Hello all! And welcome to my little Snow inspired fic-idea. It might span a couple of chapters; it depends on the feedback really. So, if you like it and want me to continue let me know.

To explain the title, Beyond has the 'Shinigami Eyes' Shinigami is essentially 'death god' so…what's the closet thing in the English speaking language to a death god?

A Grim Reaper. So, yes. Technically he's a Grin Reaper.

Oh, and Happy Late Christmas! XD Or happy whatever Holiday you celebrate.

Disclaimer: I don't own Death Note or Another Note: The L.A BB Murder Case. They belong to their respected owners.


Darling, I forgive you... After all,
anything is better than to be alone.
And in the end I guess I had to fall.
Always find my place among the ashes.
~ Lithium, Evanescence

The staff on the 7th floor of Torrance Memorial Medical Center was doing their job.

Taking care of their patients in the burn unit.

One nurse, a kind-hearted Christian girl by the name of Maria was preparing a room. Apparently they were getting some criminal as a patient.

The thought disturbed her, but she would do her job. After all…even criminals were human. And as her Priest said, "All deserve a second chance. Didn't God give you a chance? Then you should give others the same chance."

She smiled slightly, pausing in her work to gently touch the cross that dangled from her neck. It was a beautiful shining sliver; a single small diamond encrusted the center of the cross.

Another nurse who walked by spoke to her. "Hey, Maria. Your new patient's here. Hurry up!" Her eyes widened as she jumped back to work, she didn't have much to do, just set the bed into a lying position.

After her task was done she stepped out of the room to the nurses' desk. She took a seat in a empty chair and began her paperwork.

Another 20 minutes passed before she first got a glimpse of the new patient.


All she could see was white bandages. Nothing new, she saw people coated in them every day. Random black strands of hair could be seen beneath the gauze.

And then her eyes traveled downward, only to grasp her cross with a small gasp.

He was handcuffed to the bed.

Two pair of handcuffs held his heavily gauzes hands to the rails, a oxygen mask hid what little of his face wasn't covered by gauze. That couldn't be legal! She thought bitterly.

But did the state or system cared? No. She could only guess it was because of his 'arrested' status. A cop who had been walking with the bed-ridden man moved towards the station forcing Maria to look away.

"Yes, sir?" She asked politely. The officer nodded in welcome, getting out his badge. "I'm Jacob Griswold. Are you the charge nurse, Ma'am?" She nodded in reply, standing up.

He motioned for her to follow him and she did. The officer then began to speak. "Here's his medical chart." She took the offered chart, and was amazed at what it read.

Name: Rue Ryuzaki

Age: Unknown

Birth date: Unknown

Status:

60% 3rd Degree Burns

20% 2nd Degree Burns

10% 1st Degree Burns

Minor Frostbite on fingers and face

Most of damage seems to be centered on lower extremities, Damage on upper extremities is minor, only few layers of skin affected. Frostbite caused by a Fire Extinguisher. Take care with tips of fingers. Amputation of tips of fingers and feet may be needed.

"Merciful Lord…" She breathed. Maria had never heard of someone having this much damage and still is alive. The cop agreed vocally. "Not pretty is it? Still, the bastard did deserve it." Her head snapped up to glare angrily at the cop.

"Refrain from profanities around me please." She hissed out angrily. The cop simply shrugged. Deserve it? She thought, what did he do to deserve THIS? "Um…excuse me…but 'deserve it'? What did he do?"

The cop instantly looked annoyed. "Sorry. Can't say, still in investigation. Until the FBI's done I can't say a word." FBI? That's pretty big, she thought.

The cop, Jacob then moved to Rue's bedside uncuffing his hands from the rails. As he walked part her she said, "Thank you." She then said goodbye to the cop, who simply walked away with a shrug.


And so she moved into the room to redress the patient's gauze. As she began with his head the first thing she noticed was his eyes. They were glazed, obviously from narcotics. But a shining shade of brown that almost glowed red.

He turned those eyes to her, still breathing in the oxygen that the mask provided. She smiled at him. "I'm Maria, your nurse for this shift. It's nice to meet you." She glanced at his chart quickly. "Mr. Ryuzaki is it? Are you from Japan?" He still stared at her, not moving his head a inch to incline anything.

Well, she thought…what a lovely way to start. And why on earth is he staring? Surely she wasn't that pretty. She was pale, with pasty red-blotched skin. Scars coated her face from old Cysts and Pimples.

There was nothing special about her yellow-y blonde hair. Her eyes were sky-blue typical for a blonde.

In truth, Beyond couldn't care less about her looks. He wasn't staring for that. He was staring because of the random patterns of numbers that floated gently back and forth above her head. That was strange. He thought, if he could recall correctly Lawliet was supposed to die on that same day.

A few years before the woman would but still. Seeing someone with the same death-date was unusual but certainly not unheard of. He turned his gaze downward to the softly bouncing cross on her neck.

Perfect. She was religious. He briefly wondered that if he asked for an 'atheist' nurse if he could get one. But he kept silent. This one seemed to be quite the silent type. Maybe this was good.

He didn't want a blabbermouth for a nurse. People who chattered on for hours over nothing annoyed him to no end. Yes, he decided. He would keep this nurse.

After she was done re-applying his gauze to his head she gently removed his oxygen mask. "Does that feel better?" She asked. And at his curious look answered. "Your chart says nothing about needed oxygen. No need for something you don't need."

He felt the crisp air hit his chapped and peeling lips. It burned, but he took it well. The rest of his body hurt much worse. "So…" She began. He could feel his eyes roll. So he DID get a blabbermouth. How wonderful.

"If you need to talk about anything, or need anything pleasantry wise let me know." He thought for a moment before asking. He hadn't been able to use his voice for ages, so it was hoarse.

"Is there…anything about L in the papers?" Her gaze snapped to his. "N-no. Not today I'm afraid. Do you like reading about L?" "Something like that." He murmured in reply.

She smiled and began working on his feet and legs. "I like reading articles about L too. Amazing what a single person can do, isn't it?" "Yes it is." He whispered, old memories catching up to him and softly flitted back and forth through his mind.

She finished her job and Rue remained quiet. She thought that he had simply fallen asleep so she left the room quietly.


It had been 3 days since Maria had worked. She was happy to be back, and began her route quickly wanting to get to the new patient, Ryuzaki. He fascinated her for some reason.

And today she had a very special surprise for him. A magazine that had a front cover article on L solving the 'Locked Room Killings'. She was ecstatic. This could be the thing that opens the patient up for a conversation!

So she entered his room happily greeting him with a "Good Morning!" He turned his head towards her, and she found that the gauze was missing. "I see you've recovered some, that's great!"

She beamed at him and then took his face in really for the first time. He was pale, er, would have been pale if it wasn't for the peeling skin and red scars prominent on his face.

That didn't bother her, he was getting better and that's all she cared about. "I've got something for you. I remembered that you said you liked things about L so…I found a magazine article about him. After I'm done I'll read it to you, ok?"

He nodded. His slightly matted hair fell part way into his face. She worked slowly chatting to him about a patient she had been working with, a little girl. Beyond listened only slightly.

Finally she sat in a chair beside the bed and began reading the magazine. Beyond listened with fascination at the way his own story had been recorded. The 'insane psychopath' comment he disregarded.

"…and that's it." She finished. "What did you think? Pretty good huh?" "I suppose." He replied. She sighed, so he still wasn't talking about anything. Oh, well. She'd continue until he did.

So, she began to move to leave only to freeze once Rue's voice reached her. "Miss Maria wasn't it?" She turned around and nodded happily. "…Come back here during your break…won't you?"

She grinned, finally! "Oh, of coarse! You don't mind if I eat in here do you?" He shook his head no. "It's a date then!" She said with a laugh before leaving the room.


None of the other nurses could believe that he had asked her to go back during her break. She didn't answer their questions about anything else and they eventually left her alone. Then…it was time to eat lunch.

She moved to his room 703, and sat in the chair beaming at Beyond. He was silent at first, staring at the ceiling. Then he turned those reddish eyes towards her.

"You said something about talking right?" She nodded. "Then I suppose I'll bore you with my life story. That little article of yours was fascinating." She smiled, "I knew you'd like it. And I'm sure whatever you say won't bore me."

He smirked. "Well…" He began. His eyes glazing over even more then they already were as memories passed through his mind.

"I was raised in England, a orphanage for gifted children. The man who took us in was almost always busy with inventing things so he could never remember our names. Instead of calling us nothing he chose to call us by nicknames. Mine was 'B' because I was second best grade-wise…" And so Beyond Birthday, B, Rue Ryuzaki, Backup, began telling this almost complete stranger his life.


Alrighty! So, this is my first chapter. (I will be writing more. I just don't know when.) I hope you all enjoyed and tell me what you think.