Eternal Light
Chapter 3: Phases of Divinity: Phase 2: Length
"For Kira, Yagami Light"
The words seemed to stare back at him. Who could write this? Mikami and Ryuk were the only ones who knew that Yagami Light was Kira, and they could contact him easily without this. Quickly realizing that his outburst might have attracted attention from his co-workers, he glanced around. Hisoka was flirting with a rather pretty customer, Haruko, and Gouhara-san had left for lunch. No one had noticed his outburst.
Grabbing the book, he went as always to the backroom, where Ryuk had been waiting. Kazuya was not surprised that the apple from the morning was already gone. Sitting down he began to read the mysterious note once again.
"For Kira, Yagami Light,
If I timed this right you should have found this on the 18th of May 2018. You should have gained the first of your new powers this morning. If you are wondering what is going on, you've succeeded. You have become a God…. or at least are on the path to Divinity. The Book of the Eternal is a gift to help you progress along this path.
A few tips, One, Ryuk can leave the human world for the Shinigami realm. Someone there has the Key to the chapters that are encoded. Two, Belief is the root of power, don't let it fade.
I wrote this book mainly for you. Learn from it, and survive to understand.
--The Eternal Light"
Kazuya, no in this case Light, leaned back in his chair. You have become a God… A God, to rule over this world as a God, he'd said that so long ago. Now it seemed even better, no more would he have to hide behind the stifling mask of Kazuya, but Kira could stand out in the world unafraid of rebels. Musing in this fashion he was surprised by Ryuk's face looking over his shoulder. "Light, what's so interesting about Tales of the Warders? You don't usually read this stuff. "
"Ryuk, this is not… wait, what do you see on this page?"
"Tales of the Warders by Hino Jun, and a lot of copyright stuff. Why you see something different?"
"Very different, Ryuk. I see mimicry of the Death Note with a hand written note to Kira. A note that informs me that I'm a God. By the way can you go to the Shingami realm?"
"What? Uh… yes, but why mention it?'
" The note has a tip in it about that. I'll need to think on this for a bit."
Turning back to the slim volume, he flipped the page. An index, but with over three hundred chapters? And according to the page numbers the smallest was thirty pages. The book looked to have maybe fifty pages total. The first chapter heading caught his eye, How To Use. Another reference to the Death Note. That line from the note popped into his head. I wrote this mainly for you. The book was mimicking the Death Note, because he was familiar with it. Who was this writer?
Glancing at his watch he discovered that he was needed at his post. He left the volume on top of his still un-eaten lunch; he'd buy it after work.
Returning home after work, nothing else odd happening that day, Kazuya waved to his landlady and went in to his apartment. Sitting down he ate his lunch from the morning. After the cold meal, he set a timer for two hours and began to read chapter 1.
Engrossed in the book he was startled by the alarm going off. He put the Book on the small desk. Getting ready to sleep, Light turned to Ryuk. "Go to Mikami, I need to speak with him." With that he turned off the light and went to sleep.
May 19th 2018
Light woke up, far more alert than the previous morning, and with a slightly less pounding head. But he was expecting this… the damn book was more confusing than anything he ever seen, but he'd gotten a few things from it. He was going to have to deal with these headaches for a while, they came when he gained power, at least for the first few steps on the Path to the Eternal Domain as the book called it. Becoming a God he called it. He had to complete tasks prove his competence apparently, but the farther he got the stronger he'd be.
He noticed nothing different about the room or his body, so he'd have to figure this new power out later. He went through his daily chores and work until noon, went Ryuk tapped him on the shoulder while dealing with a new customer. The pretty high schoolgirl, Noriko, who was quite obviously just there to stare at the two clerks, rather than buy books. Many of the girls and some of the boys from the two nearby high schools came to this store just for that reason Hisoka was considered rather handsome (Although he reminded Light of far too much of Matsuda Touta), and the girls treated Kazuya just like they treated Light. Of course, no parent would want his or her daughter marrying either an insane genius or a middle school dropout, no matter how pretty. And while Hisoka might have something like that in mind, Light didn't care at all. If he'd wanted a pretty face he could have kept Misa alive.
Finishing up with the new girl, gracing her with a simple smile so she would return. Kazyua turned over the cash register to the cheerfully flirting Hisoka, and went out to lunch. As soon as he got past the area that Ryuk was not allowed under threat of lack of apples to speak in he was assaulted by Ryuk's voice. "Light, what happened? You killed another Death God?"
"Ryuk, how would I do that? And why would yo...u... what language is that?"
"Uh…Light, what are you talking about? You just looked at me…. Wait! You can see my name can't you?"
"And a very long life span, well, that must be my new power"
"Or it could be that your lifespan just jumped up to almost the same as mine? In fact I think it just jumped by the general amount I would expect I'd have gotten if I'd been killing all of Kira's victims" Ryuk said, red pupils expanding to almost fill both his protruding eyeballs. "Ya don't think…You could be turning in to a Shinigami, Light?"
" I doubt it, there was a whole passage on the differences between Gods and Shinigami. But according to the book the first changes are to bring the God's powers into line with His main servants or heralds." Glaring at the hard thinking Ryuk, Kira asked "And what happened to the message I gave you for Mikami?"
"Uh…He said it would take him a few days…. the 24th I think is when he's coming."
"You think? Well, It doesn't matter. I have a job for you anyway. The book will not let me read past the introduction, I need a Key and thanks to that note I know where it is. I need you to get it though; humans cannot exist in the Shinigami realm very well. I don't know what it looks like but it's called a Jasper Key. Find it for me."
Ryuk's fingers itched at that slur this man, who had just ordered him, Ryuk, a Shinigami, to go fetch some trinket for him, a arrogant mortal standing defiant before him. Looking harder him, Ryuk realized that the name that had floated over Light's head since Ryuk had met him had begun to change. The word above him, the Name that would kill him was not written in kanji any more, it was not written in a human script at all. No, it was written in the same language as the one that floated above his brow, and above the brow of every other Shinigami, the one language that the Death Note would not respond to…. And it was not the Yagami Light that had floated there before; this was a far darker name, a single word, the word that was pronounced very similarly to Kira. A word that in his language spoke of something far darker than just death.
For perhaps the first time in Ryuk's long life as a Shinigami, he felt a twinge of fear. "Of course, Light. I'll return with this Jasper Key."
Flying off towards the Shinigami Realm, Ryuk pondered who to ask about this Key and the changes in Light. He only knew two Shinigami who would possibly know about either, The Shinigami King, who he really didn't want to deal with after the whole thing with Shidou's Notebook, and Jastin the Jewel Skeleton…Wait, Jastin, Jasper was a type of shiny stone wasn't it? A jewel in fact. Yes, Jastin would either have this Key or he'd know were it was.
Alighting on the barren dusty ground, Ryuk headed towards Jastin's realm. Most Shinigami didn't move around much. Approaching the throne-like chair holding the thin wingless Shinigami, Ryuk cleared his throat.
"Uh… "
It is very hard to understand why these cultists, still put faith in a God that by their own admission does not act in visible or even noticeable ways, nor protects them from persecution. Why do they follow an inactive, indifferent false God when they daily witness the wonders of the very real and active God Kira?
-- Understanding the Un-Righteous: A look at the minds of heretics Written by Jonas Long, Professor of Criminal History.
Next Chapter of Eternal Light:
Chapter 3: Phases of Divinity: Phase 3: Milk and Blood
Plot:
Mikami enters. What is Faith?
Note: From this point on the story is based on an idea of divinity that in centuries past would have gotten me killed. If you are not comfortable with a transitory divine nature, or a pantheonic mythos please stop reading here. If you are not comfortable with a non-Judeo-Christian god (or whatever divine being(s) you subscribe to), definitely stop here!
This is why this has an M rating, Religion has always been a touchy subject, and many people really don't like this idea. And rather than get angry reviews or hate mail I'm just going to increase the rating.
Sub-Note: I do not mean to offended or single out Christians or Jews, I'm in America where Christians have a semi-majority (More than each other group, but not more than all the other groups combined)
Note 2: I will only write a few key points from any chapter of the Book of the Eternal for what I hope are obvious reasons.
Note 3: The bit with the timer is something I do a lot, books are worse that crack for my already poor time sense.
Note 4: I personally think we've all hung out in stores to stare at cute clerks at least once.
Note 5: Chapter 4 will take a bit…I have both Finals and a major problem, I can't write romance (Including smut). I need Mikami in the next chapter and I need the pairing for some major stuff in later chapters, so I HAVE to write romance (or smut), hence delays.
Sub-note 5: I also can't write humor, as I don't have s sense of humor…luckily I don't need to!
Note 6: I'm dividing some chapters due to writing issues. What was Chapter 4: Phases of Divinity: Phase 3: Mask is now three chapters Milk and Blood, Jasper, and Mask. So chapters will be shorter.
