Okii Ichigo: Ok, so I understand this chapter is EXTREMELY short, but this was just a quick idea that ran through my head today and so I decided to quickly get it down. Please tell me what you think and if I should write more.

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So, this is it. My new home.

Truthfully, I had always imagined that the shinigami realm would be, I dunno, more INTRESTING. I could see why Venom had complained nonstop about the boring-ness of this place. It was grey, dull, dead, and shinigami laid everywhere lazily.

"Ah, Chi. It's been a while, eh?" A face made of rotted flesh and hollowed out eyes smiled wickedly at me.

"Hey, Venom." I gave a small smile to my ex-shinigami. "It hasn't been that long."

"I guess you're right. Sorry for writing your name in my Death Note. But, I told you I had to from the start." He scanned me up and down with his eyes (or lack thereof). "Wow, I must say, you look rather good for a shinigami. You haven't changed that much at all. And I see you still have Aiko-chan."

"Yeah…" I grinned at my kitten—or now, I guess she was just the skeleton of my kitten. Didn't matter. She'll always be my baby. "So…Uh… Are mom and dad here?" I eyed Venom nervously.

"No. Chi, you were the only one that used the Death Note. I told you that once you died you would go to the Great Nothingness. Well, here you are."

Wait, THIS is the 'Great Nothingness' he told me about? The shinigami realm?

"Yeah, I knew that they wouldn't be here. I just wanted to ask anyway." I stared at the ugly, dull ground.

"Now, stop sulking and come over here so I can teach you how to play our favorite game here. Trust me; games will become your number one hobby. The shinigami realm gets pretty boring after awhile."

"Yeah…Ok."

[Hundreds of years later…]

"Well… I'd better get going" Ryuk stood up and started walking away.

Another shinigami piped in, "Hate to tell you, but our whole world looks like this."

"That's true, but I've dropped my Death Note." Ryuk didn't bother turning around. All the shinigami around thought it was pretty funny and burst out laughing.

"You really messed things up, didn't ya?"

"Hold on, didn't you already trick the old man into getting a second book? Don't tell me you dropped both of them!"

"You must have some idea where you dropped the thing!"

"Yeah… The human world." With that, Ryuk walked away to go to the boundary that separated this world from theirs. I followed him as the shinigami behind me exchanged surprised 'what?'s. Although Ryuk knew I was following him, we walked in silence. Once we reached the boundary, he unfolded his wings and gave me a quick glance.

"See ya, kid." And with that, he flew down into the human world.

The human world… Maybe I should pay it a visit as well…

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