Death Note Fan Fiction ❯ Sacrifice ❯ Sacrifice ( Prologue )

Disclaimer: Death Note was originally written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It is licensed by VIZ Media. I do not own or claim to own Death Note and all credit should be given to the right people accordingly. :)

 

“Yagami Light! You will pay for this, you bastard!” Rem roared in anger as she took out her Death Note…

 

Light had asked L to come to the only room in the building lacking cameras, Ryuuzaki's room. Lit by a small lamp on the coffee table next to his bed, L shuffled in with his usual hunched manner and sat perched on the edge of the bed, in his typical squat. Light followed, shadowing behind at a more hesitant pace. Light stood in front of L, his eyes dark and sunk in, his whole body shaking. L himself seeming very shaky not used to Light being so…un-composed with himself.

Light started directly into L's eyes, those dark sunken, grey eyes. The same eyes he had come to love…“Ryuuzaki…I'm sorry” Light muttered to L, just loud enough for him to hear. L started back blankly at Light, tilting his head slightly. The dim light from the lamp was causing a shadow to conceal Light's face, thanks to his hair. It was like an extension of Light's secluded nature this evening, concealing his face as well as his thoughts from Ryuuzaki. “What's wrong Light-kun?” L replied in his usual monotonous manner he does, as he brushed Light's hair aside. Light held back his tears, staring at what he was about to lose.

 

“Ryuuzaki…I…I have a confession I must make and it must be soon, I don't have much time left.” Light handed L an envelope reluctantly, L grabbed the envelope with two fingers and stared, tilting his head to the other side now. “This will explain everything I am about to tell you in detail, I'm afraid I cannot do this myself now, it's to late…”

L started to look concerned and beckoned Light closer, putting his hands on his shoulders. “Yagami-kun, what are you saying!?” L's voice rose ever so slightly, Light realising the extent of L's frustration just from that one slight change in his mannerism.

 

Light stood firm and bluntly replied, “…I am Kira, it's me Ryuuzaki and you were right all along. I failed, I failed in my goal and now must do all I can to save you…Inside the contents of that envelope is all you need to know along with a copy of my Death Note.

Light paused as a tear rolled down his cheek. “Right now Amane Misa, the second Kira, in” Light glanced down at his watch. “Two more minutes Misa will die of a heart attack, this cannot be stopped now. Following this, Rem will then kill me as stated should any harm come to her… this will save you Ryuuzaki, Rem will then die as a cause of killing a human for the sake of another human.”

 

L stood rigid…as blank as ever, his brain rapidly trying to comprehend everything Light had just revealed in those precious seconds, his only friend, his only love, is about to die at the hand of a Shinigami for his sake. “Yagami-kun, I don't find that in the least bit amusing, I may seem distant and my people skills are not…up to scratch, but please do not play pranks like this in future Yagami-kun” L thought to himself if Light would actually see past his act. Light smiled at Ryuuzaki and pulled him close, wrapping his arms around him Light whispered in L's ear “I am truly sorry, Ryuuzaki, I lo…” At that moment

 

A strangled gasp tore itself from Light's throat as his heart throbbed, the pain causing his fingers to grip into the back of L's shirt, pinching at his skin. L's realisation though, came too late as Light's body then sudden relaxed, limp in his arms. Sinking to his knees still holding Light tight within his embrace, silence enveloped the room.

 

…L sat pondering the events of the last few months…sitting wondering…why? Where had he gone wrong? Why didn't he stop him before it was too late? The questions sat repeating through his mind, nothing but constant torment.

 

 

The days passed by and L, Ryuuga Hideki, Ryuuzaki…was lost, again, alone.

 

It all began when he decided to keep Light-kun attached to him in order to attain if his deductions of Yagami Light being Kira were true and for L the truth hurt…