Author's Note: My second chapter to my fic. Hope you enjoy and also, I got rid of the under lines in my first chapter and changed the title of the story.
Chapter 2: God
"What the hell?" I said glaring at the cover of the notebook and thought to myself, This must be some kind of sick joke. I turned the page of the notebook and looked through the pages and sighed in relief. Well, at least they are no names written in it. I turned back to the front page and looked over to the back side of the front cover. Wait? They are rules on how to use it…
Death Note: How to use.
1) The human whose name is written in this note shall die.
2) This note will not take effect unless the writer has the subject's face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.
3) If the cause of death is written within 40 seconds of writing the subject's name, it will happen.
4) If the cause of death is not specified, the subject will simply die of a heart attack.
5) After writing the cause of death, the details of the death should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds.
I closed the notebook and began to stare at the cover again with a state of shock, "Is this…really…a joke?" No! I said to myself as I snapped myself back together, Today is the beginning of my summer vacation and I am not going to let some notebook of death get to me. I put the notebook in my backpack and started to head back to meet up with Gwen.
I started walking toward the front of the school and there I saw Gwen sitting on the bench still reading the same magic book from when I saw her in the school bus. "Hey Gwen, I'm back" I said as she closed her book and began to glare at me.
"Thereyou are!" she shouted and got up.
"What do you mean, 'There you are', I did say five minutes, didn't I?" I stated in a grunt tone.
She put her hand on her hips, "Do you know how long it has been?" she ask with an angry smirk on her face.
I raised my eyebrow and thought for a second, "Um…five min-"
"SIX MINUTES BEN!" she shouted.
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" I yelled and continued, "YOU ARE YELLING AT ME FOR BEING ONE MINUTE LATE?!" I looked at her for a few seconds, waiting for some response from her like "Just kidding" or "I am joking" but nothing, then I continued calmly, "Look, I am sorry, can we just start heading over to Grandpa's place?"
She opened her book again and began to walk away saying "Tweeb". I rolled my eyes and started to follow her.
We walked about a mile to the trailer park where Grandpa lived. Once we arrived, we saw Grandpa sitting in the driver's seat eating a sandwich.
"Ben…Gwen…" he mumbled as he finished sandwich, "Glad to see you two."
"Hey Grandpa!" we both said together.
He didn't waste a moments time, soon after we said hey, he started up his RV engine and began driving away which pretty much mark the start of summer vacation.
I walked to the bed and sat down, "So Grandpa, what is the rush? Where are we going?" I asked.
"We're going camping in the woods today and it's going to be about a three hour trip;" he answered, "besides, I think you two can use fresh outdoor air."
"Oh, that sounds nice!" Gwen said happily, then she pulled out her laptop from her backpack, opened it up, and began to browse for clothes, "Fresh air sounds nice!"
I put my backpack underneath my bed and laid my body on the bed, "Well I'm going to take a nap, wake me up when we get there." I said and waited for a response from either one of them but got nothing, I just assumed they heard me.
Several hour later…
"What time is it?" I woke up and saw the time, "7pm…" I looked around and didn't see Grandpa or Gwen in the RV. "They must be outside…so much for waking me up when we got here." I got up and grabbed my backpack from under my bed and took out the Death Note, quickly glanced at it for a second and put it in my pocket. Just then, the door opened up…
"Oh Ben, you are finally up," said Grandpa as he went to the fridge and got a drink, "I tried to get you up but you were sounded asleep."
Gwen came in right after Grandpa, "Sound asleep? He was snoring the whole trip here. Next time Ben, you should bring a cork." she said and slightly began to giggle.
"Ha Ha Gwen." I got up and began to walk toward the door, "I'm going for a walk, be back later." I said continuing to exit the RV.
"Becareful out there Ben." Grandpa said.
"I will." I answered and went into the thickness of the woods.
I walked deeper and deeper into the woods for about a good half-hour and all I can think about was that damn notebook. Is it real? I thought as I took out the notebook from my pocket. I opened it up, took out a pen and placed it on the top of the first page and stop. Am I really going to do this?I had some urge to write someone name down just to test it out, I mean, it not everyday you see something like this. If the notebook was real and someone did die, would that make me a…then I slowly pulled away the pen from the notebook.
"No." I said closing the notebook and began walking again. " I am hero, not some-" Then I saw a small opening in the woods which looked odd. I went into it and saw grass with a center circle with no grass there. "This place looks so familiar…"
"Why, hello Ben" said an eerie voice from behind me.
I turned around and saw some strange guy standing a couple feet from where I am. He had a prison uniform on full with cuts and open holes, the gray-white arm stood out the most along with his eye, and bold on his head.
He tilted his head slightly to the right and continued, "Allow me to introduce myself again-"
"Again?" surprised by what he said, "I never even meet you before…just who the hell are you? How do you know my name?" I asked bluntly.
"Oh come on Ben, you don't remember me? It is me,
Dr. Animo" he answered.
I open my eyes wide, shocked by what he just said…and by the way he looked. "Wow!" I took on step back, "You have sure…changed…a lot."
"Well, I decided to give myself an upgrade…but enough with the small talk," he said calmly, "I came here for one thing-"
"Sorry to say this, but I don't have the Omnitrix anymore," I said and rose my left hand in the air to show him the proof.
He began to laugh softly, "I don't want that anymore…" he said and then glared at me, "I want lifeless body in my hand."
He began to slowly walk toward me and for each step he took, I took one step back. Then I saw his fingers grow about an inch, taking the shape of a claw of some short.
"Now Ben, your…life…will…end…here…" he said as he continued to slowly approach me.
I began to run into the thickness of the woods. I knew I didn't stand a chance against him right now.
"YOU CAN'T RUN FROM ME BEN!" he shouted.
I continue to run. After I ran for about five minutes, I stopped behind a tree and took a breather. "I…think…I…lost…him…" I panted heavily and then I heard his voice again.
"Ooooohhhhh Bbbbeeennnn….wwwhhheeerrreee aaarrree yyyooouuu Bbbeeennn…You can't hide forever now, it is only a matter of time until I find you."
What! How did he catch up so fast? I thought and looked quickly to the left of me, then the right to see if I can spot him. Then he began to speak again.
"Look here Ben, after I kill after you, I'm going to kill your cousin," then he got louder, "then I'm going to kill your Grandfather!" then he began to shout, "THEN ANYBODY WHO IS RELATED TO YOU!"
His voice began to sicken me, if they was anybody who deserved to die, it was him. I then pulled out the Death Note from my pocket, turned it open, and took out my pen. I knew I wasn't going to get out of alive, so if they was a chance to test the notebook, it was now. "We will see who dies here today," I said quietly to myself. Then I slammed the pen against the page and began to write his name and say each letter in my head of his name as I wrote it down, A L O Y S I U S A N I M O. Then I closed the notebook.
"Now to wait and see if dies," I panic as I looked around for him, "damn, where is he?"
"Over here"
I turned back and saw him right in front of me just a few feet away. He left up left arm quickly, extended it, and got me around the neck with his hand. He started to walk closer to me and then he looked at me with that evil glare of his, then quickly turned to my hand.
"What do we have here?" he grabbed the notebook from my hand and looked at it and responded, "And you called me a freak?!" he then threw the notebook aside and his right hand began changing into a spear. "NOW DIE!" he charged his spear like hand toward my head.
I closed my eyes in fear and thought, Am I dead yet? I slowly began to open them, and then I saw, Dr. Animo had stopped and let go off my neck. There I saw him as he grabbed his own chest and fell to his knees.
"Wha…t….the….h…ell….is….," he said with last ounce of breath and then his fell on the floor, lying there motionless with his eyes open still.
At that point, I didn't know what to do, I mean, I just killed Dr Animo with the Death Note… I'm a murderer… I said to myself as I stared at his body. No…Just killing one person does not make me a murderer…I did it out of self defense, either he died…or I did. Besides, no one is going to care that he died, he was a criminal…I am sure people will overlook this.
I started to walk over to the spot where Dr Animo threw the Death Note and picked it up then began to walk away quickly to head back to the RV.
Somewhere up in the trees watching…
Well, looks like the fun is over…guess it is time to introduce myself to the boy, I am sick of waiting…
Back to Ben…
"It never happen. It never happen." I said beginning to walk faster and repeated, "It never happen. It never happen-"
"Oh, but it did happen…hehheh…"
I looked up in response from the voice and saw it, some skull like creature fly above me and landed on the ground right next to me. He had on a brown vest like jacket on him with black pants that looked all worn out and black cowboy like shoes. I was stunned with a 'wow' feeling but at the same time, horrified. I didn't know weather to start running or just sit here and watch it. It's wings began stretch back into his body. It just stood there starring at me and I did the same. I looked at his face, it was nothing but a skull head with a few minor stitches on it, as if someone was trying to reattach it. It also had goggles on with blue gems attached on them with long spiky brown hair.
"It would seem you discovered my notebook," said the creature.
I didn't say anything, I was just to afraid at this point. I mean, first Dr. Animo and now this thing.
"No need to be afraid kid, I am the Shinigami, Light."
Then everything in my head snapped back together.
Th….this is your Death Note?" I ask.
"Well, was mine…once you touched it, it became yours." answered Light.
I stared at the notebook for a few seconds saying to myself, It is mines now? Then it hit me, do I really want this notebook? I looked at Light and ask, "What if I don't the Death Note anymore?"
"Then you can simple give it to someone else or discard ownership of it, but then I would have no choose but to erase your memory of it." Light answered and continued. "But think about it, do you really want to get rid of it?"
"What do you mean?" I said with an eyebrow arched.
Light continued, "Well, didn't you say you were a hero…yet you didn't act like one when you started to run from-"
"SHUT UP!" I yelled. "I had no choice in that matter, I had nothing to defend myself with."
"But you did, and you are holding it in your hands." said Light as he point to the Death Note, "To some, the Death Note would be consider to be deadliest weapon in the world, but for a 'HERO' like yourself, you can use it to help others…"
"Help others…" I said and then started to think about it more. The Omnitrix was really no different, if someone like Vilgax, or any other person have gotten their hand on it, then I am sure lots of innocent people might have gotten hurt. The Death Note was no different, at this moment, I felt kind of glad I have gotten it.
"With that notebook, you can become the greatest hero of the world…maybe even a"
"GOD"
I looked at Light and then back to the Death Note, "Me…a god….?"
End of chapter two…