Casis had frozen on the spot when the girl had yelled. Humans were too confusing for her. When she came back to her senses she realised they'd gone. She took a while checking the houses and eventually found them. She found Rin and her mother sitting on the sofa in front of the television. She moved upstairs to find the young boy.

The first room she went into seemed to be built entirely of books; they were everywhere and filled every shelf. Even the computer desk was littered with a few. There was no sign of Soren so she moved on to the next room.

This one was more promising. Blue and green. Everything here was slightly smaller. A small bed, small shelves, small table, small chair with a small boy sat on it. He leaned over his desk scribbling away. Casis sat on the bed and watched him for a minute before interrupting.

"Hello?"

The boy kept on writing and didn't turn at the sound of the voice. He replied "Hello"

"I… um… I think you have something of mine."

Soren finished up what he was writing and turned to face Casis. "This note book thing?" He said holding up the black note book he'd been writing in. Casis gave a nod. "Yes I thought as much"

"I dropped it, rather clumsy of me really. It's now your property, seeing as you picked it up."

Soren turned the notebook in his hands "what does it say on the front" he traced his finger over the foreign text.

"It says Deathnote"

"Deathnote? Well, that would make sense. If I write someone's name in her they die right?"

"If you have the face of that person in your head, then yes."

"And if I write a date after it their name, they will die on that day?"

"Yes they will" Soren gave a sigh at this, he was pretty sure already but now he knew for certain, there was nothing he could do.

"Then I'll have to use this for good. Killing people is never good but if it save the lives of other innocent people you are doing good"

"It seems strange that such a young boy has such high morals"

"My teachers always said I was very mature for my age" Casis seemed satisfied by this answer; she wasn't one to think too deeply about things.

"I've been helping Kira, killing off criminals that could harm people if they strike again." He said trying to make some kind of conversation. Casis just nodded. "I'm Soren by the way"

"I'm Casis. I'm glad my Deathnote did not fall into the wrong hands."

"That could have been terrible," Soren agreed "the death toll could've been huge" he said pulling up a news website on his computer.

"Umm… Soren, could you tell me. Who is Kira?" she saw the headline on the website; Kira Vs L. "And who is L?"

"Do you not live on this world then?"

"No, the Shinigami live in another realm."

"Another realm, full of Shinigami"

"It's not all it's cracked up to be you know"

"Ok." Soren turned his attention back to the question. "Kira is the new god of this world, he punishes criminals. He judges them and kills whoever he thinks is unworthy to live in this world. Some say he's just a mass murderer like those he kills, killing anybody is a crime. Others say he's doing the world a favour by ridding the world of criminals. It's a fact that crime has been reduced since Kira started killing criminals. I think he's doing good in the world, though he sometimes judges harshly. What if somebody was framed or the victim had actually committed suicide, I don't think he takes the time to read over the files on the cases, there's not always conclusive evidence."

"So he uses a Deathnote?"

"He must do, he kills without contact and only needs a name and face. L is the person trying to catch him. It appears to be quite a battle of wits I'm sure it will get very interesting, if it's put into public view, I expect most will be kept secret either by Kira or L and his team or both. L is the best detective in the world, so Kira must be pretty smart even though he did give himself away by killing Taylor on the TV, I expect he'll be more careful now he has more of an idea about how smart his enemy is."

"Yes that would make sense." Casis was quite amazed by the young boy's intelligence, she could never begin to be as quick minded as him, and he was so young. She really felt like an idiot.

"You're not an idiot, I am very smart and so is my sister. There're plenty of people out there who aren't as smart as you, Casis. I know it. In fact I know a few people."

"Hmm? How'd you know I was thinking that?"

"What? You just said you felt stupid."

"I did? Oh, I must have been thinking aloud."

"Hmm, maybe you are that stupid"

"Oh"

"I was joking Casis, I meant what I said before, whether you think aloud or not."

"You're a very nice person Soren."

They both went into silence again. Soren turned to his computer and started searching for case files on serious criminal offences. He pulled up a window on a murder case where little evidence had been found against the suspected culprit. He closed the file and opened up another; two men had planned and carried out an attack on a young woman, the DNA under her nails and fingerprints on her body and a weapon served as conclusive evidence that the men had been the culprits. He opened up the Deathnote and wrote down the names of these two criminals. He carried on researching case files and judging people just as Kira did.

Casis leaned over him watching, she was happy that such a nice person had found her Deathnote and now she could be his Shinigami.

Soren kept searching well into the night, the only interruption being his mum telling to get off the computer and get to bed. Trust that he would do this she went to bed herself. Eventually he did turn of his computer and pick up the Deathnote. His desk was still slightly illuminated by the glow of his clock that read 11:48. He assumed it would take effect as soon as possible. He yawned as he got up. Next door, in his sister's room, he slipped the note amongst the masses of books on the shelves. He tiptoed back to his room and got into his bed. "Good bye, Casis"

Slightly confused, the Shinigami replied, "night Soren." He soon drifted off, it was too late for him to stay up worrying.