Warnings: Originality, Prob a lot of OOCness, and Errors.
This chapter will get confusing. At the end of this chapter, a new Death Note rule my bestie and I created will be listed to make this chapter not so confusing, I guess. I hope you enjoy and I hope you don't dislike our decisions (DX).
We did our best. We didn't have many ideas so we are sorry if this chapter sucks ass. Might add more to chapter later. Idk.
Sakae, Ryuichi, Light, L, Mr. Yagami, Matsuda, Aizawa, and Mogi all crowded into the room, staring at Kohaku who was laying on the floor very lifelessly with Rem standing by her still. They were all feeling different emotions. Mr. Yagami, Aizawa, Matsuda, and Mogi just stood there in shock and with some fear filling their very being, the same thought running through their minds: Was Kohaku dead and if so, who killed her?
Ryuichi stared at the seemingly lifeless Kohaku. "What the hell happened?" he whispered to himself. Sakae had been in shock when she first spotted Kohaku; now, she was crying and she didn't say a word.
Light looked between Kohaku's body and the crying Sakae. "Did...why did she do this?" he asked quietly. "Was it because of me?" he thought to himself.
L stared at Kohaku, neither moving nor thinking. He just stared at what seemed to be a lifeless Kohaku. "W-Why?" he muttered softly. He had to be having a nightmare... This couldn't be real...
They all stood there of a moment...
Then, while the task-force men and Ryuichi stayed put, either still shocked or confused about what happened, L, Sakae, and Light quickly went to surround Kohaku. They all dropped to the ground by her. L lifted Kohaku up and placed her in his arms, somewhat cradling her.
"Who could do such a thing?" Sakae glanced towards Light but shook her head, knowing that he wouldn't. She sobbed some more. "S-She couldn't have done this to herself...right?!"
"What could have happened...?" Light asked. No one could answer that but Rem and Kohaku...however, Rem wasn't talking and Kohaku wasn't awake...and possibly not even alive anymore...
L waited for a moment. He looked at Kohaku with a little bit of awe; she was breathing slightly. "She is still alive," he stated. He held her slightly tighter.
Sakae's eyes widened along with the task-force men's eyes and Ryuichi's eyes. "S-She is?!" She waited for L to repeat what he said but he just nodded. She let out a cry of joy and relief. "Thank God... She's okay..."
"She must've passed out," Light suggested. "She looked so exhausted earlier."
"That is more than likely the cause," L said.
As the men moved out of the way as Light took Kohaku from L's arms and carried her out of the room, followed by L and Sakae, all that were on their minds were if Kohaku was going to be okay. What could have possibly happened while Kohaku was with Rem...?
It was November 6th. Kohaku groaned a bit and opened her eyes slightly before opening them all the way. She took a look at her surroundings. She wasn't on the floor anymore. She was in the room she shared with L. She was laying in the bed. She was surprised she wasn't in the hospital but then again, all she did was pass out from stress and exhaustion...and not from something really serious. Still, she was surprised they didn't take her to the hospital. She slowly sat up and spotted L sitting in a chair near the bed. He was in his usual position and his eyes were closed, possibly sleeping...though that was very unlikely.
"...L?" Kohaku questioned.
L opened his eyes slightly and looked in the direction of Kohaku. "You're awake?"
"...Y-Yeah." Kohaku half smiled and tears began to form in her eyes. "Y-Yeah…" She was happy...and she was sad for many different reasons...
L got up and walked over to Kohaku. "Hey, what's wrong?" he asked as he sat on the bed.
Kohaku fought the tears that were threatening to fall. "I-It's nothing…" She didn't want to reveal something to him...but found it hard to keep it a secret from him.
L pulled Kohaku into a hug. "Obviously something is wrong if you are close to crying."
Kohaku stayed quiet for a moment as L hugged her before she finally let herself cry. "...Please don't hate me..." she whispered into his ear. She closed her eyes for a moment. If she was going to tell him everything, it might as well be right then...because her fate had already been sealed. "...Light is Kira. You were right...the whole time."
"W-What?" L looked dumbfounded has he took in what Kohaku had just said. "Light was really Kira?"
"He still is..." Kohaku whispered, tears going down her cheeks slowly.
"Then, I was...or am right about everything?" he asked. Kohaku nodded shortly, not saying a word. "That means, you and Sakae helped Light?"
Kohaku hesitated before answering. "...Yes… We helped him at first...and when you had Light in that cell for a while, we were helping him out of friendship… We don't want him to be Kira anymore… He's changed so much, L…"
"Everything makes sense now." L hugged Kohaku more. "Thank you for telling me."
"...Y-You aren't mad at me…?" Kohaku pulled out of the hug and stared at him, still crying.
"There is no reason for me to be mad at you," L admitted. "So why would I be mad?"
"Light wasn't going to use it...but Sakae and I convinced him to take it so no one else could get their hands on it. I suggested that a name be written inside the Death Note...so Light did so and after the second time, Light and I both wanted to keep killing criminals while Sakae only choice to help because we are her closest friends," Kohaku told him
"I see," L thought for a moment. "Is there anything else you want to tell me?"
"...Yeah..." Kohaku nodded a little, close to crying more. "...Rem was going to kill you and Watari."
"S-She was? Why?" L asked.
"...She has her reasons. I can't tell you everything right this second but I will tell you as much as I can...when I can... That's not really the important thing right this moment..." Kohaku looked away from L. "...I'm sorry..." She started to cry more. She had never cried so much in front of L before or maybe she had but she can't recall any of that.
"It's okay." L pulled Kohaku into his arms again and tried to comfort her.
"No, it isn't. L… I only have several more years to be with you before I die," Kohaku revealed to him. "I pretty much sacrificed my life for yours and Watari's… "
"Wait, what?!" L yelled. L wasn't one to yell but this new information came as a shock and as horror to him.
"I told you before, dying in place of someone else is...is fine but...now I'm sad that we don't have a very long time to be together…" Kohaku said.
"But why would you do that?" L asked. He couldn't believe this was happening...
"Because I didn't want either of you to die, L!" Kohaku yelled. She sniffled and wiped some of her tears.
"But you didn't need to sacrifice your life for mine," L told her.
"I couldn't think of any other way to keep you alive along with Watari!" Kohaku yelled a bit more.
"There could have been another way!" L yelled back.
"I was feeling a shit load of emotions at the time, Lawliet!" Kohaku yelled as began to cry even more now. "I didn't want you to die...and now I am going to die..."
L didn't say anything for a moment. He asked her hesitatingly, "How long?"
"Seven years from now...minus maybe a day," Kohaku stated. "Hey...it's not long but we'll make it last while we can, right?"
L didn't say anything. He just wrapped his arms around Kohaku tightly...and nodded shortly as he buried his face in her shoulder. He was heart-broken. The only woman he ever loved was going to be taken from him in just seven years...
Instead of the 23 days rule ("Death Note can only operate with a 23 day window"), we made it where there is no limit for this reason right here. Kohaku was going to die from the beginning. I already knew it. I wasn't sure how exactly she'd die but decided that it would be due to sacrificing herself. We allowed Rem to let Kohaku keep 7 years of life because Rem likes love and she did not want to end their love too soon...but she also didn't give a shit and only cared about Misa staying alive.
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