AAAAHH I actually wrote Death Note again :O For the first time in like... forever?
This is for a contest on themusebunny (yes, again).
And L just seemed to be the perfect candidate for it :D
The contest was to write the dying thoughts of a character - original or from a fandom - and I chose L. It had to start with "Hello, Death." and had to show regrets and last wishes of the character in question, and could be only between 500 and 1,000 words. This came out to a little over 600.
Oh, and the ending probably will probably make you -facepalm-. Just... be forewarned.
Hello, Death.
I assume that you planned it all this way? It was always in the back of my mind that an investigation might kill me, and always in the front that it would probably be this one. My regrets are very few. My age is merely a number – whether young or old, if it is my time, then I will go willingly. My purpose will be taken over by another, and I do worry whether they will follow well in my footsteps, but I suppose there isn't much I can do about it now.
The circumstances are grim. Yagami Light is Kira; I know that now, but no one else does. How many more false allies might he kill before justice is served? That is to say, if it is served. I have yet to choose my successor, and with Watari also fallen at Kira's hand, the decision will be placed with Roger, who understands children as well as a four year old might understand Quantum Physics. Mello and Near are too young as they are now to face a foe as powerful as Kira, but there is no other choice. They have been left with something of a clue. In England, at the orphanage, it will be known that I am dead. Yagami Light will undoubtedly go on to act as L himself, as I have suggested for him to. His lie will be recognized, and while it isn't indisputable evidence against him, it is a clue that will lead Mello or Near in the right direction.
At the least, dying should bring me peace. Of course, I can't know what lies beyond the realm of the living. I will find out soon enough, taking the biggest regret I could ever have – leaving Kira here to continue his wrath – with me.
I can't say whether or not justice will ever be served. Perhaps Yagami Light will continue his reign of terror until his own death, pass on his Death Note to whomever he trusts so Kira will be an immortal entity, like any true God would indeed be. But then, Light seems the type to believe that only he would be able to handle such a task as that. With his overinflated ego, it is quite hard to say what he might do in the situation of death. Perhaps he would panic. Perhaps he would be disbelieving of it until its cold hands were upon him.
He has used you, Death, as his own tool. For a mere human to be able to bend such a powerful entity to his own will, even with the use of a Death Note, seems unfathomable. If the law of karma exists, then Kira will one day be brought to his knees, having taken both his powers and the powers of those at a higher level than him for granted. Unless Light truly was chosen by some unseen deity to purge the world of evildoers – which I highly doubt – he will see justice served.
Today, however, is not his day – it's mine. Now is not the time to feel regret, as I will never be able to right any mistakes I might have made up to this point. If it was possible, I wish I could take Kira down with me. I, however, no longer have the strength to come up with a remotely feasible way of doing such a thing. Today will mark, for only a select few people, the death of justice. Now is my time. I can't linger for any longer. So, Death, lead my way to the other side.
Of course, if there's no cake there, I have every intention of coming back. Just keep that in mind.
And that's that.