L woke up to a bright sky and the smell of pancakes. "Food..?" L got out of bed, saw a note on his clean and folded clothes, "L, I've washed, dried and folded your clothes, take care if you're not here by the time I return. – Mom" L smiled at the sentiment. L removed the borrowed clothes and folded them and left the on Light's desk and slipped into his normal clothes. Scratching his head, "I suppose I should make the bed… He's a neat freak."
Tossing pancakes into the air and skillfully catching them in the pan Light dully stacked pancake after pancake on a plate on the counter. L crouched and silently watched from the bottom of the stairs smiling cradling his chin in both of his hands with his elbows propped on his knees. Light looked at his watch and turned the television on as he routinely prepared more pancakes. After a few more pancakes Light finally looked at the stairs only to have his stare met with L's. "Oh. Good morning… How long have you been there?"
L stood up and sat at the table in his usual haunched manner, "Long enough to know you're skilled with a skillet and your wrists and unlike me, you don't burn pancakes. They smell delicious… Can I have some?" L gave a puppy stare.
Light smiled, "To be honest, I made way to much batter… I originally meant to make enough for you and Sayu then leave for school. But I figured leaving you alone would be silly… You'll probably do something reckless." Light leaned against the counter after turning the stove off, watching L greedily stack pancakes on a plate with a smirk.
L doused the sugary breakfast cakes with syrup and crammed as much as he could into his mouth. Without swallowing he spoke with his mouth full, "Where is your sister and mother?"
Light looked at his watch, "Sayu went to school and it's Friday morning, my mother is more than likely at her book club for moms group. Please chew with your mouth closed… And don't talk with your mouth full."
L looked down and shrugged as he finished chewing what was left in his mouth. "You sound like Watari… Or a mother."
"If you wouldn't act like a kid—" Lights phone chimed. "It was a text from dad… He's looking for you. Apparently he's at task force headquarters?"
L finished his giant plate of pancakes and hopped off the chair, "Well… Shall we? He'll probably get impatient if he doesn't hear from us soon."
Light nodded and followed L out of the house locking the door behind him. "In all seriousness though, L, you do act like a kid, it's hard not to treat you like one a little." L put his hands in his pockets and started off to headquarters without saying a word. "Hey? I didn't offend you, did I?" Light said catching up to L.
"No, Light, you didn't. I just never got much of a childhood. I became one of the best detectives before I was age ten. So, while other kids were out playing I was indoors studying." L looked back at Light as the both walked down the street.
Light looking up towards the sky, "I'm sorry, Ryuzaki…"
L smiled at Light remembering to call him Ryuzaki in public. "Light? What was it like?"
Light looked back down, "I don't know. I was inside studying, too."
L looked forward, "I see. We should get to headquarters, the sooner the better… Oh, Light?"
Light slowly walked behind L, "Yeah?"
L stopped in front of him and hugged him as Light ran into him, "You're an idiot. Don't ever skip school on my behalf again. I mean it, you'll be a great detective one day. Don't squander it away on my behalf."
Light smiled and pulled himself out of L's tangled hug, "Relax, Kiyomi is picking up our homework and taking notes for me, I also took the liberty of scheduling someone else to take notes for us in the classes we don't share with Kiyomi. I might have also paid someone to take notes for you as well, in the classes you don't share with me or Kiyomi."
L stared at Light, "You're ridiculous. You know that?" L put his hands in his pockets and started walking next to Light. They walked in silence, Light lightly dodging people trying to not hit them, as L walked through the crowd as it parted around him.
Watari watched them as they approached headquarters, "The river and the boulder."
Soichiro looked up from resting on the couch. "L? Is he here?"
Watari nodded, "He has brought company. Your son."
Soichiro tried to sit up quickly, "He should be—" He grimaced in pain and laid back again against the pillow that Watari placed behind him.
Watari opened the door, "Ryuzaki, I have analyzed the tapes, and have already sent them with the detective for forensic analysis. I have placed copies of the tapes next to your laptop."
L nodded, "Good work Watari, as always, oh, this is Light Yagami, he has agreed to join onto the task force as consult and an investigator. No one else is to know about him. Only the people in this room and Aizawa who is at the station. I cannot risk another life. If you betray this knowledge of Light Yagami I will remove you from the task force and find a lovely countryside job for you. Understand? Light, come. We will review these tapes from Kira."
Light nodded and followed L to the VCR player under a small television. Light sat up right in the chair as L crouched in the chair beside him occasionally glancing at him. "I truly wish I didn't suspect you, but the fact is. Light Yagami, you as of right now are the only true possibility. However… The odds are slim. But odds nonetheless."
Light looked down at his lap after watching the tape, "How could one person think they could take justice into their hands like this. They are no God. Ryuzaki, we must catch him. But L, I don't think this is the same Kira… The criminals that were killed are extremely out of character I believe this is another person with the same power as Kira, we've established that the original needs a name and a face. It makes you wonder how he would have been able to kill the detectives outside the station without knowing their names… So, a second Kira?"
With the exception of L, all the detectives in the room gasped.
"I completely agree, first, we will have to focus on stopping this copycat. From what we've seen he sympathizes with the real Kira, but clearly lacks his sophistication, I think he'd even obey the original Kira."
L and Light looked at each other.
"Lure him out! Send our own message to him!" Light shouted.
L smiled, "I believe this would be efficient, oh, and Light? I want you to play the role of the original Kira… I believe you're the only person I think could actually pull this off."