Light wouldn't say he grabbed his best friend's arm and then proceed to drag him to the back of the room just so they could talk in inaudible whispers about the sudden realization when in fact… it was exactly what Light had done. He wasn't thinking, how could he properly form a thought after the revelation of what the second Merikh had said. If what they were saying was indeed true, then that would mean… it would mean.
"Lightie please tell me you heard that," Beyond said, his heart was pounding in his chest and the 'I can see his name floating above his head' and 'I'll use my Shinigami Eyes to get the names' echoed in his ears.
"Yeah… do you think that these Shinigami eyes are like your eyes" Light whispered; it was the only conclusion they could make. This girl somehow had the same eyes Beyond was born with and she even had a name for them – The Shinigami Eyes. But could they really take the word of a murderer? Light didn't want to believe her, just like he originally hadn't wanted to believe Beyond when he confessed to having these eyes.
Light's friendship with Beyond… if you could even call it that was definitely a strange one. The two completely despised each other when Light first arrived at Wammy's yet being forced to deal with L, one being a brother and the other being a roommate. They ended up becoming closer through the pain of being associated with L. It odd if Light looked back on it, at first he hated L, he was begging Wammy if he could move rooms because his insomniac roommate was constantly keeping Light up at night with his incisive tapping but the elderly man refused and told Light that they didn't have any spare rooms.
"How did you know? How did you know Mr. Johnson was going to die today?" Light said storming over to Beyond. Their science teacher Mr. Johnson who was only thirty-three had unexpectedly dropped down dead today during their lesson, and Light had overheard not even five minutes before Mr. Johnson died. Beyond turn to A and whisper that Mr. Johnson was about to die. And low and behold, five minutes later, he did.
"I always know," Beyond said shrugging his shoulders like it had been nothing. The class had ended abruptly, and Mr. Wammy had sent them outside whilst he and Roger dealt with the body.
"But how! Mr. Johnson had no indicators he was ill, healthy people don't just keel over and die" Light shouted; he didn't get it. How could Beyond know something like that!
"Incorrect Kira-Kun! I deduce that Mr. Johnson was suffering from some illness he was yet aware of, going untreated for so long resulted in his death. It's a simple as that" Beyond said smirking, he loved seeing people get wind-up from not understanding something, especially seeing Kira getting pissed. He was always so calm and collective to others except for Beyond's brother who Kira would easily get mad at.
"If it's so obvious, then you won't mind telling me how you knew?" Light said glaring at Beyond.
"Why should I trust you with my secret Lightie" Beyond said enjoying as Light become more agitated as each second passed.
"You don't but where's the fun in that" Light said. This was his all-or-nothing card by challenging Beyond. And it worked because the smirk on Beyond's face widened as he took a step forward, closing the distance between himself and Light.
"You wanna know how I knew your name when we first met. You want to know why I knew Johnson would expire today. You really wanna know" Beyond said stepping into Light's personal space making him feel extremely uncomfortable but Light didn't move, he refused to back down. Instead Light nodded his head, "Well my dear Lightie, my big secret is I can see people's names and lifespans floating above people's heads".
Light scoffed, he didn't want to believe that delusional idea but the serious look on Beyond's face showed that Beyond was in fact telling the truth so instead Light said, "Prove it".
Beyond did in fact prove that he had these eyes the following week when they went into London on the weekend with A. Beyond said the names of every shop worker they passed without looking at their name tags and he even pointed to a woman who would die in the next few minutes and just like Beyond had said the woman risky darted across a busy London Road and got hit by a car. After witnessing two deaths and Beyond pointing them out just before they happened and there was no way he could have done anything to influence them, it was hard to dismiss the existence of Beyond's weird eyes.
"I don't know, but the thing is… when Amane approached me in Aoyama, she didn't and still doesn't have a lifespan. The only other person I've ever seen that doesn't have a lifespan over the head except for the dead is me whenever I look at my reflection, I see my name but no lifespan" Beyond said, he wasn't sure what to think, that someone else had his eyes and that maybe he could finally discover the reason to why he had them but Beyond long ago had accepted that he would never find out why he was born with these eyes. So, now, Beyond wasn't sure whether he wanted to know the answers especially if his eyes were linked with Merikh, "If Amane is telling the truth does that mean whatever supernatural power Merikh has, it originate wherever my eyes are from and then if that's true. My eyes could be the Shinigami Eyes. I don't know Lightie and I hate not knowing, we need the Shinigami to talk, but even I wouldn't want to go up against a god of death".
"Misa believes you are Merikh, and that you escaped. We could try to convince her to tell you more about her killing power to… compare knowledge. I don't know" Light felt like he was grasping at straws, "The Second Merikh always seemed to respect and admire the first so she might fall for it".
"I don't think that would work, we've both seen how protective that Shinigami seems to be with Amane, I think even if Amane believed it, the Shinigami would see right through it" Beyond shook his head, "Plus I don't think we can make another scene like earlier".
"You're still made with me for slapping you" Light laughed.
"Yes! It hurt" Beyond pouted, rubbing his cheek as if the slap still stung, "And I add completely unnecessary".
"It was for the act, you big baby" Light rolled his eyes.
"Well, next time you can say with the suspected serial killer and I'll slap you before storming off, you see how you like it" Beyond whined.
"I don't know about you BB, but I don't think we can fool Merikh with an impromptu break up and a slap to the face" Light laughed, and Beyond snorted.
"Is anything you're whispering to each other important to share with the rest of the task force" Chief Yagami snapped. Light glared at his father whilst Beyond actually growled. The rest of the task force was looking at them with a range of expressions from confusion to irritation.
"You know it's rude to listen in to people's conversations Mr. Yagami," Beyond said moving away from Light and walked over to the man in question.
"Killers don't get privacy" Chief Yagami snapped, and it took everything in Light to not storm over to his father and slap the man, this man was getting on his nerves and Light wouldn't be surprised if Watari had been with them, he would have dragged that man out and drop him into the trash where he belongs. If this man was the NPA's best detective, then God help the rest of them.
"I guess it takes one to know one," Beyond said glaring, he saw how Chief Yagami's eyes moved, he was including Light in that insult and like hell was Beyond letting anyone get away with insulting his best friend, the same best friend who had helped him through his boyfriend's death, the same man who helped Beyond learn to love himself and his unique traits when all he wanted to do was wither away in self-pity. No one messed with his best friend and got away with it.
Chief Yagami spluttered out something which Beyond couldn't understand before he lunged at him. Beyond just step out the way, which sent Chief Yagami crashing to the floor. Beyond knelt down beside Chief Yagami putting his hand to the back of his head and pushed it against the floor, "Listen here you might not understand but Kira is one of the most important people in quite a few dangerous people's lives and if they heard that you've been trying to degrade Kira as a person because you don't accept his ways then you should fear for your life. I've killed three people, L's trained in capoeira, and Watari is trained in more martial arts than you can think of, and he knows his way around a gun. And that's just the tip of the iceberg, if you want to keep your life then I would listen to this, keep your mouth shut and your head down".
"Beyond that's enough," L said standing from the chair he was sat on and walked over to his brother pulling him away from Chief Yagami, "Don't worry I'm not defending Chief Yagami, if anything I want that man to suffer just as much as you do but we have a case to solve and we can't let our personal feelings get in the way of it. But Chief Yagami, I would heed my brother's warning. Now, what you and Kira were discussing, is it case relate".
"It depends if you consider it case related L" Light said, he wouldn't lie that he didn't take great pleasure in watching his best friend give his father what he deserved but L was right, they needed to find Merikh first before dealing with the baggage Light had because of his father, "B you don't have to tell them if you don't want to".
Beyond sighed, his eyes could be helpful for finding Merikh, but still, he spent his entire life keeping this a secret from L. Does he really want his brother to know? Does he really want to open that can of worms that had led to A's death? "Only if everyone promises not to overthink it and won't let it affect them".
L frowned; his eyes darted over to his husband, looking for an explanation. Light sighed, "B's secret, only two people have ever known - A and I. It became too much for A to deal with and that's why A killed himself".
Despite the sudden plethora of questions on everyone's minds, they nodded their heads, and Beyond sighed. Well, wasn't he having the best day ever!
The news of the potential arrest of the second Merikh hit the media later that day. It was hard to hide it from the public; the arrest had happened in broad daylight, with plenty of people watching. And whilst all but one person's face was covered, it wasn't hard to work out what was happening. Especially for one watcher – Merikh himself. He knew that he needed a face and a name to kill, and by covering their faces it prevented the second Merikh from using their Shinigami Eyes and getting their names.
"So, they have arrested the second Merikh… I'm not sure what I think of that. It keeps that pest away but if they reveal the secret of the death note to L, then it could really mess with my overall goal" Merikh muttered to himself as his horrid Shinigami chuckled in the background.
"Maybe not," Merikh's lover said, moving their computer screen so Merikh could see. It was showing a picture of the arrest, "That man, he seems to coordinate the police it could be he's working with L directly. If we get him, then we can force him to tell us where L is hiding or even his name".
Merikh smirked, maybe the second Merikh's arrest wasn't as bad as he first thought.
