Yeah, I'm coming back with my second Death Note fanfic. Seemingly wilder and more randomly than the first, but hope you enjoy! I chose Detective Conan to cross because the detective-things are highly linkable. I hope I've done well with the linking, though.

Disclaimer: As much as I want to own Death Note and Meitantei Conan, the two high-quality and my favourite mangas, I am sadly never to own them. Death Note series belongs to Tsugumi Ohba-sensei and Takeshi Obata-sensei yet Meitantei Conan series belongs to Aoyama Gosho-sensei. If only I can own L and Kaitou Kid… daydream

Private Eyes

Chapter I: Help

"It's inevitable," Chief Yagami stated frigidly while examining a report in his hand. "As much as we believe in Ryuzaki's and the task force's ability, we do need another help."

Light eyed the detective who was sitting beside him in front of a giant screen. L still stared blankly at the screen as he spooned up his sundae.

"What do you think about it, Ryuzaki?" Light asked carefully, not wanting to hurt the quirked private eye. With the greatest detective of the world working with them, it could be an insult to L's pride if they said that they probably needed other great minds.

L spooned up his ice cream again. The chain that linked him to Light clinked softly. "We always need help as many as possible. If it is possible to add more manpower, it can be really good."

"We can't hope much to the police force," Chief Yagami opinioned. "But we can try to persuade some private detective agencies."

"Do we still need another detective?" Matsuda asked while pointing at L. "We have the best with us!"

"Thank you, Matsuda-san," Light could tell that L slightly smiled. "But if we can gain more reliable manpower, it can be a great help."

"But, father, do you know whose help we'll ask for? Most of law agencies in Japan, if not in entire world, are too afraid of being victims of Kira. Thus they choose to stay passive and not to oppose Kira," Light frowned, turning to see his father.

"I know that," Souichiro straightened his glasses. "But we can manage to contact some. Maybe there still remained people who are willing to die for the sake of justice."

"Maybe it's not that lack. Many detectives lost their job because of Kira. They are not very happy about that, I'm quite sure," Aizawa said.

"But the fright of being killed is more threatening than just losing job," Matsuda replied.

"We can try first," Souichiro tried to ensure his companions. "I will contact some detectives I know, if Ryuzaki agrees."

All eyes now darted to L, who was finishing his ice cream. He put the bowl on the table beside him. "Please do it, Yagami-san."

Souichiro wrote a list of alternatives and began to search for their contact numbers. The rest of investigation team discussed about the list.

"I've ever heard about detective number three. I don't think he's as good…"

"Hattori Heiji is cool! I've heard about his reputation. A brilliant high-school detective!"

"He lives in Osaka, that's the matter. He's still in school and probably not allowed to investigate here. This case will take a long time."

"How about Kudo Shinichi? I heard he is as good as Hattori, and lives in Tokyo! He can help us after school, just like Light-kun."

"No one knows his whereabouts. Some even said that he probably has died."

"Hee really?"

"Matsuda, have you ever watch news?"

"Hey, make it all stop! The chief is phoning."

Light watched the rest of team's discussion. It was interesting. He would have joined them if only L didn't decide to just sit on his chair without any excitement. Light wondered if L was upset.

"Ryuzaki, are you really okay with my father's idea?"

"I don't see the reason to disagree. In fact, we do need help, especially from those who have both brain and bravery," L replied nonchalantly, taking a strawberry-creamed biscuit from three-storied tray full of crackers and cookies.

"If the called detectives are unreliable, it will be a trouble for us. The information may spread outside."

"They will be tested before we let them join."

Light opened his mouth again and was about to voice when Souichiro ended his call to one of the alternatives.

"Ryuzaki, there's only one detective who has no problem to work with us."

"There's still one. Good. Who's him?"

"You just have been in Japan lately, so you probably never heard about him. But his reputation grows better and better each day. He has solved a bunch of cases, though they aren't world-class cases, but I think we can try to count on him."

"The famous detective nowadays, don't tell me he is…" Matsuda spoke out excitedly. "…the detective who has characteristically odd behavior when he tells the truth. He is famous for that unique style of his."

"Yes, he is," Souichiro added. "Many people said that he doesn't have an appearance of brilliant private eye, but the amount of cases he has solved proved that he is fairly amazing."

"Sounds like you, Ryuzaki," Light attempted to hold back his laughter. L gave him a glance in return.

"So, he is…"

"People call him… the sleeping Mouri Kogoro."

A.N: Uhuhu, so the first chapter is done. What do you think about it? This one is merely an opening of course, maybe it will be more appropriate to mention it as 'prologue' rather than 'chapter I'. However, I'd love to hear your comment about this, because this is my first manga-crossing-fanfic (well I don't know the exact name, the point is this is my first fanfiction written based on more than one manga). Please try to wonder how Light reacted to the suspicion of two genius detectives (namely L and Edogawa Conan/Kudo Shinichi) once he had regained the memory about Death Note. It would be fairly interesting giggle

Reviews appreciated!