"You are who you choose to be."

-The Iron Giant

Chapter 10:

"So this is the famous Amane mall." Wasabi walked in through the sliding glass doors and found himself in a sprawling food court. A huge mass of people was continually moving wherever he looked. He looked around and sat down at a table in the middle of an eating area, and started looking at a branch of Tapioca Express. They were crowded today, but it's normal for the weekend.

30 minutes later, Wasabi was wondering if he deciphered the mysterious e-mail from Karma correctly. It had either said "go to the mall tomorrow" or "tell them hello tomorrow." Either way, he was here now, and he got up an ordered some calamari, much to the horror of his haunter, Ping.

D had almost figured it out, but Karma sure was ingenious. D had walked in on him reading his e-mail, and started looking at Karma's message. The address went back to China and it looked like regular spam, so D dismissed it, to the relief of Wasabi. He mostly just wanted to find out how Karma wanted to take D out.

But that was when Karma came. He slipped into the chair across from him and put down his large Dr. Pepper from Carl's Jr. then he started talking.

"Why did you let him lock me up for two months? Do you know how I had to use the bathroom?"

"What was I supposed to do, get a billboard telling him I was one of you?"

"Whatever, Wasabi. But back to business. You have to give me clues to who D is. I don't want you to tell me, I want to figure it out on my own, but I want you to guide me.

Good afternoon, patrons. Thank you for shopping with us at the Amane mall, but I must inform you that the mall is now closing. Management has been informed that Karma is within our boundaries and we do not wish for any victims of our establishment to become victims. Please exit the mall in an orderly fashion.

The mall turned into a crazy inferno, people running about in complete disorder. Wasabi and Daniel, shocked, joined the crowd, trying to run separately, but trying to stay close at the same time.

"D is one of your close friends." Wasabi called out to him, and then he was gone.

Daniel stopped running at this news. He then started acting crazy again and ran off again, acting like everyone else. He found his way to the nearest exit, went straight home, and started thinking about it. He now knew that someone from the Hill. But who? Who was smart enough to chase him down from the very beginning?

He grabbed his Tapioca Note and began writing down the names of people in it. He also wanted to figure out how to get back into contact with Wasabi again. He also needed to know D's next move, but sadly, now he was more in the dark then ever.

Wasabi went back to school in bewilderment.

"D, was Karma really at the mall yesterday?"

"I don't know, Wasabi. That is what we are checking. If Karma was there, would he of looked scared at being caught? Or would he of acted normal? I have all the tapes from every surveillance camera in the mall, and we are going through them this week."

"Why do you always have to pull all these week long projects on me, D? I almost never get any down time."

"You sure did go to the mall yesterday. That sounds like down time to me."

"It's the first weekend I've had since before finals last year!"

"That's not the point. I'll go grab some Tapioca for lunch, just stop complaining, please."

"I want the biggest milk tea money can buy then."

"Fine, Wasabi. The biggest money can buy."

Rules:

14. The Tapioca Note is the first step in creating a Death Note, and being a Calamari is the first step to becoming a Shinigami.