"I see." My doctor nodded his head, only tearing his gaze away from me for a brief moment to jot something down on the clipboard. I could tell my stories really fascinated him.. Wouldn't they have that same effect on anybody? My life really was lived in an exciting way. There's so many events that no one but I know.. But they will now, I suppose. That's what this video is for. Every last detail they can get out of me before my death.

"I already know about what happened during the LABB cases.. All the information I could possibly find on them. Though what I am interested in hearing from your perspective.. Is the end. I'm talking about the fire, BB. Tell me about it."

Just from the word 'fire' being spoken so casually, images flashed in my mind, ones I fought hard to get rid of. I didn't want to see those bright red and orange flames ever again. Ever. Not in real life, not in my dreams, not on TV, not even when I close my eyes. They scared me. The only thing I can honestly say scares me.. Is fire.

"I also know about your fear of fire, BB." He sighed, as if he'd been reading my mind the entire time. "It's a phobia. It's nothing to be ashamed about. I myself have one of snakes." Dr. Phillip gave a slight, reassuring smile. I smirked, "I used to have a snake. If only you could've met him." He shook his head, pulling an unamused glare. "I'd rather not have.. Anyway.." He glanced towards the camera before looking back at me, urging me to answer his question.

Flashback

Orange. Red. Yellow.

The only three colors I could see. They surrounded me.

The flames.. They were everywhere. At first there had only been one flame, from one tiny lighter, in my right hand. I didn't miss a single part on my body when pouring the gasoline, and that certainly included my face. This had to work. It couldn't fail. If Beyond Birthday was the fourth victim, death by fire, L would lose. The great L Lawliet would have one case on his hands that was unsolvable, with no criminal punished by law. And that was all the voice and I wanted.

Other than to die, of course.

But the pain.. It was unbearable! I found it impossible to keep quiet, whimpering from the overwhelming pain and stumbling back to slam myself against the wall. I wasn't just surrounded with flames, I was up in flames! I opened my mouth to scream, squeezing my eyes shut tightly, but nothing would come out. My throat felt so incredibly dry, there was gasoline in my mouth, and my lips were probably burnt off by now! They had to have been! My mouth was so dry..

I allowed the saltwater tears to flow from my crimson red eyes, for they provided the slightest relief, if only for a second, for whatever spot they chose to land on. I forced his eyes open, still fighting to scream and flailing about in the corner of the room. The fire alarms had been tampered with by yours truly earlier, I couldn't possibly make it out alive. Not that I wanted to... But fuck, couldn't I die faster?! I didn't think I could take it anymore! This had to be what the flames of Hell felt like, burning my skin black, what looked like dark crimson blood running down my body. My tears were no longer clear, they were now mixed with blood.

This is what we wanted! This is what YOU wanted! The voice in my head screamed, only making the pain worse for me. I couldn't even uncurl my fingers that desperately gripped the wall, much less respond, banging against the wall once more.

We won, Beyond Birthday.

L lost.

Naomi Misora lost.

And A is waiting for us in the afterlife.

Don't you see? Everything has worked out just fine...

Now..

Die.

It growled.

I squeezed my burnt eyelids shut once more, finding it to be a miracle I could even close my eyes anymore, and prepared to die. My body numb, but somehow still managing to feel his skin burn black, I felt a sinister smile spread on my lips. And.. If my vocal chords would work.. I'd probably be laughing.

I didn't have to see my lifespan to know this was it.

I won.

L is After Beyond Birthday

LABB Murder Cases.

A demonic growl escaped my lips.

"See you in Hell, L Lawliet."

...

...

...

But then.

She burst in the doors.

She put out the fire at the last possible second.

She checked my pulse to make sure I was alive.

She arrested me.

She solved the puzzle all by herself. And L took the credit.

Naomi Misora.

My biggest mistake.. Was underestimating her.

I will continue to believe that until the day I die.

I barely remember the events that played out immediately after that, drifting in and out of consciousness as my wounds were treated in an all white emergency room, at one point I saw a bright light. I thought it was Heaven. I got excited.

It wasn't.

I saw A's face when I closed my eyes.. And he was smiling. I thought I would die. I thought I would win. I thought I'd join A in the afterlife, and he'd forgive me for everything I did, and be happy I beat that son of a bitch.

What a fool. It told me.

Even if you could join Aiden in the afterlife.. Would he even like you anymore? You'd be disgusting in his eyes. A monster. Animal. He'd hate you. He wouldn't love you. He'd fear you, be afraid of you, wouldn't ever give you another one of those hugs or kisses you miss ever again.

I wanted to tell the voice to shut up so badly.. But I couldn't move. I felt paralyzed. Near death.

No. You'll never see Aiden Hades again.. He went to Heaven. He is dead. You'd be lucky to go to the Shinigami realm and not Hell.. Because you wouldn't go anywhere else.

I tried my best, and with a lot more effort than my tired body was willing to give, I was able to tune out that annoying voice and get the best rest I possibly could. I knew L wanted to interrogate me before sending me to a life sentence in prison, or to the asylum, the latter being the most likely choice. Not that I minded.. I knew I could escape. With how smart I was? Heh.. No problem.

End of Flashback

"And I was right.. Because soon enough.. I was face to face with L Lawliet again. And he told me it was interrogation time."