Lawliet's p.o.v.

It had been a week since my encounter with Yagami-kun. I had been alone the entire time. What was I even expecting? I was used to his empty threats by then.

The door to my apartment opened and closed.

"I'm back, L-sama!"

I turned to face her.

"Fukida-san, please refrain from calling me that," I said quickly. "Don't get out of the habit of calling me Lawliet Ryuzaki."

"Gomen." She knelt down at the foot of my chair, looking up curiously. "When are you ever going to fight Kira again?"

"When Kira is provoked," I replied as I bit into a pastry. "He's a self centered egotist who won't attack unless a negative comment is spoken of him." I took another bite into the sweet. "However, sometimes he's angered by the mere sight of me."

"This should be perfect for us," Fukida said. "I can act as a decoy, and preach you're the superior being in front of him-"

"No." We made eye contact. "I'm not involving you in this."

"I've already devoted myself to you!" She raised her voice. "Let me endanger myself for you-"

"You have no right to being my scapegoat, human," I snapped. "Enough people have gotten hurt as it is. I don't need to add another to the list of our victims."

The student stared at me, seemingly on the verge of tears. She reached up to the back of my head, pulling me in for a kiss. My eyes widened in shock.

The brunette slowly moved away from me as we made eye contact.

"All right then, I will do whatever you say." Her voice didn't seem to convey any emotion as her head rested on my lap. "For I am completely yours."

I didn't know how to respond. I put my hand on her head, gently petting her.

"May I ask one thing, though? Why are you two fighting?"

I was silent as I continued to move my hand up and down her head.

"That's information you don't need to know."

Yagami's p.o.v.

My blood was boiling as I constantly wrote down the name, 'Lawliet Ryuzaki' into a black notebook.

"Lawliet," I growled. "Lawliet."

The door to my room opened and closed.

"I'm back, Kira-sama."

I began to calm down at her words. 'Kira-sama.' I wanted to hear those words more and more.

"Yagami-sama," I said slowly as I lifted my head up. "Yagami-sama is fine. I can't risk people hearing my real name."

Fukida knelt down at my feet, holding my hand that held a pen.

"I'll call you whatever you wish, my lord."

A lustful smile crossed my face.

Yes. Praise me even more.

"What's this?" she asked, looking at my handwriting.

"This is a Death Note," I said. "It came from the underworld inhabited by Shinigamis. Whoever's name is written in it shall die. The only ones immune to it are L and myself, for we are superior beings of the underworld."

"I see. May I see it?"

I handed the brunette the book, and she turned it over, flipping through the pages. For a single second, I thought I saw a look of disgust on her face, until she looked up at me in curiosity.

"Why do I keep seeing the name 'Lawliet Ryuzaki'?"

"Lawliet Ryuzaki is the name L goes by in public." I fell back on my bed. "Even though I know it won't kill him, I sometimes write down his name to relieve any anger I may be accumulating."

"L is Lawliet-kun?" The mortal loomed on top of me, staring me in the eye. "That boy from our school?"

"Y-yes."

"Then you can use me to get to him. Please, my lord, use me for any plot you have, I'll do anything you say!"

I smirked.

"Tell me something, Fukida," I slowly replied. "Is there anyone you'd like dead?"

She sat up on my lap.

"Yes."

I sat up, wrapping my arm around her.

"Then feel free to write down their name." I handed her the pen. "L is a coward. He won't strike unless I make the first move."

She held my hand. "Kira-sama." A kiss unexpectedly fell on me, keeping me from speaking. "Arigatou."

A name was written down by her hand.

Lawliet's p.o.v.

A horde of people ran past me, screaming and pushing each other over.

What's going on?

I made my way through the crowd running past me, but came to a halt when I heard voices cry,

"Kira! Kira is beckoning L! Nigeru!"

My body was petrified in silence. Once the crowd completely ran past me, I saw a corpse lying a few feet in front of me. Blood boiled through my veins, a furious heart rate beating violently against my chest.

A deep roar erupted from my throat as blue light engulfed me. Blinded by my rage, I'd become the Hippocampus, L.

The shadow of a Chimera flew overhead. Kira was above me, fire flying from the dragon's mouth.

I evaded the green flames as another roar escaped my lips. Lightning danced in the dark clouds as ran fell on our heads.

Sparks flew from the lion's mouth. I ran into them to tackle the Chimera, knocking it over. The ram cut my leg with its knives, making me lose my balance and crash into an already half-way destroyed building.

Kira attempted to strike me again, though I moved away through another building before his body could reach me. He kept pursuit of me, flames and lightning spewing from his mouths. I summoned a tornado directly on top of him, and it seemed to unfaze him.

He tackled me down, and the ram's knives dug into my shoulder. With a roar of pain, a summoned tsunami pushed him off of me. As he tried to stand up, lightning bolts struck his wet body where he stood.

Blood dripping from my wounded shoulder, I stood up and growled at the Chimera. He growled back at me with only the lion head, as the other heads gasped for air.

Blue and red light emitted from us. Narrow brown eyes glared into mine as the rain slowly ceased falling on our human bodies.

"Stop provoking me," I said. "You know as much as I do that these fights are pointless."

Yagami-kun growled as his eyes narrowed.

"Lawliet," he snarled. "I'm gonna fucking kill you!"

He bolted in the opposite direction. I stood still and stared in silence, until I held my shoulder in pain.

"Lawliet-kun!"

A familiar touch embraced me from behind, sounds of crying following.

"F-Fukida-san?"

"You're bleeding," the high voice whimpered. "What did that bastard do to you?"

I held her hand.

"It's okay," I said, "this is nothing compared to what he's done to me before."

Yagami's p.o.v.

"Lawliet Ryuzaki" appeared several times in my notebook that night.

"Lawliet," I snarled angrily, gripping my pen tightly.

The door to my room swung open, making a loud bang against the wall.

"Yagami-kun!"

Fukida flung herself at me, tightly wrapping her arms around my neck.

"Fukida-"

"Yagami-kun," she sobbed, "you're not hurt, are you? Gomenasai. I was the one who provoked him."

I was still for a single second, until I slowly put my right arm around her.

"It's okay. I've been through worse."

The next time I saw Lawliet was that Monday at school. We shared a scowl at the entrance and walked inside without making a sound. I was just glad we weren't in the same class.

Fukida seemed to keep her distance from me. I never reached out and said hello, but I was expecting her to be clinging to me as usual. She didn't seem to talk to anybody. I assumed she was trying to keep it secret she was in contact with me, and another question came to mind. Who was the man she had killed?

After school, I met up with her at the entrance.

"Oi, Fukida," I said as I put my arm around her. I whispered in her ear, "Whose name did you write down yesterday?"

The brunette looked from left to right, then back up at me.

"His name was Amane Masashi," she whispered. "Why I wanted him dead is for reasons I'd rather not discuss." She held my hand. "I must thank you, Yagami-kun. You have no idea how much stress was relieved when you let me write down his name."

I removed my arm.

"Don't mention it. From now on, the Death Note is yours. Feel free to write down whomever's name you please. Any human other than you means nothing to me."

A deep glance and warm smile was focused in my direction.

"Arigatou."

I turned my head.

"Let's part quickly before somebody sees us. Someone could grow suspicious."

She giggled.

"Whatever you say."

Lawliet's p.o.v.

I was sitting alone in my apartment, tightening the wraps around my wounded shoulder. It wasn't as bad compared to the other gashes Yagami-kun and I had left on each other in the past, I was almost numb to it.

"Lawliet-kun?" That normally chipper and eccentric voice was then quiet and concerning. "Are you all right?" Fukida-san asked as she slowly approached me.

I turned my head to her and nodded.

"Yes, don't worry about me."

The brunette bent over my chair and kissed my wound, almost on the verge of tears.

"Onegai," she said, "if there's anything I can do for you, please tell me."

I wrapped my arm around her and pulled her towards me.

Fukida Mamushi-san, I thought, just who exactly are you?

Misa's p.o.v.

A weak wind whipped against the trees under the dim sky. The only light was the flickering lamppost I was standing under, waiting for someone I had been seeking for for days. When I looked up, I saw them approach me.

"You're here!" I cried aloud. "You know, right? You know about Kira?"