Fandom: Death Note
Characters: Yagami Light, Yagami Souichirou, L, Matsuda Touta, Aizawa Shuichi
Warnings/Ratings: Not as planned-ness.
In A Nutshell: "I was ADOPTED?!"
Disclaimer: I don't own Death Note.

"What the hell are you doing to him?!" Souichirou threw L to the ground and checked Light's neck for marks. "You're never supposed to bite anyone, what were you thinking?" He turned to his son and asked, "Are you okay?" Light nodded shakily.

"… Hey, wait a second, you know about L being a vampire?"

"…Yes, I did."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because… I'm a vampire, too. We need to protect our existence." Light sat on the floor and contemplated the feeling that the entire world was crashing down on him and his life was a lie.

"Why am I not a vampire, then?" He finally managed to think.

"Because… well, I didn't want to tell you this, but… you're adopted."

"…WHAT?!"

"I'm sorry for keeping it from you for so long…"

"I was ADOPTED?!"

"One would think that as Japan's top student he might have guessed." L looked at Light, grinning.

"Why would I have guessed that?!" The teen figured that he could afford a few actual irrational reactions in his lifetime, this being one.

"Yagami-kun, you look nothing like any of the other members of your family whatsoever."

"Like. At all." Matsuda added helpfully.

"Does that mean… Sayu?" Light couldn't believe it.

"… Yes, son." Souichirou bowed his head. "She's a vampire as well." The adopted adolescent plopped down on the floor, staring into the air blankly for a few seconds before breaking into hysterical laughter.

"Next you're going to tell me Matsuda's a vampire, too."

"Heh, about that…" The idiot in question giggled nervously.

"It's impossible for Matsuda to have evaded capture by vampire hunters for all this time! I absolutely will not believe it!"

"Hey wait a sec-" Matsuda was fuming.

"Vampire hunters?" L smirked again, baring the fangs Light would rather not know he had. "No one would hunt one of us. Unless, of course, we went rogue."

"As a matter of fact, that's our job." Aizawa emerged from the shadows. "The NPA is a front for our highly suspicious task, in order to maintain the peace with oblivious humans like you."

L nodded. "I'm sure you have several questions, all of which I will attempt to answer in the next sentence. Sunlight is not a problem for our health, nor do we sparkle in it, of course we drink blood, yes we have unsaid powers as trump cards, yes we can change form, and yes you smell so good it's becoming very difficult to resist you." Souichirou threw him a reproachful look.

"Do you have telepathy?" Light knew that if the answer was yes, he was well done for.

"Actually, yes, I do. It's the reasoning behind my unwavering suspicion of you despite an utter lack of evidence, not to mention my world-renowned investigative prowess."

"… You're going to kill me now, right?"

L blinked. "Why?"

Light frowned. "I'm Kira."

"Hah! A confession! That's all we've needed all along!"

"Stop playing with me, damn it!"

"Yagami Light, I would never dream of killing you."

"…Eh?"

"I've had my eyes on you ever since Yagami-san placed you into the schooling system, showcasing your superiority over all other humans."

"That's… so creepy."

"When you became Kira, I finally had a way to ensnare you and test your true intelligence. Might I say, you've passed marvellously. Why, you even managed to managed to 'kill' me. I truly applaud and admire your talents of manipulation! You could even thoroughly play a shinigami like an instrument, it's absolutely phenomenal!"

"… I refuse to believe this was all some sick sort of test."

"Sick? Says the killer of thousands? You're the pot calling the kettle black."

"…You let me kill all of those people…"

"Really, what reason have you got to complain?"

"Not exposing the definite truth because of personal feelings… That's such an obstruction of justice…"

"Aren't you justice?"

"It's… against the laws, the rules, and the codes of human nature."

"Yagami-kun, I'm not human, have you forgotten so quickly? And whenever the rules don't suit you, you change them, correct?"

"You're… an asshole."

"Incorrect, I am a carbon-based, un-life form."

"So what are you going to do with me now?"

"I thought that was obvious." He scratched his feet on one another. "I'm going to keep you."

At that, Light made a very, very unhappy face.


I've always known deep down that Light was adopted.