And I am back! I know I said that I was going to get back to Bleach soon, but…..the first few chapters, especially the first chapter, made me cringe. I know that it was the second story that I started and that a lot of people seem to like it, but I feel that I need to improve the beginning a bit just because it now bugs me.

So sorry if an update for that is postponed, if you're reading this and waiting ever-so-patiently for that overdue update. I WILL get it out. Just after I fix some things.

Well, that was all I had to say, but you guys are reading this because you want to read a Death Note fic, so here is the Death Note chapter that you wanted.

Disclaimer: I don't own jack squat! Except for June!

Chapter 35

The girl stood there, frozen. While he looked similar to her brother, he was very much NOT her brother. No, her brother didn't have creepy red eyes that was scrutinizing her face and above her head for some reason.

She didn't like this. She didn't like this ominous feeling she was getting from this person. She wanted to get away from here…..fast.

"There you are!" The girl turned around to see the woman, the one she was told was called "Wedy". The man, "Aiber", was right behind her. The girl felt relieved that her bodyguards had found her. Now they could take her away from this creepy guy who looked disturbingly too much like her brother.

She looked back at the brother imposter to see that he was staring intently at her bodyguards' faces. To be more accurate, he was focused on the space above their heads when she observed him more carefully. He was staring right above her head as well when he saw her. Why? What was so interesting about the empty space just above her head?

Before she could give it any thought, Wedy took her by the hand and they started walking away from him.

Shortly after the encounter, she asked to be taken back home. She wanted to be next to her brother. On the way back, she kept looking over her head, as though she was afraid that the imposter might follow her.

June was silent for a while after explaining her first encounter with the only other person to have scared her in her life.

Mello sat in his seat as he digested the information. He would get that she would have chased after a look-alike without thinking, but she didn't reveal her name or even her brother's name. So how could her relation to L have been compromised?

"Exactly how did that compromise your identity? People mistake other people for someone they know all the time."

June looked out the window of the plane, not answering for a minute.

"My identity was compromised because the man knew exactly who he was supposed to look like. This man that I ran into by chance was in fact BB, Beyond Birthday."

Mello tensed. He had heard of B. Everyone at Wammy's had heard of B. L's previous heir.

"I called him 'Brother', and just by doing that, he was able to speculate that I had close ties to L. Someone that he could use as leverage to beat my brother with. I didn't know who the man was when I met him. I just knew that I had an ominous feeling in my gut when he looked at me with those eyes."

Mello sat silently sat there as he listened. Suddenly, a thought had hit him. If B was going to use June against L, did that mean he was going to kill her? The thought made his stomach clenched uncomfortably. As much as he was able to sympathize with B, he could never forgive someone who would want to hurt June.

"This was before I knew about Wammy's and all the kids there who were training to replace my brother. He was still hoping that I would accept the position as his heir. But, it still scared me. The way he looked at me. I couldn't shake the feeling that it was like he was trying to see through me. Like he could see who I really was if he looked hard enough. I wanted to get as far away from him as possible and hoped that I would never see him again. I kept trying to tell myself that the fear was irrational and not worth another thought, but I couldn't shake off the feeling for a long time."

Mello was having a hard time believing that she was actually admitting to him that she was scared of something for the first time. He felt like he should do something to comfort her, but stopped himself before he actually did. BB was dead. He wasn't after her anymore. She was safe from him.

"Right when I felt safe enough to check out the outside world again, I saw him again. Actually, he was looking for me. He waited for me to show up again. And when I did, he killed the people who were acting as my bodyguards so easily. It was like it should have been in a nightmare. I was frozen. I didn't know what to do. It wasn't until he said something that I regained my senses and did what my brother told me to do if I was ever in such a situation. Run away. As far away and as fast as I can."

Mello was silent for a moment as he tried to study her face. She was still facing away from him and out the window. He didn't know what he would see, but he had a feeling that he wouldn't have liked it.

"What did he say that made you run?"

She was silent for a moment. She could still remember the terror she felt when she heard him say it. No one but her brother and Watari were supposed to know of its existence.

"….My name."

The girl stood there, terrified. It didn't even look like the man and woman had even tried to defend themselves. He killed them too easily. Was this a nightmare and he was Freddy Kruger in disguise?

Run. She had to run away. She had to get away from this man. Surely, he was going to kill her as well. Why wouldn't her legs move? She had to go! Her brother had to know what was going on and save her from this man. He had to put him in jail and throw away the key like he did with so many other criminals.

The red-eyed man stared at her, smiling what she thought was a creepy smile. It looked even creepier in the twilight. He started walking towards her.

Why was she letting him get so close? She needed her brother! She needed to run to him.

Once he got close enough, he leaned forward as if to get a good look at her face.

"You know, you don't really look too much like what your brother is supposed to look like. I'll give you the cheekbones and some of your facial structure, but otherwise, with the hair and eyes, you don't really look alike. Isn't that right….Lawliet?"

That did it. She ran off. She heard the man coming up behind her as she ran. She looked towards the brick wall of a building to see a lead pipe next to one. She grabbed it as she ran, but the man soon caught her by her other arm.

Without giving the situation too much thought, she swung the pipe as hard as she could and heard a thwack as it hit the man in the head. The blow made him release his grip on her and she took off again.

Hide. She had to hide. She didn't know how far she had run already, but that man could probably find her easily. But where should she hide? She ducked into an alley and looked around at a crowd of people leaving a store across the street. It looked like the store would be closing soon.

She ran across the street and ducked into the store before anyone realized she was there and alone.

It turned out to be a clothing store. She ran farther into the store before ducking behind a rack of clothes. She had to find a better hiding place. She had seen kids hide in the clothes racks all the time. He would probably expect her to hide there. She needed a less predictable hiding place.

She looked around to find a dressing room behind her. Towards the ground farther in the room was a vent.

Yes! She could sneak in there. Even if he did find her, he wouldn't be able to fit in there to get her.

She ran into the dressing room without being spotted. She took a look at the vent. The covering was screwed on tight. The girl reached into her pocket and pulled out a small pocket knife her brother gave her for just in case of emergencies.

After a few tries, she managed to unscrew all four screws. She hid the cover in a pile of clothes that was in a corner of the room and proceeded to crawl into the vent.

She came to a dead end five feet in and the vent had split off into two ways. She crawled in one direction and then backed up until she was able to see the opening around a corner.

After a moment of just laying there, she had gotten over the shock and had started crying. How did this happen? No one should know what her real last name was or who her brother was. Did she do something?

She wanted her brother there. She was scared and didn't know where to go or what to do.

She didn't know how long she was there. All she knew was that, eventually, there was a commotion outside the opening. She peered around the corner to see someone on their hands and knees. This person had a white, long-sleeved t-shirt and messy black hair.

His initial appearance scared her. She thought it was that imposter again. She backed up further away from the corner. It took her a minute to register the voice that was calling out to her.

"…it's okay! It's me. I'm here to take you home. Everything is okay now."

The girl froze. That voice. Was it really…

She crawled forward slowly and peeked around the corner. The moment she saw his familiar dark eyes, she crawled towards him as fast as she could.

Her brother pulled her out of the vent when she got close enough. What had surprised him the most was the fact that she was crying. She would normally try not to cry.

She must have been so scared.

"It's okay. I'm here. I got you."

L wouldn't act like this for anyone. Mainly because he mainly associated with people who wanted him either behind bars because of the way he handled his cases or dead because he had leverage over them to make them work for him or by throwing them in jail.

But, when he saw his little sister, his only family, cry and cringe back in fear, he suddenly felt protective over her.

He knew who was behind her distress as well. That was the problem. B almost had her. There was the possibility that he would have killed her to prove a point to L.

He had to keep her safe and away from those who would also try to kidnap L's only relative. But, some of his cases were too dangerous to take her with, and the FBI agents he hired just got killed.

There was only one option left that would ensure her safety….

"…about a month after that, L sent me to Wammy's because it was the safest place I could be at the time. He still didn't tell me what Wammy's was all about. He just told me that it was associated with him and that I would meet his successors soon. It also would have ensured my education and training should I ever change my mind about taking the title. And, well, you know the rest from there."

Silence followed. Despite the fact that they were now at an altitude where they were allowed to use electronics again, June didn't make a move to grab her iPod. She was too busy thinking.

Naomi Misora….that was the name of the woman who had helped L locked BB away. She never got to meet her. She never even got a chance to thank her. Thanks to Kira, she never would get the chance.

Aiber and Wedy….she recalled liking them as her bodyguards. They seemed nice. But she would never get to see them again and work on her poker face with Aiber again thanks to Kira.

Naomi Misora, Aiber, Wedy, Watari, L….Kira was killing everyone she had ever known, liked, and cared for. All she had left now was Mello, Matt, and Near. And she was lucky that they wanted to associate with her after she just blatantly ditched them years ago when this whole mess started to directly affect her.

But, this was going to end. Kira wasn't going to take anyone from her again. She might get taken away from them, but that would be a consequence of her actions. Kira wasn't going to take from her anymore. That was her resolve.

Mello saw her cross her arms and her fist clench against the sleeve of her jacket. He couldn't be sure of just what she was thinking at the moment, but he knew it couldn't have been anything good.

So, on an impulse, he wrapped an arm around her shoulders. June tensed up a bit and looked up at him, startled. After a moment, she realized what he was doing.

Was he…trying to comfort her? After all she had put him through?

She was a bit surprised that he was making the effort to comfort her after all the fights they had gotten into the past few days. Finally, she caved and relaxed against him.

She suddenly felt tired. She looked out the window to see the sun setting over the horizon. Had a whole day really passed already? Oh well. She didn't really care.

All she cared about at the moment was the warm body next to hers. Yes, she now recognized completely and was admitting to herself that she did, indeed, care about Mello. She did at Wammy's and she did at that moment. How much she cared about him, she wasn't going to reveal yet.

If they got out of this alive, and he still wanted to see her afterwards, she would probably admit it then. But now, it would only be emotional baggage for him. It was best if only one of them had that much baggage on their mind right now.

But, there was one thing she knew for certain as she faded into sweet unconsciousness. Kira was NOT going to take Mello away from her. Not ever.

Sorry it took me a while to get back to this. I was trying to figure out how to update some of my other stories since Error Type 2 decided to be a bitch to me.

But, I have figured that out so I could update the stories I had new chapters for.

I also blame Red vs. Blue for the delay. I recently got into them and that show is addicting! I hardly had time for these stories between homework, projects, HvZ, tests, and SLEEP (I'm a night person, what can I say) when I got into the show.

But! I have put my foot down and went on with this update that everyone is waiting patiently for. Also, HvZ is over for the semester, so I don't have to worry about night missions any time soon.

Well, that is all I have to say now. Please, be sure to review, as reviews help with motivation.

Also, what is your zombie plan? (This was the first Red vs. Blue episode that I saw and it's hilarious!)