"Lorelai, I've been meaning to ask you something," L stated once he and his daughter were alone in the room.

Lorelai glanced over—it wasn't much of a reaction but he knew that she was listening.

"Why have you asked Matsuda-chan to help you?"

"I don't know what you're talking about."

No reaction whatsoever.

"I know I am getting old but I am not old enough to fall for a lie like that."

"What would make you think Kiyoko-chan was helping me?"

"I saw you two. You are aware that we have cameras installed throughout this building, correct?"

Lorelai blinked, "…oh. Well then, she wanted to help avenge Keitaro."

"She's been working with you for much longer than that."

"Wow you really have been meaning to talk to me for a while haven't you?"

L smiled slightly, "that one was just a guess."

Lorelai frowned, "not cool, dad."

Kiyoko brushed a few strands of hair behind her ear and sighed as she watched the video feed. It hadn't been easy but she had found one of Kai's frequent "hideouts" and had placed a camera Matt had been working on building inside. Unfortunately, Matt had not managed to finish building it before she put it to use so the video was grainy and there was no audio.

I could have gotten a better feed from my cell phone, she thought as she watched Kai.

Oh well, it's too late for that now, I'll have to make do with what I have to work with.

She zoomed the camera in to get a better view from under the pile of books where it was placed.

Kai tipped his chair backwards and sighed, he didn't like this. He had avenged his younger brother but that didn't seem to help at all—he was still questioning his motives and he wasn't enjoying that one bit. He had always been confident, so confident that it often turned to arrogance which had a habit of getting him in trouble. He glanced over at Ryuk and Mono who were off in the corner of the small room gambling with apples and various shiny objects Mono had managed to find. He had a brief fleeting feeling of worry when he realized the objects would be floating in mid-air to anyone other than himself who saw them but that quickly faded as his still terribly high confidence took over, affirming himself that no one could have located the abandoned room.

Kiyoko furrowed her eyebrows. Was it her imagination or were the objects in the corner of the room flying?

Could they be insects? She wondered. She didn't think so; one of them had the distinct shape of an apple.

Didn't Ryuzaki-san mention something about Shinigami liking apples?

They weren't moving much but she was almost certain they were, in fact, moving and they were definitely at least a few centimeters higher than they should be.

…Maybe I should bring this to Lorelai-san…but is this enough to help?

Kiyoko thought for a minute, then nodded to herself, downloaded the video file, and headed out to give it to Lorelai.

Crap just got real...sorry about the super-late, super-lame update ^^' I'll be a better author in the future, I promise!