The next morning, L awoke very early; a peach coloured glow was splashing across his room, highlighting his pale face along with all the furniture in the room. He looked across to see Light still sleeping soundly, and smiled to himself. The sight of Light sleeping made L's heart flutter, as he always looked so innocent, almost like a child. He was far from a child, though. But, saying this, L had always watched Light sleep peacefully; he found it intriguing to watch someone that was Kira sleep so serenely.
A small beeping noise interrupted L's thoughts. He looked over to his laptop and noticed that he had a new email message.
Who would be contacting me so late during the night?
On this thought, he got up carefully as to not wake Light and tiptoed over to where his laptop sat on the vanity and clicked into the message.
"L,
Over in England we have a case of a murderer that can't be captured, none of our police or detectives have come to a conclusion about anything to do with the murders themselves or the murderer. The latest victim was from an orphanage named "Whammy's House" and we believe there have been 2 murders.
Please contact us immediately, we desperately need your help."
As L's ebony eyes scanned over the message, they widened significantly as his heart rate sped up, a sinking feeling growing in his stomach. Two murders at Whammy's? Surely not.. they must have some mistake. All the children there were protected.. weren't they?
He clicked on the 'reply' button and sent a message back to the detectives.
Good morning.
Are you definitely sure that the victims were at Whammy's House? The children and it's adult occupants are very well protected there. If there is any evidence, please send photographs to this email address as an attachment, and I will organize a plane to fly over to you all tomorrow.
I am assuming Watari has given you this email address, I will be checking up with him about it.
I will be seeing you soon.
L hit the send button and sighed. Whammy's… could one of the children really be killed? Possibly two? Hoping that the detectives had made an error, L walked back across to the bed where Light was. Light was stirring a bit, so L gave him a sharp jab to the ribs, causing him to jump with fright as Light grabbed onto him by the arms and pinned him onto the bed.
"Oh Jesus Ryuzaki, don't do that! You scared me!"
"Sorry, Light. But we have a problem"
"What is it?"
"…I think we may need to take a trip"
Watari was sitting in the main investigation room, typing away at his laptop and reading over previous reports of Kira, picking them up one by one and scrunching them up. There was no need for them; Kira was to be executed anyway.
He gave a start though when he heard a door open beside him and saw L and Light striding out together, L carrying his laptop securely in his arms.
"Watari, you have heard about Whammy's?"
"Yes, Ryuzaki. I gave the detectives your email to let them send pictures and information to you directly, as I didn't want to bother you constantly with me always showing it to you through mine."
"That's fine. So, what do you think of it?"
"I don't think any of Whammy's kids or residents would have been harmed; it's extremely unlikely. We have high levels of protection for each and every one of them."
"I agree. But I think we should go and check it out however"
"I think so too. Should I arrange for a plane?"
"Yes, thankyou Watari."
"Whammy's?" Light asked L as they sat back down on their bed.
"Yes, Light. An orphanage that has 'special' children in it." L replied, a bit nervous.
"Oh. Special children? You mean disabled?"
"No.. Light. I am going to tell you something, and you must promise to keep it to yourself"
"You know I won't tell anyone"
"Well, 3 of the children that are in there currently.. they have been previously organized to become my successors when I die. Mello, Matt, and Near, their names are. They are highly intelligent, and I have every trust in them for taking over me when I die, so I can't have them being injured."
"…"
"…"
Both detectives sat in silence as Light pondered over what L had just said. L had 3 successors? Well, it made sense. L was always putting his life on the line being the detective he was; the 3 best in the world. Light guessed that L sort of expected his death, and that's why he had made sure he had successors, but Light didn't want to think about that. How could somebody expect their death?
This is L though.. he has a lot of quirky details, views and characteristics that it is unbelievable.. and cute.
Light was awoken from his thoughts as L tackled him onto the bed so that his back was pressing into the pillows with L above him, grinning.
"Gotcha" L said
L began to laugh at the thought of how this must have looked to anyone else besides them; L was smiling down at Light as his eyes widened with shock at being tackled. Light soon joined L in laughing and soon they were in fits of hysterical laughter; L laughing at the look on Light's face, Light laughing at how L laughed. His voice was usually quite low, but when he laughed, his voice was high pitched and he let out little breaths as he clutched his ribs, tears running down the sides of his face.
After minutes of laughter, Light had calmed down, but L was laughing even harder by now, wondering what was so funny. Why was he even laughing? Oh yes, the look on Light's face. On this thought he began laughing even louder if it was possible, earning himself another strange look from Light. This only made him laugh harder, but he was silenced by Light's lips crashing into his, and soon he was being taken in by Light's entrancing tongue as it danced around his own.
They continued like this for a while, until gradually their kisses became soft and sloppy, but nice all the same. Snuggled up against Light, L could feel their heartbeats beating in time as they lay in silence, not daring to break it.
They were interrupted by a knock on the door as Watari walked into the room, followed by Soichiro, Matsuda, Aizawa and Mogi. They both jumped up from where they were and stumbled over each other, both falling to the ground, L landing on his face and Light landing on his bum. Both detectives began to laugh again, as the others stood watching them laugh, raising their eyebrows at the sight before them.
Light: This must look so stupid, but I can't stop laughing! My bum really hurts.. but oh well!! Hahahahaha!
L: We must look so dumb, but I can't keep it in! My nose feels really weird and my face is stinging but who cares?!
Watari: Here we go again
Soichiro: Dear God..
Mogi, Aizawa: These two were the leaders of the Kira case? Wow..
Matsuda: Haha.. hahaha.. I wonder what's for lunch?
When L and Light had eventually calmed down, the others took a seat on the bed.
"Ryuzaki, we've organized for your plane to take you to London tonight"
"Hah.. heheheh.. thankyou Watari" L managed through more laughs.
"Anyway, onto a more serious subject" Soichiro interrupted.
"We wanted to discuss Higuchi's execution with you two and see if you had come up with a decision yet" Mogi added.
"Oh, yes, we must've forgotten to tell you. We decided that in the next 3 or 4 days we would do it, and not let the media in on it. They're bound to notice the killings stopping, so sooner or later they'll find out that he's been killed, but we'll just say he's been captured" Light replied, glancing over at L who nodded back to him.
"… Alright, we trust your judgements. We'll be back to the investigation room to get started on this new case. Feel free to join us when you are ready" Soichiro said.
"Thank you." L replied.
The group left L and Light to ponder over what was going to happen next.
"Ryuzaki, should we kill.. Kira.. before we leave? Or should we leave him here for the others?" Light asked.
"Well, I think it's wise to execute Higuchi before we leave. It would not be good if he happened to escape again whilst we are gone"
"…I agree"
"Well, let's head back to the investigation room, I don't think they want us sitting in here all day. Besides we need to figure out a plan for this new found murderer"
L grabbed his laptop quickly, then strode out towards the investigation room and sat down, looking towards the other investigators.
"So when's our plane ride scheduled?" L asked, looking over toward Watari.
"It is going to be ready before 8 oclock this evening, Ryuzaki" Watari replied, giving L a soft smile.
"Would you like to eat before you leave?"
"No, but thank you anyway. I'd like Light… kun," L added hastily, "to taste some proper foreign foods whilst we are over there"
"Alright. Well it's getting 8am now, so we should do as much research on this as possible before you two leave" Soichiro added, nodding as he spoke.
L was about to speak when he was cut off by a beeping noise coming from his laptop, and he looked up to find a new email message appear on his screen.
L,
Thankyou for responding so quickly. No, we are not certain that the victims are from Whammy's House, but a note was left at the scene of one of the murders. We found it only a little while ago.
"Watch out little orphaned friends"
We assumed that since Whammy's is one of the only orphanages in that area, the victims are from there. However, if you have any other ideas, please let us know immediately.
I also have attached some photographs of each murder. One thing we have noticed is that each scene has a different letter painted in what looks like blood either on the floor next to the victim or on anything near them or behind them. The first, a B, as you can see; the next, an E. If you have any ideas about this, please let us know.
Looking forward to your assistance.
L felt his stomach churn as he looked at the photo's, each victim unidentifiable. Both had innumerable gashes in their bodies, covered in blood, bruises and grazes covering every bit of skin that was visible. He shoved his laptop in the direction of Light who took one look at the email and retched upon seeing the 2 photographs. Passing the laptop further around, the other detectives had the same reaction; it was not a nice sight. When it finally got back to L, he hit the reply button and began to type
That makes sense that you assume the victims are from Whammy's. However possibly the murderer is just warning us that he will be going after the orphans in the near future? I honestly hope not, but it seems this way.
I believe that the letters will be spelling out a message to us, and each murder will be a new letter. I do not wish for this to be true, but again, it seems that way. This murderer is very dangerous. I am advising you to try and keep out of this investigation for the time being until such a time that I am in England with my friend, and we will try and sort this all out. You and your immediate family may be in danger if you get too involved with this, please take notice of this warning.
I will see you at some point tomorrow. We are flying over tonight.
I am awaiting your response.
-L
Once L had finished typing, he looked up towards Light and gave him a small smile. The gesture was mirrored back to him as he turned to the others.
"I believe it is time to begin evacuating Whammy's, Watari." L said lowly.
"Yes, I agree. I will place them in our safe house over in England until we arrive, then we will house them somewhere more suitable."
"Good. Now, I think for today we can all have the day off; Light-kun and I have to get to work on this case, and you all look like you need some more rest. Please return at 7pm and Watari, Light-kun and I will say our farewells, then leave for England. Whilst we are gone, I do not expect you all to do anything more on this case, just keep an eye on Kira. That is all I ask. Understood?"
"Yes, Ryuzaki-san", said 4 voices in unison.
"Okay. All of you head home while Light-kun and I pack. See you at 7."
As the room emptied of all but L and Light, L got a very uneasy feeling in his stomach. He was going overseas with Light, with Kira, to his home, where his successors were.. surely Light would not do anything? He hoped and prayed. Light had given him everything; but he could so easily take it away if he decided to go back to his murdering. Light noticed L's restlessness and stood, moving behind him, putting his hands on L's shoulders. He leant down and kissed L's head (or hair) and whispered;
"Don't worry, L. I won't let you fall"
"Light..?"
"I know I am Kira, but I won't let anything happen to you.. I love you"
"I.."
"..? L?"
"Yes, Light-kun?" L replied, realizing that he had one: added the honorary, and two: hesitated.
"Don't you love me? You didn't say anything.."
Silence.
The next thing L heard was a door slamming.
Another long day, thanks to your stupidity. Good on you, L. L thought to himself.
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