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"There was a rumor that started in the Shinigami realms 24 years ago, however no one could believe it since it made no sense. However, I should start at the beginning since then it would make more sense. We Shinigami have the Shinigami King who defined all of the rules for us so that we would know what could and couldn't cause us harm- the Shinigami King looks far from human, his form has no relations with any a human could think of, he has no human traits unlike like us Shinigami. He is 'the epitome of evil' to human beings. He created all Shinigami, and governs over us and is near completely immortal."

"Most Shinigami believe Nu is the strongest Shinigami after the King, however she is not. There was one in between the two- who according to the King is his 'mirror twin' in the sense of your human twins that are complete opposites. This Shinigami had a human form- not a humanoid form- but he looked exactly like a human being. The only difference being his bone wings and his being paler than the dead- or something like that, few Shinigami have seen this one. I am not one of them. His name was 'Beyond Birthday' and at first I thought a human being having the same name a coincidence. Now I know that is not true-"

"Now see, Beyond was a highly intelligent Shinigami- which is strange even for Shinigami- and he had a rapt fascination with methods human beings could die. His death note had been full of names with detailed death descriptions that seemed impossible for humans to die that away- but somehow they died in that way or started to and just died of heart attack. Beyond was always following humans he was going to kill to make it look like it would have been natural for them to have died like that. He also had a blatant curiosity in how different humans lived there lives and had many regular books full of observations littered about the area he mainly stayed in."

"Things got worse when Beyond became fascinated- no- he cared for a genius orphan child- so much he actually wanted to kill anyone who would try and harm the child. This would have been problematic for Beyond so he asked the King- no one knows why the King always allowed Beyond to do what he wanted- to make Beyond into a human that had a chance of meeting this genius orphan. The King then agreed under certain conditions- Beyond would still have the eyes but not have any knowledge about them except how to read the numbers, he would still have his intelligence and his curiosity about human's death."

"Of course by this time the orphan had been of five years old and moved to a different orphanage because of his intelligence- and the King said that for Beyond to become human he would have to replace an already living one. So they found a child of four years old that looked something like Beyond might have looked like and literally exchanged Beyond for the child and killed the child's 'soul' instead of his body. All the parents knew was that their child lost his memory from being struck on the head by accident."

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Could I believe that? Could I really believe that? Yes- I could. I really could, not like I had choice since it was the only reason I could possibly be like this. Then I wanted to see the others reactions just to see if they believed it or not- or simply what they thought on the matter.

Raito looked horrified- because he was Kira, no? He didn't seem to believe that Shinigami actually had those kinds of interests but from the sound of it Shinigami had, in essence, a 'forever' to spend. Wouldn't they try and do something to ease that boredom? And if the Shinigami found human death's interesting wouldn't they go from there? I know I would- and I already have.

Near- as usual- looks impassive about the whole situation. That made sense- the kid really never made a move to express his emotions.

Mello stopped eating his chocolate and had a shocked look on his face. He looked about ready to flip out yelling that that was impossible but because there was a Shinigami before him he didn't know what to believe in.

Matt had dropped his PSP and was reaching to pick the gaming device back up- his face, however was impassive like Near. However it had lost its look of boredom and curiosity flickered throughout his expression.

L had stopped in the middle of reaching for a sweet as he listened to turn around in the chair to stare blankly as the Shinigami finished her tale. "And who is that human?"

"L."

"Yes, Beyond?"

"No- No- That human would be L," is what I found myself saying in response. Everything the Shinigami said narrowed it down to L- who is an orphan and a genius. 24 years ago the Shinigami me became interested in a human and that human was born 25 years ago and the Shinigami-B began watching the human when the human was a year old, no? Besides- I myself am very concerned about L's safety and honestly, I would do anything to prevent his death. That made sense, did it not?

"Why would it be me?" Geez L- I thought you were a genius.

"It makes sense and... well... it just fits, and that's what my 'instinct' is saying." There's my genius response, and I really didn't want to say things I was thinking about, that would make them avoid me more than ever. While I don't enjoy having many people around me; I like to have someone to talk to. Which is probably going to be the Shinigami.

"Rem who is Kira?" That's nice and blunt L, but it is good to get to the point since we now have Rem's cooperation.

"Shinigami can not tell others who previous or current owners of the death note are, unfortunately." Unfortunately? Wow. Sounds like Rem really hates Kira, but her own rules get in the way.

"Then which rules are fake?" I wonder if I'm right.

"The ones in the back of the notebook are the fake rules." Cheers! I am.

L then proceeds to ask the same questions that were asked before for the real answers instead of the answers that were obvious lies. Meanwhile I have a lot to think about. A lot.

Was it because I was originally a Shinigami that I could effect people's lifespan? Or rather just L's? I could feel the headache coming- just great. Headaches screwed up my ability to reason so I knew I wouldn't be able to solve this any time soon- not just 'this'- anything.

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L had pulled me away at the end of the day to one of the rooms in this huge building that had no surveillance whatsoever. I flopped lazily onto the couch in the room while L perched himself on one of the armchair nibbling on some pocky.

"So...? What's this about...?" I asked warily hoping it wasn't about Kira or anything... unusual.

"I'm ninety percent certain Raito is Kira." Huh? That's it... no something else was behind this, since L would have told the others if that was so.

"And...?" I pushed (and that is not innuendo, people?).

"The Shinigami told me when everyone had left that with the Shinigami's eyes you can't see the lifespan of a person who used a death note or has the eyes. So can you see Raito's lifespan?" Ah, now that was a problem. That would make this a hundred percent, but it would also ruin L's happiness... What to do? The headache had resurfaced. Oh. What the fuck.

"Nope, couldn't see his lifespan from the beginning." I think my tone had a tad bit too much of the forced cheerfulness, but I could deal with that. Yes I was pretty sure I could. Couldn't I? Well I have played that role before so I could deal with it.

"Now I am certain Raito is Kira. Why didn't you tell me about this before?" Wait. Wait. What? Why would L care about that? Did something about the Shinigami's story and the truth about me change his train of thought or something? Now I'm completely clueless. Utterly clueless.

Damn.

"Would you have believed me before this nonsense happened?" I let the frown show on face as I sit up to look L in the face, to let him now that I did not honestly believe he would have believed me.

L frowns for a second before replying with a blunt, "No."

"Which is why I didn't tell you since I hate it when people don't believe," I informed him dully, "So why did you bother to tell me this in a room that has no surveillance whatsoever?" Well, anyone would be curious.

L's demeanor falters for a brief moment and I notice that he was uncertain how to say something. Yet he manages to spit it out anyways, "Raito and I are no longer..."

"Together?" I offer, just to be helpful.

"Yes. We're no longer together." L looks downcast so this must have happened a while ago. Wait- a while ago? When? Why? How? How come I hadn't noticed? More importantly-

"So?"

Then there was an awkward silence.

If this had been about anything else I would have probably burst into hysterical laughter, and I was on the verge of it now. Yet for some reason I refused to just drop back down into insanity that easily. I probably would have if L hadn't thought to involve me in the Kira case. If he hadn't Watari would probably only have showed up on the rare occasions I was asleep. It was that bad when I just slipped the borderlines entirely with no reason. There's no reason to go into that just yet, and besides L looks just about ready to answer.

"I learned that my infatuation with Raito was similar to being 'just because I saw him as an equal...' and so on so forth. It wasn't real infatuation. I also discovered who I really..."

"Loved?" I suggest.

"Loved..." He trails off as if he was completely unsure of how to go about with this. Well, wasn't that something. I suppose I should feel smug about it but in that second everything just clicked. Well. Shit. That's not something that I would be able to get that quickly.

"Well?" Oh there I go- I kill the moment. If it even was a moment. Would that be considered a moment? Could it even possibly considered a considered moment? Did that even make sense? Well it had to someone, so yes it made sense in a way.

Apparently L became frustrated with my impassiveness and constant 'nagging' as I think anyone would think of it because the man just snapped at me, "God dammit Beyond!" I snigger slightly from the un-L exclamation before he throws me a look and tries to continue. "Difficult..."

Then my mind basically shuts down because L's face was too close, and before I can register what happened I was gasping for breath.

"Why...?" Nice. Nice. The only thing that I could think to ask, at least it wasn't vulgar.

"Because." Then I can't breath again and well... let's just say...

L gets to see all those scars.

a/n; HOLY SHIZITZ. I can't believe I actually wrote THAT SHIT! -dies-

Ehmm... Well now that that's over with I just winged it with this chapter and that is what showed up. However my cousin who was visiting checked for obvious grammar mistakes. Nothing too special so there ya go.

I also learned something really disturbing, some school's hand out condoms to first graders! Like seriously, what the HELL!? WHY ARE YOU GIVING THOSE OUT TO FIRST GRADERS!? Ohkays. Spazz over. I just needed to rant about it somewhere. And now I have a problem. Sort of. I already know lots about sex and most of my friends are just learning about it this year in eighth grade. I can't wait for my hysteric laughter and odd looks from people for the rest of the year. :3 Hell I know how to write guy sex so I'm just gonna laugh and get used to it. The dilemmas people face because of fanfiction... Geez.

So now that's over and done with I'd like to point out something. Yes I do write sex stuff. Wanna know what the first ever one was? It was NearxMatt. Now ain't that peachy? I seem like I really hate Near but I like him. Actually the only characters I hate in Death Note are Raito, Mikami, and Misa. No one else. :D No I don't hate Rem because she wanted to save Misa so its Misa we should blame for killing L. Or rather just Raito, but wtf.

So now we know some stuff we would rather not know about me. xD And then I have to thank reviewers for reviewing and favoriting this and having their friends notice and read and review and so on so forth. Damn was that a horrible run on or what? Anyways... Much virtual gifts and love to the reviewers!

Ja ne! R & R please and sankyuu! (Ha ha. Shank you. xD)