"Really L, are the handcuffs necessary to bring out again?" Light asked in desperation, trying to escape the harsh punishment he had to already endure once.
"It's for your own safety, so Lucifer doesn't take over your body and just leave." Light knew that was what L was going to say, but he still couldn't resist the urge to complain about the situation.
"Right, the same reason you forced everyone to leave the task force and deleted all their DNA from the records so they can't access the building anymore. For our safety. I understand. Just why don't you kill me and get this over with."
L opened his mouth to say something logical, but upon looking into Light's lifeless eyes he stopped. Logic wouldn't fix a small problem like this. The intense fire that once burned brightly in those brown eyes was gone, replaced with glassy lifelessness. It was almost as if Light had already given up. A burning rage unlike any the detective had ever felt before rose in him, a string pulled tight ready to be snapped at any moment.
"So you've given up?" L snapped, gaining Light's full attention.
It took Light a moment to answer, he'd never seen L like this. His usual relaxed posture was rigged and trembling. His voice was curt and full of anger. "No I…"
"Light Yagami, front what you said earlier it sounded to me like you have given up. You've poured your heart into this investigation which is still going on. You are not allowed to even think for a second I will allow you to escape," L interrupted before Light could defend himself.
"It's not like I can help it, I can't see a way we can get rid of this thing!" Light screamed, L's anger becoming infectious. The ice over his eyes melted as the fire took over again. L was satisfied.
"Light, this all depends on you not giving up and being strong enough to reject Lucifer. You can do it." the anger in the room disappeared as L switched to a gentle tone, reeling in his rage.
Light couldn't help it, L's voice had a calming affect on him.
"L.. I'm not entirely positive that I'm capable of fighting a power like this," Light stated. His confidence had at last partially returned.
L moved to the seat in front of the computer and took his usual position before replying, "then be."
Light took the hint and moved over to his computer terminal.
"So Light, let's assume that we're dealing with all seven sins here. We know that there is a Kira at the Yotsuba group and we can only assume that a separate demon is within the company. Based on the fact that he is killing for the gain of the company this could be the demon of greed. We could gain information from him," L explained, pulling up the information they had gained up.
"I see. The possessed person also must be a high rank in the company and have a high influence on others. Do you have a plan?"
L didn't respond, but simply picked up the phone next to him and dialed a number off the screen. Light stared at the man for a moment, trusting that he indeed did have a plan. L put the phone on speaker. The phone rang four times before a bright voice answered.
"Hello, you've reached the Yotsuba Company. How may I help you?" the line had been spoken many times before, a typical greeting one receives over the phone.
"Yes, hello. We are the Light Advertising Company and would like to discuss advertising opportunities with you company," L replied with a professional voice. Light glared at him for using his name, but L simply chose to ignore him.
"Please hold while I redirect your call." A cheery music came over the speaker, signifying that they had been put on hold.
"Really, 'Light Advertising'?" Light asked, exasperated.
L shrugged, "It was all I could come up with on a short notice."
Light would have protested further if a voice hadn't come over the line.
"Hello, this is Reiji Namikawa Vice President of Sales."
"Hello Namikawa, sir. I've called to ask if you've considered advertising your company before?" L's voice had changed to a smooth voice. The voice of a salesperson.
"Well, we're pretty successful alright Mr…"
"Yagi. Yagi Akira." Light was glaring at L now, but the older man didn't pay him any mind.
"Well, Mr. Yagi, I apologize, but I must decline your offer. We really have no need to advertise at this moment."
L brought his nail up to his lips, his expression thoughtful. "I see. We're a new company and I just thought that having the Yotsuba group buying ad space would look good and get us more customers. We're professionals in our craft. I guarantee that our advertisements will double your income."
"I insist that we're fine, but we can discuss this matter further another day. I have an important meeting I must attend to."
"Sir, all I ask is you meet with us and at least discuss advertising. I know that it must be a hard job that you have and you are a busy man, but we wouldn't have called such an important group unless we knew that we could be of use." L wasn't ready to give up and Light was ready to accept the fact that it wouldn't be this easy to get into the Company's headquarters.
"I'll schedule a meeting for tomorrow. What is your group's name?"
Light looked at L in shock, but yet again the man was ignoring him. "Light Advertising."
"Light Advertising? Never heard of you before."
"Well, we're new, don't even have our site up yet. But we guarantee that we can design the best ads."
"I can fit you in tomorrow at 15:30. I hope that's satisfactory."
L finally looked at Light, his dark eyes shining. "That is. Thank you."
The line went dead and Light let out a deep breath.
"I can not believe that worked," remarked Light.
L gave a slight smirk. "Well you better, because we have a meeting tomorrow at 15:30."
"Alright, but did you have to put my name on it? And I swear you got Yagi from Yagami."
A small noise escaped L's lips, Light couldn't tell if it was a sigh or a laugh. "You think too highly of yourself. You know as much as I do Yagi is a Japanese surname and I did not make it up."
Light huffed, wanting to cross his arms over his chest, but detested looking like a child in front of L. "Before you came, I was the only one I could think highly of," Light mumbled.
"I didn't quite catch that Light-kun." Was L teasing him?
Light's cheeks turned a slightly pink, "I said, we should make a plan for tomorrow."
"Alright Light, that's what you said." Light swore he heard laughter in L's voice and his thoughts of the man teasing him deepened.
"That's exactly what I said." Light struggled to keep his cool, why was it about L that made him so upset and challenging? Was it the fact that he was someone that matched Light's wits.
"Light-kun, the plan." L's voice cut through his thought. Had he been daydreaming?
"Yeah, right." Light began explaining his plan as they prepared to head into enemy territory.
Not dead, not dead! I'm not dead! I actually wrote this forever ago, don't know why I never posted it. This boy is back in town and I will be updating more often! (or try) All mistakes can be attributed to the fact that I am an engineer not a writer. Cheers!
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