Author's Note: Sorry it's been a while. I was at my friend's house yesterday. I thought I would have time to write this chapter at the end of the day but it was way too late. So anyway, meet the new L.

Disclaimer: I don't own Death Note cries

Sky wasn't his real name. He didn't even know why he had called himself that. It sounded like a cool alias at the time. Sky was a dreamer. When Kira had first appeared in the world he had come up with all kinds of theories. Of course the truth wasn't too far off from his crazy story. A Note that kills people when you write their name? Sky didn't know what to think. The tests had started a few days ago. Sky had fallen asleep halfway through the second one. Watari would never pick him. Sky didn't care. L was a title for real geniuses like Near. Near had died young. The first L had died young. Sky planned on living till he was at least eighty.

"They are choosing the next L." said Nate. Ryuuk looked at him. "What's the plan?"

Nate shrugged. "I don't like the idea of L working for Kira."

"You want to talk to him?"

"How?"

"I could go there."

"I thought shinigami weren't allowed to go to the human world."

"How do you think Kira went there?"

"He just went there?"

"He made up a story that he had lost his Death Note."

"Can you do that?"

Ryuuk smiled. "I won't do it for nothing."

"What do you want?"
"Another Death Note."

"How do I do that?"

"How do you think I got mine? I stole it."

"Fair enough."

Ryuuk flew off. "I'll be back soon."

The third L had died the moment he was chosen. A heart attack. Kira had been watching. Ryuuk realised he had to be careful. He watched each child. Analysing each one. "Ooh I like this one."

Sky screamed. The monster laughed. "They always scream. What gives with that?"

Sky looked at the Death Note. "Why is this here?"

"The second L wishes to talk to you."

"Near? But he's dead."

"Only to be reborn as a shinigami."

Sky frowned. "That's not what I was told."

"The people in this world don't know that much do they?"

"Why me?"

"He wants to talk to the new L."

"The new L is dead."

"You will be the new L."

"What?"

"I have chosen you."

"I'm not a genius."

"Yes you are. Liar."

Sky paused. "Why me?"

"You seem the type for the job the only thing about you is that you don't have the quirks of the formers."

"The third didn't have quirks."

"The third is dead."

"What do you want me to do?"

"You must pass all of Watari's tests. You must become L and you must join us. Otherwise I will write your name in the Death Note."

"I don't care about death."

"Liar."

Sky shivered. "Okay, I will do it."

"Good. The next time I meet you, you will be L. If you fail to succeed as L I will kill you."

"Why the threat?" said Nate. Ryuuk smiled. "Now he will definitely become L."

Sky shivered. He looked at his clock. 1:15am. He got out of bed and brushed his teeth. He had almost ten hours to practice. He had to become L.

Watari placed the sheets down. "Begin." There were seventy questions and thirty minutes to complete it. That was the first test. Sky was sure he had flunked it. Then again Sky always thought he had flunked everything, which was one reason why he could never be L. The second test was a puzzle. Sky finished that in two minutes. His face fell when he found that everyone else had a different answer. The final test involved an essay about Kira and the Death Note. Sky read through it.

Q. Kira is now a Death God. Would you serve him? Why/ Why not? If not, how would you deal with him?

Sky knew the answer. Watari wanted an L that would serve him. The others were writing like crazy. They would probably write five pages on how to defeat him. Sky knew the answer to the test. He wrote two pages on why he would serve Kira and how he would find the criminals for Kira to kill. Sky brushed back his hair. He would become the next L. He had to. He handed the essay in and walked out. The Death God appeared through the wall.

"Are you sure can become L?"

Sky nodded. "I will. Don't worry."

He was right. Watari selected him the next day in secret. "You were the only one who would serve Kira."

"Is that the only reason why?"

"You are quite smart but not up to the standard of the formers. Though I was surprised to see a huge jump between this one and your previous one."

"I had to become L."

"I can see that."

L walked out of the room. Ryuuk smiled. "Hello L." He said. L ignored him. Ryuuk handed him a Death Note. "Read it." He said opening it to a certain page.

L read it.

Greetings L. I am Near, your predecessor. Surprised that I'm still alive? It's true that I was killed by Kira but I have been reborn as a Death God. I need your help to defeat Kira. You must not serve Kira whatsoever. Together we will defeat him. I need you as my agent in the human world. If you need to tell me anything tell Ryuuk and he will come to me. Ryuuk will follow wherever you go so you need not worry about trying to contact him.

L smiled. "I had no plans to serve Kira anyway. "

He turned to Ryuuk. "Can others see you?"

"Only some." Said Ryuuk. "Stay away from the members of the former SPK and stay away from certain Japanese police officers."

"Can you tell me their names?"

"It's more fun to see you figure it out yourself."

L shrugged. "It doesn't matter. As L, I will be isolated from everyone else. No one will be able to find me."

"Kira is a Death God. It won't be so hard."

"I am one in a nine billion. I will hide so well that it will be impossible for him to find me."

The shinigami screamed. Then he died. Kira smiled. "You will be next, Near."

Author's Note: I've drawn a picture of Sky, I'll upload it later. As I've said before, hopefully he isn't a clone of the other two. Anyways, I'll see you round. Hopefully the plot is going somewhere.