A/n: Why am I posting another Sherlock crossover instead of updating Dreaming With a Broken Heart? I wish I knew. Anyway, I've been reading a lot of Death Note fanfics and I simply love them. I hope you enjoy this one! Many thanks to Rohan for brainstorming with me during the odd hours of the night and letting me bounce my ideas off him.
Here goes!
Disclaimer: Not mine. If it were, L wouldn't have died.
Listen to: How to Disappear Completely by Radiohead.
He watched, quiet and unseen, as the girl in front of him dug frantically at the ground beneath a tall oak tree. After months of assigning probabilities to Misa Amane and Light Yagami's likelihood of being Kira, it had finally shot up to 100%. Here was his proof of Misa's, and by extension Light's guilt. They were the first and second Kira like he had always believed but never been able to prove. Beside him, Aizawa was quiet, his hands gripping the small video camera hard, till his knuckles turned white.
Misa let out a jubilant yell as she delivered the Death Note from the freshly dug earth. Ryuk appeared almost immediately and she burst into giggles, continuing with her jargon about how she and Light were finally free and how wonderful it was that Light had regained his memories of being Kira, completely oblivious to the warning looks Ryuk sent her way.
Well, it was a confession as good as any, and L decided to finally step out of the shadows. He had his proof after months of toiling. He felt a familiar grim satisfaction when the thrill of the chase came to an end.
Her extravagant reaction when he revealed his presence was almost comical. She was so different from Light, always so expressive in contrast to Light's guarded mask. She gasped and spluttered, her eyes unbelievably wide, like a deer caught in headlights. Her whole body trembled, shrinking slightly as she realised her folly.
"It's over, Misa-san." he remarked, prising the Death Note away from her pale hands and handing it to Aizawa, who shut his video camera with a snap.
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"You don't have enough proof to arrest Light" said Misa weakly. She made a pitiable figure, her makeup spoiled by her incessant crying.
"You're right, we don't. Light could easily brush your outburst away as one of your idiosyncrasies, but Misa-san, now we both know that Light-kun is undoubtedly Kira, it is unwise to keep up the pretense, at least with the Task Force. Your admission might not be enough to prosecute Light, but it is more than enough to have you executed immediately" he said in a monotone, not betraying his eagerness to wrap up the case.
"But Misa refuses to help! She would willingly die for Light if she has to!"
"Let me remind you Misa-san, that now that we know that he's guilty, we'll find a way to make him confess and execute him without a trial. Would you want that, Misa-san? Or would you rather co-operate with us, giving you both the chance to live? Choose quickly, Misa-san, and choose well. What is it going to be? Life or Death?"
He watched her conflicting expression as she debated with herself, and finally gave a resigned nod.
"Life."
"Good. Now listen to what you have to do."
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L stopped mid-sentence as soon as he saw Watari's signal of a master delete. This was the difficult part, he knew. The lights went off, casting everything into dubious shadows, illuminated only by the glaring white of the screen saying 'All data deletion' and the blazing red emergency lights. There was a pin drop silence, broken only by Matsuda's yell of "W-what's happening? Where's the Shinigami?!"
Everyone, noticing at once that Rem was gone, started looking at each other with confusion and panic in their eyes. Matsuda looked terrified and even Chief had lost his composure. Light looked just as haggard, running his hands through his hair.
L, taking a deep breath, said "I had instructed Watari to delete all the data if anything were to happen to him. It seems that the shinigami has turned against us. We need to act quickly if we are to avoid being killed as well,". It was time for the moment of truth.
"We need to find that thing before it does anything else!" Aizawa yelled and they all rushed to the door, determined to find the missing Shinigami.
"Light, stay here, I need you to help me to try rebooting the cameras."
"But, Ryuzaki, Shinigami can't be caught on camera!" Light said, shaking his head, "It's not going to help!"
The footsteps of the Task Force members disappeared and it was only the two of them, basked in the eerie red light. It was now or never.
"I know, but we don't have any-" Time.
That's when time stopped.
A/n: Bwahahaha. A cliffhanger!
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