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"A few days ago, Light Yagami, son of the NPA's Chief of Police was involved in a mugging while trying to help a woman. He is currently in the hospital in critical condition…" Pictures of the victim in the ICU are shown along with his distraught family.
"The assailants are currently in police custody awaiting their charges. The perpetrators are Takuo Shibuimaru…" Pictures of the men appear on the screen with their names appearing beneath the pictures.
L crouches on the sofa scowling. *It seems that crime is increasing nowadays… How despicable. The kid was trying to be helpful and this is what happens to him? Hmm… Even though Deneuve hasn't told me the results yet on this 'Death Note'… Perhaps I should test it on these men. If all four men die from heart attacks, it will be fairly obvious that it is not simply a coincidence, and therefore means that this 'Death Note' actually works…*
L reaches over to the coffee table in front of him, and picks up the Death Note and a pen, bringing them over to himself. He then writes the men's names within the Death Note while picturing their faces. *Well that should do it. Forty seconds and they will all die from heart attacks.*
A little over a minute later, the reporter stops mid-sentence and then begins talking once more. "I have just been told that the perpetrators are dead! All of them from heart attacks! And at the same time too! I don't know what this means exactly, but, hey, I guess karma's just bit them in the- Uh, never mind… Right now they are currently being taken to the hospital, but chances are that they're all dead. Police are sure to look into their deaths seeing as how suspicious it is that they all dropped dead at the same time…"
*Hmm… Interesting… It would appear that this 'Death Note' really does possess the ability to kill people. All you need is knowledge of a person's name and face, and then you can kill them by writing their name into this notebook… A lot could be accomplished with this…*
L gets up from his position on the sofa and turns off the television. As he walks over to his computer, he sees a huge monster standing in the middle of the room with a huge grin spread across its face.
When L sees this, his eyes widen and he drops the Death Note. "W-what are you?"
The shinigami's grin widens. "I'm Ryuk, the shinigami who dropped that notebook. By now you should know it isn't just any old notebook… right?"
"A shinigami?... A 'death god'… I see… So the 'Death Note' is a 'death god's notebook' after all… I suppose that answers the question of whether or not it actually works and of whether or not it has supernatural abilities."
"Hyuk hyuk. You haven't used it yet?"
"Actually… I have…"
"Oh?" Ryuk goes over to the Death Note and picks it up off the floor. "Huh. So you've only used it on five people? Can't say I'm surprised since most people usually only use it on a few people. Guess you're nothin' special…"
L glares at the ugly creature. "Is that so? For your information, I am the best detective in the world."
"Hyuk hyuk. I'm not really impressed… Now if you had killed a couple hundred people or so by now I would be impressed by that, but you haven't, so I can't say I really care."
"What are you going to do to me now for having used this 'Death Note' of yours?"
"I'm not going to do anything to you. The moment a Death Note lands in the human world, it belongs to the human world. So it's yours now. You don't want it, give it to another human. When you do, I'll just have to erase all your Death Note memories… Oh, and since you've used what was my notebook, you're the only one who can see me. Nobody else can hear me either, of course. The Death Note is the bond between L the human and Ryuk the shinigami… Hyuk hyuk. You have a really odd name even for a human."
"Hmm… So there really is no price to pay for using the Death Note?"
"Well, not exactly… But there is the terror and torment that only human's who've used it will experience. And when you die, I'll be the one writing your name down. Oh, and don't think that any human who's used the Death Note can go to Heaven or Hell. That's all… You'll find out about that after you die."
"Can't go to Heaven or Hell… Well that just means that there is no Heaven or Hell, correct?"
"Huh? I thought all humans seriously believed in Heaven and Hell, but, yeah, you're absolutely right. There is no Heaven or Hell. No matter what you do while you're alive, everybody goes to the same place once you die… Death is equal."
"That is quite a relief."
"Why's that?"
"Because I'm an atheist. The idea of Heaven and Hell seems ridiculous, as do the religions from which they are based."
"Hyuk hyuk. Well that's good to hear… It would've been interesting though if you had thought of yourself as some kind of messiah and used the Death Note as a service to 'God'. Hyuk hyuk."
"Has anyone done such a thing before?"
"Of course. I personally haven't seen it happen, but I've heard stories of it happening when other shinigami came to the human world. Hyuk hyuk. Some of those humans went insane and thought the shinigami were 'demons'. Other ones were confused, but decided that they must've been 'angels'. You humans are really entertaining, you know."
"Did you plan on me, specifically, picking up this Death Note, or was it just a coincidence that I found it in the first place?"
"All I did was drop the notebook. It just happened to land somewhere around here and you just happened to pick it up… That's why I wrote the instructions in English – it's the most popular language in your world."
"I see. That makes much more sense than you choosing me or anything of the sort… That was quite an intelligent idea, writing the instructions in English… How is it that you know my name anyway, shinigami?"
"Hyuk hyuk. I can see it above your head. All shinigami can see humans' names and life-spans above their heads."
"Is it possible for humans to have this ability as well?"
"Yeah, if they make a deal with the shinigami that possesses their Death Note."
"What would be the consequences of such a deal?"
"Half the human's remaining life-span."
"Ah. Well then, I can say with absolute certainty that I have no interest in making that sort of deal… Is it possible for people that do not own a Death Note to have these 'Shinigami Eyes' as I assume you call them?"
"Uh, maybe… I don't really know…"
"Alright then. I was simply wondering since someone I knew told me how another person I knew always was able to know people's names and life-spans and that that was the reason they weren't entirely sane."
"Guess that makes sense. People can be driven insane by that knowledge, especially the 'seeing life-spans' part… Why so vague though?"
"I severely doubt that you would know who I was referring to."
"Try me."
"Well, as I am the best detective in the world, there is a place where children are taught in preparation to succeed me should I die. In the beginning, I had two successors, going by A and B. A and B were relatively close, even though B never really liked A much. A was always a nosy sort of person, and made sure that he could find out as much as he could about people. At some point, he learned that B was capable of knowing a person's name and life-span simply when he met them. A told me that B knew when both of his parents were going to die and pretty much when anyone was going to die."
"Did this 'B' person have a Death Note?"
"No. I can say this with certainty because a few years later, B left this place and went on to become a serial killer in hopes of making a case that I would be unable to solve."
"Wow. He really did go insane. Hyuk hyuk."
"Yes, he did. The question is though, how did he have Shinigami Eyes when he didn't possess a Death Note? If he had the Death Note, he would have simply been able to write the names of his victims within it rather than physically killing them himself. But, of course, it is not certain that he would have been able to control his victims' actions enough to make the crime scenes contain everything he wanted them to…"
"Well I don't know everything about things going on between humans and shinigami, so I don't know how the guy had Shinigami Eyes. So what happened to those two guys anyway?"
"A committed suicide sometime before B became a serial killer due to not being able to handle the pressure of being one of my successors, and B is in a prison in the United States since I was able to have him arrested for the murders he ended up committing… Seeing as how B committed his murders the way he did, I wouldn't be surprised if B had murdered A and had just simply made it appear as though A had committed suicide…"
"Wow… Hey, uh, are you gonna use the Death Note more or somethin' though? Cuz if you aren't then can you give it to some other human? I really only dropped the Death Note so I could be entertained."
"I will not be giving this to some other human. The probability of anything good resulting from that is practically zero percent. Besides, if some other human were to have possession of this notebook, then I would lose all of my memories relating to it, and when that person were to begin killing people for their own purposes, I would just have to find that person and arrest them, which would take me quite a while longer since I would have no memory of the Death Note… Granted that would be a very interesting case, but why would I give myself more work to do?"
"Well if you don't start using it more, I'll write your name in my Death Note and kill you. I came to the Human World to relieve my boredom, not to worsen it."
"I assure you that even if I do not use the Death Note that you will remain entertained. There are plenty of things that you can do."
"Alright then. Just remember that I don't like being bored."
"Of course. Neither do I."
"So are you gonna use the Death Note more?"
"Perhaps. It would be a good way to decrease the prison population and decrease the crime rate… I could change the world with this power…"
-APPLES-
A few days later Deneuve contacts L to tell him the results on the samples given to him. By now L has begun to kill a few of the worst criminals in the world, performing various tests on them with the Death Note all the while.
"L, K and I have tested the samples, and, well, it's really quite incredible. It seems that none of the items are made of any substance found naturally on Earth. Where did you find this stuff?"
"There was a particular scientist, who now happens to be deceased, that created those particles."
"Wow. So I'm guessing there's no more of this stuff, huh?"
"You are correct in your assumption. Now, please, remember to not mention anything about this to anyone. Understand?"
"Sure thing, L. No problem."
At this moment L hears a crash come from Denueve's side.
"Oh, sorry, L. Gotta go. It seems K's just broken something. Be back in a jif."
The gothic-styled D disappears from the screen and returns a few minutes later.
"Sorry about that, L. K can be a bit of a klutz sometimes."
"Well that is certainly something I wouldn't expect."
"Yeah… Anyway, is there anything else you need me to do?"
"No. That is all, thank you. Just enjoy your break for the moment."
"Sweet! Vacation time!"
"I'm starting to get the feeling that you gave your alias to me simply because you wanted an early retirement…"
"Hey, I'm just goin' with the flow here… I can't wait to check out the pyramids. That's gonna be awesome."
" Am I right to assume that you are in Egypt?"
"Yup. Even though K can tell me when we need to move, at least I get to determine where we go to. And I always make sure to go to places with a lot of tourist attractions… I'm thinking of going to Italy and China soon… Maybe Peru too… Hey, are there many cool things in Japan?"
"I wouldn't really know… And why is it that you are asking me about Japan?"
"Because I know you are in Japan. I'm not stupid, you know. I've noticed that sometimes when you talk to me you speak in the main language of wherever you are. When in France, you sometimes lapse into French. When in Germany, you sometimes lapse into German. So on and so forth. As a result, I pretty much always know where you are."
"I see. I never noticed. You only speak to me in English though, regardless of where you are."
"To be honest, no matter where I'm at or whether I'm working on a case or not I tend to speak in English… I usually use translators to communicate with people. I'm not too good with other languages… Oh well, I guess that's why you're the better detective. Being naturally gifted and whatnot."
"Ah. How well can K speak other languages besides English?"
"Oh, she's great. She can pick up a language within no time at all. It's thanks to her that I no longer have to bother to use translators… She usually can get into using the proper accent for the languages as well. Seriously. Her French is absolutely lovely. Oh, and her Japanese too."
"You seem to be preoccupied with France. Are you also preoccupied with Japan?"
"Eh? Oh, I just like French and Japanese. They're really pretty sounding languages… Well at least to me anyways… You know Japanese is sort of the Eastern equivalent to French, right?"
"Is that so? I never noticed. Is there anything in particular you need to discuss with me, Deneuve? If not, then I would like to end this discussion so that I may return to working on some of my cases."
"Oh. No. Sorry."
"Well then, goodbye, Deneuve."
"Yeah. Bye, L."
The gothic-styled D then disappears from the screen and L shuts off his computer, turning around to face the shinigami behind him that is munching on an apple.
"I see you like apples, Ryuk."
"Yeah, apples here are juicy, not like the apples in the Shinigami Realm."
"How is the Shinigami Realm?"
"Well, it's really boring there… Not much to do but gamble and nap… Killing humans from there isn't much fun, but I'm not able to kill other shinigami… It's kind of a barren wasteland and apples there are dry like sawdust… The place is kind of down in the dumps really…"
"I believe I understand why you wish to remain in the Human World. Am I right to assume that you are only able to remain here so long as a human has ownership of your Death Note?"
"Yeah."
"Do you actually need sustenance in order to survive?"
"No. I just like apples a lot… The only thing shinigami need to do to survive is to write humans' names into their Death Note."
"Do you own more than one of these Death Notes?"
"Yeah. There's the one you've got and then there's the one I have on me. I'm pretty sure shinigami can only give a human a Death Note if they have more than one Death Note."
"Interesting…"
L then begins to start thinking about more tests he can conduct on the worst criminals in the world…
Author's Note:
Wow. This is the longest chapter I've ever written yet. Yay!
When it comes to the Death Note, L is slowly but surely increasing his killing rate. At the moment he is performing tests on the worst criminals in the world, so he doesn't feel as if he's doing anything really bad; basically he doesn't feel guilty about ANY of the deaths he's caused from using the Death Note, whereas Light did at first…
Unlike Light, L is making sure to find out all the facts about the Death Note and shinigami he can from Ryuk early-on. You will notice that L and Ryuk get along relatively well even though L isn't killing that many people or being very "interesting" yet, but that is simply because Ryuk is satisfied at the moment with snacking on apples and talking with L. Unlike when with Light, Ryuk actually doesn't mind answering questions for L. This is simply because L's a lot nicer to him than Light was about the whole "gaining information" process.
As you've probably realized by now, I will slowly but surely have stories about characters in this story be revealed. In this particular chapter I had L talking about A and B, who he will most likely talk about a bit more at some point. I also plan on having Deneuve and K's personalities and pasts revealed little by little as well. Granted, most of the time when Deneuve talks to L he probably will only be talking about irrelevant things, but there will always be something at least mildly important that Deneuve or L will mention during their conversations. The mildly important thing that was mentioned in their conversation in the chapter revolved around the languages they speak / are unable to speak.
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