CHAPTER 1

(NEAR'S P.O.V)

It was seven o clock now. Jovani was standing at the running tracks waiting for me to join him. I stood on the grass not too far from him, looking up into the sky. So many things had unfolded since Light's death. Hearts were broken, sorrow shattered lives, and betrayal was never forgotten. I inhaled the clean morning air, as I closed my eyes from the sun.

In the mist of it all, those who were affected soon found peace. I has never forgotten the first time I went to the Yagami's household, and explained that Light was the one behind the killings. Mrs. Yagami couldn't stop screaming, and Sayu was furious.

Sayu. I grinned with my eyes still closed. It was a year ago that I met her. After delivering the news to her and her mother about Light she unceremoniously threw me out of her house. It was when she was about to throw me out of the yard too, that I turned to her and hugged her.

I didn't know why I did it. She didn't struggle. Instead she broke down and cried. In time her mother slowly accepted what Light Yagami had turned into. To be honest I thought our relationship wouldn't last.

Not that she wasn't good enough, but I had doubts about myself. However, all that changed when we came together. Sayu wasn't just some regular old girlfriend. She had truly earned the right to be called "friend{". She helped me understand people, and the world a lot better.

She went as far as to help me to become more sociable. I remember holding on to one of the headquarters' post holding on for dear life, all because I was afraid to go to a nightclub. Soon my childish things that I perceived were important to me (like my toys), didn't feel so important anymore. "

Was it that I was lonely?, could that be it?. I didn't exactly come from a perfect past. To put it simple: Sayu Yagami added colour to my life when I felt there there was none. She filled a hole of emptiness somehow.

I opened my eyes now, and jogged over to Jovani. "Near!" a female voice shouted out behind me. I turned around to see Sayu jogging over to me. Her face rosy with happiness and health. Sayu and I made a promise to go jogging most mornings.

This was our first morning. You know what?. I was looking forward to it.