The Whammy Chronicles
10 Days of Hell
[Mello, Near, Matt, Linda, Watari, Roger and L are all characters created by Tsugumi Ohba, as are the places involved.
Day 0
It was certainly a beautiful July day; the sun was shining through the trees into the Whammy's house, and as the residents within opened there eyes and stirred, the promise of a new day dawning upon them, two boys were already at each others throats.
The first child, Nate River, was sitting on the floor and his eyes had the, strangely odd, mixture of rage held within them. His right hand rested on his puzzle, a pure white game with a small L in the corner, whilst his other held the, slightly melted mind you, chocolate bar.
The other child, however, seemed to be retaliating, glaring down at the white haired child and currently held in his own hands a large toy robot, before pointing at the bar of chocolate and demanding slowly;
"Give it back. Or I swear I will smash this, Near."
Nate's eyes narrowed as Mihael Keehl pointing hand turned into an open palm, but the young boy knew how his sudden opponents mind worked, and he responded calmly;
"Mello, you and I both know that there is a 80 probability that after I hand back your bar, you are still gonna smash my toy just out of spite. With those odds, me keeping hold of the bar is the only thing that grants me the power of saving my figures life for these extra few seconds."
The blonde haired boy growled, and proceeded at that point to snap an entire leg of the action figure, making his enemies eyes widen and, almost daringly, take a bite of the chocolate bar (eyes widening at the strange sensation), and both stopped and stared at each other.
"I calculated a 78 probability you would respond by biting my chocolate bar, Near." Smirked Mello arrogantly, sweating slightly as the orphanages temperature seemed to rise around them, creating an almost sweltering balance between the two rivals (granted, slightly one sided, but it existed).
Unbeknownst to the two boys, standing nearby on a mantelpiece were three gentleman, watching the display with interest. As the two older men watched, waiting for some sign that they should intervene, the other bit his thumb and calculated in his own head, the odds of who would win.
"Watari, Roger, who would you place your bets on personally?" He asked finally, turning to his two friends and smiling with a glint of mischievous in his eyes.
The two older men once again glanced at each other, and finally (after a longer pause) Roger said calmly; "I would say Near, he will probably use some clever tactic in order to deceive Mello."
"And you, Watari?"
"Well, my reasoning says that Mello will… somewhat win this argument, but I don't see-."
"You are absolutely right." L said, cutting across his friend and explaining; "Mello has strong emotional connections with everything, he will more likely resort to rage and attack Near before he could even think of a suitable plan. Mello is more of an act first kind of guy, like me, but Near has the same mind as me, but prefers to plan out situations with absolute perfection." He stopped and stared at the two boys, smiling; "I dare say, together they could surpass me."
"How did this come about though? Near would never take anything of Mello's, and Mello would certainly never resort to just confronting Near on purpose." Asked Watari, glancing at Roger who lowered his head and muttered;
"Those boys… This whole situation was an accident. Near was merely tidying away his toys, he does that in the morning for some reason, and Mello came in and announced he was looking for a bar of chocolate he had misplaced. Near found it, but when he started tidying his puzzle, Mello figured he was trying to steal it, and so took his robot hostage."
"Hostages… Interesting idea." Muttered L, giving Watari a side glance before suddenly another snap was heard.
"YOU!" Screamed Mello, glaring at Near who had, apparently, broken off a single section of the bar and had, now, thrown it behind Mello, now giving the older boy a choice of which was worth the hassle.
"If you take the piece I just threw, and set down my robot, I will give you the rest. I swear." Near explained calmly, now twirling his hair with his hand- but Mello suddenly reacted, throwing a fist so fast that even L shouted out in protest.
Red exploded from Near's noise as, to everyone shock, he fell backwards after receiving a powerful blow from the much older child who quickly took the initiative, dropped the robot, grabbed his chocolate and ran for the other piece- but he tripped suddenly as Near's leg shot out and caused him to stumble.
"Son of- You'll pay!" Cried Mello as his chocolate bar flew, once again, through the air, and soon the two boys were wrestling on the ground violently.
"You two are meant to take over for me?" Asked L 43 seconds later, having leapt from the staircase and, quite simply, separated the two after, quite literally, lifting Mello from Near and holding him back with his foot.
Then, to rub salt into the wounds, he held in his hands both a bar of chocolate and the broken action figure, keeping them just out of the boys reach.
Mello and Near, now standing next to each other (not looking at each other mind you) looked both humiliated and, above all, slightly pained as the older man, the one they looked up to, scolded them for acting like kids.
"You two are meant to be the kids who take over for me, whether separately or together, if I ever die. Mind you, Matt is also a possibility, but you two are the more promising, and thus I expect you to act maturely."
"But he stole my-." Snapped Mello suddenly, but L cut across bluntly, now biting his thumb, "Whether or not he did or he did not, you struck him, and he retaliated. Now, my trust in both of you has dropped 5, and so you both must earn it back."
He lowered himself to there level, holding the items in his hands, and- suddenly smirking- handed Near the chocolate bar once again, and Mello the action figure.
The two boys glanced at each other, eyes wide with shock and disbelief, as L suddenly explained; "This is a contest."
Behind him, both Roger and Watari glanced at each other and the former muttered; "Do you have any idea what he's planning?"
"None, I think its pure instinct mostly."
"For the next 10 days!" Snapped L suddenly loudly, "You two are going to live without your respective… habits. Near, you will survive without playing with any toys, although playing with other kids is not forbidden, and Mello will survive without eating any chocolate and must eat pure healthy food."
"YOU'RE INSANE!" Cried Mello, pointing at his idol with fear in his eyes, and with a very uncharacteristic glance at his enemy was proud to see that even Near seemed to be taken a-back, and now looked around for his puzzle and (after noting it wasn't finished) instead twisted a clump of his hair around, and then at his idol with his eyes darting about madly with uncertainty.
"This is your punishment, certainly it seems hard, but if either of you two don't complete the 10 days… you will BOTH be unable to succeed me, thereby making you two support each other. Off course, it will officially start tomorrow, so get in a full day of playing and… chocolate, kids."
He then turned away, and with a glance at Watari and Roger then added; "I will be staying here for the next 10 days to oversee you two as well, so don't think you can sneak around." And with that, he left the room, leaving the two boys holding the bar of chocolate, and the action figure, and with a final glance at each other Mello said arrogantly; "God. This is so your fault, Near."
The white haired kid, however, was now on the floor and hastily finished his puzzle, counting down the hours until the next day, praying that he could fight a whole 10 days worth of solo fun into a single 24 hours.
To be Continued...
Authors Note: Hi! I'm writing this as I've just gotten into the Death Note fandom, so I'd really enjoy some comments about how I portrayed the characters, as well as any ideas anyone has for the situations I'm more than likely going to inflict upon the young lands during there dry spells.
Also, for those wondering about my Simpsons: Real Life story, I WILL be re-writing it, so please be patient!