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Chapter 4 Confirmation

~Rei's POV~

Childish. That was the word that came to mind as I silently observed the bickering representatives, all desperate to put the blame on someone. Anyone actually. It didn't matter if the organization was represented in this room or not, all trust was thrown out the window in the time of a crisis. It was all so juvenile. At the very least it made me feel better about my episode with Minagawa. Thinking of Minagawa brought my attention, yet again, to my throbbing shoulders. I grimaced against the pain.

I glanced to my right towards Matsuda and my father, who also seemed reluctant to join in with the verbal abuse that was being thrown back and forth. I folded my hands underneath my chin and settled in my chair, waiting for something relevant to be said. The arguing then reached an all time high when a gray haired man accused the FBI or CIA of possibly being behind the deaths. The insistent chatter died down though, when a large mustached man voiced the option of contacting L. I sat up, my interest piqued. The assembled organizations then began to murmur to each other, apparently discussing the option, when Matsuda asked,

"Uh, Chief? What's this L they're talking about?" My father began to describe L's illustrious history as I silently pondered my good fortune. Was L going to be put on my case? That's how I thought of it, my case. It didn't matter what it ended up being called to me, I would always refer to it as MY case. Even if I had never had the opportunity to meet the man, it would still be too good to be true.

"But I've heard this L is extremely arrogant. I understand he'll only take cases he is personally interested in," another man piped up.

"That's exactly right! Besides we don't even know how to contact him," someone replied.

"L is already on the move." The assembled agents all turned to face a heavily disguised man at the front of the meeting hall.

Watari…

I smiled briefly, it was just a guess, but I was sure I was right. Who else would L send?

"L has already began his investigation into these incidents," the man said, his voice low and gravelly, this put his age at approximately seventy years old. I smiled again; pleased that I was right when he was identified as Watari. Matsuda then asked who Watari was and was treated to another hushed explanation.

"Please be silent. L would now like to address the delegates." I leaned forward eagerly as Watari opened a laptop, an ornate L decorating the screen which also appeared on the monitor at the front of the room. A synthetically altered voice then began to speak.

"Greetings to all of you at the ICPO. I am L. The difficulty in this case lies in its unprecedented scope, but make no mistake; we're witnessing an atrocious act of mass murder, one that is unforgivable." This grounded me slightly. Hearing that L say I was right was much worse than hearing my father or Matsuda admit. His use of large words did amuse me though. It was a classic move. If you don't want to be interrupted, use words that the other party can't understand and hopefully they'll be shocked into silence. L continued on, "This case cannot be solved without full cooperation of the ICPO, that is, all of the police organizations you represent throughout the world. You need to make the decision to fully support the investigation at this meeting." That was either going to be extremely simple or difficult. It depended mostly on the amount of respect these men held for L and whether if they were going to immediately trust him or make him work for it. Knowing how L worked he would not interfere with the decision, instead deciding to make them cave to his demands. I suppressed a groan. The meeting could drag on for hours if that happened.

"Also, I require additional cooperation from Japan's National Police Agency." Dad and Matsuda stood up in response to this. Really, they shouldn't be so surprised. I had reminded Dad and explained to Matsuda for the first time all of my theories, excluding the name and a face one. I was content to remain sitting. I knew better than to question L. You didn't get any answers and ended up more confused than you started out.

"What? Why Japan in particular?" Dad asked.

"Whether the guilty party is an individual or a group, there's a strong possibility that they're Japanese. And even if they're not, we can be sure they're hiding in Japan." Dad glanced at me, everything L was saying matched up with my theory perfectly.

"What's all this based on?" Dad questioned.

"Why Japan, you ask? I think I'll be able to provide you with proof of that after I directly confront the culprit." A direct confrontation? Not L's usual method of operation. But if we were dealing with someone who only needed a name and a face to kill, as I suspected, perhaps unusual methods should be used.

"A direct confrontation?" Dad inquired, echoing my thoughts.

"At any rate, we'll set up headquarters in Japan."

My father made a small noise of disapproval not picked up by the microphone. He clearly didn't like being kept out of the loop and was also unhappy that the headquarters where in Japan, most likely somewhere I had easy access to. He had probably been hoping HQ would be in England or America. Somewhere where it would be irrational for me to start investigating before I'd have to turn right around and go to college. Just because Dad had promised to let me investigate didn't mean I necessarily had to. Silently, I thanked L for being so difficult.

Since L seemed to be done speaking for now, the discussion regarding the ICPO's support was opened and after a slow forty-five minutes (though I was grateful it wasn't more), the ICPO consented. It was clear several delegates still weren't happy with giving L complete authority, but he had never steered them wrong before.

After thanking us for our cooperation, L explained his next course of action. A live world wide broadcast directed at Kira in hope that the pressure of L being after him, would cause him to make a mistake. L's assembled audience was clearly annoyed that he had assumed support would so readily be given that he already had a plan set for action, but I could only grin.

L wasn't telling them the whole story. I had studied enough of L's cases to understand how his mind worked. L was most likely going to send in a proxy, probably a criminal due to be executed today, and have him declare himself to be L, then directly address Kira. This fake l would probably have a name plate with his real name on it so once Kira was angered, he would attempt to kill the stand in. If this succeeded, it would give solid basis that not only did Kira need a name and a face to kill, but that Kira didn't have to be personally present at the crime scene. And though L claimed it would be a worldwide broadcast, it would only be shown to small portions of the world at a time (starting with the regions of Japan) in order to pinpoint Kira's location. All in all it was quite well thought out, it was L after all. I then left with Matsuda and my father to head back to the station, anxious to watch the fun unfold.

~Watari's POV~

During Ryuzaki's interaction with the ICPO, I had been monitoring the crowd, searching for potential threats or roadblocks for the investigation. If necessary we would bribe them if it meant we got unanimous support to work on the investigation. When I got to the NPA my eyes slid past the first two men to the girl sitting at their sides. I blinked in confusion. A girl? She didn't like she could be any older than eighteen.

What was she doing here? I then noticed her headset, she must be a delegate. I noted that while she seemed serious, small smiles kept appearing on her face. She was amused it seemed with what Ryuzaki was saying, or at least at her colleagues' reactions. The smiles became more frequent when the elder of the two male NPA agents started questioning Ryuzaki. There was enough of an age difference and resemblance to safely assume he was her father. When Ryuzaki mentioned the culprit being in Japan, he looked directly at the girl, who had an "I told you so" look on her face.

When discussing giving their support to L, her expression varied between bored and irritated. Once or twice it looked like she wanted to say something, but a withering glare from her father kept her silent. Daringly, she stuck her tongue out at him, and he merely shook his head disapprovingly before facing the front, allowing the smile he had hidden from her appear on his face.

Once Ryuzaki explained his plan, she seemed to struggle to keep her…grin from becoming too obvious. It made me wonder if she had reached the same conclusions as Ryuzaki and had used them to pick out the true intentions of the broadcast. It didn't seem impossible, I had been trying for years to train a child to think like L and take up his mantle, it didn't seem to far fetched to think it had happened by pure chance. It explained all her secretive smiles and knowing looks, things I was well familiar with from Wammy's house. It was the mark of a smart child. However, she didn't seem to have any unusual habits or behavioral patterns. Perhaps growing up in a normal environment had prevented those from occurring? It was something I'd have to think over…

But back to the matter at hand. If she had realized Ryuzaki's true motivations she didn't seem too eager to spoil the plan or let anyone else in on the secret. She would make a good addition to our list of contacts and agents. I would have to speak about her to Ryuzaki.

~Rei's POV~

We were all back at the station now, in the same meeting room that had been used this morning actually. All the clutter that had been removed earlier on seemed to be slowly accumulating again. Most of us were gathered around a small television, waiting for L's broadcast to come on. Our patience was rewarded when a nervous looking reporter appeared on the screen.

"We'd like to apologize for the interruption. As of now we're bringing you a live world wide broadcast from Interpol's ICPO. We now take you live to the ICPO." The image then changed to a well dresses man, with shaggy black hair. A name plate in front of him read Lind L. Tailor. This must be L's proxy. He then began to speak.

"I head up an international police task force, which includes all member nations. I am Lind L. Tailor, otherwise known, as L."

"So this is how it all begins," Dad stated his arms crossed.

"But, Sir, I don't get it. He's never actually shown his face before, right? Why would he choose to do it know?" Matsuda asked, honestly confused.

"It must mean he's serious about this," Dad replied.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that," I murmured. Matsuda looked at me questioningly before turning his attention back to the miniature TV.

"Criminals around the world are being murdered by a serial killer. I consider this crime to be the most atrocious act of murder in history. I will not rest until the person or persons responsible are brought to justice. Kira, I will hunt you down. I will find." Now came for the bait. The proxy was most likely going to attempt to anger Kira in hope that Kira would try to kill Lind L. Tailor.

"Kira, I've got a pretty good idea what your motivation might be and I can guess what you hope to achieve. However, what you're doing right now, is evil."

Bingo

There it was. The ultimate insult. Calling Kira what he hoped to exterminate from this world. Somewhere, I was sure Kira was throwing a tantrum. Hell, that's what I'd be doing.

Suddenly, "L", began to convulse and clutch at his chest before slumping down on his desk, clearly dead. Kira fell for it. Hook, line, and sinker. Now it was time for the big reveal. And judging by my fellow officers looks of horror, L had better do it soon, before a riot started. I relaxed when the people attempting to remove Lind L. Tailor from the scene, were replaced by a familiar L logo. An electronic voice then began to speak.

"I had to test this out just in case, but I, I never thought it would actually happen. Kira, it seems you can kill people without having to be there in person. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't just witnessed it. Listen to me, Kira. If you did indeed kill Lind L. Tailor, the man you just saw die on television, I should tell you that he was an inmate whose execution was scheduled for today. That was not me." There we go, now everyone could relax. I looked around; no one seemed relaxed, just dumbstruck. Apparently they weren't taking the supernatural side of the case as well as L and I did. Maybe we were just more open to unusual solutions.

"The police arrested him in absolute secrecy, so you wouldn't have heard about him on the TV or internet. It appears that not even you have access to information to these types of criminals." L paused and then seemed to speak with a renewed energy.

"But I assure you, L is real. I do exist. Now, try to kill me!" That was a slight curve ball. I hadn't expected that. I thought L would stop after acquiring a basis for the kills with a name and face theory, not that he would go so far to gather evidence by using himself as bait. It was drastic, but at the very least I gained a bit more respect for him. I wasn't even upset I had failed to predict this. In fact I was slightly relieved L still managed to stay ahead of me. It just proved that he was the best and that we would catch Kira all the more quickly. I muffled giggles as the other agents questioned L's sanity as he continued to challenge Kira by asking for his death.

"What's the matter? Can't you do it? Well Kira, it seems like you can't kill me after all. So there are some people you can't kill. You've given me a useful hint. Let me return the favor. I'll tell you something I think you'll find interesting. Although this was announced as a worldwide broadcast, the truth is, we are only broadcasting in the Kanto region of Japan." The moment Kira may have recovered; L dropped another bombshell on him. Kira had to be getting nervous now. Hopefully, it was nervous enough to make a mistake.

"I had planned to broadcast this message around the world until we found you, but it looks like that won't be necessary. I now know where you are. The police treated your first killing as an unrelated incident, but in actuality, the first of your victims was a suspect in Shinjuku. Of all the criminals that recently died of heart attacks, this one's crime was by far the least serious, and furthermore his crime was only ever reported inside Japan. I used that information to deduce this much, you are in Japan and your first victim was little more than an experiment, which means you haven't been killing for very long. We decide to broadcast in Kanto first because of its large population and luckily we found you. To be completely honest with you, I never actually expected things to go this well, but it won't be too long before I am able to sentence you to death."

"L has…certainly lived up to his reputation," Matsuda commented.

"That's for sure," I added.

"Uh-huh. He proved that Kira exists, that the deaths were murders, and that he is here in Japan," Dad agreed.

And he proved me right. But I kept that to myself. L spoke again.

"Naturally, I am very interested to know how you commit these murders without being present, but I don't mind waiting a little bit longer. You can answer all my questions when I catch you. Let's meet again soon, Kira."

In the silence left by the ending of the broadcast, I softly applauded.

~Light's POV~

I sat on the edge of my bed, a frown growing on my face. That was absolutely humiliating; such an act against God would not be forgiven. This L had to go. But there was something a bit more pressing on my mind. Something that I knew wasn't true, but couldn't help but think. Ryuk took a look at my expression, chuckled, and asked mockingly, "Come on Light, are you really gonna sulk over that?"

"I'm not sulking; it's just that…I have a feeling like…I was just talking to Rei."

~AN~

Kind of boring. Nothing really happened. Watari did take an interest in Rei though. The title is confirmation because L is proving all of Rei's theories. I liked Rei applauding at the end though.

Ahh Watari, always thinking of the children. I would think that while he doesn't really mind L's strange quirks he would think working with outside sources would be a lot easier if l didn't have them. Thus he compared Rei's behavior to the other orphans and wondered if somehow being raised in a house full of genii GIVES you said quirks. For some reason I feel like Watari and L's relationship is really downplayed in the anime. The only real glimpse you get at it is episode 25…which makes me feel like crying every time I watch it.

Oooooh Light's in for it now. Btw does Ryuk remind anyone else of a puppy? No? Just me? Weird…

Today was the first day of high school for me, Ahhhh, right? Scary to think I'm a high school student. The day was kinda boring, so I decided I needed a pick-me-up and for some bizarre reason, posting does that. Probably because of the lovely reviews you guys leave me. But seriously, watch me get addicted to posting, but I guess that's good news for you guys. New chapters faster right?

I'd like to thank Game-girl209, gnarley-, Lt. Sarcasm, and snowXgem for reviewing. You guys rock. You guys were so excited to be on the list it made me happy. Good thing life's filled with those simple little pleasures.

Here's another random tidbit, while I was writing this whenever the phone rang I got hungry. Like immediate stomach rumble. O.o Weird right?