Hey guys, getting this update up but not sure how long it will be before the next, got a shit ton of college work to do. The joys of life lol! Anyway I hope you enjoy this chapter and please review if you do :) Thank you for reading this fic btw :) means a lot! ~ Louise Lawliet


Chapter 9 - Looking Up

L had been at the Wammys house for almost a month and so far Watari and Roger could not really break through his defensive barrier. Nor could Levi. L was so traumatised from his past it was difficult to mention it to the poor child without inducing a panic attack or making him even more fearful than he already was. Levi had help build L's confidence up to a certain extent but there was something blocking him from progressing anymore than he had. And it was almost clear to Watari and Roger what that block was after an incident that happened only a few short days ago.

Flash Back

L was sitting in the large lounge area on the ground. He was crouched in the corner of the large room muttering something to himself when some of the other children entered the room. L looked up and instantly recognised the young boys who entered. He tensed up slightly and the boys looked over towards L and smirked.

"Oh look it's Watari's new dog!" L winced at the remark and his body started to tremble as the 3 boys came towards him, "What's wrong pooch? Lost without your master?" L retreated furthur into the wall until he could go no further. One of the boys raised a fist to L and...

"WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING DAMIEN?!" the boys turned and saw Watari standing in the doorway. Damien and the other 2 boys ran out of the room faster than a cheetah after it's prey. Watari walked over to a terrified L who just cowered away from him.

"L, did they do anything to you?" L hesitated but slowly brought his head up and looked up at Watari.

"I... I'm not your dog am I? He called me that. I'm his dog, he is sending people to hurt me... He is coming isn't he? Please don't let him get me," L leapt up and gripped onto Watari, "please don't let him get me pleeaassee!"

Flash Back End

The two men quickly figured out the thing L feared most was not the other children, other people. It was the fear that his tormenter would return and get him. It was a very difficult situation to be landed in. It was almost impossible to be able to track L's tormentor down without L's real last name. He had a location (being the area L was found) but had not a name to go by. If he could get the persons full name it would be a lot easier to track them down, but it could also be done with using L's last name. But did the child even know of his last name, or was he to terrified to reveal it to anyone? Levi was the closest person to L at the moment and was given a task to try and get L's full name from him. But so far he had been unable to do this. L seemed extremely reluctant to give out any personal infomation, was there a reason to that? Everything L did seemed to be related to a reaction to fear. Could L have been beaten into keeping any personal infomation private? Or could he just have been beaten so much he didn't have an ounce of trust left in his tiny mind. L could really do with seeing a councillor or someone similar, but with his incredible trust issues with people, it would be pointless. They needed to solve the source of L's fear. Which was the person/people that tortured the poor boy from birth. Watari sipped his tea and looked out the window watching the happy children of Wammys Playing happily with each other, he wished for L to someday enjoy life as much as the others. But that wish was a long way off.

Levi's Room

Levi stared at the small pile of books in the corner of the room, behind which L sat reading one of the larger ones.

"Hey L! L whatcha reading?!" Levi crouched on the floor and lay on his stomach bringing his legs above his back. L peeked over a book and closed it when he saw Levi watching him.

"Sorry.. It looked interesting..." L placed the book down and brought his knees to his chest and placed his thumb on his lip.

"It's fine! What's mine is yours remember?! Ever since your IQ test yesterday you have been reading a lot! When did Roger say you will get the results?" Levi looked up at his friend with great anticipation in his eyes. L sighed and started nibbling the skin around his thumbnail.

"Erm... I think he said this afternoon... Maybe." Levi could tell L was nervous. He said he had never done a test before or even been to school.

"Awesome! Well good luck anyway!" Levi smiled and leapt up from the floor and ran to the other side of the room. L wiped the white sleeve of his shirt on his nose and slowly stood up and followed his only friend accross the room.

"You... You want me to do well?" L cocked his head in a nervous fashion as Levi turned and just smiled at him again,

"Well Duh, your my friend, why would I not want you to do well! Here want one?" Levi held out a small bag of Jelly Babies, L nodded and took one and eagerly out it into his mouth and smiled,

"Thankyou Levi," Levi smiled and laughed as he munched on a Jelly Baby himself. Levi wa currently the cleverest child in Wammys, probably the most charismatic too. But he was secretly hoping L would do better than him. If his chess playing skills were anything to go by, he would get more marks than the test had available! He saw something in L, a feeling he would one day be somebody great. And he hoped his feeling was right.

2 hours later

Rogers Office

Roger sat at his desk open mouthed, having just looked over L's IQ test. He read through it over and over again to make sure than he had marked it correctly.

"Erm... Quillish could you possibly come over here a second," Watari (who was sat accross the room) stood up and walked across the room towards the open mouthed Roger.

"What is it Roger? What are you looking at,"

"One second, can you look over this to make sure I am actually seeing what I am and not just markin this wrong. It's L's IQ test." Roger handed the paper over to Watari and he too began to scan over the paper.

"No Roger you have indeed marked this correctly, it's just... Well considering his circumstances... Shocking to say the least,"

"I'm glad I didn't miss read it. It's just shocking that a child of his background, his personality, his age would have an IQ of 200! I thought Levi was extraordinary with an IQ of 180. I was right to allow you to keep him here. He just needs to build confidence around people, and I think it will begin to get better once we finally discover what has truely happened to him,"

"I agree Roger, I'm glad I didn't give up on him. He will be someone great one day, I just know it. I'll go and get L to give him the news, I can imagine little Levi will follow him too. I think Levi has done L some good. Even if L still has a long way to go,"

Watari left the room and Roger just sat back in his seat and smiled, 'things may start to look up for little L after all'


Sorry it's so short, I have a lot of work for college, so I will try update both my stories again at the weekend :P please review if you enjoyed and see you next time!