Light sat up in his hospital bed pondering over his visitor, the so-called Heretic. He looked over Ryuki's way giving an expression of contempt for how pathetically useless the chuckling; apple-loving shinigami was to him at this moment.
In his mind he went over all the facts he knew about Heretic: Heretic is a male with brown hair and since there is no way of knowing if he was wearing contracts there is no way of knowing for sure his eye color. Heretic must own a death note that he used at least once; Heretic must live somewhere here. He knows my name yet has not yet if he was telling the truth, his name starts with an "A" and he knows how to rig up explosives.
He frowned muttering to his shinigami, "I'll figure out something Ryuki, Heretic can kill me now anytime he wants, the trick is giving him a reason not to long enough to obtain his name…."
The gothic style dressed shinigami chuckled asking, "How do you plan to do that while stuck here? Your unable to go anywhere for at least a few days."
Light clenched and released his bandaged fist saying, "I could convince the doctors to allow me to head home early, if I insisted for the rest of my recovery term, but then I will miss Heretic's next visit… if he comes.
Ryuki gave another chuckle asking, "Are you sure he will visit again? What if your name has already been written, or is being written as we speak?"
Light shook his head saying, "I am now positive he will not after giving it some thought. If he really wanted me dead he would have hidden the death note on his body and written my name as soon as Gloria left the room, then said he doesn't know what happened, and all the autopsy would show is an abrupt heart attack, which they will link to Kira or Heretic. All the while, the chances of the real Heretic being suspected would be slim to none, because it is believed those with the intelligence of Kira and Heretic isn't foolish enough to allow themselves to be present at the time and place of death."
The shinigami asked, "So you are staying here while you can as a guess Heretic will come again?"
Light nodded his head saying, "It doesn't matter if I wait, because whatever his reason, he has not, and seems as though he will not kill me. Now, Ryuki, check around for Misa, I want to know the extent of her injuries, and around how long it will be until she is released, if she is here. There will be an extra apple in it for you when we get back home if you do it."
Ryuki was gone searching room to room within the hospital for Misa at the word apple and finally came back reporting, "She is not here, now in any other hospital in town… trust me I checked."
Light took it in and said after a pause, "It's for the best she's out there. I know with her Kira's work will continue while I am here, making it so there wont be a sudden stop that happens. Still…I wonder if Heretic may find Misa's identity as he has my own. Then again… with his knowledge he displayed he may be a much more valuable ally then Misa."
Ryuki chuckled asking, "What if Misa kills Heretic, before you can meet him again?
A smirk spread over Kira's face as he answered, "I don't think she can outsmart him, but with her eyes, looks, and charm Heretic just may be killed by her. If this happens it is one less threat against me, but if not I may gain a valuable ally, that I may dispose of once we kill L together. Either way, I win since Heretic seems to insist in keeping me alive. This will be his first and fatal mistake."
A knock coming from the door interrupted Light's train of thought has a familiar male voice asked, "Light-kun may I come in?"
Light smiled calling out, "Of course, come in. I have been wondering about you since the explosion. For a while I believed you may had forgotten about the rest of us."
The bad postured, shoe and sock-less male, with messy black hair and bags under his eyes stepped inside holding a tray with two cups of tea and a small bowl filled over with sugar cubes. L gave a light smile saying, "After I heard the explosion over the microphone I tried to go immediately…. But I was stuck there for some time debating with stubborn security why I should go. In the end, I just knocked them out and went. Are you thirsty?"
Light gratefully accepted a cup sipping it lightly saying, "I have had an uneventful stay here. What about you? Have you learned anything new about Heretic or the Kiras?"
L frowned when he found he reached for a sugar cube and there was none and said, "I always run out so quickly… I really should invest in much bigger bowls.
As for Kira, I have found nothing new for now. We had built a rough psychological profile based on Heretic's actions, what he says, his tone of voice, and even on when he laughed while speaking with us."
Light asked with his voice filled with curiosity, "So what are we actually dealing with?"
L rubbed the back of his left leg with his right foot saying, "I want to disband our group and work alone on this. The others has already been given the news, and although several disagreed, in the end they agreed to go back to their usual lives and jobs."
Light spoke while locking L's eyes with his own, "How can this be any different from our dealings with the Kira case?"
L sat down at the chair at Light's side that Heretic himself pulled over and sat in a little over four hours before and spoke, "Heretic as you know does not have the divine state-of-mind as Kira, he does not have a criminals mind of doing things for self gain, nor does he have the twisted mind that would kill for the fun of it. To me, Heretic is like a great chess master who has beaten everyone else in the world, yet never had a chance to go against the other undefeated chess masters, and now he has finally been giving that chance.
While playing his moves are unpredictable, calculated for every possibility, and devastating. He is also manipulative, sadistic, and has no real feeling for human life, also he considers everyone and everything expendable, with the ability to act so well that if you seen him out in public you wouldn't believe he would harm a fly.
Heretic is a deranged, morbid, spirit that is as cruel as a cat playing with a mouse while against an opponent, and enjoys making his opposite suffer. I also frankly believe he set that up for something greater, something he has obtained opening up his next move, one that may be what he intends to use to kill all of us. With the others, I left no choice, but I will allow you to choose as you like, considering he has your first name, and may already know all about you down to were you live. I would advice that you at least agree to live in an apartment I have set up, and If you do, you shall also live with your family I already had sent there, until Heretic is stopped by us."
Light gave a small smile saying, "It appears as thought I have no choice."
L said staring into Light's eyes, "I believe you do. You are the safe one, considering he most likely has already gathering all he needs to kill you, yet he hasn't I would also suggest if you are Kira as I believe to get what you need and kill him as quickly as possible. This is not someone to try making deals with, working with, or even one to play with. He will kill you if you are Kira… the question is what he is waiting to happen before he does."
Light laughed off L's comment about Kira saying , "Even in all of this you never stop accusing me of being Kira. Don't worry about me, how he can prove I'm Kira when you can not, and when I know I'm innocent."
L stood up and walked to the door saying, "I may need evidence, but Heretic would only need to know who you most likely are, to place an ultimate judgment on you. Be careful my friend." The detective stopped midway out of the doorway and added, "Let me know what you decide when I visit tomorrow."
Light was left alone to consider L's words and said after a moments hesitation to Ryuki, "L might be right ,Heretic may be waiting for something to happen before killing me, but it will also give me time and opportunities to get him first. I cant just depend on Misa for this job… there may actually be one other way to get his name. I just need to find more about that Gloria…"