Never thought

By: HitsuiroIssa

Shinigami.

A/N: Second part of Never thought. xD Enjoy

Disclaimer: As I've said earlier, Ryuk, this is my apple, and you guys are copyrighted. We're even.

Ryuk: TT Meanie.

The following week, Raito came back with dad.

She rushed to the door to meet them both even before her mother. They all laughed happily, embracing each other in a many-armed hug. After that, they all sat on the dining table, and mother made a delicious meal for dinner. For once, they didn't bother talking about crimes or the Kira case- mother was the one who did all the work and explain to them what happened during their absence, how Sayu became an honor student that semester, and that she learned tons of new meals to prepare now that they were together. Mother didn't dare ask if the two men were staying long- she didn't want to hear, and so did the younger sister.

One of Sayu's chopsticks fell to the floor when she had made a comical reenactment of her mother's operas, and laughing, she got down to the floor to pick it up while her mother fussed about how they 'never understand my operas'. As she got up, she turned her gaze to the space beside Raito- and to her horror she dropped the sticks again. Recovering from his laughter, Soichiro Yagami looked at his daughter, a playful look in his eyes. "What happened to you, Sayu? Did you suddenly acquire butterfingers?"

Sayu managed to tear her gaze off and smiled at her dad. "S-sorry, I need to go to the bathroom."

She quickly walked past her brother, who had shot her a skeptical look, and made her way towards the said place.

She pressed against the cold wall of the room, opposite to the sink. She was shaking in fear at what she saw beside her brother- but what could it be? He looked so scary- like a monster- she shut her eyes tight, willing the image to disappear in her mind. What am I doing? Hallucinating weird things whereas my father and nii-sama are here, enjoying their stay after a long time? I should be with them, so get a grip! That wasn't real. I just imagined it. she told herself, and a chuckle made her turn and cover her mouth.

It was the same creature she saw with her brother- a towering monster with blue skin, his eyes yellow and glowing, his lips lined thickly in black and yellow teeth bearing in a grin. She forced herself not to scream but instead to press her body to the wall further, her hands searching behind her for something that could help. She had seen creatures like that in those occult books she read- death gods, or Shinigami in Japanese. She stared up at it in terror as it eyed her, interested.

"So, you can see me, huh?" it asked in its low growl of a voice, and she nodded quickly.

"Hmm... Raito must've left a piece of the Death note lying around, since you possibly can't have found the notebook itself..." mused the Shinigami, scratching his chin in wonder. Meanwhile, Sayu swallowed thickly and asked, in a quivering voice, "Who are you? What were you doing with nii-sama?"

The Shinigami grinned wider and replied, still floating, "My name's Ryuk, the Shinigami of the Death note your brother has," he saw her expression change into confusion, and decided to press on, "The Death note's a notebook, you see, where you write people's names you want to kill. After awhile they die. And since your brother found my Death note, I have to wait for him to die before I can have it back."

"Death note...?" she repeated, sounding as if to cry, "Isn't that just a myth? I don't think it even is on factual records...and how can Raito have found it?"

Ryuk frowned at her at the question. "Well, it is real and you touched a piece of it. Now you can see me. Only people who had touched the Death note or a part of it may see the Shinigami haunting the notebook, that's why your parents haven't seen me yet. Anyway, Raito picked it up when it appeared in the human world. He was the first to actually touch it upon its arrival- making him the official owner."

Sayu wiped her face, then positioned her fists in front of her chest, still staring at him wearily. "Why doesn't Raito panic? He can see you, right?"

Ryuk nodded, crossing his arms. "Sure he can see me, but he learned not to fear my presence. Besides, he has no choice but to get used to me hanging around."

"That's horrible..." Sayu muttered, looking down. Imagine being followed by a death god day and night! This must be the reason why he had been acting so...strange.

A knock on the door made her froze, eyes wide, listening. It was her brother, her Raito. "Sayu? Are you alright? You've taken a long time in there."

She looked at her watch- ten minutes had passed so quickly with all the information about the Death note. She still couldn't believe it. She wondered if she should act normally- or make him tell the truth. She opened the door and smiled at him embarrassedly. "Sorry, I lost track of time."

She knew he was eyeing Ryuk floating behind her, but she made no movement to acknowledge it. She pushed pass her brother and proceeded to her room.

"Sayu, are you done eating? We're clearing up the table--" started Raito, turning around to hold her back.

"I'm not hungry anymore," she snapped, cutting across him, pulling her hand away from his.