Wammyman: I deeply apologize for such a long delay, I had a lot of college matters to attend to and other projects. Before reading this chapter, I strongly suggest reading "Reaper of the Sea", a Death Note x Mermaid Melody fanfic that takes place before all of this. Otherwise, you'll really be lost.
Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note or Naruto.
Chapter 6: The Shinigami Realm
As Jiraiya opened his eyes, he slowly came back to his senses. He still felt pretty dizzy in the process. Upon inspecting himself, the sannin noticed that his clothes weren't tattered, his wounds were healed, and all of his limbs were attached to his body. He also realized that he was in a dark dungeon. After his head stopped spinning, Jiraiya decided to explore this strange dungeon.
Jiraiya was in a seemingly large prison cell. On his right was a wall of jagged stones that barely fit together, on his left were rusty iron bars. The floor was covered in rotting bones, black apples, and gray mushrooms. Echoes of dripping water were faint throughout the dungeon that reeked of death. There also existed a depressing atmosphere. Somehow, Jiraiya knew that there had to be other people here. After all, why else would the cell be so huge and stretch on for miles?
Eventually, the sannin spotted someone. It was a young man in a light brown suit. He was collecting apples and mushrooms with his back turned toward the perverted sage.
"Hey, you there," Jiraiya called out, "by any chance can you tell me where I am?" The man slowly turned around so as to keep all the food cradled in his arms.
"This is the Shinigami Realm," the young man answered, "this is where everyone who used a Death Note comes to after they die." Jiraiya had a hard time digesting the fact that he was now dead.
"So, there are others here as well," asked Jiraiya after accepting his death.
"Only one other," the man answered.
"Where is this person?"
"I'll take you to meet them now. But I'll have to ask you to collect food along the way. We need it to survive."
"Alright, that makes sense," said Jiraiya picking up a few apples.
So the man led the sannin to the mysterious third prisoner. Suddenly, the man remembered something and said: "Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. My name's Light Yagami." Light smiled at the sage.
"I'm Jiraiya," the sannin replied.
"Just out of curiosity, how much did Ryuk tell you about me and the Death Note?"
"He said nothing about the notebook and nothing about you," Jiraiya answered picking up some more food.
"Hm, weird," Light shrugged.
"What's weird," Jiraiya raised an eyebrow.
"Nothing, it's just that Ryuk told me a few things about the Death Note, and told my friend all about me."
"Hey, where is this friend of yours anyway," asked Jiraiya picking up a few more mushrooms.
"Just over here," Light replied.
"Hey, Lucia," Light called out, "I found someone."
"Great," said the warm voice of a young woman, "is it a man or woman?"
Jiraiya looked passed Light to see a woman of unseen beauty. She had long, golden hair tied into two pigtails. This hair was complimented by eyes of sapphire. Beneath those eyes was a slightly pale body with a perfect hourglass figure. Attached to this body were two large breasts hidden by a mere pink sea-shell bikini top. A woman of this perfection only existed in the sannin's dreams, until now.
Without a second thought, Jiraiya dropped the food and rushed up to Lucia, and wrapped his ancient arms around her tiny waist. His fingers sank into her skin which was as soft as silk.
"Fear not Lucia," said Jiraiya full of himself, "for I, Jiraiya, one of the legendary sannin of the leaf will always be at your side to protect you."
"EW, get off me ya perv," Lucia shouted pushing Jiraiya away. She then slapped the sannin with what felt like a fin. It was then that Jiraiya looked down to see a large pink fish tail attached to Lucia's torso. The sannin's eyes grew wide as he shuttered, "Y-You're a m-m-m…"
"Mermaid," Lucia finished.
"I thought your kind were a myth."
"Nope, we're as real as humans, only less perverted."
"Alright, that's enough," Light intervened, "we're all going to be together for awhile, so let's not start calling each other names or start fighting."
"Fine," muttered Lucia.
"Agreed," sighed the sannin. After a long silence, Lucia finally spoke.
"So, Jiraiya," she asked, "how long did you use the Death Note?"
"About two weeks," the sage answered.
"Wow," said Lucia surprised, "not bad. I only had my note for a couple days before Ryuk killed me."
"Wait," asked Jiraiya in a panic, "Ryuk 'killed' you guys!"
"Yeah," said Light, "he used his notebook to kill me, Lucia, and now you. You didn't know that?"
"Woah, woah, woah, wait," said Jiraiya waving his hands, "I fought against a tough adversary, used my notebook to kill him, and then died from my wounds."
"That's probably how Ryuk planned your death," Light replied, "don't you remember the rules?" Jiraiya went through the rules in his head.
"Aw, stupid," the sannin struck his forehead with his palm, "I should've seen that coming. I swear, I never should've even picked that thing up."
"None of us should have," said Light, "as Kiras we try to use the Death Note to change the world for the better. And then an L tries to stop us. It's until our death that we realize how evil we truly are."
"Hey," asked Jiraiya, "what's this Kira and L stuff about?"
"Kira was a name given to me by the innocent. It means killer. L was a detective that tried to stop me from killing all the world's criminals, but I killed him first."
"Now Ryuk uses those names as labels for people who use the notebook, and those who get in the way of the user," added Lucia.
"Well, both me and my L are dead," declared Jiraiya, "so that means Ryuk should take the notebook back, right?"
"Right," Light replied, "as long as no one else picks it up and decides to use it." Suddenly, Jiraiya was struck with a bolt of fear. He knew that Konan or anyone else could find the Death Note and easily pry it from his dead hand. All Jiraiya could do now was hope that his apprentice, Naruto, could take down the next Kira.