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Chapter 10

To say that Light Yagami was shocked would be an understatement. Most people would be surprised to see a death god in their room. But what startled him was what the shinigami had to say. "What?" He said angrily.

Ryuk just chuckled. "There's someone outside who wants to talk to you."

Light's eyebrow twitched in irritation. "And they told you this?'

"Yes, they did." Ryuk's clown-like grin was starting to irritate Light even more then he already was. "Now hurry up and go get them." Now why was Ryuk in such a hurry for him to see whoever it is that wanted to see him?

Going down the stairs, he opened the door. What caused him even greater shock, was that it was Kagome Higurashi that stood before him on the doorstep with an apple in one hand. That explains why Ryuk wanted him to answer the door so badly and only further verified that she knew Ryuk.

"Who is it Light?" Sayu came around the corner. Of course, his annoying little sister always had to be around at the worst moments. When she saw Kagome at the door, she only grinned. "Wow, Light. You're really popular with the girls."

"Sayu," Light said in his big brother tone, "Kagome's a classmate of mine from school."

"Yep! I'm here to get a little tutoring for history class!" Kagome winked at Light, confusing him a little. Now he wondered if she had a connection with Ryuk, or if she came to spend time with him. He was more then likely reading to far into this.

Inviting her up to his room, she skipped up the stairs past him and into his room. He paused at the top of the stairs. How did she know which one was his?

What intrigued him even more was that when he walked into his room, she sat chatting with Ryuk, as if he were a normal every day person. Shutting the door behind him, he stood with his arms crossed observing the two.

Kagome stood on his bed dangling an apple in the air, with Ryuk on the ground below her, reaching for the apple. "Kagome! Stop being cruel!"

She laughed at him. "Come on, Ryuk! Why don't you just fly up and get it? Don't tell me the big bad death god can't fly anymore!"

Light chuckled a bit at their antics. Kagome was humorous, and some how knew that Ryuk absolutely loved apples. And she was pretty…

Suddenly, something caught his eye. Both Kagome and Ryuk had matching earrings of a chain and silver heart. They wore them on opposite ears, but Kagome had matched it with a regular heart stud earring to put in her other ear. Ryuk had been wearing that earring since Light had met him. Now he was really interested in Kagome.

After she finally let Ryuk have his apple, she sat on the bed and watched the shinigami eat it in delight. She then glanced over to him. "Sorry for getting your girlfriend captured, Kira."

Light was taken aback. Not only could she see Ryuk, but she also knew that he was Kira. This girl was dangerous. "What are you talking about?" He said as innocent as possible.

She merely giggled and stood up. "You use the Death Note right?"

He narrowed his eyes. Really dangerous. But before he could say anything, Ryuk had started laughing. "Hyuk, Hyuk. Kagome knows everything Light. You can't fool her."

"And how long have you known each other, Ryuk?" Since when did his shinigami go around talking to random human girls?

"I've known Kagome for over five hundred years." He said nonchalantly.

Light's eyes widened. The two of them just laughed. "It's only been about six months on my end." She said. Now things were really not making sense. There was no way that Ryuk could have known this human girl for over five hundred years. She was a freshman in college after all!

Kagome's voice brought him out of his thoughts. "But me knowing Ryuk doesn't matter. What matters is that what you're doing is wrong." She stared at him in disapproval.

Light smirked at her. "What I'm doing is making this world a better place. I'm ridding the world of criminals. Crime rate has decreased drastically and will continue to decline as long as they know that Kira is around."

"No. What you are is a serial killer. And the Death Note is the worst weapon of all." She stood glaring at him accusingly. Under her gaze his ideals felt evil and impure after all. "What you need to do is relinquish ownership of the notebook. You will forget about all this Kira nonsense and we can get the real world back to normal."

Nonsense? Didn't she understand that he was killing these people so that girls like her can live in a safer surrounding? He couldn't just throw away this one opportunity to cleanse the world.

Before Light had a chance to say anything back to her, she suddenly looked straight out the window and headed towards the door. "Well I need to get going. Don't want to deal with anymore shinigami tonight." As she stepped out of his bedroom, she turned to face him one last time. "Please think about what I've said." And with that, she stepped out of the room and left the Yagami household.

After she had gone, Light didn't waste any time getting onto the computer and attempting to look up any information he could on Kagome Higurashi. But he had hardly entered her name in the search engine before he heard Ryuk say, "Rem!"

Swinging around quickly in his chair, he saw that Rem, Misa's shinigami, stood before him looking worried. So she had known that Rem was coming, that explained Kagome's comment when she decided to leave. She really was quite dangerous.

"Light Yagami…" Rem stepped closer to Light. Had the shinigami come to kill him for what happened to Misa? "Misa has given up her ownership of the Death Note."

Light's eyes widened in shock at this statement. So that meant she had lost the shinigami eyes and her memory of the notebook, including Ryuga's name. But that wasn't his biggest concern right now…

"When I offered to remove her restraints and let her escape, Misa shook her head from side to side. She must have thought that the existence of shinigami and special powers would have caused problems for you…" Rem continued. "And when she reached her psychological limit, she asked me to kill her before she was forced to talk."

"It was all so that you would love her." Rem seemed to glare at him. "Even though she asked me, I couldn't kill Misa…I couldn't keep watching… there was only one way to save her from that suffering…Relinquish ownership of the Death Note. Doing that will cause you to lose all memories related to it. Your memories of killing with the notebook, and of Light Yagami as Kira, will vanish. You won't be able to betray any secrets… and while you will no longer be able to see me or Ryuk…Your love for Light Yagami, that emotion will remain."

Rem took another step closer to him. "I told this to Misa… and asked her if she wished to relinquish ownership of the Death Note. She then smiled and nodded… and lost consciousness."

Light couldn't help but feel nervous with the shinigami so close to him. "Well done, Rem. I also believed that was the only way, and was trying to figure out how to get that message to you and Misa. With her memories erased, it's not impossible for Misa to be released."

"Light Yagami…You've now lost a way to get the name of this L person, but I knew this is what you would want most at this time and thus offered it to Misa on one condition…" Rem suddenly pointed one of his fingers dangerously close to Lights face. "If you don't save Misa, I'll kill you."

Light was taken aback a bit. He supposed he shouldn't have been surprised by a death threat from a god of death. But the idea of his life being taken, before his kingdom was completed and he could become the god of his new world, worried him.

"All right, Rem…" He quickly stood up from his computer chair. "I pretty much know what L will do next. I have an idea…"

The three sat in silence while Light contemplated all his options and the consequences of said options. The two shinigami watched him with interest and anticipation as to what he might say next. Turning his head, he faced his own death god.

"This is goodbye, Ryuk."

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AN: Sorry it took so long guys! Summer reading and work consumed most of my time! I had to data sheets on the books The Poisonwood Bible and Tess of the d'Urbervilles! And those cookies couldn't sell themselves!

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