Kira Revolution

Lost Battle , Not The War

Me : Ahh , things get really bad lately with my Internet connection having problems , so that I'm often unable to watch Death Note episodes to write these chapters. But it's okay sometimes, since some chapters are random or have alterations inside. Still , it's bad not being able to see Mello or L on the PC... -sighs-

"How do you feel ?" Near asked tonelessly and looked at her persistently after making his move in the puzzle.

Alice placed another piece on the board. "Fine."

The boy glanced at the game , frustrated at his deep thought that intervened annoyingly with all the other things bothering his intelligent mind. Like what happened a couple of days ago , the battle of weapons that ended in a literal explosion , a real-life bang ... Now another thing , apart from finding not only Kira but also the fugitive Mello , what mattered was knowing that she was alright.

Not only because she was the temporal holder of the 'L' name , but also the one carrying the real future succesor of his brilliant mind...

They've been sitting in her room , exactly like some days before, he knelt on the floor , she assuming easily , one would say naturally , the awkward sitting position of her reason for fighting, both of them with eyes and mind to the game.

"So." he said as his gaze flickered to the completed pieces. "'s death. Does it mean he'll be replaced by an incognito act too ?"

Alice starred blankly at the connected parts of carton . All of them , from the first to the last, people with significance to the solution of this murder case that looms every day over the lives of the world's citizens. Yet , every day , it seemed that one of these pieces was destined to be tossed out of the game...

"Yes."

Near watched her , speechless, when she took one of the random pieces in the 'team' of the Task Force and replaced it with another one. This gave him the strange urge to say curiously , "What's his effect on the case ."

The girl raised her eyes and met with his , both of them expressionless, with all emotions drained away...

"He's the only virtuous person in this insanity. That's good enough a reason for me."

Grave silence spread its wings over her almost empty room , the only soul within being herself and the air... A monotonous colour of faint grey slipped in from the tightly shut windows , dominating the heavens and bathing the world in its own sorrow...

The sky ... was weeping.

"I know you're here."

Alice turned around , deadly serious , and met with the apparition behind her. "L." she whispered. This time , though , no smile crossed his pale face. As though he could sense the turmoil in the girl's inner world...

"You're in pain." he said suddenly , patiently , like the real one...

They stood wordless for some more, with her eyeing him persistently , with the hope he'd break into pieces soon enough, until she turned her head to the side and said coldly , "What could you possibly know what I feel ."

She heard nothing from his part, and was startled when he slipped next to her, noiseless, with his hands touching the side of her waist gently. So sudden, yet so familiar ... it was confusing ... thus irritating.

Alice eyed him detestfully , however, with no move to get away from him. "Do you think I'll fall for this ?" she spat out , as cruel as ever. "You're in my mind, leave."

"If I'm in your mind..." he said softly , his probably serious eyes always hidden behind the midnight bangs, as he reached up a hand and touched the side of her cheek. "...then why does this feel real ?"

Just like him , she seemed to have no need of breath , she just had her penetrating eyes through this ironically unpenetratable being.

Her frown hardened as she said firmly , "It doesn't."

The dreamt-up L raised his other hand too and cupped her cheeks. His fingers, cold just like she remembered them , stroked the corner of her eyes, then her temples, leaving this tingling sensation she always knew behind.

"You're in pain , I know it ... It is terrible to see people you knew, dead. It causes an emptiness you can't explain. And you're in pain because you think you're in the brink of loss. And also because..." He paused to study the way her serious eyes depicted only one emotion : hate and more of that coldness. "...Because you're so desperately trying to be me."

A shudder coursed threw her at the disturbing feeling of how invadingly close to her he was, and that just then , he had her pinned to the wall behind, not even allowing her to let go of boring in his hidden eyes.

"I never told you to assimilate the way I am. I only gave you one request-" L leaned in and whispered in her ear ,

"Kill Kira."

Her heart gave one loud pound that echoed in her mind , just like his voice, his lingering touch , everything about him was still haunting her ...

Alice hesitantly wrapped her arms around his neck, and closed her eyes at the sense of his hand stroking her head as she buried her face in his chest. L's other hand touched on her waist and he pulled her closer to him , their bodies molding together. A wish came to her, that same wish to have him with her always... This feeling...was known to her. This loving sense, this joy dispelling all grief ready to take over her , when a voice startled her out of this embrace.

"Arisu-chan ?"

The girl opened her eyes wide, watching as L disparsed to dazzling shards of light and faded away , slipped through her touch...leaving her stare blankly to where she had just been holding the one she loved...

Alice shook her head and gave Shado an astonished look , as he said worriedly , "You were just standing there by yourself with closed eyes, doing nothing." he explained in great worry of his own. "Is everything a-okay ?"

She was wordless for an uncomfortable moment, then said, "Yes. Everything's fine. Go tell Halle I'll be coming in a minute."

The Shinigami reluctantly obeyed and disappeared from her eyes in vast darkness ...

Why was everything...nothing but naught ...?

There was this numbness that spread through her and immobilised every other move but her hands to raise up slightly , so as for her to stare at them incredulously in her misery...

'He was...just a figment of my imagination...It is myself speaking....I need to...kill Kira.'

Why was everything so confusing ?

The sky was drown in a vast grey , torn in some pieces by penetrating rays of light , so distant , straight from the kingdom of heaven. In this state of being covered by clouds , the heavenly dome was weeping over the people gathered at the silent cemetery. The crosses on the marble graves, crying with the humidity around, so foreboding as they towered over the grey and covered with dirt ground.

No sound came from anyone of the small group standing despondently in front of one of the last dwellings, their heas lowered in grief. Sobs drowned behind the attempt to hide them echoed in the eerie silence as a middle aged woman hid her tearful face behind her palms. All five men surrounding her lowered their gaze to the ground, hiding along with their eyes the ashaming emotions of sorrow, pain and inexplicable guilt.

Taking the painful initiative, the youngest, a young man with neat bronze hair that gleamed tonelessly below the mourning skies, looked to the grave ahead, his brown eyes resting severely on the small picture of a smiling man, happy eyes glinting behind glasses, his black hair with the tint of new grey indicating the opposite of the sadness within growing old.

Something like a whisper came from the young man's lips , something that encouraged the other men for their hearts to flutter courageously.

"He was a kind man."

Startled by the sudden utterance, the blonde woman turned to the detached girl , with expectations of her to say more. It's been half an hour they had been standing there on the slope next to the parked black car , gazing at the sorrowed people without saying a word.

The freezing breeze played with the ends of her purple hair and that of her long brown coat , along with her raised collar that hid her expression behind a light shadow.

"Soichiro Yagami..." Alice said quietly. "He was a kind man , deeply devoted to justice. He died for it , in the thought that was he doing was righteous. But it was righteous only for the one behind the whole scheme." she added harshly.

Halle furrowed her eyebrows, as she pondered on whether the girl next to her deserved her remorse. "You knew him well ?"

"Yes , and he was actually the one responsible to take care of me after L's death." As a response to Halle's immediate sad reaction and to drop the subject, she inhaled sharply and fixed her gaze on the group, particularly on their pressumed leader.

"He lead his own father to his death." she said resentfully "Now he's here and mourning over what he caused. His sorrow is only a vain fabrication."

"Isn't it cruel to say that ? I mean , he was his father ..."

Alice shook her head. "No , to Kira they're nothing more than a neccessery sacrifice for the realisation of his corrupt vision. Nothing more. So ironic...he'll never know his son was the one he was after."

So much hate in her purple eyes , it was surprising that the man hadn't already understood he was being watched by no other but his nemesis... Yet he let her freely examine his fake composure and those feigned tears of a sadness that existed only for the sake of his semi-devastated plan.

"From this battle , both sides came to an unfavorable tie. You may also say-" The girl turned on her heel towards the car , while pulling down the collar of her coat. "-that I was the one who lost."

Halle gave the man one final detestful glance before following.

"But I lost the battle - not the war."

Small but the thought of depicting a proper funeral for Yagami-san was rooted in my mind for days, so I had to write it. I also wanted Alice to show her respect to late Yagami-san in every way she could, since at first the only thing we saw of them was mutual hate. As for the second part, I think I'm making one thing clear gradually ; Alice's losing it...

Anyway, keep reviewing, provided you want ! :3

Yukira-Kuchiki : Aw, touching review ! :3 I have a devoted reader ! xD Here stuff are still cloudy and rainy and cold but it doesn't matter since I love the rain and the cold and anyway, now I am rambling ! xD I don't think I remember myself leaving class, except for the times I'm sick and my mother has to pick me up. Wow, you read this at 1:00 ?! O.O I was up then but downloading FMA Brotherhood episodes ! xD

Azura Soul Reaver : Thank you ! :D It makes me happy, knowing that you like this story so much ! :3

Cayannamon : Awww !!! OwO Yet again, thank you so very very very much ! I really tried to do my best for the previous chapter ! And awwwwww !!! w Those hearts are so kawaiiiiii !!! xD (Going through a squealing session here... xD)

Ray-nee-chan : More than Mello ? *pout* C'mon you've hurt the both of us ! xD I like Near too, but okay, I'd never say more than Mello. XD Now then, I'd be one sick spoiler-girl if I answered to your question. Whether I say 'Yeah, L is dead !' or 'No, he's not, he's become part of 'Night of the Living Dead'' (haha, what ? xD), it will be one HUGE spoiler ! The story would need a label up there, reading 'huge spoiler warning' ! xD Honestly forgive me that I can't answer ! *bows* And forgive me that I'm rambling ! XD Anyway, I am still sick with fever... *Achoo !* But arigato for the 'get-well-soon' wish ! :3

Princesa de la Luna : O.O That's one ENORMOUS review !!! And so many questions, I got dizzy reading them ! :D But reviews with many questions are exciting, so I was really hyperventilating while typing an answer ! Well, yes, I love to draw, if you read my profile, you'll see that I want to become a mangaka, so it's logical that I love to draw ! xD So, I've made a few pics of Alice but it's really odd, because my drawing style doesn't match with that of Death Note, so drawing her by Death Note standards is a challenge I still haven't overcome ! Unfortunately, I can't create a trailer for my story, since I don't have the means to make decent animations. But it's true that I love imagining trailers and AMVs for all my stories. So, be sure, yours is a brilliant idea, but not feasible. About your second P.S., look up to my reply to Ray-nee-chan's review. I won't say anything about her baby, but I can promise you that I'll take you suggestion into consideration ! :D Sadly, I don't know any of these anime or whatever they are fanfics you suggested to me and even if I did, I doubt I could read them. Not enough time.... TT_TT

--EleganXD