Shadow: Yo minna! Gah! –hit on the face by a chocolate bar-
Mello: SHADOW! DAMN IT! GIVE ME MY CHOCOLATE! –snatches chocolate-
Shadow: What did I do? You were the one who hit me with it. And you don't have to yell… I'm right here…
Mello: I didn't throw it at you.
Shadow: Then who-
Chouko: -busts wall open- Uh… Shadow…? Matt built a cannon that shoots out chocolate bars…
Matt: -pops in- Yes I did! :3 -brings out the cannon-
Shadow: ….why…?
Matt: -shrugs-
Mello: O.o CHOCOLATE!!!! –runs to cannon- Haha! You people better fear me. :D
Shadow: Why- -gets shot-
Mello: That's why. :)
Everyone: O.O -backs away-
Matt busted a door open and dragged me inside. "Here's the room!" he said with a smile. I sweatdropped at how it looked like. One half on the room was sort of clean, there were a few chocolate wrappers outside near the garbage can, but the other side was full of game consoles and games scattered on the floor.
Matt walked over to the messier one. "So. What do you want to play?"
I had a slight disgusted face on. "Matt… shouldn't you clean your room?"
"Nah. It's good enough already." He said.
"You call this clean…?" I asked him as I tried not to trip over the wires.
"Yeah. So. What do you want to play?" before I could answer, Matt turned on the TV and plugged in something. "You wanna play Tekken? Okay! Cool!"
I sweatdropped as I sat on the bed and watched Matt put in the CD for the game. Just then, the door busted open and in came Death Note's chocolate lover. He pointed at me. "I never said you can go into my room!"
I nervously laughed. "STOP LAUGHING!"
"Come one Mello, we're just about to play Tekken." Matt said and handed me a controller. We were already starting the game.
"Wait! I never played this game yet!!" I exclaimed, but Matt already kicked my ass on the first round. Mello laughed at me.
"Ha! You suck Rhythm!"
I pouted and pressed pause. Matt looked at me confused as I was trying to find for that little booklet thing that comes in the game's case. I found it and looked for my character. I found it too, but after one second of looking at the page, Mello stole the booklet from me.
"Sorry crossdresser, you have to learn on your own!" he cackled. I sighed and pressed start.
My eyes widened as I remembered most moves from the book. I pressed a few buttons and Matt's health was already cut in half. "No way!" he yelled and began pressing rapidly. I did too.
"You…you won…" Mello said with an eye twitch. I was cheering and doing a victory dance. Matt gaped at the screen.
Mello shook me. "How can you win?!?! You just had a glimpse on that book! And is this your first time playing something again too!"
I started getting swirly eyed as Mello pushed me to the ground. I shook my head and looked at Matt. He was still frozen. "Uh…Matt…?"
I got up and poked him. He fell back on his bed. "Oh my god I killed him…"
Suddenly, Matt jumped out and glomped me. "OH MY EFFIN GOD! How did you do that last combo in less than ten seconds?! That was the toughest move to do for that character!!"
He and I were on the floor now. I started feeling dizzy again as I did my best to listen to Matt yell. The door opened and Roger stepped in with a disturbed look.
"Matt! Do not sexually harass the new kids in this place!" he scolded. Matt got off me with a little blush. I stood up and brushed myself off. Roger cleared his throat. "Anyway, Rhythm. Come to my office. Someone wants to meet you."
I nodded confusingly and followed him out the door.
When we arrived at his office, he told me to sit at his desk, where a computer was on. I looked at the screen to see it totally blank, but in the middle was a giant capital L. "Hello." It said.
"Uh. Yo?" I greeted back. I whispered to Roger. "Uh… your computer's talking…"
Roger walked beside me. "L. This is Chouko Hakashima, otherwise known as Rhythm."
"Oh! You're L?" I asked.
"Yes."
"Nice to meet you! Well… er… hear you…" I sweatdropped.
"Same here." He said. "So. It appears you have very good photographic memory?"
"I guess…"
"That's very good. But just to make sure… Roger. Can you give her the highest difficulty in the memory quiz? And then after, give her other quizzes to test her knowledge."
"Right." Roger said.
"Ryuzaki. Who are you talking to?" I heard another voice said.
"Oh. It's a new kid from somewhere who may also have the potential in solving the Kira case."
"Kyu Kyu Kyu. Look's like you might have more competition, huh Light?" I heard some twisted voice say. My eyes widened because that didn't sound like a human.
"Ano… who are those other people?" I asked.
"People? There's only Light-kun and me." L said. I looked at the screen confused. But I swear I heard another voice…
"Are you alright? You didn't bump your head into something didn't you?" Roger asked me. I shook my head.
"I guess I'm fine. I must've lost some brain cells when I was being yelled and tackled at." I joked, trying to stop thinking about that other voice.
"Oh. Okay. Well I have to start working on the case again, so I'll probably talk to you later. Don't lose anymore brain cells." He said.
"Okay then. Bye L." I said. The L disappeared and the screen went blank. I was in deep thought.
"Rhythm. Ready to take your tests?" Roger asked me. I blinked and looked at him.
"Ah…right…" I mumbled and followed him to a room to take those tests.
I passed all the tests with flying colors. I even got the memory one perfect. "Good work Rhythm." Roger complimented. "You may even be able to be L's successor like Near and Mello."
I nodded and walked away. I walked into my room that Matt helped me find during the tour. It was pretty plain; it only had a desk, TV, bed, and window. I tossed myself on the bed.
Minutes later, a knock was on my door. "Come in…" I murmured as I turned to lay on my stomach. Linda opened the door.
"Hi Rhythm!" she said with a smile. I smile back.
"Yo. What are you doing here?"
She giggled. "Do always say yo Rhythm?"
"Yes." I said instantly. "It's like my word. Deal."
"Okay, okay. Anyway, I wanted to draw you, if that's alright."
"Draw me?"
"Yeah. So far I've drawn everyone's face except you. Can I?" she asked as she got out her sketchbook.
"I guess. So what do I do?"
"Just sit there I guess." She shrugged. "You can look at my other pictures if you want."
"Really? Thanks!" I said as I grabbed her other sketchbook. I began looking through it as Linda began drawing.
I began laughing as I stopped at one of Linda's little comics. It was about Matt, Mello, and Near. Mello was yelling at Near, saying that giant chocolate monsters don't exist, even if there was one growling behind him. Mello turned around and got scared as hell. As he was running in the last panel, it showed that Matt built the monster and was controlling him with a xD face on.
"You should draw more things like this! It'd be funny if Mello was actually scared." I laughed. Linda giggled and kept on drawing.
"I think there are more comics like that on the-"
Mello busted the door open. "What's with all the la-" he looked at me. "What are you doing here?!"
"This is my room?" I said and tilted my head.
"Why are you talking about me, Near, and Matt?!" he growled.
"Well… technically, I wasn't really talking about you and-"
"Neh. Mello. Who are you fighting with now?" I heard Matt sigh. He poked his heard through the door. "Hi Rhythm!"
"Yo." I said back. Linda giggled again. I turned to her. "Oh come on. Is you really that funny?"
"Not that. Well sort of." She giggled again. "It's so boyish."
"I tend to keep it that way." I said and crossed my arms.
"HEY! Don't ignore me!" Mello barked.
"I wasn't ignoring you. I was simply wasn't listening during the time you were speaking." I said bluntly. Linda and Matt laughed at Mello's face that was full of anger.
"GAH! Nevermind. Matt. Let's go." Mello stated and turned to the door. When he didn't hear his footsteps, he turned around in confusion. He saw Matt, Linda, and I laughing at the comics. "MATT!"
He looked up, still laughing. "Huh? Wha-"
"Oh man that cracks me up!" I laughed as we were looking at another comic. Mello growled and grabbed Matt by the ear. "Ow! That hurts!!! Rhthym! Help!"
Matt unexpectedly grabbed my arm as Mello was pulling him to the door. "H-hey! Wait!" I yelled and flailed my arm around. Linda giggled at the whole struggle issue. I glared at her.
"You're not gonna be the only one having fun!" I declared and grabbed the back of her collar with my only free hand.
"Get.. OFF!!" Mello yelled as he was now trying to drag 3 people out the door.
"Let go of my ear Mello!" Matt yelled.
"You let go off my arm! It's gonna get dislocated if you keep pulling it!"
"So what? You might choke me to death Rhythm!" Linda struggled to keep her grip on the door's ledge. Unfortunately, her grip slipped and all 4 of us flew back in a pile.
"Get.. OFF OF ME!!!" Mello yelled from under and kicked us all away.
We all groaned and rubbed our heads. I noticed a blob of white behind me. I freaked out when I realized it was Near, who was also rubbing his head in pain.
"How did you get here?!?" I yelled while waving my arms franticly.
He stood up and brushed himself off. "I was on my way to the toy room and noticed you guys were being kick away by Mello. Your head bumped into mine."
"Sorry." I apologized and held out a hand. He took it.
"It's alright." He replied back, and shook my hand. "I'm Near if you didn't know by the way."
"Rhythm." I said back. Near twirled his hair again.
"Well, I am off to the toy room. It was nice seeing you Rhythm." He said and walked away.
"DAMN YOU ALL!!!! YOU FUCKING BROKE MY CHOCOLATE!! I JUST BOUGHT IT TODAY TOO!" Mello screamed as he grabbed his crushed chocolate bar off the floor.
"At least it didn't unwrap and explode." Linda shrugged. She waved to me. "Hey Rhythm. I gotta go back to my room. See you later. Just to let you know. My room's down the hall."
"Right. See you." I said.
"Hope you don't get killed by those two." She replied and walked to her room. I sweatdropped a bit. I turned to the boys. "See you guys later too, I guess…"
"Wait! Don't leave me with him!" Matt whined and pointed to Mello.
"Sorry. I don't wanna get close to him either." I said.
"HEY! What's wrong with me?!" Mello demanded.
"Dude. You're obsessed with chocolate." I stated.
"He's obsessed with video games." Mello pointed to Matt.
"And she's…" Matt trailed off and stared at me. "Well. I don't know what you're obsessed with. That's not fair!"
"I know! She's likes trying to be a boy!" Mello mocked. I glared and tackled him to a wall. I took out a pocket knife and held it near his neck.
"How many times do I have to tell you? I'm not trying to be like a boy. I just happen to like dressing up like one." I said with venom in my voice. I let go of him and put back my knife.
"Violent are we?" Matt asked. I smiled at him.
"Only when people piss me off." I said cheerfully.
"Why the hell do you keep a pocket knife in your pocket?!" Mello yelled.
"Because it's called a pocket knife. And I only carry it around just in case if I get attacked while I'm walking around or something."
"We weren't outside!" He yelled.
"You pissed me off." I said. Before he could say something, I spoke again. "Well. It was nice of you to make me mad, but I am tired and need a nap. See you guys." I said.
I stopped halfway. "Oh yeah…" I took out my blade again and pointed it at them. "Don't piss me off."
"Right…" Matt mumbled and pulled Mello's collar with one hand while the other was now playing with a gameboy. "See you Rhythm."
"Yeah, yeah…" I mumbled and walked in my room.
"Matt! Let go! You're stretching my jacket!" Mello yelled as I closed the door.
I sighed. It was now quiet. When I laid on my bed, I put my hands on the back of my head and stared aimlessly at the ceiling. "So… this is Wammy's huh?" I mumbled to myself.
I took out the pocket knife and flipped it open. Engraved on its blade was a name. Akio Kamikawa. That was my dad's name.
"Hey…dad… I'm in an orphanage for gifted children…can you believe it?" I said to the blade. "I'm sorry that you got hurt by that drunk driver…"
I closed it. "But thank you for looking after me through from heaven and stopping mom. I miss you." I felt a tear fall.
When I blinked, I was frightened because I think I saw some scary figure. It was a tall thing with pale skin and eyes that sort of resembled a cat. It also had a necklace with a skull and crossbones.
When I shot up, however, it was gone. I looked around my room confusingly. First I hear a deformed voice with L, and now I'm starting to see strange things.
What's going on!?
Shadow: And chapter 2 is done! –sigh- My fingers hurt…
Chouko: I carry a pocket knife? Cool! –takes it out and pretends to play swords-
Shadow: Lol. Little dagger thing that can- Ow! Watch where you're aiming!
Chouko: Sorry. Wait… you can cut anything with this right? Even hair?
Shadow: -puts on a hood- Yes… why?
Chouko: Yay! Let's do Ryuk's hair and make him prettiful! :D
Ryuk: Huh? Nice try kid, but I'm a shiniga- -get's tackled by Chouko- You're supposed to go through me! I'm a shinigami!
Chouko: So what if you're a death god? Hold still! I wanna put pigtails!
L: Interesting… she can't go through a shinigami? (hint, hint) We'll see you next time. I guess. –eats a strawberry-
