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Chapter 4

Encounter

Light Yagami had seen a lot since he first picked up the Death Note that fateful day. From criminals who had done simple crimes to mass murderers who had done things so horrid he had written their names in capitals hoping the heart attack would hurt even more. From thieves to molesters Light, better known as Kira, knew he had to be strong enough to bear with these things until these monsters were eradicated from the face of the Earth. Kira, no, the God of the New World had and was prepared for anything. And he would not be stopped until he achieved that goal.

But right now, Light was staring face-to-face with a man that had actually given him a slight chill. If he had seen freaks before, this guy was a total freak. A worn-out long-sleeved white (or so it used to be) shirt, baggy old jeans, broken shoes and messy hair and features that made him look as if he had crawled from under a rock.

Beyond just stared at Light, or better said above Light. Lifespan, where was his damn lifespan? He could see his name, Light Yagami, floating above his head like he normally could with other people. Like he could see Naomi’s. Like he could see his own. But…

‘What gives…? He has no death. No date to die.’ He shifted his gaze at Naomi, who had a confused and slightly shocked look on her face. No doubt trying to figure Beyond’s intervention. He could see both her name and death.

“Um… Can I help you?”

Beyond was brought back to reality by a voice he couldn’t recognize, no doubt the man whose shoulder he had grabbed. Releasing his grip Beyond allowed the man to turn and face him, allowing for direct eye contact.

“Not sure you can.” Beyond spoke while flashing a rather large smile. While it would have looked kind of cute had a kid done it, it rather gave Light the creeps. “We’re needed somewhere, so we must go.”

“We?” Light asked, for a moment thinking he was referring to him. It didn’t take him long to realize it was Naomi he was referring to. It didn’t take her long either.

Light turned towards her as Beyond took a few steps forward. With his back still facing Light, Beyond turned to Misora. “Don’t forget what we came here for. Let’s go.”

His statement seemed more like a command. While she would have outright put him on his place, she was in charge, not him, the way he had spoken worried her slightly. ‘He sounds different. He… He actually sounds nervous. But why? Could it be… ?’ Her eyes only met Light’s again for a split second. ‘Could this man…’

Light on the other hand realized that this man wanted to take away the woman he needed to kill, even more the fact that this man had to know something about the Kira case by the way he acted. ‘I have to stay calm, think… I’ve got to play it safe.’

“I’m sorry if I was holding you up Shoko-san, but we’ve been talking here about the Kira case. Considering you’re with her you must be involved someway as well.” Light paused slightly to see if this man gave any slight reaction. He was disappointed that said man didn’t even flinch. He didn’t even acknowledge whether or not he was even paying attention.

“So…” Light continued. “I wanted to share a few thoughts between us. Now that you’ve joined us as well we could speak a little, if you can. I’m Light Yagami, by the way.”

“Good for you.”

“…”

Light didn’t even know how to respond. Was this man purposely mocking him? Not only was it a fact that no one should be allowed to mock Kira, but more so when said Kira couldn’t do a single thing about it. Part of him actually considered making the deal for the Shinigami Eyes. He shook his head slightly.

“I’m joking. Don’t take it personally Light-kun.” Beyond responded, a slight smile visible on his features. Weather or not this guy had any relation to Kira, Beyond felt slight relieve to see that he could be aggravated.

“You can call me Ryuzaki, Rue Ryuzaki.”

-

“What time… is it?”

Raising his seat unto the proper position, Matsuda turned and grabbed his phone, which rested next to him. ‘I could have sworn I didn’t have that much time to sleep… But I do feel rather rested.’ Opening his phone Matsuda was rather dumbfounded when nothing happened, since his phone wasn’t turned on at the moment.

“Wha-?”

Pressing the button to turn it on he felt rather nervous when nothing happened. “Don’t tell me…”

Redirecting his gaze at his wrist watch Matsuda felt the air around him get very cold. “Holy s**t!”

Racing out of his car, tripping and falling in the process, Matsuda ran as fast as his feet could carry him towards the airport. Having to return to the car to grab the carton he had previously made sporting ‘Shoko Maki’s name. Arriving at said airport faster than it should be humanly possible Matsuda held the carton and looked around. It had been quite some time since the plane had been supposed to arrive, and according to the schedule, it had arrived on time.

Not seeing anyone there who paid him the slightest attention Matsuda felt that his career was going to go down the toilet when L got word of this.

“I’m so screwed…”

-

The moment Beyond had spoken his name, Ryuk had erupted in laughter, leaving Light no doubt that that had been just another alias. Still, Beyond wasn’t the only one who could act, and Light just gave a rather convincing smile. For a moment none of them spoke, and the silence filled the area. Only a couple of chuckles escaped Ryuk’s lips, who was having a good time with these humans who seemed very interesting. He in particular found the messy haired one rather amusing.

‘Why can’t I see his death? My eyes can see the death of every other person I’ve met. Only persons who are killed by Kira or have already died don’t have a death warrant on them… Or myself… Who is this man? Does he have some connections to Kira? Is he being controlled by Kira? Or could he be… No, that’s just stupid. The so-called World’s Greatest Criminal and self-proclaimed God couldn’t possibly be this guy.’

‘This man… He’s using an alias as well. Both he and that woman have been incredibly cautious from the start. She didn’t even mention him, stating that she was alone. And he just urged her to leave. Does he suspect… No, that’s impossible. He can’t suspect me. I didn’t even do anything suspicious. Asking for a name isn’t suspicious. Who are they?’

‘Ryuzaki… What can you see that I can’t? You keep staring at this man. Can you really see something about him? Is he dangerous? He was a little persistent about me speaking to him, but other than that… Damn, Ryuzaki… If you weren’t so hard to understand I might be able to think a little more clearly. What should I do?’

Seconds seemed like hours as the three just stared into nothingness, there minds deep in thought. While neither of the noticed, they would have seemed like three idiots just standing there. Naomi was the first to snap out of her thoughts and speak.

“Well Ryuzaki. If we must go then I suppose we should get going.”

“I suppose we should.”

“But wait…” Light spoke. While he was starting to lose his cool he refused to show it. ‘I can’t let them go, not with what they know. I have to think of something. What?’

“Remember Light… You could easily do the eye deal right now. It’s like putting on a pair of contacts. It would be over in a couple of seconds, and both of their names would be yours for the writing.” Ryuk’s voiced echoed through his ears, followed by his laughter.

‘Shut up Shinigami, I will not use half of my remaining life on these two… on anyone. Not even on L.’ Closing his eyes slightly as he managed to think. Reopening them in an instant Light gave a slight smile.

“I’ll get out of your hair. But… with the information you’ve deduced.” Light spoke, his attention directed at Naomi. “You’d really help the investigation move forwards, since our current group is stumped. Even L is having a hard time.”

‘L.’ Both Beyond and Naomi thought.

“I didn’t want to say this, since I’m not supposed to, but… I lied. Not only does my father work alongside L, but I do as well.”

Naomi’s eyes widened, taking her a bit to register it. ‘This… Light-san works under L. That means that he must probably know where to find him. He could take us there.’ Turning to face Beyond Naomi froze. She had seen Beyond making a couple of faces that gave her the creeps, but the one he was making now nearly made her jump.

‘He… works… with… L.’

Before Naomi could speak Beyond erupted in wild laughter, making both Naomi and Light jump away from him by instinct. “Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ahahahahahahaha…”

For a man who was laughing, or rather shouting, at the top of his lungs he did have powerful lungs, considering the fact he laughed for nearly a whole minute. Only the lack of air and the slight dizziness made him stop. Even so a few small chuckles escaped his lips as he regained his much needed air.

While Light, Naomi and every other person who had been by hearing range, which were quite a few, looked on Beyond just turned back to Light with a big smile.

“Isn’t that just… wonderful?”

Grabbing Naomi’s wrist as hard as he possibly could Beyond turned, and in an instant began running, with Naomi in tow, away from both Light and the department. Light, dumbfounded, could only manage a “Hey?!” for which Beyond only gave a small response.

“We’re in a hurry. We’ll see you again later, Light Yagami.”

With that, and a few complains from Naomi who had trouble keeping her balance, Beyond had disappeared from Light’s sight. Light was even more dumbfounded.

‘What… He ran? I thought… What the hell? Damn it. He ran and if I try to follow him I’ll just end up looking totally suspicious. He made himself look like an even bigger freak to get away. How dare he do that? Who the hell is he?’

Light began walking, a bit faster that usual, away from there. Last thing he wanted was to be the center of attention. ‘He did that on purpose? But… what kind of human being would be that… insane.’

Trying to regain his cool Light massaged his temples. ‘Damn… I have to kill them.’

-

Naomi nearly fell to her knees as she tried, and almost failed, to catch her breathe after that little unexpected marathon. For a man who was nearly burnt alive Beyond could sure run. He had been faster than her before and still was. Both her feet and wrist, thanks to his grip, hurt.

Beyond himself had one hand on a nearby wall, while the other rested on his leg. Catching his breathe was even harder for him, as he had been basically pulling both his and Naomi’s weight.

“Well… That went well.” Beyond gave a slight smile as he gave a look around. During his run he had completely ignored where the hell he was going. They were at some sort of suburb, by the look of it. Not much could be seen aside form a few buildings, streets and a rather large bridge.

“You did that on purpose.”

Naomi’s voice brought him back to reality. Shifting his gaze at her he only raised a brow. “I mean the laughter.” She spoke between breaths. “You wanted people to look our way. That way when you, we ran, he wouldn’t try and follow.”

Smiling, he just stared at Naomi. She could truly catch on rather quickly. No wonder L had chosen her.

“Guilty as charged.” He spoke as he sat down. His body wasn’t as it had once been. “It did actually make me want to laugh… the irony of it. But, I needed a distraction and an insurance.”

Naomi just stared as Beyond smirked, his gaze looking at the outskirts of the suburb. Resting her back against the wall Naomi sighed. This man was insane.

“You suspect him?”

“I don’t know… I saw something, or rather; I didn’t see something, in him that makes him suspicious. He has some connection to Kira; that much I’m one hundred percent certain.”

‘One hundred…’ Naomi thought for a moment. It had been a while since she had heard anyone deduced cases with percents. Only B and…

“What does this mean with L?”

“…” Taking a few moments to think Beyond just shrugged. “If that guy really is a part of L’s team, it means Kira has connections within them. If he’s controlling him, he could be controlling other members as well.”

“You don’t mean-”

“No… L’s probably safe.” ‘Unfortunately’ Beyond signed. “He wouldn’t have tried to get us to reveal so much information if he had that much control over the investigation. L, and probably a few others, still aren’t under him.”

‘If he had seen L before, he would have noticed the similarity’s between us… That would have made our escape fifty-five percent less possible.’

Looking around Naomi tried to figure out where they could have ended up in. Still, she supposed it was better that they had managed to get away if that guy had really been under Kira’s control. Looking back to Beyond, who was sitting or rather crouching down as per usual, Naomi sighed.

“Any ideas?”

“A few…” He did have a few ideas for which they could figure out the next step. The problem was that each one of them had their pros and cons. “This little encounter was also good for us in a way. While we may now be on Kira’s hit list, I’m sure he doesn’t know our names just yet. Furthermore, we now know of someone who might have some contact with Kira… Meaning that if we figure more about this Light Yagami we might end up figuring out about Kira himself.”

“So… investigating Light might prove beneficial. But it won’t be so easy… He already knows about us. And we don’t know how many other people Kira has under his control.”

“I’m well aware of that.”

While both of them thought Beyond hand pointed at Naomi, followed by pointing at the floor. While at first she didn’t understand the gesture, she caught on quickly.

“Hell no! Sitting like that inside a room was embarrassing enough. I’m not doing that outside.” It was beyond her pride, what was left of it anyway. This man had the ability to make her do things she wouldn’t normally do.

“You’re always so strict… Makes me feel depressed. It did help you think last time.”

“Actually…” she gave a faint smile. “Sitting like that, accidentally of course, was what helped me figure out the locked room trick with the Wara Ningyo.”

Beyond’s eyes widened. “Well damn.”

Naomi had actually expected a bigger response, but she had stopped trying to predict his actions for a while now. “So… what now?”

“It’s your call.”

“Trying to contact L again could be dangerous… Considering Kira might have some connections within. But… If that’s true we have to atleast try a warn L. He might be in more danger than he realizes.”

“That’d be funny…”

The look he received from Naomi was enough for him to keep his other comments to himself. Her gaze, or glare, shifted from him to the floor. This wasn’t good. L was the World’s Greatest Detective. Even if it was childish she still had that faint hope that good in the end always triumphed. She couldn’t, or rather, didn’t want to believe that Kira had the upper hand and was getting closer to killing L. If L died, the world’s hope would die alongside him.

Beyond just sighed. “L won’t die.”

She turned to him, a confused and slightly hopeful expression on her face. “As much as I hate to admit it… He won’t go down so easily. I doubt Kira has even seen his face. If he could be killed so easily, I wouldn’t have even considered him an opponent in the first place.”

“Ryuzaki…”

She looked at him as if she was seeing him for the first time. He actually had some respect for L. ‘Ryuzaki… I suppose I never really tried… but it appears I’ve misunderstood you as well.’

“Something wrong?”

Naomi realized that she had been thinking while looking at him, making it look as if she had been staring at him the whole time. “N-Nothing…” She spoke, feeling a little flustered. She hated when he caught onto her so quickly. Especially if he misunderstood her actions.

“It’s settled then…” Beyond spoke as he placed a hand on the floor. Propelling himself with it he stood up, returning his gaze back at Naomi in the process. “You try and contact L and L alone. While it might be a bit difficult I’m sure you’re up for it. We should also try and find as much as we can about that Light Yagami without exposing ourselves too much.”

“I suppose… So the best way would be to contact him like I did before, by calling Wammy’s House.” Naomi took out her phone. Checking her contacts she saw that she had saved the number. “We could try and-”

“No. Tracking us through your phone would be a simple matter for someone like Kira. From Wammy’s someone, possible Roger, would then have to redirect us to L. If so…” Beyond just thought for a moment, considering what should be done. He wasn’t used to this sort of style. “No… It’ll never work.”

“What?”

“Contacting L. If Kira really has people within, L must have very few who work directly with him. We should refrain from contacting L for now.”

“What? We can’t. L directly ordered us to go to him as soon as we arrived. Thanks to you, we ended walking to the department, which no one who worked in the investigation was at.”

“Wait…” Beyond spoke as he moved closer to her, making her slightly uncomfortable. “They said no one was there?”

“Yeah.”

“…” Beyond just turned around. Before Naomi could ask Beyond was already crouched down with thumb in mouth. She wanted to kick him. “Light-kun could have been lying.”

Naomi just blinked. Twice. “About working with L?”

“That would make it easier for us… All we have is his word for it… But it’s still fifty percent either way…”

“Half?”

“Precisely…”

Naomi sighed, they weren’t getting anywhere. “So-” Beyond quickly stood up, catching her a bit off guard. “Fifty is fifty… It’s still considered an F.”

‘Now he’s using grades…’ She really had a hard time understanding him.

“We better first see whether or not Light-kun works with L or the Kira investigation. Once we know that we can know how we go to contact L.” With that he turned to her, his gaze meeting hers a little too intense. “Your call. If you want to contact L first, while I advice against it, I can’t stop you. All I ask is to investigate before we move.”

Ordinarily she would have thought it over more. L had instructed them to go to him, which she had gone against by agreeing with Beyond’s idea. However, she actually agreed with him now. If Kira did have so much control, figuring his movements before they made their own would be the best move on their part. And the best way was to investigate Light.

“Alright… we’ll do it like that. Once we know for sure we can contact L. If we figure some connections to Kira that L himself doesn’t know about we might end up helping a lot more than if we would have gone directly to L anyway.”

“Wow… Didn’t think you’d agree with me so quickly.”

“What does that mean?”

“You’re always so strict.”

“I’m not. Besides, I agree with you. It’s not like I’m going against my ideals.” She spoke as she moved a few steps. “We have to catch Kira, and I think that perhaps that would be the best way to do so.”

“…” He didn’t speak, not even blink. He just stared. The only thing that changed in his features was a single smile. Not one which he could and had faked so many times. But for once he actually felt like it. Turning around Beyond began to walk. Naomi just cocked her head as she followed. In a bit she was walking alongside him. Before she could ask he spoke. “We better find a place to stay. Considering L won’t give us a place until we contact him, we should go somewhere. You do have some money on you?”

“Not much… Don’t suppose you do?”

“In prison the only currency is cigarettes. You wouldn’t believe how many I had to get so I could eat some jam from time to time. It was a living hell.”

Naomi allowed herself to smile. Out of everything in jail she thought would be bad the lack of strawberry jam was what had made Beyond sweat hard. “I suppose I have enough to buy you some of it later…”

How those words came out she didn’t know, she hadn’t meant to say so. The look Beyond gave her seemed like a little kid who had been told that Santa Clause had just arrived. Creepy, like always.

“If you’re trying to enamor me… it’s working.”

Now she regretted those words even more. “Let’s not go that far.” He just looked back, a very slight disappointed look on his face. “As you wish.”

-

It hadn’t hit Naomi until sometime later. A very strong shiver passed through her spine, which even Beyond seemed to notice. While she had no idea as to why, considering that it wasn’t that cold, part of her knew. Or rather, she refused to accept that that was true.

It was said that when death jumps you you’ll feel a strong shiver. Naomi, as a grown and mature woman, refused to believe such childish ideas. But perhaps in a world with Shinigami who could know your name with a single glance, notebooks that could kill with just a name and a face and the greatest war of intellect the world had ever seen; things like that weren’t so farfetched after all…


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One thing that I must clear up... Remember that the canon rules of the Death Note still apply here. If someone's name is written, regardless of what happens later, that person is as good as dead...

So if Light had figured out Naomi's real name during that part and had written it as suicide, regardless of what I could try and do, she would still die. What could change would be the fact that she could be saved from suicide, just to die by a heart attack.

Same s**t no... Anyways, thanks all and be sure to leave some more jam...

-Rue