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STROLLING THROUGH THE outskirts of yokohama with atsushi by her side, y/n blabbed on and on about her day.

"and then i met this new kid who had the same exact name of the famous jpop star, hideki ryuga! they look nothing alike though..."

atsushi's eyebrow twitched as he was already tired of his subordinate's endless rambling.

"and then—" y/n gasped and ran straight up to a bakery window, squishing her face against the glass. "ATSUSHI, WAIT HERE!!" not giving her chaperon a chance to react, y/n darted straight into the glass doors of the bakery.

the sweet aroma of vanilla extract and sugar infiltrated the young woman's nostrils as she gawked over the endless array of desserts displayed in front of her.

'which one should i get?! the eclairs..? or flan.."

"can i get one flan and one elcair?" she asked, slightly leaning on the countertop. "gimme the biggest ones you got."

"sure! that'll be... $9.43." the cashier smiled.

not knowing— or caring— exactly how much to give, she handed the man a 50 dollar bill, took her desserts, and sat down at a nearby table, not taking the change.

as she was happily eating her flan, the jingle of the bakery's chimes caught the woman's attention. turning around, her eyes met with ryuga's.

"ryuga, hey! wanna eat with me? light's been acting funny and doesn't eat with me anymore."

ryuga paused before nodding his head and sitting down with y/n.

sliding the eclair over to ryuga, y/n began to ramble. "are you rich, ryuga? you probably are after seeing you enter your limousine. actually, i don't know why i asked. i already knew!"

ryuga's eyes narrowed the slightest bit as he continued to listen to y/n.

"—oh, and i'm going to be the greatest detective in the world! whoever the greatest detective is right now will be no match for me!" she finished, unintentionally insulting ryuga.

"... the greatest detective in the world, you say?" ryuga questioned. "then... what do you think of the kira case?"

the girl paused, slightly looking up at the ceiling to think. "kira case...? never heard of it! i don't watch the news so..." the girl trailed off.

ryuga was confused to say the least. the girl in front of him wanted to become the worlds greatest detective, yet she wasn't following along with the case that could potentially change human society for the worst.

intrigued, ryuga continued. "alright then, hypothetically, if there was an individual who could kill with just a name, would it be scientifically possible?"

y/n paused from eating her flan and looked up at ryuga. you'd think the girl would have used her ultra deduction by now, but she's far more intelligent than meets the eye.

"mmm, i think it's definitely possible. scientifically? probably not. the individual is probably an ability user— if you know what that is."

"an... ability user?"

"oh yeah, there's a ton of us around. this person you're talking about could be one of them. i'm not entirely sure." y/n hypothesized.

"ooh or maybe some type of god gave them magical powers." y/n laughed.

the gears in ryuga's mind were turning at a rapid pace. theories, thoughts, questions, everything flowed in like a river.

'she referred to ability users as 'us' implying she is also an ability wielder. and her comment about gods..."

the distinct message kira had left him flashed in ryuga's mind.

' "L, do you know gods of death love apples?" '

ryuga stared at the young woman in front of him. she didn't seem to have a care in the world.

'with this new intel, the probability of her being kira has increased by 4%. there is an 8% chance light yagami is kira, and there is a 6% chance y/n is kira.'

"how do you exactly expect to become the greatest detective in the world?" ryuga decided to move away from the kira case and indirectly question the woman more.

feeling happy that he asked, y/n put down her fork and turned all of her undivided attention to ryuga. "i'll show you!" she flicked out her black framed glasses from her pocket and perched them at the bridge of her nose.

"ultra deduction!" she said confidently.

in y/n's perspective, her hair and clothing dramatically flew around, a green light encasing her body as information flashed before her eyes.

meanwhile in ryuga's perspective, all he saw was y/n shout out ultra deduction before she stared at him intensely.

after her "ability" was finished, she slowly took off her glasses and looked at ryuga.

"you have a nice name." she paused as she leaned in closer to her new found friend. "L. or should i say lawliet?"

L's eyes were wide as he looked at the seemingly innocent girl who was finishing eating her flan. a thousand questions swarmed in L's mind.

'how did she know my name?'

'is she kira?'

'how in the world did she possibly figure out my name by just putting on glasses? this doesn't add up.'

"how did you—"

the bakery doors slammed open, revealing atsushi.

"y/n! we have to go! the president needs us right now!" atsushi said, frantically looking around for any nearby threats.

frantically leaving a tip for the bakery, she abruptly stood up. "see ya at school, ryuzaki! your secret's safe with me!" she bolted out of the door, leaving behind a speechless L.

the probability of y/n edogawa being kira has increased to 14%.

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( a/n: i should have made this clear from the beginning, but the setting will be in yokohama and not tokyo xx. )