Izanami no Mikoto
By xXxXLupicideXxXx
Disclaimer: It's called for a reason morons!
Warnings: This Fanfic is part of a competition, so please read all the entries before voting in reviews on the last chapter!
CHAPTER ONE
It was a chilly autumn day as Sarah skipped along the hopscotch path on the street in front of her new house; she and her family had only just moved to Japan from England, and didn't know a single soul. The only one she had to talk to was so far was her friend that no one else could see. He told the ten year old secrets, about life, and death and shinigamis. Though she'd never expected to meet one. As it so happened Ryuk was out for a walk to find some apples since Light was at school and couldn't get any for him. He passed the girl on the sidewalk without a single thought, since it was not like she could see him.
"Excuse me mister!" Said the young girl.
Ryuk turned to see who she was talking to, and was quite surprised to find that they were the only two on the street. Her dull blue eyes were pointed directly at him, almost as if she could see him…
"You look, kind of funny…" She continued.
"Almost like my friend."
Ryuk looked around the empty sidewalk to see if he'd possibly missed anyone standing around, still not seeing anyone he figured that if she really couldn't see or hear him that asking wouldn't hurt.
"Are you talking to me, kid?" Asked the dumbfounded shinigami.
"Yeah." Replied the girl.
"My name's Sarah, what's yours?"
Ryuk stared at the blonde wondering if perhaps it was some sort of joke another shinigami was trying to play on him.
"How can you see me?" Asked Ryuk.
"Do you have a death note?"
The child tilted her head to the side and cupped her hands around her ear, as if listening to what someone were whispering to her.
"Ankou says that it's because I have the sight, and that's why I can see him too." Answered Sarah.
"And if I had a death note, you wouldn't be able to see my life span. Silly shinigami!" She giggled.
Ryuk was perplexed; for a start he couldn't see anyone else in the street, and secondly, somehow this little girl could see him.
"Don't worry if you can't see him, no one else can…" Said Sarah glumly.
"But you still didn't answer my question, mister!" She pouted.
"Ryuk." The shinigami obliged.
"Now, can you ask Ankou about how it is you both know these things?" He asked, slightly unnerved by the tiny human and her imaginary friend.
"He can hear you, ya know!" Spat the blonde.
"But I'll tell you anyway, only if you promise to keep it a secret!" Said the young girl glaring at him in a funny way.
Ryuk laughed nervously.
"Well, ok. I promise I won't tell…" He said, making a mental note to tell Light later anyway.
"It's because he's death!" Whispered Sarah dramatically.
"He created you, he created you all! Even the shinigami king himself!"
Ryuk laughed at the little girl; DEATH! Even if there was such a being higher than the shinigami king, he wouldn't be wasting his time with a human child! The thought was just ridiculous!
"You don't believe me either, do you?" She sulked.
Ryuk shook his head still trying to contain his laughter, but it only made the kid glare at him harder.
"Show him Ankou…" She seethed.
Expecting nothing to happen, Ryuk stared at the girl creepily and gave her his biggest smile.
"Ankou's a little shy is he?" Asked the shinigami mockingly.
Suddenly, Ryuk was knocked up into the air! There was something pressing tight around his throat, and it burnt with a fury and a passion all of it's own! It was like it was on fire! Sarah laughed.
"No." She replied simply with an evil smirk.
"Come on, Ankou." Said the now frowning girl gesturing back to the house.
"I don't feel like playing anymore; let's go watch a movie…"
And with that she skipped back up to the western-style house. Apparently Ankou had decided to join her, as not a minute after she left Ryuk was released. Not wishing to stick around, the frightened shinigami fled. He waited anxiously for Light to return, hoping desperately that the thing called Ankou hadn't followed him. He paced up and down the roof and the walls, until finally, Light returned.
"Ryuk, what's up with you? You seem tense." Asked the brunette, not even bothering to greet the shinigami.
Ryuk opened his mouth to say something, but his throat tightened and he discovered that he couldn't. He just couldn't mention it, not to Light.
"Nothing." Lied the shinigami eventually.
"I'm just going through apple withdrawals…"
Light rolled his eyes at the death god.
"By the way, did you get me any on the way home?" Asked Ryuk, now starting to feel his actual withdrawals coming back.
Light held up a bag, and slowly pulled an apple out before throwing it to Ryuk.
"What else would I be doing?" The brunette asked.
"Killing people?" Answered the snickering shinigami.
Light smirked, he loved being Kira.
"Well, maybe a bit of that too." Chuckled Light.
Ryuk was feeling better already. Trust Light's crazy quest for a new world to bring things back to normal, Ryuk was almost thankful for it. Almost.
"So, who are you going to kill today?" Asked the death god.
Light frowned.
"Since when are you interested in how I use the Death Note?" Asked the suspicious brunette.
Ryuk shrugged.
"What? I'm bored." He announced.
Light shook his head.
"I wish it were L." He grumbled.
The shinigami laughed again.
"You really want to kill him don't you?"
Light turned to the death god.
"I don't just want to kill him, I will kill him!" Seethed the original Kira.
This time it was Ryuk who rolled his eyes.
"Ooooh! Touchy! Touchyyy~!" Mocked the shinigami.
"I wasn't saying that you wouldn't!"
Light scowled, then turned back to the Death Note and began writing names frantically. Apparently Ryuk would be getting the silent treatment for a while… He didn't think of the girl or even remember her after a while. But a time would come when their paths, would cross once more.
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