Darkness Within your Light

I hate hate this freaking story so much now!!! You have no idea how many times I’ve almost abandoned this piece of…insert bad swear word.

It’s not the plot or anything; I’m still in love with that. It’s just as I’ve been rereading it I see so many mistakes and confusing scenes. And the occness…oh my almighty Kira kill me now!! I’m honestly shocked that so many of you enjoy actually enjoy this. At least that’s my impression after 120 amazing reviews…but I did notice that more then a few of you have told me to or offered yourselves to beta this. I agree that my grammar sucks butt and I don’t even have excuse that English isn’t me first language because it is…so I’m just a very sucky person when it comes to grammar and all that it seems.

I’ve really consider getting myself a beta, I know my works would be wondrously cleaned up. The only thing that’s stopping me is I don’t want to make someone else wait up for me to write up a chapter. It makes me feel like I’m on a dead line and I’d stress myself out even more…and the other reason is that I’ve no idea how to do the beta thing…do I just get the person’s e-mail address and then send my chapters to them and get them sent back? I don’t know really so if there is anyone out there who could explain it to me please do so…I’m lost.
Ok I’m very sorry for the long A/N…so let me just take a moment more of your time to thank and bow down to everyone who has reviewed and read my story. Serious it’s because of you guys that this story is still going…as slow as it is. If not for you this story would wound up like my others…dead in the water.

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An alarm clock going off was the first thing that Raito became aware of as he slowly woke up. The second thing that Raito became aware of was the arms that were wrapped around him and the warmth that radiated behind him.
A soft snoring sounded into his ear as L continued to sleep through the loud and annoying sound of the alarm going off.

‘He must be really tired if he could sleep through that…I wonder what time it is anyway? The alarm clock is on the other side of the bed on L’s side so I can’t look unless I want to wake up L. Hmm…now that I think about it I wonder who it was that set the alarm last night? I don’t believe L did, more then likely it was Watari. I hope it isn’t too late. We’re on a deadline as it is with this new Kira’s actions…damn now I’ve got to get up.’

As carefully as possible Raito managed to slide out of L’s arms without waking him, an admirable feat to be sure, especially considering how tight L’s arms had been wrapped around him to begin with.

Walking out of the bedroom Raito moved over to the round table that was situation in the main room of the suite, on one of the chairs next to it was a clean pair of clothes that Raito instantly could tell was for him. The chair next to his obviously held L’s clean clothes, the glaring white shirt and pants was L’s signature outfit after all.

Taking the clothing he moved over to the small bathroom that was also in their suite. He could only sigh in relief that he didn’t have to leave the suite to go to the shared bathroom on their floor, he may not be able to die but he was pretty sure he would keen over from embarrassment if he accidently walked in with it already occupied and since the only other person who could occupy it could be Watari…well enough said.

After taking a satisfying hot shower he walked out with a towel over his head in clean clothes. He was contemplating about going to go wake up L, but as soon as he opened the door he wasn’t really surprised to see L already up and on his laptop typing away. After Raito opened the door L looked up, it was obvious that he had been waiting until Raito got out of the bathroom so he could take his own shower.

Raito smiled at the still sleepy looking man.
“Hey how long have you been up?”

“I woke up the moment Raito-kun left my arms…I was just e-mailing Watari about the progress of our office being fixed up and getting everything ready, it seems he’s been very busy and the rooms already been done. I’m afraid today and every day after will be very busy Raito-kun at least until we capture this new Kira.”

“I understand L, don’t worry I want to capture this bastard just as much as you do. But I confess to being surprised, if you were awake why didn’t you come in the shower with me? I wouldn’t have minded…”

Raito smirked as L turned a light shade of red at Raito’s knowing smirk.

“I confess Raito-kun the thought had crossed my mind but I know that if I did go in there…we’d be in there for a while. And while I know that that time would have been spent with great enjoyment we can’t afforded to waste any time.”

“Oh, ok that makes sense then. So how about you go take a shower and I’ll see about us getting some breakfast?”

“Sounds good to me.”

L quickly typed up something, more likely telling Watari that he was signing off, when he was done he jumped up and scooped up his clothing and walked towards the bathroom door. But before he could pass him Raito reached out and stopped him.

L had a confused expression on his face as Raito turned him around to face him.

“Raito-kun…?”

Raito stopped him from saying anything else by covering his mouth with his own. It wasn’t a sensual kiss, but a soft kiss of comfort and love. L was only startled for a second before he quickly kissed back. They just stood there for a moment, taking comfort in each others touch. Raito pulled back a bit after a while to look at L. Seeing the dazed eyes his grin widened before he bent once more to place a quick almost pecking kiss on L’s swollen lips before he regretfully back away more fully.

It only took a moment for L’s dazed eyes to clear up; he sent a look of fondness and exasperation at Raito before he continued his walk into the bathroom. Raito laughed a bit as he noticed the slight crab walk that L had to use to get the rest of the way to the bathroom. Not that he was much better at the moment but a few thoughts of his old grade school teachers in bikinis took care of the problem in only a few seconds.

Looking into a mirror that hung on the wall Raito made sure that he was presentable enough to leave the room. He’d see if Watari was around first, if not then he’d have to put his acting skills to the test and try to get the owner to pity him enough to quickly get him some food so he wouldn’t have to be downstairs for a long period of time. He had to admit that L’s quick story of him being agoraphobic was both a blessing and a curse. With it he wouldn’t be question if he didn’t leave their floor a lot, on the other hand it was harder for that same reason. He couldn’t go down to talk or ask the owner lady for anything without having to act scared and meek. Something he really hated with a passion, he wasn’t any of those things and he hated to act like that for anyone, even for a stranger.

As he walked down the hall he saw that his acting skills wouldn’t have to be put to the test. Watari was just walking up the stairs with a tray full of food, Raito quickly walked over to relive the heavy burden from the elder man before the man could even open his mouth to ask for help.

“Ah thank you Yagami-san, I have to confess that while the spirit is as vigilant as ever the body I’m afraid is getting on in years.”

“It’s no problem Watari…by the way you don’t have to be so formal with me you know, you can call me by my first name as well.”

Watari smiled as he gave a small nod.

“Then Raito-san it is.”

Raito let out a fond huff as he and Watari walked back to the suite where L was waiting for them.

“By the way Watari, how is the rest of the investigation and my family?”

“Ah about that, after we got the news of the new Kira I sent the rest of the team back to their families, I’ve also deleted any evidence that they were ever involvement with the Kira case from all the data bases, just in case. I made sure to have them swear an oath not to say anything about the investigation or about you, I also may have threatened them subtly but not a lot I assure you. Also I know that L might not approve of this but I made sure that Matsuda was taken to a hospital so he could get treatment for the bruises and broken bones that L had inflicted. I know what he did was very stupid and I know that I should resent him but…he’s just…”

Raito nodded his head.

“I know he’s like a little puppy sometimes, he may do stupid stuff and be a generally nuisance but you can’t stay mad at him for long. Don’t worry Watari I already talked about it with L, before we got the news I had convince him to let Matsuda back on the force with limited access to everything.”

Watari seemed relived.

“Oh that’s good then. You know for the entire time I’ve known him I’ve never seen him lose his composure like that, ever. He’s never really expressed himself that much as a child or even later in life, I’m afraid that’s mostly my fault.”

Raito looked surprised for a second but then a thoughtful expressed overtook his face as he really thought about it.

“Really? I guess that makes sense, it also explains why he’s been more emotional around me lately. I’m guessing that all the suppressed emotions that he’d been holding inside him are all bursting out almost at once and it’s confusing him enough to become more emotional lately.”

“Yes that makes sense I guess…look Raito-san, I can tell how much you mean to each other. I’ve seen it in the past few days and while the circumstances aren’t the most idealistic I’m glad that the two of you were able to met. I didn’t want to admit it but I’ve known that L was slowly dying inside for many years now, while he is very good at his job that’s all he’s been living for and it’s begun to take it’s toll on him.”

Raito looked at the honest expression in Watari’s face and smiled.

“Thank you Watari I understand and I can’t begin to tell you how much your support of us means to me…well we’d better get back quickly before we deprive L of his sugar for much longer.”

Watari chuckled and nodded, they’d been standing outside the closed door talking so Watari just reached out and opened the door letting Raito go ahead of him so he could set down the tray of food first.

L looked up from his laptop as they walked in, his damp hair hung limp on his head and into his face. Seeing the food his face lit up and he quickly closed his laptop.

As Raito set down the tray down Watari quickly started to set things out. It seemed that it was a pancake breakfast for both of them. For Raito a healthy breakfast of three pancakes with no butter and a minimum amount of syrup along with slices of banana on top. Some whole wheat toast with a little butter on them completed the meal along with a glass of orange juice.

L on the other hand had a slightly different pancake breakfast…five chocolate pancakes drowned in butter along with strawberry syrup and slices of strawberries on top as well as powdered sugar, there was also a pile of whip cream on top of that and chocolate chips decorating it. No toast but he did have some multiple vitamins he had to take as well. His choice of drink was of course chocolate milk.

“Wow L…I can just see the diabetic shock just by looking at that.”

L just sent him an unimpressed look.

“I need as much energy as possible today Raito-kun. You know why of course. Today we are going to analyze that tape that the third Kira sent us, and then we’re going to try to track him down by that. This is the only evidence and clue that we have of this new Kira.”

“Sorry L I know that.”

They quickly finished their meals in silence after that. Raito could tell that the thought of the tape was enough to irritate the detective so Raito decided to just stay quite until necessary.

Raito hadn’t even notice that Watari had left until he returned precisely the moment they were both done.

“If you would Sirs…I’ve already finished remodeling the other room for you. The tape is already ready to watch.”

“Ah yes Watari thank you…if you would Raito-kun?”

“Yes.”

With that they both left Watari in the room and moved to the room across from theirs. Raito didn’t show it but he was more then slightly apprehensive and scared to see what could be on the tape. He could only hope that the tape would give him some clue in figuring out who this third Kira was…maybe it was someone he knew or would know? He suddenly wished that in his past future he had kept better track of his fans and associates.

‘Oh well no use crying over spilled milk, the only thing to do now is to watch this tape and see what comes next.’

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As soon as they walked into the newly remodeled room Raito had been shocked, the bed and table and the usual furniture that you’d see in a hotel room had been removed.

In its place was something reminiscing of L’s old haunt. A long desk had been put placing it against one of the wall. Computers lined up on top of them. Comfortable chairs had been placed for both of them. L swiftly sat down in one and turned on the monitor in front of him, Raito following at a more sedated pace.

T.V screens had been placed around the room in different locations. It was obvious to tell that each of them was meant to sport different scenes. There was one bigger screen in front of them and that was the one that L turned on to watch the tape with.

A thought occurred to Raito just before L turned on the screen.

“Hey L I was just thinking what about the people downstairs? Won’t they be able to hear this as well?”

“Ah you bring up a good point Raito-kun…fortunately for us only the first floor is mostly occupied. The second floor only had one person renting a room and that room is on the other side of the hotel. So we’re in the clear. I’ve already informed Watari that I want this room and our suite to be sound proof by the end of the week.”

Raito sent L a confused look.

“Ok I get that this room needs to be sound proof but why does our room have to be as well?”

L didn’t answer him but his sudden leer told Raito everything.

“…oh…okay then.”

Raito coughed into his sleeve as he turned his red face back to the screen.

L smiled a bit as he started to speed type on his computer and turned on the huge screen to watch the tape that sent both of their teeth on edge.

The screen suddenly turned from pitch black to gray static then the background suddenly became the color of drying blood.

A sudden screeching noise sounded out loud causing both of them to flinch, thankfully L reached over and turned down the volume, causing Raito to let out a sigh of relief, sadly the relief didn’t last long.

‘Well if this new Kira wanted to go for over dramatic he or she certainty accomplished that.’

A sudden voice overtook the screeching noise causing both Raito and L to sit up straight and pay attention. As the voice sounded words also popped up on the screen, like subtitles. Raito felt great annoyance that the new Kira thought they were stupid enough to need his words spelled out for them…he could tell that L also had come to the same conclusion and was also greatly annoyed by it as well.


Greetings my misguided foes…I bet you are most confused over how we got your location and the deaths of those worthless pests…heheh I can just picture your horrified expressions when we killed those filth. But enough of pleasantries…L I know that you have Kira. The thought of you having Our Lord and savior makes us sick, but fortunately we have the means to save him and destroy evil people like you…this evil rotten world will be cleansed in the name of our god! We found you once and we will do so again! You can not hide from us L! We the righteous shall purge your filthy black soul from this world and purify it for our god! Those criminals in America were only the first to feel out wrath of justice! We are the just in this world and all that oppose us are the evil of this world and will be justly put down like the vermin they are!! We will soon reunite with our god and with him by our side we will delete this world from it’s black existence! L have fun watching the news because our divine mission has only begun Muhahahahaahahahhahaahaha…


The video cut off soon after that. The evil and mad laughter hung in Raito’s ears as he stared blankly at the now dark screen. He knew, oh yes he knew who was behind this now, and it wasn’t just him. There were way too many clues in that message that gave everything away. He had hoped…but he knew that everything that had happened last time was happening again…only at a much faster pace then he could have imagined.

“Does Raito-kun have any thoughts to who is behind this? From what I’ve heard it sounds like this new Kira isn’t just one person but many…”

“Yes you are right L that’s exactly what it sounds like…I also have a very good idea on the identity of the person who was in the message right now.”

L shot him an impressed look as he started to type rapidly on the computer. No doubt already trying to track down where the message had come from.

“Do you really Raito-kun? That’s impressive…I’m guessing that it is someone you knew in your past life?”

“Yes…I guess you can say that…”

L turned away fully from his computer to give Raito him undivided attention.

“So Raito-kun? Who is this person that you believe was on the tape?”

Raito closed his eyes and nodded softly was if to himself.

“I believe I told you about how I in the future needed to give up my position of Kira to someone else to avid Near?”

“Oh yes I remember him…his name was…”

“Yes Mikami Teru.”

“How can you tell?”

“There was way too much of him in that message. His personality is very distinct and I’d recognize it anywhere. I didn’t know that he was a Kira fanatic at this point in time but I have a theory that this time-line is much different then mine was, or at least that it’s changing significantly since I’ve returned.”

L nodded his head in understanding and a thoughtful look overtook his eyes.

“I wonder though Raito-kun who else was with him? He had already insinuated many times that there was more then one person playing at Kira.”

Raito thought about it hard as he continued to stare at the black screen. He let the total darkness of it overtake him mind as he drifted off in his own mind.

Suddenly the answer popped in his head. He wanted to hit himself for not thinking about it sooner. He also wanted to crawl inside a hole and howl out his angst.

He looked over at L with a grim expression on his face. L had turned back to his computer so he didn’t see it but after a few seconds he must have felt it because he turned his head back around to look at him. Raito could tell that L was surprised by the look on his face because of the concern that was shinning for him in L’s own eyes.

“What is it Raito-kun?”

“I think…no I know what Mikami meant by the ‘we’…I don’t remember if I told you this or not but…in the future I had a lot of worshipers and fanatics right? Well after my own death a bunch of them went crazy, a few years after that they…well to put it in simplest terms destroyed the world…I believe a much smaller and earlier fraction of that cult has sided with Mikami and is using the DeathNote.”

“….well that isn’t good.”

“No Lawliet it isn’t.”

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Ok I’m going to end it here because this seemed like a great place to end it. I don’t really remembered if Raito had told L about the future end of the world or not and I don’t feel like rereading over my own story so let’s just say that if I did it’s a recap K?

Hmm…do you know what? I think I’m going to try to speed events up a bit. I mean earlier I had thought about all these little but not very important scenes I was going to add but damn it I just want to get to the point now! So expect the plot to speed up a bit after this!

Do you know what? I’m going to DisneyLand! I know that might not sound really awesome to most of you out there but I haven’t had a family vacation in a long, long time. So I’m really happy about it. In fact I’m going in a few hours! Sad thing is I have a 10 to 12 hour drive to get there. Boo! But upside is that I’m going to be there for 5 freaking days! And we’ve got hopper passes and fast passes too!! OMK! So in celebrate of that I give you a new chapter! Love me and whoreship me! heeheh

…no more energy drinks at 11 o’clock at night…it does funny things to my brain…

Oh also guess what? I’m going to cosplay as L in Disneyland! Complete with Goofy ears! I know your not suppose to cosplay there but since L’s clothes are so…dare I say it normal they can’t do anything about it! hahaahah
Once again thank you all who have read and supported my story! I’m sooo sorry for the long hiatus that I’ve forced onto you…me sorry.

Anyway Please review!! I can’t believe I’ve already got 120 reviews! I never expected such a response I love you all! Hugs and L pluishes for everyone!

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