Shattering value

"There's a new rookie around here", the black Hades crossed his legs on his seat. He stirred the green fluid in the cauldron with his one hand and the other holding the death record. L watched Hades with the corner of his eyes, a hint of grin carven on his lips.

"New Rookie, name Yagami Raito, miserable death, I see", he muttered under his breath but loud enough for L to hear him. The raven haired spirit stood and drifted without a word. Since his death five years ago, he had been responsible to lead the new ghost whose death was of failure to the underworld gate. Old James, the previous ghost who had the duty for three thousand years took over Troy to guard the death entrance after Troy decided to haunt the chamber bellum in Hogwarts. Since then, his grudge against Raito had never end.

Furthermore, this was a good chance to laugh at the face of Yagami Raito who in similar to him, died of failure. However, L passed away in pride. At least, he wasn't wrong that Raito was actually the genocide killer that he was looking for.

L saw the new ghost who was perching in sorrow on his own tomb. He was mourning to his own fate. However, it wasn't like L would actually take pity on Yagami Raito after all what he did to him. Genocide killer, how unforgivable! That revolting person had murdered many innocent people who stood in his way. It might be a good idea to leave him lost in his own world alone. He didn't need an acquaintance. He made use of the people around him.

"That damn Ryuuku, why was I so stupid to listen to him all this while?" he cursed out loud, his face was buried in shame in his hand. His mourning sounded like a deafening screech. L sat silently on one of the branches and watched the scene, not eagerly but happily. How about that, Yagami Raito? Where is your honour now? L's bell of thought rang in his invisible brain which made him chuckled in glee. He had never felt that delighted before, after his death. Now that Raito got what he ought to have earlier, L believed that he in some way had won against Yagami Raito, the worse living person ever in the world's history.

L's chuckle alerted Raito of his presence. Raito, without facing L because he was too embarrassed to face anyone including himself, spoke out. "Please, leave me alone", he kindly requested. L decided that it was the best time to start the conversation. Let's observe his reaction. "What d'ya knows? Yagami RaitoKira had come to try his faith here", the insult spouted out from L's mouth. L didn't have to be polite to Raito. He didn't trust the said person anymore even as a spirit.

Raito, feeling deeply wounded by the insult turned to look at L. He jerked in shock when he saw the ex-detective even after life. Only at that moment, he was lower that L Lawliet. In fact, he was lower than anyone else.

"Hello, Yagami Raito. Nice to see you again", L added as he bit the tip of his thumb and closed his knees to his chest which had been his regular pose; a pose that would never lost even in the spirit world, a pose that reminded Raito how he had once overpowered L, a pose of Raito's biggest guilt.

"Why are you so quiet? Too humiliated to speak out?" the question choked Raito's voice in his throat. He knew L wasn't going to tag along with him easily. L assumed this as his own advantage over the brunette mass murderer. Let the so called god suffered the consequences.

"Leave me alone", was all that he could say.

L lifted his left index finger in the air. "Nope, there's no way I can do that or Hades is going to kill me. You are going to come with me. Not as a friend, of course", he said and like the day he was being chained together with the loser, he led Raito to the main gate of the underworld.

Once they arrived at the gate, old James let them in, his eyes was tailing uneasily at Raito. He floated closer to L. "Who is that? I don't like him", asked James together with his opinion. "Yagami Raito, a mass murderer that I've been hunting for".

"Well, no wonder I felt a chill in my spine when I stare at him. How many did he kill?" James lowered his voice so that only he and L could hear each other. "A lot and almost uncountable. He's got involved with the shinigami and I think he died in that creature's hand. Saddo, isn't he?" L said followed by the laughter from the two.

Old James gaze at Raito again and headed back to his duty place. When they arrived at Hades, L introduced Raito to him. "You can have him, L if you wish to do so. Such a sad appearance he had and I don't think there is any job left to be occupied but the cells are always free", he pointed out and ignored them for the green fluid was already bubbling.

"Have he under me? I'll be glad so", uttered L and grinned sneakily again. Hades gave him authorization to have a control over Raito and now, the enemy was under him as a slave; another victory for L, zero for Raito.

He turned to Raito and smiled. "Do you know what's your biggest mistake is?" Raito shook his head, not daring to speak. "That is you kill me", L continued and then, dragged the pitiful but not so to him around the underworld land. I win in the end. The thought was dancing in his mind. Raito was his winning prize.

Since then, Raito Yagami learned his lesson, which was never to make a crime. However, he learned these far too late and now; everyone was looking down on him. Everyone was bullying him. Everyone was disrespecting him for his honour had shattered like broken mirror. He wished that he could rewind the time.

Well, the pathetic loser died in the end. Thanks to Near! Hooray, for him.