Disclaimer: I don't own Death Note (that includes L and Light) but I do own my OC, and her necklaces (one of them is real).

Magic

They told me where to find him. They being the Kira task force, headed by Light Yagami acting as L. He looked too young (even though Lawliet was only about fifteen when he became L himself), he couldn't act as all three top detectives that Lawliet was, he could probably handle being L, but not Coil or Deneuve. After all, he can think like L, but he can't specialise in the particular fields that Coil and Deneuve did. Light led me to a small church almost in the middle of nowhere. As I walked through the gates to the cemetery I could feel the presences of all of the guardian spirits watching over the dead, something I hadn't felt in a while surprisingly. I had been in a car for several hours with Light and not once had I sensed his guardian angel to be near by. Perhaps he's like me and just doesn't have one? I thought. He led me to a fairly new-looking cross near the centre of the cemetery. It had a single word printed across it: Ryuzaki. On the horizontal points of the cross were the kanji used to spell the word in Japanese and vertically it said the name in English. There was no birth date, death date or even a last name; it wasn't like the other gravestones I'd seen walking down. It was definitely Lawliet's. It seemed I really was the only person he trusted with his name.

"So, K," Light broke the silence as we stared at the tombstone. "How did you know Ryuzaki?"

"It's K-3 actually." I replied. "And L never really liked me telling anyone about how we met or how we knew each other. Also, he never actually liked using Ryuzaki as an alias. I reminded him too much of B."

"Oh...B?"

"The Los Angeles BB murder case, he solved it a few years back with the help of...an FBI agent, currently retired...and missing. B was a serial killer trying to pose as L using the alias "Rue Ryuzaki", L said he used it a lot and that's why B copied him. He said he never wanted to use that name again, but...I guess old habits die hard."

"...Yeah."

I stared longingly at Lawliet's grave, wishing this was all just a bad dream and that he was still alive or that it wasn't really him that died. A proxy perhaps. But...I knew this wasn't going to happen. He was dead, and there was nothing I could do.

"So, do you know his real name?" Light still wasn't totally convinced that I was really telling the truth about knowing L. I could tell.

"Yes. But I'm not allowed to reveal it to anyone."

"But, he's gone now, it doesn't matter if I know his name. Why can't you tell me?"

"Because...I would be betraying his trust...and I would never do that...even if he is dead." I started to cry again as I thought of the moment he first told me his name. Back then I realised how much of an ally L thought I was and I felt privileged that he trusted me so much. It was a bit overwhelming. I rubbed my eyes and walked by the side of the grave, I knelt down on the grass beside the cross and placed a hand on the vertical bit. I grasped my other necklace and turned to Light.

"Light Yagami, do you know what this is?" He gave me confused look, this told he hadn't got a clue. "This is an ankh. The ancient Egyptian hieroglyph meaning "life"." I explained. I looked up at the cross. It was slightly bigger than me now that I had knelt down. I imagined Lawliet's smiling face. From before all this Kira business started. I felt a warm tear trickle down my cheek and I clenched my ankh ever tighter. I closed my eyes and felt the breeze on my face. I was coming to terms with his death. I could feel it. He always talked about how the bells rang every day. Now he could rest in peace. The bells had stopped.

I opened my eyes and let out a yell. I jumped back and ran behind Light. "What?" he asked, "What is it? What's wrong?" I looked out from behind him and I could see it. Why couldn't he? Whatever the reason, I knew I could. "It's..." I came out from behind him. "It's...an angel."

"A what?"

"An angel! A sleeping angel!" Light looked perplexed.

"What angel?"

"I knew I could sense them but I never thought I'd ever see one, not to mention that if I ever did that it would look like a real angel. Although..." I walked closer to it. "It doesn't have a halo." I said. It was sitting on thin air, its arms resting on its knees that were tucked up to its chest. Its head rested on its arms and its wings were covering it like a changing screen, but they were open slightly so I could see inside. They were the most beautiful white feathery wings. I peeked between them and saw all white except for the shock of black hair on its head.

"Wow!" I gasped at its splendour. Light looked ever more confused, even if he could think like L, he couldn't apprehend what he couldn't see. Then suddenly the wings opened. I leapt back and grabbed Light's arm. "Light! It's waking up! It's waking up!" He looked at me like I was crazy. The angel lifted its head up slightly and stretched out its limbs. Or, should I say, his limbs, as it was male. His wings stretched too. Only then did I see who it was.

"L-Law-..." I looked at Light who was staring at me, obviously freaked out. Mental notes: I thought, 1. Never say Lawliet's name in front of ANYONE. 2. Light Yagami doesn't believe in things he can't see, so don't even try to convince him otherwise. "...L!" I said. He was missing the bags under his eyes and his hair seemed a little more well-kept than usual, but it was him. It was Lawliet.

He stretched out fully and rubbed his eyes. He muttered softly, "I thought I was dead." He opened his eyes and looked at us. I could tell the light hurt his eyes. "Light? Is that you?" he mumbled in his usual mono-toned way. Suddenly he let out a scream, raising his arms above his head and clenched as if he were about to fall over. I turned my head on one side, confused as to what he was screaming for. I'd let go of Light's arm ages ago, I walked over to Lawliet and stood in front of him, staring at his face really closely. "What's the matter?" I asked, still confused. He opened one eye and looked me. I smiled. He put his arms down, now he was the one looking confused. "Two things." he began, "One, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to see you."

"Yes, but I told you not to track me because you could be put in danger at Kira's hands. He could've threatened to kill you to get to me."

"That doesn't really matter now, does it?"

"Um...yes!"

"L, do you know where you are? And for that matter, do you know what you are?"

He looked even more confused. "What do you mean?"

I pointed behind him. He looked back then turned back to face me. Then he did a double take and yelled again. "Y'know, you are way too loud!" I shouted.

"Sorry, but, what are these?"

"Those are what are generally described as wings."

"Why do I have wings?!"

"Ahem...This is just a rumour going around, but the thing is...some people say that you're dead." I whispered the last part in his ear. He stared down at his hands, flipping them over a few times.

"Hmm...That would explain a lot."

"Y'think?! Also, what was that second thing you were gonna mention?"

"Hmmm..." He moved his head to look behind me and I could see his eyes widen in fear. "W-what is th-that?"

I looked over to the same spot he was looking at and turned back to him. "That's Light Yagami, he's L now."

"Not him, that thing behind him." I looked again. Still nothing unusual.

"What thing?"

"It must be a shinigami. That means I was right all along. That 13 day rule was false. Light Yagami is Kira. Misa Amane is the second Kira. And most importantly, it was one of those two that killed me."

I recoiled. "WHAT?!" I yelled. I looked over at Light, I'd almost forgotten he was there, while all this was going on, he'd most likely only be hearing one side of the conversation and was looking seriously freaked out.

"Um...who or what are you talking to? I'm...kinda confused." Light asked.

"That's understandable, you can't see him can you?" I replied. Light shook his head. I looked back at Lawliet to see that he'd stood up, sort of, and was trying to get used to his wings. I was kinda cute. "It's L." I said. I turned to face Light again. He looked seriously confused. I quickly turned back to Lawliet who was clumsily hovering a couple of feet off the ground. He was continuously staring at the space behind Light's head. He seemed intrigued. He ineptly fluttered over to the spot and stared up at the sky. Light looked behind him at exactly the point Lawliet was standing. Now I was confused. I thought Light couldn't see him... I thought. Light looked back at me and said, "Maybe we should go." I could tell what he was thinking. He was thinking, The grief must be getting to her head. But this wasn't grief, this was real. This was magic.

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I had no idea how to make a chapter under the name 'magic' so I decided for it to be around the angel thing, L's an angel, live with it! XD