Author's Note: This was the first Death Note fanfic I've ever written. It was meant to be a one-shot, but I ended up writing another chapter for it. I do not own Death Note or any of the characters. I also put this up on .
Ch. 1
"Are you sure that you're okay with this, Matt?" I asked, taking a bite of the chocolate bar in my hand. "This is going to be extremely dangerous."
"Mello, with our lifestyle, nothing is exactly safe." Matt replied with a slight laugh. He didn't look up from his video game, but I could tell he was looking at me out of the corner of his eye.
"I just don't want to lose..." No, now was not the time to get emotional. I cut myself off, and pushed the thought out of my head. I looked down at the chocolate bar but put it down on the table and looked out the window.
"You're not going to lose me." Matt said softly, knowing my one fear. He walked to the side of my chair. Wrapping his arms around me, he gave me a quick kiss on the cheek. "I promise you."
I nodded, and kissed him back. I felt a little better now. I knew that Matt was as nervous as I was, if not more, but he was able to calm me down. "Come on, it's going to be a hectic day tomorrow. We should be going to sleep now."
The next day I woke up with that nervous feeling back in my stomach. I got up and walked into the other room. Matt was sitting on the couch playing his game, like I assumed he would be doing.
"It's almost time to go. You should eat something; it's going to be a long day." He stated without looking up at me. I grabbed the chocolate bar from the night before off the table. I broke off a piece of it, and offered it to Matt.
"Don't you think you should eat some real food this morning?" Matt asked, turning my hand away from him. "Chocolate's not going to give you enough energy for today."
"What are you? My mother?" I snapped at him. I felt bad about it, but I couldn't help it. We were both tense today.
"Okay, no need to snap at me." Matt said, going back to his game. I could almost detect a tone of hurt in his voice. "Well, it's time to go." He turned off the video game, and got off the couch, grabbing his gun.
I followed him out to his car. "Be careful." I warned as he got in.
"I will. You be careful too." He said pulling away. Now I was left alone, watching the bright red car speed away.
A while later I saw the smoke and heard Matt's car roar as he drove away. My cue. I drove up to the rally on my motorcycle, and after a little coaxing from Lidner, I got Takada to get on. This was the easy part of the plan, and so far it was going perfectly.
Later as I was driving the truck that I had hid Takada in, an image on the television screen caught my eye. It was Matt's car with many bullet holes in it. Just from that image, I knew that I would never see Matt alive again. I didn't even have to hear the reporter say that the man driving the car had been shot and killed.
"Matt... I never meant to get you killed... Please forgive me." I thought. I could feel the tears swell behind my eyes. I couldn't drive anymore, so I pulled up to an old, abandoned church. I just sat there and let the tears flow freely.
"Dammit!" I screamed, slamming my fists on the dashboard. "He's really gone." I said more quietly, and drew my knees up to my chest. I felt completely lost without him here.
I felt a stabbing pain in my chest. "No." I whispered. Coming to the realization that I was going to be just another victim of Kira. "I can't die yet." I knew it was useless fighting it, though. I just hoped that I had done my job well enough to help Near solve the Kira case. Now I am going to be re-united with Matt... Wherever that may be.