Chapter 24

Welcome back to DNTOS everyone. So it's finally that time, the time you've all been waiting for; the entrance exam! BUUUUUTTTT before we do that I just want to give everyone a thank you because we just hit 1300 VIEWS! YYYAAAAYYYY! I couldn't have done this without you guys. I want to thank all my favorites and followers and wanna apologize if your phone goes off at like 1am because I've posted a new chapter ^^. I just have a weird schedule…and there is just one more thing before we get started, I've heard from a few of you already, but I wanna hear from more of you ^^ I normally hear from Shadow, Ashley, and Wolfy but I know that there are a bunch more out there. Just tell me what you like, what makes you angry, how you felt about a certain chapter, anything that comes to mind. Also if something doesn't make sense ask me about it, whether it be in a PM or a comment, I'll do my best to answer it. Okay now that all that's out of the way, here we go.

January 17th

A knock on my door wakes me and I jolt up in my bed. I rub the sleep from my eyes and peer through the darkness in the direction of my door.

"Who is it?" The door creeks open a crack and Watari's face appears; the light coming through the door with him blinds me slightly and I squint to try to see.

"Miss Matsui today is the day of the entrance exam. It's now seven o'clock, if you wish to shower and get ready, we'll be leaving at around quarter to nine."

Jeez that's awfully early…the exam isn't supposed to start till 9:30; Ryuzaki must want to get there early…

I nod at him. "Alright Watari, thank you." I reach over and flip on the bedside lamp. Light illuminates the room and I hear the door click as Watari shuts it. I rub my eyes again.

Damn…I'm so tired…

I flip the blankets off and place my feet on the carpet; it squishes down as I make contact.

Hmm…what to wear, what to wear? I need to look like a normal college student, but To-Oh is one of those prestigious schools isn't it? Shit…maybe I'll wear like skinny jeans with a tank and a zip up with my boots…that seems like something a normal college girl would wear. Although I guess I could wear like a dress, but it's still January, so maybe not…

I walk over to my suitcase and begin to flip through it. I pull out a pair of denim skinny jeans and a white tank top. I dig some more until I find a bra that won't show through, some black socks, and some underwear. I look around the room and spot my black hoodie draped over a chair, after that I gather everything and head toward the bathroom to shower.

I take a relatively quick shower and soon I find myself out with my hair dried and I'm ready to go. I look in the mirror one last time before I leave the room.

Maybe I'll wear some eyeliner today…if I still have some.

I look around my suitcase for my makeup bag that I never really use and once I find it I head back to the mirror. I use my eyeliner pencil/charcoal thing to place some on my lower lid, and then I do some on the top. Once done I go over my eyelid and use it like eyeshadow I blend it with my finger and wipe my hands on my pants.

There all done.

I look in the mirror and mess with my hair for a minute before I just give up and run my hand through my bangs.

You almost can't tell I have bags under my eyes…

Another knock at my door startles me and I quickly spin around.

"Suzuki? It's Ryuzaki." The door cracks open.

"You can come in Ryuzaki." I turn back around and gather the contents of my makeup bag, throwing them in the bag and then into my suitcase. Once done I turn to see that he's entered the room. Our eyes meet and he stops and stares. "Uh…everything okay?" He blinks and seems to recover.

"Yes, I guess I'm just not used to you with makeup. It looks very nice."

Holy shit, I just made him stop and stare with a little bit of eyeliner. Maybe he does feel something for me…

"Oh? It's only a little bit of eyeliner, no big deal." I fold my arms and pretend not to smile.

"Ah, well…anyway we're getting ready to leave, Watari changed his mind and we're leaving a bit earlier."

"But what about breakfast?" I unfold my arms and head over to my bedside table, suddenly remembering my phone and fake ID.

"He said he made cinnamon raisin toast and we can eat it on the way. He also said he has a bottle of apple juice for you." I laugh and join him at the door.

"Well since it seems he has everything covered, let's go." Ryuzaki moves out of the way and into the hall as I shut the door behind me. "Where is everyone?" We begin to walk toward the main door.

"Still asleep it seems." I nod.

Poor bastards, I wish they would at least go home to sleep.

Watari is already standing by the door and greets us. "Good morning you two; ready to take the exam?" He seems excited and is holding a paper plate with two pieces of swirl toast and a bottle of apple juice in the other hand as promised.

"I'm ready. It'll be a piece of cake." Watari smiles and hands me my food before opening the door. I place the bottle under my arm and use my free hand to eat the toast.

"That's what I like to hear. What about you Ryuzaki?" We walk out into the hall and Watari shuts the door behind us.

"As she said; it'll be a piece of cake." I giggle slightly and give him a big toasty smile when he glances back.

The car ride doesn't take long and before I know it Watari is pulling into the drop off at To-Oh.

"Welcome to To-Oh University Miss Matsui." He stops and I wait as Ryuzaki slowly gets out of the car, then I climb out myself, waking toward the entrance. I look around in wonder and breathe in the chilled air.

"Wow…"

"Yes; wow indeed." Ryuzaki walks up and stands next to me; despite his agreement he seems bored as usual.

"I will pick you both up after the exam at eleven o'clock under the car port." He points across the campus to what looks like a bus stop. I nod and he bows to us. "Good luck you two." He gets back in the Mercedes and I wave at him as he drives off. Suddenly it occurs to me that everyone is staring.

"Ryuzaki...why is everyone staring?"

"Just ignore them and let's go inside to look for Light." He begins to walk off without me and I quickly run up behind him.

As we walk through the big gate there is a man standing there and he greets us.

"Hurry up and go inside the test will start in twenty minutes." I nod and we continue to the main door.

"Suzuki, keep on the lookout for Light and the Shinigami." My eyes nearly pop out of my head.

"Shit! I forgot about the Shinigami! How am I supposed to work when he's floating or climbing or whatever around the room? What if he finds out I can see him?!"

"Don't worry, you'll be fine." Ryuzaki places his hand on my shoulder and I'm suddenly calm, well sort of.

What the hell? He's never touched me before. That's a clear indication of mindset change toward an individual…he must feel closer to me…maybe he actually thinks I'm his friend now.

We walk through the main doors and stop at the front desk.

"Names please?" It's a Japanese woman in her like sixties; she seems tired or not at all interested in her job. She has a clipboard in front of her with a whole bunch of names on it.

"Ryuga, Hideki." Ryuzaki speaks clearly, but the woman seems startled like she can't believe it.

Oh that's right, he did say that he was going to use the name of a famous actor.

"I know; it's the same name as the actor. I get that reaction a lot." Suddenly he seems like a totally different person and the woman smiles.

"You are student number 162." She hands him a number which he places in his jeans. She turns her head to me. "And who might you be; Misa Amane?" She's suddenly back to her previous self.

"Who?" I glance at Ryuzaki and speak in English. He's got a smile on his face as if he's about to start laughing. Wouldn't that be something? A Ryuzaki laugh? "What's so funny?"

"Oh an American; I don't remember seeing any American names on my list, are you sure you're at the right place?" I understand her Japanese but she breaks into broken English. "Are you at right Collage?" I'm suddenly very angry.

What the fuck lady?! Just give me a damn number. You wouldn't find my real name anyway, it doesn't even sound 'American'; Samn Crisis. Even if I am American it doesn't mean that I'm gonna be like a Johnson or a Smith!

I lean over and place my hands on her desk and in my very best Japanese, speak to her.

"My name is Matsui Suzuki and my Japanese is fine thank you! So just give me my goddamn number." Her eyes get wide and she seems very nervous.

"Your number is 152 right in front of him." She outstretches her hand shakily with the number slip in it. I snatch it from her and angrily put it in my front pocket and walk up to Ryuzaki.

"Fuck Ryuzaki…" I say it under my breath as we walk into the auditorium sized testing room.

"You realize it was your fault right? If you hadn't spoken English in front of her she would have never known. Also Misa Amane is a famous idol, probably more so than Hideki Ryuga." We make our way to isle 100 as future students shuffle in and fill up the seats.

"Oh. Well whatever, anyway I don't really watch T.V so it's not like I need to know who she is. The likelihood of meeting some idol Japanese or otherwise is super slim." Ryuzaki stops as we notice all of the seats labeled 1*2 are on the outside. "That's odd."

"I guess this is my seat." Ryuzaki sits in his usual position in the chair and I roll my eyes. I look at the chair in front of him and it is indeed 152. He makes a noise as he shifts and I turn back to him.

"Ryuzaki, are you really going to sit like that?" He looks up at me and I realize that he took his shoes off and didn't wear socks today.

"Yes I am. And don't call me Ryuzaki. Here I am Ryuga; remember?" I sigh and rub my temple with my finger.

"Ugh you're so irritating. My head is gonna explode from all the shit I gotta remember."

"There's just one more thing. Speak Japanese unless we're at the hotel or headquarters. We don't want Light or Kira knowing you're from the States, they might use that to find out your real name." I make a rather loud frustrated noise and plop down into seat 152. I can hear people around me snicker.

"Huh, she must have lost a fight with her boyfriend or something. It's sweet how they're attempting to get into the same school." My blood runs cold and I resist the urge to turn around. My body tries to stiffen but, but I lean forward and put my head in my hand and look the other way instead. I pick up the provided pencil and twirl it as if I'm bored.

Must remain calm. Must act cool. Just relax. Ignore them, ignore the Shinigami. He doesn't know that you can hear or see him.

I can feel the wind of someone walk by and I slowly glance over.

That's right humans are attracted to movement, they won't think it's suspicious. HOLY SHIT! He is not the colors I thought he'd be!

The Shinigami follows Light as he sits in the seat two up from me. The Shinigami stops and sits on the steps. His hair is almost like a dark blue, almost black and his skin is grey. His lips are also blue and those sharp teeth…well they're yellow. His eyes have black around them but the, what normally would be white, are yellow. His pupils are red and I guess his iris is black. That earing is silver and he's dressed in all black. He kinda looks like a failed punk rock star…not as scary…just unnerving. As he walks with Light, his arms practically touch the floor. When he sits he sighs and folds them over one another, the bell rings and my attention shifts to the man at the bottom of the room who appears next to a chalk board.

"The time is now 9:30. You may begin." I glance down at the packet in front of me.

It's okay I got this I can work through it, it's just gonna be a bit tricky cause it's Kanji not Romanized…just take your time and ignore the Shinigami, you got this.

I take a deep breath and flip the page.

I got this.

. . .

Ten minutes in and movement catches my eye; the man who was down at the front of the room is walking this way.

He's coming this way…am I gonna get in trouble for talking to that woman that way? Nah, he's probably just making rounds. He's passing Light…Jesus! He walked right through the Shinigami like he wasn't even there…

"You there!" I freeze as he's standing right next to me. "Student 162 sit properly in your chair."

Sit properly? I am-oh…

I turn slightly to see that Ryuzaki has placed his bare feet against the edge of the table and is holding his pencil loosely in his index and thumb. I roll my eyes, but he stares at me and my heart skips.

Why is he staring like that? Wait, he's looking past me not at me…

I slowly turn back around and meet the piercing eyes of Light Yagami. They send a shiver down my spine.

Yikes, he's one spooky kid.

For a split second I make eye contact with the Shinigami too, but I quickly return back to my packet and attempt to finish on time.

I thought I was pretty smart before; doin' my own college at a young age, but If I manage to even get an eighty on any of these subject in a second language then I'm a fucking genius…

Well there if is folks; Chapter 24 and the entrance exam. Thanks to Ashley and Shadow for the comments and thanks to Sinful-Plaything for following. *Looks at the name again* Hmm…don't wanna know…Anyway I actually have another Chapter written out so I gotta type it too but I wanna know what you think, what do you want to happen? Let me know in a comment or PM I look forward to hearing from you.