Quen detested visiting the shinigami realm. Those ridiculous death gods didn't do anything but sit around and gamble. And bring death. However, she needed the help of a particular shinigami.
He was known throughout all realms, the death god who'd dropped his notebook into the human world, creating the biggest chaos the puny mortals had ever seen. She wanted to know how. No, she didn't simply want it, she needed it. The realm of the Kami's was no longer as entertaining as it used to be, either. Now there were rules placed upon Kami's, forbidding them from returning souls to bodies lives unless they had died only recently before. Apparently reviving a year old corpse was a 'bad idea'. Seriously, what was wrong with those stupid mortals? Didn't they want their family back? It wasn't the gods' faults that their fragile little bodies decayed so quickly. And honestly, all this nonsense about eating brains? Preposterous! Just because they were too deformed to be understood didn't mean the resurrected were vile! Humans were a funny, stupid, entertaining race.
And that's what Quen was lacking.
Entertainment.
Unfortunately, Kami's were prohibited by law to drop their notes into the human world. So, as a solution, Quen needed the help of a cunning immortal, who had done unbelievable things out of boredom.
Maybe he would be moved to help another god bored out of their mind…?
Without second-guessing herself, the Kami jumped through the portal, allowing the swirling onyx maelstrom to deposit her in the realm of the Death Gods.
Fwooshh…..Swieyp-Thump!
'Was it always such a short trip…?'
She set out to find Ryuk. The realm of the Death Gods was so barren; nothing grew, all that was around was a desert of rocks streching for forever in all directions. She started toward a mound of rocks assembled to look like a makeshift cave and walked in, earning amused and shocked expressions from the five shinigamis inhabiting the cavern.
"Hyak hyak hyak…a Kami….what're you doing back here, Quen? The Shinigami Lord made it clear you were not to come back." One of them, a creature with bron-gray skin and scars decorating his entire being said.
"Hello. I am looking for the Shinigami Ryuk. Where can I find him?"
Another, with a bull's skull as a head, answered. "Wha—? Looking for him, are 'ya? Well, he doesn't enjoy company. Especially not now."
Quen was beginning to grow annoyed. "I realize, thank you for the consideration. Now, do any of you know where it is I may find him?"
The question hung in the air until the scarred one, with a grunt, answered. Quen tossed him an apple and he lunged greedily, tossing it whole into his mouth. Quen rolled her eyes in disgust and exited the cave, extending her wings and flying to find Ryuk.
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The directions the shinigami had given her led her to yet another cave, this one formed of stalagmites and stalagtites. Of course, he had given her the most inconvienient route, which had had her flying directly over the King's quarters. Risky.
She regretted rewarding him with the apple.
She set her feet down on solid ground and entered the den, eyes searching until she found the huntched black figure at the opposite end of the grotto.
She chuckled triumphantly.
"Hmpf? Who's there?" The lazy shinigami didn't even bother to turn his head. Quen glared.
"Ryuk; I hear you had a very interesting time meddling with the humans. I would like such entertainer as well."
The shinigami snorted, turning to face Quen for the first time. His eyes widened, and he let out a chuckle of disbelief.
"Hyuk! You? You think I'd be so stupid as to associate with you after the shinigami king has declared you an enemy? I don't care how bored you are, Kami, you ain't gettin' any help from me."
Quen sighed, producing two large, golden apples. The apples from the Kami realm. They were even more intoxicating and addictive and delicious than that grew on Earth. Ryuk seemed to have a change of perspective instantly. He smiled, making his ever-grinning expression stretch even further than Quen could have though possible.
"Alright, rookie. I'll tell you what I know about humans. I know you must'a heard one version of the story, but I'll be generous enough to tell you how it really went."
At the end of his explanation, It took all of Quen's willpower to keep her expression clean of emotion. Internally, she was gaping at the shinigami. His experience...it wasunbelievable! She truly had a hard time processing it all. This Yagami character...
"Hey, you gonna give me one'a those apples or what?"
Quen rolled her eyes and tossed one of the apples at Ryuk. Her eyes narrowed.
"That was an interesting story."
"Believe me kiddo, I know. I don't need ya tellin' me."
"Well, you see, I'm in a sort of a predicament."
"Oh—?"
"Yes. And I need your help."
"Now hold on here. What makes you think I'll help ya'? I only do what I want."
"This will turn out just as entertaining as your story—more entertainment, you want that, right? Plus, I'll even toss in some apples of you're a good little shinigami."
Ryuk seemed to be pondering it.
"Alright," He agreed, reluctantly. Quen tossed him another apple, which he grabbed at anxiously. He moved to stand up, his large figure moving to show Quen a swirling pool of black, much like the one she'd taken to get to the shinigami realm. He noticed her staring and grunted that yes, it was the way to the human world from this Wasteland.
She shivered in anticipation. Ryuk regarded her reaction with an amused gleam in his eyes.
"Before we go dropping this notebook into the human world, Ryuk, there are some rules you should be informed of."
"Eh? Alright, whatever."
"First, a Kami is not allowed to simply drop their notebook into the human world. They must carefully watch a particular human and decide said mortal is worthy before submitting a request to the Kami Queen. She then decides whether or not said human is worthy of the powers of a life note."
"That's ridiculous! Where's the fun in that?"
"There isn't any," Quen snapped."That's the most irritating part."
Ryuk seemed to be thinking.
"Are there any rules against dropping your notebook into the Mu?"
Quen was taken aback by the question.
"I...I don't know. I've never heard of it being against the law...well, I've never heard of it at all. Usually it's either the humans or the Skalkies, but mostly my kind tries to avoid that vicious breed."
Ryuk cackled. "What a stubborn, single-minded race the Kami are..."
"Well, I suggest that, since there's no known rule against it, we drop your book into the Mu. That would turn out interesting, as there are so many peculiar dead spirits..."
"But we have no idea of how the consequences would result as." Quen argued, and Ryuk regarded her with amusement as he chuckled.
"That's the most interesting part."