Redeemer
By; PhoenixJustice
Disclaimer: Death Note is owned by other people who aren't me. I only own this story and make no profit from this.
Warning: M for later sexual content, slash, etc
Feedback/Archive: Feedback is good. Ask me if you want to archive this fic, but I am very agreeable.
Pairing: future Light/L
Setting: After the end of Death Note, spoilers for the anime, including the deaths of L and Light.
Summary: Light has been given another chance at life, but it remains to see whether or not he will do anything with it. Continue being Kira or… Will redemption be found where he did not expect?
Part One- Redeemer
POV change
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Previously in Part One;
'Are you my redeemer?'
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Part Two- Second Chances?
He hadn't meant to blurt that out; of course, he hadn't been in control over his own actions since he had awoken to find himself not dead, not in Heaven nor in Hell, but not in the Void either. Instead he was alive; he could hear his heart racing and was back in L's hotel room, with L himself, L whom had been dead for over five years now.
L was looking at him with an indescribable emotion in his overshadowed eyes.
"Light-kun? What are you trying to say? I don't…understand you…"
Did he think it was some sort of Kira related plot? Or trying to cover up the fact that he was Kira by saying that he believed in L and his own brand of justice to help bring Kira down, that he was asking to be redeemed by him? That wasn't it! He hadn't meant to say that…but…Things were moving too fast and his head was hurting and all he could see was L.
He had come through Death and instead of going to the Void which had frightened him more than anything else (You will not go to Heaven or Hell, you will go to Nothingness, you will be nothing. That is your fate), he had somehow been given a second chance, even if only by accident.
An accidental second chance at life was better than none at all, of course.
Wait…
…Second chance?
That would indicate that what he had done before was wrong. All wrong…but…no. He had been Kira; he had been the only Justice inside a world which was falling apart at the seams, a rip which no one seemed able to, or wanted to, fix. Someone had to do it and he had taken up the enormous task on his young shoulders. The world was in dire need and he had been there to aid it. He had…
Or maybe he was being punished? Would he have to be forced to relive everything over after this moment? Over and over again? Maybe this was what the Void was; of a similar sort to Hell (which he did not truly believe in, at least he didn't want to believe in it; the fear of going to an eternal torment that he did not deserve). Or maybe he had been sent to Hell and this was just the beginning of his torments…
For L to be here again, for L to talk to him, for L to look at him just so…
If this were truly real; not Heaven, not Hell, not the Void, but…real, then what would he, could he, do? Would he…continue on the path of Kira, but making certain changes so his fate wouldn't be the same? Or…
Or...
…Or?
There was an or?
His head hurt and looking at L made it hurt even worse, trying to console the fact that this man was alive, but he wasn't, or at least he hadn't been and now he was…and…
…Oh. L was still waiting for an answer.
"I…" Light starts to say, shaking his head slightly. "I'm sorry, Ryuuzaki. I don't know what I just said; I don't think I'm feeling very well." That certainly wasn't a lie; he didn't feel well at all, though for different reasons.
L nods slightly, looking thoughtful for a moment before grabbing onto Light's hand and walking off at a surprisingly fast pace, forcing the younger man to follow him, rather bewilderedly. The detective stops in front of his bedroom door and opens it up, dragging Light inside and Light made no attempt to fight him, though the man's touch seemed to feel awfully hot against his skin.
Being inside L's bedroom was nothing new; he had had to stay in here when he was handcuffed to the man, so determined to prove his innocence to him. He walks forward, patiently following L as the man walked to the side of the bed and finally comes to a stop.
He looks at Light for a moment, before pushing him with a hand onto the bed, making Light let out a gasp of surprise. He starts to sit up, but L pushes him down firmly and at the look in the older man's eyes, he stops fighting and allows L to pull the blanket, which had been all bundled up on one corner of the bed, over him.
"Go to sleep, Light-kun. It is late and you could use the rest, especially if you are feeling as unwell as you look," said L. "There is a thirty percent chance that staying up longer will result in worse health in the morning. So go to sleep."
Light starts to say something, but stops and nods slightly instead. L nods as well and starts to walk back out of the room and Light finds himself speaking without thought once more;
"Thank you, Ryuuzaki." whispered Light.
There was a hesitation for a moment, then the door closes behind him.
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'Are you my redeemer?'
'Thank you, Ryuuzaki.'
His footsteps hesitate and he stands there, taking it all in, before closing the door with a slam behind him.
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He could feel his eyelids get heavy and that sleep was coming very soon, so he tries to fight it; what if he awoke to something different again? Or what if he woke up to the Nothingness? If he awoke to eternal torment, perhaps waking up to the same scene that happened earlier, forced to relive it over and over again.
He fights sleep with everything he has, but it has grown powerful and it does not listen to his silent pleas to keep awake; instead it pulls him under its deep embrace, leaving him afraid of what he might find, or wouldn't find, as his eyes opened again.
If they ever opened up again…
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A/N: I can't believe I finished chapter two already! I feel all proud and happy-ish. I only briefly introduced L's POV and that is how I want it for now, though I plan to have more of his POV later, I feel that waiting for a time will work out best, though I am still uncertain where this story will be headed; but that is like my other stories and so I'm okay with it. I have a picture in mind, as well as details, just not every single little detail imaginable and that's okay, because thinking of things as I go along seems to work for me.
I hope part two of Redeemer was thoroughly enjoyed.
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--PhoenixJustice
