Darkness. He thought of nothing else. The darkness that surrounded him, engulfed him. All that there was. He had tried before to escape the barren wasteland, yet the horizon never changed. The Darkness remained. There was no sound. It was still. An unforgiving world, it was. He could do nothing. He was trapped in a lifeless world. He was all alone, in an empty space. This was his end, his punishment, and he hated it.

This could be a little bit harder than I thought

Endless time passed. Unaware of how long he had been there. A week? A year? There were no definitives in this... this..hell, a euphemism to be sure. Why was he here? He couldn't remember that either. He could barely remember who he was.

Rub.... Rub.... Rub...

Slowly, his mind weakened, crippled by nothingness. Whatever he had as ambitions, morals, were all but dissipated. Still, one, only one ideal never strayed far from his mind.

"My my... how the mighty have fallen----

"Who's there? Who are you? Speak to me!" the young man screamed into was would be the skies. He jolted abruptly, but nothing was there. A voice without origin. Somehow, he already knew he had felt that voice, a long time ago.

"You can't remember yet? Well let me just finish this here...."

Rub.... Rub....

Brightness. He saw brightness. It was coming towards him, quickly. Before he could move, the darkness had been ridden. He gasped for oxygen. His eyes could finally see the fiendish eyes staring down at him.

"It's been a long time, hasn't it, Raito?" The shinigami laughed.

"How am I here Ryuk? The last thing I remember was... was..." Raito's memory faltered. Had he really been out that long? "Ryuk.... You wrote down my name in the notebook! You fucking killed me!" Raito screamed as his quivering hand pointed directly in the face of the shinigami. His memories were in full swing. The warehouse, Mikami's foolishness, being shot multiple times by Matsuda, and Near. Near. Nate Rivers, the successor to L. How close he was to achieving his goal..... how far he had fallen... His body, still shaking from it's awakening, stumbled to the ground.

"Heh heh heh, this is your grave Raito. They really didn't take too long it making it." He smirked.

Raito looked down in horror as he saw his name etched badly on a tombstone "Yagami Raito, 1986-2010" He stared down to realize that he was covered in dirt, and in the same clothes we wore at his death, blood stains and all. Ryuk wasn't lying.

"Three years have passed, it's a different world now."

"That still doesn't answer my question!" Raito grew angry with rage

"Calm down Raito, otherwise I may just lose my interest again." Ryuk chuckled as he waived a small white object in the air "This is the Death Eraser. To put it simply if you erase a name in the notebook, they come back to life."

"So I have my original lifespan back?" Light inquired.

"Yes, unfortunately for you, they only work once, and the only one who has these in his possession..... is the Shinigami King."

"And somehow, you managed to get one?" Light said sarcastically, still being phased about being dead.

"It took so many juicy apples I had saved up to bribe this off of him." Ryuk moaned, very displeased.

"See, after you died, the world regained order. People didn't believe that you were truly gone, that you were once again looking for another proxy. But as the months went by, their hope diminished in their savior. Crimes came about. It's as if you never existed. Of course, they are still some small, scattered churches praising the all-mighty Kira" Ryuk grinned as he watched Raito face go into absolute

shock. "I got pretty bored with such dullness"

"What!?" He screamed, ignoring Ryuk's reason of resurrection for simple boredom, as his voice became coarse and brutal. His body shook with tremendous anguish. His eyes darkened to blood red. Raito's face was distraught with anger. He had lost the last small amount of control and temperament that he had. "How dare they! Kira is true justice. Kira is the law, he who governs what is right! I brought the world peace and order! I am the hope of Humanity! I will rebuild this world, and rid it of it's rot! I am Kira, God of this world, and I will let NO ONE get in my way and stop me! I will defeat Near!"

"Then I suppose you'll be needing this to finish him then" Ryuk laughed as he passed Raito a black notebook. The words "Death Note" were written in white across the top.

"My first death note, how thoughtful" Raito said sarcastically. "I wonder how you got a hold of this........."

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In the Shinigami Realm........

"RYUUUUUUUUUUKKKUUUUUUU!!!!!!"

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"If you look to be in an unsurvivable event, like last time, I will kill you Raito, don't forget that. The deal between the shinigami and the human."

"Hopefully it won't come to that, then you'd be bored, wouldn't you Ryuk?" Light insisted.

"Right" Ryuk agreed "I should have also told you that Misa and Mikami have died."

"Those fools, those incompetent fools, if I've learned anything from my death, it's to never trust anyone else with a death note" Raito scoffed at the idea of using another person again. He was the only one who

could it. He was the only one. "Besides, if Near were to die of a heart attack, or any other manner, they would definitely suspect something. And worse, they would just send in another successor. Raito did not like that idea. Not one bit.

"So how are you going to defeat Near if you can't use the Death Note?" Ryuk asked, not expecting what was to come.

Raito froze, dead his tracks. His head slowly turned towards the shinigami. His eyes were cross as he glared at the God of Death. "I don't know, Ryuk. Do YOU have a goddamn idea!?"

'There's something wrong with Raito', Ryuk thought. 'How creepy, I've never seen Raito like this, maybe MU isn't such a nice place...' He took a step back. "Actually, there is this man, who is very.... interesting, who you may want to meet. He could help you out here."

"Where is he Ryuk?" Light demanded, regaining some of his composure.

"He's in Los Angeles. Trouble is, he's a little.... locked up at the moment"

"Well then, let's see if we can't do something about that, Ryuk." Light began to laugh a roaring laugh that pierced the heaves.

'I will defeat you Near, For I am Kira, God of the new World!"

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AN: My first effort at a fanfiction. I was going to go with some super suspense, but it didn't work out too well, would have required light to show up much much later on. Any and all suggestions will be considered, except for trolls, thanks for reading :)