Death Note: Dreams, a Reader X L Story

015 - Brokenness

November 2004

L was forced to release Misa Amane from captivity. You had spent a few days in the hospital, but were anxious to get back. L had contacted you to not return to headquarters until you had successfully captured Misa in some form or another. You had followed her to a wooded area, and it was very late in the night that you had done so.

Misa was digging up something, but you couldn't tell what. You had your face covered at this point, and you had been carefully camouflaged to match the forest around you. L informed you of the Death Note, which could kill anyone, as long as you had that person's full name and face in your mind while writing their name in the notebook. Looking at Misa, you saw she had dug up a Death Note that was concealed in a plastic bag. I don't know what she'll be capable of once she has it.

"Misa Amane! You're under arrest for being the second Kira, and for being in possession of a Death Note!" You jumped on her to prevent the girl from opening the bag. Cuffing the girl, she started crying.

"I don't even know why I'm doing this. Haruhi, Light loves you, not me. I just got hopeful and thought he'd take me back." Misa cried.

You shook your head. "Light is a manipulative person. He never loved you, Misa. Even with me, I could tell once he got his memories back that he would just find some way to use me."

Tying the girl around a tree, you decided to look through the information. There was a letter so damning that it could send Light and Misa to their death. Opening the bag, you touched the Death Note. It had the names of criminals, civilians, and police members. You saw Ukita's name inside the book, knowing this was the notebook that belonged to the second Kira.

"Based on everything I've seen, you're the second Kira. However, you do not possess this power, as you would have killed me already. Correct?"

She nodded. "Yes."

You glared at the young woman. "You're going to tell me everything, Misa Amane. Your life depends on it."

"I don't care about my life! There's no purpose for me." She sobbed, and you could see her mental decline.

"Light's life depends on yours. If you tell me everything now, you and Light will be spared." You decided to throw the L card. "I'm L. Not Ryuzaki, not Watari, me. I am L, Misa Amane."

She sniffled. "So you're the one who detained me for those long, cruel months?"

"Yeah, and I'll make you suffer far longer if you don't tell me everything you know." Through the moonlight, a shadowed figure appeared over you.

It laughed. "How funny... You're the owner of the Death Note, and not Misa Amane? HA!" It cackled.

You and Misa screamed. Grabbing for your gun, the figure stopped you. "Guns won't work on me, sweetheart. I feel like I've had this conversation before..." Noticing you relax, it smiled. "I'm the shinigami, Ryuk."

"You're the one that Kiichiro Osoreda saw before his death, aren't you?" This shinigami was connected to the first Kira, probably Light Yagami.

Ryuk laughed. "Ding, ding, ding! They don't call you L for nothing, do they?"

"Shinigami, what's your purpose? Were you connected to Light Yagami, the first Kira?"

"Can't say." He laughed. "I'm not obligated to tell you anything."

"Yep, you were Light's shinigami, all right. That's the kind of talk Kira seems to radiate off of..." You paused. "You obviously know Misa."

Misa sighed. "Haruhi. I need to tell you the stuff. I can see that my purpose is to stop Light, to stop Kira. I'll always be thankful to him for killing my parents' murderer, but this can't go on."