CHAPTER 2: ENCOUNTER
The sky was vast and full of miserable, grey clouds as the duo of Light Yagami and Ryuk the Shinigami walked in search of the King of Shinigami.
Ryuk was the first to break the silence. "So, Light. Where are we going exactly?"
"I told you, Ryuk. To the Shinigami King," responded Light.
"Oh… but, we don't know where that old fart is."
"Wait, so you're telling me that you don't know where your king is at!" Light asked the Shinigami in astonishment.
Ryuk scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. "Well, I've never had to go see him. None of us have, really. We handle our business with the Shinigami King's right-hand-man, Armonia Justin Beyondormason."
"So, we will just go see this Armonia and see if he knows where his leader is, which he probably does," Light deduced.
"All right. But let's stop here first," Ryuk said as he saw some of his Shinigami acquaintances in the mid-distance. They seemed to be playing some sort of gambling game. There are two skulls and a couple of bones inside a pale colored bowl. "Those must be the equivalent of dice," thought Light as they walk toward them.
Light and Ryuk approach them. The Shinigami closest to them looks up from their game, obviously recognizing Ryuk, and says, "Ryuk, long time, no see! I thought you were in the human world, being a human-pet to…" he looks over at Light, "Hey! That's a human! Why did you bring a human here?"
"Gook, this is the one all of you have heard so much about. He is the one who picked up my notebook. This is Light Yagami," Ryuk said.
"Whoa, so this is the infamous Right Yagami. Hm… You seemed taller when I looked into the human world through the holes in the Shinigami Realm," said the so called Gook.
"Right Yagami? That's not my name…and Ryuk just introduced me," thought Light, but he decided to let it go. While Gook was making a fuss about a story where he was looking into the human world and saw Light look at girls in bikinis in a magazine, Light got a chance to examine the landscape around them. There were chains connected to the ground that seem to be tight and connected to the sky. There are bones lying here and there and there are rib looking bone structures rising above them, making almost a building design. It is domed shaped and must rise about 15 feet in the air. Light then focused his attention to the odd Death God named Gook. He was about his height and had a cattle skull for a head. He had brown fur on his calves, wrists, and shoulders and wore a blue necklace that looks like it was made out of pearls, but Light knew better than that. There were two other Shinigami sitting with Gook. One has no lips so his teeth are exposed. He bore a Native American headdress and he seems to be wrapped up in some kind of cloth material, like a mummy. The other Shinigami sitting to the left of the Native American looking one is humanoid in appearance. He carries a scythe, making him look similar to the classical depiction of the Grim Reaper. He almost resembles an insect, having very a slender build and very pale in the skin. He is also wrapped in some cloth, but it is loosely fit around his body. He also wears a metal plate over his eyes and forehead, making it look like he is unable to see. Gook seemed to be done with his story and is taking a closer look at Light.
"So, Right, is Ryuk your little pet Shinigami?" Gook asked Light.
"No, he is not. And why did you just call me 'Right'? My name is Light, with an L," Light clarified.
"Yah, that's what I said; Right. So Right, did you cleanse the human world of all evil?" Gook asked him mockingly.
"Ryuk, can I kill this annoying Shinigami?" Light asked him.
"I wouldn't mind," Ryuk responded.
"HEEYY! Ryuk! I thought I was your friend! How could you let this human say that?" Gook asked Ryuk with a whining tone.
"The quicker you get that done, the better." Ryuk said to Light, completely ignoring the other Death God.
"Dammit, Ryuk! You're an awful friend!" shouted Gook. He then went near a rock and kneelt down, facing away from the group.
"Ugh, he's sulking again," said the Native American looking Shinigami.
"Go fix it, Zellogi," Ryuk commanded. The Native American looking Shinigami went over to Gook and kicked him over. Gook got up and started waving his arms in the air, seemingly shouting to Zellogi, but the group was too far away to hear them.
"Hey, Deridovely," Ryuk said.
"Hm?" asked the pale looking Shinigami with the metal plate over the top half of his face.
"Do you know where the Shinigami King is?"
"Why would you ask that question? You already know the answer, Ryuk. Of course I don't. No one does. Well, Armonia might know, but there is no guarantee," answered Deridovely.
"See, Light? I was right. So, we have to find Armonia. Do you know where he is at Deridovely?" asked Ryuk.
"Hmm… I'm not sure where he is. But Zellogi might know. He had to go talk to him to report that he lost his Death Note so Armonia had to give him a new one," said Deridovely.
"Wait, Shinigami can make Death Notes?" asked Light.
"No. Armonia just distributes them. The Shinigami King can also distribute Death Notes but not very easily. He always has a price. And also, none of us really know where the Shinigami King resides, so we go to Armonia. The very old Shinigami knows where the King is, but they have all died off. You see, quite a while back, the Shinigami Realm became overcrowded with Shinigami, so the Shinigami King got rid of the old ones so everyone else can live. So, the only way to get a Death Note is from Armonia. But no one really knows if he makes them of if he gets them from the Shinigami King or something else," replied Deridovely.
"Oh, okay. So we have to ask Zellogi," said Light. As he stated that, Zellogi came back with Gook.
"Gook is all right now," said Zellogi as he approached everyone else.
"Zellogi, you had to get a new Death Note because yours was lost, right?" asked Ryuk.
"Yeah, I went about six days ago," replied Zellogi.
"Okay, so where is he at?"
"He is in that direction," Zellogi pointed in the direction Light was facing. "Why do you ask, Ryuk? Did you lose your Death Note too?"
"Nope, Light wants to see him," Ryuk responded.
"Why would…eh. I'm not gonna ask. That's your guys' business. Yeah, he's that way. Quite a walk though, but not too long," said the Shinigami.
"All right, thanks Zellogi. Okay, let's go Light," said Ryuk.
"Right," said Light. And they were off again, to find Armonia.