If you're just starting here, go and reread the first four chapters! I revised them on 3/28/18 so they are (slightly) better written and flow better. Plus there was a little something added to chapter 4 so make sure to read it!

Enjoy!

Soichiro Yagami stood just a foot outside my door. He was in a nice, polished suit. However, his face showed the opposite. His face showed a tired man who just wanted to go home to his family instead of knocking on a teenage girl's door at god knows what time.

"Um, hello?" My voice barely went above a whisper, and I cleared my throat a few times before I was able to talk normally again. "Is there something you need sir?"

As if on cue, he took his badge from his pocket and showed it to me. The poor man seemed much too tired to be doing this, but it was his job after all.

"I need to take you down to the police station for questioning. Please, I just want to do this the easy way so don't resist. I have handcuffs if you do." He seemed to be pleading with me and I felt for the guy. I didn't even realize he was talking in fluent English, but that didn't matter. He was a genuinely good guy and he shouldn't have to do this. Especially since he's wasting his time with me right now. How did they even manage to find me so fast?

Well, I was next to his house. I guess that would make sense that Light would've seen me come out at some point.

And here I thought I was smarter than fictional characters, but really I was the big idiot here.

"Fine, fine. Lead the way." Defeatedly, the door shut behind us as we went towards the elevator. Not like I had much of a choice here. I'm surprised that they were giving me any sort of chances. L would be the type of person to make sure that no one would die and he would have locked me up immediately.

So, why didn't he?

Unless he already knew that I wasn't Kira. That would be wonderful, but there was doubt in my heart that it was the case.

"So uh… What's your name?" Soichiro asked me softly. He didn't have much of a guard up around me, which was peculiar. I was predicted to be Kira, so why was he soft around me? Perhaps he thought as well that a teenage girl couldn't be a killer? I mean, Misa was. I wasn't, but they should at least drop the stereotype that teenage girls can do no wrong.

"I have the right to remain silent." I mumbled back. I needed time to think of a believable alias. I obviously couldn't go around telling people my real name. I had to keep up the facade of not having a Life Note for as long as I could. If Light had a fake name, then he wouldn't know that he can't kill me. At least for a while. No one would know that I was using an alias. It's not like I actually existed in this world before a few days ago. I almost laughed at the thought until it came to a screeching halt.

When they looked for records, there would be nothing. That would make me even more suspect.

I just couldn't get a break, could I?

The elevator stopped and Soichiro moved with speed out of the hotel with me in tow. He slid into his police car and as much as I wanted to slip in the passenger seat, I knew I had to slip into the back seat.

The ride to the station was quick, and I was drifting in and out of consciousness. I was still tired, it was roughly 3 A.M. as I had gathered from the radio in the front and all I wanted was some sleep. The ride came to a stop and my door was opened. Leading me into the station, I was lead into the interrogation room. It looked exactly like I saw in Law and Order, not like I expected anything different. There was a blinking camera in the upper right hand corner of the room that was no doubt used to record every move in this room.

Soichiro sat across from me. "Normally it wouldn't be me doing this, but everyone else already went home." Except L. But he couldn't say that, obviously.

I nodded in understanding, staring at the table. I was going to have to pull so many lies out of me and I had absolutely no idea how I would do it.

Especially while I was so, overwhelmingly, exhausted.

"Alright well let's get started." Soichiro seemed to be more tired than I am, but duty called. "So, what is your full name?"

I thought fast, "Alexis Louise Grace." I basically just said three first names in a row, but Soichiro seemed to believe me as he wrote down the name on his notepad.

"Age?"

"Eighteen." I might as well stick with the trend I'm 18. Not like they can prove me long, and it's not like I have an ID to prove it.

"ID?" Wow, speak of the devil.

"I lost it." I shrugged carelessly and Soichiro bit his lip, scribbling some words down before continuing.

"Were you on the Kimiri bus two days ago?" He questioned.

"Yes."

"Why did you not get interviewed by the police after the incident like everyone else?" He seemed to become more suspicious of me as time went on. That was something I couldn't quite change.

"I ran away back to my hotel room because I felt sick to my stomach. I don't handle death or blood very well." That was the truth at least. It did make me look extremely suspicious though, I couldn't deny that.

"The train yesterday?" He continued on, "Why did you take the file?"

"I had somewhere to be, and I saw him leave it behind. I didn't understand why someone would leave a file up there, so I thought perhaps he had misplaced it. I left to give it to him, but I lost him as soon as I exited the train."

"Do you know who Kira is?"

"No, I just know he's been killing a lot of criminals." Yes and it's your son.

"Did you know that you're under suspicion for being Kira?"

"Yes, but I'm sure L knows that it's not me. Right, L?" I knew he was watching. L wasn't the type to not stick around for Kira interrogations. This one seemed much too lax for it to be a real interrogation. L was just trying to see what type of person I was. If I was even to be considered for Kira.

Soichiro looked around in confusion, as if he was missing something. "I'm not quite sure who you're talking about Ms. Grace, but there is no one with the name L here." he tried to cover it, but he couldn't cover stuff that I already knew.

"Not directly in the room, no. But he's watching me through that camera, right L?" Almost as if on cue, Soichiro's phone started ringing in his pocket. Not wanting to leave the room, Soichiro answered it in front of me. A series of 'mhms' and suddenly I was being pulled to another elevator.

"L has asked to see you." That quick? I actually didn't think L was stupid enough to fall for what I was going for. I thought I would have to go through the trouble of saying his real name or something silly like that.

Entering the elevator, it went up a multitude of floors before it stopped at the main room. The elevator doors opened and there, before me, stood a beautiful being.

L.

He wasn't conventionally attractive, but that did not stop him from looking so hot to me. I blame hormones.

"I brought the girl up as you wanted." Soichiro stated, giving me a slight shove out of the elevator.

"Thank you, please leave us alone to speak privately." L's voice rang throughout the apartment and I felt like I was about to faint. Soichiro went back down the elevator to a separate level I assumed.

I thought I wasn't like the other fangirls, but I was wrong. I was oh, so wrong.

"Ms. Grace, sit." L's voice wasn't demanding, it just sounded serious in it's own monotone way. I followed his orders and sat across from him. He was hunched over in his usual attire, stirring a cup of tea that was in front of him.

"You called?" I tried to sound sweet, but my voice just sounded weak and tired. I really needed the sleep I was missing right now. As much as I loved meeting L, sleep was sort of required for a good meeting.

"Ms. Grace, we have quite a bit of proof that you are Kira. You were witness to two deaths. The one outside Manga Outlet, on the bus, and you took the file that Raye Penber left on the train after Kira told him to place it there."

"Well when you say it like that, it does look pretty suspicious." I admitted back to him, "But L-"

"Ryuzaki. Call me Ryuzaki." He corrected me briefly before eyeing me to continue.

"Ryuzaki." I corrected. "But believe it or not, I am innocent." I'm sure it was hard for him to believe, but he had to believe me. There was no other way out unless he believed me. I didn't want to be trapped in prison forever, otherwise I couldn't save the other people I had to save!

This mission was important to me. I was here with a Life Note, might as well do something with it.

"So then, Ms. Grace." He added a sugar cube to his tea before continuing to stir. "Why are there no records of you ever living in, or traveling to Japan?"

There was no way out of this one. I'm a decent liar, it's just like acting after all. However, a convincing lie for this one would be almost impossible. And L is overwhelmingly smart, how the hell was I going to convince him?

"They must have forgotten to put me in when I traveled here a few months ago." I laughed, trying to push the question forward. "My parents and I have been traveling for awhile-"

"Ms. Grace, there would at least be record of you somewhere. Unless you have deleted all of them to push the FBI off of your trail." His voice was monotone but I felt as though I could sense a bitter and inquisitive edge to the words.

"I know it must be odd that my records don't appear anywhere." It was definitely odd that my records did not appear anywhere, and there was no way out of that. However, I could prove that I wasn't Kira. It was the only way to keep myself alive. Or at least out of police custody for the time being.

Or it could completely backfire.

Only one way to find out.

"I can prove to you…" I tried to talk but I noticed that my words were slurring together, my eyes closing unwillingly. I forced them open the best I could but my mind was growing foggy. The only thing I wanted was sleep. I had so much to accomplish, this dumb questioning would only lead to bad things for me in the future. "I can prove to you that I'm not… Kira."

"Ms. Grace, how may you do that?" L had the same look as he always did, but if he did show emotions I would imagine he would look perplexed right now. There was no sure way to prove that I was Kira. However, I did it in the best way I could imagine.

"Lawliet…" Was the last thing I murmured before my head hit the arm of the couch and I immediately passed out as soon as my head hit the soft surface.

L was confused, concerned, and perplexed. None of it showed on his face, of course. But, how did this girl know? There should be no one who knew about his name. Watari made sure of it.

He would ask Watari about it when everyone showed up in the morning. However, one thing was for sure. This girl was not Kira. If she was, he would have been dead a very, very long ago.

But then the question remained.

Who was this American girl?

Wow, and here I said I was going to get better at updating. I am so, so sorry that I left this story alone for over 4 years. Skipping all the dumb personal stories and excuses I have for leaving it, I just lost all motivation to write for years. I recently regained the motivation and I wanted to starting writing again. Since it has been 4 years, I went through all the previous chapters and revised them. Only chapters 2 and 4 have some sort of major change in them. Nothing to completely change the storyline or anything like that. Especially since I lost all plans on this story, so I'm just creating a completely new plan.

If there's anyone here from before this story went on hiatus, welcome! Thanks for sticking around. And welcome to all newcomers! I already have the next chapter done so I'll just be waiting to post it.

R & R!

(Also this chapter may not be perfect since I'm not an amazing editor but we'll see.)