Okay, here's the next chapter. Oh, in case you don't know, 'aniki' is Japanese for 'big brother', but Amaya is not L's little sister, she just sees him as an surrogate older brother.

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Chapter 11-Tension

As soon as he said 'Amaya', Rin's eyes immediately widened. They were no long an emotionless blue, but instead, they were full of life.

"I remember now...you were with me when I died...I said would help you someday...and I did...I am Amaya...thank you for telling me my real name, aniki." Her voice, no longer was it dull and boring, but actually had some emotion in it. She looked up at him and smiled. "You really do have a lot of hair." L wasn't sure what to say. He hadn't expcted her to remember him when he said her name.

"We should go back in." He said calmly.

"Okay aniki."

"Don't call me aniki."

"Why?"

"Because Near and Mello don't know that we knew each other as children. And if you don't mind, I will have to address you as 'Rin' while we're in there, since that's the name I've been calling you."

"Fine, even though I hate that name, you think God would've picked a better one or at least let us keep our original names." They walked in to find Near and Mello arguing over the plan.

"I am telling you, we should just kidnap Misa! Buying a warehouse and asking them to come over and meet us so we can work together better isn't going to work!" Mello yelled.

"And I am telling you that kidnapping never works, and that you should quit letting your emotions get in the way." Near said.

"Well maybe if you had emotions..."

"I have emotions, I just ignore them because they're useless when you're solving a crime, they get in the way."

"How long have they been at it?" Amaya asked Commander Lester.

"About ten minutes." He answered.

"I'm surprised they're not killing each other yet." L commented as he watched the boys argue. Mello then punched Near in the face. "I spoke too soon." Near simply gave Mello a blank stare while he rubbed his cheek. He then kicked Mello in the gut. "Excuse me for a moment." L walked over and stepped between the two boys. "Both of you stop, Light will never be brought to justice if you continue to behave this way." Near and Mello glared at each other. "Besides, both of your plans have flaws. Replacing the notebook of death with a fake one is a good idea, but buying a warehouse and asking them to come over? Light will not fall for that, especially since he probably knows I'm here. And kidnapping Amane Misa won't working either, Light will simply find someone else to write down the names for him."

"Then what should we do?" Mello asked.

"How come you never brought this up sooner?" Near asked.

"Because, Near, I was distracted with other thoughts. Now, if we want to catch Light, we're going to have to think of a better plan, one that he would easily fall for, one that the three of us would fall for."

"Don't you mean me since Mello's plans costed him Light finding out his real name and you were killed because you couldn't find evidence?" Near asked.

"Near, may I remind you that you're not smarter then the rest of us, except Jevanni, Ridner, and Lester?" Mello said.

"At least my name hasn't leaked out."

"How was I supposed to know that one of those guys had Shinigami eyes? If I had known that, I would've worn a mask."

"Boys, quit arguing." Amaya said, she was getting tired of Mello and Near arguing.

"Mello, Near, you both need to get along in order for us to come up with a plan that works." L said. He almost wished he was dead again, the arguing was driving him insane.

"I told you, Near and I never get along!"

"That's because you let your emotions get in the way."

"Again with the emotions! You just..."

"Guys stop! Mello, quit getting irritated all the time! Near, learn to live a little!" Amaya yelled. L sighed. He was having a hard time believing that Near and Mello were the best they had at the orphanage.

"Near, Mello, I suggest we take a break for a few hours, you two obviously need to be seperated for a while." L suggested. He was starting to get a headache.

"Fine."

"We don't have time for breaks."

"Near, do you ever take breaks?" L asked.

"No."

"Learn to." Near looked annoyed. Mello seemed fine. Amaya, Lester, Ridner, and Jevvani were just glad the boys had stopped arguing, for the time being, and L wanted to go get some cake because cake always seemed to make his headaches go away.

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If I made any of the character OOC, sorry, DON'T KILL ME!!! Anyways, please review.