[i]Click.

Click.

Click.[/i]

Footsteps approach slowly. A shadow falls under the stall door. No breathing can be heard, though all is silent. The door rattles as it is pushed from the other side.

Silence again.

A hand comes through the door as if it wasn't there. Long, slender fingers grip the lock and draw it back. The hand retreats, and the door opens.

[i]Click.

Click.[/i]

A monster steps in. Almost human, but not quite. Inhumanly tall and thin. It bends down, puts its face right up into Shae's and stares at her with its solid black eyes, no hint of pupil or iris or white, almost hypnotic in their darkness. Against the black suit it wears, a wrought silver holster stands out on the left thigh. It contains a notebook that looks similar to the one held by the human girl, though its title is in some strange characters never seen on Earth. Black, batlike wings scrape the sides of the stall.

"Well, well, well. Looks like you found my Death Note. My name is Auzar. Nice to meet you."

He grins, revealing pointed canines. Despite his closeness, no breath nor warmth can be felt.

"I'm going to be with you for the rest of your life. That is the contract you have accepted by writing in the Death Note. In exchange for the power to end life, you will go to neither Heaven nor Hell. You will be possessed by a Shinigami. And the humans who use a Death Note... or so it is said... never find happiness. These are the terms you have accepted, and there is no revocation."

Pulling back, Auzar stands up as much as he is able, though he remains slouched deeply to avoid hitting the roof.

"So... why the teacher?"