Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note or Inuyasha! I don't make profit off of them in any way!

A/N: Hello everyone! I deeply apologize for not updating lately! I'm moving, so things are getting hectic! The author's note at the end will explain everything, so please read it! While writing this, I was listening to "Future in My Hands" by Aimee B. I first heard it while watching Devil May Cry :)) Any who, I want to thank Sugar0o and watergoddesskacey for reviewing. You guys are awesome! Arigatogozaimashita!

On with the story!:

L was wandering the streets. It wasn't that he wanted to, of course, but it was a welcome change from the drab off-white walls of his hotel room. He aimlessly walked down the empty streets at 2:40 in the morning, aware that Inuyasha followed close behind.

The reason for all this? Well, blame the inu hanyou. Apparently, Inuyasha wanted to go out for a walk, and wouldn't stop pestering the insomniac until he finally consented.

So, there L was, shuffling down an empty sidewalk, passing the 24-hour convenience store he had first seen Kagome in and glanced inside. The same cashier from before was working the register. Well, if you could really call it working. He had headphones in and was, again, playing with his phone.

'Probably Angry Birds,' L thought, nearly rolling his coal grey eyes. 'No matter who you are, you'll get addicted. Even myself, regretfully.'

Soon enough, the detective found himself walking another block and a half, and sighed before glaring up at the Irkiyo form of the irritating hanyou.

Inuyasha floated beside him with his ears swiveling and searching for any noises out of the norm, unaware of the annoyed detective. The white haired man's eyes were constantly moving, as if seeking something in the quiet night. Little tendrils of fog curled around L's feet as he continued his journey.

"What are you looking for?" L asked with a monotone voice.

"Keh," Inuyasha grunted. "When you see her, you'll know. Keep walking through the fog."

A dark fog soon surrounded them and even if L doesn't scare easy, it was a total different story when the supernatural was involved. The grey mist thickened as he pushed on, and soon, he was not able to see four feet in front of himself.

"There, you see her? She's right over there," Inuyasha murmured down to L, motioning towards the woman who slowly came into view. It was strange, the fog didn't seem to touch her, and it moved out of her way as she walked towards him. 'Her?' the investigator thought.

From what L could tell, she was extremely attractive. Long light brown hair hung to her lower back and she had pale and delicate features. The woman had a surgical mask on, as if she had a cold or something akin to that, and had strange golden eyes that nearly shocked him into stopping his already sluggish pace.

Alarms went off in L's mind, signaling that he needed to run away. Frantically, he looked to Inuyasha, to find he wasn't there.

"Inuyasha?" L whispered, frowning.

"Hello?" a soft musical voice sounded. "Excuse me?"

L brought his steely gaze to the woman, who now stood just a few feet away now. "Yes?" His nerves were going haywire as the woman looked him over.

"Do you think I'm pretty?"

The question caught him off guard. L frowned, but nodded slowly. "Yes, you are attractive."

The woman's pale hand reached up and pulled the mask from her face, revealing severe cuts from the corners of her mouth to her ears. The cuts were raw red and was dripping what seemed to be puss and other bodily fluids. It was infected and looked festered, and it took everything in L to keep from gagging at the horrid sight. Whatever good looks she possessed before, had now diminished. The next question escaping from her mouth came out like a hiss from a crocodile. "Am I pretty now?"

L was at a loss for words for the fourth time in his life; the first being when he met Kagome, the second when he met Inuyasha and Kouga, and the third time hearing the words "shinigami" off of a video sent by Second Kira. Instinctively, he backed up a step, eyes wide with fright as she pulled out a knife from the lapels of her beige trench coat.

Dried blood caked the edges of the blade, and she grinned like the Cheshire cat, which wasn't hard to do because of the severe cuts adorning her mouth. He fought to keep calm as he brought himself into a capoeira fighting stance. What good it would do him, he didn't know. After all, L didn't know if he would be able to successfully strike someone of her nature.

It would be good to test later. Well, if he was able to get away from the monster in front of him.

Inuyasha suddenly appeared beside L and the woman's features pinched into a frightened look.

"Hello again," the inu hanyou growled with a smirk. "It took you long enough to show up."

Inuyasha's right eye glew suddenly as he drew his sword. It transformed into an impressive large blade with a strange air of aggressiveness about it. He struck the woman as she tried running away and she burst into a pile of pale grey glittering dust. A black looking orb, that seemed to be Inuyasha's right pupil, separated itself from his eye and absorbed the dust just as Kagome's gem had, and returned to its place within his eye.

"What was that?" L demanded, straightening into his crouch.

Inuyasha shrugged, sheathing the sword. "The Kuchisake-Onna. She keeps popping up no matter how many times we try subduing her. I have no doubts that she'll reappear on the streets in a few months."

The inu hanyou began leading the sleep deprived detective out of the fog before something clicked and L accused Inuyasha with a dark glare, "You used me as bait!"

A/N: I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Sorry for any grammatical, spelling or OOC mistakes! And yes, I purposely used Inuyasha's right pupil (The Black Pearl, which is a gate to his father's grave) as an item used to dispel yokai! I thought that was pretty cool lol And since Kagome uses the Shikon, I thought, "Hey, why not Inuyasha's Black Pearl?" Plus, did you catch the Angry Birds reference? That game is so friggen addicting, I swear! I can't put it down! Anyways, I still feel bad for not updating on time or being unable to deliver as quickly... I'm moving, so I have to spend a lot of time packing and moving. I don't really know when I'll be able to update, since the internet won't be hooked up and I can't exactly do it all from my Droid. (It'd be totally cool if I could though. Updates would be probably made every day!) So Gomen'nasai! Please be patient and understanding, dear readers. For I will not abandon this fanfic and plan on finishing it! Right now, I will have to say that updates will probably be done once or twice a week until I officially move (in a few weeks) and it may take a week or two to settle everything. Arigatogozaimashita! Moving is hectic! I'm really sorry! But please be understanding! Ja ne!

-KiriKatana

(P.S. My birthday is on Wednesday! I'm turning 16 at last!)