Chapter 10: count 6----a new clue to the mystery.

The sun shined. Singing could be heard in the distance. By the sound of it, probably children. The sweet scent of lavender washed over the fields. A long haired man was enjoying the sight of some little kids playing in the shadow of a few trees. Beside him, sat a small girl, probably not even eight. Her dark brown pigtails moving with the soft breeze. The older man's hand was resting on her shoulders, stroking absently.

"Ah… Look at those carefree children. They are pretty happy, aren't they Lis ?" He asked in French. The girl shyly looked up at the man. She nodded. The slender but strong hand moved from her shoulder to her cheek. Sliding his fingers over the delicate face of the child, he sighed.

"If Kira wasn't here, there would not be any kind of peace like this, right?" Lis's eyes glazed over when she fell into a dream world. She laid her head in the older one's lap.

"That's right, little one. You can fall asleep. " He started whispering a lullaby. When the girl was in a deep sleep, he carefully lifted the child's head out of his lap, and onto the soft grass. Then he stood up and slipped a black notebook from under his shirt. He took a red pen out of his pocket, and grinned. "That's right, sweet little children. You may go to sleep now."

The singing stopped with the scratching noise of the pen.

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Back in Belgium, a beautiful brunette and a weird raven were sitting in the chairs beside the hospital bed. In the bed, was laying a man who looked very pale. Perhaps even paler then L. He coughed a few times before attempting a conversation.

"…Ryuuzaki, I really appreciate that you've come to visit me, but as your guardian I must ask you to hide somewhere. It's no good to come over, they will be able to find you here anytime." L shook his head. Light could see his concern over Watari grow under his emotionless mask.

"I just…couldn't leave till I saw you were alright with my own eyes, Watari-san." He kept his eyes focused on his wiggling toes, not willing to look up at the weakened state of his father-figure. Raito sensed his discomfort, and gently rubbed the detective's hunched back. L stiffened under the touch and shot his Kira-lead a glance, before finally locking his eyes with Watari. The old man smiled at him.

"My wounds aren't that bad, Ryuuzaki! I'm sure I will heal quickly." The detective nodded.

"Ok…Goodbye Watari."

"Bye L." With that, L walked out of the room, dragging Raito with him.

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It was hot. Too hot to think, too warm to do anything. Light and L were currently in the back of a car, on their way to another hiding place. Raito opened the window. L reached over and closed the window. Raito opened it again. L repeated his previous action. Light's eye twitched dangerously.

"…Ryuuzaki. What are you doing?"

" I'm closing the window, obviously." L nibbled on his thumb, staring at Light with his wide eyes. He swore he could see a vein pop.

"Yes, I know that Ryuuzaki. But why are you closing the window when it's so fucking warm?"

*DAMN!* the brunette thought while glaring at L: *How comes he isn't even sweating? It's 36°C ! I'm covered in sweat and so is the rest of the people outside except HIM?*

"So people won't see my face. The tinted glass is needed for keeping my appearance from the public, Raito-kun. I thought you were smart enough to figure that out." Raito ignored the detective and tried opening the window again. However, he found he couldn't because L had locked it.

"DAMN IT!RYUUZAKI! " Light swore I saw a grin flashing on the detective's face. He couldn't stay in the heat like this. Raito was starting to get dizzy. On with plan B then.

"L, turn around." The raven looked suspiciously at him. "Why would Raito-kun ask me that? I must watch you at all…"

"Just do it Ryuuzaki, I won't jump out of the car, nor try to escape. So don't look."

"Alright." L turned away from the brunette and stared out of the window. He listened carefully at any noise the teen was making. To make sure he wasn't doing anything harmful. His eyes widened comically when he heard struggling and the rustling of clothes.

*…Oh dear god in the almighty candy-heaven….Is he stripping? * L couldn't help it but to shot a glance at him. Indeed. The young genius was fighting with his jeans to get them off. His shirt was already tossed away under the chair of the car before him. L noticed his scarred back immediately. He hadn't paid attention to it till now, because the teen was very careful in hiding them.

Before he could catch himself, he ran his finger over one of the dark lines covering Light's body.

The brunette froze before throwing a punch at L. "I SAID DON'T LOOK YOU BASTARD!"

"…Raito-kun…" The detective watched as Light scurried away from him as far as possible.

It was silent for the rest of the ride.

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When they arrived at their new hideout, the first thing Raito did was dragging L to the bathroom, blindfolding him and taking a long shower. He found that he could think clearer when the cold water was cleaning away all the filth. *Now it seems like I have two stalkers.* He thought while glancing at the shinigami hanging of the ceiling. He sighed.

* What's the point of hiding anyway when Ryuk can follow us everywhere. It's pointless, but I doubt that L's going to believe me…Why should he believe a possible suspect with a 'mental disorder'?* He rolled his eyes and reached for the shampoo. *Maybe I can try to make a deal with him. He's just doing this for fun anyway.* His thoughts were cut off when the emotionless voice of his capturer sounded trough the bathroom.

" Is little narcistic Raito-kun finally done with his cleaning rituals? We have a case waiting for us and this blindfold is starting to itch. " Raito scoffed and threw the soap at the impatient detective, who jumped at the wet contact.

"…Raito-kun's very childish." He pouted. Light stepped out of the shower and dried himself off. When he had put on his pajamas, he pulled away the cloth blinding L. "…So are you." The raven smiled at the small grin Raito offered him. It seemed like he had forgiven him for the little incident in the car. He was wrong. Now L wasn't paying full attention, Light made use of the moment to turn on the water in the shower and push a still clothed L under it. Ryuuzaki gasped at the cold water soaking him, and pulled hard on the chain. Making Raito tumble into the shower with him. L watched amused as Raito started to laugh. He couldn't prevent the smile forming on his lips. Here they were, two geniuses, both soaked to the bone, snickering stupidly. *Yes…He really is my first friend* L thought when Light turned the water off.

L pov. :

When we finally got back to work again, it was already 12 o'clock. I wasn't tired at all, but Raito seemed to doze off in his chair. I put the pillow I had been sitting on under the head of the sleeping boy.I felt terribly guilty for keeping the exhausted teen awake for such long periods. But I had to get some work done. Because of the many distractions the last few days we hadn't done anything.

Suddenly, something on the computer caught my attention. I had received an e-mail from the Japanese taskforce. I lapped at my ice cream and started reading the news.

L,

We understand that you cannot receive direct information from the police.

So we send you some files of the recent happenings.

We can only conclude out of these that Kira has somehow gained the power to kill people without knowing their name, because the names of the criminals who died of heart attacks in the last few days weren't published to the media.

We need your opinion of this.

Greetings, the Taskforce.

(ps: Matsuda destroyed half of the equipment we had. So it's going to take a while before we can work at full force.)

If I hadn't more self control then a normal person, my mouth might have dropped open. I started reading the files included by the mail. Apparently Kira had gotten some kind of power-up…

*Yes…* i thought while popping some candies in my mouth :* this may give me some more information on Kira.* I stroked absentminded the warm cheek of the sleeping brunette beside me and sighed.

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So I know this chap may not be so great, but I really can't help it. D:

I'm also writing for my other story so….

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