Hey guys!

This is my first Death Note fic, I've been in the fandom for a few weeks and after reading a load of fanfics I've finally gotten around to writing my own...a chaptered fic at that XD.

It was bad of me as I still need to update my other chaptered fics but I have no ideas so I thought I'd write this instead.

Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note, the series belongs Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata and no copyright infringement is intended, I am merely a fan writing for fellow fans.

Chapter One: Back Again

When Yagami Raito had lay there dieing, he had known that he wouldn't go to heaven or hell-not that he had ever believed in either but it seemed as if they existed-and that he would go to purgatory for eternity instead but it hadn't been what he'd expected it to be.

It was darkness.

Just pure darkness and his 'soul' or whatever he was now was just floating in it.

He could think clearly and even move slightly but there wasn't anything to see or do. All he could do was float around and think over his life.

Admittedly he wasn't too keen on this, he had thought there would at least be other people around, the other 'Kira's' perhaps or that there would be some sort of setting to what surrounded him.

At least he finally had some peace and quiet.

Time seemed to pass agonizingly slowly for the dead serial killer and he slowly began to understand why former death note users ended up in purgatory.

It gave them a lot of time to think over their decisions and decide whether they'd made the right ones or not.

Kira had killed innocents and he had to admit it,if the FBI or had caught him and sentenced him he would have deserved it. They however had not deserved to die, the only reason he had killed them was because they had held a threat to his reign as Kira and they had refused to agree to his views.

In a way it would have been ironic, he had been killing criminals because the justice system was failing to kill many yet he would have been killed by that exact system.

He had been caught and killed eventually though, it just hadn't been exactly the way he had imagined.

Part of Raito regretted killing the innocent people, at the time he had told himself it was just a few people to help him reach his dream but he'd still taken their lives away from them.

It had just been to satisfy his selfish dreams.

He had never thought he would ever loathe himself and loathe his ideals but now he did.

He sort of wished that he had never been Kira and that he could have helped L solve the case.

The raven haired detective may have been odd-deviant really-but he had been healthy competition for Raito.

He was someone he could almost relate too.

Someone he could talk and debate with.

What was left of Raito sighed.

Oh how he regretted his many mistakes now.

*****

Time continued to pass until something completely unexpected happened.

Raito heard a voice.

It wasn't one he knew, it sounded male yet female at the same time and it's manner was as if it knew everything about him and was bored by this fact.

"Yagami Raito"

The auburn haired man opened his mouth to speak but no words seemed to be able to escape and he heard the voice sigh,

"Just think your words Yagami, you are unable to speak here."

Raito felt something inside of him boil, how dare the voice speak to him in such a derogatory tone! He refused to be spoken to like he was a mere child. He had nearly became a god dammit.

"I see...you are still holding some anger towards humanity and justice...well I might as well get straight to the point."

The male's spirit crossed his arms over his chest as he awaited an explanation.

"I am the spirit who watches over this place and you see, we are only able to keep people in purgatory for a certain amount of time, until they have seemingly redeemed themselves and then it is usually decided whether they will go to heaven or hell. However you are a special case, the reason you killed so many was to help mankind in the long run yet killing people is still a sin so you are not permitted in heaven and although the things you did were evil, you were corrupted by the shinigami's powers and the death note therefore hell refuse to accept you and you are unwanted in the Shinigami realm as many refuse to have someone who would work so hard among their ranks and they prefer you as entertainment so you see the predicament we are in." The voice was speaking in a dry and irritated tone, it was obvious they would be rather watching paint dry then having to explain this to him.

So what is going to happen to me? Are you going to keep me here until they decide or will you send me back to earth as a ghost?

"You will be returning to the human realm but not as a ghost, Heaven and Hell have decided they will decide your fate on your actions this time around and it suits the Shinigami as you will provide entertainment."

So what...I'll have to decide on whether I pick the death note up a second time around or how I use it?

"No. There will be no chance for you to get your hands on a death note this time around, however you will be able to see any shinigami that decide to come and visit you and you will meet the most important people you met during your reign as Kira but in different situations. Before you ask you will be going back to the day you picked up the death note and you will keep your memories of what happened though you are not permitted to tell anyone about this."

For the first time in the longest time Yagami Raito was stunned to silence.

All the conditions that were set for him didn't seem fair yet at the same time he'd get the chance to live again and this time he could live his life to the full!

Sure he would be stuck meeting people like Misa and Mikami again but with no reason to put up with them this time around he could just send them on their way!

When do I go back?

"Now."

At that moment a flash of light surrounded the boy's spirit.

*****

Beep Beep

Jolting awake with a start, a seventeen year old Yagami Raito studied his current surroundings.

It wasn't a dream....this was real.

He was getting a second chance.

He resisted the urge to leap out of bed and jump around. He did however allow a large grin to grow on his lips as he lifted his comforter and stepped onto his familiar bedroom floor.

It had been years since he had been home yet here he was.

The auburn haired boy allowed himself a small chuckle but the smile soon dropped off his face at the sound of familiar and very unwelcome laughter.

"Hyuk hyuk, hey Raito! Thought I'd come back down for the entertainment. It gets boring in the Shinigami realm."

Raito turned around, his hazel orbs narrowing at the sight of a very familiar shinigami.

"I suppose I should've expected you to follow me again Ryuk."

The blue shinigami nodded and grinned at him but before he could respond there was a knock on his bedroom door,

"Raito. It's time to get up for school, breakfast is on the table for you downstairs."

The sound of his mother's cheerful voice calmed the teenager and after shooting one more spiteful glare at the unwelcome guest he grabbed his school uniform and left his room, headed for the bathroom to get ready for the day.

He wondered how it was going to go and how he would meet up with the others again.

For some reason the former serial killer found himself most looking forward to meeting L again.

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So what do you guys think so far?

I was kind of unsure about actually posting this and this chapter was pretty much just to set the scene.

L should be introduced in the next chapter but I'll only bother writing it if you guys review!

So please review, I hope you guys enjoyed this so far!