"Are you threatening me?" I asked incredulously. I couldn't believe it. "But why?"

Rem stood still in the dimness of the room. The eerie atmosphere wasn't adding to any of this. "I cannot deny that I care for Misa. I will do whatever it takes to keep her safe. Light has promised to do the same, but now he has pushed me into a position that will lead to my demise. You are my backup plan."

What? I was no one's backup plan… except maybe L's... "But that's…" I searched for the right words to describe my feelings. "That's totally unfair!"

"What do you expect from me?" she asked rhetorically. "You can thank Light Yagami. If he had not put Misa in a position to be caught then I would not feel the need to do this."

This wasn't going as planned, and it would end terribly if I didn't do something quick. "How about we add to the deal?" I asked-more like pleaded.

"What could you possibly want?"

I thought about what she had said before. "W-Well, what position did Light put you in?" There had to be some big reason she was doing this.

Her icy eyes pierced like daggers into my skin. "Unless I eliminate L Lawliet, Misa will be discovered. Light knows I will do anything to protect Misa, even if it means killing L and losing my life."

My eyes widened and my heart rate increased. Kill L? What… no, she can't do that! "Please," I begged, folding my hands together. "Don't kill L. He's important to me- people need him." Swallowing the lump in my throat, I lifted my head to stare helplessly at Rem. "Fine then. I promise I'll make arrangements and have Misa free from all charges. Just don't kill L. If Misa is caught… then you can kill me. If L dies, I won't hesitate to throw your precious gem under the bus."

My words came out stern, but I was terrified inside. What if Misa gets caught anyways? I'll still end up dying. But if L dies, then someone has to pay.

Rem took a moment to think about my offer. Finally, she raised her arm and extended her hand. "Alright. It is a deal." Hesitantly, I met her in the middle and shook her skeleton hand.

"Tell me Rem," I spoke one final time. "Who is the real Kira?" She looked at me doubtfully. "What? There aren't secrets between us anymore."

The raging rainstorm outside mixed with Rem's terrifying appearance was enough to give someone a heart attack. "The real, original Kira is Light Yagami. But I'm sure you already assumed that."

Nodding, I turned around and exited the room. It was time to end this whole twisted game, once and for all.

Appearing in Watari's security room, I stood a few feet from the door, staring sadly at the floor. I had on a blue long sleeve shirt and jeans. Warm, white fuzzy socks covered my feet to protect me from the cold.

Watari spun around in his chair to examine me. "Yuki, my dear. Is something the matter?"

Swallowing, I sighed. "Yes, a lot of things are the matter Watari."

His elderly face wrinkled into a warm, yet sad, smile. "Come sit down dear. You can tell me all about it."

As I did, I pushed back a strand of hair behind my ear. "Watari, I'm going to need to ask a favor of you, if that's alright."

He tilted his head and hummed. "Of course. What is it?"

I raised my head and smiled weakly at him. "I'm going to end this all for us."

I watched the questionable yaoi scene with amusement. But the spark of humor faded as L admitted that he and Light would be parting ways soon. Maybe he knew of his future death by Rem… his scheduled death.

His phone rang, alerting him to a situation in the main room, so he stood up. "It seems everything is going to work out," he announced in a downcast tone. "They need me in the main room."

"Oh, alright." Light stood up, too, ready to join him, when I appeared at the far bottom of the steps.

Staring up at them, I put on my best smile. "L, they need you. It's urgent, but I think you'll be pleased." I jogged up the steps and joined them on the middle platform. Giving the detective a swift peck on the cheek, I sent him off. "Light, can we talk?"

After L disappeared, Light turned to me curiously. "What's wrong Yuki?"

My smile dropped and was replaced by a scowl. "I can't wait to see you rot in Hell you bastard." His casual expression disappeared in an instant, replaced with a matching scowl. "After everything you've done, you think you can get away with having L killed by Rem?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about," he replied, glancing around the room.

By now, all the security cameras were removed by Watari, just like I had requested. "There are no cameras in here," I assured him. "Ask your Shinigami to check if you don't believe me." He widened his eyes. "Don't look so surprised. By now it's obvious that every Death Note comes with a Shinigami. According to L's theory about multiple notebooks, I'm positive you have one."

Light looked around the room, waiting for something, until he finally got an answer. "Alright, I believe you." Ha, so he really does have a Shinigami… "What do you want? You know you can't convict me of being Kira."

"I know you're Kira," I growled, clenching my fists. "You know I've found out from the start. But you don't know how I discovered your secret, right?"

"Wild imagination?" he mocked.

"Aw, good guess." Blinking my eyes, I stared at the space above his head. "I'm just like your peppy girlfriend. I have the Shinigami eyes."

Light seemed taken back, unsure to believe me, and raised a questionable eyebrow. "What?"

"I can see a person's real name and lifespan. I was born with the eyes. So was Beyond. The reason I knew you were Kira- and that Misa was the second Kira- is because I couldn't see either of your lifespans. That's the price of eternal damnation."

Narrowing his eyes, he knew we were now in the midst of a dangerous game. "Now it all makes sense. How you were able to join this case - you wouldn't have had a chance to help without your eyes because, let's face it, your IQ level is quite pitiful compared to mine. L wouldn't have bothered to spend any time on you."

"I don't need to beat you anymore Light," I replied, "because I've already won. L has won. You're going down, all the way to Hell. Trust me, you've dug yourself a hole too deep to get out of."

"But you're the only person who can actually see my name and non-existent lifespan," Light reminded me. "Beyond can, but the police won't believe a convicted killer. In the end, it's me against you, and once they take a look at your family history they won't think twice about believing me."

I had enough. This needed to end. From behind my shirt, tucked in my jeans, I pulled out a gun and aimed it at the brunet. "Don't you dare bring my family into this." Of course the gun was just a precaution in case he decided to do something rash, but I felt it was necessary.

Even under the pressure he seemed calm and collected, not afraid to stare me dead in the eyes. "By the looks of things, only one of us is leaving this room tonight so I guess I have nothing to lose once I tell you this secret."

I furrowed my eyebrows suspiciously, gripping the gun tighter. "What secret? You're gay? Don't worry, I think we already knew that."

Ignoring my comments, he continued to stare at me, his smirk only grower more cocky. "Guess what? Your dad - remember how he died of a heart attack? That was me. You're welcome."

I froze. The gun started shaking as my hand did. For some reason I didn't- couldn't- comprehend what he'd just said. "What?"

"I killed your father. Honestly, it wasn't that hard. I found things to be much easier with him out of the way."

Cocking the gun, I balled my free hand into a fist, resisting the temptation to deck him in the face. "Get down on your knees." He obeyed, the arrogant smirk remaining as he stared up at me. "Just admit it, Light Yagami. You're going to die, right here and now. Your crimes as Kira will not go unpunished."

"You can't kill me," he laughed. "Kira can never die."

"Shut up," I hissed, swallowing the lump in my throat. Just pull the trigger. "You deserve what's coming to you. Confess with your mouth you filthy bastard." I shoved the gun right into his temple, so tempted to pull the trigger.

"I'm Kira…" he whispered. Then, a disturbing laughter echoed through the room as he let his crazy loose. "That's right. I am Kira. Your god. The one who has cleansed this world of all unrighteousness. You should be thanking me for all the justice I've brought to this rotten nation."

"Justice?!" My voice rose with anger. "You think killing people is justice? How twisted can you be? You know, I thought you were attractive. I thought you were intelligent. But this is just wrong and insane."

"Fine then!" he growled, glaring up at me. "Kill me! If you hate me so much then put a bullet right through my brain! Then you'll know how it feels."

I almost did. For a second, my finger twitched against the trigger.

But I didn't. Because I didn't need to. "No…" My voice cracked, and I couldn't take it any longer. Tossing the gun aside, I lowered to my knees beside him. "All the killing needs to stop, right here and right now. Death will not be my curse."

Light, assuming he'd won, went for the gun across from me. Standing up and pointing it at me, he smirked. "In the end, justice always wins. You never had a-"

In the middle of his sentence, Light jolted the same time a electric sound echoed through the air. Shaking violently, the brunet dropped the gun and fell to the floor. Behind him from where he stood, Beyond held out a tazer. "Hey, these things come in handy!" He beamed, dropped the weapon and hurrying over to consume me in a hug. "You okay?"

Pulling away, I smiled and let out a shaky breath. "Yeah, I'm fine." Plucking the barely-visible bug that I'd attached to my shirt before I walked in, I held it up to face me. "Get all that, L?"

Beyond looked at the twitching Light and sighed with relief. "It's finally over."

"Yeah," I agreed. "Finally."

Le Epilogue

I stirred awake to the sound of a box being tore open. From the aisle seat on the plane, I turned to see L stuffing his hand into a box of Hello Pandas, unashamed. "Why are you still up?" I asked, yawning.

"You know I can't sleep on planes." He consumed two pandas at once.

"L you can't sleep in general."

"Ah, you know me too well." Reaching into the box, he pulled out another panda and held it out to me. "Care to try one?"

"No, I'm-" I paused, studying the small treat. "Oh alright, just one."

Well, we ended up opening two more boxes. There goes my breakfast.

"So," L began, licking his fingers as we finished off the last box, "what are Akari's plans? Surely she has something in mind."

I almost forgot that we were free to do whatever we wanted. The Kira case was over. After I got Light's confession recorded, it was only a matter of time before he was sent to the world's most elite, high-security prison where he would live out the rest of his days. Best part: Misa was cleared and was able to visit him whenever she wanted, allowing me not to have to worry about a vengeful Shinigami.

"I think she's planning on finishing college, like me, but she'll be staying on campus like we had been doing. Once that's taken care of, I'm pretty sure she's setting off to become a traveling private detective like you. With Beyond by her side of course."

Akari and I are best friends, and forever will be, so we've promised to keep in touch all the time. Besides, since she's dating my brother, I'll kinda have to see her every Christmas.

"Ah yes," L replied, resting his hands on his bent knees. "What will Beyond be doing? I doubt Akari will let him on his bum all day doing nothing."

I laughed, rolling my eyes. "Yeah, well, not counting his shady underground dealings, which I think are about shipping jam illegally across the ocean, he's gonna get a part-time job at the NPA. Probably as a janitor."

L's amused eyes found mine and, even though there were many other people on board the plane to England, mostly sleeping, it felt like we were the only two people around.

L's voice brought me out of my trance as I had been studying him. "Are you content with your plans for the future?"

I hummed in thought. "Finishing college, traveling with the world's greatest detective as his assistant, and helping him and his mentor solve crime cases. Yeah, I think I'll be happy enough."

As I leaned against his shoulder, I smiled at the thought of a bright future together. A future where all this Kira crap is behind us. "Yuki… do you think that, in the future, you would be considerably happy being more than just my girlfriend?"

His meek and hopeful demeanor was enough to melt my heart. "In the future, L, but we met, what, almost a year ago? Anyway, I'd love to be something more one day. You know why?"

"Hmm, why?"

"Because I love you."

Without even looking at him, I knew he was smiling. Faint, hidden, but a smile nonetheless. "I have a deep affection and attraction toward you as well." He paused for a moment before tilting his head like a young pup. "You know, reading about romantic relationships between two individuals is far different than experiencing the same situation in real life."

I chuckled. "I'm sure it is. You don't exactly get butterflies in your stomach or a blush on your cheeks just reading a how-to guide on romance."

The detective hummed, biting his thumbnail. "Yes, it is indeed a new sensation. I believe it best that we should take it slow from now on. You wouldn't mind, would you?"

Even if I did mind, I couldn't say no to him. "Of course I don't," I smiled. "I don't mind waiting." As I snuggled against his shoulder, I suddenly felt a cold hand be placed on the top of my head. I looked up to see that L had rested his palm on my head, in an attempt to- what was he even trying to do? Stroke my hair? Pat my head? His hand just sat on my head motionlessly. "Uh, L?"

He blinked, but did not remove his hand. "Physical contact is a way to show affection to someone. Thus I am showing my affection for you."

I laughed. "Well you've already showed a good amount of physical contact when you kissed me… but this works, too." I soon returned to my spot against his shoulder.

I was about to fall asleep on him when I could feel him moving around. "For goodness sake, what is it now?" I huffed, moving to look at him.

"Did you remember to pack the cake?"

I stared. "Cake? On a plane?"

"Yes, the cooler was on the counter."

"I thought you told Watari to do it?"

"No I specifically told you."

"Nah, you told Watari."

"You."

"Watari."

"You."

"Okay so maybe you told me…"

"Then did you remember to pack the cake?"

"..."

"Yuki," he pouted. I had to grin as I got up and pulled out the small cooler from the top storage compartment.

"Chocolate or strawberry?" I asked.

He smiled with satisfaction. "Both."

I rolled my eyes and handed him the cooler and a plastic fork. "You're a dork, you know that?"

"But you adore me anyway."

"I do."

He sliced a piece of the strawberry cake and held it out for me. I took a bite and hummed with pleasure as it melted deliciously in my mouth. L twitched as I hummed, hunger filling his eyes. Leaning over the seat, I cupped his face and kissed him. The next one after that was filled with even more- what's the word?- affection.

Finally I had to pull away. "Alright L, we're on a freaking plane. I'm sure this can wait til later." To be honest, I wasn't sure how long my eyelids would remain open.

Pouting, L conceded, but smirked to himself as he whispered, "I suppose it will be much more convenient when we have the room to ourselves. Just the two of us. Hmm, I'm sure we won't get much sleep at all."

I was blushing like mad as he pulled away, triumphant smirk still on his face, and continued to consume the delectable cake. Well I laughed this is definitely going to be an interesting adventure.

THE END

*sniffles* Welp, that's it I guess. Exactly one year ago I posted this story, and look how far it's come! I'm honestly proud of this story, and I'm so so so thankful of all the people who have favorite, followed, and reviewed! Without you guys, this story wouldn't be as special as it is to me.

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