Well, this took a while, what with a massive rearranging the plot and then getting banned from the computer for a week (I would like to strangle my mom now...), but it came out great in the end. I think this is the first fanfic I've actually put some serious thought into. So much so that I drew up a plot map...
Anyway, I might want to rewrite the summary for this. I decided to use the Wammy orphans because it seemed brilliant, and there were a certain pair of minor characters who really looked like they'd be fun to use! Bottom line, read it, review, it's good!
WARNING: Fanservice scene. That is all.
L watched Watari through the computer screen, as he struggled to hit the delete button in the other room. No, it wasn't happening, after he had come so close...
"Everyone, where is the shinigami?" he said, quickly turning his attention elsewhere. Light secretly felt like laughing then and there, knowing that his plan had worked. Just as he'd planned, Rem was going to kill Watari, and then L, in order to save Misa Amane's life. This was going perfectly...
"Where is the shiniga-" L cut off, suddenly feeling his heart skip. He fell out of his chair, as Light quickly dove after him, and caught him.
"Ryuzaki! Hey, Ryuzaki are you alright?" Light asked. The two of them looked at each other, L staring terrified into Light Yagami's eyes...or shocked, or maybe both. Light kept pleading with him desperately, trying to get him to hang on. They both knew it was no use.
"L! L please! Don't die on me!"
He slowly closed his eyes. The last thing he caught a glimpse of was Light's face, twisted into a wicked smirk - no, it wasn't Light. It was, L had no doubt now, Kira.
"Ryuzaki!" Light cried. He checked for a pulse, but he found none. "No! L! Hey, c'mon L! Don't die here! You can't die on me! We have to catch Kira, remember?"
L and Watari were taken away by the coroner, and Light had a silent victory. He had finally overcome the major obstacle in his way of the new world...he had actually killed L.
I've won, he thought, as the ambulance drove out of sight. Now L was out of the picture, dead, gone, and no longer able to stand in the way of Kira. Now I can become the god of the new world, now that I've finally got you out of the way...
"Ryuzaki? Hey, Ryuzaki, are you awake yet?"
L blinked a few times, squinting in the light. "So, did the plan work, Minori?"
"Yes, the whole thing worked out like you planned it. The Task Force and Light Yagami think that you and Watari are both dead,"
He smiled. I always knew those drugs that slowed human heart rate would come in handy some day...
"Don't mention it," she answered back. "We're here to catch Kira, right? I mean, whatever it takes,"
From here, the plan was to head back home and wait. L hated waiting. Waiting meant more murders, more opportunity for Kira to plan ahead...only he wouldn't plan on L being alive. He would, however, eventually come to learn about L's successors, and he was sure that the two of them would coincide to bring Kira to justice. That is, if the two of them worked together. That was the only downside though; Mello and Near were both stubborn, and while Near probably wouldn't mind working with Mello if it meant winning, Mello would definitely take some convincing. Then there was Rem, who, if she suspected Misa's life was in jeopardy, would kill all of them without hesitation. On the whole, L was taking a risk here...
But then, L had been taking risks from day one.
Watari looked over at L. "So what are you planning next?"
"Well," he replied, "my next move would be to allow my successors to step into this case, so I won't be resetting my deadman's switch,"
...meanwhile, at Wammy's House...
Red. That was the first thing Matt saw when he looked into the full-length mirror. Dripping, in a towel, fresh out of the shower, all Matt could look at was his hair, now a deep shade of cherry red. How it happened, he wasn't sure, but it could've been that someone had slipped dye in the shampoo, as a prank.
Meh, who cares? It's not like I get out that much anyway. Well, maybe it doesn't look so bad...
He finally made up his mind that it was better to just brush it off, dry off, get dressed, and get a few minutes of Halo to himself.
Now who the hell would pull something like this? Matt mused as he walked down the hall. He figured that pranks like this occurred now and then at Wammy's, since after all, they were kids. They were mostly harmless things, like the time Linda got locked in the closet - they forgot she was in there for a while - or the gummy bear incident with Mello. That's when Matt caught sight of the skinny blond kid who, upon seeing his friend's new look, stopped dead in his tracks, the chocolate bar half in his mouth.
"So...like the new look?" said Matt.
"Uh...oh god, Matt, I'm so sorry,"
"Wha- that was you? What, you thought I needed a makeover or something?"
"No," Mello sighed, facepalming. "It was supposed to be for Near...the little bastard must've guessed what was happening and swapped out the shampoo,"
Matt shrugged. "Nah, I just ran out. I had to borrow his because I didn't want my hair smelling like Herbal Essence...and it's not like I could ask Linda..."
"Dude, seriously, I'm really -"
"It's cool. I don't care," he said.
"Are...are you sure?" he looked at Matt sideways. "I-I mean, that stuff won't wash out for weeks..."
"That's okay. Besides, I kind of like it," he continued on, moving along past his friend, who still at the moment was not completely sure what just happened. "Bye,"
"My God, what have I done?"
Matt headed over to his room, getting a few double-takes from the other orphans along the way. One girl with her hair up in pigtails appeared to be first shocked, then excited over the new look. "Matt..." she said, not really sure what to make of him.
"Hey Linda," he said.
"So uh...what happened?"
"It's a long story..."
"Well...if it's okay with you, I just got this new set of pens and I want so badly to draw you with your hair like that right now...it just..."
"Sure, go crazy,"
She ran off to get her sketch book, her pens, and feverishly got to work on the sketch. She only needed a few seconds to get an image in her mind - "eidetic memory", she called it - and she could draw an almost perfect copy of it. Within five minutes, she stepped into Matt's room to show him.
"Matt, I'm finished drawing it, you've really gotta see it!"
He smiled, but didn't take his eyes off the video game. "Nice,"
"Look at it," she said, a little annoyed now. He set the game on pause and looked over at the sketch Linda drew of him. It was a three-quarter view, and the detail she put into it was impressive. She had gone with a black-and-white scale on everything but the hair, which she'd even managed to render as still a bit damp, in striking shades of crimson, scarlet, and auburn.
"Wow, it...really came out great. You did a great job with it Linda,"
"Heh, you mean it? Thanks Matt," she said.
"Oh hey, by the way, you have any idea where Mello is?"
"Hm? Oh, yeah, Roger wanted to talk to him about something. He wanted to bring Near in too,"
"Really? What about?"
"I'm not sure," she said. Matt was about to get back to his game again, when there was the sudden sound of a door slamming.
It didn't take long for Mello to come storming past Matt's room, at which point he went after him to see what was going on. Linda stayed back, but still looked over at the door.
"What? What do you mean, L's dead?" she heard someone say. Linda charged out the door.
"What? Did you say L's dead? He-he can't be dead..."
"Yes, he is. I just heard it from Roger, that Kira somehow managed to kill L," Mello said, his voice shaking a little.
"So, who did L choose as a replacement?" Matt asked him.
"He didn't decide," Mello replied, "but I can't work with Near, it just won't work. And besides, Near doesn't get emotional like me,"
Linda and Matt just stared at him, still trying to grasp the words "L's dead". Mello began to walk away, but Matt finally managed to get out the words "And...and what about you?..."
"I'm leaving this place," he said. "I've had enough of this orphanage and it's time I made my own decisions. I'll be joining the mafia,"
Mello headed off, leaving the other two behind and dazed. He almost missed Matt calling back to him "Well, good luck with that!"
L stared out the airplane window, considering his plan and how he intended to make his next move. I've set everything in motion, and now that everyone believes me to be dead, the real question is, can I trust my two successors to work together to catch Kira?
And, there it is for ya. I had to make the filler part entertaining somehow, so...Matt, in a towel, with red hair. :D
I never even knew about Linda until recently, and when I found out she was a great artist, for whatever reason, I came up with "photographic (eidetic) memory" and then found out that it wasn't canon. But I think she'd be fun to have in the story. XD
As for Matt, I read that his hair is technically supposed to be brown, but the fanart gives him red hair, so I thought of the hair dye prank as a way to get both.
Minori, by the way, is an original character. For those of you who don't like OC's, 1) she doesn't play a major role in the plot, 2) I had to use her, because I ran out of canon characters to fill the role, and 3) she probably won't last very long anyway. Not to spoil anything though...
Please review!