Rejuvenation

Summary: Body shaking, heavy breathing. As he stared into his parents' dead eyes, Sayu broke the silence. "Aaaah!!" He'd kill the murderer. But will he find out his name and face before he comes for Sayu and Raito? For once, Kira was helpless.

Genre: Romance/Drama/Hurt/Comfort

Pairing: L X LIGHT !

Notes: In this story, the original story goes up to the handcuffed part and L doesn't die! The investigation team arrests Mikami and L declares the case solved…until this happens. I know it sounds stupid but for the sake of this story, this takes place right after Mikami was arrested, but the month is December, a few days before Christmas.

A/N: Aiee! I can't believe how many reviews I got for one chapter…like, 9! In a day! This is the best I've even done, haha… a bit pathetic. Thanks, and here's the new chapter. Thanks to my reviewers, and everyone who already faved them or/and alerted!

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Rejuvenation - Chapter 2: Calm before the Storm

"Raito…a shinigami's eyes…if you possessed them," Ryuk started, floated behind Raito.

"Don't. I told you, I will never make that trade. I will find that man without dealing half my life to you!" Raito whispered angrily. I may not know now, but I will. He slipped the small piece of paper into his watch and shut it tightly, then walked out the door to see Sayu and L talking out in the living room where L was working.

"--all the children…" Sayu mumbled.

"Yes, I'm sorry Yagami-chan. But you will be under the safe guard of our workers, don't worry. Amane-chan will also be there to help care for you. Myself, your brother and the rest of the investigation team are working on this case." L replied, getting up to place his cake dish in the sink.

"Thank you, Ryuuzaki-san." Sayu nodded towards him, then walked up to her and Misa's room silently, slipped clad feet stepping one by one solemnly.

Raito walked into the living room to make his self seen. "You told Sayu?" he asked quietly.

L nodded. "She has the right to know, Raito-kun."

Raito looked down and nodded. I will not let my emotions get the better of me, he repeated in his mind over and over. "So, it's about time you told me all about this case."

L looked over at Raito. "Perhaps you're right, but I told you yesterday."

"That wasn't all of it," Raito said. "…there has to be more." L nodded towards Raito, his lips upturned in a slight smile. "Aside from what I told you yesterday, we have no suspects what so ever. He or She leaves no trail behind."

Raito sat down in a chair next to L and his laptop, and went into his 'think-mode' which meant don't disturb him until he was done -- he wouldn't answer anyhow.

"Umm, Raito-kun…?" Ryuuzaki started, but Raito turned to face L.

"How are they ripping apart their bodies? What is the weapon?" Raito asked him, fully determined to figure out who had killed his parents -- who he was going to kill.

L swiveled in his chair to face Raito fully, and took a breath. "Raito, it's too soon for you to be working. I think that we should perhaps go out today and forget about this for the time being."

"GO OUT? NO. My parents have just been murdered, and I'm going to find out who did it!"

"No, I've seen this happen before," L said. "Like Naomi Misora, we haven't found her body or anything, and she was so focused on revenge that she didn't take a breath to analyze things thoroughly."

A stab or guilt hit Raito hard, but he ignored it and did not let it show. "I don't care about Naomi Misora. I care about how my little Sister is at risk of dying. I WONT LET THAT HAPPEN!" he yelled, scaring L only slightly.

L calmly breathed in and raised his hands in reason. "It's a week until Christmas, how about you, Sayu, and I go Christmas shopping while the team puts up a nice big Christmas tree in the NPA headquarters and here; there is going to be an NPA Christmas Ball, and we all are to go."

Raito blew his bangs out of his face and glared at L. "Fine. Fine." he agreed hesitantly, then got up to get his jacket on.

"Yagami-chan," L said as Sayu came into the kitchen. "Would you care to come Christmas Shopping with Misa, your brother and I?"

Sayu nodded and got her scarf, jacket and mittens on. She wandered over to the door where Raito was adjusting his scarf on, Misa was slipping on her high boots, and L's eyebrows furrowed as he put on some white socks.

"Err… Ryuuzaki, socks?" Misa questioned with amusement.

L glared. "Socks make my reasoning go down, but freezing them will just make me plain stupid."

Sayu laughed softly, surprising both L and Raito, since it had just been a day since the incident. Noticing their odd looks, she stopped laughing and slipped on her boots, and zipped them up. "Are we walking?" she asked, turning back just as she was about to exit the door. "Well, yes," L said, putting on some sneakers reluctantly. "None of us can drive, or have a car, do we?"

Raito opened to door and allowed Sayu and L to walk out before him. "I can drive, I just have no car."

"Well, the shopping district is only a few minutes walk from here, we'll be fine." Misa said, then the four trudged down the snowy sidewalk together, watching all the joyful people with their parents or significant others shopping together, happy that it was Christmas.

A girl wearing a pink jacket, sitting on the sidewalk, who had obviously fallen in front of the four, got up quickly before Raito, L, and Sayu stepped on her. "Nii-chan!" she called, running to a boy, about the age of 14. "Are you okay, Sakura?" he asked her.

"I'm okay! Hayate Nii-san, you're the greatest!" the girl named Sakura exclaimed. "Will Hayate Nii-san buy me some ice cream?!"

Hayate nodded with a smile, then took the girl by her hand down the street.

Raito examined the situation with his heart beating…where had he seen this before?

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The four walked in step once again. They walked down the snowy streets, when Raito noticed the same, blue and white stand, offering to sell ice cream, even in the cold winter. Raito stopped the two walking next to him, and turned to the cold salesman, his cheeks red from the temperature.

"Good morning," Raito said, pulling out some money. "One strawberry cone, one chocolate cone, one vanilla cone with strawberries on top."

L, Sayu and Misa eyed him curiously from behind as he passed the money to the salesperson and received the ice cream, looking more delicious than ever. He turned to face Sayu and L, and handed them each a cone.

"Thank you, Onii-chan." Sayu said, smiling slightly. Misa nodded. "Arigato Raito-kun!"

"Are you sure, Raito-kun? What about you?" L asked him, taking a lick of his ice cream. "No, don't worry about it." Raito replied, then continued to walk towards the mall.

The ice cream had chilled their bodies, as they eagerly stepped into the heated mall. It was about mid afternoon and people were doing their last minute Christmas Shopping. Brightly painted signs decorated the windows proclaiming that everything had a large amount of percentage off.

Raito exhaled. "What do you want for Christmas, Sayu?"

"I don't know," Sayu admitted. "Anything is fine from you, Onii-chan."

Yeah, that makes it easier. Raito thought.

"Misa-Misa has an idea! Why don't Misa and Sayu-chan go and look for the NPA Ball dresses while you two go look for presents?" Misa suggested, locking arms with Sayu. "I'll take perfect care of Sayu-chan!"

L nodded. "That will be okay. Meet us at the fountain in an hour, alright?"

"Yep! See ya!" Misa exclaimed, running off, dragging Sayu with her.

Raito's brow furrowed as he twitched uncomfortably. "Is that really safe?!" he asked.

"It sure is. I've told Misa-san what is going on, she agreed to take care of Sayu. I believe Misa is very reliable."

"Misa." Raito stated. "Misa Amane? RELIABLE?"

L smiled. "Yes, Raito-kun. Misa Amane-san, she's reliable." Raito rolled his eyes and his walk hastened. "What do you think Sayu and Misa would like?"

"I wouldn't know, Raito-kun. I've never really bought anyone--Raito-kun are you listening?"

Raito's heart stopped as he watched his sister and Misa wander off a few yards away from them, a black coated man seemingly tailing behind them. He didn't get a good feeling. For some reason, he had a feeling that the man wasn't a persistent salesperson.

"Ryuuzaki, who is that?" he whispered softly.

L looked at them, then at the man behind them. "42 percent chance that he is a stranger. 58 percent that it's someone we don't want it to be," he said under his breath. "Don't worry, Raito-kun. He wouldn't do anything, not in public."

But Raito wasn't listening as he followed the man quickly. What the fuck's your name, you bastard?

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"Oto-san, Oto-san, Oto-san!" a young, 7 year old girl with short black hair cried, sitting on the ground wincing in pain.

"Sayu-chan, daijobu desu ka?" Soichiro asked his daughter, leaning down to see his daughter's scraped knee.

"D-Daijobu," Sayu replied, sitting up. Raito walked towards his little sister, offering his ten year old hand to Sayu.

Sayu got up with the help of Raito and hugged her brother. "I love you Onii-chan! What do you want for Christmas?!"

Raito laughed. "Nothing, Sayu-chan! What do YOU want for Christmas?" he asked her. Sayu took his hand and dragged him down to an ice cream stand, Its blue and white lights glittering the words 'ice cream' . "Nothing more than some strawberry ice cream!" she giggled.

Laughter.

It seemed so foreign, now.

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Aiee. I'm sorry if this chapter wasn't as good as the last chapter, I couldn't really think for this one. I hope you enjoyed it though, please review, it makes me update faster… and remember, please tell me any ways I could improve. ) Don't worry, the story will pick up. R&R EVERYONE!