Ok..so here's another new story..It was inspired by Cirque Du Freak..(a little bit)..and Legion....(a little bit) ....The story is up for suggestions....and yes, I have thoroughly look through it (for once)..so there shouldn't be much spelling mistake...Oh ya..I do not own Death Note, Cirque Du Freak or Legion...

Circus Freak

"Hey Mello, look what I've got." Matt said, waving two very colorful pieces of paper.

"Huh?" Mello looked over at the redhead, tearing the wrapper of his chocolate bar.

"I've got tickets to a circus!!" Matt exclaimed excitedly. Mello just huffed, uninterested.

Matt seeing Mello's reaction, pouted, "Aw, come on, Mellie..Come with me!"

"I'm busy." Mello said coldly, Matt felt a cold chill.

"Fine! Be that way, I'll just find someone else. Hmph!" Matt sulked and walked out of the room, looking back a few times to see whether Mello would change his mind. When he didn't, Matt reversed his steps back, went on his knees in front of Mello, begging, "PLEASE…."

Mello fingers twitching swiftly on the remote control, annoyed by the fact that there was nothing on TV, finally gave in, "Whatever." Mello muttered.

At the circus…

"Mello, look at this!"

"Mello, look here!"

"Mello, look! It's so cool!"

"Mello, LOOK!!"

"Mello!"

"MELLO!!"

"Matt will you please stop calling me to see this, look here. I have eyes you know. Sheesh!" Mello snapped, finally having enough of Matt's rattling.

"Aw, Mellie…Don't be such a sourpuss.." Matt pouted.

"I swear..if you call me 'Mellie' one more time…." Mello's right hand stiffened into a fist.

"Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! You will not believe your eyes as Cirque Du Brae presents to you our very own 'Bird Boy'!!" Mello and Matt turned their attention to the midget man on stage. Suddenly all other lights of the circus dimmed, except for one bright yellow light that focused itself on a cage placed in centre stage.

Matt had his eyes glue to the object slowly lurking out, Mello was staring too, though not as obvious. Matt was expecting some monster with six eyes, and black wings and maybe a beak, after all the man had pronounced it as "bird boy". Mello on the other hand, was all eyes, not trying to even guess what would come out.

A little white boy stepped out of the cage, obviously frightened, and by the bruises on his arms and some on his face, it was easy to guess why. He had nothing on but a big pajama top. He looked sort of dirty, despite how white he was, his feet was covered with dirt and there were some red spots on his clothes and hair, but it was hard to tell if it was actually blood. Maybe the circus dudes just made him look that way so that he was more fascinating. For a moment, the crowds were quite disappointed. Matt almost shouted "What the heck??"

But then the boy turned around and everyone gasped as two huge white wings flapped open and some feathers flew into the air. There was a short pause then people started clapping. The next thirty minutes were filled with rows of acts by the so call 'bird boy'. The most impressive one probably when the boy was ordered to fly through a loop of fire. And yes, there was a great applause when the wings proved to be real and the boy could actually fly, but always close to the ground as there was a chain hooked to him.

After that, the boy was locked back in his cage and the people all sighed "AWW". Some workers came out collecting back all the feathers, so if anyone wanted souvenirs, they'd have to buy it (at a not so reasonable prize, of course).

"Whoa," Matt said, blinking, then turned to Mello, "See I told cha it be awesome. Didn't I? Didn't I??" Matt smirked.

Mello was quiet, still thinking about that 'bird boy', well, actually he was more like an angel, calling him a bird or boy just didn't suit the case, in fact it was quite insulting. He felt troubled. He was sorry for the kid, definitely, having to be cage up and treated like some animal, being called a freak, but there was something else. This boy was so beautiful. He didn't belong in a place like the circus. Mello thought.

"Yo! Earth to Mello!!" Mello was staring at a pair of goggles, snapping himself back to reality. "Hey Mell, you ok? You were spacing out just then."

Slowly, Mello answered, "Yeah, I was just thinking about that act…"

"Yeah, it was awesome, wasn't it?" Matt smiled widely, obviously not catching what Mello was implying.

Mello was still lost in thought when Matt grabbed his wrist and tugged him along, "Hey, what the hell Matt!!"

"Come on! We're gonna missed it!" Matt replied, still dragging Mello along. There was still some people surrounding the cage, so they had to pushed through the crowd. Before Mello could say anything more, he was standing face to face with the thing that was troubling him not a moment ago.

"Oh my gosh!" Matt squealed like some fan girl, "It's him! Bird Boy!! Hey! Look here!" When the two black orbs shifted onto Matt, Matt flushed and stuttered, "Um…Hhhhi..um..like can I..get an autograph?" Matt laughed awkwardly. Mello almost smacked that idiot in the head, What the hell are you thinking Matt?? The dude's in the cage!! And you're askin' for an autograph??

Mello annoyed, hadn't noticed that the boy was looking straight at him, until Matt himself looked over at that direction. Suddenly, a few other pairs of eyes were on Mello.

"Hey Mello.." Mello looked at Matt then at the direction he was pointing. He almost jumped out of his skin when he saw two darkest eyes staring up at him.

Mello brought his mouth close to Matt's ears and whispered, "Why is he staring at me?" Matt just raised and lowered his shoulders, he obviously had no clue.

Mello waved a hand and said with an uneasy tone, "Hi.." The boy just continued to stare and Mello did the same. His eyes moved from the boy's white curls to his black eyes, down his perfect pale face and lower to his big white pajama shirt, finally stopping at the boy's thin exposed legs. Haven't they been feeding him? Mello dug his pocket and unwrapped his chocolate bar, then snapping a piece and handing it over to the boy. The boy examined it in his frail fingers then gave Mello a look, Mello was munching on the chocolate now, so the boy did the same. A little smile curled up from the corner of his mouth as the chocolate melted on his tongue.

Mello seeing how happy the little piece of chocolate had made the boy was going to offer him the rest of it, when a whip hit roughly on the little boy's thin hands. "Shit!!" Mello cursed, looking fiercely at the perpetrator, "What the hell you did that for!!"

"I'm sorry sir but feeding the circus performers are strictly prohibited. I hope you understand." the tall man grinned. Mello was about to shout something when he saw tears rolling down the white boy's face, his hands had two red lines slowly emerging where the whip had landed.

"Hey are you all right?" Mello asked concerned, leaning closer to the cage.

"Please stay away from the cages" the man came and stood between Mello and the cage.

"Why you.." Mello was going to start cursing again, when Matt stepped in.

"OK! Well, Mello, I think we've seen just about enough, so I say we head home now." Matt smiled like a goof, then bowed his head a little to the tall man.

"No way! This jerk…HEY!! LET GO OF ME MATT!! MATT!!" but Matt didn't care, he just kept pulling the blonde until they were out of there.

Once they were far enough, Matt loosened his grip and Mello pulled his arm away abruptly. "What the hell Matt!!" Mello snarled, stretching his arm to see if Matt hadn't dislocated it.

"Mello, you shouldn't act like that," Matt talking like a mom, "You could have gotten both of us in trouble."

"I don't give a damn! Did you see what that jerk did!!" Mello got even angrier as the thought crossed his mind again.

"So what? It's none of our business" Mello paused, he was thinking more rationally now.

"Seriously Mello," the redhead took a sip of his cigarette, then shaking his head "What were you thinking? Did you think you were just going to rush back there and then what? Hmm?" Matt raised an eyebrow at Mello.

Mello flushed, more embarrassed now than angry. "It's ok Mello, I feel sorry for the little guy too." Matt swung an arm over Mello's shoulder, "that's why…" Matt paused taking another deep sip from his cigarette, Mello waited for him to continue his sentence.

"We're gonna bust him out."

So this is the introduction...I tried to make it as brief as possible...The story is expected to develop in the MelloxNear direction...so please REVIEW!!

BTW I'm starting to like Matt...He's fun..