Villains Ch 2 Five Years Ago
A/N: I do not own.
And now for your reading pleasure presenting OOC_Woobie_Mutant_Kid!Light…
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Light Yagami (age 13)
When class let out Light went out to the schoolyard to investigate what he had seen.
Yeah, there it was in the shadow of the building a… small smoldering crater. A meteor? Seriously?
You've got to be kidding me?
How did something like that fall without anyone noticing? …and shouldn't something of this size have been louder?
Light gazed down at the rock like he was hypnotized…
It was like it was…
Calling to him.
Unconsciously he reached forward to touch it…
"Hey Light!"
Light jerked up and out of his trance.
It was his pal Yamamoto from his science class.
"We're headed to the arcade, want to come?"
"Ah… no thanks. I'm kind of busy."
Light turned and headed home, the recent strange events already out of his mind…
Light failed to notice the black tar-like substance stuck to his shoe…
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"Yagami!" came a sing-song voice behind him.
Oh great…
Here he was just walking home from school minding his own business and he has to run into Sudou and his posse.
"Hey Nerd! I'm talking to you!"
Light took off running through the back alleys of the city.
Light realized too late that his planned getaway rout was blocked off today.
It wasn't long before he was being thrown up against the wall.
"I just need someone to give me a little help on my homework. Is that too much to ask? So what do you say Yagami?"
Right… as if the teachers couldn't tell when Sudou's homework was suddenly spelled correctly...
"I'm asking nicely… So what do you say buddy?"
When Light gave no response Sudou punched him in the gut.
"…Or maybe that little sister of yours… Sayu was it? Maybe she could help me… with things…"
"Sudou…" Light began in a low and dangerous tone.
"Yes?" Sudou said sweetly, as he cocked his fist back to hit him again.
"You're rotten!"
Sudou and the bullies laughed.
"Why don't you do the world a favor?" Light was near hysterical "Go jump in traffic!"
Great going, Light you just had to run your mouth! You'll be lucky if you don't get your teeth knocked out…
To Light's utter amazement Sudou dropped him and began walking away. "Yeah… okay…" he said with a glazed look in his eye.
"Sudou?" asked one of his friends.
"Hey Sudou what are you doing man?"
Sudou ignored them and continued walking… right into the path of an oncoming bus.
"SUDOU!" screamed the other bullies.
Light puked….
"It was Yagami!"
"He did something!"
"The Freak!"
…and then he ran.
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Light leaned against the alley wall for support as he continued to put distance between himself and the scene of the crime.
"Go jump in traffic!"
He remembered the screech of rubber, the crack of bones, the explosion of blood...
"Go jump in.."
Did I do that? How?
"What's HAPPENING to me?"
"Hyuk hyuk hyuk! Too funny!"
"Who's there?" Light demanded.
Only a newspaper blew across the empty alleyway.
"Seriously, what's the problem?"
"Who are you? Show yourself!"
"Hyuk hyuk! Alright, if you insist."
Light shrieked in terror as black tendrils came ripping out of his skin. As he pressed up against the wall of the alleyway, trying in vain to escape the thing that was apparently INSIDE of him, he swore he felt his heart stop for a minute.
The tendrils formed into a parody of a human face or an unworn mask, gleaming red and gold eyes glared at him over a gaping maw overflowing with jagged teeth.
"You asked me to show myself? Here I am. You can call me Ryuk."
"Ryuk... Wh-what are you?"
"My species doesn't have a name."
Images flashed of other worlds, traveling the stars, the vastness of space...
An alien? Why come to earth? Is it here to eat my brains?
"Eat your brain? That is disgusting! Is that some stupid fairy tale you humans came up with?"
"And you can read my thoughts…"
"Obviously… as for why come to your planet? Well you see the world I come from was dying… not to mention really boring. My people used to be a proud race, doing battle across the galaxy, laying waste to worlds. You know cool stuff like that. Now all they do is sit around gambling. I figured pretty much anywhere would be more entertaining than that dump. So I came here."
"But why choose me?"
Ryuk gave the mental equivalent of a shrug.
"Some ego you got there, Light-o. You just happened to walk by when I was looking for a host."
A host? Some kind of parasite?
"Hey! I take offense to that!"
Light winced at having already forgotten the little mindreading detail. Light dreaded having to carefully edit his thoughts from now on-if that was even possible.
"Parasites harm their host. All I've ever done is protect your sorry ass."
"It was you then…!"
"Hyuk! Try again!"
"But this all started only after…"
"Liar. This wasn't your first time. I'm bonded to you-I can see your memories. Don't you remember, watching the news this morning? How odd, how unsettling it was that that man Kurou Otaharada suddenly dropped dead… just when you were wishing people like that would just drop dead. Yeah, that was you too."
"Oh GOD!"
"You were a killer before you ever met me-so you can't lay it on me, kid… Seriously what are you crying for him for? He deserved it. You think so too."
"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!"
"Hmm… Nope, not gonna happen… because I see you're still lying. I can read your inner thoughts. You liked it."
Light let out a choked sob.
"You want to kill more….you know what kid? I like you already."
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Light shivered as he walked in the rain… as soon as he wished for a warmer coat he was wearing a nice flowing black trenchcoat courtesy of Ryuk.
"It's getting late isn't it?" Ryuk prodded.
What time was it? All Light knew was that it was dark and pelting rain... Light looked at his watch
It was broken.
It must have cracked when Sudou threw him up against the wall.
Broken.
That seemed appropriate somehow…
Sudou.
And it was that nice Saiko brand watch his father had given him for his birthday too.
All I have left of that life... I can't go back...
Light realized with dawning realization that Ryuk was right.
Sudou really did have it coming. So did Otaharada. They were rotten.
Look around! There are so many rotten people. You'd be doing society a favor, getting rid of all these people!
"Hyuk hyuk hyuk."
Light walked aimlessly through the rain, through the night, through the streets of Tokyo.
"So where we going? What's the plan?"
"I don't know."
"You don't know?" Ryuk asked mockingly
"I just… I can't go home. Not like this! My family! I could…Oh god… I can't even think about it!"
Because one wrong thought could kill them.
Because somehow he could kill people-just by wishing death upon them.
As Light passed by a convenience store he encountered a familiar scene. Bullies and intended victim…
No scratch that RAPISTS and intended victim.
"What's up pretty lady, the name's Taku Shibumaru!"
"Please, I don't want trouble!"
"Aw… you hear that boys, she doesn't want trouble!"
Light told them what they could do… "All of you… JUST DIE!"
All of the would-be rapists dropped dead. The woman screamed and ran away.
Light shivered but made himself look at the pile of bodies that he had made…
This is… It's...It's what I wanted all along!
With this power I can help people! What if with this power…
I can save the world?
"Hyuk hyuk hyuk"
Well now, this is shaping up to be amusing already. Thought Ryuk. Yes, I'm definitely keeping this one.
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A/N:
…and Venom!Ryuk.
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