Gods and Monsters [Sequel to Ethereal] L x Reader • Death Note ✔️

Chapter 22 | suspicious behaviour

You couldn't shake the feeling something was off about this entire thing. And yet, you couldn't figure out exactly why. At first you just assumed it was because of the unsettling cult presence, but even after divulging into that, you were still left with an odd feeling.

So while Mello was out tailing the suspect, and the successors were hard at work keeping an eye on all the wiretaps and trackers attached to him, you decided to take a quick trip to visit the death alliance down in the underworld. Perhaps they'd have some answers or theories. They often could be found either in their own sections of the underworld or one of the meeting rooms where all the areas of the pantheons connected. That's where to found them, some of them at least. Death doesn't wait for anyone so some were off doing their jobs as death gods, those what were around though were discussing the imbalance between the realms and the overflowing work in the underworld and MU, just like what had happened last time.

And apparently it was babysitting time because sleepy little Morpheus was curled up in a sling across Thanatos' chest. Than may be cold and broody on the surface, but he loved his brother and was very exited to be an uncle. Although it did look kind of funny, gothic and serious Thanatos with a starry sling and sleeping cloud baby.

"I understand your unease over the situation, but I'm afraid I don't have much I can offer you. We've grilled the shinigami for answers but it's 100% certain this death note was dropped several years before the ban, and it's just been sitting and waiting for someone to pick it up. No conspiracy or anything of the sort" Thanatos sighed, rather fed up with the situation as well.

"I'm afraid he's right young (y/n), we've got no other information we can offer. We're drowning in new souls it's practically impossible to keep up..." Anubis added.

The two sat around the big table in the centre of the room, the surface scattered with papers that needed to be filed on new arrivals and notes from their meetings. Clearly Anubis was getting frustrated with because the paper before him was covered in angry scrawls of hieroglyphs.

"Damnit- this stupid nagging feeling just won't go away though. At first it thought it was just unease about the cult situation, maybe nerves about the boys- and Near, being in danger... but it just won't go away even after addressing those" you scoffed, getting frustrated yourself.

"I understand the frustration, we're practically dying ourselves here... I've got whole boat fulls of hearts to weigh..." Anubis sighed.

"I can assure you we'll send a psychopomp the moment we get new information, I'm afraid right now there is none" Thanatos assured.

You tapped your prosthetic foot against the ground, tense in the shoulders and mind still blank for solutions.

"I heard Zagreus granted your children with death defiance?" Thanatos added.

"Oh, yeah. L had him grant it, he's so scared something will happen to them. He's gonna go grey with stress at this point" you replied.

"Usually I'd be against death defiance, Zagreus is enough to deal with dying every other day and coming back to life. But in this case... I'll allow it"

"The hades kid does manage to get himself killed in unique ways I'll give him that..." Anubis chuckled.

That was true, Zagreus had a habit for running head first into danger and getting slaughtered in the weirdest ways. Once he died to a tiny rodent, how? No one knows. Even he didn't know apparently it 'came up behind him'.

"It's a one use only thing, so they'll be using it wisely. If at all, hopefully it doesn't come to that" you said.

"How's L coping with his dad by the way?" Anubis asked.