After Matsuda had cleared his mind and took in what Sato had told him, all he could do was fear for Dachi's life. The whole group was in the hotel room together, going over the instructions to the house.

"You said he mentioned the house number was 68?" Asked Matsuda as Dachi seemed to slowly take in the question and replied bitterly, "No, 67."

Matsuda nodded his head and wrote down the number, but he realized that both Dachi and Christian remained silent, not saying much. Dachi looked over at the clock, realizing it was a quarter past one in the morning.

Dachi raised to his feet and made his way across the room, until Christian quickly stood up and asked, "Where are you going?" Dachi stopped in his tracks and said somberly, "The bathroom."

Christian shook his head and pointed towards Dachi with anger and pain on his face. "No! You're the one who did this! You're not going to leave me here to watch it happen! You can watch and see what you've done!" Shouted Christian as tears began to fall down his face. The two men looked around the room in confusion as Matsuda had begun to flip through the Death Note, wanting to see what Dachi had written for his own death.

"Christian...I can't" Whispered Dachi as Christian came towards him and pushed him back. "No! You stay!" There was a crack in Christian's voice as Sato looked at the blonde in worry. "What's going on?"

Matsuda looked up at Dachi in shock as the Death Note fell out of his hands. Sato looked over at Matsuda as the young agent whispered towards Dachi, "Why?"

Dachi looked away in shame as his tears surfaced again as did Matsuda's. Sato quickly picked up the Death Note and glanced at the page Matsuda had been reading as his heart quickly stopped. There he saw not only Dachi's name, but his own and Matsuda's. Their life set to end in a matter of minutes.

Sato couldn't tear his eyes off of the page in the Death Note. His eyes remained wide in disbelief as he read the time "Dies peacefully…1:20…" He said it softly, there was no need to read the names; everyone knew. Sadness bubbled in Sato's heart but sheer anger and confusion overpowered it. He looked up, his eyes changing to those of shock to slits of anger, "Why?!" He yelled out as the other three men in the room flinched at the loudness and harshness that had never been so present in Sato's voice.

Christian cried softly, turning away from the men, unable to handle the scene that was playing out. Dachi's tears fell down his face silently, but came down like never before, as he turned to face his lover and his son, "I…" He started softly, trying his hardest to regain some sort of louder volume, "I had to do it, to protect you. I had to make sure you wouldn't follow me…I wanted you both to stay safe…" He said.

"So you wrote our names down in the Death Note?!" Sato asked angrily again. Tears started to drip from his eyes and run down his face slowly; while Matsuda's sobs seemed to increase, the heavy tears pouring from his eyes.

"I knew you wouldn't listen if I told you to stay here." Dachi's voice remained somber and sad, "Christian will erase your name when I return…or even if I don't. It had to be done in that Death Note because if Light or Mikami wrote it down, there would be no way to get you back. I wanted to keep you safe." Dachi's voice broke slightly at his last sentence and looked to the ground, unable to bear the sight of the men in front of him.

"You would kill us?" Sato's voice was becoming a little less loud and harsh, but anger was still present in it. "For your own safety…I don't want anything to happen to you…" Dachi replied.

Dachi heard a sudden rush of movement as Matsuda stumbled before him and fell to his knees; the sobbing man's legs too weak to hold him upright. "Dachi…" he said fearfully as he gazed up at the man. "Dachi…I don't want to die. Please Dachi, I can't die yet…I don't want to…" Dachi looked down upon the man who was pulling on his sweats desperately as a sharp pain ran through his heart. "I'm scared…" Matsuda said in a whisper, "Please don't let me die, Dachi…"

Dachi let out a cry as he quickly pulled his hand over his mouth, trying to hold the gasps and cries at bay. "How could you?..." Sato whispered with tears beginning to fall from his eyes. "What kind of father kills his own son?" Asked Sato as the comment cut Dachi deeply. Dachi couldn't answer as his cries came out harder, but remained muffled by his hand.

"Erase our names!" Shouted Sato as he rushed towards Christian. "Christian! Erase them!" Sato pleaded as Christian's eyes fell on the clock that was at the side of them. He closed his eyes as tears fell down his cheeks. "I wish I couldn't see this." Whispered Christian as the Death Note fell out of Sato's hands and his body crumbled to the ground. Dachi's cry came out louder as he saw his son laying on the ground, no doubt lifeless. Matsuda's grip onto Dachi's legs loosened as the man's eyes closed softly and his body fell to the side on the floor. Dachi took a step back and leaned his body against the wall as his body slid downward; now sitting on the floor with his legs in front of him. His hands combed through his hair as he whispered through his sob. "You're just sleeping...You're not dead. You're just...Sleeping."

Dachi's heart pounded wildly in his chest though he felt like it should just stop. He felt like scum…no, worse than that…he didn't feel worthy enough to be called scum, killing the two most important people in his life…even if it was for their protection. He tried to calm himself by reassuring himself that they would be brought back and that only now they were sleeping. It was silent for what seemed like hours in the hotel room; Dachi's cries didn't seem to let up for a good amount of time, and when they finally slowed and his breathing returned to normal he stood shakily against the wall.

Dachi's heart slowed to a more normal pace, but the pain in it never left. He looked up to see Christian sitting by Sato's body and stroking his face softly. Christian's cries had stopped sooner than Dachi's and he had turned Sato so that he was lying on his back. Dachi walked over to the blonde haired boy; he sniffled softly and rubbed his eyes before speaking, "We should get them onto a bed…" He spoke gently.

Christian decided not to argue and just nodded his head. He stood and moved out of Dachi's way so that the older man could carry his son. Dachi sighed and bent forward to pick up his son gently. Sato's skin still retained a bit of warmth, but Dachi couldn't feel the pulse of a heart nor any intake of air to show that he was breathing. It was a silly sort of thing to look for any signs of life, Dachi realized. He had killed him…but he couldn't help himself. Dachi laid Sato onto one of the beds and gazed at him, his eyes started to water once more but he leaned forward and kissed the top of Sato's head, stroking his face before taking a step backward.

As he walked toward Matsuda, Dachi tried to contain himself from breaking down in sobs once more. He had to meet Mikami and Light in a few hours and it was dangerous for him to be emotionally unstable. Dachi leaned forward once more to pick up Matsuda. Matsuda's skin had turned increasingly pale, as little heat was present on him. Dachi cradled the man as he carried him to the other bed in the room and placed him upon it. He traced Matsuda's face as little tears fell upon the already tear stained cheeks of the dead man. Dachi wiped Matsuda's cheeks with his thumb, taking the tears with him, before leaning downward to give Matsuda a soft kiss on the lips. The lifeless lips didn't respond, even though Dachi longed for them to, as Dachi peeled away from the man. One last kiss…just in case anything happened…

Dachi lifted his body from the man and glanced over at Christian, his eyes were red from all of his sobs. He had to compose himself. Light knew nothing of what happened and most importantly, he knew nothing of the eraser.

"Take good care of them. If I'm not back by eight...Erase their names." Said Dachi as Christian nodded his head.

Zellogi let out another chuckle. He know understood how entertaining humans really were. Ryuk had been right.

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Poor Dachi...I've fallen in love with him so much unintentionally. I didn't expect him to become a character with attachment. XD But I care so much for him now. lol. Anyways, I know, it's a lot of updates, but you all should be happy. XD It's a good thing to be an update whore. LOL. 3