Epilogue
From that point, it was smooth sailing (No, really, trust me, I'm the author). Ryuk and Raito made it out of the castle, and the guards seemed to be not only unconscious, but horribly amnesiac. Once Ryuk and Raito got their Death Notes from their room, they swept through one high-security prison and one death row like two strains of the same illness, restoring themselves to good health by leaving them nearly empty (no reason not to go nuts, with no L on their tail).
After that long hiatus from the Shinigami realm, Raito conjured up a plan. It would be painfully boring, Earth trips or not. Why not bring a little bit of Earth to his new home?
"So what I'm saying is, I want to bring a bunch of video games and computers here. We already love video games, and with the computer, we can play even more of them and do many other things. Did you know that there are whole sites dedicated to helping bored people not be bored?" Raito's thumbs twiddled in anticipation.
Ryuk grinned. "I'm for it! Sounds like the deus ex machina that the we need to do more than lay around and sleep."
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For the next few days, many computer store employees noticed that their inventories were mysteriously shrinking. Top-of-the-line computers were taken straight from the display counters without tripping off any alarms. Boxes of Halo 3 and World of Warcraft didn't have any CDs inside, sending swarms of angry customers pounding at the doors 2 hours before store opening. Why couldn't they just pirate the damn software? That'd at least leave copies for the stores to sell.
And the worst part?
Those thieves didn't seem to need tech support!
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As for Nintendo, Wiis were grabbed right off of the assembly line and vanished into thin air, much to the horror of the factory workers, who needed time off to recover from shock. This slowed the production of the coveted game system to an almost-complete stop for about a month.
For about the same amount of time, Guitar Hero 3 was so rare that $9000 didn't seem so high as long as you were guarenteed a copy. Shouldn't the thieves be easy to spot, considering the size of the box?
The masses eventually forgot about the Great Game Robbery (no evidence, no suspect, no point) and enjoyed the reduced crime rate.
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Tourism to Earth skyrocketed.
Several Google searches revealed the locations of apple orchards around the worlds. The Shinigami ate them right off the trees: red delicious, golden delicious, fuji, granny smith, gala, akane, mutsu, indo, and even crab apples were gobbled right up. All the Shinigami cheered when they found that there was an entire computer company named after their favorite food, and immediately stole an entire shipment of iMacs from the back of a truck.
The realm was stuffed with stolen electronics that somehow ran without electricity, with boredom levels at an all-time low. They played Super Smash Bros Brawl until human eyes would bleed, listened to all sorts of music they had downloaded for free (who ever heard of a god being sued?) until human ears would go deaf, and having massive DDR competitions that would make human muscles tear and human bones crack like fortune cookies.
Ryuk and Raito, having disposed of King Jidon, became the rulers of the realm, though you wouldn't know it by looking at them. If hidden cameras were stuck inside, they would show them having fun just like the other Shinigami. Most days they didn't even remember they were the kings.
Raito's contributions to the stash were some of the few non-electronics. He stole two of Tatsuya's prized fencing foils, and the duels were good for cooling off and warming up your fingers before a big showdown.
As for rules, they didn't modify them too much. One, they were lazy, and two, they were mostly fair.
However, they did change a few things.
"Shinigami may fall in love and lust, and go to Earth as long as desired, as long as they continue to write in their Death Note regularly.
Additionally, a Shinigami may have sexual relations with as long as no offspring are made.
Any pregnancies in female Shinigami will automatically be terminated. If a male Shinigami impregnates a human female, the human will automatically die."
Raito set down the pen and closed the Master Death Note. "We're no longer legally damned. Our records have been cleared and we can start from the very beginning. What do you think?"
Ryuk leaned over and gave Raito a quick kiss. "And I bet you think this too. Isn't that right, Raito?"
END
A/N: Thank you for reading my first serious story! I might do a few "omakes" (extras), but tell me if you liked it!
