This will be part one of a two part story, the second part is going to be written by Kurama'sFoxyMiko on her site. We decided that this would be best done as a twoshot, with each of us writing a chapter.

Disclaimer: Inuyasha and Death Note belong to Rumiko Takahashi, Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ooba respectively.

Love is Blind, Part one.

"Are you sure that you can trust this girl Yagami?" Aizawa asked his supervisor.

Chief Yagami nodded. "I've cleared it with L and he thinks that she could really help us with the Kira case."

With L's okay, the investigation team had hired the help of a paranormal detective, one that Chief Yagami had found to be just as secretive as L and twice a weird.

"Well, what is she like? Does she have any credentials?" Matsuda asked.

Chief Yagami sighed. "I've seen her credentials on paper, but I've not met her, so I'm not sure what to expect. All I know is what Watari told me and that is that she is just as weird as L"

The investigation team looked at their leader who was sitting in his favourite chair, inhaling chocolate.

There was a small knock at the door and Chief Yagami smiled. "That will be her." He walked to the door and opened it. In stepped a woman of about twenty, with messy black hair and small yet noticeable bags under her eyes. She was wearing a pair of baggy off white pants and a baggy blue shirt that stopped at her midriff. She raised a hand in the air in greeting and took off her shoes. "Yo."

Aizawa opened and closed his mouth in shock. "Kagome?"

She looked at the man and gave a small smile before taking a flying leap at him, knocking him to the ground. "Uncle Aizawa, how are you?"

"She's your niece?" Matsuda asked.

Aizawa nodded from his place under Kagome. "Yes, her mother is my sister. Last I heard though Kagome, you were still very sick."

Kagome got up and shrugged. "I got better. Now, Watari tells me that you are having trouble with this Kira person. How far have you come in that investigation?"

Light looked at her skeptically. "No offence, but do you honestly expect us to believe that you are a paranormal detective?"

Kagome moved to the chair opposite L and sat down in a dog-like fashion. "Ever heard of the 'Ace of Spades'?"

"Yes, he was that killer that left an ace of spades card in his victims left eye." Light said. "He was pretty ruthless."

Kagome smiled. "I helped to solve that case. You are Light aren't you?"

Light nodded. "How did you know?"

"You were in my old junior high school." She said. "I believe you started when I was fifteen."

A look of recognition crossed Light's face. "You are that sick girl that my cousin was in love with."

Kagome cringed. "Ah…him…yes, how is that obsessive loser doing?"

"What does he mean by 'sick girl'? Are you diseased or something?" Matsuda asked, eyeing her.

"Kagome was very sick a few years ago, it was quite sad really." Aizawa responded with a sigh. "But she's better now aren't you Kagome?"

Kagome nodded and reached for her bag. "I have something for you Uncle Aizawa. I baked you some muffins!" She took a small box out of her bag and handed it to him. "There would have been more, but I ate most of the batter."

Chief Yagami looked at Kagome and then L. They dressed the same, they both sat weird and their behavior's were strikingly similar. It was all too much for the man to handle. He passed out.

XOX

When the man finally came too, he saw that his entire investigation team, including his son, were sitting in the corner, watching as Kagome and L traded small amounts of information while sitting in painful looking positions and staring at eachother.

"How long have you been certified Kagome?" L asked, popping one of the small muffins into his mouth.

Kagome followed suit. "About two years now. You?"

"Three." L replied. "How old are you?"

"Twenty." She said, picking up her coffee cup and took a sip. She cringed and added several sugar cubes. "Have you any leads on this case?"

L shook his head. "I have some suspicions though. Where did you take your course, because I'm sure that all courses here last four years."

"It took me two." Kagome said. "But I spent the year after graduation in America."

"How did you manage to take a four year course in only two years?" Light asked from the corner.

"Because of my illnesses, I did school my correspondence. They saw me as college material at sixteen, so I went to Tokyo U." Kagome explained. "During my second year there, I opened an old cold case from America that I found on the web as basis for a paper and solved it. I received a call from the Pentagon in Washington and they told me that my professor had handed over my paper to them and that it had warranted instant graduation from the course. They brought me over and I spent the next year solving cold cases in a dusty room."

"Why are you here then?" Matsuda asked.

"Because, I was asked to be here. This is a very strange case and it just reeks of the paranormal." She said. "I have come across a similar case before, and Watari approached me because of this and asked me to participate."

"What are you ideas as to what is causing this then Kagome?" L asked.

Kagome gave a small grin. "Do any of you remember about two years ago when all of those people committed suicide?"

Chief Yagami nodded. "Yes quite well. Across the country, ten people with no connection in any way, all committed suicide by the same means on the same day at the same time, all leaving identical suicide notes. This happened once a month for three months until it suddenly stopped."

"Do you know why it stopped?" She asked, taking a sip of her coffee.

Everyone shook their heads.

Placing her cup down, Kagome scratched the side of her neck; this was also done in a dog like fashion. "The person responsible died."

"There was a person responsible?" Aizawa asked.

"Yes there was." Kagome replied. "His name was Takuni Shichiwa, and he was the possessor of an instrument called the 'Death Note'."

The blood froze in Light's veins. "What is a 'Death Note' Kagome? I don't believe I have ever heard of such a thing."

Kagome looked at Light, her eyes flicking behind him momentarily. "A Death Note is a book carried by shinigami. If you write the name of a person in the note while picturing their face, they will die by the means you wish at the time you wish. It is said that some shinigami merely drop their Death Note's on earth as means of entertainment. The person that finds it is gifted with the ability to see the shinigami the note belongs to and the power to pick and choose whose name is placed in the note. If they choose to pass the note on, they will loose all memory of ever possessing the note and the shinigami attached to it. The possessor also has the choice to strike a deal with the shinigami. In exchange for half of their remaining lifespan, they will get shinigami eyes."

"What do the eyes do?" Matsuda asked, enthralled.

"The eyes allow you to see the name and remaining lifespan of a person by merely looking at their face." She said, taking a bite from another small muffin. "But if you possess the eyes and meet another possessing the note, you will not see the lifespan displayed."

"So you think that Kira might be in possession of one of these Death Note

things?" Light asked.

"I do not think." Kagome replied, looking directly as the air behind Light. "I know."

XOX

Light was scared as he sat in his room that night. He tossed an apple to Ryuk. "Who is she and why does she know so much?"

Ryuk shrugged and gave a chuckle. "Why don't you write her name in the note and make her tell you before she dies?"

"Because that would be too suspicious. If the only person that has come this close suddenly dies, it would have to be one of the people working on the investigation and L would immediately blame me. He already suspects something, and I'm pretty sure she was looking at you in the meeting today."

Ryuk knew that she had been staring at him, and he knew why. "I'm sure she wasn't, only you can see me remember?"

"That is true, but it doesn't explain why she was looking behind me and not at me." Light replied.

"Well maybe she had issues concentrating on a persons face." Ryuk suggested. "Some people are like that."

Light sighed. "I will have to bide my time with her, gain her trust."

"How do you propose to do that?" Ryuk asked.

Light gave a sinister smile. "Do some research on her past cases, tell her that I admire her skills and pretend to be completely infatuated with her. Once I gain her trust, I will seduce her and gain all the information I need before I place her name in the note."

Ryuk shook his head. "If you think that would be best Light."

"It is." Light replied before going to bed.

XOX

It was four in the morning and the hotel that held the investigation headquarters was completely silent except for the occasional rustle of paper. L took another sip of his coffee and went back to looking at the papers of Kagome's previous cases that he had asked Watari to gather for him while Kagome watched over the surveillance tapes that Chief Yagami had given he permission to watch. Something caught her eye in the corner of the screen and she reached into her pocket to pull out a box of cigarettes. "Do you mind if I smoke or shall I use the balcony?"

L looked up from the papers. "The balcony please."

Kagome nodded and got up. She walked out to the balcony and lit up, the scene from before playing over in her mind. She was certain that she saw something suspicious sticking out of the bag in the corner. She took a final drag on the cigarette and flicked it over the balcony before walking back inside. She sat back down in the chair began to watch the tape again. "He looks like he's trying too hard to behave like a normal teenaged boy."

"I thought the same thing." L replied.

Kagome rewound the tape to the part that she found suspicious. "And if you look closely at the bag in the corner, you can see the thing sticking out of it move a fraction of an inch."

L got up and moved to sit next to Kagome, his face close to the screen. "Please rewind and play it again."

Kagome did this and she saw L begin to bite his thumbnail. "You saw it too right."

L turned his head and looked her in the eye. "I saw it too. What do you think it is?"

"It could be one of many things." She said. "It could be the wind, it would be our overworked brains trying to tell us it is time to sleep, or it could mean that I was right about his case holding otherworldly components. I'm willing to bet on the last one."

"Why do you say that?" He asked.

Kagome took her eyes away from the screen and placed them on L who was a little too close to her person in her opinion. "For one, the window is closed, two, I can work no matter how tired I am, and three, because I can see the air around the bag ripple as it moves."

"How are you able to see such things?" L asked, thoroughly mystified with her explanation.

Kagome moved back on her seat a little to create some space between them. "I hold the sight. It is like a sixth sense, meaning I am able to see things that humans are usually too naïve and ignorant to notice, like the waves a spirit or apparition gives off."

XOX

Light was fascinated. This Kagome had done some pretty spectacular things in the past two years. Her most notable achievement, in his opinion, was solving an old case in London concerning the Freemasons. His amazement would make his plan easier to conduct. He wouldn't have to fake his enthusiasm on hearing about her career. He turned off the computer and made his way to headquarters with a slight spring in his step. Upon reaching the room, he knocked twice and waited for someone to answer. Watari ushered him in with a smile on his face. He walked in and gaped. L and Kagome were sitting on a sofa together in their weird positions, exchanging hushed words and sweets. He walked over with an adoring face on and sat on the chair previously occupied by L. "Kagome, I just read about your fantastic work on that Freemasons case in London. Was it hard to solve?"

Kagome tore her eyes away from L and placed them on Light, giving a small glance over his shoulder. "Not really, the spirits of the departed where quite compliant and cooperative."

"It says in the information that Watari gave me that you also took a crack at the Jack the Ripper case." L said, grabbing her attention once again, feeling satisfied that he had. "How well did that come along?"

Kagome gave an involuntary shudder as she remembered that time. "Have you ever had that feeling that you're being watched? Where you can almost hear the footfalls of someone walking close behind you?"

L nodded. "Sometimes, but that's just paranoia."

She shook her head. "It never is just paranoia for me. I can feel cold breath on my neck, the whisper of clothing when they get to close. I had to pass the cemetery that his victims were buried in every night to get back to the hotel and I'll tell you…on a rainy night, it is like walking past the gates of hell."

Matsuda had joined them all at some point and looked a little scared but enthralled with her tale. "What else happened in London Kagome?"

"Late into the case we were staying in Central London, near the Tower of London…that was what made me decide to leave as soon as the case was over." Kagome's voice came out in a whisper. "I couldn't sleep at night for the screaming…the souls of the hundreds who had been prosecuted there rang in my head, begging for forgiveness, pleading their innocence."

"I had to hold her at night as she cried." Watari said with a somber expression. "Kagome didn't sleep and neither did I."

L sighed. He understood her pain too well, his mothers dying screams echoed in his mind sometimes when he slept.

"Kagome are you busy tonight?" Light asked sporadically.

Kagome looked back at him. "No why?"

"I was wondering if you'd like to come to my house for dinner tonight?" He asked a little hesitantly. "I cleared it with my mother this morning."

There was a slight choking noise and Kagome put her attention on L, who was hacking with melted ice cream dribbling down his chin. Kagome quickly began to pat his back as she wiped the ice cream away with a napkin. "Are you okay?"

L nodded a little red from coughing. "Yes thank you."

Kagome nodded and turned back to Light with a small blush on her face. "That would be nice Light. Should I wear something special?"

He shook his head. "My mother thinks that I'm having a friend from school over, that is all."

"But didn't you say that you are Hojo's cousin? Wouldn't she know that I wasn't from your school?" Kagome frowned.

"You could tell her that you used to be in my college prep course." Light said. "That was she wouldn't be suspicious."

"Then all that's left is to find out the time and place." Kagome smiled.

"No way!" Aizawa said, making his way between the two. "You are not going out with Light!"

"And why not?" Kagome asked.

There was a small pause before he answering. "Because what would your mother think?"

"I dunno Uncle Aizawa, what would my mother think?" She countered.

"She'd think that you are too young to be dating someone that is three years younger than you." He replied.

"Here's the thing." Kagome started. "Mum is not a hypocrite and I don't think you should be either."

"What do you mean hypocrite?" He asked.

"Well, you were my age when you met Auntie Mizuri, who was sixteen at the time. And dad is ten years older than mum, so…" Kagome trailed off. "What time and where Light?"

Chief Yagami gave a small chuckle at the look on his coworkers face. "Don't worry, Light is a respectable young man."

"Looks can be deceiving." Aizawa mumbled.

XOX

She stood on the doorstep of the Yagami house that evening with a scowl on her face. She glanced at the shinigami standing next to her. "I want to talk to you later Ryuk."

Ryuk winced. "I know Kagome-sama. I'll make up an excuse for me to leave."

"You'd better." Placing a fake smile on, she knocked at the door. A girl with short black hair greeted her. "Hello you must be Kagome, Light has been talking of you non stop!"

Kagome smiled brightly at the girl. "Sayu right? Light has told me many good things about you."

"Please come in Kagome." Sayu said and opened the door fully. "Oh I just love your dress!"

Kagome looked down at the dress she was wearing and smiled. "Thank you, it was a gift from one of my friends." The dress was simple black, with long flared sleeves that pointed at the end with a loop to go over her middle finger. The skirt portion of it reached her ankles and saw slightly flared. She left her shoes in the hallway and followed Sayu into the kitchen where she was introduced to Light's mother.

"You must be Kagome, I am Sachiko, Light and Sayu's mother." The woman smiled. "It is a pleasure to meet you at last! Sayu, please call your brother to inform him that Kagome is here."

Sayu nodded and left the room, only to return a moment later with Light. He smiled at Kagome. "I'm glad you could come Kagome."

Kagome smiled and blushed. "I told you I would come Light, and when have I ever gone back on my word to you?"

"Never." Light replied. "Well, lets eat!"

It was about half way into dinner when Sayu noticed the look on Kagome's face. "Are you okay Kagome? You look uncomfortable."

Kagome shook her head. "I am a little uncomfortable. I am unused to sitting like this."

"You sit however you are comfortable dear." Sachiko smiled.

"Thank you." Kagome replied before getting up and sitting back down in her dog like position. She sighed in satisfaction. "Much better."

Light saw the look on his family's faces and smiled. "Kagome hurt her back in a rollerblading accident when she was younger. This is the only position she can sit in that isn't uncomfortable."

Sachiko and Sayu nodded in acceptance of the answer and went back to their dinner.

XOX

Dinner had come to a close and Light was seeing Kagome to the door. She slipped her shoes on as he opened the door. "Thank you for dinner Light, I had a wonderful time."

Light nodded. "It was no problem Kagome, it was a pleasure to have you."

Kagome gave him a small kiss on cheek before turning to leave. On her way out the gate, she passed a blonde haired girl with a scowl on her face. She gave a swift nod to the Shinigami behind the girl before continuing on her merry way. She met with Ryuk halfway down the road. "So, I take it that Light has a Death Note then?"

Ryuk sighed and nodded. "You know the rules Kagome-sama, we don't decide who gets the note, we just drop it."

Kagome looked at Ryuk. "Does he possess the eyes?"

"No, he refused them." Ryuk answered truthfully. "I believe that the girl that you passed possesses them though."

"You mean the one with Rem?" Kagome questioned. "Pretty face but ugly scowl?"

"That would be the one." Ryuk said. "I should head back, Light thinks I am merely on an evening fly."

Kagome nodded. She could see the hotel from here. "It was lovely to see you again Ryuk."

He gave her a low bow. "And you are as beautiful as always Kagome-sama. I will be seeing you."

Kagome made the short walk to the hotel and gave a short bow to the doorman before getting into the elevator. She walked out of the elevator on the tenth floor and walked down the hall to the room. The room was practically empty as she stepped in.

L looked up at her as she walked across the room. "How was your evening?"

"Fine." Kagome yawned and walked into the bathroom. She stripped off her dress and changed into her usual baggy white pants and baggy blue top. She pulled on a pair or stripy toe socks and walked out, giving a satisfied sigh as she did so. "Much better. I hate wearing dresses."

L nodded. "But you looked very pretty in it."

"Thanks L." Kagome said as she sat next to him on the couch. "So, where is everyone?"

"I sent them all home no long before you got here." He replied, eyes scanning a piece of paper in front of him. "Everyone except Watari has gone home for the night, so why don't you do the same?"

Kagome yawned again and shook her head. "I live on the other side of Tokyo, so it's easier for me to stay here while we are working on the case."

L noticed her drowsiness and offered her the coffee cup that was almost to his lips. "Do you want a sip?"

Kagome nodded and reached for the cup, her fingers brushing his as she took it. He held into it as she brought it to her lips. She took a sip and grimaced. "Ew, how much sugar do you have in it?"

L blinked, her question snapping his gaze from her lips to her eyes, thankfully. It was unnerving him! "Five. Why?"

"You need at least seven to make a good cup of coffee." Kagome said as she crossed her arms on her legs and placed her chin on them. "Didn't you know that?"

"I prefer five." L said with a sigh before turning back to his paperwork

Kagome pulled the coffee set toward her and poured a cup of coffee. She added seven sugar cubes and some chocolate syrup before adding cream and stirring it with a stick of chocolate pocky. She took a sip and sighed. "Bliss." She held the cup out to L. "Here try this."

A stray thought passed through his mind as he took the cup. 'I wonder what it would taste like fresh from her lips?' He shook his head to dislodge it before taking a sip of the sugary concoction. His eyes widened a fraction and he gulped the whole cup down before handing it back to Kagome.

She took the cup and stared at him. "That was mine." She pouted.

L shrugged and put his paper down. His head slumped forward and he closed his eyes. Kagome looked over at him and smiled. He even slept in that position! She flicked in the TV and began to watch the rest of the surveillance tapes. About halfway through the third hour, she felt another presence in the room and turned to see a shinigami watching her. "What is it Ryuk? Come to confirm my suspicions on Kira?"

Ryuk sighed. "No, I want an apple."

Kagome quirked an eyebrow at him. "You came to bother me for that? Go get one from your retainer."

"He is not my retainer!" Ryuk said with a pout.

Kagome snorted and pulled an apple from fruit basket. She tossed it at him and waved a hand to the door. "You can leave now, I'm sure your retainer will be worried."

"HE IS NOT MY RETAINER!" Ryuk yelled before he took a bite from his apple.

"He just holds your book." Kagome said.

"Right." He mumbled around a mouth of apple.

"So that makes him your retainer." She said with a grin.

"Right." He said. "Hey! Don't do that Kagome-sama!"

Kagome began to laugh. "You're the idiot that fell for it Ryuk! Now leave, I have work to do."

Ryuk finished his last bite of apple and went to leave. "Thank you for the apple Kagome-sama, you always have the best."

"Whatever." Kagome replied before turning the tape back on. She sighed and stole a sideways glance at L. She squeaked when she noticed he was staring at her. "Have a nice nap?"

"Who were you talking to?" He asked.

"A spirit." She replied. "How much did you hear?"

"Enough. Was the apple really eating itself?" He asked and reached for one himself.

"Apples don't eat themselves L, the spirit was eating it." Kagome said.

"Are you sure that you are working on my side Kagome?" He asked.

Kagome shot him a look. "Are you?"

XOX

It had been a few months, and Light was now a college student. What surprised him the most was not only L in his Criminal Justice course, but Kagome was teaching it! He packed his bag up at the end of the class and made his way to the front.

"Did you see the way she sits?"

"I know! She's very professional looking, but as soon as she sits at her desk it's like being taught by a dog!"

"Still, she's hot!"

He shook his head at his classmate's naivete and walked outside. L was waiting for him and they made their way to the courtyard together. "I still suspect you, you know." L said.

Light nodded. "I know you do, that's never going to change."

"Light!"

Light looked to where the voice came from and saw a happy blonde bouncing toward him. "Misa, what are you doing here?"

The blonde, now identified as Misa, hugged him around the waist. "I just finished shooting nearby and thought I would pop in and see you."

"Hideki! Yagami!"

The three looked over to the new voice as a tall black haired woman in a professional looking business suit came walking over to them, her black heels clicking on the concrete as she walked.

Light and L bowed to her as she came to a stop infront of them. "Higurashi-sensei."

The woman brushed some strands of hair from her blue eyes and smiled at them. "You both did wonderfully in class today boys, I am so proud of you."

"Light, who are these people?" Misa asked, tugging on his sleeve.

Light sighed and pointed to both L and Kagome. "This is Ryuga Hideki, my classmate and Higurashi-sensei, my Criminal Justice teacher."

Misa bowed to them both. "Pleasure to meet you both! I am Light's girlfriend Misa!"

"Would you like to join me for lunch Misa?" Light asked.

Misa nodded enthusiastically. "I'd love to!" She replied and dragged him off.

The pair sat in a small café on campus. Light looked at her. "So, did you get their real names? I'm sure that Kagome is an alias because I tried to put her name in my note a few weeks ago and nothing happened."

Misa nodded and but her lip. "Yes, I got both of their names, but Light, about Kagome…"

"What?" Light said. He smiled and gave a small thanks to their waitress as she delivered their food.

"Her real name is Kagome Higurashi." Misa said.

"Then what is the problem? Is my note defective?" He asked.

Misa shook her head. "There was nothing under it Light."

"What do you mean?" He asked quietly.

"I…" She hesitated. "When I saw her name, her lifespan was not there."

XOX

There it is! If you liked this and want to read the rest, please hop on over to Kurama'sFoxyMiko's profile and look for it. It will be the latest installment of her 'Lovers of a Miko' series. I know it will be there because we posted at the same time!

Much love always

Squishy xxx