Thanks for all the reviews, follows and favourites so far. Without them, I don't think I would have gone this far in the story.

So, anyway, here's the seventeenth chapter.

I do not own Death Note or it's character, they belong to their rightful owners.

Enjoy

Dear Diary,

We are really close to catching the killer. We've narrowed it down to ten people. I mean, this did take a whole month, but at least we're getting somewhere.

We only have a few weeks before they go back, and I still haven't confessed to Mello. Should I tell him? I mean, he ought to know, even if he doesn't return his feelings.

I have to go now anyway. -Grace

I closed the diary and slipped it under my bed.

I jumped up and walked into the office. L was talking to the others, it was probably catching the killer. When I got closer, L smiled and waved. I raised an eyebrow in confusion, wondering if he was waving at me.

I looked behind me to see that he wasn't waving at me. But waving at Ellie, who had somehow got into the building.

My eyes widened. "Ellie!? What the hell are you doing here?! How did you find this place?! How did you get in?!"

"Well, to answer your first question, I thought I might as well pop by, see what you're up to. I haven't heard from you in weeks. To answer the second question, I read your diary a little while back, luckily for me you had the address and directions to this place written on the first page. Thirdly, you have taught me a few lock picking skills and I noticed that the security cameras only look in one direction, I was able to slip past them easily." she replied, waving back at L.

"You broke in?"

She laughed. "Of course not. I can't lock pick. L let me in. I'm staying though. I'm just dropping by."

I nodded and turned, walking back to the others.

"This is Ellie." I mumbled.

Matt smiled brightly. "I'm Matt."

"Nice to meet you." Ellie said, bowing.

Matt winked at Ellie, but she probably didn't notice because of his goggles.

"My name is Near." Near said quietly, twisting a strand of his white hair with the tip of his fingers.

"I'm Light Yagami." Light said, shaking Ellie's hand.

"I'm Mello." he said, taking a bite out of his chocolate.

"Nice to meet you all. I'm Ellie Mason. I'm sure you've heard about me." Ellie said, smiling brightly at all of them.

Matt smiled at Ellie. I had a feeling that Matt had a thing for Ellie.

"Oh, Grace. Can I talk to you for a second?" she asked.

I nodded and followed her to the other room.

She opened her big, black bag and rummaged through it. "I have something to give to you." she said. When she couldn't find what she was looking for, she poured the bag's contents all over the table. Make-up, keys and pens fell out of the bag, until a small package fell out. She picked it up and gave it to me.

"What is it?" I asked, turning it over in my hands. It was in the shape of a notebook.

"I don't know who it's from. Or what it is. But, what I do know is that it was given to me to send it to you. The sender probably didn't want to give it to you directly." she said, shrugging her shoulders and putting her stuff back into her bag.

"Right. Thanks." I muttered, dropping it onto the table.

She stared at it. "Aren't you going to open it?" she asked.

"Yeah, I'll do it later. Right now, I'm working on a case, so if you don't mind, could you leave?" I asked.

"The person that gave it to me said to tell you that as soon as you get it, you have to open it." she said.

I sighed and picked up the package and started to rip the wrapping off.

There was a black notebook and a piece of paper on the front. I opened the piece of paper.

It read: Grace Wilson,

If you're reading this now, that means that Miss Mason has successfully delivered the notebook to you. By this time, I'm sure you've narrowed down your list of suspects by now. And I'm sure you already now that I was using a Death Note to kill those people. But now, I surrender. To prove to you that I have surrendered, I am giving you my Death Note. I have given up ownership to the notebook, so now, you are the official owner of the Death Note.

Killing those people was fun while it lasted. But, I'd rather surrender now than get the death penalty. I hope you enjoy my gift. The Shinigami's name is Rem. I hope you enjoy the power to kill people...

I read the paper twice through, and looked on the back. I put the paper in my pocket and looked at the black notebook I had in my hands.

'Why would this guy give up so easily? Has he seriously surrendered.' I thought.

I opened the notebook and looked through it. The names were similar and I was almost certain that they were the victims. I stopped on the first page, when I saw the name 'Mark Wilson'.

"Dad..." I muttered.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"I think that you should leave, Ellie. This could be beneficial to the case. Thanks for coming." I said, wiping away the tears in my eyes.

"All right then. I'll see you soon." she said, walked out of the room.

I smiled. We have finally solved this case.

To be honest, I think I've ended the case a little too quickly. What do you think?

Anyway, I suppose there are more cases they could solve.

I am very close to finishing it now. Yay!

I'll post more tomorrow. (If I can)