Meetings in the moonlight
Light Yagami stood near the edge of a cliff. His gun was pointed at the hooded man at the edge. One shot and the fiend who called himself Kira would die. He would be treated as a hero, and better, would finally do something to change the world. But before any of that happened, he had one question for the murderer.
"Who are you?" Light asked Kira.
The hooded man began to laugh, a familiar laugh that slowly grew into a horrible, high cackle.
Light could feel sweat coming down his brow, "This isn't funny." He said, he tried to keep a calm, cool demeanor. "Just tell me who you are."
The man still laughed, Light didn't understand it. How insane was Kira, did he expect the gun against his head to have a flag with 'bang' written on it? Was he simply suicidal? Was his secrecy so important that he'd die to keep it? Light could feel his face grow hot and his facade of calm fall.
"TELL ME WHO YOU ARE KIRA?" Light shouted.
Kira stopped laughing and took off his hood.
Light stumbled backwards, "It can't be." He whispered. It like looking in a mirror, except while Light's hair had been cut short years ago, Kira's still had the windswept look he'd as a High Schooler, and Kira's eyes were bright red.
"I am Light Yagami, Kira, killer of L, and future god of the human race." The man said.
"No, you can't be," Light said, "I'm Light Yagami, a detective sent to kill Kira and a personal friend of L Lawlett's. I'd never… I couldn't…"
But he couldn't finish, he'd always thought his ideals and Kira's were too close to simply be coincidence. It all fit together, the missing memories, the tugging in his gut that something was wrong, the endless nightmares. It was all part of his plan to kill L, wait, but L was his friend, one of his few friends.
He understood Light like no one else did.
He was a threat to the new world.
Light struggled to think, too many thoughts, only half of which seemed to be his own yelling at him in his mind.
Kill Kira.
Kill L.
Save the world by saving lives.
Save the world by destroying lives.
L's friend.
L's enemy.
L's lover.
L's Killer.
Misa's friend who considers him more.
Misa's enemy who pretends to love her.
Gun.
Notebook.
Life
Death.
Light fell to his knees. It was too much all at once, who was he? Was he Kira, was he Light? Who did he love, who did he want to die? The world spun out of control.
Kira chuckled, "I know life seems confusing right now Light. It's not your fault, it's because we're not one anymore." He held out his hand and smiled charismatically, "you'll be okay, just grab my hand."
Light hesitated, his world may be crumbling, but he still knew not to trust Kira of all people.
Kira frowned, "you've gone too far Light." He said, "you've killed too many people to walk away from this."
Light flinched, he knew Kira was right. He had used the Death Note too many times to simply walk away from it, but perhaps if he told the authorities…
No, There's too many things that could go wrong. What he needed was a goal, a plan to work from, some clarity about life. And he knew, if he just grabbed Kira's hand he would get it.
As soon as he touched it he felt himself being pulled forward, and watched in horror as his body slowly disappeared, starting with his hand. He tried to scream, but no noise came out. He tried to run, but legs just disappeared, then his stomach and back and finally his head. The world around him became nothing but ash and rubble.
The now whole Kira/Light was laughing above it all.
