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 48

"I don't care as long as I get those... juicy apples..." he thinks for a long moment and then gives a groan of frustration, "I cannot think of the name right now..." He sees Light look away in annoyance and quickly raises his hands in defense "Wait, but I can find out! Rem, she is more into watching the human world then I am! She will know!"

"Could you go and find out for me then? Also, I need you to bring this back to Misa." He holds out the Death Note to the shinigami.
"I will not be able to properly hide it in this room, not as it is. It is safer with her for the time being. I will send a larger order of apples her way instead. It is safer that way."

It is almost an hour before the god of death comes flying through the wall again. "Heh Light, I have that information you wanted... his name is Bernard Lockheart and he is the doing of a shinigami who pitied his mother and her unborn dead son..." The creature lets out anouther laugh, "Some act of pity, his mother tried to kill him when she saw him for what he really was!"

"Well she never succeeded, I did however. Thank you for your help Ryuk as always. I've sent the word out. There should be a nice bunch of apples waiting for you there." He heard the creature make a sound that could have been a squeal of happiness before it turned and disappeared out of the wall. Light composed himself before walking out with the last apple in hand and munching away on it.

The entire task force were gathered around the detectives chair, Matsuda almost looking as though he where about to poke the other raven just to see if he where alive.
"See I told you he sleeps like that! I've seen him do it before, its weird..."

"Let him sleep Matsuda. We certainly do not gather around your bed in your room and watch you sleep and poke you. That's just rude." He takes another bite of the fruit and keeps a calm expression despite the shock of the rookie at reacting to his voice.

"But he is sitting up in his chair!" the youngest officer states and pokes at the ravens side slightly, "And he doesn't even move! He is like a corpse or something!"

"That is just how Ryuzaki sleeps. This may come as a shock to you, but he can also sleep on beds and he's no different on a bed than he is on a chair or couch."

"Yes I am ready any time now." He states, still watching the detective as he gives a tired yawn and stretches out like a cat in the hot sun.

"Alright then. We just need to arrange an interview for tomorrow in the afternoon. If all goes well, we should be well on our way to revealing who this 3rd Kira is."

L climbs down of his chair and lays himself out on the ground, looking up at the ceiling.
"What on earth are you doing Ryuzaki."
"I am being a corpse."
"Why?"
"Beyond said it helped him get into the mind of the killer... though being a killer himself that must have been much easier."

"How can pretending to be a corpse possibly help the situation? It is precisely that Beyond was a killer that his methods were more unorthodox, perhaps even more so than yours Ryuzaki."

L looked up from his position on the floor, "I want to get inside Kira's head... Perhaps find the answers I am looking for..." While the rest of the task force assumed he was talking about the third Kira, L was in fact picturing himself as one of Light's victims, getting inside Light's head.

"Alright, but it is hard to envision the death of someone who never saw Kira in the first place. Just saying, you know?" He crosses a leg over and looks down at the detective. He knew that at some point he would have to isolate the detective again and share the information, but he decided that it should be on Ryuzaki's time more than anything else at this point.

"It is true... and on that I am not sure which victim I am pretending to be..." The detective looks up at the roof again, "But some of his victims undoubtedly saw Kira... what did they see? What did they feel? Though I am sure I will find out for myself soon enough..." Unfortunately for the raven, his friends methods just weren't working for him today, if they worked at all.

"You have your own methods Ryuzaki and honestly, they've worked quite well up until now. Perhaps it is best to use what works in that case."

"I am running out of ways to deal with this Light-kun..." He admits honestly and closes his eyes.
"But I thought this was going well! I mean after tomorrow there will be lots more information on Kira and-" L cuts them off with a loud sigh.
"I don't think I am doing this right..."

"Why not try to get into Beyond's mind? Try to think the way he thought? I have no knowledge of this, but I am sure you do." He turns his attention back to the monitors for a moment, looking thoughtful.

L lay still for a moment and tried to think the way his friend would have; slowly going through the thoughts and feelings of a mind tortured by endless names and numbers, death lurking around every door and in every shadow. He could see why his friend obsessed over him, why he was so protective when the only thing he sore was the day he was to die...

Light looked down at the detective after a few moments had passed, admiring the way the raven's face remained nearly void of emotion during his thought process, only furrowing his brow the slightest bit, the inattentive person may not have seen it, but Light did.
"What do you think he was seeing Ryuzaki?"

"He was scared... I know he was scared..." He whispered and took a deep breath opening his eyes to look up at the ceiling.
"Scared everyone he cared for would die and he knew exactly when that was going to happen... but it does not help me to get into Kira's mind..."

"Perhaps fear existed in Kira's mind as well. Something as powerful and dangerous as a Death Note would certainly instill such a fear. But that fear would likely be replaced by another emotion the more comfortable Kira got with using it."

L sighed and got to his feet slowly.
"Matt-kun has been taken off the respirator if any of you are interested in visiting him..." The elder Yagami looked like he wanted to go but was held back by fear while the rookie cop seemed far more keen.

"Matto-kun? Really? That is wonderful! I think I'd like to go see him." Throughout the exchange, no one had paid attention to Mogi, who remained stoic and observatory to the monitor screens. There was a brief mumble of acknowledgement, but otherwise he remained silent.

"You are more then welcome to... and Mello-kun will be in a much better mood now so you will get the chance to meet him on better terms... He really is not so bad... just protective..." L sighs and is about to pad off into his room when he turns around to a funny sounding cough.

The older male had taken a rather large bite of a sandwich in his hand and had under-chewed it before swallowing. He coughed at first to get it out, but it was not happening. He took in a gulp of air before grasping his throat and taking a few steps backwards, coughing and hacking desperately.

L cast his gaze from the choking male to Light whom he suspected was the cause though he could not put his finger on why he would do something like this.
"Get the first aid kit Light-kun..." Though there was little point if this was the Death Note's doing. The mans other colleagues had rushed to his aid already and L thought he should try, Death Note or not.

Light nods and runs to a nearby desk and digs around for the first aid kit, but took slightly longer in his search, needing to make sure the Death Note's effect on Mogi would not turn into a heart attack. What was going to plan was that there was an attempt to save him going on. After another few moments passed, he at last grabs the first aid kit and jogs back.

L slowly flips him over and pulls upwards on his chest, trying to help him cough out the blockage which was now clearly killing him. He couldn't however hold the much heavier man up when he fell unconscious and was forced to lay him down.

Light did not make a move to hand the kit over right away, still counting down the seconds till death. Only when the detective waved him over again, did he complete his trip and toss the kit over. *Just a little more...*

End Part 48