chapter one.

Snape gasped as he took in his surroundings. The flashing lights of the foreign city momentarily stunned him. The light reflecting off his greasy hair managed to stun a few passersby. It was obvious his apparition had gone horribly wrong.

He glanced down and saw he was sitting on what he took to be a bench on the side of a busy road. Under his hand was a small piece of lined paper, seemingly from a note book.

The bronze-haired teenager next to him jumped and dropped a book. He quickly bent down to retrieve it, and Snape noticed the monster hovering behind the boy.

He jumped up in surprise, a look of terror on his face. The monster was grotesque and it's black wings reminded him of kestrals!

The boy stared at Snape, an incredulous look on his handsome features.

He asked something in another language and when Snape only looked confused and failed to answer, he asked again in English. "Can you see it?"

Snape nodded. "What is it? And where am I?"

The boy paused, taking in that Snape could actually see the thing and then answered slowly "You are in Tokyo, Japan." Then, almost as an afterthought "May I ask your name?"

Snape did not answer immediately but stared at the winged monster, which was grinning at him in the strangest way. An odd noise came from its mouth and Snape realized the monster was chuckling at him. A flush rose up in his cheeks.

He turned to the teenager. He looked like a muggle, but he could see the monster too, so maybe he was a wizard. Best to be safe and assume he's a muggle, Snape thought. He ignored the boy's last question and took out his wand, ready to clear his memory, muggle or wizard.

Just then, a blonde girl in a frilly black outfit rushed up to them and launched herself at the boy, squealing "Raito-kun!!"

"Misa-chan!" The boy sounded exasperated. He said something quickly in Japanese and Snape decided it was time for a translating charm. He got out his wand and whispered "Lingus translatus!" and suddenly he could understand Japanese. The boy was still saying "Misa, please don't run up to me in the street like that! It might draw attention, and you know I'm being watched!"

"But who's your friend. What, do you think, they're following you?"

The cars whizzing past them were very loud and the lights hurt his eyes for a moment. There were so many people and signs and vehicles. It was unlike anything he had ever seen. Snape finally worked out that they were at a bus stop, on the side of a main road leading into the city. It was 4:30pm here, from the huge digital screen across the road. How odd.

Turning back to the strange people he had met, he wondered whether the boy had seen him cast the spell, and if perhaps the monster had too. It stared at him in a way that made Snape uncomfortable.

He turned to the boy, interrupting the rapid conversation he was having with the girl.

"What, may I ask is that thing?" As he pointed to the monster hovering over them, the girl's eyes widened.

"You can see Ryuk?" she asked.

"So, it has a name, but what is it?" He sneered own his long nose at the impudent girl. "Well?"

The boy stepped in front of her as she opened her mouth to answer.

"So." he said. "You can speak Japanese now?"

"Of course." said Snape, making an effort to sound obvious, but the boy was not fooled.

He gave Snape a calculating look.

Who are you and how can you see Ryuk? Where did you come from, I mean, you just appeared next to me!"

"My name is Severus Snape, and I did not "just appear" I was just rather quiet"

The boy reached for the note book again, he hesitated for a moment.

"And may I ask how you spell that?" he said

Snape looked at the boy. He looked at the girl. He looked at the monster.

He should have disappeared already, but something was strange here, something held him back. The monster held his gaze for a few moments. He drew his eyes away reluctantly and answered the boy with his own question.

"What is your name, boy?"

The teen looked frustrated, as if his question about the spelling had been really important, but this was quickly replaced with a humble and accommodating expression.

My name is Yagami Light. Welcome to Japan. This is my friend Amane Misa."

"Girlfriend Amane Misa!" added the girl eagerly and she latched on to the boy's arm.

As she faced Snape, her eyes began to examine his robes with extreme curiosity.

"Woah! Is that the new fashion? I saw something like that in Osaka last time I went.."

Misa spoke very quickly and Snape graced her question with a curt "No."

Misa turned to Light and asked, puzzled "Why did you let him touch your Death Note?"

Even though Snape had no idea what this was, the words seemed to resound in his ears. This, he thought, is something strange.

"What is a 'Death Note', may I ask?" he said.

The girl looked stunned and Light immediately said "Nothing important. So.. How did you get here in Japan? Are you here on holiday?"

"I thought you knew him..?" said Misa

"No." said Snape, answering both of their questions. "I got here by mistake."

Light looked puzzled. "Excuse me but how exactly does that work?"

Snape could have slapped himself, saying things like that to muggles.

"Oh, never mind." he said, and Light noticed that they each had something to hide here.

The next moment, someone was tugging at the wand in his clenched fist. He snatched his hand away and looked down, only to see Misa kneeling down next to him, eyes fixed on the wand with a curious look on her face.

"What is it?! Can I see?!" she asked impatiently.

"I think we should go somewhere better to talk" said Light quickly. Snape once again wondered if the boy had seen him use the wand.

Before he knew it, Snape was walking down the footpath with two strange teenagers and a mutant monster floating along behind them.

AN:

This story has been neglected for about two years when a friend dared me to write a Ryuk/Snape fic. But I decided to make it just a mostly innocent crossover for my own enjoyment hahah.

I hope someone enjoys reading it as much as I did writing it.