Turnabout

'Yes, he has done it again folks! The famous detective L, has solved yet another case, yesterday at around Six O'clock PM, the famous Kira was discovered by L, Former Cheif Yagami, and some other former Police Officers who were given the chance to actually work with the infamous detective. Where they are now is undetermined, however, many believe they actually work for L now.

'It is officially announced, however, that Kira's reign of terror has come to end as the killer was shot and killed yesterday, turning out to be none other than the scrupulous business man Harvest Myagoshi.

'Along with this, it has been discovered that Kira was capable of these killings through a certain notebook called the DeathNote. This book has somewhat of magical capabilities, as Kira only needed a name to write down and the persons face to visualize them as he wrote down the name, within forty seconds, the person would die, usually from a heartattack. Where this book came from, and how he managed to get a hold of it are as of right now, confidential and it appears this information will most likely, never be realeased,

'However, it is released that these supposable 'DeathNotes' as of right now, are destroyed and none will ever appear again. Kira is gone, L is once again, a hero. Wherever you are, Thank you L, for saving our world one more time.'

This was just one of many TV talkshows making L more and more popular and loved by the minute. Many japanese people who had supposably even 'Worshipped' Kira were now relieved, beginning to worship the newest fad, who just so happened to be L.

Only those who had truly been in love with Kira, mourned after his death. Even though this business man had not been the real Kira they had been in love with in the beginning, it was who they had believed had been him.

So, if they could, they would sneak into his funeral, research into him day and night, and cry before the went to bed every night.

They were all in the process of mourning.

Misa Amane was one of those few people who had really been in love with Kira. She really had loved him, for, of course, killing the man who had killed her parents.

When she found out Kira had been killed, it surprised them all when she spoke little of it and showed no real response to the death.

However, no one really wanted to ask her why she wasn't depressed about Kira's death, other than L. L of course, as everyone knew, was socially..awkward. He lacked the basic fundamentals of social communication. He was a genius, a fantastic detective, and amoung other things, however, he was not one to be hosting the 'greatest party of the year.'

This is why, perhaps, L had asked Misa Amane, why she was not in a depression like other Japanese, American, and even English, women.

Perhaps though, he had been avoiding.

When Light had asked him about being an insomniac, perhaps he just got caught up into his own web of thoughts as he looked at MisaMisa for just a moment.

"Misa..you don't seem hardly even fazed at the idea that Kira is gone..I thought you liked him.." L said suddenly, catching everyone by surprise when he turned the convesation over to something so out of left field.

"I..I did, but..Kira.." Misa stopped for a moment and closed her eyes slowly before looking up at the detective again. "Kira was beginning to kill innocent people..one of the men that Kira killed, Takki Lenn, he was one of my fathers closest friends..I knew then that Kira wasn't just killing off the bad guys..he was killing off innocent people too..I guess it was just coincidence that he killed my parents killer.."

"I believe that's what everyones been telling you for a while, Misa.." L mumbled under his breath before being cut off by Light.

"Your avoiding Ryuzaki, your avoiding important facts, you wouldn't avoid a question if it wasn't worth avoiding."

L turned to him to meet his gaze again, he was calling him Ryuzaki again. Was he using it as a key term to try and get close to him? Using it as though it were his name, so he may try to make the demanding statment more personal, as though this were his best friend?

He was using Ryuzaki...to get in touch with him..

Smart move, but it wasn't going to work, didn't Light know that Ryuzaki wasn't his real name? Unless..

Unless Light knew that L would just eventually figure out the fact he was using his alias, Ryuzaki, in this moment for that purpose and just wanted it be known to him that he was trying to get personal...

Yes, that's exactly what Light knew he would think.

"You're right." L replied half-heartedly, "So, I'm going to avoid it again...since it's worth it.."

L turned around to make sure his back was facing them as he took two steps before Light once again interjected his mindset.

"Ryuzaki!" Light yelled in annoyance as his eyebrows began to furrow. "Your avoiding an essential key! To your own case! No wonder you haven't been able to solve it!"

That struck a cord. L was never spoken to like that before, he had never been convicted of not paying attention, not looking into the facts..but was Light Yagami right? Was he really pushing this all away?

Yes, he supposed he was. How dare he though! Had he really just been told that he was doing a half-ass job because he was too narrow minded? Did he just call him..ignorant?

Did he call him...stupid?

That was one thing L had never been called. Never in his entire life had he really been stupid. Perhaps it had just been the heat of the moment, but L's mind instantly fuzzed over with thoughts of Light Yagami thinking he was some child, some insolent child who couldn't be talked to correctly.

Was he patronizing him? That's what L thought the moment his deductive powers decieved him and left his head for a split moment.

L turned around in one swift movment, eyes decieving him for once and showing through his anger.

It was a scary scene, L had never even shown anger. Annoyance? Yes, once or twice he had definietly showed annoyance and exhaustion to someones ignorance, but never anger. Never once had he been truly angry at someone. Not even Matsuda, who was infamous for messing everything up.

"...I..I apologise, Light Yagami. I suppose I have been denying something for quite sometime.." L replied softly as his eyes slowly changed to shock and then remorse.

He realized slowly that through his eyes he had shown anger. He showed anger to the task force..to Light Yagami. He showed him anger for a simple question, one he needed to face. So slowly, his eyes went from hatred, to shock as he realized he was acting like a fool, and then they went slowly into a soft set of remorse.

It was even rarer, however, that L apologized and for that, the Task Force could do nothing but forgive him as soon as he let the word 'apologise' slip through his mouth.

"I suppose that there were just...words within Light Yagami's statment that made me lose my temper.." L replied slowly before continuing on, his eyes slowly fading back in emotionless pools.

"I have been an insomniac since the day I was found by Watari. Whenever I fall asleep..I am plagued with nightmares.."

"Nightmares of what?" Light asked, his voice softening astronomically now that it appeared Ryuzaki could pay attention closer.

"I'm not sure..when I'm asleep, I know exactly what I am dreaming of, I'm very sure of everything happening, but when I wake up, I have no idea what it was about..I remember key parts of the dream, I remember running, screaming, and a knife in each of them. But other than that...I don't remember anything..."

"I see.." Light replied as he put a hand to his chin in thought.

"So that's the reason you don't sleep?" Light asked, looking into the bags beneath the brown eyes of the detective.

"Mostly..the other reason being I can't let myself drift off, I feel the need to stay alert..otherwise I'm sure I wont wake up in the morning.."

"Why is that?" Aizawa questioned.

"I'm not sure..it just seems..It seems as though I was taught to stay awake.."

"Maybe you were." Light replied his eyes opening slightly wider. "It's not odd to stay in habit even if it's-"

"-an old habit previously taught." L finished for him, just as quickly relizing something.

'Tonight at eleven- Do we have an actual photograph of L?'

L turned around quickly, eyes wide in shock and stomach clenched in an almost sickening way, staring into the reporters eyes of pale blue which were full of such life and exitment. Excitment to exploit is hidden face.

"No." He whispered as the T.V finally began to drift to a long commercial break.