A/N – August 9, 2007: Well, I'm back with a revamp. I just watched about 19 episodes of Death Note today and yesterday since there were no classes and our Long Tests were postponed and I just got hit by a new idea. I wanted something more…substantial than Light and L getting stuck in a house together and came up with this. I've been really annoyed with the fact that I'm not writing to the best of my abilities and wanted to write something that was not so centered on romance. I've got to admit, there is romance in this but still, a plot exists. Hey, I'm just your normal Yaoi-loving fourteen-year-old. I don't expect much.

A/N – August 12, 2007: Yatta! I've actually watched every single freakin' episode of Death Note! Ending…so…cool!!! I kept on bawling like a baby during Episode 25! I love the Yaoi-ness between L and Light! Especially when L was massaging Light's feet then suddenly Light leaned forward and wiped L's hair!!! So kawaii!!! And it was so sad when L said, "I'm sad" then Light asked, "Why?". L reply made me cry even harder! He replied, "You'll understand soon" and then later he DIED!!! Waaaah! Oh well. At least Near won. Mello died though. Near is exactly like L minus the sugar-addicted part. Go Near! I forgot to mention, since I've finished the whole series, Near and Mello will be in this story. Probably in a Shounen-ai pair, hehe. BTW, since Mello didn't kidnap Sayu, she still has her sanity here.

Summary: When the Shinigami King interferes, Light is left with nothing but his memories. L fails to prosecute him due to lack of evidence but he still has his life. That's something to be grateful for. Three years later, something starts to mess with the not-so-peaceful world of our two tensais. As L and Light battle it out with the new Kira, hidden feelings arise. And with the new Kira always being a step ahead of them, things can get a little messy.

Warnings: Yaoi, Character death and in depth meaning of insignificant details.

Death Note

Yagami Household

"Raito! Breakfast!"

Yagami Light opened his eyes and blinked as they adjusted to the harsh lighting of the room. He yawned and looked at the alarm clock on his bed. It was supposed to wake him up at 7 Am.

8: 03 Am.

"Mom must've turned my alarm off again."

Light stood up and stretched. He put on a white shirt and black slacks and headed downstairs. Sayu was crouched in front of the television, watching reruns of Ryuuga Hideki's new soap opera.

"Reruns so early in the morning, Sayu?"

Sayu grinned, "I wasn't able to watch last night so I woke up really early today! Studying for my college entrance test sure is a bother…"

Light snorted and commented, "You haven't changed at all."

Sachiko smiled at her children and ushered Light to eat his food, "Hurry up and eat your breakfast, Raito. It's getting cold."

Light bit into a piece of toast and asked, "Where's father?"

Sachiko smiled sadly, "He went to work early again. He's very busy these days."

Light frowned then quickly plastered a smile on his face, "He is, isn't he?"

Sachiko nodded and went back to washing the dishes.

"He still hasn't forgiven me for being Kira…that's to be expected. I killed hundreds if not millions of people… If only that stupid Shinigami didn't interfere"

During their capture of Higuchi, the King of Shinigamis appeared right after Light touched the Death Note and regained his memories. All of Light's plans went down the drain.

The Shinigami King descended from the ceiling, with Ryuk following after.

"It all ends here, human. Your lust for power has corrupted you. Kira has completely taken over, you are not Yagami Raito anymore."

Light looked up at the Shinigami, "I have no idea what you are talking about. I'm not Kira. L himself has deducted that."

The Shinigami stared at him, "I will take the both Death Notes back to the Shinigami realm. No human shall ever see these Death Notes again, at least not any time soon. Ryuk and Rem will be punished for their crimes."

"Take them away?" Light thought, "He can't…"

Light's eyes widened and he shouted, "You can't take the Death Notes away! Kira has been using them for the good of the world! Evil will reign again if you take them away!"

Souichiro's mouth dropped open.

"Raito…? What are you saying?"

Light turned to his father, madness dancing in his eyes, "I'm right, father! You know I am! Kira has been doing nothing but good! He cares for this world! He's saving us all!"

L handcuffed one of Light's hands to his own and stated, "It seems that I was right, Yagami-san. Kira is your son."

Souichiro turned to the detective resignedly, "And the probability is…?"

"100 percent"

The Shinigami now held both Death Notes in his hands. He started for the ceiling with Ryuk and Rem in tow.

"What the hell do you think you're doing???" Light shouted, "Come back! You can't--"

"You're reign of evil has ended, Yagami Raito. Goodbye."

"STOP!"

Light turned to L, "Ryuuzaki, you can't possible believe--"

L frowned, "I'm disappointed, Raito-kun."

Souichiro turned to his son and said, "Yagami Raito. You're under arrest."

Light was never proven to be guilty. Both Death Notes were gone and the courts refused to believe that they and the Shinigamis existed. It was all over. The movement that Kira started stopped and the crime rates went up again. It's like nothing had ever happened, like all of Light's efforts had been for naught.

"Onii-san?"

Light bit into his toast again.

"What is it, Sayu?"

"You're staring off into space again. You've been doing that often."

"Really? I haven't noticed. Maybe it's just the stress from school. My teachers are so demanding."

Sayu pouted, "I know how you feel, Onii-san! All my teachers are slave drivers!"

Light smiled sadly.

"If only things had gone differently…if only."

Death Note

Lawliet Estate, England

L moved his pointed finger across the mouse pad on his laptop. Crime scene pictures of the case he just solved were being dragged into the Recycle bin, to be deleted forever.

"There are no interesting cases to work on anymore. Not after the Kira case… This is all so boring."

Two sugar cubes drop into a cup of tea.

"Yagami Raito-kun was never punished. But then again, the Shinigami was right. He was corrupted, a shadow of his former self. In the end, Kira and Raito-kun turned out to be completely different people"

Another sugar cubed dropped.

"But I could only be saying that because I considered Raito-kun as my friend. He would've killed me in the instance that he knew of my name…"

A sigh.

"Yes. The possibility of that happening was 88 percent. A terrible thing for a friend to think.. True, but terrible."

Two knocks.

"L-sama?"

L dropped another sugar cube into his tea and looked up.

"What is it, Watari?"

"Yagami Souichiro-san is on Line 2. He says its very urgent"

"Give me the phone"

Watari handed him the cordless extension.

"Yes, Yagami-san?"

A few moments of silence.

"Sou…Please send the data to my old e-mail account"

A series of beeps emitted from the laptop in front of L. Scans of Japanese newspapers loaded and zoomed on the screen. More beeps and the death certificates of the victims could be seen. L's eyes skimmed over all the files. 55 percent of the victims died of heart attacks. 25 percent were killed by the victims before they had a heart attack. 20 percent died of freak accidents. No other causes.

"Patterns…" L thought absently.

"I see" L said finally, "I will tell Watari to give you a call."

L handed the phone back to the butler.

"Pack your things, Watari. We're heading back to Japan"

Watari took the phone and asked, "What is it that seems to be of great importance, L-sama?"

"Kira has returned"

Death Note

"This is Sakura TV Evening Report. There have been new reports on the mass homicide in Kanagawa Prefecture. One of the detainees went mad and killed all the inmates he was sharing the cell with. He died of a heart attack shortly before the guards managed to open the bars of the cell. Our data shows that all the other inmates were serial killers who were scheduled to be executed two to three months from now.

Many have started speculating: Is this the work of a new Kira?"

Click.

A figure shrouded in the shadows smiled.

"Kira's back…The Second Reaping has come."

Death Note

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