Aniima: thanks for being so patient with me I things got crazy when school started so I haven't gotten a chance to upload any of my stories which I will be doing soon thank you again for the support.
As they arrived back Mello tried his best to hide his smile from his friend as he noticed the albino boy running through the house to get decorations up.
"I got the stuff from the trunk; you can just go inside Matt." He said as they pulled to a stop.
Matt went right inside carrying the chocolate and Mello followed with the video game.
"Happy birthday." Near said trying to sound as happy as he could.
"What? Oh yeah, I totally forgot. Thanks Near!" Matt said flashing one his special grins.
"Mello planned it all; don't thank me." The white haired boy answered quietly. "However, I did make you a cake."
"Thanks, uh I don't really know what to say…" Matt said glancing between the blonde and the albino.
"Thank you works just fine." Mello said sarcastically
"Thank you." Matt said.
Several hours later they had cake ice cream for lunch cake, and several hours after that, the same for dinner. Matt played video games almost the entire time, Mello relaxed and read, and Near quietly worked on a puzzle.
"I'm going to check for any messages." Near said quietly before leaving the room for a few minutes… only to come rushing back in.
"Mello, Matt, there's been more murders." He said in a tone that almost sounded urgent.
"What?!" Mello said hopping up from his spot behind Matt before running over to the computer.
"Three were just found about three minutes ago at the park sitting on some swings." Mello read out loud to Matt who studied the images.
"Shoot, all three of them walked over to the swing and had heart attacks. This isn't good." Matt said quietly.
"Kira's on the loose again." Near commented. "Let's go check out the site.
At the site Mello and Matt felt as though they were being watched again. A quick glanced revealed a girl standing just behind the trees. She stood their silently just outside of the yellow tape using the tree as protection.
Mello started towards the girl but she immediately started stepping back as terror crossed her face. Mello took another step and the girl took off.
Will there ever be a place for the broken in the light?
"She's probably just a citizen wondering what's going on. Let's get back to work Mells." Matt said quietly and they went back to checking out the scene.
A few hours later Near called Matt's cell and told them to come back home. They hopped in the car and headed back.
Near sat quietly in front of the computer missing the days when he would listen to L talk about his cases. L was gone now though, so he had no one that was really close. He was closer to Matt than he was Mello, but it was not quite the same as his relationship with the sweets loving detective.
Both of the boys walked in, startling Near, who turned around to give them a small smile.
"Hello, earlier today while you two were at the site I received a call from a girl's cell. She claims to be able to help us with the Kira case. Her name is Krynn, but she prefers to be called K. Now the interesting part you outta sit down for." He paused as the duo sat down on the couch. "She knew L and worked with him on the BB LA murder cases. She was there for the capture of BB. I was curious so I decided to ask her some questions that only people working closely with L would know as well as people at Whammy's. I asked her for B's real name and what B stood for. I also asked her what about his appearance made him special, and how it was connected to the Kira case. She told us his real name was Beyond Birthday that B stood for Backup; that his eyes are red and he had what was called Shinigami Eyes." He finished and watched the boys' reactions for a while.
"Okay... Time for our news. As usual there is no physical evidence left behind. All three of the victims were escaped convicts. But strangest thing was while we were there we noticed that a girl was watching us." Mello stated.
"But when Mello tried to get closer she panicked and ran off." Matt said and they all sat quietly in the following silence.
Mello grabbed a chocolate bar out of his pocket and took a good sized bite out of it.
Am I hurting, am I sad? Should you stay or should I go? I've forgotten how to tell… Did I ever even know?
The girl smiled slightly as she glanced through the pictures on her cell before looking back at her sister who tried once again to struggle against the chains.
"So this is what you were trying to hide from me sis?" She asked staring at the picture of a boy with blonde hair.
"If I knew your real name you would be dead right now!" She yelled angrily and the chained girl stopped moving.
"How dare you try to turn me in, you stupid brat!" The girl stood up and tossed the cell phone onto the table.
"I guess I'll just have to leave you here over night with our little friend." She said smirking as her sister began to tremble.
She opened the large cage and left before closing and locking it from the outside.
aniima: I will be posting the next chapter soon.