(Hm… final chapter, and all of you seem excited. The climax the greatest point of it all… also… if you want to really know why he choose to make the eye trade when he was talking to Gloria, I'll post it up with bonus commentary after this chapter is put up. Heh, enjoy the dramatic conclusion L vs. Heretic, the final confrontation!)
L stood on the roof of the tallest building in town, the hotel Heretic had stayed in, looking down to what truly issued the challenge, the destroyed warehouse. He gave a smile thinking, "Choosing to end it so close to where it really started… quite the deep thinker Heretic is." L turned upon hearing footsteps and saw a male with dark brown slightly long hair, blue eyes, with his hands in trench coat pockets followed by the shinigami that appeared half angel, and half metal. The detective gave a small smile saying, "So, that's a death god? It's not as I expected, but then again, neither are you."
Heretic pushed his pointer finger against his thumb, which drove the slightly thickened through welding thumbtack, that was attached to the pointer finger tip of his right glove, into his thumb. He said casually without batting an eye at the pain, "So, you received the sheet from my death note, that I had written the letter to you on? If you had not, you would be unable to see her. Also… look whose talking, I never seen a detective that looked so…. Quirky. Then again, you're not just some detective, you L, the best of the best."
L walked over to Heretic saying, "You are really something as well. You forced me to disband my task force, learned both Kira's identities, and took them down, you also left me no choice but to appear here personally. I also admit I was impressed with your move in the warehouse… could have gotten me if I wasn't a safe distance away watching."
Using the tip of the thumbtack that had blood on it, Heretic wrote on the page sown into the inside pocket of his trench coat the letter "L." Once again, he plunged the thumbtack into his thumb saying, "Of course, but I also had intently made some mistakes to draw you closer to me."
L scratched the back of his left leg with his right saying, "Like what? Why would you want me to learn who you are?"
Heretic smirked leaving a small space and writing two more letters: a "L" and an "a" saying, "I checked out of the hotel the same day I destroyed the warehouse we should had been within. When I killed Light, I didn't control what exactly he was to write in his suicide note, the only directions given was to say I beat him, and to confess who he was. This allowed like to help you with his note. I also visited Light in the hospital with a friend of mine he went to school with in the past, this gave him the ability to get my name by looking her up. While he was in the hospital I found the second Kira, or should I say she found me. I used her to steal Light's weapon, his notebook, and bring it to me before he was released. This made it so he could also include my name in his suicide note, or a hint of what my name was, while preventing him from killing me first. I wanted you to close in, so it would open the way for this, a direct encounter between us with no strings attached."
L frowned considering his words asking, "So it was all according to plan? You ad used the more powerful Kira to take Kira down, Kira you used to bring me here, and also killed the other Kira, before she found out who you really was: The murderer of her love."
Onishi wrote two more letters: a "w" and another "l" ,before sticking his thumb again while answering, "Now you see it. My plan was to take out my less hidden enemies, to bring out the secretive L. As you know, I have no desire to even try shaping the world myself. All I really wanted was for something to relieve the boredom of everyday life…something… that could actually stimulate me intellectually."
L asked while scanning over Onishi, "Why not try sodoku, crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles ,mind teasers, chess, or other challenging games?"
Heretic shook his head at L's words giving a slight chuckle as he wrote the last three letters: "I", "e", "t" then said taking his hands out from his pockets, "Too, easy, now, we came here to finish this. We can not talk all day as if we are friends or something."
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L nodded and walked to Onishi as they turned their backs to one another saying as they each took their first step away from one another, "You seem to be a honorable person. It looks like you kept your word to the tee."
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Onishi smirked at his words saying, "Gentlemen must respect their word when it comes to a duel." They each took another step forward.
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L smiled at hearing Heretic's response and spoke, "To true… I guess if we met in different circumstances we may had been friends, and great allies."
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Onishi laughed saying, "That's an interesting thought. Imagine what would have happened if we had worked together? No one could have stood against us." They took another pace in unison.
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L laughed then said seriously, "If you would give up killing others, and your goal to kill me, I could wipe your record clean, and you could join me as a partner." Heretic and the detective took another step away from one another.
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Heretic shook his head and said, "Not after we have gotten this far. I tentend to see this through to the end. Turn and fire!" They both turned around, Heretic held his pointer finger forward with his thumb up like a gun, while L turned holding a 9' mm pistol. Onishi smirked saying, "Bang."
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L's eyes widened as he collapsed onto the roof dead from a heart attack.
Heretic laughed lightly blowing the tip of his finger and said turning toward Ryuk and Dara, "Come on, let's go home. You can have all the apples you like to celebrate, and Dara, I will try finding something you would like."
Dara shook her head then said, "I already have all I could want."
Onishi turned heading down the hotel stairway and began noticing something seemed odd as he headed down deeper. He scanned the walls, floors, and ceiling as he thought, "What could it be?"
He continued walking and stopped again when he reached the fourth floor noting, "It's completely quite…. When I had arrived it was busy…. Fucking L… you got me with my own trick." Heretic snapped at Dara and Ryuk, "Go to Gloria and help her in her role as the new Kira. …At least do not kill her. I now forfeit ownership of all four of my death notes!"
At that moment, the building exploded collapsing into itself with Onishi within….
Thus is the final move in Heretic, Kira, and L's deadly game…. As for who really won, it is up to all who know the tale to decide.
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