Hey everyone! You see I have this love for the character Beyond Birthday, though it may sound strange I find him to be quite interesting and am deeply depressed to find that he doesn't have many fanfictions based on him. This story is based on ideas that form in my mind, some make it to paper others don't, this one might not even be published but, if your reading this, it is published. These are just thoughts that I am making while writing this currently. Hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: Sadly I do not own anything involving Death Note, or Death Note: Another Note. (If I did I would bring B into the main story line) All rights and ownership go to their original creator!
L stared at the computer screen with a strange expression, or as far as his emotionless face could really show. Light and his father had just arrived that day along with Matsuda who was talking very animatedly about a commercial he had seen the night before. They all knew of Matsuda's love for TV, the amount he watched really did amaze them, how had his eyes not burn out of their sockets by now was beyond them. Light was the first to notice how the man had been seated, he was closer to the screen than normal, eyes darting back and forth seeming to try to uncover the secret behind the words on the screen. Watari who had been seated on a chair nearby had a grim look on his face when the rest of the task force entered. Light walked over to the older man and asked in a concerned tone, "What's Ryuzaki doing?" Inwardly he was a bit concerned about what the man could be doing, had he found new evidence regarding Kira? He had been sure he left no traces and that the kills were simple enough to not set off any red lights in the young detectives face. Watari stood and sighed deeply, unlike the older man to do so, the task force grew even more worried by the minute.
The first to speak was not Watari but the young, sleep deprived detective, "Watari pull up all files regarding him and then please call the place and ask for transfer. I believe we must resort to this in hopes of pulling up a solid lead in the Kira case." Watari nodded and left hastily to go and prepare what the man had asked for. Light walked over to L, "Ryuzaki, is everything alright? You seem to be particularly focused today." Matsuda plopped down on a chair and exclaimed unexpectedly, "But hey isn't that good?! If Ryuzaki is even more focused that means he must have found out something good, right?" Light kept his eyes trained on the detective hoping to catch any clues so that he could form a plan if necessary, he sat down in his usual place. L turned in his chair and pulled his legs closer and hunched farther biting his thumb. "No, I wouldn't say I am focused but more concerned about a future event. I am having someone come to help us with this case…" Light could sense the hesitation in his voice so unusual to the blank detective, and called him out on it "But? There is more isn't there." Ryuzaki nodded and turned back to face the computer and pulled up a file.
Matsuda gasped, "Hey! Do you have a twin Ryuzaki? His name is Rue Ryuzaki!" L had an annoyed look on his face, "No we are in no way related, and it is merely a coincidence. This man will be helping us solve the Kira case. He is also known as B." Light rolled his eyes, "Doe everyone that you know go by a letter rather than a normal name?" A voice sounded from behind them as Watari rolled in a cart of sweets along with some files and a single phone. "It is a precaution and a way to distinguish every one of Ryuzaki's successors. " They all shared a look of confusion, "You mean there is a successor to Ryuzaki?" Light asked confused, "No, there is a successor to L, no, rather L isn't just one person it is a title given to me and then will be passed onto another person who is fit to take over." L said eye deep in a piece of cake already, he placed the plate down and grabbed the phone and began to dial, from memory they all concluded. The line rang once then twice before a female chirped on the other end. "Hello, and thank you for calling, Los Angeles Asylum, how may I help you today?" L began to speak, in English his tone must be disguised on the women's side, "I need to speak with the head of the asylum, Miranda Chelvon." The women seemed surprised and a bit frightened by the voice but didn't say anything about it, "May I ask who is speaking?" All that L said was simple and straight to the point, "I am L." With that the task force could hear the line transferring and another, calmer, women came on the line "Hello L, it's been too long. I am guessing you are only calling for one reason…" Miranda's voice faded before returning, "I have received the documents, Rue Ryuzaki will be transfers to Japan immediately and will arrive by tomorrow." L nodded to himself before hanging up abruptly and handing the phone back to Watari who walked away with the cart. L focused back onto the screen and became absorbed in the words that were there, "Do you know the pain of being burned?" It had come anonymously but L knew right away who it was. "B just what are you thinking? Had you known I would need your help?" L asked himself quietly but it didn't escape the rest of the task forces notice.
"This B guy, why are you so concerned about him?" Soichiro said while going through a report of which criminals had succumbed to Kira last night, the next words made the room go silent. "Because he is a serial killer." Light stood up, "Ryuzaki! Why would we allow a serial killer to help us? Especially one who you had to call out from an asylum!" Matsuda then said with an understanding tone, "You want to use a serial killer to find a serial killer!" L nodded and said in a calmer tone still biting his thumb deep in thought, "A successor of mine once told me, "L was the goal of everyone in Wammy's House. Everyone wanted to surpass him. To step over him. To step on him. M did, N did, and B did. M as a challenger, N as a successor. B as a criminal." From this I learned about how I was seen at the Wammy House." With that L focused more on the screen than ever, "I never had much contact with my successors, I knew of everything they had been doing, their psychological state, physical state, and their intelligence strength. I knew of the past they didn't know of, but the one thing I could never grasp was their emotions state." A look of guilt flashed across his face but was gone the moment it had come, his blank face back in place. "The first successor was A, the pressure had consumed him and he committed suicide, B was too obsessed with trying to be me that he resorted to being a serial killer. R had observed B in many ways in order to see if he was best suited to be L heir, he said once. "If L's a genius, then B's an extreme genius. If L's a freak, then B's an extreme freak." B relized over time ust didn't want to be me, he wanted to surpass me." The room remained quiet till Light chimed in, "If we wanted to surpass you couldn't he have just become another detective all together and complete more cases and surpass you? Why resort to murder, it makes no sense." L nodded thoughtfully, "True that would have been the best choice but B's mental state had always been in question, seeing as we had put him in the second spot rather than the first, his mentality was corrupt and we had to take precautions. Though they didn't seem to help, I suppose it did saved him in the long run." L then pulled up a secure file and opened it, three bodies along with multiple shots of crime scenes and other various things popped open. Matsuda had to look away and Light and Soichiro barely contained their disgust. "This is the Los Angeles BB murder case. B's final stand against L. He had planned everything down to the last second, layer upon layers of the entire case had been thoroughly thought out and planned, and nothing had gone amiss. Except one thing, Naomi Misora. A young female FBI agent that had been a victim to Kira in the past, had worked in the field for me in this case. Her intelligence was not what B had underestimated no, it was her creativity he had not planned for. That was how he was caught, had she had not been there, he would have completed his mission, to leave L with a case he couldn't solve. I knew from the moment the first victim had died, it was B who had committed that murder. His specialty was knives anyway." L bit harder on his thumb and moved to the pictures of the three victims, "B was different then what I thought, he had surprised me. Maybe it had been thoughtful on his part or maybe he just wanted it to be simple, I will forever not know. I may ask as I have in the past but he will not answer." These words had been mumbled as he looked over the documents on the large screen.
Light then turned to ask after hearing those words, "What had B done that surprised you Ryuzaki." His eyes still focused on the words on the screen. It seemed to be a complex formula of sorts, a drug perhaps? L then read the formula out loud, "B's special drug. It knocked out his victim and put them into a coma of sorts. They felt nothing we have deduced after autopsy, he had spared them from the pain or maybe he just didn't want them to fight back." Soichiro then asked in a dark tone, "This B character, he killed a child, a little girl. Who could do such a thing?" They all nodded except L, who just shrugged and stood up, "B is the one person I could never figure out, had he been here and not in an asylum I would put him at 75% of being Kira, he has the intelligence and no sense of compassion. Though at first I had him as a suspect, he could have killed from within using this "power" but after the Lind L. Taylor incident I knew it wasn't him." As always Matsuda asked in a dumb voice, naïve little Matsuda, "Why not still suspect him, with him coming here he would still have the chance of being Kira." L just stared even blanker at him before saying, "First he couldn't have seen the show seeing as he was in America and second, he knows my face and he would know right away that was not L, finally, he knows my real name." They all snapped their attention to the calm man, "What? B knows?" Light asked in a horrified voice, and L nodded, "I do not know how though, again another mystery I will never know about B." After L's pause he then resumed walking up the stairs, and called back over his shoulder, "Go home for today, I have things I need to prepare. You would only get in my way." With that L disappeared and the task force was escorted out by Watari with promises of calling when B arrived.
Later that night Light sat in his room contemplating what had to be done, "If I killed B then it would be obvious I am Kira since only the task force knows of B's arrival. " Light laid on his back legs crossed and head on his pillow, Ryuk nearby watching. "I could have the plane crash but that would require knowing the flight number, pilots name, and face and I doubt I could get that in time and again it would be to suspicious. The name 'Rue Ryuzaki' are sure to be a fake name and maybe I should try to establish a friendship them I could get L's name from him. This would require stealth and since B seemed to be at L's intelligence maybe even more by what L mention that could be difficult and could backfire." Light sighed deeply and Ryuk just cackled in the corner eating an apple, "Ryuk I don't suppose you have any good ideas." It was a joke and they both knew it, the death god wouldn't dare try to spoil his fun anytime soon so that meant no help. When receiving a cackled that he had gotten used to, Light dosed off and only to wake to find his dad telling him they had to head over now.
As Light and his father exited the car they walked up to the right floor before scanning in and looking around the only thing that had changed was a large table was sitting in the middle of the room now, two chairs each at the opposite sides of the table and two cups waiting to be filled. Two things of sugar both filled to the top wait at each end for the two people it seems, L was seated at one end and Watari ushered them over to couches were coffee and sweets had been arranged just for them. L was staring at the door, waiting, even more intensely than usual.
Ending note: After writing this I decided I will post it just because I would like to have my thoughts somewhere, hoping someone will enjoy them. I hope you guys review even if you are criticizing I enjoy them none the less. So thanks again guys!
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