Chapter 1: Beginning

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 You’re _______ Hood, and you’re new in this school; Kororo School, to be precise. You don't talk to no one in your class, and you don’t feel with the mood to make any new friends. You moved from England to Japan two weeks ago with your father. Before moving from England, you’ve been learning Japanese for three and a half years, son it’s not too difficult for you to communicate with people in Japan, though you don’t speak too much. Your mother was Yamiyo Kiku, so your family is half Japanese, and half British. Yamiyo passed away a month ago, and  your father decided to comply with the last wish of your mother, "go back to Japan."

Today is Friday, and it’s been a week since you enetered Kororo School. You sit at the back of the class, and silently listen to your teacher, Mr. Chie.

“Maths. I hate Maths. Damn equations!”, you whisper while copying what Mr. Chie is dictating to the class. “I miss my old school. I miss my old friends. I wonder if they miss me… I hope so.”

 The day flies away in a couple of minutes. All of a sudden, the bell rings, announcing that the students must go home. You pick up your things, and go out of the class.

Silently, you go home, while watching your classmates, happily talking between them. You look away when you realize they are watching you. You hurry, get to your house, and open the front door.

“Dad, I’m back!”, you scream, but recieve no answer at all. No surprise, ‘cause  he never arrives early.

You silently walk to your room, and leave your backpack on the ground. Hopefully, you could do all of your homework in the weekend. You decide to take a nap, and lie on your bed, wishing your life to change.

In your dream, you’re sitting in a white room with no windows at all. Suddenly, someone with a creepy voice whispers two words in both of your ears:

“L… Kira…”

“____, wake up! You’re not going to be able to sleep at night, if you sleep during the day!”

“It is called nap, dad.”, you say sleepily as you slowly open your eyes.

Your father laughs at your comment and tells you that dinner is ready.

‘L… Kira… Who the hell are they?’ Somehow, you know they are (or were) someone, but have no idea of why those names are so familiar to you, if you’re sure you never heard them before. Silently, you walk down stairs, and sit at the table.

“Pizza!” You say and happily grab one piece and give it a big nibble. “chit's telichioos!” You swallow and smile. “I mean, it’s delicious!"

“I’m sorry, ______, but I won’t be at home after dinner. I have to go back to the office. I suppose I’ll arrive early in the morning.” said your father.

“It doesn’t surprise me…”, you whisper, hoping your father not to hear you.

When dinner finishes, you go outside and walk through your garden. Suddenly, you see a dark thing fall from somewhere. You walk up to it, and see it’s a black notebook. You read what is written in the front cover.

“Death Note.”

You open it and read to yourself what is written inside.

“How to use it:The human whose name is written in this note shall die. 

 This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected. 

 If the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a heart attack. 

 After writing the cause of death, details of the death should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds.”

‘Sure, a notebook that kills people. Aha, sure, sure… it must be a joke.’, you think while laughing lightly to yourself. Though you think it must be a joke, you take the Death Note to your room an examinate it the best you can.  

“I have to take care of my things in a better way… another human grabbed my Death Note. My last Death Note.” Says a creepy voice in your room.

You turn around, scared.

“AH!!! What the hell are you…?!” You say as you try to calm your heart. ‘Thanks God my dad is not at home right now!’, you think.

“Oh, me? Well… I’m a shinigami. My name is Ryuk.”, answers that thing on a corner of your room.

“A shinigami? Oh! Now I remember… wait. What is a shinigami doing in my room?!” You ask the shinigami.

“That’s an easy question. I’m here because you have the Death Note. Once it touches the human world, it automatically becomes part of it, and the human that grabs it first becomes it’s owner.” answers Ryuk.

“So… now I own a shinigami’s Death Note. I own a notebook with which I can kill people?”

“Aha! Yes, you are!”, says Ryuk.

‘I wonder if it really works…’ you think, unconsciously looking at the Death Note.

“If you wonder if it really works, go on and kill someone.” Says Ryuk.

‘You make it sound so natural.’

“What are you doing? Oh, never mind.”, you say when you realize that he is standing on his hands, with one of his arms around his neck, and one of his legs tangled up on his other leg.

“Do you have any apples?” He asks you, completely ignoring what you just said.

“Uh, apples? I suppose. I’ll get you some if you stop pretending you’re a contortionist.”

“Thanks!” he answers.

While going downstairs, you ask yourself if all of that did really happen. You walk to the kitchen and grab an apple. Then, you walk back to your room, and slowly open the door. You see Ryuk’s still doing that strange thing, and throw the apple at him. He grabs it and starts eating it. When he finishes, he’s back to normal.

“Oh, please! Don’t tell me you’re going to do that every single time you want an apple!” You say.

“Nope, I’m not! I’m only going to bother you until you give me one, basicaly.” Ryuk answers while grinning playfully.

‘This will be a very long night’, you think as you sigh and turn on the T.V. 

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