A/N: I've got summer fever! I've been playing my Xbox 360 none stop as well! Soul Calibur and Mortal Kombat are awesome! L.A. Noire is the best detective game in the world! Back on topic, I hope you all enjoy the chapter, Have Fun~

P.S. I was listening to the Pillows, awesome band! Listening to their song "Sunday" is the best (And they did a good job on the show FLCL)

Chapter 6: Blue Skies

One Week Later...

"Are you sure you want to return with that wound Kagome?" Sango asked her. Kagome poked her wounded arm which had a bandage wrapped around it. The blood still seemed to bleed through. Kagome cringed as her finger collided with it.

"It only stings a little, I think I should go back and get some medicine from the present time," she said, slipping her school uniform back on. "Are you positive?" Sango asked once more. Kagome stood up and put her yellow backpack on. "I'll be fine Sango, I'll come back soon, OK," she smiled. Then again, I shouldn't leave Ryuuzaki-san too soon, Kagome thought.

She made her way to the well and put her leg over it. "Hey, where are you going?" Inuyasha ran over to her, looking her dead in the eyes. "I'm going back, my arm hurts after what Naraku did and I need a break," she said. "But you just got here!" he said.

"You don't own me. What do you care if I go back or not. It's not like I won't come back or something like that; I just need some rest." Inuyasha grabbed her hurt arm and she yelped. "I know why you're going back. You want to go and see this Ryuuzaki guy," he said.

Kagome's face turned red and she was angry. "That's not true!" she shouted. "Is to! What, you just suddenly like him more than me?" Kagome could sense his jealousy. I'd find it more flattering if he weren't so rude, she thought. "Inuyasha sit!"

Inuyasha's necklace flashed and his face slammed into the ground. "You're so emotional and up tight. I'm going back to rest and that's it. I can tell you're jealous but it's just plain irritating."

"Don't blame me for caring. You act like you're about to go and make out with him-"

"Sit!"

His face slammed in the ground again. Kagome gathered her cool and took deep breaths. She sighed and looked over at Inuyasha. She closed her eyes and pouted. "Goodbye Inuyasha, I'll see you later." Kagome hopped down the well and a flash of light glistened from it. Inuyasha sighed. What's so special about this guy anyway, Inuyasha thought, rubbing his throbbing forehead.

...

Everyone was occupied. Gramps was out shopping with her mother and Sota was at school. Even Beyond had went somewhere. The whole place was empty. Kagome walked out of the Shrine and looked up at the blue sky. The wind blew her skirt and hair and it was warm outside.

Kagome inhaled and looked as the birds chirped and flower petals blew in the air. It's so quiet, it's nice, she said to herself. I wish everyday were like this. Kagome walked over to the sacred tree, where her and Inuyasha first met. Like her mother said before, this place always seemed to clear her mind. It made things seem easier.

She sat at the bench next to the tree, looking at the white clouds as they made different shapes and passed through the sky. "Why can't everyday be like this?" she whispered. "Because, that's just the way life is." Kagome jumped a little when she heard someone say that. She looked up and saw Beyond, looking at her from the steps.

"Oh, there you are. Where were you?" she asked. Beyond walked over to her and sat next to her, looking up at the clouds as well. "I just took a walk, wanting to clear my mind," he said. "I see you came back, it's nice to see you again, Kagome-chan," he smiled at her, his red eyes showing great emotion and hospitality.

Kagome smiled brightly, a smile she hasn't used in awhile. Beyond looked down at her arm (she was wearing her summer school uniform, the one with the short sleeves). "What happened?" he asked. Kagome looked down at her arm and sighed. "Oh this? It's nothing really, I just hurt myself when I got in a fight-"

She cut herself off, looking away. It was silent for awhile as the birds chirped, the only sound in miles. Kagome refused to look at him, she almost gave her secret away. She then felt something grab her hand. Kagome looked down and saw Beyond holding her hand. She blushed. "Well, you're not dead. That's good enough," he said, chuckling.

Beyond squeezed on her hand tightly. I'm glad she's OK, he thought. Kagome smiled at him. "Yeah," she said. Kagome looked over at the tree again.

"Why are you over here by the tree?" he asked. Kagome looked at it's leaves blowing in the wind. "I don't know. When ever I feel confused, or when things are nice and quiet, I come here to rejoice. It has a spiritual presence, that makes you start to think about things another way, it makes your heart pure and you see things clearly. Days like these, I could sleep under this tree, dreaming of the stars and other wonderful things," she said, her hair blowing in the wind.

Beyond watched her, and for the first time ever, he thought a girl looked beautiful truly. Not because she was in pain, or because she was sad, because she truly deserved to be called beautiful. He clutched tightly on her hand. What's going on with me, why have I been feeling like this? This feeling, it's strange, he thought.

It makes my heart content, my stomach is filled with butterflies, and I'm not longing to kill her, I'm longing to feel her warmth and comfort. I lust for her lips, what's happening to me? Beyond let go of her hand and covered his face, bowing his body. "What's wrong?" Kagome asked.

"I feel weird," he said. "You're not feeling good?"

"It's not like the way you're thinking. It's whenever I'm next to you, I just feel weird." Kagome giggled. "It's not weird. You feel that way whenever you're with someone you like. Haven't you ever felt this way before?" she asked.

"I have, a few times, I just never knew what it was. Besides you, there's only been one person I've truly felt this way towards," he said, thinking of A. "I've felt this way with you a few times too," she said. Kagome and Beyond gazed at each other for awhile.

Before they realized it, they seemed to lean in closer to each other. Their foreheads pressed against each other, there noses brushing against one another. Kagome could smell his breath, and it smelt like strawberries. Kagome's upper lip touched his and she gasped. "Ryuuzaki-san," she whispered into his mouth, her hands wrapping around his shoulders, his grasping her waste, pulling her in closer.

"Kagome," they heard. The sudden noise made Kagome jump, her head colliding with Beyond's. They both rubbed their foreheads. Kagome looked over and saw Gramps. Kagome blushed, feeling embarrassed that they'd almost kissed in front of him. "Oh, hi," she said, looking down at her feet. "Welcome back Kagome, I see you're doing well," he said. Kagome hid her face. Her mom came up the steps and saw them, she then pouted at Gramps.

"Come on, we should leave these two alone," she said, shoving Gramps into the building. "Sota won't get out of school until later Kagome!" she shouted back. Kagome's face went into a deeper red when she realized what her mom was hinting at. "Ryuuzaki-san, I hope you didn't think that I was going to kiss you or anything," she said.

Beyond felt a little down when she said that, but he just shrugged. "I didn't expect that to happen any way," he said. Kagome's face went hot and she ran towards the house. "I'll be right back!" she shouted. Kagome walked inside and sighed, trying to figure out what just happened. He was going to kiss me? Should I have let him? Kagome thought. I shouldn't just leave him out there though.

Kagome walked back out and gasped to see he wasn't there. Kagome pouted. "Jerk," she said, walking back into the building.

...

"Are you sure you're old enough to drink sir?" A woman asked Beyond at the front counter. "Does it matter?" he asked, adding an angry tone in his voice. The woman handed him over a few glasses of alcohol and he gulped them all down. This is different, since when did you start drinking B? A asked.

Since life started sucking, he stated in his mind. That's not true, otherwise you would have been an alcoholic a long time ago, A laughed. Beyond ignored her and drank another glass. In his mind, he knew A was leaning on his shoulder, her head snuggled next to his neck, her brown hair brushing his cheek. You can tell me what's wrong.

I just felt like drinking. Beyond chucked down another glass. Is it about that Kagome girl or something? A asked. When Beyond didn't answer, she knew exactly what the problem was. Trying to drown you're fear huh, of falling in love again? Beyond slammed his glass on the table, drawing attention. Maybe you should go out and kill again, that's sounds like fun doesn't it? Beyond paid the cashier the money and walked out. When he stepped outside he leaned on the wall, his breath smelling of alcohol. It was night now, the moon was hidden behind dark clouds.

Beyond looked up and all he saw was the color of dim red, darker red coloring the clouds. Red, that's all he ever saw. And with red were white numbers and names which he'd never personally asked for. And red, it was the color of blood, of hate, and evil. Red was a color everyone despised. He never wanted to see when people died, yet he was given the gift anyway.

One of the main reasons why he never had friends was because he knew when they'd die. He didn't want to go through the pain of having friends who died when you knew it (If you get what I'm saying).

He felt a little dizzy from all the beer, but he managed to walk down the sidewalk. He looked down an ally way and saw a man smoking. "What are you looking at!" the man asked hastily. Beyond smiled wickedly, giving the man chills.

Two Days Later...

"Another man was murdered two days ago," said Soichiro Yagami of the Task Force. He held a document that contained all the information on the victim and what was written on the man. He also had pictures of the victim. Soichiro handed the papers to L who was looking at things on his laptop. L's eyes flickered when he saw the message on the man's body.

It read, "Watari". L knew instantly that it must of been someone from the orphanage or someone in the Task Force. The odds it was someone in the Task Force were slim, so someone from the orphanage must be murdering people. He hasn't heard anything from Beyond, and L would like to believe that he didn't escape or anything. But it was possible, because only Beyond would do something like this. Beyond was the only one who would put notes on their victims.

If he did escape, where could he have gone? He was in America the last time I saw him, and I don't have enough evidence to prove he's in Japan, or if he escaped. I'll have to keep stacking the evidence and seeing if it's him or not, because he's not the only psychopath out in the world.

"Um, Ryuuzaki," Soichiro said. His voice paused all of L's thinking. He looked up at him, and Soichiro knew something was wrong. L immediately set the documents down and started typing on his laptop. "Do we have any sort of leads? We have the Kira Case to worry about too, hopefully Kira doesn't get to him before we do," he said. "I forgot about Kira. But if my thinking is correct, Kira won't be able to kill him because he has a fake name.

"He doesn't go by his real name anymore, even I don't remember it. If Kira were able to find out what his name was then that means we are working against a genius, maybe smarter than me if that's possible." A bunch of documents popped up on the screen. "Who do you think it is then?" Soichiro asked. L looked over at Soichiro with a serious look in his eyes (as if they've never been serious before). "This man I think it could be is worse than Kira himself."

...

"I'm worried," Kagome said, sitting on her bed with her school uniform on. "What's there to worry about?" Beyond asked her, folding up his futon. "This murderer that's been going around town. He's writing weird messages on people and who knows what he's been doing to them before they die!" Kagome sighed and fell back on her bed. "I doubt anything will happen to you," he said.

Kagome shot up and stared him right in the eyes. "What's with you? You act like this is an everyday event in Japan! You know what it's like in Japan don't you?" she asked. Beyond put the futon in the closet and itched the back of his head. "I actually don't know what 'everyday life' is like in Japan, I didn't grow up here like you. I grew up in Europe remember? I'm not Japanese either so I don't know all the common things a typical Japanese man or woman does."

Beyond sat next to her, looking down at his hands. "Besides, I've dealt with worse things. I could care less about what some murderer is doing," he said. Kagome looked at him confused. "You've been through worse things?" she asked, itching her cheek. Beyond nodded, looking out the window. "My whole life is worse than what this murderer has been doing. I've been through pressure, abuse, solitude, and seeing my one and only friend die right in front of me, after they begged me to kill them. All I had was-"

He cut himself off, almost blurting out his secret. "All you had was what?" she repeated. Beyond looked her dead in the eyes, gleaming at her evilly. Kagome sank in her seat. She looked away, not wanting to look at him. "You talk a lot, you know that Kagome-chan?" he mocked. Kagome didn't answer. "What's wrong, cat got your tongue?"

Still no answer. "Or are you afraid..." Kagome looked over at him shocked. "Are you afraid?" he asked her. Kagome didn't know how to answer. "You're afraid of me aren't you? Just like everyone else," Beyond looked away, his eyes shaking. "Fear overwhelms everyone, even you. Any one who has known me, would know true fear. Why else have I been so lonely? People are afraid."

"Why is that?" Kagome finally asked. It took awhile for Beyond to answer. "Because, if you knew what kind of guy I really was, you'd be afraid too. I'm a monster after all." After saying all that, he smiled as if he were happy. "And monsters don't get friends, all they do his hide hope and bring fear.

Beyond stood up and walked to the door. He felt something grab his hand then. He turned his head and saw Kagome. "Where are you going?" Kagome asked. "Who knows."

"Kagome!" she heard her mom call. "What's wrong Mom?" Kagome shouted back. "A friend of yours is at the door, he wants to speak with you right away." Kagome let go of Beyond. "Stay here OK." Kagome walked down the steps. I wonder who wanted to come and see me at this time, Kagome thought to herself. When she got to the door, her eyes literally popped out of her head, and her skin turned pale.

I'm doomed...

The next chapter, someone else gets killed, secrets fly out, and now L is on the move. Stay Tune~