Beyond sat in a small cafe, nursing a coffee while the TV blared in the background. There hadn't been any new developments for awhile. Well, at least nothing Beyond considered a development. Kira was still killing, and that was it. He looked around him at the cafe. He again wondered why he had chosen this one. The color scheme was white, pink, and brown. It looked as if it were designed by a fourteen year old girl. Bows, lace, hearts, everything. To make it worse, the only channel that was ever on was Sakura TV, which only showcased celebrities and other mindless drivel. Remembering the empty tables around him, Beyond knew again why he had chosen this location; it was mostly empty during the day, since it was frequented by students only after they got out. Beyond glared at his coffee. Why couldn't there have been a different cafe that was still mostly empty? Why did it have to be this effeminate misery? The TV continued droning on in the background.

"–in other words, we are all Kira's hostages." The anchor said.

Beyond's head snapped up to the TV, along with the heads of the staff. Kira's hostages? A poorly made video came up on the screen. The voice of Kira started speaking, the voice scrambler clearly having been done at home. This didn't seem like Kira to Beyond.

'Kira' continued speaking. "...anchor Mr. Kazuhiko Hibima will die of a heart attack at exactly 6 o'clock."

The TV channel changed to see a dead news anchor at his desk, and the staff quickly changed it back to Sakura, where 'Kira' spoke.

"This is punishment. I will present you with another victim. My next target is NHN TV commentator Mr. Seiji Komaizumi, who's scheduled to appear in a broadcast."

They changed the channel again to another similar sight of a dead anchor. It was quickly changed back again.

"Now that you've seen proof of my powers, you should have no trouble believing that I am Kira. People of the world, please listen to me. The last thing I want to do is kill the innocent. I hate evil and love justice. I've always thought of the police as allies, not enemies. Even if you don't agree with me, all I ask is that you NOT publicize your views in the media. If you can do that, you will be spared. All you have to do now is be patient. I'll create a better world that we can all enjoy. Say goodbye to the world as you know it. Soon we'll have a new world brought my benevolence and inhabited by kind-hearted, honest people. Try to imagine it. A world where the police and I would work together…"

Beyond zoned out in thinking at this point. There was no way that this was Kira. Kira was nowhere near as infantile as this new person. However, the chance of a second tool to kill people like this also dropping in Japan was incredibly minimal. Could the original Kira have lost it somehow? No, that was even more unlikely than a second one. Was Kira working with another person? Even less likely than having lost his killing tool. Not only had Kira never expressed any interest in a partnership before, but Kira would have picked someone far more intelligent than this one. His head shot up as one of the staff screamed.

On the screen, it had changed to a shot if the front door to the studio. Right at the door lay three crumpled bodies, two in police uniforms. Beyond's eyes widened. Their names hadn't been shown. They couldn't have been, which means that either this second Kira knew all three personally, or…..they had the same ability as himself.

Beyond barely managed to keep from shaking. This second Kira only needed to see his face to kill him. Now more than ever he was incredibly glad that his mugshot from L.A. was never even put on a computer. All they had was a physical copy at the prison. He had killed several people, and would be a prime target for either Kira. Now it was even more imperative that he keep his true appearance a secret. In fact, he would now need to wear far more makeup to alter his facial structure. He couldn't exactly go around in a mask all the time, as even the most idiotic of people would find it suspicious. He walked out of the cafe, leaving a few yen to pay for his coffee on the table.

He made sure to keep his head down as he headed to a makeup shop to get more supplies. It didn't take him long, and he quickly made it to the register.

"Wow, knew exactly what you needed, huh?" The cashier said.

Beyond nodded. "Yes, it was quite easy to find."

The cashier nodded back. "Good. Means our organization method works! So, what exactly do you need this all for? You're not running from the law, are ya?" He joked.

Beyond gave a good natured chuckle in his practiced fashion. "No, theater makeup is a hobby of mine. I hope to get good enough to do special effects for movies someday."

The cashier looked at him and smiled. "Really? That's really cool! Hope you make it, bud,"

Beyond thanked him, paid, and left. He walked quickly to his warehouse to put on his disguise. As he got to his room, he looked at his funds and grimaced. He'd have to get more money, and soon. Especially since he needed so much makeup now. Putting his bags of cosmetics down, he grabbed a jar of jam from his cooler in the corner, unscrewing the top. He stuck his hand in, taking out a large amount before licking it off.

He now had a new development, but he still didn't have too much to go on. He supposed he'd just have to wait for some other video. He paused in his eating for a moment. He'd have to go back to that cursed cafe every day, now, as they were one of the few places that played Sakura TV at all, let alone every day. He groaned at this realization. Maybe he should have stayed in prison.

Beyond sat in the cafe again. It had been six days, and the only thing that had been broadcast was a tape from the second Kira that indicated that the police refused to work with them. The second Kira wanted L to appear on TV, in order to kill him. It was painfully obvious that that was not what was going to happen. L would find some way to weasel out of it. He always did.

Beyond looked up from his strawberry pastry as the news anchor announced that they had gotten another video from a different person who claimed to be the real Kira. There was about an 83% chance that it was actually L provoking them into revealing more information. The video started speaking.

"I am the true Kira. The one who was broadcast several days ago on Sakura TV was a pretender, a fake. The purpose of this message is to communicate my will to this impostor. I have chosen to be lenient with him for the time being, only because I believe he wishes to cooperate with me in the creation of the new world. But I want to make it absolutely clear that the taking of innocent lives is against my will. If this person claiming to be me is truly sympathetic to my cause, and wishes to be of some help, I ask two things of him: that he refrain from killing aimlessly, and that he agrees to abide by my basic principle."

The video turned off. Definitely L. If it were actually Kira, he would have made it clear to go on with killing L by making him appear on TV. However, L was smart enough to know that this second Kira was so stupid that they wouldn't notice that Kira said nothing in his 'reply' about killing L. Beyond got up, leaving his payment on his table, and left. The second Kira would most likely reply to this, and then set up a meeting spot either through the next video or a fifth video. The latter was more likely, as this imposter was so infatuated with Kira, he would try to reply as quickly as possible saying that he'd cooperate. This second Kira was not only impatient, but far too stupid to come up with any sort of plan to meet in such a short time. Beyond grumbled on his way home. Great, he'd have to keep going to that damned cafe.

Beyond sat in the frilly cafe again. It had been two days since the video L made had aired. He was watching the TV as always, and waited for the response from the second Kira. He almost smiled when it finally came on.

"Kira, thank you for your reply. Please do not worry, I'll follow orders and so as you say. I really want to meet you. I don't think you have the eyes, but you don't have to worry, I will never try to kill you. That's a promise. Please tell me how I can meet you without the police knowing. You'll think of something. And when we meet, we can confirm our identities by showing our Shinigami to each other."

Beyond paused and thought. 'The eyes' most likely referred to the ability of the second Kira, which he suspected was the same as his own. Shinigami…that's what truly intrigued him. It wasn't too hard to believe in their existence for him, and he honestly felt that their existence was the most likely possibility. However, he couldn't discount that it could possibly refer to their common killing ability. He sincerely doubted it, though. Another thought occurred to him: could his ability also be due to Shinigami? Being able to see when someone would die sounded very much like a Shinigami thing. But, he was pretty sure he had never met one, and besides his eyes, his body functioned as a normal human's. Plus, he wasn't sure if Shinigami could reproduce at all, let alone with a human, so the chance of him being half Shinigami were pretty minimal. Less than one percent. But still….how did he get his eyes?

Beyond got up from his table and left once it was clear that the video had ended. He had a lot to think about, and hoped to come back only a few more times for those videos. He shuffled off, contemplating multiple things at once. But at the forefront of his mind were the Shinigami and his eyes. He hoped to meet a Shinigami during this case, maybe then he'd get answers as to why he had this god forsaken ability to see death wherever he went.

A/N: Yaaaaay! Chapter five! :D

I think this is my longest one yet. I dunno, though. Didn't check the word count. I also literally looked up the dialogue for the Kira tapes, in order to be as accurate as possible. Hopefully it's to everyone's liking!