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The Greatest Mystery	By : LadyLaran Category: Harry Potter Crossovers > Slash - Male/Male Views: 15225 -:- Recommendations : 4 -:- Currently Reading : 8
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Death Note nor do I make any money from this tale.

Chapter List
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Author’s Note – I know it’s been a while, and I do apologize. I’ve had a lot of projects on my plate as well as trying to get my health issues under control. It’s not easy to write when under a haze from pain meds honestly, but I’m not going to abandon my stories. One way or another, I will get this story and the others finished.
Thank you to all who have read and reviewed. I know everyone has been anxious for an update, and I value your patience a great deal.
Disclaimer – I do not own “Harry Potter” or “Death Note” nor do I make any money from this story. I’m just enjoying the chance to have fun with the characters.
Chapter Seventeen – Weeding Things Out
So far, everything looked to be going well and Raito was rather pleased with how events were unfolding. The only thorn in his side was the presence of the person watching him, but he had plans in place for that. The tests he had run on the six prisoners had been very educational, and the self-styled god was rather pleased with the results. More tests would be needed, he was certain of that, but he had the data needed to handle the situation.
The results of his test had been interesting to read about in the NPA database, and he’d stumbled across files from other teams. The idea that L was still at a loss as to where he was pleased Raito to no end, but he would remain cautious for now. Each team had reported their suspicions about the odd deaths, and there had been quite a bit of discussion in regards to the pentagram he’d had one of the prisoners draw in his own blood. It seemed that his ruse had worked better than he’d thought, and he had to wonder at what L had thought of his message to him.
The teenager leaned back in his chair, staring idly at the computer screen in front of him. He’d rejected Ryuk’s offer of the shinigami eyes earlier, not wanting to lose any of his life. The eyes were a temptation, but he knew he was clever enough to work around the issue of not being able to see the true names of people. Life was too precious, especially his own, and he wanted all the time he could manage in order to fulfil the dreams he had.
He smirked, stretching for a moment. It was both tiring and exciting being the hand of justice, but he would endeavor to continue his work. No one would stop him, not even this so-called International Detective.
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The chiming sound was distracting, and L paused in his reading to give a disgruntled look to where the stack of books his companion had been sorting through were lying. Harry had gotten up to visit the loo, and the detective had no idea how to make the irritating noise stop.
“Why in Merlin’s name do you look as if you’ve been sucking on really sour lemon drops,” the wizard asked, coming back into the main room.
“Your work area is making noises, and it is rapidly becoming annoying,” the shaggy haired male replied, looking at the smaller one. “It is steadily growing more and more difficult to focus on my work.”
“Noises? The mirror!”
Harry rushed to his work station, pulling the communications mirror out from beneath several heavy tomes, and gently tapped the glass.
“Neville,” he greeted his god-brother cheerfully. “I hadn’t expected to hear from you.”
“Luna and Hermione are stuck in a dress shop so I volunteered to call you and give our report,” the Herbology master stated with a smile.
“That was quick,” the smaller wizard replied. “I hadn’t expected any results for at least another few days.”
“Hermione came up with an idea to speed things up,” the Longbottom lord answered. “She borrowed your army of house elves and had them sneak into certain offices to get the information needed so you could look it over.”
“Well, there is a reason she’s known as the brightest witch of her age,” Harry laughed. “What did the elves find out?”
“There’s been no deaths that can be attributed to the case,” Neville said quietly. “All of the wards for the prisons have been quiet as well.”
Harry frowned, thinking for a moment, and his god-brother continued.
“Sorry we didn’t find much for you,” Neville told him. “We’d hoped to get better answers that you could use for the investigation.”
“Actually, Nev, you did. I’ll explain later when I’ve got more time. Send my love to the girls, and I’ll contact you soon.”
“All right, Harry,” the other replied, then ended the call.
The wizard set the mirror down, looking thoughtful as he processed what he’d been told. He was aware of L’s dark eyes watching him and broke his silence.
“Kira’s a muggle.”
“Explain,” L replied, wanting to hear Harry’s thoughts on this. He had a feeling the other was correct regarding what he had stated, but the detective needed to understand how he had reached that hypothesis.
“It’s not well known, but there have been the occasional muggles and squibs who have knowingly broken wizarding law. The mundane governments are informed of this and allow the magical governments to hold the trials,” Harry explained. “The ones that were found guilty were sentenced to the magical prisons, and the governments covered it up. Only magical beings would know of this and if Kira was a magical being, he would have killed them as they fall into the bracket of those he kills.”
“He’s only moved against non-magical beings,” the detective commented. “This definitely eliminates a biased wizard.”
“Exactly,” he replied. “Which means we’ve got a muggle using some kind of magical tool or ritual that enables him to do this. That also helps to narrow this down somewhat as most magical tools require at least a little bit of magic in order to make it work. Rituals will be longer to research due to the fact that there are quite a few out there that non-magical people can use. A lot of pagans are quite successful with the right rituals in place.”
“I’ll adjust our personal profile to reflect this,” L answered, turning to do just that. “This eliminates quite a few from the pool of suspects.”
Harry nodded, leaning back in his seat as he stared at the books in front of him. Despite the fact that this discovery had helped to narrow the possible means of killing, there was still a lot of data to go through in order to find out what was doing this. The task was fairly daunting, and the green eyed male would have to summon up a lot of his courage and determination to focus on what needed to be done instead of how much more there was to go through.
“Too big a pool of suspects and way too big a pool of potential tools,” the wizard sighed, tapping his fingers against the arm of the chair. “The more we sift through, the more we find we have to uncover. It’s frustrating to know that we have so very little that we actually have on this guy.”
“It’s all part of the process of being a detective,” L told him. “It takes time and patience, but the rewards are satisfying.”
“They’d have to be or there wouldn’t be any detectives or policeman,” Harry replied, leaning forward and dropping his head onto the stack of books with a loud thump. “It feels like we’re never going to figure this out.”
“The case will be solved,” L told his companion. “I will not allow Kira to continue on his murder spree and from what I have heard and read about you, you are not one to allow this sort of thing to continue either.”
“I’m not going to let it continue,” the wizard replied, not lifting his head. “I’m just having a bit of a wobbly right now since I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed by all of this. How in Merlin’s name do you manage to do this all the time?”
“This is the first time I have had a case like this,” the detective informed him. “I am just applying what I have learned and observed over the years to solve the Kira case. I focus on the details and not the sheer magnitude of what has yet to be gone over.”
“I hope there’s never another case this big,” Harry said. “I could easily imagine this one taking years to solve if we’d had to do things strictly the muggle or the wizard way. Combining both worlds in this has made it slightly easier to investigate this.”
L nodded, looking over some files that had just come in on the ICPO server. He picked up a lollipop that he’d gotten from his trip with Harry and began sucking on it while reading, occasionally twisting it between his lips and pulling it out to nibble and lick at it. There was a lot more weeding that needed to be done in regards to the data both the police, FBI, and the House had been sending him. The sugar was necessary to keep him fueled, though he had no idea that a certain wizard was watching him play with the treat in a way that was rather distracting.
Harry bit back a groan, rubbing his face before forcing himself to focus on his work. The way L was licking and nibbling on the lollipop had a certain part of him rather interested, and it was difficult restraining his bodily reactions.
Another sly glance towards the other male had him flushing before he dropped his gaze back to the book he was supposed to be reading. Merlin damn it; the things that man could do to a piece of candy with his mouth should be considered illegal!
The wizard knew one thing for certain; today was going to be one long, frustrating day.
Author’s End Note – It’s short, I know, but in order to get to the more activity filled chapter, I had to push things along a tad. I did get to show Harry that L was a lot more than personality and brains, lol. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter and will let me know what you thought of it. If you’re reading this tale on a site that does not allow for update notifications, please check my profile for the link to my yahoo group. See everyone next chapter! ~ Laran
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