*Author's Note*

Song of the Chapter: Many Of Horror - Biffy Clyro.

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Light froze as he watched the barrel of the gun align directly towards L. Out of the corner of his eye, he watched with a sickening reality that Kira was smiling as she cocked the gun, getting ready for her kill.

He felt his muscles flood with a anger so extreme it made he freeze in place, and he stared hopelessly at the short distance between the deadly cat and mouse game.

Light felt bile swarm up his throat as he watched L curl his hands over the small swell of his stomach and turn away from the weapon. Light knew L would protect the child instead of himself, and although this was a beautiful gesture, it was a unnecessary one.

With a short yell, Light launched himself in front of the gun, causing Kira to widen her eyes in surprise slightly before the mask of cool indifference clouded her features once more.

"Ha. A sweet move Light-chan," she raised her eyebrow delicately before smirking, "but don't think this will stop me from killing.. Them" she waved the gun towards L.

Light swallowed and reached out behind him, grasping blindly, until he touched the soft fabric of L's jumper. L slid his hand into Light and squeezed slightly.

Light blinked through the tears in his eyes and nodded at Kira once.

"You're not just going to kill two people bitch. Just remember that" Light warned and stared at the assassin's eyes, hoping to find reason somewhere in the darkness.

Kira stared back, the cruelty of her actions only intensified with the tension in the room. She grasped the gun firmly and teased her finger over the trigger, causing Light to flinch involuntarily. Kira smiled and nodded once.

"See you in Hell boys" Kira laughed happily, but her laugh was cut short with a surprised gasp that seemed forced from Kira's body.

Kira's eyes widened until they seemed to overflow her face and she staggered forward. Light pushed L further away from girl and gasped in disbelief as he saw the large knife sticking out of her back.

Blood poured steadily onto the floor as Kira raised her head woozily and tried to grab the discarded gun, but with a quick flick of his foot, L pushed the gun to the other side of the room. Kira's face twisted with horror and stared angrily at the couple before her.

"There… there are more of us" she gargled, blood choking off his voice and slowly dripped down the side of her mouth. Kira's head drooped and she hit the floor with a muted bang, and then all was silent.

Silence filled the apartment and Light turned to L slowly, their faces mirroring the shock edged on each other.

L slowly walked across the blood splattered floor and rested his head on Light's chest, his jutting stomach acting as a magnet between the two men. Light tenderly wrapped his arms around L and nuzzled his face into L's jet black hair.

"I thought I was going to lose you" Light whispered and clung tighter to L's waiflike frame.

"Never" L replied back and wound his arms around Light's waist, both of them needing each other's reassurance.

Their embrace was punctuated by two soft thuds hitting the floor behind them. L peeked over Light's shoulder and saw, the white now covered in the dark red blood, a pair of dice near Kira's head.

"Snake eyes" a bored voice echoed from the doorway and L and Light both whipped around towards the voice. Near and Mello both entered the room, their eyes both fixed on the body on the floor. Near bent down and pulled the knife out of Kira's back. Mello wrinkled his nose at the sight of the wound but smiled placidly at the couple.

"Honey, I'm home" Mello replied, and dug a small chocolate bar out of his pocket, biting a huge chunk off.