Max: Hum, another part to the story! Hope you enjoy.

Grayson: We no own anything.


Haruhi walked down the aisles of the graduation ceremony casually. Her eyes scanned the seat numbers looking for her designated seat. Looking down at the paper once more she confirmed her number. A - 200. She started for her seat, putting an 'Excuse me.' and 'Pardon me.' when she passed students who had already found their seats. Finally making it to her seat she reconfirmed if it was hers, which it was. Plopping down in the seat she tried to relax. All she needed to do was survive this ceremony thing, the she could go to college, graduate, become a lawyer, and live the rest of her life. Easy? No. Unfortunately she had been seated by the pretty boy. The one that Tamaki would certainly feel 'threatened' by looks wise. She looked forward, not even bothering to converse with the brown-haired male. He raised a thin eyebrow at her, but didn't bother to break into conversation with her either. Not that she would see this of course, she was ignoring him!

She decided to sneak a glance in his direction again, what harm could that possibly do? He sat there, rather professionally, and watched the stage patiently. For some strange reason he reminded her of Kyouya. Perhaps it was the way he acted, a bit like the shadow king himself? No, he would haveto be extremely manipulative to compete with Kyouya. After several minutes of waiting the ceremony began. It was a good thing too, Haruhi was bored out of her mind. She was mildly surprised to see the brown-haired teen next to her stand up and walk toward the stage, he was going to speak? What surprised her even more was that the can't-sit-normally teenager from earlier was also taking the stage. Did they tie scores?

Ratio Yagami was that pretty boy's name. The other one, the one that sat strangely, was Hideki Ryuga. Hey, wait. Wasn't Hideki Ryuga some famous idol or something? Either way it didn't matter, he was obviously not the flashy I'm-so-awesome type. In fact he presented himself with only jeans, a white t-shirt, a bed head, and ratty shoes. She tried hard to focus on their speeches, but the students behind her were talking rather loudly about the two.

"I heard that they both had perfect scores!", exclaimed someone from behind her. She was tempted to turn around, but instead she faced ahead. Her eyes widened as she observed the two on stage. From experience she had learned that some people who had a high intelligence could also be very, VERY, tricky. Another thought entered her mind. Perhaps they were rivals, it would explain the strange exchange during the examination. She felt a headache poking at her mind, she was dwelling on this too much! She had to focus on college and not get into something unimportant!

"I like the one on the right (referring to Ryuga)", exclaimed some girl from the crowd.

"What! Your weird Kyouko,", another girl responded, "a normal person would pick the one on the left (referring to Ratio)."

Haruhi felt her brow twitch in annoyance. She really didn't care if they liked them or ogled them or whatever. But did they really have to speak so loud? Besides, why were they talking about which one was better looking! I mean, first of all beauty is in the eye of the beholder and second it is annoying to the people around them! Calming down a bit Haruhi began to ignore the other students, it was obviously going to annoy her if she listened any further. As her mind drifted around she was surprised to see Ryuga and Yagami stroll down the steps and start toward their seats. Yagami reclaimed his seat casually, if not confidently. Ryuga, to her surprise, had taken a spot on the other side of the Kyouya carbon replica. He had not been sitting there before, so why was he now?

She felt her brain give another warning of an on coming headache. Best to drop it and not associate herself with them. She had that same feeling from when she was in the examination room. Ignoring them was actually quite easy, and she listened as another man droned on about how proud they were of the students, etc., etc. She would have continue ignoring them easily if there wasn't a sudden tension that filled the air. She instinctively glanced at the cause of it. Ryuga was staring intensely at Yagami, and Yagami was staring intensely at the stage. What was going on? Whatever it was the tension made her feel sick. Should she break it by conversing with one of them, or should she try to ignore it? She was immediately distracted by the mental debate in her head. She turned and made sure she was looking forward, so as not to be suspicious.

Ratio's POV (A bit before he enters the ceremony and sits down next to Haruhi)

Note: I won't be using I or my in Ratio's POV, more like explaining his thoughts and stuff before he sits next to Haruhi. Sorry about that. )

Ratio Yagami walked casually down the street, it was a few hours before he had to go to the Graduation Ceremony. He walked down the sidewalk with Ryuk floating next to him. His shinigami roommate was, luckily, invisible to the human eye. Of course he could see him, thanks to the Death Note. He smirked faintly, he would catch L at his own game! Then he could cleanse the world of evil and become it's new God. He was Kira, and he was going to win! His mind drifted elsewhere, and he remember that strange girl.

Flashback

Ratio easily worked around the surveillance cameras that L had installed, he had Ryuk to thank for that. He had gone out on a late night walk in hopes of killing a few… undesirable people. He had been writing a few names here and there while walking, trying to be inconspicuous. He had come near the latest hot spot for the rich, the one the Ootori (sp?) owned. Entering the store across he planned to write down more names, that way it would look like he was writing a list. He looked out the window to see a richly dressed girl being assaulted by a man. Who was that man? Ratio was sure he had seen him before. Ah, now he remembered. That man was Hiroko Matsudo, a man that had been on trial for murder. Just as he was about to look down and write the name a shoe was hurled at the man. To say the least, Ratio was surprised. Not many people, besides himself, had helped another person that was in that situation. He watched as a brown haired girl came running towards the man, immediately distracting him. Quickly he wrote down Hiroko's name on his Death Note paper. He watched as the man died, he almost smirked. Almost. But he didn't want to be suspicious. Ratio watched as the brown haired girl began to comfort the well dressed one.

"I've seen her from somewhere…", Ryuk mumbled, also watching the brown haired girl.

Ratio spared a glance at him before moving as if he was browsing at the items in the shop. That girl. She should be a prime example for his new world. At least her actions should be, he really didn't know the girl herself.

End Flashback

"Thinking about that Hiroko incident again, eh?", Ryuk offered, chuckling deeply. Ryuk knew that he had seen her from somewhere…. Best to worry about it later. Ratio did not reply to the clown-like shinigami, he didn't want to look insane. Ryuk took his small look of annoyance as a 'yes'…. either that or a 'shut-up-we-are-in-public'. Ratio made his way home, he was feeling a bit hungry. Besides he had to go over his speech, get ready for the ceremony, and possibly work on the death note. The surveillance cameras had, thankfully, been removed from his home. After reaching his destination he immediately went to the privacy of his room. He stretched a bit before reviewing his speech, making sure there were no mistakes. After that task was done he decided to ready himself for the Ceremony. With luck he had enough time for the Death Note. First he locked the door, then he turned on the T.V. About an hour later his sister had come knocking at his door reminding him that it was time to go. After cleverly hiding his notebook (the Death Note) he joined his family.

At the Ceremony (still with Ratio)

After arriving at the ceremony Ratio immediately took his seat, he did not want to be bothered by troublesome people. He casually took his chosen seat, not really wanting to talk to anybody. The girl next to him made a point at not speaking to him. At this he raise an eyebrow at her. She seemed…. Familiar. But from where? He pondered on this, looking ahead before Ryuk spoke.

"Hey, it's that girl from the Hiroko episode.", Ryuk pointed out. Ratio stole a glance at her… Ryukwas right, it was the same girl. Her large doe-like eyes gave her a look of innocence. Oh well. She was okay in his book so far. The ceremony had started and Ratio's name was called. He responded automatically and made his way to the stage. To his surprise another name was called, Hideki Ryuga. Was it the idol? No, that is unreasonable. He swallowed his shock when he saw that strange kid come up. The one that was practically glaring at him during the examinations. As he read his speech his mind roamed elsewhere. Mostly questions about Kira and L, basically Death Note business. He stood through Ryuga's speech patiently. After that he strolled back to his seat, Ryuga had been spewing random bits of information about himself (Ratio) along the way, and to his surprise Ryuga sat in the empty seat beside him! He was not there before, so why now? Deciding it was unimportant he listened to the man that had taken center stage. That is until Ryuga had decided to continue to speak to him.

"You aspire to become a high ranking officer in the police department yourself," Ryuga continued, "and in the past had aided in solving several cases."

Ratio took a quick side glance at the brown haired girl to see if she was listening, but she was obviously ignoring them.

"Currently you are showing interest in the Kira case. I'll believe in the ability of sense and justice then and, as long as you promise not to tell anyone else, I want to tell you something important about the Kira case.", Ryuga let the sentence hang as they both regarded each other with a side glance.

"I wont tell anyone. What?", Ratio finally said, caving in.

"I am L.", Ryuga said, staring at Ratio intently. Ratio's muscles tensed as he questioned whether or not to believe the boy beside him. L stole a glance at Haruhi, whom the don't know is Haruhi, curiously. She sat there calmly until there was the tension in the air. L noticed how she looked at them confused, worried, and a bit unsure. Why did she care, was she in anyway connected to Kira? He had to watch out for this girl, she could be essential to solving the case.

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Max: Cliffie? I don't know. Hope you enjoyed, and sorry about any mistakes.

Grayson: Obey. Lemming.