"Harry Potter and the Shinigami"

(ハリーポッターと死神）

By Loki Palmer

Author's Note: Harry Potter and all related characters are the property of J.K. Rowling. The series known as Death Note (デスノート）and all its characters are the property of Tsugumi Ohba (つぐみ 大場）. To explain, the whole concept of a shinigami (死神) is similar to the Western idea of the Grim Reaper.

True to my authorial philosophy of linguistic realism, this fanfic will use two languages: English and Japanese. Naturally, I include subtitles.

Here are some Japanese names for reference (last names, or family names, are given first in Japanese):

夜神月 (Light Yagami)

死神リューウ (Ryuk the Shinigami)

弥海砂 (Misa Amane; I think, for convenience's sake, I'll use みさ)

Chapter 1 (章一）

"月、デスノートを使った人間にも天国にも地獄行けない。" (Light, the humans who used the Death Note cannot enter Heaven or Hell.) This was what 死神リューク had told the young man known as 夜神月.

After リューウ wrote his name down, 月 went to a region on the boundaries of Heaven and Hell. "どこ行くんだ、リューウ？" (Where am I going, Ryuk?)

"月、も罰も報酬はここでないんだ。デスノートを使った人間ここに来る。" (Light, neither punishment nor reward exist here. The humans who used the Death Note come here.)

"お父さんやみさはここでいる？" (Dad and Misa are here?)

"はい、月、ここでいる。" (Yes, Light, they are here.)

"何が私たちする？" (What do we do?)

"君の仕事はここで歓迎するの着く人間だ。" (Your job here is to welcome the humans who arrive.)

~ハリーポッターと死神~

That event was a number of years ago. 月 kept himself busy in the meantime. Every now and then, his girlfriend みさ came to visit.

One day, she came in holding a folder. "月、これを見た？" (Light, have you seen this?)

"いいえ、まだ見なかった。僕に上げてください。" (No, I have not seen it yet. Please give it to me.)

She handed over the folder and waited for a few minutes while he looked at its contents.

"じゃ。。。これはおもしろい。。。" (Well … this is interesting …)

"何がだ、月君？" (What is it, Light?)

"ちょっと待って，ください、みささん。" (Just a moment, please, Misa.) He picked up a cell phone on his table. "月はリュウを電話するの。" (Light calling Ryuk.)

"はい、もしもし、月。何が新しい？" (Yes, hello, Light. What's new?)

"今晩イギリスの魔法使い世界に、殺害在った。人間二人死んだ、が人間一人死なかった。そうだね？" (Tonight, in England's wizarding world, there was a murder. Two humans died, but one human did not. Is it so?)

"そうだ、月。人間は小さい子だ。悪魔法使は小さい子を殺してみる。これはキラ悪だね。" (It is so, Light. The human is a small child. The evil wizard tried to kill a small child. He's more evil than Kira, right?)

"はい。じゃ。。。悪魔法使いの死体を見つけた？" (Yes. Well … did you find the evil wizard's corpse?)

"あの。。。い。。。い。。。いいえ。" (Well … n-n-no.)

There was a sharp intake of air. "本当にそうだ？殺すの呪いはハリーポッターを殺さなかったと僕にみさくれたこのページ言う。これは不可能筈だね？" (Is that really so? These pages Misa gave me say that the Killing Curse did not kill Harry. This is surely an impossibility, right?)

"今まで、不可能だった。僕のデスノートに悪魔法使いの名前を書いてもいいだ？" (Until now, it was an impossibility. May I write the evil wizard's name in my Death Note?)

"ごめんなさい、リュウ、がいいえと全能者神様おっしゃる。" (Sorry, Ryuk, but Almighty God says no.)

"どうして、お聞きしてもいいですか？" (Why, may I ask?)

"からハリーポッターとこれの妻は世界を救助する。" (Because Harry Potter and his wife will save the world.)

At this, Ryuk gave a small chuckle of pleasure. "これを見るの楽しい。君に、月、又言う：人間はおもしろい。。。" (Watching this will be fun. I'll say it again to you, Light: humans are interesting...)

So it was that the three of them decided to watch the outcome of the lifelong battle between Harry Potter and the Dark Lord … much to the frustration of 夜神月, it was not going well at all ...