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 29

He walks inside the bedroom and closes the door before parking himself on the bed.
"Alright, so what do you know about the plans so far?"
"The security is top notch. There are cameras almost everywhere according to the blueprints.
"That is a concern, but when we get your fake ID's that will not be a problem. What of the owner of this current Death Note?"
"He is one of the people that are ranked highest in the Yotsuba group and their 'hitman' of sorts."
"Good. How are you going to get around him to get the Death Note in his possession?"
"Earn his trust. If that does not work, find a location and time that I can acquire it."
"Sounds like your efforts are paying off. I will come back in a little while and check again with you."
"See you later Light." The teen leaves the bedroom and smiles to himself. *This rookie looks trainable to get onto our side.*

As Light walks past L discards his second banana skin, throwing it directly on top of the brunettes head as he passes. "Did you bring me sweets Light kun?"

Light calmly removes the banana peel and discards it. He played dumb.
"I was unaware that I was the supplier of your sweets Ryuzaki. You are going to get them yourself in your butler's absence." *2 can play this game.*

L tilted his head to the side in mock innocence. "You are the one who does not like my fruit."

"I did not say I dislike them Ryuzaki. The way you eat them is unpleasant to say the least." He settles himself back into his chair and rotates it so that he is facing the detective.
"If you want candy, you are going to have to get them yourself. Plain and simple."

The raven tilts his head slightly to the side like a little lost puppy and looks up at light sadly.
"I cant leave the building Light-kun..."

"Neither can I for that matter, you know this. You are in an interesting dilemma. You can get yourself a substitute Watari from the other Task Force members or you suffer from sugar withdrawal."

"But I fear I am DYING light-kun!" The detective states rather dramatically, gripping his shirt over his heart tightly.

"Unless you are a brilliant actor that can play possum very well, I am afraid that the chance of you actually dying right this moment is very low." He quirks an eyebrow at the overtly dramatic display of 'death'.
"Sorry to say this Ryuzaki, but your acting is even worse than Misa's."

L gives a soft moan that is sadly not as fake as he would like. His body was in fact starting to suffer from a sugar crash he could usually avoid by simply eating more. "But I am dieing!"

"Are you really THAT dependent on sugar Ryuzaki?" He mistook the moan as a soft whine and remained in his spot.
"Like I said before, get yourself a substitute Watari and he can get it for you. I am not going to be that substitute because I cannot leave as much as you can't."

"But I am about to drop of my perch Light-kun!" And he wasn't kidding. the great detective was starting to feel quite light headed...

Without getting up from his chair, Light called to Aizawa who walked over.
"Would you be so kind as to go to the pastry shop down the street from here and get as much of the sweet stuff as you can carry in your car? It seems that Ryuzaki is having withdrawals and could in fact collapse any minute." Aizawa looked between the two before nodding.
"I will not be long." Light nodded and kept his gaze focused on the detective, expression calm.

L put his hand on his forehead and swayed slightly from side to side. He hadn't felt this bad in quite awhile as he rarely got sick. Having so little contact with living breathing humans other then those at the house meant he had avoided most infections and viruses that seemed to go around every now and then.

Without a word, Light get up and takes the detective's hand and led him into his room and closed the door behind him. He lay the detective on his bed and sat beside him.
"Never thought I'd ever see anyone suffer from a withdrawal quite like you Ryuzaki. Don't try to get up, just stay laying down. Doing so will only make it worse." He petted the detective's head slowly and keeping his gaze focused on him.

A slight panic sets in as he realizes he is once again at the mercy of Light who has done such horrible things to him. He tries to sit up but the raven's head spins so badly he immediately flops back down again.

"What did I tell you? It is unwise for you to be making your condition worse than it is." He continues to pet the detective's head, mentally counting down the time until Aizawa would return.
"Don't move, I think I know a temporary fix." He stands up and leaves his room and goes in search of some sugar cubes. It is fruitless, but his efforts were not in vain. He spotted a plastic bag and a small, half empty container with sugar inside. He fills the plastic bag with the remaining contents and bites off the end of a corner with his teeth before returning to the detective. He opens the door and hands the small sugar bag to the raven.
"Here, suck on that for a while."

L tilts his head to the side and raises a non existent eyebrow. "That... is a bag of sugar light-kun?"

"No, it is the rest of my Heroin stash Ryuzaki. Of course it is sugar; it is not much, but it should do well to take the edge off." He again motions the bag for the detective to take.

Now he was both paranoid and confused, but he takes the bag anyway and slowly sucks on the corner. In his own mind this was not an addiction to sugar but a way to help him think, though it was undeniable that if he did not have his fix he couldn't think at all!

Light keeps his attention to the detective whilst continuing to count down the seconds for Aizawa's return.
"You know, you can be so infantile in your attitude that it is almost... dare I say it... cute?"

"Cute Light-kun?" The raven mumbles around the bag witch he promptly bit the bag hard so it leaked sugar ever faster into his waiting mouth.

"Did I stutter? Yes, I said 'cute'." He resumes petting the detective's head.
"Your eyes are certainly large enough to pull off those 'puppy dog eyes' very well."

"Yes but what do you mean by cute Light-kun?" L asks and tilts his head to the side once again, his eyes widening in innocent confusion.

"Perhaps you'd like a dictionary explanation of cute then, eh Ryuzaki?" He stands up and fetches one before returning and sitting down, opening up the thick book and begins his search for the 4 letter word.
"Ah, here we go. Cute: adjective, cut·er, cut·est, adverb, noun
–adjective
1. attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment.
2. affectedly or mincingly pretty or clever; precious: The child has acquired some intolerably cute mannerisms.
3. mentally keen; clever; shrewd. " He closes the large book and sets it besides him.
"That is the textbook definition for you, but if you'd like my informal definition, you are certainly cute looking they way you are right now."

"You can be 'cute' then sometimes to Light-kun..." L mumbles and sucks on the bag softly, "Or at least I am sure you could be, when you where innocent of the Death Note..." the raven had said it without really putting any thought into what he was saying. *Beyond was 'cute' to then... but he was always innocent... even after he did those horrible things he didn't understand what he was doing was wrong...*

"I am flattered. You think that I am also cute then Ryuzaki?" He ruffles the detective's hair a little bit and smiles. It was a kind smile and it was genuine.
"I am glad you feel that way. It makes me happy."

"Yes..." L mumbles and continues his work on the bag. "But Kira is not, in any way cute... Kira is a being that should not exist and yet it dose within you..."

Hearing that alternate persona's name made Light wince. Light knew that he was under control of this other entity within him and he hated it, it made him kill thousands of people. Even though the intentions were for the good of mankind, it just took over his reasoning, blinded him and made his attitude change into something he was not.
"I know... I don't want Kira... I hate him with everything I have and I wish I could be rid of him once and for all... In my case, wishes are worthless. Already, he's trying to tell me that he's in charge here. He puts me down and I mask it well usually, but I am hurting. I am mentally suffering just as much as he's made you suffer mentally and physically."

"You say that Light-kun but there is a way to stop this... a way I can help you..." he whispers, "I will protect you Light-kun if you surrender yourself!"

End Part 29