We jumped into the portal and into the night sky of the human realm; a realm where we had control over, where we don't live anymore. We sprout our wings and fly through the air, over my home city. We fly by the tall building where the team was working when L was alive. We fly past it in the direction of the apartment, where Misa and I lived together, before I died. We stopped right in front of the wall. L went first through the wall, I follow. We see Misa lying on the couch of the apartment. She is so still. "Is she asleep?" I ask L.
"No. She has been laying like this a lot since you died," L told. We stood behind the couch looking over her. She was wearing a black, loose dress. I walk around in front of her and look her over as she looked through me; unseeing and hallow.
"She looks terrible," I tell L, noting how her black make up streamed across her face. "She's been crying. And she's gained weight." L snickered. "What?" I snap at L.
He stops laughing and walks over to Misa. He sits on the arm of the couch and pets her head. He runs his fingers through her hair. "Congratulations, Light. Poor Misa never got a chance to tell you."
I was worried by what he was saying. "Tell me what?" I ask cautiously. He looks over Misa, lovingly. "Why are you looking at her like that? I know you like her, but gosh, you're dead!" I tell L.
L doesn't bat an eyelash. He keeps looking at Misa and calmly tells me, "I don't like her like that anymore." I stare at him knowing something is up. He meets my stare. "Don't get me wrong, she's beautiful. You were a very lucky man, and you are a very lucky Shinigami." He Smiled and looked at Misa once more. Then something changed; Misa began to slowly fall asleep to the rhythm of L's pets.
"How are you doing that?" I ask him, noticing how everything he runs his fingers through her hair, her hair moves.
"One of the very special powers my old Shinigami gave me. Maybe if I ask him, he'll give you the power to." He wiped the fresh tears from Misa's eyes.
"What is that power, exactly?" I ask him.
"The power to make people do what I want, they be able to feel me if I touch them, put together. Cool right?" he asks getting up from the couch. He stopped beside me and put a hand on my shoulder. "Congratulations," He told me once more.
"Why do people keep telling me that?" I pouted. I crossed my arms and looked at Misa. Misa; the one girl who gave up everything just for me. My eyes moistened and I let my arms fall again. "And why did you tell the king she was my wife? We were never married."
"I'll tell you the second one after you figure out why people congratulate you," L looked smug and sta down in a chair near the couch and watched me.
"Because she's beautiful? Because she loves me?" I guess. L slowly shook his head.
"Are you really that dumb?" He got up and took my hand. He sat it on her stomach and he let his power to touch a human come to me. I felt a heartbeat. No, wait… two; a big heartbeat and a small faint one that you had to concentrate to feel.
I gasp and L let's go of my hand and the heartbeats disappear. "I-I'm a-a-a" I couldn't finish my statement. I fell to the ground in the sitting position. "A-a father?" I feel the breath race out of me and I hold my head with my hand. I slowly rock, unbelieving in the fact that this is possible. "But-but. How can this be? We only… did… you know. Once! One time and she's pregnant! If I knew I wouldn't have gone on being Kira! Now my child has no father!"
L puts his hand on my shoulder and squats down beside me in that freaky sitting pose he does. "Congrats," he simply says. I glare at him. "Don't worry, Light! Your kid does have a father. He just happens to be dead and a Shinigami!" I glare at him harder, with a frown planted on my face. "That means you get to see her when she's older and she won't ever have to worry about you dying or getting caught for being Kira." My frown faded as I took in what he said. He stood back up and so did I. I stood up and smiled. "She was going to tell everyone that she was pregnant at that concert, she was also going to tell everyone you guys were engaged because she knew you'd marry her when you found out. She never had a chance to tell you though." We both look at her. "You're a father now."
"And you're an uncle," I tell him and we smile at each other. "Before we go to Near, may we go to see my remaining family?"
"Of course," He goes to the window while I give Misa a small kiss. Then we fly out into the night to my old house. We fly in through the window of my old bedroom and see it's all the same.
"How long since I've been dead?" I ask L while we stand in my room.
"Believe it or not, it's been three weeks. You've been in that darkness, before coming to the Shinigami world for three weeks. I don't know why it takes that long for judgment and placement, but it does." I nod and walk through the shut door, L following me. "A lot has happened since you've died. Look in your sister's room," he told me.
We walk through the wall into the room that used to belong to my sister, now was an exact replica of my parents room, but smaller. "Wow. Does my mom live in this room now?" L nods.
"She's not in here right now. She's down stairs in the living room watching TV. Look in your parent's old room. You're in for a big surprise," L smiles smugly. I get cautious for what's about to come and I walk through the walls again to my parents old room.
Things are different in this room. "This one, obviously, belongs to my sister and someone else... I just can't put my finger on it. It looks as though someone has pulled her out of shock of being kidnapped. She as so unresponsive to everyone, someone pulled her from unresponsive to responsive, am I right?" I ask L, he nodded. "I wonder who it is…" I say to myself. Then I hear a familiar voice down the hallway; familiar, though I can't place it.
"I'll be right back, honey. I'll go get the wedding plan book and be right back. We need your mother's opinion!" And the door opened, for me to see my sister's fiancé. I gasp to see the very man that killed me.
"Matsuda," I airlessly whisper. He perked up right after I said his name, and looked around, as if he heard me. After not seeing me and L he shrugs and goes back to getting the wedding plan book.
L elbows me in my ribs. "Shh. You don't want him to hear you do you?" L asks me. I shake my head. "I told you it takes practice for you to be able to control your power…" Matsuda left. L puts on a devilish grin, something he never does and asks, "Do you want to scare Matsuda a little?" I smile too and nod. "Ok, we just have to wait in the hallway for him to come back to this room. I say we wait at the top of the stairs for him to start climbing and then we let him see us. We disappear and scare him again while he walks down the hallway, by walking someway in front of him. Ok?" I nod and we go to top of the stairs and wait.
Matsuda, Sayu and my mom stayed downstairs talking and planning the wedding for about an hour and a half, but they soon ended. My mother went to her room, and Matsuda and Sayu began climbing the stairs hand in hand.
Remember, you don't have to let Sayu see you for Matsuda to see you. Just focus on Matsuda and will it for only him to see you, L spoke to me through our minds, and I nod. When they were about one fourth way up the stairs, we let Matsuda see us. I gave a disapproving scowl and I looked over to see L standing with a blank face like normal, but with a slight hint of disappointment. L looked at me and we both looked Matsuda straight in the eye.
We must be pretty scary, because Matsuda stopped midstride, stopping Sayu with him. "What's wrong, dear?" She asks him.
He didn't reply right away, but he kept looking at us. L looked normal, but I looked the same as when I died; bloody, pale, ghost like.
Matsuda looks over at Sayu. "Do you see that?" He asks in a panicking voice.
"See what?" Sayu asks looking around. We both stop letting Matsuda see us, so when he pointed to the top of the stair case and looked up at us, he couldn't see us and he freaked out a little.
"I- I just saw-" He looks back at Sayu, she looked expecting. "I thought I saw L," Sayu gave a shocked face, "and Light." She looked to him with a sympathetic face. "Never mind. I guess it's because it's late and I need sleep; I'm seeing things!" They laugh, together, and continue going up the stairs. L and I quickly run to the door of their bed room and make it to where Matsuda can see us. I stand on the right side of the door and L stands on the left. We cross our arms and lean on the wall, leaning towards each other. I scowl and L does his normal thing, and we wait until they walk down the hall. Soon they turn the corner and, still hand in hand, they laugh and talk looking at each other. About three fourths of the way down the hall, Matsuda finally looks in our direction and stops dead cold in his tracks, with a haunted look on his face. He stops Sayu and pulls her back to him and holds her protectively.
'What is it, Matsu?" Sayu asks, looking in the direction he is.
"You can't tell me you can't see them?" Matsuda pointed at us.
"No one's there, dear!" Sayu looks at him scared.
L begins to move closer to Matsuda. Matsuda doesn't budge, but he looks directly at L in the eyes. L goes up to Matsuda, and smiles. L places a hand on Matsuda's arm and Matsuda lowered it to the touch. Matsuda's facial expression changed then, to sadness and longing. He let go of Sayu and stared into L's eyes.
"Don't forget me and Light. Do the right thing, when the time comes. Don't give up and love the ones around you," L spoke to Matsuda in a whisper; Matsuda nodded. L disappeared from Matsuda's sight and he narrowed back to me, with a frightened face. He clung to Sayu again, and she just stared at him. I can still see L but I know Matsuda cannot. I slowly walk to Matsuda.
He moves in front of Sayu, as if to keep her out of my reach. "You know I don't like this, but I can't stop your marriage with my sister. One thing though; do you know about Misa?" Matsuda shakes his head. "She's pregnant," Matsuda gasps and smiles. Then the smile disappears, because he knows he killed the baby's father.
He starts to heave, and he clinches his eyes tight, and tears fall. "I'm sorry!" He yells and looks up at me. I look down with sympathy in my eyes.
"It's alright. Don't tell anyone, though," he nods and let's goes of Sayu, and he wipes away the tears. Sayu looks at him but she doesn't say a word. "She might not be able to take care of the baby, so I want you and Sayu to take care of my child. Love my child as your own." He nods again, looking me in the eyes. I look at Sayu and I see that she is pregnant also; not to the point any human would know, not even her yet. I just sense it. "And you will also have a baby. Sayu is pregnant, and I am happy for you. She doesn't know yet so keep it a secret and let her tell you." I smile and slowly disappear.
I go to the wall with L and we fly through it. Leaving Matsuda and Sayu, and now on our way to Near…