Filth.

The World was filled with it. Murderers, kidnappers, rapists. Everyone was filth. But nobody seemed to see a thing.

Light noticed all of it. He noticed all the scum, the terrible people in the world. Everyone was scum, but nobody noticed.

Only Light saw the world as it was.

Hell.

A hell that could only be escaped by death. A hell where you could leave, but possibly face worse on the other side. Light would escape this world, but he knew he could cleanse it. Him and only him could cleanse this world of filth. This was the only thought that brought him joy.

But what could a 23 year-old bachelor do? Was he going to go around with a gun and shoot up all the criminals? Yeah, right. So Light was stuck, he hated this world but he needed to stay to save it. And so he stayed.

Light laid on his bed on a warm August night. Light currently attended To-Oh University, where he was top of his class. Light worked part-time at the National Police Agency solving cases with his father. He was promised a spot at the agency after he graduates college, which will happen at the end of the year.

Light was doing what he did on regular friday nights, staying in his dorm, watching the news, and reviewing old cases. This time Light was reciting details of one of the biggest cases of all time.

"... BB murder cases took place in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. The murderer was Beyond Birthday, once student of the famous Wammy's House orphanage. The first murder was Believe Bridesmaid on July 31st, 2002 at 221 Insist Street, Hollywood. He was found with his chest slashed..."

As Light goes over the case, the T.V. goes into commercials. The first commercial shows a beautiful woman with blonde hair advertising a makeup product. "Hi, I'm Misa Amane, model and actress. I'm telling you today about my new line of makeup, Everyday Amane, where you can look as beautiful as me! Here are some real users of..."

Hours passed, news stories, new and old, came and went. Soon midnight came. Everyone in the dorms was asleep, except for Light Yagami. "... solved by master detective L. Beyond Birthday currently resides at Abashiri Prison, where he will stay for the rest of his life. Okay, that's it for tonight."

As Light was about to turn out the lights, he hears his phone ring. "Hello? Oh, hey Sayu! How's school? That's good. Yeah, I'll be visiting this weekend so I need to get some sleep so I can get up nice and early. Night." And with that a wave of sleep encompassed Light.~

~Taro Kagami woke with a start. He opened his bedside drawer and reached inside. "Ah, safe."

He pulled out the black notebook from his drawer. The Death Note, a notebook that can kill just by writing someone's name in it. Taro had not used it since when he first got it, 7 years ago. He was now 20 years old and going to To-Oh University, one of the best in Japan. Taro checked his clock, it was only 11:30. He looked across the dorm courtyard through his window. He could see the form of Light Yagami, head student, in his dorm. Taro was sure Light never went to sleep before midnight.

Taro turned on his television to the news. He laid in his bed, listening to the news until he fell asleep...~

~"Hello, I am Hitoshi Demegawa from Sakura TV and we are getting new developments in the disappearance cases. As you know people have been going missing in mass numbers, only for one to be found a week later, where they have lost all memory of being taken. I am here with Touta Matsuda of the NPA. What is going on here, Matsuda?"

"Well, right now all we know is..."

"Matsuda! Don't tell the press anything!"

"Chief Soichiro Yagami, can you please shed some light on the situation?"

"All I will say is we are working to figure this out now and we will bring them to justice. Now let's go Matsuda."

As soon as they got away from the cameras, Soichiro contacted someone over cell phone. "Yes, we just found some bodies of kidnap victims. They all seem to be dead from unknown causes. They all have blade wounds, but minor ones, except for one, who seems to be completely mutilated..."~

~"Thanks , the FBI will try to help with this case, now go get some rest, you've done well."

"Raye, who was that?"

"Soichiro Yagami, chief of the NPA. They've got some developments on the kidnap cases. I'll tell you in the morning. Right now I have to call agent Lidner."

"Actually, that is unnecessary, Mr. Penber, she has already been contacted..."~

~"Watari, you're always one step ahead of me." says Raye over the phone.

"Now that is all, . Now if you can excuse me, I have some business to attend to good night."

"Mr. Watari, what did you call us here for?" says a quiet voice.

"Oh, Near and Mello. L would like your help on the kidnap cases. He says it will help develop your minds."

"Tell that recluse that I'm not going to help him! I'm can solve it all by myself!" says Mello, eating some chocolate.

"Well, well, let's first go over the details of the case before you say you're going to solve it yourself..."~

~"Hmm, I think this the address." Kyosuke Higuchi went into a doctor's office in downtown Tokyo. He was told to come in for his yearly checkup. He thought it was odd that he was scheduled so late at night, but who cares when it's about the only time he could come in. In the waiting room there was only 2 other people. One was a beautiful woman looking like she has in her early twenties and the other was a male looking in his late twenties. Both were sitting there quietly, just waiting.

After about 20 minutes of waiting in silence, Kyosuke decided to speak up. "So, how long have you been waiting?" No response. "Hey, it's not like I'm asking where you live just..." just then gas started coming through the vents. He collapsed and in the last seconds before he fell asleep, he saw a figure seeming to float into the room...~

~"Why! Why was I hired to do this?" A man was pacing back and forth in a dark, dank room. "This is too much! This is not an ordinary mafia job!"

On the ground before him lay two people, one a famous con-man by the name of Aiber, the other a famous cat-burglar named Wedy. Both were blindfolded and their hands were tied, but both were unconscious at the moment, though.

The man continued pacing until the door flung open. "Jack Neylon," said a dark and screechy voice, "thanks for the work. Hyuk, hyuk, hyuk!"

When Jack turned to look at the thing he screamed, and collapsed in pure terror.~

~Light opened his eyes. His head ached more than it ever had in his life. He tried to stand up, but his legs were too weak. As he sat on the ground he realized he was not in his room, he was in a plane! He looked behind him out the window and sure enough he could see miles and miles of ocean. He looked around the plane there were others along with him. A man with white hair, a pretty blonde girl who looked like a pop star, and his sister! Well, at least he thought she was his sister, but he couldn't remember her name. It was Sayo or Sumi or something. In fact, Light was starting to forget his own name. Remember, it's Light Yagami, Light Yagami, Light... and Light fell asleep, not knowing that he was in for Hell, one worse than even he thought the world was.

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