Thanks to the total of none of you for reviewing, it put me in such a good mood that I planned something sad and horrific for a chapter in the future, now you shall see what happens when you leave me alone! MUAHAHAHAHA!

Actually, no. While something sad and horrific is going to happen, it is needed to fill a gap in the plot. I have just given you a slight spoiler to something at least ten chapters away, so thank me!

At school, we used our remaining free time talking about my white notebook. I explained that the notebook had been dropped on my head by someone, but I never managed to find the owner, so I kept the notebook and it eventually became my journal.

The next day we followed through with my idea to become study buddies and Near came over with "homework" (files on the Kira case in a code we had recently come up with) for us to do. Unfortunately, mom wouldn't stop trying to get me and Near together, so we couldn't do much.

I was just about to bring Near up into my room so we could work on the case in peace, but then something came up on the news channel mom was pretending to watch.

"-The bus hijacker was Kiichiro Osoreda, a drug addict who killed three people –two men and a young girl- in an attempt to rob the local bank before getting away" the reporter said, I would have tuned it out, thinking it was another Kira murder, but the reporter continued, "he jumped out of the speeding bus and was hit by a car after seeing something, the witnesses say he said he saw a 'monster' that wasn't there…".

I blinked and stared at the TV, Light was standing by the bus trying to comfort Yuri, I guess she got that date with him after all…it's a shame it went so badly.

Seeing enough, I lead Near up to my room, also, she said Kiichiro saw a "monster"…if Light was on that bus, then could that "monster" be Ryuk? How was he able to see Ryuk when I can only hear him?

I explained my thoughts to Near and he was stuck too, how did it all work?

I pulled out my laptop and typed in the password before going through my usual routine of hacking into the police files.

"Maybe L's group has had more success than us" I sighed, reading through the most recent updates, "alright, so there's only one recent thing, L is almost seventy percent certain that Kira can control what his victim does before they die".

"That's a lot for him" Near commented.

"Yeah" I agreed, so Kira and control what his victims do…and Kiichiro saw Ryuk…Kiichiro had only recently made a bank robbery…or, well, he tried to…so wouldn't he go into hiding for a little while? Was Kiichiro just being stupid? Or was he being controlled by Kira? If that's the case, then what about the fact that Kiichiro died in a car accident? Did he have a heart attack just as he jumped off the bus? There's a possibility…but it's such a small chance…what if Kira can kill with ways besides heart attacks?!

"Near!" I squeaked, "what if-".

"Kira could be able to kill with other ways?" Near finished for me, I was glad we were on the same page.

"Yeah! Kira could have made Kiichiro jump off the bus and get hit by that car!" I nodded.

"Maybe Kira set up the entire thing" Near added.

"But then-" I was cut off again.

"Why?" Near wondered.

"Why would he set up a bus hijack? There's nothing he could possibly gain" I was lost again.

"This is very confusing" Near and I said together.

We looked at each other and started to laugh a little. Just a little. We were on the exact same thought pattern the entire time, enough to finish each other's sentences and even talk in sync. It was pretty amusing if you thought about it.

The rest of the afternoon passed, and we weren't able to come up with anything else. When mom came in to check on us and ask if we needed anything (I never knew mom was this perverted) for the fifteenth time, I groaned and turned to Near after she left.

"Next time, we're doing this at your place" I grumbled, Near nodded.

The next day, seeing as it was a Sunday, I decided to take Kuro up on her offer to introduce me to Ryan's younger brother. I have to admit, Kuro sure didn't know how to be discreet. Kaleb (Ryan's brother) knew everything.

Our meeting ended up being a date that Kuro had planned out for us. I was a little uncomfortable with my cousin's antics, and Kaleb didn't seem too fond of them either, but he was pretty nice about it all, he even supported me when Kuro tried to flip up my skirt for him.

"See? He's a great guy" Kuro smiled afterwards.

"I guess s- wait...everything that happened, even him helping my when you flipped my skirt...that was PLANNED?!" I squeaked.

"Maybe" The smirk on her face was almost as obvious as my expression, which was turning my face red from anger and embarrassment.

"Kuro!" I yelled, chasing her.

Seeing this coming, Kuro laughed and got a head start.

"At least you know he's a decent guy" Kuro grinned as she ran.

"There were other ways to tell if he was a nice guy" I blushed as I got her in a headlock. Unlike with my other friends, my cousin and I liked to be rough, you know, play fights, real fights, that sort of stuff.

"Well it was the quickest" Kuro pointed out.

"And the worst" I shot back, stepping on her arm, which was intended to flip me around and swap our positions.

"Well it could be worse" Kuro argued.

"Yeah? How?" I glared.

"He could have been here to see you make a scene in public" Kuro smirked.

...I looked around. People were staring at us.

"Whoops" I quickly let go of Kuro, a mother with her son giggled and waved politely before continuing on, the rest of the crowd soon followed, and their attention was almost immediately brought to something else strange going on.

You know those sites for the local grocery stores that deliver your food to you? Yeah? Well just across the street in front of a modern apartment complex was the truck that delivered the food to you. Which wasn't strange at all, but it looked like they were loading an entire grocery store into a spot in front of an apartment! Was this guy planning a party or something?! It must be huge!

Kuro and I gawked along with everyone else on the street as the guys seemed to be going back for even more! The truck was pulling away and a second one came! What was with this guy?!

Kuro and I quickly hurried away, not wanting to waste any more time watching some weirdo order too much food for his party, weekend time was precious after all.

"He must be having a pretty big party" Kuro commented.

"Or she" I added, Kuro nodded, "I wonder if they asked the other members of the apartment first…parties can be pretty loud".

"They'd have to" Kuro said, "isn't it against the law or something?"

"I dunno" I lied, "I don't exactly waste my time googleing laws".

"True" Kuro laughed as we walked.

The poll is still up by the way. Like I said last chapter: I need a lot more voters before chapter ten, which is when I choose the title with the most votes and change the one we have now.

Also...next chapter is going to be a filler. Yup. A filler. Every 4th and 9th chapter is planned out to be fillers, just to lighten the mood. So for example, chapter 14 and chapter 19 are going to be fillers, and then 24 and 29 will be fillers. Understand?