Born In Sin
Chapter 2, Just To Be Alone
London, Later that Day
Aiber came up the stairs and paused at his door. He looked up at the small pull string that pulled down the stairs to the attic. He was banned from going up there, his mother had not allowed him to. Though he never understood why. He sighed and jumped up and grabbed onto the string. Once he got the ladder down he climbed up the stairs and into the attic.
The attic was dark and dusty, though light cut though from the windows in the middle and it was slightly hard to breath. He had no idea how his brother lived up here. Not that the poor boy had a choice.
"Ryuzaki?" He called out into the dim room. He heard a small sniff and turned to see Ryuzaki sitting on the floor with his back to him. "Ryuzaki what are you doing?" He came around to his brother so he could look at him and gasped at what he found. He didn't even say anything. He rushed down the ladder and grabbed a cloth from the bathroom and ran back up the stairs. He sat down in front of him. "What are you doing?" He asked. Ryuzaki sat on the floor with a knife in his hand, an open wound on his arm, and was dripping the blood into a bowl that sat on the floor. Aiber pulled the knife away from him and placed the cloth over the cut. "What are you thinking?" He asked again.
"I don't want to be Japanese." Ryuzaki sniffed, tears running down his face. "I want to be like you. But how can I get rid of the bad blood?" He asked. "It looks exactly like yours." He cried harder. "It all looks the same." Aiber knew why Ryuzaki was doing this. His mother constantly called him a worthless Jap bastard and that he was unfit to even lick her shoes. Aiber and Ryuzaki sat in silence as Aiber cleaned the cut with water. He told Ryuzaki to keep the cloth on the wound. It had stopped bleeding but just in case.
"You better go." Ryuzaki said. "You'll get in trouble." Aiber nodded and stood to leave.
"Oh. I brought you this." He said handing Ryuzaki one of his toys that he had received today. "I don't care who you are everyone deserves something on Christmas." Ryuzaki shook his head.
"I don't want it." He said. "If they had been meant for me they would have given it to me themselves. You better go." Aiber looked at the toy sadly and nodded before heading down the stairs.
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October 15, 2003
"Ryuzaki, I have a call from Aiber."
"Put it through." L said to the computer.
"Ryuzaki" Aiber said. "I was able to contact the eight indirectly and they are starting to trust me, though not yet completely. I'll be coming back to Japan tomorrow."
"You sure work fast Aiber." L said.
"At this rate they'll soon be asking for my opinion and wanting to meet."
"Aiber…" L said as if he didn't already have Aiber's attention. "Showing yourself before them is very dangerous. Please be careful…"
"I understand. But you've saved me more than once L. And anyway with the evidence you have on me I'm looking at a life behind bars. This is a lot more fun. One reason why I can't quit being a con artist is the thrill of it." Aiber paused and L didn't speak. "Oh yeah. I've gotten five million off them so far. But is it okay if I start thinking up a way to hand over a fake L and get another ten mill?"
"All right. I'll think about it as well." L said.
"He's trying to con them out of ten million dollars?" Yagami said more than asked almost in disbelief that L was allowing this.
"It's all part of the investigation." L explained.
"Infiltrating Yotsuba as Coil. Smart thinking Aiber."
"I don't appreciate him using my other self like that, but I'm staying quite since it's a good idea."
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October 31, 1985
Ryuzaki almost flew across the room as the hand connected with his face. He wasn't surprised to say the least; he didn't even know what he'd done this time to receive this one. As usual.
Aiber peeked around the corner from the door way and watched as his mother continued to beat his little brother. His lip was split open and you could already see the bruise forming around his eye. 'No one deserves this.' He thought to himself. 'Why does she do this?' Aiber never understood. He never understood why it was that the only people to be nice to Ryuzaki where him and Wedy. Even now that they had started school Aiber's had to pull him away from a few bullies. Even still, Ryuzaki never shrunk down. Never backed away. Aiber watched as Ryuzaki stood tall and defiant against his mother. Which only angered her more.
( well what do you think? R&R and I'll give you a cookie… ok ok two cookies… ok final offer… Twenty cookies! )