Alright, here comes the 2nd chapter. FYI, I do have another popular fan-fic going on a different website, but I had a dream of posting this. Even so, if I don't recieve 1-2 reviews from people other than those whom have already reviewed me, I will be discontinuing this story on .
Eh, I decided to give pics of the MAIN original characters now. No pics for unoriginal characters will be given, cause you already know how they look, right?lol.
Soji Ikara: i95./albums/l153/Photoboy013/normal33-vinceturk2.jpg
Sora: i264./albums/ii182/AnimeDeath54321/Anime Angels/Angel-2.gif
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Soji thoroughly read the rules of the Life Note. Although all the evidence was there, including a being that called herself an "angel," Soji's logical mind remained skeptic of the entire situation. "This book...your telling me that I can just bring some dead dude back to life with it? Just like that?"
He's not as knowledgeable as I expected him to be...the angel thought, a disappointed sigh exiting her. "You seem to not fully comprehend the power of what you hold in your hands. It's much more than 'bringing some dead dude,' as you say, back to life." She slowly lowered to the ground, touching down. "Bringing people whom have long departed this world back to life...is that not an ability worth a marvel or two?"
Soji was quick to shut the notebook, a part of him not wanting believe that the explained abilities of the note were true. Another part of him, although, had an urge...no, a desire to put his faith into it. "To bring someone back to life..."
"I can see it in your eyes, Soji Ikara. You still hold doubt of the abilities of the Life Note."
"Yes, I do. What human being wouldn't?! T-this is all...it's all just crazy! Bringing people back to life...opposing the balance of life and death...a fuckin' angel in my room! What is that, some kinda costume? Your a hologram or something, aren't you?!" Soji charged toward the angel and pulled back his fist, and thrusted forward in an attemp to put an end to this nonsense.
Needless to say, no dice.
He flew straight through the being, into the wall of his room. Soji panted, turning around to face the angel. "Urgh...damn it..."
"Tell me, Soji. Have you been convinced, yet? I'm almost positive that if you had really hit me with that punch, I'd be in some kind of pain at the moment." The angel, although she refused to let it show, was fully enjoying his attempts.
"Heh, I just slipped, that's all! ROUND 2!" Soji was again dashes toward the angel.
She holds her hand up, a beam of light emitting from it, stopping him in his tracks. This man is so simple...did he truly make the right choice?
Soji grunted, struggling to break free from the grasp of the angel, but it was to no avail. "Fine, alright?! Whatever, I'll believe that your an angel and all, just stop whatever the hell your doin' to me!" At the instant he finished that sentence, he was let go, his body still moving. Right into the bed.
"So...I've finally convinced you? Good to know, Soji!"
No words found themselves out of his mouth. All he could do was glare, his head, and his pride, both damaged.
"Now, may I please make a proper introduction?" she said, smiling sweetly.
"Eh, go on."
"Ok, then. My name Sora, it's a pleasure to formally meet you, Soji Ikara."
"Sora? Like...sky?"
"Correct."
"I guess it kinda fits...your personality, it seems free like one, ya know?" Soji got up from the bed, walking over to Sora. "Tell me...let's say that this entire 'Life Note' is no joke...you know my name, so I take it that something is up. Is there a reason I came across that note in the streets?"
"Yes, to tell you the truth, there is. For one reason or another, your god has chosen you to weild this power. Why? How did it come to be? All of those details are things that will explained sooner or later, but not now."
"Why's that?"
"I'm not obliged to explain it so soon, I'm sorry. Besides, I may be wrong, but I Still sense a bit of doubt in your heart..." With that, Sora snatches the Life Note from Soji, opening it up. A white light shines in her hand before a pen appears, as she holds both the book and pen in front of Soji.
"Please...seeing as you currently don't believe me, how would a test drive suit you?"
Soji stared into the eyes of the angel before looking down at the notebook. The power that may, or may not, be locked inside that simple book would be one that, one way or another, would alter the course of Soji's life, for sure.
Still enjoying this to the second, Sora smiled, winking. "You know you want to!"
Soji took the pen, softly touching the tip of the 1st line on the page of the notebook. He had no idea why, but for some reason, his body seemed to refuse to move. He was so tempted to use the note, but his mind refused to let him move.
Frozen. As if time itself had taken a break.
"...Soji?" Sora asked, confused.
"I'm sorry, Sora..." The pen slowly slipped from Soji's hand, headed straight toward the floor.
"What's wrong?"
"I guess you can say, there's simply nobody on my mind right now that I'd like to bring back to life. You may not have been able to guess it from the charm I clearly have, but I'm not a very caring guy."
"Not caring?" Sora knew that if she was to spend time around Soji, confusion would be an emotion she would feel often.
"Oh, but don't worry. I'm sure I'll find a use for the note sooner or later. Until then, I'll guess I'll just have to take your word for it, hmm?" Soji hops onto his bed, looking to the ceiling. "Good night...shouldn't you be heading back to heaven or something like that right about now?"
"No, I shouldn't! You don't understand what has been given to you! Look, you are now the owner of the Life Note! Whether you want to accept it or not, this blessing, or burden, has been handed to you by God himself!"
"Woah, woah, your an angel! Shouldn't you be, like, calm or somethin'?"
"I'm sorry!!" Realizing the intensity of her voice, she was quick to cool down. "I'm sorry, I really am...it's just...you have no idea of the importance of the Life Note."
Soji sighs, sitting up in his bed once again. "Hmm?"
"You've been blessed with a Life Note, there's no easy way around it. Tell me...have you heard of something called a Death Note?"
"Death Note...that's the thing that Kira used to kill, correct? I worked on that case for a little bit near the end, that's where I..."
Seeing the look in Soji's eyes, Sora had a strong feeling that he finally was beginning to understand what owning a Life Note means. "Yes..."
"Death Note...Life Note...there complete opposites."
"Clever, isn't it?" she said, sitting down in a chair in his room and crossing her legs.
"Kira was evil...does that mean, I'm good?"
"There are many Death Notes in this world, but this Life Note is the one and only. Nobody in existence has ever come in contact with one."
"So, I'm really that special, aren't I?"
Ignoring his ignorance, Sora continued. "I can't leave you, because once you come in contact a Life Note, I'm going to stick around with you for quite a while."
"Forever?"
"Not necessarily...but I'm not obliged to give you all of this information until you have succeeded in using the Life Note at least once!"
"Alright then," Soji muttered, laying his head back onto the pillow. "Fine...tomorrow, I promise, I'll use the Life Note. For now, though, I really need some sleep, so, good night Sora."
Sora smiled at Soji, her eyes warmly staring at her. "Ok...good night, Soji Ikara."
Life Note...I've barely begun to understand it all, but there's no doubt about it...life's gonna change.
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The next morning, Soji was up and dressed early. As he was getting ready, Sora appeared in the room, excited to see him up.
"Soji!" she yelled.
"Hmm?"
"I'm glad to see your up so early! Where do you plan on going?"
"Well, as you probably already know due to your 'divine connections,' I'm a detective for the Japanese Government."
"Really? Wow...I had no idea! I never would've guessed, you don't seem like the 'detective' type!"
"No joke? Anyway, there's been some serious shit goin' down lately, and I've decided to take a look into it myself. There's going to be some big ass meeting of a ton 'a detective in Japan tomorrow, so I decided to make something special out of myself tomorrow."
Sora cups her arms with a confused arch of the eyebrow to couple it. "Is that so? The Life Note could be a big help in a situation like that!"
"Eh, we'll wait for that."
"Remember, Soji!" she said, poking him in the head. "You promised me that you would use the note today!"
"Alright, alright...ya know, you seem a lot different from yesterday. Your personality, ya know?"
"Oh, that was all official! Now, you can see the real me, aren't I just the cutest?" To couple her words, she quickly put on a bright simle.
Soji looked at Sora through the corner of his eyes, smiling. "Yeah, I guess you are." As a red tint of blush covered her cheeks, Soji picked up the Life Note and walked out of the apartment.
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As he roamed the morning lit streets of Kazahana, with Sora closely following behind him, he couldn't help but pay attention to his surroundings. No matter how bright the kind sun shone down upon the city, it couldn't change the fact that these streets were all but kind."
Over to the side, a large group of men covered in dark black suits headed toward a department shop. A bulge was visible in each other pockets.
Guns...
"Eh, Sora? Now, since your an angel, nobody else but myself can see you, correct?"
"That's right! Nobody else but you has the ability to see and hear me, so we're safe."
"Good..." Up ahead, a fight between two gangs was occuring. Blood was shed, bones were broken, and lives were being lost. There were a large group of bystanders staring in distress at the sight, some unwillingly dragged into the fray. "Damn..."
"That's so horrible..." Sora muttered under her breath. "Is this natural for your world?"
"Not the whole world. A lot of places on this earth are perfectly peaceful..." He quickly made his way across the street, avoiding the fight. "Just not here...not Kazahana."
As the two continued to make there way up the streets, they come across an alley. Soji walks straight past it, but quickly backs up as he hears a woman screaming. Another crime was afoot. This time, two men were harassing a clearly innocent woman.
"P-please, I'd rather not have trouble with you, I'm simply headed to the grocery store!"
"Ya hear that, Taka? She says she don't want no trouble with us!" the first man yelled.
"Oh, there ain't no need to worry! We just wanna have a little fun with ya, you like fun, right? So, what's your name?" The man reached toward the woman's body.
"Kiki Shiori, but that doesn't matter! Please, just get away from me!" The woman takes her handbag and slaps in the face with it, his nose bone heard cracking, along with a yell of pain.
"Taka," the first man yelled, "You alright?!" His eyes shot toward the woman, a glare burning straight through her. "Ha...bitch, you just murdered yourself!" The man slowly began to pull out a gun from his pocket.
"Soji!" Sora yelled. "You have to go do something! That man has a gun on him!"
Soji's eyes shot a glare toward the man's back. Soji's glare had the intensity of 10 of the man's own. "I am...NO MORE!" With that, he dashes toward the commotion. I'm sick of it...no more crime...I'm going to stop all of this god damn crime!
Just as the man pulls the gun out of his pocket, Soji comes in front of him in socks him across the face. The woman gasps in shock and the man skids across the ground from the blow. In the meantime, the other man is beginning to overcome his injury.
Soji takes out his own gun and points it toward the man. Seeing as he works for that division of the government, guns are manditory. "Stand back! Get the hell outta here, or I sware, I'll shoot!"
The man stands up, shooting towards Soji without warning. Just as the man points before shooting, Soji ducks down and covers the woman's body. As the man reloads his gun, Soji shoots his hand, knocking the weapon out of his grasp. The man yells in pain as Soji rushes for the weapon.
Sora stands back, watching in awe. "He may not be the smartest guy...but at least he's brave."
Just as Soji reaches for the weapon, Taka, the other man, knocks him in the face, sending him into the wall of the alley. "Urgh!"
Taka points the gun toward Soji, and at the same time, Soji points his own gun toward him.
"You don't want to shoot me." Soji said, confident. "I'm quite the fast drawer, to tell you the truth. I'd bet money that you'd be the one who ends up dead!"
"D-don't test me...you BITCH!" Taka's hands shake, his eyes close shut, and the gun sounds off. Due to how nervous he is, though, the bullet strays of track: straight for the woman. Blood gushes onto the back wall of the alley as Soji stares in despair. "Q-quick! We're outta here!"
With that, Taka grabs his friend and dashes out of the alley, a few shots from Soji fired toward them.
"Damn it!" Soji kneels down to the woman, resting her head on his lap. "Miss! Miss, are you...alright?" He shakes puts his head to her mouth.
Nothing.
Blood continues to trail from her body, slipping away into a stream of water, down into the sewage drain. He puts his hand on her chest, checking for a heartbeat.
It was official, now. She's dead.
Soji glares down at the floor, smashing his fist into the water. "Shit...I wasn't able...I wasn't able to stop those bastards...what kinda enforcer am I...not able to save a single woman!"
Sora flies toward Soji, looking at the dreadful sight. "Oh my god...Soji...she's dead, isn't she?"
"No...not for long."
His actions feeding straight off of instinct, he pulls out the Life Note and almos instantly begins to right the name of the woman: Kiki Shiori.
1 second...2...3...4...
"W-why the hell isn't it working?!"
20...21...22...
"Just give it time..."
45...46...47...
Soji store down at the woman, the glare in his eyes not losing a bit of it's strength.
57...58...59...60.
The woman coughs, slowly opening her eyes. "Nnh..."
Soji's face goes from intense to welcoming, an open smile covering his face. "A-are you alright?" The wound in her chest where the bullet had pierced slowly disappears.
"Y-yes, I am...what happened?" Kiki slowly began to arise from his lap.
"What do you mean 'what happened?!' You di..."
Sora gives Soji a deadly glare, catching his attention. With a shake of her head, Soji understands that telling her the story is out of the question.
"Um...you passed out while walking down the street, and I brought you here to make sure you were alright." Lies.
"Oh...thank you!" Looking behind Soji, Kiki sees the sight of Sora flying in the air. "Oh my...I must be delusional or something, because I see a flying girl right behind you..."
Oh, I forgot! She was revived by the Life Note, that means...Without wasting time to finish her sentence, she flies into the wall, disappearing.
"Oh, um...what?" Soji said, somewhat forgetting about Sora in the hype.
"Nothing." With that, Kiki stands up, turning toward the alley exit. Before doing so, though, she bows to Soji, smiling sweetly. "Thank you so much for your help, if I ever see you again, make sure to remind me that I owe you one!"
"Oh, no, it's my job, I don't take pay from my clients."
"Ok then, but don't change your mind later, got that?" she said with a wink before walking away, waving.
Soji's heart had warmed up, almost to the heat of his glare from before. "I brought her...back to life! Sora, Sora! I just saved somebodies life!"
"Don't you do that normal on your job?" she said, coming out from the building.
"Not really...but that's all gonna change. I just saved somebodies life without barely lifting a finger...the Life Note is real!"
"Well, duh?" Sora muttered, straightening out her hair.
"But this...this is just he beginning..."
"Hmm?"
"I just saved that woman's life in seconds...think about what I can do in days?! Weeks?! YEARS!" It was clear that the excitement was getting to him. "This city, it's littered to the brim with crime, and I just stopped one! Yes...some much crime...but it doesn't matter! This power I possess, I can use it to put a stop to it all!"
So, it's true...I may have made a mistake, but I think this will work out quite nicely! He really...is the one.
"With this power, I can save this city...that's right!" Soji clenched his fist, a devilish grin liberating his face. "I'll save the city...because I have the power!"
And what a power it is.