Author's note: I got the idea of the story while reading Arcana Soul. I hope you'll enjoy the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own DEATH NOTE. If I did, L would still be alive.


Part 1: The awakening

"Damn that Misa." I muttered silently. "Why is that woman so annoying?"

Flashback

"Raitoooo…" Misa said as she hugged me. "Let's go out for dinner tonight."

I looked down on her and raised an eyebrow. "Why?"

Misa let go of me and pouted. "Because it's been forever since we had a date."

"So? We always have dinner together." I pointed out.

"That doesn't count as a date!" She whined.

I let out an exasperated sigh, which is my way of saying 'I don't really care', and sank into the sofa. I closed my eyes and tried to sleep but couldn't because of Misa's constant whining.

"Please, Raito." She begged.

"No." I said flatly.

"Please."

"No."

"Please."

"No."

"Please."

"No."

That conversation went on for over an hour until I finally said yes, which caused me to come home late, with a drunken Misa I might add, (why she was drunk? You don't want to know) stay up for work very late, and had hardly slept at all.

End of Flashback

I walked briskly through the streets, checking my wrist watch from time to time.

'I'm going to be late if I don't hurry up.' I thought.

I was about to cross the road, when the traffic light signaled walkers to stop. The cars passed by as the traffic light shone the green light.

"Damn." I said silently. I checked my watch again; I noticed how little time I had left before the meeting in HQ would start. Yesterday, Near contacted us. He said that he had something important to say and he would give us a folder or something.

I sighed. 'Why couldn't he tell us yesterday?' I thought. 'I only have couple of minutes left before I'll-

Suddenly, I felt a presence behind me. Panic shot my body. 'Could this be an ambush or something?' I thought. 'No. Near wouldn't do anything that irrational. Wait, yes he would.'

I pretended not to notice the stranger behind me. 'Calm down Light.' I thought. 'It's probably no one I need to be afraid of.'

I breathed in and out then I slowly turned around. At first, I didn't see anyone. Then when I looked down I saw a little girl, around six or seven maybe. She had light blonde hair and wore a dress that looked like something worn in a hospital. The girl stood there, staring at me with her black and seemingly lifeless eyes.

"Can I help you?" I asked in my usual calm and gentle tone that usually wins people over.

The girl didn't say anything but continued to stare at me. I stood there, confused. Then something about the girl made me remember something or someone.

"Are you lost?" I tried again.

Still, the girl didn't answer. She just stared at me like I grew another head or something. 'Oookay.' I decided to ignore her and turned around to wait for the passing cars to stop.

Finally the traffic light signaled the cars to stop, allowing me to cross the street.

I turned around to face at the girl and smiled. "I guess I'll be going now." I said.

As I was crossing the road I heard small footsteps behind me. 'That girl is still following me.' I thought bitterly.

I walked quickly to the other side, hoping the girl would leave me alone. Unfortunately, she was still following me. I/we passed a couple of buildings when I finally turned to her. I was really irritated. First Misa, and now her. Why are women out to annoy me nowadays?

I glared at the girl, who in turn just stared at me innocently.

"Why are you-?

"Someone's following you." The girl interrupted me.

"What?" I said, confused. Then I realized that the only way to get rid of this girl was to play along.

"Yes, I know." I said. The girl looked taken aback.

"You do?" She said softly.

"Yes. And that someone is a cute little girl that's wearing a blue dress." I replied.

The girl frowned. "No." She said flatly. "It's someone else."

'What is this girl talking about?' I thought. "Oh?" I said as I bent my knees so I can see her face to face. "Who is it then?"

The girl looked thoughtful for a moment, then suddenly her eyes widened her breathing became slow. Then she calmed down. She closed her eyes for a moment, and then opened them. Her eyes looked darker and emptier than before. And those eyes looked really familiar, but I just couldn't remember. Then she stared at me again (surprise, surprise).

I checked my watch. 'Shoot. Only 2 minutes left.'

I looked at the girl. "I really need to be going, okay?"

She didn't reply but she kept on staring at me.

I sighed. "You know," I started. "staring at people isn't a good thing to do."

The girl blinked. "Yeah." She replied. Somehow her voice seemed different. The girl managed a weak smile. "And so is murdering people, Yagami-kun."


Part 2 will be up soon. Please tell me what you think of the story. Criticisms are okay with me.