Death Note K

~Retry~

"Hey! Come back here, you freak!"

A small group of boys ran after a gothic girl, chasing her. The girl was not obeying their commands, running as fast as she could through the school grounds. One of the boys threw a rock at her, narrowly missing her head. Startled, the young teenager picked up her speed and sprinted off campus. Unaware if she was still being chased or not, she ran behind a nearby wall and fell to her knees.

"Damn bastards..." she swore to herself. Out of anger and frustration, she punched the pavement, tears streaming down her cheeks. "Why me...? They're always after me... There's not one day when I'm free of this torment..." Enraged, she looked up at the sky and bellowed: "WHY CAN'T THEY ALL JUST BURN IN HELL?! I'M SICK OF ALL THIS CRAP!"

Little did she know that in the Shinigami realm at that moment...

"She looks interesting, doesn't she, Ryuk?"

"I don't see what makes her so interesting. I've seen and killed many humans like her. A lot of them end up committing suicide, anyway."

"What do you think would happen if someone like her were to get their hands on a Death Note?"

"They'd kill everyone who caused them pain. That's boring."

"Oh, believe me, I think that she'd be the perfect person to provide us both with entertainment. Who knows? Perhaps Kira will be revived once more."

"No, the real "Kira" can only be revived if his name is erased from the Death Note with the Death Eraser."

"Very funny, Ryuk. You know what I mean though, don't you?"

"It would be boring to watch the same thing happen again."

"Trust me, I can guarantee that this time things will be a lot more interesting than before."

"Okay, okay! I'll drop off the notebook. But I'm not going down to the Human World too; you can go on your own."

"Why must you be so difficult?"

"Hey, I got too many juicy apples - I can't take 'em all with me. Now shut up and go down there."

As the young girl continued to sob, a black notebook hit her right in the back of the head. Her cries suddenly stopped, but tears still shed silently. She rose to her feet and slowly turned her head, seeing a figure stood not far behind her, but when she turned to yell at whoever it was, she saw that nobody was there.

Baffled, the gothic teen knelt down and picked up the book, which she assumed was one of her own books which may have fallen out of her bag as she ran, only to see that the cover was new to her vision. The words written upon it: "Death Note".

"What the...?" was her reaction to the notebook. She examined both the back and front before opening it, encountering the rules.

"?!"

The girl flicked through the black-coloured pages. "Rules? Why the hell...?" Once she had reached the lined pages, she went straight back to the rules and began to read them, her eyes were widening as she read them, which she was probably unaware of. Of course, the student didn't believe these rules; to her this just seemed like some kind of prank or something. However, she was indeed curious, so slid the notebook into her bag and made her way back into the school grounds.

Once arriving back into school, the teen realised that she was late for her maths class. She was to be even later due to the fact that she had to wash the writing off her face in the school toilets, finally heading into the classroom where she was greeted with the stares of her classmates.

"Kage, you're late," the teacher informed sternly.

"Sorry sir," the girl - Kage - apologized. She sat at her desk which was located at the back of the classroom, directly behind Hana Mutato, a girl whom she had despised since she was a young child. Hana turned and smirked at her smugly before turning back around and gesturing to her friends, giggling silently. Kage frowned, but wasn't so bothered by this behaviour for she was used to it. As Kage reached into her bag to pull out her maths book, she laid eyes on the Death Note unintentionally. Her eyes widened a little as a psychotic thought came to her mind: write Hana's name in the notebook. The thought to her sounded dumb, but Kage's hate for the girl compelled her to do as her mind told her to. Besides, she had to try out the book's powers sooner or later. To her, now was a good time. Discreetly, Kage pulled out the Death Note, hiding it within her maths book so nobody would notice. She opened it onto a clean page and readied her pen before suddenly freezing. Could she really do this to someone? Would she actually consider killing somebody? Kage sat in deep thought, but then shook her thoughts off. After all, the power of the notebook probably didn't even exist, so Kage proceeded to write down Hana's full name.

The class started to write down some equations in their books as the teacher had finished talking. Hana turned around to face Kage. "Taken any souls to the underworld yet, Grim Reaper?" she asked, her two friends on some other desks snickering at her comment. Kage just glared at her darkly, then glanced at the clock. It had only been about ten seconds. She decided to ignore the comment, pretending to do some work. "Not very talkative, are you?" Hana continued.

"She's probably tired from harvesting souls last night," one of the friends, Rika, added, grinning.

"Hey! At least she doesn't work on corners at night like you girls do!" a feminine boy a few desks away snapped at the girls.

Hana turned and scowled at him. "Oh, if it isn't your lesbian lover, Kage," she sneered. Kage stilled had her eyes on the clock. Twenty seconds. "She seems to be on her period, too!"

"Just leave Kage alone, she's just trying to do her work!" the boy responded.

Hana got up from her seat and walked over, towering over him. The boy looked intimidated but attempted to remain confident. "If you don't watch your mouth, Yoru, I'll get my boyfriend to come and kick your ass like before," Hana threatened through gritted teeth. The boy, Yoru, seemed to sink in his seat. "Remember what happened last time he got his hands on you? Hm? He made you into a bawling mess." The other girls laughed quietly. Kage narrowed her eyes and looked at the clock.

Forty seconds.

Nothing seemed to happen for a moment, so Kage was thinking of getting Hana away from Yoru herself. At that second, however, Hana gasped loudly and jolted, becoming stiff and tense. Her friends, Kage and Yoru stared with wide eyes. She slowly reached for her chest, beginning to hyperventilate. Her breaths were short and she leaned against Yoru's desk for support before falling to her knees. The whole class stared in horror and the teacher got up from his desk, marching over. "Hana? Are you alright?" he asked, trying to help her up.

"I think... I think I'm..." Hana could barely respond, eyes wide with fear as she became more and more breathless, tears streaming from her eyes. She tried to let out a sob as she winced in agony. The teacher got up, looking panicked. He attempted to lift Hana up but Hana just slapped him away, before inhaling one final breath. She then stopped all movement. At first the class was silent, but then the sound of screaming erupted like a volcano. The teacher attempted CPR, looking extremely stressed. He started to shout for someone to call an ambulance, which Rika promptly did. Most of the class just ran out of the room, screaming. Kage grabbed Yoru by the hand and ran out with him, eyes shrunk with utter shock. The notebook actually worked.

"Did... did Hana just...?" Yoru asked as he ran with Kage.

"I think she did," Kage replied, sounding sick. "She... looked like she had a heart attack or something."

"But how?!" Yoru exclaimed. "She wasn't unhealthy or anything, was she?!"

"I don't know," Kage could only say in response. "Come on, let's head back to my place."

"Now?!" Yoru reacted. "But it takes like an hour to walk there! Can't we just stay here and call our parents or something?"

"No. I want to get away. Now," Kage growled, grabbing Yoru's arm and beginning the trek with him. For the whole walk her eyes were wide with horror and some guilt.

She had just murdered somebody.

~End of Chapter~