(Rhamiel flys in with his awesome angel wings and smiles at the crowd. "Ready for the next addition to this place? Introducing Part 2 of MY amazing story!" Sensei walks in. "Excuse me?" Rhamiel looks innocent. "I mean... Sensei-sama's story." Bows down to Sensei's almighty power. "That's what I thought...")

"Grandpa Watari, this is L!" The girl ran up to her grandfather and tugged on his suit, followed by the little boy.

"I've already met him, Sabishi. He's training to be a detective." The old man patted the girl on the head and smiled at the boy.

"A detective?!" The girl looked at both of them in awe. "I wanna do that too, Grandpa!" She mused. "I wanna be a detective with L!" She flashed her bright smile.

"I thought you wanted to be a biologist. Why the sudden change in interests?" The old man laughed and squinted his eyes in a smile.

"Because... L's my best friend! He shared cake with me! Strawberry cake, Grandpa! I wanna do whatever L does. Forever and ever and ever!" She grabbed the boy's hand.

"And what about you, L? Do you want Sabishi to do whatever you do, forever and ever and ever?"

The boy seemed to contemplate this. "Yes." He smiled at the girl. "She's cute..."

(Sabishi's POV) Present day

I whistled as I walked out of the hotel lobby. It was always fun to meet with L, no matter how busy he was. Of course, I always had to remind him to brush his teeth on a regular basis, especially since he ate so much sugar. Oh, and it wouldn't kill him to get a few hours of sleep and clean the pighole that he lived in.

I laughed at my own thoughts and strolled down the sidewalk. I'd left my trenchcoat with my grandfather, for L's sake. He seemed more worried about it during this case. Was it really that serious? I couldn't help but notice how tense he seemed. I hadn't seen him like that in any of the cases I'd helped him with so far. Was this Kira case really that dangerous.

I thought about everything that had already happened. It was true that Kira seemed like an unbeatable opponent. What we'd learned, was that he could kill from a distance, given only a name and a face, his most common method of death was a heartattack, and now we'd learned that he could also plan the time of death for his victims. How was this feat even possible? What power did this man hold? I shuddered at the thought.

Annoyed by these thoughts, I pushed them away and continued my walk through the afternoon. I decided to focus on something else. Like L.

I'd known L since we were both children. I was two years older than him, but that had never stopped us as children. We'd done everything together, whether it be sneaking into the pantry of Whammy's, or giving eachother code names when we played detective games. Of course, L always got to be the detective and I got to be the bad guy every time, but I didn't mind. I almost alway matched his wits and smarts every game we played, but eventually, I stood no chance against his evolved mind. That boy could solve a rubix cube with a hundred boxes if someone made something like that.

Naturally, when he was old enough to leave Whammy's and begin a life of his own, I wanted to follow suit. That was my goal ever since I was a child. To do whatever L did forever and ever and ever. I never quite got over that mindset. Anyway, I followed him on all of his cases. No, I didn't attempt to solve them myself, and I never did anything without his permission. Really, all I wanted was to do whatever he asked of me, whether it be something illegal, or something as simple as running to the nearest conveinance store and buying him an energy drink. His will was my command.

And I loved nothing more than to see that satisfied smile on his lips when I did exactly what he wanted and more. I'd loved that dorky grin since I was a little girl. It made him look so innocent... So cute...

What was I thinking?

I shook the thoughts out of my head and kept on walking. Besides, it would be impossible for L and I to be together. He was a detective. Not just any detective. The best detective. I'd only get in the way and be a burden to him if we were ever in a...

Relationship...

I didn't like the word. It didn't seem right. Something about it seemed demented and foul.

"Get your hands off of me you freak!"

A cry from around the corner caught my attention. I looked to my left and saw a group of about four men, all crowded around a beautiful blonde. I could already tell that this was going to end badly.

"Shh... Don't fight. You'll only make this worse on yourself." The leader laughed and pinned her to the wall.

I clenched a fist. How could I let this go on? I already knew what they planned to do to her. I couldn't just sit and wait for it to happen. No matter what might happen to me, I needed to help her. L always said, Justice comes with a price.

"Hey you, leave that girl alone." I stepped into the alley.

Four annoyed faces turned to look at me. The leader left the blonde girl with one of the men, and the other two followed him as he stepped closer to me, a smile suddenly twisting his already demented features.

"You're pretty hot yourself, you know. I guess that sucks for you, doesn't it? You really picked the wrong day to be the hero." The three of them surrounded me.

I looked at the blonde girl. Why didn't she get away? The man holding her back was distracted by me, and surely she'd have the strength to fight against him anyway, wouldn't she? What was she waiting for?

"Watcha lookin' at?" The leader slammed me against the wall and touched my face. I spat at him.

Enraged, he reached for the buttons of my shirt. I closed my eyes, ready to accept this horrible fate. What would L do if I was killed? Would he be too depressed to continue the Kira case? Or would he even care at all?

THUD

All five faces looked at the ground. Just to the left of the leader, a notebook had dropped out of the sky, right into a little puddle of water. Completely black with white writing on it. I looked up. There were no open windows. Had someone dropped this from a rooftop.

"What the hell is that?" The leader looked at his gang. They all shook their heads. "You, hero, pick it up." He shoved me away from the wall.

I was reluctant, but I knew that I had no choice but to obey his orders. I leaned down and picked up the black book.

"It says... Death Note." I read. I opened the first page. It looked like a list of instructions or rules of some sort. I read the first page aloud. "The human whose name is written in this notebook... Shall die."

"What? Give me that!" The leader stripped the book from my hands, skeptically.

I thought about running away, but the stupid blonde was still sitting against the wall. I couldn't leave without rescuing her first. Even if she was an airhead.

Just as I was thinking this, I looked up above the head of the leader. And I saw...

A monster.

It's arms and legs were too long, its back was too slouched. Bandages covered its entire body, and whatever wasn't covered was dark skin. Almost black. It had wings like bats, except one of them was completely wrapped in bandages as well. The lower half of its face was hidden by the bandages, almost like a mask. But its yellow cat like eyes shined above them. Its right ear was pointed and shone with a wide array of earings. Its hair, which was a neon purple, swept over to its left shoulder.

I opened my mouth to scream, but the monster held its finger over the place where its mouth would be, underneath the bandages, as though to silence me. I swallowed my scream and stood rigid with horror.

Meanwhile, the gang members were passing around the notebook, each laughing at the stupid idea of an actual note of death.

"How pathetic." The leader laughed and threw the notebook back on the ground. He turned back to me, but I was turned toward the monster, still unable to look away from its catlike eyes. The man turned, and looked straight into the monster's eyes. "What the hell is that thing!" He screamed. The other men looked, and horror twisted their expressions. In only a matter of moments, each one of them had fled from the alleyway.

"You saved me!" The blonde girl stood up and gave me a very random hug. "I'm Misa-Misa!" She grinned.

Misa-Misa? The famous one?

"I'd love to stay and chat, but I have a video to shoot. Bye!" She cheered before running the other direction.

That left me... And the monster...

"What are you..." I whispered, stunned. "And why did you do that?"

"I am Shiki. A reaper of death. A shinigami. And I rescued you because I've been watching you Koie Kokoro... This notebook is a gift, from me to you. Because I believe you are the first human I've ever fallen in love with..."

(Rhamiel gazes at the page, totally wowed. "WHOA! That makes me want to read more! Who is this mysterious monster? What is this 'death note?' I am truly curious." Winks at audience. All females swoon. Sensei shakes her head. "Just to let everyone know, the next chapter will be written from Light Yagami's perspective, and then L's, and then Sabi's... So on so forth. I like to switch things up." Rhamiel smiles and mouths, 'call me' to the readers. "Until chapter three...")