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November 4, 2007
"Well, her fever has started to drop, so I'm pretty sure she'll be back to her normal self after a bit of rest. I am a bit worried though. This is the first time I've seen a case with this virus strand worsen so quickly. Thankfully, it was caught in time, however, any overdoing activity could worsen her condition," a doctor explained. He finished up the examination of Hikari, giving her an injection of antibiotics before allowing her to leave the hospital. Once she was taken back to the task force building she was immediately taken to her room to rest.
Knowing there was nothing else they could do other then let her rest, Light and the other members of the task force went on with looking over the Kira case. L looked through the notebook for anything that would help solve the case. The task force continued looking over records until well after midnight before finally calling it a night. All of the members (with the exception of L) either went to their rooms or to their homes for the night.
L remained in the main room, eating another doughnut as he finished another cup of coffee. Setting down his cup he sighed, rising to his feet. He walked off down the hall of the building, stopping before the room where she was resting in bed. He walked inside the room, sitting in a chair he had pulled up to the bed. He watched her as she rested all the while hoping that she would be alright.
He stayed in there for a few moments before rising to return to the main room. As he stood he heard her speak, "R-Ryuuzaki?" He turned back to the bed, seeing her as she opened her eyes. She was still weak and small beads of sweat covered her forehead as her fever began to break.
"Ryuuzaki, I-I--" she tried to speak.
"Hikari, don't talk. Try to get some rest–" he told her softly.
"N-no . . . I have something . . . you need to know . . . about Li–" she began, but lost consciousness.
"Don't worry, you can tell me when you recover," he told her and started toward the door, "Night Hikari," he said softly then left the room.
November 5, 2007
"Ryuuzaki, is something the matter? What is it?" Watari asked as he saw him enter the room. He did not answer, but looked down. His face held a solemn look and it worried Watari.
"What's wrong?" he asked again, but still L still did not answer him, only stood there in complete silence.
L sat on the sofa in the main room, holding up the Death Note upside down. He held it in a grasp of only two fingers and examined a page very carefully, seeing a piece had been ripped out, "Hmm, interesting. The corner of the page in this notebook has been torn off. Can you kill someone just by writing their name on a piece?" he asked the Shinigami, Rem, before him. His eyes shifted from the notebook to her.
"I can't say. I've never tried using it like that and I don't know anyone who has," Rem replied, vaguely.
"Then let me ask you, do Gods of Death love apples?" he asked, placing the notebook onto the coffee table before him. He opened it, flipping through the pages.
"Not necessarily. You see, our internal organs have already degraded. We've evolved to a point where we do not require sustenance," Rem answered. L closed the notebook, picked up a strawberry, and placed it in his mouth.
"Say Light," Light turned his head to him, "you're finally free to leave headquarters on your own, but it seems like you never go out," he told him and took a bite of another sweet, "Even when Misa comes to visit, you only chat with her for a few minutes outside," he turned to Light, "You do realize you're free to have a relationship with her now?"
"That can wait until we've managed to solve this case. I'm not in the mood for love or anything else right now. Anyway, are you suggesting that I'll be a nuisance for staying here?" Light asked him as he stood a few feet behind the sofa.
"No," he replied, his eyes shifting back to him.
It wasn't long after that, they received reports that more criminals were being killed. L listened to the reports from his computer chair as he ate panda cookies. After mentioning that this began after Misa was released, Light argued with him stating that she had nothing to do with it. L poured out the rest of the panda cookies onto the table.
He picked on up from the table, looking at it, "Well, if there is another notebook floating around out there and someone is now using it to kill criminals," he crushed one of the cookies in between two fingers, "I'll just have to bring that person to justice," he finished then took a bite from the cookie and then another from the cookie in his other hand.
He looked down at the torn page of the Death Note thinking. 'The shinigami insisted that it didn't know, but if someone were able to kill simply by writing a name on a torn piece of the notebook. It's not impossible, but there's that rule: whoever writes a name in this notebook has to write another name within thirteen days, otherwise, they die. Light Yagami and Misa Amane are both still alive . . . thirteen days . . . that's the only problem.'
Light walked over to L, stopping behind him. "Ryuuzaki, even if we do manage to catch the person whose been writing names in the notebook, will we really be able to legally convict and punish them for mass homicide?" he asked.
"What? Of course we can convict them. This guy's intentionally writing names in the notebook knowing that these people are going to die. Even if we don't plan on publicly acknowledging the notebook, the least we can do is execute the killer," Matsuda replied.
"It's not a very humane way to do things, but the higher ups would probably want to take measures like that," Aizawa replied to Matsuda's answer.
"If they admit to killing with the notebook, they'd receive the death penalty or life in prison at least," L said then tossed a half of a cookie into his mouth, "that's the best that they could hope for," he finished.
While the others remained in the main room, L took a walk to the roof of the building, standing out in the pouring rain. He was completely soaked, just staring off into space as things ran through his mind, mostly memories of his childhood, but other than that he had a weird feeling that ran through him.
He turned his head, seeing Light standing a few feet away from him. "What are you doing in a place like this, Ryuuzaki?" Light asked him. L, unable to hear him due to the steady downpour, placed his hand at his ear, "What are you doing in a place like this, Ryuuzaki?" Light said louder so that he could be heard. L smiled and did the gesture again.
Light blinked then walked out into the storm. "What are you doing, Ryuuzaki?" he asked as he got closer to him.
"Oh, I'm not doing anything in particular, it's just . . . I hear the bell," he replied.
"The bell?" Light asked confused by what he meant.
"Yes, the sound of the bell has been unusually loud today," he replied.
"Hmm, I don't hear anything," Light told him.
"Really? The conditions are favorable today; so, you can't help but hear it. I find it very distracting. I wonder if it's a church. Maybe a wedding or perhaps a–"
"What are you getting at, Ryuuzaki?" Light asked. L looked at him, "Come on! Cut it out. Let's get back inside," he told him.
L put his head down, "I'm sorry. Nothing I say makes any sense anyway. If I were you I wouldn't believe any of it," Light looked at him, seeing the droplets of water, dripping from his hair.
"You know, you're totally right," Light agreed, "Honestly, most of the things you say sound like complete nonsense. There'd be no end to my troubles if I actually took you seriously all the time. I probably know that better than anyone," Light told him.
"Yes, I would say that's a fair assessment, Light. But, I can say the same about you," he replied.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Light asked.
"Tell me Light, from the moment you were born has there ever been a point where you've actually told the truth?" L asked as he looked to Light. The two stared at each other as moments of complete silence passed between them.
"Where's this coming from, Ryuuzaki? I do admit, I stretch the truth here and there;however, there aren't any humans who have never told a lie. Human beings just aren't made to be perfect like that, everybody lies from time to time. Even so, I've always made a conscious effort to be careful not to tell a lie that would hurt others. That's my answer," Light told him.
L looked from him to the ground, "I had a feeling you'd say something like that," he said. Light looked to the ground, not saying a word. "Let's go back inside. We're both drenched."
"Yeah," Light agreed. The two of them returned inside the dry off.
Hikari's eyes slowly opened as she began to awaken. She rubbed them, trying to clear her vision and sat up. She looked around, seeing that she was in her room, "Huh? What happened?" she asked herself, vaguely remembering the incident. She grabbed her cell phone from the bedside table and looked at the screen. "I've been out this long!" she said to herself as she got up. She was still feeling a little disoriented, but had a feeling it was because she had been in bed for a long amount of time.
"So, you're awake, had to admit I was getting worried," she heard Kaito from the side of the room.
"Kaito, what's been happening lately? Is Ryuuzaki-" she asked, her voice filling with worry.
"Everything's fine, well, Kira started murdering again, but so far everyone on the task force has been alright. He came to check on you earlier," Kaito informed her.
She stopped and turned to him, "He did?"
"Yeah, he seemed a bit worried about something, so anyway, how are you feeling?" he asked.
"Well, I've been better, but I'm sure I'll be fine," she said then left the room with Kaito trailing behind her. As she made her way into the main room she heard L's voice.
"We're very close! If we work this out, the entire case will be solved," he said to the others. Suddenly, a huge bolt of Lightning flashed and the power went out. The room became red as the computers all came back on. Hikari stopped at the entrance, confused by what just happened.
"What is this? A black out?" Matsuda asked. L stared at his computer.
"Watari?" he called, but did not get an answer, "Watari!" he shouted and the computer screens changed to say 'All Data Deletion.'
"Data Deletion, what the hell's going on?" Aizawa asked.
"I told Watari to make sure that he should erase all information in the event that something were to happen to him," L explained.
"If something were to happen?" Aizawa asked.
"Could it be?" Matsuda asked.
"Where is the shinigami?" L demanded.
"Good question, I don't see it," Mr. Yagami said. They looked around, not seeing the shinigami anywhere.
"It disappeared," Aizawa replied.
"What's going on," Mr. Yagami asked.
"Everyone, the shiniga--" L started, but suddenly stopped as a pain hit his chest.
'No,'Hikari thought as she realized what was happening to L. His spoon fell from his hand as he fell from his chair to the marble floor. Light caught him as he fell.
"Ryuuzaki, what's wrong?" Matsuda asked.
L looked up at Light's eyes, seeing as his expression began to change from worried to sinister. Light smirked down at L who realized the truth. 'I was right. Light Yagami, you are Kira, I . . . knew . . .' He thought as his eyes started to close. After he gave his last breath, Light's smirk shifted back into a worried look.
"Hey? Ryuuzaki, come on! Snap out of it!" Light said, shaking L to see if he would wake up.
"What happened?" Mr. Yagami asked.
"What's going on?" Aizawa asked.
Suddenly, Light began screaming, "We're gonna die! Watari, Ryuuzaki, it'll be us next!!" Light shouted, trying to stir a commotion by acting paranoid. All the others began to panic.
"Damn you! Where are you, shinigami! Come out!" Light shouted acting upset at the fact that L was now dead.
"Wait, Light," his father said.
"You know something about this, don't you?! Come on out!" Light shouted as he went off through the hotel searching for it.
"W-We better go and look, too," Mr. Yagami said and followed after Light. Hikari walked forward, toward L's lifeless body. Matsuda, Aizawa, and Mogi saw her walking forward as tears streamed down her face.
"Hikari, shouldn't you be--" Matsuda started.
"You guys go help Mr. Yagami and Light, I'll stay with Ryuuzaki," she said, kneeling down beside him. She cradled him in her arms as she looked at him.
"Yeah," the others said and left the room.
"Hikari?" Kaito called to her. She didn't answer, but just lowered her head and cried. 'It's my fault . . . it's all my fault because I didn't warn him in time . . . I'm sorry, L'
A/N: Please don't kill me, it's not over yet and there's alot more to come. I'll try to post the next chapter soon!