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I screamed as I fell out of my chair backwards, having pushed myself away from the figure in front of my face. The men immediately stood from their seats in surprise. Sitting up, I took another look at the figure I could now recognize as a young man.

Chief Yagami spoke calmly through the others' clamoring, "Who are you? Explain yourself! Now!"

The young male, floating in the air, looked at him and responded with a voice that echoed strangely, "I'm Phantom, and I am currently investigating Kira, the mass murderer playing God."

Turning to me, he admitted, "I was looking to aid L in capturing him."

Aizawa interrupted, distrust plainly shown on his face, "And how would we know that you're trustworthy? You appeared out of nowhere; how do we know that you're not Kira, who's been killing people without being seen at all? How are you actually, and what are you!"

"Because that isn't who I am. Not once have I ever fatally wounded anyone, much less killed anybody; that I am most certain of. While, yes, it pisses me off that you've accused me of killing thousands, millions, of people, I know I am not the mad man playing puppeteer with our lives and I have nothing to fear. After all, why show fear when you haven't done anything?"

Matsuda suddenly gasped, "I recognize you! You're the American hero, Phantom!"

Reaching into his suitcase, he pulled out a clear, plastic file pocket with what seemed to be a thin, paper book in it and another, thicker book, a manga, then continued talking, "I can't believe you're actually real! Amazing! Can you really do all those things? Like the ecto-blasts, ice-blasts, and other stuff? Can you autograph these?"

Phantom backed up from Matsuda, but held onto the books that had been shoved into his hands, chuckling after looking at the covers.

Continuing to laugh, he said, "Do you carry these with you everywhere?"

Matsuda's face reddened as he turned his head away from everyone and yelled, "No!" then mumbled, "At least, not to the bathroom, anyway."

Ukita outright laughed, Mogi snorted while his lips curled into a small, vaguely amused smile, Aizawa snickered loudly, and the Chief chuckled quietly.

"I'll sign it for you, I just need a pen to do it," Phantom said, only to have Matsuda rip a pen out of his breast pocket, and present it to him fast enough to make everyone wonder whether he had super speed or not.

As he signed the front cover of the comic and the inner cover of the manga, the hero revealed, "On the topic of my abilities, yes, I can actually make both of those energy blasts, as well as others," two glowing orbs, one green and one blue, appeared above the hand that held the pen and circled around the writing utensil as he wrote, "It doesn't take a whole lot of energy to make them."

Stacking the books on top of one another, along with the pen, and handing them back to Matsuda, he commented, "I'm quite flattered that these have been made, never would I have ever thought that someone would write anything about me. However, we should get back on topic."

"That would be very much appreciated," I agreed.

"Alright, you, Aizawa, right? You asked me about who and what I am, correct?", Phantom inquired, looking at the man.

"Ah, uh, yes, I did…" he confirmed quietly.

"As Matsuda and I have said, my name is Phantom, and I am what's called a ghost. A supernatural being from the place you'd call Purgatory. I came here to stop the all the killing Kira has been doing," he explained.

"Ghosts? As in, the spirits of the deceased?" I asked, "Surely that isn't so; you've been breathing for the entire time we've been able to see you."

Phantom floated towards me, making everyone tense –all except Matsuda- along with myself. He planted his feet on the floor in front of me and raised his right arm.

Turning his arm over, showing the inner wrist, and urged, "Check for a pulse, and see for yourself."

Arching an eyebrow, I did as instructed and waited. Nothing. Not a single beat swept under my fingers, now cold from touching the pale young man. Letting go of his appendage, I touched my lower lip with my left thumb.

"There is no pulse to be felt, and you're cold to the touch. This leaves one more question: how are you here? I thought that ghosts couldn't be seen," I questioned him, thumb still on my lip, as I looked at his face and into his neon green eyes.

"You're thinking of Low-key ghosts, ghosts that haven't been to the Ghost Zone after dying, and there's a difference between them and me. You see, Purgatory –the Ghost zone– is filled with energy. Imagine a giant battery, that's the Ghost Zone. Now, those who touch the battery are super-charged, and those who don't, aren't. With the energy provided by the battery, the super-charged ghosts are able to blink into or out of the visible spectrum, willingly. The ghosts who have never touched the vast source of energy that the Ghost Zone is don't have that ability. They have to collect energy from their surroundings to even be felt in the smallest of margins," Phantom paused, letting the information sink into everyone's minds.

"I am one of the super-charged ghosts, able to show myself when and where I please," he finished.

I sighed as I thought, 'There'd be no point in excluding him now, he's already seen my face.'

Looking at everyone individually, I said, "Alright. Firstly, as a secondary measure, I'll be speaking with all of you personally."

I tuned out their talking as I walked over to the large window of my hotel room.

I gazed out at the glass at the streets below, thinking, 'One last clue, that's all I need to clinch it. Just one more clue.'

A cold hand, tapping on my right shoulder, stole me from my thoughts.

"I have a laptop that I've put all my information on. In my hurry to get here, I forgot it. Would you prefer I go get it now, or later?" Phantom asked sincerely.

I debated the two options in my head, then answered, "Now would be better. That way I can talk to you about it right after questioning you."

He nodded, accepting my answer, then disappeared.

I can't help but feel like that is going to be a common occurrence as I lead Matsuda into the adjoined room.

Flying from the hotel to get my computer, I take in the ever-beautiful sight of the city below me. The sun is rising, and the air is chilly against my face.

Passing the NPA building, I notice Shoko Maki making her way inside. I smiled, she was obviously going to have information for the investigation. No one from the task force was there at the time, of course, but the men at the desk would undoubtedly report the fact that she had information on the Kira case to Chief Yagami.

On the way back to L's hotel room, passing by the NPA building again, I saw Shoko talking with a brunet in a tan jacket. They were walking out of the former task force headquarters together. I couldn't see the brown-haired boy's face, he was looking down at a small pad of paper that he seemed to be scribbling on.

It was almost six hours since everyone had convened at L's hotel room, and five and half hours since I left to get my laptop, surely L is almost done questioning the others by now. I had to get back, preferably before L, Ryuzaki, got done interrogating everyone else. Speeding up, I left the two behind me.

Walking back into the main room with Chief Yagami, I saw that Phantom was just phasing through the large window of the room.

"I'm back with my laptop. Is it my turn now?" he questioned us.

Chief Yagami answered, "Yes, Phantom, you are the only one left for L to question."

Phantom dipped his head and walked into the room behind me, closing the door behind himself.

Crouching on a couch as he floated to the one opposite me and set his computer on the coffee table between us, I confided, "Though I didn't believe them at first, I've read about your exploits; I don't believe that you are Kira."

The ghost hummed, "As you shouldn't. The very thought of taking someone's life repulses me."

"There are two questionable instances of assault and thievery, however. Attacking the Mayor, and stealing precious gems and pricy accessories. Why work so hard to gain the town's approval, only to commit those crimes. What happened during those times to make you act so out of character?" I inquired curiously.

Phantom groaned, but answered clearly, "I didn't attack the mayor. That incident was staged by and adversary of mine named Walker. Walker is the warden of the Ghost Zone prison, and has a nasty habit of making rules up on the fly if you piss him off or he feels like exercising his authority. I had apparently broken one of his rules –I never did find out which– and he was less than pleased. In retaliation, he had overshadowed the Mayor and framed me with kidnapping him. For evidence to the truth, if you search for a video or picture of it happening, you'll notice that his eyes are red and not his natural eye color."

"Overshadowed?" I questioned, urging him to elaborate further.

"We, ghosts, use that word in place of 'possessed'," Phantom clarified.

"Hm, a less than pleasant experience, no doubt," I raised an eyebrow.

"You are very correct. When a ghost overshadows a human, the ghost pushes their consciousness aside; essentially stripping them of their freedom and taking their body for a joy ride," Phantom confirmed grimly.

I widened my eyes out of surprise, "That is… very startling."

"There's no need to worry; I hate doing it and it's unlikely to happen anytime soon, for any reason," he said firmly.

After a slightly awkward silence, I cleared my throat and asked, "On a different note; the stealing?"

"That was an even more unhappy time in my afterlife. A dark circus named 'Circus Gothica' had come to town, led by a man who called himself 'Freakshow'. Freakshow's circus didn't have any of the normal things you'd see in a circus. The acts were entirely comprised of ghosts. He held a staff with a crimson orb on top of it; that orb was what was controlling the ghosts, and I was no exception. I fell under the spell of the orb before I could put any of my mental walls up," Phantom confessed solemnly, a scowl on his face.

He continued after sighing breathily, "Freakshow was a very sadistic and greedy man; he'd make me steal the expensive jewels and priceless gems from the museums and jewelry stores, then order me to stay in the buildings until authorities arrived. The cops, seeing me with stolen items and other things, immediately distrusted me and my hard work pretty much went down the toilet along with my self-esteem."

After pausing and letting me absorb the information, he continued again, "After having me sack every building with anything worth any significant amount of money, he got cocky. He let his control slip, thinking that my will was broken. In that time, I was able to lead the police to a storage car on the train that he used to move his circus; all the items he had me smuggle were on that train. The cops knew the logo of his circus and confronted him the next morning and left his staff in his sleeping quarters. I broke the orb while he dealt with the authorities; completely obliterating the thing so he couldn't ever use it again. The cops arrested him and I haven't seen him since."

"Hmm, all in all, quite a day?" I questioned lightly.

"Yes, a less that pleasing one. Now, I believe you wanted to see my collection of information on the Kira case?" he suggested in a question.

"Yes, let's see how much insight it can bring this investigation," I agreed jovially.

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