A/N: Expect at least one more chapter for today. Just a heads up.

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(L P.O.V)

"So how was your first day of school?" Wammy asked as he drove us home.

I glared at him a bit. "Well what do you think?"

He chuckled. "Ryuzaki, did you even try to give it a chance?"

I growled a bit. "Wammy, you know as much as I do that public school does not suit me. I am a Wammy's kid, smarter than any other normal child out there. I cannot stand to be treated like a moron, for I am not so."

"Is that what happened today?" He asked.

"Yes. They actually got their 'top student' to show me around, thinking I was a moron and couldn't find my classes." I shuddered. "And that Light Yagami they introduced me to. What a pathetic waste. He actually graduates from a private school early and he throws away his time in public school. What a joke. All because he wanted to graduate with his friends."

Wammy chuckled. "You find this a waste of time? Wanting to be with friends?"

"Yes. Friends are a waste of time. What happens if you pick the wrong friend, Wammy? You get your heart broken or your feelings hurt. Intelligent people don't need to rely on friendship."

A moment of silence passed before the man spoke again. "But that doesn't mean they don't go searching for it."

I cringed inward a bit at this. "I… suppose you're correct."

We finally pulled into the driveway and got out of the car. The entire time, Wammy still spoke with me.

"Ryuzaki, you cannot simply turn down friendship purely because you find no reason to enjoy it. If you have the opportunity to make a friend or two, then go for it. You never know what you may find. And as for this Light Yagami person." He said as he opened the door to the house for me. "You should apologize to him tomorrow."

"And why should I do that?" I demanded.

Wammy just looked at me, knowing I'd done something to him I probably shouldn't have.

I growled once more. "Fine. But only if he approaches me first." I agreed as I walked into the house. From the moment I stepped in I saw a blinking light on my laptop indicating a transceiver message from the Wammy house. It could only mean one person.

I jumped onto the couch and I opened the laptop immediately to connect to the other computer. Sure enough, two little heads were awaiting my transmission. One red headed, the other blonde. My top two kids at the house, Matt and Mello. Being gone for a month beforehand, I'd begun to miss them terribly.

The moment Matt noticed I was online he pushed Mello who fell out of his chair because of that. And, of course, the blonde had to get him back by pushing Matt out of his chair.

"Dude, what was that for!?" The red head started up. "You told me to wake you when L came online!"

"I told you to wake me, not push me off my chair!"

"Boys." I reminded them I was there.

They finally calmed down and happily greeted me at the same time.

I chuckled at the two. They couldn't stay mad at each other for two seconds. It was damn near impossible.

"So what's going on at the orphanage?" I asked as Wammy set down a cup of tea with a bowl of sugar next to me. "I haven't kept up to date with me being gone for nearly a month."

Mello slammed his head on the desk the moment I said 'nearly'. What on earth…?

Matt patted him on the back and explained. "You remember that new kid you brought back last time you were here? Near was his name." Mello slammed his head on the desk again. "Well, he's getting pretty close to passing us in the successor program, and Mello isn't taking it too well."

Ah, yes. Near. I'd brought him to the Wammy house a few weeks ago. I thought he had potential, but I didn't think he'd pass Matt and Mello by now. Extraordinary.

I decided to console Mello. "Don't be too heartbroken, Mello. No matter what you're always first in my books."

"Quit lying to me, L." He said, still having his head down. "You may have everyone else fooled when it comes to lying, but I can tell when you're bullshitting me."

"Language." I warned. "You're nine, you shouldn't be talking like that."

He looked up at me. "Fine."

Matt broke the tension then. "So, Miss Abigale sent me to Roger's office yesterday!"

I blinked. "How are you happy about that?"

He giggled. "Got me out of doing the dishes in cooking!"

"Yeah, leaving me to do them!" The blonde exclaimed. "Sometimes, Matt, I wish you'd behave."

"And I wish you were more fun!" He giggled out.

I rolled my eyes. "And I wish I could understand you two. But that's a mystery I'll solve for another day. Is there anything else going on up there that I should know about?"

The two looked at each other before both replying, "No."

"Boys, I'm tired but I'm not stupid. What's going on?"

They were both quiet for the longest time before Mello answered. "Derek came around looking for you."

I groaned under my breath at this, but it was Wammy who stepped in at this point.

"What did he want?" He asked angrily.

"Who else?" Matt answered.

"And what did you tell him?"

Mello answered this. "We told him if he came around again, we'd skin him alive and feed his flesh to rabid wolves! He turned tail pretty fast after that."

Wammy seemed pleased by this. "Well, after the going away 'present' you gave him after we all found out…"

"That's enough, Wammy." I demanded. "It's late and I need to start working on my case."

"What?" Matt started up. "It's like nine in the morning over here!"

"And it's almost sunset over here, Matt." I reminded him. "We're in two different parts of the world."

"Oh, right!" The red head realized. "Well, we'll let you get back to work! Luv ya, L!"

I giggled a bit at the boy with goggles. He was always so positive, even in the worst of times.

Before going offline, Mello gave me a pleading look. "You're coming home soon, right?"

I nodded. "I promise to be home as soon as I can. But I won't have time to contact you two anymore. Only call me if there's an emergency."

"Classification of an emergency?" The blonde asked.

I smiled a bit. "Wammy's is being attacked, or Matt set fire to the place by accident."

"HEY! Why am I always the one who sets things on fire!?" The red head demanded.

"Because you set fire to the entire home economics room, and we were just sewing that day!" Mello reminded.

The boy was silent for a bit before sinking in his chair. "Fine."

Mello turned back to me. "We'll keep an eye on things. Don't worry!"

"I don't have to with you two around. Take care."

With that, our transmission ended and I shut my laptop. But Wammy wasn't done quite yet.

"You'll have to face Derek at some point, L."

"Ryuzaki." I reminded. "And Derek will have to wait."

"After all he did to you, you're going to let him win this?"

"Could you please hand me the file of the victims? After that I'll need to come into contact with the Japanese task force before continuing. I'll need some help in this case if I'm going to be going to school, and taking on this case."

I successfully managed to steer clear of the Derek situation for this time. But I knew it would come up again later. I knew Wammy wanted me to face him and tell him off for all the horrid things he'd done to me. But I wasn't ready. It had only been a month since Mello and Matt kicked him out for me, and Wammy put a restraining order on him. They all still wondered why I'd fallen for him, and to be honest with myself I had no idea either. It kinda just… happened.

But enough of morbid things for the day. I had to work now and get this case done so I could leave for home as soon as possible.

And be away from that damned school and that damned Light Yagami for the rest of my life.