With the confirmation the guy you needed to focus in on was Teru Mikami, it was time to start looking into him in person. Mello was the one out of the whole group the best at field work, so it was him who would he following and watching from a safe distance to get the full rundown on the suspects routine and try to get a glimpse of where exactly that death note is hidden.

L being L, was confident in his successors but still worried for them as any parent would be.

Mello was careful to make sure his face was covered, wearing a face mask which wasn't unusual in Japan anyway and wouldn't draw attention. He pulled his hair back to make it seem shorter than it was, and wore loose clothes to obscure his height and the shape of his body so no one could pin point him if he did get spotted. L was quick to deck him out in wiretaps and give him all the hidden weapons he needed just in case, and check everything over a million times.

"L I'm fine" Mello assured.

"I'm just checking..." L muttered, messing with the trackers sewn into Mellos coat.

Mello have you an amused glare, one you returned and shook your head at. The two of you knew how meticulous L could get.

"Alright, you're all set. Remember don't even let anyone hear the name Mello, let alone Mihael. Don't get spotted, keep the trackers on and if something hap-" L began.

"-if something happens send an emergency signal, yes I know dad. (Y/n) maybe get him some calming tea before he has a heart attack" Mello replied.

"He'll be fine honey, this is the guy who can handle firearms, car chases and took down a mafia hideout" you assured.

L sighed, he knew deep down it'd be fine. It was just the anxieties from the past Kira case getting to him.

"Everything is connected, we're good to go" Matt called out from the next room over, where he'd been making sure all the trackers and recorders were working.

"Thanks bro" Mello called back.

"Good luck bro!"

The blonde took his bag, keys and phone ready to head out and stalk this suspect for information. L gave him an anxious look, but let him go.

"I'll be fine, you guys are literally gods I doubt anything will happen to me if people have to go through you first" Mello assured.

"I know, I know... good luck, get as much intel as you can" L replied.

"See you tonight, (y/n) calm him down before he bursts a blood vessel"

"I'll handle him, good luck Mells" you assured.

Off he went, out to get a good look at Teru Mikami from a safe distance. You put your hands on L's shoulders and turned him to face you, placing a kiss on his forehead.

"It'll be fine, you raised them all well. They know better than to get into trouble" you said.

"I know, it's just anxieties about the last case... not to mention M&M are the rowdy ones if this group" L replied.

"Rowdy, but not stupid. Plus I bet you Aph is watching us, the kids may have grown up now but she still sees them as her little cherubs she babysat all those years"

You had no doubt that Mello would find the evidence you needed to move in on Mikami and get that death note off him. Your biggest worry was exactly how long that death note had been in circulation, if it had been used before now then clearly it wasn't enough to cause a Kira sized disaster. But it was still alarming to think there could be death notes out there just waiting for someone to pick it up, several years old and left untouched in some rural area. While the shinigami weren't too troublesome in the past, aside from Ryuk... there have been a few cases of death notes ending up in the human realm over history.

So it's absolutely possible that this one, and many more could be ones that were dropped prior to the ban and have just been missed by humans until now. There could be another out there in some field observed by grass that's been there for a decade just waiting to be picked up for all you knew.

"I feel like this incarnation of the case has really opened my eyes to how... unhinged devotes can be. Our devotees are so calm I never really considered we could be used as a tool for a cult... I mean if Kira who isn't even a god can amass a cult, then who's to say someone won't try an use us as an idol for a cult? Love and justice are two pretty alluring points" L replied.

"I don't think our devotees would do something like that, but if someone ever did try we can definitely send them some major bad luck as a bit of a slap on the wrist" you replied.

"True, I'm just alarmed by the fact someone out there could use our names and likeness for evil..."

"If they did they'd be major hypocrites. Justice and love are two things evil does not mix well with. You can't be a truly loving and fair person if you're evil"

L did have a point though, the Kira followers grew more and more cult like by the day. And if they used a false god as their idol, and in the past cults have used REAL gods as their idol... then who's to say someone out there might try and use you as their idol. You'd be pretty pissed if someone tried to taint your image of pure and true love with something like that. The whole case in general has really gotten you and L thinking about cults in general, how they worked and why they happened. As well as the way gods and worship tied into them.

There's definitely been a few exploitative and evil gods out there, but usually the kami have them taken care of eventually. You couldn't say the same about something like Kira, who was merely a name attached to a phenomenon and not an actual god. And how do you stop someone that doesn't truly exist? You can stop the people with the death notes, but the crazed followers will still continue to use the Kira name for their own agendas.

And there wasn't much you could do about it.

"Really I just want this to be over and done with... I'm so done with death notes..." L sighed.

"Me too, one Kira was enough..." you agreed.

He wrapped his arms around you, resting his head on your shoulder. At the end of the day, even with his status as a kami, he was just a tired guy who wanted those he loved to be safe. That's the guy you fell in love with over and over again. Every life you've had together, that's why you fell for him. And his excessive checking for Mellos safety was the perfect example of that.