In The Shinigami Realm


The Shinigami King sat on his throne and listened as Ryuk told him what had happened in the human world. "Ryuk, you realize you have broken roughly twenty rules and even caused the death of a fellow Shinigami? Not to mention a lot of humans now know of our existence!" the Shinigami King exclaimed.

"Sorry, but it's just so BORING around here!" Ryuk complained.

"That is no excuse! Now get out of my sight! I'll decide your punishment later!" the Shinigami King snapped.

"Fine..." Ryuk muttered.


Several Hours Later


Hmmm... according to what Ryuk told me, Rem managed to kill two humans to save Misa when she only should have been able to kill one... is this a fluke? This is a problem... The Shinigami King thought about it until he decided what to do. He called for a meeting and had many of the Shinigami come listen to what he had to say. "I have noticed that an important rule has been broken," he announced. "Rem saved a human, normally, her death would have been a proper atonement, however, she killed two humans instead of one. To fix this problem, I have decided to use the ancient shinigami art of bringing a human back to life."

"But I thought you just said it was against the rules to save a human!?" a shinigami exclaimed.

"Yes, it normally is, however, in this case it isn't against the rules because I am restoring balance," the Shinigami King explained. The Shinigami whispered amongst themselves and looked at him in surprise.

"How do you carry out this ancient art?" a shinigami asked.

"First of all I need to decide who to bring back, the second one she killed was Lawliet, I believe" the Shinigami King said. "Now I will explain how the ritual works. A dead human must bond with a shinigami. The two will take on some of the attributes of the other. The human will look a little more like a shinigami, he will live much longer, and he will have the eyes of a shinigami. The shinigami will look more human, will lose it's wings but keep it's eyes, and it will lose it's immortality. It will still live for a very long time but it won't live forever and it will be able to be seen by humans. The shinigami and human must remain relatively close to each other and if they do separate they must not stay separated for long, and if one dies so does the other, also, the shinigami can never return to this realm. Any volunteers?" he asked.

"What shinigami would give up all of that for a human!?" a shinigami exclaimed. All of the others nodded in agreement.

"I knew none of you would volunteer for this which is why I'm making one of you do it," the Shinigami King said. They all looked worried about who would be chosen. "Ryuk! I have decided your punishment!" The other shinigami laughed as Ryuk walked up to the Shinigami King. "What do you have to say about this?"

"I'll be glad to leave this boring place! Though it will suck not being immortal anymore... Well, get on with it," Ryuk whined.

"The ritual will take twenty-five days, the same number of days as how many years old the human is," the Shinigami King said.


Twenty-five Days Later


Why am I alive? Where am I? L thought.

"Welcome back L, or Ryuzaki," Ryuk said.

"Another shinigami? But you look different... Wait, why am I alive?" L asked. Ryuk explained everything to him. "I'm part shinigami? I thought I felt a little different...So this is the Shinigami Realm...interesting..." L examined himself, he was taller, paler, and his hair was a bit longer and spikier.

"Enough talk, it's time to send you back to your world," the Shinigami King said.

"Okay," L and Ryuk said in unison.


In The Human World


"I think it's time I explained EVERYTHING to you," Ryuk said. He told L about how Light got the death note and how he was defeated.

"So it's all your fault!" L exclaimed.

"Pretty much, yeah," Ryuk said with a shrug.

"All those people were killed because you were bored? I can't say I'm happy to be bonded with you..." L said irritably.

"I'm a shinigami, you know, a death god, why should I care if people die?" Ryuk questioned. L just glared at him. "You realize we're stuck with each other for the rest of our lives so perhaps we should try to get along, huh?"

"Fine..." L muttered.

"So, what's your plan? Are you just gonna go back to being L?" Ryuk asked.

"I was dead, remember? I can't just announce that I'm alive again. I'm going to keep catching criminals, but I'm going to do it secretly and alone," L said.

"So basically your gonna act like one of those lame super heroes?"

"I guess you could put it that way... But my main goal is to make sure no human ever gets their hands on a death note again."

"Well, I'll agree to help you, but only if you give me apples," Ryuk said.

"You can buy them yourself now, you look human and other people can see you," L reminded him.

"Oh, yeah, that's true."

"There are some people I want to visit first, though..."


At Light's House


The two girls were in the kitchen eating when they heard a knock on the door. "Sayu, can you please answer it?" Sachiko asked.

"Okay, Mom," Sayu said. She opened the door and saw L standing there. "Um, Hello?" she said.

"I'm sorry to disturb you but I heard both Light and his father died and I was... a friend of theirs," L said.

"Oh... well, do you know that Light was..." Sayu faltered. She started to cry. L looked at her sympathetically

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you. I'll leave now..." L said.

"Wait, I can tell you where they are buried," Sachiko said.

"Thank you." L said. Sachiko told him the location of the graves.

"What's your name?" she asked.

"L Lawliet," he answered.

"Neither of them ever mentioned you," she said.

"I met Light at his graduation, we didn't know each other for very long," L explained.

"Then I guess it didn't hurt you too much when you found out..." she said sadly.

"No, it hurt more than you know... Well, I guess I should leave, good-bye," L then left the house and went to their graves with Ryuk.

"I kinda miss the kid, he was fun. I couldn't have given the death note to a better guy," Ryuk said. L ignored him. He stared at the Chief's grave.

"Did he ever find out...?" L asked.

"That Light was Kira? No, he died convinced that he was innocent," Ryuk said.

"I'm glad..." L said. He walked over to Light's grave. "Perhaps things could have been different if you had never found that death note. It's possible you could have become a detective rivaling even me..."


Sometime Later


Near was in the tower that L had built. "So this is where he died..." he said.

"Yep, that's where I died," L said as he walked up behind him. Near stared at him in shock. L explained everything to him.

"Does this mean we will be working together?" Near asked.

"No, I'm going to let you take my place as the new L and I'll do things alone," L said.

"Oh, well good luck."

"Thank you." And so L left with Ryuk to begin his new life.


AN: This fanfic is currently being re-written by an author named Lawliet Holmes. He has decided to expand on my idea and make it a multi-chapter fic. The name of his version is Death Note 2: The Power of Two. If you liked this one then you should check it out.