Disclaimer: Otaku-Sage-of-Llamas does not claim to own Death Note and its characters. Rather that privilege belongs to Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.

Warnings: There is AUness, OCCness, possibly clichés and possibly mentions of past homosexual couples but it's not the focus, it would be very minor if mentioned. Also, beware of spoilers (for the anime/manga, L's real name, and maybe for the Another Note novel) and the authoress' sad attempt at writing.

Genre: Drama

Pairings: none

Rating: T

Prelude:

This is a sequel to Contusa Persona so please read it before you read this or you will not understand what is going on.

Also, a word of advice for this fanfic, please keep in mind that not all is as it seems…the perceptions of some of the characters may be misleading, and that is intentional on my part.

Ad Aeternitatem

by Otaku-Sage-of-Llamas

Act 1

- Novus Interfector Exsistet -

Thirteen year old Near stood upon a round hilltop, less than a mile from The Wammy's House, looking down at the grave of his mentor, L Lawliet. Standing behind him a couple feet away was Mello, now sixteen years old, who still was grieving over the loss of Matt.

They did not speak with each other…Near was naturally a quiet person and Mello refused to say a word to his eternal rival.

Roger had not revealed anything concerning what happened to L and Raito Yagami but Near managed to put the pieces of the mystery together. However, there were still some things that bothered him…like why did L commit suicide after sending Kira to his execution?

According to the police reports, his body was found on the banks of a river near where Kira was executed. In the autopsy, they determined that the cause of death was drowning.

Near knew that ever since L returned to The Wammy's House, he wasn't quite the same person he used to be. But he never imagined that the detective would take his own life like that…

"So this is it," he said cryptically as Mello turned away to leave, but not in the direction of the orphanage, their home.

"Where are you going?" Near asked.

"You can have the title of L for all I care. I'm going to find a name for myself," Mello replied as he left the resting place of his fallen mentor and his rival behind. His steps echoed as the wind picked up its once slow pace, causing blond hair to dance spontaneously.

Misa Amane, dressed in a gothic Lolita outfit, lay across her bed crying loudly. Her fingertips clawed at the bed sheets, even though she could cause no damage. She just needed to release all her pent up emotions.

In the background, the television was turned onto a local news station. Currently, the hot topic had been about the death of Kira, as a result of L's capture of him. But oddly, L had nothing to say on the matter after the execution, which was kept secret…

Some Kira supporters said that the real L died and that it was his punishment for defying the god of the new world.

However, the dream of an ideal world meant nothing to Misa now…for Raito was dead…

To Misa, her life now was as if the world had been plunged into eternal darkness without any light.

It was a bleak rainy morning when Soichiro Yagami returned home to his family after spending several nights talking with the other investigation team members.

Someone from England contacted them one night to reveal that Raito and L were dead. When questioned about what happened, the man on the phone only said, "Beyond Birthday" as if it answered everything. But they had no idea who or what this Beyond Birthday was…

Maybe it was for the best that they don't know, especially with the rumors and news concerning Kira's death and L's lack of response to it. But now, he had to face his wife and daughter about Raito's absence.

"Honey, you're home!" Sachiko greeted him at the door, her eyes filled with anxiety. Soon, Sayu rushed down the stairs to stand behind her mother, any conern was masked in a smile upon her countenance.

"Where's Raito?" Sayu asked, her smile turning to a frown as she noticed the grave look upon her father's face.

"Kira killed him," Soichiro reluctantly lied in response, his wife dropped to her knees sobbing hysterically as his daughter wept silently trying to be strong. He averted his eyes from the scene as it pained him to see his family in such a miserable state.

Soichiro thought to himself, what ever happened to the righteousness of justice?

"Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been, and ever will be pursued, until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit."

-James Madison

After two hours, Misa managed to calm down and turned her attention to the television to watch one of her favorite soap operas. She was cheerfully snacking on popcorn when the screen changed suddenly to a news host for Sakura TV. Baffled, she turned up the volume.

"We interrupt this broadcast to bring you breaking news!" spoke the female host, Kiyomi Takada. Misa sneered as she remembered that Raito dated her in college.

"Just now, we received a package with a tape inside from someone claiming to be Kira and they demanded to play the tape immediately…"

"Greetings, I am Kira. Any rumors about my so called death are absolutely false. I cannot die so easily…I simply took a break from my judgments to observe the condition of our world …" the mechanical voice spoke, "…and sadly it hasn't reached where it should be…and that is the declaration of new world completely free from criminals.," Misa jumped up and down on the cushions of her couch excitedly.

"He's back!" she reached over the armrest and fondly stroked the picture of Raito that was sitting there upon the table.

To be continued…

Authoress' Notes:

Thank you for taking your time to read my new fanfic. I never thought I would be writing a sequel but the other fanfic I wanted to write wasn't going anywhere. The ending for this is already planned out…but the road to get there will be quite the interesting trip.

Next chapter, how will Near react to this "revived" Kira?