Chapter twenty:

"It's ok. Go ahead and eat up as much as you want. I can order some more slices be brought in." Light informs him.

L smiles. "Thank you." He begins to eat the piece of cake in front of him glad to have something sweet.

Light blushes a little when L smiled and his heart skipped a beat. He finds L just so amazing and attractive that he just can't help it.

….

"You see. Back when I was young I didn't really think I would find someone to be with because of my royal rank." Miskumi begins as Near continues to listen. "However it did get me thinking. Thinking about people out there who couldn't have a child of their own and so I made up my mind. I threw on a wig and did my best to make my voice sound different while also going under a false name. I donated an egg so someone else has the chance to have their own child." She explains. "Though I did end up finding someone I liked in which is where Mello came from. Though he ended up leaving because he had to when I found you due to the whole custom about those that help give the royal family children having to be sent away when the task is all done." She finishes. "So you see. Technically you and Mello are actually half-brothers. I never told anyone but I knew that you were the result from the egg I donated. I just could not tell anyone because that sort of thing has never been done before by royalty."

"I understand why you couldn't say anything." Near says grateful to ow know this.

Miskumi smiles at her son. "I am very proud of you. I know you will bring strong and smart children into the world. Perfect children to take over ruling one day." She smiles a little more. "I know you are pregnant. A mothers intuition."

"I've been thinking though…" Near begins. "I am probably going to die when I defeat Light." He says. "Cause he's the power of fire and I am water. So… perhaps Matt will take over as ruler until the children are old enough. We will be attacking in ten months."

Miskumi frowns slightly upon hearing this. "Unless you are having twins ten months will not allow you to have two children for the throne…." She then pauses as she thinks of something. "Though it is possible that if you do have one child then there will be another to take the place of the one that is missing."

Near tilts his head slightly.

"It is not Matt's fate to lead the kingdom if you do end up winning against Light." Miskumi says with a slight shake of her head. "There is another… In the castle now. He is strong and a good leader. In his fate there is the chance of a child depending on how things go. You will know when you see him. I'm afraid that is all that I can say." She begins to vanish. "Good luck my son."

"Mother!" Near calls only for his eyes to snap open as he finds himself laying in his bed. He sits up and looks around seeing no one then looks down slightly thoughtfully. "I'll know when I see him…." He says quietly to himself then closes his eyes softly only for them to snap open and he heads off to the bathroom to get rid of his morning sickness.

After a little bit Near heads outside looking around the rebellion group's home.

Some are training while others are going about their business.

Near wanders around and ends up heading to those training. He spots a girl practicing some powers of wood by sending sharp chunks of wood at the target.

The girl has light brown hair pulled back into a ponytail and dark green eyes. She glares at the target that is a little further than she used to work with.

Near approaches. "Calm down." He says gently and she turns to him surprised. He smiles kindly as he continues. "Take a second to concentrate. In a fight you can dodge for a moment to have some time to better hit your target." He explains and turns to look to the target. Imagine how you want your attack to go and focus on your target." He almost shivers as he feels a little bit of power suddenly coarse through him and he knows that he is getting a little stronger. "Then when you send it keep your target and plan to hit it in mind. In battle you must do this at the first chance that you spot which means that you'll have to try to think quickly." He has to test out how strong he is. "Then take the shot." He sends a small ball of water at the target and it hits right dead center of it. "Like so." He smiles a little more glad to see this then turns to the girl. "Got it?"

The girl nods with bright eyes. "I do. I understand. Thank you so much."

"No problem. Keep up the good work." Near says warmly. He turns sensing a familiar presence by him and smiles in happiness as he can tell that it is Mello. He swears he feels the others hand on his shoulder for a moment as if to tell him good job before he can no longer feel it. He mentally thanks Mello as he knows that with Mello so close he will get stronger if the moment where he hit the target with a ball of water is anything to go by. He then continues on down to help a few others before heading off leaving them to train.

….. It's been three months since then…..

Near has done what he can from letting the others know the truth that he's pregnant and it helps and him and Matt do planning as well as working on Near's powers. He has gotten good and he is regaining his powers rather nicely as he knows that if this keeps up he'll be ready to fight Light when the time comes.

Meanwhile…

L is sleeping as he managed to fall asleep tonight… But he's not sleeping peacefully…. He is dreaming that he is on the ground of the throne room and he turns to look into the cold eyes of Light Yagami.

Light laughs. "How pitiful. Now that you have given me the information that I desire you are of no use to me." His hand lights on fire.

"L-Light." L gasps trying to get his hands free of the cuffs that hold his arms behind his back.

"Say goodbye." Light then hurls a fireball straight at him.

L closes his eyes tightly feeling tears come to his eyes then his eyes snap open as he finds himself laying on the bed as usual.

Still alive.

He calms his breathing then blinks as he feels a tear roll down his face and he realizes he was possibly actually crying. "What a dream…" He sighs to himself. "I wonder why seeing Light act like that and do that pained me… Like I was betrayed by someone I care for….. Does he care for me? He shows love and care for me. If I want something he'll make sure that I get it. He doesn't treat me like a prisoner or asks me for any information regarding the rebellion…. It's actually…. kind of nice…"

The door opens and L turns to it only for Light to walk in.

"Greetings my little raven." Light greets then pauses beside the bed. "L." He gasps. "Were you cry?" He leans down and looks over L carefully. "Did something happen while I was away from you?" He asks in a slightly worried panic.

L shakes his head. "I'm ok." He assures Light. "It was just a dream." He adds seeing Light frown in worry. "It doesn't matter anymore."

"You sure that you don't want to talk about it?" Light asks sitting down next to L and bringing a hand over to gently brush his fingers against L's cheek.

"No it's ok. As I said it doesn't matter anymore." L tells him.

Use this. Think of it as a final test to make sure that he does care for you. It looks like the bracelet to stop him from using his powers but it is useless. He'll be able to use his powers. If he doesn't attack or kill you then he cares for you.

Light can still hear Sayu's words ringing in his head clearly and he remembers how he woke up with the bracelet she gave him in his hand. He decides that now is better than ever especially since he wants to cheer the other up from whatever nightmare he had that had made him cry. "L. Why don't we head out?" He suggests.

"Sure." L agrees wanting out of the cuffs right now.

Light removes the cuffs then takes the bracelet from Sayu out of his pocket putting it on L. "There we go. Let's go."

They get up and head out the door going down the hall.

L's P.O.V.

What is this feeling? I don't think this is normal when wearing this bracelet.

Then it hits me and my eyes widen as I feel my powers rushing through my body again letting me know that I can use them again.

No way.

I look down to the bracelet on my wrist as I swear time has stopped for a few moments.

This bracelet has to be a fake and not the real one.

My eyes dart back up to Light who doesn't seem to have noticed at all.

Did he do this on purpose? Is he giving me a chance to kill him? Why?

No one's P.O.V.

Light feels relaxed even knowing that L can use his powers to attack if he so wishes to right now. He just doesn't feel threatened by that thought and in a way it makes him happy.