P.I.S. Chapter Eleven: Reunited

Tonya did not like this situation at all. The air in this little apartment seemed as if it were polluted with pure evil, and with this person in her home, it was. She stood clear across from him, hardly making eye contact as she knew what his 'eyes' were capable of. She wanted to run away, but not until Simon and Vanya show up. They would be there soon, but each second felt like an eternity where she was the prisoner of her own home. Her lungs felt icy, and her skin seemed to shrink down into her bones. When she answered the door that morning, she immediately felt her life drain of her years quickly. When she looked into Beyond Birthday's red, gleaming eyes and his tiny smile, her first thoughts were 'I'm going to die'.

But he did not harm her. Just invited himself in, asked where her shower was, and proceeded from there. Tonya's heart had still not stopped racing. The thought of such an awful man in her home made her want to turn around and leave forever; her home, her possessions, and this country. Yet, her feet did not carry her far. For now, she was watching this mass murderer with powers only Beelzebub could give. He sat at her vanity, acting like it was his own furniture and this was his own house, as he proceeded to cut his damp hair with a razor blade. The last she saw him, his jet black hair was passed his shoulders; now it was short and barely tickling the edge his neck and it was messy. He would take strands of hair in his bony little fingers and cock his head to the side, then the other, measuring and seeing what it looked like. It suddenly occurred to her that he wasn't trying to get his style back. Oh no, he was trying to copy some others style from memory.

But who?

The sound of her door suddenly opening made her heart jump along with her feet. Beyond did not even start, just kept measuring each strand of hair, sometimes cutting it with the razor. Entered Vanya and Simon. Though Simon was actually American, he came from Japanese decent, so he could walk around openly without being looked at like a tourist, unlike the rest of them. He was thin and geeky looking with his shirt always tucked into his jeans and the cat-eyed framed glasses he wore. They had worked with Beyond years before he was incarcerated. They felt almost comfortable around him, more than she could say, but there was still that air of caution and uncertainty.

"It's good to see you again," Simon said, nodding in the murderer's direction, "Beyond, sir."

That wicked smile that always made Tonya's heart race stirred up again when she saw it reflected in her mirror at them. His teeth somehow were still white as bone, even though he had not brushed his teeth in who knew how long.

"It's been a while, Simon," Beyond replied, his voice haunted like a cursed mummy. He rose himself from his chair. Though he was not the tallest, he may as well have been by the way the three of them shirked slightly when he stood before them. "Where isAlanis?"

"She is no longer vith us," Vanya answered. He smiled widely, showing off his protruding front teeth. Tonya looked at him, but did not say anything; she was not informed that there was a former woman on the team...What had happened to her?

Beyond ran his fingers through his hair, snagging a tangle. "Too bad," he said, still smiling that wicked grin, "Any other news?"

"The headquarters that we assumed L and the others resided has been completely cleaned out," Simon said, sitting on her bed, "They must have moved before we located them. We don't know where they are now."

And then Beyond laughed. It was strangely human and light, but it was still enough to make the hair on her arm stand on end. "What did you expect? L is far from stupid. He doesn't confront the bad guys unless needed be. And now, he has three tykes to take care of. It will be nearly impossible to find out where they are." His feet took him to her refrigerator, where he removed a jar of strawberry jam without asking for permission. He twisted the cap off and stuck his finger in it. The gooey liquid almost dripped on the floor if he hadn't caught it with his tongue. He happily sucked off the jelly from his finger until it was clean. His lips were smeared with jam as he delved in the condiment again.

"However," he spoke, smacking his lips, "I do have an idea to get under his skin, and a way to drag him out in the open." His cheeks were now smeared with the goo. It grimly resembled...blood.

Tonya had lots of questions: Who exactly was L? Why was he so important? Because he was the one who put BB away? And one question that plagued her mind, but also chilled her to the bone: What exactly wasBB's ability to cause something so horrific like the incidents at the House? She wanted to know, but she also hoped she would never find out. One thing she knew though, if she did make it through this alive, she would be dead inside soon enough.


Sayu was the only one that acted excited about being in New Zealand. The rest of us just stood there with our jaws open.

"Oh thank you, Daddy! Thank you!" Sayu stood on her tiptoes and placed a kiss on his cheek, oblivious that he was also surprised by the destination. I was thinking that we would be in America, but I didn't even consider New Zealand as an option. We followed Watari out into the parking lot where a limousine was waiting for us, the driver smoking a cigarette. He put it out when he saw us. The air smelled of sunshine and sea water. The air was crispier and cleaner than the ones in Tokyo. It seemed to make us more relaxed and content. Mom and Sayu discussed shopping. Then they said they would drag me along as their translator. I rolled my eyes.

We were in Wellington, New Zealand, its capitol. We all stared out the window in awe, at the locals and fellow tourists. The green palm trees. The sky scrapers.

"It says that there are two islands," Soichirou said, reading from the booklet found in the limo, "Called...well, there are two islands. They filmed two movies here: Lord of the Rings, and The Last Samurai."

"The last Samurai?" Sayu repeated with glee, "I love that movie!"

The limousine slowed to a stop. All of our noses were pressed against the window to see what our destination was. the limo had stopped outside what must have been a four or five star hotel. I counted fifteen floors before the glare of the sun blinded me. My sister was speechless for the first time in our trip.

The driver opened the door for us, and we all climbed out with out necks at an odd angle, looking at the largest hotel suite we had ever been invited to. The place seemed to stink of money and wealth. It was much different than L's Paranormal Investigation headquarters back in Tokyo. Dad pointed out the sign that read "The Bolton Hotel Wellington". With lead feet, we followed Watari inside. He did not approach the front desk, but instead went straight to the elevator. We followed him. They played classical music while we rode up the levels. I watched the bulbs of each floor light up as we passed each floor.

"Your rooms are on the top floor," Watari said, "One for the husband and wife, and one for the kids."

"Wow!" Sayu said breathlessly.

The elevator doors opened and we followed Watari down the hallway until we reached the end. He then turned around. "These are your rooms," he said, waving his hand to the two doors on either side of each other, "The one on the right is for the parents, and the one on the left is for the kids. Here are your keys." He handed them out to us, and father and I both took them. "The couple's room is also a honeymoon suite," he added with a wink.

My mother's cheeks blushed as she pressed her hand over her mouth to hide her schoolgirl grin. Sayu became impatient and grabbed the key from my hand and opened the door. I followed her inside. Her eyes lit up when she saw the room, as did mine. We were both left speechless. The hotel room felt more like an apartment. There were two queen sized beds for each of us. We went separately to see what else the room contained. There was a table with two chairs, a washer and dryer, a full kitchen with a stove and refrigerator, and full bathroom with a separate shower.

"Onii-san, come see the view!" my little sister called out to me from the balcony. I walked out there and sucked in a deep breath of clean air. The view was amazing. Unlike Tokyo, we could see a clear view of the park. There was more green here than Tokyo.

"Isn't it beautiful, Onii-san?" Sayu said, leaning over the railing for better view. I nodded in agreement and out of habit, stuffed my hand into my pocket.

"Hm?" I pulled it out to see I was holding a piece of paper. I unfolded it to see that it read 'Cafe Brioche'.

"What's that Onii-san?"

"Uh, nothing. Just an old note I forgot was in there." I was well aware that my pockets were empty earlier, which told me that Watari must have snuck it in my pocket for me to go to this cafe. Surely he didn't expect me to go out looking for this cafe when we just arrived so it must be a cafe here at the hotel. And since no time was written, it must mean that I was expected there any minute. I left my sister to sight see while I walked back into the room. I picked up the pamphlet to see the list of restaurants and tour sites to see that I was correct and the Cafe Brioche was in the lobby.

The door opened and my parents walked inside. "Wow," Sachiko said, "Your room is just as nice as ours. You even have an extra bed."

I walked past them and opened the door. "Where are you going, Light?" Father asked me.

"To look around," I answered.

"Take your sister with you."

I stopped with my hand on the door. Sayu? But if I took Sayu, how would I meet the people at the cafe without her being with me. I turned my head to see that she was eagerly waiting for me to lead her on a tour of the hotel. I would have to come up with a way to lose her without looking suspicious.

"All right," I said, smiling at them both, "C'mon Sayu. Let's go see what's around here."

My sister followed me out into the hall and down the elevators down to the lobby. I was formulating a plan to get rid of her without her suspecting anything, but I found that there really was no need as she was plotting to rid of me.

'I'll tell him that I'm going to the girls' room, then I'll ditch him. No, better idea. I'll tell him I'm old enough to do things on my own. He should understand that.' She seemed to have made up her mind as she turned to face me.

"Onii-san..." she began.

"I'll give you five dollars to spend on whatever you want if you leave me alone for about two hours."

Her eyes blinked in surprise. "Deal," she said with a smile. I opened my wallet and took out the colourful New Zealand bills that father and I traded in at the airport currency trade area and handed them to her. (Note: NZ$ 5.00 = US$ 4.50) When the doors opened to the lobby, we went our separate directions.

I located the Cafe Brioche and glanced around. I could not see L, Mello, Near, or Matt among any of the patrons gathered there. I was approached by the hostess who had beautiful blond hair and green eyes.

"By yourself today?" she asked me, smiling brightly.

"Yes, I'm..." My voice trailed off in perturbation. In my sudden excitement about seeing L and the others, I did not know what names to call them, nor did the note Watari left me give me any hint. I could not ask her if there was anyone by the name of 'L, Near, or Mello'. But Matt might be good enough. "I'm looking for someone named Matt," I answered.

Her eyes traced down the list. "No...I don't see a Matt here."

I bit my lip in frustration. How did they expect me to find them if I didn't know what name they went under? Perhaps I should just turn around and look for Sayu.

"Hey there buddy!" A hand clapped over my shoulder. I turned my head and my eyes nearly bugged out when I saw it was L. He smiled at me as if we had only been away from each other for a few minutes, "We've been looking all over for you.C'mon man."

I wiped away my surprise and smiled at him and followed him to a table the furthest away in the room. I saw Matt seated at the table, but the invisible man and the clairvoyant seemed to be absent. L sat next to Matt and I took the seat opposite of them.

"Long time, no see," I muttered bitterly while picking up one of the menus to scan.

"I apologise for our abrupt leaving," L said, rearranging himself so he was sitting with his knees drawn to his chest, "However, it could not be avoided. We had to leave immediately."

I looked up from the menu in my hands and frowned at him. "Why?"

"We 'll discuss more about it when everyone is here. In the meantime, order yourself something to eat, Light-kun."

I read over the menu, but I couldn't choose anything to eat so I simply ordered a coffee to drink. I asked Matt what their reason for the sudden departure was, but he simply shrugged as if he did not know either. I looked at my watch and saw that it had been nearly ten minutes. Using my powers on L was useless since I never got any feedback, but Matt could lead me to answers that L seemed to enjoy holding just out of my reach. I sipped on my coffee and kept my eyes on the table while directing my powers of telepathy toward the redhead with goggles. I usually visualise my powers as thread. Every head, every brain, had a mess of thoughts that resembled little silk threads. The more I pulled at a thread, the more it lead me to my answers. I found Matt's thread and I pulled...

"L says we need to leave," Mello said.

"Why? What's going on?" Matt/Light asked.

"Dunno," he said, shrugging, "But he said that we need to clean this place out and leave today.

"Today?" Matt/Light sighed, "Damn, couldn't he give us a little more time?"

"Something's going on." Mello's brow wrinkled with seriousness. "And Near is acting strange, too."

"Near?"

Mello nodded his head. "He had a nightmare last night. I think he may have had a premonition about something pretty bad."

"And he didn't tell you about it?" Matt/Light scratched his cheek. "Did he tell L?"

Mello's brown eyes shifted downward. His chocolate eyes glazed with disappointment and he shook his head. "No, he didn't say anything. L was the one that woke him up, too." He straightened up and patted the desk where Matt/Light was currently seated behind. "Anyway, we need to hurry and pack. We'll be leaving tonight."

"Where are we going?"

"New Zealand."

"Ah, here is our guest," L announced. I pulled myself out of Matt's head and looked up to see who our guests would be. Walking toward us was Mello, large overcoat swaying behind his feet, Near shuffling along beside him, and lastly...

Soichirou Yagami.

When my eyes laid on my father, they instantly grew twice in size. I blinked to make sure it was him and it was concluded. We met eyes and I saw his round just like mine.

I slowly stood up from my seat. "Dad?"

"Light? What are you doing here?"

"That's my line."

L clapped his hands together. "Yagami-san, please sit down, we have much to discuss."

We rearranged our seating so we were all seated together with me crushed against the wall, Near beside me, and Dad beside him. Across from us sat Matt against the wall, L looking uncomfortable sitting in the middle, and Mello at the end.

"Okay, what's going on here?" I asked, narrowing my eyes down on L, who slurped his tea loudly.

"Can I get you anything, Yagami-san?" L asked, ignoring my question.

"Um, no thanks." Soichirou cracked his knuckles. "But I am also wondering what is going on and why you called me all the way to New Zealand, L."

I stared at my father over Near's white head. He knew who L was?

"Then I shall get started," L said, "Yagami-san, are you aware that your son has the capability to hear the thoughts of others?"

My jaw dropped. I stared at L incredulously; how could he even have the audacity to tell my father such a thing? My flare of anger returned, and I remember why I was angry at L in the first place; not just for deserting me, but because he didn't even seem to care what sort of detrimental consequences would result. He did things the way he saw fit, not caring who got the short end of the stick. It was all about L and his autonomous actions and his fat ego. I wanted to reach across the table and slap the cavities out of his teeth, but I just simply stared at him, hoping that my seething rage would be enough.

However, my glaring at L did not last long because it was then my father replied: "Yes, I have been...aware of it for a while."

My head turned to look at him. "You...knew?"

His eyes met mine and he nodded slowly, a smile slightly tugging on his lips. "I knew you were special in some way, not like other children I mean. You knew exactly what needed to be done or how someone felt. Sometimes you would think that I said something out loud when I didn't."

I should have said something, but I couldn't. My mind was blank and I couldn't come up with any words to say. I looked down at Near and felt slightly sorry for him when I did. He was messing with his napkin. Him seated where he was must be awkward for him.

"Save for you and Matt here, we all have a different ability that would seem like a nonentity," said the pallid man, "Near is able to move objects at will with his mind and can also perceive events that will happen or have already happened; Mello can make his skin and any object he is touching become invisible; and I have the ability to create illusions that mistake for truth."

"Illusions?" I said aloud, "I thought your power was to hypnotise."

"Not entirely," he said, "I can give someone a false reality and they will perceive that false reality I have given them and believe it truly happened. It's all the tricking of the brain. You believe that you see. For example, Yagami-san, how is your coffee?"

Soichirou paused with his hand almost up to his lips and looked at L. "It's alright, I guess. Why?"

"Because you are not holding anything." Soichirou eyed the "cup" in his hand. "To make an example, I used my ability for you to think that a cup of coffee was in front of you. Your brain sees this as a reality. Though it does not really exist, your brain has supplied that it is hot and you blew on it. You can even taste something that is not there. I apologise for using you as a guinea pig in order to make my point across, but I was curious if you had the same immunity to my ability as your son does." His ghostly black eyes turned towards me. "Light-kun, you were unable to see the coffee your father saw, were you?"

I shook my head, and turned to my father and looked at him from Near's other side. "For some reason our abilities cannot reach across to each other," I told him, "I cannot read his thoughts and he cannot trick me with illusions."

He nodded his head and looked back at his still raised hand and probably saw nothing because he placed his hand on the table palm down.

"Now down to business," said L, "Mello."

Mello reached inside his coat and pulled out a manila folder and laid it on the table.

"This is the real reason why we are here," L continued, "I work with an organisation that deals with the paranorm of reality. It does not have a name and is only known as 'The Company'. A few weeks ago, I sent my team and I to Japan to investigate a case where women were being found dead in different areas of theKanto and Tohoku regions. One of these women is Yorashime Takami . I believe she was also your case, Yagami-san?" He nodded his head. "Her cause of death is due to a Rogue. A Rogue is a parasitic being that looks exactly as another human. You would not be able to tell they are a Rogues if you just happened to pass by them. But they are not the real reason I have brought you here.

"During my time investigating the deaths caused by the Rogue, Mello came victim to identity theft." I rolled my eyes at L's dry humour. "A woman, whom we have yet to identify, with the ability toshape-shift disguised herself as Mello and entered into one of our most secure prisons for people like us, codename; The House. The most dangerous of criminals, killers, and villains with supernatural abilities are sent. Their powers are rendered useless by different nerve-paralysing drugs. However, recently, one of the House's most infamous criminals has escaped."

One of his long, spidery fingers flipped open the folder and flipped through a jumble of papers. "The one who escaped is a convict I myself caught and prosecuted, Beyond Birthday. There are no photos of him, however, I can say that he looks almost exactly as me."

Beside me, I saw Near's head jerk up and look at L. "He looks like you?" he asked. It was then I noticed across the table that Mello had been watching Near for some time.

L nodded. "Yes, but we have one distinct difference; our eyes. My eyes are black whereas his are red. Even our abilities are the exact same." He found what he was looking for and set down a photograph of a man, a guard by his uniform, lying on the ground with his eyes wide in fear. "He is also able to conjure up illusions, mostly using the most horrific images to trick the brain into thinking something is happening to him." He set down another photo of another man, this time with claw marks down his face that looked self inflicted. "If Yagami-san could taste, feel, and smell coffee that was not there, imagine what his brain would believe if he saw a bullet rip through his skull?

"He would die from nothing but a lie."

He lay more gruesome photos of death for us to see. I felt a chill run down my back; I had counted myself lucky that I was on the same side of justice as L as terrifying as his powers were. Now here was another L, Beyond Birthday, whose powers were mirrored to L's. My worst fear was being recognised.

"When I heard about Beyond's escape, I did research on his followers. There were three that I remember, one is a Rogue by the name of Vanya from Russia." He laid down a photograph of a man with flaming red hair and a face like that of a demon's. He smiled widely for his mugshot and I could see he had very pointy teeth. "Simon is a human with the ability to distort technology. Any machine can be turned on and off and used to his will without his physical assistance." The next photograph he laid down was a mugshot of an Asian boy. He wore small framed glasses and stared at the camera with no emotions. "His other follower goes by the name Alanis. It was with her help that I was able to capture Beyond and sentence him. Unfortunately, the result of doing this was catastrophic. She is now a resident of the Wakari Psychiatric Ward here in New Zealand."

The next photograph he set down was not a mugshot, but a normal photograph of a woman with fly-away black hair and green eyes leaning forward to blow-out the candles of a birthday cake with the words "Happy Birthday, Alanis" made from blue icing. She was quite pretty. I had to keep in mind that this woman once followed a mass murderer around before helping L arrest him.

"Beyond Birthday is the reason I have brought you all here," L said, "I estimate that in two weeks, with everyone's help, I will capture Beyond Birthday once again and deliver him the death penalty. Until then, Japan is not safe."

"Why is Japan not safe?" my father asked.

L's haunted black eyes lifted up to his. "Because he knows I am supposed to be in Japan."

I followed L up to his hotel room, which was underneath my sister's and mine (and most likely was not a coincidence) and we both sat down on the love seat. His knees pressed to his chest like always. He had invited me up, but we did not talk. It was awkward between us.

"I talked to the agency," L said. I looked up at him, but he still looked forward with his thumb balanced on his lip, "They are interested in you. They want you to join."

I blinked at him. "Do you want me to join?"

He finally looked at me. "It's up to Light-kun. If you do join, then you will be away for a few months to test your abilities and train under their jurisdiction. Who knows when I'll see Light-kun again?"

I released a breathy snort. "You sound like you'll miss me."

"I will miss you. Light-kun is very special to me."

His words made my heart pound and my cheeks flare. How could he say something so embarrassing like that without any emotion coming over his face? He was just trying to rile me up. I frowned and shook my head. "You leave me, then drag me to another country, tell my father my biggest secret, and then drop a bomb on me about the most gruesome murderer, and you say something like that?"

He cocked his head as he stared at me. "Light-kun does not trust me?"

"For the past couple of days, I've been wanting to hit you."

"I cannot blame you. You have been put through a lot these past days. However, I immediately sent out Watari to bring you here to keep you and your family safe."

"I still want to hit you."

"How ironic," he said, "I also wish to do something to Light-kun."

I narrowed my eyes. "And what would that be?"

"I wish to kiss him."

*Thump, thump. Thump, thump*

My cheeks flared once again and my heart pounded loudly in my chest. Again, saying something so bold.

I scowled, but my blushing did not cease. I knew he did not mean what he said, and that's why I said, "If you want to, what's stopping you?"

He moved forward, but stopped. "Is Light-kun giving me permission?"

"Yes."

With one hand on the back of the couch, L leaned forward, slightly cocked his head, and pressed his lips to mine. My heart leapt in my throat. He kissed softly, but soon it deepened. Our breaths were hot on each other. I was pressed back to couch with L on top of me; I could even feel his heart beat against mine. My hands wrapped around his back and tugged his shirt. His tongue traced my lip and I welcomed it. He tasted sweet. He took control of the kiss and I gladly let him. It quickly escalated and kissing was not enough.

That night, after having a day of such emotional events, I released all my stress and tension in L, and he did not disappoint. I gave him my body and he handled it well. The thrills of pleasure lasted all night, and I did not worry about my sister or my mother or my father. I did not worry about Beyond Birthday or the others. For tonight, it was only L, myself, and the walls. But what really meant the most to me, aside from giving up my virginity to the man I was in-love with, was what he said.

"Stay with me."

"I will."

(A/N): Aw, how sappy. XD Sorry for the late updating, guys. I'm getting ready for college so writing has been very difficult for me, but I haven't forgotten about this story, yet! 8D Nothing too explicit, because this doesn't have a mature rating. XD Yep, but L and Light got it on. *perverted laugh*