Warnings: SPOILERS for Death Note. Don't read if you haven't completed the series. Also, there is some subtle hints of shounen-ai (male and male relationships) if you squint.
Disclaimer: Death Note and its characters belong to Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.
Authoress' Note: I had written an afterthought for this fic to explain it a tiny bit but as I did not think this site would allow such, it can be seen at my DeviantArt account (which can be found on my profile).
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Choice
by Otaku-Sage-of-Llamas
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"Don't be tempted, Raito-kun," L warned.
"But I will give to you your deepest desires," the demon known as Kira said.
"A world free from criminals," it continued and kissed Raito's hand with blood stained lips, of blood that was not its own.
"Don't listen to this fool that spews lies about justice," the demon's words were without mercy.
"Look at what he did to you." Raito was reminded of the handcuff around his wrist. And he realized he wanted a taste of that forbidden fruit.
"Become one with me," the demon moaned.
However, the hand of L around his own prevented him from moving towards the demon.
"Please don't make the wrong choice…" Tears started to flee down L's normally stoic face.
Then the images of L and the demon disappeared to plunge Raito back into reality.
He was kneeling down on the floor and looking down, he saw the body of L in his arms with his eyes closed for the first time.
"What have I done?" Raito cried out. But now, he could not change what was already done. And he had fallen too far in his dance with the devil to obtain redemption.
Thus, Raito did not try to change his ways. Then on that fateful day, the demon known as Kira was struck off his pedestal by Near, L's true successor.
Raito, now free from the demon, fled from that warehouse trying to escape his own death.
But it was inevitable…and with the last of his energy, he fell onto the stairway as if someone plucked the wings of a bird.
Then as he turned around so that his head was not smothered by concrete, Raito saw the ghostly figure of L standing before him. And that ghost opened his mouth solemnly and said, "Are you satisfied, Kira?"
Struggling for composure and the ability to breathe, Raito responded, "I'm-" He started but words failed him as his body slumped down, taking one last pained breath of air.
And all the ghost of the detective could do but watch, soon joined by the presence of Raito's murderer.
"Hyuk. Hyuk. It has been said that the Death Note taints any human who touches it and uses it for their desires. And by far, Raito was the one that fallen the most over anyone else…"
"What will happen now?" the detective asked mechanically, already knowing the answer to his own question.
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The End
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