The creatures from the underworld flew together to the roof of the To-Oh university. Ryuk found Rem by chance, and since he was going to find some apples, he told her to sit there chit-chat for a while. Ryuk was excited about the apples he found. He couldn't help but ate them with gluttony. Rem though seemed thoughtful. She was the only one who was preoccupied with something. It seemed like she was a young adult who suddenly acquired responsibilities and obligations at such a young age.

"What's wrong? Are you jealous because am the only one eating apples?" Ryuk asked.

"No, it's not that. Is just I hate seeing Misa in this situation. I never wanted to see her suffer that much... And this monster consumed her!"

Ryuk didn't listen though. He was busy eating his apples.

"Hey! Are you listening to me?" Rem tried to get his attention.

The other Shinigami ate the apples with such greed that he heard nothing of what Rem said. He just couldn't help it. They were so flavorful! Perhaps the most flavorful apples he had ever eaten. As he normally says, apples in the world of shinigami are tasteless.

"Hmm... These apples are just awesome! I could say better than the ones from the Shinigami world! How humans say it... Juicy!"

"I didn't know you were that senseless... Am trying to tell you Light made Misa lose her death note memories. She now suffers a lot more than before... She has no conscious of the reason why she loves him that much. In addition, he began manipulating both of his fake partners. Talking about Misa and Takada, in which I gave Misa's death note to her. If the police arrest them, she will have no acknowledgment of her direct relationship with Kira, so she won't know why she's getting arrested"

The female shinigami sighed deeply.

"I never wished for things to turn out like this! How am I suppose now to help this poor girl?"

"Oh... I see" Ryuk replied indifferently. He took a huge bite from his apple and added: "What should I answer to this statement? Am not in anyone's place. Either Light or L, or Misa. Make up your mind by yourself"

"What a nice way to behave..." Rem commented sarcastically.

"Why are you being so sarky though? What do you want me to do? After all, you were the one who went with Light to Takada's place and gave your notebook to her"

"I did it this in order to find out Light's next movement, and what he's up to"

"Did you find out?"

"Unfortunately, no. That's why I have to protect Misa as I did so far"

"Hmm" The black shinigami made noises while he was eating the apples. It didn't matter if he was being rude towards Rem. He simply wanted to enjoy his red fruits.

"How about stealing Light's notebook, enter Misa's house, rip off a piece of the page, and then secretly put it to Misa's hand? Sounds the easiest way to remember. If you want to help her that much..."

"It won't make it. I did it once when she was at the secret base of Yotsuba, where she had lost her memories again and didn't remember at all. She just saw me standing there. Besides, Light will somehow find out It always seems like he's got eyes all over his body and can see everyone and everywhere"

"I don't think his body has eyes. He's just pretty smart than the average person. He's not a monster from the Cthulhu mythology. He's a mythos himself" Ryuk added and laughed with his pun.

"How 'bout borrowing another death note from the Shinigami world?" He continued.

"It won't make her remember unless the shinigami is her master. Just like you're for Light"

"Huh? I never said Light is my master, nor that I serve him. Am just here for fun. I want to kill my boredomness ya know!"

The other creature sighed deeply. "Anyway... Back to our topic. We can't ask a shinigami to be Misa's pet just to make her remember. That's a lot of work. We need something fast, but efficient"

"What do you mean «we»? Since when I agreed in helping you?"

"You didn't. You're just the only available around here. I know I can't really count on you, Ryuk, but if the other shinigamis find out what humans did with the death notes, we're gonna get in trouble with the King! Who knows what might happen next..."

The male shinigami thought for a moment Rem's words as he finished his apple. She was indeed right. Death is not a joke, nor something it should be played with, as if it's a toy. If Kira's power goes out of control, then it may start spreading like a pandemic disease around the world. It doesn't sound so cool as an idea, but it will definitely be fun not only for him but also for the other shinigamis! It sounded as deadly as he had ever wished to!

"If that's the case, then you shouldn't count on me at all! I don't have L or Light's IQ to make my brain think unprecedented things and moves. If you want to help Misa, go for it, but don't expect me to get involved in all this stuff. Even if Kira's power becomes worldwide and starts spreading like a disease, I won't be bothered either. As long as humans continue being interesting, I won't leave the human world. It will seem like am watching an endless action movie" The shinigami made himself clear.

"I love endless movies! They never end, only if someone decides to make a difference and be the «hero» of everyone"

And with this sarcastic comment, Ryuk spread his wings grabbed his apples, and left behind the building without greeting Rem. He had got bored of her complaining anyway. He would just mind his own business, whether she decides to stop Kira or not.

Rem thought didn't have many choices, unless if she went to inform the policemen where Light is, so they can arrest him and grab Misa's death note. No, that's quite dangerous and Light might find out her plan. Another better opinion could be if she asked another shinigami to exchange their notebooks, so she can replace Takada's death note with the other shinigami's. She could transfer the dead persons' names to the other notebook and make it seem it's Takada's. But, that wouldn't work out either, since the young woman would notice the handwriting isn't hers.

There was no choice but to ask Shidoh. He'll know better how to advise her, and besides, Light's death note is actually Sidoh's which had been stolen from Ryuk. Perhaps he knew how to offer her some help since the notebook was his, so he should know the rules

better.

"I lost. Your turn now"

"Wait... I thought it was Shiitake's turn. Mine has already passed"

"Obviously you don't know how poker is played"

It's not uncommon for shinigamis to get easily bored in their world. After all, it is a rotten place with no interest among its inhabitants. Most of them are even bored with living. What's the point of a shinigami anyway? Just removing a mortal's life and increase their own lives, which has no meaning in the end. So these were three shinigamis playing poker and making fun of each other. Nothing else but a small piece of their boredom written on the poker cards.

The gray female shinigami passed by, leaving her presence ignored by the other terrifying creatures. Sidoh is kind of a lonely man, so he probably won't be around the other shinigamis.

Eventually, she found him in an isolated area of the shinigami world. He was eating a chocolate bar he had found on Earth. He seemed to enjoy its taste, as much as Ryuk enjoys the taste of apples. She approached him with this crackling sound her feet make.

"Sidoh?"

He turned his head.

"Hey, Rem. I heard this human pretending to be a god escaped the court. Everyone's talking about how he tried to kill all the criminals on Earth, because of Ryuk. It's a new trend conversation topic among shinigamis"

"Yeah, I know... Humans can be horrible creatures"

"You mean «interesting» as Ryuk usually says. Hehehe!"

He brought his whole body to Rem's side still eating his chocolate bar.

"How's it going down there?"

"If you exclude the whole thing with Kira and the multiple daily deaths, everything is fine"

"Interesting... So his name is Kira"

"That's just his nickname, but-"

"I'll inform our King for those interesting humanistic stuff! He's gonna kill his boring daily life thanks to Kira!"

He took a step forward, but Rem caught him up.

"Wait!"

Crackling his neck, he turned to look at her ready to listen to what she was going to tell him.

"What?"

"There's something specific I wanted to talk to you about him. It may seem ridiculous, but for me, it is quite important"

"Go ahead" he told her since she had grabbed his attention.

And so, that's what the female shinigami did. She explained to Sidoh every detail and every single thing that has happened not only with Light, but the people around him as well. She told him who is L and why he's so passionate to catch Light, who is Misa, and why she loves him so much, but also everything that happened in the court. Everything her eyes had seen.

"Wow... Little did Ryuk knew how things would turn out once he threw my notebook on the human world! Hehehehehe"

"Yes... That's why I came to you to ask for advice. You know your notebook better than anyone else, so you must know how it works to find an appropriate plan" She finished.

"You did well. Um... Well... You know the rules are different on every death note, right? They are essentially the same rules, they just change the way they are managed. That's something only shinigamis know"

"That's right"

"Does Light know about this detail?" He asked.

"Probably not. The rules are over 150, he can't memorize them all by spot. Besides, this rule is not even written on your own death note. It's not written on mine either"

"You're right, it's not. Mainly because it is a hidden rule a human shouldn't know, whether he uses the death note or not. And that's something only shinigamis know"

"It's probably a good thing Light doesn't have the acknowledge of these rules. Things would get completely out of hand" Rem commented.

"Anyway... Let's recap this rule, so we can remember"

Both of them sat down trying to figure out what they were gonna do with this unknown rule.

"As we already know, the death note won't affect humans who have a lifespan shorter than 780 days. Also, someone who has made the deal of the shinigami eyes, cannot see someone's lifespan if that particular person possess a death note. That's what humans already know" Sidoh explained. The other shinigami nodded.

"What they don't know is that a person who has lifespan shorter than 780 days and has made the deal with the eyes, can still see everyone's lifespan, whether they possess a death note or not"

Rem remembered the numbers she had saw above Light's head. His lifespan... He had only 365 days. Which meant he would be dead within a year. But why? He obviously had used the notebook too much, so he had shortened his lifespan. Or did Misa "gave" her eyes to him? Could she see now people's names or not?

"I think Light did have a reason why he made Misa lose her memories" Sidoh continued.

"If both persons possessing death notes interact with each other, but the first person has lifespan under 780 days, then the second will start hallucinating that they have lost their memories about death note, even if they didn't ask it themselves. What I mean is that Misa didn't actually lose her memories. She's just hallucinating. But this rule implies differently to every notebook. For example, this rule only applies to my own death note. To yours, it applies differently. It may affect people who have a lifespan shorter than 780 days and if they're on the limit, they lose their memories"

The female shinigami tried to understand Sidoh's words. She already had the knowledge of this rule, but Light had asked her to make Misa lose her memories. It doesn't mean his lifespan was shorter than two and a half years.

"But Light had asked me to erase her memories"

"It doesn't matter. That's just a coincidence. Whether he asked you or not, her memories would be still deleted, since Light's lifespan is under two and a half years"

"His lifespan wasn't that short when I first met him" Rem said.

"Hehehehe... It's up to every human how they will use the notebook. Light decided to be the god of the new world and started killing criminals. As a result, his lifespan got shorter day by day... Don't you remember how my life was taken?"

"I think you've told me once"

"I was an idiot. I thought this whole notebook was just a game, so I killed people just for fun. After the shinigami wrote my name on the death note, I became a shinigami too and my name changed into Sidoh. I don't even remember my real name anymore..."

Sidoh left a deep sight remembering his old human life.

"My wife probably found another man to marry. She didn't deserve a killer like me anyway. She was so sweet, tender, and patient to me. She never raised her voice... I never saw my two sons becoming firefighters as I was. They were still in college when I left my human life"

"C'mon, don't bring those memories on your mind! They're things you shouldn't remember. We better focus on this situation! Misa's! She needs to remember!" Rem tried to bring him back on the present.

"We have to find a plan before it's too late..."

In the world of Shinigamis it may have been just ten minutes, but on Earth had passed ten hours. Mainly because the hours and minutes get different among the world of mortals and the world of Shinigamis. So it was now 10 pm, and the day was almost over. Other days would pass in turn. And Kira's case would continue once again, until the police eventually find the two Kiras, so the court can execute them. If of course, L had no problem seeing Misa dead. Or if he tried once again to save her...