Fanfiction: Kage O Shōhi
Category: Death Note
Chapter: 1
Author: Sakura Lawliet
Editor: -
Word Count: 5,119

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN DEATH NOTE OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS! I ONLY OWN MIYU, KOUKI AND ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS EXCEPT FOR L, LIGHT/KIRA, & KIYOMI

Comments would be appreciated! :) Thanks

CHAPTER 1: KIRA & ERU

April 5, 2004

"Hideki-kun," She started with a smile and he looked into her emerald eyes with his own obsidian one's.

"Yes, Yua-sensei?" He asked, tilting his head a bit as he stared at her with his wide inky pools. She blinked at him, before laughing.

"Please, when we are alone, just call me Miyu. It makes me feel old when you call me by my last name." She smiled, walking over to him and slipped into the desk next to him. "Anyways," She said, moving on, "You have no middle name?" She asked curiously.

"I believe we've already discussed this," He replied evenly. Miyu rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, yeah." She shook her head lightly. "Very intelligent... What's your IQ?" She randomly asked, leaning her elbow on the desk while resting her head in her hand with a smile. Miyu has always been one to get into everyone's personal business.

"I do not see how my IQ is important." Miyu sighed.

"Okay, okay," She said with a smirk, "I just wanted to get to know you, seeing as you are the one that interests me most." He was silent for a few moments, studying his teacher.

"I... interest you? How so?" He asked and Miyu grinned.

"You're a mystery to me." She said plainly.

"So are all your other students." He informed her. "You know nothing about them either, how do I stand out to you more than the others? It can't be anything more than my appearance, can it?" He wondered.

"Although, your appearance is also interesting, it is not as interesting as your intelligence and emotionless act." She answered.

"Emotionless act?"

"Yes, unless this is how you always are, I thought that it would be either bullying from school would require you to close yourself off or because something happened in your childhood. Now, I believe the latter is more accurate." She admitted, looking up to the ceiling in thought.

"Why is that?" He asked her.

Miyu sighed softly, looking back to Ryuga, "There is always a reason for one's actions." She said, "At least, that is what I believe, of course." She added, with a shrug of her shoulders and a small smile.

"Explain," He somewhat demanded her and she gave him a look.

"Hmm," She hummed, trying to thing of a good example. "I don't have an example..." She muttered. "Alright," She finally said, "Let's look at Kaito-kun. You did notice his twitching, yes?" She asked him, "I'm sure you did if I'm right about you. Anyways, Kaito, I noticed from the time he came in here that he was always shifting in his seat and fiddling with something. He was always moving, not being able to stay in one spot. This is how I came to the conclusions that he either had ADHD or had a life in sports at one time." Miyu scrunched her nose up in thought, "I don't know if that was what you wanted to hear or if I explained that right."

"I understood," He offered as comfort and she smiled.

"Good!" She exclaimed, looking over to her sleeping child as he arched over to lean on the desk, his blond hair covering his forehead and one eye with half his face. She smiled at the scene. "I've always been a good judge of character. I always seem to know when someone's lying and when someone isn't feeling themselves... It's this weird thing I have had since I was his age and younger..." She said referring to her son a blank look on her face before she blinked it away and smiled brightly at him. "Anyways! I loved talking to you, Hide-"

"Call me Ryuga, please," He interrupted her and her smile widened, if possible.

"Well then, Ryuga-kun, please meet me tomorrow after class, will you?" She asked, as they both stood up. "I enjoyed our... conversation immensely. Thank you, for staying with me." She bowed a bit. "Maybe you can tell me some stuff about yourself next time." Ryuga nodded once silently and Miyu saw the obvious hunch in his spine that made him a little shorter than his real height.

'And I still end up being shorter than him,' Her thoughts stated.

"Good day, Yua-sen-, Uh, Miyu," Miyu smiled at his correction.

"Good day," And he left right as the 10 minute second bell rang signalling the start of her next class. It was now 10:00am, meaning she still has 7 hours left of the school day. She smiled when her second class of students fill in.

'Well, here we go,' with one last glance at her sleeping son she began her second class.

April 6, 2004

Miyu had just finished writing her question of the day when the bell rang, signally the start of class. She turned to her class who had all just got done sitting down and smiled brightly. "Good morning, class! We all know what we are going to talk about, so what are your thoughts?" She looked to the ceiling in thought before scanning the room, "Let's start with Taiki!" She grinned, motioning to the black board behind her that had 'Kira' sprawled, in large, somehow neat, bold letters, across it. Makoto sat up straight when she realized it was her middle name being called.

"Um... Well, I think that Kira is right to kill all those criminals..." She said and Miyu grinned.

"Thank you, Taiki for speaking your mind!" Miyu praised and immediately saw Hibiki's hand rise. "Yes Ken?"

"I do not agree with Yor-"

"Taiki." Miyu corrected him, making him pause.

"Huh?" He asked, wondering if he heard her correctly.

"Yes, I said Taiki. From now on all you will refer to each other by your middle names." She smiled widely, "Anyways, continue?"

Hibiki blinked before starting again, unsure, "Well... I was saying I disagreed with... Taiki." He said and Miyu smiled.

"Okay, why?" She encouraged him.

"Because even though Kira is killing off criminals, I don't think it's right to just kill them off. Some criminals are wrongly accused at times and some criminals might feel remorse." That last one earned him a scoff from one of his classmates and he twitched. Miyu looked around the room, searching for the kid who scoffed.

"Whoever scoffed, I would like you to stand and state your beliefs." Miyu said with a straight face, as she tried to think.

Arata stood from his chair, "Well, I agreed with what Ken said about it being wrong for Kira to kill criminals. I don't agree with his last comment though, about how they 'might feel remorseful', I think that's a load of bull. I mean, seriously, if a criminal felt remorseful after doing their crime, why couldn't they just think about the consequences before doing their crime? Anyways, I think that Kira has the right intentions, with trying to get rid of all the bad guys and making everything good, but he shouldn't just go around and kill them all. That is just insane. They are all already locked up in prison, and most have family that might actually care for them." He said down after that, while Miyu nodded her head in thought.

"Kira believes he is Justice." Akito voiced his thoughts.

"He probably has some sick God-complex or something." Daiki pipped up lazily.

"How so?" Miyu asked, sitting up on the edge of her desk, crossing her legs.

"Hmm, if you think about it, it does fit... He kills off criminals, with sudden heart attacks and has millions of Kira followers around the world. He strikes fear into everyone to keep them from doing something crime-related, which in turn makes a peaceful world... The only problem though, is that it was all be out of fear, not willing peace. I think that Kira just wanted to rid the world of evil in the beginning, but then was corrupted." Isumi said.

"Corrupted? By what?" Chiyo asked.

"Power." Everyone looked over to Ryuga, the one who spoke. Isumi blinked while a grin spread over Miyu's face.

"Yeah, what he said." Isumi said, confirming her thoughts that were voiced by Ryuga.

"What power, though? All he does is kill people." Satomi wondered.

"You are right, all he does is kill criminals, but that is were killers get their sort of 'high' from. They take life, meaning they feel they can control the life and death of a person. This is were they feel power, they can either take life, or save it." Miyu explained.

"That's stupid." Arata scrunched his nose up in a somewhat annoyed way.

Miyu cocked her head to the side, "Why do you think so?"

"Criminals are stupid. Power between life and death?" He scoffed. "What a load of bull." He huffed.

"In a sense, criminals are stupid, but look at the criminals who are still out there, who haven't been caught. Even look at Kira. Kira must be very intelligent in order to make it this far. He's killed many and still hasn't been caught." Miyu said.

"That is true, I guess..." Arata complied.

Kiyoko raised her hand making Miyu smile, "Yes, Yasu?"

"I was just thinking... Sorry to interrupt this conversation, but... You know all our middle names and stuff, but we don't know yours, and you said we had to refer to each other by our middle names... What is your middle name?" Miyu laughed.

"True, true... You're the only one who has caught on to that." She grinned. "My middle name is Eru (Ee-rue)." Ryuga looked up at her and stared, as did Light after a few minutes of thought.

"That's pretty!" Miyu smiled.

"Thanks," Miyu said as she stood up.

"Wait," Kaito spoke, "We just call you by your middle name, too?"

"Yeah," Miyu agreed, "Just remember, anything said in this room, stays in this room, okay?" She smiled.

Everyone nodded, expect for Ryuga who just stared.

"Alright, class!" Miyu smiled. "I do hope you know I'm only going easy on you all because it's the first week of college. Next week we step it up from discussion talks and personal introductions." She heard a few 'awww's and soft groans, but ignored them. "Now, with that said, I have a homework assignment for you all, sense we have some time left you can all start it. I want you all to write me a paper on all the things you like, you hate, you like doing, you don't like doing, who you like, who you don't like, who you live with, your pets, and why for all of them." She grinned while writing all of it down on the black board, adding that they had to have complete sentences, sense this wasn't first grade.

April 6, 2004

"Why do you insist on talking to me?" Was Ryuga's first question and Miyu smiled.

"I thought we got past this already," She replied smoothly.

"I'm confused with why you wish to talk to me, you made it clear that you don't want to talk privately with your students." He tried again.

"You want to converse with me in front of a classroom of average kids?" She wondered.

"No." Ryuga said, "Average kids?"

"I know your different, and I'm gonna find out one way or another, I promise you." She grinned confidently.

"What makes you think that?" He asked, making sure not to specify what he was talking about.

"Well," She started, "First off, your intelligent, meaning you have no reason to be here and secondly I'm kind of good with finding information on others." She said and Ryuga narrowed his eyes at her slightly.

"You had experience?" Miyu glanced at her still sleeping child from early this morning. He was up all night from a nightmare that he wouldn't tell her about and it worried her. She turned back to Ryuga.

"It's how I found out about his father..." She said lowly, looking towards the ceiling with a frown, not wanting to meet the eyes of the person she finally admitted a dark part of her past to.

'What am I doing? He's my student...' Her thoughts of her rational side chaste her while her instinct told her, 'But he's different, I know it, he's not what he seems to be. He's different...'

Miyu sighed and stood up, "I'm sorry," She apologized, going with her rational side, "That was inappropriate of me being your teacher," She forced a smile. "You can go now if you want." She looked to her clock, they still had five minutes until the bell.

Ryuga stared at her silently, wondering what happened. He was only curious about her interest in him and then he got suspicious with her claiming to find information on him... Then, after she told him, she closed up. Was that pain he saw in her eyes? Thoughts raced through his mind until she told him he was free to go. Did the bell ring? He was sure they still had some time left and he didn't hear it ring, unless she didn't want him there anymore... He looked up to her in question, but her back was turned to him as she walked to her desk and moved the hair out of her son's face. The room was unbearably quiet and for some reason, he didn't like it. That seemed to confuse more. He spent his whole life in isolation and silence... Why was it bothering him now? Was it because of all the contact he's had with the human population lately or was it just her? She was always talking and filling the silence with something, but now... Now she was just silent, her lips sealed just from one little sentence of admittance.

"You asked us about our opinions of Kira," He suddenly said, breaking the silence, "In class." He added, "But, you never told us your opinion." He pointed out.

"I don't have one." She replied. "Kira is just Kira. The same thing with the person who is trying to catch him. L." She sighed. "I have no preference on who should 'win' the obvious 'game' they are playing. And I have no plans to chose a side. For all I care, either could win and I wouldn't give a crap." She said honestly. "The one, in class today, who said that Kira thought he was Justice, Akito I believe it was, is correct. But, it isn't only Kira that thinks he is Justice, but L thinks he is Justice too. That is why they are fighting, because one thinks they have the Justice and the other doesn't. I believe that is why I dislike the thought of choosing a side."

"Why?" Ryuga asked and Miyu finally turned to face him, but her expression was one of disgust, he realized.

"Because 'Justice' has disappointed and failed me not only once, but twice." She admitted.

It was then that the 10 minute bell chose to ring and Ryuga found himself blindly walking off to his next class to continue his watch of Light Yagami, although he found that he couldn't keep himself concentrated. He was always drifting into his thoughts, and the main reason he found was because of her. Miyu Eru Yua.

April 7, 2004

"Good morning, everyone." Miyu smiled. On the board behind her the question, 'What is your favorite fruit & vegetable and why?' was presented. "Why don't you all pass your homework up for me?" Every student passed up their homework and Miyu walked to each row to collect it all. She placed it all on her desk before turning back to the class. "So, everyone knows their favorite fruit and vegetable by now, yes?" Several nods were seen and she grinned, "Good, Ryou, why don't you start?" Len sat up straight immediately when he noticed it was his middle name that his teacher had called.

"Um, well..." Len started, "I like lemons and green onions..." He blushed a little and it made Miyu smile.

"And why?" She encouraged him.

"Well, because lemons are sour, and I like sour things... I like green onions because they have a sort of sweet flavoring..." He said. Miyu nodded.

"I see. My son also like lemons, he said the same as you." She told him. "Thank you for sharing Ryou. Osamu?"

Light thought for a second, "My favorite fruit would be an apple and my favorite vegetable is a turnip," He said. "I like apples because they're juicy and turnips because they are spicy." He added.

"Haha," She laughed, "So you like spicy things?" She asked with a smile.

Light smiled sheepishly, "Yeah..."

"That's fun, another interesting thing about you!" She voice her thoughts out loud. "Thanks, Osamu. How about you Ryuga?" She asked, using his first name because he doesn't have a middle one.

"I have a liking towards strawberries," He confessed, "But I do not have a favorite vegetable."

"Why is that?" Miyu asked curiously.

"I only eat sweet things and vegetables are definitely not sweet." He said plainly. Miyu raised a curious eyebrow.

"Only sweet things?" She asked taking a interest in his eating habits. "No real meals?"

"Strawberry cake is just as good as a 'real meal'." He said confirming her thoughts.

"I see..." She grinned, "Well, I'll remember that, thank you, Ryuga." She looked around the room for her next victim.

After hearing and committing all of her students favorite fruits and veggies to memory, she moved on to the next thing she wanted to do today. Grabbing the first paper in the stack that sat on her desk she read the name at the top to herself.

'Akito Sakura,' She thought, 'This'll be fun.'

"Now, I will read a selected few of these papers to the class..." She smiled sweetly, even though this might be considered torture to her students. "This first one was picked by me as you just saw, but the rest," She grabbed the stack and dropped them on a different desk, in front of her most interesting and secretly favorite student. Ryuga looked up into her eyes, his black bottomless pits of onyx meet her emerald ones. "Will be read and chosen by Ryuga. Would you mind Ryuga?" She asked kindly. Everyone was silent as they stared at Ryuga and Miyu.

"I guess not..." He replied, picking up the first paper in the stack with only two fingers; his index and thumb, as if it had a disease. Miyu smiled.

"Thank you," She said before turning the attention back to her. "Alright, so, Akito Sakura." She read. "Things I Like to Do: I like to read, obviously, which most think weird of a boy my age, but it gives me a feeling that I am not in reality. It makes me feel like I am not here in this world, but in a world of books and imagination. I feel so peaceful there and I feel like I belong. Although, I like reading, I also like to be alone. Not only does it help me concentrate on my reading, but people usually annoy me and make fun of my weird habits, so I keep to myself." Miyu smiled softly down at the paper. "Things I Like: I like cherries and ice-cream. I like them because they are sweet and help me feel more comfortable, in a strange way. I like cats and kittens, they are cute and cuddly, and I like to cuddle, haha. I like to be alone, as I said before, mostly in my room, because it is familiar and reminds me of home. I like mystery stories and fast-paced music that have stories behind them because mysteries are always a challenge to find out and slow music annoys me. I like words with hidden meaning or poems that have a secret meaning because I like to figure them out. I like puzzles and games that are difficult and give me a challenge. I like taking short walks to clear my mind because my emotions are to much for me sometimes." Miyu paused as she flipped the paper around. "Who I Like: I like many of the characters from my books or stories that I read. I do not have many people I like in real life. But, although it is only the second (third now because you are reading this) day we've spent together, I like you." Miyu paused and swallowed. "You are different then most teachers and have a interesting personality that is also different then most people and teachers your age. Like the characters from my books. I guess, it would be weird to compare my teacher to characters in my books, but that is usually how I see and judge people now. Books are the only things that keep my company."

Miyu stopped there and sat down at the edge of her desk. Her son, who was awake this time got up from his mothers chair and walked around to stand in front of her. "Pick me up?" He asked with a goofy smile. She smiled at him and pushed herself back on the desk to sit 'criss cross applesauce', as kids Kouki's ages would say. She reached down and picked him up, settling him in her lap. she smiled, leaning her chin on the top of his head and began to read the paper again.

"Things I Don't Like To Do: I don't like to socialize with people or talk to them, I believe it is none of their business to hang around me if they don't know, or like me. I hate to clean or do chores, they annoy me because it takes time from my reading. Same with homework. I don't like to read out loud because it takes my mind off the meaning of the story and words when I have to concentrate on how to pronounce my words right or I have to keep my voice loud enough for everyone to hear me. That sucks. I don't like to play in gym, I'm not a physically strong person, like most boys my age. I also hate to write essays and crap, it's very boring and pointless." Miyu laughed at that, with most the other students. Akito was staring intently at his desk, trying to become one with it. "Things I Hate: I hate spicy foods (they make my nose run and burn my mouth) and hate talking unless it is necessary because talking takes energy that I can't spare unless it's to read. I'll do anything to read. I hate bees because I'm allergic to them and I dislike dogs because they destroy everything and are too big to cuddle with. Plus... they don't purr." Miyu laughed again, her son doing so too. "Who I Hate: Well, first off I hate all of my living relatives including the one's I live with. They treat me like a glass doll at one moment and the other times they treat me like a slave; they are jerks and don't understand me like family is suppose to. I, also, hate people, they're annoying, stupid and unfeeling to others. I hate boys, because they are jerks and are usually the ones to pick on me. I hate bullies and girls who wear makeup. Bullies are just retarded and have low self-esteem that they have to pick on others to boost them and lower others to feel better. And girls with makeup beacuse they usually put on too much that instead of looking 'prettier' they look like raccoon's..." All of the boys started laughing except for Ryuga and only three girls joined in with them. The rest were either blushing or glaring at Akito. Miyu smiled amused. Her son was giggling like a girl and it made her insides warm up.

"Who I Live With: I live with my aunt and uncle on my mother's side of the family. My parents died years ago in a car accident and so I was shipped off to live with them. I have three cats, one is still a kitten. They are cute, cuddly, adorable and soft to pet. Plus, they are the ones to keep me company besides my books. They sit with me and listen to me while I want to talk about something." Miyu sighed and placed the paper down next to her. Leaning back a little, she placed her hands behind her on the desk to hold her weight up. "Now, does anybody have an idea as to why I'm reading these assignments out to the class?" She asked them with a serious expression. It was silent as everyone looked to their teacher in question. "No? Well, then I'll read another and see if you understand then." She looked over to Ryuga who stood up and walked over to her holding a paper out to her. "Thank you, Ryuga." He nodded once before going back to his seat. "Ah, Light Yagami." Miyu smirked in interest. This was the first paper that Ryuga gave her, and of course it was straight-A student Light Yagami. She has heard many things about him. Miyu glanced between Ryuga and Light. She has noticed them together a lot and it made her even more curious about their relationship.

"My interests are more into my fathers line of work than my studies, but I know that they are more important so I make them my top priority. My father is the Chief of the NPA." Miyu's eyes widened as her body tensed.

'No wonder I recognized his last name.' Her thoughts fell into place and she looked up to stare Light in his brown eyes. 'Light Yagami, the son of Soichiro Yagami. I should have realized this before, damn. Look, he even resembles his father, too!'

"I like working with the police, you could even go so far as to say I want to be just like my father when I grow up." Miyu snickered at that. "Your father is a hard working man, think you can keep up with him?" She teased, lightly before going back to the paper without waiting for Light's response. "Being a detective is something that has also interest me and my family has always encouraged me in this field." Miyu nodded her head slowly in agreement. "Your intelligence would make being a detective a piece of cake for you..." She murmured to herself. "Other then that, nothing really interests me."

"I dislike doing things that are pointless and have no reason. I like spicy things, sweets make me just a little sick. I dislike crime and violence. I like intelligent people and those who can keep up with me in conversation. I dislike dim-witted people and those who are rash, doing things without a second thought." Miyu paused; she was already bored with Light Yagami and his plain-ness. Surely there must be another reason for Ryuga giving her this paper other than to bore her, right? She looked up to meet his gaze.

'What is your game?' Her thoughts swam with questions.

"I live with my parents and little sister; I have no pets." She finished, "Now, class, tell me your thoughts." No one moved and she sighed. "Alright than, Osamu," She smirked, "Tell me your thoughts." Light furrowed his eyebrows.

"What? But, that was my paper..." He stated.

"I know, so think of it as someone else's." She said like it was obvious. "Now tell me what you thought of this paper."

"Um... Well..." Light started unsure, "I thought it was very bland." He winced as soon as those words came from his mouth and Miyu grinned, gently moving herself off the desk. She grabbed Kouki tightly and lifted him up into her arms as she stood. She instinctively began to slowly sway when Kouki groaned from being jostled around.

"Is that all?" She asked, and got no answer. "Anybody else?" She tried again. "Well, you know what I think?"

"What?" Daiki asked with a tired yawn.

"Well, from what I got from that, was that Osamu is a very bored and lonely person. He is bland and shortly spoken because he hides his real feeling behind a kind and formal personal. This is because he is a smart individual." Miyu smiled, "There is more, but it seems we are running out of time and I would like to get through one more paper." Miyu paused, "Unless you want to do them all tomorrow and you can start your homework now?"

"I like the sound of that." Yuuki pipped up and Miyu smiled.

"Okay, then." Miyu turned to the black board. "You homework assignment for tonight is to write me a paper on what you know, or think about a person." She wrote it down on the board.

"Anyone?" Kaito asked.

Miyu laughed, "Of course not! What would be the fun in that?" She grinned moving to her desk and picking up a small elegantly decorated box. "In this box are many slips of paper with each of your names on one slip each. Even mine." Miyu held the box out to Len, "You pick a a slip of paper, look at the name, remember it and give it back to me. You are not allowed to tell anyone about the person you picked."

"Wait, you are participating in this assignment?" Miyu smiled at Chiyo's question.

"Yes, of course."

"Can I too?" Kouki asked excited.

Miyu chuckled, "You can help me out, okay?" Kouki nodded determinedly and began examining everyone for clues.

"Now, remember," Miyu addressed her class, "You are not even allowed to give away the name of your person until my say so, got it?" Everyone nodded. Len pulled out a name before handing it back to Miyu who remembered the name he got. She offered Isumi the box next and smirked when she saw the name the girl had picked. After having the whole class pick their names and remembered them she took the last name out and smiled.

'This is going to be fun.' She thought before glancing at her son, to check on him, who was playing with his little toy cars in the corner of the room in silence.

The room was quiet as everyone did their homework assignment and she moved to her desk. She sat down and pulled her black hand book out of her bag and opened it to the next clear page. "This is Psychology class, make sure to use your brains." She reminded them all as she went to work writing down all the stuff she had learned about her students that day and her suspicions as she has been doing since she first met them all at the beginning of their college adventure together.

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Hope you enjoyed,

~Sakura Lawliet