Chapter 15

Are you ready readers? Aye aye Kitty! I can't hear you! Aye Aye KITTY! Ohhhhh Who is a little murder with the last name YAGAMI! KIRA KIRA Annoying and whiney or is that just me? KIRA KIRA If the death of criminals is something you wish. KIRA KIRA Then drop by japan and give Light a kiss. KIRA KIRA READY?! KIRA kira KIRA kira KIRAKIRA LIGHT YAGAMIIIII!

I apologize…that was awful. I don't know if you noticed but I'm an L fangirl, and with that comes hating Light. I'll try to keep it to a minimum, but Suzuki will pick on him. Alright LET'S GO MEET THE TEAM!

December 31st

After the deaths of the FBI Agents the task force members became afraid for their very lives. People had been quitting before but this time they were leaving in droves. Ryuzaki knew that if we didn't do something then the task force would have no one left. So you know what we did? We gave them the option to go, and made sure that no penalty would befall them if they left. I asked him why he did this and he said that it would encourage a brave few, with strong senses of justice to continue the fight and that we would have people who were invested in the cause as opposed to those who didn't care and thought of it as their job. It didn't make much sense to me but he's the master detective and I'm just a bringer of sweets. When all was set and done he told me that there were only 6 members left, I couldn't believe it.

"Suzuki, since there are only 6 members left…in order to gain their trust…I'm going to have them come here to our hotel and our room will be the new task force headquarters. I've already talked to them and instructed them in what way to get here; they'll be here by midnight. I know what I said in the beginning about my identity and yours, and it still is dangerous, but I have to trust these men if we ever want to catch Kira. Watari will meet them in the lobby and send them up, but he's got some things to do so I hopped that you would join us instead." Ryuzaki stood in the doorway of my bedroom and as he spoke I put away my drawing.

Meet the task force members? Sounds interesting, dangerous but interesting.

"Sure, I'll stay with you, not like I have anywhere else to go. And besides if it was truly that dangerous you'd never let me risk my life let alone yours. I'm actually looking forward to meeting them. Especially Chief Yagami and that guy Matsuda if he's still a part of the team, which I bet he is, I really want to get to know them better." Ryuzaki's face turns quizzical.

"They are indeed, but how did you meet them already when you haven't left my side?" I stand up and walk toward my door where he's standing.

"At the ICPO conference, Matsuda tripped and crashed into me. Boy I cannot wait to see the look on his face when he sees me and realizes that I'm part of the team too." I can't help but laugh a little. Ryuzaki turns and leaves but waits for me, he does this often; it's his way of letting you know that he wants you to follow him.

"Oh, I see."

"So you said midnight huh?" We walk to his workstation and he grabs a lollipop and I plop down on the couch. I pull out my phone to look at the time. 7:30 on New Year's Eve…Ryuzaki sits in his chair but he's moved it to face me. "Well I guess I better get cleaning…we don't want them thinking that the Great Detective L is a giant slob." I wink at him and stand back up but he ignores the jab and just stares at me like he's yearning to ask a question.

"Suzuki…"

"Yeah?"

"N-nevermind." He looks away from me and swivels back to his screen. I shrug him off and begin to go get a trash bag. There are a lot of wrappers around here…

I'm finally going to meet the task force, I can't wait to see the look on Matsuda's face it's going to be perfect.

. . .

It's midnight; Ryuzaki is at the window staring out at the lights. I've found him here a lot; it seems to be a special spot for some reason. I get the whole beauty part of it but I didn't think he could appreciate that kinda stuff. Then again, he's probably just thinking away from his screen. I'm chillin' on the couch with my back on the arm rest again and my feet stretched out. Its super quiet in here and awkward. Neither of us has said a word since earlier, I was too busy cleaning and he was busy doin' whatever he does. My eyes land on the bowl of lollipops near his desk. It's still full…has he eaten? Maybe he's nervous…

It's getting to awkward and I'm just about to break the silence when there is a knock at the door. Ryuzaki turns and heads toward it. "It's unlocked, come in." He says it loud and I hear the door open. He looks down to me and quietly says, "Stay here." I nod and notice that I actually have a good view of the door from my seat on the couch, through the reflection on the window that is.

Five men walk through the door and I recognize Matsuda and Chief Yagami immediately. Ryuzaki stops about 4 feet from them and uses his foot to scratch his other leg. I stifle a giggle as I watch their faces fill up with disbelief. It seems no one prepared them for Ryuzaki's disheveled appearance. Not everyone can be captivated by it like me. To them he must look super sloppy, his raven hair looks greasy at first but it's actually really clean and healthy. Watari told me he makes Ryuzaki take a shower every day and change his clothes. Not only that but Ryuzaki is actually really picky about what he wears, he has like a million of the same thing. So I guess in reality he's cleaner than me; I'm in the same blood red button up and black skinny jeans as yesterday. It's hard to wash clothes at a hotel and I'm wearing my black tank under my top so I don't see how it would need to get washed immediately and as for my jeans, you can wear jeans more than one day in a row…can't you?

"I am L." I hear it from the other room and my face explodes into a smile, everyone seems dumbfounded and I have to cover my mouth with a hand to keep from laughing. Ryuzaki scratches the back of his head. He's uncomfortable. The Chief pulls out his badge and the rest follow.

"I'm Detective Superintendent Yagami of the NPA."

"Matsuda."

"Aizawa."

"Ukita."

"Mogi."

"I'm very sorry we're late, currently the five of us are-"

"BANG." Ryuzaki cuts off the Chief with a finger gun. I start giggling quietly as they seem even more confused.

"If I were Kira, you'd be dead Mr. Soichiro Yagami of the NPA" Everyone gasps as Ryuzaki turns to come back into the room where I'm sitting. "Kira needs a name and a face to commit murder, but I'm sure you already knew that. Please don't give out your names so carelessly. Instead, let's value our lives…" He continues walking toward the room and I can see that he's annoyed but I smile at him anyway as he passes me.

"Y'know Ryuzaki, they see you as their superior, it's only natural for them to introduce themselves to you. You don't have to be so mean." Ryuzaki looks at me annoyed and realizes they haven't followed him; apparently they're conversing in the other room.

"That's enough small talk for now, please come this way." The men shuffle into the room but haven't spotted me yet. "Please turn off any cellphones, handhelds, or any other communication devices and put them on that table there."

"You think we're gonna use our cellphones to leak information?" Aizawa; a tall man with, what I can only call, an afro seems agitated.

"It's alright, just do as he says." With only a few words Chief Yagami calms him down and every one does what Ryuzaki said.

"I realize he's been cautious from the very beginning but I still can't tell if he trusts us or not…" Matsuda whispers it but I can still make out the words in Japanese.

"No, I just find them distracting; I can't stand it when people's cellphones are ringing when I'm trying to talk." Ryuzaki, who had only been standing in front of it, turns and climbs into his chair so he can sit in his, what I like to call, 'dump' position. What? It makes him look like he has to take a dump. The team continues to walk into our room, but even though I'm in perfect sight, they're too distracted by the way Ryuzaki is sitting to notice me. "Let me start by saying that nobody takes notes on anything that's said in these meetings. That means anything we need is committed to memory. Please, make yourself comfortable." I clear my throat to make them notice me; everyone jumps as if I've scared them, Matsuda's face goes as pale as a ghost. "Oh yes, this is Suzuki Matsui, you might remember her from the ICPO meeting, she's been helping me out and will be joining us."

I wave my fingers in a way that reminds me of one of those crappy teen movies where the mean girl gets something dumped on her or pushed in a pool and the protagonist waves at her with that 'You got what you deserved, bitch' look. You know you know exactly what I'm talking about.

"IT"S YOU!" Matsuda points at me as he announces it in English.

"Yep, and it's you; Mr. Trip-and-fall-on-me-Matsuda." I say it in Japanese, 'cause I've become fluent at it. When every show on TV is in Japanese you just pick most of it up…Everyone giggles and Matsuda shrinks and seems depressed. They seem surprised that I can speak their language but it's overshadowed by my comment.

"You really fell on her?" Aizawa puts his hands on his hips as he stares Matsuda down and smiles.

"Well, my shoe lace untied somehow and when I went to walk, someone stepped on it and I tripped…she was in front of me so…" His face fills red with embarrassment.

"Now, just don't go saying that you love me, 'cause then I guess we'd have to say that you've really fallen for me." The joke is terrible, but they all laugh. The Chief smiles as he places a hand on Matsuda's shoulder before taking a seat on the couch opposite me. Aizawa, seeming to enjoy my sense of humor sits next to me on my couch and I pull my feet in to make room for him. Matsuda shuffles sadly over and sits next to the Chief. Mogi, who I've already classified as the strong and silent type, sits next to Matsuda. The smaller plainer man, Ukita, sits by himself in a chair that is across from Ryuzaki.

I can already tell; that this, is going to be fun.

SO? Was it as funny as you thought it was going to be? Are you excited? Are you wondering what I'm doing in my life because of all the chapters I've posted? Well I have a job but today is my day off, other than that I have Mt. Dew and I'm just ready to have all of this up. I'm still working on CH 19 so I'll probably post up to 18 then disappear and post the chapters as I write them, or I'll write a whole bunch and post after that, like I did this time. I don't know; the only thing I know is that I'm excited to write the parts where Light meets Suzuki and the college. Alright, see ya