Grey. No other color can be seen for miles beyond miles. It continues non-stop, never ending, for it is the end within itself. Grey dust fills the area, plant like vines stretching for something above them, searching for their own life even if they are apart of death. Giant rocks are thrown here and there, gods of death inhabiting them, laying around in boredom. Yes, this is the Shinigami world, the life after life, the world after humans and animals. Shinigami are said to live for thousands of years, since when they take a life, it goes to their own. But technically, are they alive? Or are they just adding to something that doesn't exist? And what is after THIS life? Blank? Black?

A Shinigami by the name of Life wonders this everyday of it's almost immortal living. Ironic, isn't it? That it's name is the exact thing that it cannot understand. But can anyone? Does anyone have the answers? No.

Life is one of the most human-like shinigami around. One would guess that it is female, because her body structure relates to that of a female human. She stands at almost 7 ft tall, her abdomen taking much of that length. Her legs look human, except for the fact that from her toes to her very thin thigh is a bone like structure. It weeds through her white, almost transparent skin, like vines. It is quiet grotesque to look at, because it seems like the skin she wears is slowly being ripped apart by the vine like bones. Her toes are claw like, very sharp, and almost 6 inches long. They are black, and slightly curl away from the ground. Her abdomen is very strange. From her hips, three or four bones penetrate out of her body on both sides, and cover up her front area by twisting together. Her 'stomach' is the longest part of her body. If she were to bend over and touch her claws, her stomach would almost be past her knees. It is white, and has black markings all over it. No one can tell exactly what they say.

Her chest looks like it has breast, except there is five different bones that come out of her spine, curl around, and cover them. There are two other bones that come out of her spine, except they curl over her shoulders, and stab right back into her collar bone. From her shoulders down are bone covered arms that relate to her legs, except that the claws would naturally look more hand like.

Her face is surprisingly quiet beautiful. It looks like a human model, well, at least on the left side. On the right side, more bone penetrates from the back of her skull, and covers up the right side of her face like a shield. Her eyes, from what we can see, are piercing red with white pupils. Her hair reaches where her boney shoulder blades are. It is black, choppy, and very straight. Her lips are blue, making it look like she drowned, and her nose non-existent. Just two holes so she is able to breath….if she wants too.

Anyway, on this very gloomy afternoon, she walked around, trying to look for entertainment. Lately though, she has been having very odd 'memories', dealing with humans and their world. What she finds most frustrating is that she has never been to the Human world…..well, as long as she's been a Shinigami of course.

So how could she possibly know what is out there? How can she have memories of it? Very confusing. She's been contemplating on weather or not to tell the Shinigami King about these memories, but what can he do? But, she will most likely get some sort of explanation, rather than killing herself with all of these blasted questions.

Quietly, she started to stalk over to one of the largest rocks in the Shinigami realm. To most, it would simply look like decayed bones in a heap of death. But to the Shinigami, this where they are able to find their King.

"Life! Ooooooh Life!" She heard Sloth growl her name. She snapped her lanky, boney head to her left, only to see Sloth and Whimper playing Death cards. "What do you want Sloth? I need to get to the Shinigami King. I'm having the damned memories again." Her woman-like voice hissed, as her deep red eyes tore down his green and decaying flesh. "Don't be so bitchy, I was just wondering if you want to play some Death cards!" Sloth showed his sharp, red teeth to her as he tried to hand her a deck of black, blood covered cards.

"Sloth, I know your stupid, but damn. Everyday you ask me, and everyday you will get the same answer. When will you learn?" She snarled, her own bright, sharp fangs expressing themselves in the dim light. Sloth shrugged. "What else can I do? It's so boring around here, the only thing that lightens my day is your angry face." She slapped him, making his neck crack and snap to the back. "Bitch! What the hell was that for?!" He screamed, snapping his head back in place, showing her a very angry Shinigami. "For being an incompetent fool!" She snarled one last time, before whipping her dead body back to the direction she was originally going.

Her lanky arms swung at her sides as she made her way to the Shinigami King's layer. Her eyes were set on the rock, trying not to distract herself from it. But what's out there to distract her? It all looks the same!

"Hehehe, Life, I heard that the Shinigami King has something planned for you. That's why he's filling your head with human thoughts!" She heard Lust giggle beside her. "And where did you hear that?" Life snarled back at Lust, already agitated by her encounter from earlier.

Lust flipped his long, snake like hair away from his ripped and deformed face and grinned. "Please Life, if anyone hears any juicy gossip in the Shinigami realm, it quickly gets around. We're all bored, and shit like this really makes our day!" Life clenched her claws, letting a small sigh escape her blue lips. "But what would he want from me Lust? I only recently came to the Shinigami realm, twenty years to be exact. If he wanted someone to do something, why doesn't he just ask a Shinigami with more experience?"

Lust busted out laughing, still flying next to her. "I think that's exactly the point! Out of all the Shinigami in the world, your still the most human!" Life looked at her companion, red eyes set on his golden ones. "What does me being the most human have to do with anything?" She asked, pupils dilating. Lust laughed again, and started to fly away from her. "You'll see kid, you'll see!"

Life growled, even more pissed off that she has more questions running through her mind. But, she was happy at the same time because she finally made it to the layer. "Armonia Justin Beyondormason, I need to speak with the King." She stated, glaring at the jeweled Shinigami that laid in her path. "And what makes you think I'm going to give YOU access to seeing the king?" He cackled, his ruby eyes glinting with amusement.

"Armonia….let her in." A loud, creepy voice boomed through the Shinigami realm. Armonia fell silent as he quickly opened two very heavy, and very large doors that led to the King. "Of course, my lord." Armonia stuttered, glaring at Life. Life dug her eyes into his body, making him shiver. She did have one of the most scariest pair of eyes he's ever seen….well…besides the King's, of course.

She strolled into the dark room, able to sense a very strong presence in front of her. She got on her boney knees, and held one hand up into the air. "My King, something troubles me, may I ask you for the answers?" Her dark voice echoed across the room, searching for the almost, immortal being.

"You may….." His voice dripped down the walls, and surrounding her like a suffocating cocoon. "I keep having memories, dreams if you will, of the Human world. A girl, is constantly in these thoughts. She always encounters a man, but once they have met, it all goes blank. Truth be told, I've never looked down the portal to the human world, so I don't understand how I could know this information. I don't know who these humans are, or why they fill my mind. Do you have the answers, my king?" Her voice sounded so small compared to his, so weak. But to any mortal, her voice sounded like death itself.

"I have the answer to your memories." He responded, breaking himself from the shadows. His skull head bowed down to her level, making them see eye to eye. One of his hands lay close to the right side of her face, but not touching. "I have filled them in your mind. I am responsible for your thoughts." His voice tore the air in two.

"But why, my King?" She asked, her eyes staring into his empty ones. His dead face smirked, making a chill run down her spine. "For I have something for you to do. Something dealing with these two humans." Within the sockets of his skull, two bright red eyes started to show themselves. At first, they weren't so frightening as they started to fill the darkness of the sockets, but once they were fully evolved, Life felt as though she should run and completely forget about her encounter with the King. "The female you see is yourself as a human. I looked into your past, and found that in the human realm, you were seen as very 'attractive'. I then looked into the future, and found that man." He began, eyes boring into her own. "His name is L. Lawliet. He is seen as a detective, a hero if you will, in the Human world. You see, one of my Shinigami are going to become involved with the human world. It's Death Note will lead to the death of this human."

"As much as I love seeing humans die, this death will not be good for both our world, and their own. If Lawliet dies, as I foresee, the Human world will be filled with chaos, and death will be completely natural. If too many humans die at once, then the Shinigami will start to die as well. As the king of the Shinigami World, I need to stop this from happening."

"So, I will take your life as a Shinigami, and fill it into your dead, human self. From there, you will protect Lawliet with your Human life. You will help him live from years to come, with your Death Note, and your Shinigami eyes. I do not care if you become his companion or partner, but you must keep him alive." He hissed, grabbing her chin so she wouldn't look away.

She stared at him, completely confused, and extremely scared. Her human self? She was a human before this? She will be held responsible for both worlds? Why Her? Why couldn't he just stop the Shinigami from going to the human world?

"You think to many questions, but I shall answer them. All Shinigami were humans at some point, though we don't remember it. You will be responsible for both worlds, and the only reason I chose you is because of what Lust told you. You are the most human like, you are the only one who will be able to adapt easier and make yourself less suspicious from those stupid humans."

"I cannot stop the Shinigami from going to the human world. I am not allowed to break fate, but as for this one humans life, I have to. If you save his life, fate will change, but, because there is always an alternate fate if someone lives longer then expected, it won't do any damage from the Time of Life." He smirked evilly at me, his teeth glaring into her.

"But….but my King! What about the rules? If I save the human's life, I will die myself!" She snarled, desperately wanting to just get back to her boring day instead of taking such a risky mission. His laughter echoed throughout the room, throughout the Shinigami realm. It made her entire body shake as his face slowly got closer to hers.

"Fool, I make the rules, and I can break them on my own will. You will not die, until I want you too. If you stay on my good side, that wont be for a very long time." He hissed, painfully squeezing her face. "I don't care if you accept this mission or not, because your doing it either way. Prepare yourself, for I am going to do this transformation right now." He growled, slamming her to the floor.

Her red eyed opened wide as she tried to run to the doors. "No!" She howled as he stretched his arm and grabbed her. "By the power of Satin, Death, and the Gods above, fulfill the life this one has lost! Drown her with the light of Life! Awaken the human that lives inside!" He snarled, slamming his claw like hand into her chest.

Her face was stuck. Her mouth was gaping, eyes wide, every muscle clenched. She stared into the Shinigami King's eyes like a zombie. He smirked, his skeleton like face showing great amusement. "Begin." He whispered.

She screamed. At first it sounded like a dying animal, but soon turned into something much scarier. Every Shinigami in the entire Shinigami Realm snapped their head towards the sound, wondering what the hell is going on, what could make ANY being scream so….so frighteningly.

Her body twisted, turned, contorted. Her neck was snapping side to side, her red eyes slowly turning black. Then, her entire body stiffened, like a rock. At first the Shinigami King thought that he messed up somewhere, but was pleasantly surprised when a bright light started to shoot into her mouth, nose, and eye sockets. He voice sounded so demonic as she started to scream once more, pain burning in her entire body.

Shinigami weren't supposed to feel pain, but this…..this was unbearable. It felt as if the entire universe was filled in her body, and then exploded inside of her. Slowly, the bones that surrounded her body tore off her flesh, leaving human skin where it once was. Her claws ripped off of her skin, her deformities and scars disappearing by burning off of her flesh. The markings on her stomach swirled on her pale skin, until they were mooshed together into a very small hole. A human belly button….

Her hair flowed wildly around her as her screams continued. The Shinigami King laughed this entire time, enjoying seeing so much pain within the being. He threw her to the ground, chuckling madly as she twisted around, clenching her muscles every few moments.

The bone wings that once resided in her back, flew out and ripped out of her spine. The tail that was once able to come out of her body also tore itself from her spine, making her howl even louder. Everything that was once apart of her body turned into blue dust, flowing away into a non-existent breeze.

At this point, the rest of the Shinigami in the realm were piled at the King's doors, dead curious on why there was such a horrible noise coming out of his layer. Most of them laughed, enjoying the sound of pain, while others looked around helplessly, wondering if they will be next to feel such pain as the Shinigami that was in that room.

"Perfect." The King purred as the light that once glowed from Life's body stopped, leaving a human woman lying on his floor of death. Her black hair surrounded her body, covering her most private parts. Her skin was pale, but still looked healthy. And from what he could see, the woman had extremely sharp, blue eyes that were boring into his skull. She had stopped screaming.

"Michelle Ragucci, Life, you are born once more." His voice hissed as he glared at her, raising one of his frighteningly large hands into the air. "You will remember your life as a Shinigami. You have your Death Note and Shinigami eyes to use. Though, you cannot be killed by a human, so don't get yourself in any deadly situations that will make them suspicious of you. But if it protects the human man…..so be it. You will one day be a Shinigami once more, but as of today…..You are a human." He growled, watching her twitch one the ground.

"Now……go!" His voice screamed as the floor beneath the human woman broke like puzzle pieces. She out stretched her hand, trying to grab onto anything that will save her from falling. "Please….don't!" Her soft voice screamed as her body began to fall into oblivion.

She kept falling down, down between the clouds, down beneath the darkness. She couldn't see anything because she was falling so fast. She kept gasping, trying to breath as she suddenly tore through some sort of wall. The wall between the Shinigami World……and the Human World.

She twisted her body to see beneath her, and found herself looking at large things that seemed to be reaching out for her (A/N: Skyscrapers!). She screamed as she started getting closer to them, swinging her limbs around as if to get away from them. But she kept falling, falling.

Suddenly, the ground looked to close. Her now blue eyes almost fell out of her sockets as she opened her mouth to scream once more. But then a deafening explosion filled her ears as she slammed into darkness.

Everything suddenly seemed so quiet.

Hi guys! I am extreamly proud of this story! I really wanted to share it with you! Chapter Two should be coming up real soon! Gosh, I hope you guys enjoy this as much as I am! :)

Oh! And BTW, I do not own the Shinigami Realm or Death Notes. I only own 'Life', and this story-line. This is a L/OC, Mello/OC and BB/OC story! NOT A YAOI!!!

REVIEW! :D YOU WILL MAKE ME A HAPPY PERSON!!

-Michelle

P.S- I only used my first name because I seriously suck at remembering names! D: FORGIVE ME! I wish I could be creative xD