Misa startled awake at the sound of a light crackling from a nearby fire. Snapping her body upright, she quickly placed her palm over her forehead, feeling disoriented, but squinting in the darkness around her trying to make out where she was. Her sapphire eyes darted around what seemed like a small cabin. Her eyes landed on Beyond. Who was hiding his face in his knees. When his scarlet eyes met hers she froze.. She begged with her mind, pleaded with it. 'Demand to know! Who are you?! Just say it Misa! You deserve to know! What is it with this guy?!'

Beyond gave her a sullen expression before looking away and reaching for something out of view to the side of him. Misa placed her hands down behind her, making a feeble attempt to back away and felt cold metal on her right pinky. 'Now.'

She whipped the gun up with lightning speed, all that training Light gave her was not going to go to waste, with precise and deadly aim towards the raven's forehead. Her breath quivered when she saw what was in his hand. A bouquet of tropical flowers wrapped in a flowering vine. "I- I… Misa demands answers!" Her eyes fell on the bouquet sadly when she realized he hadn't tensed or backed down.

Beyond sighed and stood up with his hands in a submissive gesture, still holding the flowers. "Alright. I think we'll both learn something. You'll learn that I don't lie. I'll learn never to leave a gun to close to a woman."

The blonde could feel her resolve fading slightly as he sat next to her and timidly held out the flowers. "A long, long, time ago. Like I told you. I was in an institution where I was only ever known as Back Up, Plan B and eventually B. I was raised in an orphanage, in Manchester, England. I was supposed to be part of a bigger picture." His scarlet eyes darted up to her, he gave a weak and fleeting smile when he noted she had set the gun down on the floor and was slowly reaching for the flowers. "There I was trained. Trained to detect, analyze, deduct…" The ravened man sighed when the bouquet left his hands. "To disarm, I learned threat containment… and to kill when needed."

The busty blonde gasped with her hand covering her plush lips as her resplendent eyes widened in shock from his words. "What kind of place was this? Other than obviously an orphanage." Her time with Light and L both had served her well in not receiving any dumb answers.

Beyond dropped his head into his awaiting hands that were resting on his lap. "I was one of many selected to be L's successors. I understand, if you don't understand."

Misa's jaw dropped as her mind when a million miles a minute. 'L?! Is that why he reminded me of him? Now that I think of it… Many of his mannerisms did remind me of him. But Beyond… he's so much more charming, charismatic dare I even say… oh hell, yes, I do. He's more handsome… but, I guess he said he was raised there… not cloned.' She shook her head quickly trying to grab at only one thought at a time, but all that came out was a timid response. "I knew L." Clearing her throat and carrying on with uncertainty. "But I can't remember the circumstances of how I came to know him… it's like when I try to remember it, it's just a fuzzy string on images. Like watching an old movie with no sound that is constantly out of focus. But, I remember, him. I remember hating him. Then, not thinking he was so bad. I remember his voice. His love for cake. His hate for sleep and personal space. That hair, what a mess." Misa could feel the sting of tears as she tried to recall more. "I remember thinking to myself… He could have been Misa's friend… I… I didn't even know he had died. Not until…" She felt a warm hand graze across her cheek catching a strayed tear.

"He was an intolerable but lovable jerk." Beyond's voice seemed to crack with emotion before the emotion completely disappeared and a cold tone came out from behind ebony bangs that hung from his face. "He was reckless. Careless. Stupid. It got him killed."

Blinking her sapphire eyes rapidly, she patted the bed around her and found a smaller rag. She shuddered her breath while dabbing her eyes with the stray cloth on the bed. "So… you're like, what? The next L?"

Beyond shook his head. "No. I told you who I was. I escaped a mental ward that L had me locked away in. But before that? I snapped. I ran away and hurt people who didn't deserve it. I did it to create the ultimate puzzle. To best him… one last time. If I couldn't top him as a detective. I'd top him as a criminal. But the deeper truth? I didn't want to be L. I wanted to be B. I wanted to be me. I didn't want to be a nameless face behind a computer generated L. I wanted to be better than L."

Nodding quietly, Misa's golden locks fell forward as she leaned towards him. "I can't remember. But I feel like I did something awful to L. And… a part of me misses him. He was my only friend."

"What about Light?" The former successor stared into the simple cabin. Floral curtains danced in the wind, the small fire, that seemed to be a pit built into the floor, crackled. The edge of morning could be witnessed as the sky began to lighten into lighter hues of blue. Pine furniture began to come into view as golden rays fell into the small wooden cabin.

She shook her head quickly. "Light was no friend. I was in love with him… but I think… I loved him because I could never capture his heart. I wanted him because I couldn't have him. Something in my memories whispers that he was never a friend. That I only longed for him to be."

Beyond nodded and sighed. "I'm really tired. I haven't slept. And you're heavy." He glanced at her and quickly glanced away from her furious stare. "Well, I mean, not saying you're heavy. But when the adrenaline wore off, I was tired. A long day at the beach then. Well. You remember. But I couldn't leave you. Who knows what those guys wanted. We're not exactly in the nicest of places. All I could fathom was… if anything happened to you?"

"Beyond? Are you about to tell me you have feelings for me?" Misa's voice had an edge of nervousness to it.

Staring at her confused before his face went paler, his eyebrows raised to the point where they were concealed by his ebony bangs and he spoke almost too quickly to understand. "Oh! Ah! No. What I mean is, that I brought you here. You're kind of my responsibility. I haven't always taken responsibility for my actions… or for the people I should be…"

Misa could feel a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. "I understand. And it's not like I gave you a proper Q&A before I took off with you."

Scarlet eyes stared into her crystal blue, the sun peeked over the edge of the horizon to be visible. Golden and orange rays casted into the room further. Illuminating a vermilion gaze that almost seemed mystified by her answer. The glow from the sun casted an almost ethereal glow from his pale skin. "My real name…" Tilting her head in confusion the blonde quickly realized she had asked him earlier in the previous day. "Truth is… I don't even remember my true name. But it didn't start with a B. But… can you please call me B? I've grown accustomed to it. A fondness, really."

Trailing her brilliant eyes along the soft features of his face before realizing the growing bags under his eyes and how he could visibly almost not hold his own head up. "B? I think you should rest. I'm not going anywhere. And I don't think you'd hurt me. So you don't have to worry about me hurting you." Gently pushing a finger against his shoulder the raven seemed to collapse in a heap.

"But – "

Misa smiled and took a deep breath, laying down behind his exhausted figure, while propping her head up with her arm. "Thank you. For being honest with me…" She wrapped her arms around B and hugged him tightly. "I wish I could have met you sooner… You seem like someone who actually wants me around."

A tired chuckle was heard, "If you would have met me before now? I doubt you would have ever given me a second glance." Beyond twisted himself onto his back while still in her embrace. "I would have stared at you. But not they way I do now. I was a very different person in my earlier life…" Running the pad of his thumb along her cheek. "I wouldn't have deserved your attention. Hell. I still don't. But, you're along for the ride now. Aren't you?"

She smiled at the enigmatic man before shifting her eyes outside and watched dark and ominous clouds roll in quickly. A crash of thunder made her jump and lean against the raven even closer. "I guess I am." She felt a warm pair of arms wrap around her. She timidly looked up to his face to gauge any emotional responses.

Her breath hitched at the display. He was looking directly at her with a sincere gaze. The rain seemed to intensify they longer they stared at each other. "I like seeing the world through your eyes. It's something you've seen before… but in a different perspective. When you've experienced something new… Your eyes light up. And, I'm not sure if in my travels, I've ever seen anything sparkle quite as much."

Misa felt her cheeks grow a little warm. She knew she was blushing. 'How does he do this to me? How does he know exactly what to say?'

He continued, "Stay with me? Until the end?"

Tilting her head to the side in inquisition her hair fell over some of her face. "The end?" B nodded tiredly as his lids started to fall closed. She thought about it for a moment before kissing his cheek. "I will. Wherever the end may be." A sleepy smile caressed his pale shapely lips before she felt his arms that wrapped around her grow heavy, pulling her closer to him. She smiled when she heard the raven's breath deepen.