I look around, and empty space stretches on, forever it seems. Tall grass sways underneath my feet. White light hangs in the air, almost too bright and a breeze casually blows across my face. I take a few seconds to wonder where I am. 'Did I die? Is this the abyss that Ryuuk always promised I would go to? Where. . . am I?' I silently ponder how I could have died without knowing it when I hear faint footsteps. Soft, bare feet walk across the hard earth upon which I stand, and although I can faintly hear many voices talking somewhere near, the footsteps seem to echo. I turn around to see a tall, dark, hooded figure walking toward me.

"Excuse me," I call to the immense stranger, in a calm tone, to hide my bubbling fear,
" Where, may I ask, am I?"

"You are neither in heaven, nor hell" The cloaked figure replies, slowly, in a voice that is somehow familiar to me "You are in nothingness, and will remain in for eternity." 'Nothingness? So I am dead! This is terrible!' I inwardly snarl, though my exterior remains placid. 'I was supposed to rule as god, what could have happened?'

"Nothingness?" I say, rage slightly etched in my voice, "Who… who are you?"

The figure chuckled softly "You do not remember? How sad, we were great friends. Or at least, we almost were."

"Ok, never mind that, why am I here? I was Kira, a god of the new world, tell me now, how can I be dead?"

The Figure stopped chuckling. "You were one of the worst criminals in history and are being punished for your sins." It said almost nonchalantly.

"B . . . but," I stutter, "I don't get it, I was getting rid of the bad people, the criminals, making the world a better place to live in."

'I'm stuttering . . . How uterly weak'

The figure sighed. "Raito, you are testing my patience, I have come to banish you, you will pay for your crimes." I watch in horror as the mysterious man reaches up towards his dark hood and pulls it down. A messy waterfall of black hair cascades out of the hood and my face drops in horror.

"L"

My dead rival stares back at me through dark, black, lifeless eyes. I feel cold chains painfully wrap around my arms and legs, pulling me downward. I try to scream but nothing comes out. Everything is just getting darker, colder.

"I am Justice"

I opened my eyes and sat up. Quickly I take in my surroundings and find the room I'm in is my own. It is somehow unfamiliar to me, I feel strangely out of place now I'm finally home. "A dream, it was all a dream." I cry tearlessly and without thinking I grabbed for my desk lamp. " 5:00," I groan; Another early start. Why I'm having this strange reoccurring nightmare, I don't quite know.

Yawning, I slowly move my way over to the bathroom and turn on the light. I usually look quite good, even for the mornings, my hair slightly disheveled as I brush my teeth. Though lately, my eyes have adopted a black outlining from the almost constant all-nighters I pull. Who would have thought Kira would be worn out pursuing his own wrong doings? It sure is interesting, trying to bring down yourself.

As I wash my face, visions of the dream pop back in my head. No, I cannot think of that, I must shut them out. Kira is power, Kira is god, Kira is right…

Or is he?

I fall against the wall and hold my head. "Is Kira really good?" I ask to myself quietly. I often ponder what my life would be like if the death note hadn't fallen into my possession. I see L's face as clear as day.

"I am Justice"

L, my only intellectual equal, one of the greatest detectives of all time, and almost, one of my few true friends, was it right to kill him? Sure he was an obstacle, the only thing at the time stopping Kira from power. But still, was it right?

Am I really just… a murderer?

No.

I'm sure of it.