Day 7-Part 4

Coolnerdgirl: Dun dun duhhhhhhh! Cliffhangers, anyone? Thanks to HilaremBeatitudinem for following my story, SugoiSaian for reviewing, and also to HilaremBeatitudinem for favoriting my story! I just want to give a big thank you to all of you guys for taking the time to read this, it really means alot to me and I appreciate that you took the time to look at my fic!

So, what do you guys think about the story so far? This is my second to last chapter, but if you guys have any ideas, I'll work them in! I love reviews, and I really couldn't have gotten this far in the story without your guys' support and comments! Even just reading it is helpful, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

What is L going to do? Why did Misa change so much? Will Light and L make it out of this alive? Should I make this a really sad fic? I definitely want to hear what you guys think for the last question, that's for sure. I'm considering making this have a sad ending, but I need input. You'll find out how it ends when I write it, don't worry I have a basic idea of what I'm doing. (I think.)

Nanite kotoda is how you say Oh my God in Japanese.

Enjoy the penultimate chapter to a Week of Lawlight!

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Sayu had decided to follow her father to work. It seemed like the only logical way to find Light, and she knew that she could do it. "So I have to hide my hair, and my clothing taste. That would be the things that chichi would be looking for, if he was looking for me. But how will I do that? Maybe….That's it!" In her excitement, Sayu threw the door open, banging it against the wall. The paintings shook, but she payed no heed to them.

Running down the hall to Light's room, she charged full force into the door. "Owww." Opening the door, she looked around. The room was plain, as orderly as an army bunk before inspection. His desk was cluttered, though. "That's odd, he's normally so neat!" Rifling through the papers, she came across a sketchbook. "Huh, what's this?"

Opening the cover, Sayu saw a beautiful drawing of a man's face. "Wow," she whispered. It didn't look finished, in fact it looked like the rough drafts that you make before your rough drafts. But the work was done so carefully, so tenderly, that it looked like love had guided the pencil.

Large, deep-looking black eyes, accentuated by dark circles simply added to the appeal of the art. Big, poofy, spiky hair stuck out in all directions, in a color as black as pitch. The mouth was in a small smile, as if someone had made an amusing joke. Back to the eyes, Sayu noticed that Light had captured a happy feeling in them, as if all of the joy in the world had gathered in the mirror-like eyes.

"Wow," she whispered again. Turning the page, she saw someone (maybe the same person?) crouching on a chair. They were wearing what looked like a long-sleeved shirt and loose pants, that may or may not have been jeans. The unidentifiable male wasn't wearing shoes or socks, and his thumb was in his mouth.

The whole book was filled with sketches and more finalized drawings of this man. But on the third-to-last page, tears were brought to the girl's eyes. It was a color drawing of the mystery man, holding a piece of strawberry cake and smiling again. Sayu was awestruck by its realism, but the incredible work wasn't why she was crying.

A drawing of Light himself was on the right of the man. Light was standing, looking incredibly overwhelmed and had tears in his eyes. Written in perfect cursive above the drawing was the thing that made the final push to the emotional side of the viewer. 'We can never be together, but I still love you.'

Sayu decided to bring the notebook with her when she followed her father to work, as something to give to Light when she saw him. Or if she saw the mystery man, even better. Opening her older brother's closet, she pulled out his sweatshirt, sweatpants, and a beanie/hat thing that she didn't know what to call.

"Nanite kotoda! These things are huge. Well, at least they're clean." Pulling the clothes on over her own underclothes, she looked at herself in the mirror. An unknown human stared back at her. That human had hair tucked into a hat, and gray sweatclothes on, hiding any figure that they could have. You couldn't even tell if they were a boy or a girl.

"That worked." Putting the sketchbook under her arm, she walked back into her own room. Grabbing some sneakers, she quickly laced them up and ran downstairs.

"Sayu, honey….Ah! Who are you?" Sachiko Yagami had just started to make her way to the staircase when a random person charged down the stairs.

"Hi haha! It's me." Sayu waved to her mother. "Don't let chichi know, but I'm gonna follow him to work. I need to find Light!"

"Oh, honey…." But the mother soon realized that there was no convincing Sayu not to go. "Just remember to keep a large enough distance between you and him. Oh, and don't talk to him, no matter what he asks you. Your voice will give you away. Jog while you go, you want to blend in as much as possible. Good luck!"

"Thanks haha!" Pulling the hat brim down low, she jogged out the door. Soichiro had already left, so Sayu began following him at a slow run. They went through the big city, and they neared the outskirts of town. A huge building distracted Sayu, and she waited for her father to go inside. Just as she was about to enter, a figure 43 floors up lowered themselves out of a window.

They tentatively stood on a window ledge one floor below. Repeating the process, Sayu could only watch in shock as they kept on making their way down.

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Sweat poured down L's face as he made his suicidal descent down the building. The only thing that kept him from letting go in exhaustion and falling to his death was the thought of Light being tortured by Beyond. Grabbing onto the ledge, he hung down. Letting go, he softly landed on the ledge one floor lower.

Biting his lip, he continued the process. Would anyone notice him? Hopefully not. And if they did, he would come up with something. Soon, he was on the 30th floor. Catching his breath, he leaned forward into the window. "Light-kun…."

He continued his perilous trip down, knowing that if he fell he would immediately die. But the thoughts of Light being hurt or worse kept him from stopping or slowing his pace. 20th floor….15th floor….10th floor….L had been going for about an hour, not knowing that Sayu was watching the entire time. No one else had seen him, or really cared that someone was watching the side of a building.

Ryuzaki's foot slipped, and he fell. No scream escaped his lips, as he simply believed that it was his heart falling, shattering, dying. Plummeting down to earth, the raven-haired detective stared up at the sky. I'm sorry, Light-kun. I couldn't make it to you in time….It's my fault.

Suddenly, he felt his body connect with something. But it wasn't the hard concrete of the ground, it was the warmth of living arms. Before L could speculate on what had just happened to him, if he was alive or dead, and who was holding him, if anyone, he fainted.

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"Wake up! Nanite kotoda, is he dead? Oh, good, there's a pulse." Sayu was looking at the person who fell from the 10th floor of a building, concern in her eyes. The man's eyes were closed, and his face looked peaceful, as if he were sleeping. His pulse was steady and strong; it seemed that Sayu had absorbed most of the impact.

"I need you to wake up. Please, just wake up!" She thought that she recognized him from somewhere, but she couldn't remember where. Some of her hair brushed in her eyes; her bangs were still loose and covered some of her left eye. The youngest Yagami's knees hurt, and when she stood up, black dots flashed in her vision.

Was she imagining it, or did his eyelids flicker? No, that was definite movement. Good, he wasn't too hurt for movement. "Uhnn….Light-kun…." Did he just say Light's name? What's going on? Sayu had absolutely no idea what was happening, or how she had caught the man, or what his relation was to her older brother.

Abruptly, his eyes flew open. "I have to save Light-kun!" Jumping up, he tripped and fell. Sayu caught him before he could make contact with the ground, one arm keeping his head from hitting the asphalt, the other up and ready to move if necessary. "Light-kun? Is that you?" His fingers touched her cheek, and she inwardly blushed at the contact. He's so kawaii!

"No, I'm not Light."

"Ah, I see." Rudely, the man pulled her hat off, making her hair float down to her shoulders. "You are Yagami Sayu, correct?"

"How did you know that? Are you stalking Light?"

"No. Light-kun is simply working with me."

"Ahhh! I know who you are! I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I KNEW IT!"

"Sayu-chan, are you alright?"

"Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes! I'm fine! This is so awesome!"

"Who do you believe me to be?"

"I can't really say it with so many people around to be able to hear, so I'll whisper." Leaning in, Sayu spoke four words that would shock anyone: "I think you're L."

"Well. Follow me, Sayu-chan."

"I can't trust you!" A sharp pain in Sayu's side reminded her of the thing she swiped from Light's desk. "Oh, wait! I've seen you before. Light knows you!"

Pulling out the drawing pad, she gave it to L. "Light-kun made these?" He was shocked. Did Light really care that much? These were done with so much care, so much detail….When did he do these? Was it when he met L at college, or once he started working on the Task Force? Or was it before his imprisonment?

"Yep! I found it on his desk. Now I know I can trust you! If Light likes you that much, you're definitely trustworthy! At least in my book." Sayu grinned, definitely happy that this hot guy was a friend of Light's.

Tracing his fingers along the lettering on the third-to-last page, L was shellshocked. Light really did care that much. But seeing these only doubled his resolve to find his….love, you could call it. Yes, that seemed like the word best used to describe this situation. It was longing and hoping and caring mixed into a bundle of confusion and just feeling.

"I forgot to ask you! Are you alright?" The brunette was incredibly concerned. She had forgotten to ask someone who had fallen 100 feet if he was alright! Damn, she felt stupid. "I mean, you did just fall from the 10th floor of a building."

"So you caught me, Sayu-chan?"

"Oh, um….Yeah, I was the one who caught you. Are you alright?" A dusting of pink settled on her cheeks. Wow, he's so handsome, and….Wait, he's dating Light! Her fangirl shipping side had just been unleashed, and L didn't know what was coming.

"I am uninjured." Standing up, Ryuzaki's awful posture still existed after the fall. "How did you find this building?"

"Hehehe. I might've followed my father to work disguised as a runner to find Light."

"You care that deeply for Light-kun?"

"Well, yeah! He's my brother, what do you expect?" Ship ship ship ship! They belong together, and I'll call it….um….LLight, I guess? Or maybe chocolate strawberries. Yeah, that sounds better.

And the two people who cared the deepest about Yagami Light began searching for him, their combined brilliance almost guaranteeing his safety.

Almost.