The Curse of Light Yagami

Take Two - Chapter 7

"Hyuk, I've never seen anything like you before Light-o," the figure said, Light looked up to see the Shinigami from the bus jacking – Kira's Shinigami.

"Hello Shinigami".

Light said nothing after that, instead he just stared at the Shinigami whilst its creepy red and yellow pupils stared back at him.

"What, no questions? No reactions?" The Shinigami said, "It's not every day that a Shinigami comes to chat,".

"I've seen worse, and I'm pretty sure you know why?" Light said, ducking into a nearby alleyway so that passers-by won't overhear his one-sided conversation.

"Actually, I don't, unlike the old fart, I can't see my future memories so I have no idea why you're here," the Shinigami said grinning, "All I know is that a zero lifespan means someone's dead well they should be yet you're still kicking. I'm guessing the old fart had something to do with it?".

"Why should I tell you? I don't even know your name, Shinigami?" Light said that was interesting, even though he was still connected with the other timeline, just like the Shinigami King. The other Shinigami's weren't which Light supposed was helpful considering it meant this Shinigami couldn't tell Kira of any future events.

"The names Ryuk and you got any apples?" the Shinigami now known as Ryuk said.

"No, I don't need to eat as often as normal humans do because of my condition why the hell would I be carrying food around with me?" Light scoffed, maybe this Shinigami knew nothing about his current condition.

"Shame, I like apples from the human world, they're juicier than the ones from my realm," Ryuk said, it was just another luxury Light lost when he was sent back in time, the lost the ability to enjoy food, it wasn't a necessity for him and honestly the last meal he remembered having was the prison food the day of his execution plus Light had seen the barren world that the Shinigami Realm was, he could only imagine what the food might be like when the place itself didn't look like it could grow anything well anything decent that is.

"If I bought you some apples, would you be willing to tell me who Kira is?" Light asked, though he wasn't expecting Ryuk to give Kira up like this, the way Ryuk acted now and at the bus jacking, it showed he was enjoying watching this go down, like this was entertaining and amusing to him and no matter how many apples Light could try to bribe him with he doubt Ryuk would give up Kira's name and ruin his entertainment that easily.

"Hyuk, no can do! I'm enjoying watching this all go down. Living in the Shinigami realm is quite boring all there is to do is sleep or gamble, so no matter how many apples you say you'll get me won't cut it I'm afraid," Ryuk laughed, "But don't worry Light-o, I won't tell Kira about you, your circumstances are as just interesting as watching Kira, so don't mind me if pop in every so often. I'm not on Kira's, L's or your side, I'm just a spectator in all this and I won't give anyone an unfair advantage over the others,".

Well, at least Light wouldn't have to worry about Kira coming after him again, and even if Ryuk gave Kira's his name (not that Ryuk would do that, he had stated that as much) it wasn't like Kira could kill him with the death note anyway from what Light could work out from the cryptical Shinigami King. He couldn't die unless he was executed just like before whether that will be the case after everything has finished and Light has successfully captured Kira, he wasn't sure. He couldn't predict what his circumstances will be, would he come back to life, would he pass on, kind of like ghosts do in those movies, or will Light be stuck like this for the rest of his life (however long that would be). Light opened his mouth to say something else to Ryuk. He wanted to ask him about what he could tell him? When he heard a blood-curdling scream rip through the air near to him.

He didn't waste a second longer as he darted out of the alleyway down the street towards the scream not really paying attention to whether or not Ryuk was following him, to his horror on the ground were three dead police officers surrounded by a small crowd, one girl (the person who screamed) was being comforted by her friend, whilst another man called for the police and an ambulance although obviously, it was too late.

Light looked down at the dead police officers, they looked like they had been chasing someone then collapsed, it must be Kira. There were no obvious signs of death other than their faces scrunching up in pain, the three perfectly healthy-looking men seemed to have just keeled over and died but Light knew better, he didn't know how or why; it was like a gut feeling, but Light knew Kira killed these men. They died from a heart attack.