MAGNET / NATIVE AMERICAN TENT / NOTEBOOK
~ A FEW DAYS LATER ~
Catori looked at the book on the ground. She stepped around it, staring at the white letters on the cover. Death Noteā¦
Some kind of joke, probably. Oh well, she thought, might as well drag it home with me. What harm could be done?
The book was a bit heavier than she thought it would be.
A while later, she arrived at her house and slapped it onto the kitchen table and, after setting her bags down, started to flip through the book.
She was Native American in descent, with short black hair and dark brown, almost black, eyes. She was a bit of a lone wolf, with a keen eye for detail and a very analytical mind. A junior in high school, she lived in Washington, near a large forest in the middle of the state.
Catori was surprised to find that the heavy book was completely empty; no words coated its white pages with journal lines. The book was clearly a joke, and she stood up to carry it to the trash can when a voice she didn't recognize spoke up behind her.
"Hyuk, hyuk. I wouldn't do that if I were you."
She turned and faced the voice, fully unprepared for what she saw. Before her stood a bluish, spiky-haired, fanged thing with a heart earring. She stared for a second, then joked calmly, "Who the hell are you and what do you want?"
"Hyuk," the thing laughed again. "I'm Ryuk. It got boring in the Shinigami Realm, so I came to pay a visit. Humans are more fun. Hyuk, hyuk."
"What is the Shinigami Realm? And what do you want, anyway?" Catori asked Ryuk, caution holding back her curiosity.
Ryuk looked like he was preparing an explanation, and then spoke. "The shinigami, or death gods, are in the Shinigami Realm. All that we have to do is gamble and nap, or write human names in our death notes to extend our own lives. So, it gets extremely boring. I thought that if I gave you that book, you would be able to entertain me for a while."
"This book is yours? Take it back," Catori told him, holding out the notebook at arm's length.
"No, I think you should keep it. Anyone whose name is written in it while you think of what they look like will die. You can fill in the details of the death however you like."
Catori thought for a minute.
"So, I could be a second Kira?"
(A/N): The next chapter is still told through Catori's viewpoint, but it's several months after the events of this chapter. Our interpretation of the dice skipped the 'learning about the Death Note' stuff. It probably won't be up for a while. It depends.
