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: T for slash, language, etc
Pairing: L/Light
Setting: Up to episode 25 of the anime with spoilers from the anime and manga.
Summary: Light's master plan to kill L is shot down by one person's foolish decision, leaving Light and Kira at odds within Light.
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Part Nine-
Time Flies
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"Meanwhile, Time is flying — flying, never to return." -Publius Vergilius Maro Virgil
"I can't believe I'm doing this shit," Ryuk muttered, flying, upwards, upwards. He thought it amusing that he had to go up to get to the Shinigami realm, up where the stupid humans said Heaven was. Though there was no Heaven, or a Hell either; Light had gotten it right the first time. Though technically, the Shinigami realm wasn't located "up there" in the sense that humans thought of it, but it was up there.
He passes through the invisible barrier that seperated the human world and the Shinigami realm and sighs as he comes back into his realm, hating the barreness that surrounded him. He neither saw or heard any other Shinigami as he arrives in the realm. He walks around in no particular direction, as there was no true direction to their world, and wanders around looking for Jastin. He tried to ignore the ever growing pain he felt as he continued onward, the pain from becoming so seperated from the human he was supposed to be haunting, Light. He knew that the pain couldn't kill him, (he was pretty sure anyway) so he continued on further, looking for the unique sight which was Jastin the Jeweled Skeleton, second only to Nu, who was the closest to the Shinigami King.
He didn't even know if Jastin had any answers, but if he didn't, then Ryuk was unsure just who would. He mutters curses in the rarely used Shinigami language and continues onward. Time was irrevalant in the Shinigami realm so he was unsure just how long he wandered around. A couple of times he passes by a few Shinigami, some of which he knew, some of which he didn't and he didn't care at the moment.
He stops the third time he sees some shinigami, realizing (finally) that one of them might know where Jastin was. He stops in front of Deridovely.
"Look who it is," chortled Deridovely. "What? Your human finally croak?"
Ryuk shakes his head. "No, he's still alive, well, and probably getting done by his detective right now," he hyuk's. "It's such a riot; all the noises and faces humans make when their in the heat of passion." He shakes his head slightly, remembering just why he was back. "Oh, but hey, have you seen Jastin around? I really need to see him."
The Shinigami sitting crosslegged on the ground in front of him shrugs. Deridovely looks at him. "I think I seen him walk off sometime ago, that way," a finger moves in a vague direction.
Ryuk nods. "Thanks."
He starts to walk off when Deridovely gets his attention.
"Next time you come back from the human realm, bring some apples." Deridovely grins.
Ryuk hyuk's and nods, walking away. He sees a gold glint out of the corner of his eye to the right and heads over that direction, pretty sure what he was going to find, and was right. Armonia Jastin Beyondllmason, known mostly as Jastin, or Jastin the Jeweled Skeleton, sat upon a throne built up with human skulls. He looks up at Ryuk's footsteps and grins, his jeweled skin the only color in their bleak surroundings; his ruby eyes gleamed as they looked up at Ryuk.
"Hello, Ryuk." His voice was slightly gritty, but quiet. "What brings you back to our realm so soon? I know Light Yagami is still alive."
Ryuk blinks in surprise at that, but quickly straightens up and looks at Jastin directly.
"I was wanting to ask you if you knew anyway how to...dispel Kira from Light's body."
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Kira opened his eyes and starts to sit up slowly, flexing his fingers. He comes to stand and walks over to the turned off monitors and peers in closer, touching here and there on his face, looking at his reflection.
I suppose I should not be called he as I am inhabiting Amane...it doesn't matter. I will use her up as much as I can and I will find a more suitable body to inhabit. Light Yagami preferably...he will bend to my will eventually, he and L can only do so much before I break them.
He walks back over to the couch where Misa's bag had fallen off his shoulders. He grabs onto it and taking a sheaf of papers out of it, he grins widely. It was a good thing that Amane was so forgetful and hadn't the chance to say anything about the extra notes that had been taken from the Death Note. And now she would never have the chance to say so. With a quick glance in the direction of the rooms which held Light and L, he closes his eyes in concentration, focusing hard on the Notes in his hand.
A slight light blue glow eminates from his hands which surrounds the Notes; in the next instant, a Death Note was held in his hand. He smiles.
"It is time for the world to remember Kira and his ideals once more." The voice that came out was Misa Amane's, but it was deeper and much more forbidding sounding.
"Almost time..."
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He shudders suddenly, making Lawliet look up at him, brows furrowed.
"Are you all right, Light-kun?" He asked softly.
Light swallows against a sudden lump in his throat and holds onto L harder.
"Something is wrong." Light whispers. "Something is going to happen..."
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He walks out of the headquarters confidently, the clouds dark and ominous behind him, only fitting. He comes forward to a shaded alleyway and leans against the wall, looking at the Death Note, a gleam in his eyes. He opens his hand, palm up and a pen similar looking to Ryuk's appears in his hands. His hand clenches the pen and he looks upward at the darkened sky for a moment before opening the Note and looking down at the empty pages.
"It would be much too easy to kill Light Yagami and L Lawliet now," he murmured. "Much too easy. I want to toy with them a little...make them suffer for what they have been trying to do. It is not as if they can truly stop me anyway...even if they discover the body I am inhabiting, even if they kill that body...I am spirit made from the Death Note...and the Shinigami Ryuk is out for his own pleasures, he doesn't answer to Light, nor L and will kill them when he has no more amusement. Yes...I will just let him do the deed himself. So that just leaves..."
He puts the pen to the paper, looking thoughtful.
"Who to kill..."
He hesitates for a moment...then starts to write--
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He strolls down the street merrily, not caring that the clouds were so dark, whistling a merry tune as he walked. He carried a box of donuts underneath one arm.
"Ryuuzaki should like them. It's still really early, but I'm sure he's still awake; the man never seems to sleep..."
He smiles when the headquarters gets closer within sites; he was finally starting to feel useful to their whole cause now and he felt he would be able to show them what he could truly do.
Kira wouldn't know what hit hi--
Beat.
His eyes widen and he comes to a sudden halt, the box of donuts seeming to fall in slow motion before everything speeds up again. He clutches his chest and falls to his knees, his eyes blurring suddenly.
No! Not this! Not this! It couldn't be. Kira, he--
His eyes close for the final time and he collapses onto the ground.
Beat.
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Step.
He kneels down, looking down at the prone body on the ground. His faces scrunches slightly in disgust at the man, before he eyes the box of donuts, picking up the one donut that managed to stay in the box untouched. He takes a bite of it, straightening up and smiling widely.
"Yum."
He walks off, whistling.
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"Hey. Hey! Wake up!"
His eyes open and he blinks blurridly as he gaze his filled with black for a moment before pulling back from where he was embracing Lawliet. He looks up, as does L who had woken up so quickly as well (probably before him) and they both see Ryuk standing in front of the bed.
And he wasn't the only one either.
"What the hell," he squeaked suddenly, scrambling to stand, forgetting he was quite naked underneath the sheets, before getting pulled back down to a sitting position by L.
"Calm down, Light-kun, it is merely an associate of Ryuk-san's," said Lawliet right up against his ear. He shivers, before remembering that they had an audience.
Ryuk grins. "I brought Jastin with me; he said he wanted to come, so..." He shrugs.
"I thought there had to be a reason for a Shinigami to come down to the human realm." Light pointed out.
Jastin takes a step forward, his feet clinking slightly against the floor.
"I am allowed a few things that other Shinigami are not, because of my relationship with the Shinigami King." Light was surprised at the softness of the voice coming from that mouth, but he nods and continues to listen. "But that is not why I am here. Ryuk said that you were wanting to expel Kira from your body."
Light nods. "Yes. I imagine that it must sound strange, but--"
"It's happened once before," said Jastin, abruptly. "Once before...but this was a long while back..." He sounded distant sounding for a moment before seeming to remember what was going on. "We will see what can be done after you and your lover get dressed, I know how you humans are with your silly sensibilities."
Light blushes slightly at how easy the Shinigami referred to him and L, but quickly snaps out of it and, after the two Shinigami leave (with Ryuk laughing as they do), he stands and starts to get dressed, as does L. He turns to look at his lover who stood across him on the other side of the bed. His eyes couldn't help but drift down from Lawliet's face to his bare chest, wearing nothing but a pair of blue jeans with the button undone. He licks his lips.
He hears L's intake of breath and walks over to the other side, finished dressing and lets the detective pull him closer, closing his eyes as Lawliet's lips descend over his. They stood that way for a moment, enjoying the feel of one another before pulling away.
"Let's go, Light-kun," L smiles at him.
The smile made Light's heart constrict, letting him know without a doubt (as if he had one) that he loved the man standing in front of him.
"Love you." He murmurs.
That brilliant smile widens.
"I love you too."
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He and the detective walk down the hallway to the main work area where Ryuk and Jastin had went off to. Ryuk was sitting on one of the couches, munching on an apple, with many boxes sitting against the couch. Good on his word, L had apples brought up from one of the lower floors, where they had sat virtually untouched), or that is to say that he and Light had went down there and brought them up before heading back into bed.
Jastin was glancing around the room, frowning slightly.
"Is something the matter, Jastin-san?" Asked L, seeming at ease with two Gods of Death hanging around his headquarters.
Jastin turns to look at them, his ruby eyes glittering in the faint light.
"Just...thought that I felt...well, no matter...come over here Light Yagami," Jastin gestures him over. Light does so, but not without a slight feeling of trepidation.
As Light comes to stand in front of him, Jastin extends his arms out and puts them onto Light's shoulders. They felt a lot heavier than they looked. He stares at Light, with Light unable to keep his eyes from staring into the ruby ones in front of him.
Jastin's eyes gleam very brightly suddenly; Lawliet comes ever closer, a finger to his mouth and looking very facinated with the whole site in front of him. Even Ryuk had stopped eating apples to look over at them.
A very long moment passes, or at least it felt like it for Light. He starts to sweat slightly. Finally, after what seemed like forever, Jastin says something unintelligible, or at least it was a language the like he had never heard before. And he has to close his eyes suddenly as the Shinigami's eyes blare red suddenly, his whole vision seemed to be tinted with red. The light dims down and Light opens his eyes, blinking as the red light dims down, feeling slightly drained.
"Well?" Asked Lawliet, standing right next to Light and Jastin now. "What did you do, Jastin-san? Did it work?"
Jastin lowers his hands from Light and tilts his head a bit, his mouth slightly agape.
"It...should have."
"But?" Light asked faintly.
Jastin straightens up and turns to look at Light and Lawliet both.
"There was nothing there to expel."
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A/N: eeee another chapter finished yay! We're getting closer to the end now! :D
Kira IS evil, isn't he? Lol Already killing somebody...
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter!
Let me know what you think!
--PhoenixJustice