When I was twenty four I took it upon myself to invest the renowned 'Kira Case'. I had suspected that this case would be the death of me. I informed Watari of this.

"You sure you want to this, Ryuzaki?" Watari asked. I could see his pale, blue eyes cloud with mist. He'd grown older from the middle aged man who adopted me twelve years ago.

"Yes Watari, I have to stop this killer while I can." I paused, taking in all that could happen in the future. "In the event that I die will you inform Roger?"

"Of course, Ryuzaki… but let's hope I won't have too."

"Don't worry, Watari, I won't go down without a fight." I said trying to sound as optimistic as possible. "Now, may I have some cake?"

"Of course, Ryuzaki," Watari bowed and left.

Afterwards, Watari got the NPA to accept me, as much as a person could. I was leading a new team and discovered some new and startling evidence about Kira. He could kill from a distance, he could kill at any time, he needed a name and face to kill, and he resided in the Kanto region of Japan. All this evidence led to Light Yagami.

Light was a high school honor student. He was one of the world's top students. He was popular with both sexes. He was a very charismatic person. He was Kira. He was my first friend…

I should've realized that it was impossible to get close to Kira. Kira had no emotions. He had no friends. He had no love. And yet, I still continued to become Light's friend knowing he was that killer. He didn't know my name, so I thought nothing of it. I thought it would be fun to tease him. Until the second Kira struck, Misa Amane.

Misa Amane was a rising new model. Her parents were murdered by a man some years back and Kira killed him. Misa felt in debt to Kira and wanted to help him. She had the ability to kill just by seeing a person's face. I knew Light would try to have us meet in order to kill me. I made plans for this telling everyone at task force that if I died Light Yagami was Kira. I ruined his plans. However, Misa met us one day at school, that's where I made my move. I quickly detained Misa Amane for suspicions of being the second Kira.

I think Light was trying desperately to clear his name after that, and so went under surveillance in one of the cells provided in the hotel. However, criminals continued to die! It was like there was no end to this madness. And then Higuchi appeared.

Light and Misa were released. Light continued to help me with the Kira investigation. Nothing could be done they were innocent to everyone except me. I knew this was either an act or Kira's power had passed from them. I had to accept the fact that they were innocent for the moment and focus on Higuchi.

I knew Higuchi wasn't the original Kira. He only killed members of important business corporations instead of criminals. The only question was how? How is it that people were able to kill others without even being near them?

DEATH NOTE… How to use it:

The human whose name is written in this note shall die.

This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in their mind when writing his/her name, therefore people sharing the same name will not be affected.

If the cause of death is written within 40 seconds of writing the person's name, it will happen.

I the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a heart attack.

After writing the cause of death, details of the death should be written within the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds.

A notebook? A notebook is what I've been looking for this whole time? Who knew something so insignificant could contain so much power? I turned the notebook to the back cover. More rules?

If the person using the Note fails to consecutively write names of people to be killed within 13 days of each other, then the user will die.

If you make this Note unusual by tearing a page or burning it, all the humans who have touched the Note till then will die.

I this was true then that means… Light and Misa were innocent. I didn't believe it for one second. However, I thought it should be tested. I would get a criminal to test the 13 day rule. I would prove if Light really was as innocent as everyone thought.

I remembered discussing this with the other members of the task force when all the screens in the office turned white with bold black words reading, all data deleted. Something happened to Watari… Kira!

I tried to make a move, but when my hand moved I felt a sharp pain in my chest. It felt like it was on fire! I remember feeling all my weight being passed off to someone's arms. Light had caught me. "Ryuzaki? Ryusaki?" He screamed, he was a very convincing actor. He smiled grimly at me. His auburn hair fell in front of his demonic eyes.

'I knew it' was the last thing I thought. I slowly closed my eyes feeling the eternal sleep wash over me. I died in Kira's arms…