1. This is a Role Play between myself and RipJawWolfFang. I am role playing as Light and she is role playing as L.
2. I have altered this story to that of a fan fiction format so it not in script style in accordance with the rules.
3. This story is primarily Light x L, but will feature appearances from other canon characters.
4. This is an Alternate Universe, but will contain references to original canon plot.

Disclaimer: We do not own Death Note or its characters. They belong to Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.

Part 28

"I will not allow that to happen..." he assures the younger male. "You don't have to worry... sooner or later this will all work itself out, and I intend to help it along as much as is safe..." *Logically Matt would be killed first, he is of less value as a hostage...*

"You know what Kira can do and what he can't. He needs a name and a face, but the Japanese girl has funny eyes. I think she only needs a face to kill. Thing is... I don't know where she is. They blindfolded us there and after they knocked us out to be reunited with you..." He sighs, feeling frustrated again, "L, you did not know that we were abducted so do not feel sorry for that. Neither of us saw it coming and what happened to all of us... it was wrong, but we can't change that now."

"You are right Mello-kun." He mumbles and perches himself on the bed, pulling the little blond fireball onto his lap.
"I am sure Matt-kun will wake soon and he may have yet more information but until then don't worry... I am aware of Misa and her ability's and I will find a way..."

Light was frustrated. Matsuda was the most eager to do this mission, yet trying to get him to remember the details was putting unwanted stress on him. Matsuda was looking stressed out too, trying his hardest to put things to memory, but his attention span was currently not working to either one's benefit. Light eventually slapped the plans in front of him.
"Don't leave this room until you can start to dream out the plan of attack. This is crucial Matsuda, do you understand?"
"Y-yes Light, I will do my best."
"You gotta do better than that." With that he walks out again, only to be confronted by his father once more.
"I am not in the mood. Leave me alone." He continues to pass him and settle on the monitors, keeping an eye out for more Yotsuba group killings.

The elder Yagami finds his way to L's room not long after passing his son in the hall, this whole thing was becoming more and more stressful and he was starting to believe the raven may be right.
"Come in..." the young detective mumbles, Mello still sitting on his lap and his thumb to his lip.

Light's father walks in and closes the door behind him.
"I know that as the oldest member here, that one should be coming to me for advice and support, but I grow more and more conflicted about my son. We were all witness to his outburst and his strange moodiness. I do not know about him Ryuzaki. He is becoming more aggressive towards me, not in actions, but words. Were those... circumstances that you mentioned... true? I mean really true?"

The young detective takes a deep breath, "I have lied about many things through out my life Yagami-san, but never have I lied about anything as serious as the allegations I have put forward to you about your son." He mumbles, "the fact remains that nothing can be done however, it would cost all three of us our lives... and probably you as well..."

"So then... My boy, my firstborn... He is in fact who I fear the most. My son is... Kira..." He goes silent for a long time, letting the news sink in, absorbing the information as he relayed it to himself in his thougths. It seemed more and more incredulous to him the more he thought about it, but Ryuzaki was being honest with him, which meant that no matter how much he wanted it to be a lie, it was not. His son was in fact Kira and his power and influence at this time was too great to go against.
"This... this is very hard for me to fully accept as your can imagine Ryuzaki, but if it is true, I could in fact be a target for him now. This is not right. Why did he choose this path?"

"If it is of any comfort to you I would like you to know that while he is indeed Kira, a second personality created by the use of the Death Note is what is causing most of his 'evil' behavior... he started this journey with the best of intentions and somewhere along the line he faltered... It is no ones fault that this happened... and there may be a way to reach Light even now..."

"Is that so? I had an idea with his mood changes and such. Now that you mention it... it seems he appears to be warring with himself. It is like he is fighting this alternate persona with everything he has. It is this persona that has made him take you in such a horrible manner then? I am aware that it is not his fault, but what he did, or is still doing goes against everything we are fighting for. How can we save him if there is such a means?"

"Even if we did 'save him' he must still atone for his crimes." The detective sighs and runs his fingers through the blonds hair, "Much of this isn't his fault however he still chose to use the death note at some point in time for himself, before 'Kira' ever existed... And because of that he is not innocent... It may be possible that if we wait for him to reveal himself, we can back him into a corner and send him to an institution... he would be cared for and we could test medications that could suppress this alter he has created... then he could live an almost normal life... under constant supervision of coarse..." *Ironic that i should suggest they send him to an institution when that is where Beyond spent his final days...*

"I have seen him in this other person when he is threatened or angered to that extent. He is a little unpredictable to say the least, definitely violent and has a bad mouth on him. I would sign the forms myself to have him admitted. I am very upset that it came to this, I truly am, but if this is what it takes... then so be it." Another short pause.
"How are we going to go about getting him where we want him? He would anticipate something by now and could be working on a counter plan."

"Which is why my plan counters that completely." An almost smirk comes across his features.
"We do nothing... Sooner or later 'Kira' will make a mistake and we will let that trap him... Light is the one with all the intellect here and when Kira acts out he isn't using said intellect... True if you or I made a move it would be our deaths, and the deaths of my boys at that but if we simply wait..."

"We do nothing for the time being and allow that crack to show at the wrong time. That could be at any point sooner or later. This other persona does seem to be rather close to you, though not in the positive. You have been testing him this whole time have you not? It makes sense, but when did you notice this alternate persona?"

"Well..." he mumbles, "when he raped me he started talking to himself shortly after... Rather loudly might I add."
"He what!" the blond yelped, the detective had been hoping the language barrier would stop him from understanding that...

"Hmm... I wonder just how long he'd been doing this out of view from the rest of us... I would imagine that this is the primary reason he spends so much time in his bedroom here." He jumped a little at the sound of the blonde boy's voice.
"Seems he's just as shocked as I am. Makes perfect sense though. This has to stop and stop soon Ryuzaki, we both know this, but as it stands, it rests entirely on my boy to break the ice and make that flaw on his own."

L continues to stroke the blonds hair softly, trying to calm him.
"Indeed... We are powerless as long as Misa and this other Kira are at large..."

"Unfortunately true and you are right, we are powerless for the moment. This will not last for much longer though. I know and you know. There is no two ways around this."
~Meanwhile~
Light was no longer focusing on the monitors though his vision was trained on them. His ears had picked up on the muffled conversation and his eyes glared slightly. *What do you suppose they are talking about in there Light? Do you think that they are plotting against you? Must you go out of your way to show them our power?
They would want me to make a mistake and let you out at the wrong time.
Are you suggesting that I am not trustworthy?
Precisely. You lack the intelligence and rationality I have.
I am damned rational and you know it.*

L finally releases the blonde from his grip and gets to his feet.
"Now it would be wise to leave before you attract any... unwanted attention... Just as we cannot act against him, he cannot and will not act against us unless we give him reason... And I would like to avoid that... Keep in mind that anyone you tell will be put in danger..."

"Very well then. You have my word." The elder removes himself from the detective's room and closes the door behind him. He walks downstairs and sees his son still in front of the monitors, his pose unchanged at all since settling down there. It was a little unnerving to say the least, but Soichiro kept a calm demeanor. Light heard him descend but did not move. *He is acting all calm and indifferent, but you know that he's not all he appears to be.* He shifts in the chair and makes to rub his shoulders, releasing some tension that had accumulated. Still, he remains silent.

L stays in his room for yet another hour before returning to the others. Having Light over ride him on every decision was eating at him, especially seeing as he has confessed to being the cause of the problem.

Light gets up and approaches the rookie's room and knocks on it loudly.
"Matsuda, let me inside." There is a muffled, "Hang on" before sounds of papers rustling were heard. The rookie is looking slightly disheveled, causing the younger to roll his eyes inwardly.
"How goes your memorizing so far?"
"Not going as I would like Light, but I am doing my best not to forget."
"You need to try harder. Remember, you volunteered. The success or failure of this mission rides entirely on you, got it?"
"I'll try harder Light."
"Good to hear."

The detective walks right past Light, not even making eye contact. He needed his sugar hit and he needed it quickly before the amount of the sweet stuff in his body fell below the amount of blood!

End Part 28