The young man knelt in front of his computer, watching as an image file loaded onto the screen

The young man knelt in front of his computer, watching as an image file loaded onto the screen. "This is it Watari?" he said, and heard an affirmative through the headset. It was a scan of the second "suicide note", another message left by Kira.

'The first one said "L do you know", I'm sure of it,' he thought. 'And this says…'

He frowned as he looked at the note, his eyes widening. "L do you know," he whispered. "L do you know…gods of death…?"

Could this mean…was Kira trying to suggest that Shinigami existed?

The young man tapped a button on the headset, and Watari's voice almost immediately sounded, asking what was needed. Standing straight and tall as he stared out the apartment's window, he said, "Put me through to L."

There was a small sound, and then nearly a minute of silence before another voice answered, "This is L."

"Hey, this case over here in Japan, it's turning out pretty interesting," he said. "But I think I'm going to solve it too quickly. You on the other hand, well…you'd have fun with this one."

"The soonest I can be there is in over a week. Do you think you can keep yourself from getting bored until then?"

"I'll try," he said. He turned off the headset, glancing back at the computer screen. "'L do you know gods of death'….henh, henh. What don't I know about gods of death?"

The laughter continued to choke up out of his throat, one of the truest laughs ever heard from him. Undisguised and unbridled, a laugh that mocked the entire world. "Oh Kira, you think you'll shock me with this. Perhaps you think you'll confuse me! Henh, henh, henh. Humans are a riot!"

And those that know it will recognize the laugh of a Shinigami.

In the beginning of Death Note throughout volume 1 and part of volume 2, we see a somewhat different L than what we come to know in the rest of the series. No sweets, no hunching, and none of that specific way of crouching. For a while even his hair looks different (check it out on page 97 of volume 1). He also shows more emotion than he does after he is "revealed" (see page 107 of volume 1 and page 25 of volume 2). He also seems to jump to certain conclusions quickly and with an unusual amount of excitement (see page 19 of volume 2).

So, because I can't stand giving endings that might leave one feeling sad, I used that "different" L to my advantage.

"Humans are…a riot!" –Ryuk, page 81 of volume 1

"And those that know will recognize the laugh of a Shinigami." –Mello, page 96 of Another Note. I added in the word "it" because it irritated me without it in there.

So readers, this is the real ending to Everto Oculus, and in the words of Nisio Isin…

I wish you all sun, sea, and books.

- Pyrat