Disclaimer for the story: Death Note is property of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata and InuYasha is property of Rumiko Takahashi. All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.

punkish furball—Hey there! The polls have spoken and people like Death Note. I was working on crossovers for each choice, but I was stumped on what to post first.

Words to Ponder:

Before you read I'd like to point a few things out (there is a lot more than I usually write but please read it):

1. I like to use Light more than Raito, so Light will be Light.

2. I know the Ryuk has two death notes.

3. I know and/or am able to look up all the rules of the death note (they put them in the beginning of each chapter in the manga) and found a way to use them to my advantage. (They are very specific.)

4. This might be a tad darker than what I usually write considering the type of manga/anime Death Note is.

5. OCs are in this story. Mimirou, whom I used before, and for the first time in a long while, Mayaru (frantic applause). More info on them comes up later in the game.

6. I used a Latin translator for the titles. If you know Latin and notice an error, feel free to correct me. I would appreciate your help!

7. I like Pinky and the Brain (I didn't want to stop on an even number :p).

Questions? Comments? Words of Wisdom? Contact me!

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Chapter 1: Promissio

Kagome held a strange notebook in her hands; she found in InuYasha's forest when she was looking for herbs. It was black with thin white writing on its cover.

"Death note, huh?" Kagome said as she read the writing on the cover aloud to herself, "I wonder how this got here."

It was a very modern looking item and there was writing in English script above the traditional Japanese characters. All in all, it was very out of place lying on the ground in the Feudal Age of Japan when not many people could read or write especially in English. Curiously, Kagome opened the notebook and began to read the first page. Again, there was an English translation above each of the Japanese characters.

" 'This is a shinigami's notebook,' " Kagome read aloud, " 'How to use it: the human whose name is written in this note shall die.' " Kagome's eyes widened and she lowered the page from her view.

'What kind of sick joke is this?' Kagome thought to herself, 'No way anyone in this era could write something like this. I wonder how it got here. I better keep this with me. There is a strange aura around it; it's not evil but then again it's exactly bursting with purity either.' Kagome pressed the notebook against her chest with the back cover facing outward and began walking towards the village.

-O0o0O-

"Are you feeling well, Kagome-sama?" Miroku asked the silent priestess who stared blankly into the roaring fire. Everyone else around her was engrossed in conversation while Kagome hadn't said a word. Kagome quickly lifted her head and looked up from the flames.

"Huh?" she responded, "Did you call me? I wasn't paying attention."

"I asked if you were alright," Miroku repeated, "You seem a little distant."

"And you haven't been listening to anything we've been saying," Sango said, supporting the monk, "Is there something on your mind? Or is anything bothering you?"

"She's probably just worried about something worthless," InuYasha said and rolled up his sleeves, "School or 'geo trees' or something stupid like that."

"I guess I just have a lot on my mind," Kagome said, "I'm fine."

"If you say so," Sango said and returned to the conversation topic. Something about Naraku or battle strategies or something else to that effect Kagome suspected.

'All stuff that I should be paying attention to,' Kagome thought, 'I've been so out of it ever since I found that stupid notebook. I'll wait until everyone settles down and get the notebook out of my bag to look it over; there has to be something on it to give me a clue of where it came from.'

"No wonder she can bare to listen to you. You all say the same thing over and over," a new voice said. It belonged to one of the newly added demonic companions of group, a fire neko half demon that looked about age thirteen or fourteen. Her skin was tanned brown like copper and, like all demons, her fingers were slender and tipped with sharp claws. Her eyes were two different colors—the right was golden and the left was blood red. Her onyx colored hair fell passed her shoulders to her waist and her bangs were cream colored. Two black cream tipped ears that were cat like in nature were on the side of her head and two black ivory tipped tails extended from her spine. She wore a sky blue yukata with small orange swirl designs scattered on it and orange obi.

"Yep, the same old thing over and over," she said, "Who wants to hear that?"

"Mimirou, don't be like that. The more you annoy them the more insufferable they get," the other new member said. She was almost identical to the other girl, Mimirou, only she was of pure demonic blood. She had pointed elfin ears and both of her eyes were crimson. Her hair and tails were creamy white where Mimirou's were black and black where Mimirou's were cream colored. She was also about an inch or so taller than Mimirou and her hair was shorter, but it wasn't a noticeable difference. Her yukata was pale green with pink petals across it and pink obi. The two newcomers are the youngest of the few remaining members of their clan of fire cats. There were also half sisters having the same father; they were both usually mistaken for twins. It was Kagome who found the two of them and Kagome whom the respected and followed.

"I don't hear the two of you pitching any ideas, Mayaru," Sango said in a harsh tone, "What we are talking about is important."

"What you are talking about causes my ears to bleed," Mayaru said and crossed her arms. She looked away from the group catching her sister rummaging through Kagome's large yellow bag. Mimirou pulled out a black notebook.

"What's this?" she said to herself while examining the notebook with strange characters on the front over the Japanese writing she was familiar with. Mayaru walked over to her sister and took the notebook from her hands with a scowl on her face; her sister had a habit of growing bored easily and of remedying her boredom rather quickly.

"You shouldn't touch Kagome-dono's things," the older sister said and held up the book up. Kagome jumped to her feet and took the book out of Mayaru's grip.

"Don't touch that!" she shouted then clamped her hand to lips when she realized her outburst. All the occupants of the small hut looked at her excluding a sleeping Shippo.

"What's your problem?" InuYasha asked the distraught teen.

"It's a journal," Kagome quickly thought up the lie, "I don't want anyone to read. Sorry about that, guys." The two nekos nodded.

"Sorry, Kagome-dono," Mimirou said, rubbing the back of neck sheepishly, "I guess I just got bored easily again." Kagome just smiled a little when everyone went on as if the little incident never happened. She looked over to the opening in the front of hut covered by the straw mat. Her eyes widened as she took in the newest occupant of room.

He was a strange-looking creature. He was tall…very tall. He was clothed in entirely black that contrasted greatly against his pale blue skin with some small accessories of silver. His lips that stretched across the lower half of his face were a darker blue with teeth sticking out like jagged peaks over his lips. The part of him that captivated Kagome the most was his eyes. They were yellow with red irises that seemed to bore into her widened blue ones. Kagome was so fixated by his appearance that she disregarded everything around her. Then almost as sudden as he appeared, the creature throw back his head and laughed…very loudly.

"Kagome, are you sure you're alright?" Sango asked. Kagome jumped slightly and nodded at the demon slayer.

"Yes, I'm fine," she said. Sango walked over and grabbed Kagome's right hand; her other held the notebook.

"Are you certain? You seem unwell," Sango said.

Kagome squeezed her hand reassuringly, "I am. Don't worry about me."

InuYasha huffed, "Like anyone was worried about you." He was quickly hit on the head by Miroku's staff.

"InuYasha's own way of saying he is concerned about you as well," Miroku said to Kagome with a smile. She smiled weakly; she felt very ill at ease.

'Why do they look like they can't hear him?' Kagome thought, 'They can't all be ignoring him! Who could?'

The creature's laughing died down so that it was only a few snickers. He turned to leave the hut but not before giving a final look to Kagome. Kagome watched him leave her fingers tightening around the spine of the notebook.

"I'm going out for some fresh air," Kagome said to the others. Before anyone could offer to accompany her, she dashed out of the door towards InuYasha's Forest. InuYasha, Sango, and Miroku looked outside from their places around the fire.

"Something is up with her," InuYasha said, "I don't like it."

"I know," Sango said, "She seemed tense."

"Perhaps she is merely feeling a little apprehensive," Miroku suggested, "With our constant topic of conversation, it's hard for her not to be. After all, most of the shards are in possession of our group or Naraku. A final confrontation is sure to approach soon."

"Still," InuYasha said, "Something doesn't smell right."

"How about Mimirou and I go look after her?" Mayaru suggested. She and her sister rose to their feet at once.

InuYasha nodded; as much as the two annoyed him, he knew without a doubt he could trust them when Kagome was concern.

"You two go ahead," InuYasha instructed, "Come back if you see anything strange." The two nodded and rushed out of the hut.

-O0o0O-

Kagome walked through the forest holding the notebook so tightly that her knuckles were white. She stopped after walking for a few minutes when she was sure that she was a safe distance away from the village.

"Okay," Kagome began, "I know that you're out here. So just come out already."

Kagome heard the same hysterical laughter that she had heard just moments ago. The large creature emerged from the trees behind her. Kagome was a little frightened of the strange being that appeared before her but hid it well.

'His energy feels different from any demon I've ever see,' Kagome thought, 'And I was the only one who noticed him before.'

"I'm surprised," the creature spoke, "not many of you humans act so calm when confronted by a shinigami."

"Shinigami?" Kagome repeated to herself.

'A god of death?' Kagome thought and looked at the notebook she held in her hands.

"If you're a shinigami," Kagome said, looking up at the death god, "then this notebook must be yours."

The shinigami nodded his head, "You could say that, but I never expected it to be found so soon by someone who could actually read and by a miko no less. How surprising."

Kagome decided to ignore the miko comment for the moment and continued to speak.

"Then if this notebook is yours," Kagome continued, "then it would be true to say that you use it to kill people."

"Yes, it would," the shinigami said, "I am the previous owner of the death note."

"What do you mean previous owner?" Kagome asked. As soon as he had said that the notebook was his, she intended on giving it back to him.

"When a death note leaves the Shinigami Realm," the shinigami began, "it becomes part of the world in which it lands, in this case, the human world. Whoever finds it becomes its new owner. Also anyone who touches the death note has the ability to see and hear the shinigami who dropped it."

"But I don't want it," Kagome said and held the notebook out to the shinigami.

"Now what am I supposed to do with that?" the shinigami said, "I told you. The death note is now yours."

"But I don't want to keep it," Kagome repeated, "Take it back."

"Are you sure?" the shinigami asked, "Don't you want to use it at least once? You could kill anyone you want."

'Anyone I want?' Kagome thought and brought the notebook closer to her, 'If I wanted to, I could use this notebook to kill Naraku. He wouldn't expect it and he would have no defense against it at all.' The whole idea was very tempting.

Kagome shook her head and held the notebook out at the shinigami again.

"No," she answered, "Take it back."

"You're no fun at all," the shinigami said.

"Just take it," Kagome said. She was steadily losing her patience with the shinigami.

"I don't think I want to take it," the shinigami said, "Why don't you just leave it where you found it? I'm sure that sooner or later, someone will find it who'll want to use it."

Kagome stiffened; she didn't like the idea of someone else finding the death note even if the odds were slim. She knew most people weren't literate and the notebook would probably be on earth for a long time. But still…

"Can you please just take it?" Kagome pleaded with the shinigami.

"Hmm…" the shinigami said, "You're pretty intent on giving the notebook back. You have no guarantee that I won't drop the death note somewhere else yet you still persist." The shinigami paused, "How about you and I make a deal?"

"What kind of deal?" Kagome asked sounding a little skeptical.

"Do you know where the word 'miko' comes from?" the shinigami asked and Kagome shook her head.

"A miko is literally 'a servant of the gods'," the shinigami said, "A shinigami is a 'god of death'. Normally, a shinigami is a lower level god and does not have a servant."

"So you want me to be your servant?" Kagome asked, immediately not liking that idea.

"In a way," the shinigami answered, "I will return to the shinigami realm with the death note. I will keep this death note with me until I return to the human world and whoever is in possession of the death note, you will serve them."

'If what I am seeing is correct,' Ryuk thought to himself, 'then that might be a long time away. . . at least for human.'

Kagome thought the plan over. It sounded okay to her. She had a feeling that the shinigami was going to keep his word, but she had to be sure.

"Why do you want to make such a deal with me?" Kagome asked.

"I have a feeling that our next encounter will be very…interesting," the shinigami replied, "And lately I've been very bored."

'Bored?' Kagome thought, 'How odd.'

"Okay," Kagome said and the shinigami took the notebook.

"You can't go back on your word," Kagome quickly added. The shinigami laughed a little.

"Shinigami don't have much to do with the concept of honor," the shinigami said, "but the fact that you are a miko and I am a god means that should either of us go back on this promise, the consequences will be dire or something." Kagome nodded and let go of the breath she was holding.

"By the way," Kagome asked, "since we are in this agreement together, do you have a name?"

"A name?" the shinigami repeated, "You can call me Ryuk."

"Ryuk," Kagome repeated the name to herself before addressing the shinigami again, "Well, then Ryuk. I guess this is good bye for now."

"Yes," Ryuk said and turned his back to Kagome, "Good bye, Kagome."

Kagome's eyes widened when two black wings sprouted from Ryuk's back and he began to fly away.

"How did he know my name?" Kagome asked the fading image of the death god over the trees.

-O0o0O-

"That is not something that happens everyday," Mimirou asked from her hiding place in the tree's leaves. The two sisters watched the scene between the miko and shinigami with feline curiosity.

"Indeed," Mayaru said and turned to her sister, "So, that notebook belonged to that being, a shinigami."

"It would seem so," Mimirou said, "We are able to see and hear him because we also touched the notebook. And I thought the whole thing was a boredom induced hallucination. Should we tell Kagome-dono we can also see the shinigami? She seems kinda distracted and probably will not remember we touched the notebook until much later."

"Should the proper opportunity arise, then I suppose we should," Mayaru said and sighed, "I have a feeling that she is going to need some kind of protection in this new endeavor and InuYasha is too brash to deal with a situation like this."

"Right," Mimirou said and decided to change the subject, "That shinigami knew Kagome-dono's name without her telling him." Mayaru shrugged her shoulders.

"There is not really a way to tell if he possesses some kind of power that would allow him to know that information without being told," Mayaru said, "I do not know much about shinigami and he could have simply over heard us talking or heard any rumors circulating about our group for all we know. It does not seem like a detail we should keep in mind for too long."

Mimirou frowned and stood up, brushing the dirt from her yukata, "If you say so. At any rate, we should keep an eye out for that shinigami."

"Do what you want. I personally wouldn't waste the energy," a voice behind the duo said. The two jumped and turned around.

"You are very jumpy," Ryuk said to the two demons.

"What do you want?" Mimirou asked as she recovered from her shock.

"So the two of you touched death note?" Ryuk said, ignoring the question, "How strange. A youkai and a hanyou so protective of a miko."

"What does that have to do with you?" Mimirou asked Ryuk, growling quietly at the shinigami. Both sisters were confused when the shinigami began to laugh.

"This makes it some much more interesting," Ryuk said to himself, "That is of course if you survive before the current death note goes out of practice. Then again, I'm sure the miko will make sure of it and take you with her since she seems to like you well enough."

"What do you speak of?" Mayaru asked the shinigami. He knew something that they didn't, something that he wasn't going to let them in on it anytime soon.

"I suppose you really don't have much to worry about especially from the newer death notes like this one," Ryuk said, "Unless someone writes you name down in the big frenzy." Before either of the two could ask the shinigami what he meant, he flew away.

"We better get back before Kagome-dono does," Mayaru said.

Mimirou nodded, "I have a feeling that we're going to meet up with Ryuk again sooner than we'd like."

-O0o0O-

"Ryuk?" Light asked the shinigami by his side discretely so that he would not be noticed by his classmates or others heading in his direction. Ryuk turned his head to the teen by his side; he wasn't really paying that much attention to him today. He didn't think he would talk to him seeing as Light usually avoided talking to him in public.

"What is it?" Ryuk asked.

"You seem kinda distant today," Light said, "What are you thinking about?"

"Just a passing thought," Ryuk said, "About a promise that was made a long time ago."

"A promise?" Light said, surprised the shinigami had given him such an answer. He didn't particularly care about it, but he was curious.

"Yes," Ryuk said, "It was centuries ago with another human who found the death note you have now."

Light just shook his head. He should not have asked; it was just useless information.

'I have better things to worry about that whatever is going on in that shinigami's head,' Light thought. When Ryuk noticed that Light was beginning to ignore him again, he looked back on the route ahead of them from Light's school to his home.

'So you have returned to your original era,' Ryuk thought to himself, 'You probably weren't expecting me to find you here, but, little miko, the odds are against you. Maybe I should tell Light about our little agreement.' Ryuk took one look at the human at his side before chuckling to himself.

'Maybe not,' Ryuk thought, 'It'll be much more interesting when Light finds out on his own.'

-O0o0O-

"A trip?" Mimirou and Mayaru said in unison. It was the morning after Kagome's encounter with the shinigami. The two of them had managed to return before she did and had told InuYasha that she just needed time to herself and nothing out of the ordinary happened. When she returned and confirmed what they said, InuYasha and the others became less suspicious. They didn't like lying to the others, but both youkai had a feeling that it was for the best not to mention the shinigami.

Kagome nodded, "Yep, a trip into my era. We're supposed to be having a festival there tomorrow and I want you two to be in it." She had been thinking about this for a long time. The others were still at the village; they were settling in because Kagome was going home today. She was already wearing her yellow backpack ready to depart.

"Why didn't you ask any of the others to come?" Mimirou asked.

"Nobody else is really interested in my era like you guys are," Kagome answered, "Shippo is only interested in snacks and sweets and would be too much to keep up with, Kaede seems a little interested but I don't want her to go and get hurt because of her age, Sango and Miroku never seem interested when I talk about my era, and InuYasha has already been there a few times and tells me that he doesn't like it there that much. Would you like to come with me?"

"Of course, but how will we be able to accompany you?" Mayaru asked, "Only InuYasha is able to do so."

"That's because there is a bond between InuYasha and I," Kagome explained, "The bond exists because of the prayer beads that InuYasha wears on his neck."

"So if we wear prayer beads, then we will be able to travel with you?" Mimirou asked.

"It's not quite that simple," Kagome said, "The bond exists between the maker and the wearer of the prayer beads. It was Kikyo who made InuYasha's beads, so that is why there is a bond between us," Kagome slide off her backpack and reached inside one of its side pockets. She pulled out two bracelets. She held them out to the two girls.

"I had the ration the materials I had so I could only make them this size," Kagome said, "but the effects will be the same. I'm not too sure if they work, but Kaede taught me how and I made some trial ones that I tested on her and they worked pretty well." The two girls fingered the new accessories before slipping them on their wrists. The bracelets began to glow bright pink.

Kagome smiled brightly; they worked.

'All I need to do now is think of a command,' she thought to herself, 'Nothing like "sit" that could hurt and nothing too complicated.'

"Okay," Kagome said out loud, "Kneel." Mimirou and Mayaru got onto their knees and bowed deeply. They were still for a few moments before the light receded and they could move.

"Sorry about that," Kagome said when they rose to their feet, "I was trying to pick one that would hurt you and I guess I picked a bad one."

"It's a fine command," Mayaru said with a smile, "and not half as humiliating as sit."

"Great," Kagome said and clapped her hands together, "Now all we have to do is tell InuYasha you're going with me for the weekend." Kagome had her backpack back on and the three of them began their trek back to the village.

Mimirou groaned, "Do we have to tell him? He gets mad enough when you want to go home. I doubt he will like the idea of us accompanying you."

"It's not like I'm going to let him stop us," Kagome said, "I just don't want him to worry about you guys when you're gone."

"InuYasha worry about us?" Mayaru said dryly, "As if."

"InuYasha does like you guys!" Kagome protested, "Besides, it'll be better if we let him know up front instead of sneaking around his back."

"If you say so," the two girls responded in unison.

-O0o0O-

"I don't think so," InuYasha said when Kagome told him of her plans.

"I wasn't asking your permission, InuYasha," Kagome said and crossed her arms over her chest, "They are coming with me whether you like it or not. I just happened to have the courtesy to tell you."

InuYasha growled softly at the raven haired teen. Kagome stood her ground in front of him; she wasn't going to back down.

"How come the two of you get to go with Kagome?" Shippo asked the feline demons. He liked the two of them, but he was quickly getting jealous.

Mimirou shrugged her shoulders and said, "She asked us and we said yes; there is not that much to it. I have been curious about Kagome's era for a long time and I was not going to pass this up."

"Neither was I," Mayaru said, "Besides," she continued looking at Sango and Miroku, "she told us that no one else seems to be that interested in what she has to say about her home. She did not want to burden anyone who did not really want to go." She inwardly smirked when she saw Miroku and Sango react to the jab at their consciences. She and her sister liked the two of them, but they would often disregard Kagome whenever she tried to explain her homework or talk about something in her era…unintentionally of course, but the action would hurt all the same.

"Of course," Mimirou said to Shippo, "you could certainly hop for your share of sweets." She ruffled the kitsune's hair; he seemed to be satisfied with what the neko had to say.

"I don't care what's going on," InuYasha said, "those two are not leaving this village."

"Perhaps you could consider it this way," Mimirou said, growing with InuYasha's stubborn attitude, "If we go to the festival and play the roles Kagome had set aside for us, you will not be bothered with any of the 'annoying humans' you tell us so much about. And when we return, I am certain that the three of us can carry more ramen and potato chips you are so fond of than Kagome when she goes alone." When InuYasha's ears perked up, Mimirou smirked. The half demon was sold and there was no turning back.

"Okay," InuYasha said in a quiet voice, "I'll let you go." Before Mimirou could say that they weren't asking for his permission, Kagome and Mayaru thanked him and grabbed Mimirou's arm. The three of them ran towards the well.

"We'll be back before you know it!" Kagome shouted behind her back while the other two waved. They kept going until they reached the well.

"So, this is it?" Mimirou said, looking at the well. They had seen it many times before, but it seemed completely different now than it did before. A whole new world that was totally unreachable was suddenly so close.

"Yep," Kagome said, "I already told my mom you might be coming so she made up the guest room for you. I also have some clothes for you to change into; your clothes are much more common in my era than InuYasha's, but I want you to get the whole 21st century experience. Today, we are just going to hang out at my house and I'll show you some of the modern devices I have at home and get you ready for the festival tomorrow. After tomorrow, I'll show you around the city."

"That all sounds so fun," Mimirou said, "We have never been to a festival or anything before."

"Yes," Mayaru said, "It should be very fun. Thank you for allowing us to come with you. It is an honor."

"I'm glad I wanted you wanted to come with me," Kagome said then she leaned over the edge of the well, "Do you want to go in first or should we all go in together?"

"We will go first," Mimirou said excitedly, "You can make sure we get on the other side and then go after us."

Kagome nodded and waited for the two the jump in. Mimirou went ahead of her sister and dove head first into the well. The blue light glowed and she disappeared.

"I better go before she gets too excited," Mayaru said and sat on the edge of the well and slide in so the she would land on her feet. Kagome smiled when she saw Mayaru disappear into the well. She adjusted her backpack straps and jumped into the well behind them.

-O0o0O-

punkish furball—Kagome and Light will meet up later. I like how it's all shaping out. I got this idea after I found out what "miko" meant. I was either going to try it with Death Note or Bleach (the coin came up tails, so Death Note won). I did a little prewriting for this story beforehand, so updates may come up a little sooner than usual.

-Ut redimio ut Nex – "Bound or Constricted to a Violent Death"

-Promissio – "Deal" or "Promise"

L83R, DUDES!

(edited 08.05.2010)