Light barely had a few seconds to react. This girl, whoever she was, believed that Beyond was Merikh, which must mean that this girl was the second Merikh. Shit, Light never expected that she would reveal herself. When she dragged Beyond into this small nest of trees, Light only followed to retrieve his friend, but after hearing this confession it changed everything. He needed to contact L and tell him about this recent development, but he also needed to keep this girl here. So, the only thing Light could think of was to play along with this delusion. Beyond wasn't Merikh. Had Beyond suddenly gained the ability to kill from a distance, Light would know. Beyond would become more arrogant, laugh at something unfunny or hint towards gaining something without telling anyone what it was. That and the confused look on Beyond's face clearly said that his best friend was not Merikh, even if this delusional girl thought he was.

Beyond was fairing much better himself. He didn't know what to do. This girl believed he was Merikh. Yes, he might be responsible for the three killings in Los Angeles last year, but that didn't mean he was Merikh. He was trying to think of a way out of this, to use his intelligence to find an escape route, bolt all the way back to England and put as much distance between himself and this crazy girl. Who, now Beyond thought about it, was still clinging to his arm. There was no way he was going to get out of this and if this was indeed the second Merikh, then all she needed was a face to kill him and Beyond didn't fancy dying.

Who was this girl anyway? Beyond's eyes trailed up to look at the girl's name. Her name was Misa Amane, but she didn't have a lifespan, which was odd because everyone had a lifespan. Everyone Beyond had met or walked past had a lifespan, so why didn't this girl. Was it something to do with the fact she's Merikh and had these supernatural powers that she had somehow affected her lifespan? No, that sounded ridiculous.

"You're Merikh,". Beyond snapped out of his thoughts and looked towards his best friend who was covering his mouth and looked shocked. Beyond wanted to open his mouth and deny it but the second Merikh was literally clinging to him so all Beyond could do was keep quiet, which was when Light raised his left hand and slapped him right across the face, "You bastard! Why the hell did you kill my father! You knew he was innocent, that they only sent him to prison because the police couldn't do their jobs right and convicted him instead of looking for the actual killer. Huh! Explain yourself! No, you know what, I don't want to hear your excuses and lies. We're over! I don't want to see you ever again,".

With that Light stormed out the clearing, leaving Beyond to fend for himself. He knew what his best friend was doing; he was creating a distraction so he could leave and contact L. Beyond just would have preferred it without the slap to the face.

"Huh! If he can't handle your greatness, then you don't need him" the girl said shooting at glare in the direction Light had disappeared in, B could only hope his brother would hurry and reinforcement would already be on their way.

"Merikh… no Beyond it's an honour to meet you. I've wanted to meet you ever since you punished the man responsible for killing my parents. It's why I became the second Merikh because I believe in your goal to make the world a safer place so no one else would have to experience the loss of their parents until their natural lifespan ended. Oh! I never introduced myself, I'm Misa Amane," Misa said, her eyes wide with glee. She couldn't believe it had worked that Merikh figured out her coded message and came to Aoyama to meet with her.

"Um… your welcome" Beyond said, this girl knew his name. That wasn't possible, no one other than L, Light and people at Wammy's knew his name, she couldn't have guessed it because well it wasn't like Beyond Birthday was a normal name, his parents had been drunk and high when he and L had been born, no normal parents would willingly name their children Beyond Birthday and L Lawliet, they didn't even have the same last name because their father forgot what his name was so sprouted out random names to cover the last name part. Unless… no, it can't be. There was no way this girl had his eyes, but what else could it be, the only way this Misa Amane could know his actual name as if she had something like his eyes.

"Oh, I brought my death note with me, so you can see my Shinigami," Misa said finally pulling away from Beyond, reaching into her bag to pull out a black notebook with arvc-5 written on it and held it out to him. Beyond resisted the urge to gulp as he took hold of the notebook and a white creature appeared, "Beyond, this is my Shinigami Rem".

'Why is this happening to me?'.


Light instantly pulled his phone from his pocket the second he was out of the clearing and dialled L's number whilst keeping his eyes out for any movement from Beyond or the Second Merikh.

"Darling, has something happened?" L said the second he picked up the phone.

"We got approached, the second Merikh believes BB's the first one," Light said trying to keep his voice down, so no one overheard him, "We lost Matsuda earlier today and I don't fancy taking down a supernatural serial killer with no backup,".

"Watari is contacting the task force and police now, they should be at your location soon," L said, tapping away at his laptop, "Why has the Second Merikh approached Beyond?".

"I don't know," Light said, "I know B isn't Merikh, we both know B isn't Merikh or we wouldn't have let him help on this case. There has to be something we're missing because I can't think of any reason the Second Merikh would blow their cover if not believing that they were in fact meeting the first one,".

"Beyond gains nothing by killing criminals also he didn't show any of his typical signs that he's about to go on a murder spree," L said, plus L would like to think that his idiotic brother had moved passed that stage in his life.

"When we apprehend the second Merikh, we will find out why she's identified BB as Merikh along with how she can kill without being with the victim," Light said, adding yet another thing they would have to find out once they've captured the second Merikh to the imaginary list. Honestly, this entire case was giving Light more trouble than it was worth and where the hell was Matsuda! Aoyama wasn't that big, yet he still hasn't stumbled across Light during the last ten to fifteen minutes he had been waiting here.

"Light, the police have arrived at Aoyama and will be with you shortly," L said just as Light saw a large group of SWAT people come storming down the street of Aoyama ordering the pedestrians to leave the area.

"Where are they?" Chief Yagami ordered as he pushed through the crowd with a large black helmet on with the tinted visor down.

"In there," Light said, pointing to "B should still be with her,".

"You left a serial killer with another killer!" Chief Yagami shouted in disdained whilst Light just glared at him.

"Sorry, next time I'll call the police in front of the mass murdering lunatic," Light snapped; he could only hope once they've apprehended the second Merikh, it would be easier to find the first then he could return to England with his husband, brother-in-law and father-in-law and forget all about his time with Chief Yagami, "Look we're wasting time, surround the trees before entering. Ensure there is barely any space between you and the next officer, we can't risk the second Merikh escaping. Your target is a girl around nineteen years of age. She is wearing black and has blonde hair,".

Light gave the SWAT team and the task force two minutes head start before he entered the clearing, he was the only one not wearing a mask which honestly made Light feel a little uncomfortable being so out in the open whilst everyone else could protect their identities but no one had through to bring a spare helmet so Light had little choice but to go out there with his face on show.

"Stop police" Chief Yagami shouted as they entered the clearing quickly surrounding the girl, handcuffing her hands behind her back and shoved a blindfold over her eyes, "You're being arrested on the suspicion of being the second Merikh".

"K you need to see this" Beyond said dodging the police as he made his way over to Light holding a black notebook. Light gave Beyond a sceptical look but he still took the notebook from B and opening it to the first page which was a list of names of criminals and the TV presenters who had died at the second Merikh's hands. This Merikh must have kept a list, like a souvenir, so they knew who they had killed, "K look behind me".

Light frowned but regardless looked past his best friend, that's when he saw it. A white skeletal creature with long arms and purple markings on its face. Just by staring at it, Light knew what it was, what it could only be. His brain was trying to deny its existence, but what was there to deny than the proof of his very own eyes.

"Shinigamis are real,".