It was a normal weekday with the Task Force investigators. Everyone was working hard until a call from Watari came in. "Sir, I think you'd want to see this." L could tell that the elderly man was edgy by the crisp tone in his voice, and this had the raven-haired detective worried.
"What is it, Watari?"
"Um. . . there is someone here to see you."
This caught all of the Task Force's attention. L's eyes widened then quickly returned to normal. 'Could one of the members have leak my whereabouts? No, I can trust these men. Then, the only person who could know that I'm here is. . . '
"Watari, please pull up the outside visual feed!" L was beginning to panic on the inside. 'It can't be, there's no way.' As soon as he finished his thought, his worst fears were realized. Glaring up into the camera was a short girl with wispy shoulder length, black hair that was parted so that she had a fringe over her right eye; she had two hair clips holding the rest of her hair back.
You could see the white-hot fury in the girl's reddish-dark brown eyes as she yelled, "L, let me in right now! I know you're in there, open up!" She was shouting furiously as her fist pounded against the solid glass doors. "L! Don't make me use your real name!"
Now L was really terrified. He quickly turned the feed off before the girl could utter a single letter. Sighing, he pinched the bridge of his nose and called his caretaker.
"Watari, please let her in."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
Not to much longer, the same girl came busting into the investigation room with a suitcase and a duffel bag. "Please wait, they're working," Watari called after the girl but he was ignored. The girl dropped her bag and let go of her suit case as L swiveled his chair around, stood from his crouch and walked toward her.
"Bumblebee. What a surprise this is. It's good to-" Before the detective could finish his sentence, Bumblebee punched him hard in his face. Everyone gasped when L hit the ground with a loud thump.
Just then Light was desending the stairs and caught the sight. "Ryuzaki!" He shouted. He rushed over to his so-called friend's aid. Once L was situated in his seat, and the initial shock had worn off, he addressed Bumblebee.
"Bee, that was not nessesary," he said in his usual monotone voice, trying not to let his anger show. The entire left side of his body ached along with his right cheek.
"After all that you've done to me a good punch to the face is well deserved." L looked down, slightly ashamed. Bumblee continued to say, "We didn't come here to beat the crap out of you though. We came to get revenge on the man who killed my brother, revenge on Kira. We came to help you on the case."
L looked up at Bee and replied, "You keep saying 'we'. You'd brought someone with you?"
"Yup, can't let this wrecking ball out on her own." Everyone turned their heads to the entrance to see another girl with neatly cropped black hair, chocolate eyes, ivory skin, and was slightly taller than Bee. She too was equipped with suitcases.
"And who are you?" Light questioned, appraising the black-haired girl. She was definitely of asian descent by her features and fluent non-accented Japanese. The bowed her head respectfully.
"My name is Aero. I came as Bee's guide here in Japan, because I didn't want her to get lost." She raised a queer eyebrow at him. "And you are? Knowing L, you're either his suspect or have relations to one of the detectives here that allows you authority."
Light's amber eyes flecked wide. 'She's a good observer.' He held his head high. "My name is Yagami Ratio."
Aero slightly understanding in full extent. "Ah, Light." Light bristled. He had rarely ever heard anyone address him with the correct pronounciation of his given name. 'I'll have to keep an eye on that one,' Light thought.
"Well now that you all know who Aero is, this is Bee," L said, gesturing to the girl that had punched him.
"That reminds me. Bee, apologize to L right now!" Aero said.
"Fine. I'm sorry, L. I shouldn't have punched you even though you deserved it." L sighed and turned in his chair to continue his work. Light humphed in his head, and grinned. 'She doesn't seem all that smart, but she's smarter than Misa, and she hates L for some reason. I like her. I just might have found a replacement for Misa.'
Light walked over to Bee and tapped her shoulder. "Your name's Bee, right?"
"Yeah, Light?"
"Mhm. This may seem sudden, but I think you're very pretty." Light smirked inwardly when Bee's face lit up.
"Really? That's so sweet, but I have to ask: what's your relation with L?" Light's face fell but quickly recovered it.
'Her too, huh? I shouldn't lie...but I can't exactly tell her the truth either,' he thought. "I'm the son of one of the investigators. Him, over there, Yagami Soichiro." Bee turned to see a man looking at them with a polite smile, and waved, then going back to work.
"Oh, but I doubt L would let you let you here just because you're an investigator's son."
Light inwardly frowned. 'She's smarter than I give her credit for.' "Yes, well, he believes I'm Kira, but I'm NOT, I swear. I could never kill anyone. L's just a sore loser," he said, looking Bee in her reddish-brown eyes. He was shocked to see her beaming at him.
"I totally get where you're coming from. L chased after my brother on a hunch."
"Um...Bee, I don't think you should be telling him about Beyond," Aero cut in.
"Why not? Everyone deserves to know what he did to my brother."
"He did murder 3 people and THAT cannot be ignored," L stated, rejoining the group of teens.
"And who do you think caused him to do that? You! You were the reason of his best friend's death! You cause him to go insane. You practically killed my brother, and you know those people were destined to die at that time! If you ask me, he'd put them out of their misery," Bee ranted, breathing hard.
Finally, Bee ran up the stairs to her and Aero's bedroom, slamming the door loud enough for L to hear it, shutting out the others with her sobbing.
"L!" Watari scolded the raven-haired detective. "You knew that was a sensitive subject. Yet you did nothing to stop yourself." L was speechless "W-Watari?" He stuttered.
Aero glared at L. "And why did you think I let the subject go?" Aero asked incredulously before storming off to comfort her best friend and only family...except for a distant cousin.
All eyes were on L, demanding an explanation. L sighed, reading himself to explain what Bee meant. "Bee's older brother and his best friend used to be my sucessors. When I'd picked A, Bee's brother's friend, I apparently put to much pressure on him and he'd commited suicide. It'd really hurt Bee's brother, and so, he went out and killed 3 people, and tried to kill himself by burning himself alive in a very foolish attempt at creating a case that I could not solve. Bee's brother later died of a heart attack in a mental hospital."
Everyone adorned looks of pure shock. L woefully looked up the stairs and sighed for the umpteenth time that day. He slowly begain to ascend the stairs heading toward the sound of quiet weeping. He knocked on the door respectfully and waited for a response. When he heard a muffled 'come in', he opened the door and closed it softly behind him.
He scuffled over to the bed where the two girls sat and Bee glared at him.
"Bee. . . I'm sorry, I was out of line with that comment," he spoke while crouching on the end of the full-sized bed. He glanced at the black-haired girl. "Aero, do you mind?" She immediately knew what he was getting at and left the room, leaving two of them alone.
"I know Beyond killed people, but he was a good person, he had potental," Bee sobbed out. At that moment, L did something very uncharacteristic. He pulled Bee into a protective embrace.
"I'm sorry about Beyond, I really am, but most importantly, I'm sorry for what I did to you."
"I still love you," Bee whispered into L's chest as she snuggled closer to the man.
"No, you don't. I can see that you like being around Light-kun. Please, for your sake, stay away from him before you get hurt." Bee pulled away and L could finally get a good look at her. She was wearing the crimson red hair clip she wore all the time that Beyond gave her, and the dimond studded one he'd gave her a long time ago.
During the BB murder case, L had dated Bee to get closer to Beyond. Unfortunately, Bee became very attached to L. So when he told her the truth, and that they were over, it broke her heart. Bee's angered voice brought the detective back to reality.
"What do you know about Light? I'm sure you'd just misunderstood. I'm trying to forget my feelings for you! So get out!" With that delcaration, Bee pushed L off the bed and out the door making damn sure to slam it in his pale panda-like face.
L just stared at the door then shook his head. "She had always been hard-headed."
