Warnings: Misa-being-a-retard-because-she-was-born-that-way themes. Yaoi/Shounen-ai/Slashable characters: L and Light. Rated M for smut, language and boy kissing.
Summary: Kira brought Raito to L, the one person he could love. But, is love enough to concur the evil that is Kira? Or, is that love itself the true evil? L's life is at stake, and Raito is the only one who can save it, but will he? L/Light, Mello/Near. Yaoi.
Disclaimer: I live in Glasgow and I own a nuclear missile. Be afraid. Be very afraid...
Chibi Mello: Welcome to the first update in, oh I don't know, a month?
Me: Quiet, you. Maybe they wont remember.
Chibi Raito: They're not idiots, Ninja.
Chibi Misa: So, what's your excuse this time?
Me: There appears to be an error with the uploading/updating of new OpenOffice files to fan fiction...
Chibi Mello: … Bullshit.
Me: Sssht.
Chibi Mikami: Read, Review, then relax!
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Death Note:
Redemption
By NinjaKittyx3
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Kira.
Kira...
Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira Kira!
Raito was Kira! No, Raito isKira! I am Kira!
"Raito-kun..." L spoke softly. "Are you alright?"
All Raito knew was that if he didn't blink soon, he would start crying, and that was something he really didn't want to have to explain to L.
Beside him, he noted Rem sticking her ugly face in his business as she whispered quietly, reminding him that if he didn't kill Higuchi Kyosuke soon, he would lose his memories again. She was disguising her presence from everyone else, something that Ryuk overlooked when he was first explaining rules and such to Raito.
"Yes, I am fine." Raito scratched his head with his left hand, clutching the Death Note with his right. "I don't know what happened there."
L stared him down, as if trying to assess him, and Raito started to go red under the pressure. But, no matter how long Raito didn't look at him, L knew there was something wrong – that something had changed considerably since Raito laid hands on that cursed book.
"I'm going to compare the names in this to the ones of criminals who recently been killed by Kira." Raito announced, turning to the on-board laptop and typing furiously, glancing at the book from time to time.
Ryuzaki hummed to himself. He chewed his thumb for a moment, before frowning and turning to Aizawa, who was gazing at the notebook in Raito's possession.
He put his rifle down clumsily and jumped over to Raito, taking the notebook from his hands. Raito gasped as he lost contact with the notebook and blanked out for a split second, before turning to Aizawa and glaring.
"Aizawa-san, I was using that."
But Aizawa wasn't listening. The man had positively froze on the spot, staring beside Raito's head. Rem sighed. She hadn't taken into consideration that the man before her, named Aizawa, could have touched the Death Note and therefore spotted her. Damn Raito Yagami. Now he'd lost his memories.
Again.
Stupid boy!
Aizawa yelled out, "Sh-Shi-Shinigami!"
L rose from his seat with wide eyes. "Aizawa-san, can you see a... Shinigami?"
No, he's shouting it for the good of his health.
Rem sighed, breaking her shield and allowing everyone who had touched the notebook see her. Soon afterwards, all hell broke loose.
The task force, and some officers around them cried out in fear, some, including Matsuda, fell back and onto the solid ground that was the road. The blonde cautiously look around himself, biting his chocolate bar as the people around him yelled out "Shinigami!", and naturally he assumed that due to the fact that he had not physically came in contact with the notebook, he could not see the creature.
Over at the helicopter, where things were a great deal quieter, Rem appeared right beside Raito's head, and Raito all but screeched, jumping out of his seat.
"Raito-kun!" L panicked, reaching for the boy. "Get away from it!"
L immediately took a hold of Raito's arm, and pulled him behind his back. Raito didn't appreciate being treated like a child, but he was scared out of his wits at the moment, so he may as well comply. Raito's arms wrapped around L's waist from behind, L's hands going over his, and drew his body back against him as if to distance L from the monster. L glared at the Shinigami as Raito breathed harshly into his ear.
How would Raito get his memories back now? Sure, Rem could easily take the notebook from Aizawa's hold and hand it to Raito, but that would cause suspicion. Or, she could take it from Aizawa, write down Higuchi Kyosuke's name and 'accidentally' drop it in such a way that Raito would pick it up. Then Higuchi would die while he held it, giving him ownership. She grimaced. The idea of having to stalk Raito and be his Shinigami almost made her want to puke.
Rem paused as realisation hit her, then she smirked. Of course!
The second unexplained rule that Ryuk had purposely left out when Raito had informed him of his plan... because he'd thought it'd be more fun.
He had informed Raito that if he lost contact with the notebook before he killed the third Kira, he would lose his memories again. He didn't, however, tell him that if the time came when that happened, his memories would return anyway.
As soon as Raito touched the Death Note again, his memories had been permanently saved in his mind. The human mind can only handle so much tampering in one lifetime.
Therefore, he would gain them again, gradually. But, first she had to kill the third Kira.
Rem continued smirking. That was fine – she could wait.
Grinning, she killed Higuchi discreetly.
L glared at the Shinigami as it floated around the room uncomfortably. After about four hours, all they had gotten out of it was that it was called Rem, and the notebook Higuchi was using to kill belonged to it – no, her. It was a her. It had a gender.
Raito had flipped through the rules of the notebook and noticed the thirteen-day rule. He voiced it aloud, even though it pretty much cleared his name due to confinement times, he doubted L would see it that way. He'd find a loophole somewhere.
Clearing his throat, Aizawa announced, from Watari's office, that a young man insisted on speaking with L.
"Could you give a detailed description of the man please." L chewed his thumb nervously.
"Uh... blonde hair, looks like a chick... leather..." Aizawa stopped a moment, and the rustling of sheets was heard. "...carrying a chocolate bar- well, actually, not any more. He, or she, finished it."
"Ah, please put him through." L commanded, grabbing the on-screen phone. He started somewhat-yelling in another language, that most of the task force could not understand, into the phone. Raito thought it sounded like Italian, and could only translate little.
As Raito waited for the phone call to end, he could feel the Shinigami's -Rem's- eyes burning into the back of his head. Cautiously, he turned around, and came face to face with Death. He yelped slightly, shuffling away from the creature, picking up the Death Note as he went along, and stood closer to L.
He briefly wondered if Aizawa had noticed his and L's panic-filled embrace, that probably looked a little more than friendship, on the helicopter. But, then again, he had just seen a Shinigami, so he may have missed it. O, maybe he was just being nice and leaving them alone.
Yeah, that'd be the day. It was Aizawa he as talking about here.
L hung up slowly, turning to Raito, then to the task force.
"Someone else shall be joining us in a few moments." L announced, cutting Matsuda off as he spoke. "An acquaintance of mine."
"An acquaintance of L..." Matsuda beamed. "Woah..."
"An acquaintance?" Raito echoed. "What kind of acquaintance?"
L turned to look at him.
"Just a friend," he dead panned. "There was a man at the scene; someone with blonde hair. I believe Yagami-san spoke to him."
"Ah." Soichiro nodded, re-calling the odd man he spoke to. "He is a friend of yours?"
"..." L pinched the bridge of his nose. "It would seem so."
L sighed and braced himself for Mello's entry. Who knew what the team would think of him. Not only that, but he had Matt calling every hour on the hour to ensure Mello's safety. Poor boy. Too bad his love was one-sided, or at least it was, last time L checked. Plans to go to England sure weren't looking too-
The doors burst open, revealing a pretty smug looking, girly face. There was a loud echo, that sounded like someone broke something, when actually, said man had bitten his chocolate bar.
He came into the room, shortly followed by Aizawa, and a tall blonde woman Raito had never seen before.
"L," the man addressed L in English, bowing and smirking.
"Mello, I must ask that you call me 'Ryuuzaki' here." L walked closer to Mello, addressing him also in English. Half of the task force was confused with the sudden change in language, but Raito was on full alert. "Thank you, Aizawa-san."
Aizawa nodded and remained in the room, just advance towards where Raito was standing.
"Ryuuzaki? An alias." Mello mused, "Due to the fact that the Japanese language refer to 'L' as 'R', correct?"
L huffed, and was suddenly pulled into a bear hug. Mello had attacked him, and was now embracing him as if his life depended on it.
"Ryuuzaki," Mello breathed, "it's good to see you again."
"Likewise, Mello-kun." L swapped back to Japanese easily, lazily wrapping his arms around the younger man, allowing him to nuzzle into his neck.
"Wow. It must be great to be one of Ryuuzaki's friends." Matsuda whispered to Soichiro, who huffed and told him to give them privacy. The rest of the team turned away, returning to work, and to watch the Shinigami.
Raito clutched the Death Note and stared at the scene before him. Mello was hugging L. Not only that, but they were hugging romantically! And what was worse? L was letting him! L was letting this 'Mello' person to just throw his arms around him!
Raito growled and turned away, to glare at the Shinigami to release anger. Surprisingly, the Shinigami glared back.
L seemed to sense Raito's discomfort and pulled away from Mello. Mello grinned at him.
Thwap!
The whole room went silent as a loud noise echoed through the room. Raito looked over to Mello, noticing L's falling hand, and Mello's already reddened cheek.
…Did L just slap Mello?
Mello grabbed his cheek and looked at L in shock. Just as he was about to yell, L spoke.
"That's for leaving the others alone." L scolded harshly, glaring at Mello. "Now, would you like your punishment for coming here, of all places, especially during such a case?"
Mello remained silent.
"Get upstairs." L ordered. "Now."
Mello obeyed silently, sulking up the stairs, upset that his idol had hit him.
What age is this guy? Like, fifteen?
Raito snorted, rolling his eyes at the drama, glancing at the clock on the computer screen. It was late, which would explain why he was so tired.
"Raito-kun, I believe we should retire for this evening." L said loudly, not moving from his position at the door.
Raito stood quietly, saying goodnight to the team with a simple nod. He walks past L without a word, and went straight up the stairs after Mello. L stared after him for a moment with furrowed eyebrows, before following suit.
"I'd like to know why Raito-kun is ignoring me." L asked from behind Raito as they walked along the corridor on their floor. After receiving no answer, L spoke again, "Perhaps I have done something to upset Raito-kun?"
Raito stopped at their door, turning the handle and walking in, thanking heavens he had left it open the night before. He went straight towards the sofa in front of the television and slumped down onto it, sighing as he flipped his legs over it and put his arms behind his head. L stood just by the door frame, gazing at him.
"Raito-kun..." L said quietly, biting his thumbnail, "Please talk to me."
Raito looked at him for a minute, sighed and sat up against the arm of the sofa, indicating for L to sit at the space he'd created at his feet. However, L padded over and sat between Raito's legs, snuggling up into him, pressing an ear to his shoulder.
"Are you going to talk to me?" he whispered.
"Yes."
"Why were you ignoring me?"
Light sighed. "I wasn't intentionally ignoring you, Ryuuzaki. I was only curious about this 'Mello' of yours..."
"My Mello?" L echoed. "Mello is not mine, Raito-kun, and I am not his."
"You know what I meant."
"I like to think that I am Raito-kun's..." L said quietly, nuzzling Raito's shoulder.
Raito flushed and wrapped his arms around L's back. "You are... but that's not the point."
"Can Raito-kun be mine?" L asked.
Raito grinned. "I already was yours."
L smiled and breathed out. "Mello and I lived together when I was younger. This is how I know him. We are childhood friends, brother's, if you will."
"It didn't look like brotherly love to me on his side..." Raito grumbled, and L suddenly chuckled.
"I understand now." he said lowly, "Raito-kun is jealous of Mello."
"Am not!"
"No matter how much you deny it, you know you are." L grinned.
Raito sighed. He was not jealous of Mello. At all. Nope. Not at all.
Chibi Misa: End! -jazz hands-
Me: Yep! Sorry it ended so abruptly, but I'm already crossing the three thousand words line here.
Chibi Raito: Think of it as apology for being over a month late.
Chibi L: Yes, and also for making me uke.
Me: I'm not sorry about that, but sure.
Ryuk: What the hell's this? There's new rules about the Death Note?
Me: Oh, yeah. They're pretty silly, but were needed for the plot.
Chibi Mello: Don't be mean to Ninja, please.
Chibi Mikami: I'll delete you.
Chibi Chappy: Can I borrow your PEN?
Me: Uh, I think she's gone mad. Again.
Chibi Raito: -spazzes-
Chibi Matt: HUGE thanks to Ninja's best friend Jun for beta-ing this chapter!
Chibi Misa: Haha! You've read it now! Reviewing is a must!
New Death Note Rules Explained For The Confused!:
As soon as Raito touched the Death Note, he gets his memories back, right? But, then Aizawa takes it off of him, and he loses them again. I'd like to think that the human mind cannot handle too much tampering with memory, so to prevent insanity, the Shinigami's made a loop hole.
If Raito touches the Death Note again, it will have no effect on him. But, his memories are returning on their own in the back of his mind. So, he'll regain his memories over time.
-spazzes-