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Chapter 5

Silence swept over the room. Ginny nudged Harry nervously. They all watched L. He sat and sat and sat, never moving an inch until Watari arrived, the task force behind him. All of the wizards followed L into the suit's attached room to greet them.

"I am Chief Yagami." All of the officers followed suit and said their names.

George shook his head. "Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang." He pointed his finger at each of them in turn.

"What? Is this a joke?" Yagami asked, glancing from Watari to L to George.

"No. You see, you all just told me your names and it is obvious that that is the first thing Kira needs to kill someone." L answered. "If he was Kira, you all really would be dead." The police looked from L to George, dumbfounded.

"You may call me Ryuzaki. This is, Joe," he motioned to George, "Ginger," he pointed to Ginny, "Helen," he inclined his head towards Hermione, "Ralph," he pointed this time to Ron, "Howard," Harry, "Nathan and Lily," he motioned to Neville and Luna, " and Sherry," he referenced Stephanie. "You obviously know Watari."

"Really? That is the best you could come up with?" Ronald asked L.

"Everyone needs a code name. It's good enough." Hermione nudged Ron. "It certainly makes it easier to remember."

" ~Ah-hem~ WHO are they?" Soichiro interrupted.

"Joe, Ginger, Helen, Ralph, Howard, Nathan, Lily, and Sherry. They are helping with the investigation." L answered.

"Stephanie, you're helping with this case?" Matsuda exclaimed in surprise. Stephanie nodded, a blush creeping up her cheeks.

"Uh, hi…" She murmured.

Ginny rolled her eyes at this and Hermione elbowed her. Harry just shook his head and turned to the task force.

"We are a group with experience with this sort of situation. We'll be working with you as well as L in order to crack this case."

The police officers looked at him and the other wizards skeptically.

"How do we know a group so young can deal with these events? We are a group of trained police, what qualifications do you have?" one of them spoke up.

Harry turned to him, "We know more about this case than all of you put together. We have narrowed down a group of suspects within days. Does that make us qualified enough?" He finished with a sneer.

Ron stepped forward and grabbed his friend's arm. "Calm down, mate."

"I apologize," he told the task force, "but one of the FBI agents killed was a relative. I'd simply like to work together and stop this before more people are killed."

Soichiro nodded at him sympathetically. "We all feel the weight of these deaths, Howard."

L decided it was time for him to speak up again. "We know for certain that Kira lives in this region and has means of accessing the police data base."

"As such," Hermione interrupted, "I recommend making any and all information for this case be stored on paper instead on the computer data base."

Neville nodded in agreement, "Perhaps we could even place some false information in the," he paused, trying to think through the pronunciation of the muggle item, "computer to throw off Kira and make him more obvious."

"A red herring," L interjected, "could help us lure him out."

"Howard, could your team work on organizing the false information?" Soichiro asked.

Harry looked around at the group of wizards and witches, "Helen, Ralph, Nathan, you're on brainstorming. Joe, Lily, Ginger, you're on data entry." He split the team making sure everyone on data entry could use a computer without risk of blowing it up. "Sherry, you and I can continue working with the task force."

L nodded with approval and the groups separated out to work.

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