Present day: 21st June
Japan
Light fell against the pillows, calming his breathing as his heart began to slow and sweat began to cool upon his skin as L dropped beside him with a huff. He wasn't given long before the itch returned with a growing vengeance, the urge to return to his laptop and the list of names and photo's that awaited him.
'I'm better than this.' He told himself sternly, though a voice whispered that it wouldn't hurt if he killed just a few when L wasn't as alert. But L was alert, and aware of the laptop and Light couldn't think of a way to get rid of his lover in order to return to the list. 'You could always just kill him, then nothing will be preventing you from doing what you know is right.' The voice whispered and Light jerked away from his lover with a muffled, horrified, "No!" That sent him sprawling off the edge of the bed in a tangled heap of blankets.
"Light?" L crawled over to the edge and Light could see the concern and suspicion in his grey eyes. "Are you alright? Is something wrong?"
'He knows!' The voice stated and panic began to rise within him. 'He knows what you were planning and is waiting for you to mess up and admit it! Kill him!' Light fought down a whimper of pain as he felt his abilities rise within him in turmoil just begging to be used, irises bleeding red before he buried his face into the blankets as his ability licked at his nerves sending pain lancing through his bloodstream. He remembered vividly the first time he went through this, only then he had two Warpers with him and a secure place. This time he was being hunted and only had L. 'I wasn't aware it'd gotten this bad though.' He should have seen it coming though, he was using his abilities every hour of every day recently, not to mention the odd fights that'd broken out before then.
"Light, what's wrong?" He could hear L asking, worry evident in his voice even through the muffle of the blankets.
'I need to focus on something else.' He pushed down his abilities, forcing his eyes to shift back to amber before emerging from the blankets and lunging at L, kissing exposed skin that tasted of sweat and something that was inherently L. He could feel L struggle slightly under him, no doubt confused as to just what was going on, but with the urge to kill and unwelcome thoughts crowding his mind, Light pushed on until L ceased to struggle and began to work with him instead of against. It helped for only seconds before the itch returned and Light withdrew from L's lightly panting form even as grey eyes observed him with suspicion.
"Does this have anything to do with the laptop you have under the bed?" L asked, sitting up and pulling at the remainder of the sheets still upon the bed. "I have a sneaking suspicion that you've been up to something I'd disagree with." With slow movements Light watched as L bent down and slid the laptop out from its spot. It didn't take much, just the push of a button, before the log-in was displayed. "Do I have to guess, or will you open it?" L's tone was carefully bland but Light could see the hidden emotions behind grey eyes.
Fingers flew across the keyboard and the laptop opened to its homepage, a generic photo graced the wallpaper even as L began to navigate his way through the minimal apps upon the device. Light knew the moment he found the files Matt had sent, L stiffened in a way Light never knew his lover to be capable of, before grey eyes snapped to him with fury in their depths.
"How long? How long have you known my successors have been alive for? How long have you had this information and been using it?" Light flinched at the tone, inner voice rallying him to strike out at L for daring to speak to him that way.
"A while." He admitted, pushing aside the voice before he felt his abilities muffled and forced down by an outside presence. "You don't have to do that!" He glared at L, getting to his feet dropping the sheets from his naked form. "I'm not doing anything wrong, the people on that list are killing us, and they should know the risk!" He was well aware that he could break the hold of L's Neutralizing ability, but he had a feeling that he'd put them both into a familiar situation and he wasn't ready for a repeat performance.
"What list?" L asked, grey eyes never leaving Light's face. "What list Light?" He repeated when Light clamped his mouth shut.
'He didn't find it?' He was sure that L had blocked his abilities because he had found the list of the military personal. "I thought you found it when you decided to try and block my abilities." He admitted, refusing to say anything else on the topic even as L broke eye contact and began going through everything.
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L looked at the list of names and faces with growing horror. He knew, knew with his whole being that Light had been systematically going through the list and killing those upon it. 'Hundreds...' He now knew why his lover was so erratic, he was clearly suffering from his usage of his abilities more than usual. 'And if what Mogi and I suspect is true...' Light was killing himself faster than ever.
He closed the lid of the laptop and looked up at his fidgeting lover, brunette hair mussed from fingers constantly running through it and the slightly manic glint in his eyes. He couldn't help the sigh that escaped as he closed his eyes and lowered his head atop his clasped hands. He didn't know how to deal with this.
"I want you to stop killing off the list." He stated firmly, refusing to lift the Neutralizing field he had around Light even as he felt a wave of hostile power lash out at it. "It's for your own good." Though it may already be too late.
"I'm fine," Light's voice shook and L could tell that Light didn't believe his own words. "The more we kill now the less we have to deal with later. It's us or them!"
"You're not even giving them a chance!" L snapped, eyes flying open as he glared up at his lover. "You're executing them! Who are you to judge their sins? How can you know if they are they're willingly or not? They may have joined to save themselves or their families and you're killing them indiscriminately!" He pulled himself from the bed to put himself on equal footing with Light, strengthening the Neutral field even though he knew Light could easily brake through it.
"You mean like how they did when they wiped out an entire half of the city?" Light's voice had grown dark, and L watched as crimson bled into the amber. "Like how they killed my family?" L could see the way Light shook, but his own growing fear kept him in place. "They knew what they were signing up for, they've never held back since this all started. Why should I? It's not my problem they chose to go to war against an enemy they know almost nothing about."
"The same can be said for us Light, we don't know who we're up against either, and you're just killing foot-soldiers at this point." L said in resignation, it was clear to him that Light wouldn't be swayed from his chosen path.
"That may be, but I'm certain I've caught the attention of those responsible by now. When they make their move I'll be waiting for them." Light's voice mirrored L's and L knew for certain that they were parting ways. "You do things your way, and I'll do them my way." Light confirmed his suspicions as he swiftly dressed, grabbed the laptop, and left the room without a backwards glance.
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Present day: 21st June
Unknown
Large screens displayed eight faces of men located in various countries across the world, all had their faces shrouded despite each knowing the identities of the others.
"It's the work of a Shinigami Power, you don't have to guess that whoever it is, is a high level Level five Power."
"The problem is that whoever the individual is, is killing our soldiers faster than they sign up."
"I believe that our only option is to come together once more and deal with the problem. We have two Firestarters, an Earth user, an Air user, two Neutralizers, a Warper and a Shinigami Power of our own amongst us. Surely with us all working together we can remove the Shinigami Power, killing the only real threat the criminals have against us."
"Where should we meet?"
"At our old business headquarters."
"We're going to Japan."
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