CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES

Summary: Light changes the plan in the last minute – gets L's name from Rem and blackmails him to submission in order to use him for his own purposes… How Kira will proceed with his plans for utopia and how much will L have of it… you'll see. WARNING: Eventual Yaoi, but it's not the main focus of the plot.

Rating: T for now, but will reach M at some point

Spoilers: MANY

Disclaimer: I don't own anything.

Note: It starts kind of slow, but I need to set up the scene first, sorry… From Chapter 3, things get more dynamic. I'll be updating frequently, so don't worry about that 

Chapter 1

Light was sitting in the investigation headquarters, staring at his computer screen, daydreaming, while around him the whole team was hectic and busy, buzzing around with unnecessary tasks, which they believed to be important. L was silent too, sitting to the left of his would-be-murderer, probably contemplating his next move, which could only be… the one Kira had anticipated. After the capture of the third Kira, the moment of Lights' victory was so close.

After regaining his memories of the Death note and his original plan of making Rem kill L, Light Yagami should have just sat and gloated while waiting for his victory…

But for some reason, Light wasn't satisfied with his old scheme.

Everything was going according to plan. The taskforce was unconditionally on Light's side - everyone was not only convinced in his innocence, but also during his time of being handcuffed to Ryuuzaki, Light had proved himself to the investigation team as righteous, reliable and almost L's match at intelligence. At the same time Light was charming and amiable, unlike the eccentric detective, who the taskforce could barely tolerate, and Light knew that if something were to happen to L, nobody would put any suspicion on the ex-Kira suspect.

If Ryuuzaki were to die, Light was going to manipulate the team into wanting to hide the detective's death from the world and let the student pose with the title L. Being both Kira and L was going to be extremely convenient for Light. However, the brilliant young man knew that even he would have trouble pretending to be L, given that the world's greatest detective had too many contacts of great importance and had kept his secrets out of reach. The lack of information and the need to communicate with intelligence parties made the scene slippery even for Light. Also, Light didn't know if L had any secret associates, who might come looking for him. Killing Ryuuzaki was long sorted out, but when Light had come up with the Shimigami plan, he had not known just how deep this water ran.

Furthermore, due to the time spent working with Ryuuzaki, Light had understood just how well L functioned. He wasn't the world's three greatest detectives for no reason. In fact, Light was rather furious that he was forced to dispose of such potential, just because the bastard had chosen to oppose him. If instead of killing L, Light had Ryuuzaki on his side, working for Kira… than Kira was going to be unstoppable.

The two young geniuses had the same way of thinking, while possessing different skills and qualities, in a way that made up for each other's flaws and made them a perfect team. L was analytical and detached enough to work like a sensor, processing information without a bias, while Light's mind worked in a more creative way, drawing sense from diverse sources, reaching for the philosophical as well as the factual. Ryuuzaki could do the "revealing" part. Light was going to do the "delivering divine judgment" part.

Also, it was pitiful that Light had only depended on TV and the Japanese police's archives while being Kira before his confinement. If he had had L's resources from the beginning… Sure, he should have them even if Ryuuzaki died, but would Watari let him use them, or would the geezer delete everything? Anyway, if however, L was providing the information for Kira, then Light could reign supreme over all.

There was far more gain in keeping Ryuuzaki, if the stubborn bastard would only realize that Light had won, and would admit that Light was superior and was true justice. If only Ryuuzaki could see the truth in Light's idealism, understand the divine calling, which was the incidental discovery of the death note… Ryuuzaki had been a truly worthy enemy and would have made a perfect match for an ally. Because, unlike the taskforce, who were merely normal people, who took little notice of anything beyond the superficial, Light was able to see beyond the disheveled looks, the horrible social skills and bad posture of the detective. Light had become aware of the power, which that pale, gaunt man had come to have over whole nations, and the full potential that his words possessed to influence the course of the world.

Thus, decided. Light thought. It might not be too late now to turn the tide… What am I thinking?! Of course I can change the course of events; after all, this is my own grand scheme. I put it into motion, I can stop it too. Nothing is impossible for me now.

Propping his chin on his hand, Light secretly averted his eyes sideways. He had been daydreaming for a while now, but no one seemed to have noticed. Light took care not to stare openly at Ryuuzaki, who was toying with his food instead of working, or so it seemed.

You don't know how lucky you are, annoying bastard. I just decided to spare your life! I wish you knew – right in this moment that you are playing with your damned-cookies, I just wish that I could see realization on your face right-NOW. Fucker… why am I even letting you live?!

In the back of Light's chest, a weird feeling that he didn't want to acknowledge played, even now when he looked at Ryuuzaki. Before his memory returned… he had admired that man somewhat, hadn't he. Light hated that. He couldn't possibly be looking up to his enemy, damn it! Or hold any other type of interest besides the clearly professional one. They were never truly friends. Ryuuzaki was better than that. He had just played along, the bastard. Yeah, Ryuuzaki was good. That's why he was still needed.

This feeling will go away – no need to kill him just because he is causing me disturbance. And I know my reasons – I will benefit from his intelligence, resources, ties, contacts, skills… And he will serve me. I'll love to have him submit. I want him to be under me, just like he held me under his control until recently. Then he'll admire Kira. He'll admit I'm superior. I am justice.

Ryuuzaki lazily rolled his black eyes from the cookie pinched between two of his fingers to look to the side, right into Light's peering eyes. Light looked away before he could stop himself. Even though his peripheral vision didn't cover Ryuuzaki anymore, he could practically feel the listless gaze boring wholes into his head.

Light chose to ignore this all-too-familiar feeling. Instead, he thought that he needed to talk to Rem in private immediately. That is why he announced that he was headed towards to bathroom and as he excited the room gave Rem the most meaningful stare he could, hoping that the Shimigami wasn't completely insensitive to hints.