Chapter two:

A small boy, about two years younger than her eight year old son, is sitting in an alley way. He has white curly hair and stormy grey eyes but what gets her attention is that the boy is bringing drops of water from a puddle up over to him showing he has powers over water. His dirty white t-shirt and worn out white pants are all he has for clothing which shows he is obviously homeless most likely abandoned.

She knows that it has never happened before…. It being that anyone outside of the royal family has ever been born with the power of water or fire. She goes over to him and the boy looks up to her. "Hello there little one." She says. "That is a neat talent you have there."

The boy glances away and the drops of water drop splashing onto the ground below.

"You know why don't you come with me?" She offers and the boy looks back to her thoughtful but suspicious. "Oh yes let me introduce myself. I am princess Miskumi, third daughter of the royal Yagami family. I have a son who is only about two years older than you."

The boys suspicions go away as he recognizes the princess from the rumors he has heard on the streets. "Nate. I'm six." He introduces himself.

"Alright then Nate. Come with me." Miskumi picks up the boy and takes him back to the palace.

At first Soichiro didn't like that Miskumi brought a child she found back but when Miskumi gave Nate a cup of water to drink that is when Nate showed Soichiro that he has the power over water.

Nate used his power over water to bring drops of water out of the cup only to go to him so he drinks the water by lifting it with his powers. He was washed up and fed some proper food since he seems to be a little malnourished.

Mello was next to be introduced to Nate. He and Nate instantly became friends but it is obvious that the two will become lovers like blood related siblings of the Yagami family do.

Some say that it is possible that Nate, nicknamed Near by Mello who says that Nate is near to his heart so his nickname should be Near, is actually secretly related to the Yagami family but there is no signs of that other than the power of water. Especially since Nate can't give a last name not knowing it since he can't actually remember his parents.

Too bad the last one that could check the blood to find out if people are related or not died a few days before Near was found.

Soichiro announces that the throne will be handed down to Mello and Near, though in the announcement he uses their real names Mihael and Nate.

Light smirks as he goes over his plan once again. He is going to get the throne for him and Sayu! He sneaks down the hall and into the kitchen that night. He grabs a knife and goes to his father's room.

Soichiro is fast asleep as Light enters only to start approaching Soichiro ready to kill his father to get the throne.

Miskumi got up for a late night drink of water but then she sees Light killing their father and she dashes back grabbing Mello and Near only to flee.

Light swears he will hunt her and the two children down but the next morning since Soichiro is dead and Miskumi gone with Mello and Near the throne was handed down to Light and Sayu.

Especially since the people of the kingdom came to believe that Miskumi was the one that killed Soichiro then got scared that she'd be found out so to protect herself and her children she fled with them.

Light is so satisfied that he got the throne that for now the fact that he needs to hunt down Miskumi, Mello and Near is pushed to the back of his mind for now as he and Sayu are crowned king and queen.

"I'm so happy." Sayu says to Light with a bright smile as they are now at the celebration after the coronation.

Light smiles. "I'm so glad to hear that." He tells her.

The two however didn't rule in a kind kingdom but Light mostly ruled turning the kingdom to a more evil place.

Light became extremely power hungry and all those that dared to challenge his or Sayu's authority were sentenced to death with no questions asked.

Miskumi still hasn't been found yet and she now lives in the wilderness outside of the palace grounds where she has found a cave for the three of them to stay.

This night Miskumi is sitting by the entrance and is watching the night sky before she glances back to her two children even if one is adopted.

They are curled up together and Mello almost seems to be trying to keep Near safe and warm.

This makes her smile and besides the fact that she has a feeling that her life is going to come to an end soon…. She is glad she got to be happy in her life.

The next morning Miskumi slipped out to find some food while her children stayed in the cave.

A red headed boy slips into the cave not knowing anyone was in there only to bump into Near.

Mello quickly darts forward moving Near behind him as he glares a challenge at the red head.

The red head raises his hands to chest level and so the back of his hands are facing his chest. "Whoa calm down. I didn't know anyone was in here." He says.

"Who are you?" Mello demands.

"Names Mail Jeevas but you can call me Matt." The red head introduces himself. "I was looking for a place to stay and hide but it seems this spot is taken so I'll find somewhere else." He takes a few steps back.

"Why do you want to find a place to stay and hide?" Near asks moving out from behind Mello.

Mello stays by Near protectively.

"My mother and father were killed for saying that king Light is a heartless evil king." Matt responds. "I had to flee before I was found out about. If my parents were killed then I didn't want to risk me being killed for what they did."

"That's horrible." Near says.

"Near come here for a sec. Matt stay right there." Mello moves a little deeper into the cave.

Near follows and once they are a good enough distance away that Matt won't hear them they stop.

"We shouldn't let him in. We can't risk any danger. I don't want to see you get hurt." Mello says.

"Mello. He is alone and weren't you paying attention? He isn't lying about what he said. That much is obvious. If we just kick him out now he'll know where we are so if he gets caught and rats us out then Light's army will know where to find us."

Mello clenches his teeth and knows Near is right.

If they kick Matt out then they run a greater risk of danger coming to them.

Mello gives in and wraps his arms around Near's waist. "Alright beautiful." He says. "But I'll kill him if he tries anything."

Near smiles and snuggles against Mello. "I know you will."

The two stay like that for a moment then they break apart only to go over to Matt hand in hand.

"Fine you can stay but you try anything funny and I won't hesitate to kill you." Mello tells Matt with a warning in his voice.

"Thank you." Matt says with a happy smile. "I swear I won't cause any trouble."

"Yeah whatever." Mello grunts then goes over to a ledge with Near.

The two hop up onto it and sit together there with Near resting his head on Mello's shoulder.

Matt smiles at the sweetness and he sits against a wall by the ledge but at a respectful distance.

Miskumi comes back later that evening only to find Mello and Near sleeping on the ledge while Matt is leaning against a wall staring off into space. "Ah hello there little one." She says to the red head who has to be at least a year older than Near but a year younger than Mello.

Matt blinks and turns to her with his green eyes that are not covered by anything, not like he has anything to cover them right now anyways since he left his goggles at the place his parents were killed the place he used to call home. "Oh hello." He greets.

"Is everything ok?" Miskumi asks.

"I lost my parents and the two said it was ok for me to stay." Matt responds while looking away sadly. "My names Mail Jeevas but you can call me Matt."

"Well it's nice to meet you Matt. I am sorry for your loss." Miskumi says. "I'm Miskumi and the two that I'm sure you met are Mello and Near but their real names are Mihael and Nate."

Matt blinks and turns to her. "Wait! Are you saying you are Princess Miskumi!? The princess that went missing!?"

"I had to flee with my children." Miskumi corrects him. "Light would have killed us had we stayed."

"Oh I see." Matt says in understanding. "Did he kill his father then? It wasn't just some assassination or one of you killing him?"

"Light killed the king." Miskumi confirms. "He is power hungry and wants the throne. That's why he went to extreme measures. I guess me having to flee with my children so we would still be alive was an excuse to accuse us a possibly killing the king."

"I see." Matt nods. "That's some heavy stuff."

"Yeah but it is what it is." Miskumi answers. "Now I'm going to get the food ready. Think you can wake Mello and Near for me?"

"Ok." Matt gets up and climbs onto the ledge. He is now crouched by Near and reaches towards him when Mello awakens only to see this.

Mello sits up and grabs Matt's wrist while using his other hand to pull Near closer to himself. "What do you think you're doing?!" He demands.

"It's ok Mello." Miskumi says looking up from what she's doing. "I asked him to wake you two."

Mello grunts and let's go of Matt only to wake Near up gently himself.

The four of them have dinner which isn't anything big but it is good none the less.

Mello made sure Matt was nowhere close to Near every chance he could though Near wanted to spend most of his time with Mello over Matt anyways so Mello had no reason to worry.

The cave worked as a hiding place until a week later.