Death Note Fan Fiction ❯ Death Note : Rebirth ❯ Time ( Chapter 58 )

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<<This can’t be happening. It’s not possible. I’ve lost the only thing that remained. My death god form. What will I do now? I have no place to go. No home, no job, no nothing. And I thought that being betrayed by the other death gods was bad. At least I sort of realized what’s going on. I just have to go back to where I had the first wrong feeling. >>
He was headed for the beach. He could see Swallow island from there.
But it was a long way from where he was now. It was going to be a lot longer and slower without his death god form.
<< He could have at least left me my wings. >> thought Light and laughed for the first time in decades.
<< It’s a weird feeling, isn’t it? >>
“Yes, it is, boss.”
“Huh?”
“It really is guy.”
Light turned around and although it was quite dark he managed to see the shape of several men heading towards him.
“Boss, shall we?”
“Yeah, let’s take whatever this guy has.”
“Ok, boss.”
Two of the men ran towards Light and caught him by his arms.
“What the hell? Boss, he’s naked!”
The one they called boss burst in laughter.
“Well then, I guess there’s nothing to take from him.”
Light remained quiet. A few seconds later one of the men that was holding him punched him in the stomach and fell on his knees.
The boss approached.
“What are you doing wandering around naked, boy?”
Light didn’t answer.
“Can’t speak, can you?” said the boss and kicked him in his head right after that. Light was now completely lying down on the street.
Light still said nothing.
<< Criminals… >>
The boss kicked him again in his head, this time making blood spill out of his mouth.
“This guy’s no fun. Let’s go.”
They left leaving Light alone and naked in the middle of the street.
<< I remember now. This is the reason for all of this. >>
He slowly got up on his feet and started walking again towards his destination.
<< This is the reason I started using the Death Note. This is the reason I became a death god in the first place. But I’ve strayed from my way haven’t I? I ended up wanting to become more powerful, more glorious. I’m fool, aren’t I? I threw away my entire life for what? For ending up naked and beaten up in the middle of the street? With no friends, no family. Not even enemies. I don’t really exist, do I? >>
He arrived at beach. Sat down and looked towards the island.
<< You can see it even in the middle of the night. That was what the strange feeling was about. Before the explosion in the death god realm Swallow Island never existed. Well, not exactly ‘never’. It did exist. Once. Before I was born. After that, it disappeared and whole world forgot about it. All of this happened before. Who knows how many times it did before that? It will probably happen again. I wonder what I did last time. What did I choose? I probably understood that the whole world is stuck in a time circle. It always happens the same. Death gods appear out of no where and the island becomes the death god realm. I am born, I find the Death Note, I use it after which I die and become a death god. The explosion happens and we end up here. After that, it all starts all over again.
This must end. >>
<< I have one last thing to do though. >>
He left the beach and headed towards the city. Without much effort he managed to break into a post office, found a piece of paper and something to write with and wrote a letter.
An hour later, Light was sitting on the railing of a bridge above a river.
<< Maybe this is how it’s supposed to be. Maybe I can end this circle by doing this. Well, I don’t have anything to lose anyway. And it wouldn’t be quite a good idea to meet myself after my mother gives birth to the other me either. Well, this is it I guess. >>
Light stood up on his feet on the railing and stared down at the river. He then looked up for a moment and then he let himself fall towards the water.
<< I miss my family. I hope I won’t have to do what I’ve done again. Even L wasn’t such a bad guy. I can’t believe I miss him too. I wish I hadn’t killed him. Maybe if things were different, I could have worked with him seriously. >>
Light was dead.