Struggling to comprehend his current situation, Light experimented with opening his wings.
They were large and beautiful, covered with long jet black feathers. He flapped
them once, and immediately he was thrust into the air. He found himself letting his body hang
freely, as he had seen Ryuk do. After what seemed like an eternity, Light saw something in
the distance. He saw a cold, gray, lifeless ground with a grey sky to match. He saw large stone
orbs scattered aroung, which he assumed were used to look in on the human world. He also
saw hundreds of Shinigami.

Light then landed near a group of Shinigami that seemed to be gambling.

"Hey you." he said to one of the Shinigami. His voice was disturbing, low and gravel.

The Shinigami did not answer.

"Hey!" he repeated again, louder.

"Huh?" The Shinigami seemed distracted.

"I just wanted to ask you a question."

"What kind of question?"

"I heard of a Shinigami that had some fun down in the human world. I just want to know where
to find him."

"You mean Ryuk? He's no fun."

Light whipped the scythe off his back and slammed it on the ground inches from the unknown
Shinigami.

"Where can I find him?" Lights voice was now filled with anger and impatience.

"Okay, okay, relax. Last I heard he was up there." The Shinigami pointed to a mountain with
what seemed to be a cave on the side. Light did not bother to thank the Shinigami, and began
walking toward the mountain. He noticed that despite his new body, he still walked with something
of a limp. Light grabbed an apple off a nearby tree, if it could be called a then saw
a staircase carved out of the rock, and went up it. At the top was Ryuk, sitting on the edge
of a ledge.

"Hello Ryuk. Long time no see."

"Hyuk hyuk. I see you found out what I meant, didn't you?"

"I certainly did."

"I should probably tell you a few things before you head off to explore this exciting land."

"What sort of things?"

"Well of course you now have the eyes and wings of a Shinigami, the latter I assume you've
already discovered for yourself. You also have the benefit of whenever you kill someone with
your Death Note, their remaining lifespan is added to yours. Let's say you kill someone at age
40 who is supposed to die at 60. 60-40="

"I know Ryuk, you don't have to spell it out for me."

Annoyed with Ryuk, Light left the mountain and went in search of a portal to the human world.
It wasn't long until he found one, and when he didhe focused his thoughts on a particular
individual. The image in the portal became blurry, but it soon focused to reveal an image
of Near playing with his toys, with Halle Lidner standing next to him. His voice came
through the image as well.

"Gevanni, have you succeded?"

Light could hear Gevannis voice as well.

"Yes, I believe I have found the correct location. I'm sending the coordinates now."

From what Light gathered, the American Mafia had reformed and Near was attempting to find
their new hideout. Light glared at the image of Near with pure hatred, and for a moment
it seemed as if Near was looking back at him.

He could also see the name Nate River above Nears head, along with his remaining lifespan.
It occured to him that when he was alive he would never understand the meaning of the
seemingly random string of numbers that was Nears lifespan, but somehow, as a Shinigami,
he could. Not that he needed to know either his real name or lifespan, he know both already.

Light removed his Death Note from the ornate pouch strapped to his waist along with the pen
that all Shinigami apparently had. He opened the Death Note, fresh and crisp, to the first
blank page. It was at that moment that another idea formed within Lights twisted mind.

With Near taken care of, who should he kill?

Perhaps Matsuda, the one who prevented him from killing Near to begin with.

Light concentrated on the thought of Matsuda, and the image in the portal changed from Nears
dead body to Matsuda, sitting an a sofa next to Lights sister, Sayu. How dare Matsuda marry
Lights sister? Light placed the pen on the first page of the Death Note, and wrote down
Matsudas name.

TOUTA MATSUDA

After 40 seconds, Matsudas hand instincetively went to his chest, and he fell forward off
the sofa. He was dead.

Light couldn't help but laugh. Sayu held Matsudas dead body in her arms, screaming his name.

With the power of a Shinigami at his disposal, who should he kill next?

A.N.
Well, I said this one would be longer, and though I spent more time on it I'm not sure
if I fulfilled that promise. I actually ended up rewriting most of it, as Ryuk originally
flew up to meet Light and tell him that he became a Shinigami because he wrote more than
10,000 names in the Death Note, then Light went and killed Near. I changed the part with Ryuk
because I thought it seemed a bit too abstract, and that it would make the most sense if they
met eachother in the same way Ryuk met the unknown Shinigami at the end of Relight: Visions
of a God. The part with Near was changed because I realized that I had spent all this time
introducing what happened to Light, and not enough time coming up with a good plot. So for
now, Near lives.(Though part of the reason I started writing this is because I hate his
guts.)

In the next chapter you'll get to see what Lights plan is for Near