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Recap: Raito gasped when he saw the arrancar approaching him, he started trembling when L was only about a foot away from him. The arrancar leaned in close and stared straight into Raito's eyes.

" Hello…Kira."

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Urahara Shop

Next day

3:30 am

Rukia slipped through the door of the Urahara shop, her hair was disheveled and she was slightly out of breath. She had been in a deep sleep when she received the call from Urahara.

"Rukia-chan, nice of you to join to us," Urahara commented, he was sitting at the table with Hitsugaya, Matsumoto, Yumichika, Renji, and Ikkaku. They all looked rather irritated.

"I'm sorry I'm late, please proceed Urahara-san." Rukia said as she took her seat.

"Very well. I'm sure you've all noticed the strange reiatsu that arrived in town a couple days ago." Everyone nodded. " I've sent a sample of it to Mayuri in Seireitei for testing and he just sent back the results. It appears that we have a black shinigami in our hands."

" And what the fuck may I ask is a black shinigami?" Ikkaku asked, of the six of them, he look the most unhappy to be there, he'd been in the middle of a happy dream in which he was fighting Kenpachi…and winning.

"The black shinigami are possibly the most dangerous creatures in this universe." It was Hitsugaya who spoke up now. Everyone turned to stare at the tenth division captain. "If any one of them releases their full power, it's possible that the entire dimension will be destroyed."

-Start Chapter Five: Dark-

When Raito opened his eyes he saw nothing but darkness. A pure pitch black that did not exist on earth, darkness so intense you lost sense of whether you were alive or already dead. Raito reached forward, groping clumsily with his hands trying to find something to give him some idea of where he was. A few seconds later, his hand was met with a cold metal bar; next to it there were more bars.

A cage? I'm in a cage?

Raito tensed slightly when he heard a small swishing sound coming from what was probably a corner of the cage. He walked towards the source of the sound with arms spread out in front of him, careful not to bump into anything. Raito was only about two feet away when he suddenly found a bulbous pair of glowing red eyes staring back at him. He fought the urge to let out a scream as the eyes started blinking at him.

" Surprised Raito?" A familiar voice asked with a hint of amusement at the look of horror on Raito's face.

" Ryuuku?"

" Yeah, it's me, bet you didn't know I could see in the dark like this did you?"

Raito shook his head, he had been fairly positive before this that no being could see in absolute darkness, it was scientifically impossible, just like a notebook that could kill people.

" So, would you have any idea where we are?" he asked, the coolness had returned to his voice. Ryuuku smirked, Raito sure bounced back quickly.

" Yeah, actually I do but what makes you think I'm going to tell you?"

" Figures," Raito muttered.

" Don't sound so bitter. You should know by now I never tell you anything, but you'll find out soon enough. I'm sure your buddy L will fill you in on all the details." Ryuuku commented. Raito glared at him, he could practically hear the smirk on the large shinigami's face. The two of them sat in the darkness in for who knows how long, the silence never broken except for an occasional complaint from Ryuuku. Finally a seemingly far off door opened, letting a small amount of light reach the cage. Raito took the opportunity to inspect his surroundings.

The cage he was currently in was rather spacious, about 10 x 15 feet he would have to guess. The bars however, were not made of metal at all but appeared to be the bones of a very large and unusual animal. These were no ordinary bones; for one thing they were a murky red color with a charcoal grey pattern on them. They were also unusually smooth but they were distinctly bones. The rest of the cage was pretty standard, dirt floor, gigantic complicated lock, etc.

Raito let his fingers linger over the bars, tracing the smooth grey pattern until a pale hand caught his own hand. He looked up and found the face the face of L staring back at him, thumb in his mouth as usual. Ryuuku just leaned against the bars of the cage and snickered inaudibly. Raito narrowed his eyes to look at L, how long had it been since L had died? Five years now? Yes, L had died five years ago, but if that was so, what was he doing here?

" Enjoying your stay Raito-kun? Or should I say, Kira?" L spoke up. " I'm sure this must bring back some old memories," L gestured towards the cage. Raito growled slightly at the back of his throat, L did not appear to have noticed, instead he held up a plate of strawberry cake. "Cake?" he offered. Raito shook his head, L shrugged and took a bite. The arrancar let a hand run over the smooth bones of the cage. " The bones of my brothers," he remarked quietly.

Ryuuku sat in the background watching this odd exchanging of words between two former rivals. Nothing had changed in all these years. Raito was just as cold-hearted and manipulative and seemed that not even death could rid L of his undying love of sweets. The level animosity and distrust between the two of them was at an all time high. This could prove to be entertaining.

" I suppose you're wondering why you're here," L said with his mouth full of cake. " Apparently Aizen-sama has some big plans for you, you as well," he pointed towards Ryuuku. " I never thought shinigami could be so different from each other, your kind are really not like the others." Raito just stared.

Others? What is he talking about?

Finished with his cake, L stood up to leave. " I only came to check if you were still alive, it'd be a shame if we lost you." He was about to walk out of the door when Raito called out,

" Wait!" L turned around. " Before you go, I need to know two things. Where am I? And who is Aizen?"

" Aizen? He's a pitiful fool. A false idol, a God in his own mind, just like you. But I'm bound to him as long as I'm in this form; he'll be sending for you soon, his plans are almost complete. I doubt you'll ever leave here so please, enjoy your stay in Hueco Mundo." And with that, L walked out, the door slamming behind him. Raito was left in the dark, his head hung in despair.

L walked slowly through the corridors of Aizen's Hueco Mundo citadel, his fingers fiddling with the overly long sleeves of his jacket and his face looked contemplative. It had been so long since he had seen Raito Yagami, he had almost forgotten the coldness and artificial sincerity that had always been in his eyes. However, he would never forget the ingenuity of the young man, after all, he managed to deceive him, L, the greatest detective the world had ever known. The arrancar stopped at the entrance to Aizen's main chamber. He walked up to the stone throne and knelt before his "God".

" Aizen-sama, the prisoner is still alive and well, his companion appears to be in good shape as well." L mumbled. Aizen looked extremely pleased.

" Very good, the fall of Seireitei will come sooner than I thought. You are dismissed." Aizen said with a small, deceivingly gentle smile on his face. L stood up and bowed before stepping off to the side with the other arrancar.

A tall arrancar with wild unkempt dark purple hair walked up next to L and grinned widely. His hollow hole was just below his neck and encompassed by a tattoo of a purple dragon, what was left of his mark sat on his forehead, pushing his hair back.

" Nice goin'! This is makin' things so much easier for the rest of us. Seriously, Lawliet, now that we got this guy, Aizen can take down Seireitei easy and we'll reign supreme." The arrancar paused to strike a cheesy pose.

" I don't think I care much about the downfall of Seireitei, Shige. As long as we can execute the prisoner in the end, I think I'll be content." L replied.

" Aw, come on. Haven't ya ever wanted to rule the world before? And besides, what'd that guy ever do to ya anyway?" the arrancar, Shige asked.

"Everything."

L woke up on the streets of Tokyo, streams of people passed without sparing him a second glance. It only took him a few moments to realize that he was now a spirit, a ghost. He looked up to see a giant screen on the building in front of him; they were running another news report on Kira.

" Just a few hours ago, L made a public announcement. He is requesting that the police not make the faces of criminals public, as this will allow more murders by Kira. This was announced this morning at 8:00 am and already many are asking themselves whether this will be effective or not…"

It must have been Raito Yagami; there was no doubt about it in his mind. The members of the taskforce had almost certainly elected Raito as the next L since they could never reveal to the public that he, the world's greatest detective, had died. For days after, L wandered around the city getting used to being a ghost.

In this short period of time L learned about the white shinigami, the counterpart to the black ones he had met before. At the same time, he also learned of hollows, evil, vicious, corrupted souls. It became apparent that he too would become a hollow; the hatred he felt towards Raito was too strong. As days passed, his hatred away at, consuming his soul and slowly, he became a hollow.

As a hollow, L rarely killed, only when necessary to sate his hunger, and he was hungry now. L cornered the spirit of a teenage boy in an abandoned alley, his clawed hands lashing forward to grab the boy. The young ghost shook in fear as he let out a scream for help. L had almost reached him when a black-robed figure leaped down from the building above to attack the hollow. The assailant was wielding a sword whose hilt they immediately stamped the ghost's forehead with, sending them to Rukongai. By then, L had already made use of his unnatural speed and escaped.

Many more months passed for L as a hollow, he spent most of his time avoiding shinigami and catching up on news of Kira. Then came that fateful day when he learned of Raito's near outwitting of his protégé, Mello. That had been absolutely infuriating and his hatred escalated to a new level. It was at this point in time he transformed.

L could feel a tingling sensation in his chest, it quickly spread throughout his entire body and the tingling became pain and the pain became numbness as he was consumed by a black void of his own hatred. It felt as if he had been thrown into a dark abyss, never to return. When he opened his eyes, he no longer had the distinctive body of a normal hollow, he was now a Menos Grande. L wandered around in Hueco Mundo, just as he had the streets of Tokyo. It was then when he realized how corrupted justice truly was.

Even as a Menos Grande, L's intelligence didn't seem to drop at all, not like the other gillians. He was still perfectly capable of thinking for himself so he didn't have anyone else to blame for submitting to Aizen's will. It could not be said that he had allowed Aizen to turn him into an arrancar under his own free will but it would've also been a lie to say it was nonconsensual.

" Welcome to this world my child," Aizen had said to him with fake smile after the transformation was complete. The newly formed arrancar remained silent, this man reminded him too much of Raito for his liking. From that day forward, he was no longer L, world's greatest detective; instead he was 68th arrancar Lawliet, a pawn in a dark and dangerous game.

-

" Hellooooo, Lawliet, ya there?" Shige waved his around in L's face. " Can ya hear me? You okay?" L turned to look at Shige.

" I'm fine," he whispered. Shige laughed and hit him playfully on the back.

" Good, like I was sayin', wouldn't it be awesome to rule the world? Not just Earth but like Heaven too!" Shige exclaimed, arms held aloft.

"No."

" Why not?"

L's face turned morose, " It's something he would want to do."

-End Chapter Five: Dark-

(A/N: Bet you all thought I died right? It's been a really long time since I've updated, more than a month. Anyways, I was thinking, does anyone reading this want to write the next chapter? I'm not kidding, I'm a little clueless about where to go from here since I've deviated from the original plot I thought of a while ago. If anyone wants to volunteer to write the next chapter and give me a boost in the right direction, PM me, the first person to do so can write it. If no one volunteers, I may not be able to update for at least 2 months. It doesn't have to be too long or too detailed, I just need to get my thoughts organized and someone out there needs to help me do it. So PM me if you're interested.)