Fanfiction: Kage O Shōhi
Category: Death Note
Chapter: 5
Author: Sakura Lawliet
Editor: -
Word Count: 3,052

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN DEATH NOTE OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS! I ONLY OWN MIYU, KOUKI AND ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS EXCEPT FOR L, LIGHT/KIRA, & KIYOMI

Hey, I was lucky enough to get inspired to write this chapter. I was listening to this song, "I See Fire" done as a cover by Miery. It was beautiful and I felt like I had to write this, so here you go.

Let me know what you think, thanks.

CHAPTER 5: WHO ARE YOUR MEMORABLE LIFE CHANGERS?

April 22, 2004

"Good morning everyone." Miyu greeted with a smile, the one she always wore.

"Good morning!" Chiyo exclaimed happily while most just mumbled. Miyu rolled her eyes.

"Thank you, Saki. Now," She paused when Akito rose his hand. "Yes, Rin?" He stood.

"I got a question for you."

Miyu grinned, "Of course."

"Well, I know it's only the beginning of this year, but I'm curious of what your plans are for this class." Akito said.

"What do you mean?" Miyu leaned back against her desk. "I already told you that I want you all to have a bond by the end of this year, didn't I?"

Akito frowned, "But is that all? I mean, what if we loose students like Ryuga? Or gain students? What are our bonds suppose to be? Why should we have them? I might know a few things about," Akito scanned the class, "Say, Saki. I know she likes to cook, and that she almost burned her house down," Chiyo winced at the mention of her mistake made in the past, "But do I really know her? I don't know who she is, I don't know how she acts around certain things, and I don't know her... favorite color, if she's athletic. I don't know her family life, I only really know what she is on the surface. Aren't we suppose to know what's under that surface? That facade? Isn't that how you make a bond? Isn't that what your trying to do?" Akito paused, "If so, how do you think on doing this? Are you doing this the right way? Or are you just 'going with it'? Do you think it's working?" Miyu felt like he was challenging her. She knew that Akito was smart, but she didn't know if she liked where he was taking this.

Miyu's smile was gone, instead her lips were pressed into a straight line. She eyes held a darker look than usual, the light no longer visible.

"Do you doubt me, Rin?" She asked. "Do you think I can't make you become the best-est friends by the end of this year? Do you not trust me to make you all have a bond so deep you'll watch each other's backs?" She looked out the window.

"Do you think that's possible?" Kaito countered. She glanced at him before a smile came to her lips, but it was empty.

"It's happened." Miyu replied. "Even the most quiet kids spoke up for themselves and the most bad boys and/or girls turned into teachers pets and school honor students." Miyu's eyes glazed off in a memory. "I've seen it with my own eyes. It even changed me," She admitted. "My teacher was just amazing. He was always there for his students and was always trying to help them to the best of his ability... I'll never forget him." Miyu stopped before turning her gaze to her students. She studied every one of them, but her gaze lingered much longer on that empty seat in the front. "Who are your memorable life changers?" She suddenly asked. Akito's eyes widened.

"W-What?" He asked.

"Everyone has that one people who's changed their out look on life. That one person who changed their life." Miyu's eyes shinned in a sort of determination. "Who is that person for you? An idol, a respected person, a loved person, a wise one? Who do you look up to? Who is that person who changed you in a way you didn't think was possible?" She turned to the board behind her and quickly wrote her question on the black surface, 'Who is your memorable life changer?'. "Is it your mother? Your grandfather, grandmother? Father?" She turned back to the class a huge smile on her face. "Is this what you expect to see in a class, Akito?" She asked him and he and the whole class, even, froze at the use of his first name. "It may be my first year here and I may be young, but I do know what I want for this class. I know what I want to do.

Is this what you expect to see in my class?"

April 22, 2004

Miyu and Kouki were sitting at the dinning room table. Miyu was writing in her notebook, recording all the info she learned today that she didn't have time to write during the school day and Kouki was suppose to be helping her out, but he got distracted by the T.V that was visible in the living room. "Um, Mommy?" Kouki started quietly. Miyu looked up at him after reading her sentence.

"Yes?" Kouki pointed at the T.V and she turned to it. 'Kira' was presented in black against an off-white background on the screen. Miyu immediately stood up and walked into the living room. Kouki was next to her in a moment as a voice, the Miyu knew was definitely not the real voice of this 'Kira', filled the room.

"I am very disappointed that your answer is 'no'." The deep and almost mocking tone wafted through Miyu's home. "And because that means that the police will fight me no matter what, I will first take the life of either the head of the NPA or the person in charge of this investigation, L." Kouki grabbed his mother's hand. "Since you won't cooperate with me to create a peaceful world, who will you offer as a sacrifice;

"The head of the NPA or L?" Kuki squeezed Miyu's hand when L's name was brought up once more as a choice of 'sacrifice'. "Decide within the next four days. Thank you."

It was silent for a few minutes until Kouki looked up to his mother, "Mommy?" He called, eyes and bottom lip quivering in worry. "Will everything be okay?" He asked her.

Miyu's lips pressed themselves in a straight line for the second time that day, "I'm sure that L will be fine, Kouki." She answered his real question. "He'll be okay." She looked back at the T.V that was now a group of people discussing the most recent appearance of Kira. 'Who do you think will show their face?' They kept asking around and Miyu just turned the T.V off. "You want to help me with remembering 1st period's memorable life changers?" She asked her son to change the subject quickly. He nodded his head silently, eyes still trained on the screen of the T.V were Kira had shown his face once again, although this feeling churned in her stomach.

'That wasn't Kira,' Her thoughts stated, but Miyu ignored them and quickly lead Kouki back to the dinning room table. She picked up her pencil and sat her son down on her lap.

"So, Isumi Noriko," She began flipping the page in her little notebook.

"Her past English teacher," Kouki immediately said and Miyu smiled.

"Yes, very good Kouki, do you remember why?" Miyu quickly jotted it down in her notebook under the page named 'Isumi Kyo Noriko'.

"Not really," He admitted and Miyu nodded.

"Because her English teacher, Masuyo-san, had noticed her talent in writing and encouraged Kyo greatly to peruse it. Kyo, already having found joy in writing, listened to Masuyo-san and persevered in her writing skills, even when Kyo had doubted herself in her writing abilities. Later on, Kyo was able to publish her first book." Miyu grinned. "I have yet to read it." She admitted. She wrote down all of what she said to Kouki in her notebook.

"Oh yeah!" Kouki brightened up. Miyu smiled at him, he was so cute.

"Alright then, Daiki Isumu." Miyu continued.

"His basketball coach before his car accident." Kouki responded quickly. "I believe, it was because the coach saw him playing basketball with his friends after school and offered him a spot on the team if he was willing to try?"

Miyu grinned, recording what her son said, "Yes! Good job, Kouki. Satomi Junko."

"Her cousin."

Miyu nodded, "Yup."

"I don't..." Miyu smiled and took over.

"Her cousin encouraged her and helped Mao through her recovery after being hit by a car. Mao was told there would be a chance she wouldn't be able to use her legs again, as they were paralyzed, and was about to give up, but Ino, her cousin, didn't let her and told her to keep going, that things would turn out good in the end."

"Oh," Kouki said in thought, "Um, what does 'paralized' mean?" Miyu laughed.

"It means that she couldn't move or feel them."

"Ooooooh," He said in understanding.

Miyu smiled before moving on, "Akito Sakura."

"It was Mommy!" He exclaimed proudly with a huge grin. "It was because Mommy had made him feel like he was part of something. He said that Mommy helped him voice some of his deepest feelings and thoughts that he wasn't able to speak before." Miyu smiled fondly at Kouki.

"Yes, that is right." She scratched her pencil against her notebook once more. "Kaito Ryoichi."

"He said it was his father before he died. I don't remember why, though..."

"It was because his father was a athlete himself. His father was well know around Japan when he played basketball all throughout school and college. Nobu was inspired by his father and wanted to be like him, but he didn't realize until after his father died from an illness. He is working hard to become the best basketball player here at Tou-oh."

"Ah."

"Yeah, how about Yuuki Shizuka?"

"I don't know."

Miyu laughed, "Ah, well, I believe it was her brother. He was always 'dragging' her outside to go on walks with him. Her brother also encouraged her to do track. That was how she ended up finding her love for running."

"I don't like running."

"Me neither." Miyu agreed with a chuckle. "Len Shin."

"Wasn't it his friend, Mizuki-chan?" Miyu nodded.

"Yes, Mizuki-chan had died 3 years ago and he feel into depression. He turned to music and was quickly pulled into a life changing moment. He had a dream of Mizuki-chan and he when he woke up, he realized that he shouldn't be so sad. That Mizuki-chan wouldn't have liked that so he changed. He is always trying to help other people and he is always thinking of her with a smile." Miyu smiled. "I actually think that's adorable."

"Why?"

"He wanted to change. And it was for his friend. Because he knew she wouldn't like him to be upset and she would have been the reason why he was sad."

"Oh." Kouki said thinking about it.

"Anyway, Arata Takeshi." They continued and soon Miyu had gotten the rest of her students written down in her notebook.

Arata Kuro Takeshi
Arata's memorable life changer is his grandfather.

His mother and father weren't really there for him as much as parents should have and so he spent most of his time at his grandparents on his mothers side. His grandmother was nice, he said, but he didn't really remember much about her because she died when he turned 11. His grandfather was the most understanding of his feeling and helped him through many of his tough spots in life. His grandfather took him out for walks in the woods and went fishing with him some times. Kuro is grateful for the way his grandfather helped him through the years. Kuro said that his grandfather is the reason why he is what he is today and he is proud.

Kiyomi Michi Takada
Michi's memorable life changer is her grandmother.

Her grandmother was a news reporter when she was in her younger years which inspired Michi. Michi wants to be a famous news reporter, much like her grandmother.

Chiyo Saki Wakana
Saki's memorable life changer is her history teacher, Kaede-san.

Kaede-san liked to bake and was always bringing in baked goods for her students. Saki was awed by her cooking skills; her goods were very good and tasted amazing, Saki praised. I wanted to be able to cook like that, I wanted to be able to melt people's mouths with my cooking like Kaede-san, Saki said. Saki immediately perused in cooking.

Kiyoko Yasu Tsubaki
Yasu's memorable life changer is herself.

Yasu was in a down point in her life. Depression. She thought everyone was against her. She thought it was her against the world and she started to hate herself and her life. She hated her friends, her parents and just about everything. One day she got so mad, so angry that she started to tear her room apart. She swiped her desk clean, everything fell to the floor. A book that was on her desk fell to the floor and opened itself to a page filled with paper made swans and cranes. She stopped and stared at the book and slowly picked it up. She leafed through it and got interested with the act of origami. She tried it out and soon enough she was a pro at it. She began to calm down. She started to think about things from a different perspective. She was able to move out of her depression and found a love in origami she didn't know she had.

Yasu was able to defeat a horrible time in her life.

Hibiki Ken Yoshirou
Ken's memorable life changer is his father.

Ken's father is a video-game designer and showed him the arts of video games. When Ken turn 5 his father and mother got a divorce and he hasn't seen his father since. Ken wants to be like his father and design video games and so he studies hard.

Light Osamu Yagami
Osamu's memorable life changer is his father.

Osamu's father is the chief of the NPA; Soichiro Yagami. He deals in many crime investigations and controls most of the police force. Osamu wants to be like his father and join the police force.

Makoto Taiki Yori
Taiki's memorable life changer is her art teacher, Hideaki-san.

Hideaki-san noticed Taiki's excellent art skills and confronted her on it. Hideaki-san helped Taiki through all of her art projects and better her art skills. Taiki went to him went she had something on her mind or if she felt a little under the weather. Hideaki-san helped Taiki through high school.

"He didn't do it!" I screamed. I yelled at them and pounded my little 6 year old fists on their leg. "Nii-san didn't do it!" I felt the tears running down my face and my 6 year old mind reeled and spun with so many questions and so many thoughts.

'Why?' My thoughts also screamed. 'Why?'

I felt someone pick me up by my waist and I fought them as much as I could for a 6 year old child. "Miyu," My mothers soft and obviously choked voice reached my ears. "It's okay, calm down." I only screamed and hiccuped more as I watched them take my older brother away. He lifted his head up and gave me a bright smile, but I knew it was fake; his eyes didn't shine like they always did. His black hair shadowed his eyes as they roughly pushed him down the sidewalk of my home. The sirens rang loudly in my ears and I couldn't hear anything anymore except for that one siren. I lost my fight and I slumped in my mother arms.

"He didn't do it... I promise..." I said weakly once more as they pushed him into the police car. My heart clenched tightly and it hurt to breath.

I knew that feeling and I felt more tears spill down my raw and reddened cheeks.

I would never see him again.

April 23, 2004

Miyu shot up and quickly made her way into her bathroom where she emptied out her dinner. She whipped away the tears that had escaped her eyes and flushed the toilet. She looked in the mirror. Long brown hair and emerald eyes. It was the same as all the other times she looked into the mirror, but she couldn't help but feel that she was different this time. She then noticed the dark circles that were slowly appearing under her eyes and sighed. She brushed her teeth before moving to the kitchen to make some coffee for herself.

3:20am

Her clock on the stove in her kitchen told her and she sighed again, knowing she would have to wait for the hours to pass by. She opened her notebook and wrote the date down and began to record her nightmare that was a memory into it. This is what she always did when memories or nightmares plagued her. It was the only way she wouldn't keep flashing back to it. After she was done with that she moved to her son's bedroom and opened the door to check on him. She smiled seeing his sleeping face. How she loved Kouki.

She closed the door and decided to take a shower.

Soon she was walking through the door of her classroom, her son's hand in her's. She placed her bag down and looked up to black board. What would she be teaching today? Would it be memory related topic again, or something else? Classifications again or music? No... Then what would she teach her dear students today?

Miyu didn't realize how long she was staring at the board in thought for and soon enough her first period class came filling in. She turned around a frown marring her features. Didn't she just get done telling Akito yesterday that she knew what she wanted to do with this class? Her gaze landed on the mentioned boy.

Didn't she?

"Um, good morning, Eru?" Chiyo spoke up, breaking her out of her thoughts. Miyu blinked and brightened up instantly. A smile spread across her face.

"Good morning, everyone!" She said more cheerily than she should have, before turning to the board. She picked up the chalk and wrote 'Family Tree'.

'Damn it,' Her thoughts cursed. 'This is what you get for dreaming about Yuto.' I gripped the chalk tightly in my hand at the name.

"Um, Eru, are you feeling okay?" Len's soft voice nervously asked her. She turned around to him and smiled widely.

"Of course, thank you Ryou for asking though." She said, before turning to the windows, but instead of meeting azure sky, she met wide yellow eyes with small red pupils. She froze before quickly looking away.

'Today is just not my day, is it?'

Hey, I hope you liked this chapter. I was half tempted to destroy most of it, but I have serious Writers Block and still have to figure out a way to move all these chapters along.

Anyway, please, please, review for me,

~Sakura Lawliet