'So, now that Keitaro knows your big secret, what's your plan?'
"Well, naturally, I have to be a little more careful from now on so that no one else finds out. I need to find a place to hide the notebook…"
Kai stuffed the Death Note in his backpack, grabbed his jacket, and headed for the front door.
"Kai, where are you going? You don't need to be at school for another two hours and you're usually late anyway—if you decide to go at all," L said glancing over at him.
"Well, not that it's any of your business, but I thought I'd go visit mom and dad before school started."
Kai walked out the door without waiting for a response.
Kai sat in front of his father's tombstone and pulled out the notebook.
"It's only fitting that I should hide this close to where my father is buried. The only question is; where should I put it? I'm not going to bury it near his grave; someone would be bound to notice that. There's gotta be someplace around here where I can put it."
Kai glanced around the graveyard. He put the notebook back in the bag, stood, and walked toward a tree a few feet away.
"Hmmm…if there's a hole somewhere around here, either in the tree or below it, that would be perfect."
After a few minutes of searching he sighed and leaned against the tree.
"Got any suggestions Ryuk?"
'If you're looking for a tree to hide it in, I suggest an apple tree.'
Kai rolled his eyes and bent down to look near the roots.
"Doesn't look like Mother Nature wants me to hide it here…"
Kai reached up, grabbed a branch, and began to climb the tree.
'What are you doing? I thought you didn't want to draw attention to yourself.'
"Relax Ryuk, I used to do this all the time when I was younger, no one'll think it's strange if they seem me climbing it now, and if I recall, there's a hole up here somewhere…ah! Here it is!"
Kai sat on a branch, wedged his bag between two other branches, and pulled out the Death Note.
"Now, if I remember correctly, I can tear out pages and use them, right? Why am I asking? I already know the answer and you wouldn't tell me anyway!"
Kai tore out a few pages and pulled out his binder.
"I have enough normal pieces of paper in this that a few more normal-looking pieces won't seem out of the ordinary. And on the off-chance that L decided to count how many pages I had in here—I'm not sure why he would but it's entirely possible—I am going to make sure I take as many pages out as I put in."
Kai took a few pages out of the binder and replaced them with the pages from the Death Note.
"I am also going to tear off little bits of the notebook and hide them elsewhere so I always have a piece with me."
'How interesting, your father did the same thing!'
"He did the binder thing?"
'No, he tore off little bits of the notebook and hid them in different places.'
"Where did he hide them?"
'His watch, his wallet, places like that.'
"Thanks for telling me Ryuk, oddly enough you actually helped me."
'Not my intention.'
"I'm aware of that."
Kai tore off the corners of a few pages, stuffed them in his jacket pocket, and put the notebook in the hole.
"Now to make sure no one notices it…"
He jumped down, picked up a few leaves, climbed back up, and stuffed the hole with it.
"That ought to do it."
He grabbed his backpack, tossed it down, and jumped down after it.
"Now…where exactly should I hide the pieces of the notebook? Hmmm…I think I'll try to figure that out later, they should be safe in my pocket for now, my cell phone should keep them from falling out."
Kai walked back over to his father's tombstone.
"Here's to keeping your dream a reality dad," he muttered, touching the grave marker before walking on to school.
"Hey, Keitaro! Wait up!"
Keitaro turned around to face Matsuda's daughter, Kiyoko.
"Um…hi," he said blushing.
"Mind if I walk with you to school? Daddy told me to walk with someone so I'd be safer."
"S-sure Kiyoko," he said as his blush darkened.
"Great!"
She smiled and they started walking.