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Another Detective


Chapter 9

Beyond heard his phone sing out the tone that only played when Raito called. Why was he calling, he almost never called directly and if he did it was not from his actual phone? It had to be an emergency or something important that he needed to say without coming over to the building. Without hesitation, Beyond grabbed the phone and said a greeting.

"Beyond I think I know what L is planning."

"What do you mean?"

"I think he has evidence or might have evidence. Once it is linked to Misa there may be serious problems."

"No the serious problem is that you didn't bring me any jam in the last week."

"BB…"

"What?"

"I don't want the shinigami to hurt my family, you, L or myself. In order to make sure that happens I need your help."

"Do I get to kill anyone?"

"If I say yes would you agree?"

"Yes"

"Fine, you get to kill Kira once we prove it is Mikami."

"So you found Kira."

"Yes. I want you to arrest him, pretend to me to both him and L."

"What do you mean?"

"I want you to text L, as Smile, for the next few months."

"You're going to have him arrest you, aren't you?"

"Yes."

"You're a fool…just kill the girl."

"I'll die too you know."

"Well…"

"You want me to die?"

"No! It is just an idea."

"I am one of the only life spans you cannot see but I still have a life."

"You're an idiot."

"That's what you told me the first time I met you."

"And you were an idiot then, saving a murder that you do not know from the law."

"The law does not take everything into consideration sometimes; in fact if I had not become Smile then I probably would have been so fed up with the law system that I would have become Kira."

"Blasphemy!"

"Thanks Beyond."

"Bring jam or next time I won't answer your call."

"Strawberry?"

"Always."

"Bye Beyond, I hope I see you again."

"Don't kill yourself."

"I'll think about it."

Beyond had a sadistic smile plastered on his face and was thinking of poetic ideas of how to scare Kira out of his god complex so that he will be a weak human when he dies. Knowing Smile/Raito, it was unlikely that he would actually get to kill Mikami and Beyond held little want to do such things anymore. Now Beyond knew he had a life where he could be better than L without becoming a serial killer, so he did not wish to kill as much as he had in the past.

It was still hard to look at people with dwindling life spans and not think up puzzling ideas for their demise but Beyond could resist. It helped to carry out tasks as Smile's proxy, no matter how belittling the job was.

Going to arrest Kira was one of the more interesting things he got to do recently.


L saw Raito talking to someone on the phone as he walked through the campus of the school. Waiting for the Raito to notice his presence, L attempted to read his lips and understand what he was saying.

'Became Kira…thanks…I hope I…about it'. L's eyes widened at the implication of these words and his mind silently filled in the gaps. His version of the conversation was:

"I became Kira for you."

"Don't worry Raito I'll kill L."

"I hope I see him die."

"After he dies will you mount his skull on you throne of godliness?"

"I'll think about it."

L grimaced. It was sad to think of the beautiful boy, that he at one time imagined as Smile, was Kira. He hoped he was wrong about Raito. Raito was his first friend that he had actually seen the face of. Smile seemed physically distant at times.

Ending the phone call, Raito walked over to the bench L was sitting on and promptly asked what the detective was doing in public. L responded that only Raito would know who he is but that was not true the second Kira would be able to see the name 'L'.

As if the little devil knew Raito was thinking of her, Misa appeared. The foolish girl introduced herself as Raito's girlfriend.

"Raito, I'm jealous." L cursed himself mentally; he had to come up with a lie quickly to rid himself of this statement. L added a justifier that made it seem as if he was talking about Misa rather than Raito. When L said Misa's name, a whole crowd of people swarmed around them.

L decided that grabbing Misa's phone would prove useful in the future, so he grabbed it under the guise that he was touching her butt.

When the manager came to take Misa away, L was relieved. The crowd of people around him was troublesome. Raito then told him that he had to go to the bathroom, the lewd liar.

As the two began to walk away from each other Raito slipped out one of his phones and clicked call without thinking about the matter. Suddenly, ringing sounded behind him. This made him realize two things: L had stolen Misa's phone and Raito had accidentally taken Misa's phone out instead of his own to call Beyond. If he tried to call Beyond now L would notice, stupid L.

The detective stupidly answered the phone to speak to a particularly anger Raito. He smiled at this, L was winning this war against Kira or so he thought.

Raito would have got the phone back from L or said something to him but he was far too annoyed. He walked over to L with a sadistic smile plastered on his face, which seemed to send a bit of surprise through the emotionless black eyes' of the detective. Before L could say anything Raito grabbed hold of him and gave him a hug.

No words were exchanged between the world's two greatest detectives and L could only stare in surprise as the satisfied Raito walked away with a cunning smile on his perfect face.

After the encounter, L called Watari and was picked up and brought to the hotel. He was completely oblivious to the snickers that followed him as he went. There was nothing that would lead L to discover exactly what the genius had accomplished to undermine the other genius in a way of complete and total trickery.

Surprisingly, the person that finally pointed out the trickery that had been bestowed upon L was Matsuda.

"L did you know-"

"Yes if it something you discovered I probably already knew it."

"But…"

"What is it Matsuda?"

"There's a sticky note on your back."

L's eyes widened in realization and he tried unsuccessfully to grasp the sticky. "Matsuda can you please assist me in removing it."

"No."

"What?"

"The sticky specifies that whoever removes the sticky had to kiss you."

That was it, whether or not Raito was Kira, L was going to kill him. Gradually kill him so that he could endure the most pain possible before he died! The senseless idiot! Who was imprudent enough to do the 'sticky note' pranks anymore?

Another task member came in and informed L that Misa had been apprehended for charges of being the second Kira. L smiled at this news, it seemed that there were still some cards that L held that Smile and Raito had not yet taken from him.

Smile and Raito…which one did he hate more than the other? Which one did he like more than the other? Although they seemed to be so separate, their personalities and attitudes were so similar. They could both disturb L more than anyone else managed to do.

L called Raito to come to the hotel that the Task Force was situated at. There were two reasons for this; he wanted to tell Raito in person about Misa and he wanted Raito to remove the sticky note since no one else would because of the message.

It only took a few minutes for Raito to arrive after the call was made and he seemed overjoyed at being there. L wanted to get rid of the smile that always seemed to find its way onto the boy's face. The stupid smile, the stupid smile that made him feel too many emotions. The stupid smile that acted too much like Smile.

"Misa has been arrested for charges of being the second Kira." And as predicted the smile vanished, victory!

"Is there a reason you are informing me of this development?"

"You are Kira and before I arrest you I want you to remove the filth you left on my back."

"You're right."

"What?"

"I think I might be Kira."

"Oh, I thought you meant you were going to comply and remove the note you left for other's viewing."

"No I am not that stupid."

"Raito-kun makes no sense, he admits to being Kira but he thinks he is not stupid."

"I said I think 'I might' be Kira."

L doubted this story but did not understand what the teen was trying to do. It almost seemed like he wanted to get arrested.

Was this attempt to prove his innocence? Probably so, otherwise such a thing would be pointless. Possibly he could just want to be going through the same situation as the girl he loved.

It was odd that Raito would be protecting the stupid girl, even if she was the second Kira. This was probably because of the second Kira's ability to kill with only a face.


Its my life
And its now or never
I aint gonna live forever
I just want to live while Im alive
(its my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while Im alive
cause its my life