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Y/N RETURNED BACK to school the following monday after her chat with L at the bakery.

as the school day went by, y/n looked around for ryuga, or L she should say, but she didn't see him at all.

shrugging it off, she skipped to her last class of the day, criminology which just so happened to be light's last class as well.

she happily walked into her class and took her designated seat at the back. everyone would have assumed the "genius student" (as she was labeled) would sit in the front. but y/n chose the back just because she could sneak some snacks without the teacher noticing. and if someone were to snitch, the professor would believe the top student over them.

being a top student somewhat has its perks...

"alright class. i'd like you all to separate into pairs. and before you ask, no you may not work in groups of three."

multiple students groaned in agitation as they sorrowfully looked around at their friends.

"for this project, i want you and your partner to pick a criminal. wether they are alive or dead, it doesn't matter. pick a criminal that interests the both of you and write a detailed analysis of why this person would have committed said crime(s). an example is ted bundy. feel free to watch videos, documentaries, news tapes, anything that helps you with your research. this will be due next week. i have high expectations from you all. you may begin."

with that, the screeching of chairs and chatter filled the classroom.

"hey y/n wanna work with me?"

"y/n! let's work together!"

"wanna be my partner, y/n?"

... and being a top student also had its cons.

"sorry guys, i was hoping to work with light for this one!" she politely declined. grabbing all of her belongings, she walked over to lights desk.

"hi light!" she greeted.

"hey, y/n." he smiled. "how was your weekend?"

"hmm? oh! not much happened. it's just after the ceremony i ate some desserts with l- ryuga."

light raised a brow at her stutter but pushed it aside.

'that was close' y/n internally apologized to L.

"ah okay. well, wanna work together?" light moved on, not wanting to pry into her personal business.

"sure! you have a criminal in mind who you want to research?"

"i was thinking about kira. i'm sure you've heard of him." light cooly replied.

"kira? oh yeah, i've heard of him. is there a specific reason you wanna research him?" y/n pressed.

"my dad is working on the kira investigation with the police since he's the chief so we should be able to get some information if i request him." light naturally replied.

"... hmm alright! since the information is probably at your house, let's work on it after school today." y/n suggested.

"yeah, that's fine with me."

'something is definitely off about light...' y/n thought.

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y/n continuously kicked a small rock while walking beside light to his house.

shortly after, the two had arrived at the yagami household.

slipping off his shoes, light turned to y/n "make yourself at home."

nodding, y/n also slipped off her shoes. "pardon the intrusion." she announced to light's family before following behind light.

"woahh, light is this your girlfriend? she's so pretty!" a girl just a bit younger than light sprung from the couch and rushed over to y/n.

"hi! i'm y/n and you are?" y/n extended her hand.

"i'm sayu, light's younger sister. nice to meet you!" sayu ignored y/n's hand and pulled her into a hug.

"sayu, leave y/n alone. we have to work on our project." light sighed.

"stop being mean to sayu." y/n wrapped her arms around the younger yagami and shielded her from light as if he was a dangerous threat.

"light, i like your girlfriend more than you." sayu giggled.

"she's not my girlfriend." light pried sayu away from y/n and dragged y/n to his room.

light closed his door and sat down on the floor.

"sorry, we'll have to work on the floor since my desk isn't the biggest." light apologized.

"it's not a big deal." y/n sat next to light and got straight to work.

the two watched recorded news videos and read news articles while discussing in between each.

"hey, light i'm going to borrow a pen really quick. mine ran out of ink." light nodded his head while y/n stood up and picked a random pen from the pencil jar.

y/n tested the pen on a random paper to make sure it works but her her demise, it was dead. "light, this pen doesn't work. i'll just throw it out."

before y/n could throw out the pen, light abruptly grabbed her wrist, halting her movements. "no. it's fine i'll throw it away later."

"dude, your trash can is just downstairs. besides, i wanted a stretch break anyways." freeing her wrist from light, she tried to continue back downstairs only for light to block the door.

"is this pen important to you or something? or are you hiding something..." looking around lights room, her eyes landed on the drawer that had silver keys very obviously placed inside the key hole.

"ooh light, you shouldn't leave your eyes just dangling like that. someone might figure out your deepest secrets." y/n walked back over to light's desk and looked at him making sure it was okay to open the drawer. when she received no response, she assumed it was alright and opened the drawer. she was met with a simple diary. or she thought. she could immediately tell there was a fake bottom. from all her years of working for the agency, she knew all too well what false bottoms looked like.

"light, what're you hiding under this false bottom?" she bluntly asked, twirling the pen around her fingers.

light's eyes widened noticeably while ryuk cackled while rolling around light's floor.

"wow, your new friend knows her stuff. so whatcha gonna do now, light?" ryuk taunted, adding more pressure to light.

"my drawer has a false bottom? i didn't know that. it was my grandfather's before he passed away and i just inherited it. i just assumed it was just a normal bedroom desk for studying." light smoothly lied.

"maybe your grandfather left something inside! let's open it. aren't you curious of what might be inside?" y/n pushed.

"uh, i don't know.. i don't want to break my desk or anything." light tried to convince.

"i've taken out false bottoms all the time! besides, if i break it, then i'll pay for a new desk in full." y/n reasoned.

ryuk continued to laugh and have his one sided conversation with light. "you don't have a reason to say no. what's gonna happen now? are you gonna let her open the false bottom and let her and the desk explode? or are you going to use that pen and open it for her?"

an unnoticed bead of sweat rolled down the back of light's neck. he really didn't have a reason to say no.

'if i let her open the false bottom how false bottoms are normally taken out, her and the death note will both burn. but if i willingly take the pen and open it like i made it to be, then if she touches the death note, she'll see ryuk!'

light's brain frantically thought of an excuse but something y/n would say could immediately counter it.

ryuk on the other hand, was enjoying light's distraught state. he never would have imagined someone other than L could bring so much stress to light regarding the death note. since ryuk didn't want his only source of entertainment (the death note) to be burnt to crisp, he decided to say something that would drive light over the edge.

"light, if you let her burn to death, then wouldn't that be the very thing 'kira' doesn't stand for? kira wants justice and a perfect world. kira wants to be god of this world. but if you let her burn, knowing that she'll die, that's not very god-like now is it?"

'he's right. the only reason i became kira is because i want a perfect world with no violence. if i let y/n die, i'd be a hypocritical god.'

swallowing the lump in his throat, light took long strides over and plucked the pen out of y/n's hand. unscrewing the ink from its capsule, light placed the pen under the desk and pushed upwards.

and there it was with all its glory. the death note.

"oooh, death note. how mysterious." y/n reached for the black notebook that was left unguarded.

everything felt like it was in slow motion to light. y/n's fingers grazed over the cover of the death note before her hand slowly grabbed it.

y/n lifted up the death note and brought it closer to her face. but before she could examine it further, a large shadow that most definitely did not belong to light loomed over her.

slowly craning her head up, she locked eyes with the shinigami.

she blinked twice hard, and slowly extended her hand out to touch ryuk.

"hey! don't touch me." ryuk's raspy voice demanded.

y/n jumped back and and robotically turned to look at light who looked more than terrified.

"light... WHAT THE FU-"

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( a/n: this author's note is for those who don't follow me and haven't seen the message i posted.

i've made very minor changes to chapters 1-4 but i decided to completely scrap chapter 5 and 6 and restart. this chapter is nothing like the one from before and i actually like it much more. )