Shattering Value
Mello dragged the phantom to the main entrance of Hades kingdom. Like L, he too ended up in the place in between hell and heaven. It had been a while since he was gone hunting for the ruffedges (phantom that escapes from the cells). He hated his job. He hated it more than anyone else.
Old James greeted him but Mello gazed as cold as ever at him. The old ghost gulped and nervously grinned at him before going back to the gate. After throwing the phantom back into the cells, he went straight to the latent room and folded his jacket before closing his eyes.
He was trying hard to get some sleep when Raito and L stormed in from the wall.
"Come on, Ryuzaki, I don't mean to upset you when I asked about the mirror", Raito risked a punch from the ex-detective which missed an inch to his side. He didn't want to get hit for a ghost could have physical contact with a ghost, just like human with human. Furthermore, L had been so grumpy ever since their returned from China. No... He was actually starting to be like that since he asked about the mirror.
L looked down to the floor. Nobody knew what he was thinking. Raito would if he could see L's face but L refused to lift his head. A black shoe went through L's body. Raito who was shocked by the sudden attack turned to look at the direction where the shoe came from. Then, he saw Mello.
"Gosh, go flirting somewhere else. I'm trying to get some sleep", said Mello. However, he cracked into a slight laughter when he realised that the noise was coming from a quarrel between ex-KIRA and the ex-detective.
"I can't believe this. Must I have been dreaming?" he got up and observed closely at L and Raito.
"Dude, are you having some kind of relationship with each other?" Mello teased and grinned to his own amusement. A light pink tinted on Raito's cheek.
"Hey, don't jump into a sudden conclusion", Raito denied and turned away from Mello in embarrassment. L didn't look up but Mello bent down to look at his face. The ex-detective was flushing in red and the blonde boy believed that the red wasn't caused by anger.
"Then, explain yourself why you have to be shy about it", Mello waited for the two to respond. It was fun to wait for them to find the right excuse when it had been so obvious that there was something going on in between those two.
Or maybe they hadn't realised it yet but Mello was happy to assist them in such kind of things. It was better than hunting for random phantom that escapes from the cells.
"Shut up, Mello, go somewhere else. I can handle this myself", L shoved him away from them.
After sending Mello away, L glared at Raito murderously. "Don't ever bring it up again", he hissed and perched on the stone cold table. A screech like mourning that Raito had once made spouted from his mouth.
Why was L mourning for himself? Was there any correlation between mourning and the mirror? Was it something really terrible? The more he thought about it, the more curious he became.
It was old James that came to L's aid as Raito failed to stop L from sobbing uncontrollably. The old ghost patted his back and soothed it with some ancient joke that he learnt when he was still alive.
When L settled down a bit, old James left for there was someone calling for the door to open.
"What's that for?" Raito asked.
"What what?"
"You of all people should know what I meant. What was the mourning for?"
"It has nothing to do with you. Hush yourself and go find Mello if you want a company. I'm not in that mood right now".
"Don't act like you don't know me. I need an answer for my question".
"You don't and you'll never get. Don't act stubborn, Raito-kun. You are under me, remember that".
"That doesn't mean I ought not to get my answer. You stop acting like a kid and tell me what it is about", Raito snapped. As he spoke, he could feel his old courage overflowing his body, trying to dignify his old character; the stubborn and egoistic self.
L trembled in fear. He knew that Raito would return to his normal self, the arrogance bastard. When it turned out like this, L would be more helpless than anyone else and Raito would be the one who was leading him. Why was it always turning out this way? He could hardly figure out why or maybe it was just Raito had more persuasion in him rather than L.
"I'm waiting", Raito waited impatiently.
"You win", L said again. One for Raito, zero for L, again.
"That's not what I want to hear", Raito said. He folded his arm and stuck up a stern look on his face. His thirst for information was now burning deep in his throat.
"I'll tell you what it is but I'm not repeating myself. Bear in mind", said L. He gazed at the ceiling before turning to face the brunette.
"There is a tale about the mirror. Every human was born with a mirror that shows the value of a person. It is very fragile and if you hold it carelessly, it will drop and shatter into pieces. However, you can always fix it but to put together something that has broken is not easy. You can still do it after life and you will rest peacefully with bless from the god.
It is said that you will need to find several things in place you don't know where. First is the wing of friendship. Second is the length of bravery. Third is the cup of honesty and fourth is the heart of love. Whoever could gather it will make the adhesive of justice and they must sneak in the king of the king's only palace; the Shinagami realm and find the mirror pieces to mend it.
There hasn't been anyone that succeeded the quest and most of them was cursed to be a phantom and was locked in the cells. Therefore, I'd say it is impossible to actually fix something that hadn't appeared in our vision and nobody knew if the tale was real or not", said L.
Just opinion didn't satisfy the boy. From L's point of view, it seems like he would rather stay away from believing that the tale could be true. It was as if he was scared that his fate would turn worse than what he was now. However, staying away didn't work for Raito. He would rather take the consequences to change for the best, but he needed a companion because the tasks were not easy for him to handle them alone.
And he just knew where to start.
I didn't mention if it is lemon or not but let's just say whatever you'd like to think and sorry for the long break. I'm just back from one month holiday. Enjoy…