i know...i know...it took me forever didn't it??...got stuck in a rut...so sorry...but its here isn't it...:D...enjoy...


"No!" cried Light.

He managed to throw Misa off him and somehow scrambled up to his feet with his hands tied up.

"Please, leave them alone," pleaded Light. "Use me instead."

Kira looked at Light with raised eyebrows. "As you pretty as you are, I'm not interested in you. You're Misa's problem now, not mine."

"My father is the head of the police force," said Light desperately. "Use me as your bargaining chip, leave them alone."

Kira gazed at Light curiously.

"You'd trade your freedom for them…for him?" he asked.

Light looked at L who was shaking his head wildly, trying to dissuade Light with those dark eyes that Light loved so much.

Light looked back at Kira.

"I would," he said steadily.

Suddenly, he found himself thrown forward onto the floor and felt his someone step on his head.

"Charming," he heard Misa's voice say. "Just take your freaky fag and go. I have to straighten Light out."

Kira nodded.

"Take them," he said to Mogi and Aizawa.

Aizawa grabbed Near and Sayu while Mogi pulled L to his feet. They began to move towards the door.

Light began to struggle against Misa.

"Kira!" he shouted. "Don't do this! Take me, please just take me!"

"Light-chan," whined Misa in a sing song voice. "Don't yell so much."

She slapped Light across the face viciously. She then bent down to lick the spot that she just struck.

L cried out when Light was struck and he struggled against Mogi's hold to get to Light.

"Raito!" he cried, trying to break free from the man's strong grip. Mogi tightened his grip on L's arm, making the boy whimper in pain.

"L…" said Light softly, trying to get to his lover, only to have Misa kick him in the side. He gasped in pain.

Tears began to form in L's eyes at the sight of Light in pain. Desperate, he turned to Kira.

"Kira," he pleaded. "Please get Raito away from her! I'll go with you; I'll do anything…just, just save Raito from her."

Kira looked back at L and saw desperation and fear reflected in those dark orbs. However, he also saw love within them.

L's love for Light.

Suddenly, Kira felt a sting in his heart, making him gasp. He clutched at his heart and fell to his knees. His face was suddenly very wet and his eyes were stinging.

"Why?" he said, crying. "Why do you love him so much? Why couldn't you love me as much?"

L regarded Kira with surprise. No one would have ever expected to see Kira break down. He didn't answer. Instead, using Mogi's surprise to his advantage, he broke free and ran to Light, shoving Misa off him as he did.

He untied Light and helped him to his feet. Mogi stepped forward menacingly to grab hold of them, but to his surprise, Kira stopped him.

"Why?" asked Kira quietly.

"I loved you before, Kira," said L wearily. "I loved you just as much as I love Raito. But then, you tried to hurt me, or have you forgotten about that?"

Kira shook his head.

"I haven't forgotten, Eru," he said. "But it was my friends who did that. When I found out, I stopped them. But then you had already found out. You wouldn't let me explain and before I could find a way to make things right, you had already gone."

L was surprised. He hadn't known about that. Could Kira be lying? Yes, he must be!

"You're lying," said L quietly.

"No, I'm not," said Kira earnestly. "I never wanted to hurt you, Eru…"

"But you did, Kira," snapped L. "You kept playing mind games with me, abusing me and treated me like I was some kind of toy to you! Even if you didn't go through with the video recording, you still hurt me. Like what you are doing now!"

Kira looked down at the floor, unable to respond.

"Kira, if you really do care for me, please let us go," said L in a softer tone.

Kira looked up at L wildly.

"I was a fool to let you go before!" he cried, looking a little deranged. "I won't make that mistake twice!"

"Kira, please," pleaded L. "I have a family out there, they need me. I need to be with the people I love."

Kira opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted.

"You can't just shove me out of the way and act like I don't exist," said Misa, swinging something at the back of L's head, sending him sprawling to the floor with a cry of pain.

She stood over L and everyone in the room saw that she was holding a gun which she was now pointing at L.

"You've gotten between me and Light to many times," she snapped and started to pull the trigger.

"No!" cried Light, jumping forward and managed to divert the shot away from L. Unnoticed everyone the bullet hit a nearby lamp which caused sparks. The sparks landed on a rug which was partially covered by the couch. It began to burn.

Light continued to wrestle with Misa while the others looked on helplessly. Somehow, Misa managed to hit Light with gun, sending him crashing against a table. She took aim at L again, who just stared back at her.

There was a bang, and the bullet towards L's heart.

There was a blur and suddenly, blood.

L blinked as the blood stained his white shirt and pale face. Out of instinct, he grabbed around his body to look for the bullet wound but to his surprise, he could find none.

Then he saw the source of the blood.

Kira lay on the floor with a bloody wound in his chest.

"Kira!" cried L, kneeling down.

Misa let out an outraged cry and tried to shoot L again but was disarmed by Light who threw her down onto the floor hard, rendering her unconscious.

"Kira…why?" asked L, trying to staunch the wound on his former lover's chest.

"I don't know," answered Kira, his voice steady despite the fact that his life was ebbing away. "My body moved on its own."

"I…" began L but he paused, not knowing what to say. "…thank you, Kira."

Kira shook his head.

"Don't thank me, Eru," he said, reaching up a hand to stroke L's face. "I nearly ruined your life; it's only fair that I save it in exchange for my own."

"You're going to get through this," said L in an attempt to comfort Kira, but the Light's ebony haired look alike just laughed.

"You've never been good at comforting me," he chuckled.

"Oni-chan!" cried Near suddenly. "Fire!"

L looked around and saw that a fire had begun to eat away at the apartment.

"Damn," he muttered. He tried to lift Kira up but he wasn't strong enough to carry Kira's weight.

"Raito, help me!" he cried, but then to his surprise, Kira spoke up.

"Leave me," he said. "Get out of here while you still can."

"But…" began L, but again Kira cut him off.

"Mogi, Aizawa," he said. "Get them all out of here."

Aizawa moved to obey but Mogi hesitated.

"What about you, boss?" he asked.

Kira shook his head.

"My time is up," he said. "Get them all out of here."

"I won't leave you behind!" cried Mogi.

Kira glared at him. "Get them all out of here. That's my last order for you."

Mogi stared back at Kira and finally sighed with defeat. He pulled L away from Kira and pushed him over to Light.

"What about the girl?" asked Aizawa, gesturing to Misa who was regaining consciousness on the floor.

"Leave her," said Kira, sitting up. He winced as the pain in his chest intensified.

As Mogi and Aizawa ushered them all out, L looked back at Kira.

"Kira!" he cried, trying to get back to Kira.

Kira smiled at him.

"At least I get to hear you cry my name out without fear for once," he said, lighting a cigarette. "Love you, babe. Go and live your life with your Raito."

"Kira!" cried L again, but then Mogi and Light lifted him up and dragged him away, leaving Kira and Misa alone as the fire grew around them.

Misa took in her bearings and realised what was going on. She shrieked an attempted to get out but suddenly found Kira's iron grip on her wrist.

"Where do you think your going?" asked Kira.

"I'm getting out of this hellhole and to my Light!" she snapped, struggling to break free.

Kira smirked and in the fiery light, he looked like a demon. Misa felt fear running down spine.

"On the contrary, bitch, hell is where we are going," he said. "Now just stay put and burn."

Misa began to scream and tried to break free from Kira, who smoked away as though nothing was happening.

Soon the flame reached Misa and caught onto her clothes. She shrieked as they engulfed her.

Kira watched with morbid fascination as she tried to put the fire out. He watched as her skin started to bubble and crisp away in the flames.

By the time Misa fell to the floor, Kira was starting to lose consciousness due to his blood loss and the smoke around him.

He knew he was going to die.

He lay back on the couch and as he closed his eyes, a single tear escaped them.

I'm so sorry, Eru. Have a good life.

As the flames engulfed him, all he saw was a beautiful vision of the person he had hurt the most and the only person he had ever loved.

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kinda cheesy...but i had a mental block when i was writing this...sorry...i'll...do my best to update faster...

sorry again for the very...very...very...late update...

next chapter coming soon...very soon...