A/N: Yay! Chapter ten! :3

And seeing as it is chapter ten, I'm having a super awesome special!!! I've seen this on Naruto Abridged before, so I wanted to do it too! Now, I plan to make NYWLOD at least nineteen chapters, maybe twenty or twenty-one, not including the epilogue. And I've seen other people with popular stories do this, and they inspired me…

To have a FANFIC FANART CONTEST!!!!!

Now here's the thing. I'm having a contest to see who can draw the super awesomest picture from any moment in the story so far. Or it doesn't even have to be a moment in the story; Just something you thought would be funny for the characters to do. Now that means ANYTHING. It could be a MinaMatsu (Minami and Matsuda), NozomixL, a collision of Nozomi and Suzumiya Haruhi (Nozomi would flipping LOVe that XD), Nozomi killing a turkey, or anything at all!

Just put the picture online and send the author (me) a link to it. Unless ordered otherwise from the artist, I will put the links to every entry on my page for the world to see. Your entry doesn't even have to be in the final five places (the "That Is Just Awesome Award", the "Honorable Mention", Third Place, Second Place, and First Place.)!!!

The contest ends Friday December 13, 2008, by which time I will be long done with the story. I will put the winners and their work in the Authors Note a day or two later. A person can put up as many drawings as they want. However, I DO NOT recommend posting a picture until after the story is finished, which will be in two weeks or so. There's a damn lot of hilarity coming your way, so you might want to use some of those sceens. Including a sceen where L and Nozomi get drunk, so you don't want to to miss that! ~_^

I only have one rule: NO YURI!!!!

Oh, and you don't have to participate if you don't want to…it would just make me super happy…And if I'm super happy then I may consider writing another super hilarious story…

Oh, yeah! And even if you decide to wait to submit something, please leave a review telling me if you want to so I could add you to the list of people who will enter.

But, anyway, thank you for taking the time to read this. Now onto chapter 10!

PS: I ended the contect on Friday the Thirteenth because that's Nozomi's favorite holiday. XD

Nozomi Yagami's Wonderous Life of Doom

Chapter 10

Even MORE Sucky Stuff Happens

I sat at the edge of my bed, trying to decide what emotion I was feeling at the moment. Guilt? Hatred? Love?

No! Don't even think about love! Ryuzaki is my enemy and I don't even like him more than that! Sure, we're friends, but that's only some of the time!

I had just gotten home from the hotel, trying to comprehend what was going on with me. While there, we got the video that Miso had sent. L revealed that he suspected that Kira and the second Kira had already met and used the message to confuse them. He also told me that if I were Kira, that would be a problem…

Because I'm the first friend he's ever had.

"My life sucks," I whined. I got up, changed into some street clothes, and went out for a walk with Ryuk, trying to clear my head.

"What's going on with you?" Ryuk asked. "You're never this quiet."

"It's just…I don't know," I sighed. "I think that…Ryuzaki…I think I might actually li-"

"NOZOMI-CHAN!"

GLOMP!

I fell on my back, an extra weight on top of me. I winced open my eyes and saw Miso. "I know you said to wait two weeks, but I couldn't help it!" he said. "I was actually just on my way to your house when I saw you."

"…"

I've never been so provoked to kick a guy in the balls before.

"I just wanted to see you so badly," he said, getting off of me.

I stood up too. "Well, you might as well come over…"

"Cool!"

We quietly walked to my house from there, Ryuk and Rem following close behind us.

"Hi, Miso!" Sayu said when we entered the house. "I saw you in a bunch of magazines!"

Oh, yeah. I forgot to mention that Miso was an upcoming male model.

"Could you make us some tea?" I asked my mom as Miso and I went up to my room. "So…what do you want?"

He raised an eyebrow. "What do I want? To see you, of course!"

I blinked at his smile. He was so sweet, so cute. It made me feel bad to only be using him.

"…Rem," I said, looking up at the shinigami. "I've noticed that you have feelings for Miso. If he was happy, that would make you happy, right?"

"You could say that," she said.

"And Miso," I said, turning to the boy. "If I was happy, you'd be happy too, right?"

"Of course!"

"So…could you get Rem to kill L?"

Miso stared at me for a moment before turning to Rem. "Please, Rem? Being happy with Nozomi is all I've ever wanted."

"…"

"Fine. I will kill L," she said. "But I do not like you, Yagami Nozomi."

"No one really does."

"And though I will kill L, it will not kill me."

"Yay! Thanks, Rem!" Miso cried, hugging his shinigami.

I suddenly realized what I had just done. Ryuzaki's…gonna die…I shook my head. No! What the hell am I thinking? He's L! He's trying to ruin my plan of making an ideal world! But still…I…no! There's no 'but's! L's gonna die and that's that!

"Don't kill L until I give the order, alright?" I said. "I'll spend tonight thinking of how we'll kill him." I turned to Ryuk. "Wanna see him choke on his cake?"

"Definitely!"

I turned back to Miso. "And I'm going to need your cell phone number."

"It's about time!" he said. "Gimme yours too, okay?"

"No, Miso, I can't do that."

"What? But I'm your boyfriend! I should have your number!"

"In case you've forgotten, I'm under suspicion by the police. It isn't hard to bug even cell phones these days," I explained.

"Oh…well, I know! I'll just give you one of mine!" He reached into his pocket and pulled out a red cell phone. "I ended up with three of them, because I use them for different things."

"This is perfect," I said, taking the cell phone.

"Great! I can hear your voice everyday, and text you too!" Miso exclaimed happily.

"No, I'll be the one doing the calling," I said.

"Well…when are you going to call me?"

"Probably tomorrow," I told him. "That's probably the day we'll kill L, but I'll call you either way."

"Tomorrow?" he gasped, getting a happy smile. "Great! It doesn't sound like a very romantic call, but I guess we could talk about 'us' afterwards!"

"You should probably go home now, Miso."

"What?" he mumbled. "But it's only seven! The time for lovers is just beginning! I could take you out for dinner, we'll take a stroll in the park, and then the main event!"

I quickly grabbed Miso's wrists, leaned in, and kissed him tenderly.

God, I always pictured my first kiss to be with someone I actually have feelings for. But, then again, I didn't expect to get my first kiss when I was eighteen. But I suppose it can't be helped. I only kissed him so he'd shut up anyway…

Miso kissed me back, obviously happy about this. I slowly backed away from him. "You have to go home now, alright?"

"O…Okay…" he mumbled, a deep blush on his cheeks. We walked downstairs together and I opened the door for him. "Bye, Nozomi-chan…" he nervously kissed my cheek.

"Bye," I said back, shyly looking at the ground. He left quietly.

"Bye, Miso! Come back soon, okay?" Sayu called from behind me. "Dang, Nozomi. I didn't expect you to get a boyfriend until your mid-thirties."

"Eat me…"

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"…But the only kind is a sex fetish!"

"There's all kinds of fetishes, you bitch!"

"Actually, there are 3,975 different kinds of fetishes, sexual and not."

"Nu-uh! List 'em!"

"Sneezing fetish, foot fetish, hair fetish, nose fetish…"

I sighed, as my friends and I continued to walk down the path in front of the university. Somehow, they had started bickering about fetishes. But, then again, they always fought about random stuff. Last week it was doctors, week before then it was pasta, just weird stuff that no one seemed to get. I looked up and froze. My friends ran into me.

"What is it, Nozomi?" Keiko said.

There he was. Sitting on the bench, there was the person who was supposed to die today. He was reading a book, holding it with his thumb and index finger. "Oh, crap…"

"Hey, who's that? He looks familiar," Minami said.

"Um, uh, no way! He, uh, he looks like a pedophile, we should go…" I was backing away with them when Saku-chan yelled "HEY! NOZOMI'S FRIEND!"

"Dammit!"

Ryuzaki looked up and waved. "Hey, Nozomi!"

"Um…could we continue this later? I need to talk to him alone."

"Oh. Okay. Bye, Nozomi. Bye, Nozomi's friend!" Keiko, Minami, and Saku-chan turned and left.

I put on a fake smile and went over to him. "Hey, Ryuzaki! How's it going? Hey, is it alright for you to be here? Didn't you say you were afraid to come out it public?"

"I was," he said. "But you're the only one on the outside who knows me as L. If I were to die in the next few days, I've instructed everyone at headquarters to assume that you're Kira."

"…"

DAMN HIM!!!

"Besides, you are the one who said you missed me around campus. As long as it doesn't kill me, college is fun."

I nodded. "Yeah, I suppose so. Without you around, intelligent conversation is hard to come by."

"Hey, do you want to have some cake with me in the cafeteria?" he asked, getting up from the bench.

"Most definitely!" I said happily, walking down the path with him toward the cafeteria. "I've noticed you like sweets a lot. You're my kind of man."

"Your kind of man…?"

"…"

"No! No, I didn't mean it that way!" I said, blushing a faint maroon. "I mean we just have a lot in common, that's all."

"Yes, I suppose we are somehow alike…"

"Nozomi-chan! There you are!"

GOD DAMMIT!!!

I slowly turned around to see Miso. "Hey!" he said in that happy voice that really pissed the hell out of me. "I had a photo shoot nearby, so I thought I'd come see you! Hey, who's your friend?"

"I'm Hideki Ryuga," he said.

"Yep! Isn't that weird? He has the exact same first and last name as the idol!" I said nervously.

Miso stared at Ryuzaki. I turned to look at him too…

And my heart dropped to my knees.

He was laughing.

Did he see that Miso was the second Kira?

"You're a very lucky girl, Nozomi-chan."

I froze. "Wh…What?"

"I've been a fan of yours since the August edition of 18," he said to Miso.

"Really? Thanks!"

He reads 18? Gay…

"Hey, is that Amane Miso?"

"Oh my god, it is!"

"He's so hot!"

All of a sudden, there was a huge swarm of fangirls around Miso, squealing about how cute he was and stuff.

"Hey! Someone just grabbed my ass!" Miso gasped. Ryuzaki was right behind him, looking nervous.

"Uh….this is an outrage!" he cried. "Taking advantage of the situation like that is uncalled for! I will find who's responsible!"

"You're so funny, Ryuga!" Miso smiled.

Okay. Either Ryuzaki's being really gay…or he's up to something…but I have to ask Miso for L's real name as soon as possible! But all these people are in the way…

"Miso!" A woman with tightly wound black hair pushed past the crowd and grabbed his hand. "It's time! Or were you planning to be late again?"

"Uh, no. Sorry, Yoshi," Miso mumbled as the woman pulled him away. "Bye, Nozomi-chan! I'll see you when I'm done working! Miss you already!"

And just like that, the crown dispersed. "Well, we should probably get going," Ryuzaki said.

"Know what, you go on without me," I said. "I gotta use the bathroom."

"Alright. See you, there."

We went our separate directions. I took Miso's phone out of my pocket and took a deep breath. L was going to die. I didn't want to kill Ryuzaki, but…L was a threat. I'm sorry, Ryuzaki. I really did like you. I slowly dialed the number of Miso's phone, when suddenly…

"Kono machijyuu afureru mono ni mamire utsutsu wo nukasu you na koto wa nai. Asu e to tsunagaru michi no hate de kono te ni tsukamu mono wo mitai kara…"

The familiar ring tone came from behind me. I slowly turned around to see Ryuzaki, holding Miso's phone. "Yes? Hello?" he answered.

"…What the hell do you mean, 'hello'?" I demanded.

"Oh, is that you, Nozomi?"

"OF COURSE IT'S ME, DUMBASS!" I snapped. "Why do you have Miso's phone?"

"Oh, it's Miso's? I just found it. I guess someone dropped it in all the commotion…"

I suddenly remembered when he grabbed Miso's butt. He wasn't being gay…he was taking Miso's phone! That bastard!

"I can give it back to him," I said to Ryuzaki.

"Oh, sure, that makes sense." He hung up the phone and handed it to me. "Okay…bye."

"Bye." I stalked off in the other direction. That idiot didn't even know about Miso's other phone. I proceeded to call Miso's other phone when…

There was a ring.

OH, COME ON!!

"Huh? This time it's actually my cell phone…" Ryuzaki picked up the phone. "Yes? …Yes, I see….So it's done, then? ….Okay." He hung up the phone and turned to me. "I don't really know how you'll take this, but we've just taken Amane Miso into custody out of suspicion of being the second Kira."

….

Oh, crap.

Ryuzaki began to talk some more, but I couldn't even hear. All I wanted to do was crawl in a ditch and die.

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Hours later, I was sitting in my room, trying to come up with a solution for this problem.

I could always just kill Miso! But then Rem would kill me. Besides, I don't have the heart to kill Miso. But, then, if I don't do something about him…

"Hey, Rem."

I broke out of my trance to look at Miso's shinigami. "What're you doing here?"

"Yagami Nozomi…" Rem said. "Miso has refused my offer to help him escape. No doubt because it would cause you trouble. When his suffering became more than he could bear, he asked me to kill him. All of this because he wants you to love him."

I stared at the ground, not really knowing what to say.

"I couldn't possibly let it go on like that. I could bring myself to kill him. There was only one way to save Miso from his suffering…"

"Forfeiting ownership of the Death Note," I answered.

"Yes. Now Miso has no memory of the Death Note or anything related to it. He still loves you, Yagami Nozomi, but not because you're Kira. He will no longer be able to see me or Ryuk, either."

I was stunned. Miso…loved me? He loved me for Nozomi? Not for Kira? I almost started crying.

"You did the right thing, Rem…" I mumbled.

"Yes, but if you don't save Miso, I will kill you."

I snapped my head up to look at the shinigami. "O…Okay. I actually thought about this. I know exactly what L would do." I turned to my own shinigami. "Ryuk…this is goodbye."

Ryuk's eyes grew wider than usual. "What? But Nozomi! So, what, I can't hang around you anymore? We can't play video games or watch pointless TV or throw rocks at the ducks in the lake?"

"I'm afraid not."

"Dammit!"

I looked up at Ryuk, not liking this any more than he did. After hesitating, I turned back to Rem. "Come on. Let's go to the woods. We can make the deal there."

I slowly dialed the number into my cell phone, prepared for what I was about to do.

"Yes?" Ryuzaki answered on the other line.

"…It's Nozomi," I mumbled. "Look…I think I might be Kira."

There was a hesitation.

"Alright. I understand. We'll be expecting you in room K2801. Goodbye." He hung up and I took in a deep breath.

I quietly entered the hotel room he had said on the phone. Everyone was there. My father, Aizawa, Matsu, and Ryuzaki. He was sitting in a chair in front of a laptop and didn't turn to look at me like the others did. I gulped. "Ryuzaki…like I said on the phone…I could be Kira."

My father gasped and clutched my shoulders. "What? No, Nozomi! What're you even saying!?"

"Dad, if Ryuzaki is L, then it's safe to say he's the worlds' greatest detective. And right now he's pretty sure that I'm Kira," I said soberly. I usually was never this serious. "And L's never been wrong before."

"No! Stop this, Nozomi!"

"Just think about it, dad!" I snapped. "That FBI agent, Raye Penber, he was investigating me when he died. I was in Aoyama on the twenty-second. And shortly after, I was the first person in the Conto region who Amane Miso, the alleged second Kira, approached. It would be idiotic not to assume I'm Kira. What I mean is, I may be Kira subconsciously. I might be her and not even know it."

"What? No, Nozomi…"

"I'm…I'm not sure of anything anymore!" I cried. "I'm so damn confused right now! It's so troubling, I'm not even paying attention to anime anymore! THAT'S PRETTY DAMN SAD!!" I took in a deep breath. "For all I know, I could be killing people as I sleep."

"I'm afraid that would be impossible," Ryuzaki said. "I never told you this, but for five days, there were cameras hidden in your room."

"…"

"So you were watching 24/7?"

"Yes."

"YOU MOTHER [CENCOR] PERVERT!" I screamed.

"Nozomi!" my father snapped.

"Fine," I sighed. "But, still. I've found myself thinking that some people deserve to die. If I can think like Kira, shouldn't that be a little proof that I am Kira?"

"I feel the same way, Nozomi-chan!"

I looked over at Matsuda. "Matsu…" I mumbled.

"I've also found myself thinking that some people deserve to die," he said. "But that doesn't mean that we're going to go out and kill people! Besides, how could you have killed people when you had no knowledge of them? We were watching your room all the time!"

"Oh…Matsu…" I muttered. "Don't try to defend me, love."

"Yeah, don't," Aizawa said. "Anyway, we were only about to watch her when she was home. Nozomi could have found a way to kill those criminals when she wasn't at home."

"Yeah, thanks, Aizawa," I hissed sarcastically.

There was a hesitation.

"Honestly, I really don't like the way this is going," Ryuzaki said. "But let's do it. We will fully incarcerate Nozomi and place her in solitary confinement."

"What?"

"You're going to incarcerate her? Seriously?"

"Yes. I don't really like it, but what choice to do I have? Nozomi…" he turned to me. "From now on, you won't go anywhere where I can't see you."

"No, this is crazy!" dad said. "There's no way my daughter could be Kira! She could never pull it off!"

"Why does everyone think I'm too stupid to be Kira?"

"Mr. Yagami, could you make up an excuse for Nozomi's absence?" Ryuzaki asked. "Something to tell your family."

"And my friends, too," I said. "They go rabid when I'm away for too long."

"Um…alright…and her friends too."

"But this is so sudden!" dad said. "What do you want me to say? And I see no reason for Nozomi to be imprisoned."

"Let it go, dad," I said. "Until this fear I have of being Kira goes away, I want nothing more than to be imprisoned."

"…"

"Alright."

Aizawa grabbed a pair of handcuffs and was about to put them on me. "Wait!" I said before he could do it. I turned to Matsuda. "See you…whenever the hell I get out." I embraced him in a tight hug. "Bye, Matsu. Don't let Aizawa treat you like crap, okay?"

"Uh…okay…"

"Ryuzaki," I said, looking at the detective. "…I want you to kick Aizawa whenever he's mean to Matsu."

"Consider it done."

"Ryuzaki! What the hell!?"

"And Aizawa…burn in hell."

"You too, Nozomi," he grimanced. I stuck my tongue out at him.

"And dad…bye."

"Uh…bye."

I let them put the handcuffs on me.

"Take her away, Aizawa," Ryuzaki said.

And he proceeded to do so.

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A/N: I don't really feel like writing a preview for the next chapter, so just find out later.

And thank you all for the kind comments! I hope to see some of your art work later on! And remember; it doesn't even have to be good! A picture of Nozomi and her friends could look like a polar bear humping a joice pouch and I will still put the link on my page.

So please consider entering the 'NYWLOD' Fanart Contest!

Until next time,

--Mello Lufs Matt 74