A/N: Okay, guys. This is the epilogue. That means, this is the end. No more. I'm not going to show L's kids in high school, or college or getting married or etc. I could spend the rest of my life writing about the rest of the kid's lives. But I'm not going to do that. I caved to put in an epilogue with the kids about six years old. But I'm not going to do anymore. If you make me write more, I'll kill off the children at a very young age so I don't have to write more. You want them to have a good future, right? So that means 55 chapters and an epilogue.

Disclaimer: For the last time, for this story at least, (yes, I'll miss it just as much as you will) I do not own L or Light. And we've all heard L's name, right? Right.

Five years later….

Light was finally happy with his life. After all, he had two beautiful intelligent children and an attractive intelligent wife. Now that L was no longer accusing him of being Kira, Light and L were growing very close. They home schooled their children together and worked on cases together, sometimes even with input from their children.

It had culminated in a comfortable routine. Lots of fun family time with the kids, and then cuddling in bed with L once the kids were in bed. Light thought that finally all this Kira business was behind them. He was sadly very wrong.

"Raito-kun," L said cheerfully. "We have an e-mail from Matsuda."

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah…he says that the team is supposed to meet again in six months. If nothing new has come up, we are to consider the Kira case over with." L sighed unhappily. "It is very unfortunate that we will never know Kira's identity."

Light patted L's shoulder. "At least he's stopped killing, right? Who knows, maybe he died. In that case, we really wouldn't be able to find him."

"I suppose," L said unhappily. "Raito-kun, would you make me a caramel apple?"

"Sorry, L, we're all out of apples."

L frowned. "Apples tend to disappear quite frequently in this house."

"You know what they say, 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away'."

"I hate doctors," L said irritably.

"Exactly. Candyce and Ichigo love apples with cinnamon and sugar. You love apple pie and caramel apples. I just like them plain."

L sighed. "I understand. We do eat apples quite frequently. Very well, I shall go out and get some more."

Light looked surprised. "You? You're actually going to go shopping?"

"Yes," L said cheerfully. "If I go by myself, I can buy all the delicious foods Ratio-kun doesn't approve of."

Light laughed. "Okay, go ahead. You need to treat yourself every once in awhile."

L kissed Light's cheek and hurried out the door, a small smile on his face.

As soon as L was gone, Light buried his head in his hands. "Agh, what am I going to do?"

L returned form the store to find Light standing in the middle of the kitchen his back to L and his arms raised above his head. "But what am I going to do with him?" Light addressed the ceiling. "I just don't-agh, it's so frustrating. What am I supposed to tell him?"

"Raito-kun?" L asked curiously.

Light jumped and whirled around to face L. "Uhh…how much did you hear?"

"It's okay, Raito-kun," L said soothingly. "It is okay that you are frustrated by me. It would not be a good relationship if we never had disagreements. It is also natural that you would seek the help of a force greater than yourself to help with your frustrations. I did not suspect you were a religious person, but to each his own."

Light took a deep breath and steadied his nerves. "L, you realize that in the six years we've been together, we've never once told each other 'I love you'. But I do love you. You know that, right?"

L looked puzzled. "I…love you too, Raito-kun."

"And I want you to know that I love you because what I'm about to say next is going to break your heart."

"Are we out of cheesecake?" L asked worriedly.

"No, worse than that."

"All the strawberries are rotten?"

"No, worse."

"What could be worse than that?" L cried.

Light shut his eyes and took a deep breath. "L, I-I'm Kira."

L looked stunned. "What?"

Light sighed unhappily. "I know you're mad at me. I should have told you earlier. But I thought maybe if I hid the truth from you, I could get you to love me. But that's not what I want. I do want you, but I want you to know the truth. You were right from the very beginning. I am Kira. I've denied it over and over again, but it's the truth. I want you to know now, before the case is closed."

L pointed a finger at Light accusingly. "I trusted you and you've been lying to me the whole time. Watari was right I should have never involved myself with you. It has blinded me to the truth."

"You always suspected me anyway. What difference does it make knowing that you were right?"

"I means now I am obligated to do something about it," L growled. "I can't let you go, knowing that you are Kira."

"Hell, Ryuuzaki. I haven't killed for five years. I've practically given up on being Kira. You and the kids are more important to me. I could have just given up my power and you would never know and I would never remember. But I'm not the spoiled teenager I once was. I'm a man now and I want to make it up to you."

L frowned. "Very well. Your confession will be taken into consideration when you are due for sentencing."

"Do you still care about me, Ryuuzaki?"

"Yes, of course I do," L snapped. "But that doesn't mean I won't turn you in. Justice is very important to me."

"I understand," Light said softly. He stepped forward and wrapped his arms around L.

L stiffened at first, but then relented, wrapping his own arms around Light's neck. "Yes, Raito-kun, I do still care about you. I'm sorry if has to be this way."

"If I wasn't Kira, I never would have met you," Light whispered.

"If you weren't Kira, all those innocent people wouldn't have died," L whispered back.

Light kissed L's forehead and then planted a kiss on each of L's cheeks.

"No hard feelings?" L asked, sounding a little confused. "You're not going to kill me to prevent me from turning you in?"

"Of course not," Light said indignantly. "I'm not Kira anymore anyway. Besides, when I'm gone, you need to stay with the kids."

"Oh," L said quietly.

"Don't feel bad," Light murmured. "You're doing what you feel is best." He brought his tongue against the shell of L's ear and then breathed on it.

L whimpered and his arms tightened involuntarily around Light's neck.

Light's mouth moved down to L's throat. He bit down on L's soft, pale throat and then soothingly licked the wound.

L tried to fight it. Light was Kira, after all, and sleeping with Kira would be sleeping with the enemy, which was bad. But he and Light had been together for six years. Light knew all of his body's weak spots. Before L realized what was happening, Light had L on the bed naked and he was lavishing attention on L's nipples as he slowly pushed himself into L's body. This was where L's logical mind chose to abandon him and the part of L that was irrational and wanted sex with Light even if Light was a mass murderer took over.

L's brain chose not to awaken until he was snuggled up contentedly in Light's arms in post-coital bliss. L came back to himself with a start and pushed away from Light. "How dare you," L growled. "How dare you try to seduce me."

Light looked at him mildly. "Not try. Succeed."

"And you think having sex with me is going to make me change my mind and let you walk away scot-free?"

Light sighed and slid out of bed. He stood in front of L, his hands out in front of him. "I wanted to have sex with you one last time before you take me away, okay? No tricks."

L groaned and rolled into a sitting position. "Thanks a lot. You probably got me pregnant again. We're supposed to use protection, remember?"

Light shrugged. "I doubt you'd be willing to wait while I put a condom on. Now, come on and put the handcuffs on me before I change my mind."

L blinked at him. "But I'm not taking you to jail."

"Oh, so I die right now then?" Light sighed unhappily. "Okay, I guess this is good-bye."

"Raito-kun, I am not going to do anything to you. Because I love you, I might mete out a punishment to you that is not harsh enough. Or, the converse could be true. I could be stricter on you than I need to be. So, your punishment will not be decided by me. I will contact the government and let them deal with you. Please excuse me while I make inquiries."

L walked into the other room and Light was left to ponder his fate. Surely murder would be punished with death. Maybe a public execution or a hanging. Light shuddered to think of it. But then again, he deserved anything that was decided.

After fifteen minutes, L walked into the room with a perplexed look on his face. "I have never until this moment realized the absolute level of corruption in the government."

Light lifted an eyebrow. "Why? What happened?"

"They're letting you go."

"What? But…I killed people. Why would they let me go?'

"Simply put, they are afraid of you. They are content with the knowledge that you are no longer acting as Kira. They do not wish to antagonize you by placing you under arrest for fear you may begin killing again."

"That's stupid."

"I agree. But, that leaves me with no other option but to deal with you myself." L cocked his head to one side. "You must first give up your powers as Kira."

Light nodded. "I understand. You realize my memory of being Kira goes with that too?"

"Yes, Raito-kun. I am aware of that."

Light glanced up at the ceiling again. "Ryuuk, I want to give it up."

L was fascinated at the sudden change that came over Light. Before his eyes, Light's weary, guarded expression relaxed. Light's eyes were innocent and friendly. L's throat tightened. This had been the Light that he had first fallen in love with when they had been chained together.

Light smiled warmly. "It'll be good to finally close the case once and for all, right? We're all safe again. But it's too bad we never caught anyone. It'll go down in the history books like Jack the Ripper."

L reached out and slowly pulled Light closer, wrapping him in a tight embrace.

"What's the matter?" Light asked.

"Raito-kun, I-I wish to tell you my name."

"Are you sure about that?"

"Yes, quite sure. The case will be closed and then it will no longer be right for me to continue not to trust you. You do have some Kira-like qualities. Perhaps you were once Kira or perhaps if the right situation occurred, you could become Kira. However, right now you are not Kira." L leaned in close and whispered in Light's ear. "L Lawliet."

Light blinked. "Really? That's why you're called L?"

L nodded. "Yes, Raito-kun."

"It's a nice name. Perfect for calling out in the middle of sex."

L's face colored with embarrassment. "You will not, Raito-kun. I forbid any of those dramatics."

"Oh, you forbid me, do you? We'll have to see about that."

L squeaked in alarm as Light tackled him to the ground. Yes, all was right with the world.

Six months later, L and Light woke to an e-mail reminding them to come to headquarters to officially shut down the Kira case. L was in a rather bad mood after awakening at six a.m. to the chirp of his e-mail reminder.

"It's your fault for keeping the computer on all night," Light murmured.

"But I have to leave it on," L reminded him. "I have an important case."

"Well, you can work on your case once we get this one over with. Let's have breakfast and then we can drive down to headquarters."

L sighed. "Ichi and Candyce will miss their lessons. How troublesome."

'We can take them with us. Now, hurry up and get ready. We just need to check in with everyone and we can come back home."

"Very well," L murmured. He rolled out of bed and began picking through the clothes in the closet.

Light began making breakfast for L and the children, who were still asleep.

L, Light, Ichigo, and Candyce arrived at headquarters at eight. L was still in a bad mood, considering the outfit he had to wear to disguise himself.

Matsuda was there to greet them at the door. "Wow, you…you…"

"I what, Matsuda?" L growled. He dumped a bag of books on the ground. Ichigo and Candyce immediately began pawing through them. "Have you anything unkind to say about Raito-kun and I sticking together?"

"N-no, I just-uh…why do you have a flower in your hair?"

L scowled. 'It matches the stupid sundress."

"And why are you wearing a sundress?"

L patted his belly. "To disguise the fact that I am a pregnant male."

Matsuda laughed uneasily. "Wow, you're really popping them out, aren't you. You and Light must be…" He trailed off with a whimper as Light glared at him.

"Don't be mean to Matsu-kun," Misa demanded, wrapping her arms around him.

L and Light shared a surprised look. "I pity their children," L mouthed.

Light smirked. "So, Misa, finally given up on me?"

Misa scowled. "Raito-kun was cheating on me with that-that….cross dresser!" She pointed an accusing finger at the started L. "At least Matsuda is a gentleman."

Light covered up a snicker with a cough. "Yes, you two make a perfect couple"

L smiled warmly at Light. "Come, Raito-kun. Let's see if anyone has found anything at all."

L settled into his old desk chair, his feet firmly on the floor. He was far too pregnant to even think of balancing on his feet. Light settled into the chair next to him and rolled up close to the computer.

"Mommy!" a piercing voice shrieked.

L rubbed at his forehead tiredly as Ichigo came running around the corner.

"Mom, Candyce ripped my book," Ichigo said vehemently, his chocolate eyes boiling over with rage.

L pushed himself from the computer and let his wheeled desk chair carry him over to the couch. L eased himself out of his chair and flopped onto the couch, indicating for Ichigo to sit beside him.

"Now, what is your complaint?' L murmured.

"Candyce defaced my anthropology book," Ichigo grumbled.

"Haven't you already read that one?"

"Yes," Ichigo admitted reluctantly.

"And memorized it?"

"Yes," Ichigo sighed.

"Then what seems to be the problem?"

"I was trying to show her a picture and she ripped it out of my book," Ichigo growled.

"Candyce, come here please," L beckoned lazily.

Candyce looked down at the ground, her long dark hair covering her face as L addressed her. "Candyce, you know it is impolite to destroy another's property."

"Yes," Candyce murmured almost inaudibly.

"Now please apologize to Ichigo and try to play nicely."

Candyce scowled at Ichigo, her blue eyes icy. "Sorry," she said sourly. She grabbed up her book from the floor and ran off into the other room. Ichigo clambered onto Light's lap and demanded to see what Light was doing.

L sighed wearily. "Such quarrelsome children."

"They're perfectly normal, I would think," Matsuda murmured.

"Yes, but they have extensive vocabularies. Candyce has inherited my looks, my desire for solitude, and Raito-kun's temper. Every time Ichigo tries to be sociable, she resorts to violence. Ichigo has inherited Raito-kun's good looks, Raito-kun's sociability, and my submissive nature."

"Stop that," Light growled from across the room.

"I'm not submissive," Ichigo declared. "I'm going to be just like dad."

Light ruffled Ichigo's hair, which was styled almost like his own. "Good boy. We'll let mom handle Candyce."

L scowled. "This would all be manageable if our children were not fluent in the curse words of other languages."

"They speak other languages?" Matsuda gasped. "They're only six, right?"

"Yes, and quite precocious little brats."

"Ryuuzaki, Ichigo can hear you," Light warned. "He's the good one, remember?"

"It is usually his fault that such conflicts occur," L said stiffly. "Candyce likes her space. Typical female behavior, I'm sure. And when her space is violated, she becomes quite fearsome."

L turned a pleading gaze on Matsuda. "Don't have children, please. They're much too difficult and take away anytime you may have with your significant other."

Matsuda looked startled. "Misa doesn't want children."

"Thank god," L murmured, slumping further into the couch.

Misa frowned at L suspiciously.

"So, no one's found anything, right?" Matsuda asked.

L cast a sidelong look at Light and shook his head. "No, nothing."

Light glanced at L's successors. Matt was playing Warcraft on the computer. Mello was standing behind Matt, one hand resting on Matt's shoulder as he watched. Near was playing in the corner with a Lego castle. He looked up at Light and shook his head.

"Guess not," Light muttered. "So, the case is closed?"

L nodded affirmative. "It is closed. Kira's identity shall remain unknown. Thank you to all who participated in this case. You may now return to your previous lives."

Light took Ichigo and Candyce by the hand and led them outside. L waited until everyone had left and then locked the door to headquarters. The files and computers would remain there, untouched….unless Kira rose again.

The End