A/N: I was pretty happy with the last chapter… it's gonna be pretty difficult for me to top that. =/ and I've been reading Twilight fan fictions… so it's not like I could've gotten inspiration from that… heh.

Plus, I was sort of writing this and watching where it was going, because I didn't truly have a plot in my mind. But that's how my stories usually happen. =P

P.S. - THANK YOU SO MUCH TO Black-Dranzer-1119 FOR BEING SO AWESOME AND COMMENTING EVERY CHAPTER SO FAR! xD

"This was surprisingly… fun," Light said, not bothering to cover his shock, as he and L approached his driveway. Light really did wish that they could talk again. "Would you like to get together for lunch tomorrow, or something?" He asked, hoping that he didn't sound too eager. The pale man reeled back with a look of disgust, and then regained himself.

Humans eat… would I have to eat something too? L wondered after his mini breakdown. Crap, I probably gave away too much by that expression, he thought, chewing on his thumb. "Would it be ok if we went to that sweet shop a few blocks down instead? I'm not really a fan of normal foods, and I do have quite the sweet tooth." The man laughed nervously, but was relieved when Light replied yes. Smiling, he began to walk down the road. "See you tomorrow, Light!"

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"Why must we stay in a place like this?" Mello whined, spreading out on the hotel's bed. Before L had met up with his cult, he had called them and told them to book a hotel.

Now, as they all sat in their cramped room with one bed and wallpaper chipping off along the sides, Matt was the only one bold enough to reply to the fuming vampire. "Because every other place we called said they didn't have a room ready on such short notice." Looking around, Matt, though he had less of a temper, was also very disappointed. Why couldn't they all just go home for the night? It was only a night's run from one end of Japan to the other, and he didn't understand L's thinking. Couldn't they at least order separate rooms? Before he could ask the older man, Near beat him to the punch.

"Why can't we just go home?"

"Because," L stated, matter-of-factly, we all need a vacation, and this way I can be closer to Light-kun, in case we become friends." He laughed wryly as Mello and Near rolled their eyes. Matt didn't have the audacity, since he was still the newest member of their group. Near began muttering to himself, with a grimace on his face. "Ah, can I help you Near?"

"We're vampires; we never sleep… so why do we have to stay here, anyways?" Pulling his legs up to his chest and hugging them, he rocked back and forth on the balls of his feet.

"I never said you have to, I suppose you can go home if you want, even," L looked down sadly, "But I'll get terribly lonely after a while. Oh right! There was something else I wanted to mention to you, and, since you're all here…" L paused to take a deep breath. He looked around, and smirked when he saw the other three's eyes on him, hanging onto his every word. "You guys have to continue killing as you normally have been. I won't be able to eat if I stay here, so I would almost prefer if you all left for a while, just to continue feeding. If we stop as soon as Light met me, I will become his number one suspect, and we wouldn't want that, would we?"

"Of course not!" Matt jumped up, "We'll even kill a little more than usual, so that guy won't be on your case!" L turned to Mello, who nodded, then to Near, who bowed his head in agreement.

"But don't kill too many more, because then it will seem like I'm covering up for myself, so only kill about as much as we have been, which is about three a day, I believe…" the raven haired man trailed off, tapping his long fingers on the red carpeted ground beside where he was seated.

"Kay," Mello said, as he finally reached the door he had been inching toward as soon as L said they could leave, "This'll be our new base for a while. Matt and I will check back frequently," grabbing Matt's shoulder and pulling him toward the door too, he yelled back, "Bye!" just as the door was closing. Near watched them leave with a smirk on his face – not unnoticed by L. The older man decided to drop it because he knew how his friends could be.

"You can go out if you want to, Near. I think I'm going to stay here and plan for tomorrow." L said, biting his lower lip. Near raised his eyebrows.

"What is there to plan for? You're going to a candy shop."

"Well, I need to make sure it goes well. If something goes bad, then he may never talk to me again," L explained, "And I think he is considering me to help with the case." Near raised his eyebrows. Of course L would be jumping to conclusions again. The only thing was that he was normally right. The graying boy just nodded in understanding and commenced to twirling his hair. Tomorrow was probably going to be very interesting…

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Light was standing on the curb around noon when L walked up, wearing the same white shirt and baggy jeans, only with a dark coat and sunglasses over top of it. The dirty blonde teen hoped he didn't look too enthusiastic as they began walking in the street. He really did want to hear more of this hunched man's ideas. Never had he heard such interesting concepts and conversations.

"I hope I'm not too late," L asked, more than said, walking quite fast for such a tired looking man. He was looking a bit paler than the day before, but Light figured that was just because he was walking outside in an umbrella. This made him wonder even more about this unusual man. The dark umbrella shaded his entire body from the sun, like the dark coat and sunglasses didn't. When L noticed Light looking at him with such an odd expression, he ventured in asking what the matter was.

"What is the need for such precautions? Do you expect something to happen?"

L laughed wryly and replied, "No, of course not. It's always good to stay safe though, and with skin like mine I burn incredibly easy – even with sunscreen. It's a rare skin disorder, sorry if I'm too conspicuous." Light just shook his head and assured him that was the case – but of course obviously it was. L hoped Light bought his story, but he was pretty sure that had him convinced from the look on his face - if even for a little while. Hopefully a little while would be as long as he needed. Then a new problem arouse – last night it had been dark, so you couldn't see reflections on building facades. Now, as L glanced into the windows next to him, he noticed some significant detail was missing – him! L hoped Light wouldn't notice, because he knew that humans weren't perceptive enough to pick up on small things like, say, a missing reflection, so he didn't worry about it too much.

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What was going on?! Mikami wondered to himself. This man just kept getting more bizarre – he wasn't in the window behind him and Light. The teen showed up in the window, oh yes, but L was defiantly missing from the view. He was on the side closer to the window, too. No, wait, he's moving to the other side of Light, which made him even weirder! It's like he knew what I was thinking! Mikami followed Light and L as they walked into Sweet Treats Candy Shop.

Mikami was fuming in the corner of the sweet shop that seemed too cheery for anyone in such a bad attitude. L and Light had been chatting and laughing for about thirty minutes now, and they had hardly had anything to eat. This guy had to be hiding something, he just had to be! And Mikami wanted to know why an intelligent person like Light couldn't pick up on L's act? Even when the two laughed over some stupid joke, the laugh seemed to not quite reach the raven haired man's eyes. How could such a horrible beast steal away his Light?! The dark haired man just couldn't watch this any longer. He was going to end this soon.

Leaving the restaurant, Mikami noticed L glance mildly in his direction as he reached the door. Hah! So that creep knew I was here all along! Pausing at the door, he turned back, but only to see the two once again engaged in conversation. Mikami hunched his shoulders and ran out in a huff. It didn't matter. He didn't care about this. No, none of this would matter in the end. He, Teru Mikami, had a plan, and it was sure to work.

A/N: YAY! A CLIFFHANGER!

Ok, I think this chapter jumped around a lot, but I wanted Mikami to come in. This went a little differently than I had origionally planned, but i think it's for the best. The next chapter won't be as awkward as this one! I promise! (I hope..)

I have a pretty good idea of what I'm going to do in the next chapter – wow, chapter five already. =D

You find out two main things:

Where Matt and Mello hurried off to

What Mikami's plan is

I hope you enjoyed this!