A/N: I got this idea a while ago when I read the Battle Royale manga. But I refrained from writing it because someone else had gotten the same idea and had even put the bunny here on the site. Then Mikanis adopted it and I was afraid that if I wrote this, one of them (or both) might think I was stealing. But I am not! I would like to point out that I got the idea before I knew that someone else had thought the same thing. However, if either of them read this and feel offended in any way, tell me and I'll take it down. The reason I decided to write it anyway was that I noticed some major differences in the plots. Mine is basically Battle Royale's plot with the characters from Death Note :D (I don't even know how I want to end it yet...)

I messed everyone's age up in this, I think; I have only used characters mentioned in Death Note, and since there aren't enough 17-year-olds (or someone around that age), I had to take other characters and play pretend. Just be happy that I am not adding my own characters... so unless it says otherwise, you can assume that they're teenagers. Yes, even L.

So... here goes. Death Note – Battle Royale style.

Disclaimer: I own neither Death Note nor Battle Royale.

Beta'd by the wonderful XxDonMelloxX.

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Death Note Royale

It was a class trip that no one had been looking forward to. They all knew that they were probably going to have a great time, but that was what made it bittersweet... because even though they knew that they were going to have fun, they knew that it would be over much too soon and then there would no longer be a class to have fun with.

No, graduating wasn't good at all.

Then again, a bus full of children-but-almost-adults made anything look like a child's game, even having to part forever.

There was noise everywhere - from the backseat where girls were chattering away about recent events in their lives, to the front where even the class's most quiet individuals were engaged in various conversations with each other and everyone else around them. Yes, it was obvious that everyone knew that this was their last chance of trying to socialize. Of course, they had all agreed to keep in touch with each other, but somehow they all knew that it wouldn't last.

The poor teacher who, like the equally poor students, had no idea what was about to happen to them was about to go insane from the constant noise.

Soichiro Yagami was the name of their misfortunate teacher. He was a former policeman, father of two of the children in the class (Light and Sayu), and generally the kind of person you wouldn't want to mess with. He sighed, turning around towards the cause of his bad mood - the teenagers.

"Quiet down," he said, not feeling the need to yell at them. He hoped that they would do as he told them to for once. When nothing happened, he sighed once more and decided that it didn't matter; he knew that he was going to miss them later, even though they were bugging him right now. He leaned back against his seat and forced himself to relax.

Behind him was his son, Light, currently discussing The Program with some of his classmates. "There's no way we'll be chosen," he said. "They said that they'd already found this season's class, you know that."

L, who sat next to him, didn't look convinced. "Light, you should know that there is always a chance. You know what happened to the last class they chose. No one had a clue until they were there."

"Stop being paranoid, L," said Matt from behind them without taking his goggled eyes off the electronic game in his hands. "The season starts tonight, right? We'd be there by now... you know, so they'd have time to explain the rules to us and stuff… son of a bitch."

L assumed that the last part was meant for the game.

Next to Matt, Near decided that it was a good time to voice his opinion, and informed Matt that he agreed with L. Matt didn't answer, just shrugged and started complaining about the long ride and how he could really use a cigarette right about now.

"Smoking is a nasty habit," said an annoyed Light, "you should quit."

Matt told him to shut up.

At the back of the bus, the girls were talking about The Program as well. Misa Amane was telling everyone about how upsetting it was for her to not be able to watch it because of the trip. Kiyomi Takada was rolling her eyes at this.

"I don't understand how you can make yourself watch it," she said.

"I just think it's exiting!"

"But it's real," said Sayu. "It's happening to real people. It could really easily happen to us as well, and how would you feel if random strangers were watching you get killed?"

"Oh please, it's probably just acting," interrupted Misora 'Massacre'.

Sayu seemed insulted at this, and so did Kiyomi. They started discussing whether or not it was real, and Misa's focus left the conversation to concentrate on watching Light. Misa was known as the 'Ice Queen', the one who could get any guy she wanted. Sadly, the only one she really cared about seemed to be completely uninterested in her. It drove her insane, and she was often times called obsessed. She didn't care. She wanted Light, and she saw the class-trip as her golden chance to get what she wanted.

Because Misa always got who and what she wanted.

Beyond Birthday had strategically placed himself next to Mello. This way, they were both surrounded by Mello's gang and Beyond could still see everything L did and hear every word he said. Okay, it wasn't actually Mello's gang. Rod Ross was their 'leader', but everyone knew that Mello was the brains behind it all... it was just a matter of the old Alpha Male-concept. Beyond felt strangely at home in the middle of all the thugs, all following the orders of a small and feminine boy with an inexplicable love for chocolate. Quite funny, Beyond thought, and let out a loud laugh which earned him several strange looks from the people surrounding him.

The gang, too, was talking about The Program.

"They make it look a lot harder than it really is." Jack was bragging again. He'd felt the need to prove himself to the rest of the gang since what seemed like forever, because he was apparently the only one who could see the weirdness in taking orders from a sissy like Mello. Sadly, he wasn't the most respected member of the gang, and his opinion often went unheard. "I mean, if you get a good weapon, then what's the big deal? I can see the problem if you get a piece of shit, but still-"

"Well," said Rod beside him, "maybe you've forgotten, but they're asking you to kill off your damn classmates. In case you don't know, most people would have to have no fucking conscience to do something like that. Moron."

Jack said nothing and looked at the landscapes flying past the windows while the rest of the gang started discussing the moral problems.

"Call me a pussy, but I don't think I could do it," said José, looking somewhat thoughtful.

Mello turned his head just enough to look at José. "Really?"

"What, and you'd just kill us all without a second thought or somethin'?"

"Hmm…" Mello tilted his head a little and stared at the bar of chocolate bar he was holding. He looked back at José. "No, I don't think I could kill Matt. Or Beyond…"

Rod laughed at this. "What about us, man?" he asked.

"Well… maybe. If you got in my way. Oh, come on. As if you guys wouldn't kill me if it got you outta there alive."

Sidoh jumped as seemingly the entire gang in front of him started laughing. He wished that he could have sat somewhere else, but Ryuuk, Rem and Gelus had almost insisted on sitting there. "We can see almost everyone from here," Ryuuk had said, and Rem had agreed with him. Gelus hadn't said anything. He'd been staring at Misa for as long as he possibly could before he was forced to sit with his back turned to her.

Ryuuk and Rem were in the middle of discussing what they could do to entertain themselves during the trip, when an announcement sounded from the speaker.

"Hey kids,"someone said. "This is your bus driver speakin'. I just thought that I should tell you that we're almost there now, so if you'd like to see your surroundings you should look out the window right about now. That's right, this is where you'll be spending the next week."

A few disappointed groans sounded from around the bus. Outside was nothing but fields and a few hills. They hadn't been told where they were going, but they'd all hoped that it would be somewhere interesting. Apparently, they had thought wrong.

"There's a small city somewhere, but you'll be getting maps and stuff so you won't get lost."

"Yeah, wow, because those fields are some tricky bastards," someone muttered. The rest of the class laughed.

The bus stopped.

The students knew that they couldn't possibly be there, because they had been promised a nice hotel where they could sleep. And there was no building in sight.

Touta Matsuda wondered aloud why they were stopping, but was given no answer. Everyone else was starting to focus on the gas that was coming in from the small ventilators above them. Some of the students tried to open the windows, but it was useless. They had no choice but to breathe in the gas. The bus driver had already fallen asleep, and so had Mr. Yagami.

A few of them were desperately fighting the urge to just give in to the gas and let themselves sleep, but almost everyone was unconscious already.

L was still awake.

'I was right', he managed to think as he stared at Light who was asleep next to him. 'They're taking us to be in The Program… but… I…'

L fell asleep, the last one.

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The last one to wake up was Halle Lidner. She blinked several times in confusion before she was able to see properly. She found herself on a chair, with a table in front of her. She looked around and saw that she was in a classroom. The other students were there as well... each on a chair, each with a table.

"Great!"

Everyone jumped. They hadn't noticed the man in the corner before he'd spoken. He wasn't particularly tall, had small eyes, and was overweight. Most of the teens immediately judged him as being a 'bad guy'. He was wearing a big smile as he walked to the blackboard at the front of the room.

"I'm Mr. Demegawa, and welcome to The Program!"

Death Note Royale

A/N: I know, a bit boring and quite short. The action will begin in chapter two. I just needed an introduction-chapter, and then I got bored with it and decided that it was time to get something going on.

I'm only going to ask once: Please review?