Death Note one shots and short stories

It's all over

Sad post-apocalyptic. Slight trigger at the end. You've been warned!

I wish I was dreaming.

I could see the terrible details. All of the abandoned houses, the empty streets. I could hear wind chimes in the distance. There were no sounds of the city, which was pretty disturbing.

No sound of traffic. No footsteps in the city around me. No doors opening from people walking in and out of shops. No conversations.

Just silence.

There was no scent of baked goods, no scent of gas from cars driving down the street.

It was eerie.

I could smell the scent of rain. I could taste the moisture in the air. There was also a chill that had nothing to do with the oncoming rain.

I wandered through the desolate streets, trying to remember what had happened those few years ago. It feels like a lifetime ago. 

My mind started giving me short glimpses of memories. Just snippets of information.

The first memory was of L, standing in the rain. It was from about five years ago. He looked so depressed that day. I remember that moment well. L knew what was about to happen to him. He told me he would not live to see nightfall.

His final words to me rang loudly in my ears.

"Why didn't they just listen (First Name)? If only they hadn't fought me so much. I would've been able to solve this case and marry you..." He sounded broken; defeated. I hated hearing the misery in his voice.

The next memory took place after the funeral. We had returned to L's building.

The men were unsure of what to do. Light claimed he wanted to start working right away.

"For L and for Watari." He had said. "They wouldn't want us to stop just because they died. They would want us to catch Kira."

The others agreed, sounding unenthusiastic. Several arguments in the days followed.

More memories followed.

Sometimes they fought about using the building. Matsuda and Mr. Yagami both agreed that it didn't feel right to continue using the building after L's death.

Sometimes the men fought about whether or not to continue using Wedy and Aiber, since L was the one paying them.

They also fought on how to investigate. Some men wanted to look at the evidence we already had. Some felt that most of the evidence was no longer relevant. Then there was what suspects there were to investigate.

I think a few of the men had finally begun to believe L was right to suspect Light. Aizawa and Matsuda certainly did. They felt Light was suspicious since it was well known among the task force that my boyfriend and the teen didn't get along. As well as the fact that nobody outside of the investigation even knew who L and Watari were.

Mr. Yagami pointed out that Light had been in the room with everyone else when L died. He stated Misa was his suspect since she knew the men AND wasn't in the building when they died.

That was the day the task force fell apart. Everyone went their separate ways.

I could see the way things were going from there, and I made sure to fake my death. For months I hid in a secret room in Headquarters than only L, Watari, and I knew about.

We had built a sort of 'Kira shelter' in case any of us needed to go into hiding. It had enough food and water to last all three of us a year or two. We also had electricity and internet in the shelter. That way we could keep track of the news and Kira's progress.

That was how I knew when each man was killed by Kira. Mr. Yagami- died of a heart attack. The men thought it stress. Matsuda and Aizawa where killed in a shoot-out between the cops and Kira supporters. Mogi was killed in a car accident on the way to a Kira riot.

The two Kiras would continue to 'clean up' society. They started off with governments of the world. World leaders were given two choices. Swear their loyalty to Kira, or die. The dead leaders were quickly replaced by Kira worshipers. After that, Light and Misa came out as the World's King and Queen.

After that they used their power to take out anyone that tried to go against them. The pair would travel the world, to 'clean up' any uprisings.

It was with a very heavy heart that I learned Light and Misa had discovered Wammys. They found out that it was the home of L's successors. They building was bombed, and there were no survivors.

Then Light and Misa began killing off people that didn't obey their new laws, as well as people that couldn't obey their laws.

They made laws where everybody had to work to be 'useful' to society. People who were physically or mentally unable to work were quickly weeded out. This included people who were physically or mentally disabled, as well as anyone that were old enough to retire and unable to continue working.

Then, because of all the deaths, came the Baby Laws. People were expected to marry and start families. Those unwilling or unable to were taken care of.

Eventually, there was such a tiny population left that humanity was unsustainable.

Light and Misa eventually initiated a relocation program. They forced all of the remaining humans to relocate into one country, based on the overall population of a place.

Japan had the lowest population, so all the remaining Japanese were relocated to whatever country had the largest survivor count.

To make sure no humans were left anywhere, the couple would send sentries throughout the various countries to check for any signs of human life.

It has been a month or two since Japan had been checked. The internet declared that all humans were now living on the other side of the world. Not that there were many humans left.

I shook myself out of my thoughts and entered one of the abandoned houses.

There were still signs of the family that had once lived there. The furniture was all here. There were a few clean dishes sitting in the cupboards.

Some toys and clothes that had been left behind in the rush to obey Kira's relocation demand.

There were still photographs hanging up on the walls. Smiling faces staring at me. Happy moments of the family that had lived here.

My mind returned to the memories and all of my lost hopes for the future.

I could remember the anger I felt at the men. At Light. I remember the pain I was in as I held my love's cold body. Crying over him. Wishing that I could feel his pulse, hear his heartbeat. See him smiling at me.

I could remember the conversations L and I had late at night. Our plans for what to do once the case was over.

We had wanted to get married. L wanted a family. We had plans to move to a house that was just down the road from Wammys. We would be close enough to visit L's successors, but have a place of our own to raise a family. We would still work as detectives part time, but hand over the title of L to one of the boys.

I thought of all plans that had been ripped from me. Memories L and I would have made. I will never have the chance to be pregnant and tell L that he would be a father. I would never see L hold one of our children after they are born. Never see them learn to walk or talk. No first days of school and praising them on their accomplishments. No family vacations.

I sighed as my mind returned to the present. I left the empty house and noticed the dark clouds hanging above me.

I continued on and eventually came up to the abandoned hospital.

The hospital felt even more eerie than the rest of the city. Just like with the house, there were still remnants of human activity here.

The beds were all empty, sheets rumpled from their most last patients. Bottles of medicine and IVs next to them.

There were still files in the nurses station. Trash left in the trashcan. Papers and pens still where the workers left them.

I made my way to where the medicine was kept. I had something I needed to do. There was a medicine I knew that would take me to L. All I needed was to find it.

After about 20 minutes, I found the liquid medicine I was looking for. It was still before the expiration date. I also found a specially marked measuring spoon, and grabbed both items.

I left the hospital and made my way to my last stop. The cemetery.

I made my way through the rows of tombstones until I found the familiar tombstone that belonged to L.

I leaned up against his headstone with a weary sigh. I looked at his name on the stone.

I could almost see him crouching beside me. I gave a wry grin at the image in my head.

"It's been a while darling." I start, as I stare at the darkening sky. The temperature has dropped since I left the shelter. "Things didn't turn out as we hoped. Light and Misa won, and now the world is pretty much over. I don't know if I am the last human on Earth. Sure feels like it. I miss you so much. Things just aren't the same without you. Hopefully, I'll see you soon. I just hope you don't hate me for failing you. I love you." I gave a soft smile as I measured out the medicine.

I took the dose and relaxed as the rain began falling softly. It was as though the sky was crying for the emotional pain I was in. The rain was the tears I no longer had the strength to shed.

I closed my eyes as the rain fell.

(Bonus)

When I opened my eyes, I zeroed in on the painfully familiar black hair and dark eyes that I had missed for so long.

"I could never hate you darling, and you didn't fail me. I love you too." He smiled at me, opening his arms. 

I held him close to me, the rain still falling in the living world. But now the rain felt more like tears of joy rather than sorrow.

"Come on now my love. Everyone is waiting for us." L helped me stand as he led me to the light.

It didn't matter to me where we were going. All that mattered what that I was with L again.

I was finally whole.