Patchouli oil wafted into his nose as the entire world stopped. Delicate hands traced along his cheekbone as Lawliet opened his gunmetal grey eyes.

She was there. Her ebony hair was flowing behind her as she she stood in the middle of the sidewalk with him.

"Vanya..!" Lawliet immedently wrapped her in a bone crushing hug. She gave a slight chuckle as she petted his unruly locks.

"Lawliet, you called for me," Calm, smooth, collected; she was such an interesting creature.

"I was unaware I had, Vanya." He reluctantly released his hold on her frail body. She reached into the hollister around her waist and pulled out a pure white notebook.

"You wish to save that girl, do you not?" Vanya brought a hand to his chin and pulled him closer.

Lawliet felt his whole body tense as she pulled him closer to her body. His slender frame stood a few inches taller than her own. Her left hand continued to trail along his high cheekbones and down his jaw line.

"I do not wish for her to die," he answered stepping closer to her. She gave a small smirk and nusseled her face into his chest.

"All you have to do it write her name in this notebook. If you do that, Lawliet, she shall live." Vanya's voice calmed him down and stopped his shaking nerves. A notebook could save this poor soul's life? Impossible. But then again, he had learned to trust the impossible.

"Vanya, what is the price?" she gave him a blank stare as she pulled away from him. She placed her hand on the leather bond book tracing the silver lettering on the from. Lawliet's lost his nerve as she continued to trace the book's cover before finally opening the book.

"The human's name that is written in this book shall live unless instructed to do otherwise. If a human who is dying is written into this book they shall live once again while the human who has written the name shall lose a day of life."

She closed the book and gave him the same blank stare.

"Do you wish to take ownership of this Life Note?"

"Will you disappear if I use this book?"

There was a pause. She can't leave again. If Vanya left again he might go insane from the loss. He instantly felt calmer with her in his presence. The very sight of her had brought comfort to him and offered some peace of mind.

She was a 'Gift of God'; Vanya.

"I am forbidden to tell you that unless you use the book, Lawliet." Her green orbs stared at him with a genuien look of sincerity. It was as if she was telling him she would always be with him.

Lawliet extended one pale hand toward her. He would accept what she would give. He would not lose her again.

The notebook was warm to the touch. The pages were thin as a sheet of bible paper. They were golden leafed with small grey lines separating the page into rows. The book held an air of dignity to it (as strange as it sounded). In the middle of the holy book was a pure white feather pen. Lawliet fingered the product with astonishment. It tempted him to write by just looking at the object.

"Kimiko Hakisho."

He looked at her curiously.

"Her name,"

Lawliet opened to the first page and creased the paper open. He began writing the first symbol of the name on the paper with shaky handwriting. He let out a yelp when he felt a prickle on his palm. He dropped the feather and looked at the offended hand.

On his palm was am exact replica of what he had written in the Life Note. The ink in the book was red. Blood red.

"It is written in your life source," Vanya's voice was strangely calm. "This is a binding contract with God that he owns a day of your life. You cannot back out now. You must continue to write, or you will die where you stand."

Lawliet picked up the pen and finished writing the name.

Kimiko Hakisho

The first person L Lawliet felt he had ever truly saved.

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