I do not claim ownership of Death Note, Bakuman, or their characters.
L's POV
"You're sure?" L spoke into the phone. He had been sitting in the same couch for almost an hour-receiving updates from his agents who had been tailing the various suspects he had pointed out.
The one that stuck out the most was a high school student-top of his class, father apart of the Japanese Task Force, and a good home life. To any other this boy would seem like the last person who'd murder thousands of people.
'Then again the victims are convicted felons and murders-as the son of a police man he'd have a strong sense of justice.' L thought to himself. 'The perfect criminal.'
"Light Yagami-is this what your capable of?" L asks himself, staring back in forth between Light's file and a picture from an ongoing investigation involving an escaped convicts suicide.
Light's POV
To the outside world he sat alone in his room. To himself he was sitting across from a shinagami. There was an enveloping silence around the room for the two. It wasn't until Light acknowledged Ryuk by his name the silence was broken.
"What?" Ryuk asked.
"How long has a human being lasted without having used the Death Note?" Light asked. Ryuk tried to think. "Sorry kid-I have no idea." Ryuk said.
"Most of the time the Death Note falls into the hands of someone who will use it to the extent they will get personal gain. Those who have resisted the allure just give it up to the death god when they come to claim it. So far-any human who has kept the Note and did not write in it...probably bored the shinagami and had their name written." Ryuk rubbed the back of his head. The honesty of the answer was quite a delicate topic for Light. Light has yet to write in the Note. He's spent weeks staring at the book and never once has he tried to take ink to the paper.
'So far his soul is still safe.' Ryuk thought to himself. Staring at Light who had turned back the the homework he had momentarily taken a break from.
"You know Light..." Ryuk began. Light didn't turn to listen. "There is another Death Note here on earth." Light stopped writing at this, but he remained in the same position at his desk.
"Its quite interesting really-there have been so many deaths since I came to earth. So far I've only written down four names to sustain the length of my life." Ryuk continued, "Whoever has it is probably having a fun time-all criminals. They've developed quite the motive really."
Light sat there absorbing what he was saying and continued to write. Never once did he turn back to Ryuk to respond to what he had told him.
'Another Death Note,' Light thought to himself. 'Is this why dad's not home? This Kira-are they really connected.'