Preface

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Keh, keh, keh.

A laugh echoed, almost mockingly.

"Humans are truly interesting."

Leaving a dead human sprawled against some rusted over stairs, the amused creature, which could only be described as a monster, flew away. It was actually feeling quite satisfied; Its boredom was finally relinquished.

The creature, or the 1shinigami, slowly realized since that the human was dead; it meant that he couldn't havethe juicy, red apples anymore, which didn't exist where it came from.

The shinigami, formally known as Ryuk, was slightly disappointed, and decided to head back to its own realm, since there was nothing exciting to stick around for.'It was nice while it lasted, Light,' Ryuk thought, and laughed in mild amusement. Then he finally flew off into a gaping black hole into the dark sky, back to his own world.

Light, The dead human who was sprawled against the stairs, had multiple gunshot wounds... Although, It wasn't his true cause of death. In this case, Ryuk was in favor; He had a 'notebook of death,' or the 'Death Note' like any other shinigami. It was their murder weapon, and it was theirs' alone. Except, if they dropped it in the Human Realm; any human could pick It up and use it.

The Death Note had various rules, but the main important one being, 'The Human whose name is written in here shall die.' Which unluckily, Light's name was. Being it an ironic death though; Light had picked up the Death Note on a somewhat normal, high school day.

He had watched it fall from the sky from his classroom, and was shocked by a notebook suddenly appearing from nowhere. It was Ryuk's Death Note that he picked up later on. And it was in Ryuk's Death Note that he wrote criminals' names in. Finally, It was in Ryuk's notebook, that his name was written in. Light wanted to be God. Light desired to purify the world of evil. And dying himself, was an awfully ironic way to go.

But One does not simply become God without a struggle, and that's exactly what happened.

In the beginning, it had been noticed by the police that criminals were suddenly dropping dead from heart attacks. It was announced by the World's Greatest Detective, L, that he would solve and catch the one who was behind the criminals' deaths. Light secretly accepted the challenge, and swore to find out L's true identity and eliminate him by using the Death Note.

It was a challenge indeed, since Light, who obtained the name as 2Kira to the public, took years of manipulation to dispose of the World's Greatest Detective and other possible threats.

But L, his true alias being L Lawliet, had several successors to take over his role. And in conclusion, after years of brawling against his successors, which ended having thousands of causalities, both criminals and the innocent, Light finally got caught in a trap, and was murdered right on the scene after being exposed as Kira in anempty warehouse.

Although, it was never announced to the world that the true identity of Kira was Light Yagami, or what happened to him, it was obvious that Kira had disappeared. It was a true genocide. Itself, being one-of-a-kind. And due to it being so special, it had left a strong impact on the world.

Since most noticed that the 'God' was no longer judging criminals, more people started committing serious crimes, a tidal wave of disasters.

But the simple word, Kira, hung around people's heads, and to some, it was terrifying, and to others, it meant salvation.

It was a scary night story to scare little kids. 'If you don't do your homework, Kira will come after you.'

There were many secret cults that worshipped and wished for 'God' to return again and judge the wrong-doers.

Kira was a taboo, a conversation topic, a religion, and most importantly, a true legend.

Kira.

...was Justice

KIRA.

...was The Serial Killer

KIRA!

...is THE LEGEND.

Vocabulary Time!

1) Shinigami – Japanese "Death God'

In English, the closest translation would be the "Grim Reaper."

2) Kira - "derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the word "killer" Wikipedia

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Authors Note

Ahh, There's this happy feeling inside me. It's like a really heavy weight has been lifted. Do you know that feeling? You know, When you have uploaded a fanfiction that was meant to be shared a long time ago. Well, maybe, I might be the only one since I'm a horrible procrastinator.

But I do get to uploading at one point or another, so just stick with me. d((^-^))b

Anywho~ If you are thinking 'Oh? This is just a short recap of Death Note!' Then you, sir or m'am, are correctomondo. (Ugh. Never. Let. Me. Say. That. Again.)

Oh! Back to the reason why: I was allowed to do a book report about Death Note, and it was allowed to be a fanfiction! It only had to be a chapter long, but I decided to make this a full-blown 'What if' Afterlife-FanFic. I also have the second chapter finished but I'm deciding to upload that later on. So, if you want to see more, be sure to RATE AND REVIEW! I've never gotten one before, and it would make me awfully happy. It might also give me inspiration to write more and upload quicker! -cough- Review -cough-

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