No, I couldn't die. Not after this, not after all my efforts. I couldn't die. But there I was, laying on the cold, hard steps, exhausted and bleeding, in such a horrid state. A god, a god cannot die. So therefore, I realised, I could not-
"Ryuuk?" I stared at my death god curiously, as he was looking over me quite strangely.
"Light?" I nodded slowly. Then a faint memory seemed to light in the back of my mind, an idea, dull at first, but slowly growing clearer. Was it possible? No, it couldn t be. It wasn t possible, was it? Could it really Could it really be that that I was dead? I got up slowly, the idea making my mind reel, and slowly took in my surroundings. I was in an unfamiliar and baron land, filled only with sand and bones as far as I could see on the distant horizon. I looked at my arm, scrawny and pure black. There was no way, the note said it was impossible!
"Ryuuk, is this real?" He nodded.
"I never expected that." Ryuuk laughed a bit. "Never heard of this happening before." He seemed as surprised as I was. He had realized what I had now.
"So, I'm right? I'm really a death god?" After owning a Death Note, the matter of where I would end up after I died had been as much as mystery to me as it was to Ryuuk, but it had seemed as if becoming a death god was out of the question. I looked down to where my legs once were. Like my arms, they were now a solid, inky black, with my feet like claws of a raven. Most of my bruises had seemed to heal, but scars remained. I had a scar over my left eye, and some of my skin on my face had completely gone, only my skull remaining. The most noticeable change, though, was that I had wings. They were much like Ryuuk's.
"Well, whatever happened, you're a death god now." Ryuuk told me. I contemplated this, the idea and all it meant, and slowly, a wide grin stretched across my lips. Near had no chance. Nobody did. I would have my own death note soon, and then-
"Whoa there," Ryuuk said cautiously, seeming to understand my thought process somewhat. "I think you should see the old guy about getting a death note before you start thinking about going to the human world and killing people." I frowned slightly. But he was right, I needed a death note first.
"Where should I go then?" I asked Ryuuk. He motioned me to follow him. So I did so, and within only a minute I was in front of the leader of the death gods. The King of Shinigami. I noticed two girls, human-like shinigami, stood on either side of him. One completely ignored me, while another gave a sweet smile. I was almost distracted by them, before immediantly returning my attention to the king. His large demeaning appearance intimidated me just slightly. However, I was able to speak.
"I am-"
"It's the boy I spoke of, father." The girl who was smiling earlier finished for me. "Light Yagami." The King opened his eyes, and stared into mine, as if he could read my mind, my soul, it was a pircing stare. "Remember, I used the-"
"Quiet, Aimi." The girl shushed immediantly at his command. "Get him his death note." She rushed away, into the halls of the ruined castle. I stood ther for about a minute, waiting, before she came back. The girl, upon coming back from the hallways of the castle, raced up to me and handed me the death note.
"One thing, Light, I want you to come back here after you're done with the human world today. I want you to come alone, without," She pointed to Ryuuk and made a face. "Him."