Chapter 8! Sorry for the late update, work is getting in the way again and I hope you guys are enjoying my rewrite :) This chapter ends differently from the old one, the plot as changed too and I hope it makes sense lol Thank you for the Reviews, Favorites, Alerts and to the unknown people who read my story too.

I've got half of chapter 5 written for The Light of Japan, so I will be posting it up when it's finished :)

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' What do mean by past ? ' Asked Mello, he walked behind L and took a look at photograph he was holding in his hand as took another bite of his chocolate bar.' Who are kids in the photo?'

L sat in silence as he stared at the photograph in his hand, he chewed at his thumbnail and sighed. ' This photograph is of me when I was about 8 years older, the little boy standing next to me was my second successor... '

' Second successor?' Asked Mello.

L placed the photograph down in the middle of the table, he removed his thumb from his lips and picked up his teacup from it's saucer.' Yes, Beyond Birthday was my second successor or B as he was known back then...'

' No way!' Frowned Matt, he sat up straight and put his cigarette out in an ashtray on the coffee table. ' You kept that one quiet! I mean we knew of your first successors, but Beyond Birthday is B? Why didn't we know about this? '

'You were young when he was a student at The Wammy House, you may not have remember A or B." Answered L, he took a slurp of his tea and place the teacup back down on it's saucer.' As you well know A and B were the first two children in line to succeed me.'

' Yeah, A commit suicide and B ran away from The Wammy House.' Said Mello, he rested his hand on the back of L's chair and sighed.' So Beyond Birthday is B, he ran away from The Wammy House and became a serial killer...'

' A...' You muttered as you looked down into your mug of tea.

' Is there something wrong Sketch?' Asked L.

You looked up at L from your mug and slightly nodded your head at him.

' Do you plan to share it with the rest of the group or do we have to guess what you are thinking...' Frowned Mello.

' Mello, don't be a bitch...' Sighed Matt, he got up from the sofa and walked over towards the kitchen table.' So Sketch, what's up?'

You watched Matt sit down across from you at the kitchen table, you cupped your hands together and looked back down at your mug of tea in front of you.' Beyond Birthday mentioned something to me about A...'

' And?' Asked Mello.

' He said that L destroyed him when he took his A away from him...' You answered.

' So what you're saying is that you think Beyond Birthday as a vendetta against L because of A?' Asked Matt.

You slightly nodded your head as you looked towards L and sighed.' Yes, but there is something else too and I don't think you'll like it...'

' What is it?' Asked Mello.

' Beyond Birthday wanted me to join him, he wanted me to help him destroy L...' You answered.

' What!' Frowned Mello.

' Interesting...' Muttered L.

' I said no...' You said quietly.

' Good! I for one don't want you running off with some psychopath into the sunset!' Frowned Matt, he took his packet of cigarettes from his cream coloured sleeveless vest pocket and smirked.' Besides Mello...'

' Hey!' Frowned Mello.

' Sketch, may I ask if there is anything else of importance that Beyond Birthday said or asked you...' Said L, he pick up the black chess piece and study it closely.' Anything you can remember will be helpful in this case...'

You thought for a few moments and slightly nodded your head.' Yes, he said the nurse's time had come to an end...'

' I wonder what he meant by that?' Asked Matt.

' Beyond Birthday stated many times through his childhood that he could predicted when a person's lifespan would come to an end, yet I always believe that it was just his insanity and abnormal behaviour that made him talk such nonsense.' Sighed L, he closed his laptop lid and placed the black chess piece down on it.' He was a very disturbed child...'

' May I ask about the chess pieces?' You heard Near say.

You looked over towards the sofa and watched Near building his tower out of matchsticks.

' Yes, what would you like to know about them?' Asked L.

' What do they symbolise?' Asked Near, he got up from the floor and picked up his white teddy bear from the sofa.' There as to be some kind of purpose behind them for Beyond Birthday to send them to you.'

' Interesting... ' Muttered L, he pick up the white chess piece and put his thumb to his lips as he studied it. ' Two king chess pieces, black and white, light vs dark and good vs evil. '

' You're muttering... ' Sighed Mello.

You watched as L reached out his hand, he picked up the small white envelope from the table and opened it. He took two photographs from the envelope, he placed them down on his laptop in front of him and placed the white chess piece next to the black chess piece.

'What is it ? ' You asked.

' It appears to be photographs of A and B...' Sighed L.

' How the hell did Beyond Birthday manage to get hold of them?' Asked Matt, he took a cigarette from the packet and put it behind his ear. ' Isn't all of our personal information at The Wammy House confidential and hidden? '

' This may explain how he knew our names, somehow he managed to get hold of our confidential information. ' Frowned Mello, he took another bite from his chocolate bar and chewed it slowly.' The question is how... '

' I can answer both of your questions. ' Said L, he picked up his teacup from it's saucer and took a slurp of his tea.' Yes all of our personal information from the Wammy House is confidential and hidden. I believe that there is a 95% chance that he didn't manage to gain any kind of access to your confidential files, they are kept in a very heavily secured room with the best designed security systems by Q.'

' Is it me or did this just get confusing... ' Sighed Matt, he put his packet of cigarettes away and got up from his chair.' It still doesn't explain how he managed to get hold of a photograph of A.'

' I still think he got inside information somehow... ' Frowned Mello.

' This is a riddle wrapped in an enigma.' Said Near, he walked over towards the kitchen table and sat down on a chair across from L.

' Not really.' Sighed L.

' What do mean? ' You asked.

' There is an answer to all of this.' Said L , he picked up the black chess piece from his laptop and held up the bottom of it to reveal initials.' BB...'

' BB? What does that stand for ?' Asked Mello.

' BB stands for Beyond Birthday.' Smirked Near.

' Shut up sheep!' Frowned Mello.

' These very chest pieces belonged to Beyond Birthday. ' Sighed L, he held up the white chess piece and showed them the bottom of it to reveal more initials.

' L.L ? ' Asked Mello.

' Are they your initials ? ' You asked.

' Correct. ' Said L, he placed the chess pieces back down onto his laptop and put his thumb to his lips.' I believe that he his sending me a invitation, yet I do not know where his twisted game will take place.'

' We need to find Beyond Birthday as soon as possible and put him behind bars...' Frowned Matt, he took his cigarette from behind his ear and rolled it between his fingers.' We just need to work out when he will strike next and bring him to Justice...'

L stepped off his chair, he walked hunched over towards the window and put his hands in his blue jean pockets. ' Yes, he will be brought to Justice and trying to find his next movements will be hard.'

' He's like smoke, he disappears without a trace...' Sighed Mello, he popped his last block of chocolate in his mouths and screwed up his chocolate bar wrapper. ' I'm going for a break.'

' Yes, I think we all could do with a break... ' Sighed L as he looked out of the Hotel's window and put his thumb to his lips.' You may all take your leave until 6pm...'

' Right, I'd like to borrow Sketch for a while.' Smiled Matt.

' Me?' You asked.

' Yeah you.' Answered Matt, he looked over at Mello and slightly nodded at him.' I need you come to mine and Mello's room. We've spoken with L and believe that Beyond Birthday may have planted some kind of tracking devices on you.'

' Basically we need to search you...' Smirked Mello.

' What?!' You gasped, you got up from your chair and wrapped the white lab coat around yourself.' In a physical way?!'

' Not in a physical way...' Chuckled Matt, he put his cigarette to his lips and took his lighter from his jean pocket.' I've got a handheld metal detector in my room, no physical contact needed...'

' Just get changed into something that doesn't have any metal buttons or zips.' Smirked Mello.

' Mello will wait here for you, I'll go to my room and get things set up...' Smiled Matt.

' Okay.' You sighed.

You rushed to your room, you took off your blood stained clothes and threw them into the laundry basket in the bathroom. You took some clean grey shorts and a black vest top from the dresser draw. You quickly got changed and made your way back to the living room.

' I'm ready...' You said quietly, you stopped next to sofa and looked towards L standing near the Hotel window still.

' Do you have any metal on you?' Asked Mello, he took another chocolate bar from his coat pocket as he looked you up and down.' You've got your hair tied back still, hair bobbles are connected together by a piece of metal.'

' Oh right, I'll removed it...' You sighed, you removed your hair bobble from your hair and let your hair fall to your shoulders.

' Are you sure that's everything?' Asked Mello.

You nodded your head at Mello.

' Right! Come on then!'Smirked Mello.

You followed Mello into his bedroom, you stopped when saw Matt fiddling with a switch on his handheld metal detector and sighed. You heard Mello close the room's door behind him, you watch him walk past you as he ripped the wrapper away from his new chocolate bar and bit your bottom lip.

' Okay, let's get this over and done with...' Smiled Matt.

' Okay...' You said quietly, you looked down at your bare feet and sighed.' What do I need to do?'

' Nothing, just relax and stand still...' You heard Matt say.

You looked up from your feet, you gave Matt a half smile as he stopped in front of you and watched him switch the handheld metal detector on.

' Ready?' Asked Matt.

' I guess...' You sighed.