My endgame wasn't death, either. Ryuuk was fond of saying that those who used the Death Note, humans who used it, were forced into a life of misery. Maybe that was my gift for using it: my death.
You were also operating on a very local scale. I operated globally. That ups the end game, from what I know.
To state the obvious, it seems with both quickly learn and understand each other well. Let me ask you. Do you think I have the Death Note here?