No one knew what this was about, everyone just stood around waiting for the meeting to start. Well... stood and floated. Chatting amongst each other as you waited, you and L spoke to Aphrodite. Often called mama Aph by the younger gods, she was always the one who helped out and treated everyone like her kids.

"You have to let me see the boys soon, they've grown up so much!" Aphrodite said.

"I do want to see them again, hopefully some time in the next few days. I was going to today but this came up" L replied.

"They're such sweethearts, I'll always remember the time I was babysitting them, and brushing Nears hair. I told him he'd grow up to be as beautiful as a snow god with his hair and he replied 'no, I think Matt and Mello will grow up the be the beautiful ones'. I was so torn because it was so sweet but I also wanted him to feel beautiful too- gods that boy is such a darling" Aph rambled.

"He has always been a bit low in the self esteem, although it's definitely gotten better as he's grown up"

"Speaking of kids" you cut in, spotting your sleepy friend finally arrive with his son.

Hypnos was recently a father, having used his power to create inherited from his primordial mother to create the god of dreams, Morpheus.

The godling was the equivalent of a toddler now, but still so shy he barely spoke.

"Ahh! It's the tiny cloud baby!" Aphrodite smiled.

Understandably as she was a love goddess, she loved kids. It's was part of what she represented, the love mothers have for their babies.

"He's just like me, sleeps in all the time. Don't ya bud?" Hypnos replied.

The still drowsy godling nodded. Leaning against Hypnos chest snuggled up in his arms. Like his father he had wings on his head, although he had two unlike Hypnos who had one. Well... he ONCE had two but that's a long story.

Also like his father his hair was fluffy like a cloud, although a slightly darker tone akin to rain clouds. Hypnos hand crafted him an eye mask and silky pyjamas, which he was never seen without. Of course sleep and dreams incarnate would wear pyjamas and regular clothes.

"Is Than up there?" Hypnos asked, gesturing to the stage.

"Yeah, I saw him with Anubis a moment ago" you replied.

"Where the bloody hell as be been? He had me worried"

"So you don't know what's going on either?" Aphrodite asked.

Hypnos shook his head. Everyone was in the dark here, whatever the death alliance had been doing was kept under wraps until now.

"Dada, 'm tired..." Morpheus muttered.

"I know baby, you and I are always tired. You can nap when this is over ok?" Hypnos replied.

Morpheus kind of reminded L of when his successors were kids, always tuckered out from getting into trouble.

Finally, the meeting began as the death gods stepped onto the stage and shushed the crowd. The hall fell silent and everyone was ready for answers. Thanatos spoke first.

"As you know we've been gone a few days. Something has come up on the human realm, something all too familiar. There's no light way to put this, somehow another death note has been in circulation" He explained.

You and L just about got whiplash hearing that. How? How the fuck has a death note entered the human realm again? After all the security the shinigami were under?

"Excuse me..?" You muttered.

"Fuck, please don't tell me it's another Kira situation. I'll have a panic attack..." L sighed.

The rest of the kami seemed to think the same things, as the chatter broke out again for a moment. Only to be shushed by Anubis.

"We spoke to the shinigami, grilled them. But they haven't dropped any, we interrogated every one of them and there was absolutely no evidence they'd dropped one. Which means a death note from several years ago, before Kira has been found by a human and put to use" he explained.

Again, you almost got whiplash. You knew that death notes had been dropped before, but nothing ever came of them. So you just thought the shinigami who dropped it took it back once the human was done with it. But it wasn't out of the question someone saved it, or lost it and someone else found it. Or perhaps it landed in a rural area and sat there for years before someone found it...

"We don't have the location of it, all we know is the heart attack deaths have begun again. Starting just over a week ago, and it's clear that this person wants to replicate Kira. The killing style is all the same, if not a little... embellished" Anubis continued.

L looked like he was about to bust a blood vessel, he was angry. He's been through Kira before, he did NOT need it again.

"I swear to gods if Light is somehow involved in this..." he seethed.

"How? He's been in Tartarus for over a decade now?" Hypnos asked.

"Maybe he planned this in advance and we somehow missed it..."

It seemed unlikely, but that slim chance worried you. There was no way he planned this right? You'd have found that out when you fought him?

"As traumatic as the original Kira was, (y/n), L... you two have experience with these killings. We'll obviously help, but you two are the best ones for the case" Thanatos said.

The eyes were on you, everyone could tell L was fuming and you were worried he'd give himself a stress induced heart attack.

"Hades" L began.

The lord of the underworld who'd been helping the death gods up on stage looked down at L.

"I need to talk to Light, NOW"

"I understand the urgency, but please hold on until the end of this meeting" Hades replied.

You put an hand on his shoulder, pulling him in to your body where he sighed and rested his head against you. Already stressed and dreading the upcoming case.

"There is something of note here, this new Kira is clearly a fan of the original. The killing of criminals is all the same, but they're extremely methodical. So far the deaths have been on an almost perfect schedule, batches of them each hour. As well as being completely silent to media. Of course the humans have noticed the Kira style killings and it's been all over the news, but not a single message or anything of the sort has come from this Kira. They're staying tight lipped and we believe they may be trying to get the attention of the original or prove themselves to be better than the original in some way" Anubis explained.

You thought for a moment, the strict schedule could be because of school or work life. The Kira using the ability to set a time of death to kill people die when they're not able to write. Or it could be some kind of message to say 'look at how efficient and organised I am' to the original Kira or the world itself. Little did they know the original Kira was dead in Tartarus.

"How exactly you want to approach this is up to you two, but we will help with everything we can between attending to our own duties" Thanatos added, turning the attention back to you and L.

"Brother" Hypnos spoke up.

Thanatos turned to him, his usually series gaze softening slightly at the sight of his brother and young nephew.

"Have you heard anything from our sisters about this?" He asked.

"I asked, they aren't involved. This is pure chance" Thanatos replied.

At least that was some peace of mind. Their sisters were the legendary three fates, who were responsible for weaving prophecies and destiny. They kept to themselves and barely ever left their chambers as when a prophesy came to them, it required a lot of focus and energy to weave it into a human life. If they were the ones that caused this, then there'd be no fighting it until they cut the persons life off themselves. Thank god it wasn't them.

"They were of no help either, they had no prophecies or fates about any of this. It's completely out of their hands, the shinigami swear they didn't drop another book so that leads us to believe one was already in circulation in the human realm" Thanatos added.

The rest of the meeting you and L were completely lost in through trying to figure out how a death note ended up in the hands of a maniac again. How was one down there without being dropped? Had it been dropped a long time ago but never found until now?

The only way to find out was to investigate.