Chapter 3-

Ryuzaki sat up with a groan. He heard birds chirping all around him, although he did not quite understand where he was. He instantly assumed that Light somehow managed to knock him out and unlock the handcuffs and then drop him off in this disclosed location. The sunlight burned his eyes when he opened them, and he instantly covered them with his arms, wincing.

"Are you feeling alright?" said a man's voice.

Whoever it was, it definitely wasn't Light.

"Y-Yeah," Ryuzaki responded, removing his arms from his face.

The man kneeling over him had kind, yet troubled dark eyes and black, shoulder-length messy hair. He looked like he'd been outdoors for a while and that he hadn't shaved in a few days, judging by the stubbles dotting his chin. He looked around thirty years old.

"So," said the man, "If you understand what I say in Japanese, then you're obviously from there, just as I assumed. What's a man from Japan doing out in the woods in Germany?"

Ryuzaki stared at the Asian man for a moment. "If this is really Germany, as you claim, then I could be asking you the same thing."

The man chuckled. "Yeah, I suppose you're right. But I've lived here for quite a while, mind you. So, if you don't mind me asking, how exactly did you end up here; passed out in the woods?"

Ryuzaki rubbed his eyes. "No idea. But I have a suspicion of who maybe responsible for it."

The man's eyes looked even more troubled. "...the man you're suspicious of... was he someone you met here in Germany, perhaps?"

He shook his head. "No, he's a... friend of mine from back in Japan. Well, no, actually, I wouldn't consider us friends at all."

The man visibly relaxed. "Okay, good. Uhh.. um, I mean, not good, but... I was thinking it was someone else."

"Who?" Ryuzaki asked, rubbing his shoulder.

"...a man I've been tracking for a while. I have to find him to undo a mistake I made nine years ago." He looked pained.

"Who?"

"He goes by the name Johan Liebert. About twenty years old, blonde hair, blue eyes. What's the name of the guy you're after?"

"Light Yagami, around my age, brown hair, brown eyes."

"Oh," the man said. "Well, I guess now we can help each other keep an eye out for them."

"Yeah," Ryuzaki nodded. "I suppose that's reasonable. Do you have an idea where your guy might be at right now?"

"Munich University."

"Never heard of it, but I'll go along with it," Ryuzaki said. "What's your name?"

"Tenma," said the man, extending his hand. "I'm Kenzou Tenma. You?"

Ryuzaki shook his hand. "Ryuzaki Lawliet."

Chapter 4-

I'm calling from the early 1900's in Germany...

The only thing Light heard was beeping and the memory of the mysterious old German woman over the phone echoing in his head.

I wish to send you on a journey...

He rolled over with a painful flinch as he heard someone with high-heeled shoes enter the room.

...to visit two interesting people that are rivals with each other as you two are.

He opened his eyes to see a young nurse standing beside the bed, reading some charts. She looked over at him, surprised to see him awake, then smiled. "Hallo, Sir. Wie fühlen Sie sich heute morgen?" He was in a hospital bed.

Light blinked. "I. .. uh .. Ich spreche nicht viel Deutsch." He responded, telling her; "I don't know much German." He told her his ethnicity and language: "Ich bin Japaner."

Her eyes lit with understanding, though she looked troubled at the same time, as if she knew absolutely no Japanese.

Suddenly, panic gripped at Light's chest when he clenched his hand and realized that his Death Note was no longer in his hand. "Mein Buch. Wo?" he said, to the nurse, jolting up in the bed. His German was choppy in his desperation. She looked confused at first. "Buch?" Then realization entered her gaze. "Ah! Der schwarze Notizbuch!" She walked across the room and picked up his notebook, handing it to him. He sighed in relief. "Danke," he said, thanking her. He waited till she left the room to open it up, being sensible. He opened it up and a note was taped inside. It was in Japanese, making him realize, immediately, who wrote it. It read:

"You are a very interesting individual, Yagami. You may even be as much of a monster inside as I am; though you may deny any relation as much as you want. I've seen it in your eyes, though. The madness. It will take over you completely in due time. I know you want out of Germany. I can help you. Meet me behind Munich at 5:00 PM. Then we will talk.

~The Nameless Monster"

(To be continued...)

(I hope you enjoyed the next to chapters! Sorry that they were short. I wanted to finish them today, and I still have homework to do. Sadly. So... be sure to tell me how I did and how I could improve! :D"