CHAPTER 28

Anxiously, he adjusted his dark rusty brown leather jacket on his rigid shoulders.

Takeo was always one to be early to any meeting. Even if it meant waiting outside in the dark a quarter before midnight. Probably not the best idea; but, hey, if this guy has information about Shinigamis, he is sure as hell going to meet his bastard. He is growing sick and tired of constantly being accused of being a liar and/or a psychotic researcher with no life outside of these death gods. Well, they are right to a point. Everybody lies. Everybody has their psychotic moments. To be labelled as one though? Now, that's a different story.

He ran a hand through his disheveled burgundy locks, leaning his head against a brick wall.

At this time, the yakuza would be out causing trouble on the streets. The way he was currently dressed, Takeo wouldn't be surprised if somebody assumed he was apart of some gang as well. He was wearing a leather jacket along with a black tank top and black jeans and black boots. Yes, a lot of black. Takeo preferred to wear the colour (or shade, for the smart obnoxious assholes out there) black as it went along with any possible colour. It was simple and easy. Just the way he liked it.

Out of the blue, a finger lightly tapped his stiff back and consequently scared the shit out of Takeo.

"Hello, Takeo-kun," the figure in the shadows cheerfully greeted, "apologies for startling you~"

He blinked twice before replying, "I-it's fine. How do you know my name anyway?"

"That is for me to know and for you to find out," the mystery stranger seemed to smile in his spoken words and he stepped out of the dark.

A black hood concealed the top half of his porcelain appearing face. He wore baggy jeans and oddly enough, only black socks were adorned on his twitching feet. He smiled broadly and Takeo could not deduce whether it was a cheerful or threatening one. The stranger seemed to crouch in his stature and his hands were shoved into the back pockets of his pants.

"You may refer to me as B," his smile grew even wider and he began to walk into an alleyway.

"Wait, I thought we were going to!-"

"Oh, we are!~ Follow me," he waved his hand over, beckoning Takeo to follow him into the shady penumbra.

Although his mind was screaming at him to not follow him into this obvious trap, Takeo's feet betrayed him and he trailed behind this peculiar person known as 'B'.

"I believe it is time for us to go pursue BB, Light-kun," L's factually stated as he began to stand up.

Light groaned in dissatisfaction and rolled over, eyes still shut. "Not yet... you go on ahead-"

"No, Light, we are partners we have to do this operation together," the detective rolled his eyes and yanked on his leg.

"You're the most annoying person in the world; I hope you are aware of that," Light grumbled as he got up, flattening his messy brown hair.

"I am, of course," he speedily countered back, "we have to go back to trailing his tracks. If my calculations are right, BB should be trying to acquire somebody to help him with his plans."

"Why? I always assumed this guy was the type to go solo," he questioned, stretching his back while sitting on the couch.

"Usually yes," L gnawed on his thumb, the cogs working extra hard in his complex mind. "This time it's different. He has two people with the intelligence levels of geniuses on his tail. Whether he likes it or not, he requires assistance."

"True. Who would he choose though?"

"Somebody naive and easy to manipulate. We can assume it will be someone around your age or younger, Light-kun."

"Should I also assume that this person will most likely know or at least be interested in death or the theory of death gods?"

"Exactly read my thoughts," L chuckled. "The perfect candidate for BB as of now will be a young person interested in Shinigami. He can exchange information about death gods for him or her to do something in his favour. He is more likely to blackmail this person since he enjoys collecting information about people."

"So, he's also a victim in this whole Beyond Birthday case," he shook his head, sighing, "isn't that lovely."

"He always takes advantage of people. This is not something new. What is new is that he wishes to assassinate the two of us."

"And it gets even better," sarcasm flowed out of Light's tone and he stood up, beginning to pace around the area. "I think he'll try to take advantage of somebody that is or is related to someone from Wammy's house. It'll be easier to convince him or her to question your ways, L."

"Let me bring up profiles of all the relatives of my predecessors that are your age or younger," he took out his phone and began furiously tapping on the screen before showing the results.

"We can eliminate everyone younger than secondary age... Females tend to distrust and/or be scared of Beyond so we can safely assume it'll most likely be a male... Ah, I believe it's this was. I am 96.2% positive this is our guy."

Light arched an eyebrow.

"Takeo Jeevas?"

"He's the younger cousin of Matt. He grew up in Wammy's orphanage as well. Unfortunately, he passed away due to certain circumstances."

"Wait a minute," Light's pursued his lips and instantly a light lit up in his eyes as he blurted out, "I recognize him!"

"Isn't that delightful."

"Yeah, yeah. We both went to To-Oh University. I believe he was study economics and philosophy. I never knew him personally, but, I saw him around the campus frequently," he grinned.

"Beyond would never assume that you'd know him," L grinned right back, "we are at an advantage partner."

"Perhaps this time we will be one step ahead of him."

"You can bet on that."

"Now, we just need to research the hell outta this Matt guy."

"Or we could get Misa to seduce him."

"What?! Why, Misa?!"

"It is a faster way for Takeo to trust in her. Judging from his profile, I deduce that he has never dated a girl seriously before and is probably still a virgin. It is a perfect plan."

"I don't approve."

"Light, let's be honest, you do not even remotely feel the same way for Misa Amane."

"As a matter of fact, I-"

"Nevertheless, now is not the time to argue about something so petty. Let's start investigating Takeo Jeevas. I would not be surprised if he has already met Beyond Birthday. He likes to work fast and efficiently."

"Just like a bullet."

A/N: SORRY FOR BEING SUCH A BAD AUTHOR- life has just been so busy lately ugh I have no time! I hope you guys enjoyed this chappie and please leave a review! I love reading what you guys have to say. Tell me what you think about the story so far! What you want to read next! Predictions! Let's hear it all! Thanks for reading this and hope you have a lovely day y'all~ ^^