(Karins pov)

It has been a month since the bus jacking incident, and several other things had happened.

For one, all of the FBI agents that had been in Japan for us has died of heart attacks. We don't know how exactly that had happened, other than that it was Kiras doing. We also believe that Kira was being investigated at the time of the bus jacking.

Next, the NPA became angry at L after finding out why the FBI agents had been in Japan. Many of them left, leaving only a small group of 5 men willing to work with us. It was exactly what L wanted.

Chief Yagami demanded that they meet with him. L agreed to meet with them here. We had about 10 minutes before they would arrive.

"I can't wait to see the looks on their faces when they see you." I giggled lightly, picturing the surprised looks on their faces when he introduces himself.

I had to fight the blush that wanted to cover my face when he tilted his head, confused by my statement.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"Well, I bet that the L they have all been picturing in their minds would look more like someone well dressed, in a suit, with their hair trimmed and such. The typical 'dressed for success' sort of person. You don't personally care about appearances. You're more of a casual dresser. I doubt they would know what to make of you. But don't worry L. I think you are perfect the way you are." I smiled at him.

We heard the knock on the door, and L glanced at me. I nodded and wrapped my aura and chakra around myself, effectively vanishing from sight.

I stood close to the detective, but off to the side, so I could see everyones reactions and watch my crush at the same time. I had the feeling that things were going to be interesting in the beginning.

The door opened and the 5 men stepped inside, before closing the door behind them. I had to keep myself from laughing out loud at the shocked looks on the men's faces as L stood before them, hunched over like he usually was, bare feet brushing the carpet before one foot lifted up to scratch his leg. He looked up at them with his dark grey eyes.

"I am L."

Once they got over the surprise they each pulled out their badges, and gave their names. L stared at them for a moment before lifting his arm, hand formed into a gun, like a child plying a game.

"Bang." He fake fired at Chief Yagami, to the surprise of the others. He reminded me a little of Near in that regard.

He told them that if he were Kira then Soichiro Yagami would be dead. He cautioned all of them not to give out their names so carelessly before bidding them all into the sitting room after removing their communication devices.

He told them to call him Ryuzaki for now on. One of officers asked if Kira could kill with a face and a name, couldn't we stop the killings by stopping the publication of criminals. I had the feeling that he was a rookie. L said that if we did that, then the general public would be in danger.

"Kira is childish and he hates to lose. I know because I am also childish and I hate to lose." He goes on to explain how Kira has been meeting each challenge head on. First with the broadcast using Lind L. Tailor, then when we suspected that he was a student, and finally with the 12 FBI agents.

He continued on, explaining how we suspect that Kira is one of the people that were being investigated within the first 5 days of the FBI agents being here. He told of how Kira must of found out that he was being investigated and that Kira probably felt threatened.

L then asked to speak to each of them individually to make sure that Kira was not here. After he did he apologized and told them that Kira was not among them.

Suddenly his cell phone rang and he told everyone that Watari was on his way.

Once he was here each police officer got a fake ID and belt with a tracking/communication device hidden in the buckle.

L nodded to Watari and I knew that it was time for part 2 of this meeting. I vanished and reappeared just outside of the hotel, just in time for Watari to call me.

"Yeah. Tell him I'll be up there in a couple minutes. I am just outside the hotel. Yeah, I have my key." I made my way up to the hotel room. I opened the door and found everyone staring at me.

"Who is this?" The youngest officer asked, and I could see a very faint blush on his face.

"This is Yasuda Asami. She will be a part of this investigation. I trust her because she and I have been working together since I took on my first case." L replied, and they all nodded, just taking his word for it.

(Later that day)

I felt bad for the officers right now. It has been 12 hours before since they arrived and they haven't had any rest. Watari and I have at least gotten used to how our insomniac detective works.

We were watching the Raye Penber tapes and L noticed that the FBI agent had an envelope under his arm when he got on the train, but it was oddly missing when he got off the train. We also noticed how he seemed to strain to look into the train as he died.

L decided to put surveillance cameras in the homes of those assigned to him during the first 5 days. I inwardly flinched, knowng exactly whose house would need surveillance.

Chief Yagami was rightfully angry, but he agreed to it, and told us that there must not be any blind spots. I agreed to set them up when we knew nobody would be in the house. Watari agreed to do the same for the NPA director.

I could see that the officers were getting tired, and L was beginning to get a bit frustrated with the lack of evidence. I decided that I needed to intervene for everybody's sake.

"Can I talk to you alone for a minute Ryuzaki?" I asked him. L nodded and stood up, walking to his room. I saw the looks Matsuda and Aizawa gave me. I think they knew what I was doing. I nodded to the men, and followed him into his room.

"We don't have much evidence to go through right now, so why don't you let them go home and get some rest?" I asked. He stared at me.

"We need to work hard to catch Kira." He stated like it was obvious.

"I know, and they have been working hard. Look, they can't continue working like this. They aren't used to your schedule like Watari and me. They need breaks to allow them to focus better, and they need to sleep. Ok?" I explained and he sighed, closing his eyes.

"Im so used to working with just you two, that I sometimes forget that not everyone can work for long periods like we can." He replied. I smiled at him.

"I know L. I know." I whispered softly, so that if anyone was near the door, they would not hear our conversation.

We left the room together and I listened as Ryuzaki told the officers to go home and get some rest. The men nodded gratefully and left the hotel.

I opened the door for the exhausted men, and the rookie, Matsuda mouthed 'thanks' to me as he walled out of the suite, I just nodded politely.

(The next day still Karins pov)

I was just coming back from the Yagami house, my mind swirling with thoughts. Before I had left L told me to make sure that I was thorough, and if I saw or felt anything, not to mess with it.

I did feel something odd, when I finally went in the sons room.

Light Yagamis room was full of dark energy, and I found the origin of the evil aura that threatened to overwhelm me. I surveyed the situation quickly before finishing up in Lights room, the last room I had.

When I got to the hotel, I realized that only L and Watari were there.

"I told them to go and get some rest. Did you see Chief Yagami on your way out?" Watari told me

"No. I must have left his house before he got there, or perhaps he went to the station first?" I replied.

"Did you notice anything at Chief Yagamis house?" L asked, getting straight to the point.

"Yes actually, concerning his son Light Yagami."

"Go on."

"First of all, Light has many ways of seeing if someone enters his room, more than even the kids back home. The most obvious would be a piece of paper he has stuck in the door. The second is his handle, which should normally be set automatically at the horizontal position once the door clicks shut. However he seems to have adjusted it down about 5 millimetres."

"And the third?" L asked.

"So hard to notice I nearly missed it myself. He used lead from a mechanical pencil and placed it on the hinge. If he finds it broken on the floor he would know instantly that someone had been in his room. I allowed the door and lead let him know that I was in there, only putting the paper back. That way he would probably think his mother was in his room."

"Hmm. Light Yagami, what are you hiding?"

"There is also a heavy dark aura in that room, with the darkest spot being inside of a desk drawer that still had the keys in the lock." His head snapped up to look me in the eyes, shock written clear on his face.

"Yeah I thought that was strange too. If he is Kira, and I believe that he is, then he can't be so stupid to have his source of power in the open. But that was just a ploy. The truth is that the origin of the dark aura is placed beneath a false bottom. I don't know what it is he is hiding since I didn't want to get caught by him, but I saw through it."

"Please explain."

"Well if you open the drawer you would just see a diary, and that would usually answer the curiosity most people would have, but I knew that his diary wasn't the only thing in there. But the Kira we know wouldn't make things that simple, he would destroy all of the evidence before he would allow himself to be caught.

"With that in mind, if Light is Kira then he would of had protections in place in case someone realized that there was a false bottom, So I looked around the side and base of the drawer and I saw a very small hole. Barely noticeable."

"You didn't mess with anything did you?"

"You know me better than that. All I did was hide the cameras and wiretaps like you wanted me to. Though now we know what to expect if we need to get the weapon if Light is in fact Kira."

"Good work Karin. Now we just need to figure out how to get into the secret compartment."