Death Note
God's In His Kingdom

Part One: Thy Kingdom Come

To the world Light Yagami was offically dead. To Nate Rivers, otherwise known as Near, he had been taken by the Reaper, destroyed by his own guardian. The mass-murderer known as Kira was dead. The second Kira, Misa Amane, had committed suicide after his death. The third Kira, Kyosuke Higuchi, and the fourth, Teru Mikami, had all died. There were no more Death Notes in the human world, except for those the Shinigami themselves carried. Kira's existence as a sole being, a single entity, only lived now through the mass media, police records, and fiction surrounding the years of Kira.
But Light Yagami didn't die. He evolved.

"Ryuk," a sleek voice spoke from within the confines of what seemed like utter darkness. "What is this? What have you done to me Ryuk? Answer me!"

There was a mixture of crunching and apples heard, all around. The laugh echoed all around before it stopped, and a voice added to the laughter. "I told you there would be no heaven or hell for you Light. But there was always going to be death"

In an instant, the thick, black, darkness that surrounded the world erupted over Light's body, fusing with him, changing him completely. His form seemed to remain human somewhat but his body was a mix of scarred flesh and diseased tisue. Agony ensued his frame, writhing with pain as the light of darkness took the boy in. Or did he take in the darkness? To him it never mattered, he wouldn't need to keep the body alive. He was now immortal, and would stay that way as long as killed.

"Then this is the realm of the Shinigami?"

"Yes, still smart I see eh?"

"And I'm like you. How disgusting"

"Wasn't this what you wanted? Power. The ability to kill at no cost to your own life".

"But then it was almost fun. Now it seems more like work. Killing of humans gives me no personal gain as they are no threat to me, nor am I Kira of Earth anymore.

"Of Earth?"

"But there can always be a new God here."

"The same rules do not apply here. The death note has no effect Light."

"Then we make all the Gods of Death care for any of their... lifeforce... and then we take that oppurtunity from them?"

"We?"

"So I have to kill you too Ryuk?"

"Now we're on equal levels, it matters what you do here. I'm not going to stop you, but i'm not going to help you either".

"Then nothing has changed then, except the rules".

"Correct".

That all too familar laugh of the killer echoed off of different structures nearby. Any louder and some of them would become more derelict than they were.

"Now Ryuk," cackled Light. He straightened himself, his gameface returned as a pair of white wings stretched through his rotting skin, lifting him upwards ever so slowly, before returning them to his body, working out his new abilites before taking his plans further. "Take me to the King"

The Shinigami King had sat in his throne for a very long time. Ever since the beginning of time. He was the being who could create the Death Note for a God of Death. The only being that could enclose his own killing power within a book, but this made him immobile. His power was contained within the notebooks and he could take it away whenever he wished. He could destroy one of them and its owner in the blink of an eye.

No one had ever seen him directly, most were too scared of the results that might happen if they did. So they kept to their business and he would sleep on his throne. His hood, for he wore a black robe, covered his face completely as if he wasn't there behind it. But he was and he was aware of everything in his world, even if he was in sleep. And he hated being disturbed from his sleep.