L's POV

Sobbing quietly as he watched her eyes close, he curled his arms upwards; pulling her to him tighter. Standing up, he held her as he motioned to Mello.

"Take Raito's cell phone out, and call Watari. Have him pick us up as soon as possible, and then take up straight to the hotel."

He watched Mello do as he was told, and he turned to Raito. Said murderer was currently staring at him in surprise as he did not hunch forward, but instead stood straight. Cradling her head on his chest, he walked past him and out of the sweets shop. Not giving a second thought to the candy and cake inside, he tightened his hold on her as it began to rain. The black Mercedes Benz pulled up to the curb as he was gently blowing a few wisps of hair from her face that was currently draining of color. He stepped into the car carefully; not wanting to hurt her at all. Sitting down, he lifted one leg to cradle her gently; now his hand wiping the rain from her cheeks. Watari glanced at him form the driver's seat before starting the defrost in the car. Raito and Misa and all of the others climbed into the car silently.

Normal POV

L walked into his room; ignoring the police force that was staring at him. He gently laid her on the bed as he sat down in a chair next to her. Raito, Misa, Mello, Near, and uninvited, Ryuk, filed into the room before the door was shut. L paid no attention to any of them as he crouched in his computer chair. He stared at her; watching her chest rise and fall rhythmically as he became obsessed with making sure that each time it fell, it rose again. His hand lay on his knee; yearning to touch her and make sure she was alive, and his mind did not believe that her chest movements were enough to prove her safety. Her face began to twitch as her arm shot up to her chest; clenching over her heart. Her eyes flung open as she shot up; sitting up in a cringe. Her hair fanned out around her shoulders as she snarled in pain; the pain that originally was there increasing ten-fold. Swinging her legs over the edge of the bed, she stood up. Faltering on her own legs, she would have fallen had both L and Raito not jumped up to her side. Leaning more on L that Raito, she pushed off of them, staggering to the middle of the room. A warm glow cast shadows around her from the ceiling as she bent forward again.

"Sakura, stop; you'll hurt yourself."

L's voice came from beside her as she clenched her jaw in agony. He was completely unaware as she threw her fist at him, sending him skidding on the floor to the wall; dumbstruck. Raito faltered in his plan on replacing L's spot next to her when she screamed; clutching her head. L stood up, one hand outstretched to her, before freezing on the spot. Her scream had escalated in pitch until it was just out of human's hearing range. Ryuk, however, snapped his hands up over his ears and fell from the air onto the ground. He growled in pain as black tar-like liquid trickled from his ears. Managing to slip through the floor, his frightened face slid out of sight. The entire group watched in fear as the back of her shirt tore open; two black wings sprouted from her shoulder blades, each emerging a few seconds differently from the other. Each bony finger sheathed in black membrane was tipped with a claw, the wings flexing on their own. Her eyes flew open as she arched backwards; clearly still in pain. The black irises and pupils of her eyes bled out; coating her entire eye in black. All at once; the color in her eyes rippled, becoming a pink slightly darker than her hair. All of the black in her hair had disappeared; replaced with deep, cherry blossom pink. The tips of her hair fanned out behind her; as if they were floating on some sort of aura emanating from her form. Her skin paled, large ribbons of black material; what seemed to be liquid, sprouted from the juncture between her wings. They wove and weaved together around her, before suddenly sucking tight to her body; melting into her skin to become her skin itself. Everything about her was the same, except the black ribbons had changed her attire. She now had a black corset type top made from midnight black silk. It had two tank top sleeves that jutted out at three points; the main pinnacle being directly on top of her shoulder. The chest piece of the shirt was merely enough to hold her in, coming to points above each of her assets, as a translucent stretchy material that coated her arms and chest above the silk; up to a black collar around her neck. Two stark white X's were what held the top together; vertically lining down her torso beneath her chest. A pleated black skirt that was dangerously near not being enough material to be of much use was what blended smoothly with her top. It too was made of black silk, and had a bright white stripe lining the edges; as did her sleeves. The black material above her shirt continued on down her legs, disappearing beneath two thigh high boots. Two elbow-length black gloves were on her hands; a pointed claw protruding from the tips. Her ears tapered and her lips inked in a very deep shade of fuchsia. Eye lashes inking black and lengthening, she convulsed forward once more. Panting, she wearily turned her head to look at L, a black book in her clawed hand; the words ใƒ‡ใ‚นใƒŽ--ใƒˆ (Death Note) printed in white letters near the top.

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