Why do I have the strange feeling that I'm one of the few people who actually updates their DN fics? Oh well, hope you enjoy this one. It made me hungry for chocolate cake.

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Chapter 4-Brief Encounter

He sat there, munching on his third slice of chocolate cake he had ordered.

"You do realize you'll get fat if you keep eating like that." Rin commented. L continued eating as if he had not heard her. She looked at him and continued sipping the cola she had ordered. She disliked being in her human form, it was very uncomfortable, keeping her wings tucked in for so long. She hoped this was the last slice he would ordered. Surely after three slices of cake he would be willing to go on, probably for an entire night since humans did tend to get on sugar highs after eating large amounts of sugar.

"Not if you use your head." She looked at him, wondering what he was talking about at first, but then realized that he was referring to the comment she had made earlier about his eating habits.

Chocolate cake was something he had not eaten in a while, seeing how he had almost forgotten the taste, most likely because he had been buried in the ground for four years. The cake here was exceptionally good. Rich and moist, with tons of icing, which is exactly how he liked his cake. He glanced up at Rin. She had ordered a cola and nothing else. Didn't enzerus get hungry? Even after flying for so long? Oh well, it didn't matter, if she got hungry, he wouldn't care, as long as the place they stopped at had good desserts, then he was fine.

He glanced up at her again. She appeared uncomfortable, probably wasn't used to keeping her wings tucked in for so long or it could be the heat. Her human form looked strikingly familiar. Her long black hair, the pale skin, and the eyes that made her look blind, it was all too familiar, he just wished he could remember where he had seen her. The only thing that was't familiar was her monotone voice and what she was wearing, which was a purple sweater, short white skirt, white stockings, and black shoes, it all made her look younger, child like, even though she acted like she was twenty-five. She stuck out almost as much as he did, considering the fact that they were in the middle of nowhere and when he meant middle of nowhere, he meant a small town somewhere in Nevada. He knew it was in Nevada because Rin had bought a map. Yes, Rin had money, which is why he wasn't concerned about paying for the food. She carried her money around in the white-but-is-now-black bag.

The town had a population at most fifty people, it was almost a ghost town. The restraunt itself was small, but he had to admit, they did have good cake. He ordered another piece while Rin got a refill. He knew that the longer they stayed, the longer they would have to fly to make up for lost time, so he decided that this would be his last one since he did not want to have to fly for another five hours straight, that had worn him out. He was still not used to flying. When he finished, he nodded his head, letting her know that he was not going to get anything else. When the waitress came by again, Rin pulled out two twenty US dollar bills and handed them to the waitress and told her to keep the change. The look of shock on the waitress's face was priceless. She got up and he followed and soon they were back outside. The heat was unbearable, he wondered how she could stand it. His back was probably covered in sweat by now, due to his tucked in wings. He was glad that no one had noticed the two slits on the back of his shirt.

They started walking back to where they had landed, which had been behind an old building that looked abandoned. As soon as they were behind it, he spread out his wings while she went back to being her nearly-all-white-enzeru-self. Landing here without anyone noticing had not been easy. They had been forced to fly down at such an amazing speed that it had been almost impossible for him to stop before hitting the ground, which he barely did, but still hit his head on the ground. She, on the other hand, was able to land on her feet as if she had used a parachute, probably because she was used to it. Now they had to fly back up. She had already told him how to do it, he just was unsure if he could do it fast enough.

Before he knew it, she shot up into the air like a rocket. Now it was his turn. Taking a deep breath, he jumped up and beat his wings as hard as he could, giving him enough speed to get above the town before anyone noticed him. He soon caught up to Rin. She turned her head back to see if he was there and continued flying. He struggled to keep up with her. She was obviously small and lighter than he was, making her a faster flyer. The sun got lower, telling him that night was near. How long had they been flying? One, two, three hours? He wasn't sure. The sun soon fell and the full moon rose. He enjoyed looking at the moon, it gave him comfort and made him tired. He was sure they had been flying for ten hours straight. No wonder he wanted to sleep. He just hoped that he wouldn't fall asleep while flying. That would be bad.

She turned her head back and noticed that he was slowing down. He must be tired...guess sugar highs don't last as long as I thought... She turned her head back again. He was now even slower. Suddenly, he started dropping to the earth like a rock. She dove down after him, grabbing him by the shirt when she caught up. She looked at him, his eyes were wide open yet he was limp. She waved her hand infront of his eyes a couple times, occansionally saying his name. It then hit her, he was asleep.

Great, now I have to carry him around... She flew down a little closer to the earth so that she could find a place to stop and rest, snice it was obvious L wasn't going to wake up anytime soon. She then noticed some large rocks on a river bank. Hoping that no one would see them, she flew down, landing behind the rocks. She placed L next to a rock and then sat down and pulled ut the map she had bough earlier. After looking at it for awhile, she was certain that they were on the bank of the Missisippi River and across it was the state of Tennessee. She knew then that if they left early in the morning, they would be in New York City by noon. She yawned and eventually dozed off.

The next morning, she woke up and saw that L was still asleep, at least she thought he was. He hadn't changed his position, so she assumed he was still asleep. She stood up and walked past the rocks and to the water's edge. She waded into the water and started washing her face off. The sound of a motorboat came from a distance. Immediatly, she looked up and saw a motorboat in the distance. She immediatly made herself invisible so that the human or humans would not see her and ran back up behind the rocks. L was still asleep. Making herself uninvisible, she approached him.

"L, wake up." She said, but there was no response. Tired of waiting, she walked around until she found a small rock. She picked it up and threw it at him, hitting him in the side of the head. He blinked and started rubbing his head.

"Ow, my head, what did you do, throw a rock at me? And where are we?"

"We're on the bank of the Missisippi River and yes, I threw a rock at you so you would wake up."

"I fell asleep?"

"Yes, when we were flying."

"Oh, I'm sorry about that, I..."

"We need to get going." She then flew up into the air. I hate it when people interrupt me... L thought to himself. He then took off after her. After about seven hours of flying, the Big Apple finally came into view. They landed in an alley. L tucked in his wings, while Rin went to human form. They then walked out into the street. They had reached New York, now they had to find Near.

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Mogi stood there, wondering if what he was seeing was real. Aizawa and Ide, who were not too far behind him were wondering the same thing. A young man and a young woman had just walked out of an alley. Mogi didn't recognize the woman, but the young man...

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Light and Matsuda stared at the monitors in disbelief. It...it can't...how? He's supposed to be dead! What the hell's going on?!

"Light...are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Matsuda asked nervously.

"Yes." he managed to choke out.

"How...how do you think..."

"I...I don't know, Matsuda."

"Ryuk, do you have any ideas?" Ryuk looked at the screen.

"That girl standing next, she's no human, I can tell you that, and L's not exactly human either." Ryuk said as if it were no big deal.

"You mean they're ghosts?!" Matsuda asked

"Nope."

"Then...then what are they?"

"Enzerus."

"You mean angels?"

"Yep, or at least the girl's one."

"What about Ryuzaki?"

"Hmm...he looks to be part angel...funny, I've never seen that happen before." Light continued staring at the screen. Shit! How did this happen?! Oh well, it won't last for long, snice I;ve got Misa looking at the monitors, I can just kill him again. But after two minutes, nothing happened. What's going on, why hasn't she written his name down yet?

Misa sat in front of the monitors. For a second she felt like screaming. It was definately Ryuzaki standing there and she knew she had to kill him to make Light happy, but, there was no name. No matter how hard she looked, there was no name or lifespan on him or the girl.

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"Ryuzaki?" Mogi whispered in utter disbelief. He was sure it was him. No, he knew it was him. The young man was Ryuzaki, L. Then, as if he had heard him, L turned around and looked at him. They stared at each other for a few moments and then L and the woman started walking away. Mogi wanted to run up to him, ask him if it really was him, ask him how he's still alive, but he couldn't. He was supposed to meet Mello.

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"I'm assuming you know him?" Rin asked him. He nodded his head.

"His named is Mogi. He was on the investigation team and apparently still is." They continued walking. "Rin, do you think there are any clothing stores nearby?"

"I'm sure there is, it's New York, why?"

"Because I need to get a jacket so no one will notice the slits."

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Mello stood on the opposite side of the street where the SPK was. He watched as Mogi walked in. After about ten minutes, he came out from the alley and started walking, but then, something caught his eye. A young man and woman, walking infront of him. There was something familiar about the young man, something that reminded him of Near, which he wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not considering that he never liked working with Near. It then hit him. L? He wasn't sure, but the young man reminded him of Near and he remembered Roger once saying that Near reminded him of L. There was only one way to find out and that was to follow them.

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