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CHAPTER 9: Decided

L woke up later than his usual waking time. The sun was already risen, painting a golden glow on the opposite side of the shades.

He was intertwined with his two lovers. He felt happy, but he distrusted the happiness. His feelings had been partially hijacked, he knew, and so he couldn't be sure if any particular feeling was truly his own or not.

My lovers. They are a couple of murderers! What will I do with them?

It was so satisfying to be with them, though. Not just sexually, but socially. Everything about the situation felt right. L craved the touch of their soft, warm bodies, tangled with his own. He liked living with them. It was very domestic.

It feels right because Light made me this way. No, that isn't correct either. I'm trying to blame Light, but the truth is that I might have chosen them to be my lovers of my own free will, if neither of them had turned out to be Kira. It is only this circumstance forming an obstacle.

I wasn't heterosexual enough to completely preclude the possibility of being attracted to Light. Their personalities are fine except where they've been damaged by their crimes, the sex is great, and so is the companionship.

Misa is a little bit too loud and hyperactive for my tastes, but it is not bad enough to be the sort of thing that I can't put up with or work around.

Misa murmured in her sleep. L wanted to kiss her. The light was painting the room with dim golden tones, highlighting her hair in places with a bright blaze.

What will I do with them?

I'll do exactly what I always do with murderers. I'll protect the world from them. I am justice.

Both of the Kiras were stirring, becoming a bit more wakeful. L kept his body very still, to not disturb them, and even tried to breathe more softly, as he turned over everything in his mind and examined it again. There were really only two things to do, the same two options that had been there ever since they had taken him out of his imprisonment.

There was the option of going along with things in a deceptive way, pretending to be obedient while testing for any loophole and ultimately planning to burn both the notebooks.

Light would have tried hard to think of every way of control to prevent that course of action, but it was not impossible that there would still be a method to get around Light's control. It might be a very subtle and complex loophole that could only be grasped in unusual circumstances. Then, once the notebooks were burned, the world would be saved and Light and Misa would both become normal. There would be a lifetime of enjoying the two of them.

The other option was going along with their plan genuinely.

Either choice had Light and Misa remaining as his lovers and companions. It was unthinkable any other way. That much was satisfying; it lifted the pressure. It wasn't a question of harming his lovers. It was only a question of whether Kira would reign over the world or not.

Would Light lose his memories if both death notes were burned? It seemed logical, since Light's memories somehow resided in those notebooks. That would make the after-effects of one path easier to deal with, if the obstacles to burning those notebooks could be surmounted first.

L made his way to breakfast alone, thinking deeply, trying to cover every possibility. The decision was unbelievably momentous. It had been weighing on him all along, the facts lined up in front of him, the presumed consequences sorted through many times before, but the world deserved the most thorough evaluation possible.

L played with his food and said little even as the others joined him. He fled soon after finishing, choosing to sit near the door to the main entrance, the door flung wide so he could crouch there and stare out of it, at the wide world that had been changed by Light tyrannically and might be changed far more.

A cup of tea sat in a saucer near his right foot and he sipped it from time to time, contemplative. The day was not cold, and in a few places the first green buds of the new spring were beginning to show on tree branches.

The answer settled into him slowly.

Light could not be trusted unless he was willing to crack his facade, to give up control. That would be the test. Anything else was unacceptable.

L waited.

Eventually, Light wandered down to the entryway, Misa not far behind him, and said, "What are you doing here, L?"

"I'm listening to the world. I'm watching it. Should Light Yagami control this world? The question is still open."

Light sighed, leaning against the wall in his immaculate suit, and said, "I'm going to give people all the choices they can possibly have, other than committing major crimes. I'm not going to control the world politically, or in any other way that doesn't relate to crime. Though, if people can't kill each other, there won't be any wars. I need to utilize your intelligence; you're going to have just as much influence as I do, within my plan, once you decide to help."

Misa said, "Yeah. Better hurry up, crimes are happening every day!"

L took a long sip of tea, looking the pair over, considering that this was what might control the world. Three odd youngsters, all with their own problems and weaknesses.

The pair drifted closer to where L was crouched, almost in the doorway.

L quietly said, "I haven't decided yet, or I would be able to simply step outside by my own power. Light, what function do I perform for you, other than sexually or as a companion?"

"You're a genius, L. Nobody else could even come close to matching me, to challenging me. You're completely suited to helping me with this."

"I can assure you, there are other comparatively intelligent people out there, including those with a better moral compass than mine. Tell me, Light, am I your anchor? Do I ground you? Am I the one who will prevent you from ascending forever higher into your own madness and feelings of self-importance?"

Light flinched and then said, "I can never imagine that you'll sugar-coat anything for my benefit. You won't scrape and bow, but I don't want you that way. You wouldn't be you if you weren't abrasive and... yes, balancing. We make a great team. Even you admit that."

"Then I've decided. Let me show you something."

L stood up.

Light asked, "What are you going to show me?"

L mounted Light's back, earning a grunt.

L said, "This. Pull my legs up. I want to ride piggy-back. You can carry me outside, can't you? That's a loophole."

Light didn't cooperate. His arms hung loose at his sides and he swayed under the weight as L scrabbled for a secure perch.

Light said, "Why would I? You could walk outside yourself if you just decide that you're not going to betray us. When you're sure, you can come and go freely."

"Haven't you seen those motivational posters that say, 'If you love something, let it go. If it returns, it is yours. If it doesn't, it never was.'?"

"You're trying to convince me with appeals to emotion?"

"You did the same," L said, "when you couldn't remember you were Kira. You always said things like 'You don't think I'm the kind of person to be Kira, do you?' and then punched me if I said yes, instead of using any logic to deflect suspicion."

Light said, "That was because I knew there were some extremely suspicious circumstances pointing at me. I didn't have much logic to stand on, considering all the bizarre coincidences that would have needed to have happened in order for me to not be Kira."

"Your father and the others didn't see it that way."

"Well, that's because they don't think the way we do. I knew I had no chance of convincing you that I wasn't suspicious."

L slipped and tried to mount once more, his knees grasping for purchase on Light's hips.

"No," Light said, "you're not going outside. Now get down. You're heavy."

L clung to the unsteady platform of Light's back and shoulders and said, "You know how stubborn I am. I could easily stay here for many years and require extensive baby-sitting, which would slow down your plans. If I'm going to join you, it isn't going to be because you exerted pressure on me. I need to make this decision myself. You've already limited me from the worst forms of betrayal. You know that you're not going to die or be immediately arrested if you carry me out that door. True, it is a risk for you, that I might decide to not help you with the Kira scheme, but it is a risk you need to take."

"You're saying that if you join our side whole-heartedly, it will make a big difference, and that's worth the risk?"

"Yes," L said, "I'm saying exactly that. If you don't let me go, I promise you it will take at least years to convince me, and while I'm stuck here, I can become far more disruptive. In fact, I would have to become disruptive whether I planned to or not, because my boredom would drive me into it."

Light grunted, and shrugged L free to turn around and stare. L tried to mount again, but Light deflected it, sighed, and then said, "Misa, take his legs. I'll take his arms. We're carrying him outside."

"What? But what about your plans, Light?"

Light looked cross and said, "L is right. It's worth the risk, and he can't really harm us anyway. We have to let him go."

Misa approached, and in moments L was slung between them, Light carrying him by the arms and Misa struggling with both legs. Wobbily, they approached the threshold and L found his heart leaping for joy as he was carried over it, into the bright morning chill.

Misa dropped her end and said, "Ugh! I'll get a coat!"

As she went back in, L called out, "Bring Rem too!"

Light said, "Why?"

"Because I'm going to travel somewhere privately to talk with Rem. Depending on what she tells me, I will decide whether to support your scheme or not."

Light looked surprised and said, "Rem is bound to me. She has a limit. You hadn't figured this out?"

"I suspected it, but there was no confirmation. Then, order a car. It's a long drive. When the time comes, I'll leave you where I can watch you, but where you can't hear me."

Light took out his cellphone, ordered a limo, and didn't speak again until they were well along on the trip, beginning to exit Tokyo.

"I didn't recognize that address you gave the driver. It's between towns; is it a farm?"

"No. It is my grandmother's house."

Light looked startled. "I'm going to meet her?"

"She is deceased. I purchased her place some years ago for nostalgia's sake. It is isolated and a housekeeper arrives once a week to clean. Today, we will not be disturbed."

"Are you half-Japanese or a fourth?"

"One-fourth."

"I thought so, just from your looks. I couldn't find any records with your name."

As it should be. Everything has been erased.

L said, "My parents died when I was four. I barely remember them. I then lived in the house we are going to, until that grandmother died, when I was seven. I was sent to England to live with my other grandmother, who died when I was eight."

"That must have been difficult."

"It was a long time ago."

"Why are we going there now?"

L nibbled on a finger. "It's my very best place to think."

Silence settled over them, and eventually the driver turned on to a long, narrow, winding road, traversing up a mountainside with numerous switchbacks. Forest pressed thickly on both sides. Very few trees had leaves, but many were showing hints of spring, sprinkled with pale green buds.

Eventually the driver turned off on an almost-hidden driveway. Waves of nostalgia were washing over L, every bend and every rock enormously familiar.

The driver let them out in front of the house, but instead of going in, L skirted around and took a familiar stone-lined path. Light soon joined him and Rem soared overhead.

L stopped in a small clearing where there was a large, flat-topped boulder. He pointed at it and said, "Climb on that, Light. Stay here until I get you."

"Ah! There's snow!"

L said, "You can find a dry spot, or endure it. This is our bargain."

"Where are you going?"

"Up. There is a place where I can observe you, without being easily observed myself."

Light looked up-slope, and L was sure his gaze had picked out the correct feature immediately, another large boulder. Without waiting, L started up, breaking directly through the brush. There wasn't any easy path without going far around, and he was getting impatient.

Rem followed him with soft, slow flaps, and as he reached his destination and used the well-remembered hand-holds and foot-holds to climb up, she simply flew to the top. This boulder was on a sunnier slope, with no pockets of snow in its recesses. L fixed his eyes on Light's distant form below and crouched, nibbling on a finger. The best sort of thinking atmosphere was at once creeping over him.

L said, "They did it to themselves, didn't they? That was the purpose of depriving Light of his memories briefly. They recruited a Kira follower to make the deal for the eyes and then to look at Light's lifespan during the only time it could be visible. Am I correct?"

After a moment, Rem said, "Yes. They have both taken one day off their own lifespans. Otherwise, when this plan begins to work, it would be possible that someone might have thought of killing them. This makes them forever immune to death notes. They also wrote very pleasant deaths for themselves."

"Rem, do you only care for Misa, or do you care for Light as well?"

"I love Misa deeply. I have come to like Light."

"What do you think Misa and Light feel for me?"

"They do care for you, L Lawliet. Light could have left your intelligence intact but given you no choice in the matter, if he so wished."

"I know. That is a point in Kira's favor, but I still must decide according to what is best for the world. Rem, do you care about humans? In general, I mean?"

Rem replied, "Most of them are despicable creatures. I would not be bothered if they died."

L prodded at a lower lip, the chill mountain air making his head very clear, his thinking ultra-sharp. It was now time to ask the most important question.

"Rem, I assume that, caring deeply for Misa, you must also wish to uphold her happiness and her desires. Misa wants a beautiful world where humans have good lives. She has sacrificed much to get this world. For her sake, in honor of her work and her memory, you should wish that the world of humans does not become something terrible."

"You are trying to get me to betray Light?"

"No," L said, "not really. I am attempting to sort out some very complex issues. I want the outcome that Misa wants. The only disagreement is in the methods. What Light plans for the world is extremely dangerous."

Rem said, "Why? I don't understand."

L explained, "If the ways that humans are prevented from committing violent crimes were defined too broadly, then humans who are passive-aggressive in an intelligent enough way could turn everyone else into their slaves. It if were defined too narrowly, people who figured out the exact loopholes that would enable them to side-step the rules could rampage violently against a largely helpless populace. There could easily be issues with invasion of privacy, the ability to act in self-defense, and also there is the specter of unintended negative consequences that even the most intelligent of us can't anticipate beforehand."

On his own boulder, Light was shifting back and forth, trying to locate or create a dry spot he could sit on.

Rem said, "I believe Light's plan could go wrong, but isn't it better to try? This is a corrupt and horrible world."

"Trying to do good is a great start, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Light's plan started with murders. It was sullied from the very beginning. That's a bad sign, to start a utopia with murders. Even now, it is technically still murdering, if only by one day, and it deprives people of their free wills, at least in the area of serious criminal activity."

Rem was silent.

L said, "It seems inappropriate that myself, Light and Misa should preside over the entire world in this way. Our intelligence matters only so far. This is a situation where the slightest misstep in ethics could send the world into a nightmarish slavery. Do you understand?"

"I believe I do understand, but what alternatives are there? Only quitting now, and that would be cowardly."

"Rem, how long is this likely to last?"

Rem repeated, "How long?"

L said, "If the world ever becomes full of people who can no longer be killed by death notes because their date of death has already been written in one, every shinigami will become short on lifespan and the shinigami king will notice, probably putting an end to it all. How long would that be?"

Rem's bony shoulders moved in a shrug.

She said, "Judging from past events, it might be a thousand years."

L said, "Then, if Light's plan works, humanity could have a golden age like nothing that has ever existed, lasting perhaps a thousand years! This is something that requires serious consideration."

"Are you truly considering it, L Lawliet? Or are you only trying to manipulate me in some way?"

L honestly said, "A little of both, actually. You see, although what Light wishes is dangerous for the world, I doubt that I can personally stop it without creating an even greater risk. Light may have indeed controlled me in such a way that I can never sabotage the Kira scheme, or there might be a loophole. Yet, even if there is a loophole that I could someday discover and utilize, I estimate that any attempt would be much more likely to be a partial success instead of a complete success."

"A partial success is very bad?"

Really, you can't figure out that much, Rem?

L explained, "If I were to try to stop Light and only succeeded partway, then I wouldn't have actually stopped him, but I most likely would have made his operation visible to other parties. These other parties then would be likely to attempt to grab power for themselves. Light's plan is rather harmless in comparison to any power-hungry person or organization that would try to steal death notes from him. These other parties would try to dominate others for pleasure alone, force a political agenda, start wars, or do other truly terrible things."

Rem said, "I see. Misa would not want anything like that."

L said, "I would rather not support Kira, but I don't have much choice in this situation. I'm not willing to expose the entire world to tremendous risks simply in order to enforce my principles, my beliefs about free will. I have encountered many criminals in my life, many serial killers. Light isn't a complete monster. He is as good as it is possible to be while still killing so many people."

"What you are trying to say, is that you love him?"

L paused, surprised at Rem's insight, and then said, "Yes, I love him. I loved him in a way even before he kidnapped me, but I had never let myself think about it in those days."

"Human thinking is very convoluted."

"It is, Rem. I do not believe you truly understand it. That is why Light's plan could go wrong. Human minds are incredibly inventive, resourceful and unpredictable. In trying to control them, we may find that we can't truly control them in the ways we would wish. Then the temptation comes to exert even more control, but that takes people one step closer to being puppets, and perhaps it doesn't fully create the desired result either."

"Aren't these the kinds of problems that you and Light will figure out? It seems to me that you are only thinking of the worst."

"I am thinking of the worst so that I can combat it. Light has promised me an equal partnership, and considering that he could have forced me to be happy with an unequal partnership, I believe he is telling the truth. I will work alongside Light to make sure that humanity is put under the mildest controls possible while still preventing major crimes."

Rem said, "Then you have already made your decision."

L said, "I've made my decision, but you haven't. Rem, you cannot be controlled by what Light writes in a death note, am I correct?"

"This is true. Every shinigami is immune."

L said, "Since I can't risk any attempt to shut down the Kira plan, you are the only real hope. Unlimited, your attempt would not be a partial success. If the world is descending into a worse state than the one it is in now, it's up to you to burn the death notes. This is within your power, is it not?"

"It is within my power."

"Do not say anything to Light. You must be the judge of whether the world is becoming something that Misa would not have wanted. You must be vigilant, always, long after our lifespans run out and others have replaced us. Rem, do you promise?"

She stared and was silent for a long time, her single visible eye unblinking. At last, she said, "Yes, I promise."

He stood up, enjoyed the view for a few more moments, including Light's uncomfortable roost on the other boulder, and then climbed down and descended through the brush again.

When they met up with Light, Rem said, "There is no more problem with L Lawliet."

Light narrowed his eyes and said, "Fine."

He climbed down, wet spots showing on his suit, especially the seat.

L said, "Light, you should cheer up. I've decided to join your side."

"With conditions?"

"No conditions, merely the terms you've offered me all along. Now, since I've decided to accept you completely, I would like to bring you into my grandmother's house. Come on, let's go."

Light looked as if he wanted to be happy, but didn't quite trust enough to be. He trudged along, following behind.

"Rem, what did he ask you?"

Rem replied, "Nothing that I will discuss."

L said, "There's no need to be worried, Light. When we go back to the other place, I'll be able to enter and leave by myself. That alone will prove my decision to you. However, I would like to have some enjoyment here first, a celebration of Kira's new world. I'm sad that only one of my lovers is present. Will you send for Misa?"

Light still looked a little suspicious, but he pulled out his cellphone and made the necessary calls. By the time Light was done, they entered the house, every bit of it full of memories, a strange juxtaposition of the very old and the new in L's life.

Standing in the entryway, L swallowed nervously and said, "Of course, by the time I purchased this, all the furniture and possessions I remember had been sold or re-distributed to relatives. I stocked it again from memory with as many duplicates as I could locate or have manufactured."

Light laughed and said, "You are always extravagant, L. For all this work, how many times did you ever visit?"

"Usually only two or three times a year, but it is worth it. Many people would do the same with their own childhood places, if they could afford it."

To dispel the nervousness, L pulled Light along and said, "You're wet from the snow. Let's get you out of those clothes and into a hot bath."

The sense of having Light, of really having him and not needing to be nervous anymore, started while L was undressing him. Light might be the self-proclaimed "god" of the new world he was creating, but in reality he was just a very human 19-year-old boy, and there was something very great about exploring that human side of Light.

Light shivered a little and then began to truly relax as L settled Light's nude form into a traditional Japanese shower stool and sprayed him all over with the detachable showerhead. The different parts of L's life had come together, and now they were meshing, truly blending, in this secret, intimate place that Light should ordinarily have never been allowed to access.

Afterward, there was a large tub to soak in, and L eased into it alongside Light, chuckling to himself at the thought that Light, once out, would have to choose a set of L's own clothing until his suit dried.

Light tried to start a hand job, and it was good and relaxed and warm, but L pushed him away. He wanted to save some for Misa.

Thoughts of the new world filled his head as he soaked. Rem was correct; he had been focusing on the negative in order to understand the inherent problems and avoid them as best as possible. There was also a tremendous potential for good.

A world where rape, murder and violence did not exist or were extremely rare and happened only according to accidents or elaborate loopholes, that was a world worth fighting for. The fighting would be mostly of the mental gymnastics sort, and L felt that he could find a way to rise to every challenge.

Perhaps an ethics board, consisting of the world's greatest experts in the field, would be created in order to circumvent the issues raised by a mere three people deciding how to control the world.

Drifting along on thoughts, becoming truly excited by the prospect now that there was no longer any reason to fight Light, L didn't even notice Misa entering until she let out a loud squeal.

"L, you've really joined us?"

L put his mouth on the surface of the water and blew some bubbles, then said, "Of course, I'll prove it to you tomorrow. Together, all three of us will create Kira's world."

"Oh yay! I'm so excited! Now everything will be perfect forever!"

"Misa," Light said, "L wants to celebrate his good decision, but he's been reluctant to start without you. Get out of those clothes and jump in! Also, you've got the waterproof lube in your purse, right?"

Misa was already shedding her clothes very fast, but she leaned over to fish the tube of lubricant from her purse, giving L a good view of her bare ass in the process. The heated relaxation was dispelling and quickly being replaced with intense interest, with imaginings of the three of them going at it again.

She tossed the tube to Light and he caught it perfectly. L couldn't wait, he was spreading his legs already, anticipating, and when Light's finger slipped inside he couldn't believe the sensation. It was getting better every time, his ass more responsive, more used to the idea, and by the time Misa was stepping in to join them moments later, Light was already up to three fingers.

L panted, "Light, ah... a little bit after we fuck here, if I send for costumes, would you... uh... be opposed to some role-playing in a kimono?"

Light kissed him and said, "I would love to, L."
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