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1 year earlier

England

L couldn't be happier than he was in that moment. Wrapped up in Light's embrace as the younger man slept, head upon L's chest and watery sunlight catching the crimson undertones of his brunette hair. Of course that was when he received a phone call, the loud jarring noise causing Light to twitch in his sleep as a frown marred his face before he twisted away from L. 'Damn phone.' L thought, glaring at the device which had resulted in Light moving away from him therefore ruining his morning.

With a heavy sigh he pulled himself from the bed, making sure Light was still cocooned within the warm blankets, before he picked the phone up and answered. He should have let it go straight to voice mail. Watari's voice could only be described as infuriated, going on a long winded rant about the new political powers taking over the government's and what policies they held. L should have taken the call later in the day for when he could be more prepared for what he was hearing. Within moments of Watari finishing his rant L was ordering the elder to set up secondary and tertiary locations for the students to flee to in the event of an attack, all the while praying that it wouldn't come to that.

It was as he was on the phone with Watari, giving the instructions for the students, that his phone signalled an incoming call. He couldn't explain the hollow pit that formed within him at the sound, or the dread that swiftly rose when he saw it was an international call, he simply informed Watari and answered it. Light and L were on their way to Japan hours later.

What they found was an empty home. Blood stained floors and walls with no signs of the bodies. A large Y8 spray painted on the dining room wall where most of the blood originated. They tried for days to get in contact with Light's family, with not a single response. The murder of the Yagami family was simply a precursor of things to come, and Light and L found themselves stuck within a hostile country as tensions rose.

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Present day: 4th June

Japan

Cold wind whistled through gaps in the warehouse roof and walls. Drips of water echoed throughout the building when it hit the concrete and caused shivers to run down their spines. Small groups huddled around smaller fires for warmth, and all conversations were held under muted breath. L pulled Light closer to him, adjusting the blanket they had wrapped around them as they sat upon yellowed newspapers and looked wearily into the yellow flames.

"We'll have to move again. We've been here too long as it is already." Mogi said, breaking the silence their group had been sitting in for hours. "Gather up enough supplies to see us through, and try and make it to the mountains. Hopefully we'll be able to make it to somewhere we can get help out of the country and somewhere safer." Mogi's tone was bleak though, and L couldn't blame him for it.

"Do you think he's up for travel?" Aizawa asked, tilting his head towards Light and drawing the rest of the small group's attention to the slumbering man whose head rested atop L's shoulder. "He's been going practically non-stop since this began. Those Fivers yesterday..." Aizawa trailed off and L tightened his grip on his lover as lingering pangs of fear stirred within him.

Yesterday. The group had split from the main group in an effort to find supplies, food, water, medicine and clothing. It'd started off as routinely as always. But when they'd returned to the main group they did so with three men short and a practically comatose Light. What'd started off as a routine supply run had turned into a gunfight with Neutralizers attacking the small group with larger numbers then they were used to. Light had used his abilities to take out multiple at once, but then the Fivers came and even Light struggled to hold them back. They only succeeded because Powers went down just as easily as a Norm did when filled with bullet holes.

'And Light came so close to using the full extent of his abilities again.' That was what scared L. They were in no position for one of their fighters to go down, they wouldn't be able to deal with the effects of Light using his abilities now they were living in the run. 'But it hasn't come to that yet.' The most pressing issue in regards to Light was his growing addiction to the deaths he was causing. He'd gone from the occasional assassination to killing almost every other day. L was waiting for the moment Light became like Hideki Ryuga, the moment Light entered the stage of full-blown addiction. 'Then we'd have to try and wean him off of it.' But it was a well-known fact that beating an addiction was harder the second time around.

"He'll be fine." L didn't even believe his own words, he stopped believing them in the early days when their numbers dropped like flies. Mogi and Aizawa didn't look all that assured, but they kept their mouths shut anyway. "He'll be fine." He repeated as a whisper into Light's silky hair.

In the beginning they lost the Yagami family. That was quickly followed by the loss of Matsuda, Aizawa's wife and daughter, countless men, woman and children. The most recent loss, the one that kept L near tears even now months later, was the loss of Watari when their home for the night had been located. They'd lost their only Healer and the effects was instantaneous, especially after an altercation with the enemy.

L scanned the ragtag group of villains and hero's. Aizawa, Mogi, L and his beloved Light made up the core of the group that was followed by Rem, Ryuk, Naomi and Raye Penber and six others L didn't bother to learn the names of. What was the point, when they could be dead by morning with no body to bury? Light twitched in his sleep, a low moan escaping his lips, and L absently began to thread his fingers through the youngers hair to soothe him.

"We'll attempt to leave the city tomorrow." L said, Mogi and Aizawa simply nodding their heads in understanding of the plan. They would have left earlier if things had gone their way, but the military presence made fleeing the city difficult, and as their number grew and fluctuated it became even more so. It didn't help that they felt the need to try and assist ever Power they came across. It didn't matter if they were hero or villain, they were now all in this together. They were all hunted for being what they were.

"I'll let the others know." Mogi announced as he got to his feet and stretched. "Who are we putting on watch first and how will the roster work tonight?"

"Put Ryuk and Rem on first watch, shift them out five hours from now and replace them with Naomi and Raye. I'll take the last shift and if Light's awake he can take it with me." L looked down at his lover and worried his lip between his teeth. "If he's not, I'll take watch with you Mogi." He honestly didn't see Light waking up before sunrise, the younger man having been in a sleep-like state since the day before.

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1 year earlier

Japan

Nobody believed the rumours of Powers vanishing off the streets along with their immediate families. Nobody bar those working the cases or those who could potentially be next. The attack on the Villain sector of the city changed all that. No longer was the Purge against the Powers hidden in the shadows, now it was out in the open, and not everybody was against it.

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