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Tweak says, "hello to germany"

luke_lawliet (luke_lawliet) wrote in chaosunraveled,
@ 2008-07-04 11:53:00

Entry tags:

finished thread, l, light, rating: pg, setting: emptiness

Rendezvous... Again
WHO: L and Light
WHERE: Emptiness, in a once thriving arcade.
WHEN: After L's second night with Blythe.
RATING: PG
WARNINGS: None, yet.
SUMMARY: Against his will (how many times have we heard THAT?), L meets with Light to prevent "Kira," his newly discovered alter ego, from finding and abducting Blythe.

Once, there might have been a reason to see Light, just for the hell of it. To reminisce, for old times' sake, or sit down and talk, man-to-man, about the world as only a pair of geniuses could relate to it. But now, there was no reason but the fact that L was being blackmailed, and that was a good reason to not be overjoyed at the prospect of seeing him.

It was all for Blythe... L reminded himself of this fact, fingering the gun in his pocket. All for her... Light would pay dearly someday, for manipulating him like this, but for now... all he could do was defend.

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yagami_light
2008-07-04 09:05 pm UTC (link)

Light reached Emptiness soon enough, and began looking through the stores to see where he could find L.

He still had his head bandaged up, and his arm was still in a cast. Overall, he looked quite vulnerable, and felt the same as well.

He finally stumbled upon an old arcade. Briefly wondering if the games could still work, he walked in, immediately spotting L.

Oh well, Virtua Fighter would have to wait.

"..Uhm...Hello again, L."

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	luke_lawliet 2008-07-04 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	"Ryuzaki!" L snapped, taking an automatic, distrustful step backwards. However, he relaxed his guard slightly when he actually saw Light. Bandages and such made him look far less threatening, and even if he tried anything, he'd be easy to incapacitate. L inched slightly closer. "Hello." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	yagami_light 2008-07-04 09:17 pm UTC (link)
	"....Okay...R-Ryuzaki." He corrected, looking away, not wanting to meet his eyes. "..I...I don't know what we're supposed to discuss....Uhm..I......Thank you for saving me...you know....last time we were here." He licked his lips, nervously, hoping to the gods he wouldn't black out or anything during this meeting. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

luke_lawliet
2008-07-04 09:22 pm UTC (link)

"You're welcome," L returned icily, keeping his shoulders hunched and his hands jammed defensively in his pockets.

"'Kira's' reasoning for coming out here was because you want to see me. Anything else you want?" L kicked the corner of an old DDR platform. His feet were bare and dirty, since he'd given up wearing shoes on the route to emptiness he knew so well by now.

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	yagami_light 2008-07-04 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	"....I have the desire to see you...but I don't 'want' to..per se. I want to stay away...so you and her can be safe....I just want you happy, Ryuzaki. I want you...Walter, Dante, Matsuda...I want everyone I care about to be happy and safe...." He looked up then, finally meeting his eyes, his own a little cloudy, yet pure. "..That's all I want." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	luke_lawliet 2008-07-04 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	"You sound like a fucking Yu-Gi-Oh episode," L said, glaring. "Happy and safe is all very well... but you forget that we are almost certainly never going to experience that as long as your homicidal side is in control of your power to dispatch me or Blythe." he sat down on the DDR platform, rubbing his bare toes against each other restlessly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	yagami_light 2008-07-04 09:58 pm UTC (link)
	"..Yeah...cheesy, I suppose.....But that's what I want....Even if it's impossible." Light fidgeted a little, not liking this extremely vulnerable feeling. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	luke_lawliet 2008-07-04 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	Despite himself, L's expression softened. "If you really want that... then maybe Kira will be sympathetic..." Ha. Like hell. "Sit down. You don't need to look as vulnerable as you must feel about now." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

yagami_light
2008-07-04 11:48 pm UTC (link)

Light sighed. "..No..I don't want to get too comfortable....I don't remember him ever taking over, so I think it must be when I'm asleep or something..I don't want to give him any chances to come out right now." Light replied, sounding truly afraid at the thought.

"..And...if he's anything like me during the Kira case...he'll simply use that desire against me...try to manipulate me....I hope I myself don't give in. I don't trust him."

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luke_lawliet
2008-07-04 11:53 pm UTC (link)

Seeing Light's point, L stood again. They might never see eye-to-eye on most matters, but at least they could physically.

"That helps... knowing that he comes out when you're unable to pay close attention... though when I spoke with him, Light, he promised that as long as I was here and alone, he wouldn't 'come out'. So, I think that you can relax... unless you're certain that he can't be trusted. Besides... even if he does come out..." L patted his pocket, "I'm more than ready to give you a bullet wound you won't recover from."

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	yagami_light 2008-07-04 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	Light went quiet, breathing in deeply. "...Okay. I'd rather you kill me than I kill you...Just promise me something, okay?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	luke_lawliet 2008-07-04 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	"I'll promise... to consider," L said slowly, unwilling to dedicate himself to something he didn't know yet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	yagami_light 2008-07-05 12:00 am UTC (link)
	"..If you ever kill me..and somehow make it back to my world...Just make sure Matsuda's happy, please?...At least then part of my wish can be fulfilled, even if I'm dead." He said this with a very serious expression that showed an almost unseen amount of compassion from the man. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

luke_lawliet
2008-07-05 12:15 am UTC (link)

L sighed heavily. "Damn it, Light. We both know that that's as likely to happen as..." he stopped. He'd been about to say "feathers falling from the sky" or "people's bodies switching randomly", but those had happened...

"If I make it home, I'll check on Matsuda. Nothing more... though we're both long dead, in our world, Light. I don't know if I'll be able to, or if my body will cross back with me. I can't promise anything." He shook his head. "You made such a mess of things, when we were both alive on earth. I died. Countless others died. And finally, you died. That wasn't very well-planned at all." L began to nibble his finger, the habit so familiar, and the only semi-natural thing he could think of to do at the moment.

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	yagami_light 2008-07-05 06:48 am UTC (link)
	"...If you at least try....if you're capable...Then...that's fine." Light replied, really having hoped for something more. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	luke_lawliet 2008-07-05 07:04 am UTC (link)
	"I will try. That's all I can do," L said, scratching the back of his head. "Light, you can't expect me to go out of my way to help you. After what you put me through... even if you and Kira are separate personalities, your face is in my mind when I think of all the grief I've suffered, lately, and as far back as I can remember clearly since I've died." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	yagami_light 2008-07-05 07:08 am UTC (link)
	"...No..I suppose not." Light replied softly, his voice sounding a bit defeated. "..I am sorry about it all...truly." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

luke_lawliet
2008-07-05 07:02 pm UTC (link)

"I would hope so," sighed L. "Though 'sorry' hardly makes sufficient amends. I've been threatened. Someone I care deeply for has been threatened. I'm being manipulated, even as we speak... this is not to my liking," he sighed. "Especially since whatever I tell you will probably be figured out at some point by Kira, if he's not listening now."

L decided to assume that Light was being honest, for the moment. Things would make a lot more sense, if he was.

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	yagami_light 2008-07-05 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	Light nodded. "..Understandable...I won't ask you to trust me, just know I'm telling the truth...I'm being manipulated as much as you are right now." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	luke_lawliet 2008-07-05 09:15 pm UTC (link)
	"Not a nice feeling, is it?" L said, sighing and running a finger along the dusty surface of an antique "space invaders" game. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	yagami_light 2008-07-05 09:49 pm UTC (link)
	"..Not quite..no." Light replied simply, glancing back at him. "...But..for whatever reason..he has brought us together today...I'm sure there must be some deeper meaning than just to make us uncomfortable." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	luke_lawliet 2008-07-05 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	L cocked an eyebrow. "Oh, really? A deeper meaning? You figured it out, but in case you need reminding, I'm with someone, now. I know that I have a future with her, because... because I've dreamt it. So... uncomfortable or not, this 'deeper meaning' had better be something that won't come between her and me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	yagami_light 2008-07-05 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	"Because you've dreamt it...I dream many things that don't come true, L." Light replied, a slight bit of a hiss in his voice. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	luke_lawliet 2008-07-05 10:10 pm UTC (link)
	L started slightly, the hiss coming out of nowhere and catching him off-guard. Was Light actually feeling hostile about this, now? "I've never dreamed before now," L said. "If for some strange reason I did, it would be some horror of the past, but now, it's different, and I know what hope is." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

yagami_light
2008-07-05 10:19 pm UTC (link)

"...My dreams are often nightmares, understandably. Though, don't think you can predict the future with dreams..I'd expect more from you. Plan..You need to plan everything...What if, by the end of this, you both end up going back to your own worlds...and never see each other again?" He walked over to one of the games, another fighter game. Simple enough. He began to work to try and find out how to get it to work.