BB Revived Prologue

    Beyond Brithday layed on the floor, not moving. The date was January 21, 2004, and he had died of a heart attack. It was not an ordinary heart attack; it was caused by Light Yagami, better known to the world as Kira. Kira killed people who have made great sins throughout their lives. He did it for what he thought was justice, so he could become the god of a new world. Beyond Birthday was a person who Kira thought deserved to die, since he was the one who was the cause of the Los Angeles BB Murder Cases. Beyond Birthday was a crimanal, therefore he had to die. But even though this is true, Beyond Birthday started moving. He was alive. But how was that possible? Beyond's name was written in the Death Note, an item that could kill a person smiply by writing his or her name down in it. That should've made it official. And yet there he was, slowly rising from his sleep.
     Hmmm? Beyond thought. Where am I? Is this hell? This is not what I have expected hell to look like. He examined his surroundings carefully. The sky was grey, and there were skulls everywhere, piled up onto eachother and scattered across the floor. "So this is what it feels like to be dead," Beyond Birthday said thoughtfully to himself. "Honestly, I don't feel any difference."

    "That's because you aren't dead."

    Beyond turned around, expecting to see another human there with him, but instead, he saw a monster. It's face was rather unattractive, with an evil grin that stretched from ear to ear and buldging amber eyes. It's neck looked as though it was sewn to it's chest. It had a number of large, black feathers on each of it's shoulders. It had a semi-slim black body and stood with a semi- hunch. Despite the looks of the creature, Beyond did not feel frightened, nor did he feel suprised. Instead, he smiled at the creature and held out his hand in greeting, though he was not expecting the monster to shake it. "Hello," he said. "I'm guessing that you aren't the devil?" The dark figure laughed. "I'm the shinigami, Ryuk," it replied, ignoring his hand. Beyond put it down. "A death god? Aren't those just made up stories to tell little kids at night?" Ryuk shook his head. "Nope. As you can see, I'm very real. Beyond Birthday, you're not in hell.You're in the realm of the shinigami."
    "Realm of the shinigami...?" Beyond repeated, biting on his thumbnail. "Very interesting. But why am I here? Aren't I supposed to be in hell? Isn't that where I am bound to be?" Ryuk shook his head again. "If you were a regular human, yeah. But you were born with the shinigami eyes, making you half shinigami."
     Half shinigami? Beyond thought to himself. What is that supposed to mean? Can a human and a death god really have... Beyond didn't dare finish the thought. How do I know I can even trust a shinigami? What if it's telling me this just to use me? And if it is, then what for? "Why are you telling me this?" Beyond asked. "How do I know that you aren't just lying to me?" Ryuk shrugged. "I've had alot of free time on my hands lately since the origanal owner of my Death Note kinda temporarily dumped me and you seem very interesting. Not like any other human I've seen." Oh, so he's telling me this for his own entertainment then? "I don't trust you," Beyond said. Ryuk laughed again. "You shouldn't. Shinigamis are very untrustworthy." What? Then how does he expect me to believe that I'm half shinigami when he admits himself that he might not be telling the truth? This guy isn't making any sense. "You wan't your revenge, right?"
    The question quickly caught Beyond Birthday's attention. "Revenge?" Beyond asked. "The former owner of my Death Note was the guy who killed you," Ryuk replied. Beyond Birthday's eyes widened. "Kira...?"

    
    From this point on, I will be your narrarrator. My name, I cannot say. You may refer to me as Near. You may know me from what Mello, a former...acquaintance
of mines, has written when he wrote the first story about Beyond Birthday, calling me a "big-headed twit" and claiming that he knew things about L, the world's greatest detective who died at the feet of Kira, that I didn't.

   He was wrong.

   I know everything I need to know about L. And I've learned everything I need to know about Beyond Birthday from a shinigami friend of mines. If you've read the notes on the Los Angeles BB Murder Cases, then you would know that all Beyond Birthday really wanted to do was surpass L. He was, in fact, one of L's succecors. But  all of the power went to his head and eventually he couldn't take it. He wanted to be bettter than L. In the Los Angeles BB Murder Cases, Beyond Birthday killed three victems, then attempted to commit suicide by setting himself on fire. If he managed to kill himself, without leaving any evidence of his death, then L would be on search for Beyond forever, and Beyond would win. He would have succeded, too, if  he wasn't caught by FBI agent Naomi Misora, who was the first agent ever to gain L's trust.
   But that time is over. Now, Beyond was certain, that with the help of a shinigami, there was no way he could lose this time. Naomi Misora was also killed by Kira. There was no possible way she could stand in Beyond Birthday's way now. But he knew that he could not start acting careless, for that is one of the reasons he was caught by Misora, because he underestimated her. This time, B would win.