Give Unto Me

By HonestFFWriter

Rated: M (duh)

Genres: Drama & Romance

Pairings: LXFem!Light, and others coming soon...

Summary: AU. Hikari Yagami's life changed one day when she came into the possession of the Death Note. She never imagined how greatly it would change.

AUTHOR'S NOTES:

Don't worry. A lot of things will happen soon! I'm planning to update each chapter every week or so. I hope it will be worth the wait, though.

I've already got a couple questions in my PM that asked me why I would make Fem!Light in this story timid and somewhat different than from the other Fem!Light stories. Well, because I want to try something different and go at a different angle than what you would find in most fanfics. I was originally planning to have Hikari have the same personality as Light, but I felt that it would be too close to the anime series, and to be honest, I want to try different aspects and write in the story some little what-if scenarios that I thought would fit if I went with Hikari having a different personality, so that's what I did. I won't reveal much of what's going to happen as the story progresses, but I'm really looking forward to sharing it with you guys.

But why would I make her timid? Just because I write the story doesn't mean I don't have an explanation. There are actually good reasons of why Hikari is timid that'll be explored more as the story progresses. If you read the first chapter, you might have a good idea, and this chapter may also shed some light (no pun intended). It's a good lesson to learn, otherwise there's just no point.

Besides, did you skimmed over that one sentence in the first chapter, that if Hikari were a boy, she'd be more popular? Quite ironic, huh?

With that said, enjoy the chapter!

Chapter Three…

"He found himself overwhelmed with happiness and satisfaction, knowing that at long last his dream had finally come true."

Hikari tried to listen to the teacher while the other students do what they usually do every day: pass notes, have whispering conversations, play videogames, and there were a couple of students who were also listening to music on their mp3 players. As usual, the teachers aren't doing anything about it. Hikari fought to urge to sigh out of frustration. It's no wonder why the educational system is plummeting as of late.

"Ms. Yagami?" Hikari looked up at the teacher when she heard her name being called. "Please recite this last line for us."

Hikari nodded when she stood up and picked up a book on her desk. "Okay."

In truth, she hated it when she was called on, but only because she believed that her teachers know that she's a straight A student and expected the best out of her. Hikari turned a couple pages until she found the page she was looking for and read out loud, "After finally making his dream a reality, he was overwhelmed. By both the magnitude of his achievement and by the joy and happiness that it brought him."

"That was very well done, though I'm not surprised of course," the teacher spoke as Hikari took a seat. "Absolutely flawless. Very good."

Hikari leaned her arms against her desk while leaning her head down a bit where her long hair covered half of her face like it usually does as she heard the whispers once again.

"What a freak. She only talks when the teacher calls her."

"Maybe she's demented."

"Or she's just another one of those antisocial nerds."

"What does her family see in her? Especially her dad?"

A hint of hurt was shown in Hikari's eyes as she looked down at the notes she had written as she could feel the hurt swelling up in her chest again. Everyone silenced as the teacher announced, "I'm afraid we'll have to leave it at that for today. That's all the time we have left."

Unbeknownst to everyone, Ryuk was simply sitting there on the floor right next to Hikari's desk the whole time, bored out of his mind having to listen to teachers teach and students laze about. He saw the small commotion that happened and couldn't help but to see Hikari's reaction to those whispers.

Ever since he first came to the human world, it's always the same thing. Whenever Hikari solves a problem or was told what to do by a teacher, there would be these whispers by a few other students who seem to shun her greatly. Ryuk still doesn't get why that is. Hikari never spoke a word about it. Or it could be that Ryuk never got around asking why.

The school bell finally rang to signal the end of the school day with the sun over the horizon. All the students sighed in relief as the day was finally done and over with. Some of the students had begun to leave while others hung about. Hikari was simply putting away her things in her backpack as Ryuk next to her got up and leaned back against the wall where he was stretching his arms.

"I thought that would never end," He started complaining. "It's so boring here. How do you do this every day?" He noticed that Hikari was already making her way out of the classroom. "Hey. Where are you going?"

Hikari was about halfway across the schoolyard with Ryuk flying right behind her with a huffy expression on his face…if one were to look hard enough. That guy could barely show any emotion.

"Didn't you hear me, Hikari? Don't ignore me!" Ryuk complained.

"Please be quiet," Hikari whispered through her teeth. "No one else can see and hear you, so I can't talk to you with everyone else around."

Ryuk crossed his arms and looked away in a hissy fit. "Well aren't you boring?"

Hikari looked around to make sure no one was paying attention. Good. No one has. She adjusted her red scarf a bit as she makes her way to the front gate while hearing Ryuk flapping his wings behind her. Now if she could just leave the premises without incident, she'll be just…

"Don't look now! It's that nerdling again!"

Hikari stopped as both she and Ryuk found the source of that voice. To Hikari's horror, it was Ayumi, Kimiko, and Miyako standing idly by the rose bushes right by the gates. Hikari gave them another glare, which only made the trio giggled.

"What's wrong, Hikari?" Miyako asked rather mockingly. "Lost your voice again? You really are such a baby, you know."

"Being intelligent is so a hundred years ago," Ayumi said crossing her arms. "Maybe if you try to be lay back like the rest of us then people wouldn't think you're such a freak."

"Too late! She is!" Kimiko blurted out, causing the trio to giggle again.

Hikari simply held her head up high as she continued her way with Ryuk following closely behind. Ayumi couldn't help but to laugh again at Hikari's movement. "Look at her. She thinks she's better than everyone else. It wouldn't hurt to put you in your place like before, Hikari. Just you watch and wait."

Hikari ignored her, but another look of hurt came into her eyes. She wrapped her arms around herself as if she was cold and this was the only way for her to warm up a bit as she and Ryuk pass the school gates.

"Okay, now this is getting ridicules," Ryuk spoke. "It's been like what? A few weeks since I first came here, and you still haven't told me why these people have something against you. I fail to see why they simply think of you as a lesser being."

Maybe because I am, Hikari said in her mind, though she wouldn't admit this to Ryuk…at least not yet.

"Don't think I never noticed how you're usually offended by all of this worthless teasing. We Shinigami are smarter than that. Why not just use the Death Note to end it?"

"End what?" Hikari finally spoke.

"Why, you can use the Death Note to make them stop hurting you, of course," Ryuk explained.

Good. I thought he was implying that I would use the Death Note to kill myself. Hikari looked around and noticed there was not a soul on the sidewalk on her way down the street, so she explained, "I can't. Don't you remember my plan?"

"I uh…it must've slipped my mind." Ryuk looked away somewhat embarrassed.

"I plan to use the Death Note to get rid of criminals," Hikari explained. "I'm almost done eliminating all of the world's most dangerous criminals. While I'm doing that, I'm getyomh rid of anyone who may still be on the run from the law, though I may also deal with criminals in prison every now and then. As soon as I'm all done with that…maybe I'll consider it."

"Didn't you say it would take a long time to get all of that done?" Ryuk pointed out. "What if takes you like say five more years? You'll have to endure all of their harsh talks until then."

Hikari stared at the concrete ground at the thought. As much as she wants to use the Death Note to get rid of Ayumi, Kimiko, and Miyako as well as everyone else who mistreats her, she also doesn't want to use the Death Note for personal gain. She could just have them die from suicide or an accident, but it would be too suspicious if they simply died all at once.

For now, she'll have to worry about the criminals and then worry about her troubles later.

Speaking of which, that's exactly what she planned to do when she gets home.

The sound of Hikari's scribbling down in the Death Note was drowned out by her radio blaring out music from the speakers. She looked up at her computer screen, scrolled down a bit, and then continued writing. Ryuk stood behind her with an apple in his hand watching her keep writing.

"I'm surprised, Hikari," Ryuk commented. "Usually humans would be reluctant to write down this many names, especially in three weeks." Ryuk then stared at her computer screen and asked, "How the heck are you getting this information?"

"Uh…internet?" Hikari replied as she continued to look back and forth between her computer and her Death Note.

"Come again?"

"W-Well, nowadays nothing is ever kept secret over the world wide web," Hikari explained. "All I did was type down list of current dangerous criminals online and here you have a full list ranged between America, France, and including here in Japan. It's not that tough to find, really."

Ryuk took a bite out of the apple in his hand while Hikari was explaining. Since Hikari had gotten used to Ryuk's company, she was able to stop her stuttering and pauses whenever they talk, much to Ryuk's relief, though Hikari would sometimes be a bit uneasy what with Ryuk being a God of Death and all. "So that's how you're getting these names. But why are you so busy writing in the Death Note?"

The song in the radio had ended before the announcer called out, "That was Bon Jovi's 'Living on a Prayer', ladies & gents! For those of you who are just tuning in, we have another batch of songs coming up all the way from America! After this break, we have Be Like That by Three Doors Down followed by Everybody's Fool by Evanescence! Stay tune!"

"Hey Hikari, I'm talking to you."

"S-Sorry about that," Hikari said, scrolling down on her screen a bit more as she studied the faces of the criminals' images before her. "It's just that I only have a limited amount of free time in my hands right now. I still have things to do like study, do homework, and not to mention cram school. I'm not a night owl so I can't just stay up late as much as I want to."

She wrote down a few more names before letting out a tired sigh. "I think I'm done with these guys for the day." Hikari moved the mouse around and started to type on her keyboard. "Now onto wanted criminals."

Hikari froze when she heard her doorknob shake. She and Ryuk turned around towards the door as it shook again.

"Huh? Weird. Hey Hikari, what's going on? Why's your door locked?"

Hikari blinked, immediately recognizing that voice. "Sayu?" She calls out, "What is it!?"

"If you have some time right now, can you help me with my homework!?" Sayu asked from the other side of the door.

"Uh, yeah of course! Just one minute!" Hikari called back. She immediately took the time to close out the internet and turned off her computer screen and then shoved the Death Note into one of the drawers. Hikari made it to her door and opened it to reveal her little sister holding a textbook in her hands.

"Hey Hikari," Sayu greeted, showing off her book. "We're doing some Quadratic Equations in Math right now." She walked into the bedroom before Hikari closed the door. "Sorry for barging in like this. I know you're studying right now." She then had a tiring look on her face as she said, "But I'm like the only kid in my class who doesn't get any of this stuff, so thanks so much."

Hikari nodded. "Y-Yeah."

Sayu took a seat by Hikari's desk as she sets her book on the desk. Hikari walked over to her sister when she heard Ryuk spoke, "I'd be careful if I were you, Hikari. If anyone else touches that notebook hidden in that drawer right now, they'd be able to see me, too."

Hikari froze as the feeling of dread washed over her. What!? He's telling me this now!? Why didn't he tell me this in the first place!?

Sayu notices how silent Hikari was. Even though her older sister was always quiet, she was never this quiet. Sayu placed a comforting hand on her sister's arm as she asked, "Hey, is anything wrong, Hikari?"

Hikari snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Sayu's voice. She turned her attention to Sayu and said, "O-Oh, nothing's wrong." She smiled as Sayu opened up her textbook. "What is it that you need help with? What are you stuck on, exactly?"

Ryuk took a seat on Hikari's bed as he watched Hikari help her little sister out with her homework. Sayu turned a page as she admitted, "Well, all of it, I think." She chuckled nervously.

The Next Day…

A huge conference was being held at the International Criminal Police Investigation located within the country of France. Usually they would hold meetings regarding any global threat whether it would be terrorism, environmental crimes, and other worldwide catastrophe worth of interest or noting. All the different representatives of each nation, however, were planned to discuss the recent actions that have taken place all over the world as of late.

"There have been about over 150 reported deaths we are aware of, and that was just within this past week. Autopsies show that they all died of a heart attack. The majority of them were all criminals who are labeled as dangerous, as well as incarcerated criminals and wanted fugitives. I think it's safe to say that there are also other criminals who deaths have yet to be accounted for."

"In this case, the death toll could be over 200 or so."

Touta Matsuda overheard some of the other officials chattering about the subject, until he caught someone at the corner of his eye walking by and taking a seat next to him. He recognized the man as his boss Soichiro Yagami.

"Morning chief," Matsuda greeted while bowing his head. "They started the meeting without you."

"It's fine. I had to take an urgent call from headquarters," Soichiro explained.

The chattering had ceased as the meeting continued on, "At any rate, these victims are all just criminals waiting to face execution sooner or later. Perhaps we shouldn't…"

"Why should it matter if the victims are guilty or innocent!? Last time I checked, murder is still murder!"

"It's still early to consider these a homicide."

"Then how the hell do these people all have heart attacks at the exact same time!? That's no coincidence! It's murder!"

"You think it's possible to simultaneously kill all these people at different locations all over the world?"

"We're treating this as an elaborate murder plot that's being carried out by a large secret organization!"

"If it is a large organization, I'm sure I'm not the only one here who suspects the FBI or CIA."

Someone on the other side of the conference room shouted out, "I dare you to say that again! I dare you!" that echoed throughout the room.

One of the representatives got up from his seat and waved his hands up hoping to get everyone's attention. "Now now! This is not the time to be joking around! We still need to confirm if these are either homicides or just mere coincidences!"

The other representatives once again fill up the entire room with chatter as the meeting continues on while few continue to come up with theories and facts on how and why this was happening and what the cause of it is.

"But how? Autopsy reports show that in every one of these cases, all of the victims die of a sudden heart attack no matter the age!"

"Investigating a series of heart attacks are pointless! I don't see what else we can learn!"

"Absolutely! If these people were either shot or stabbed, we could at least have something to go on!"

"If that is the case, then we have no choice but to bring in L!"

As soon as that was spoken, the chattering came to a halt. What was once filled with loud voices now became dead silent at that mere mention of this 'L'. Many of the representatives huddled into small groups and silently whispered to one another.

Matsuda was a bit puzzled. At the mention of this L, it became so quiet, save for the whispers, that he could literally hear crickets chirping somewhere. He leaned over to his chief and whispered, "Hey Chief, what is this L they're talking about?"

Soichiro leaned back against his chair. "Right. I forgot that this is your first time at this conference." He leaned his arms down against his desk as he looked deep in thought.

"We don't know L's real name or whereabouts. In fact, we still don't know what he looks like. However, he's managed to solve every single case he's taken on, and he was able to tackle on the greatest mysteries the world has ever known. He hides in the shadows, but he's the best of the best. A last resort. Our trump card."

Soon afterwards, the conversation began to continue on. "But I heard that this L is extremely arrogant! He only takes on cases that he's only interested in!"

"That's exactly right! And besides, we don't even know how to contact him!"

The entire auditorium was filled with echoes and echoes of chattering representatives throwing out ideas and suggestions. Some suggest that they could forget L and just do the investigation themselves. Others suggest they may have to make a public announcement in order to get in contact with L, but were afraid that by doing so, it'll throw the entire world into panic. They have enough problems as it is what with people worried about an epidemic on heart attacks in prisons and such. A minor few suggested looking through the phone book and looking up only those whose names begin with 'L'. You can bet Matsuda may have something to do with that.

"L is already on the move!"

The entire auditorium was silent once more, and all the representatives turned their attention at the sound of walking footsteps echoing through the room. They noticed a man clad in a hat and jacket making his way towards the center. He stopped at a desk that was situated in front of a screen and turned his attention towards the representatives. Silence was still present in the room as many of the representatives couldn't find it in them to speak at this man's presence.

"Gentlemen, L has already begun his investigation looking into these incidents!" This man declared.

One of the heads of the ICPO finally found his voice. "H-Hey. You're Watari, aren't you?"

Matsuda turned towards his chief and asked again, "Hey Chief, who's that?"

"That man is the only person who is known to be in contact with L," Soichiro explained. "No one knows his true identity either."

"Everyone, please be silent!" The man, Watari, announced out loud. "L would now like to speak to the diligence!"

In his hand was a suitcase. He placed it on the desk and opened it, taking out what looks like a white laptop computer. Watari placed the computer in the center of the desk and opened it. As soon as he did, the screen behind him flickered a moment. On the computer screen, followed by the large screen in front of the ICPO auditorium, was what looked like the letter L in a rather peculiar font.

The entire auditorium were once again speechless at this sight.

"Greetings to all of you at ICPO. I am L."

"What are you doing there, Hikari?"

Hikari was sitting on her desk with many scraps of wood and different tools around her. She was wearing protective goggles as she started to put together what looks like a wooden board.

"You said anyone who touches the Death Note will see you, right?" Hikari reminded Ryuk. She reached towards the drawer on her right, takes out some measuring tape, and started to measure the inside. She nodded in agreement before she reaches for a drill. "I don't think I can carry the Death Note around with me as much as I want to. I was going to tell people that I only wrote these names of criminals in it so I could study them because I was going to be a detective like my father and L.

But if they see you, as well the rules inside, they'll know something is up." Hikari began to drill a hole in the center bottom location in her drawer, trying to be as careful as possible so as not to make the hole wider than need be. "I don't want to end up taking drastic measures. I want to use the Death Note to eliminate criminals. The last thing I want is to involve innocent people, and that includes my family."

Ryuk scratches his chin as he said, "Makes sense, I guess. But what does that have to do with what you're doing now?"

"I'll show you when I'm done," Hikari said. Satisfied with her work, she withdrew her drill and went back to work on that wooden board.

"So...who is this L you mentioned?" Ryuk asked. "I also remember you mentioning him a couple times before."

Hikari lifts her goggles up from her eyes as she looked back at Ryuk. "L is known to be the world's greatest detective. My dad used to tell me all about him when I was in junior high. He's actually one of the reasons I want to be a detective."

"Why's that?" Ryuk asked again.

"Well..." Hikari turned back towards her desk as she leans up and looks up at her ceiling in thought. "L is known to have solved many dangerous cases, and also discovered many secrets of the world. No one knows who he really is or what he looks like, not even my dad." She leans forward a bit. "But there was never a case he couldn't solve. He's dedicated, he's really smart, he never backs down no matter how hard the challenge..."

"From the way you said it, it sounds as though you're fascinated by him."

Hikari spun her chair around and couldn't help but to smile a little. "Well...maybe I am. Y-You could say he's one of my inspirations. I was hoping that maybe someday..." She averted her eyes to the ground. "When I do become a detective, I want to work right alongside him. Even if it's only for once, it'd be nice to work with one of my biggest inspirations..." She also looked away kind of embarrassed. "That, and maybe an excuse to work with my dad, of course."

"Inspired by a man who has never shown his face," Ryuk wondered out loud. "It's like admiring a phantom with the face of a demon yet has the voice of an angel."

"Uh...you got that idea from when we watched The Phantom of the Opera last week," Hikari pointed out.

"Well it's true."

"The difficulties of this case lies in it's unpresidented scope, and make no mistake. We're witnessing an atrocious act of mass murder here, one that is unforgiveable." The representatives listened in their seats as L explains. "This case cannot be solved without the full cooperation of the ICPO. That is all of you representing the police agencies from all over the world.

You need to make the decision to fully support the investigation at this very meeting." Many of the representatives looked at one another in thought, as if debating if they should support the investigation or not, some simply shrugging their shoulders as if 'why the heck not?'.

They turned their attention back towards L when he also announced, "Also, I require additional cooperation from Japan's national police agency."

Soichiro and Matsuda literally jumped out of their seats at his last statement. If L had already begun the investigation, why is he suddenly needing help from a police agency? Especially from Japan?

"But why Japan in particular?" Soichiro asked out loud.

"What if the guilty party is an individual or a group? There's a strong possibility that they're Japanese. Even if they're not, they're most likely hiding in Japan."

Matsuda turned to look at his chief somewhat still confused over this whole situation. Soichiro asked again, "What is all of this based on?"

"Why Japan, you ask?" L asked. "I think I'll be able to provide you the proof of it after I directly confront the culprit."

"A direct confrontation?" Soichiro repeated.

L ignored him and continued on, "At any rate, I would like to set up the Investigation Headquarters in Japan."

It felt as if a ton of bricks had suddenly crashed upon Chief Yagami. At least they would have something to work with concerning these heart attack incidents, but he never expected any of this to happen so fast, nor has he ever expected for his home country to be somewhat the ideal location of where this mass murder is originating from. He doesn't like it. Not one bit.

Hikari laid back against her bed with her hands behind her head with her long hair fanned out over her sheets and pillows. She looked up at her ceiling with a feeling of success swelling up in her chest. She can't remember the last time she actually felt this good.

"I take it you're done with your little project?" She heard Ryuk asked.

Hikari nodded. "Mm-hmm. I set up a little system so no one could find the Death Note." She averted her brown eyes over to her desk, hoping to give Ryuk the hint. Alas, Ryuk got it.

"In your desk? Doesn't seem to be an ideal place to hide it."

Hikari sat up and got off of her bed, pushing her hair away from her face as she walked over to her bookshelf. "They say looks can be deceiving, after all." She bent down on her knees and took out what looks like an encyclopedia holder. Hikari takes out a thin book and opened it up, revealing it to actually be a container with a little hatch inside.

She opened the hatch to reveal a set of keys in it. Hikari puts the book-shaped container back in the encyclopedia holder and placed it back at the bottom of the shelf, before getting back up on her feet and making her way towards her desk. Hikari placed the key in the lock on the right drawer, and unlocked it.

It was what was inside that puzzled Ryuk. "Isn't that just a plain old diary?"

"Uh-huh." Hikari somewhat had a guilty look in her eyes. "Th-that's one of the reasons why I hide the keys. Just so no one would see what I write in there. Even if someone were to get into this drawer and read my diary..." She lets out somewhat a troubled sigh. "Least it's better than having them find the Death Note."

In truth, Hikari always writes in her diary ever since junior high school. Her counselor there recommended that a great outlet for Hikari would be to write all of her problems down in a diary, to somewhat relieve her of her troubles then and now. It has helped...somewhat.

Ryuk has noticed in the last three weeks he's been with Hikari that sometimes before she goes to bed, she would always take her diary out and write down whatever it was she wrote. He never bothered to ask why Hikari writes in it nor has ever bothered reading it, especially with Hikari around. In fact, he never got around asking Hikari about her personal life. Then again, he's a Shinigami. They don't care about stuff like that.

"Well, so long as you haven't wrote anything down relating to the Death Note," Ryuk shrugged.

"I-I haven't!" Hikari somewhat snapped, but regained her composure after a second. "I mean, I-I have thought about it a couple times, b-but I thought th-that it m-might be too risky to...to write about it in my diary."

Oh great. She's hesitating again. Why is Ryuk not surprised? "But you said you hid the Death Note."

"Of course I have," Hikari calmed down. She reached over to her desk where she took a pen from a cup filled with other pencils and pens. She unscrewed the tip of the pen and pulled it apart. "This right here is the second key to find it."

"A second key?"

Hikari nodded. "If you look real hard under the drawer, there's a small hole right there." She placed the small tube of ink attached to the head of the pen near the bottom and pushed it through the hole. Hikari used her other hand to reach into the drawer and took out her diary before the bottom had happened to pop up.

Underneath the bottom of the drawer was actually another bottom, where in the center of it was the Death Note.

"Oh, a fake bottom," Ryuk realized. "If anyone were to open the drawer, the diary would at least satisfy their curiosity. It'll be a distraction, so I doubt anyone would notice that."

Hikari's heart felt a bit heavy. If someone where to find the keys to the drawer, it would be a good thing that no one would notice the Death Note. It's better for people to read her troubles and secrets than to find a killer notebook of death.

"I designed and made it specifically so no one would notice a thing," Hikari said, reaching for the Death Note. "I also made the fake bottom as tight in there as possible, so that way no one would try to force it out. Not even their fingernails would fit through. That's why I made only one way to open it."

"Interesting," Ryuk said. Despite Hikari's shy behavior and such, she's actually pretty smart for someone like her, Ryuk will give her that. He was secretly impressed by how Hikari would come up with such simple things that would be of big help. "I've heard of Death Notes making their way into the human world in the past and typically the biggest problem is finding a good place to hide it. But you, Hikari..." He leaned over Hikari causing her to flinch. "You might actually be the first person to give it this much thought."

"Well uh..." Hikari simply turned away and removed the pen from the hole, lowering the fake bottom down again. While she did that, her hair covered the left side of her face again. "I-It's nothing, really. Like I said before, it's risky to carry the Death Note around with me anymore. I realized it's been risky ever since I first found it. I have to be careful what I do with it. One slip-up, and I'll be on death row in an instant."

That thought scared her, though she tried her best not to show it. Hikari wanted to make the world a safer place for innocent people to live. Even though she believes what she's doing is right, murder is still illegal. The police have noticed a bizarre pattern of deaths as of recent, but the media says that it's too soon to say if they are murders or not, so she's safe.

Hikari knows that it would only be a matter of time before the world finds out that these deaths are indeed murders, whether it takes them a month, a year, or five years to figure it all out. The police will try their best to find their suspect: Hikari Yagami.

She doesn't like the idea of police officers asking her why she did it, yelling at her that what she was doing was wrong, her father having to arrest his own flesh and blood, her family never looking at her the same way again, everyone at school laughing and shunning her for all the people she killed, being taken to her execution...

"Hikari, you okay?"

Ryuk saw how Hikari looked deep in thought, followed by her shoulders slowly starting to shake and her breathing begins to pick up, as if she was going into a state of shock.

"Hikari!" Ryuk shouted, hoping to snap her out of her little trance.

Hikari flinched again, though this stopped her shaking and for a minute she looked a bit dumbfounded, as if she didn't know what would happen. She looked over at Ryuk with a questioning look.

"W-What is it?" She asked.

Ryuk sighed. "Oh good. For a minute there, I thought you were gonna have an episode."

Hikari looked away with a blush on her face, somewhat embarrassed. She hates it whenever she goes into those lousy what-if thoughts of hers. It's not healthy. "S-Sorry." She muttered under her breath.

Ryuk sighed frustratingly and simply placed a hand on his face out of annoyance. He believes that the Death Note would not be in greater hands than Hikari, and she has been keeping him entertained since he first arrived on Earth, not to mention tending to his apple cravings. Though to be honest, it was kind of ridiculous that out of all the humans to have picked up the Death Note, it had to be a timid girl. A smart girl, but timid nonetheless.

There's still a lot Ryuk doesn't know about Hikari, which he personally doesn't care. And yet at the same time he wants to know so many things, like why is she timid, why do people pick on her, talk behind her back, why she has little to no friends? Hikari just keeps to herself most of the time. She'll only talk when she's being spoken to, in which case Ryuk does quite a lot because most of the time the silence between them sometimes is just really boring.

It's like every word that comes out of Hikari is like fragile glass. One slip-up and it breaks. Is that how her heart is? Well whatever the heck is going on, it's best to ignore it. Humans are of no concern for Ryuk, so why would he care if people act like Hikari has some kind of plague?

Besides, it's also best not to jump into things yet. He has been in the human world for three weeks now, so it's still too soon to make conclusions yet. Maybe there's still more to Hikari than just being shy, or maybe people tease her because they're joking around, or...

No. Three weeks is long enough to observe one's lifestyle. It's enough for Ryuk to see that he won't be shown anymore of the person Hikari is. She's a smart, but timid girl who's at the top of her class and is considered one of Japan's top-ranked student who gets bullied a lot.

Ryuk scratched his chin at that thought. Maybe that's it? Maybe the reason why people tease her is because she's just smarter than they are? That could be it, but it's still not enough to make Hikari as timid as she is now. Maybe there's more to it than that...unless it's been going on for a long time now. It's best to just observe and watch. Again, it's none of his business what humans do, that's for sure.

Then again, something tells him that it may not be as entertaining as he wants to believe.

End of Chapter Three...

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, 'cause there's plenty more where that came from.

I have a feeling you guys might hate me for the next chapter. Why? How would you feel if one of your long-time heroes were to go against you? Not the best feeling in the world. The reason why I made Hikari look up to L in this story is because I thought it'd be kind of interesting. It adds more twists in the story. How? You'll have to see in the next chapter.

Again, don't care much for reviews, though you can leave one if you want.