Disclaimer: Death Note belongs to Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. This is a purely fan-written story made solely for the entertainment of myself and my readers. I make no profit from this other than the joy of creative writing.
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A/n: I really have no idea where this came from, but here it is.
Warning: Include highly supernatural content
So if you don't like it, go away.
Ty.
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Spilt Me into Half
Chapter 1: The Darker Side
The Shinigami Realm
Dried bones stacked out from layers and layers of sand. The cold wind beat the ground often, much like it does in the desert—creating sand dunes and mountains. The sky was in an eternal night. The place seemed cold—odd that the place wasn't covered with ice. There were webs of metal chains hanging from the ceilings in certain regions of the realm. The rocks and cliffs projected out in an outstanding pattern, making the large, seemingly deserted landscape to be more... vast. It was as big as the sea, and just as easy to get lost in.
The world looked as dead and rotten as its inhabitants.
But... the inhabitants didn't seem to care much.
That's a death god for you...
Ryuk had been staring at the same scene for the some time now, more disillusioned by the minute. His thoughts kept drifting back to Light. Yes, the teen was helping out L now, with no memory of being Kira or even of the death note at all. Hell, if Light didn't get his memories back, he would be trying to catch Kira for the rest of his life. Hehe hehe....Ironic, Kira catching himself. It made the brilliant Light look like an idiot...Hahaha...an idiot. Just thinking about it was amusing.
Ryuk couldn't stop laughing, and his laughter drew the attention of his gambling peers. They stopped their game to look askance.
"Ryuk, what ya' laughing about? You aren't going crazy from being in the human world too long, are you?" asked a shinigami that looked human-like and wore a bone mask on his face. A dark-metal scythe laid nest to his lap.
"Don't mind him, Dell'. He's probably suffering from an overdose of the laughing gas. I've heard about it from the human world. They say it is used to make clowns and people more cheerful or ...crazy. Let's get back to our game. I'm going to win this time; I can feel it..."
"Ho ho, you are way over your head, Gook." Dell's flipped his card, "...I win. Again."
"Sand spit! T-That's just luck."
"Like you say, over a hundred times."
Ignoring the two gamblers, a third death god that had been watching the game made her way towards Ryuk. She was one of the few who doesn't have any decoration or clothes on her body. Her huge body gave her a dominant presence, despite being of the weaker gender.
When Ryuk spots her, he can't help but think of the magazine he had seen when he had gone to the book store with Light.
'She looks just like the alien worm, printed on the front cover... What's her name again...Oh yeah, Meadra...'
"What's up Ryuk?"
"Nothing much. I just miss the juicy red apples."
"The Human world?"
"Yup, that too."
"Are you going there again, any time soon?"
"Funny you should say that. Humans are so... interesting."
Light had just excused himself from the main computer room to go for a swim. Alone... as L had already taken off the handcuff. Work was exhausting but pretending to work and act nice around L, when he really wanted was to strangle him was another thing. Pausing to grab a towel along the way, he passed the hallway which led to the elevator. That was when he heard it...
...A high-pitched voice that could freeze hell over.
"Oh, Light-kun! Misa-Misa is back!"
'...That voice! My calculation.... She wasn't supposed to arrive for three more minutes! I've always timed it from the moment she entered the building so I could avoid her. I had better get a move on then, hopefully I'll get there before she finds me...'
He quickened his footsteps, trying to be as quiet as possible.
It was raining harshly outside Head Quarters. A sign of another tragic dark, stormy night was headed their way for maybe a week or two-as told by the weather broadcast-and so it was very dim in the building as the sky rapidly darkens, promising the storm. It was already thundering in the distance, and flashes of lightning were even visible through the tinted glass wall.
Well, at least he's safe for now,
...inside the men's locker room.
The pool was on the nineteenth floor of the building. It was relatively large and luxuriously tiled.
Light (A.K.A Yagami Raito) was alone, standing right in front of that tinted glass wall, watching the rain pour down on the other side. He was consumed within his thoughts. Light paused to glance around for cameras. Luckily, they have an indoor swimming pool as Ryuuzaki thought of the task force staying fit. Deciding to include a gym and swimming pool as it would prove to be for their benefits. As Raito sighed, his eyes were flickering red before going back to their original colour. Soon he is going to kill L, soon it will be all over and Kira will reign supreme.
As planned, he got back the ownership's of the death note-simply by killing Higuchi. Then, the 13 day rule will let Light, as well as, Misa go free. All that's left is to let Misa know the location of the buried notebook and all will go as plan.
If Light had to estimate the day L's death will occur, it will be in a week, give or take. With L out of the picture, Light will become the second L while being Kira at the same time. However whatever happens after L's death is a gamble he had no choice but to bet on.
With all thoughts gone, Light gratefully slipped into the water.
'Speaking of the rain...brought back memories.'
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Earlier in the past-few years ago,
The sun was shining basking the earth with all its glory,
Such mighty glory that will bring out wet sweats from the living. None was spared-
'The weather is much hotter than last year, must be the global warming the news was talking about.'
A quite boy was walking down the street alone when he spy a crispy brown notebook, golden trimmed with torn edges. The title was written in symbols that he had never seen before, "What's this?"
Curiosity got the better of him, so he looked up at the sign board,
Apple's Inn, an antique store; 'Where unexpected destinies occur!'
What a weird name for a store- ironic considering the usage of the word, 'apple'. He went into the store-blinking as the bells rang softly as he swings open the door.
He lazily glanced across the display window, then the entire room. Raito twisted in disgusted at the place's condition. Most of the dark corners in the store was covered with spider weds as well as being badly lit. The shadows hovering the space behind the object and across the walls; made the place seems more mysterious than it could have from the broad daylight outside- fully shining in all its glory. Well, at least it was cooler in here.
An old lady sat on a sofa in a lonely corner, hands clasped on a table- staring at a crystal ball which seemed to give off a glow of its own.
The boy debated whether to leave immediately or stay and look around…
"Hello little boy, what do you seek here?"
"I see that nice book in the display case."
"Oh…that book! Tell me, what's your name?"
"Raito…" the boy answered awkwardly.
"You wish to unleash your darker side, yes? Show them what you really feel…?"
Raito blinked in surprise, "Excuse me, miss..?"
The old grandma gave a tired wink and swung her hand towards the book, "That what's it's about- It tells the difference between the light and dark in a person. Something concerning split personality…this may unfold at anytime during one's lifespan."
Raito's confused honey-coated eyes blinked, "Yes, but that would spoil my reputation. Also I think my dad would not be very happy if I ever turn out to be a bad boy. They will be shocked for sure and then punish me."
"If you don't feel comfortable about something, you should tell someone and show it." The old lady clapped her hands, wandering around the shop to search for something.
"I don't want to…disappoint or …give them a wrong impression of me."
"Here have this bit of my special black grape- if you ever find that you need to release yourself from all that fake-acting. Swallow it. It helps to keep your sanity- by give you an extra…split personality. You feel just fine all the same." The gypsy smiled creepy, with a strange glint in her eyes.
In a hurry to get out ,Raito with a child's innocent face accepted the gift, following a well-mannered reply and a bow before moving out of there.
'That lady is really funny…' young Raito thought as he glanced back at the shop from a distance, before heading back home.
Back to the present, whenever the team wasn't using the pool, Light would go down as early as he could and swim length after length, until he was satisfied. He pushed himself to the limits for the fun of it, always pleased with the tight burn in his lungs, the sting that settled just behind his eyes from the chlorine. It had been years since he'd been swimming like this – since when he took Sayu down to the public pool for the summer, and the thought of the disgusting, disorderly place now made him feel a bit ill.
It was just him and his thoughts, and the chemical blue of the water that isolated him there. When he was beneath the surface, the world took on an odd sort of quiet, save the constant sound of blood rushing through his veins and his heart, banging against his ribcage. A good way relief from the stress of the Kira case, L and the rest of the task force.
By that time, the rain was pouring down harshly outside, you can't even tell if it's evening or night anymore. You could hear it just by standing in front of the tinted windows and taking the time to listen. It was a little soothing at first, but then it came down harder and harder. Eventually the thunders were louder as well, and the lightning flashes even more visible.
However deep within his own world- Raito took his time, swimming across the pool- doing laps and prefect dives to enhance his body. Just because he is the god of the new world, doesn't mean he would risk leaving his god-damn attractive body for it. Plus, keeping fit helps to refresh the mind and reflexes of the body. Can't rule long if you don't have a good health, right?- Hmm, Unlike L, who sat there like that without doing much exercise other than walking around the headquarter... unless he managed to do it in secret, which had to be impossible -as nothing get past Kira- Nothing!
A chorus of church bells played in the distance,
The lighting travels down the road at the high roof, into the wire system contained to each of the many technical department blocks. One wire connects to the heater which the swimming pool was currently being used. The wire was poorly installed and fixed between the socket and the machine. The heater was fixed to the wall close to the pool for the heat to effectively convicting the room. Its earth wire was hardly connected at all. The tiny gap in the window, allowed a breeze of strong wind to unhook the cable from its position.
It silently dropped downwards, hanging like a rope into the swimming pool below. The thin, wispy metal tips stick out from the cable safe rubber covering. Almost sinisterly, the rod slowly snakes into the pool's water with the help from the leaking wind.
Unfortunately, Raito was too relax or focally stuck in his own plan of world domination that his failed to notice this, plus that his back was facing the other way. Suddenly, a very cold breeze leaks into the room.
Raito shivered and cursed as he spotted the window that was slightly. Mentally annoyed, Raito decided to end his course and deep dive into water- swimming towards the pool's edge.
Outside thunder flashed violently with the wind ……the electricity blasted a few sound of electrical sparks,
A hand grasped the handle bar of the ladder, leading out of the pool. As his thrust his head upwards to suck in more air- Raito blinked. Where's that sound coming from?
Note that; Electricity travels extremely fast (186,000 miles per second). -If you travelled that fast, you could travel around the world eight times, in the time it takes to turn on a light!-
Raito did a dramatic head turn and gasped- as he saw half of the pool was glowing, sparkles of lightning dances on the water's surface and they moved at such speed that, before Raito could escape- Pain shoot up his tights and he collapsed back into the pool with an echoing, slow motion-splash, yelling his heart out.
From a distinct one can see, stood a security camera which saw the entire thing from the shocked face of Yagami Raito as he fell backwards with his back ached upward in instinct. A few seconds later, his hand gave a last twitch before letting go of its grasp.
The storms outside silenced, as the pool's surface relieved to normal.
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Raito panicked as he felt every hair on him rise as an electric current flowed through him. His face tickled with horror as he looked down at his hands. His skin pulsate every other second, becoming see-through and the bones were visible. His flesh tingled and his brain rummaged.
Light felt the memories come alive in his mind and then he sensed that they were being snatched and erased from him –as like they were targeted by the electric sparks. Suddenly he remembered reading and learning about the death note. He saw pages flashing inside his head as though he was reading them but then the memory disappeared. It was as if it was being vacuumed out of his mind. Then he remembered his early experiences of using the death note. The memories were stark and vivid. But as swiftly as he recalled the moment, the memory was snatched from him. Suddenly Raito couldn't think how criminal could die from supernatural heart attack or for that to happen.
Raito felt dazed. He saw blob of blue bubbles around the water before darkness took him in.
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"Hmm..."
The honey-haired popular woke up to a headache of all headaches and a feel of his lung compared to a squeezed sponge. His breath was difficult and painful- deep and shallow.
'W-What H-Happened?'
Later Light noticed the air was stale and crisp, with the scent of illness and medication hanging in it. When he opened his eyes, the room was unbearably white, like his bed sheets…like the clothing they had on him. He heard quiet murmuring, indecipherable at first, but clearing up shortly after.
"His body went into a mild form of shock. We don't know if he went into a coma or not. However, when he does wake up … please allow him to rest properly. He is much too young to be putting his body under such stress. We can't be sure for the other either…" a female voice said pleadingly, slightly shaken. Raito tried to open his eyes, but found his vision blurry and headache inducing.
"I understand. Will you leave us alone for a few moments please? Maybe you should inform the others that all is alright," what he recognized as L's soothing tenor said smoothly back.
Raito jerked into a sitting position so quickly the world spun. He clutched his head in pain.
He didn't realize how his eyes looked or how his breathing had gotten to the pace of panic attack in seconds. The nurse had just left, and L was, at the moment looked as he was not sure of what to do.
The rapidly breathing caused Raito's lung to burn and he coughed painfully.
"Yagami-kun…please calm down. You're going to hurt yourself worse," he said in a soothing tone.
L, noticing Raito's heart rate slowing down-just a teeny bit, leaned forward. The brunet backed away slightly when he saw just how big L eyes were. L tilted his head to the side and grinned at Raito –and continued to staaaaare.
For a long time before the younger man had woken up, L had only just watched the younger man sleep. Strands of auburn hair fell into closed eyes. Delicate looking lashes caressed smooth cheeks. How could a mass murderer manage to look so innocent and sleep like a log?
"Is something a matter, L?"
"Yes, so it seems you got a quite unexpected shock at the pool –from what we can conclude, a construction error. You were rescued immediately after we saw the footage on the camera and placed into this confinement for 4 days straight. We even had to hire some top-secret government staff to come here and check on you."
Thankfully, the younger man seemed to calm at the sound of his voice, his breathing returning to normal. Those big, amber-brown eyes turned up to him with confusion lacking their usually serious, calculating gaze. L wasn't sure of what to make of the look. Those eyes….they were different than they had been just the night before. Just before the boy had passed out, he'd been glaring at the wall, seemingly contemplating his next move in that brilliant head of his. However, now…those big brown eyes looked so innocently confused, he wasn't so sure anymore. No, he was still sure that Yagami Raito was Kira, but was merely confused by the good act the boy was putting on. 'But why does it seem so sincere?' L thought.
"I was sure I drowned in there…"
Ahh…
"You did but your father then performed mouth to mouth resuscitation on you, just in time to save you."
L observed as Raito's eyes gave a surprised twitch,
That was unexpected.
"Other than that, we also encounter another problem..."
Raito could only blink in surprise- puzzled. He had only got back from la la land from being shocked down at the water, so he let out his most intelligent response yet, "Huh...?"
L blinked at the uncharacteristic reaction, 'I guess the incident at the pool must have temporally short-circuited his brain somehow.'
Suddenly there was a click as the door opened, followed by another footsteps coming in. "Ryuzaki, the patient is finally awake? I brought the meal and the cake you asked for."
"Thanks Watari, just put it on the side table please. That would be all." L spoke, no stirring from his position beside Raito bed.
The tray was set down and the old butler left to fill in on other chores.
They were silent for a little while as L went to slide himself a piece of the delicious-looking cake. Discarding the ribbon from box and putting out his knife. "Want some cake, Raito? You haven't eaten anything since you fainted."
"No, thank you, L. I'm fine." Truth be told, he don't feel like eating anything.
L did not understand. But he wanted to, oh, he wanted to. This man was a challenge, a puzzle he couldn't solve without all of the pieces. He had no explanation, and nothing about him revealed anything that gave a satisfactory explanation...including very solid proof that he's Kira and was using the notebook to kill criminals when their backs were turned.
"About the other problem, it's resting over there..."
Staying unusually silent, L redirects Raito to face the left side of his bed.
As Raito followed L lead, his heart almost skipped a beat as he come face to face with a copy of himself, at the bed right beside him.
The hospitalized teen just stared blankly, honestly shocked. Just for a moment though, he might have been hallucinating. The digital clock on the nightstand proudly proclaimed that it was past one in the morning, God…no wonder-It was near two in the morning!
Yagami Raito knew he must be crazy; there was no possible way in hell this was really happening. Maybe he was sleeping? No, it felt like he was awake. It felt very much like he was awake, but he was staring at a mirror image of himself… he had to be completely fucking insane.
A perfect copy of him from head to toe, expect that-
The hair was darker shade of red…
He leaned in to get a better look – true enough, it wasn't the same shade of brown. Raito's hair was originally a vibrant caramel colour –the other's hair looked like mahogany red. Well, it's not too red. There was still brown in there, but… Since he owned the hair, he obviously noticed the changes, no matter how subtle or… extreme.
Speaking of extreme, what was he going to do about the double clone…in a coma?
…he looked… different.
Well, his facial features were still flawless, but the… the… face – the shape was harder--colder then his own. What should he call him? – gave him a whole new look. The way the hair just swayed, the way they just floated behind him…
Was it wrong to be awed by all this?
No. No. No. Yagami Raito shouldn't even consider the possibility of growing a clone or a mutated-twin! It was too spontaneous! Too… well, silly? They weren't split– he was obviously dreaming. Yes, that's it – dreaming. This is all a figment of his imagination, a scripted play in his mental process! This wasn't real. This wasn't… real.
…was it?
"Impossible…" He clutched his sides as he convulsed. "This can't be… real…"
Unknowingly, the other was awake five minutes before he open his eyes.
L was sure of it; this Raito had the eyes that made L positive that he was Kira.
Tick tack, tick tack...
Back to the main room,
They sat across from each other…. (More Staring XD~)
"So…the chance of me being duplicated after a shock with a bath resulted in this. How could this happen anyway, L?""
"To speak of logically, it seems quite impossible. But after finding out that reapers and notebook that kills anyone who write a name on it -existed. Even I don't know what to think anymore…" replied the crouched figure, stacking his tower of sugar cubes.
Both brown-heads wears an expression like this -_- (calm) or D: (In 100% shocked)
Then the game began,
"Alright, if someone managed to irate you, what would you do?" L said, not bothering to be polite.
"I would simply ignore him."
"That depend if he's even worthy of my attention."
"Next. Given that if you have gotten the death note in your hands...what would you do?"
"...kill people, like you and start taking over the world."
"..." L raised his eyebrow, shoving his fork into the cake. "This is getting us nowhere, seeing both of your answer are set to be slightly same but yet in a different phrase; next I will have you both try a quiz instead."
He cruised across the floor on the roller chair and pressed a button on the keypad. The giant screen on the monitor flashed on, showing: How Evil Are You? Just how wicked are your wicked ways? Put your plans to destroy the world on hold for a moment, and this evil quiz will evaluate your evilness.
One of the Raito suddenly growled, he was beginning to look quite upset… and angry. "Are you telling me that you were testing me again?"
"I promise you Light, that I wasn't testing you," L replied quickly, "This was to find out if you and …the other you have any different form one another."
L sighed slightly as he saw the slightly hurt expression on Light's face faded away before he turned back to his computer screen, he probably should have told Light that he did have a contingency plan of some sort left …but what the heck, this is far too amusing for the detective to pass up.
Later, the Result--
Answer, you're barely evil at all!
You? Evil? Ha. Nobody's perfect, but you're one of the least evil people who've ever taken this quiz. If you're feeling guilty about something, it's probably only because you momentarily stopped petting a kitten to answer those questions. You would never be intentionally cruel to an animal, a friend, or even a stranger. Reading this quiz is probably the closest you've come to having an evil thought. We don't want you focused on evilness any longer than necessary, so please go back to what you do best.
Raito let out a relief sigh, but all relaxation went to hell when his head turned to the monitor that was just suited a short distance from him.
However, for the other Raito…
The test taken shows this result;
-You are an evil genius! -Nobody suspect just how evil you are. ;}
Reply by the web=.Whenever you're around, the sun goes behind a cloud. It's like there's an evil essence in the air, but nobody ever seems to realize you're the cause. You're menacing and manipulative, but you play innocent so well that you always get away with things. Even if people notice the evil glint in your eye, they tend to mistake it for a friendly sparkle. Now that we know the truth about you, we're going to back away without looking directly at you. Please don't hurt us.
Kira smirked, clicking the save result button.
'Please everyone; you can call me …Kira.'
Humour Corner!
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KNOW YOUR CHARACTER:-
We saw the one for Light but what is different for Kira?
His Darker side, a.k.a KIRA was childish as hell, downright devil, crazy- addicted to murder. Love to laugh manically.
Worthy title; Demon of seduction-
Serious about-world domination (with him as god)
(Disorder)Thoughts-paranoid, obsessive, or hysterical.
However, when in the right mood, he is able to think rationally and passionately.
Dangerous when angered- (totally a force not to be beckoned with)
World Records: Most Number of humans killed by his hands, The World Most Insane Laughter (enough to break glass AND your eardrums)
Like's to Mood swings, confuse people and pranks, and do stuffs his good side will never do (and frame others in addition).
Beware: He's vain, arrogant, and very difficult to deal with. Sometime self-centered and lack of empathy also can be comparing to serial killers and homicidal maniacs.
Type of Evilness: Megalomaniacal
The narcissist is at one end of the extreme; seem to have no conscience at all. The actions of such a person are often unpredictable. When that sort of person gains power in government, disaster occurs. Fortunately, those people who lack conscience normally also lack an ability to organize and plan, skills needed to come into positions of leadership over people…that is, expect Yagami Raito here.
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