A/N: *Phew* finally, it's done! Chapter three… man that took forever. Between mounds of school work, and my dad stealing my computer because his broke, it's a wonder I was even able to type this up! Thank you to everyone who was reviewed thus far. Each and every opinion is greatly appreciated =)

Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers, or Death Note, but I DO own the many DN/TF doodles in my notebooks =^_^=

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Sideswipe had just returned from one of the longest battles of his life, and he was exhausted. To make matters worse, the Decepticons had gotten away with the Mini-con. He threw himself down onto his recharge platform and let out a long sigh.

"You got beaten bed today, eh?" Ryuk asked. He laughed quietly to himself.

"Ugh, yeah. I have to go to the med bay too." Sideswipe mumbled as he examined his many wounds.

"How long you got, 'cause I want to tell you 'bout the last time someone got one of my Death Notes." Ryuk's eyes gleamed roguishly.

"Eh, I don't have much time, so why don't you save it for after I get fixed up?" Sideswipe said, still quite weary from his earlier ordeal.

"Yeah, sure. Hey, do they have any apples in the med bay?"

"Nah, you'd be better off looking in the human's lounge room." Sideswipe paused to open the door on his way to the med bay.

"Thanks. Don't forget, it's story time when you get back." Ryuk snickered.

"Uh, huh."

Sideswipe nodded absent mindedly as he walked down the hall. Ryuk flew off in the other direction, toward the lounge.

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One Hour Later

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After an excruciatingly painful time in the med bay, Sideswipe returned to his quarters. Ryuk was stretched out on the recharge platform, eating a basketful of apples.

"You said something about a story?" Sideswipe inquired as he collapsed into a chair in the corner.

"Heh, oh yeah." Ryuk replied, throwing the last apple up into the air and catching it in his mouth.

He then sat up on the recharge platform.

"'Bout seven years ago, I decided to drop on of my Death Notes in the human world. Life in the Shinigami world is SOOO boring, and the apples are terrible!" He laughed after this comment. "A week later, I came back to see what human I was attached to. His name was Light Yagami, and he had already used five pages of the note by the time I found him."

Sideswipes optics went wide.

"Light said that he wanted to become the 'god of the new world' by killing off all of the Earth's criminals. 'Course, the ICPU would have none of this, so they hired L, the world's top detective, to investigate the 'Kira' case." Ryuk wheezed a laugh and said, "And guess what? Light's father was the chief investigator on the task force!" He laughed again, but much louder this time.

"Um, heh, yeah, I guess that is pretty ironic." Sideswipe said a little nervously.

Quite honestly, he was a bit frightened by Ryuk's psychotic laughter.

"Anyways, L applied to and attended the same college as Light to investigate the possibility of him being Kira. They were the top two students in their school, so they bonded pretty quickly. When L was pretty much sure that Light was Kira, he invited Light to join the task force. L hoped that light would slip up as Kira after gaining access to all of the Kira investigation data."

Sideswipe looked extremely confused. "Well…. Wouldn't that just put more people at risk?"

"Eh, I guess, but the criminals' names would have gotten to the news at some point anyways." Ryuk replied with a shrug.

"So, what L did was make everything that he and Light did, a test to think of a percent of chance that Light was Kira. Light asked to be held in isolation when the chance of him being Kira got to be about 90%. L figured for sure that he was Kira, because all of the killings stopped… that is, until after about a month after Light's isolation, three weeks worth of criminals were killed all at once."

"Hold on now, how did he use the Death Note without access to the outside world, AND without getting caught!?"

All of this information was almost too much for Sideswipe's processor to handle. Ryuk chuckled quietly

"This is where it gets interesting. Light would never just give himself up. He told me that he had a plan. His girlfriend, Misa Amane, also had a Death Note, and she too was being held in isolation. He had her give up ownership of her Death Note, and he told her Shinigami, Rem, to give the note to someone powerful, and high ranking in society. Before Light had her do this, though, he transferred ownership of his Death Note to Misa, and had her bury it in a place where no one would find it. After this, neither of them remembered the Death Notes, me, or Rem. They were found innocent once the killings started aga-- HEY!"

Sideswipe had and extremely short attention span and he had drifted into a light recharge. His head shot straight up when he realized that Ryuk knew he was asleep.

"Uh…." Sideswipe said with a shifty glance around the room. "Sorry." He sweat dropped.

"Yeeeaaaahh.... Anyways, the man who was given the Death Note was caught, and killed when Light got a hold of the note again. Ownership of Misa's Death Note went to Light the second that the man was killed, and so Rem then became the Shinigami attached to him. Light told Misa where the second was, so that she could dig it up, and they would have both Death Notes again. Light knew that with his new position as second in command of the Kira investigation, he would no longer be able to use his Death Note to kill criminals. He decided to leave the killing to Misa and a man the Light believed was worthy, named Mikami. When L noticed that only criminals were being killed again, his suspicion returned to Light. After the capture of the man that Rem gave Misa's note to, the Death note remained at the task force headquarters, along with Rem herself. When she saw how suspicious L was of Light, Rem felt that she had to protect Light, thus protecting Misa. Rem always had been pretty attached to Misa, come to think about it.... But, uh, yeah, Rem killed both L and his assistant, Watari. Watari had also set up the Wammy House, which was an orphanage for extremely gifted children. Light took over as the new L, so now there was nothing to stop him from killing every criminal available to him. About 6 years later, though, that all changed." Ryuk seemed to have been lost in his old memories, because he was no longer thinking about what happen. The words just seem to come to him. "Two boys, Mihael Keehl and Nate Rivers, had spent their whole lives trying to prove who would be the best replacement for L. They grew up at the same orphanage as L, and were given the code names, Mello for Mihael, and Near for Nate."

"What's with the code names? They don't make any sense!"

Not being much one for long, intricate stories, Sideswipe would much rather be hanging out with Hotshot right now, and it showed. He picked up the empty apple basket, and slowly unraveled the wicker as he pretended to pay attention. Though he was thoroughly distracted, Sideswipe still managed to pick up bits of information every here and there.

"Code names kept the boys safe.... Mello got a Death Note.... Near arranged a meeting with the task force.... Light.... died."

Sideswipe suddenly went wide eyed. "I-Is that gonna happen to me?!" He was truly horrified.

Ryuk grinned slyly, for he knew that only someone as intelligent as light would be able to be Kira, and not get caught at once.

"I dunnooooo.... that depends on how careful you are. So.... you want to give it back?"

After thinking for a moment, Sideswipe looked up at Ryuk and said cautiously, "No. It might help later on."

The moment he had finished speaking, a voice called from out of nowhere, "Siiideswiiipe! What's a muffin?"

It was Sukai in all her random splendor.

"I, uh, I'm not sure." He replied.

Sideswipe wasn't quite sure how to answer any of her questions.... she was just so different.

"Heheh, you're a silly willy walnut head," said Sukai in a playful voice.

"Hmmm.... I like this kid," Ryuk told himself. "Hey, Sides, lemme see your Death Note," he commanded with a grin more insane than any other before it.

Before he could even respond, Sideswipe had the book snatched from his grasp, and he watched, stunned, as the Death Note was thrown across the room. Sukai's eyes went wide as the note landed flat on her head, and she saw Ryuk for the first time.

"Ohhh..... AWSOME!" She could hardly believe that the creature that stood before her was real. "I'm Sukai, what's your name? Where are you from? What ARE you?"

It'd be a miracle if she got a breath in between those questions, let alone live to hear them answered. Sukai swayed a bit from lack of oxygen, and then collapsed into a peaceful slumber on the floor.

Ryuk Snickered and said, "She'll be fun to have around."

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A/N: Sorry it took so long (once again). I'll make sure chapter four is posted much more quickly. I'd love to hear any requests/comments/constructive criticism you have! Every review helps, and hey, it just might be that the more reviews I get, the fast the chapters will come out ;) Thank you very much for reading, and thank you for bearing with me through my endless notes ^^' Siggy out!