Chapter Four
I could hear voices coming from the other room. Groaning, I climbed out of bed and opened the curtains. I blinked at the harsh light. Damn. It was in the middle of the afternoon. Stupid jet lag. I opened the door to my bedroom and stepped into the living room.
"Good morning, Ayano-chan." L said. He was sitting on the white leather couch in his normal crouch position, and Light was sitting normally next to him while Misa sat across from them in the other couch. I blushed, embarrassed for everyone to see my hair a godforsaken mess and wearing my pajamas. I laughed nervously and ran my fingers through my hair, trying to smooth it down and make it presentable.
"Hi, Ayano!" Misa said cheerfully. It kind of annoyed me that she was already addressing me with no honorific, but I kept my mouth shut.
"Hello, Ayano-san." Light said, the only one who seemed as embarrassed as I was.
"Good morning, everybody..." I said. "Sorry if I interrupted your...date, Amane-san...I mean, Misa-Misa." I said.
"It's alright, it wasn't really much of a date anyway." Misa growled, giving L a sharp look which he ignored.
"Please, just pretend I'm not even here. Coffee?" L handed me a steaming mug which was full to the brim with sugar cubes.
"Sure. Thanks." I said. "Is it okay if I join you?"
"I guess. It doesn't matter anyway." Misa pouted. I sat down next to her and took a sip of the sugary coffee.
"Are you going to eat that piece of cake?" L asked Misa.
"Cake makes you fat. I'm not going to eat any." Misa said.
"You can burn calories if you use your brain." L said.
"Oh, so now you're calling me stupid?" Misa cried angrily. "Look, I'll give you the cake if you agree to leave me and Light alone."
"If I did leave you two alone I'd still be watching on surveillance cameras, so it wouldn't make any difference." L said.
"You PERVERT! Could you stop it with your creepy hobby?" Misa said
"You can call me whatever you like, but I'm taking your cake." L said, reaching over the table and taking Misa's cake.
"Alright then. I'll shut the curtains and turn off the lights!" She said and grinned.
"I have infrared cameras too." He said and took a bite of the cake.
"Then we'll get under the covers, won't we, Light?" Misa asked him.
"Whatever you say." Light said distractedly, then turned to L. "Ryuzaki, we've got this whole new headquarters and we have Ayano-san working with us now. Aren't you excited?"
"Excited...?" L asked. "I'm glad Ayano-chan is working with us and we have this new headquarters, but I'm feeling kind of depressed."
"Depressed?" Light and I asked at the same time.
"Yes...for the longest time, I thought Light-kun was Kira. It's a bit of a shock to find out I was wrong...although I still suspect you, thus the handcuffs. So I have to start over again. But I think what most likely happened is that you and Amane-san were controlled by Kira. Kira can control people's actions before death, which means that he was probably controlling you to make me think you were a suspect." L said.
"Could you elaborate on that?" I asked.
"This is what I think happened. When Light-kun and Amane-san was put into confinement, they were Kira and the second Kira. Then, somehow, they lost their memory and the power was passed on to someone else. So then the power passes from person to person." L said.
"So you're saying me and Misa were Kira?" Light asked.
"Yes, I don't think there's any mistake there. You two were both Kiras." L said. There was a shocked silence that passed on for a few seconds before he continued, "What I don't understand is why you aren't dead. If Kira controlled you to do the killings, why aren't you dead by now? It's also that the power passes from person to person, which would make Kira practically impossible to catch...it's a big shock to me...very frustrating..."
"So if you caught the first person, their memory would just get wiped again and you'd have to start over from scratch." I said.
"Yes, Ayano-chan. That's why I'm so depressed..." L said.
"Oh c'mon, Ryuzaki. Show some energy." Light said, putting a hand on L's shoulder.
"Energy...? I thought I was going to die so many times...why even bother?" L asked, putting the cake back down on the table. I wanted to smack some sense into him, but Light stood up before I could react.
"Ryuzaki..." he said.
"Hmmm?" L asked. Then, Light drew back his fist and punched L in the face. L fell back from the shock, pulling Light with him and knocking over the table. Misa and I jumped up in shock. She screamed and stepped back, accidentally stepping into the cake L was eating.
"Ewwww..." She groaned.
"Ouch." L said, touching his cheek.
"You can't give up now!" Light cried. "Just because I'm not the true Kira...because you were wrong...you want to give up? Kira's trying to take over the world, and you're just going to just sulk like a baby? Who promised to take Kira to his execution?"
"I may have worded it poorly, but chasing after him isn't getting us anywhere so maybe we should stop." L said coolly.
"Just think of all those innocent people who've been victimized!" Light cried, grabbing L's shirt and giving him a shake. "FBI agents...TV announcers...who knows how many more if we don't catch him? You're the one who put Misa and I in confinement!"
"I realize that...but for whatever the reason..." L wrestled out of Light's grasp and kicked him in the face. "An eye for an eye, my friend." As Light fell back, he pulled L with him and they landed onto the floor. Misa ducked and hid behind the couch.
"It's not just that my reasoning was wrong, it's also that the case can't be solved as 'Light Yagami is Kira and Misa Amane is the second Kira.' I'm a little disappointed. I'm human, is that so wrong?" L said as he got up.
"No, it isn't! The way you talk, it's as if you won't be satisfied unless I'm Kira!" Light cried, getting up.
"...You know what...you're right. I just realized something. I wanted you to be Kira..." L said softly. Light drew back and punched him in the face again.
"As I said before, an eye for an eye. I'm a lot stronger than I look you know." L said, then turned and ninja-kicked Light in the face for the second time. The shock was beginning to wear off, and I jumped in between them.
"Guys, stop it!" I shouted. "This won't get us anywhere!" Suddenly, the phone began to ring. L let go of Light and picked up the phone.
"Yes?" L asked. "What is it?...Oh. Yes. Yes. Goodbye." L dropped the phone back down on the receiver.
"Who was that?" Light asked.
"Just Matsuda being an idiot again..." L muttered.
"Oh. Well, that is his specialty." Light said.
"Okay first of all, Matsuda can hear you. Second of all, fighting like this won't help us catch Kira!" I said.
"What's the use?" L said. "By chasing Kira so desperately we're just putting our lives at risk for nothing." At this, I just about cracked.
"What's the use? What's the use? So that people won't die! So people won't live in fear! Why the hell did you bring me into this?" I said angrily. "I flew halfway around the world because you wanted me to help you solve this case, and now you're just going to give up? Don't you screw with me!" The room fell into a stunned silence at my outburst.
"...Ayano-chan..." I ignored L, walked into my room, and locked the door.
Ahh, okay so this was like a complete rewrite of the L/Light fight scene...That's just one of my favorite scenes in the manga and I really wanted to write it. :3 Thank you so much to my ONLY reviewer *hint hint* WWE-Little-Angel, hope you guys like this chappie! and REVIEW!