Nine Months Due

By: Kaytee Kudo

Category: Death Note

Genre: Romance, Humor

Rating: T

Summary: The Shinigami decide to take matters into their own hands and attempt to put the Kira case to a close by erasing the world's memories of Kira. But this is not without consequence…

Other Notes: Alternative ending bordering AU; LxLight, Mpreg in later chapters

Quick Recap from Previous Chapter: Ryuuk explains that, in order to save the world from further damage by Kira, the Shinigami King ordered Ryuuk to erase everyone's memories of Kira. However, in order to do this, they had to make Raito pregnant, and now suddenly, the world, especially Raito's future is in his hands. L has about nine months to make a decision, and it doesn't help that his choice required him to inform the boy's overprotective family.

Disclaimer: I don't own Death Note…not even in my dreams…

Chapter Six

Dreaded Talks You'd Rather Not Be a Part Of

"Mom, Dad, I'm pregnant"

Raito braced himself, looking down on the floor as he announced the dreaded news. As per L's request, they conducted this private meeting, its members being Raito's family and L's family. As such, Souichiro, Sachiko and Sayu sat on one side of the room, and Watari sat alone on the other. The 'couple' was sitting in the middle of the room, with Raito looking completely embarrassed.

It took a full minute for both partners to comprehend what the teen had just said.

"Whaaat?" They all screamed in unison, save for L and Raito. Soon, different (and exaggerated) emotions filled the room.

Raito sighed, for good measure.

It was beyond his expectations that his first time with a man (or with anyone, for that matter) would end up like this. For the record, this should not even be possible, with him being a man. Him being pregnant just defies the very basics of human nature, and for that he was confused. Just what is wrong with him?

L was acting so suspicious too, with him accepting his pregnancy, just like that. He didn't question him unlike before, wherein he might as well have made a book about him with all the information he had gathered from the very detailed questioning. Instead, he just embraced him, and told him it was just normal. Well, normal on his standards, which would be considered abnormal.

Perhaps, it was L who was abnormal, not him. And with the intercourse, the said abnormality must have transferred to him. That might explain everything. Regardless, it still won't change the fact that he was pregnant, and it was L's fault.

"Raito…you were just kidding weren't you? This isn't true, right?" Souichiro nervously asked.

"Raito, honey, are you alright? Don't worry, Mommy's here…", Sachiko looked very concerned at his son.

Sayu was just too dumbstruck to even say anything.

"I'm afraid what Raito-kun said was true, Yagami-san, and I am completely to blame." L said, looking very responsible, something rare in him.

"Ryuuzaki, what did you…" Souchiro rose to his seat, in an attempt to beat the pulp out of L. Watari stopped him just in time.

"Now, now, Yagami-san. I think violence is not suitable at this moment. Please allow Ryuuzaki to explain"

"He better have a lot of good explaining to do…" Souichiro muttered, as he returned to his seat, but not before he shot a deadly glare at Ryuuzaki, who gulped.

Raito just sat silent the entire time, looking down on the floor, too embarrassed to look at anyone.

"As I have said, I am responsible for Raito-kun's…predicament."

Sachiko gasped, now fully understanding what he meant.

"H-how can it be? Our son's a boy and…" Sachiko defended. "Oh my God, Raito!...What did you do to my son?"

Sachiko was now looking at L, eyes piercing like daggers, demanding answers. L pondered this for a while before answering.

"I believe I…"

"Ryuuzaki", Watari interrupted, reminding him that there is still a minor in this room. L shot him an annoyed look. It's not as if he's not aware or anything.

"As I was saying, I did something that has caused the pregnancy of Raito-kun", he ignored the dramatic gasp of Sachiko and the awkward grunt of Souichiro and continued. "And I am going to take full responsibility."

It did not take long for the civil conversation to break into a heated argument.

"Y-you bastard! How dare you molest my son!" Souichiro rose up again, sending a fiery punch to the detective, which was caught by a quicker Watari, who had decided it best to become a referee again.

"So that's why you felt the need for handcuffs, eh? You were eyeing my son all along! And all the while I thought you were really being suspicious about him…"

The bickering continued for a while, L being as unemotional as ever, and Raito constantly staring at the floor, as if it was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. Sayu looked pretty much the same as his brother, silent and not leaving her place.

"Dear, stop it. You're embarrassing Raito." Sachiko attempted to stop his husband, for Raito's sake. She couldn't take how Raito looked thoroughly flushed at all of this, and as a mother it was her duty to look out for her son.

"I believe that charging me with rape will not suffice, Yagami-san, seeing that Raito-kun is legally an adult, and that he was the one who initiated it. The video feed will prove it." L started to explain, trying to defend his case.

"Stop it, L. You're making things worse than it already is", Watari suddenly reprimanded, a rare irritated look directed at his ward. What he said was true, anyway. Souichiro was already red from anger, and Watari could only handle so much.

That was when Raito zoned out from the scene, preferring to wander in his mind than be in this situation.

He did not like this at all. In fact, everything was just so wrong. He was starting to feel that that night with L was the biggest mistake he ever had in his life.

After that night, everything has turned from bad to worse. He woke up in the morning after Higuchi's arrest, vomiting, and feeling nauseous. At first, he just dismissed it as fatigue from overwork and over anxiety, because too much had happened in the last couple of days.

But then, he had never felt that way before. He was supposed to be tough, like his father. This was the first time he had thrown up with just this…Heck, as a student, he'd been through worse than this, like the time he'd overloaded his schedule, but he had never experienced this sudden sickness. Although, at that time, he just thought that it was just sickness caused by this very stressful case.

When he consulted L, things just came crashing down. He did not expect the sudden embrace from the man, and the gently uttered words of comfort. If he'd known what he was about to tell him at that time, he would have seized the moment and kicked the detective in the groin, hard. That would be sweet revenge, indeed.

Because really, he had not been expecting that answer, the mere possibility of it never entered his mind. And yet, the detective just went his way and said, "You're pregnant"

Just like that, with no other words to sugar coat it by, no attempts to break the news gently. It was just like L to say it as it is, to be that blunt.

"N-no way", he remembered saying, as he backed away form the detective. "You're joking, right? I mean, I'm a man…this doesn't make any sense…"

He must have made a million arguments against that statement L made, but when he saw it with his own eyes, he knew he couldn't deny the fact that he was.

He stared unnervingly at the pregnancy test result he was holding. How he could even stand holding that thing was beyond him, as it mocked him silently, taunting everything he believed in. It must have been L's fault to make this happen. He was really something, making impossible things happen as if it were normal.

Raito was suddenly frightened at his wits. The fact that he was pregnant suddenly opened doors full of uncertainty, that Raito could not even entirely grasp the situation.

He still had a lot of things to do; he wants to finish college first. He wanted to have a notable career in the police force too. He wanted to try a lot of things. But all of these, he knew, could not happen now. He was pregnant. That alone was enough to crush majority of his dreams. He had to grow up now. That fact unexpectedly made him worse than before, and he had never felt so depressed like this in his entire life.

L acted as if everything was just normal, as what Raito expected him to be. It was his fault after all, his doing. Secretly, Raito wondered if this was another test L made to determine if he was the culprit, but if it was, then it has definitely gone too far. It was unnecessary to do that now, seeing that they had already closed the case….right?

It was just like L to do that, to continuously test him even if it was all pointless. He was sick of all those tests. It made him feel that he could not be trusted. But in the depths of his heart, he wished, he hoped that all of this was just a test, that everything was not true, that it was only L testing him again. If that was the case, all he had to do was beat the crap out of the man, and everything will be all right.

But there was a part of him that kept telling him that all of this was real.

He could not escape, even if he wanted to.

His eyes shot up as a sudden jolt from his body woke him up to his senses, as he slowly took on his surroundings.

It seems that everyone has calmed down, thanks to Watari. That man works wonders sometimes. In the span of time where Raito zoned out, he had managed to establish order in the family meeting.

He had successfully made L shut up before causing any more chaos, calmed Souichiro down to a reasonable level, relieved Sachiko of her heightened worries, and convinced young Sayu that her family was still sane.

The prospect of having a grandchild must have been the key to relieving all that tension, as they all seemed fond of children in general. They were even talking about it now, so to speak, and even Souichiro was smiling.

That was, until L found it in him to talk again.

"Which is why I will take full responsibility on this matter, and ensure that our future child will be healthy and happy", he started. "I wish to be with Raito in every step of the way."

"That's sweet", Sachiko said, admiring how gallant L had become.

"Then what are you planning to do?" Souichiro demanded, but a little calmer now.

"I will make sure that our child will only have the best, and I wish to marry Raito-kun", he said boldly, and everyone seemed to have gaped from him to Raito.

'Woah', Raito thought, feeling like a deer caught in the headlights. Suddenly, all attention was on him, and the last thing Raito wanted was to be the center of attention, especially now. With every nerve in his body tense, all he was wishing for was to get out of this place.

"Good news, Raito! You're going to have a sister!"

Raito panicked. He had not been expecting to remember that memory from his childhood, especially now. But it jolted in his brain anyway, like it had the nerve to taunt him at this very moment. Raito gulped, thinking of anything just to get rid of that childhood memory spinning on his head right now, but it was too late, and L started talking.

He was apparently proposing to him.

"Raito-kun, I love you", he said daringly. "Will you marry me?"

'Hold on, this isn't right', Raito thought as several other thoughts started spinning on his mind, too much to count, too many to handle, that all he wanted now was to get out.

"Call an ambulance quick! I'm going to…"

"Uwaahh!"

Raito didn't even care if everyone got shocked hearing that, as he ran out of the room, having enough of it when he remembered that memory again. He didn't care anymore. He just wanted out. His desire increased as he sped out of that place, his feet going faster that it had ever did, running aimlessly outside. He didn't care where, he just want to get as far as possible from that man, from that place, from that memory.

"Raito-kun!"

L tried to catch him, but it was too late, seeing that the sudden outburst stunned him for a few seconds.

In the middle of all that silence, Sayu spoke, for the first time.

"That was the worst proposal ever"

And everyone couldn't help but agree with her.