Dad was casually reading the newspaper when Akari and I got downstairs. "Really Dad?" When he looked up, a smile crept on his face.
"What? He seemed like a nice lad." Lad? Gosh Dad, that was such a lame excuse.
"You know who Beyond is, and you still let him in." Dad shrugged, and I sighed. "Never mind. Come on Akari, we've got stuff to get." My best friend quickly followed as we went into the kitchen.
Akari and I searched through the drawers until she found a couple pieces of wrapped candy. Next, I grabbed my camera from the counter to use for whatever freaking reason. Before we left the kitchen, I grabbed a jar of jam.
"Where the heck to we get a smoke bomb?" Akari wondered aloud, scratching her head. Dad sprang up from the recliner and approached us.
"Is it a smoke bomb you're needed?" he asked, suddenly wide eyed. Akari and I shared a nervous look before nodding. "I've got some; hold on." Dad disappeared through the downstairs doorway, then reappeared one minute later with four smoke bombs in his hands.
"Where the heck did you get those?" I asked with confusion, yet slight wonder.
"Well," he replied, "when I was young, I had a strange hobby of collecting them. Once I got older, I realized they were very useful."
"Useful for what Mr. Miyoshi?" asked Akari, now fully entertained. I think she thought this was very educational.
"For escaping bad dates." He winked playfully at us. I rolled my eyes while Akari laughed. "Now, what's your girls' use for them?" He lowered his voice and leaned in. "Trying to escape the killer up there?"
"No," I said. "He's the one who actually wants them."
"That can't be good," Dad laughed. I shrugged. "Here, go ahead and take them." He gave me two, then gave Akari the rest.
"You're awesome for letting us use these without even knowing why," Akari said, giving my dad a quick hug. "Thanks Mr. Miyoshi."
"Call me Makai."
Akari and I returned upstairs to find Beyond lying on the floor. Literally, he was just lying on the floor, on his belly, eyes closed. "Uh, what are you doing Beyond?" I asked, leaning forward to inspect him.
"I'm a corpse," he said, but his voice was muffled because his face was pressed against the carpet.
"We got all the, um, weird stuff you needed," Akari reported, laying everything on my bed. Beyond bounced up and seized the jam jar. Opening the lid, he stuck his fingers in and scooped up the jam to stuff in his mouth.
"What's next?" I asked. "What are we gonna use this stuff for?"
Beyond looked up with wild eyes. He suddenly got up from the bed and shoved everything in a bag. "Follow me." Akari and I sighed with annoyance, but followed him out the room and downstairs. We told Dad we'd be leaving for awhile, then went outside.
"Beyond! What's your plan?" Akari called to him. The jam obsessed killer was walking way too fast down the street and we couldn't keep up. "I swear I'm gonna murder that murderer," she muttered.
He suddenly stopped in the middle of the pavement. Jogging, we finally caught up to him. "W-What are we doing?" I asked through pants.
"We're going to find L," he answered simply, eating more jam. Akari and I gaped, eyes wide.
"How? Why? When? What?"
Beyond rolled his eyes and huffed with frustration. "We're going to find L by trailing Soichiro Yagami. We're doing it because I want to see him, especially after the LABB Murder Cases when I almost died. We're doing it right now, so hurry!"
We didn't have time to comprehend all of Beyond's words because he started moving again, but more stealth like. Ducking when cars past, dodging through bushes and trees, hissing at every person who walked by.
Suddenly stopping dead in his tracks, Beyond snickered. "Target acquired." Following his gaze, Akari and I gasped. On the sidewalk was Mr. Yagami and another male.
"We're spying on Mr. Yagami? Are you serious?" I practically yelled at Beyond in a loud whisper. "He's my boss! Do you know what's gonna happen if we get caught?"
"Don't worry," Akari said comfortingly. "I have faith in Beyond. We won't get caught."
Beyond cleared his throat awkwardly. "Actually, that's exactly what I planned on doing." Standing up, I turned around and tried walking back to my house, but Beyond yanked me down to the ground from our cover behind the bushes. "Be like Akari. Have faith in what I'm doing."
"My faith's gone now," she stated. "You're crazy; plain and simple." Beyond crawled up to her and gave her the puppy dog eyes, whimpering softly. I think he mixed a purr in there somewhere too. "Fine!" she yelled in a whisper. "You'd better have a freaking good backup plan!"
"I do!" he said, sticking his finger up in the air. "Let's follow them inside that hotel." Creeping through the trees, we popped into the open just as Mr. Yagami and the other man went inside the building.
Akari and I crept behind Beyond as he snuck into the building. We glided easily through the main lobby undetected. Mr. Yagami and the man got onto the elevator so we waited to see what floor they went on.
"Ah ha!" The killer shoved the bag of supplies into my arm and, jar of jam under his arm, tiptoed to the stairs. Akari and I rolled our eyes and followed him. He carefully hopped up each step until we reached the floor we wanted.
Peering around the door, we watched Mr. Yagami and his companion go into a room, made a note of the number, then crawled out into the hallway. Beyond crawled on all fours, Akari did an army crawl, and I just scooted along awkwardly.
Beyond is smart to know that Mr. Yagami would lead us directly to L, but what's his plan? I know L basically caught him (with the help of Naomi Misora) but was that really the only reason he wanted to see the detective. Or did they have an old score to settle?
Gathering by the door, we huddled together. "So," Akari began, "what's next? We can't just barge in there and wing it."
Again, Beyond cleared his throat awkwardly. I facepalmed. "Is that really what you've planned? Just barge in there and declare to speak to L? Do you really expect it'll work?"
Unzipping the zipper, Beyond reached in and grabbed something, but I couldn't tell what it was because he quickly slipped it under his shirt. Zipping the bag up again he smirked. "I guess there's only one way to find out." No Beyond, please-
Pulling the handle, Beyond crawled in. Akari and I gaped, but followed him. All the men were gathered in the room across from the entrance area so they didn't notice us, but it would be only of matter of minutes before they did.
I gave Beyond the What the heck do we do next? look. The corners of his mouth twitched. "Just keep your bag handy," he whispered ever so quietly. Akari and I nodded, ready for Beyond's next move.
In retrospect, I realized that we put way too much of our faith in him. He obviously didn't think all of this through, but if he did, he must've been on a jam high. Seriously. Handing Akari, or all people, his precise and prized jar of jam, he moved a little away from us.
Reaching under his shirt, he pulled out a small ball that I don't remember I put in the bag. Next, he threw it at the ground, between the men and us. It blew an explosion of smoke into the air.
Beyond jumped up and put his hands on his hips. When the smoke cleared, I noticed that all the men, except one, were standing up, and Beyond came into their view. "ZIM ZALA BIM!"
Commotion broke among them, some actually got out their guns and aimed it at Beyond. They also noticed Akari and I crouching in the background. But a voice stopped them from shooting at the lunatic killer. "Hold your fire." The voice was low and firm. It came from the only man sitting down.
Mr. Yagami lowered his weapon and looked around. When he spotted me, he gasped. "Yukimi! What are you doing here?" I sighed. Great, he's seen me! There goes my job.
"Beyond," I hissed. "What's your plan?"
"Toss me the camera," he said. I did so, then he took a picture. Yeah, he took a selfie. "Say 'Hi L!'"
"Hi L!" shouted one guy, smiling like an idiot. Jeez, he must be a rookie. Mr. Yagami glared at him, then Beyond took a picture.
"Hand me the other item!" he called over his shoulder. I shook my head and tossed him the candy. Grabbing it in his hands, he tossed it to the oddly perching man. "Good to see you L!"
Akari tossed Beyond a smoke bomb. He caught it and activated it. Pink smoke exploded into the air, and Beyond ran back to us. "Let's go!" Akari and I scrambled up from the floor, then the three of us ran into the hallway and bolted down the stairs.
"Where the HECK are we going?" I shouted as we took off down the street. "Those men are probably following us now! Oh great, we're gonna die!"
"Shut up and run!" screamed Akari.
"Both of you keep your voices down!" yelled Beyond. "If you don't shut up, they're gonna find us!"
At first we decided NOT to go back to my house, but those men (which I'm assuming are the police since Mr. Yagami was among them) were catching up to us. Skidding through trees, we darted into the closest house to us: my house.
Pounding through the front door, we began locking and shutting everything: All the windows were locked and the curtains were shut, the doors were locked, and everything that the police could go through to get in.
Dad was completely confused. "What's going on?" he kept asking while we shut everything up.
"Uuuh, nothing Dad," I answered casually, locking the window. Dad glanced at Beyond. "Don't worry Dad, everything's fi-"
The door burst open somehow and those men, including my (ex) boss, came barging in. "Everyone, put your hands up!" Reluctantly, we did so. Handcuffs got snapped onto our wrists.
"Wait!" shouted Beyond. Before handcuffs were put on him, he grabbed the camera. "Let's take a selfie! #GettingArrested!" We groaned as Beyond snapped a picture. Then he got handcuffed and we all got escorted outside.
What a fine night to get arrested.
Sorry if this chapter is shorter than usual. It won't be like that next time! Thanks for reading! :)