Ace: Hello, and welcome to another one of my crazy adventures!
L: Save us!
Light: PLEASE!!!!!
Ace: Pay no attention to the two screaming morons in the background.
L: SHE'S MAKING US WATCH DEATH NOTE!!!
Ace: Um, didn't you two ask me to put it on?
Light: Maybe...
Ace: *sigh. Well, only one thing left to do. I do NOT own Death Note. I wish I did though.
Prologue: Threatening Confession
L sat forlornly in front of his monitors, unsure what to do now, now that his suspects were proved innocent. The very evidence under his nose, the Death Note, stated that using it outside of 13 days would kill you, proving Light Yagami and Misa Amane couldn't have possibly been Kira and the Second Kira respectively. But something seemed off about this, almost as though it was a ruse, one that, unfortunately, the other Kira investigators refused to let him test.
Misa had already left. She'd even had time to return briefly to rescue a small teddy bear she'd forgotten from Light and leave again. Now the teen sat, watching L's every movement with a flicker of his eyes, as he seemed to muse on the murder notebook. There were many words L could use to describe Light's face now, when he thought no one was looking at him. Smug, arrogant, triumphant, plotting. All good adjectives to currently describe him. Ever since he had touched the notebook, he'd changed from cute, innocent teen to dangerous predator, watching his next victim in anticipation of its death throes.
There was no use delaying fate any longer. "I think it would be appropriate for everyone to go home and take a break for the night. We have evidence and a witness of-sorts that will both still be here in the morning." L's words were greeted with relieved approval from everyone save one. Light.
"Ryusaki, I think I should stay here for the moment, seeing as I am a former suspect and all."
"I thought Light-kun would appreciate his freedom more and wish to spend time with his family, not relinquish it," L murmured, nibbling on the nail of his thumb. Light merely shook his head, remaining adamant about his decision. "Very well. If you wish to remain, Light-kun, you may."
"Thank you Ryusaki."
L wondered if this line of questioning would work on the shinigami; it would not hurt to try. "Shinigami, have you ever seen Light-kun before the events that led to our apprehension of your notebook?"
She shrugged. "I do not know for certain. We shinigami spend our time gambling away our stolen life-force or looking down on the human world. We see so many names, faces, and lifespans; we'd be hard pressed to remember one person in particular compared to all the others."
L nodded. That was an awkward dodge by the shinigami there, one that said she knew something important but wasn't so good at hiding it. "So you have seen Light-kun before?"
"Perhaps. I cannot recall ever seeing him from the shinigami realm, but that doesn't mean I haven't."
"Interesting. That will be all, shinigami."
Light seemed slightly amused at the fact all L's questions were about him, but his mask was of outraged disbelief. "L, please tell me you are not still on that obscene theory that I'm Kira. The Death Note clearly states-"
"It does not matter what the notebook may or may not say, Light-kun, as I no longer trust the words written on its back cover."
"L, you're being-"
"Shinigami, are the rules written on the back cover of this notebook true?"
She shrugged again. "I have never felt the need to test them, nor has any other shinigami."
"You see, Light-kun?"
"The only thing you've managed to prove, Ryusaki, is that the shinigami have a rather lacking initiative to bend the rules, nothing more."
"They are fake rules, Light-kun, and I'd bet my life on it!"
"Would you now?" he asked, coming over to L with an arrogant smirk finding its way unknowingly across his features. "And what would you do if I told you that could easily be arranged?"
L's eyes widened. "Check and mate, Kira-kun," he murmured quietly, dropping his head to eye the floor. "I win."
"Not quite, L Lawliet," Light growled, the mask dropping away now that he'd been found out. "I can kill you, and everyone else in the Task Force, where they stand, and don't think I don't have the guts to do it because I do." L's eyes had a spark of fear in them now. He was not afraid for his own life but for the others hanging over his head and in Light's unstable hands. "But I won't kill them if you do exactly as I say..."
Ace: BAD BOY LIGHT! *slap
Light: OW!!!
L: Oh dear. It looks like Ace-kun may have gone a little psycho. Well, I guess that we'll just have to leave the story here for today... unless lots of people send reviews/PMs/favorite/alert/whatever to this so that she'll put up another one this weekend.
Light: PLEASE DON'T! IT'S NOT WORTH IT!!!
Ace: LIGHT, STOP TRYING TO INFLUENCE THE MINDS OF THE LOYAL FANS! *slap and leave
L and Light: Where are you going?
Ace: To get the chainsaw.
L: Oh dear.
Light: *bleeped out due to the sheer number of cuss words DON'T KILL ME!!!!!
L: Well, um, I've got to go make sure she doesn't get Kira's blood on my cake, so yeah, bye!!!!