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.

Kira's thoughts are in bold.

Everyone else's thoughts are in italic.

A/N: I just finished Death Note: Another Note. I...it...wow. All I can say is wow.

And I also watched the last episode of Death Note...crying I serious bawled watching that episode, I truly did. It's still fresh in my mind because as I'm writing this A/N I just finished watching it...T.T

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Part Eight-

Heading Towards

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We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. But is it crazy enough? -Niels Bohr

Ryuk goggles at him. He looked completely dumbfounded. "What the hell?"

Light shrugs slightly. "It seems that Kira is...something different from me, born with an exaggeration of some of my own personal traits from the Death Note." He turns his eyes on Ryuk. "Did you know something like that could happen?"

Ryuk shakes his head. "Not a damned clue; I was just bored so I threw the notebook down into the human world. I didn't think of any bad kind of effects that it might do." He seemed sincere; although he was a Shinigami, it was quite easy for Light to gauge many of his emotions. "But...expel Kira from you? But you are--" He glances between Light and L.

"No, not anymore," Light murmurs. "When the plan Kira put into place to kill L failed...something inside of me, perhaps the link that tied us together, shattered, and he became separate from me, spiritually at least. But he has attempted to take me over, and succeeded once. I want to find a way to extract him for good," Ryuk starts to open his mouth so Light interupts him. "Without relinquishing ownership of the Death Note."

"It has already been agreed that giving up the Death Note is a bad idea," continued L, sitting up, his shoulders slightly hunched over. "It is possible that Kira will make his move then and take control of Light-kun and use it against his will. As it is impossible to watch over him twenty-four seven to make sure that does not happen, and I will absolutely not watch Light-kun die, then an alternative solution must be met." He sits up straighter. "Ryuk-san, it is entirely possible that Kira will take over Light-kun completely; I suppose you will still have what you call entertainment, but--"

Ryuk shakes his head. "I understand what you're trying to say, Lawliet," He hyuks at Lawliet's surprise at hearing his name. "I can see your name as easily as I can Light's or anyone else's for that matter and I--am not as stupid as Light seems to think I sometimes am." He glances at Light.

"But I don't know of any way of doing what you're wanting. I've never heard something like this having happened...The only who might know something would be Jastin." At Light and L's blank stares he continues. "He's called Jastin the Jeweled Skeleton because he hoards and wears jewels all over his body, but more than that he's close to the old man, the Shinigami King, and knows all the rules and stuff of the Shinigami, but..."

"But?"

Ryuk shrugs. "I can't go back to the Shinigami Realm on my own; I can only go so far from the human who I'm haunting and Light is a human so he can't go...well...I might be able to test my boundary and see if I can keep going," He looks sideways at Light. "But it'll cause me pain to do so--so this better really be worth my while, Light. I'm not going to do it for nothing."

Lawliet had already learned many things about Ryuk from Light, so it was with ease that he said, "I will make sure there are five boxes of apples upon your return, Ryuk-san." Ryuk had perked up at the word apple and seemed to salivate at the thought of so many apples at once. He pretended to ponder it, though it was such a fake front that L and Light could see through easily, to their amusement, and he nods.

"All right, all right." Ryuk waves a hand. "I guess so. This all does sound pretty interesting..." He grins and shrugs, spreading his wings out and flying through the ceiling within the blink of an eye.

L looked a little perturbed at Ryuk's sudden way of leaving, but his face quickly goes back to normal. He turns to Light who was grinning.

"It takes a little while to get used to," said Light, seeming to see where L's thoughts had headed. "He's a bit strange, that Shinigami, but he can actually be quite amusing at times. He was bored in his world the same as I was..." He trails off, looking away.

L leans forward and grabs onto Light, pulling him up against his chest to embrace him. The teen looked slightly startled at the sudden touch, but he smiles softly and embraces him back, thankful for even having the chance of the small intimacies that they were sharing, even if it wasn't for long.

"I know, Light-kun," L said against him softly. "I know. I absolutely know what it's like to be alone in the world, afraid of never finding any true challenge, afraid of never finding anyone who truly knows you--not the facade that you put on, but the person underneath that. The person you are afraid to reveal--but also the person who longs for someone who understands them."

Light swallows against the sudden lump in his throat. Lawliet understood perfectly all of Light's fears, his doubts--because he felt exactly the same; opposite sides of the same coin who could find no comfort without each other. He moves back slightly so he could look into the detective's face, a face which was much more open to him now and which he gazed on with a sense of happiness that he could scarcely believe that he felt (or had ever managed to find). He leans in and captures Lawliet's lips, holding back a groan as that electric feeling quickly envelops again. Every time he touched the man, or got touched by him, or hell even just a look...it was something he had never felt before.

It was much more than he had felt before, this feeling.

His thoughts dim down as Lawliet groans slightly and kisses Light harder, pushing him down onto the bed. Light allowed himself to be more submissive because he loved this aggressive side of the detective. And then when the sheet falls off of Lawliet's naked body and he rubs himself against Light, the teen forgot anything he was thinking or going to say.

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A/N: Eeee I finished this chap! XD I can't say much more than whew! Lol

Preview for next chapter: Ryuk heads to the Shinigami realm to find Armonia Jastin Beyondllmason, also known as Jastin or Jastin the Jeweled Skeleton. Meanwhile, Kira is formulating his own plans and...

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--PhoenixJustice