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Chapter 8: The Truth
They arrived rather quickly, Light was first to come in as he had a better durability to run in comparison to L and his barefooted habits. Light had called around the house for Misa's mother; it was when L showed up that he clarified hearing running water. The two entered the bathroom to find an unconscious Amane Lisa, on the ground, the dial tone echoing on the ground. Light checked to see if she was alright, which she was, breathing thematically.
L on the other note noticed that Mitsu was laying on the ground, eyes closed, and his hands to his side. L turned off the water, stepped in and checked for a pulse. When L found one, he let out a breath of relief. Misa had not killed her father, he had merely fainted. L told Light to throw him a towel. L than dried Mitsu's forehead and then checked his temperature. He was burning; the poor guy just was having a fever.
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"Misa…?" The girl was in tears it was true, but the pen she hadn't moved it since she placed it on the Death Note. It was becoming a rather big dot sinking into the page.
"Misa can't. Misa just can't." The pen fell out of her hand, "I love my father too much, even for L, and I wouldn't hurt him." Rem picked it up, and decided to respect the girl's feelings.
"Misa you could always try someone else?"
"No." Misa proclaimed loudly, "I won't use dirty methods to attract L, I'll use my own way."
"Own way?" Misa nodded, snapping the Death Note close.
"Ah, and I know just the way, let's go home Rem! I need a tape recorder and my mom has tons!" Misa smiled brightly at Rem and the Shinigami looked lost but she too nodded thinking it was probably for the best this way.
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"Is he dead?" Light asked, trying very softly to awake the mother with light slaps.
"No, he's alive."Light too, thanked the gods above, Misa wasn't as stupid as he thought again. She was able to keep herself under wraps for the most part. "Light-kun, help me move Mitsu, and then we'll move Amane-san into the next room as well." Light nodded, gently resting Lisa's head under another towel before joining L to help lift up Misa's old man, after properly covering him up. As they began to move him, he stirred.
"Ryuzaki, w-what happened why you both are here in my house? Is Misa okay?" Mitsu groaned out, and shifted between Ryuzaki and Light as they heaved him towards his bed.
"We thought you died." L replied, "Your wife screamed when she found you unconscious and fainted on the phone. We rushed over to see what happened."
"My wife, where is-? "Light pushed Mitsu down, before the old man could strain himself anymore.
"Calm down, were going to bring her now idiot." Light muttered and got back up to help L get Lisa up.
When both Misa's parents were relaxed, the wife still unconscious, but uninjured, L made sure to phone Watari asking for medical assistance for Mitsu and then began with his interrogation.
"Mitsu where is Misa?" Mitsu's brows creased his daughter? He hadn't heard from her or seen her since she had yelled at him.
"She didn't go to school?" Light and L exchanged glances, Misa wasn't at school so they both shook their heads. "I, I don't know then, did you call her cell?" Mitsu mumbled, rubbing his head. The boy's expressions signaled no, so Mitsu sighed. "Just use my cell phone, it's on my desk."
L retrieved it, and turned on the phone, than began looking through Mitsu's address book. There were so many names, more than L could ever imagine. He only had about nine or ten but this looked about thirty numbers. Light groaned, when L was taking so long, he snatched the phone out of L's hands.
"Give me that, sheesh!" L only stared up at Light with this thumb pressed to his lip. Light found Misa rather quickly just by using speed dial one, figuring any parent would do that for their kids. From experience, Light knew he was speed call one on both his mom and dad's phone and waited for the phone to stop ringing.
When it clicked, Light prepared to yell but when a male voice appeared on the phone, Light raised a brow in suspicion. Did he call the wrong number?
"Who is this?" Light asked, and there was a low chuckle.
"Shouldn't I be asking you the same since you called me?" Light growled the guy was basically making fun of him. So he did call the wrong number. Whatever he could hang up and just look for it correctly. "Or could this be the new L I've been hearing so much about?" Light froze, no one knew him as the new L except for Mitsu, Misa's mother, L, the task force members, and finally Misa. So just who was this guy? Was Misa blabbing her mouth to someone about the investigation?!
"Who. Are. You?" Light gritted out again, and another chuckle sounded off on the other side.
"So I was right, you must be Light Yagami then?" This guy really was pissing Light off, this guy knew his name, knew that he was considered the new L and the worst part was he sounded like Ryuzaki! Light glanced over to Ryuzaki to see if the guy was messing with his head, but L was just staring back at him in wonder.
"Again who are you? I don't have the patience for this!" Light roared, and more snickering. "I'm talking to you bastard. This isn't a game!"
"You're not fun, nothing like the old L. If you must know, the name is BB and this phone is now under my property."
"BB…?" Light questioned out loud, and in that instant the phone was ripped from his hands. Light turned to yell at Ryuzaki but his mouth clamped shut in an instant. L was furious, beyond what Light had seen earlier.
"Beyond Birthday!" L shouts into the phone, and BB on the other side's laughter came to a halt. A pause, and then finally an answer.
"What a pleasant surprise and here I thought this girl would disappoint me! So she really is your fan girl, the second Kira, Misa-san?" L's lip twitched, Misa the second Kira? Was she with BB? Why did he have her phone?
"Where is Misa?" L demanded, and BB shrugged.
"Who knows, after she ran from me, she could be anywhere. Though I do have to applaud you for hating the girl instead of liking her, which means she's up for grabs, right?"
"Hating her? What are you talking about?" L asked, and BB chuckled darkly. On BB side things were starting to make sense. L sounded clueless; he didn't know what was going on. Misa somehow heard wrong, and L is still L. There was no doubting it as L sounded the same from when they first dueled each other to see who the better mastermind was.
"Stop trying to take my spotlight. Killing isn't your style L." L's mind went blank and only the dial tone greeted his mind. He lowered the phone and stared at Light. Something was off. Why did BB tell him to stop killing? L would never hurt anyone. Then why was BB accusing him of stealing his spot light? All L could gather was Misa was the 2nd Kira; BB was never one to lie about anything if it helped him gain weight over L. But L still didn't understand why?
"Misa, thinks I hate her?" L asked loudly, and Light froze up. How the hell was he going to get himself out of this one?
"That is my fault L." Both Light and L turned to the coughing Amane Mitsu. "I yelled at her last night and said it was her fault for chasing you around that you retired. I told her you found it annoying."
It was true that L found it extremely annoying that the girl wouldn't stop stalking after him but at the same time he never hated her for it in fact he was grateful. If Misa had given up on him, wouldn't that mean she didn't care for him? That she didn't remember him at all in the slightest bit? L was happy when he bumped into Misa; it was wonderful to see her again after so many years. "I told her you were angry at her, and thus quit your job because of Misa. Forgive me."
L was angry at the news, while Light seemed to be praising the heavens for once again saving his ass before L figured out the whole truth.
L had a good idea of what was going on, Misa must have become the second Kira to pursued him to get back on his job. She cared for him and admired L so much to sacrifice her lifestyle for his. It was a true burden.
"Mitsu, I promise to make sure to stop Misa from becoming a Kira." L promised and Mitsu thanked him accordingly.
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When Misa arrived home, she was shocked to see an old man inside her kitchen. He turned and greeted her warmly and Misa screamed loudly afraid that he was going to hurt her. There was a number of footsteps and Misa gapped at seeing both Light and Ryuzaki at the foot of her stair way. They too, looked just as stunned to see her home too.
"Misa!"
"Amane-san!" Their voices filled the air, and Misa gasped when Ryuzaki ran to her and pulled her into a hug. Misa couldn't find her voice then as heat rose to her cheeks in a matter of seconds, and she waited for him to pull away to explain. "Your phone, was with BB? WHY?" Misa glanced at Ryuzaki, questioningly.
"You know BB?" Misa asked, somewhat lost and L gave her a look that said, 'duh' but nodded and she scratched her neck. "Misa met him because when she skipped school today, she thought he was L at the beach and when he fell in Misa dived in to save his life but drowned but BB saved Misa so she was with him for a bit!" Misa exclaimed cheerfully and Ryuzaki was practically twitching. Misa drowned? BB SAVED her? Things weren't making sense. He gave her a closer look, her neck, HER NECK. L was on the tip of losing it, and he pointed to her neck. Misa reached up and slid her hands over it as L waited for an explanation.
"BB strangled Misa." Misa replied, "But he got angry so suddenly when Misa explained what happened to L that Misa escaped."
"I see." Ryuzaki replied he could see she was crying. Already he was having trouble concealing his emotions. He was just glad he was able to hold her in his arms, to know she was safe.
"Misa." They both whirled their heads toward Light and he approached the girl but didn't hug her thankfully. "I would like to take you in for questioning, considering that we think you are Kira." Light immediately regretted saying those words. He just dug his own grave. The girl's brows furrowed, and she blinked a couple of times.
"But didn't you say that L is Kira?"
Damn her to hell. Light cursed, and waited, and waited for L to snap and slowly the youth did.
"YOU TOLD HER WHAT!?" L snapped loudly besides Misa, and Misa nearly jumped at such a booming voice. She glanced at Ryuzaki and swallowed heavily, he looked positively enraged. Light too, was trying to calculate his steps. If he wasn't careful this could be troublesome for him, but by this point he was already as good as dead.
"I told her, L was Kira." Light repeated. Misa glanced from Light to Ryuzaki. Was something going on that she was unaware of?
"Why. Did. You. Tell her. That?" L grit out.
"Because it is the truth." Light replied, and L finally pieced the puzzle together. His first suspicion was correct Light was Kira and he was using HIS title as L as a cover up. He was using HIS Misa as bait to be 2nd Kira in his absence while the rest of the task force members thought of her as THE Kira.
"It's not the truth as L would never do that, he would never hurt people. He wouldn't ever turn his back on people!"
Misa glanced at Ryuzaki with pity because just like her, he was a fan of L that was lied too as well. He had no idea of the truth. That L was really Kira.
"It's the truth Ryuzaki-kun." Misa spoke up silencing L's rant. His eyes darted to her doubtfully. "L became Kira and it's my fault." She was crying again, and L wouldn't allow it.
"No, L is not Kira, and he is not angry with you." Misa's eyes gazed over his; those dark pools were as puzzling as ever. "He could never be angry with you, considering L l-loves you." Misa felt herself grow angry, cheeks puffing out in fury. She did not like her emotions being messed with.
"And how would you know?!" L glanced at her, his heart beating rapidly.
"Because I am L." Misa shook her head, she would not fall for this lie again, suddenly there were Ls lined up at her footsteps now that her L was Kira.
"Liar." Misa replied angrily, and was dazed when Ryuzaki-kun grabbed hold of her and pulled her to his lips. Misa wanted to pull away, scream, and hit him but sudden warmth seared over her, one that she couldn't ever forget and in that instant her memories clicked and she finally saw the figure in her dreams as the one in front of her. When L pulled away from her he was smirking.
"Your still that strong woman that I remember."
Misa was blushing; her mind had reached heavens gates and was soaring above the skylines.
"L." It wasn't a question it was a statement. Her eyes sparkly stars, and lips wide happily.
"Yes, Misa-san?" L wondered however, and was surprised to feel a sharp sting across his face.
"All this time you were in front of me and you didn't say a THING? You bastard!" Misa yelled, grasping him by the neck and choking him. "You let everyone at school THINK I was KIRA. You didn't DEFEND ME and you THINK it's okay to just outright KISS ME after putting me through so much hell?!"
"I wanted you to remember me."
"OH-Well WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST SAY SO BEFORE?!"
"I-I didn't want to get you involved with the Kira case." L explained, with a small laugh and Misa dropped him to the ground crossing her arms and looking away.
"So much for that one then." Her eyes snapped to Light who was trying to edge away. "And YOU! Who the hell are you supposed to be?"
"He's Kira and before you hit me again, I just found out now. So please don't hurt me again Misa." L asked and she gave him the evil eye.
"Whatever." L sighed and turned his view back on Light.
"Light, are you willing to give yourself up peacefully?" Light groaned, he knew this was going to happen, and if he tried to run he knew he wouldn't get far considering that wench knew his name, she would probably kill him for deceiving her.
"Do I have a choice?" Light asked, and both Misa and L shook their heads and Light shrugged.
"Then whatever, arrest me."
"Gladly." Light turned to see Misa's father standing up on the stairs, handcuffs ready, and his wife, helping him up while glaring at Light as well.
"Just remember L," Light told L with a smirk, "You have no proof. No solid evidence that will bind me to being Kira. Your word isn't any better than my own."
"You're wrong L's word is the best there is."Light chuckled at Misa as her father snapped the cuffs on his wrists.
"Keep telling yourself that little cheerleader." Misa stuck her tongue at Light, and then a hand on her shoulder made her look up at L questionably.
"You say I have no evidence, but I have the best there is, I have Misa." L replied, and Light simple grumbled. This was not over, he swore it.
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No it's not the end, but you can hate me now if you want. It was rushed, a bunch, but I was kind of hurt a bit. Oh well, I hope I can sever the damages I've done from this chapter and the last in the next chapters to come.
