Darkness…all that he saw was the black…
Naruto stared into the abyss as he felt his body float in purgatory. He knew he was dead, what else could you expect when you were decapitated? Oh well, maybe now all the mean people would leave him alone now….
….
Jerking awake, Naruto's eyes snapped open, darting around in a panicked frenzy. As consciousness caught up with Naruto, his hand shot to his neck as he began to have a body-wracking coughing fit. Slowly coming down from his fit, he began to examine his surroundings wondering just where he was.
"Hmmm… no windows, no door, and nothing but a bed….this is going to be boring isn't it?" Naruto stated rhetorically, his voice rough from seeming disuse.
"Very true young one" a deep, gravelly voice replied.
"Who's there?!" Naruto exclaimed, whipping his head around, attempting to pinpoint the source of the voice.
"Oh, you already know me, Naruto. After all, we met not a minute ago." Replied the voice.
"I died a minute ago, so yeah, not much of a clue there smart one." Naruto remarked dryly, attempting to keep the entity from knowing he was scared out of his mind.
"Really Naruto? Think, long and hard, you met me when you died, a minute ago….." the voice said with a raspy chuckle.
'Hmmmm…I died, met him, can't remember, and he knows me already, yup, I'm talking to death' Naruto thought, eyes narrowed in thought.
"Lord Death… a pleasure to meet you." Naruto uttered in a guarded tone.
"Hahahahaha! Quite right young nephilim!" the now revealed Death spoke.
"Huh?" came the oh so intelligent reply from Naruto. "What's a Nephilim?"