The Last Enemy

By: PhoenixJustice

Disclaimer: Death Note is owned by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. I only own this story and make no profit from this.

Warning: M for sexual content, slash, language, violence, etc

Pairing: L/Light

Setting: Up to episode 25 of the anime, with spoilers of the anime and manga.

Summary: Light's master plan to kill L is shot down by one person's foolish decision and the result leaves Light and Kira at odds within Light.

A/N: lol well the last chapter (while turning out awesome) also changed a lot of my plans. We'll just see where this takes us shall we? Because I already have an idea. :P

Kira's thoughts are in bold.

Everyone else's thoughts are in italic.

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Part Six-

Our Choices

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Love defines our choices, our lives, our everything.

It had been silent for a long, long time. Neither man had spoke a word and Light grew uneasy of the silence. Lawliet had not condemned him, had not immediately jumped up, ready to haul Light away, no, none of those kind of things, but he had been so very silent, his head tilted downwards, eyes averted from his. Light hadn't been sure just how long they lay there in their faded pleasure and lasting silence. But finally, a quiet voice broke the still;

"I love you."

His eyes opened and his eyes turned to look into Lawliet's face, the man finally having moved to look at him. He gulped slightly as he gazed upon the man, unsure if he had heard that whisper right. Had Lawliet just said...? But... His eyes moved around, gazing upon the beauty of the man, something he couldn't fully appreciate until now. The lithe body that held a quiet strength, the long fingered hands which had moved over his body with such precision, skill and pleasure. The wide black eyes which held many secrets, but which Light had begun to discover. The wild untamed black hair which Light found he liked to move his hands through; it was quite silky actually and it felt good against his skin. There was just so many things about Lawliet that he...

His thoughts stop and he just stares blankly at L for a moment.

Did he...he trusted Lawliet, yes this much was clear now, but did he...did he love him?

He lets out a choked cry and embraces the man, unable to keep from shaking slightly. His fear was further disipated when L immediately embraces him back.

"I love you too," he said, choking slightly on the words. Never had he said it to another human being before and meant it. Not like this. He hadn't thought-- "Oh god, I love you too. So don't--please...please don't give up on me."

"I won't, Light-kun." Lawliet murmured in his ear. "I won't. Otherwise I would never have gone so far and put myself out here like this. I've never...been this close to anyone before. I have never loved anyone before, just as well to say because I have never gotten close to anyone...ever. There was never the need and there had never been anyone who ever interested me. It bothered me being around you for so long Light-kun because I felt...feelings like this before." He shrugs slightly, his posture relaxed however, not the hunched over poses he had been used to seeing from the man; that just being one of the acts that he put on in front of people, even those he trusted.

"But...that is enough about me. It is not like me to go on about myself, but you have opened many doors for me. So now it is time for me to close the door on Kira." He looks at Light seriously. "We must do what we can to combat him."

Light gulps. So they had gotten to that then. It meant so much to him that L believed him, believed in him, it meant everything, but the Kira problem was a difficult one. They go over a few things in the next few minutes, like how Light could just give up the Death Note memories and yes, while that would stop Kira, there was still the fact that Kira might be able to take over Light then and stop him/them, plus Light wanted to keep all of his memories; he didn't ever want to forget the deeds he had done, thinking that forgetting them would be as bad as continuing to do them. He was ready to redeem himself by forcing himself to face all those deaths for always, and he couldn't do that if he forgot them.

And it wasn't like they could just kill Kira. And what if, since Kira was technically his own person, tried to take control of someone else? Unlikely, but it wasn't impossible. Although he was tied to Light from Light having used the Death Note, so who knew...

They lay there for a long moment, talking and then Light gets out of bed and stretches, proclaiming he was going to go take a shower, as he was all sticky from...obvious reasons. L props up on a elbow and smirks slightly. "Of course, Light-kun." L says smoothly. Those differences in L's personality, movements and voice only heightened Light's half hard arousal. "It is always good to get clean when you have partaken in...certain activities." His voice all but purred and it made Light flush. He turns away, hearing Lawliet's soft laughter behind him, apparently not caring about his own state in bed, but happy to watch Light walk away (quite naked mind you.)

Light almost gets to the bathroom door when he stops suddenly, his eyes widening. He felt it, working its way to the surface; Kira.

You didn't think I would just fade away now did you?

Oh god. He had been relieved that he hadn't heard or felt Kira during the entire time he was with Lawliet, could almost pass Kira off as a bad dream and just merely a person out in the world who was killing (not the entity inside of him), but now...He takes in a quick breath, feeling, but not feeling as Kira pushes hard against the barrier that completely seperated them and shatters it; he felt himself getting taken over and as hard as he pushes back...he cannot push Kira back down.

Kira had taken over.

He felt his mouth smile, feeling his horror mixed with Kira's elation. He tries to open his mouth to speak, yell something to Lawliet when he turns around, still seeing through his eyes, but unable to feel anything.

Lawliet looks up at him, his body, curiously. "I thought you were going to take a shower...?"

He, no Kira, climbs back up into bed, still smiling that wide smile. He could hear nothing from Kira thought wise but Kira speaks to L out of his mouth. "Well...I was going to. But I...I realized that I wanted to be in bed with you first; it would be--I mean we could...take a shower together afterwards."

Lawliet smiles, a real smile that made Light's heart ache doubly from seeing it. For L to be looking at him, but not really him and not being able to act on seeing such a beautiful smile. And Kira was playing the part of Light so well; he wasn't overdoing it in tone or actions so it was no wonder that Lawliet believed him. But the detective was always good at looking through lies, so Light hoped that he would be able to this time.

Please. Please. Lawliet, please--

You're wasting your breath, Light. Kira mentally said, snidely. And your precious little detective is mine for the taking. I think that I'll have him for myself before I crush him. I told you not to cross me; did you think I did not hear all you said? You disgust me.

No!

"Light-kun? Are you all right? You've been quite for a long moment." L caresses Kira's cheek, for Light could not call it his own while he was back in the nothingness and Kira had taken over.

Kira moves on top of L, kissing him urgently. He smiles down at L.

"I think I want to be on top this time."

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Light couldn't close his eyes, he could do nothing except watch in growing horror as Kira dared to move his hands over the detective's body, watched as their mouths moved together and their bodies rocked in tandem.

It soon grows heated and he found Kira positioning himself, poised to ready L for his entering. L turns up to look at him directly into the eyes and frowns. The frown gave Light hope, it made him think of all the times when L had always determined him to be lying and there was a slightly different look in his eyes, though the detectives never seemed to notice.

"Light...kun?"

"Hmm? What's the matter?" Kira grins. "Don't worry, Lawliet-kun. I'll be just as gentle to you as you were to me."

L starts to speak, "You're not--" when he gets interupted by a sudden voice that yelled out, sounding far away, yet managing to still sound quite loud.

"Light! Where are you, Light!? LIGHT!!"

He had never been so glad to hear Misa before in his life.

He uses the sudden surprise and distraction it caused Kira to push at Kira as hard as he could, managing, barely, to suppress the entity once more. He could hear Kira growl in anger at him.

This isn't the last Light! Do you hear me?!

Light looks down at Lawliet anxiously. He sees Lawliet noticably relax.

"Light-kun." He sounded relieved as well. "I'm sorry. I did not notice until just now, that it was Kir--"

Light nods briefly, embracing the man briefly. "It's all right. Kira is...he can be pretty persuasive, he gained part of that quality from me, I know. I suppressed him for now, but we are going to have to find some sort of solution soon."

L nods at him. Misa had suddenly quieted, making Light suppose that she had got distracted by something. One of the detectives had probably come back already; it wouldn't be the first time they came back early after all, and she had to have been distracted by one of them as she otherwise wouldn't have stopped yelling her head off otherwise. Nonetheless, he was grateful for her sudden yelling.

A thought stops him though, and he lifts up slightly off of the detective.

"But what about the 13 day rule?" He asked Lawliet. "I told you that it was fake, so you shouldn't have to--"

But Lawliet shakes his head. "No, I will still test it out. I want proof of the Death Note with my own eyes." He stops Light's sudden protest with a finger on his mouth. He moves it away when Light quiets. "I believe you, Light-kun, I do. But I want to see the Death Note used in front of me and have proof that way. And this way you do not have to do any of the killing."

"And about Misa?" Light asked just as quiet.

Lawliet looks up at him steadily. "There is undeniable proof that she is the Second Kira and now I am a hundred percent sure as I have heard all you have to say on the matter, so I will proceed to convict her--soon."

"But...what if she has been similarly been controlled like I have?"

L shrugs. "I do not think she has been, other than listening to Kira's orders. You said she has the Shinigami Eyes...I think...though I am not completely certain...that perhaps they afford those who have them certain luxeries that others, ones who do not have the eyes, do not?"

"It sounds plausible." Light said. It was silent around them. He looks down at L. "Before you do anything with Misa, I'd like to do something though." L looks at him expectantly. "I want to take control of the Notebook she owns and speak with Ryuk--he's a Shinigami, so he might know something that the rest of us don't. He might not be willing to say anything if he does, but it's..." His breath hitches as L kisses him on the beck. "...worth a shot."

L smiles.

"Let us go then."

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A/N: Woo! I spent nearly two hours on this nonstop--it's 1:59 in the morning now and I am pleased with this chapter. Quite pleased, since another element came into play in this chapter (something which I only figured out I would do, in the middle of the chapter.) I doubt that someone will be able to guess, it's something small, but it is there. Hell, I'm just pleased I finished this chapter so fast, I honestly didn't expect to. I was pretty sure I'd get it done before I did the last chap but still...pleased! I like the direction of this because it is a bit of a different direction than I first envisioned--but which I like because it has more than I originally had.

I hope that everyone enjoyed the chapter!

Let me know what you thought!

--PhoenixJustice