Disclaimer: I don't own Death Note or any or the characters from it.


Third Person POV

L looked around him, seeing areas where the 'shinigamis' outnumbered his team and others where there were hardly any shinigami left standing.

Mikami and Takada stood nearest to the back, attacking anyone who came too close to Light, who was standing proudly on top of the slide. He was watching the battle, too.

L could see Misa being chased around by two guys, one blonde and the other brunette. She screamed loudly as she lead them in circles. The blonde eventually left to attack another kid, who was American. He tackled the short American to the ground, pulling his hair while sitting on him.

The boy under him struggled to get free but he was too small. He threw blind punches around but was too weak to do much damage. He peeked open his eyes and saw Light, grinning at the war going on in front of him. "You murderer!" he screamed, pointing at Light. "KILLER!"

Some of the kids looked over to the boy and then to Light. The ones on Team L, as it was now called, pointed and yelled, "KILLER!" as well. However, since they were in Japan and most of the kids were Japanese, it came out sounding like, "KIRA!"

The battle continued, some people yelling 'Kira!' in anger, others as a battle cry. Soon, brunette caught up with Misa and pulled her pigtails.

Misa shrieked, trying to push the kid away. He wouldn't let go of her hair so everytime she did, her hair was pulled even harder. "Help!" she cried out.

Gelus saw her from a distance, since he was always keeping an eye on her. She didn't know, especially since she was too distracted with Light, but he always watched her from the back of the class to make sure she was okay. He felt very loving towards her, but always kept a distance.

Gelus crossed the playground, shoving people, Team L and Team Kira alike, out of his way. "Misa!"

He tackled the guy from the side, causing the boy to let go of Misa's hair in shock. He punched the boy with all his strength, which wasn't much because he was pretty frail. Finally, he threw enough hits were it was counted as 'dead' in the game.

Because the little kids weren't really dying. Just laying on the floor unmoving after being tuckered out or hurt too badly. But the kids were too young and weak to hurt one another that much.

"Gelus!" Misa cried, throwing her arms around her saviour. "You saved Misa!"

He blushed and smiled, looking up at her. He opened his mouth to say something but was stopped when the second kid from before tackled him.

"You killed him! Don't worry, Akito! I'll avenge you!" the boy yelled, wanting revenge since Gelus 'killed' his best friend, Akito. He continued biting and scratching Gelus until Gelus was considered 'dead' as well. The boy smirked at his work before finding another kid on Team Kira.

The battle took up most of the recess time. At times, Team Kira seemed to be winning but then Team L came out of nowhere and knocked out several of the Team Kira players, causing Team L to look like they would win. The war was very intense.

Screams and shrieks could be heard. Children could be seen, kicking, punching, pulling hair, tackling, biting and scratching to 'kill' someone on the other team.

Misa managed to stay 'alive' during most of the game. Soon, though, there weren't enough players on Team Kira so Kyomi Takada and Teru Mikami had to move from their posts of protecting Light.

Kyomi went first because Teru was too obsessed and scared that something might happen to Light. She had a good fight but two kids on Team L, who were best friends, got to trap and beat her.

Matt, the red-headed best friend, caused a distraction, making her go after him. Mello, the blonde one, went after her once Matt got Kyomi away from the area with a lot of Team Kira players.

Unfortunately, Matt took a slight pause in the battle to celebrate his victory, standing there and panting with a huge grin on his face, and a boy on Team Kira took that opportunity and 'killed' him.

Light saw from his slide Mello beating Takada. He sent Mikami, obedient to his every command, to protect her. By the time Mikami got there, Takada was already considered 'dead.'

"NO!" Mikami yelled, running and jumping on Mello. He threw punches and pulled on Mello's hair. Mello wasn't tired out very easily and kept kicking so Mikami grabbed the blonde's arm and bit it.

"OW!" Mello's arm was actually bleeding from the bite, making him 'dead.'

Mikami smiled in victory. He looked back to Light, hoping to get a thumbs-up or smile from him but saw that Light was at the centre of the field, fighting with a white-haired boy.

The boy, Near, wasn't very strong but was small enough to evade most of Light's attacks. Mikami ran over, distracting the kid by placing himself in the middle of the fight.

Of course Near wasn't strong enough to hold off both Light and Mikami. Thankfully, Gevanni, the oldest one in the class, had taken a liking to Near and was able to 'kill' Mikami. Light took that chance to run back to his slide.

The battle roared on and on, never ceasing. There was no peace, no tranquility, only violence, pain and 'deaths.'

Soon, both sides had barely any players on them. Team L had L, who had yet to battle, Near and one other boy and girl. Team Kira had Light, Misa and two other girls. All around them were bodies, each lying still (or, at least, as still as kindergarteners can be when playing dead).

The boy on L's team took out one of Team Kira's girls and Misa managed to 'kill' Near. The Team L girl beat the other girl on Light's team and Misa but afterwards, Light beat her and the boy.

Then, all that was left was L and Light, the two team leaders. L left the monkey bars to meet Light at the centre of the field. At first, he opened his mouth to speak but Light already made his fist connect with it.

L stumbled back in pain, gripping his chin. He glared at Light, who was running towards him, and swept his leg across the ground, making Light fall on his back. Light jumped back up on his feet and tackled L to the ground, bringing L's arm to his mouth and tried to bite it.

L brought up his legs and kicked Light in the chest before the burnette's teeth even touched his arm. Light was on the ground again. He got up swiftly and jumped on Light, punching his face.

L was so small and light, Light was able to roll over and get L underneath him again. He sat on L's legs so they couldn't trash about as much. L squirmed, rocking back and forth. Finally, he gathered enough momentum to roll back over.

Instead of staying on top of Light, though, he rolled a second time, without Light, and fell on the ground a few feet beside the auburn-haired boy. Immediately, L was in his crouch, watching Light with hawk-eyes, and Light was up on his feet, running towards L again.

L stayed still for less than a second and, when Light was close enough, roundhouse kicked him, causing Light to fall backwards.

Light let out a grunt and stayed on the ground, panting heavily. L walked over and stood over him. Light flinched, awaiting another blow to be delivered. However, instead, L reached out his hand. Light stared at it confused for a second.

L sighed. "Get up," he said quietly, not sounding demanding.

Light looked at the hand a second longer before grabbing it and helping himself up. He stood a foot away from L, neither letting go of the other's hand for a while.

Light drew in a few more breaths before saying, "Why didn't... you kill me?"

L stared in Light's eyes and repeated Light's words from earlier: "Friends wouldn't do that to each other."

Light stared in shock, not saying anything.

"Light," L said. "This battle is pointless. You and I both know that. We are both smart and yet, we fight like animals. Look at all the destruction we've caused due to our petty fights," he continued, letting go of Light's hand and gesturing with it around him.

Light looked around, as did L. All they could see were bodies, laying on the ground, laying on other bodies. The sky was grey, clouds blocking the sun. Some children had their eyes open. Most were glaring at whoever 'killed' them or weakly smirking at who they 'killed.' They were groaning in pain, holding their wounded limbs close; several were even gently sobbing. A couple of the kids looked up at their team captains, begging, pleading for them not to force the kids to get up and have to fight more. A few others were beseeching the fighting to stop completely, for there to be a peace.

"L..." Light panted, "why... Why are we fighting? I don't hate you. Why am I fighting you?" he thought aloud.

"I... consider Light-kun to be my very first friend. I would feel very terrible should he hate me. But... I cannot figure out why we are fighting."

Light smiled, extending his hand halfway between him and L. "Let's stop fighting. We should be," Light paused, "friends."

"Friends," L repeated. He took Light's hand and shook it, letting a soft smile grace his face. "I would like that." L frowned suddenly. "We still need to clean up our mess."

"Everyone!" Light yelled, speaking to the children around him. "There is no more fighting! The game is over!"

One kid asked, "Wh-Who won?" which was soon echoed by a chorus of, "Yeah, who won?"s "Team L won!"s and "We won, of course!"s.

L looked at Light and smiled. "It is a truce. No one won and no one lost."

Some of the kids were sad that no one won but most were happy the fighting was over.

A little girl suddenly stood up before bursting out into tears and running into a different girl, presumably her best friend. "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to kill you! It's just, you were on the other team and I was so caught up in the fighting!"

"No, it's my fault!" the other sobbed. "I hit you first! I'm so sorry!"

Everyone followed suit, apologising to those that they killed or fought with.

And after much persuading and coercing from Matt, even Mello said sorry to most of the kids he 'killed.'

L and Light both smiled at each other. Today, they each made a special friend. A real friend, one that matched their intelligence and could challenge the other.

The clouds moved out of the way and the sun shone through.

It was a beautiful day to be with your friend.