Payton didn't know how but she had to except that she was there. Koneko had invited her over and Payton, finally having the freedom to drive in short distances with her mini van, named Pegasus, took the chance as more driving practice.

This though? This was a little too much. Once she had gotten there she quickly found that Koneko lived alone. Payton blinked but walked into the house anyways. "I thought you said you lived with your parents?" Payton had asked. Koneko just stayed silent, looking at her sketch pad with great...intensity? Fear? Or was it even sadness?

Payton's mother-hen kicked in. "What's wrong?" she stepped closer to her, wanting to find a way to comfort her friend. Koneko looked up at Payton from her seat on the couch. Payton sat beside her. "Payton...I'm so sorry..."

"Sorry for what?" she asked very confused at the apology. Slowly, Koneko turned around the sketch pad and showed her the most vivid picture she had seen her draw. Her eyes widened when she saw that it was a person that looked a lot like Payton and her crashing into what looked like L's house. They were all dead.

"You don't need to be sorry for drawing me dead. If anything i think..." "It's not that. My drawings...are based off the deaths of people...who i want dead. Those spies have been a great nuisance on me and on you...but the only way to kill them was to kill you in the process."

Payton stared at Koneko for a long time. Of course...and here she thought that transfer students could be normal. Koneko looked down. "That's why i called you here. I wanted to tell you goodbye...you've been a great friend."

"You. You're the one with the sketch pad in the vision. You're the one that brought them here." Payton stood up. "Wait...you're messing around with me. You know Death Note is one of my favorite animes." Payton chuckled a bit. Koneko looked up at her with a look of disbelief. "Payton, i'm not kididng around. You have to..."

"And what spies? Just because i have other friends than you doesn't mean they are spying on us." She hated to make someone feel stupid but she had to do it. She still hasn't apologized to L but she had gotten busy with the end of school. She was planning on doing it when she went over the last day of school, when L hinted that that is when they had to leave.

Koneko stood up, a different air around her. "I came here wanting to just be a normal person. Of course, some made that harder than others, like your friends. I know who they are and i know you deffinantly know who they are. Payton i'm not stupid." Payton blinked. What does she do? Turn and leave? Or does she just admit to it?

Payton turned around. "I'm not stupid either, Koneko. I just don't appreciate being lied to." Payton walked to the door. Koneko followed her out to Pegasus. Payton moved to get in but Koneko pinned her hand down. "I can't help what the future brings. That is how you and your little spy friends shall die." She had and air of seriousness around her.

Payton was bound to believe anything at this point, but she couldn't let her know that. She pushed Koneko's hand away and climbed into the driver's seat. Koneko waved to her as she drove away. Payton sighed. Her hands were shaking and she was getting a little dizzy. Stupid doctors...

She pulled over and got her phone out. She went through her numbers. She needed to talk to someone. Anyone would do. She found herself pausing over L's number. His cell. The one that wasn't bugged. The one that L had blocked so they could talk alone. She waved her finger over the green call button. She really hated apologizing over technology.

She pushed the call button and held the phone to her ear. His voice came on the other end almost immediatly. "Payton? What's wrong?" Payton paused. He sounded too worried about her. Did he honestly feel that bad? "Payton?" "...Are you alone? No one can hear you?" He hesitated. No. He wasn't.

"Yes i am." "PLease. Please, don't lie to me this time. I need to speak with you...alone. No bugs, no cameras, just alone." She heard the sound of air over the phone. In the distance she heard faint voices. They were fighting it seems but the voices got fainter and fainter. The next thing she heard was the starting of a car.

"Ok. I'm alone." She sighed with relief. "I don't like doing things over the phone...can you meet me somewhere?" "Of course." They hung up after deciding to meet at the park. When Payton pulled up, 'Larry' was already there. She parked beside him and got out. "Payton?" "No it's the Easter Bunny." He smirked. "Seems i've been forgiven." "I don't hold grudges, life's too short...to..." she didn't finish her sentence.

She began walking with 'Larry' around the park, quietly telling him what had happened. He seem to have a permanant frown on his face as she did so. When she was done, she looked at him. "That seems about right." He mumbled to himself. "Now that i think more about it, the figure was her. It's like when she figured out that the other figure was you. Your image became clear in our mind."

"Do you really think that she's telling the truth?" "You're talking to someone who believes a notebook can kill someone with just a name and a face." Payton smiled a little. He had a way of doing that to her. "But then..." she looked down. She was all up for dying. With her Christian beliefs and what not, she couldn't wait to get out of this world and into Heaven. She just didn't want to be the cause of other people's deaths.

"It'll be ok, Payton. We will find a way to stop it." He reassured her. "How?" She saw the wheels turning in his mind as soon as she said that. "Maybe her drawings don't work like the Death Note does. Maybe one could simply get rid of it. Question is, how?"

They sat on on a bench as they brainstormed. Payton, instead, looked back on what Koneko was like with her sketch book. She never let anyone look at it. She never let anyone touch it. Never let anything happen to it. Payton's mind suddenly went to an incident she had had with Koneko before she left her previous high school.

"Come on! It's fun!" Payton said skating over to Koneko who only sat there drawing. Her and Koneko were out skating with a few other friends. "No, i'm having fun watching." She said, smiling up at Payton. Payton rolled her eyes and grabbed her arm. Koneko had put the skates on so it was easy to guide her out to the rink. She still held her pad.

"You know, it's easier to skate without holding something." Payton pointed out. Koneko looked at her pad and set it down. As they skated around, Koneko kept stealing glances at where she had put it. This irritated Payton a little but she said nothing, having too much fun. Suddenly, Koneko skated over to her pad. Payton followed, worried.

When she got there, her pad was partially wet, someone accidently spilling their drink on it. The person was long gone but Koneko was pratically glaring at everyone who passed. "Did anything get hurt?" "I only had a few drawings so...no i guess not..."

Payton blinked. "Maybe if we destroy the pictures in time...nothing would happen..." L blinked at her. "Think it's really that easy?" "It's the only thing we have...and i'm thinking that we have until the last day of school before Pegasus decides to fly into your house." "And when is that exactly?" "...next week..."

Ok so i left a bit of a cliff hanger here. Next chapter is the last aside from the epilogue. Both will be pretty long but that's because i'm already out of school so i'm a little behind. But that also means that i have a little more time to focus on my other stories. Akatsuki...What? will be put up here again and that means i can continue on it's sequel Otogakure...What?

I might even be able to start Let's Switch...if my poll wasn't on a five-way tye XD. Also once school starts again the final chapter in this series will come out as Clash and Collide. Normally i would let you choose what people come but i kind of already have a set of people in mind...but still make suggestions if you would like.

Sorry this author's note is so long but i have a lot to say XD. I have a busy summer but basicaly with time to spare as well lol

- Gaara-Rulezzz (ie. Payton)