Author Notes: Okay, so this is my first EVER Death Note fancfic. Be nice, I'm just seeing how this goes :D I'm sorry the first chapter is so short, but I didn't want to give too much of the next chapter away already :D Anyway, hope you enjoy!

-Chapter One-

Light Yagami was sitting in the back of his cram class, drawing absent-mindedly.

Ryuk, the shinigami who followed Light around all day, was currently leaning against the wall of the classroom, sighing in a bored manner.

"How much longer are you here for?" Ryuk asked him, crossing his arms.

"About another hour now." Light muttered quietly to Ryuk, concious of the fact that he was the only one who could see or hear Ryuk.

"But that's ages. If I wasn't a shinigami I would definitely die of boredom right now." Ryuk told him as Light copied down the writing on the whiteboard.

Ignoring Ryuk, Light began to work out the answers on his page, tapping his fingers as he worked.

He heard the door to the classroom open, but he didn't look up. People were always coming in and out and it no longer interested him anyway.

Light stopped writing and began to think of the criminals he would be killing tonight, all at random times, to throw L's little 'student' theory out of the water.

He was just thinking of the wonderful clues he could use when Ryuk got his attention.

"Wow. She's certainly something, even by a shinigami's usual standards."

Light looked up to see what he was going on about and almost fell off his chair at the sight before him.

A young girl with pale silvery hair right down her back, milky white skin and piercing crimson eyes was staring back at him from the front of the class.

"I was told I had to come here for cram class?" The girl's sweet, wintery voice carried across the room towards Light, and he could feel his skin getting hotter by the mere sound of her angelic voice.

"That's right, this is the cram class. What is your name?" The teacher said breezily, as she checked the register for a new name.

"Solace. Solace Nobuyuki." The girl replied, smiling daintily at the teacher.

"Okay then, Miss Nobuyuki. If you'd like to find a seat. I think there's one available next to Mr Yagami at the back." The teacher told her, pointing out the seat.

"Thank you." Solace replied, making her way to the back of the class.

The second she sat down, Light's eyes were upon her.

"Your a little late, aren't you? We've been here almost an hour." Light smirked, not taking his eyes off the board.

"I had trouble finding the right place, Mr...Yagami." The girl replied, her crimson eyes penetrating his very soul as he glanced back at her.

Light's smile faltered and he had to catch his breath as he replied; "It's Light. Call me Light."

Solace smiled at him and extended a milky white hand.

"Solace. Pleased to meet you, Light, call me Light." She smirked as Light blushed a little in response.

He laughed quietly and turned back to the board.

"Not in the mood to play? What a shame. I so do love to play." Solace whispered to him as she got out a notebook and pen and began to take notes.

Light stiffened in his seat and smiled at her flirtatiously.

"So, Solace, are you busy after class?" He asked her as she breezed through the answers.

"Not that I know of. Why? Are you offering?" She asked him.

"Are you accepting?" Light bit back.

She turned to him and smiling, shaking her head.

"I might be."

-

After class, Light waited for Solace to emerge from the classroom.

Ryuk was standing beside him as usual, and he didn't seem impressed.

"What happened to all that planning you did? All those criminals you were going to kill tonight?" Ryuk growled at him, crossing his arms in disgust.

"I'll do it later, quit asking. Your just jealous because she can't see you." Light said out of the corner of this mouth as Solace came out of the classroom door and smiled at him.

"Hey." She said, taking his offered arm as he walked her out of the building into the street.

"Hey." He repeated, smiling at her as he took her to a small cafe/bar just down the road. "I hope you don't mind, but as a student I don't really have much money to treat a lady to anything special." He told her as he held the door open for her to slip inside.

"Don't worry about. I can pay." She smiled, walking in to the small, lemon scented room where one waiter and a barman were serving.

"Table for thr-two." Light requested, momentarily forgetting that Ryuk couldn't be seen by anyone but him, and so wouldn't really need a seat at their table.

As they sat and talked about various things, Light began to learn a little more about Solace.

She was 17, like him, and lived in a small flat with her father, Paris. She had a pet cat called Flea who liked to sleep in the salad crisper when no one was in the house. She played the piano, had a beautiful singing voice and used to be in a choir at her old school.

She didn't have any brothers or sisters, and her mother had died when she was a little girl.

"Dad works as a part-time mechanic, so we don't really have much money right now." She told him, taking a sip of water from her glass.

'Hang on... doesn't have much money? So how come she said earlier that she could pay?' Light thought as she talked to him, frowning slightly.

"Are you thinking the same as I am? Things just don't add up with this girl, do they?" Ryuk spoke from behind Light, startling him slightly.

"So errr... what school do you go to?" Light asked her, ignoring Ryuk.

"Oh I'm home tutored. That's why my Dad only works part time. I figured that I could get a few more hours of school work done if I went to cram school whilst he was at work." She replied.

'Her Dad works night shifts? Who wants their car fixed at night?' Light thought, trying to make sense of this girl. 'Unless she's lying about him being a mechanic too.'

Solace stopped talking and smiled at Light.

"So tell me about you." She said, taking a bite of her sandwich.

"There's not really much to tell." Light replied, smiling back at her. "I don't really do much outside school. I'm dead boring, actually." He smirked at that last comment.

"Your very clever, very funny. Do you know that?" Ryuk said sarcastically as he sighed impatiently.

Solace shook her head, laughing a little.

"I'm sure your not. I'm sure your a very interesting person really." She said, her crimson eyes drifting very obviously over Light's torso, before flicking back up to his face.

"Maybe you should stick around. Get to know how interesting I can really be." Light told her, leaning forwards.

Solace smirked and was about to say something when she caught sight of the clock.

"Oh God, I'd better get going. Dad will be back from... work any time soon. I'll see you at cram school tomorrow!" Solace told him, opening her purse to reveal quite a bit of money as she threw down enough to pay for hers and Light's food, plus a little extra as she waved at Light and dashed out of the cafe.

"This is getting stranger and stranger..." Ryuk muttered as Light watched the girl run back down the street.

"Solace Nobuyuki... Who are you?" Light whispered.

-

Back in his bedroom, Light stretched, took out the Death Note from his well hidden false drawer and picked up his pen.

"Now to get started." Light smirked, picking up his pen and list of criminals he had to kill.

Opening a search window on his computer, Light began typing in the names of the criminals, observing their pictures, and writing down their names, cause of death, and events leading up to their death.

"I can't wait to see how L reacts to these glorious gems." Light laughed as he wrote out intricate details and 'clues' to further irritate the unknown investigator.

He was finally down to the last criminal as he began to type in the name on his computer.

He stopped, staring down at the name he had hastily scribbed earlier that morning.

"Paris... Nobuyuki..."

Author Notes: So what did you think? Leave a review and let me know if you want this to continue please! Thank you!

-Jynx-