* R&R A big thank you for all who read this
"Look, this little guy is finally waking up"
I woke up on the cold and hard ground to many shinigami, who looked at me with curiosity. Once they realized, I woke up, more shinigami crowded around me. Most had white bones with a few black accents (typical shinigami) but there were a few odd balls. They actually had color on them and some, like me, didn't look completely bones. The shinigami in front of me was the most unusual. He was taller and much more noticeable with most of his body gold. As I stood up, I realized that I was the tallest, taller than the gold one by just half an inch. Apparently, I also looked a little different since I was much taller and had a different presence. They started feeling uneasy, which leads them to bully me.
"Look at that guy." Someone whispered. "He looks so human like." "Disgusting!" another whispered a bit too loud. I looked at myself and realized that I did look different, even more so than I thought in the beginning. Perhaps, I scared then. I looked different and I looked down on them. They do have the right to be scared for I'm much better than them.
"Please back away from the newborn. It's too much to bully someone who's been awake for only 5 minutes in this world. There's much more to come at the Rebirth ceremony. I sent a message to all shinigami. Good seats will soon be filled. It's rare to have an event like this occur." he said with ease as if he has been doing this forever.
"I'm not afraid. They envy me. I make them feel uneasy. Clearly we both are a bit different than the rest." I wanted to know about the Rebirth Ceremony. The word rebirth scared me, for I didn't know what they were going to do with me, but I didn't want to pry. I don't know much about this world. Prevention is always better than cure.
"How interesting, you might be the first to have so much pride. But don't get too cocky. Your death was caused by the hand of a shinigami."
"Death. How could I die and yet be alive. I realized then" I didn't have any memories. I did have memories of the past but not my past. I know every single human language and all the shinigami records. How? This is just a theory, but maybe I was a human.
'I don't know" There was something he wasn't letting on. My hunch was right. He was different. Perhaps, he is the shinigami king. I've never seen him myself but my mind somehow knows everything about this world already.
'"You know newbie, I know you have questions. Don't worry I do have power, but I can't do anything. All shinigami are nearly immortal."
He was lying. If he couldn't do anything, then why was he the king? You can't have power without ruling with fear. Perhaps he wanted to make me feel at ease. I won't feel at ease unless my questions are answered." Are you the shinigami king?"
"I am the shinigami king." he said regally with pride. Now, who is the one getting too cocky?
"How did I get here?" I replied coldly, getting to the point. I don't know what I hope to accomplish, but for someone like him to lose his cool is itself interesting. His face twitched. I knew it. He was hiding something.
"If you must know, I'll tell you. You must not tell anyone though. The shinigami world is a delicate balance. Its demise will be the fact that we are nearly immortal. First, you must know who you were. You were Light Yagami, an owner of the death note in your previous life. Don't get used to it. A new name will be chosen at your naming and your past was already thrown away the day you died. Not all humans become a shinigami after they die. You were a special case because you owned the death note, a book in which you write names of people you wish to die. Only those who possessed the death note as well as wrote names in it could be a shinigami. The same notebook you used has been handled by three other people. Misa Amane, Teru Mikami , and Kyosuke Higuchi could be a shinigami. But, only when a current shinigami dies, a new one will be born. Most shinigami have been here since the beginning of time, but shinigami could die of natural causes, which is failing to extend their life by writing in the death note. Two shinigami needed replacement and so you and Misa were chosen because you guys used the death note the most. Misa was already named Tane. She woke up 250 years before you and she settled in. You slept for 300 years. That reminded me. We have no more time to talk. The star of the show is late for his naming. "
"Wait! What is the naming? Is it the same as the Rebirth Ceremony?"
" You will see when you get there." he said with a light smile, barely visible.