Title: A prize to die for

Anime/Manga: Death Note, Naruto

Pairings: Suggestions? Will write yaoi and hentai possibly yuri.

Disclaimer: I still do not own Death or Naruto, but maybe one day... or not :P

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Chapter One: A new case

Matt paused looking at the announcement of the latest report of some guy dying from a heart attack in this competition, it was like the fifth one this week and it was only... Monday? It was suspicious. He lazily told a puff of the cigarette he held elegantly between his fingers in his left hand, his right hand running through his red hair thoughtfully (a reflex he had done since he was young when he was thinking), his blond roommate glared at him before coughing because the smoke which had filled the room.

"Shit Matt, can't you do that outside or something!" Mello growled looking at him in disgust, his amazingly blue eyes scrunching up as he made a face of pure and utter *synonym for disgust*. Matt gave him an incredulous look, what he was suggesting was ridiculous.

"Where else would I do it? Outside?" Matt asked without a hint of sarcasm and sounding just as *disgusted* as Mello did if not more so. Outside was filled with *disgusting* nature, just outside their window for instance was a large tree which just stayed there doing nothing but getting in the way and waking him up which it's annoying inhabitants. Mello rolled his eyes.

"Ideally, yes." He said scowling, making his well chiselled features rather less attractive and more menacing. Matt narrowed his eyes at the blond from beneath his orange tinted goggles and took another long puff just to piss Mello off more. He succeeded; Mello growled deeply in his throat and stood up.

"I believe Matt and Mello should refrain from more physical violence." The sheep in the corner began disrupting the fight before it could properly begin, not even looking up from his almost completely white puzzle. His white hair looking just as fluffy as ever, defining popular belief of how fluffy hair can actually get, Matt and Mello were both filled with an urge to just... poke it... to see if it was actually that fluffy.

"We can fight if we want to, Near." Mello scowled, Near sighed and went back to his puzzle. Mello growled, he hated being ignored and that was what was Near doing at this moment. Matt grinned and took another puff of his cigarette which drew Mello's attention back to him, he glared at him.

"What did I just tell you?" He said angrily, Matt just ignored him and opened his DS to begin play a game of Pokémon. Mello pouted like child, annoyed he was being ignored by everyone and decided to sulk on the couch, his legs brought up to his chin. He moodily then took out a bar of dark chocolate from goodness knows where and began chewing on it.

When L entered a few minutes later, he found two of his assistants on the floor, Matt playing his latest game and Near building a 'castle' out of playing cards. The final one of his assistants, Mello, was sprawled across the couch asleep, making it unable to sit there unless you were to move him which both Matt and Near where too lazy to do or maybe they just did not provoke a just awoken Mello's wrath. The latter was more likely, Mello was incredibly cranky when just woke up. L however did not have such restraints, he merely pushed Mello aside with his foot, waking up Mello due to the fact he was a light sleeper, and sat down on the couch in his usual crouch a 'quirk' of his. Mello glared at him and was about to punch him before realising it was his senior and decided against it and took to scowling instead.

"We have a case." L said simply, everyone turned and looked at him intently; Mello got over his strop and began grinning.

"Yes! Finally, what is it?" He asked excitedly, they had not had a case in ages as L being the world's greatest detective only took cases he was interested in and there were not much of them lately.

"The heart attacks in the Rapplen, the organizer of the Rapplen wanted the murderer to be caught." L said calmly, they stared at him.

"Murders? How does someone kill people with cardiac arrest from afar and without contact, three of them happened in places filled of witnesses and one on camera?" Mello asked blankly thinking back to the news report which had been just on, talk about luck, that way he could sound knowable on the case.

"That's what we need to find out." L said with a slight smile, "It's a challenge." He added, he had been getting bored.

"Well, it's happening in the Rapplen so the deaths only benefit the other bands in the competition." Matt said pausing his game and running his hand through his hair thoughtfully.

"So the murderer must be in the competition, probably another band, but it could just be a really crazed fan but that's unlikely." Mello continued.

"Exactly so we'll have to find a way to investigate the bands without seeming suspicious." Near said twirling his hand around his finger, L smiled slightly more at the speed his subordinates were getting into the case.

"Watari's already getting us in." L said nonchalantly, the three nodded excepting this easily, Watari always set everything like this up. He was very persuasive. L's phone then went off, he lifted it using his thumb and index finger to hold it by his ear, another one of his odd 'quirks'.

"Hello." He asked calmly, his face quickly contorted into an emotion which the three minors had only seen before when L had learned of his favourite sweet shop was closing. A mixture of disappointment and mild anger. Concerned Mello decided to question what was said on the other side of the conversation immediately after L had finished speaking.

"Watari had failed." L said simply, the three gasped in shock. Watari, failing, the two words did not fit correctly in their brains, it just did not compute. Watari did not fail. When it finally sunk it, they were filled with a sense of hopelessness, how where they going to investigate now? Mello began to chew thoughtfully on a new chocolate bar, milk chocolate this time, which had just magically appeared from nowhere.

"I think I may be able to get us in." He said slowly gaining surprised looks from everyone. Matt looked at him incredously.

"If Watari can't, what makes you think you can?" Matt said dubiously, Mello smiled.

"You just need to know the right people." He said simply, pulling out his own mobile from his trouser pockets and flicking it open. He hurriedly began dialling a number with everyone watching him intently, for the fate of the case rested on his shoulders alone, no pressure. The phone rang for a few seconds before getting picked up.

"Hey, I need a favour." Mello said after the person answered and said something. The person obviously said something Mello did not like as he scowled.

"For goodness sake, just call me Mello and, no, I'm not going to use you as bait again." He paused allowing the person to answer, Near and Matt looked at each other in surprise at the last comment.

"I need to get in to the Rapplen." He said flicking some blond hair out of his eyes, he smirked pleased by the answer the person gave him.

"Four." He said before hanging up, he turned back to his tensed watchers.

"He'll call back later with the news." He said, L's lips tugged on his thumb harsher than usual.

"I hope Mello's connection calls soon, this case needs to be solved quickly." L said tonelessly but his words showing slight urgency. Mello shrugged nonchalantly.

"He just needs to finish his band practice." Mello said calmly "Shouldn't take that long."

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A/N: Can you guess who Mello's contact is? Here's a clue, it's someone from Naruto. If you get it right you can have a virtual cookie :)