Author's Notes

It's been so long since I updated this. I hope you all enjoy.

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Disclaimer: I don't own Death Note.


L walked up to the large desk in the classroom. He knew he'd have to tell all of his fellow orphans this news, but he decided to inform his most favoured first.

"I'm leaving. To Japan, again." He said awkwardly and watched the faces in the room change.

Mello and Matt had been talking about something, but once L spoke those words, they had both looked up in his direction. Near was making a tower out of cards on his desk, but when L spoke, he lost his balance and it all fell to the floor.

And then there was BB, who immediately jumped over to L's side and grabbed him tightly.

"No!" BB cried and tightened his grip on the other teen, "BB doesn't want L to leave!"

L struggled within the red-eyed teen's grasp and let out a long sigh, "Beyond, I'll be back one day. It's not like this is the end." He assured kindly.

"Why the sudden decision?" Mello spoke up and leant forward in his chair.

L looked over at the blonde and frowned slightly, "It's... Complicated..." He muttered and wriggled free of BB's grasp.

There was a small silence within the room, all eyes on L.

Finally, the teen sighed and began to speak, "I've created a very extreme test for you all. It's the final decision on who will be my successor." He announced.

Suddenly the atmosphere changed from sad to competitive.

"And what are the rules for the test?" Near asked as he began to twiddle his hair dully.

"It's simple, just try your best. And don't cheat." L replied as he walked around the room and handed everyone a bundle of papers each.

BB looked down at the papers in his hands and then back up to L. He was determined to win and make L proud.


BB knew that Near was the most likely to succeed on the test. So he needed to dispose of the albino without drawing any attention. Around this time of morning, Near would be outside on the porch, doing a puzzle or just twiddling his hair. So, BB made his way to the albino's room and quietly went through Near's things.

He thought that breaking a few toys wouldn't be good enough, so instead, he took one piece of every puzzle away and threw them into the fire in the living room.

BB grinned as he watched the fire engulf the random puzzle pieces. Near was taken care of. Now, he needed to get rid of the others.


If there was one weakness to Mello, it was chocolate. BB remembered how odd the blonde had acted when he was deprived of the candy for too long. And if BB was serious about getting rid of his competition, he needed to dispose of all the chocolate in the orphanage. Once again, without drawing any attention.

He knew that Mello kept a load of bars in his desk. In every classroom. So they were the first to go. BB grabbed a black bag and shoved the chocolate inside of it, once he had cleared out the contents of every classroom, he made his way back up to the bedroom.

Clearing out the bedroom was a lot harder than the red-eyed teen had expected. The blonde had built-in contraptions to hide away the chocolate. And BB used all his mighty intelligence to locate every single one of them.

He dragged the large, black, overflowing, bag down the stairs and trudged through the backyard with the heavy luggage and threw it in a hole he had dug. He quickly threw dirt over the bag and made it look like nothing had happened at all.

His only flaw in all this, was the amount of dirt covering his whole attire.


And then there was Matt. The redhead was literally unreadable and even if his games and cigarettes were taken away, somehow BB felt as though he wouldn't really react enough to fail a test. So, the red-eyed teen had no choice. He had to use violence.

But, he had to make it look like an accident, somehow.

Matt was sitting alone in the living room. He was playing a game on the TV and sat crossed-legged and his green eyes never left the frantically moving images on the screen. It was the perfect opportunity for BB to play out his devious plan.

The teen sat beside the young boy and said nothing. He looked over at the boy's hands and then cleared his throat slightly. He pulled a brick from his pocket and slammed it down on Matt's right-hand. The redhead dropped the controls and cried out in pain.

"Oh! BB's so sorry. He saw a spider on Matt's hand!" The red-eyed teen lied poorly.

Matt stared up at the teen with wide eyes and bolted out of the room.

BB smiled to himself. His mission was complete.


The next day, the orphans got their results. BB sat high and proud in his chair and kept a wide smile on his face.

Near was holding himself and rocking back and fourth in his chair as he muttered something about "missing pieces,".

Mello was leant over his desk, clutching his blonde hair tightly and crying loudly.

And Matt was sitting quietly in his chair, with a cast over his broken hand.

"The results are in. Mello scored the least," L spoke aloud and read off of the tests he had handed the orphans yesterday, "Near scored...Third?" He spoke to himself in confusion rather than actually announcing the results.

The teen muttered something to himself and stood up, he walked over to BB and the red-eyed teen smile wider. But his happiness was sucked out of him when L continued to walk by him and stood by Matt's desk.

"Congratulations... I suppose," L said to the shocked face of the redhead, "It would seem that you're my successor."

BB slammed his fist down onto his desk and glared evilly at the smiling redhead.

"What?! But L didn't announce BB's results!" BB cried stubbornly.

"Beyond... You didn't do your test. Nothing was written when they were marked this morning." L replied slowly.

BB's eyes widened and he remembered that he had been so focused on getting rid of his rivals, that he had forgotten to actually do the test.

The teen cried loudly and ran from the room dramatically.

L sighed loudly and looked back down at Matt, "It's a good thing that it wasn't your left hand that got broken. Overwise you wouldn't have been able to write." He said with a small smile and then left the room himself.