A/N :- Thank you all for bearing with me. I've been really busy these past few days and I was also on holiday so I couldn't get Internet! It was an awful few days..
Anyway, here's Chapter 11 of Monster! Hope you all like it! Please review :)
Disclaimer:- I don't own Death Note. The only thing I own is Silence! Can I have L now?
Light decides to return to the Headquarters an hour after L made his declaration. Silence sits in her room, watching the grainy CCTV footage of Light and Misa entering the building on L's laptop that she'd stolen from Wammy's whilst preparing a pistol that would ensure that Light meets his end.
B sits across from her, still shaking slightly. He is gazing out the window and Silence doesn't dare ask him what's wrong. Though, she already knows. If she asks, he'll start to cry, she knows. It has happened before, back when she was less wise. What she does do, is sit down beside him and takes his hand in hers, squeezing it softly.
He turns his head and looks at her, scarlet eyes full of sadness and remorse and she stares back, before returning her gaze to the gun in her lap.
L crouches in his chair, strawberry between his finger and thumb, starting listlessly at the computer monitor. There was no need to now, he knows. But, for some reason, he can't seem to stop himself. He has grown accustomed to the long, hard hours of relentless work during the three months it has taken him to close the infamous Kira Case and he finds it rather hard to believe that it's actually over. He'd been convinced that he would die soon. That this case would kill him or that Kira would somehow figure out his name and murder him where he sits.
Light sits beside him to his right, continuing the investigation as normal. Though he may have lost his memories of being Kira, L admits, Light has most certainly regained them. L is certain of this fact.
The snide remarks and the smirks. The narrowed eyes full of disgust and.. Evil. Pure evil. That's what L calls it. Light himself may not see it himself but L does. L notices every difference as he's been trained to.
'Light Yagami is Kira.'
He looks at Light and thinks about what Silence is planning for the young man. Though not much younger than himself, L feels a little sorry for the boy.
'Its the least he deserves.' He thinks after debating on whether Light really deserves this fate.
He returns to staring at the computer screen, popping the strawberry into his mouth as he does so.
The Task Force don't know what to do with themselves. They aren't allowed to leave until the culprit is caught and arrested. Then.. Why isn't L doing anything? Why is he allowing Light to continue on as normal?
It seems strange.
Light sits quietly in his chair, aware of the lack of activity from L.
'Maybe he's finally given up..'
He smirks to himself, thinking of the little something he'd stolen from Aizawa's jacket that morning.
Yes, he'd found the files. Not intentionally but that means it was just another sign that God agreed with his cause. When Aizawa had flung his coat down on the leather sofa in the corner, Light had caught the tips of the paper peeking from the breast pocket, almost inviting him to look at them.
What he'd found was so much better than he'd ever dreamed! L's real name..
'Oh, I can't wait to see that bastard's face as Kira kills him. I, the God of the New World, will kill L.'
Misa sits in her bedroom, hugging a plushie rabbit to her chest, staring at the view of the Tokyo skyscrapers from her window. Her parents' murderer is sitting in the floor below and the Task Force and L aren't doing anything about it. She'd expected at least Ruyzaki to have done something. Like, arrested her or something. But then, they are old friends and... Ryuzaki wouldn't arrest an old friend.
Sure, the whole thing had been explained to her afterwards. How her parents had connections with the Japanese Mafia and were part of a plot to kidnap the British Prime Minister's daughter and hold her for ransom.
NO.
It can't be true. What those girls told her that night... no. It's not true! It can't be!
"Your father was high-ranked in the Japanese Mafia...'
"Your mother was to pose as a nanny for our Prime Minister's daughter, also doubling as a spy..."
"We are sorry about this..."
"We hope you understand..."
"I hope you can find it in yourself to forgive us...though...I don't suppose you ever will..."
That last quote had been from Silence, Misa recalls, remembering how the girl's hair shone in the moonlight that streamed through the window, riddled with bullet-holes. The golden-brown eyes had freaked her out at the time. Maybe it was because they reminded her of a cat's eyes, glowing in the dark, or maybe because they stared at her, unblinking, unfazed by the two dead bodies that lay behind her.
Misa groans before burying her face into the rabbit's black fur, breathing in the scent of her mother's perfume. This rabbit, it had been given to her by her mother when Misa was five. It went everywhere with Misa. At first, the reason Misa didn't want to wash it was because she was worried that the rabbit's fur would go all matted and hard but now.. she won't wash it because she is worried that it'll wash away the scent of her mother.
"Misa."
The sharp voice from the bedroom doorway jolts Misa from her thoughts and she jumps, startled.
"L-Light?"
Light sighs, making his way towards her from where he is leaning on the doorframe and sitting down heavily on the bed, beside the blonde girl. He faces her and smiles warmly and she blinks, confused as to why Light is suddenly acting so friendly towards her.
'Does this mean that Light really, truly, loves me!?'
"Do you want to go on another date with me tomorrow?"
"Y-Yeah!" Misa exclaims, a wide grin spreading across her face, eyes shining. Then, she realises something.
"But, Light. We went on a date yesterday and I thought that we could only go on one date a week.."
"Well, I was thinking that we can make an exception this week. I'm dying in the goddamn building! Please, Misa."
Misa watches her boyfriend in shock. Light Yagami is begging her, Misa Amane, to go on a date with him? It's usually the other way round and Misa isn't sure how she should answer Light's request.
In the end, she cracks a smile, tosses her hair over her shoulder and nods in agreement.