll kill you.

Angel Light : (stuck out his tongue) Try it! I'm dead, and you'll come to MU with me!

Devil Kira : (snapped his fingers) Tch.

Angel Light : (^_^) To Tallulah-The-Queen and LonZown, thanks a lot for your review. I'm sure the author is so happy to know that there are people that reviewed this fic.

Devil Kira : (~_o) Why were you that answered them?

Angel Light : (x^_^) Because the author is out of business.

Devil Kira : You liar… (¬_¬)

Angel Light : (stabbed Kira in the eye. Smile at readers) Please review if don't mind!

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With crimson camellia and DN on top,

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Scarlet Natsume, Light and Kira.