Note: This font shows Kasai's thoughts. This font shows Seiryu's thoughts.This font shows when Kasai is reading the Death Note.
Chapter One
Meeting
Kasai groaned as she ran through the streets. She looked at her watch. 8:30? Oh man. I missed the news. Now I won't know what L has found out about Kira. Or if Kira has killed L. She slowed to walking pace, not seeing a reason to keep running. She turned a corner and felt her foot hit something. She looked down to find a black notebook at her feet. She picked it up. Death Note. Wonder why it's out here… She opened it and read the first page. Huh? All of it's written in English. How annoying… I'm not sure if I can translate this… I guess I'll use the book I bought to help. She walked another block to her house and went inside. She locked the door and went up to her bedroom. Once inside, she looked through the bookshelf located above her desk. Here it is. She sat down and opened the Death Note. Here we go.
This is a death god's notebook Okay… That's a little strange… How to use it. Err... Are the first letters capitalized? Whatever, it doesn't matter… The human whose name is written in this note shall die. This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.Well that's nice. At least the person that owns this took precautions. If the cause of death is written within 40 seconds of writing the person's name, it will happen. If the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a heart attack. After writing the cause of death, details of the death should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 secondsGeez. Does everything in this world have to have a time limit? This note shall become the property of the human world once it touches the ground of (arrives in) the human world. The owner of the note can recognize the image and voice of its original owner, i.e. a god of death. The human who uses this note can-
"So you're the one that found my book." Kasai turned to see a man crouched in the window. He had red hair that reached his shoulders and was dressed in black leather. He had to be at least seven feet tall.
"Your book?" He stepped out of the window and onto the carpeted floor of her room.
"Yes. My book." Kasai whimpered as he walked closer to her. "Don't worry. I'm not going to hurt you."
"Why should I trust you? I don't even know your name!" He chuckled.
"Ah yes. It is a human custom to give one's name when meeting for the first time. My name is Seiryu."
"My name is Kasai."
"My, what a nice name. It means fire doesn't it?"
"Yes, but how does that make it nice?" He chuckled and sat down on the chair by her desk.
"I love fire. It's," he lit his hand, "my specialty." Kasai felt such fear and yet, she was drawn to him. She patted the end of her bed.
"Would you like a better seat?"She could've sworn she saw him blush.
"No. I'm fine." Why is she being so nice? Usually humans that saw a shinigami would try sucking up the shinigami or just run away. "So, Kasai, when did you find my book?"
"I just found it."
I guess that explains why she hasn't written any names in it yet.
"So, are you going to take my soul or something?"
"No, why? Oh, wait. Let me guess. You humans have come up with some weird fantasy about us."
"Us? You mean there's more of you?"
"Well, there are other Shinigami."
"Are the rules the same for their books too?"
"Of course they are! Why would they be different?" Kasai whimpered and turned away from him, suddenly feeling very small. Seiryu noticed and gently placed his arm around her waist. "I'm sorry." She pulled away.
"Please, could you just go away and leave me alone?" He lightly gasped before sighing.
"I cannot leave this world until either you die or the book is destroyed. I can go downstairs, but I cannot leave."
"Fine go downstairs and do not come back up here." Seiryu slowly stood and walked out of the room. Kasai couldn't help feeling sad as he left. She shook it off and laid down, not even bothering to change into her sleep clothes.
