I went about my regular routine, going to school, taking care of Kuro, going to cram school, then going home and trying to subtly suggest getting a family pet to my mother when I wasn't preparing deaths. She didn't understand why I would want one all of a sudden, but once she mentioned Dad being sort of against the idea, I decided to go through my cellphone to ask people if they could take care of a puppy. After a while, I finally found one and arranged to meet up with them to show them where Kuro was. Before I left, I decided to make a prisoner write the first suicide note with the same message to L as Light had. It probably wasn't exactly the same as the original, but all that really matters is that the message isn't lost. I didn't bother checking to make sure it worked, I knew that one, the one that drew the pentagram, and the one that escaped to the staff bathroom had all succeeded.

I knew the guy was still tailing me when I met up with the girl I'd found to take Kuro.

"Hey, Ayumi." I said as I approached the friendly girl. She seemed nice enough. "Are you sure you can take him?"

"Yeah. I checked with my parents and they said it was fine." She replied with a smile. "So, where is the little guy?"

"Oh right, come on, I'll show you where his horrible owner left him." I said, motioning for her to follow me to that alley. On the way, we talked casually. The kind of stuff that was boring to me, but I indulged because she was helping me out.

Once we were there, Kuro barked happily and wagged his tail.

"Aw, how cute is he?!" Ayumi squealed, picking him up and hugging him. "I'll take good care of you, Kuro."

"Thanks. My parents seem pretty sure we shouldn't have a pet, so knowing he's not going to freeze out here really helps." I smiled as Kuro seemed to take a liking to her.

"Well, thanks for introducing us!" She told me, giggling as the dog licked her cheek. "I'll make sure he gets lots of love and food." She assured me, then we exchanged a quick goodbye as she decided she better take him home now.

I sighed after she turned the corner. "I hope he has a happy life there. I'm gonna miss the little guy just a bit." After staring sadly at the now empty cardboard box, I stretched my arms above my head. "Well, what should I do with the rest of my day off then?"

I decided to spend my day in the public library, looking for an interesting book or some manga to read. I ended up picking up a fiction book I recognized from my old life that I've never actually gotten the chance to read. What I had heard about the book being much darker than that children's movie they made about it turned out to be true. Pleasingly so.

It was getting dark by the time I actually headed home, but I felt pretty safe at the moment. Raye Penber shouldn't suspect me, so he and Naomi can maybe live peacefully. Away from the Kira case this time. I'm messing with certain steps, but hopefully I end up on the same path. For now, no innocents have to die. I know they think I killed Lind L. Tailor because he was claiming to be L, but really it was because he was a criminal anyway and I kind of wanted to let L know that I existed. Either way, I've got up to two weeks worth of criminals' names written and I don't plan on killing anyone who isn't a criminal. Meaning that I'm going to leave the FBI alone.