Rejuvenation

Summary: Body shaking, heavy breathing. As he stared into his parents' dead eyes, Sayu broke the silence. "Aaaah!!" He'd kill the murderer. But will he find out his name and face before he comes for Sayu and Raito? For once, Kira was helpless.

Genre: Romance/Drama/Hurt/Comfort

Pairing: L X LIGHT !

Notes: In this story, the original story goes up to the handcuffed part and L doesn't die! The investigation team arrests Mikami and L declares the case solved…I know it sounds stupid but for the sake of this story, this takes place right after Mikami was arrested, but the month is sometime a few days before Christmas.

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I'm back everyone! Sorry for such a long wait, my sister, being a bum, took my computer wire…UGH. Haha, hope you enjoy this new chapter!

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Rejuvenation - Chapter 4: Close Encounter

Light walked out into the living room once again, while everyone was eating the brownies that Sayu had made.

"No, it's okay," Light said, holding his hands up. "I don't particularly enjoy sweets."

Sayu looked at her brother knowingly. "It's okay, Onii-chan," she said with a light in her eyes. "I understand."

Light nodded and left the room, thanking Misa and his sister for the wonderful dinner they had prepared. 'Gomen na sai, Sayu-chan…'

Light looked out the balcony window. Snow littered the ground as it fell from the night sky, wind blowing softly. He sighed and slipped on his shoes, stepping out onto the balcony to breathe in the cool December air. "Who would be such an anti-Kira fan that they would try and murder all Kira suspects? …that's barely any reason.." Light said to himself.

"Ah, Raito-kun, I agree."

Light didn't have to look behind him to know that L stood there, barefoot in the snow.

"By killing the families and the suspects they are being no different than Kira." L said coldly. Light looked at L with a hard glare. I'm nothing like this murderer--!

Light kept a cool demeanor. "That is true, Ryuuzaki. After the funeral tomorrow I fully intend to find out the murderer with the help of the investigation team, correct Ryuuzaki? I have only…" he said shakily. L looked at him with curiosity. "I will have only 28 days until someone will attempt to murder Sayu and myself." he inhaled sharply. L looked down at his cold toes. "I guarantee this to you, Raito-kun. We will find him. Even if we push it to the last day we'll find him."

"I can't have things like NPA Christmas Ball's getting in the way! I need no distractions!" Light exclaimed unhappily. Ryuk hyuk'ed behind him.

"You sure are getting worked up about this, Raito," Ryuk laughed.

"Don't worry," L closed his eyes gently. "Everything will be fine."

"I HIGHLY doubt it," Light snapped. "Unless we were to start working on the case, now!"

L smiled softly. A soft, sad smile. Shuffling over to Light, shaking the snow off his toes, he looked him in the eye. "We will find him. He will get the death sentence. You'll rest at ease."

"…Sayu could die," Light said in a choked tone. "My only family left could die from a murderer who thinks I'm Kira. I'm not, so do you know who's fault this is?"

L inhaled sharply. Taking a step towards Light, he wrapped his arms around his torso. Light wrapped his own arms around L's shoulders awkwardly. L whispered softly,

"It's mine."

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Moonlight poured through the light colored curtains. Light cracked open his eyes and stared at L, tired eyes closed, black hair messier than usual, his pale skin illuminated from the moon's light. He shivered slightly. Brown eyes flickered towards the open window, with narrow eyes. When did I open the window…?

Light pushed the warm blankets off slightly, then shook L slightly. L stirred before opening his tired onyx eyes. "Nani yo…" he mumbled unconsciously in Japanese. Noticing his mistake, he quickly changed back. "I mean, what's wrong Raito-kun?"

"…" Raito paused. "Did you open our window?" he asked. L turned his head to look at the open window, curtains blowing softly from the cold air. "No, Raito-kun…"

Light tossed the covers off him completely then swung his legs over the edge of the bed into his green slippers. Ryuk floated upwards from his position on the floor. "Oh Raito. This will be entertaining…" L did followed suit and followed Light towards the window, who shut it tightly, his auburn hair blew slightly.

"Should we check the room?" L asked, looking at Light. "Yeah," Light told him. "Don't wake Sayu or Misa though." L nodded as they both exited their bedroom and out into the dark living room. Light fumbled around for the light switch, which took him a few moments. Soon the lights were all on, and the two detectives looked around, slightly nervous, though it wouldn't show.

"Nothing seems to be out of the ordinary," L said. "Everything is exactly the same as we left it when we went to sleep."

Light knew that if L said that, he meant it. He would notice the simplest thing even if it had moved but one inch.

"I…suppose you're right, Ryuuzaki." Light admitted.

L nodded with a small grin. "Excuse me, Raito-kun, but I must stop by the washroom." Light nodded in response with an uneasy feeling. He felt L's form walking - slouching, over to the washroom, the door shutting with a soft click. Light looked around, taking a few steps forward, his eyes scanning the room from top to bottom once again, then when still nothing was out of place, he mentally scolded himself. Stop it. You're being stupid.

Sighing with his eyes closed, Light turned around to walk back to the bedroom.

"Raito-san…" said a voice that wasn't L's, nor Misa, Ryuk, or Sayu's.

That's when his blood ran cold. The color in his handsome, light face drained as he opened his eyes quickly to see two blurs: a blur of a black clothed body with a paler face than L's, hair spiky and blue, eyes piercing and amber, and a blur of a girl, her face also pale with the same features as the boy, but with brown hair which looked unnaturally straight. The lights were cut immediately, and Light could see no more. His quick reflexes told him to roll out of the path of the stranger. He did so, almost hitting the coffee table. Light had always had great sight even in the dark, so he could see the outline of the body still standing in the same place.

"Now, Raito-san. That was hugely unnecessary, I haven't yet hurt you." the man said, his voice deep but rather nice to listen to, if he hadn't been threatening Light.

"Who are you," Light snapped, hiding any traces of fear in his voice. "What do you want?!"

They both laughed. This time the girl spoke, her voice light and airy. "Who we are is none of your concern. However, we realize we have no more time to lose. You will die tonight, Kira."

Light's breath remained calm and steady. Where the fuck is L?! his mind screamed wildly.

The lights came back on again, and the two strangers both had their black hoods up. The girl was short but slim and fit, the boy, tall and muscular. Light was crouched down as the two attackers both leaped at him at inhuman speed, long daggers clutched in their hands. Light rolled out of the way again, this time he was at the kitchen entrance. Running backwards, he grabbed pan lids from the walls. This will have to do…

He threw the lids like boomerangs at the attackers. The boy dodged it easily by ducking but the girl was hit in the side. She let out a cry of pain, a good enough distraction for Light, as the boy looked towards the girl quickly. Light took this to his advantage by running away through the opposite kitchen entrance and to the washroom. Kicking the door down, L stood there, washing his hands. "Raito-kun, what is that racket, I heard something crashing." he asked dumbly.

Light let out a growl of annoyance, and grabbed L's hand, leading him out of the bathroom quickly, and shut the lights off. Silently, the two crept together, L realizing what was going on. His reasoning told him that someone had actually came in, and he was incredibly right. L had better vision than Light in the dark, so he lead Light towards the door, which passed by the kitchen.

"Oh, Raito…" said the girl's voice ominously. "Have you gone and run off with your boyfriend?"

L flushed in the darkness. Thankfully, Light couldn't see.

"It's no use." said the boy darkly. "Even if you get away tonight we will find you. You can't run and hide."

Light's face grew worried in the darkness. L suddenly yanked Light's arm back, then ran the opposite direction, towards the living room where there was the balcony. He slid the doors open quietly, then stepped out into the snow with a crunch.

"Have you gone out into the snow, boys?" asked the girl from the darkness.

L and Light took that as their cue. Happily, they were on the second floor, and together, they jumped from the balcony down into the unsuspecting darkness, arms around each other.

They landed in the snow, their clothing getting wet. "Great." Light said. L gasped quickly. "What is it, Ryuuzaki?"

"…Sayu-chan and Misa-san!" he exclaimed, pointing back up into the dark room that was now illuminated.

The blood drained from both the boys' faces, as L hastily reached into his pants pocket and fumbled for him phone. Taking it out and flipping it open, he dialed Misa's number. "M-Misa-san, get yourself and Sayu-chan out of the room. Jump from the window, it's not that far up."

"Nani yo?!" came Misa's voice from her end of the phone. "Would you like us to die for fun?! If so, go find a death note!"

Light snatched the phone from L's hands. "MISA!" he yelled angrily. "The two who murdered my mom and dad are on that floor. Jump from the fucking window with Sayu, NOW."

Misa trembled from her room. "R-Right, Raito-kun, Misa-Misa can do that. Meet us at the-- AHH!" Light's blood ran cold for the second time that night as he heard rustling around from the other side of the room. He heard a door opening roughly then slamming shut. "M-Misa! Misa!"

"Raito-kun, you've escaped…" said the male of the two attackers. "It's a good thing there's still these two here." He laughed. A cruel, hard laugh. "I don't know what to do… kill these two now? Or wait the 28 days. Oops, I mean 27 now."

Tears stung at Light's eyes but he refused to let them fall. "Don't you touch them!" he yelled fiercely.

"Tell you what, Raito-kun. Twenty-seven days, I'll stick with the plan. You have twenty-seven days to try and find us. Try to, if you can. Seeing you try so hard then fail miserably will be fun to watch. We'll kill them in front of your eyes. Your lovely Misa Amane… your precious Sayu…. And beloved Ryuuzaki. Watch us kill them in front of your eyes…see how you're going to fail…then we'll kill you too." Click.

A tear finally fell from his wide open amber eyes, as Light handed the phone back to L. L narrowed his eyes as he pulled the back from the cell phone off and took out the battery, then the SIM card, then breaking the phone apart and throwing it in the garbage.

"They won't be able to track us through my phone, now." L stated. Light swiped at his eyes and looked at L.

"What the hell am I going to do?!" he yelled. "That maniac has my sister, and Misa. In 27 days, he says we're ALL GOING TO DIE!" he choked.

"Go home, L." he stated. "You'll just die if you stay by me. I couldn't save my mother. My father. And now he has Sayu and Misa."

L at L with a sad look. "That's too bad, Raito-kun. They want to kill me anyway, too see you suffer. And I say this, Raito-kun, I'm going to help you find them. We're going to catch them. My best case yet."

"THIS ISN'T ABOUT CRACKING A CASE!" Raito screamed. "THOSE FUCKERS HAVE MY SISTER."

L closed his eyes. "Let's go to another hotel I've reserved for emergencies like this." he whispered softly. He walked barefoot through the snow onto the sidewalk, where he waited for a cab to pass by. 20 minutes of silence later, one came and carried the two to the sidewalk, the bright-lights of the never sleeping Tokyo flashing past their eyes. Light let just one more tear fall out of his bright amber eyes.

That will be last tear to fall. Sayu… please be okay…

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So after the longest time, I'm back!! J

Sorry for taking so long, my ass was grounded and only got to go on the computer when I was at the library! But here's the new chapter, longer and exciting, so please enjoy it, and review for it. -big smile-