CHAPTER 5

"Just your sweets craving companion, do not stress, Light-kun," the L imposter began to laugh, almost like a Shinigami.

"He's like L, but, more of an, hmm, extreme freak," Ryuk began to laugh as well, joining the maniac noises, "something is off with this human though. I think... it's his eyes."

Light glanced at the entertained Shinigami then to the crazy laughing young man.

"At this point, I think I'm past the point of stressing out," he calmly stated, "now, if you fail to answer correctly this time. . . I will force it out of you, 'Ryuzaki'. I'm not scared of you."

"No need to be so harsh," he grinned and then began biting his thumb, "say, Light, do you have any strawberry jam? You know, that's my absolute favourite! Everybody should have a couples jars in their refrigerator."

"Maybe I'll give you some if you tell me who you are," the Death Note user reasoned, observing his every move.

"Tempting," he cocked his head to the side, smiling rather dangerously, "now I'm beginning to understand why L's taken quite the liking to you. Just like how I picked up these precious eyes, heh. Very lucky. I admit, I'm a bit envious with all the attention you get. The cops, Japan, the damned world's number one, two, three detectives. Aren't you just living life to the fullest. . . . Light-kun?"

Using his thumb and index finger, he enlarged his right eye by pushing his lids apart, fully staring at the frozen young man.

"Wh-what do you mean?" Light gritted his teeth, beginning to detest this guy more and more.

If only he had Misa by his side, then, he'd know who this freak really was. But why would anybody want to impersonate L? Maybe this guy has something against him and wants to surpass him. Yes, why else would he dress and act like him on purpose? He was a very good actor, but, not good enough to pass Light's high intelligence levels. He's been handcuffed to that sweet-crazed freak for as long as he could remember. Of course, Light would be able to differentiate an imposter from L. It was so blatantly obvious to him. He didn't know how he knew. Light just did.

More importantly. . .

This imposter was able to guess he was Kira.

"It's such a shame both of you won't be around much longer," he slowly shook his head, a malicious smile growing across his face.

Light demanded, "Are you saying we're both going to die soon?"

"Perhaps. I'm never the one to spoil such a riveting story."

"Damn it, tell me who you are. You already know who I am!"

"I'll give you a hint, Light," he began to laugh crazily then abruptly stopped.

Before Light could protest, the person approached him at crazy speed and whispered in his ear, "B.B."

"What the hell is 'BB' even supposed to mean?"

He ignored Light's words and began to walk to the elevator, happily announcing while slowly clapping, "Think of it as another fun challenge to decipher, Light-kun! Good luck. And, for my sake, try not to die just yet. Things are about to get very fascinating. I'm predicting your dear Ryuzaki to arrive in approximately 1 minute and 30 seconds. Say hi to L for me and bye bye!"

The stranger began sprinting away, his faint laughter disappearing with his retreating figure.

"Wait, BB!" Light shouted and proceeded to chase after the L imposter, but, Ryuk blocked his way.

"I wouldn't go after him if I were you," the Shinigami advised, smirking, "that human runs too fast for even your athletic limits, and, he has Shinigami eyes."

Light almost choked and sputtered, "W-what?! He also has the eyes?! That's what that bastard meant earlier!"

"Yeah, well," Ryuk sighed, "before I dropped the Death Note here, there was a rumour going around the Shinigami realm of a human possessing some Shinigami's eyeballs that fell on the ground of Earth. That was a long time ago though. I never expected to meet that particular human here, hmm. Earth is so interesting."

"Damn it, damn it," Light cursed out loud, "am I an open book or something? First L, now, some random stranger copying him knows me! What the hell is happening?"

Ryuk pursed his lips. "Unfortunately, mind reading or seeing into the future isn't part of the whole Shinigami power package-"

"Wait. If that guy has the eyes, was his lifespan halved?"

The Shinigami paused to think. "I'm not sure. That human's case is different. I don't see any Shinigami's around him, so, maybe not. . . ? We don't include these type of exception rules up there, you know."

"Perhaps Rem knows since you're an idiot," Light muttered to himself.

"Heard that," Ryuk intervened, laughing, "at least I don't die like all you weak humans do."

Light would've argued back, but then, he heard the elevator arrive at the floor. Expectantly, he stared at the door, gritting his teeth. Light had a lot of questions for his beloved handcuffee. In this case, ex-handcuffee.

"Quite some commotion you got up here, Light-kun," L stated, walking towards him with a crouch, "all that loud shouting. Who knows what you could have been possibly doing while I was gone?"

"It's not what you think, Ryuzaki," Light glared, "we had a visitor earlier."

"Oh? Friend of yours?"

"Not exactly," Light scowled, Ryuk snickered in the background.

"Then, who was it? Misa, your 'girlfriend'?"

"No," the brunette sighed, "somebody who looks like you."

L's eyes immediately darkened. Just as quickly, the aura surrounding the detective changed too. "He was here," his voice was barely over a whisper, ever so slightly tinged with anger.

Light smirked, content to have found answers somewhere. "I take it you're acquaintances with you lookalike?"

"No, not at all," L's back started to straighten a bit to look at him in the eye, "rivals is a more appropriate term to describe our relationship."

"How so?"

The panda-looking young man sucked his thumb in deep thought. "I am the world's greatest detective. In a sense, he's considered the world's greatest criminal."

He blinked. "Are you serious? Did I just talk to the world's greatest criminal?"

"Personally, I would consider Kira a greater criminal," L mused, taking a seat in his trademark position. "Statistically, Kira's killed far more than B."

Resisting not to debate with him if Kira is good or bad, Light inquired with a fake smile, "Who's B or BB anyway? Is it initials for his real name?"

"That is correct, Light-kun. The person you recently met looking like me is Beyond Birthday. A serial killer. Ironically, he was supposed to be my successor a long time before..."

"That freak? Actually, come to think of it," Light grinned, "you two are both crazy about sweets. Could it be that is what causes your intelligence, Ryuzaki?"

"It'd be easier if it was," L stared off into space, "the more sweets I'd intake, the smarter I'd become. What a perfect world. By the way, B didn't steal any of the strawberry flavoured lollipops during my absence?"

"I don't think so..." Light ran through his recent memories. "Beyond just wanted strawberry jam."

"He has an unhealthy obsession with strawberry jam," L grabbed a candy bar and snapped it in half. "No wonder some believe he's some cannibal."

"Look who's talking," Light shook his head, holding in laughter, "you eat so much sweets, it's hard to believe you aren't diabetic or fat yet!"

"Something called thinking, insomnia, and high metabolism. I assumed you would already know that given the time we've been chained together. Speaking of which-"

The brunette took a few steps back, crossing his arms, "I am not wearing those damn handcuffs again. Never again. You already have cameras in every corner of this place! We're equal when it comes to physical strength and you can fight me off. So, why the handcuffs?"

"It makes escape more difficult. Plus, you are still a suspect in my eyes. In the end, justice will prevail!"

An adorable smile spread across L's face and Light had to struggle hard to not smile back or hug the happy detective.

A/N: Wow, people still reading. xD Even if I still have no idea where the plot is going. Oh well. Just gonna go with the flow. :3 Thank you everyone for everything~ Is there anybody else out there who wants a live action of Another Note? Like, ugh, imagine real life Beyond Birthday (if there's good casting) it'd be perfect!

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