I Lost.

I was running, desperately trying to get away. Away from those trying to kill me, although with the bullet would in my shoulder I was already dieing. That's when I felt the searing pain in my chest over my shoulder. I stumbled up the stairs in the abandoned warehouse. I knew it was over, but still, even as I fell to my knees, I kept trying. Crawling away. My vision blacked out. I fell onto my back but couldn't feel it because I was dead. Dead by the very thing I had used to kill thousands of others. I heard an eco of the past, a memory, something Ryuk said when I first got the Death Note. "And don't think that any human who's used the Death Note can go to heaven or hell."

I felt someone poking me. In a rough voice, curious, they said "Raito. Raito." It was Ryuk.

I opened my eyes to find the Death God standing over me, his head surrounded by a gray sky. My eyesight was tinted red, and the air around me smelled stale.

"Ah, you're back Raito. Welcome to my home."

I sat up, feeling strange. I felt bigger, heavier somehow. My joints felt stiff, and hard ground seemed soft under my rough skin. That was when it hit me- I was a Death God.

At my wide eyes Ryuk snickered. My first emotion was terror, until realization set in. I was a God, what I'd always wanted to be. I could now kill anybody without fear of being discovered. A smile began to spread across my face and I laughed. I was invincible!

After several minutes, my laughter stopped. "Ryuk?"

"As I said, no human can go to heaven or hell after they've used the Death Note."

"So does that mean you were once the owner of a Death Note as a human?"

He didn't answer, only smiled.

I stood up and looked around me at the barren landscape. Lots of rocks and a few dead trees. My new home. I looked down at myself- I was wearing what I wore before I died- my formal shirt, tie, jacket and pants, but it was black. "My Death Note?"

Ryuk pointed in the general direction to my left. "You'll get it from the King."

I started out walking in that direction. Before I was out of earshot, Ryuk shouted "You know you can fly."

I continued walking for a moment longer, feeling the muscles in my back. With a flex of my shoulders, they extended out and flapped. I soared off into the sky, my dream of flying finally coming true.

The King was nothing special. In fact, he was less intimidating then Ryuk, which is saying something. His only job seemed to me was to enforce the rules. Still, I would not underestimate him. He gave me my Death Note and I made my way to the top of one of the many mountains and sat, thinking.

8 hours and 200 accidental-deaths criminals later, I was becoming very bored. I was a god of earth, but not a ruler. It was better being chased by L as Kira than being Raito Yagami, Death God. That's when I knew what I had to do.

The days went by slowly as I planned. I watched the other Death Gods as they played games, especially one that interested me called Bones.

Ryuk was the only one of the Death Gods I knew- I didn't feel the need to know the others, as I wouldn't be here long.

My opportunity came one day during a game of Bones. I was confident I could win, so I joined a game with a Death God named Shima. The others looked semi-interested, since they had never seen me play before, and especially when I said "I bet you all your years."

Shima laughed, thinking it was a joke. I stared at him coolly. Eventually he stopped, realizing I was serious. It took him a few minutes before he agreed. "This is going to be easy," he said to the watching Death Gods.

"Raito" Ryuk started.

"Don't worry," I replied and rolled the bones. Ryuk shrugged.

The bones began to glow as they hit the ground. I moved them around a bit, which was how the game was played. Then it was Shima's turn. He rolled and moved, but it wasn't good enough. Four moves later I had won.

Shima stared at me in horror. "You win," he said and his body turned to sand. I picked up his Death Note, tucking it into my jacket.

"Raito" Ryuk started, this time amazed.

"I can go to the human world now, is that right, Ryuk?"

"Raito"

I raised my eyebrows. He nodded. "Do what you want."

I threw my Death Note into the hole in the ground leading to the human world, keeping Shima's close by. "See you, Ryuk."

"Later, Raito."

I opened my wings and followed it down.