Author Note: credit to my Ojou-Sama for contribution to this chapter.


Light stroked the apple, gently caressing its smooth skin before biting in.

"The last apple, Ryuk" Light said, smirking before taking another bite.

"You're gonna eat it?" Ryuk asked.

"Well, maybe I'll leave you the core" Light said, dragging his tongue slowly along the apple before tossing it to Ryuk.

Ryuk ate it quickly, juice slowly dripping from his mouth.

"You know Ryuk, that was an indirect kiss" Light said, grinning

"R- Really?" Ryuk said his eyes widening

"Yeah. Now I'm really in the mood to read some magazines. Come on, Ryuk."


The Kira killings had stopped. The killer of Misa Amane's parents was among the last to die of a sudden heart attack. A month passed and there were no new victims. The Kira case was already being forgotten by many.


Misa lay on her bed feeling depressed. Kira had been her saviour, she was prepared to worship him like a god but now he was gone. Could Kira actually just have been a disease that had now run its course? "It can't be" she cried out loud. Tears streamed down her face. It was on this night, when she was feeling at her lowest, that the shinigami Rem came to her, delivering a black notebook, and telling her the truth about Kira.

"I knew it" she yelled "Kira is real... Kira is a person... but why isn't Kira killing anymore?"

And so, that night, Misa devised the plan that would lead to her meeting Kira.


"L Sir, you haven't been eating much lately" Watari said " We only have one more empty freezer left so we won't be able to store much more ice cream"

L sighed. "Well, just cancel the deliveries"

"L Sir, this is wrong, you haven't had any cases since..."

"Exactly" L interrupted "Actually I've been feeling depressed. I've never failed to solve a case before now. Maybe I should just pick my successor and retire."

"L sir"

"Oh and Watari, please stop calling me sir"

"Sorry. Just thought it might cheer you up"


"Light, can you help me with my biology homework?" Sayu said, walking into Light's room.

"whoa , knock before coming in" Light said throwing the covers over the bed and sitting on it.

"Huh... are you hiding dirty magazines again" Sayu said.

She ran over to the bed and tried to pull the covers off. Light tried to push her away but she had a firm grip. She fell down, bringing the covers with her and the magazine that Light had been trying to hide landed right in front of her. "This is..." She said flipping through it.

"Hey it's just for research" light said, attempting to take it off her but failing.

"Eww, liar, I'm telling mum and dad" she yelled, running out of the room, still holding the magazine.

"Damn, I can't have any one finding out about this" Light said, burying his face in his palms. "Ryuk, I think my sister might have a bit of an accident today."

Light sat in front of the black notebook. It had been a month since the last name had been written, but here he was about to kill his sister. He couldn't do it.


Half an hour later, he was still sitting there when his sister came back, knocking on his door.

"Light, if you help me with my biology homework I won't tell anyone."

"No damn you, I won't allow you to blackmail me" light shouted and in anger wrote down her name.

"Brother please"

"No, now go for a walk or something"

"Huh, why would I do that? It's dark outside and ..." she stopped in the middle of the sentence "actually, I need some fresh air" she said. Her voice was gloomy, just like Naomi Misora's had been when Light had written her name in the notebook.

"Ryuk, I wrote that she takes the magazine with her and it gets destroyed in the accident. So we have nothing to worry about. Still it's a shame to be losing those great images."

"Yeah. I'll miss the one with the apples most. But what about your sister. She was kinda cute" Ryuk said.

"Ryuk! You're not on that side of the fence are you? That's not even legal!" Light shouted

"Huh, I meant cute like a kitten"

"Oh. That's ok I suppose. Now let's play some Mario Party. I'll be Princess Peach" Light said.

"Hmm, Yoshi" Ryuk said.