LMN Chapter 36

She opened her eyes. Soft murmurs from somewhere nearby tickled her ears. It was impossible to make out what they were saying, they were so muffled. Nil opened her eyes but she found that wherever she was there was no light. She reached her stiff arms out in front of her and was surprised when they were stalled a few inches above her face. She was in some sort of small box or container. She breathed in deeply and flinched when pain radiated in her chest. 'What the hell is going on here?' She couldn't remember anything. How did she get here and why was she here? Wherever here was. The last thing she remembered was Mellie's tear streaked face above her.

The murmuring got louder and closer and then somebody lifted the lid on her container. "See she's in here. She's real and I want my money." She blinked several times as the light billowed into her eyes.

The other person in the room came over and looked down at her. "What the hell, aren't they supposed to close the eyes?" Nil blinked in confusion and scrunched her eyebrows together. "Uh…are you sure she's dead?" The poor man was trembling.

"Of course she's…." The other man looked at her and his eyes widened in shock. "…dead." His voice squeaked and he ran hysterically across to the other side of the room. "AHHHHHHHHH it's a vampire!"

"Don't be stupid." The obviously saner of the two men observed. "She's alive."

Both men dropped where they stood and died. Nil sat up and blinked several more times. "What the hell is going on?" She said out loud. She looked at what she was sitting in and found it to be a casket. She looked mortified for a moment. 'Did I die?' She jumped out of it and rubbed her arms. 'Were those two men grave robbers?' That would make more sense than anything else that was going on. 'I need a vacation.'

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"So you are telling me that I was dead, and you were tipped off that someone had stolen my body from my grave." Roger was looking at L like the poor man wasn't real.

"I was." He confirmed. "The culprit never gave me his name, but he seemed convinced that I should have your body dug up to make sure, and seeing as how you are alive it was a good thing we did."

"Interesting." That was all L could think to say. "I should be off then. I was obviously given a second chance for a reason." Roger nodded mechanically. "Where is Watari?"

Roger seemed to be struck with a stick at his old friend's name. "I'm afraid he was killed the same day you were. We've already checked his body so don't get your hopes up."

L frowned sadly. Watari had been like the father he had never had. But as sad as that was, he couldn't stand around any longer. "Do you know where I might find Near?"


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Matt drove his red sports car up to the pile of smoldering rubble in a panic. He and two mafia members jumped out of the car and began digging frantically for survivors. "What happened!" One of them asked.

"They must have been attacked!" Another shouted.

Matt dug and dug but couldn't find hide nor hair of his best friend or Meek. But he wouldn't give up he shoveled through the rocks until his shoulders ached.

"HEY! I found someone!" Matt took off towards the voice and saw the man pulling Mello from the fallen building. He wasn't looking good at all, but he seemed to be conscious at the moment.

"Mello, are you alright?" Matt took in his injuries and flinched at the sight of him. "It's gonna be ok." He tried to reassure. "We'll get you fixed up and you'll be just fine." Matt supported him with both arms and as he was trying to make his way out of the rubble Mello's weak voice whispered in his ear.

"Get…Meek." He said. "She was…in that room….with me." He fainted from the pain of the burns, cuts, and bruises he obtained from the explosion.

"I found her!" The same man shouted as he tried to pull Meek free. "She's stuck under this beam." Matt set Mello down in a clear area before going to help. The three of them lifted the beam off of her with great difficulty and set it aside.

"Get her in the car." Matt ordered. One of the men picked her up and followed Matt to his car.

"She's bleeding pretty badly here." He gestured towards her hand that had been shot and a small trickle of blood ran down her face from her hairline and smeared her cheek. Matt got into the back seat with Mello and the other man got in the front with Meek.

"Get us out of here." Matt ordered. "We've got to get some help."

"I can help them. I used to work in a hospital." Matt couldn't believe it. The man looked more like a pro wrestler then a doctor. "All we need is a place where I can work on them."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive." The bulky man assured him. "We just need to stop the bleeding and get these burns cleaned up."

Matt was struggling with himself. Could he really trust this guy? Especially with his friends. "Alright, but if anything happens to them I'm holding you completely responsible." The threat was halfhearted as Matt examined Mello's injuries. He looked bad. Half his face and shoulder were severely burned and there was blood everywhere. He didn't know where it was coming from and he feared the worst.

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Lia was sitting with Light in the hospital as soon as they got word that his father was in serious condition. They watched the old man muster up just enough strength to speak. He wasn't looking good at all. His skin was deathly pale and his eyes were glazed. "Light it's really true, you aren't Kira." A tear trickled down his cheek as he came to the conclusion. Mr. Yagami had made a deal with Ryuk the shinigami of the death note they had. The deal was that Mr. Yagami was gifted with the sight of a shinigami for half of his lifespan. Shinigami eyes gave him the ability to see the lifespan of anyone he looked at and also the person's full name. But if he was to look at someone in possession of a death note he would not be able to see the person's lifespan. That is why Mr. Yagami knew that Light was not Kira. He could see his son's lifespan. "I'm so glad."

"You shouldn't talk so much dad." Light said in concern.

"I…I'm sorry, but…in the end I just couldn't write his name in the notebook." His voice got weaker with every word.

Light grabbed the death note from the inside of his jacket and a pen from his front pocket and held them out to his father. "Come on dad write his name! You can't let him beat you!" Light was hysterical. "Write his name down, with your last bit of strength. DO YOU WANT TO DIE IN VAIN!" Just as he finished his outburst the lights faded from Mr. Yagami's eyes. "DAD!"

The monitors that were hooked up to him flat lined as his heart stopped. "I'm sorry for your loss." The doctor said dully.

"Dad? Dad, come on, wake up!" Tears formed in his eyes. "Do…don't you die on me you idiot!" Light pushed his face into the sheets of the bed and cried.

After a while Light turned to Lia and held on to her for comfort as they both cried their eyes dry.

They were outside on the roof of their headquarters a few hours later and found that after touching the notebook again they could see a new shinigami. Sido was the actual owner of the notebook, not Ryuk.

Light gave the death note back to the mummified shinigami and watched as he flew off into the sky.

Everyone seemed unsettled about Soichiro Yagami's death but they were also uneasy about seeing Meek with Mello as a building blew up on them. It was even more unsettling that they were in the presence of her sister Lia.

"Lia." Matsuda came forward. "I think you should know something."

Lia looked up at him. "What is it?" His tone scared her.

Matsuda hesitated. "I …I saw Meek."

"Oh my god…" She seemed happy, but then she saw his expression. "Where?"

"She was with Mello." Aizawa stated sadly.

"She was caught in the explosion." Mogi added.

"We searched through the mess, but the only one we found was the chief." Matsuda explained.

Lia sunk to the ground. "M…Mellie." She whispered as tears reformed in her eyes.

They didn't even bother to tell her that Mellie had been the one to shoot Mr. Yagami. It was better that way.