Mike and I spent our time looking for a house like the one back home. I wasn't sure if it was cause we wanted to get back home or we just got sick of living in the area Misa gave to us. Regardless we found the house and wanted to buy it as soon as possible. It was odd that we were doing this but we had to in a way.

We were sitting down when I got a call. It happened to be from Misa. A little known fact is when Misa is away from public, she's a bit more serious. I was so glad she wanted to help us. Sometimes I wondered if she willingly let us be friends and only faked giving in. That train of thought made her more scary if one actually looked at the implications.

What was more dangerous, Misa knew about Mello before Light thanks to Ace and her having girl talk. "Hello Mike and James" she said using our true names. I put it on speaker. "one I wanted to congratulate you on the house, two I want to tell you we are heading to Light's old house with the task force next week. Well not all of them it will contain light, Matsuda and mr yagami. I can't wait to call him grandpa but the chief and Light need to visit Sayu and mrs yagami" I nodded.

"I'll stop by and visit. Sure Mike could but I don't think he wants to right now" I replied and Mike looked at me with a small glare.

"don't put words in my mouth. I'm just unsure yet" Mike replied and I nodded.

"Well you only have until the day they go" I said and then looked at the date. Something tickled in the back of my mind and I wasn't sure what was supposed to happen on that day. I knew it had something to do with Light. Then again it could be anything. I would have to call Ace to get the details. I then decided to close my eyes trying to remember the death note story till it hit me. The kidnapping of Takimora being announced and the reintroduction of Mello.

"Mike we got Takimora's kidnapping next week" I said and Mike looked at me. "How about we not go I rather not seem suspicious and us get questioned. " I replied. Mike nodded. We would be accused as the kidnappers. We however needed an excuse to fool Misa. Just being sick wouldn't work and even if we were, she'd check on us. We had to create a scheduling conflict. Normally it's easy and an accident but planning one took time and preparation. I looked hard for one and finally I found somthing.

"Mike how about we go to Hakone and try out the hot springs and tea houses?" I asked and Mike nodded. He was at least familiar with the hot springs. I also could use a break from all the mental hoops we were jumping through. This was a good time to pack as well since we just were semi unpacking to move here.

"Yeah I'm going to let Ace know before we leave though because it seems unfair to not tell her about us being out" Mike replied taking his cell phone and calling Ace. Ace picked up. "yeah?"

"Hey Ace we are going to get out we know this is when Light is going to learn of Takimora's capture and"

"Its ok and Mello knows all that will happen he won't diviate from the plan for some reason" Ace replied having me scratch my head.