A/N: Hey, sorry I havent updated in forever. Updates won't always be quick, especially when I'm stuck writing this all out with a phone. I promise that I will not abandon this story, though! Thanks for still reading, guys! Oh, this chapter has a scene from the actual anime in it, and so with that being said, my timeline here obviously won't follow the original at all. But it IS a fan fiction, so... Yeah. Enjoy!

The whole week went by slowly. Nothing really happened. We found nothing relating to the Kira case at all. I was starting to think that it was a lost cause. Light Yagami had to be Kira... But was it possible that I was wrong all along? Was it all really for nothing?

I had promised myself that I would catch Kira for Beyond's sake. Even if Beyond did turn out to be alive, I could not fail him now. I wanted to catch Kira already. But... What if that isn't even a possibility, now?

Beyond is alive. If I were to die now... No, I was well aware of the risks I was taking when I decided to take on this case. But... At that time, I had nothing to lose if I were to die. Now if I did... What if I never even caught Kira? Did anyone really care if I caught him, anymore? Over time, more and more people were beginning to side with Kira.

I... do not understand what this feeling was... Suddenly, I did not care about what happened regarding this case. It was all for nothing at this point. I did not want to do anything at all. I think I was... depressed. All I wanted at the moment was to see Beyond again. But it had already been a full week and and he had yet to make an appearance.

I wished we could just get back to our room.. But I had to sit through, yet another, dull date with Light and Misa. We just sat there while the two of them were talking. I didn't really care enough at the moment to actually hear what Misa was talking about this time.

Light was sitting next to me, crossing his arms, on a couch that was across from the one that Miss Amane sat on. There was a rectangular coffee table seperating the two couches that had a plate of cake on each of them.

About halfway through my slice of cake, I listened to the conversation that was going on. Misa was resting her head on the back of her hand and pouting. I assume she thought that doing so made her look "cute".

"Man, this has gotta be the lamest date I've ever been on," she complained.

I finished my cake and began to stare at Misa's untouched cake with my fork still in my mouth.

"No, no, no," I said, "Please, just pretend that I'm not even here, okay? By the way," I said, pointing at her cake. "Are you gonna eat that piece of cake?"

"Cake makes you fat. I'm not gonna eat any."

"Actually, I find that you don't gain weight as long as you burn calories by using your brain."

"Hmph! So now, you're calling me stupid?!" Perhaps I was. "Fine then, I'll give you the piece of cake as long as you agree to leave me and Light alone!" She was leaning forward on her seat.

"Even if I leave you two alone, I'm still gonna be watching you on surveillance cameras, so it wouldn't make any difference."

"You pervert! Could you stop it with your creepy hobby?!"

"You can call me whatever you like," I answered, standing up with my right foot on the couch and my left foot on the table. I reached down, grabbing her plate and saying, "Last chance for cake."

"Okay then," she replied as I sat down, making a weird yet irritated face at me. "I'll just close the curtains and turns off all the lights."

I heard Light let out a sigh of irritation.

"We have infrared cameras as well," I countered, taking a bite of the delicious cake. Misa just glared at me and made an irritated "mmmn" sound. Light looked over at me and finally spoke up.

"What's wrong with you? I thought moving here was supposed to help us catch Kira. But since we've been here, you don't seem all that motivated to me."

"Not motivated..." I thought about that before answering honestly. "You're right. Actually, I'm depressed."

"Depressed? What for?" Light-kun sounded concerned, but I wasn't sure if he was genuinely worried or not.

"Well, mmph," I took another bite out of the cake. "Truthfully, I thought all this time that you were Kira, and my entire case depended on that fact. I guess I can't get passed the fact that my deduction was... wrong... Having said that, I'm still suspicious of you, that's why we're wearing these." I lifted up my right arm to show the cuff around my wrist.

"And we also know that Kira can control people's actions... Which means that it is highly likely that he was controlling your actions so that I would suspect you. If I assume that both you and Misa were being controlled by Kira, then everything we've observed so far makes sense to me."

"If that's what you think," Light spoke up, "Misa and I were both Kira during the time that we were being controlled, right?"

"Yes, I don't think I could have been wrong about that. The two of you were Kira... If what I'm thinking is correct, then at the beginning of your confinement, you were Kira. Until then, everything pointed to you..."

"That's an interesting idea..." Light said, thoughtfully, "But if that's true, it will be nearly impossible to catch Kira."

"Yes, that is why I'm overwhelmed. Even if we catch someone under his control, they'll likely lose their powers and any memories of their crimes. So in the end, pursuing them becomes futile."

"But at this point, we have no way of knowing if that's the case. Cheer up, would ya?"

"Cheer up? No, I'm sorry, I can't..." Not without B here... Not without a way of seeing him without Light's interference... And definitely, not without any way of catching Kira. "It's probably better if I just stop trying so hard."

I set the cake down, leaned back, and chewed my thumb nail before continuing. "By chasing Kira so desperately, we're only putting our lives at risk for nothing. Yes, it's just a waist of time..."

Light stood up, saying, "Ryuzaki?"

I looked up at him. "Huh?" Suddenly, I felt a blinding pain in my left cheek as Light punched me. The force sent me flying back, causing me to land on the floor lying down. A quick glimpse showed me that the cake and coffee table went down as well.

Misa shrieked and then made a somewhat disgusted noise. From the looks of it, she stepped in some cake. What a waste...

I sat up, saying, "Hnn you know, that really hurt."

"That's enough, Ryuzaki! You don't feel like doing anything, just because your 'genius' deduction was wrong and I'm not Kira?!"

I wiped my mouth on my sleeve, my cheek still stinging with the pain. "Mmn, fine perhaps I phrased it the wrong way. I meant that it would be pointless for us to make a move so we shouldn't even bother."

"If we don't chase Kira, he'll never be caught! Is that what you want?" He walked over to where I was still sitting. "If you were just gonna give up, then why'd you involve all those innocent people?!" He lifted me up to my feet, holding me by the shirt. Our faces were extremely close and it seemed like he was blushing for a moment. He ignored it and continued to yell at me. "More importantly, what was the point of putting Misa and me behind bars?"

I recall you requesting such a thing...

"I understand, but still... Whatever the reason..." I ducked down and did a round house kick, hitting Light in the face. "An eye for an eye, my friend."

The force pulled the both of us onto the couch, making it fall back. I sat up as Light was still recovering.

"It's not my deduction that was wrong. The fact is, I could say that Light Yagami is Kira, and that Misa Amane is the second Kira, but it won't be enough to solve the case. And that's why I'm a little depressed. Is that so unreasonable?" We were both standing, now.

"Yes, yes it is. Besides, you should hear yourself. It's as if you won't be satisfied unless I AM Kira!"

"I... won't be satisfied unless you're Kira...?" I thought about it for a moment. "Well, there may be some truth to that... In fact, now that you mention it, you're right. I think I wanted you to be Kira."

I braced myself for another punch, but it never came. Instead, I felt something grab me by the legs and pull me down, causing me to fall on my backside. What the Hell? Was that Light? I looked up at him to see a fist held in the air where my face would have been. Then it had to be...

"Beyond..." I muttered. I swept my right foot under his legs, making him fall on his face. We both stood back up, holding on to each other by the front of our shirts. He was about to hit me just as I was getting ready to kick him again.

I looked behind Light and saw a pair of angry red eyes. He really did show up... He was here... "Beyond..." I practically whispered.

"What was that?" Light asked, turning his head to see what I was looking at. The eyes were gone. "What're you looki-"

Then the phone rang. I got away from Light and answered it only to hear Matsuda babbling on about Misa. I wasn't really paying much attention to what he was saying. When he stopped talking, I said, "Oh, you don't say?" He just kept talking, something about a movie, so I just hung up on him.

"Who was that?" Light asked.

"Hmm, Matsuda's acting stupid again."

"Well, that is his specialty..."

I stood up from the crouched position I was in when answering the phone and assisted Light-kun with putting the furniture back up and cleaning up the cake mess.

Speaking with Light-kun just now, I was honest. Just not completely honest. I was depressed for those reasons, however, being depressed was not the only reason for my lack of motivation. You see, I have been completely unable to concentrate at all. My mind has been occupied by none other than Beyond Birthday.

I wished to see him again, and honestly, the thought of missing him like that still scared me. I was already losing this little game of his. But this... I was practically already admitting defeat... I hated being in this position, but I just wanted to see Beyond once again.

I waited that whole day, hoping he would appear again. But he didn't show up. I should have known... it was probably just a lie all along... That night while Light-kun was sound asleep, I was on my laptop. I was trying, yet failing, to concentrate on the Kira case.

Suddenly, the room was really cold. I felt as if I was being watched. I looked up to see B's glowing red eyes.

"Beyond..."

He did not respond. He just stood there at the edge of the bed, glaring at Light.

"It would seem..." he said, walking over to Light's side of the bed. "That Yagami's life span is too long... Well, longer than I would prefer..."

He knew Light-kun's life span? He was standing over Light, now bent over so that his face was only inches from Light's.

"B-Beyond?"

"How dare this disgusting excuse for a human lay a hand on MY Lawli-chan? He must be... Punished. I am the only person permitted to lay even a finger on Lawli-chan. Even if it's harmful in any way."

He reached up a hand to Light's face. Then he did the same with his other hand. He was about to...

"Beyond, stop!" I hissed. "Do not kill him."

Beyond removed his hands from Light. He stood up and looked over at me.

"But, I could end him so easily. Just... One little twist and-"

"Please, Beyond. Do not do it."

He narrowed his eyes at me. "Then what do you want me to do, Lawliet?"

I pulled a small key out of a pocket in my jeans. Perhaps I was insane for doing this, but I was not really thinking rationally. Besides, Light-kun was asleep anyways. I unlocked the cuff that was around my wrist. I stood up, placing the key back inside my pocket.

"Join me," I said.

Red eyes became black. And I even saw a warm smile light Beyond's face. I actually missed his smiles... He walked over to where I was standing. Then, we made our way into the living room where we sat down on one of the couches.

"Did you miss me, Lawlipop?" he teased. I felt my face getting warmer. He chuckled. "Still easy to mess with, I see."

I looked down at the floor. Beyond moved me, much to my surprise, so that I was sitting on top of his lap. This was the first time in a while that I was sitting "normally". We sat like that for a while. I expected him to be cold. But instead, he was really warm. I found myself not wanting to move from that spot.

He had his face in my neck and was kissing me softly. I arched my back into him. I didn't understand why he was being so gentle. I thought that such kindess left him when we agreed to stop these types of things... But he was still starting out gently.

"Mmnnn... Beyond..?"

He stopped for a moment. "Yes?"

"You... really do still love me...?"

He brought his face back to my neck and said, "Hmn, of course I do, Lawli-chan. I've said it quite a few times already..." He left kisses, once again. I felt my chest flutter.

"I... love you... too..." I didn't want to admit it again, but I could not keep myself from saying it.

"Prove it..."

"Huh? How?"

I felt myself being flipped around and thrown into the couch. I looked up to see B already straddling me and pinning my shoulders down. I saw a hint of red around his pupils. He kissed me roughly on the lips. I kissed back, savoring the flavor of blood and jam that could only belong to Beyond Birthday.

He grabbed my wrists and said, "Let's just start with this, okay?" I knew what was coming next. I just nodded in response to what he said.

Beyond dug his nails into my wrists, breaking some of the skin. I moaned, feeling disgusted with myself for liking the pain as much as I did. He kissed me again, slipping his tongue into my mouth and playing with mine. He pressed his nails in even deeper and I moaned once again.

He broke away, still holding my wrists and looked down at me for a moment. I was already panting, my eyes were half lidded. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small blade. I bit my lip in an attempt to calm myself down.

He got the blade and held to my right wrist. I tried to protest, but he ignored that and ran it across the skin. It wasn't nearly deep enough to do any damage. But deep enough to bleed for a while.

"B-Beyond..."

He bent down and licked up the blood. I tried to hold back any noises, but failed. "Hnng... Bey... Ahh... S... stop..."

He only continued to lick the blood before returning to my lips and kissing me again. I could taste my own blood. I kissed back hungrily. Then I felt my "little friend" up... Damn it.

"Oh, is someone a little 'excited'?" His eyes were red again. He now had a frightening look on his face. "Hmm, too bad for you." He chuckled. "I'll see you later, Lawli-kun. It was fun." Then he grinned and just like that, he was gone.

I was alone again. I... I couldn't move! Damn it, B! Just what did he do to me that I couldn't move?! Now I had no way of dealing with my "little problem", and I was stuck waiting here until someone woke up. He sure was evil when he wanted to be... -_-

Suddenly, I was exhausted... Without realizing it, I drifted off to sleep...

A/N: Okay, it's 2:56 right now, so sorry if this sucks. I'm also just a little rusty at this since it's been a while. Uhm... Not much to say here. Hope you enjoyed so far. And please, review!

Ja ne!