A/N: Look who's back from the bahamas! Let me just say, if you ever have the opportunity to go on a cruise...Disney Cruise all the way!

Anyway, onto the topic of Death Note...I cannot believe we already have 100 reviews. That's amazing and very exciting! Thank you guys so much! We're glad you like this story! And in this chapter, we've got sexy men in handcuffs, Miya/L fluff, and Noah/L fluff-ish. Kinda. For the Miya and L part, just keep in mind that time has gone by. Their relationship hasn't just taken place in a day, okay?

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Chapter 14: Caught

Aizawa walked in half-naked and looking completely disgruntled. Miya had to hold in laugh when she saw that he must have had trouble going through security, resulting in him walking in pant-less.

"Good morning," he grumbled. Matsuda and Mr. Yagami eyed him curiously.

"What's wrong?" Mr. Yagami asked. "Did you get hurt?"

"Oh this?" Aizawa touched the bandage that was on his forehead gingerly before facing the group again. "Kind of. I had a little fight with my wife and…it's just that my daughter's still young and I'm hardly ever at home as it is. So…"

"Oh. Yes, it's probably best if you sleep at home," Mr. Yagami agreed. He looked down in disappointment and Miya was sure he felt bad for never being at home with his own family anymore.

"Well, you're going to be missing out," Matsuda said, looking around the room. "The rooms in this place are amazing. If I were you I'd just move the whole family in here, like Miya did. Everything's working out for you, isn't it Miya?"

"Well, yeah," Miya replied. "Noah loves it here, but I don't think it's the same situation." Even so, Miya still felt she could identify. She still didn't get to see Noah as often as she would like, even if they did live in headquarters now. A part of her felt guilty for seeing L as often as she did as well, but their visits were mostly at night when Noah was asleep. It appeared that a downside to being a detective was sacrificing time with your family.

"Yeah," Aizawa agreed before looking back to Matsuda. "That's easy for you to say as a bachelor. Where are they?" he asked changing the subject. He was referring to Misa, Light, and Ryuzaki.

"They're on a date," Matsuda replied easily. He seemed really excited about it. "Last we checked all of them were in Misa Misa's room."

"Hm. Surveillance cameras, huh? Well, since we know Misa has a connection to the second Kira, I guess that makes sense. But for God sake Matsuda, would you stop with this Misa Misa crap?" Miya couldn't agree more. She wasn't particularly liking Misa at the moment because she was always hogging L, even if unwillingly, to be with Light all the time. Not to mention she could be rather annoying.

"Uh, yeah sure," Matsuda replied. They all turned to the enormous screen in front of them to see Misa in her room, Light and L sitting next to each other on the couch across from her. L was sitting in his usual position while Light was lounging about on the couch. Misa just looked annoyed.

"Man, this has gotta be the lamest date I've ever been on," the blonde complained.

"No no, please, just pretend I'm not even here, okay?" L responded casually. "By the way, are you going to eat that piece of cake?" He pointed at it and eyed it longingly.

Miya sighed. "That man and his cake…"

"Cake makes you fat. I'm not gonna eat any," Misa said. Miya furrowed her eyebrows and looked down at herself. She sure had eaten a lot of cake lately, but Misa's theory seemed to be false as Miya was still as slim as ever.

L scratched the top of his head. "Actually, I found that you don't gain any weight as long as you burn calories using your brain." Miya cracked a slight smile at his comment. She had been using her brain a lot lately, so maybe it did balance out all the sweets.

Misa, on the other hand, was insulted. "Hmm! So now you're calling me stupid? Fine then! I'll give you the piece of cake as long as you agree to leave me and Light alone!"

"Even if I leave you two alone, I'm still going to be watching on the surveillance cameras, so it wouldn't make any difference."

"You pervert!" Misa yelled. "Could you stop it with your creepy hobby?"

L stood up on the table and reached across it, grabbing at the slice of cake on Misa's side. "You can call me whatever you like. Last chance for cake."

"Okay then," Misa said through her teeth, getting more annoyed by the second. "I'll just close the curtains and turn off the lights."

"We have infrared cameras in here as well." L seemed to have an answer for everything.

Light looked over at L with a curious expression on his face. "What's wrong with you? I thought moving here was supposed to help us catch Kira, but since we've been here you don't seem all that motivated to me."

Ryuzaki turned to Light, giving him a blank stare. "Not motivated? You're right. Actually, I'm depressed."

"Depressed? What for?" Miya tilted her head and wondered what feelings L would be willing to reveal to him.

"Well," L started taking a bite of the cake. His fork hung from his mouth as he continued. "Truthfully, all this time I thought that you were Kira and my entire case hinted on that fact. I guess I just can't get past the fact that my deduction was wrong. Although, having said that, I'm still suspicious of you. That's why we're wearing these," he held his arm up to show his handcuffs to Light. "And we also know that Kira can control people's actions, which means it's highly likely that Kira was controlling your actions so that I would suspect you. If I assume both you and Misa were being controlled by him, then everything we observed so far makes a lot more sense to me."

"If that's what you think, Misa and I were both Kira during the time we were being controlled, right?" Light said thoughtfully.

"Yes, I don't think I could have been wrong about that. The two of you are Kira. If what I'm thinking is correct, when your confinement began, you were Kira. I don't believe it's coincidence that since you were in prison, the killings stopped. Until then, everything pointed to you being Kira, but after two weeks, criminals actually began dying again. Based on that evidence, I can only conclude that Kira's power passes through people."

Miya was surprised that L was actually giving away his thoughts to Light so easily. He was barely going to tell her the other night and yet his thoughts were now out in the open.

"That's an interesting idea. But if it's true, it'll be nearly impossible for us to catch Kira," Light told him.

L looked downhearted. "Yes, that's why I'm overwhelmed. Even if we catch someone under his control, they'll likely lose their power and any memory of their crimes, so in the end, pursuing them becomes futile."

Light's arms were crossed in front of his chest. "But at this point, we have no way of knowing if that's the case. Cheer up, would ya?"

L turned to look at Light. "Cheer up? No, I'm sorry, I can't. It's probably better if I stop trying so hard." He placed his index finger in his mouth in thought. His voice was muffled slightly now as he tried to talk. "By chasing Kira so desperately we're just putting our lives at risk for nothing. Yes, it's just a waste of time." Miya was surprised. She knew he was feeling defeated lately but just giving up? That didn't sound like L to her.

Light stood up. "Ryuzaki," he said simply.

L was confused by his actions and turned to him in surprise. "Huh?"

Light's fist then collided roughly with L's jaw, sending him flying across the room. L practically did a back flip as he hit the far wall, knocking over the plant that was beside him. Light was pulled after him by the handcuffs, flipping the coffee table on its side as well. Misa screamed in surprise and tried to back away from them, resulting in stepping on the deserted cake on the floor.

Miya's jaw dropped. Who knew Light had all that strength in him? She hoped L was okay as he tried to get up sluggishly.

"You know that really hurt…" he commented.

"That's enough!" Light yelled in his face. "You don't feel like doing anything, just because your genius deduction was wrong and I'm not Kira!"

L rubbed his cheek with the back of his hand and Miya could see a bruise now forming. "Fine," he said gruffly. "Perhaps I phrased it the wrong way. I meant it would be pointless for us to make a move so we shouldn't even bother."

"If we don't chase Kira, he'll never be caught! Is that what you want? If you were just going to give up then why did you involve all those innocent people?" Light walked towards Ryuzaki and grabbed the front of his shirt, pulling him roughly near his face. "More importantly what was the point of putting Misa and me behind bars?"

"I understand," L mumbled. "But still, whatever the reason," He stopped in the middle of his sentence to get himself out of Light's hold and forcefully kicked Light in the face, sending him flying backwards, "an eye for an eye my friend."

Miya wanted to fan herself. Even though he didn't mean to, L was being very sexy at the moment. Matsuda and the others weren't looking so she quickly fanned herself anyway, mouthing the word 'damn', before facing the screen again.

Light and L were flying across the room back toward the couch, landing on it roughly and knocking it over in the process. Misa stood over them, her hands to her face in shock. Both men then struggled slightly to get up.

"It's not my deduction that was wrong," L continued, practically glaring at Light. "The fact is I can say that Light Yagami is Kira and Misa Amane is the second Kira, but it won't be enough to solve the case and that is why I'm a little depressed. Is that so unreasonable?"

Light was trying to get up to face him again. "Yes. Yes it is. Besides, you should hear yourself. It's as if you won't be satisfied unless I am Kira."

L was thoughtful now. "I won't be satisfied unless you're Kira?" he mumbled out loud to himself. "Well, there may be some truth to that," L was speaking to Light now. "In fact, now that you mention it, you're right. I think I wanted you to be Kira."

Light was looking pissed. He pulled his arm back and slammed his fist into L's eye. The great detective didn't go flying this time and instead stood his ground, holding his arms stiffly at his sides as he quivered slightly.

"As I said before, an eye for an eye," L said, Light's fist still held to his face. "I'm a lot stronger than I look, you know." Miya was resisting the urge to drool. She couldn't believe how incredibly hot L was as he managed to turn around and deliver another swift kick to Light's face. This fighting was getting out of control now unfortunately.

"We've gotta call the room and stop them!" Matsuda said, concerned.

Light and L both grabbed the front of the other's shirts, ready to give each other a good punch in the face when the phone rang. L quickly released Light and answered the phone, holding it in the unusual way he usually held things.

"Yes?" he said with absolute calm, as if nothing had been going on.

"Ryuzaki, I've got great news! Misa Misa is number one in Eighteen magazine's reader popularity poll!" Miya couldn't help but think that was the stupidest excuse to get them to stop fighting, but it seemed to be working.

"Oh, I see."

"And get this. She's gonna get a lead role in Ishinaka's next movie!"

L hung up right away, not even bothering to respond.

"What was that?" Light asked, the fight apparently over.

"Matsuda's acting stupid again," he said with a sigh.

"Well, that is his specialty," Light said knowingly.

Miya couldn't help it. She burst out laughing at poor Matsuda's face, causing the others to laugh with her.

"I can hear you, you know…" Matsuda sighed, a little hurt.

After the fight, Light and L eventually made their way back downstairs where the others were sitting around. Miya was prepared for their return and had two ice packs ready for their faces, which now sported lovely purple bruises.

She held them out to the two. "Nice little show you guys had there," she commented. "Very mature."

Neither of them responded to her. L placed the ice on his face happily while Light was a little more hesitant. "Thanks…"

"Miya," L started. "I want you to do something for me."

"Uh, sure," she responded, furrowing her eyebrows. "What is it?"

"We don't seem to be making much progress with Misa Amane," L said. "I feel she would easily tell Light information, but since I'm always there, that seems impossible at the moment. I want you to befriend her and see if you can get anything out of her that way."

"Why me?"

"I find that girls tend to stick together, for whatever reason," L explained. "Since you're the only other female on the team, Misa would be able to trust you easier than she trusts the rest of us, Light excluded."

"So, you're basically telling me to do what you asked Light to do before." It wasn't a question, but he answered anyway.

"Yes, that's correct."

"What's makes you think I'd do something that mean? Even if it is for the investigation?"

L shrugged. "I figure you can eventually become friends with Misa Amane."

Miya grumbled. From what she could see, she thought it was highly impossible to ever be friends with Misa, but for L, she would do it…or at least try. "Fine…"

"Excellent! Let's have some cake!"

"I can't believe you're making me befriend Misa," Miya grumbled as L stepped through her door that night. She was sitting on her couch in the living room waiting for him to come. When he finally did, the first thing out of her mouth was a complaint. "That girl is so annoying."

"It's for the sake of the investigation," L replied simply, sitting next to her. He pulled his legs closer to his chest and placed his hands on his knees.

Miya raised an eyebrow at him. "Uh huh…well, oh so great detective, was kicking Light's face in part of the investigation as well?"

L hesitated before answering. "He made me mad."

"And that's your excuse?" Miya smirked at him. "Now you have that bruise on your face." She stroked it as gently as she could.

"It will go away soon."

Miya placed a hand on his cheek and turned his face so he was looking at her. She then placed her lips softly on his bruise and his eyelid where Light had punched him earlier. "A kiss to make it better. Noah loves it when I do that."

L half-smiled. "I like it as well."

Miya smiled. "And I know I really shouldn't condone your behavior after what you did today…but you were so sexy standing your ground like that…I didn't think I could want you anymore than I already did but I was wrong." She felt comfortable enough telling him this, and really she just couldn't hide it. She'd been thinking about that fight all day, and she was pretty sure she would dream about it later. Who knew L could kick like that?

L was looking pleased with himself but tried to act as nonchalant as he could. "I wasn't aware you felt that way about me."

"Do you have any idea how difficult it is to keep everyone from knowing just how much I love you?" Miya shut her mouth as quickly as she could and stared at him with wide eyes. L was looking at her with a blank stare and Miya could just feel her cheeks burning. "I…I didn't mean to say that to you so soon…sorry…"

"There's no need to apologize for your feelings, Miya," L said. "I'm flattered. I don't think I've ever been loved before."

Miya was starting to relax. "You're not freaked out?"

"Of course not, Miya."

Miya sighed in relief. "That's good. The last thing I want is a repeat of Noah's father. He definitely wasn't one for love. Now that I look back, I think he was just using me for his own pleasures. It's just different with you."

"Miya, I would do anything for you and Noah," he said sincerely.

"I know," she replied. She grabbed his hand and brought it to her face, placing a kiss on his palm before smiling up at him. "And that's why I love you." She scooted closer to him and placed her lips on his now. He brought himself out of his crouched position and kneeled on the couch in front of Miya, without breaking the kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck to bring him even closer to her and ran her fingers through his messy hair. He had his hands sitting comfortably on her waist.

Miya's lips left his mouth and slowly started trailing kisses along his jaw line to his neck. This caught L off guard and he let go of her waist in shock. He didn't pull away though, liking the feeling of Miya kissing him. A small moan escaped his lips unexpectedly, causing Miya to smile against him. She loved being able to have that effect on him.

She brought her lips back to his and hugged him closely, pulling him into her as she slowly lay down on the couch, bringing L on top of her. He held his arm out next to her to prop himself up so he wouldn't put all his weight on her.

They were completely occupied and didn't hear the door open.

"Hey Miya," Matsuda said, walking into the living. "I hope you're not asleep yet, but I forgot-!" Matsuda's eyes widened as he saw Miya and L completely engulfed in each other on the couch.

L had heard him first and broke contact with Miya immediately. When he saw Matsuda standing in the doorway, he felt his stomach drop, realizing they had been caught. Miya looked shocked but she didn't say anything, not really knowing what should be said.

"Matsuda!" L yelled, pushing himself off of Miya and standing up off the couch. "You are not to tell anyone what you saw! Understand?"

Matsuda stared with his mouth agape, but when he saw L advancing towards him, he snapped back to reality. "Of course! Sorry!" He retreated for the doorway and L slammed the door in his face.

"Damn it," he grumbled.

Miya sat up and stared at L unsurely. "L…?"

"I should go," he said. He made to open the door but Miya jumped off the couch and walked over to him. She held onto his wrist to stop him.

"Please, don't go. I want you to stay."

"Miya, Matsuda just saw us," he said in an exasperated voice.

"He won't tell anyone. I'm sure of it. You scared him enough to make him forget what he saw anyway…"

"This isn't funny, Miya."

Miya sighed. "I didn't say it was. Please, just come to bed with me. You can leave as soon as I fall asleep."

Miya tried her hardest to pull off the best puppy-dog look she could muster. She wasn't sure if L could even fall for that but she tried anyway. It seemed to work however, as he sighed and followed her into the bedroom. They took their usual spots on the bed and L wrapped his arm around Miya's shoulders as she hugged L around his waist.

She began playing with his shirt absentmindedly as she tried to fall asleep. "Goodnight…" she mumbled. "Love you…" It was just coming so naturally now, Miya didn't even have to think about it when she said it.

L was very tempted to say it back, but he just couldn't bring himself to do it. He had never been in love before and even though this was all new, he was sure he loved her back. There didn't seem to be another explanation for his emotions.

She was beautiful and intelligent and L couldn't believe how lucky he was. He never thought someone like her would ever fall into his life. After all, he'd never been much of a people person and the last thing he expected was to have a girlfriend.

The only drawback was that now he couldn't focus as well as he would like to on the case. Most of his thoughts had been revolving around Miya recently and that wasn't good when Kira was going around killing people.

And now, on top of everything else, Matsuda knew about Miya and himself. Could he trust the young cop to keep it a secret? He had no choice now. If anyone else were to find out, Miya and Noah could be put in great danger and it would be his entire fault for being so careless. The more he thought about the situation, the more he began to think that maybe these nightly visits weren't such a good idea, no matter how much he wanted to see her.

About an hour later, Miya had finally fallen asleep. She was gripping his shirt slightly, not wanting to let go and he didn't want to leave either, but he knew he had to.

Maybe he could wait another hour…

The bedroom door opened unexpectedly. L's eyes snapped over in the direction of the stranger walking in to see that it was just Noah. That was definitely better than Matsuda, but L still wondered what it was about tonight that was compelling everyone to walk in and see him with Miya. Noah was holding onto the fluffy blue panda Matsuda had given him for his birthday and was rubbing his eyes slightly.

"Mommy," he mumbled. L could tell that he was crying. "I had a bad dweam…"

L looked down at Miya to see she was fast asleep and hadn't heard a word Noah said. He wasn't exactly sure what to do.

"Can I sleep with you?" Noah asked, making his way over to the bed. He jumped when he realized there was someone else in the bed with his mom. If he wasn't already crying, he probably would have in surprise. Thankfully he realized who it was and calmed down. "Mr. Panda? What are you doing here?"

"Uh…" L was at a loss for words. What was he supposed to tell him? "I was just trying to sleep."

"With mommy?" This was not going well…

Miya shifted in her sleep before opening her eyes groggily. The voices had woken her up. "Hm?" She looked up and saw Noah standing next to the bed. "Noah, what are you doing up?"

"I had a bad dweam mommy," he said. "Can I sleep with you?"

Miya nodded and moved away from L's grasp, leaving a gap between them. Noah climbed in happily and clung to his mother as he lay down. She kissed his forehead and L suddenly felt awkward. "I think I'll go now."

Miya was going to tell him to stay some more but Noah beat her to it. "Mr. Panda, pwease stay! I need double p'otection from the monsters!"

"Just a little bit longer," Miya urged. Even though a few things hadn't gone so well tonight, she had still told L she loved him and the last thing she wanted was for him to go.

L lay back down on his side so he was now facing Miya. She smiled and brought her hand to his cheek, stroking it slightly. "Thank you…" she said quietly. She closed her eyes and tried to sleep.

L watched her peaceful face for a few moments before smiling slightly. He couldn't believe how attached he had gotten to the small family. Noah looked up to him as a father now and that really did make L feel happier. He loved the small boy and was glad they got along so well, especially considering he didn't have much experience with children. Miya and Noah were probably the best things in his life and he would surely do anything for them.