Okay, basically I am posting this... because, well I wrote this on the bus today and decided to type it up despite the fact that I have no time whatsoever right now. Anyway, enjoy the first chapter of this weird fanfic idea I came up with.
Warnings: This fic contains alternate views of religion that coincide neither with my beliefs nor fully with any Christian beliefs that I know of. If this bothers you, well then don't complain if you read it.
Summary: When Raito died, he went to nothingness. This nothingness has a special power however, and Raito like many others before him has fallen victim to its seductive ways. He will experience his greatest dream as a reality. Meanwhile, the world has need for Kira. L, now an angel of the highest order in heaven is sent to retrieve him. Will L ;be able to break him out of his delusions? Or will he fall victim to his own sweet, tempting fantasies?
Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note
Prologue
In a bright shining world, there was no crime. To most, it was a place of peace. To some, a place to fear. To the young man sitting upon a throne ribbed with gold, it was paradise. He surveyed his creation with a satisfied smirk on his handsome features. Even L, that bastard of a detective had finally acknowledged that his way was true justice. Furthermore, L had also become his greatest supporter. There was nothing more he could possibly want. Misa had died years ago; fading into the background along with her usefulness.
Down below him, some of the masses toiled away erecting a stone statue in his likeness. Others went about their daily routine making sure that everything was running smoothly. Raito knew that of course. He was God; a saviour unto his people. He was all seeing, all knowing, all powerful. The ultimate form of justice. He was benevolent, but at the same time he was ruthless and cold. His family loved what he had done with the world; how he had reshaped it.
"My lord Kira," a call came out. Raito looked down and saw L, whom he had made his right hand man not only for the detective's sharp intelligence, but for the irony of it all. Behind the raven-haired man were two missionaries clad in light armour holding a man captive between them. A crowd of eager onlookers was already gathering in hopes of seeing another act of justice from their God. Raito had to hold back a smirk at this.
"What is it, Lawliet?" he asked softly though he knew already.
"This man was found outside of the city. A woman reported that he had taken her purse."
"Bring this woman forth and allow her to tell me the story in her own words," Raito sid.
L motioned the two missionaries to step aside and moved over also to allow the young woman to move forward. As her face caught the light, Raito could see it streaked with tears and remembered terror. Raito could understand how she felt. Not only was she a victim of a rare occurrence, but she was also female. Women were weak, emotional beings. It was only to be expected.
He gazed down at her. "Tell me what happened," he said not unkindly.
"Oh K-Kira, it was awful!" she fell to her knees and began to sob openly. "I-I was walking down the street at about two in the morning on my way home from work and this-this man suddenly jumped out from an alleyway and attacked me! He just tore the purse right out of my hands and ran off. I screamed for help. It was just luck that one of your officers was nearby or else he would have gotten away."
"Miss, what is your name?" Raito asked.
"Anna," she said quietly.
"Well, we'll just take care of this criminal who would threaten the moral order of our great society. Anna, you have done well. Everyone is grateful to you."
" Thank you, Kira-sama," she murmured before rising to her feet and giving a quick curtsy. She then turned and stepped into the excited crowd.
Raito's eyes widened slightly and he activated the power which would allow him to read the name of the condemned man. "Jeremy Thatcher," he said.
The man only had a moment to gasp before his chest seized and he collapsed. The missionaries waited a moment and then picked up the body of the deceased. They began to drag him out of Raito's sight.
"Kira! Kira! Kira!" His supporters screamed this unendingly.
Raito began to laugh. Even after all these years, his perfect world never got old and it only shone brighter.
L was sitting on a cloud and watching Earth. He did this more out of habit now than anything. Raito was dead, and so were Mello and Matt, the second and third successors to his name. The only person he had vague attachment to now was Near. Even that was merely because he was his heir and not because of any emotional bond.
L could admit to himself that when he had died, he was surprised not only over the fact that there was an afterlife, but that he had ended up in 'heaven' so to speak. After all, he may have worked for the side of 'justice' but that did not mean that he was not selfish. He had only taken cases that interested him. He had also destroyed the lives of the other top two detectives in the world, Eraldo Coil and Deneuve. On top of that, he had manipulated pretty much everyone around him. L could also admit that he lied almost all of the time.
Apparently, that hadn't mattered nearly as much as he had thought. What he had done for humanity by discovering who Kira was, even though he had died before he could prove him guilty far outweighed that. He had also done God a favour by paving the path to Kira's capture. It had been annoying Him that so many souls were dying before the time He had alloted them on Earth. God had decided that he had done enough good not only to earn him a place in heaven, but to become the archangel assigned to guard against calamities as well.
L had analyzed God after this. His conclusion was that He was every bit as childish as Kira and would favour whomever He personally liked no matter if they were completely good or bad. It didn't really matter though. L didn't particularly care why he was here. It was more important to him that he was here and as this was heaven, he got whatever he desired. Well, almost. It was still very hard to find someone who could hold up a decent conversation. He almost missed Kira just because of that.
L sighed and willed a bowl full of strawberries into existence. He popped a strawberry into his mouth and continued to muse. In fact heaven wasn't all it was cracked up to be. In a place where a person could get almost whatever he or she desired on a whim, he noticed that roughly twenty five percent of the recently dead had chosen to surround themselves with whatever material good they could not have on Earth. The homes of the newly dead looked like a regular middle class neighbourhood. Even though this came as no surprise to L, he couldn't help but be rather annoyed with this. It was rather boring to look at.
On the other hand, a lot of the people who did that were generally unhappy. L had noted this with bemusement in the past and understood why God had allowed them in. He noticed that after a few years at least some of the souls would drop this facade and move on. There were still a good half of them that would keep the same lifestyle they had on Earth and were very happy to.
Those who did move on either requested the angels for a job to do in heaven, or entertained themselves in a new way. There were a lot of 'bad' souls there as well. Apparently God had allowed Lucifer the Light one wish before he fell. The request that Lucifer had was to have any soul that would change without having to go to hell be let into heaven, no matter what its sins. That was why there were so many of those souls who were unhappy and filled with petty greed up here.
There was one more thing that echoed Earth almost exactly. There were still research institutions, public schools, and universities up here. Knowledge was one of those few things that people still had to work for and was not attained just by willing it. L did know that the schools had originally started to educate the souls that had died too young to be able to read and write. The mind still matured in these souls, and if they wished, the body did as well.
L had also wondered on many a day where Raito had ended up. He had eventually decided that his soul must have been obliterated or was wandering around aimlessly. What else could the Death Note have meant by 'the human who uses this note can go to neither heaven nor hell.' Then again, the Death Note had also stated that all humans went to nothingness when they died and L knew that wasn't true.
L sighed, ate another strawberry out of the bowl and cast his eyes back to Earth. As he did so, he found his thoughts turning back to Mello and Matt. Both of them had made it to heaven and that was because their services also far outweighed their sins. Though because Mello was involved in the Mafia, and had killed many himself, and Matt had been lazy and apathetic with the exception of when it had come to Mello, they were angels instead of archangels like him.
"Lawliet-sama! Lawliet-sama!" one of the cherubs – angels that had been around since before the time of humans – came zooming up.
L turned. "What is it?" he asked.
"God wants you! God wants to talk to you! Something bad is happening on Earth!" Its huge brown eyes were wet with tears.
"Tell him that I'll be there in a few minutes," L sighed. It was a good thing that he wasn't very far from the castle.
"Can do!" the creature chirped brightening instantly. It saluted him, stole one of L's strawberries, and zipped off at an alarming speed.
L looked sadly at his bowl and banished it before he stood up. He spread his huge, white, feathered wings and pushed off his cloud with ease. As always, there was a very nice updraft on the way to the white, open roofed stone building that God lived in most of the time. It was a glory to see, designed to inspire awe in the souls who passed through the entrance to be judged. L swooped in and landed just inside the brightly lit stone structure. As he walked forward, the light became blinding and he had to shield his eyes. He stopped when he sensed he was close enough to God and gave a curt nod in His direction.
"What calamity has happened?" he asked.
"I am sure you have heard of the term biological warfare?" God said.
L stared at him for a moment. "Of course."
"It turns out that several countries have been developing these biological weapons for the last few decades. Tensions have mounted worldwide on a scale not seen since World War two and the Cold War. I do not want to judge so many souls and lose my free time so it is your job to defuse these tensions as quickly as possible. I will also be assigning you a partner.
"It is also your job to retrieve your partner before you two go down to Earth."
L swallowed, a habitual reflex he no longer truly needed. There first person that came to his mind was an impossible thought. It was hard to fathom that he would be assigned to someone whose whereabouts were unknown. Then again it probably was him that he had to find. He knew God would find it amusing at the very least and the person in question would be a great help.
"I believe you know him," God said "Kira."
"Raito Yagami."
"Yes."
"No. I expect you to be able to control him. He has a soft spot for you. The Shinigami King has been kind enough for him to give him full access to his powers."
"You threatened him, didn't you," L stated dryly.
"What I do is none of your concern. When you have fetched Kira, a portal will open up and you will be guided back here. I will then direct you to Earth."
L narrowed his eyes mentally at the deity. He was disgusted with him. It wasn't like he could not have sent one of the other denizens of heaven down before this. He knew God was always aware of what was happening. The deity just wanted to amuse himself.
"You should know that I can hear all that you think, Lawliet."
"I am perfectly aware of that."
He wasn't surprised when God began to chuckle. After all, he was supposed to know everything about everyone. That didn't mean that the Almighty was any less prone to fallacy. Just like the fallacy he was committing by sending Kira to Earth with L.
"One more thing, Lawliet," God said. "Kira is in the world of nothingness; the one I created to house the souls that are irredeemable. It will show you the thing you want most in this world. You'll have to break the illusion. To break Kira's fantasy, you must make him realize that what he is experiencing is indeed not real."
L sensed God wave his hand carelessly in a gesture of power. A portal opened with the edge of it just at his feet.
"Well, off you go."
L was immediately sucked into the portal.
End Prologue.
Eh... I like Shinigami better than this.. anyway please review. Constructive criticism is appreciated.