Alright, now if you haven't checked our profile, or read our other stories then you might not know that there are two of us that make these stories ^^ Bleachfan(S) Lol. Anyways, this is our first Deathnote fanfic and we're so happy you're taking the time to read it. Like we said in the summary, this starts off a little before Takada lit the church on fire against her will. (Power of the deathnote) But, someone sees the smoke ;) Enjoy people! And please review.

Also, it's a bit of a Yaoi so just sit back and enjoy! haha

Ps. Thank you Hiromu for helpin us think of a title. ^.^

Disclaimer:

RubyR3d: Okay! New story! We don't own deathnote

Midnight: Because if we did, Matt would not be dead!

RubyR3d: You got that right!

Matt: Aww that's so nice.

Both: AHHHHH! Ghost!

Matt: *laughs* No not a ghost. I'm not actually dead ya know. It's just a show.

RubyR3d: Oh, um, well, ha! I knew that all along. *shifty eyes*

Midnight: Suuuuuuure ya did. Anyways, Enjoy everybody!

The final bell had rung and right on cue, everyone jumped up and ran for the door. Some were practically knocking others over to leave the the building. But who could blame them? The English teacher's lecture was beyond boring. After the room had cleared out, the English teacher, Mr. Abukara sighed. He never got to get his last sentences out when the bell rang. There was only one who didn't run out of the room like the other immature collage students.

"Well, I'm not surprised that you're the last one here, Mai." said Mr. Abukara to the young red head who was still in her seat on the upper level. She looked up from her note book and smiled at him.

"Yeah, there really is no point to rushing. The weekends not going anywhere. I find it really annoying actually. They ran out of here like Justin Bieber was waiting outside." Mai said finishing up her notes. Mr. Abukara laughed and straightened his glasses.

"That's exactly what it seemed like didn't it? Well, did you need me to finish my last statement or are you going to head off too?" He said walking over to her seat. Mai started to put her books back into her shoulder bag. Even though she didn't feel the need to rush, she didn't want to sit there and listen to a private speech.

"No, it's fine. I'm pretty sure I know where you were going with the lecture. I'm just gonna head off. I have a lot of studying to do." Mr. Abukara was leaning on Mai's desk now and took of his glasses to clean them.

"Again, I'm not surprised. You're an excellent student and the only one getting one hundred and two percent in my class." He said trying to show how impressed he was. Saying Mai was smart is an understatement. She was only seventeen and was already in collage taking Junior classes. Mai smiled at the compliment and stood, but she noticed that when Mr. Abukara put his glasses back on, that his expression changed.

"Um, Mai?" He said. His voice full of curiosity.

"Excuse me for asking, but what is that?" He pointed to a certain little black book hanging out of her bag. Mai looked down and her eyes widened. She thought that she had left it at home. No, she knew she did. Luckily, all you could see of it was the D-E-A-T in golden letters, but it seemed like those were the only letters you needed to see to know that it was a book about Death. Mai quickly grabbed and flung the bag over her shoulder. It only caused Mr. Abukara's face to have more suspicion in it.

"Is there something you wanted to talk about?" He asked tilting his head downwards to look at her from the top of his glasses. Teachers and parents always did that when they wanted to talk or tell you that they're on to you..without even talking to you.

"Um..it's nothing. It's just a book I've been reading called...er..Death Wish." She could tell by his face that he wasn't buying it. 'Crap! I know that I left this thing at home.'she thought nervously. She had only had the thing for a week and a half and it was already going to get her in trouble. Mr. Abukara grimaced.

"Oh, really? What's it about." He asked crossing his arms. 'What's his deal?' Mai said mentally. 'It's none of his business anyway.' Mai lightly brushed her feet back and forth looking down at the carpet. Finally, she looked up at him with a cocky smile.

"It's about a girl with a death wish and in the end, she gets her wish. I'm leaving now." She said coldy walking past her teacher. Surprisingly, he said nothing when she brushed past him. Mai was a little upset now for a couple of reasons. One, she had no idea how her Deathnote got in her bag, Two, her teacher didn't need to have his nose in her business, and Three, she had no idea where her Shinigami, Naito, was.

" I didn't mean to upset you." She heard a voice say behind her. Mai turned to see that Mr. Abukara was facing her. He really did look apologetic. Mai felt instant guilt right then, but still wasn't in the mood and had to get going. Mai then turned back around and started walking again.

"It's fine" was all she said when she left the room.

After Mai left the building, she felt a lot better. The sky was gray and dull. It looked as though it may rain any second. Usually, this kind of weather would cause people to be depressed, but Mai loved this weather. She didn't really like when the sun was out, it gave her a headache. She loved the way the cool air hit her face. It made her feel so refreshed. She felt so light and free the second she left the building, but that's how every teen feels when they esca-..leave school. Mai took a deep breath of the cool air and shut her eyes, trying to relax. She tried to focus so that she could sort out her priorities for the next seven school free days. Studying was her last priority, she never really needed it. That was just an excuse to leave Mr. Abukara's class without another lecture.

For today, her first priority was to find Naito.

" Jeeze. Isn't he supposed to follow me where ever I go? I thought that's what Shinigami are supposed to do-"

"And you're absolutely right." said a familiar seductive voice. Mai jumped and turned quickly to face Naito. Naito was a very human like Shinigami. Around when he and Mai had met, he told her that out of all the Shinigami in the Shinigami Realm, he was the one who looked most like a human. If someone had accidently touched Mai's deathnote, it wouldn't be such a big deal if they saw him. He was actually pretty attractive. He had messy black hair, his attire was all black, [ Black skinny V-neck (Didn't even know Shinigamis wore V-necks), Black skinny jeans with a studded belt. (Didn't know they wore those either), And black boots.] But the most amazing feature were his bright red eyes. They were so mezmerizing that if you stared into them...yeah, you would melt. Naito loved messing with Mai. He loved how cute she was when she was angry.

"Gah! NAITO, WHAT THE HELL!" Mai screamed punching him in the stomach. She would have punched him in the face, but he was so tall compared to her. Naito laughed at her weak punch. "Don't sneak up on me like that. You know I hate that."

"Yeah, I know that." He said smiling and grabbed her in his arms. " Forgive me." He said in that irresistible voice. Mai hated when he did that too. It made her blush.

"Ooooh, no. You're not getting me this time." Mai said pulling away from him and walking the usual way she walks to go home. Naito grinned, sprouted his dark wings and followed her.

"What do you mean?" He murmured in her ear. She put her hand on his face and pushed him.

"You know what I mean. You always hug me when you want me to do something for you."

"Or maybe I hug you because I love you." He chuckled grabbing her again and lifting her about three feet in the air." Mai wiggled frantically in his arms.

"Ah! Naito, put me down. Someones gonna see!" She screamed. He laughed before putting her down.

"Relax love. No one is gonna see." He always told Mai that he loved her, but Mai never took it seriously.

"Who knows? Someone already might have. And I told you not to say that unless you meant it." She said straightening her clothing. Naito gave her a serious look.

"But I do mean it. You're just too clueless to see it. And that's funny because aren't you supposed to be one of the smartest students in the country?" he said teasingly. Which made it harder for Mai to believe that he really meant it.

"I don't have time for love. I need to focus on school and the Deathnote."

"But you don't even use it! And I've tried to get you to use it several times. I even gave you the Death eraser in case you changed your mind a little after you killed someone." He said pulling the death note out of her bag. Mai then realized something.

"So you put it in my bag!" She yelled hitting him in the head. Naito just laughed and scanned the empty pages.

"Of course. Who else could it have been?" He said handing her the deathnote. Mai grabbed it angrily and traced her fingers over the golden letters.

"Do all Deathnotes look like this?" she asked turning to Naito. He smiled at her sudden interest in it. It was better to learn about it than just letting it sit on a dresser and catch dust.

"No, mine is a special one. I'm friends with the Shinigami King's right-hand man." he said winking and his voice had a hint of cockiness in it. Mai smirked.

"And how is it so special?" She asked turning the corner. It was a short cut to her apartment.

"Well, for one, if you write in my Deathnote, you are still able to go to Heaven or Hell. The only problem, is that if you kill someone, there's a good chance you're goin' to Hell." He said following close to her. Mai looked at him in a weird way. One that said "Well then why in hell would you want me to write in it if you knew I would go to Hell?" Naito knew what she was thinking and it made him laugh again.

"Hey, it's better than a dark room for all eternity. And besides it's fun. That may sound weird, but the moment you write someone's name down, you get this sudden feel of great power and it will only make you want more. Then when you get it, you're beyond happy. But I don't want to force you into it..You know why? ..because I love you!" Naito shouted and threw his arms around her again. Mai was still trying to process what he said.

"Would you let go of me? I've never met another Shinigami, but I can tell that you're the weirdest one ever! Seriously there is something wrong with y-" Mai yelled, but something in the sky had caught her attention. Naito noticed that she had stopped trying to get out of his embrace and his eyes shot to where her's were. The both of them saw that there was a huge cloud of smoke rising above the trees. It was too much to be a barbecue and too big to be a bonfire. And who would have a bonfire at this time of day? The only explanation was that someone's house or some kind of building had caught fire.

"Naito.." she started

"I know." He said indifferently. He was caught of guard when Mai broke free and started running in the direction of the smoke. 'What the hell is that girl thinking?' he said mentally. He flapped his wings rapidly trying to keep up with her. Mai continued to run until the flames came into view. It was the old abandoned church that was being consumed by the flames.

"Oh, my God." Mai said staring wide-eyed. Naito was behind her again.

"Woah. Now how did that happen?" he said looking down at Mai. Mai shrugged, still in shock.

"Wait..is that..a truck?" Mai said pointing to the entrance of the church. Yes, it was a truck that looked as though it might have crashed. A sudden feeling came over Mai. She couldn't just do nothing. What if...

"Where the hell are you going?" Naito yelled when Mai bolted for the burning church.

"Someone might be in that truck!" She yelled back without turning around. Naito wanted to do something as soon as he saw her kick the back door of the truck open. He didn't want her to get hurt. The feelings that he said he had for her weren't a lie. And as much as he wanted to stop her, it was almost impossible to talk her out of something she promised herself to do. So, all he could do was watch and hope that she came out safe.

The flames blazed when Mai kicked the door down. She squinted through the smoke to see if there was anyone in the truck.

"Hello? Is anyone here?" she screamed. The smoke started to burn her eyes and made them water. The blurriness made it harder to see. In her head, Mai went over everything she knew about how to escape a fire that she learned in fourth grade. She remembered that you had to crawl on the ground to avoid the smoke. Immediately she dropped to the ground, but still kept her eyes slightly squinted.

"Is any body In he- Ugh!" Mai started coughing when she bumped into something.

"Wha-What was that?" she said out loud trying to figure out what she bumped into. When she saw what it was, she screamed. It was a body. Mai felt nausea hit her. She was leaning on a dead body! And really didn't know what else she could do. Mai coughed roughly, her lungs begging for fresh air.

As soon as Mai got a glimpse of the face, she was able to identify who it was.

"K-K-Kiyomi Takada." 'It's Kira's spokes person' she said mentally. 'She-she's...how did..why is she...?' Mai was so confused. She had a good idea that Kira probably killed her. She knew that Kira had a deathnote and that you can control peoples actions before they die. Kira must have wrote that she would commit suicide. But why? And how did she get trapped in the back of a truck? Why was she naked? Mai saw that Kiyomi was curled in a sort of ball position too. All she had was a thin sheet wrapped around her. 'Poor Kiyomi' Mai thought. But she didn't have time to feel bad for her death. She had to see if there was anyone else in the truck and at the same time, make sure she got out alive. If the truck crashed in here, that meant that there was a driver. Before looking in the front seat to check, she took one last look at Kiyomi. Mai then noticed that Kiyomi had what looked like a piece of paper crumpled in her hand. Out of total curiosity, Mai quickly bent down, pried her fingers open and grabbed the piece of paper. As soon as it was in Mai's hand, Kiyomi's body burst into flames causing Mai to fall backwards.

"What the hell? How does that just *Coughs* happen?" she panted leaning towards the front of the truck she watched as the flames consumed the rest of Kiyomi's body. She stuffed the piece of paper in her pocket and then remembered

'Oh yeah! the driver' Mai turned to the broken glass window that led to the front of the truck. She couldn't just squeeze through, there was too much broken glass. So she kicked the remainder of the sharp glass that was on the edges of the window. Mai could barely breath, she felt like she was going to pass out. The smoke was too much for her and it took a lot of energy to search in the front seat of the truck. When the smoke cleared up slightly, she could see a figure leaning over the steering wheel. Either the person was dead or had just passed out. She didn't care. She reached for the person and pulled with all of her remaining strength. The person fell to the floor of the truck with a loud thud. Mai fell to her knees wanting to give up.

"NOOO!" She screamed. She wasn't ready to die...not yet. Mai stood trying to regain some of her strength, Lifted the person up and pushed it against the wall. She still couldn't tell if it was a male/female yet but it sure was a little heavy. Added on with it's dead weight. Mai put one of it's arms over her shoulder and wrapped her arm around it's waist. She huffed three times before she broke out running towards the flames blocking the exit of the truck. She screamed when she jumped through them and landed on the wet ground. She roughly gasped for breath. It felt so good to be able to breath again, but barely. Between each gasp, she coughed. Her eyes ran over her body. Her clothes were severely burned and her revealing skin was blackened. Now that she was thinking about it, she was starting to feel the pain of getting burned. The light drizzle helped soothe the pain a little. Mai turned her attention to the body in her arms.

"You made it" said a relieved voice above her. Mai looked up and saw Naito bending over her. He brushed a little of her hair out of her smoke blackened face. "You almost got yourself killed...for a corpse." he said confused. He thought she had gone completely mad. Mai grunted to show her annoyance towards him. She really wasn't in the mood. She really wanted to close her eyes and sleep.

"You don't- *cough* know that. *cough* it could be that it just passed out *cough*" Mai panted. Naito shook his head.

"Mmmm. Nope. I can't see his name or lifespan. He's dead." He said, his voice emotionless. 'Oh yeah' Mai weakly thought 'Shinigami eyes. And did he say..His?'

"How do you know it's a boy?" Mai panted. She still couldn't move around much. She could only tilt her head slightly upwards.

"Well, for one he doesn't have a chest." He said smirking a little and pointing to the corpse's torso. Mai glanced over to look and nodded. "Then second, he's...well..You know what Mai? I really can't tell. I mean, he has a feminine body, but at the same time masculine. The hair is a little girlish. Come on! He has bangs!. That's all I can really see. He's burned really bad and a little blackened so I can't really make anything else out." Naito said lifting the body away from Mai so that he could help her stand. She was really wobbly and let Naito support all of her weight. The piece of paper that Mai had in her pocket fell out and caught Naito's eye.

"What's that?" He asked pointing down to it.

"Hmmmm?" Mai mumbled in his shoulder. She turned to see what he was talking about.

"Oh, Kira's spokes person was the other person in the truck, but she was already dead. I saw that she was holding it and I took it...I was curious." Mai was actually able to talk without coughing her brains out and she was starting to get her strength back. Mai steadied herself to bend down and pick up the crumpled piece of paper.

"This guy was already dead too. Why did you save his body?" Naito asked.

"I didn't know he was dead!" Mai raised her voice as she straightened out the paper. She saw that the letters written spelled 'Mihael Keehl'

"Looks like a piece of the Deathnote to me." Naito said reading over her shoulder.

"Yeah...what was Takada doing with- Well she is Kira's spokes person. It makes sense that she would have a little of the Deathnote with her." Mai said looking back at the burning church. "Wait! Didn't they say yesterday that Takada was kidnaped? And when I saw her she was leaned against a wall wrapped in a thin blanket." Mai looked down at the severely burned man.

"I wonder...Is he...the kidnaper?" She murmured. Mai then felt very sorry for his death and less for Takada's. She never was a Kira supporter. She was glad that Takada was kidnaped and that she was dead. Mai was slightly disgusted with herself that she had actually felt sorry for Takada. That's why she never used her Deathnote. She didn't want anything in common with Kira. It may have been harsh, but Mai despised Kira for so many reasons and thought that anyone who supported him, wanted to die.

"Are you okay, Mai?" Naito said nervously. He had noticed her angry features and it was starting to freak him out. Mai snapped out of her little thoughts and looked at Naito.

"Oh, I'm fine. Sorry. Anyway, the name that she wrote down had to of been this man. I can't think of anything else." Mai said leaning down to the corpse. 'Mihael Keehl' She said mentally 'What a nice name.'

"So what are we going to do with this body? Are you just going to leave it here?" Naito said tapping Mai's head. Mai pushed his hand away.

"No. I going to-" Mai was distracted when she saw a sleek black car pulling up to the side of the church.

"Crap! I can't let those people see me with a corpse. Naito! Help me!" Mai yelled trying to pick up the body. Naito groaned and rolled his eyes before lifting the man's legs.

"And he wears boots with wedged heels? This guy has got to be-"

"Will you shut up and help me over to that bush?" she yelled. Trying to lead him that direction. Naito chuckled before following her lead. After they reached the bush, Mai hid behind it and pulled the corpse next to her so that it couldn't be spotted. Naito didn't need to hide. There was no way they would be able to see him.

Mai watched as three men wearing suits stepped out of the car and hurried over to the church. One of the men had a goatee and had a very very slight afro that looked like it had recently been cut, another was a very handsome and young man with redish-brown hair who looked as though he had a slight smirk, and the last had cat eyes and hair that looked slicked down.

Mai watched as they ran in front of the church and their faces were filled with shock. All except the red-brown headed man who's facial expression looked fake.

"Wh-Who the hell are these guys?" She whispered.

Okay that was the first chapter, hope you liked it! The romance is coming you just gotta be patient with us. ^.^ Please review! And stick around.