May 16th, 2006

"Misa honey are you absolutely sure it's okay for us to leave for a week? We can always stay here it's no-" Misa didn't let her mother finish as she cut her off with a giggle. "Really mom? I wouldn't have bought you two a trip to France if I didn't want you to go" As simple as it was, sending her parents off to France was both the best solution and the worst. Because while the burglar couldn't hurt them now, if something were to happen in France, she wouldn't be able to do anything about it. It was a risk she was ready to take besides, she had chosen the safest hotel in Paris and her parents had promised to be careful.

"Besides I really want you to enjoy your anniversary together. 20 years of marriage already, you guys deserve to spend it in the most romantic place possible!" Her mother sighed defeated. "Leave her alone Yui, our daughter is a big girl now. A week without us won't kill her." Her father kissed her forehead. "However, no boys or wild parties while we are gone! Don't forget to call. We love you, sweetie"

"Yes, yes dad. I promise. " Before her father could answer, a mechanical voice was heard announcing the boarding of the plane in 20 minutes. "Go! You two don't want to miss it!" She teased kissing both their cheeks. "Okay fine, we're going. We will call you once we get there." Her mother gave her a hug while her father kissed her forehead and then ruffled her hair before the two of them walked away.

The red numbers above their head then blurred as they walked further away from her. They started to increase, Misa not once looking away from them. She felt tears slowly start fall from her light green eyes as the numbers got higher and higher.

Yui Amane

3 8 9 3 8 2 0 0

Takuma Amane

4 0 3 25 0 4 0

Her parents would get the long and happy life they deserved and Misa couldn't be happier. "What are you going to do now?" Gelus squeaky voice asked from behind her, she started to walk out of the crowded airport. Once she was out of earshot. "The robber should show up in 3 days if the upgraded security system doesn't stop him then I will."

"Isn't that risky?" She gave the small shinigami a nod as they walked home. "It is, but I need to make sure he doesn't cause any problem in the future besides it's not like I'm planning to fight him" Misa rolled her pretty eyes, even with her father's basic self-defense classes he had forced her to go as a child, she knew she probably wouldn't be able to take him down. Especially if he was armed.

"If I manage to call the police and stay hidden then I doubt there will be a problem. If things ever go bad there is always the knives in the kitchen" She heartlessly said making the shinigami let out a small laugh. "You know you shouldn't admit wanting to kill a man out loud"

"It's not that I want to kill him, I was just saying that as a last resort" Truth be told, he probably wouldn't be a big loss. At least not in her opinion, that man would have killed her parents. He didn't deserve any mercy on her part.

xoxo

May 19th, 2006

For some reason, Misa thought this day would be somewhat special and yet... It was the same as usual. She woke up just as grumpy as usual, quickly dressed and ate before going to pick Nami up. Her parents had gifted her with an old car for her birthday, the rusty thing barely worked and yet Misa loved it.

"I really don't know why you love it so much." The blonde pretended to be offended. "Shh! She's is going to hear from you! Don't listen to her baby, Nami is just jealous she doesn't have a car as beautiful as you" Their playful banter continued until Misa dropped Nami off to her college which was next to her own.

Misa Amane had once been a model. This Misa Amane was studying to become a lawyer. She knew that the law system was flawed, but as cliche, as it sounded she wanted to help even if a little. Once high school had ended, Misa stopped holding back at school making her grades break the roof. Misa was smart, a genius some would say -she would smile charmingly thinking about how unfair it truly was-

The blonde felt herself drift off as the teacher's monotonous voice made her slightly sleepy. What would happen once she went back home? Would he already be there? Would the security system have stopped him?

"Amane-san?" Her gaze snapped up at the unfamiliar voice. "Ah sorry, I was lost in toughs" Her classmate then shyly told her that class had just ended. "Thank you...oh sorry I don't know your name" Not that she cared to know it either, but she needed to keep up her sweet and distant act. After thanking once again the classmate she didn't bother to remember the name, she went to pick up Nami who was already waiting for her.

While they didn't have the same schedule, Nami waited most of the time for her not wanting to take the bus. "Good afternoon best friend of mine!" Nami joked while getting in the car. "Well you sure look preppy" Misa teased, her gaze never leaving the road.

"I always am..." Misa sharply looked at her friend who was starting to blush through the rearview mirror. "Spill the beans" Misa chuckled seeing Nami's face turn a bright red. Her friend then told her in detail about her meeting with a cute and mysterious guy. "I swear Misa, he has those eyes!.." She tuned out her friend after a few minutes of Nami describing the blueness of the bluest eyes she had ever. Misa felt slightly uncomfortable the situation reminding her of Kaoru, Nami's cheating ex.

"Misa! You weren't even listening!" The cute brunette pouted making her sigh. "Sorry, I was just thinking about the paper I have to finish for tomorrow" Sadly she had worse things to worry about.

The sun was starting to set and the time Misa had to go back home as well. She dropped Nami home with an unusual kiss on the cheek. "You sure you're feelin' alright Misa?"

"Don't worry about it, if you're not ready by 8 tomorrow I'm leaving without you~" This earned her a fake shocked gasp from Nami. Once she was sure her friend was inside of her home, she started the car with slight hesitation.

The drive to her home was oddly quiet, with Nami or Gelus always around, she wasn't used to the silence. Gelus's absence truly was starting to worry her the small shinigami had become a usual presence in her life.

She got out of her car as slowly as possible, dread feeling her. She paused for a bit, thinking about simply going to Nami's or the cafe. She sighed deeply before ever slowly opening the door leading to her fate.

Thank you once again for all the love and support and I really am sorry for not answering all of your wonderful reviews. To be completely honest, I'm not sure how to answer all of them, but I honestly really appreciate all the support and read every last one of them.

I have been thinking about romantic pairings for a while now if I am being honest, You can be absolutely sure there will at least be some romance in this story, I always have been a romantic. However, I can't guarantee that Misa will be involved, because let's be honest, getting reborn in the body of a fictional character like that seriously messed up her head and it will get more and more obvious as the story progresses. That doesn't mean I am opposed to her having romantic interactions with other characters if you have any pairing ideas -or if you prefer her being eternally single- feel free to tell me about them.

She will definitely meet both L and Light soon enough and both will take an interest in her. That interest, however, won't be romantic in the least, more like a curiosity or fascination with her... unusual way of acting and thinking. It very well may develop into something more, but not so soon in the story.