The walk to Light's home was almost silent

Almost

Approximately half way there if seemed to finally hit Ryuk just who this 'Ryuuzaki Kyuu' actually was, causing him to laugh very loudly. After Light glared at the obnoxious shinigami the laughter died down into a low but ever-present chuckle.

He almost thought he heard Kyuubi let out a snigger

Almost

The entered the house, thankfully no one was home. Once upstairs Light sat Kyuubi down before turning to glare at her. He opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted,

"scuse me Yagami-kun, but I really must ask why you have that disturbing mess of a shinigami following you." Kyuubi stated in a sarcastic manner, earning a half-glare from Ryuk

Light was taken aback by the question what do you mean you don't know… "I think a better question here is, why can you see him without having touched his possessed notebook?"

"Why would I have to do that?" she turned to face Ryuk, "can humans not see shinigamis?"

Light deadpanned, "o-of course humans can't see shinigamis! Could you have asked a stupider question?"

"probably, I could've gone all 'what's a shinigami' or 'what notebook'" she mused, "you see Yagami-kun, I'm a lot more informed that you give me credit for."

"but why?"

"…what?"

"why are you so informed?" he pressed

she looked back at Ryuk, "did you not tell him or," she used her chakra to speed over to his side (across the room) before whispering in his ear, "did you just not recognize me?"

being uncomfortable with females, even more so with demonic females, Ryuk instantly floated away from the redhead, while Light just gawked at her sudden speed.

"wh-what are you?" Light managed to get out, while reaching for his notebook, just in case.

Kyuubi pouted, "Ryukie-chaan, why don't you explain to your human, that would make this a lot easier."

"e-er no, *hyuk hyuk* that's okay, *hyuk hyuk*…" the shinigami said,

"ugh, fine," she sighed, "but I was never really good with introductions," she turned to Light, "I am the Kyuubi no Kitsune, the most powerful of the ancient demon foxes," she glanced over at the notebook he was clutching, "that little toy won't work on me, not even this human container," with the word 'container' she nonchalantly slapped her ass, making Ryuk turn pink.

Light was utterly dumbfounded, "wh-what are you doing here?"

"I'm in prison." She stated.

"wh-what?"

"prison, have you heard of such a thing?"

"y-yes… but that doesn't explain anything! What do you want from me?"

"it explains everything Yagami-kun," she sighed once more, "I pissed off the shinigami king by destroying some measly town and he stuck me with the sentence of a human lifetime, hence why I'm in this utterly useless human body with most of my powers having been confiscated-"

"but just now…you were fast,"

"I was getting to that, they gave me a little power as compensation for a few years good behavior; finally, I don't actually want anything directly from you," she pointed at Ryuk," the only way to adjust my sentence is for a shinigami to formally alter my lifespan, so Ryukie-chan, why don't you tell me how you can shorten my lifespan, and I won't kill you after my powers return."

The shinigmai gulped, "the only way to legally alter your lifespan, without sending you to another host would be to give you the shinigami eye deal but-"

"do it." She said,

"that'll remove half your lifespan!" Light exclaimed,

she glared at him, "obviously-dipshit, I want out of this world as fast as possible without the risk of starting a new cycle, so… get at me with em eyes Ryukie."

"okay okay okay!" Much against Light's protest Ryuk floated over to Kyuubi and tapped her on the head, "there."

She opened her eyes, the usual maroon had newfound gold undertone, she smiled, "these are really nice, thanks Ryukie-chaan!" she turned to head out the door but then stopped short, turning back to face Light.

"you should be careful," she said

he raised an eyebrow, "why?"

"That weird kid behind me, the one lying about his name, he clearly suspects you of some major shit, it'd be a shame if you died before I got to wreak havoc on this pitiful world."

With that she skipped down the stairs before using her chakra-enhanced speed to run out of sight.

Light glared at Ryuk,

"what the hell were you thinking? I could've used her wishes as leverage!"

the shinigami shrugged, "sorry Light, aside from that fact that I'm not directly on your side… my part of the betting pool is for her to finish her sentence within the next 20 years, I was only helping myself…"

Light face palmed, hoping that his new demon classmate wouldn't harm Kira's cause

As it is, I have to deal with that goddamned Misa… he thought.

xXx

L was hyperventilating, he had somehow lost track of Watari and gotten his pocky stolen when he became distracted by an announcement from the 'second Kira' stating that it would back off, Light-kun has probably already made contact with this new Kira, now I just have to see who begins to hang around him… after I find Watari…and get some new pocky…with ice cream…and cake…damn…

Lost in his thoughts, literally stopping in the center of a street, he didn't notice when Kyuubi skipped over to him; she was overjoyed by her newfound halved lifespan and found the shinigami eyes quite amusing.

She grinned, L Lawliet… so you were almost telling the truth, you are British, I wonder what information about Yagami-kun I can get from you, you guys seem more interesting that most humans.

"Ellie-kun!" she exclaimed, earning a surprised look from the hunched over detective,

"Kyuu-chan?"

"hi!"

L looked her over questionably, she ran off with Light-kun today… could she be connected to Kira?

"what were you and Light-kun up to?"

"we played some video games over at his place, it was really really fun, you should come hang with us sometime!"

"that's okay, Light-kun and I 'hang' enough already… say Kyuu-chan?"

she blinked a few times to enforce a 'clueless' look, "yes?"

"what do you think of Kira?"

"…who?"

she doesn't know who Kira is? "Kira… the mass murderer…"

ooh! A mass murderer, this sounds like my kind of person… aww shit I bet it's Light and this dude is some type of detective, these humans really are interesting ahaha

"Is he focused in Japan or something?" she said

"yes"

"sorry, I don't know anything about crime and that stuff, I've only just moved to Japan last week,"

"I see, I'll be on my way then-" L turned away from the redhead and began to walk off before he heard her call out,

"Why are you so interested? Does this Kira relate to Yagami-kun somehow?"

L stopped in his tracks and slowly turned to face the smiling girl, this girl is sharper than she lets on… I can't tell whether she knows anything of importance, perhaps she can help or…

"Kyuu-chan, how would you like to be apart of a secret investigation unit?"

Kuubi smirked for a moment, perfect, god humans are gullible; I guess I do owe Ryukie and his human something for these new orbs, let's see how much I can do in this limited form, letting the smirk fall away, she smiled brightly,

"Like spies and stuff? That'd be awesome!" she squealed

L let out an awkward smile, that's right Kyuu-chan, I better keep you close as I'm sure you're hiding something

Heh…

R&R

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