A/N: Finally! THE LAST CHAPTER! I'm so excited. My schoolwork has piled on me so much that I haven't been able to sleep before 2 or 3 in the morning.... so I haven't had time to even write this until now. but I hope you guys like it! Please don't be mad at me for not posting it until now .' I love you all!

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Light looked away from Ryuzaki as quickly as possible. Even though the mask nearly hid Ryuzaki's entire face, he knew if he continued to look into those big, beautiful orbs, he might want to cry. "Hello, everyone," Light exclaimed as powerfully as possible. "I've been told this is an emergency, and I had to bring Misa along with me. What's the matter?"

"We've found something," Ryuzaki answered. "Something we didn't know about before. Please, Light, come look at the screen." Light did as he was told.

Light gazed upon the screens before him. "It looks like you've compiled security cameras of people dying of heart attacks. What's so case breaking about this?"

"Watch what each of them says before they die."

Light skeptically glared into the faces of dying victims, each clutching onto their chest. The first grabbed his chest, yelling "The reign is here!" He fell onto the floor and died before security guards could reach him.

The second had a different phrase. "I will never give up!" He yelled profoundly before dying.

Light glanced at Misa and nodded. She gave a slight smile, telling him without words that it was her plan.

They listened to a few more tapes of high security prisoners yelping similar phrases. "What do you think they mean?" Light asked curiously to Ryuzaki.

"I'm not sure," Ryuzaki answered. "At first I thought they might string together to form a message, but there seems to be no connection. It may be a throw off to another plot, but I want to compile more messages to make sure. In any case, I wanted you to call some prisons and ask if any similar cases have occurred."

Misa coughed. "Sorry," she said nervously. "Um, I need to go make a phone call." Ryuzaki nodded, and she left the room silently.

As soon as the door was closed, Lawliet stood up and took his mask off. Light ran into his arms, nearly knocking him onto the controls behind them. "I've missed you so much," he whispered into his lover's ear. "I can't stand this. I don't want you to do this anymore." Light picked up the adorned mask and placed it delicately on Lawliet's face, a single tear rolling down his cheek. "I can't let you go through with this."

Lawliet slowly lifted the mask, showing his dark eyes to Light. Tears in his eyes, he answered, "you just showed me that I need to do this. For us." He looked to Miyoko, who nodded with a bright smile. With that, Lawliet hugged Light once more and sat down to the computer.

Misa walked in slowly. In her left hand, an opened black book; in her right, a pen. She looked upon Light's face, and to everyone else's in the room. Finally, her gaze fell upon Ryuzaki. She slowly looked upwards to see a name.

Light looked to her for some sort of clue as to what she was thinking. What she was seeing. Misa met his gaze, and nodded. She began to write a name down in the book.

"No!" Light yelled. He began running towards Misa, reaching his hands out. He knocked the pen out of her hand and they both fell onto the floor. Light grabbed the book and opened it to the page she'd been on. Please don't have his name, please don't have his name. He found the page that had last been written on. On the page he saw the name he did not want to see. Lawliet.

Death Note Rule #37:

If the person whose name is written in the Death Note does not have a legal name, the name by which they call themselves will be used in the Death Note.

Light cried out in horror. His true love had been written into the Death Note; his fate was sealed.

Misa looked up at him in astonishment; he held the Death Note in his hands, shaking. He looked over to find Lawliet walking silently towards him. He took the Death Note and threw it across the floor. He proceeded to wrap his arms around his neck and drew him into a warm, loving kiss. He pulled away, smiling half-heartedly. "I love you, Light," he whispered. "And I always will."

He stepped back, eyes still on frozen Light. He sat down at his control chair, another tear streaming down his face. He closed his eyes and his head fell, a sign that Light's worst nightmare had come true.

He tried to run to Lawliet to hold him, to kiss him; it had to be a dream. Miyoko grabbed him and held him back. "No! Light, he's gone. He's gone!"

"He can't be!" Light screamed. "He's not gone! I saw him! We had a plan, Miyoko. Why did this happen?"

Misa stood up and grabbed the Death Note. "Misa," Light called. "Write my name down. Please. I don't want to live without him! Please just write my name down. I can't..." he dropped his head down and stopped fighting Miyoko. She let go of him, and he fell to the floor, sobbing.

Misa stared at him, confused. "What do you mean, Light? I don't understand. I though you loved me. Our plan to kill him has worked. We defeated L! So why are you crying?"

Light looked up with fire in his eyes. "I hate you, Misa. I always have." He stood up and walked towards her. "I've hated you with a passion. And I'd fallen in love with Lawliet." He grabbed the Death Note from Misa. "If we can't both be alive together, then I don't want to live!" Miyoko ran to stop him, but it was too late; he wrote his name into the Death Note.

Misa jumped up and clung to him. "Please, baby, I love you! You don't really love him. You love me!"

"It's too late, Misa. I wrote my name in the book. I'll be with Lawliet now."

Matsuda grabbed the Death Note and opened it. Under Lawliet's name, Light's name was written. He closed it and bowed his head.

Light walked towards Lawliet and crouched down next to him. "I'll be with you soon," he whispered. He glanced down at his watch to count down the seconds.

But the time had already passed.

"What the-" Light said aloud, looking around. It had been longer than it was supposed to be. Shouldn't he be....dead?

The front door burst open and police officers with guns ran to grab Misa. "Amane Misa, you are being charged with the murder of many victims. We have on tape that you attempted to kill detective L and enough circumstantial evidence to arrest you." They put her hands behind her back and handcuffed her.

"Attempt at his life...?" Light asked as the policemen led Misa outside. "What do they mean?" Light stood up, looking around.

"What do they mean? Someone tell me what's going on!"

Everyone left the apartment; Miyoko was the last to leave. "I'll let you two talk," she said, closing the door behind her. Light stared at Lawliet, not sure of what to do. What did Miyoko mean by that?

Lawliet's left hand twitched.

His eyes slowly opened, and he sat up straight in the chair. Swiveling it slowly to see Light, he smiled weakly. "Surprise?" he whispered.

Light froze in disbelief. Lawliet stood up and walked over to him shyly. "Are you mad?" he asked.

Light glared at Lawliet. After a moment of silence, he grabbed him and pulled him into a tight embrace. He ran his hands through Lawliet's hair. "I wish I could be," he choked out. "But I can't. I'm too happy that you're alive to be mad."He pulled away to see Lawliet's face and looked into his big, gorgeous eyes. He stroked Lawliet's cheek and brushed the hair out of his face. "I love you," he whispered.

"I love you too," Lawliet replied.

Lawliet wrapped his arms around Light's neck; Light wrapped his arms around Lawliet's waist. They leaned into each other until they were centimeters away from kissing. Lawliet was about to kiss Light when Light pulled away.

"There's just one thing I need to know," Light exclaimed. "What just happened? I mean, you died. Or you were supposed to die. I was supposed to die. I don't understand."

Lawliet sighed. "I'm sorry I had to trick you like that, Light. I didn't want to. But my sister didn't trust you. She doesn't trust anyone these days. So we had to come up with a plan to ensure that we caught Misa. Your plan might have worked, but Miyoko wanted to ensure my safety. She knew that if you were still Kira, you could have made her plan fail."

"What was her plan?" Light asked.

"She wanted to replace the Death Note with a fake one, one that looked the same. And she did. She told me not to tell you so that you wouldn't switch them for the real thing. Besides, we weren't sure if the name thing would work, and she didn't want to risk it. When you declared your love for me in front of Misa, I knew I could trust you. But I trusted you since you walked in the door and I saw that look in your eyes." Lawliet smiled at Light once more.

Light nodded. "I didn't want you to die," he whispered. "I shouldn't have come up with that plan. You could have died! And you did... at least, I thought you did. I was going to die for you... because I-"

Lawliet cut him off by drawing him into a searing kiss. As soon as their lips connected, they drew their bodies in close, feeling the heat of the other. Light ran his hands through Lawiet's hair, feeling the soft, light curls. He breathed in Lawliet's scent; a crisp, chocolate tone. He loved every second of it.

Lawliet pulled away and smiled. "Don't talk about you dying for me. We will never have to die for the other anymore now that Kira is out of the picture." Light held him in a tight hug, not wanting to let go.

"Is this what I have to come back to?" they heard a dark, mysterious voice call. "You two are finally together, huh?"

Light and Lawliet pulled apart. They looked next to them to see Ryuk floating in the air. "Kira's gone now, hmm? Are you finished with the Death Note?"

Light laughed and nodded. "I'm a changed man, Ryuk. Sorry, but I don't want this book anymore."

Ryuk laughed at the book on the floor. "That fake? Ha, that's ridiculous. Doesn't even look like the real thing. Where's my book?"

Lawliet nodded in the direction of the kitchen door. "It's in the pantry next to the apples," he smiled, winking.

"You know me so well!" Ryuk laughed evilly, flying through the door into the kitchen.

Lawliet turned back to his lover. "Now, where were we..?"

"I think we were here..." Light answered, pulling Lawliet into a passionate kiss once more.

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A/N: Aha, this isn't the end :D I'm going to have an epilogue up by the end of the week. Hope you all liked this chapter!! ^.^