Godforsaken

Chapter Two - November Fifth

Notes: This story, not necessarily this chapter, contains: spoilers, violence, death, and minor language.

I do not own Death Note or any of it's characters.

Everybody had been invited. Well, everyone who had been involved in the solving of the Kira case.

It wasn't so much a party as a lazy get together. Today was L's last day in Japan as well. Couches had been placed in the headquarters' lobby and tables had been put up, which held large amounts of sweets and finger foods. L had taken a seat close to one such table to which he would occasionally snatch a strawberry or maybe a cookie.

There was no music, just the muffled discussion of the past year. There were no decorations, just a splash of color that was Misa.

This was the end of a job well done, or so L was told.

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Light grimaced slightly as a small hand found its way onto his shoulder.

He feigned a glad-to-see-you-could-make-it smile as Misa made to sit next to him.

She hesitated, then seemed to decide it better to sit in the leathery seat across from him. Misa smiled at Light for a moment, but it seemed forced, even pained. It only took a few more moments for it to slip into a small frown, as it seemed too hard to continue acting when she was so obviously upset.

The smile slid from Light's face as well. "Hey…is everything alright?"

"Well…" Misa faltered and took a deep, quivering breath. "No. I know that you never really cared for me, and this will probably be the last time I see you so I…" She gave a small sigh and seemed to sink into her chair a little.

Light sat there for a moment, stunned. He quickly shook himself mentally and replied.

"You're right." The words were spilling from his mouth, and he was unable to stop himself. "I never loved you. I don't like being clinged to and constantly toyed with. I'm glad you finally noticed that." He gave up any attempt to make amends and decided to continue.

"I think you're nice enough. Just not…my type of…person…Misa, please don't look at me like that…"

Tears were now swelling in the blondes eyes and were threatening to fall. Misa was holding her arms against her body and shivering, but nobody else in the room seemed to take notice. Light thanked them for that.

"I…I…know."

She wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled, a true smile. The tension from the air seemed to melt a little as Misa regained a hold on herself.

"I know. It's just…when I really like someone, I can…" The small figure nodded her head from side to side slightly. "Act differently. It makes me want to do anything to please them. Sometimes I can lose myself in the characters I become…"

Light was now kind of lost. Not only was Misa stringing together sentences in a proper way, but they seemed to be from a different person altogether. All his annoyance for her seemed to slip away through his feet.

"You mean…you've been…not…well, you?" The question sounded stupid even in his head, and much more coming out of his mouth.

"Yeah." Misa giggled lightly and gave a small hiccup before continuing. "Can we start over? I would really like to just know you."

The blonde turned her head toward the left, blushing fervently.

"I would actually really like that." The words escaped his mouth before Light could stop them. This seemed to be happening a lot lately, and he didn't even really mean it this time.

Misa turned her focus back to him, smiling radiantly. For some reason, this made Light feel happy. Maybe it was because his mind ached for something new and different. Or maybe he just wanted to feel satisfied with the world for once.

And just as he had started to enjoy this new-found and rather out of place contentedness, a familiar voice sliced through the air, causing an odd shiver to run down his spine.

"Hello, Light-kun."

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L stood next to Light, his thumb at the edge of his mouth, and a small smile on his face.

He had not expected something quite this interesting to occur this day. Well, he did, but not this.

Absentmindedly pulling an empty chair toward him, he glanced from Light to Misa.

As he positioned himself into a small computer chair, he swiveled it to Light-kun's direction. This was the best opportunity he had to pop his question, as Light had just accepted something equally as unexpected as L's proposition.

"I'm glad to see you two are getting along." L tried to sound conversational.

Light considered the detective for a moment, then nodded.

L stared at the brunette for a moment longer before addressing the young man again.

"In that case, I have something to ask of you both before I depart for England." The detective glanced at Misa and swiveled his seat to a position that made it easier to address both people.

He took a long sip of coffee from a dark blue mug before continuing.

"I would like you two to come with me. To England, of course." He added as he saw astonished looks appear from both people beside him. "I'll be returning to a rather large home, so room would be no problem." His voice remained steady, like that of someone discussing their own opinion on the news to a college.

Light seemed to be frozen on the spot, mouth hanging open a little and his eyes wide. Misa took on this expression as well for a moment, but quickly recovered and smiled. "Sure!" She sounded positively delighted.

Light now seemed to grab hold of himself as he shook his head rapidly, obviously waking up. "Go with you…to England?" His reply was steady yet cautious.

"Yes."

"Both of us?"

"Yes"

The brunette was now leaning forward with one elbow on his knee. "And do what exactly?"

L stared at the young man before him, as if implying that his reasons were obvious. Secretly, he wanted to keep an eye on Light. But this sounded a little too inhuman, even for L, so the detective had convinced himself that the real reason was that he enjoyed Light's company and found him to be useful.

"To help with cases. I'm sure you find this better than taking up a job as a policeman." He then turned to Misa who has listening intently to L's words. "And you would help too, of course." L thought for a moment, then added, "With keeping Light company, I mean. And you might maybe--"

"I'll go!" Misa blurted out, "You really don't have to explain, I know what you mean." She giggled gleefully.

L smiled back at Misa politely before replying. "Good. Then it's decided. We leave at 6:00pm November 5th, today that is." The detective once again turned his head expectantly towards Light.

The young man seemed utterly dumbfounded. "I haven't even said 'yes' yet!"

L smiled playfully. "Well, you were going to anyway it seems. You just said so yourself." He looked down at his watch. "It is now two forty-three. You have plenty of time to collect your belongings."

Light started to utter a complaint, but L put up a hand signaling for his silence. The brunette sat up , crossing his arms and closing his eyes in apparent frustration.

"I have already consulted your families. They know that you are coming with me." stated L matter-of-factly. "They were a tad bit surprised, but accepted it as long as you did." He was addressing Light now more than Misa.

With that, L removed himself from the triangle and headed toward a table offering food.

Grabbing an apple, he set off for the upper floors and toward his own room.

That went rather smoothly, he thought.

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After L's announcement, everything seemed to speed up as time often did when you dreaded something. Light had everything already packed when he returned to his room. This was because he had thought he was going home. He sighed and fell onto his soft bed and began starring at the ceiling, waiting.

Before Light knew it, it was 5:30.

Light wasn't quite sure why he was doing this. His mind was rather blurry.

Before long, he noticed that he was no longer in his room.

Light was sitting next to Misa, with L and Watari directly behind them. The plane shuddered dreadfully as it prepared to take off. He stared out his window blankly.

He was heading to England. Where in that country, he realized he did not know.

But whether he wanted to or not, he was going there.

And as Japan started to sink away from underneath him, Light closed his eyes.

He stopped thinking. It was easier to just accept it.

Today was the fifth of November.

Today could have ended so differently.

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Author's Note: I know Misa would never act this way, but since Light is so different, I decided that Misa should be too! And I want a female main character. I mean, really. The meaning behind November Fifth, is that that is the day L would have died. Yay. -sarcasm- I finished this 'bout midnight, so I'm kinda out of it. But everyone knows that art, no matter what kind, always comes out better at night.

I haven't even read it through yet -laughs- Enjoy