"How does it feel to lose, Detective?"

L looked down at the dead bodies of the investigation agents, trying so hard not to show anything on his face. He had to hide his remorse from the brunette... He'd only get insulted and taunted more. Usually, it was easy to have that blank mast on, but... Raitio-no, KIRA was a monster. A boy who would murder everyone who had wanted to support him... Who had believed in him, even when the evidence was right there! He had even killed his own father. That bastard.

L closed his eyes for only a moment, then turned to look at the 'God of the new world'. He shivered at the look the younger man was giving him, having to hold himself back from screaming and attacking him. "I have not lost. It's just a set back..." he said almost lamely. Kira had won... but only this round. L would free himself and everyone else from his power... and whether he was alive or not, he would make sure Kira got his justice. Even if he was killed, he had a backup plan. His successors would fight to beat the crazed brunette.

The God tilted his head back and laughed manically. "A minor set back? Oh, L, you know just the perfect thing to say, don't you?" He laughed again, wrapping an arm around his stomach. "This is just too much..."

L locked his jaw, clenching his fists. How he just wanted to wipe that smirk off of his damned face... "I don't see what's so funny, Kira-kun."

'Kira' stopped laughing, but still had that look of superiority on his face. He sighed deeply, stepping towards the detective. "You never had very much humour, so I suppose you wouldn't..." He stopped right in front of him, looking at him cruelly. He caressed his cheek, but L jerked back right away. He didn't want that child touching him... "You've lost EVERYTHING. Before this stupid investigation even started, no one believed you. They all thought you were some insane, sugar-obsessed maniac, hell-bent and determined to get nonexistent evidence on an innocent teenager..."

Innocent? He was ANYTHING but innocent. Crazy. Insane. Mentally ill. Arrogant, self-righteous, spoiled... The list was long, and L didn't have enough time to think about it. "You weren't innocent. You were fighting with me the whole time. You're an idiot to fight for something that won't last."

Kira narrowed his eyes and pulled back his fist, feeling pleased when it connected hard with L's face. This wasn't going to be like the first time they had fought. He was going to make sure he was in pain... He would just write his name in the Death Note, but he'd be more satisfied if he got to kill the man with his bare hands. He looked down in disgust as the man hid his face, squirming on the floor. What, he was weak already? Kira snorted and rolled his eyes. He crouched down by the older man, grabbing his hair roughly.

L gasped and glared daggers up at him. "Let me go," he growled, wanting to bring his hands up to hide his bloody nose again.

Kira sneered and smashed the back of the detective's head to the ground. He saw L's face contort with horrible pain and laughed, a pleasant warmth entering his abdomen. He was quite the sadist... if only he had time to make L his masochistic toy. He thought for a moment and smirked. Alright, then. L would sit beside him, being a good little pet, while he ruled over the world. He grinned and slammed his head to the floor again, harder this time.

L felt tears of pain welling up in his eyes, and a headache that threatened to make his head explode. "Stop..." He saw black dots, but then relaxed when Kira's hands weren't in his hair anymore. But they went down to his throat and squeezed. "Agh!" L tried to claw at his hands, but Kira squeezed harder, keeping him from breathing.

"This is your last chance, L. Either join me or die. You could live happily by Kira's side... Unharmed and content... Or I can kill you slowly and painfully until you beg me for death."

"Go to... hell... you... arrogant bastard!" L coughed and tried to pull at Kira's hand again. He needed to breathe so badly, and he felt that his throat was about to collapse. He felt Kira grab a hold of his hair again, then he felt a sharp, agonizing pain in his skull... then everything went back...

L groaned, shifting on his very uncomfortable bed. He turned his head, trying to force his eyes to open, but he just felt too tired. That, and he had an excruciating headache. Despite eating nothing but sugar and not sleeping much, he didn't have many, so this one was just killing him. It felt worse than a migraine... like his head might explode.

He felt fingers going through his hair and relaxed a little. At first, he thought it might be Watari, but that thought disturbed him. He wasn't a little boy anymore; he didn't need to be pet to be soothed from his headache. He squinted his eyes open, seeing a glow of red. "Ugh... What...?" Oh, God, that made it so much worse. He attempted to open his eyes a little wider, seeing someone above him. He could barely see them, but he realized it was Raito. "Nn... Raito-kun?" He reached up to loosely wrap his fingers around his wrist, pushing his hand away from his head. "What... what are you doing?" He felt those hands going through his hair again, brushing against his scalp. It felt nice... He closed his eyes, just wanting to go back to sleep, but when he was pushed away from the brunette's body, his back harshly met a hard, cold floor. He grunted and curled into a ball, his back and head hurting. What the hell was Raito doing?

"Raito? Raito? Lawliet, how could you have forgotten with just a small injury to your head?" He heard cruel laughter. "And you call yourself a genius..."

L shot up, and regretted it, arching his back, squeezing his eyes shut. Damn it! He let that BOY touch him! He was unconscious at the time, but he still felt... dirty. He didn't want to even be within one hundred feet of the child that liked to call himself God. He growled and crouched in a sort of animalistic position. Kira only laughed.

"You're just an animal now..." He said, walking calmly towards him. "Almost like a pet... But you need to be tamed. And to be tamed... I must break you." He grinned wickedly and bent down, looking the frightened man in his dark eyes. "I WILL break you, Lawliet... I know it will take some time, but I'm going to make sure you see everything MY way." He started walking past him, but kicked him hard in his side.

L gasped and groaned when he hit the floor again. He glared at his captor and, being the stubborn detective he was, lunged at him. He was able to kick him in his gut once, but he paid for it. Kira snarled and took his leg, twisting it quickly. He didn't get a scream out of his stubborn pet like he wanted, but he knew it hurt; he had heard a crack. He left L to lie on the floor in the dark room, straightening out his clothes and trying his hardest to not bend over in pain. He'd teach that bastard...

*gasp!* SHE FINALLY UPDATED! -glare-

I know. I'm horrible. I said I'd have it up by Monday at the latest... Now it's Friday. ;-; I'm sorry! I was busy and had a few shitty days and my writing motivation went down the drain... -shameshameshame- BUT! I will try to update every week, if not twice a week. For 'Trust Me, My Panda', I've already started on that... I think I'm half-way done with chapter... seven? I can't remember. But anyway... I'm almost done with that. I MIGHT update today, if my plot bunny will come bouncing happily back to me.

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