Ruby's Death Note

Episode 6: Deception

Ruby dashed through the halls of the school. Finally, she arrived at the door to the nurse's office. She stood on her toes, and looked through the window on the door. Weiss was sitting in a chair, her teammates talking to the nurse. Ruby couldn't make out what they were saying. Ruby took a deep breath, and opened the door, entering the office. "Hey, Rubes. What's up?" Yang said when Ruby entered. Ruby looked at Weiss. The snow queen's face was pale. "Uh, can I please talk to Weiss? Alone?" Ruby asked her sister. Yang was confused at first, but still said, "Sure." Weiss looked up at Ruby, and saw the creature behind her. Weiss took a breath to calm herself, and walked with Ruby out of the room.

Ruby and Weiss walked into the girl's bathroom. "Ruby. Tell me the truth." Weiss demanded. "That creature I saw seems to be following you, and it's making me nervous. Can't you see it too?" Ruby looked at Ryuk, then turned back to Weiss, and nodded. Weiss had a million questions, but started with a simple one. "What's his name? What is he?" Ryuk replied, "I am Ryuk, a shinigami, also known as a god of death." Weiss turned cold, well, colder than normal. Ruby stepped up to Weiss, and she stepped back slightly. Ruby held out the death note. "This is the death note. It is what gives power to Kira, and it is tied to the shinigamis." Weiss shuddered at a thought. "Ruby, are you...?" Ruby looked shocked, "No, Weiss, I would never! But we need to fix this!" "How?" Weiss asked, still skeptical. "We need to destroy it." Ruby put, plain and simple. Weiss nodded, and Ruby handed her the book. Weiss nodded. Ruby put her hand on Weiss's shoulder. "Please. Promise me you'll do this." Weiss nodded her head, "I will." Ruby cracked a smile. "Good. I'll see you later." Ruby said, walking out of the bathroom.

Ruby walked back to her dorm room, closed the door behind her, and leaned against the door, and sighed in relief. According to Ryuk, as long as she had a page, even a piece of a page, in physical contact of her body, she would remember. Ruby pulled off a black glove on her hand, hiding a piece of the notebook inside it. The rest of the death note's pages were in her backpack, in a blank, black folder. Ruby merely gave Weiss the book's cover, with a few pages of an ordinary notebook inside.

If Weiss destroyed the book, she would lose her memories of Ryuk, the death note, and all that Ruby told her. However, since Ruby still had the pages, she would still remember everything.

If Weiss reported the notebook, L would most likely test it, and it would be discovered as a fake. And when Weiss gives the notebook to L, or anyone, her memories would vanish.

It was foolproof. Ruby chuckled at her victory, which quickly turned into laughter, and became a maniacal laughter of a mad-woman. Now all she had to do, was take care of L, and nothing would be able to stop her.

Weiss stared at the accursed object in her hands. She couldn't tell if Ruby was telling the truth or not. After all, she saw Ruby writing in it the night before. She opened the book. The cover had scribble marks on it, as if someone had tried to remove words. Weiss flipped through the many pages. All of them were blank. How could Ruby write in it, and it was now blank? Weiss was so confused, but figured the best thing to do, would be to destroy it like she was told, removing the threat of Kira forever. She then sprinkled the notebook in explosive dust, and threw it out an open window. And when the notebook his to ground, it exploded. Destroying it. Weiss sighed, relieved that it was over. But no sooner had she felt relieved, than she began to wonder what she was doing there.