Author: Sorry it took soooo long to update. I had a bit of writer's block, and schools been giving me &^$! loads of homework. Sigh, I love school but hate homework...so how does that work? ...damn, I have a pretty messed up life.

Enjoy the chapter! review! :D P.S. you might want to re-read the end of the last chapter before, cause you may be a little confused if you have absolutly no idea what's going on in the first scene in this chapter...haha...yah..

Tumor

"You're the first person I told, besides Watari. Watari knows better than to tell people without my permission."

Light stood there dazed, and shocked. "Ryuzaki…" He whispered, unsure of what to say. Did he want to utter words of comfort to the young man? Or maybe act as if nothing happened. Most people dying don't want others feeling sorry for them.

"Ryuzaki…I…can't…" He began. He trembled, then watched the young black haired youth staring back up at him lying on his bed, though the image faded in and out because Light's eyes started blurring up. "RYUZAKI! THIS CAN'T BE TRUE!" Surprisingly, tears streamed down his face. Ryuzaki gave a curious look, but Light didn't notice.

Light's legs gave way, and he fell to the floor with his hands to his face. "I don't understand…You're just a teenager. You're…my best friend!" he choked on his words. "You don't deserve this."

L cocked his head to one side. Intriguing, he thought. This is exactly the opposite reaction I expected from Light. If Light really was Kira he wouldn't be mourning over me…This is peculiar. Perhaps, he had a lack of sleep, therefore causeing his amygdala to hyperactivate due to this negative event and…

L's thoughts were interupted by a hand lightly touching his. He didn't notice that Light came up to kneel beside his bed. Ryuzaki looked straight into his companion's eyes. "Light…" he whispered.

"Ryuzaki, what are you dying of?" Light asked bowing his head in dismay.

L hesitated for a moment. Light was close. Very close. He could tell that Light had very great feelings toward the subject. L looked into the saddend eyes of his friend and… For a moment he almost forgot he had to still play the game. He gave a breif cough. "Last night when you were gone we had Doctor Coulter come in to examine me. We went to the MRI to scan my…well you know, my head. And unfortunatly, Dr. Coulter found…"

"Found what?"

"A malignant tumor on the left side."

Light squeezed L's hand and leaned his head on the black haired boy's thigh. Another tear streamed down his cheek. "He's sure it's not benign?"

"Light…do we really have to discuss this?" L said trying his hardest to be convincing. Knowing Matsuda, he was probably watching them like L had told him too. It was a strange feeling. The two boys alone in a room together. One's head on the other's lap. Just listening to the silence. L almost enjoyed it. Though he wouldn't be able to devour the moment for too long or it would seem as if he was favoring the brown haired boy.

"How long do you have?" Light asked.

"For as long as I can live. I don't want to know really." Without thinking, L stroked a piece of hair hanging infront of Light's face out of the way. For a second though he was scared that Light would resent his prior action, though nothing seemed to bother the young man.

"I…" Light's voice faded. He couldn't say the next bit of words.

"It's alright. Please, don't feel sorry for me." L shook his head. "I want you to continue the Kira case when I'm…gone. I'm not sure I'll still be alive when we finally catch the guy."

Light only dug his head deeper in L's lap, and gripped harder on L's hand. "No. I'll only kill myself after you're gone. I'm not sure I can handle you being dead."

What's with him? L thought He's Kira. He's supposed to want this. He's supposed to be happy. What's wrong with him. "But I want you to be my successer…" L tried again.

Light lifted his head suddenly, his eyes watery. He began to embrace L. Ryuzaki's eyes widened, but he relaxed after, returning the embrace back. "I just want you to be happy."

"Avenge me then." L whispered in his friends ear. "Make sure you get Kira…and execute him as many times as he's executed people."

Light took a long time to answer back… "I will."

"Why do you drink coffee?"

"Why do you go through walls?" Aizawa muttered back.

"I was just wondering what's so exquisite about coffee when you have better things to drink like Mochas?" Rem asked curiously.

"I have my reasons…" Aizawa shrugged.

"Like?"

Aizawa held his cup of coffee closer to his face then murmered something along the lines of "Mochas…damn expensive…"

"What?"

"It's not something I can afford off my daily budget every day."

"Well I suppose that's true. Speaking of budgets a few countries have been headed to recessions lately. You don't suppose it could happen to this country shortly? Do you?"

"You ask a lot of questions." Aizawa took a seat near Kenzo working eagerly at his computer. "You know, for a shinigami, you sure know a lot more then I'd expected you to know about this world. I'm impressed you even knew how to work a computer."

"I watch and observe." Rem stated. She stood behind them now attentivly watching Kenzo. "Kenzo, you've done it wrong." She beckond. "You've made the…"

In the mists of their conversation, Matsuda was on the couch with his headphones on replaying a video over and over on his laptop.

Matsuda along with the others knew that Ryuzaki had created a lie that he was dying and inexplicably performed it to Light. The group had watched the surveillance cameras in L's room while he put on the act about a three hours ago. Though Matsuda was captivated to the tape so much he had watched it for countless hours over and over again.

"Wow." He said for what seemed like the 700th time he said it.

"OK. You're pissing me off." Kenzo yelled at him from the computer after dealing with the problem Rem had pointed out. "Are you going to stop saying wow over and over again and just tell us what you find so fricken interesting about that tape? Or are you just going to sit there not helping us find Kira and be a useless little-

"You don't suppose…" Matsuda began.

"What are you implying?" Aizawa asked from beside Kenzo. "It's all right. If you haven't noticed Soichiro is currently out, and Light and L aren't here so whatever you say about them won't be repeated."

"I was thinking…" Matsuda tried once again. But his words failed.

"Speak up! We don't have all day." Kenzo shouted.

"Well you don't suppose Light and L are-

The door burst open and Light strolled into the room in a sulky mood. Everyone fell silent for a moment, but Aizawa was smart enough to pretend to end a conversation as Light sat down at the couch.

"…and that's why I am planning to buy a Priuz. They're more fuel efficient." Aizawa took a sip at his coffee once again, eyeing Light.

Luckily for Matsuda, he exited the page with the video on it and went back to Google where he searched "recent homicides" before Light could peer on the computer screen.

"Light…" Matsuda said awkwardly. "Are… you having a nice day? Heh….heh."

Light just stared coldly at the men and…shinigami. "Why would you ask me a question like that? You NEVER ask me that question. And no. Infact, it's a horrible day."

Matsuda looked dumbfounded. Light, even in the worst of situations never seemed to have major break downs. Ever. "So then…what happened?" Ofcourse Matsuda already knew but he had to play his role wisely.

"I suppose you guys just don't really know what's going on. Yah, why would you guys know? He would only tell his friends really close to him now wouldn't he?"

Aizawa raised an eyebrow. Oh we know. He contemplated. We deffinitely know far more than you, Light. Poor kid… He's devistated. All just because of some fatuous lie. I'm sorry Light, truly…

Light put his hand over his forehead in frustration. "I can't do this. This isn't fair."

"What's not fair?" Kenzo asked.

"I can't work here knowing that a friend is dying." Light slid his hand over his eyes tears forming once again.

"Who's dy-

Matsuda was interupted by Aizawa. "Matsuda, you know better to ask a question like that." Aizawa sat down beside Light, and put his arm around the crying boy. "I know. Things are tough sometimes. We just have to learn to cope with what we've got. In the end things will work out. Whether you loose someone, whether you loose a job. I've learned to deal with what I ended up getting and ended up admiring it. I've got a familly right here, as cheesy as it may sound. But we're here amalgamated. And we're there for eachother."

Light eased up a bit. Aizawa was right. He was right. They were all together. They were like familly. Everyone-

But he was wrong. How dare he try to make things better. How dare he convince Light that there's a good side to everything and everyone because there's not. Once someone's a criminal they stay a criminal. There is no way they can take back what they have done. You kill someone, you deserve to die. You rob people of their money, you are starving people and you deserve to die. You rape, you kill a woman's dreams and deserve to die. Everyone who violates laws and regulations should be exterminated through Lights eyes. That's how he saw it. And that's how he forboded life.

"Aizawa…" Light murmered. "Do you still want those shinigami eyes?"

Aizawa fell silent. Then reluctantly answered. "I am considering it thoroughly…though I'm waiting for the right time."

"Good. Cause when you have the Shinigami eyes, we are going to get Kira, and get him good."

Light got up from the couch and headed out.

Aizawa stared at Light's leaving figure and smiled. That's right! I forgot. L said he wanted Light to avenge him.

Rem stared. A worried expression in her eyes.

What Aizawa didn't know was that Light just said that so he had an excuse to ruin Aizawa's life. After all, he didn't want to ruin a humble and likeable man's life without having a reason…

Oh he has a reason now… he has a reason.

And he could finally kill two birds with one stone.

Misa stared at the picture in her hands. "You sure you want me to do this one?" She asked Light.

"Yes"

"But it's somewhat cruel."

"I know"

"And you absolutly think it's going to work?"

"Yes"

"Are you sure?"

"I'm positive."

"You realise it will change your ways of Kira."

"Yes."

"But I thought you wanted to keep it the same."

"Not anymore."

"Oh but you wanted it specifically laid out like this."

"Yes."

"So it won't seem like Kira had any involvment whatsoever."

"That's the idea."

"…Why are you doing this?"

"He's a distraction."

"But he's cute."

"He's a distraction."

"…Do I have to do this?"

"Yes."

"Can I challenge your order?"

"No"

"You know I don't like tampering with people's lives."

"You don't have the choice."

"You see? That's why I love you."

"So you will do it."

"Yes."

"There's no turning back."

"I understand."

"Then let's write."

"Yes." Misa took a pen out of her pocket and began writing in the death note. The picture she was holding dropped on the floor, faceing up with Yumi waving at the camera and her mother smiling behind her.

Hope you liked it! Please REVIEW I'm usually too lazy to continue if I don't get feedback that's possibly why it took me so long to update this time. (this must be the shortest chapter so far!! I BEAT MY RECORD!!!!! Yay)