AN: I do not own Death note or any affiliation with Death note. This idea came about after I read volume 13: how to read. This is just one of the Death Note one shots i've thought of...so if you like it. review it.
"Hey Light! Did your mom buy anymore apples yet?" Ryuk asked.
"She just left for the store." Light muttered, while reading over one of his textbooks. Normally Light would have picked up a couple groceries, but his mother was being so insistent that he study for his semester finals. Ryuk huffed and laid on Lights bed, rustling about every few seconds..
"Light! How much longer!" Ryuk whined.
"I don't know Ryuk, but it takes more than two minutes just to get out of the neighborhood." Light sighed.
"Hmm. Light?"
"What Ryuk?" Light asked.
"Do you know how shiganami are born?" Ryuk asked.
"No, I can't say I do." Light muttered facing Ryuk, this had piqued his interest.
"Well, all shiganami are born out of death-."
"That makes no sense." Light muttered.
"We are creatures of death it is only natural we would be born when something dies." Ryuk muttered.
"What your saying sounds like reincarnation." Light muttered.
"It's not really that complicated, it more like a transformation." Ryuk muttered.
"What about you, Ryuk, what were you born from?" Light asked.
"I was a human." He muttered.
"No offense, but you don't look like any human I've ever seen." Light muttered.
"How would you know what I look like Light? I'm always wearing a mask." Ryuk muttered.
"A mask?" He muttered.
"Not like you would know….Hey! I know I'll show you, IF you get me an apple." Ryuk smiled.
"I knew you were working some kind of angle. Fine, I'll get you an apple." Light stood grabbing his wallet. He walked to the nearest market, a little over a half mile away. Light knew he wouldn't get caught, his mother claimed that this market didn't sell the right kind of noodles, so she went to the one down town.
"AWW! Light, these ones look so lonely!" Ryuk exclaimed drooling over the display of Fuji apples.
"You want those then?" Light whispered.
"Of course." Ryuk grinned, as Light paid for a pound of apples. Ryuk followed him around the side of the store front.
"Take your apples, but I want to see." Light handed over the package.
"A deals a deal." Ryuk chuckled. Pulling, the white mask slowly lifted up. Ryuk could fill all the enchantments of the mask breaking.
Light watched as Ryuk peeled his face off. A sudden flask of light momentarily blinded him. When his vision returned, He was not looking at the Ryuk he has know, he looked like a cooler version of a rock star, albeit slight taller than an average human.
"Why are you looking at me like that Light?" Ryuk muttered, slowly eating his apple, getting a little weirded out by light's gawking.
"You were a human who had a Death Note weren't you Ryuk?" Light asked.
"Wondered when you figure that out." Ryuk mutter grinning. Light barely recognized the smile with out sharp teeth.
"Why do you wear the mask then?" Light asked, looking at the shapeless white blob hanging over Ryuk's arm.
"Almost all Shiganami do." He took another bite of apple, "We're not very frightening without anything else. Well, mostly." Ryuk reached back into the bag to find it empty and threw it over his shoulder.
"I better get home, mom will be back soon." Light muttered, still fixated on Ryuk's new face.
"Yeah, better put this back on, Don't want Rem to laugh at me." Ryuk smiled before slipping the second skin back on, and followed Light home, if he was lucky maybe Light would bring him more apples if he took off more of his shiganami disguise.