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3. JOURNEY BEGINS NOWHERE

Light ran to the right until his legs gave out and he hit the hot, hard ground. The dust rose around and a laugh from Ryuk was heard.

"It's not funny, Ryuk, now help me up!"

"But why are you in such a hurry? You have 3 days…" Ryuk extended his hand to Light.

Light took his hand and slowly got up. "I can't wait to see him… and what if he moves?... if he walks away?... and I'll need to talk to him… a lot… he knows I'm Kira, that's why it will be complicated for me to explain this to him… I cannot waste time"

"But I doubt you'll be going anywhere… your legs are too tired to move you…" Ryuk pointed at Light's shaking knees that are about to give out again.

"I'll walk then… better than to just sit around and wait till s—"Light was interrupted by a loud masculine yell. He turned his head to the direction to see a soul starring at him. It looked berserk and hardly human.

"KIRAAAA!!!!!!!" he yelled, running for Light in high speed.

"Oh shit!" Light cussed as he wasn't able to move much. He saw the spirit take physical form and before Light could move out of the way, he hit him to the ground. Light knew asking Ryuk for help would be a waste of time, since the shinigami already told him he takes no sides.

"KIRA, YOU BASTARD! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU WHERE YOU LYE!" the man yelled, getting ready for a punch. Light moved his face out of the way and the man punched the ground. Blind with rage, the man started hitting at the same two places with his fists, making it easier for Light to dodge them. After a few moments, Light pushed him off and stood up. His legs were still tired, but they were able to rest a little during the punches. The man roared inhumanly and tried to attack Light again. 'This isn't looking too good' Light thought to himself and tried to come up with a way to dispose of him. He looked around and saw an edge not too far from them. Below the edge there was some sort of hot liquid that would surely burn all the skin off of any bone. The man almost hit Light, but he moved out of the way, in the direction of the edge. The man didn't seem to notice as he continued running at Light like a bull at a red cape. This was just what Light expected as he continued to move to the edge. He stopped when the edge was just a few feet behind him.

"NOWHERE TO RUN KIRA!" the man yelled and with great speed and force headed to Light.

At the last second Light moved out of the way, leaving the man to fall off the edge, but before he hit the hot liquid a giant bird that looked like a dinosaur with skull wings snagged him and with one bite chomped him down.

Light stood there for a few moments and returned to Ryuk. "This… is a sick, sick world Ryuk…"

Ryuk chuckled "you should know. You made the population 3 times bigger than it was…"

Light looked around and then stared off to the edge "… because of me… people are forced to suffer here until they lose their minds?..."

Ryuk scoffed "longer than that…" he said.

Light thought a bit about that and without any word he started walking.

"Hey, Light! Where are you going?" Ryuk caught up to him.

"I cannot allow L to lose his mind like that man did… I know him... I killed him just 2 days ago, and he was already this much insane…" with that Light started thinking about what Kira really is.

He didn't know that people suffer this much after death. He only wanted criminals out of their misery, but all he did was actually put them in more misery.

Suddenly the vermilion sky turned pitch black and the orange ground started letting out a faint red glow. "What's happening, Ryuk?" Light asked confused.

"Night time…" he answered plainly.

"But... Wasn't it night when we arrived here?..." Light stopped and turned to Ryuk.

"In your world? Yes. Here?... no… in this place, time flies faster than in your world…"

Light gasped and grabbed Ryuk "Why didn't you tell me this earlier?! We must find L!" He released Ryuk and was about to start running again but his whole body gave out. And as he fell to the ground, he also fell asleep.

"Heh… "Ryuk shrugged and sat next to Light.

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sorry I took so long guys. was busy... I guess I should try and write the next one...

and sorry this one isn't as good as the other one's ;