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Chapter Four: Bury a Lie, Uncover The Truth

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Sayu had to admit, this wasn't going to be the first choice that she had. Next time, she swore that she was going to be the one the pick a restaurant. Not that this was bad or anything, but it wasn't her scene. She looked around to see that Matsuda was waiting for her. She smiled and saw him wave her over. She walked over and sat down across from him.

"Long time no see, Sayu." Matsuda said with a big smile.

"Its been a few months." Sayu agreed. "How's the Taskforce?"

"Everyone's good. We're working with Coil and L now. From what I heard from L the other day, is that Russia doesn't want any outside help. I suppose Coil, who's originally from Russia, can't even get them to listen. Kind of sad."

She didn't hear anything like this before. Then again, Mello barely talked about ongoing cases, and wether or not he was having problems. She wanted to ask, but she didn't. It was better if she pretended not to know anything of the sort.

"Working with Coil?" Sayu asked. "What about D?"

"Not even." Matsuda said with a shake of his head. "From what I know, Coil and L are the only ones that are even working together at the moment. I don't think D is even going to be in this one."

"True." Sayu replied with a small smile. She watched as Matsuda put a little bit of sugar in the coffee he ordered. She carefully picked hers up, and blew on it gently. The liquid made ripples as her breath touched it. She took a long snip from it, and set it down gracefully. She looked at the rippling designs the coffee was making and then looked up again. "Is there, a reason for the sudden lunch idea?"

"Ah, yes." Matsuda looked sheepish. "Well, I was sort of thinking that everyone's been hiding from you Sayu. I was wondering if you figured out anything?"

"Just something about a notebook to kill. But I knew that since Mello caught me." Sayu responded.

"Did he say anything about the rules? Or even anything about the eyes?" Matusda asked.

Eyes? Rules? Sayu blinked for a minute before shaking her head. "No." Eyes, and rules. There was a connection to those two things wasn't there? She smirked inwardly. So, this lunch idea was turning out to be a good idea. She was gathering information, and she was sure that no one else besides the Taskforce and Mello knew about these two things.

"I see." Matsuda looked embarrassed. She watched him causally. Did he figure out that she didn't know any clue? Was he going to be guarded about what he was going to say next? "If he told you about the eyes, he would have said something about the shinigami too."

Sayu had to do everything in her power not to widen her eyes. God this guy was an idiot. Not that she was going to suddenly say that and have the conversation turn sour. No, in fact, she was going to play the same Sayu they all knew and love. Something Mello actually knew about. Seeing how, that's how he talked about the notebook.

"Shinigami?" Sayu asked. "Death god?"

"Pretty much so. Ah, I'm talking too much about this, I'm sorry Sayu." Matusda turned red. "I really can't be saying anything."

"I understand. Michael, my boyfriend, he's been telling me to let the Kira case go as well. Seeing how I'm Kira's sister..." She paused and decided now would be a good time to shut her mouth. She effectively cut herself off, and took another snip of the hot coffee.

"Yeah," Matusda nodded. "Hopefully I didn't say too much."

Yet, he had no idea that he said a lot. Sayu was pleased that this was something interesting. She would have hated it, if the lunch date was only about lunch. It was a really good idea, if she could, to try to keep him talking about the case. "So, did my brother resist or...?"

"I can't say anything Sayu." Matusda said finally. "I'm sorry."

"Its okay. I'm sorry as well. I'm pressing matters too far." Sayu said, she wanted to scowl. This wasn't going as well as she thought. They had the rest of the lunch date in silence.

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Mello wasn't in shock when Russia refused to have L help as well. He wasn't at all surprised when they wanted to solve the case themselves. However, he was surprised that they were arrogant like America was. Maybe, not though. Maybe, their worried about a war. There's already been so many fights inside Russia that having an outsider around was going to make things worse, not better.

It didn't change the fact though, that Russia was the one to ask for his help. That Russia paid a good amount of money for him to come overseas and see the case through. Mello had to admit, if it was America that did this, he swore that he was going to shove the Kira case up at their faces.

Didn't they, the most independent country in the world, the one country that never had a lesson taught to them, surrendered to Kira without a second thought? Didn't they, the one country that laughed at all the others, and didn't dare lift a finger to help unless it benefited them, scramble to Kira's power, and begged for his forgiveness?

Russia, was the only one that stood strong for a long time. No, not just Russia. Most of South Asia and Africa, and even South America didn't accept Kira as their savior. America did. Japan did.

Mello shook his head. No, to show them respect for staying strong against Kira, he supposed it couldn't hurt but to back down. He didn't blame them a bit, for wanting no outsiders anymore. The fights and riots were getting worse. Soon it'd be too much for both L and Coil.

Even though, he didn't admit defeat. He did admit to backing down. He'd come to fight the case, another day. When all the riots and all the fights cooled down. When wars about silly things were over. When everything could be fine, he'd come and show them.

He wasn't going to give up.

He leaned against the airplane's chair, wondering about Sayu. His bad habits about not giving up, were rubbing off of her. Did she find out anything about the Kira case? Even if it was by mistake? He wanted to ask her over the phone, but he couldn't. It was too much of a public place.

He did leave a message on her cell phone, telling her that he was coming home. That he was fine. That the case wasn't solved yet, but was too dangerous for him to be there anymore.

Respect.

Surrender.

There was a big fine line between the two.

Sometimes, Mello couldn't help but to think if he really did surrender.

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After the lunch date, Sayu walked back into her apartment building to notice that her phone was lighting up. She took it out her pocket and found that it was a voice mail from Mello. She listened and smiled sadly.

Russia wasn't accepting Mello anymore. He was coming home to fight again later.

Sayu set the phone down on the table and looked out of the alleyway. That same alleyway where she had hid. That same alleyway where she witnessed that poor woman being murdered by Dustin...no...by Beyond Birthday number two. The successor of a murderer.

Was it really fate? Sayu couldn't help but to wonder. That she was going to be kidnapped again, just to for her to realize that Mello changed drastically for the better? Or was there something else in this whole plan? Was Kami looking down at them, laughing his head off, and already thinking of another obstacle for them to overcome.

Respect, surrender, white flag, obedience, Sayu shook her head. She wasn't going to do any of the things. She wanted respect by getting information. Maybe, fate had the same idea. That's why Mello was coming home, that's why Matsuda let it slip about the eyes, the shinigami, and the rules.

Fate was on her side.

There was no need for caution.