"I can see him."

"I can see him too."

"No, Espier, the other one."

"The other one- oh right, Kira's Shinigami."

"Hey will you guys quit acting like I'm not here?"

"Key we can't have anyone figuring out you're here, especially Kira."

I followed Kidd and Espier through they hallways of the school. I could tell Kidd was nervous; he kept chewing on the nail of his thumb. Espier didn't seem to notice. He was a cucumber, absolutely cool. Would it be right if I point out Kidd's obvious discomfort? No, I can't in front of Espier.

They took their seats in class. Espier and Kidd where no where near each other, but Kira sat conveniently by the window several seats behind Kidd.

"Hey Kidd, Ryuk isn't the type to just give these things away. There's no way Kira knows you posses a Death Note, relax."

"That isn't the reason…"

Kids were still talking all around us, but that Kira was silent, ignoring everyone. Everyone with the exception of Kidd, he was watching him very closely.

"Kidd make sure Kira can't see you talking."

"I'm just… I'm just one little American Otaku in the great country that is Japan. I've never been here before. What if the other kids don't take kindly to me? I've been waiting for this day my whole life and now it's here. What if it isn't everything I hoped it would be? What if it is? I don't know what to do in social situations."

The class rep stood up and called out for the students to follow his example, bow, and return to their seats. It was something they did in Japan to honor their slave drivers, I mean teachers.

"I'm Mr. Okabe. Take out your books and turn to page 13."

Everyone began their busy work. Suddenly Kidd burst out into a coughing fit, it didn't look like he could breath. What's happening? It looks like Espier is thinking the same thing as me. I looked over at Kira, he didn't pay it any attention.

"Hey Kidd what's wrong, quit joking around!"

He didn't respond. He just got up and ran out of the classroom with Espier and I behind him.

"Key, what's going on?"

"I'm not sure!"

Kidd collapsed in the boy's bathroom.

"Shit!"

"Kidd! Kidd wake up! Kidd!"

We stared at him on the floor and Espier checked his heart rate, I didn't have to. When a human dies a Shinigami can no longer see their name or life span, that human disappears to us entirely. Kidd's name and span were still visible, so this was something else.

"Espier, get him to the nurse."

"Nurses suck! They're totally useless! When I was in middle school I had this one nurse and my ear was bleeding and-"

"Get the nurse or your name is written down."

Espier shivered and set Kidd back down and ran out of the room. I then realized he probably has no idea where the nurse's office is. I watched his life span. Was he just suddenly sick? But that wouldn't make any sense? He won't be dying today, not from what I can see.

"Kidd, you have to tell me what's wrong with you, I can't help you unless you- you're passed out why am I talking to you…"

No helping it. I reached into Kidd's pocket and picked up a sharpie. Then I flew out of the room and found Mr. Okabe running around looking for Kidd to give him a scolding no doubt. I uncapped the marker and wrote of his arm.

"W-what is this!?"

Bathroom.

"Bathroom!?"

Call me sexy.

"Huh!?"

I pulled up his sleeve and wrote down his arm.

Go to the bathroom.

The teacher ran at breakneck pace and found Kidd on the floor. Looks like he'll be okay for now. So where did Espier go? A shadow passed by the corner of my eye. What was that? I looked around. Then I caught sight of a large figure moving down a hall. There's no way that's a human. I flew down after it. I flew through several walls until I saw Espier standing alone in the hallway. He turned around as if he knew I was there.

"Key! Hey I was looking for the nurse but I ended up getting lost. Could you help a brother out and get me back?"

"Yeah sure. Hey did you see anything strange?"

"Stranger than you?"

"I could just leave you here."

"That won't be necessary."

"Then follow me."

We walked alongside each other a while. So this was school in Japan? It seemed even more relaxed than American school? At least they weren't looking for ditchers. I guess it goes along with the whole Spartan education system. Of course no one is naked, the teachers just yell a lot.

"Hey Key, how does one kill a Shinigami?"

"Beats me. Few of us know."

"For real?"

"Yeah, but I can tell you how to kill a human in several ways."

"No thanks."

"Why would you wanna know something like that?"

"Curiosity as well as insurance."

"Insurance of what?"

He was silent for a minute, but continued to smile. The he raised his hand to his mouth to stifle a small laugh. Then he turned to me, flipping his hair in the process, and winked.

"That's classified."

"Heh heh, what? Wait I know this anime!"

"Okay well here's the nurse's office. You know when a teacher gets sick they get to leave for the hospital but all we get are these little beds."

Espier opened the door and there was Kidd sleeping away. He looked better. Okabe was nowhere to be seen. There was just a hot nurse lady.

"Oh, you must be Kidd's friend. Normally I'd say get back to class but I suppose I can make the exception."

She unbuttoned her shirt a little bit. I wish I was human, I wish I was human, I wish I was human.

"Pardon me, the air is out in the wing of the school so I'm terribly hot."

BOKU NO PICO!?

"So is Kidd going to be alright?"

How is he so calm? This is a key moment here! She has glasses you fool, glasses and a ponytail! That's a combo breaker! COMBO BREAKER!

"Oh yes, he's never been to Japan before so his body is being exposed to the new germs for the first time. He'll be in and out constantly until his body gets used to it."

"I see, well thank you for telling me. Would you mind if I wait here?"

"Not at all, take a seat anywhere you like."

Don't sit on her lap! That's for me! Me I say! Seriously what's with the staff at this school? I just attacked Okabe with a marker and he's totally fine now, like it never happened?

"It's been a while Key. Having fun in the human world?"

I turned around. Big angled green eyes, a gray sunken in face, the tattoo of an eye on his forehead and long clawed fingers.

"Fate?"

Espier turned around to me.

"Espier, watch over Kidd. I have to step out for a moment."

He nodded and picked up a stool.

I stepped through the wall.

"Fate what are you doing here?"

"My notebook was stolen by Coin and as a joke he dropped it into the human world. When I finally found it, it was already in the hands of someone. Now I'm bound to this place. And have you found Ryuk yet? Obviously you have, I mean he's in the school."

"Yeah, he won't talk to me. He's probably keeping me a secret from his human."

"Or he doesn't like talking to you."

"What!?"

"Ryuk is a pretty cool guy, way too cool for you Key. I'm a nice Shinigami so I'll spare you a word once in a while but you're pretty lame. Ryuk came down here because he was bored, and you're always tagging along behind him, so not only are you a loser but you're also very boring."

"W-why would y-you say s-something like that?"

"Awww is the little sheep crying?"

"I am not a sheep!"

"Of course not, hooves and horns, and cute widdle nose are normal for a god of death. What was it they called you? Oh right, Fluffy!"

"Shut up!"

"Don't cry Fluffy."

"Crying is totally okay! You didn't see Kyoya's episode!"

"Kyoya?"

"Yeah, from Ouran. It's one of the best episodes of the series, we cried for hours watching it."

"We?"

"Yeah, Kidd and I."

"The human? Since when were you so soft? I mean I always knew you had a bit of a heart going on but I don't recall you liking humans much. You used to kill them off in troves for fun. Don't you remember World War 1?"

"That's all over now."

"You always did have some of the most clever ways to kill people."

"I'm not like that anymore."

"You always did work much harder than the other Shinigami…"

"I'm not that kind of guy anymore, Fate."

"Oh, I see. So it was the little human. What would happen if I wrote his name down in my note book?"

"Fate, stop it."

"Aww, are you sad?"

"Fate, don't."

"Why not, you'd be free of your earth binding chains."

"Fate, if you try it I'll kill you."

He grabbed my neck and slammed in into the floor and into the pipes below. The classes stopped and looked around into the hall at the mysterious crash.

"Kill me Key? How do you intend to do that?"

"I came across a few ways."

"Don't lie to me Key. You can't lie to a liar. You know as well as I do that only a handful of Shinigami know how to kill our own kind and I'm one of them. No one would share that with you ever. You're weak, you're a freak, and you're all alone."

Fate released me and extended his wings.

"I'll see you around Key."

"Where are you going?"

"Oh I'll be around. I've just got places to go, things to steal, lies to tell, lives to ruin. Bye bye."

He disappeared through the wall and the school ordered and evacuation.

LONG CHAPTER IS LONG! Okay so we have another Shinigami! He's a jerk face And sort of looks like a spider ghost thing where as Key reminds me of a sheep tee hee. Coin is a local Shinigami and he sort of looks like a penguin in my mind, but to each to his own. What do you guys think of Fate? I do an okay job?