So, info on a few of the characters, just to remind everyone of the three main peoples. Here we go:

Light: He is more corrupted as Kira now then he was before. He shows more lust towards Sakae now and hardly any love. However, he does have some of old Light in him; he still has a tiny bit of good in him is basically what that means.

Sakae: She loves Light but she doesn't love Kira. Not really much to say about her.

Kohaku: She hated Light a shit load before her memory loss. She hates and loves him currently; she hates Kira but loves Light (as a friend, of course). She wants to have the old Light back (the good one) and she wants to beat the shit out of the new one (more corrupted Light/Kira).

This is probably going to be very confusing. Keep in mind the Death Note rules are not as they were in the Death Note anime/manga.

Warnings: Errors, Confusion Maybe, OOC, and Some Bullshit.

We did our very best with this chapter. We are sorry if we fucked up on some shit. We aren't meant to be perfect O_O


The date is November 5th. The year was nearly about to end, starting yet another new year. It was about five 'o'clock in the morning. L was sitting in his usual crouching position on the bed he and Kohaku share. He had his thumb to his mouth and he seemed to be in deep thought. He was shirtless and was only wearing his baggy jeans. He looked to his right, towards Kohaku. She was sleeping soundlessly beside him, the blanket covering most of her body. It was clear that she was naked underneath it.

As Kohaku slept, L reached towards her and moved some of her hair that was in front of her face. He smiled softly to himself as he stared at Kohaku for a moment, admiring her beauty in that moment while stroking her cheek a tad. He soon retracted his hand and got off of the bed. He got a new shirt from the wardrobe and looked towards the sleeping Kohaku. He frowned a bit as a certain thought went through his mind. He headed out of the room and he headed to where he would find Watari.

Watari was in his room, which also served as a second surveillance room, and he heard the door open. He turned his desk chair a bit to face L. L walked into the room a bit before stopping, slouching where he stood. Watari stared at him, a bit concerned. "Ryuzaki, is something the matter? What is it?" He turned his chair more, completely facing L now. "...Hm?" L just stood there with a sad, blank expression on his face.

Something bad was going to happen...and soon…


It's well into the new day. Everyone was awake and moving. Kohaku, Sakae, Light, L, and the others were in the large surveillance room. Sakae was standing away from everyone with Kohaku. Ryuichi was standing near Aizawa and Matsuda, chatting with them a bit. Rem was by the couches and L was sitting in his normal position on the couch, looking at the Death Note. Light was standing by the stairs. Mr. Yagami was not there yet. Watari was in his room. Kohaku and Sakae were having a private talk, completely out of hearing range so no one knew what they were speaking about.

"So, now you believe me about the fact that the Light we know and love is gone, possibly forever?" Kohaku questioned Sakae. "All it took was for Light to say what he said last night? What exactly happened? He didn't force you into sex or anything, did he?"

"Huh?" Sakae looked a little surprised at the sudden question but shook her head. "No, but something tells me…" she commented.

"Something tells you...what? That our Light is gone, replaced with the evil personality of Kira completely?" Kohaku asked her.

"Our Light is still there, just buried beneath the corruption of power. I just don't know how we could even get the old Light back, that's the thing," Sakae answered.

"I don't know how...I mean, getting him to give up the Death Note again is out of the question because he'd never do that...plus we'll just end up losing our memories again. I would hope that...if one of us end up getting harmed, he'd go back to being himself, I mean our Light, temporarily, but we don't want that to happen because who'd want to get hurt?" Kohaku groaned. "This is just too much. I want old Light back but I also want to beat the shit out of the new Light."

"I know what you mean." Sakae looked over at Light then she started to stare at the ground. "I honestly wish we could go back to before we found the Death Note, yet...I don't for some reason."

"It's been quite an adventure so that could be one of the reasons why you don't want to go back to before all this. I think either way, we would've gotten involved in this somehow. I don't know though. Anything could have happened to be hones-I'm babbling off topic a bit. We were talking about Light and you from last night." Kohaku shook her head a bit. "That was what we were talking about, right?"

"Yeah," Sakae said. "I believe we were until we got into another topic."

"Actually...maybe it would be best for us to stop talking about it before someone overhears…" Kohaku glanced towards everyone.

Sakae nodded. "Probably a good idea." Sakae and Kohaku headed over to everyone. Kohaku moved to stand at the couch L was sitting on and Sakae moved over to stand with Ryuichi.

Ryuichi looked over at Sakae and nudged her slightly. "You seem troubled," he commented. "What were you and Kohaku talking about?"

"We were just talking about the past and the present, comparing stuff and all," Sakae answered with a small smile. "Don't worry so much, Ryu. I know how to take care of myself from time to time."

"I know, I know," Ryuichi sighed slight. "I worry because I care. Do you think I want something to happen to my little sister?"

"Stop worrying about me and start worrying about your love life. If you dote on me so much, you'll end up growing old and with no kids," Sakae commented with a small giggle.

"Hey, I do have a love life. I just don't bring it up all too often." Ryuichi nervously scratched the back of his head while looking away from his little sister.

"Ooh! Ryuichi has a girlfriend! You have a girlfriend and you never told me?! Shame on you, big bro," Sakae teased.

"Remind me why I keep you around?" Ryuichi asked.

"Because you are worried I won't be able to survive without you and mom and dad would be mad at you-" Sakae was cut off.

"Okay, okay, enough; I get it." Ryuichi smiled at his little sister and received a shining smile in response. "You are one heck of a little sister, Sakae."

"And you are one heck of a big brother, Ryuichi," Sakae said.

Kohaku watched L as he turned the Death Note upside down and inspected one of the pages. One of the corners had been torn out, which was caused by Rem when she wanted Misa to see her again.

"Hm, interesting. The corner of the page of this notebook has been torn off. Can you kill someone just by writing their name on a piece?" L was glancing back and forth between the Death Note and Rem.

"Rem isn't going to tell you anything, L… Sorry," Kohaku thought.

"Can't say. I've never tried using it like that and I don't know of anyone who has," Rem stated.

"Then let me ask you, do Gods of death love apples?" L asked her.

"Not necessarily. You see, our internal organs have already degraded; we've evolved to a point where we do not require sustenance," Rem explained.

L started to speak to Light. "Say Light, you are finally free to leave headquarters on your own but it seems like you never go out. Even when Misa comes to visit, you only chat with her for a few minutes outside. Also, you do realize you are free to have a relationship with Sakae now?"

"That can wait until we've managed to solve this case. Anyway, are you suggesting that I'll be a nuisance for staying here?" Light questioned.

"No," L said.

"Yes," Kohaku commented, turning towards Light and smirking. "You are being a great nuisance by staying here."

Light glared at her. Sakae moved quickly to get in between them before anything started. She started pulling Light to away. "I'm giving you a timeout, mister," Sakae said.

Light blinked. "Wha, but, I didn't do anything!"

"You were probably going to do something like insult her or... something so timeout," Sakae said. She moved him to the furthest corner of the room away from Kohaku and, well, everyone else.

"I don't see your reasoning for doing what you are doing," Light commented.

Sakae shrugged slightly then gave a sad smile. Light watched her for a few moments. "Sakae, are you okay? You don't seem like your usual self."

"Perfectly fine, just thinking about everything," Sakae confessed before turning away from Light.

"You don't seem like it." Light lightly grabbed Sakae's shoulder and turned her to look at him. "Tell me, is something wrong? I'll do everything in my power to fix it."

"Light..." Sakae looked like she wanted to say something but didn't. "It's nothing." She shrugged off his hands from her shoulders.

Light narrowed his eyes. "I see."

"What?" Sakae cocked her head slightly, confused.

"Don't worry, everything will be fine." Light smiled at her before pulling her into a hug. "I'll make sure of that."

Sakae's breath hitched as she was pulled into the hug. The smile and the hug, there was no feeling in it. It left Sakae feeling empty almost. Just when she thought she might have had her Light back, he was just taken away by the lust for power. "Y-Yeah" was all she could say as Light pulled out of the hug. He gave her one final smile then walked over to where everyone else was.


Mr. Yagami exited the elevator and headed over to everyone. By this point, L had moved to one of the desk chairs and everyone was gathered around where the surveillance screens and computers were. "What's going on?! I heard criminals are being killed again!" He soon stood right behind Aizawa. Matsuda was standing to Aizawa's right. Light, Sakae, Ryuichi, and Kohaku were standing around behind L's chair.

"There were 16 deaths just yesterday. All of them were broadcast after Higuchi's death," Aizawa informed everyone, though they pretty much knew this already.

"Immediately after, huh?" Matsuda questioned.

"Apparently," Ryuichi commented.

"Do you think this could mean that Higuchi wasn't necessarily Kira, after all?" Mr. Yagami asked.

"No. It's safe to say that Higuchi was the one killing criminals until we apprehended him," Light said.

"Then this means we are dealing with yet another Kira," Aizawa stated.

"No shit," Kohaku commented. "It's more like the original Kira is who you are dealing with. Damn you, Light."

"Awww, man! Not again!" Matsuda exclaimed.

"Damn. Damn you, Kira!" Light clenched one of his fists. He was acting, of course, since he was Kira again.

"Hmm…" Ryuichi looked over at Light for a moment with his eyes narrowed.

Sakae didn't say anything. She just stayed quiet and listened to everyone. She didn't want to talk. Ryuichi looked at her and he seemed to be a bit concerned about her sudden behavior.

"You okay, Sakae?" Ryuichi asked.

"Hmm? Oh, yeah, I'm fine," Sakae said. "Nothing to worry about."

Ryuichi narrowed his eyes a bit. "Why do I not believe you?"

"I'm serious. I'm fine, okay?" Sakae answered.

Ryuichi let out a small sigh and conceded, "Fine, but I'm watching you."

"Another Kira's appeared? What's going on here?" L thought.

"I can't believe this! It has to be Misa!" Rem thought.

"These killings began as soon as Misa was free, didn't they?" L questioned, eating some kind of snack.

Light spoke immediately after him. "Ryuzaki, are you still going on about that? She has nothing to do with this! Think about it, this started as soon as Higuchi died!"

"Hm, I suppose you are right. Oh well, if there is another notebook floating around out there and someone is now using it to kill criminals, I'll just have to bring that person to justice," L said, eating some of his little snack some more. "The Shinigami insisted that it didn't know, but if someone were able to kill simply by writing a name on a torn piece of the notebook… It's not impossible, but there is that rule; 'Whoever writes a name in this notebook has to write another name within 13 days, otherwise they die'. Light Yagami and Misa Amane are both still alive. Kohaku and Sakae are as well, which is good news. Thirteen days. That's the only problem."

"Ryuzaki, I've been thinking. Even if we do manage to catch the person who's been writing names in the notebook, will we really be able to legally convict and punish them for mass homicide?" Light asked him.

"What?! Of course we can convict them! This guy's intentionally writing names in the notebook knowing that these people are going to die. Even if we don't plan on publicly acknowledging the notebook, the least we can do is execute the killer," Matsuda stated. This caused Rem to gasp lightly. Kohaku and Sakae both looked towards Rem, having the same thought in mind: Rem would have to kill L for Misa to live, resulting in her own death as a result. That was Light's plan. Kohaku and Sakae didn't like the plan just like Rem didn't like it.

"It's not a very humane way to do things, but the higher-ups would probably want to take measures like that," Aizawa stated.

"If they admit to killing with the notebook, they'll receive the death penalty or life in prison at least." L munched on his food and continued to speak. "That's the best they could hope for."

"What are you thinking, Light Yagami. Making Misa kill again?! She'll be caught and once that happens you'll also be-" Rem gasped in her head. "So, that's what your plan is. You are truly disgusting. Light Yagami is certain that I would do anything to help Misa and save her life, and at this point, the only way for me to save Misa is to write Ryuzaki's real name in my notebook. And if I kill Ryuzaki, it would mean that I deliberately lengthened Misa's life and I will die as well. Light Yagami has planned everything so that it would work out in his favor."

Light looked at Rem with evil eyes. "What are you gonna do, Rem? You may be a Shinigami but you can't hide the fact that you care for Misa. There's no way you'll turn your back on her now after she's already halved her life-span twice. Come on, think about Misa's happiness."


Some time has went by. Light and Sakae were walking around the facility with Kohaku walking slowly behind them with her arms crossed. Awkward silence filled the air. Light didn't want Kohaku around but Kohaku didn't want Sakae to be alone with Light, though she was really tempted to just head to the roof and just stay there for the rest of the day or whatever; she didn't want to be near Light at all, at least not new him.

"...This is nice," Sakae commented. "The three of us walking around together...sort of."

"Could've been worse, could've been better," Light commented.

Kohaku just stayed quiet. She was a different person now. She hated Light with a passion again but this time she also greatly loved her former best friend because of the time they had while he wasn't Kira temporarily. She knew that they'd have to bring the old Light back somehow. There had to be something that would draw back the old Light. But what exactly? There was no way he'd give up the Death Note. Absolutely no way. So, what other way could they get the old Light back...other than Sakae or herself getting hurt?

"Kohaku, please say something," Sakae said as she stopped walking. Light paused beside her. Sakae turned to Kohaku while Light just looked everywhere else but at Kohaku.

"...Why? I have nothing to say, especially with...him around," Kohaku said, giving Light a cold look.

"I'm sure you would have plenty to say," Light commented.

"Go fuck yourself." Kohaku glared at him. "I could kick your ass right now."

"Oh? So what's stopping you?" Light asked her, smirking. He knew she could fight and he didn't mind hitting her back since she wasn't, well, Sakae, but he was curious as to why she wasn't doing anything. Perhaps she was scared she'd lose in a fight with him, though that was highly unlikely.

"I don't want Sakae to end up getting hurt," Kohaku stated.

"Kohaku…" Sakae sighed slightly then smiled. "If he's being an ass, kick it."

Awkward silence filled the air once again. Kohaku couldn't stand just...standing around so she started to walk again. She walked past Light and Sakae. "I'm going to the roof."

"But it's raining," Sakae stated.

"Don't care. I am going to the roof," Kohaku stated as she started to head up a bunch of stairs.

"Come on," Sakae told Light, pulling him with her so they could follow Kohaku.

"Why are we following her?" Light asked.

"So she doesn't end up doing something stupid...other than stand in the rain," Sakae said.

"I still don't see the reasoning," Light said.

"Stop complaining and come on," Sakae told him. She didn't want to be alone with Light now that his personality has changed greatly. She also truthfully didn't want Kohaku to do something stupid or get sick.

The two of them followed Kohaku to the rooftop.


Kohaku, Light, and Sakae arrived at the rooftop. Before stepping onto the roof, they all noticed that L was there already, staring at the sky as it rained. L was drenched from the rain; he must've been out there for quite a bit.

"I'm glad I decided to head up here," Kohaku commented.

"What are you doing standing out there by yourself?!" Light yelled to L, startling the girls a bit; they hadn't expected him to...to just fucking yell. They figured he was going to walk off and not give a damn about why L was out on the roof in the rain.

L looked towards Light, Sakae, and Kohaku. He signaled to them that he couldn't hear.

Light growled a bit and shouted. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING STANDING OUT THERE BY YOURSELF?!"

"Damn it, Light!" Kohaku rubbed her ears. "I think you made my eardrums explode."

"Mine too," Sakae commented. She messing with one of her ears too.

"Sorry," Light apologized only to Sakae.

L signaled at them again with a goofy-ish smile on his face. Kohaku laughed a little at how cute he looked doing that. Light headed out into the rain and Sakae & Kohaku immediately followed him. They walked over to L.

Light sighed as soon as he and the girls were standing beside L.

"What are you doing, Ryuzaki?" Light asked L.

"Oh, I'm not doing anything in particular. It's just…" L was looking downward and then he looked up towards the sky a bit. "I hear the bell."

"Hmm? The bell?" Light questioned.

Kohaku looked very confused and so did Sakae. They both tilted their heads in confusion. "Bell?"

L looked towards the three of them momentarily. "Yes." He looked back towards the sky. "The sound of the bell has been unusually loud today." As L stared at the sky, Kohaku, Light, and Sakae listened for a bell, but could not hear one.

"I don't hear anything," Light commented.

"I...I don't either," Sakae said softly, frowning. She looked towards Kohaku.

"I don't hear anything too…" Kohaku stated in a hushed tone. She was frowning and she looked at the sky for a moment. She felt that something was wrong. She felt that something was going to happen that would change absolutely everything. She felt...like she was going to be losing L soon...in more ways than one...

L continued to stare at the sky. "Really? You can't hear it? It's been ringing nonstop all day. I find it very distracting. I wonder if it's a church, maybe a wedding, or perhaps a…" L didn't continue his sentence.

"Where are you getting that, Ryuzaki? Come on, cut it out! Let's get back inside," Light said.

L looked down sadly and spoke a bit quietly. "...I'm sorry. Nothing I say makes any sense anyway. If I were you, I wouldn't believe any of it."

"...Hmm?" Light stared at L who continued looking down quietly.

Kohaku moved closer to L and placed her hand on his shoulder. "You're not the only one here who speaks nonsense from time to time," she whispered. L looked at her and Kohaku half-smiled at him. Sakae smiled as she watched Kohaku and L.

Light grinned a bit. "You know, you're totally right," he told L. "Honestly, most the things you say sound like complete nonsense. There would be no end to my troubles if I actually took you seriously all the time. I probably know that better than anyone."

"Mmm…" Kohaku found herself not making a bitchy remark towards something Light said. She didn't want to. She was too sad right now. She had to figure out what was worrying her so much and soon before it was too late…

"Yes. I would say that's a fair assessment but.. I could say the same about you," L stated.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Light asked.

"Tell me, Light." L looked at Light. "From the moment you were born, has there ever been a point where you'd actually told the truth?"

There was completely silence between the four of them. Sakae bit her lip, wondering what Light was going to say. Kohaku remained looking at the sky, avoiding looking at anyone. L stared at Light, waiting for him to answer. The rain pouring down was the only sound that could be heard for those few moments of silence between the four of them.

"Where is this coming from, Ryuzaki? I do admit I stretch the truth here and there. However, find me one person in this world who's never had to tell a lie. It wouldn't be easy. Human beings just aren't made to be perfect like that. Everybody lies from time to time. Even so, I've always made a conscious effort to be careful not to tell a lie that could hurt others. That's my answer," Light stated.

"...I had a feeling you'd say something like that," L said.

Kohaku mumbled something and everyone looked at her.

"What was that?" Light asked, expecting her to reveal that she said a bitchy remake.

Kohaku looked at Light. Her eyes showed sadness and anxiety. "I said...you're right. We all lie from time to time… It's just...only a matter of time before our lies catch up to us...no?"

Sakae nodded slowly. "Yeah… I agree completely… Our lies will catch us to all of us eventually… It all depends on what kind of lie someone told..." Sakae smiled sadly. She could feel what Kohaku had been feeling...except it was for something different. She felt...that their lies were about to catch up to them; she felt that the end of Kira was finally coming, but she didn't want anything to happen to Light. She didn't care about what happened to Kira...but she cared about what would happen to Light. Would he be himself again...or would he be corrupted still until the day he died…?

L nodded shortly. "...Let's go back inside. We're all drenched."

"Yeah," Light commented. He wrapped his arm around Sakae and started pulling her back inside with him. L grabbed Kohaku's hand and they both followed behind Sakae and Light.


Light, Sakae, Kohaku, and L were on a staircase. Light and Sakae were sitting beside each other; Light was drying off his hair with his towel while Sakae had her towel wrapped around her head completely. Kohaku was standing in front of them, somewhat, and she was slowly drying off her hair; she wasn't acting normal at all. L was standing behind Light and Sakae, his towel laying on his head.

"Well, that was certainly an unpleasant outing…" L commented.

"It's your own fault. I mean, what did you expect?" Light rolled his eyes.

"You're right. Sorry," L apologized.

Sakae looked at Kohaku. Her eyes widened as she noticed something she hadn't noticed earlier but should have: Kohaku looked paler than usual and she just seemed plain exhausted & stressed out. "K-Kohaku, are you okay?"

"...Hm…?" Kohaku looked towards her. She nodded slowly. "Yeah… Just really tired and stuff, ya know?" She lost her balance and nearly fell over, but she didn't. She blinked when she noticed that Light and Sakae had both jumped up and grabbed onto her before she was even halfway to falling to the floor. "You guys move fast…" She spotted L behind the two of them; he had moved to help her too but Light and Sakae beat him to it since they were closer.

"Don't want you to get hurt," Sakae commented. Light nodded in agreement.

"Good job," L commented.

Kohaku smiled a tiny bit. All of them were worried; she had brought out Light's original personality, even though it was just momentarily. She was happy to know Light really was still there deep down, just like Sakae said...though that wasn't going to stop her whenever she was pissed off because then she'd just simply beat the shit out of him for everything that he had done and was going to do. "I'm fine… I told you, I'm just really tired and stuff."

"Maybe it would be a good idea for you to sit down," Sakae suggested.

Kohaku nodded. "'Kay..." Kohaku moved over to sit down on one of the steps with L, Light, and Sakae all hovering around her, ready to catch her if needed. She literally looked like she was close to passing out any damn second. As soon as Kohaku was sitting down, Light and Sakae sat on either side of her. Kohaku laid her head on Sakae's shoulder.

"Kohaku…" Sakae was unsure if Kohaku was going to be okay or not. She just had a feeling Kohaku wasn't being completely truthful about just being tired and 'stuff'.

"I'm okay, really." Kohaku closed her eyes. "Let me just...rest my eyes for a minute."

Light was torn. He didn't particularly like Kohaku now because he was Kira again but he also couldn't ignore his feelings of concern towards her. He watched Sakae and Kohaku. The two girls were still his best friends but everything was different now, very different.

"Are you sure you are alright?" L asked Kohaku, staring at her in concern.

"Yeah. I swear I am just really tired. I'll go to our room in a few minutes to rest. Promise," Kohaku told him, reopening her eyes, moving her head off Sakae's shoulder, and grinning at L tiredly. L stared at her for a few seconds, his facial expression completely blank. He pulled the towel off of his head and he moved to crouch in front of Kohaku. He placed the towel on her head. Kohaku blinked in slight confusion. "Hm…?"

"Your hair's still wet," L stated, trying to dry off Kohaku's hair to the best of his ability.

Kohaku blinked again before half-smiling. "...Thanks, I guess." L nodded slightly and once Kohaku's hair was dry enough, he removed the towel from her hair and gave her a kiss on the forehead. Kohaku blushed slightly at the sudden affection but grinned a tad; just because she was tired as fuck didn't mean she couldn't laugh, blush, or smile/grin. Sakae smiled a tiny bit at the tiny moment the lovely couple just had.

Light stopped watching them and started to dry off his hair with his own towel. As he did so, he closed his eyes. "Dammit, why did I even come up here?" Light felt someone grab ahold of his foot and opened his eyes. He jumped a tad when he saw L at his feet. "Huh? What are you doing?!" Sakae and Kohaku were watching curiously, snickering a bit at Light jumping from his startlement of seeing L at his feet. The girls remained silent to see how everything would play out.

"I thought I might help you out. You were busy wiping yourself off, anyway," L commented and stated.

Light stammered a bit. "L-Look, it's fine! You don't have to do that!" He wasn't comfortable with L helping him out...at all.

"I can give you a massage as well. It's the least I can do to atone for my sins. I'm actually pretty good at this," L said. He waited for Light to reply. The girls watched in wonder...and surprise that L offered Light a foot massage.

Light looked away from L, moving his line of sight to the left so that he wasn't looking at anyone but the wall. "...Fine, do what you want."

"Alright." L had his towel over his hand, his other hand holding Light's right foot. He pressed his towel-covered hand against the bottom of Light's foot and began to give him the foot massage.

Light grunted. It kind of hurt. "Hey!"

"You'll get used to it," L told him, continuing to massage Light's foot. The girls just stared at them. A few drops of water dripped from L's hair and onto Light's leg.

"Here." Light picked up his towel and began to dry off L's hair. "You're still soaked."

L looked up at Light for a second before looking back down at Light's foot. "I'm sorry."

For about three minutes, there was complete silence. L continued to massage Light's foot, the girls continued to stare as thoughts began to fill their heads and Light was avoiding eye contact with L and the girls. The whole situation was just...plain awkward. The silence was suddenly broken when Kohaku started to giggle uncontrollably; her reaction towards the sudden foot massage ordeal between Light and L was finally surfacing. Sakae stared wide eyed at the two guys and covered her nose with her hand as blood began to drip from her nose.

Light and L both looked towards the girls. L was curious as to why Kohaku was suddenly laughing but Light, however, was the one to ask, "Are you two okay?"

Sakae smiled awkwardly. "Perfectly fine," she commented while still keeping her nose covered.

Kohaku continued to giggle. "You...Y-You guys...You guys look so gay right now!" Her giggles became loud laughing as she looked at Sakae and noticed that Sakae was basically holding her nose and trying to hide the evidence of her nosebleed. "Oh my gosh! Sakae! What the hell?!" Kohaku laughed more. As she laughed, L moved from Light's feet and stood, a small grin on his face as he watched Kohaku laugh. He loved to hear her laugh and he felt some of his worry vanishing. He didn't speak still, letting the happy moment last while it could.

"It's not my fault!" Sakae yelled and put her hands up in defense, revealing the stream of blood dripping from her nose. "Shit!" Sakae scrambled to pull out a tissue from her pocket and proceed to wipe her nose. "Shut up."

Light stared at Sakae for a moment. "Just what in the world are you thinking about?" he asked her.

"N-Nothing," Sakae answered, looking away from the guys.

"Obviously it has to be something perverted," Kohaku stated, laughing still. She wiped tears that were running down her cheeks. "I-I've never laughed this hard before. Holy shit."

"I was not!" Sakae defended.

"Then explain your nosebleed." Kohaku smirked at her, snickering while doing so.

"I have no idea," Sakae answered.

"You were thinking something perverted. End of discussion." Kohaku giggled some more before her laughing and giggling died down completely. "Mmm… That was nice while it lasted."

"I never thought that you would have a mind of a pervert, Sakae." Light smirked.

"I swear I wasn't thinking anything like that!" Sakae exclaimed, pouting some more. "I don't have a perverted mind…"

"Surrrre," Kohaku said, rolling her eyes. She yawned a bit and rubbed one of her eyes.

It got quiet for a minute. L chose to speak. "It'll be lonely, won't it?"

"Hm?" Light, Kohaku, and Sakae questioned, looking at L.

L looked at Light, then Sakae, and then back to Light. "We will be parting ways soon."

"Huh…" Light stared at him with a surprised-ish look on his face. Kohaku stared at L, wondering which way he had meant that: was he going to die soon or was Light/Kira going to be caught? Sakae just sighed and frowned a little.

L's phone rang. He pulled it out of his pocket and answered it. "Yes? ..I understand. I'm on my way." L hung up the phone. "Come on, let's go. It seems like it's all worked out."

"...You three go on ahead. I'm just...I'm just gonna stay here for a bit before I head to rest in the room," Kohaku said softly, looking at the floor.

"Will you be alright by yourself?" L asked her.

Kohaku looked at him and nodded. She showed no emotion on her face and the smile she sent L had no emotion to it either. Something was wrong again. Something was definitely not right. "Yeah."

"Text me if you need help with getting to your room," Sakae said. "I don't want you falling and hurting yourself." Kohaku didn't say anything but nodded shortly, looking at the floor again.

L and Sakae walked off reluctantly with Light following behind them. Kohaku watched them as they left. Many things were going on in her head. The feeling of something bad happening soon was getting stronger for her. She had to find Rem. She felt like she had to find Rem. As soon as Light, L, and Sakae were long gone, Kohaku got up and began to search for Rem quickly. She searched many room before she finally spotted Rem inside a room near the large surveillance one. Her eyes widened in fear as she noticed that Rem had her Death Note in her hand and a pencil out.

"Don't!" Kohaku exclaimed. She knew who Rem was about to kill.

Rem looked at Kohaku. "L must die or Misa will die."

Kohaku shook her head. "No! Rem, you can't kill him! The world needs him!" She needed him.

"He cannot live. If he lives, Misa will be caught and she will killed. I don't want that to happen," Rem told her.

"...You love Misa, right?" Kohaku asked her. She was getting desperate. L couldn't die. He couldn't.

"...Yes." Rem stared at Kohaku. "Why are you asking me this?"

"I...I love L with all my heart! You can't take him from me!" Kohaku started to cry. She dropped to her knees by Rem. "P-Please don't kill L. I can't live without him! I can't..." She knew that Rem had a weak spot for love. Love was something that Rem liked a lot. She had to use her love for L as an advantage...or at least try to.

"That is not enough to convince me," Rem stated. Though love was her weakness, she cared about her love for Misa far more than Kohaku's love for L. "He will still cause Misa to die."

"Damn it, Rem, please!" Kohaku cried out, tears streaming down her face. "...Kill me instead then! Take my life! All of it, half of it, I don't care! L and Watari are both needed in this world far more than I am! Kill me!" She didn't mind dying if it meant L could live... She didn't know what to say to Rem to keep her from killing L. She was speaking her mind. She couldn't function right with all the stress and lack of sleep blocking her from thinking straight.

"..." Rem did not answer. Still wasn't good enough. Even if Kohaku died, L would still cause Misa's death.

"I'll... I'll leave a note or something telling everyone that Misa's innocent or whatever if you do kill me! I'll leave something behind so Misa won't die! I can text Sakae right now and ask her to figure out how to keep Misa from dying and to prevent you from killing L & Watari! I'll find a way to have Misa live in exchange that you keep L alive and you can't kill Watari either! Please, Rem!" Kohaku begged, rambling on and on, trying to say something that would appease Rem. Rem did not respond. She stared at Kohaku for a moment before writing down a name into her Death Note. "No!" Kohaku yelled, crying more. "Rem, no...!" Kohaku let out a gasp as Rem turned her Death Note towards Kohaku, letting her see the name she had written inside the Death Note...


Light, Sakae, and L entered the large surveillance room. Everyone in the room looked towards them.

"Ryuzaki! What's the meaning of all this?! You've somehow gone for approval from another country to use the notebook for an execution!" Matsuda exclaimed.

L, Sakae, and Light were soon by everyone. Sakae stood by her brother while Light stood behind L as L sat down in his chair. "Watari, excellent work. Thank you," L said, looking at the W signia on the computer screen in front of him.

"Not at all," Watari responded.

"First things first, please make arrangements to transport the notebook immediately," L said.

"Right," Watari responded.

"Ryuzaki, what are you trying to do?" Light asked.

L picked up a spoon and pointed it at the Death Note. "I'm gonna try out the notebook fully."

Everyone gasped. Apparently, no one expected he'd want to do such a thing.

"What?!" Sakae exclaimed in shock.

"You can't be serious, Ryuzaki!" Ryuichi yelled.

"We can't do that! And there is no point in testing it now where we already know that the notebook's power is real!" Aizawa exclaimed.

"And besides, who's gonna write the name? If someone starts writing in the notebook, they'll have to obey the 13-day rule and keep writing names forever!" Matsuda exclaimed.

"It's already been worked out. The person who will write in the book is a criminal scheduled to be executed in just over 13 days. If he's still alive, 13 days after writing the name, he'll be pardoned from execution," L told everyone. Matsuda gasped again.

"But still, to sacrifice a-" Mr. Yagami was cut off by L.

"We are very close! If we work this out, the entire case will be solved," L told him and the others.

Sakae didn't want that to happen. She wanted to try and prevent it somehow. She looked around the room and noticed that Rem was not in the room. "Wait, where's Rem?" Everyone became distracted.

"The Shinigami was in here earlier," Matsuda said, looking around.

"Where's Kohaku?" Mr. Yagami asked Sakae and Light. "She was with you earlier, wasn't she?"

"She said she was going to head to her room after she sat by herself for a bit," Light stated.

"You don't think the Shinigami would harm her, do you?" Aizawa questioned.

"It...seems unlikely," Sakae said. "B-But we should go check on her and make sure she's safe."

"Yeah, we should," Ryuichi commented.

"There's no reason for all of us to go check on Kohaku," Light said, rolling his eyes a tad.

"Sakae, you may go check on Kohaku. If she is not at the staircase, she will be in the room as you stated," L said. He placed his thumb to his mouth. "Something doesn't seem right..."

Sakae headed on of the room. It took her some time but she got to the staircase she had been at earlier and didn't see Kohaku. She headed to the room Kohaku and L shared but Kohaku wasn't there either. Sakae tried not the panic. She started to search all of the rooms. She couldn't, however, hold back her scream as she finally found Kohaku. "KOHAKU!" She stared at the woman in question, tears welling up in her eyes. She dared not more forward, afraid to learn a possible horrible truth. She heard footsteps and the sound of running. In no time, the men were by her.

"Sakae, what's wrong?" Ryuichi asked her.

Sakae didn't say anything. She just pointed towards what laid before her eyes. The men looked and they saw what Sakae had seen: Kohaku was laying on the ground at Rem's feet and she was not moving from what they could tell...


YOU GUYS HAVE GOTTEN CLIFF-HANGERED! Mwahahahahaha! You won't find out what's gonna happen next until...probably 2 weeks from now because that is normally how long it takes to update because of Brittany and I's lack of communication with each other, unless you guys are really smart and know exactly what will happen.

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