"Well, then that's all you need to have done, now over time, you shall become a Shinigami. You will no longer be referred to as Yagami Light, you are now …" the Lord of the Death Gods' thought for a moment. He came to his conclusion within seconds. "Kira. You still have memory of your name, Light, but shall no longer abide by it. Do you understand?" Kira shook his head. The Death Lord chuckled, though it was hard to tell if he was smiling or not due to his appearance.

He began to mutter words that were foreign to Kira. He said them again and again, it became a chant. As he spoke his mantra, Kira felt pain, falling to his knees. At last the Shinigami Lord stopped, as well as Kira's torment. Confusion was stirred with in the to-be Death God. "What happens next?" He asked. Again the Lord chuckled. "Now we wait. You have pledged your loyalty, so you may become a Shinigami."

"So, am I a Shinigami yet?" Kira asked, still dazed. "Or am I just me, Li… Kira?"

For now, you are you, to become a Shinigami, it takes time to develop yourself. Some have taken weeks, others have taken years. I'll give you about a month before you are ready to own your own Death Note.

Kira sighed. 'Years?' he thought. "So a month then?"

"Most likely yes." Well, this was better than X amount of years. "I will summon you when I believe you are ready. Until then, you are free to wander." The Shinigami Lord waved him off. With that, Kira started walking, he didn't know where to go, but it was a barren wasteland filled with nothing but dirt, bones, other Shinigami, sometimes canyons, and a big staircase. It was hard to get lost.

'Like it matters anymore, I'm dead… sort of.' He walked across a Shinigami who's head was what looked like a dog's skull with large horns and pointed teeth.

"Do you want to play?" he asked, having noticed Kira was watching him. Kira shook his head and kept walking. "He's just like Ryuk, never wants to play." Kira stopped, then retraced his steps to talk to the Death God. The name Ryuk was the only thing he remembered about his human life, except for his name thanks to the Lord. It was Yagami Light.

"Hold on a minute," he said to the intimidating looking God. "What was that name you just said?

"Ryuk, but seeing how you still look like your human self, you can't have been in this realm for too long, so I doubt you know him.

"That was the only thing I remembered about being a human… who is he? I know that name from somewhere."

"Oh shit, that's not good." Kira, as well as the other Shinigami were confused. "That means, oh that's not good." One of them blurted out in his frustration to see what he was talking about.

"What is it, what's not good?" The horned Shinigami sighed.

"It means that this used to be Ryuk's human when he was in their realm. Before he died anyway. But if you were his human, than how are you here?" Kira shrugged. He didn't know how to answer, he remembered almost nothing, except Ryuk's name. Not even his death remained in his memory.

The horned God turned to look behind him. "Hey!!" he called out. "Ryuk, there's someone you should meet." he laughed. Another Death God flew over with wings like a thin demon. He was tall and skinny, with blue skin, spiked hair, and gothic clothing. "What is it, I'm still feeling d…" though Kira did not recognize Ryuk aside from his name, Ryuk still recognized Light. "Light!!" he looked joyous.

"How do you know my name?" and so, Ryuk told him all that had happened while Light had the Death Note for the past six years.

"I killed that many people? It's no wonder why they called me Kira (Killer in Japanese). Well, then though the Death Lord has given me that as an official name, I still wish to be called Light. "I wouldn't call you anything else," said Ryuk. Maybe we can have some more fun, together this time, since you are no longer human, and what happened six years ago. I've got it." he said.

"What is it Ryuk?" he was watching him with such curiosity.

"Do you remember how I was telling you about Near?"

"The person you said finally found out I was Kira?"

"That's the one. I say, we drop a Death Note in front of him, make him pick it up. He will be a new killer, or maybe he'll do something else. Or maybe Matsuda… hmm." It was disturbing, the way Ryuk thought, but Light decided he wanted to do it too, what else is there to do? With an eternity, things can get boring.

To be continued…