Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note, or YYH. Please, just enjoy the story.

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'That cheating bastard... he tricked me... wait... how am I... able to produce thoughts? I thought I would be transformed into nothingness, wasn't that the deal? I couldn't go to Heaven or Hell... where am I now?' The once honor student thought as he sat up, his body still felt solid, he still breathed air and felt... Was this death?

"Koenma-sama! The cause for all the Deaths in the human world has been taken care of, so please stop worrying so much and just get your paper work done!" The voice was deep, and as Light's eyes opened he found himself laying on a couch in an office... Where a child sat stamping papers at the encouragement of a large blue ogre.

"Where did Botan get to? That girl is always off somewhere else..." Koenma said as he sat back in his large chair. "WE HAVE TWO NEW SPIRIT DETECTIVES TO INTRODUCE AND SHE'S OFF HAVING A GREAT TIME!!" He shouted as Light flinched slightly, quite a pair of lungs on that baby.

Then, the doors opened as Light sat up and just stared in shock at the woman who came through the doors. She was wearing a vivid pink Kimono, and had an oar over one shoulder, brushing against her bright blue hair. She was beautiful, in a fearsome sort of way. He instantly noticed how her Kimono was tied though, in reverse, right over left.

"You wanted to see me Koenma?" The girl asked as Koenma nodded his head sharply, "Of course I did. We have two Spirit Detectives for you to train in Awareness and Spiritual energy, and don't give me that look girl! You know where you're supposed to stand until you're finished." He said, he was not happy with Botan at all as she nodded and then looked over to the couch, her eyes meeting Light's with a sort of electricity.

"Hello, who are you?" She asked as Light stood up slowly, he was wearing a dark kimono, that kind of brown that might as well have been black, it suited him... but who changed him?

"...I'm Light... Yagami Light." He said as Koenma cut him off standing in front of him, coming up to only his waist. "Wrong."

Light looked down to the infant confused, before blinking innocently. "Wrong? That's my name..."

"It was your name. You however, have a large debt to pay before I can allow your spirit to pass away fully. Just in the nick of time too, you can train with Botan, she'll explain everything. The other one is out in the kitchen..." Koenma said offhandedly to the woman who nodded and took Light's hand and led him out of the office and past about a hundred working ogres, all of whom were working around mountains of paperwork.

"He's always piling me with all the work... what about Shinari? She's not pulling double duty... but oh no, I have to pull the souls and train the new detectives! Just because of the things... Argh!" She said as she pulled Light into the kitchen, where a sugary mess was just waiting for someone to get in trouble for.

Light swallowed hard, he recognized who that mess of sugary goodness would belong to... There could only be one person that the pile could belong to... and sure enough, the hand holding the spoon that dove into his sugary mess was none other then his rival, the one he'd had as a friend but murdered just the same:

Ryuzaki, Lawliet, L, and any of the other names the male went by was in the kitchen in this strange new place, just making a sugary treat that would make most sick. He just stood there staring as the girl known as Botan leaned against the counter, pulling out a thin black book.

She flipped it open, "Alright, so Lawliet... and Light... both used the Death Note... and both had qualities to open up Spiritual energy... epic battle of good and evil... controlled minds, controlled destinies..." She flipped a few pages, "Na...NANI!? You're both only at the Class E stage!?" She groaned and closed the book as Ryuzaki finally looked up.

"I have no idea what you're talking about, but could you pass the whipped cream?" He asked as the woman in pink passed him the can of whipped cream before just staring as he piled on the fluffy, sugary treat on top of his meal which consisted of cookies, sugar tea, solid brown sugar, and several other goodies.

"Confused Light-kun? I was too... but I'm starting to understand. The two of us were chosen for something... and this woman will help us with it." He said nodding over to Botan whose pink eyes were focused on L's sugary treat of doom.

"Yeah, I'm getting the idea here... apparently we'll be Spirit Detectives... according to Koenma." Light said as Botan sighed and nodded. "Yes, ...well Lawliet, you won't be a spirit detective.." She said putting emphasis on the word 'you', before nodding her bright blue head at L.

"He'll be the Spirit Detective, and you'll be his backup. I'll just be your trainer until you are both at least level C's..." She said smiling as Light looked to L to see if he understood what was going on.

"Not in the slightest Light-kun..." He said as he scooped up whipped cream with a chocolate bar, and the pair just looked to the woman who sighed and shook her head. "We've got a loooong way to go."

It seemed it would take years for them to understand what Koenma wanted them to do, but with Botan's help it only took a few hours. She explained to them that they both had a rare type of Spirit Energy, one that would help them protect the world from some real evils, demons. But of course she also had to explain that out of all of the things in this world, they needed to understand that from now on she had to have their respect.

"I know what's a good thing to do, and what's not. A good thing is for us to hoof it over to Genai before he gets booked up with others." She said as she pulled an oar out of thin air and slid into her place riding it. They were inside the building still, as she told L and Light to hold on tightly to the oar, which they did after exchanging an odd glance with one another. Botan then started to float... as she swiped her hand to the side and then they shot up into the air, flying for the ceiling when a swirling vortex of color engulfed them, taking them god knows where.