And, to nobody's surprise, I was correct.

"No," whispered a wild-eyed man, grabbing both sides of his head, covering both ears in a naïve attempt to block out the voice, "you're wrong, you died!"

Fool. Death is not the end…

The silhouette at the other end of the bed, bent up in the same ridiculous squat as it had used in life, jutted out its chin with determination and proclaimed, I will show you the end, Kira.

"It's you who's the fool, Ryuzaki! You may have the answer, but you're dead; there's nothing you can do about it."

Those wide, blank eyes gazed into his own, and their owner spoke once more.

When did I ever say that I was dead?

Abruptly losing all composure, the man who was no longer a man but a scared child instead, fell whimpering back onto the pillows.

I am still in this world, living at all times within Near, and together we have solved this puzzle. And together we are coming for you. L smirked, and somehow it terrified the shivering man-child more than anything else ever could have.

Be ready.

And it was at that moment that Light Yagami awoke with a shout of terror and knew in the darkest depths of his soul that tonight, he would die.


Geesh, that was kinda creepy! I can hardly believe I wrote it.

Word Count: 217 Words

Time Taken: 30 min or thereabouts for the actual writing and another 15 min for typing and editing.

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~D. H. Queequeg