A/N: A new chapter for my faithful readers! Make sure to check out my other stories as well, they're all completed!

Harry POV

Ryuzaki seems to be staring a lot at Light. He must really care for him if he's brought him this far with him.

"Slytherin!"

I look up at Light as he walks towards the Slytherin table and hear Ryuzaki sigh next to me. I knew something was up with him! Getting sorted into Slytherin definitely makes him more suspicious.

"I can't believe we let a Slytherin into our house!" exclaims Ron angrily, right on cue.

"Ronald!" Hermione says, trying to sound angry, but I think she agrees with him on some level.

"While you three may not know Light as long as I have," says Ryuzaki, making me jump slightly since I nearly forgot he was there, "you should know from spending the past few days with him that he's not as evil as you make him out to be."

"But he's in Slytherin!" exclaims Ron. Some of the other Gryffindors who are nearby agree with him.

"From what I understand, aren't Slytherins members of the school who are cunning and ambitious? That doesn't sound evil to me. That sounds more like someone who knows their way around and knows how to get what they need to survive. Putting a bad reputation on a group of individuals just from a silly house name in school doesn't show much brains on your part. Maybe you should try thinking more before you jump to conclusions." After saying probably the stupidest thing ever to Ron, Ryuzaki began eating the feast before him.

Ron is starting to turn red. Hermione is looking at Ryuzaki in a new light (no pun intended). I honestly just think he's defending his friend and probably doesn't want us being rude to him just because he's in Slytherin, but, knowing Ron, this won't change much.

Our first class of the day is Potions. Typical for a Monday. Every year it's always Potions first with the Slytherins. We use to complain our first few years, but we've come to anticipate it by now.

Ryuzaki is going to be in classes with us since he's never studied magic. I'm guessing this means that Light and Near will also be in our year. Joy.

We walk into Potions and snag a bench on the farthest side of the room from the Slytherins. Ron glares at Light as if he's betrayed us, which he kind of has.

Ron, Hermione and I sit down, but Ryuzaki doesn't follow us. He goes straight over to Light and Near, speaking with them in Japanese.

Then I notice that Malfoy is coming right to our bench.

"Potter, I don't know what the problem is with your family, but I want you to listen good." By this point, the whole class is listening, except for the three new students.

"I want you to keep your half-blood brother away from my family and I. He's going to infect him with something horrendous, especially since I doubt he's gotten his shots." Malfoy smirks as I get up to punch him, but I stop as I see Professor Snape coming down the hall.

"Mr. Malfoy," Ryuzaki stands up and everyone is now focus on him. "I understand you my be a bit protective of Near since he's legally now your younger brother, but I have know Near for much longer than you have, so any 'infecting' that could have happened obviously has already happened. You should learn to keep obvious negative opinions to yourself sometimes since it may get you into trouble with dangerous enemies in the future."

Malfoy looks ready to punch him, but Snape, who's been standing in the doorway finally comes into the room.

"Five points from Gryffindor for insulting a student." That's totally unfair! I glare at him, but I know that he would be cruel to us Gryffindors, especially Ryuzaki and I since we're the children of his rival.

"You should know better, L, than to insult someone so bluntly." There's that name, or letter, again! Is that some sort of nickname for Ryuzaki?

"L? Like that famous muggle detective? Yeah right! Don't try to flatter a Gryffindor, Yagami."

...What?

Famous detective?

Malfoy must be lying. He even said L was a muggle! Malfoy doesn't know anything about muggles! Besides, Ryuzaki is clearly not a muggle.

"Quiet!" Snape yells. We all get back to our seats and begin brewing a potion that will get us insulted by our cruel professor regardless.

Light POV

"Yagami!" I try to ignore Malfoy, but this just causes him to yell louder. "Yagami! Stop walking at once and look at me!"

I sigh and turn to see Malfoy with a few of the other Slytherins.

"What's your deal with Potter's brother? Slytherins don't associate with Gryffindors. You're new here, so you may not have known the rules,but now that you do, don't let me catch you hanging around them again! Understand?"

Yeah right! Like I was going to let some kid push me around like he's in charge of me!

"I don't remember hearing that you were the boss of my social life. While I may not like Ryuzaki, I can certainly hang out with him if I wish to." Besides, when I eventually kill him, it wouldn't look good if we constantly hated each other.

"Why would you even want to hang around one of those goody two-shoes Gryffindors?" asks one of Malfoy's gang.

I scoff quietly. If only they knew the position a 'Gryffindor' was putting me in. One wrong move and my entire plan for a new world could be destroyed. This doesn't mean that I couldn't have a little fun though.

"Ryuzaki and I are mere business acquaintances. Nothing more, nothing less. To work together we need to occasionally speak in private or associate with each other. Does that satisfy your curiosity?"

Before he can answer, I see the corner of Ryuk's wing from around the corner. Ignoring the stupefied Slytherins, I head towards the hall where Ryuk is waiting. I keep walking down the hall and he follows, but he's oddly quiet.

Once we reach an abandoned classroom, I turn to him.

"Anything to report?"

"Nothing about that Near kid, but something that's been happening with some of the students here."

I wait for him to continue, but he's just grinning at me.

"Well?" I ask. I swear, some days I wish Rem was my shinigami. At least she's less annoying.

"They can see me."

I freeze. He has to be joking. That's impossible. I've been around hundreds of people with Ryuk and no one has ever seen or heard him.

"That's not possible, Ryuk. Stop fooling around!"

"I'm not fooling! These weird magic users can actually see me! It's a wonder why L hasn't if he's related to Potter."

"Are you sure they actually saw you and not some ghost or portrait that was nearby?"

He laughs. "I'm not that dense. It was definitely me they saw."

"Did you know this was possible? Magic users being able to see someone like yourself without touching the Death Note?"

"When we come to the human world, we make sure to only kill those who aren't magical since they are more likely to find out about our existence. I have never heard of a shinigami being seen by anyone besides their Death note owner." He starts cackling. How dare he! This could seriously my plans! "Isn't this a fun turn of events! How are you going to get past this hurdle, Light?"

A/N: There you go! My longest chapter for a long wait! Hopefully I should get the inspiration to write more soon. Until then, enjoy!