The Curse of Light Yagami

Take Two - Chapter 1

Light refused to speak. His heart was hammering in his chest as he was roughly dragged down the long corridor leading to his fate. He had been convicted of a crime he hadn't committed, L believed he was Kira and somehow convinced the rest of the task force including his father. Today, he would be executed, punished for something he hadn't done. No matter how much he screamed or shouted that he wasn't Kira and that the real Kira was still out there, no one listen. No one believed him. And now it was too late.

He was forced into the chair and restraints were tied around his arms and legs. The injection materials were already set up. No one was here to watch Light Yagami die, not his family. Not L. Light wasn't sure whether he should find any comfort in that, he would finally be at peace, never having to pretend to be something he wasn't. He didn't need to be perfect anymore.

The nurse performing the procedure explained what would happen. Not that she need to, Light knew what happened. He would be injected with chemicals which would kill him. It would make him unconscious, then it stops his breathing which leads to his heart stopping.

"Light Yagami. You have been sentenced to death for your crimes as the mass murder of Kira. No new criminals have died which proves that you are guilty. Do you have any last words?" the disembody voice spoke through the speakers, Light knew it was L. Apparently the World's Greatest Detective wanted to witness the death of his greatest enemy.

"Goodbye L" Light whispered; he wasn't sure whether L heard him, but he didn't care anymore. He was going to die regardless. He closed his eyes and felt the needle press against his skin. He didn't fight it; he didn't try and fight for a chance to live longer. He was tired all he wanted to do was sleep. Light relax, allowing the darkness to flow over him. And his heart stopped.

Light had died, he was sure of it. So, the last thing he was expecting was to wake up. He was no longer in the prison attached to the chair instead he was in a deserted wasteland. It was dark and the ground was barren, there didn't seem like any sign of life or at least of those who had died. Maybe this was his own personal hell.

"Light Yagami" an unfamiliar voice said from behind him. Light turned and he wasn't sure whether he should scream or run away, the creature in front of him was horrifying. It had a large, globe-like body mass that was suspended in the air with chains. It had a skull head, which is recessed within a larger, outer skull-like formation. Light stumbled backwards trying to put as much distance between himself and the monster.

"What the hell are you?" Light shouted. It felt like his heart was pounding in his chest but how could it be, he was dead. His heart shouldn't be beating.

"I am in the Shinigami King. You are currently in my realm. Your death was wrong, you died years before you were meant to because of Kira. I have brought you here to ask you to defeat Kira, what he has done has been inexcusable as he has ended many people's lives years before they were meant to" The creature... the Shinigami King explained. Light froze, why would the Shinigami King – a god of death – want him to find Kira. Kira was the reason he died.

"How? I'm dead" Light started before adding "and even if I could, if L couldn't find Kira then how am I meant to".

"Kira is using a Death Note, a notebook which if you write a person's name in it they will die. To use the death note, the death note user must picture the person they wish to kill in their mind to prevent anyone sharing the same names from being affected. However, there is deal which a Shinigami can make with a human to help them gain the names of their victim by trading half their remaining lifespan. The Shinigami eyes allow humans to see a person's name and lifespan by looking at their face. To help you in finding and defeating Kira, I will give you the Shinigami eyes, you will be able to tell who uses a death note because you won't be able to see their lifespan. Considering you have no lifespan to give think about this as a gift, you will also be immune to the death note since you are technically dead" The Shinigami king said.

"Thanks, I guess. It still doesn't explain how I'm going to do this" Light asked. It's not like he can go running around Tokyo considering he was legally and physically dead.

"I can send you back in time to your old body however you will be different. You won't need to eat or sleep as often as you use to. If you meet anyone with the Shinigami eyes they will be able to see your name or lifespan however your lifespan will be at zero since you're already dead. Using the Shinigami eyes, you can find Kira then help L capture and sentence Kira to death" The Shinigami king added.

"Ok. I want to catch Kira. I want to look into the eyes of the person who killed me and sentence him to death" Light agreed. The Shinigami King smirked or at least that's what it looked like before raising his clawed hand and pressed it against Light's forehead. Everything went dark, he couldn't see anything or hear anything. Then suddenly he saw everything, the people rushing around getting to their destinations. He saw the date October 6th, 2006, the same day as the Lind L. Tailor incident. Light couldn't believe it had worked yet here he was, he could see people's names and lifespans floating about their heads. It was both beautiful and overwhelming so many names and so many people. Their lifespans ranging from only a few days to years. Light was snapped out of his thoughts by the sudden turn in his stomach.

"Oh, I'm going to be sick" Light muttered to himself as he ran over to the rubbish bin and emptied his stomach.