Stand In The Rain

Chapter 2: Traumatalia

L jumped out the car a second before it stopped. Running forward, he entered Kikiri Park, Matsuda and Soichiro close behind had gone no more than 5 feet when a blood-curdling scream pierced the night and rain. "Was that Light?!" Matsuda shouted, a little pale. "I don't know, but I pray it is not." Yagami-san answered. They were almost struggling to keep up with L.

L was running as fast as he could. Visibility was low in the rain, but he saw the path to the left of the bench. If you were looking at the bench, it would be the right. He ran down it, his breath coming out in pants. 'Please don't let me be too late, don't let him be dead, Light-kun, please be alright...' Over and over he begged in his head. Why did it feel as though he wasn't running fast enough?!

Finally, they burst through the gate. He looked around, but didn't see Light. He cautiously walked forward, but stopped when he heard a faint whimper to his right. What he saw made him cry out. There was Light, nailed to a crucifix gravestone, chains and leather restraining him. He was blindfolded, and what looked to be tears of blood trickled out from under it. His pants were pooled at his ankles, legs held apart by more leather. His wrists and legs had cuts everywhere. His shirt was closed, but had rips and was soaked in blood, and managed to cover his genitalia. What really sickened L, however, was the mixture of red, white, and pink liquids trickling down his inner thighs.

"Light..." Yagami-san was ashen-faced. Matsuda seemed to copy the gravestones in color. L walked forward to stand infront of Light. "Light-kun..." The auburn-haired man stirred. L reached up and tried to unbutton Light's shirt to see the damage, but jumped back when Light screamed. "No! No, please l-let me g-go. Please s-stop! P-please!!" The youth was crying again, trying to escape L's hand and his restraints.

"Light-kun, its me! Its Ryuuzaki, don't worry!" L tried to sooth the boy, but he just continued to thrash, making his nailed palms bleed more. L then remembered something Light mentioned on the phone.

"He looked just like you, Ryuuzaki....I thought he was you...but his eyes were different..." So Light thought he was that man. He reached up and grabbed the clasp of the blindfold. Light froze, holding his breath, shaking horribly. Undoing the clasp, L let the blindfold fall away, letting Light's eyes meet with his. Light searched his eyes for something, but when he didn't find it, he calmed down.

"R-Ryuu-zaki..." His voice was hoarse and broke a few times. He probably hurt his throat when he was screaming. "Shh, Light-kun. Its going to be alright." L put his hand on Light's cheek. Light flinched, but leaned into the touch. "Light-kun, i'm going to remove your restraints, alright? Please don't move, you will open up your wounds." L unhooked the chain on the collar first. Then he went behind the stone and undid the chain around Light's waist.

Moving back to Light, he unstrapped his wrists. "Light-kun, I need to unstrap your legs." L was telling Light what he was going to do beforehand so he wouldn't be alarmed by it. Light gave a small nod to L. L, keeping his eyes locked with Light's, lowered himself so that he could work the strap on his left leg. Light tensed, but keeping eye contact with L was keeping him calm. L finished with both, then moved to the wrists.

All that was left were the collar and the nails. The nails were more immediate, so L focused on those. He had no idea how to get them out. They were nailed into the stone, and pulling them did not work. "Ryuuzaki?" Light's faint voice called. "What is it, Light-kun?" "Please grab one of the straps." Light's bangs hid his eyes. L looked at him in confusion. He asked Light why, but picked one up anyway. "Now put it in my mouth." L was confused. What was Light doing?

He put the leather to Light's mouth, and he bit into it, holding it in his mouth. L realized what Light was doing when he saw his arm move a second too late. Light pushed his hand forward, ripping it off of the nail, blood flying and splattering a little on L's shirt. Light was biting into the leather, his scream muffled by it. He brought his hand up, grabbed the strap, and held it out to L.

L grabbed it, quickly tying it around the hole in Light's palm. He almost lost his cake when he saw the flesh on the nail. "Light!! Why did you do that?!" Light looked up at him. "The nail was driven in too deep to pull it out. Give me another strap." L hesitated. "Ryuuzaki!" L gave him the strap and looked away. He heard Light's muffled scream and quickly tied up his hand.

Light tried to take a step forward, but pain raced up his spine and he fell. He braced himself, but the impact never came. Looking up, he saw that L had caught him and was holding his shoulders up. He tensed at the arms around him. "Are you alright, Light-kun?" Concern was evident in L's eyes. "Y-yeah...I can't stand." L grabbed Light's pants and handed them to the teen. "If Light-kun will allow it, I shall carry him to the car." Light took the pants and put them on, having to stop a few times because of the pain. Thinking it through, he decided that L carrying him was the only option. He nodded.

L put an arm around Light's back and hooked his other under the teen's knees. He stood up, holding Light's small weight easily. Light whimpered in pain and fear, memories assaulting him.

In. Out. In. Out. Insane laughter. Agony. Despair.

"Shh. Its alright, Light-kun. It is just me." Light searched L's eyes again, then completely relaxed. L was confused for a moment, then realized that the only difference Light could see between L and his attacker was their eyes. L damned the man to the deepest pits of hell.

L noticed that Light was bleeding on his shirt. Oh well. He didn't care. They walked back to the car, completely silent. They exited the park and walked to the limo. Watari was about to ask what happened when he caught sight of Light, and his eyes widened. He nodded to L and opened the door.

L was about to put Light in the car when he noticed that the teen was unconcious and clinging to his shirt. He tried to unattach the youth, but he wouldn't let go. L just shrugged, and slid into the car, placing Light on his lap, letting the teen rest his head on L's shoulder. Matsuda and Yagami-san entered as well and sat opposite L. Giving Watari a nod, they headed back to headquarters.

Light shot up with a scream. Tears were streaming down his face. He lifted shaking hands and put them over his mouth. He knew this would happen. Knew he would relive it as a nightmare.

In. Out. In. Out. Blade cutting skin. Insane laughter. In. Out.

Shaking, he reached for Ryuuzaki. He felt nothing. Alarmed, he looked around the room. No Ryuuzaki. He started to panic. "Ryuuzaki? Ryuuzaki?! Ryuuzaki!" He shouted. Suddenly, the door swung open and Ryuuzaki rushed in. "Light-kun, what's wrong?" He went to put a hand on Light's shoulder, but froze when the teen flinched. The teen looked into his eyes, realized it was the real Ryuuzaki, relaxed and threw himself onto L.

"I...you weren't here...thought...abandoned me...nightmare..." Light could barely speak through his tears and shaking. He buried his head into Ryuuzaki's chest and hugged him. L looked down at the teen. Then...

He sorta hugged Light back, because he didn't know how to hug. Awkward Turtle.

"Shh...its ok...i'm right here...your ok...I won't abandone you" He tried to soothe the distressed Light. It was working. Light's shaking slowly stilled, and his sobs became silent. L brought his hand around and started to rub soothing circles in between Light's shoulderblades. Light sighed in pleasure.

"Sleep, Light-kun. I promise I shall be here when you awaken." L assured the teen. Light looked into the detectives eyes once more before he settled his head on Ryuuzaki's shoulder and slowly returned to a fitful sleep.

L continued to rub circles in the teens back. 'Light-kun...my suspicions have decreased to 11.2%. Kira would not have let this happen.' He wasn't sure why, but Light just didn't fit the profile as much as before. 'I promise I will protect you, Light Yagami.' He vowed. He looked out the window.

The rain had stopped.

Yaoi-sama: Ok, chapter 2 up. Thanks for the awesome reviews, this is the first story that hasn't had any bad reviews yet. Yays. Good reviews please. I thank you for teh cyber chocolate.^-^ The more good reviews, the faster I update. I already have chapter 3 ready.

BTW- The blindfold in chapter 1 was just like the one Misa wore during her confinement.

Can anyone guess who it was that assaulted Light-chan? Chapter preview for whoever can answer it right the fastest.