Dark wisps of mist were in the air. You could see nothing but an empty desert. Everything was dead. Without any signs of life at all.
In exactly that moment, a silhouette materialised. The young man wore a red t-shirt and black jeans. No shoes were on his feet. His hair was black, standing up in all directions. What was he doing here? The answer to this question were the enormous black wings on his back, as well as the blood-red eyes. In his hand he held a simple notebook in white.
As innocent as it looked, so much more powerful it was. A grin crept on his face he opened the notebook. A pen materialised, like he did before, in the air before him, and was instantly used to jot down two very special names. He laughed. Already he was looking forward to the result.
"The winner becomes god, while he other loses everything precious to him and dies. Both are genies and both hate to lose. Who is going to win? Kya ha ha ha ha ha ha! That will be interesting, damn interesting! Show me what you can, L and Kira!" With those words he vanished.
His name was Beyond Birthday and he just started a cruel game.
The notebook was named Life Note, and the names written in it were L Lawliet and Light Yagami.