A/N: This is just something I felt like doing. I have no idea of how this will end, nor do I know how it will start or how long it will be. Basically, I'm just hoping for the best from my mind. This will be a side note to the series. Somewhere before L dies, and after L meets Kira or Light, however you want to put it.

Disclaimer: I do not own DeathNote, or any of Tsugumi Ohba-san's characters.

Death Awaits Us All

Chapter 1

Thoughts, Death Gods, and Murder

"Damn him!" Light Yagami thought to himself. "Thinking he can outsmart me! Just you wait, L. Death will come to you and a matter of time."

Light had entered his room after a nerve racking tennis match and discussion with Hideki Ryuga, or L. L's suspicion on Light being Kira, has lengthened, due to this, Light is beginning to feel trapped.

"How do I get Misa to see his face? No! I can't try to go on the offensive just yet. I need to destroy all suspicion from my name first. But with L gone, I won't need to. There must be some other way." Light continued to think, as he watched TV.

While watching TV, a news bulletin came up; it said to tune in to Channel 999 for special news cover on the Kira case. Light jumped up at this. He grabbed his remote and flipped through the channels. "Could Misa have done anything to catch their attention? No, I haven't given her any instructions to do something yet."

"We have received news on the Kira case." The TV announcer said, "The NPA has given up all ties to the Kira case. Furthermore, they have given us all the info they had on the case. We, here, at the TV station, have all read it. To us all, they have found out nothing. Our only hope is L; he is the only man that is even close to solving this case. We no report live to a car acc-"

Light turned of the TV, received by the news. He turned around in his desk chair. He looked up at the black, demonic being, that only he could see, "Ryuk?"

"Yes?"

"How many death gods are there, exactly?"

"Less than the human population, of course, but it numbers in the billions. Why do you ask?" the black shinigami asked.

Ignoring Ryuk's question for a moment, Light began to think, "I wonder if there are any other s DeathNote users out there? Besides Misa and I, of course. If I could get a team of them going, I wonder what I could accomplish."

"Ryuk? Would you like to help me?"

"With what?"

Light just smiles, "I want to assemble a team. I need more DeathNote users, for me to accomplish this. Would you be willing to spot out some shinigami that are near me, at least?"

"Sound great, but, we've discussed this already. I am not on your side, nor am I no L's. Understand?"

"Ah, but there will be a surprise for you, if you help."

"What sort of surprise?"

"A massacre."

"Of criminals?"

"Of course."

"We have come to terms."

"So we have."

To be continued.

A/n: I wanted to make this so much longer. But, alas, I have no time and I just wanted to get this up and running. Hope you enjoyed it. Review if you wish.