DISCLAIMER: Do NOT own Death Note or L (sadly…)
NOTE: I'm making this because I actually don't know how his past is like, except that he's an orphan so I'll make it up ok? If you know the real story then please tell me. Otherwise, enjoy! Sorry if there are any signs of OOC-ness… And I apologize in advance for all the stuff that will happen… Especially in L's past…
Family…
Something I was deprived off…
So many years ago…
But then again…
Having no family…
Might be a good idea…
L gazed into the distance, the sun setting in the West. The whole Kira case was coming to an end. He knew for sure.
But as he is as sure as it is going to be good, something bad is bound to happen…
This is why his past returns…
FLASHBACK
"Why! Why are you alive?!?!?"
"Oww! Mama! Stop it please!"
"Why can't you just disappear?!??! How come you're alive and not him!?"
The young boy ran out as soon as the woman loosened her grip on his hair. The woman, with her long black hair draped around her, dropped herself onto the chair and started sobbing. She looked to the entranceway, where the boy had gone.
"Come back! Please! Don't leave me!"
Hiding behind the door, the young boy held himself close and held back the tears. She will calm down soon and after that, he will go home.
"Mama…"
"Yo Lawliet!" The young boy looked up to see a boy 10 years older smirking down at him.
"Crying again Lawliet?" the boy asked. Lawliet felt his face go red and frowned.
"I'm not crying, Joshua!" he snapped, standing up.
"Uh-huh…" his friend turned to leave.
"You coming?"
Still frowning, Lawliet followed him off into town. Only being 6 years old, he stuck to his friend closely, especially in town. Joshua smirked again and walked faster.
"Be a man Lawliet!" he said loudly as Lawliet started running after him.
"Wait!" Lawliet squeaked as Joshua got too competitive and started running. Of course, Joshua is 16 and because of that, is a lot faster.
Lawliet stopped and looked around nervously. Having lost his friend in the crowd, he felt a sudden fear of loneliness.
Afraid he may be, Lawliet kept on walking forward in the direction he assumed Joshua went.
"Joshua!" he called out but no response. The people just walked past him as if he wasn't even there. Then a big fat man knocked into him, pushing him over. Grazing his elbow, Lawliet tried not to cry and, as his deceased father always used to tell him, walked it off.
However, even for a 6-year-old, the pain was excruciating and Lawliet could not stop the tears from streaming out of his eyes. The people around ignored him, thinking of him as an orphan and there was no point in helping a street orphan.
Lawliet sat in an alleyway and started sobbing. "Mama…" he said softly, "I'm scared…"
"In that case maybe you should go home." Lawliet turned around and hugged Joshua as he came out of the shadows.
"Where were you?" Lawliet asked. Joshua smirked again. He held Lawliet's arm gently and looked at the graze.
"Ooh pretty bad," he said, "Come with me, I'll get it all cleaned up so your mama won't be angry at you."
Holding his hand, Joshua led him to his home. Leaning his head on him, Lawliet smiled.
"Joshua… You're my brother ok?"
Lawliet looked around the one-roomed house and noticed that no one was at home. He ran over to the window and looked out at the town.
"Uwaa!!! They look so small!" Lawliet turned to Joshua who stood right behind him. Smiling, he led Lawliet away from the window and shut the blinds.
"Lie here," he said, showing Lawliet the bed, "And take off your clothes…"
"Why?"
"Just trust me… It'll help you better with your graze…"
And then it started raining…
L looked up at the black sky. He didn't even feel the cold rain drench him. Sighing, he wished so much that he could drown in this rain. Or the rain that fell 19 years ago…
Lawliet wiped the tears away and put his clothes back on. Joshua faced him.
"Don't tell anyone of this incident," he mumbled, "Or your mother will die… And I can guarantee that."
Joshua smirked again and kissed Lawliet's cheek. "Innocence is so fragile," he said and laughed coldly as Lawliet ran out.
He sat down on a ditch and held himself close. He didn't even care if the rain was soaking through his thin clothes or the worm wiggling around underneath him.
All he wanted was to disappear.
Finally, after a long cry, Lawliet got up and left for home. With the rain blurring his vision, he ran straight onto the road and due to that, nearly got ran over by a large car.
"Are you stupid??!?!?!" the driver yelled out, "Do you wanna die?!?!?!"
"That's… Not a bad idea…" Lawliet thought as he stood up. He just smiled.
"You stupid kid"
"Vincent…"
Lawliet looked up to an elderly yet kind face. He smiled down at the young boy and knelt down to face him at his eye level.
"Are you alright?" he asked. Lawliet looked away.
"Y-Yes…" he mumbled and ran off.
"That kid's messed up in the head…" started the younger and more vulgar man.
The old man stood up.
A smile slowly appeared on L's face as he thought of how young the old man was. It wasn't much of a difference. He'd probably grown more.
He sneezed and looked out at the city below him.
Lawliet ran and ran till his legs started hurting but he didn't stop. Somehow, deep down, he knew that something had gone wrong when he spoke to the man.
He got home and sighed with relief. His mother was fine. He'd rather her turn around that instant and beat him than what he'd thought.
"Mama! I'm home!" he said happily but as he moved in closer, she dropped to the ground like a life-sized rag doll and Joshua looked at Lawliet as he cleaned the blood off his knife.
"Mama!"
Lawliet ran over to his mother and held her. She looked at him weakly and smiled.
"My dear," she said softly, "I'm sorry…"
"Mama…" Lawliet cried, "Mama!"
As she slowly slipped away, Lawliet didn't realize Joshua sneaking up behind him.
"I told you not to tell anyone…" he said, grabbing Lawliet by the throat.
"I-I didn't tell anybody!" Lawliet choked, "I didn't…"
Joshua's grip tightened, making Lawliet loose what was left of air he had.
"Don't bullshit with me," he whispered lustfully in Lawliet's ear, "You were speaking to two men before…"
If Lawliet wasn't hanging two centimetres in the air trying to breathe, he'd kicked himself. Joshua had been following. That was how he knew…
"Mama…"
"Mama? Is that all you can say???"
"Ma-ma…"
As he slowly slipped away from life, a gunshot rang in his ear, missing him only by inches but actually saving his life. As he tried to breathe, he could almost make out Joshua on the ground and blood pouring out of the wound where the bullet struck.
"Kid you k?"
Lawliet looked up as the man… Vincent was it, was about to give him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
"Vincent, take the boy outside," said the other man as he put his gun away. Without saying anything, Vincent grabbed the still-breathing Joshua by the collar and dragged him out.
Lawliet looked at the old man who bent down to look at his mother. Getting up, he pushed the man away.
"Don't touch her!" he screamed as more tears fell. The old man knelt in front of him and looked at him seriously.
"Your mother…" he started and shook his head. Lawliet looked down to his mother and this time held the old man and started crying.
"What's your name?" the old man asked.
"L-Lawliet…"
"Well Lawliet, would you like to come with me to a new home?" Lawliet looked up at the smiling face and knew, for the first time, that he'll be appreciated for being alive.
"Ryuuzaki!" L turned around to the shades. Yagami Raito frowned slightly and yelled although his words could not reach him. Smirking L cupped his hand to his ear, signalling to him that he could not hear.
"What are you doing here Ryuuzaki?" Raito asked, his tone slightly annoyed.
"Oh just thinking about some memories…"
THE END