Hm…the only bad thing about this power…is that I can't see the day I'm going to die…

Zakuro glared at her compact mirror, willing the numbers to show themselves, but of course, they did not. She sighed and started putting the finishing touches on her makeup when something hit her on the side of the head.

She swore and picked up the object, "huh…weird notebook…what the heck kind of writing is this?"

'It's Shinigami writing.'

She looked up and found herself face-to-upside-down-face with a flying, monkey-like Shinigami.

He picked up her mirror and grinned unnervingly, 'wanna trade?'

She smirked, "Shinigami huh? So this is the notebook Kira uses?"

'Well, not the exact notebook but it's similar.'

She flipped through the notebook and looked at him, "can you translate this?"

'Well duh.'

"Alright then, if you'll translate this for me, I'll trade with you Shinigami."

'Hey, I have a name, it's Mono.'

She rolled her eyes, "fine Mono, translate this into Japanese and take the freaking mirror."

'You can have the notebook for the mirror…but translating is gonna cost you extra.'

"What do you want?"

'What else do you have that's shiny?'

"Shiny?"

She rolled her eyes again and went through her drawers, "how's this?" She asked pulling out a crystal pendant. Mono stared, transfixed, at the crystal.

"I'm gonna say that's good, get to work monkey-boy."

'You know, I don't get it…why are you helping him? You know he's just using you.'

Sato glanced at Ryuk and sighed, "this again? I've already told you, he's saved me from countless jerks…I owe him."

'You know he'll kill you the first chance he gets.'

"He only kills criminals, I'm no criminal."

'What about Yori?'

Sato thought for a moment, "he didn't kill her…"

'He told you to kill her, what's the difference?'

"She was against him, she knew he was Kira and she would've turned him in, he had no choice."

Ryuk only laughed in response.

Zakuro raised an eyebrow, "so you're saying that with the eyes I can see the name and lifespan of everyone except for Kira?"

'Or anyone else with a Death Note…they wouldn't necessarily be Kira.'

"Hm…that's odd…"

'What?'

"It's just that…for the past two weeks or so I haven't been able to see my boyfriend's lifespan…"

Mono laughed, 'sounds like your boyfriend's got a Death Note.'

She contemplated this for a moment, "I suppose it's possible…but…no, he's not nearly smart enough to use a Death Note and not get caught."

Mono only laughed harder.

Keitaro looked at Kiyoko, is she having fun? Is it obvious that I'm nervous?

Kiyoko glanced back at Keitaro, should I hold his hand? Would that be too awkward? Hm…I guess there's only one way to find out.

She reached over and took his hand in hers, twining their fingers together. Keitaro blushed and she smiled and turned back to watch the sunset.

"This is nice," she said and leaned her head on his shoulder.

Keitaro's blush deepened, "g—great! Uh…are you tired?"

"No."

"Oh…ok."

Girls are so confusing, he thought as he glanced down at Kiyoko.

Keitaro and Kiyoko walked into the headquarters hand-in-hand.

Matsuda turned to look at them, "did you two have a good time?"

Kiyoko nodded vigorously, "mmhmm! We had a great time, right Keitaro?"

Keitaro smiled, "yeah."

"Um…I was wondering if I could maybe talk to Lorelai-san for a minute," Kiyoko said nervously.

Lorelai turned to look at her, "why?"

"Girl stuff."

Lorelai laughed, "alright, come on."

Lorelai led Kiyoko into the next room and closed the door.

"Alright, now what is this really about Kiyoko-chan?"

Kiyoko blinked in surprise, "I guess I shouldn't be too shocked that you guessed it was about something other than 'girl stuff'."

She sighed and looked Lorelai straight in the eye, "I want to help with the Kira case."

Lorelai's eyes widened, "what? Why?"

"I'm worried about Keitaro, he's been so depressed lately. I want to help him prove his brother's innocence…and if Kai really is Kira then I want to help stop him!"

Lorelai sighed, "I don't know if I can do that Kiyoko-chan, I know your father wouldn't be ok with that not to mention my father wouldn't be too thrilled with the idea either."

"That's why I asked you, please Lorelai-san!"

Lorelai sighed again, "alright…but this has to be our little secret, we can't tell anyone that you're helping. If either of our fathers find out…"

Kiyoko smiled and nodded and Lorelai led her back to the main room.

"Are you ready to go Kiyoko?" Matsuda asked, smiling.

She nodded, "yes daddy."

With that, Matsuda and Kiyoko left the building.

"What did the two of you talk about?" L asked, turning to Lorelai.

"Like she said; girl stuff," she said, going back to her previous work.

L raised an eyebrow, "what kinds of 'girl stuff'?"

Lorelai turned to face him, "menstruation."

L turned back to his work.