(I do not own Death Note, it belongs to Ohba-sama and Obata-sama. I am making no money off of this fic. Ok now that that is done I can say what I really want to. This is my second fic, so please R&R so i can get better. I will be working on Challange but right now i have ot rewrite over 20 chapters so it may take a while. But it will happen. This should be updated once a week or so. Hope you like it.)

Light looked at his watch once more, worry starting to creep into his expression. She had never been late before, and now seemed like a funny time for her to start. She was the one that had claimed that they had to stay close to each other as Kira was still on the lose. As if being in a group was going to keep one alive. The only way that worked was if Misa couldn't see you through the wall of flesh one could create.

Yagami Light looked across the booth of the café at the detective that had demanded the right to meet this old friend of his. He had claimed that this could help clear him once and for all of all suspicion of being Kira. But Light knew better then to think for a second that anything would ever change L's mind. The detective was a sore a looser as he was. If anything was going to be changing it was most likely an increase of how positive L was that he was in fact Kira.

Pity really, since she would never say a thing that would harm him. While she had never reached Misa's level of annoying him, she had deffanatly been far too easy to control. He just hoped that years out of his presence hadn't re-grown the back bone she had used on every one that had thought to upset him. L really wasn't going to know what hit him when she finally did show. After all she was unlike anyone that he had ever met, and Light was positive that he had more experience in dealing with people and the public.

"She's late," Light stated after a moment, concern possibly even genuine, for all he could tell, crossing his mind. "I'm going to call and see if her plane was delayed. I'll be just a moment," he said getting up from the table and leaving the detective alone. He moved just around the corner in the alcove before the bathrooms and pulled out his cell phone. He punched in his home phone number, and waited for an answer.

"Light?" came his mothers voice after the hellos had been conducted.

"Mother has she arrived yet? Is her plane late?"

"No her taxi got stuck in traffic, she left about ten minutes ago though. She said she was going to meet you. Don't worry she should be there soon," his mother said before he hung up the phone. Worry started to fill him; she would have been there five minutes before unless he no longer had that degree of control over her.

"Hey Light, You seem worried about something," Ryuk said from behind him. His classic Hyuk hyuk no were in sight.

Light dialed his father's number into the phone praying he could find her in time to stop this meeting with L. If he couldn't control her any more then she was more liability then asset.

L looked up at the sound of high-heeled steps stopping right next to the table. He looked at the girl, and could determine nothing from her appearance, just the normal teenage, wearing a sweatshirt. Ok so she was dressed American, but that still didn't say all that much about her.

"Um… are you here with a boy named Light?" she asked after a tense moment as she in turn studied him. L was surprised that she hadn't given him a weird look for sitting the way he did.

"Yes," L said after a slight pause and watched as she sat down, happy to have found them after all. The café had moved in the past two years. Pity Light hadn't remembered that fact when telling her to meet him and a friend there.

"Oh forgive me, I'm Heart," she said offering her hand to him. "Who are you?" she asked when he didn't respond.

" I'm Ryusaki," L replied trying to gain a better understanding of this girl as she looked at him, her brown eyes studying him intently with a small almost secret smile tugging at her lips. It looked like she had a secret that he didn't know he knew.

"It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm sure Light-chan will be back soon. He's calling his mother to check on me," she informed the raven-haired boy giggling at how foolish that made Light sound.

He watched as she looked over at the alcove, a predatory look on her face as she waited for Light to reemerge and enter back into the conversation. Though for some reason the detective couldn't understand there was a light of fear in the girls eyes, as if she wasn't as at ease as she was pretending to be. But for as to why that would be he had no ideas at the moment.

"So how do you know my Light-chan?" she asked as she turned her gaze back to him, a slight pout to her full lips. She was watching him in that way again, the way that seemed to claim that she knew something that you did too, you just didn't know it.

"We go to collage together," L replied at length, silently praying Light would come soon. He watched as her eyes widened in realization of who he was. But he wasn't overly sure that was a good thing and what she said next proved that he was starting to slip.

"You're the other boy to get perfect scores entering aren't you? I thought Light-chan said that kid had the same name as Hidike-kun," she said tilting her head to the side as her eyes gained a slightly unsettling look to them.

"I called myself something different then," was all L would say, upset that she had caught him in a lie already. Then again, she seemed gullible he might just let her believe it was due to witness protection or something silly like that.

"You're from Britain, Aren't you?" the question caught him off guard. The only person that had any idea that he had any connection was Light, well Watari knew too but that didn't count.

"What makes you ask that?" he returned cleanly.

"Well I just remember Light-chan asking me to check into the National champs for there, saying it had to do with this new friend of his. He was worried about you ya know. You should apologize for making him worry," she said her tone lecturing.

"He is worried about you right now," he replied.

"I don't count as a friend. I'm like a sister to him. And sisters can torment brothers as much as they want," she said simply, her bright smile making the detective laugh along with her. He liked the laugh, full-throated, not afraid of showing just who she was. Maybe that was why he hadn't figured her out yet, she wasn't hiding anything.

"Then again even sisters need to be prepared to face the consequences of what they do," she added after they had finished laughing. "I'll be right back," she said standing. "I want to say hello to an old friend. If Light-chan comes back please don't tell him I'm already here." A wink and a blown kiss and she were gone.

L smiled to himself as he let his mind absorbed what he had just heard and seen. The girl was defiantly different. Then again she didn't seem like the kind of person that Light-kun associated with. Maybe she had just changed over the years.

He was snapped out of thinking as Light sat down, a heavy sigh escaping from him. "I have no idea where she is," he said looking at L, worry clearly shown in his eyes. For once L truly felt that maybe Light Yagami wasn't Kira after all.

"I don't know what to do. She isn't the kind of person that can take care of herself. I always had to protect her, and she couldn't have grown that strong," the brunette said as he bowed his head.

"She will be here soon. Besides there is nothing that you can do," L responded, his tone light and friendly.

He watched as the girl walked back up, on her tiptoes so as to not give Light the warning the heels could provide. She slowed down before clamping her hands over his eyes and leaning down to his ear.

"Give me all your money," she said, somehow getting her voice low enough to be taken for a mans.

Light struggled for a few seconds and before he could really get into and cause some damage she let go of his eyes and plopped down into the booth next to L. The smirk on her face more then made up for the bump Light had given him in his thrashing.

"You really are weak Light-chan," she said as she grabbed the drink closest to her, L's hot tea with five sugars. She took a sip and put it back down her smile never wavering. L didn't know what that meant but he filed it way with all the rest of the information on her he had, just in case.

"Heart! When did she get here?" he asked looking accusingly at L.

"She did not want me to tell you that she had arrived. She was speaking to friends."

"None of our friends are here," Light snapped clearly not in the mood to be taken lightly.

"Your friends might not hang out here but some of mine do," Heart shot back, her voice didn't change volume nor did her tone lose the lightness in it but somehow she made the words a challenge, the first one L had seen Light back away from.

"How have you been Heart?" Light asked instead of rising, the way a brother would. L was content to sit there and watch.

"Oh this and that," she replied before grabbing L's tea once more and taking a few more sips. "Oops, whose was this?" she asked as she looked at the now empty cup.

"Mine," L said when both started to look at him, waiting for a response.

"I'll get another," she said and vanished in the flash of teeth and a click of her heels.

"She is different," he said after a moment.

"Yes she is. But she is a good friend," Light-Kun replied after a moment.

"Is something wrong Yagami-kun?" the detective asked as he saw the worry still in Lights eyes.

"She's out of remission," was the only reply that he received. L knew how hard it was when a young person had cancer, it put a great deal of strain on those around the person, and often times took that person away.

"How long has she had it?"

"Ten years, eight in remission," Light answered. "Or so I thought," he added to himself.

"What makes you say that?"

"She always put on this act of being happy and cheerful and full of energy. She never wanted us to worry about her. The last time that she did this they told her she needed a bone marrow transplant. They couldn't find a match in any of the people that they tested, her family and such."

"What happened?"

"They tested me."

"You matched?"

"Close enough."

"How old where you?"

"To young, but both set of parents wanted it. I wanted it."

"Didn't she want it?"

"She was afraid it would kill me," Light said with a smirk, almost a bitter smile as he thought back to those days. His eyes glassed with tears.

"She ran away from the hospital the day before the transplant. She said she wouldn't let me do it."

"That's right. I wasn't going to let you be an idiot," she said as she walked back to the table took her spot next to L again and placed a tea in front of him. The sugar was notably missing. The nachos in front of her where still steaming, and the cheese seemed to be in the same state.

"So you felt it would be better if you yourself played the idiot? Do you have any idea how worried my mom was?" Light snapped out, his temper reaching a breaking point.

"They found me," was all the girl said before popping a nacho into her mouth clearly relishing the taste. "Besides we found another person to donate."

"Why didn't you want Light-Kun to donate? He was your friend was he not?" L asked as his curiosity finally got the best of him.

"He had just gotten over a strain of the flu," she said before swallowing, "he probably would have died had we gone through with it."

L looked at Light-Kun, trying desperately to picture him doing as this girl claimed. To see the other young man willing to give his life to help a friend, well that was not something Kira would do. It looked like the girl was going to force him to drop the percentage. He hid the anger that fact alone caused to grow in him. He might claim that Light-Kun as his first friend, but the boy was far from the best.

"So tell me, Ryusaki, what crazy reason did he give you for you needing to be here to meet me? Was he afraid of seeing me?" she asked her tone as sweet as the tea she had delivered only moments before. He was pleasantly surprised that it had the right amount of sugar.

"Why would Light-Kun do that?" he asked, hesitating knowing that Light was manipulative, that this girl might be used against him in some way.

"Because, lord knows he should be," she said.

L felt his eyes go wide at the deadliness in her tone. Her gaze was locked right on Light, but for once the brunette didn't seem sure of himself, he even seemed afraid, if only a tiny bit. Perhaps this girl could be used against the other boy as well.

"What? Why?" Light responded after a second, his tone full of anger and resentment.

"You didn't call me for three years, and then when you do, it's only because you want me to do a background check on this poor sap," she hissed her eyes showing only anger, and maybe a hint of hate. L wasn't sure where the girl had gotten the courage to speak to Yagami Light like that, but he was glad that she had. Now he could study the boy in a way the he had never thought possible before.

"I…" Light shut his mouth after that, leaving the table on the pretense of getting two more cups of tea, one for both. L thought it funny but it seemed as if Heart-Chan and him sharing a drink bothered the other.

"He is a sweet boy," she muttered as a giggle erupted out of her. "I'm sorry, but I haven't seen him that worked up since I ran away. Must say it is satisfying to still be one of the few, and I do mean few, people that can get any kind of rise out of him. Can you?" she asked on a whim.

"I'm not sure," L replied before actually turning his head to look at her. "You said he asked you to do a background check on me."

"That's right."

"What did you find?" he asked not sure if she was going to tell him the truth. She was unlike many of the people that he knew, and unlike the way a girl was expected to behave.

"Lots of things," she replied simply.

"Like what?" he pressed determined that he get the facts out of her before Light came back.

"Like you real name," she said, her voice almost a purr, her eyes shone as she looked at him, clearly enjoying his discomfort.

"And which one would that be?" he asked softly, not even knowing why she was affecting him. Or even how.

"That it's," she leaned close her lips almost touching the shell of his ear as she whispered the name. She pulled back a second before Light was back in sighting distance. L was grateful, that he had long ago learned to look board, after all most things did bore him.

"Here," Light said plopping the two cups in front of them, the sugar landed half a second latter.

Heart simply looked at him before turning her attention back to L, the half of her mouth that Light couldn't see querying up into a smile. "Do you believe me now?" she asked giving the detective a wink.

"About what?" Light snapped once again earning a frown for the girl. "Alright already! I'm sorry," he said throwing his hands up in frustration.

"Next time you do that I'm going to hurt you," she said as she smiled at the people now looking, or rather, trying to look at their little group.

L found it slightly scary that her smile could be so sweet and forgiving but her tone could be deadly serious. "Are you an Actress, Heart-San?" he asked, drawing her attention back to him.

"San?" she asked cocking her head, a secret smile lighting her face. He had to admit that she had a beauty to her, one that was different from Misa's, but how he couldn't place.

"What would you like me to call you?" he asked seriously.

"Chan could work," she said with a laugh, as if it had been the only option. Which it truly had been.

"But we just meet," he said still remembering that this was no ordinary girl.

"She hates it when people call her 'San'. It drives her insane," Light informed him, a slight laugh in his voice.

"And why would that be?" the detective asked, his mind always wanting to know more.

"I like friends," she said simply.

L looked at her for a moment, not sure if he understood. His confusion came through his eyes frighteningly clear. He watched as her face softened and she gave what looked like a smile of content before turning to look at Light once again.

"You didn't answer him," Light kindly pointed out to her, earning him a glare. She picked up the cup of tea in front of her then looked over at L's. The smile on her face both could see she wanted to cause some trouble. She grabbed L's cup and took a sip, acting as if it was the best thing she had tasted.

"You forgot the cream," she told Light upon seeing his disgusted expression. He let out an exasperated sound before storming off to get it. Her attention once again turned to the detective. "As for your question, I do like to act, but it's no how I make my living."

He watched her, making sure to keep his face blank, he felt he had given too much away already. But how could he not be upset that someone knew his real name? How she had even found it was beyond him, but his reaction would have destroyed any doubt that she may have had.

She took another sip from his cup before putting it back in its place and pouring a healthy dose of sugar into hers. She smirked to herself as she stirred it and then took a sip.

"You don't need cream," Light said as he walked back to the booth, still holding the small container of the white liquid. He didn't seem as mad about that as he had been about the other things that she had done already. Then again it might have been just that he had started to get use to Heart and the foolishness that seemed to follow her. It was a fun kind of foolishness, L decided.

"So why are you two together?" she asked as Light took a sip of his soda, which promptly spurted out of his nose.

"Don't even let your mind get in the gutter," he said, trying to clean up the mess that he had made.

"Hai, Kaa-San," she responded, as if it were the only thing she could have said. And for the two of them, it very well may have been.

"We are always in sight of the other," L said waiting for how they reacted to the comment. The glare from Light was expected, the kind of reaction that Kira would have, but for once it didn't make L feel as good as it should.

Her reaction, on the other hand, was unbelievable; she had the audacity to smile as if she had known all along that Light wasn't going to play by the rules. That and the fact he had chosen someone that was clearly a little on the different side.

"I think that Light-Kun is Kira," L said, not sure how he should feel about her reaction. It was strange; he had yet to have one of his assumptions about this girl turn out to be true.

"Wouldn't surprise me," she said with a laugh as she blew a kiss at Light, as the boy stood up threatening to leave. "Go right ahead. Ryusaki-kun, and I will catch up with you later."

"And what will you do till then?" Yagami Light asked, his eyes wide at the predatory light shining in her dark eyes.

"Plot your down fall," was all Heart said simply as she sat back, using L as a backrest as she smirked up at her old friend. Both boys exchanged a look over her head. Both were wide, full of emotion and a bit f fear. But neither knew what it meant, and neither liked that feeling.