Redeemer
By: PhoenixJustice
Disclaimer: Death Note is owned by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata; I only own this story and make no profit from this other than my L/Light loving pleasure.
Warning: M for sexual content, language, violence, slash, etc
Pairing: L/Light (secondary pairings to be determined, if at all.)
Setting: After the end of the anime/manga, then after they were handcuffed together, sometime during the Yotsuba arc (AFTER the arc now as all the members are all dead and all)
Summary: Light has been given a second chance at life again, even if only accidentally. L, meanwhile, has discovered his love for the former Kira and is now determined to make Light see redemption; he will be his redeemer.
A/N: I think the chapter title says it all.
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Part Fourteen-
Death
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"The weak lose their freedom to the strong. Such is the way of the strong. And it is the providence of nature that only the strong survive." –Kuja, Final Fantasy IX
Waiting for the ambulance and coroner was the hardest thing that he ever had to do. Every inch of him was crying out in pain and rage. He wanted nothing more to run away from there, run away from the lifeless bodies of two of his greatest friends and comrades in arms. He wanted nothing more than to run from there and search for the bastard who did this. It was Kira; it must be! Damn Kira to hell! He would see that Kira got everything that he deserved, if it was the last thing he did!
For Ide and the Chief...
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All he could do for a moment was stare blankly at the screen in front of him; he felt numb. The death of his father hit him hard, harder than it did the first time (though of course the first time he had been infused with the passion of the Death Note which made him into a egomaniac with a God complex). He hadn't expected this, hadn't been prepared...what had happened? Was it a heart attack caused by Kira...or was it...or...or...
"Light-kun! Snap out of it!" He gets grabbed and whirled around to face the detective who was shaking him slightly. His eyes held misery in them. He must be in pain as much as I am...Ide was a good man and my father really cared for L like another son, even if he didn't say so--
"Light-kun!"
Something was running down his cheeks, he touches them and feels something wet.
L makes an almost wounded sound in his throat and embraces Light, uncaring of the presence of Mogi and Matsuda in the room (Mogi who was a good man and kept his head turned to give them privacy and Matsuda who was smart enough not to say anything, even while staring). He holds him while tears fall all the while and lets him get it all out. He rubs small circles in Light's back, the only thing he could think to do; he wasn't very familiar with the whole 'comforting' department.
"I'm so sorry, Light-kun." Murmured L.
Light shakes with silent tears and Lawliet lets him. He had just lost a father after all.
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He moves away from Lawliet; even in grief, he knew that they had to continue, more so especially now for his father and Ide. He wipes away his tears and looks at the detective who was waiting patiently for him.
"Thank you," he says softly. L nods at him. He speaks up a bit louder now. "We won't know how they died for a little while yet, so we'll have to work with other things, but it definitely seems like Kira has struck again so we'll need to keep an eye out on the stations, especially NHN's, as well as police reports and the like that might come in. We obviously got the False Kira's attention as well as Kira's."
Yes, both of them are definitely watching things now. Kira is watching out for the False Kira, because he believes that F-Kira is responsible for killing his father, right Light-kun?
With that statement, Lawliet moves to his seat and Light moves to his. L turns to look at Mogi who had been silent the whole time.
"Mogi-san, if you and Matsuda-san would go to meet Aizawa company it would be appreciated." Mogi nods and stands, and he hears Matsuda get up. "And take Amane-san with you and take her somewhere safer. The deaths of Yagami-san and Ide-san were awfully close and it would be better if she was taken somewhere else."
Well, that wasn't the whole reason he asked that of them, but he wanted Amane elsewhere at the moment; he wanted to keep Light to himself but he also did think that the closeness of Ide and Yagami-san's deaths were not a coincidence.
He keeps on typing at his computer, even over the protests of Misa which die down as she, Mogi and Matsuda walk further away. Matsuda and Mogi's skills could be used elsewhere and Aizawa could use some backup. He keeps on typing until he hears a faint 'I love you' coming from the person next to him.
He turns towards Light who was also typing on the computer in front of him, as well as screen watching.
"I love you too." He murmurs.
Clack clack clack clack...
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This was a disaster! She had to find a way to make this all better. How could Kira send Mikami a message like that? And now she was about to report on the latest deaths of two police officers that had just been killed. She wasn't sure whose work it was, Kira's or Mikami's. She hadn't heard from Mikami since before Kira's broadcast and she was starting to get worried.
The door to her dressing room sudden opens and she whips her head around to see Mikami standing in it. She walks over to him hurridly. "Mikami! I was starting to get worried, are you all right? What is the plan now?" He gives her a smile that makes her stomach flutter slightly in fear but she pushes it aside; she had nothing to fear from Mikami, who had done a service for the world.
"Good luck in your broadcast." He said, still holding that eerie smile.
She wanted to say more to him, but she had to hurry out as her program was about to begin. He continues to stand that way for a long moment before suddenly moving over and turning on the small television set that sat on Takada's primping table. He removes a notebook from his black coat which held the name Death Note on the cover.
"You have failed me Takada; you must have spoken my messages in the wrong way..." He sees Takada on the television screen in front of him, talking on her program and he opens the notebook down and the name Kiyomi Takada starts to get slowly written down.
"Death will be your absolution, Takada. Death for failing me, but I've given you a few minutes left which to enjoy the rest of your life. As for me...I have a God to go kill, him and L...and anyone else who gets in my way."
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"Kira hear this; I do not think that you have understood all that your newest disciple has done and is continuing to do. He is working on clensing the world like you want it! The world which is rotten is--"
Two sets of eyes peer up at the largest screen simultaniously as she suddenly stops and clutches at her chest. Her eyes widen.
"N-no!" She gasps. There were screams off screen as she collapses onto her desk, unmoving and there was a moment of seeing people hurrying to her side and screaming before the screen goes black.
"She-she's dead," said Light, stunned. "F-Kira just...I mean...F-Kira or Kira, either way she's..."
A beeping sudden sounded, alerting them that someone was entering.
"Good, Watari will be here soon," murmured L, putting a finger to his lip. He turns to Light. "F-Kira is making many more moves now; it is obvious that the message that we sent has sent him over the edge; we will have to think of what can be done now. Maybe another message...
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He walks down the sidewalk, seeing the crowd of people that were watching a man sitting next to two fallen bodies. Should he kill...his name was determined to be Shuichi Aizawa...but...no. There would be plenty of time for that later and the man didn't notice him as he passed on by.
He walks for a couple minutes longer when a car passes by that draws his attention; it was driven by a older gentleman that he recognized from Rem's description, and seeing the man's name told him his name; Qullish Wammy. He notices something else as he passes by, a girl. And her name he could see quite easily as well; Misa Amane.
The Second Kira.
The Second Kira who worked with Kira, Kira who had denounced him.
He watches Rem as she watches Misa with hungry eyes.
"How far can you move away from me Rem? Enough to see Misa as I continue on?"
Death was a hungry being today...
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She was afraid; she had no idea what was going on and she was afraid for her Light. Matsuda and Mogi had just basically planted her at this hotel and told her to stay in her room that they brought her to, saying that she would be safer that way. Well that wasn't good enough! Obviously something was going on and her Light must be in some kind of danger!
She hurries out her room and curses the slowness of the elevator, running out of it and out the main door. She looks around for a moment, trying to figure out which way would lead her back towards the building where her Light must have been waiting for her, when her eyes widen and she lets out a gasp, clutching her chest.
A...heart attack! But, it couldn't be her Light...so it must be...!
She collapses to the ground, unable to hear the sudden screams around her.
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No!
Misa! Misa couldn't! She couldn't be...!
She frantically goes over to her, grimacing at the pain of moving farther away from the holder of the Death Note than she was supposed to; she had broken one of the rules.
She knew of many rules and if there was enough intent, then she could bring Misa back! She could...!
She gasps as her body starts to dissolve away and she hears a voice.
"Ah, ah! And what do you think you are doing my Rem?" The Shinigami King! "I punished Ryuk for bringing Light Yagami back, but you...you broke a specific rule of the Death Note. I am not always so lenient my dear and bringing Amane back will serve no greater purpose I can see, no amusement. Light Yagami was different; he has made everything different and exciting! I cannot allow you to interfere in the final confrontation between Light Yagami, L Lawliet and Teru Mikami; it's going to be so exciting to watch! Goodbye my Shinigami."
She dissolves into sand and rust and who knew what else...
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He pulls up the car and does the retina scan and thumbprint that was mandatory for everyone. Finally it was over and the door which would take him inside, opens up and he starts to open the door to his car. He starts to step out when he suddenly clutches at his chest, letting out a wheezy gasp.
No!
Not this!
He had to be there for the young man whom he thought of as a son!
Lawliet!
...Damn you...Kira...
He collapses.
A shadow comes out of a corner, pen and notebook still in hand.
"Thank you Qullish, for leading me to L and Kira."
He grins and walks over the fallen man before heading inside.
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A/N: Not too much longer now! Mikami is getting ever closer, and the closer he comes, the closer we come to an end for this story. I love this fic and where it is going, as I started this story literally with just the thought that I wanted Light to come back from death somehow.
Like, so many people died this chapter, oh well, lol. I planned for the deaths anyhow and I finally figured out how to get Rem out of the picture, which is what I was having the most trouble with. Mikami is in total psycho mode, lol. Rem was the hardest factor of death to figure out because she was tied to Mikami as his Shinigami and I also had to figure out a way to get Misa out of the building because she would be in the way and Rem would do something to Mikami if he tried to do something to Misa so...like I said, I figured out all of this awhile ago and their deaths have been planned, though finding a way to get Rem out of the way just came to me.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Our time with the boys is drawing to a close...we'll have to see what happens
Let me know what you thought!
--PhoenixJustice