Alright guys, since it's already the last chapter, it came out kind of short. I didn't want to drag the plot along and make it boring, so I got to the point. There was supposed to be a chapter where Raito's Dad catches them, but I decided not to make that. Anyway, here's the last chapter.
Chapter Seven: In the Dark
"Ryuzaki, it's already been more than a week, hasn't it?"
"A week, since what?"
"...Since we had sexual relations with each other."
"...I didn't know you still had that on your mind, Raito-kun. ... Yes. It has been 2 months in fact."
"Do you still feel like doing it?"
"No...I'm trying to focus on the case, you know."
"We already found the notebook. What more is there to focus on?"
"There is...another notebook out there. I know it."
After 2 months of investigating, Ryuzaki and Raito had finally found what Kira used to kill his victims. A black notebook...it seemed all so bizzare to Ryuzaki. A regular looking notebook, with the ability to deliver ultimate punishment. Then again, this whole case was bizzare. Kira, the super-natural mass murderer. He had finally caught someone whom he could call guilty, Kyosuke Higuchi, but he had died soon after confessing. The case had to go on. The note book had several rules inside it, mainly how to use the notebook for killing. A How To for killing human beings...it made Ryuzaki sick. He flipped to the back cover, eyeing the second to the last rule of killing. If the person using the note fails to consecutively write names of people to be killed within thirteen days of each other, the user will die. This meant that Raito being seen without having a notebook for so long, was not Kira. Ryuzaki should have been pleased. But, he wasn't. Not at all.
The handcuffs, of course, were now removed. Raito however continued to work along side with Ryuzaki, saying he wasn't going to let Kira escape after so much hell he had gone through. But after seeing Higuchi's death, Ryuzaki noticed that something about Raito had changed. Mainly, the way he talked, reacted, and the expressions he made, they were all so cold.
"You sure you don't feel like it, Ryuzaki?" Raito still prodded at the subject. "It's late, everyone has gone home." Raito brushed his hand lightly against Ryuzaki's cheek, only for his wrist to be swatted at by Ryuzaki's long thin fingers. Raito stared at Ryuzaki, with a nearly blank look.
"I'm in no mood to be touched, Raito-kun." Ryuzaki explained, turning back to the computer screen. Raito frowned.
"You don't want me to touch you...that's a new one." He huffed. Despite Ryuzaki's previous statement, he placed his hand on Ryuzaki's shoulder. Ryuzaki didn't take his eyes off of the computer screen.
"Get your hand off of me." Ryuzaki demanded. "I will not hesitate any further if you continue this." Raito didn't take the warning seriously. He kissed Ryuzaki on the cheek. Ryuzaki quickly snatched his hands at Raito's neck, pulling Raito to face him. Raito held hints of shock in his stare, but also hints of anger. Ryuzaki glared intensely at the boy.
"What's wrong with you?" Raito asked, not in the least bit afraid of Ryuzaki. Ryuzaki stared into Raito's eyes for what seemed like hours.
Murderer.Ryuzaki thought to himself, scowling at Raito. You hold hell in the glimmer of your eyes. I can hear the scream of your victims. I can see the blood, it is practically smeared across that guilty face of yours. Kira...
Raito still leaned in pressing Ryuzaki lightly on the lips, though Ryuzaki's hands were still locked on Raito's neck. Ryuzaki kissed back furiously, biting on Raito's tongue, just hard enough to make Raito uncomfortable. Raito pulled out of the kiss.
"...That...was a bitter kiss, Ryuzaki." Raito said, licking his lips.
"Yes. Now don't touch me." Ryuzaki said, turning back to the computer. Raito frowned, leaning towards Ryuzaki.
"You know that...I still love you...don't you?" Raito asked softly. Ryuzaki turned to see actual sorrow in Raito's eyes. He scowled at Raito, turning away. Raito tensed. Damn it, Ryuzaki. He thought to himself. He knows I'm Kira, and he hates me for it..but I still love him... Raito clenched his fists. I...am Kira..but I still love Ryuzaki. I really hate that I am still in love with him. I still love him, with all my heart. But, as Kira, if he ever catches me, he will kill me. Raito shook his head as Ryuzaki's words came into his mind. "Killing the one you love is only something a mad man would do." ...No... He squeezed his eyes shut as all the moments he spent with Ryuzaki, all the precious moments he spent together with him were relived in that one second. " Whether I should or not, Raito-kun, I'm afraid I am deeply in love with you, as it is..." ...No...No..No...Ryuzaki wants to send me to death. If I do not believe this, then I might die falling for Ryuzaki!!
Bringing his mind back to the room, Raito listened to Ryuzaki typing furiously at the desk. Raito rubbed his eyes. The only way to save myself from this situation is either to...stop being Kira...or just kill Ryuzaki. Kill...my love...that would make me a mad man. But that's what I intended to do all along. Kill L. Kill Ryuzaki. Stop the heart that loves me so much. Destroy the love that we share.
Ryuzaki pounded his fingers against the keys, letting out a frustrated groan. "Ryuzaki, what are you typing anyway?" Raito asked, looking curiously over to L's screen. It was a black screen with white characters appearing as Ryuzaki pounded the characters in. What the last line said so far was...
If you are currently reading this message, it means that I am dead now. The following documents should inform you about what I've learned about the Kira case. Please study them with thought, and take them as my
"What are you typing that for?" Raito asked. Ryuzaki looked up at Raito.
"You sure are nosy..." Ryuzaki huffed. "Just in case I die."
"Stop saying things like that, you aren't going to die." Raito said, creating an irritated tone.
"You.." Ryuzaki paused. "...are a liar..." his voice was shaking scarcely, his voice cracked. Raito blinked, and turned Ryuzaki to his direction. Ryuzaki's eyes glistened. They were moist, full of sorrow. Raito stared at Ryuzaki for a small moment, before Ryuzaki hid his face in his knees. "Go home." Ryuzaki said quietly.
"Ryuzaki, why are you crying?" Raito asked. He could feel his heart sinking slowly.
"Go home..." Ryuzaki said quietly in his knees. "Go with that damn girl and live your life..." It sounded as if Ryuzaki was in terrible pain, as if he had been stabbed in the back. That was exactly how he felt.
Raito's stare remained on Ryuzaki for a long period of time. Finally he mustered the strength to get up and leave Ryuzaki to himself. When Raito had left, Ryuzaki pulled his trembling body out of the chair that he sat in. Attempting to walk forward, he stumbled and fell on his face. "Ggghh!" A flustered squeal made it's way through Ryuzaki's clenched teeth. He chewed on the sleeve of his shirt to release frustration, but he couldn't stop the tears from flowing down his cheeks. He covered his face, squeezing at it with his fingers. When did I become so pathetic?! Why did I let Raito trick me into thinking that he loved me?! Ryuzaki screamed inside, feeling like he was being ripped in half. "Liar...Liar...Yagami Raito, you're a rotten liar..!" Ryuzaki attemted to shout these words, but his voice was broken from the sobs he was desperately holding back. He ended up ringing them out of his throat, his voice cracking. The sound of thunder outside exploded through the building, when the blackout happened. Ryuzaki held himself silent. Breathing scarcely, he stared into the darkness surrounding him. He couldn't see a thing, a single sign of movement. A single sound except for thunderclaps. He might as well have been blind. Ryuzaki stood in the pitch black darkness, walking around, reaching around for something to grab onto. I need some fresh air...maybe I can find my way out of this darkness. While probably walking towards a door, Ryuzaki grabbed at the walls. Soon enough, he gripped onto something warm, that moved. He heard an abrupt gasp when he touched it. The warmth that he grabbed at was an arm. "Raito-kun?"
"Ryuzaki..."
Anger surged through Ryuzaki at the sound at Raito's voice. He gripped onto Raito's arm painfully. A moment later, he crouched down, to where Raito would be if he could see anything.
"You didn't leave at all, but hid in the hall way and watched me." Ryuzaki said, as more of a statement than a question.
"Yeah..." Raito answered back in the darkness. Thunder rumbled in the background as Ryuzaki seethed quietly to himself.
"I must seem really pathetic to you..." Ryuzaki sighed softly.
Raito held himself silent for a few seconds. "It doesn't matter..I see myself as pathetic too..." He breathed.
"What are you talking about?" Ryuzaki asked.
"I was supposed to do something very important. But I'm giving it up to stay with you, Ryuzaki. Because I'm too afraid to do it..." Raito sighed. Ryuzaki felt arms wrap around him in the darkness, as he was pulled closer to the warmth of Raito's torso. "Ryuzaki, can I make a confession..?"
Ryuzaki stared into the darkness, but he would have stared at Raito if he could see him. "Confession?" He repeated.
"Ryuzaki..." Raito whispered softly. "I am Kira...and the thirteen days rule is fake..." Raito gripped tighter as he heard Ryuzaki gasp, and felt him try to yank away. He breathed slowly, and pulled Ryuzaki closer to him. "Please, hear me out.." Ryuzaki shook in Raito's arms, breathing unsteady. Raito guessed that it was anger more than fear. "Before we caught Higuchi, I was not Kira. I had no memories of the notebook. During that time, Ryuzaki...I fell in love with you..." Raito said, his stomach becoming uneasy. "Don't say shit about me being a liar. I am in real love with you." He used a firmer tone to say this. Ryuzaki stayed silent.
"You are Kira...You killed B, you killed Naomi..." Ryuzaki paused. "And you're trying to kill me. You do not love me, Raito."
"I was trying to kill you..." Raito corrected. "and a part of me still hates you. For being L, for humiliating me, for threatening to send me to death...I hate you..." Ryuzaki was surprised that Raito was still holding him as he said this. "Ryuzaki...I don't want to hate you."
Ryuzaki would have gawked at Raito if he could see his face.
"But as Kira, I can't help it. I hate you - no - Kira hates you with all of his soul."
"You are Kira. Don't talk in the third person." Ryuzaki insisted.
"No...Ryuzaki..when you become possessed with the power to kill, it's like an evil spirit takes over. It corrupts your mind, and your memories, your entire life. You and my dad said this once, that the power to kill brings misfortune. Look at what it's done to me..." Raito breathed scarcely. "Ryuzaki, I don't want to be this anymore. I want to love you."
The sound of thunder rang through the building again. Startled, Ryuzaki gripped onto Raito tighter. He exhaled, then looked to Raito in the darkness. "Even if you say that, Raito...you are still Kira...you're going to kill me, aren't you?"
"No...only a mad man would kill the one he loves." Raito paused, holding Ryuzaki tighter. "Whether I should or not, Ryuzaki, I am already deeply in love with you..."
"You are going to kill me. You can't just ignore being defeated by your greatest enemy." Ryuzaki insisted. Raito moved one arm from around Ryuzaki, and dug into his jacket. He pulled something out.
"Ryuzaki, I am holding the notebook." Raito told Ryuzaki.
"Do you want to know my name...?"
Silence.
"Would you tell me your name?"
"I don't care anymore. I can't stand this..." Ryuzaki said, burrying his face in Raito's shirt. "My name is L La--"
"Don't tell me, I'm not going to kill you, damn it!" Raito shouted.
"Raito-kun...I love you...I don't want to be hated by you...if you need to, kill me." Ryuzaki said softly.
"Listen to me, Ryuzaki!" Raito demanded. "I'm not going to kill you. I'm going to...give up ownership of the notebook."
Raito felt Ryuzaki's head move up. "Ownership..."
"As soon as I give up ownership of the notebook, I will no longer be Kira. I will return to being Raito, the one who fell in love with you, the one you fell in love with. I will no longer remember anything about the killing I did, or what I said that related to me being Kira..." Raito took a deep breath. "Do what you want, to punish me for my crimes. I know I can't just sweep murder under the rug." He gripped the notebook nervously in his hand. "Ryuzaki, if you do anything to ruin Misa's life, that shinigami named Rem will kill you. There's no point in capturing her since she hasn't regained memories of the notebook either." He suddenly realized that Rem was probably listening too. "Rem, if you kill Ryuzaki, I will kill myself, eventually leading Misa to kill herself. It'd be best just to let me do this..."
Raito heard nothing from Rem but a sigh. With that, he loosened his grip on the notebook. "Ryuzaki, this is all for you." He dropped the notebook to the ground. The sound of the notebook hitting the floor echoed through the emptiness of the hallways. Raito's head hung over Ryuzaki's, and his arms went limp. When Ryuzaki felt this, he took hold of Raito.
"Raito-kun?" Ryuzaki called softly.
"The shock of losing so much memory must have knocked him out." The shinigami's voice broke the silence. "I don't know whether he will remember that conversation that you just had, but he won't remember being Kira." Rem told him.
Grabbing the notebook, Rem spread her wings. "I'm going to take this notebook back to the shinigami realm." Ryuzaki held Raito in his arms, more focused on Raito than he was on Rem. "L Lawliet." Rem suddenly caught Ryuzaki's attention. "I'm sure you heard Yagami Raito say this, but I'm going to remind you.. if you kill Misa orRaito, I will kill you."
Ryuzaki breathed slowly. "I don't plan to." He replied.
"Then, I will count on you to take good care of them both." Rem said. "Farewell." A sound of wings flapping startled Ryuzaki, but it quickly faded. He turned his attention back to Raito. He held him in his arms for what seemed like an hour before he felt Raito move around slightly.
"Raito-kun..." Ryuzaki whispered, to check if Raito was awake yet. Raito didn't respond. After a short silence, Ryuzaki gently placed his lips over Raito's, as a loving thank you. Unexpectedly, Ryuzaki felt Raito's lips move, kissing Ryuzaki back.
"After the previous night, I have decided to declare this case closed." Ryuzaki said, digging a fork into his cake. The task force members stared at Ryuzaki in disbelief.
"But, Ryuzaki, we haven't found out who Kira is yet!" Matsuda insisted. "Higuchi died, and.."
"Raito confessed that he was Kira last night." Ryuzaki explained. Matsuda stared at Ryuzaki, and so did the other task force members. Ryuzaki looked over to the chief. "Isn't that right, Yagami-san? You heard the cellphone recording."
Soiichiro nodded. "He confessed to everything, even the thirteen days rule being fake, that he wanted to kill L, and..." The chief coughed. Ryuzaki turned his gaze away from the cheif.
"Basically, Raito-kun confessed, and gave up being Kira. He no longer has memories of the killings he did." Ryuzaki explained. "Rem-san decided to take the notebook back to the shinigami realm, which means we won't have to worry about it ever again, unless another shinigami drops a notebook."
"So, what's going to happen with Raito-kun?" Matsuda asked curiously.
"Well..." Ryuzaki hummed scratching his head. "Since being possessed by such an evil notebook was just unfortunate on Raito-kun's part, he will not be punished. However, since Raito did act as Kira on his own free will, I will be keeping permanent watch on him to see that he doesn't do anything suspicious."
"Eh? You're going to put cameras in his house again?"
"No, Raito will stay with me from now on." Ryuzaki explained. Another moment of gawking at Ryuzaki.
"Cheif, are you really okay with this?" Matsuda asked, turning to Soichiiro.
"Well, I'm sure Raito won't mind." Soichiiro answered nervously.
Matsuda blinked. "What about Misa?"
"Misa-san believes that Raito has succeeded the name of L. She won't be bothered if Raito is gone for long periods of time, and to keep her from getting upset, I'll allow Raito to see her for a week every two months." Ryuzaki took a bite of his cake. "But don't worry about that. We have now successfully solved the Kira case. You may go back to your regular lives. It was a pleasure to work with all of you."
The great detective L sat in a dark room, the bright screen of a desktop computer illuminating his face. He found that he was constantly watching the time. A beep sounded from his computer speakers.
"L, there's been a murder in Washington. The way the victim died was very similar to the five other murders in Oregon. I'm sending you pictures now."
"Thank you, Watari."
L pressed button on his microphone off, and curled up on the floor sighing. On the far side of the room, a beam of light shone through the darkness, and then waned away. L turned his head slighlty.
"Back already?" L asked in a playful tone.
Raito smiled at L. "I didn't want to leave you alone for too long."
"Raito-kun, you're supposed to stay with her a week." L reminded him, sitting up. Raito crouched down and kissed L on the cheek.
"I missed you, you know." He whispered softly.
"I missed you too." L replied. Raito wrapped his arms around L from behind, hugging his back to his chest. He looked over to L's computer, seeing the pictures that Watari sent.
"Another case.." Raito sighed.
"I'm sorry if the images bother you."
"Mind if I help a bit on this one?" Raito asked, grabbing at the mouse. L shifted from Raito's arms.
"Being the world's greatest detective, do you really think I need help?" L hummed, watching Raito scroll through the information.
"No, but it would be useful just in case you get a bit distracted." Raito said, examining a photo carefully.
"Distracted." L repeated.
"Yeah, distracted." Raito replied, kissing L softly on the lips. L didn't hesitate to kiss back.
"I see what you mean by that now, Raito-kun." L smiled. Raito clicked a button on the computer screen.
"Looking at the gashes in this victims chest, I'd say that this was done with a switchblade. By a young man or a teenager." Raito decided."Any suspects?"
L nodded.
"By the way, Raito-kun, do you remember the Kira case?" L asked.
"You ask that as if I could forget. That whole case is the reason I met you." Raito reminded him.
"I was wondering something. Do you remember what you said and did before you passed out?"
Raito looked over to L. "I...could never forget that. Even if I was supposed to. I remember it vividly.Those moments in the dark... I can't remember all of my thoughts clearly, but I remember that I hated hearing you cry." He answered.
L cuddled closely to him. "I want to thank you for that...for sparing my life."
"Likewise." Raito wrapped his arms around L and held him closer to his chest. L blushed.
"Your heart still races..." He said softly. Raito nodded.
"Those handcuffs you made us wear, sometimes I kind of miss them." Raito sighed. "It was like our bond of love in a visible form."
"What, you want to wear love chains again, Raito-kun?" L asked smiling.
"Haha, that would be fun."
.END.
There, I finally finished it. :D I really struggled on whether I should make Raito kill L or not, but I decided not to let that happen, because I'm such a good person. . I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it.