A: Heya again! Got through another chapter mostly intact, so yay! Only three major changes here, one as a result of another; can anyone who read the original find them? If you can find even one, I will chuck more frosting at you, this time in the flavor of your choice!
Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note, otherwise I would likely have been sued many times over for complete stupidity.
Chapter One
Earth (Human Realm)
A young girl sat down on a park bench. She had large eyes and long hair that waved down her back. Her bangs settled in her eyes and with a long practiced motion, she swept them behind her ears.
Her cell phone buzzed. She flipped it open on the way to her ear, glancing at the caller ID first. "Moon here," she stated lazily with a practiced tone that's become almost monotonous to her. It amused her to think her corespondent used an alias while her own "alias" was actually her first name, Moon, spelled with the kanji for light; her last name was Amane since she was daughter of the most popular model right now, Misa Amane.
On the other end of the line, a man on the floor licked his lips in anticipation. As a major fan of this girl who had burst onto the detective scene, he's looking forward to working with her again. "Hello, Moon, I was wondering if you had any tips for me on the Parkings Murder Case."
She grimaced, pulling her feet up underneath her body. "Well, I've been working on a few leads, Near, but I don't have any evidence yet. He's being so damn careful, it's demeaning."
"Keep working on it. Call me back if you get anything."
"Will do," she replied and hung up. Even though everyone depends on me to help them solve all these high profile murder cases, I wish I could be able to find out who my father is, she thought to herself, staring at the sky as she walked home. Absently noticing her mother's car's absence, Moon unlocked the front door of her house and plodded up to her room. She collapsed heavily on her bed, sighing.
A sudden breeze coming through the window caused a strange sound to occur, the sound of fluttering pages and the thump of a heavier cover on her wooden desk. Moon pushed herself up on her elbows, staring peculiarly at her desk with the black notebook she had not remembered purchasing or placing there. Hesitantly, she approached the desk and turned the front cover over. "Death Note," she read aloud, puzzled. The name rang a bell, but she couldn't quite remember what it is that she is supposed to remember about it.
She flipped open the notebook, curious. The human whose name is written in this note shall die. she read. Now she remembered. She remembered the day she had been brought to meet Near, the leader of the Kira case. Near had shown her around the various displays he had made as he rationalized the murders. She remembered the little Plexiglas case that had surrounded another plain black notebook. It had been open to the first page, which read Rules: The human whose name is written in this note shall die.
She shook her head. Surely, this had to be a joke. There had only been two Death Notes, right? Near had destroyed one and burned the other shortly after she had seen it- hadn't he? She read on. The note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's name in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore people sharing the same name will not be affected. She remembered that too. It explained why Kira originally couldn't kill without a name and a face.
Suddenly, she brightened. Her mom had been accused of being the Second Kira- she would know more about this-this- prank. Happily, she pushed the notebook aside and lay back down on her bed, closing her eyes.
She didn't notice the skeletal shinigami silently peeking in through her wall, watching her anxiously for the right moment to make his presence known.