"Class we have two new students with us today, they are from the Wammy orphanage so please treat them well," Miss Nicole, their English teacher told the class as Maya and Mello entered her classroom. Maya hadn't actually realized it but she was to be Mello's classmate, Matt was a grade below them and Near was a grade below Matt. But Maya had her doubts about both of them remaining in their own grades. They were both geniuses they were sure to come to the 12th grade as soon as the teachers came to realize their intelligence level. They were just in those grades according to their age.

Maya didn't knew, what their actual names were she knew that Matt, Mello and Near were just aliases but in the school they were registered under these names anyway. Let it be that way, she thought, what do they think, Maya is my real name? Only Light might have distinctly remembered her real name but he was not just going to babble about it to others. Most of the people she knew in her previous life didn't know her real name, only her close friends (which weren't many) might have seen it on one of her official papers (birth certificate etc) Even her previous school's teachers called her Maya.

Now in class Maya was a bit nervous, she had a sinking feeling in her gut that having Mello as her classmate could prove to be a havoc, she didn't actually know that but something told her that Mello wasn't used to being bossed around by a teacher or to abide by any rule. If he didn't she was sure to get dragged into the mayhem too and that was not what she wanted.

But as she gave Mello a peek he seemed to have come out of his bad mood a bit and was looking at the teacher with a little frown on his face. Maya feeling a bit relieved turned to the teacher herself.

"Near I am sorry that on your first day at school you have to take a test with no preparation, it was scheduled for the other students here, so you have to take it too," Near's Chemistry teacher said.

"I have no objection to take the test," Near said in a monotone twirling a lock of his white hair in between his middle finger and thumb.

"Weirdo," a voice hissed at him from behind which he ignored and took his seat.

"Are you sure, Near?" The teacher asked him again.

"Yes absolutely."

"Then begin."

After the test the teacher still had some time left of his class so he sat and graded the tests just after he took them from the students.

This is weird, he thought as he was forced to give full marks to Near's test. That boy managed to pass the test with highest grades although the most sharp children in my class just got 80 marks out of a hundred, and I also included some advanced level chemistry in this too but this boy who had never even been to school has aced the test, I have to do something about it.

"Class you are all free to go," he said as he himself hastily made his way to the principal's office.

"What are you saying that the boy solved even the advanced level test, he must be really a genius," the principal said looking at Near's test.

"Sir may I suggest that you take a sort of an entrance test from him and also his other friend Matt, I have a feeling that they both can ace the 12th grade's test as easily."

"Alright bring them both in."

Maya wasn't very surprised to see Near and Matt coming into their class in only the second class of the day.

Mello brightened considerably at seeing Matt but frowned when he saw Near following him.

"What more small children have decided to skip one or two grades, this has sort of become a tradition," a voice behind Maya caused her to look around at a scrawny boy.

"What are you saying that more and more students are skipping grades just because they are geniuses," Maya asked him.

"Yes just a few days ago that kid skipped a grade and came in our grade," the scrawny kid said pointing at another kid of 16 with blonde hair.

"Thanks," Maya said to the scrawny kid as she saw the other kid with blonde hair, he was talking to two kids around him, taking advantage of the divergence created by the entrance of Matt and Near. One of the kids he was talking to was a girl and had a resemblance to the kid who had skipped the grade, the other kid was an extremely bored looking guy with a funny face. He had some sort of an aura around him a familiar sort of an aura Maya couldn't actually place it.

Like L, Maya with a jolt.

But could that kid be a genius too since he also skipped grades like Near and Matt, or maybe he is an ordinary kid who is quite good at studies, or it could be the exact maybe the other kids with him are geniuses too. Well why should I actually bother with that sort of a thing, Maya thought and went back to staring at the teacher aimlessly, it was getting quite boring.

"Is this place empty," a voice behind Maya made her look around, it was the same trio Maya had noticed earlier.

"Um sure," Maya said at the same time Mello said,"No."

"No this place IS actually empty," Maya said, glaring at Mello, to the confused girl.

Maya would have said the same thing as Mello because she was not very much keen on making new friends but those three seemed very interesting to Maya.

"Hi Iam Emma," the girl said extending her hand to Maya who seemed the most er- responsive of the group because Near was looking at his plate and eating slowly without registering the fact that somebody had just joined them on their table, Matt being the game obsessed person he was, was busy with his DS and Mello who had been shut off by Maya was just fuming silently with a frown on his face.

"I am Maya," Maya said taking her hand, "and these are Matt, Mello and Near."

"This is Carter," Rae said pointing at the guy with an aura similar to L," and this is my bother Mark," She said now gesturing at the boy who bore a remarkable resemblance to her.

"Pleased to meet you," Maya said the first thing that came to her mind, then cursed silently, really was that the best she could come up with.

Carter took a seat on Maya right side, Emma sat between Mello and Matt, and Mark finding no other place else to sit, sat with Near.

"You like video games," Emma said genuinely interested in the hand held device Matt was holding.

"Yes do you like them too?" Matt said actually raising is head from the game.

"Yes but not like crazy, I am more interested in computer and stuff."

Mello huffed at their conversation and pulling out a chocolate from is pocket and took a huge bite from it.

Meanwhile Carter silently took out a lollypop and began sucking on it. Maya just stared at him, what ever he did, he looked more and more like L, maybe he really was a genius like L.

"I heard that you are from the Wammy orphanage, so you have no parents I am really sorry for that," Emma said tenderly.

"It is very hard but you know time heals wounds," Maya said with a slightly strained voice. She was the one who became an orphan more recently then the others, so it was especially hard on her having being questioned about it.

"I think that you should not question Maya like that, she is the most recent resident of Wammy house so it is very hard for her, so shut up about it already," Mello said.

Maya was a bit touched by his first sentence but the second part of his sentence made that feeling go away as swiftly as it has come.

"I believe Mello wants to say that please refrain from talking about our parents especially Maya's," Near stated in a monotone.

"I am really sorry for that, I shouldn't have asked," Emma said sadly.

"No it's actually fine actually I should apologize on Mello's part," Maya said hastily.

"Bye see you tomorrow," Maya called after Emma and the others as they got in their car to go home. They sure had become fast friends when after apologizing to Emma, she and Matt had started talking about computer and Mark had started talking about being a strategist when he grew up which caused Near to join in his conversation while Maya, Mello and Carter just talked about sweets and chocolates and lollypops and stuff for the lack of a better topic to talk on.

"I guess I liked the new kids, they are really something," Ian announced to Kay, as he drove them to his apartment.

"Yes I liked them too especially Matt the red haired one," Rae said.

"Hmm," Al said with another lollypop in in his mouth.