Chapter 1.1
"Every day is the same thing over and over...Boring…" A black-haired Shinigami said to himself. He boredly watched other Shinigami in the clearing below him. There wasn't much to do in the Shinigami world, so most of the death gods were talking to each other or staring at the pitch black sky. The Shinigami held up a Death Note in his demon-like hand and chuckled quietly, pulling out a pen and going to work. "This world is rotten."
A few days later, the Shinigami were doing the same thing...as usual. Two Shinigami sat near each other on the hard, stone ground. They boredly tossed animal-like skulls on the ground. The black haired Shinigami walked passed the two, seemingly deep in thought. "It's been five days, time to go check it out," He muttered.
"Where ya going, Ryuk?" One Shinigami asked, looking up at Ryuk. Ryuk looked at the Shinigami with his mysterious yellow eyes.
"The Shinigami world is barren no matter where you go," The other Shinigami said as he laughed.
"I lost my Love- I mean...Death Note," Ryuk said, staring annoyedly at the two Shinigami.
The second Shinigami laughed loudly. "How clumsy can you get? And what were you going to say about love?" He questioned mockingly. His laughter ended quickly when Ryuk glared at him angrily. "Anyways, didn't you trick the Shinigami king and get two of them? So, you lost both? Do you know where you lost them?"
Ryuk began walking towards a long, winding staircase and ignoring the rest of the Shinigami's questions. "The human world," He added quietly. The two Shinigami gasped in shock as Ryuk continued down the staircase. He eventually reached a glowing white hole in the ground. Crow-like wings sprouted from the black feathers growing on Ryuk's shoulders as he jumped down into the void.
A high school student, Light Yagami, sat in his class. He stared out the window, lost in thought and ignoring what everyone else was saying. Suddenly, a pink notebook fell from the sky and landed in the courtyard. Light stared at it, wondering how a notebook would even get that high above the building. After the class was over, Light quickly grabbed his back and walked outside. He approached the strange notebook and glanced around before picking it up.
"Love Note…A notebook of love? This must be some stupid joke by a girl," Light thought as he saw the words "Love Note" written in a red, cursive-like font. He opened the front cover and saw a whole page filled with instructions, written in the same (slightly annoying) font. "How to use...It's all in English, what a pain," Light mumbled, being a Japanese student.
"The two humans whose names are written in this notebook shall fall in love," Light read from the book. "This is stupid, it's like those chain letters." He shoved the notebook in his bag and started walking towards his house.
"I'm home," Light shouted as he climbed the stairs to his room. He sat down at his desk and opened the notebook again. "The notebook will not take effect unless the user has the name and face of the people in their mind. This way, people sharing the same name will not be affected. If the second person's name is written within 40 seconds of writing the first person's name, the first person will ask the second out. If the second name is not specified, the first person will simply ask out the first person they see. After writing both names, details of one person asking the other out should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds," Light read.
"So you can control the relationship in pretty much any way you want. Impressive that someone would put so much effort into a joke like this," Light said to himself as he got up and laid down tiredly on his bed. "Two people fall in love by writing their names? How stupid." He looked at the pink notebook one last time before closing his eyes and falling asleep.