Shadow: …GAAH!! –twitch twitch- Sorry people that I haven't updated for…-checks calendar- 20 DAYS!! –is shot-

Mello: How many times do you have to get shot in this place? =_=;; Shouldn't you have already died by now?

Shadow: I'm only alive because Life loves to screw me up. Isn't that right Life?

Life: -evil smiles- Yup! And that's why I have to keep you alive! For now… -glomps-

Shadow: -shoves Life out the building- Anyways, sorry again I haven't been typing people. I'm getting lazy easily nowadays because it's winter, a lot of things are on my mind-ish, and IT'S SO COLD!! Gahh!! –twitching uncontrollably-


(Next Day)

"Mello Yellow!! Time to get up!!" a cheerful voice yelled. Mello was awoken by someone shaking him. Still tired, he ignored the person and covered his head with his pillow. Sadly, his blanket soon vanished as he did, allowing the cold air to come in tact with his body.

Mello sat up and hugged himself, not used to the sudden chilly temperature. "Matt! Give me my blanket back!"

The red head held the cover in the air, smiling. "You have to get out of bed if you want it!"

Mello groaned as he crawled to the end of the bed and reached for the blanket. His roommate took a few steps back. "Ah ah ah! You're not gonna have it that easily!"

"Matt!!" Mello yelled after his friend as he ran out the door with the blanket. 'He didn't have to run out!' Mello frowned. He stood up and stretched. "Dang…so early in the morning too…"

Before walking out the door, Mello looked back and grabbed Matt's Gameboy and his dark red rosary. He looked at the religious trinket before putting it on, sighing as he grasped the crucifix tightly.


"Matt. The blanket. Now." Mello growled as he walked in the cafeteria to see his roommate wearing his blanket as a cape. Matt turned, looking pale for a minute before grinning.

He stood up on the tabled, and Mello was glaring daggers at him as the end of the 'cape' was being stained by the food on the table. "HA HA HA~!!" Matt laughed, trying to sound like an evil villain as he put his goggles on. "ARE YOU, MELLO-YELLOW," Giggles were heard at the sound of the nickname. "TRYING TO DEFY ME?! THE GREATEST POKEMON SUPER VILLAIN EVER?!"

Mello sighed. 'It's always Pokemon with him, isn't it?'

"Wait, wait, how are you the greatest Pokemon super villain anyway?" a little boy asked Matt.

Matt blinked and tried to come up with a reason. "Um..well…I steal Pokemon!"

"Team Rocket already does that!" someone yelled.

"Er…did I mention I steal legendary Pokemon and use them for evil?"

"It's still the same as Team Rocket.."

"…." It was silent. "..How about stealing all the candy in the world and not sharing them?" Matt suggested.

"…HOW EVIL!!!" everyone suddenly yelled.

"Matt really is the greatest Pokemon villan in the world!"

"No candy AND Pokemon?! I don't think I'd survive in that world!"

Matt grinned victoriously and laughed. "Yeah! That's right! ALL SHALL FEAR THE MATT-STER OF EVIL!"

'We just went off topic…' Mello rubbed his temples.

"HAHAHAHAHA! Just try and catch me!" Matt jumped off the table and ran for the door. Mello chased after him and was about to grab the end of the flying cape when Matt suddenly turned around, revealing that he had grabbed someone as hostage.

"Stay back! Or else she gets it!" He yelled and made an imaginary gun with his hand. Mello blinked and looked at the frightened person. It was the new girl, Clarissa, and it looked like she was going to faint at any second.

She was shaking terribly and tears were forming at the bridge of her eyes- er, eye. Dang eye patch… "What will you do now, Mello?" Matt smirked as he held his hostage tighter and pointed his 'gun' at her head. Did he not realize the girl was in the brink of tears?

Mello sighed and reached into his pocket. "Hey! Matt! Unless you want this," He pulled out the Gameboy. "To be smashed to pieces, I suggest you let go of the girl and give the blanket back."

Matt's eyes widened. "No-! But-! How did you know that was my only weakness??" he asked dramatically.

"Matt…" Mello warned as he tightened his grip on the game console. The goggled boy immediately dropped his act.

"Okay, okay." He said, putting his arms up and untying the blanket from his neck. "That thing was getting too heavy anyway. Can I have my game now?"

"Fine." Mello grumbled as he tossed the game toward him and grabbed the blanket. Matt immediately turned the Gameboy on and started to play. Everything resumed back to the way it was, with a few whispers of disappointment that the show ended too early.

"Hey. Aren't you forgetting something, Mattie?" Mello asked.

"Hm? What?" the once 'greatest Pokemon super villain' raised his head and noticed someone lying on the floor. "Oh…did I do that…?"

"Yes…idiot.." Mello crouched down to check up on the unconscious Clarissa. He gently shook her. "Hey…new girl…wake up." No response. He sighed. "Great job Matt, you killed her."

"I did?!!" he gasped. He fell on his knees, holding his hands together and looking up. "No!!! Please God! I didn't mean it! Don't send me to jail!! The clothes will look ultra mega horrible on me!"

"Matt. You don't believe in God, so stop acting like you do. And don't worry; you're already wearing a striped shirt like those convicts; you've already been ugly for some time now." Mello grumbled as he threw Clarissa's arm around him. "Now help me drag this into the nurse's office, will you?"

Matt somehow managed to cram his game into his jeans pocket. "You know, it's really rude to call someone a 'this'. Especially since 'this' is a girl." He said as he grabbed the other arm.

"Oh shut up." Mello rolled his eyes. "It's not like you have any respect yourself." He remarked, walking out the door with his friend and an unconscious person, unaware that a pair of dark, obsidian eyes were watching them carefully.


"And so, that brings us to…" The algebra teacher turned to the board, writing numbers down, and then turning back to the class to explain it all. Mello stopped twirling his pencil to write down the same equation, along with a few notes, before twirling his pencil again.

Matt was sitting right next to him, and he actually turned off his game for once to try to do the same thing Mello was doing with his pencil. "How do you do that??" He asked, trying to wiggle his mechanical pencil between his middle and ring finger. The writing utensil fell on the floor when Matt lost his grip, making it the 34th time it fell on the floor, but who's counting?

Oh yeah. It was Mello, finding it amusing to see his friend so desperate to learn a simple pencil trick.

The blond spun his pencil a little faster, mocking Matt. The ginger headed gamer groaned.

Just then, the door opened and Roger and Clarissa came into the room. Roger stepped forward and had a word with the teacher, while Clarissa was holding her hand up to her mouth, looking at the class with anxious eyes. Mello noticed that she was chewing on the sleeve of her new dark blue sweater.

"Everyone," the teacher's voice interrupted Mello from his observation. "We are going to have a new student today." She gestured towards the small petite girl. "This is Clarissa, and she recently came from America. Please treat her kindly."

"OH! Isn't that the girl who fainted this morning?" one girl yelled out, and the whole class laughed. Clarissa ducked her head down, chewing on her sleeve even more. 'Her lip could be bleeding if the cloth wasn't there to block her teeth.' Mello thought.

"Yes. She was. And I am hoping an incident like that won't happen again. Matt." Roger said, giving Mello's friend a look. Matt scratched his neck.

"Yeah… Sorry." He said. Roger left. The teacher bent down a little to talk to Clarissa.

"Why don't you introduce yourself to the class to let them know you better?" she suggested, but Clarissa immediately shook her head. The teacher frowned a little. "Well, okay…you can sit in that empty seat over there."

The girl nodded and sped walked to her seat, which was one row to Mello's left and two seats down. She sat with her head down. Clarissa finally stopped chewing on her sleeve and hid her hands under the desk.

Mello could tell she was now nervous than ever, seeing that people were staring at her with curiosity. 'She should've done the introduction…' Mello thought and resumed listening to the lesson, hiding a smile when he heard something clatter on the floor.

'That makes it the 35th time…'


"That's it for today class. I'll see you all tomorrow." The teacher smiled and finally excused all the students. Mello tried not to stumble when all of the children were running toward the door, eager to go to their next classes.

As Matt and Mello were walking down the hall, Matt turned another way. "Well, see you Mello."

"Wait. Where are you going?" Mello asked. His friend looked back with an innocent face.

"Nowhere…"

The blonde dulled. "You're going to skip History again, aren't you?"

"No." Matt stared at a wall.

"Yes you are."

"No I'm not."

"Yeah huh."

"Nuh uh."

"Nuh uh."

"Yeah- Dang it!" Matt stomped his foot on the ground. Mello smiled.

"Knew it." Mello walked toward the way Matt was going. He turned to him. "Well, what are you waiting for? It's not like you're going to be the only one having the time of your life while the others all suffer."

Matt grinned and jumped in the air. "Sweet! Let's goooo-!! Oww!"

"Quiet you idiot! You can't let anyone hear us!!" Mello scolded as they quietly walked up the flight of stairs.

"So are we going to the usual?" Matt whispered this time.

"Of course! But let's go to the room first." When the boys entered the hallway, Matt looked around for any sign of an adult coming by.

"It's clear." He whispered. Mello nodded and the two went into secret agent mode. The door flung open and the boys ran inside, grabbing everything they can get. "Hey Mels." Matt said. "Do you have anything else besides chocolate to bring? I'm sort of getting tired of that being our food…"

"I got..Pocky?" Mello said, taking the box out of his drawer full of snacks.

"Flavor?"

"Chocolate." Matt shook his head. Mello sighed and opened his snack drawer more, looking for something that didn't have his favorite food in its substance. Unfortunately(for Matt), he didn't.

"Are you serious?" Matt groaned. Mello rolled his eyes and proceeded to stuff a few chocolate bars in his bag.

"Deal with it. Anyway, at least I have different kinds of chocolate." Mello huffed and walked out the door, Matt slowly closing it after.

After walking four cases of stairs, the boys were tired, but glad that they had made it to their destination. "I wish Wammy's has a lift or something to get us to places faster.." Matt whined as he opened the door to the roof. "The stairs here are so steep…"

"That is true. Maybe Mr. Wammy can make a few renovations.." Mello thought as he took in the fresh cold air. Matt rubbed his shoulders.

"Aren't you cold?" Matt's teeth were chattering. Mello shook his head.

"I'm already used to this. Besides, you shouldn't be cold either. Haven't you lived in Wammy's longer than me anyway?" Mello said cockily as he sat down on the roof and took out a chocolate bar. Matt slowly lowered his arms, no longer freezing.

"Heh. I guess you're right. It's just that I don't adjust quickly with things." Matt gave a soft smile before sitting down too. "Well, anyways, I've only been here a month longer than you have. It's not much of a big difference."

"You sure? Thirty days seem a lot to me.." Mello said as he opened his bag more so Matt could get the box of Pocky.

"Really? Not really. Time goes by pretty fast." Matt said as he twirled a Pocky stick around his fingers before putting it into his mouth. "Hey Mello look! I'm smoking! Ha!" Matt laughed as he pretended that the bread stick was a cigarette.

Mello frowned. "Matt. You shouldn't do things like that, even if it's just pretend."

"Why not? It's not like I'm going to actually do things like that. I'm just playing."

"But still. It's just that…" Mello trailed off, grimacing as a few memories came back to him.

"…" It was silent for the two of them. Mello looked away.

Matt put the Pocky stick in his mouth and ate it correctly this time. "Sorry Mel. I sorta forgot…but look. It's not like I'm going to actually do it for real. Those things can kill you."

Mello's lips twitched. "Yeah…I guess you're right. But if you do start to smoke, I'm not going to be happy."

"Yeah. You'll probably just kick me where it hurts!" Matt joked. Mello smirked.

"Good idea. Matt, if you do start smoking, I'm gonna kick you there…three times!" Mello added the last part with sadistic smile. Matt paled.

"Wh-wha-?!"

Dong! …Dong!

The boys lifted their head up a little at the sound of a large bell being rung. "Hey Mel…?"

"Yeah?" Mello asked, counting the number of rings the bell made. 3…4…

-ong!...Dong!.

"When you first came to England, was the first thing you heard were the bells of that church?"

Mello closed his eyes, feeling the cold wind blow against him. 7… "You know, now that I think about it, I did hear them when I was about to open the door to our room. Why?" 8…

"I don't know…It's just that.."

Dong!

"-when I came here, I heard the bells too. I'm just wondering if all the other kids here had the same experience." Matt looked into the bleak sky. "We all came to Wammy's because Mr. Wammy gives us a chance after our parents died. I'm just wondering if...the bells are like a welcoming to a new life. In Wammy's, where we'll all find something better than before."

"Heh. Since when have you ever been so poetic Matt?" Mello chuckled.

Dong!...Dong!

The bells stopped, leaving a small echo in the air. Mello opened his eyes. '11…' He thought. A sudden chilly breeze flew by, making the boys shiver. Mello's ears perked when he heard a thump behind them when the wind passed.

"Who's there?" Mello asked, standing up and looking at the only entrance that led to the roof. Slowly, the door opened, revealing a small shy seven year old girl with an eye patch.

"Clarissa?" Matt asked. She nodded forcefully. Mello's mind clicked all of a sudden. How did she follow them without them noticing? Was she listening in onto their conversation? And most importantly, was she a spy for Near?!?

"How long have you been there? Why did you follow us?" Mello yelled, walking towards her. The girl shook as her collar was grabbed.

"Calm down Mel!" Matt urged, putting a hand on his friend's shoulder. "..if she might faint again, Roger might think it's my fault!" He tried to lighten the atmosphere a bit.

Mello huffed, knowing what he was trying to do, and let go of her. "Fine... Why are you here?" he looked at the girl in annoyance.

"I-I'm sorry! I-it's just…I got lost when walking a-and I was trying to l-look for you for help, m-mis-" Mello's eye twitched.

"I'm a boy!" He irked, already having to go through the same situation he always had with new people. Clarissa blinked.

"…ster…?" she completed as a question, and then it was Mello who blinked in surprise.

'No way..D-did she actually know I was a b-'

"S-sorry.. I-I thought you were a girl b-because of the hair…" Clarissa lowered her head, and Mello's scowl came back.

"Ugh! How can every single person here think that I'm a girl just because of the hair?! It's not like all boys have short hair you know." Mello put his hands on his hips. Again, Clarissa bowed her head.

"I-I'm sorry…" she whispered and began backing towards the door. Mello grabbed a handful of her long raven hair and yanked it.

"Wait a minute." He muttered, bringing her closer to his face. "You're not going to tell the adults where we are, are you?"

"N-no!" she stuttered. Mello looked at her skeptically, not sure if the stutter was from lying or her shyness.

"Hey, why don't you stay here with us?" Matt suggested, holding out a hand for her. "Come on, it'll be fun. It's a nice view here." He gave a small smile. The girl however rejected his offer by shaking her head. "Aww..why not?"

"Y-you two are boys…" Mello and Matt blinked.

"So? What does that have to do with hanging out on the roof?" Mello questioned.

"B-boys have cooties…" she whispered, backing away. As she said that, Mello couldn't help but snigger. She's so childish!

Matt didn't give up though. "Aww, come on. We don't have cooties. See?" He forced Mello to hold his hands up and did the same as well. "We're clean. Nothing on us."

She looked at the two hesitantly, inspecting the hands carefully. "O-okay…" she then said, and Matt cheered.

"Yay! Clarissa gets to play with us! Clarissa gets to pl-"

"Quiet down!" Mello urged Matt. "You wouldn't want the adults to hear us!" He tugged his friend to him, away from Clarissa. "Besides, what are you thinking, inviting her like that?"

"But she needs friends, Mel." He whispered so that the girl couldn't hear. "And look at her; I doubt she'll be making any friends with her shyness in the way. She needs a boost~!!"

Clarissa shrieked as she was suddenly lifted in the air by a certain red head. Shocked from the sudden scream, Matt immediately dropped her, making her scrape her palms on the roof's rough exterior. She winced as she clutched her wounded hands, crying.

"I-I'm sorry!! Don't cry! Please don't cry!!" Matt panicked. "Uh…do you want to play hopscotch to cheer you up?"

Mello face palmed. "She doesn't want to play hopscotch, stupid!"

Matt gasped. "You said a bad word!!" He looked at Clarissa, pointing a finger at Mello with a smile. "Hey Clarissa! Do you want to see Mello get his mouth scrubbed? It's going to be really fun-!!"

"Hey! Who's up there?!" a voice yelled. Footsteps were heard coming up the stairs. Matt and Mello looked at each other, frozen in fear, knowing what torture was going to come to the three. Louder and louder, the footsteps came before the door was final1y slammed wide open to reveal what Wammy children believed was the scariest person alive…

Mr. Penelope.


Shadow: Lol. Couldn't think up of a last name xD Ah…I'm an idiot –is shot- But ngeh… when Matt was making his 'speech' about the bells and Wammy thing, it sounds corny to me now. Gahh!!! -is frustrated- Dx Ah, why must I suck at being poetic?!?

Life: Because, my favorite target, you just are. And I made you that way too! ^-^

Shadow: How did you- =_=… Please…just disappear now…-shoots flamethrower-

Mello: -walking in as Life burns- …I don't want to know…=_=;

Matt: -walking in too with Clarissa- Hey cool! Let's make s'mores! To the cabinet- we goooo!!!