Favored by the Master of Death Chapter 2
The Battle of Hogwarts
Harry kneeled on the hard, unforgiving floor as the people around him cheered. Tom was dead by Harry's hand and everyone around him was so fucking happy. He was a murderer. They should be locking him up, not congratulating him on a job well done. Harry stared at nothing, blocking out the sound, waiting for silence.
'That didn't take long.' Harry thought sluggishly when he registered that there was no sound being made. He felt someone coming towards him and willed them away without making a move. He just wanted to be left alone.
"I am sorry my dear young master but I can't leave you alone. Not just yet." A silky voice reached Harry's ears, causing him to look up. Before him stood a man with pale, ivory skin stretched thin over a small body. The man had sleek black hair that was so dark that nothing, except the man's eyes, rivaled the purity of the color. In his hand he held a black cane, the hint of the silver head peeking through the man's skeletal fingers.
"Who are you?" Harry heard Ron shout from somewhere behind him.
"I'm sorry I don't speak to vermin, especially ones who are rude. If you were not friends with my master I would stamp you out like the bacteria you are." the unknown man snapped.
"I'm sorry sir but… who is your master?" Harry asked, all the pain and confusion he was feeling dropping away.
"That's right; you said that young you would be clueless as to the power you now possess. You are my master, and I am here to put you where you need to be."
"Wait…are you…your Death." Harry whispered, causing the crowd around him to shuffle uneasily.
"And you are my master. You have all my hollows. Now young master it is up to you. Will you come willingly to take your rightful place or will I have to use other means?" Death questioned.
"Where will you take me?" Harry asked as the crowd shuffled.
"Back to the beginning." Death replied.
"Beginning of what?" Harry questioned softly as Death held out a hand.
"Of time." Death grinned. Harry looked around and saw the pain on his friends faces. With a small smile and a whispered apology Harry grabbed Death's outstretched hand and disappeared, leaving nothing but a holly wand in his place.
Present Day
Light's age: 18
Light and Watari watched the screens as Harry kicked off his shoes and flopped onto L's bed. The two conversed for a short time before, talking about nothing but the weather, before L was tugged onto the bed and tucked beneath Harry's arm. Much to Light's surprise L fell asleep, quickly following a passed out Harry to the world of dreams.
Light held back a scowl. This…Harry character was ruining all of his well laid plans. He had given up the book to take the suspicion off of himself, and managed to get it to someone who would have no problem killing. He then got the book back into his hands so that he would have his memories return. In a few days Rem is to kill L, but the enigma of a detective had introduced a new piece to the game, whether the man had the power of a pawn or a queen remains to be seen. Now Light had to do some digging and get information so he could see if he could safely move on with his plans.
"Watari, who is that man?" Light asked, hoping the old man would give him something useful.
"I don't know him as well as L does." Watari confessed, attracting Matsuda's attention, "I do know that it is a good thing he is here. I am hoping he will stay."
"Why is it a good thing he is here?" Matsuda inquired, beating Light to the punch.
"With the presence of the Master, Ryuuzaki's deductive abilities increase substantially. That and the two have worked on several large scale cases together. They are so efficient that they are often compared to the fictional detectives Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson." Watari informed.
"So Harry is L's student?" Matsuda guessed.
"Quite the opposite in fact. Harry is the master and L the student. The Master is more than a title for this man. He is more cunning then a fox, more intelligent than a raven, swifter than a snake, more courageous than a lion, and he is scarier than death when angered. He is truly the master of life and its many obstacles and limitations. When you are trying to understand the Master you must take everything you know about life and logic and throw it away, because he does not fit into any category of them. He is a force that I do not wish to cross and if anyone can catch Kira it is this man." Watari stated without hesitation, "The only reason he and L met was because the Master sought L out in an attempt to distract himself from the dullness of normal people, or so he says. L still has yet to best him in any challenge and there is no record of him anywhere."
Light looked at the screen once more, anger and hatred bubbling in his stomach. So Harry was the queen, with powers that you couldn't hope to match. His checkmate with L had been destroyed by one stupid person.
'Could he be good enough to catch me? I have evaded L so far but according to Watari Harry was a thousand times better. Maybe it is all a ruse to scare me. That has to be it. No one is better than L.' Light thought to himself as he studied the sleeping duo.
"I'm going to go study. Please come and get me if any new developments come up." Light said as he made his way upstairs. He needed to make a plan to get Harry on his side or to reveal his full name so that Light could get rid of him at his earliest convenience. Light got the feeling that this game had just gotten harder and a whole lot better.
Rem gazed at the screen, trying to hide the fact that her whole body was shaking in fear.
'The master of her master is here.' she thought as she committed the image of the Master to memory. She thought on what she had heard of him. None of the other reapers had ever seen him and lived to tell about it. Death however, spoke of his little master often. The primordial often spoke of the beauty and raw power that his new master had, the latter of which liked to flair with his temper when displeased. He also spoke on how the 'young master' was only attached to one human. Said human happened to be the one that Death had found to be intriguing, and had NOT considered killing just for fun.
'L is that human. He has caught both the eye of Death and the favor of the Master of Death.' Rem thought as she turned from the screen and moved away. When he had entered, the Master had not commented on or acknowledged her presence in any physical way. He had however, lashed out with his magic, making her feel as if she was being ripped into pieces for disobeying orders and leaving the Shinigami realm without permission.
With a sigh Rem reached out with her mind and projected a single thought into Ryukk's mind;
'The Master is here.'
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