Shadow: Yay! I'm finally out of my writer's block! ^^
Light: It wasn't even that long though.
Mello: O.O Holy crap! Kira!
L: Nice to meet you Kira-kun…
Light: -anime vein- I'm not Kira!
Shadow: But didn't you admit you were at the last episode of Death Note…? And then did your funny maniacal pedophile sounding laugh before you got shot by Matsuda?
Near: She is right…
Shadow: And then you said "MATSUDA YOU IDIOT!!! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU WERE SHOOTING AT!?!? DON'T SCREW WITH ME!!" xD
Light: -.-+ if only I had the Death Note right now…
Matt, Mello, and I were able to sneak outside the building. Now we just have to get pass the gate. I'm surprised we didn't even get caught yet.
"Okay. You go first." Mello whispered to Matt. He nodded and climbed over the tall gate and hopped over the other side.
Matt landed with a smile. "Now your turn Rhythm!"
"What?! I'm bad at climbing!" I told them in fear. Mello groaned, mumbled something, and helped me up the fence. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?! PUT ME DOWN!!"
"SHUT UP! I'M HELPING-"
"HEY! What do you three think you're doing?!?" a voice yelled. We turned our heads back to see Roger's head out a window.
Mello finally tossed me over the fence then jumped over after. Matt grabbed my hand. "Run!!"
And with that, we all ran as fast as we could, still being able to hear Roger's screaming.
"GET BACK HERE!!!!"
I panted as we all stopped to rest at a park. "You tired already?" Matt asked. I nodded as I lied down on the ground to catch my breath.
"You're weak." Mello mumbled. While I was still on the ground, I kicked him in the stomach.
He groaned in pain and glared. "Hey now. Get up. It's bad if you catch your breath while lying down." Matt said and made me stand.
"Be that way." I scoffed and crossed my arms. "Anyway… where are we going?"
"We're going to get chocolate." Mello declared. I sweatdropped and was about to turn back.
Matt grabbed my arm. "If you stay, we'll buy you strawberry pocky!" he bribed. I sighed and reluctantly nodded.
'Sometimes I wish I wasn't so obsessive about strawberries, or else I'll be easily controlled by people like…' I glanced at Matt's happy face. '..him…'
We all stopped at a supermarket. I happily skipped to the snack section and grabbed a few strawberry treats. Mello grabbed a dozen chocolate bars. I glanced at Matt, who was too busy playing Mario Kart. "Hey Matt? Why don't you get something too?"
"No thanks. Unless they're selling any new games in this place, I'm good." He said. I put my stuff in the basket that he carried around his arm
"Oh! Can you get me oranges?" Heartless asked. I sweatdropped and shook my head. "Please? Come on. This may be the only time a shinigami will actually beg you for something!"
I sighed. Some how, I doubt this will be the last time. If I see another shinigami, they might be asking for something too, like apples or something.
"Hey guys I also want to get an orange."
"An orange?" Heartless repeated. The two boys looked at me.
"Why?" Mello questioned.
"What? I can't have any citrus in my life? Don't worry. I'll just get a few oranges, and then I'll be right back." I said and walked away.
"Yay!" Heartless cheered and followed me.
At the place where they put the fruits in, I was getting pissed at Heartless, who was being picky about the oranges. "No! That one's a Clementine! Others put it there for no reason! Damn. Doesn't anyone know their fruits?!" Heartless whined.
I sighed as I put the Clementine back. I picked up another orange and carefully looked at it.
My eyes widened though when I felt a hand touch my ass. I swiftly turned around to see a high schooler quickly pulling his hand away. I glared. "What do you think you are doing…?"
The boy smirked and took a step closer. "I was thinking about how much fun you would have with me tonight when I couldn't seem to control myself."
"Well you should have better self control then." I growled and tried walking away when the boy grabbed my arm.
"Hey. If I said "You have a nice body" Would you hold it against me?" he whispered in my ear. I pulled away and hit him with the bag of oranges.
"My oranges!" Heartless cried.
"You know, you're really stubborn. It really pisses me off. You're lucky I'm nice enough to even leave without punching you in the face." I scoffed.
When I tried walking again, he grabbed me by the waist. "You're feisty. I like that." He grinned pervertedly and one of his hands was trying to find a way up my shirt. I struggled.
"Let go of me!" I yelled. Suddenly, the guy pulled away from me.
I stumbled and turned to see Mello biting furiously at his newly bought chocolate after he kicked the boy. Matt put his game to the side and grabbed the boy by the collar. "What did you try to do to our Rhythm?"
"N-nothing…" the boy shook in fear. I looked at them with disturbance.
'Our… Rhythm?' I repeated with a nervous sweatdrop.
"Hey. You okay?" Mello asked and took another bite out of his chocolate. He held his hand, which I thankfully took.
"Yeah…" I mumbled and brushed myself off. I looked at Matt, who was still scaring the life out of the high schooler. "I'm surprised that no one even called for help-"
"What's going on here?!" the store clerk of the market demanded. Everyone turned to look at him.
"Never mind…" I mumbled. Mello groaned.
All four of us were now in a room. "Now…just what were the four of you doing?" the clerk asked as he sat down on a chair.
"Well. This guy." Matt pointed to the boy. "Was sexually harassing our friend here."
"Is that true?" the clerk asked the boy. He shook his head.
"NO! It wasn't me! It was that blonde kid with the chocolate!" he blamed and pointed to Mello. I stood up.
"It wasn't him. I know that. And you know that. So stop trying to find your way out of this. It's 3 against 1 you know." I stated.
"Why you little-" he grabbed me.
"HEY!" the clerk yelled. The boy scoffed and let go of me.
"There shall be no fighting in this place! Now…" he turned to me. "Are you sure this guy was the person who touched you?"
"Yes. Why wouldn't I know?" I said. The clerk then nodded.
"If that's the case, then you boy." He turned to the person who was now found guilty. "You will get a phone call home mister. And I guess the rest of you three are free."
"Wait. Wait! Why does this guy only get a call from home? He should be arrested!" Matt jumped out of his seat.
"Matt. It's alright. As long as he gets punished, it's alright." I reassured.
"But-"
"Hey. At least I didn't get him with my pocket knife of something!" I said. The clerk looked at me suspiciously as he made one of his employees take the boy out.
The boy glared ferociously at me. Matt did the 'I-got-my-eye-on-you' thing to the boy and he just looked away.
"Miss… why do you carry a pocket knife with you?" he asked.
"Haha… how are you going to get out of this now Chouko?" Heartless cackled. I glanced at her.
'How does she know my real name!?' I thought.
"Miss?" I looked at the clerk. "Let me ask you this again. Why do you carry a pocket knife?"
"Oh…" I took it out and showed it to him. "It's because it was my dad's…before he died…"
"Oh my… I'm so sorry." He apologized. I shook my head.
"No. It's alright. Besides, I'll only use it for serious matters."
"But you could've used it when that boy-"
"It wasn't that critical. I'll only use it to protect the people I care about, not for my own needs. Even if it's really small… it can help." I smiled sadly at it. The clerk was seriously tearing up at my 'courageous' speech.
"You're so considerate! Putting others before you!" he cried out as he gave me a hug. I awkwardly patted his back. Matt, Mello, and Heartless sweatdropped at the sight.
I sighed as we were back at Whammy's. "Wow Rhythm. You sure know how to make adults love you." Matt said.
"I don't have that kind power." I said as I was the last one to climb over the fence. I jumped down.
'If I did, mom wouldn't have hurt me…' I thought as I edgily glanced at my forearm.
"But you do-!"
"Back from sneaking out, are we?" we heard a voice say. We nervously turned around to see Roger with his arms crossed while tapping his foot.
"U-uh… Rhythm… now's the time to use that 'make adults love you' gift!" Matt squeaked.
The three of us were now in an office again. While we were all miserable, Heartless took the oranges before and hid in my room. "Now…" Roger stood and looked out his window. "What did the three of you think you were doing?"
"We were sneaking out." Mello said, not having any fear. Matt and I looked at him, admiring that he could speak up with confidence.
"Why?"
"B-beacause…" Matt started.
"Because!" I stood up. "Because.. I wanted to see what was it like outside. I've never been to this part of London, so I got curious. Matt insisted me to try and sneak out, but I was too scared to go alone. So he suggested that he, Mello, and I would go all together."
"So this was all your idea?" Roger pointed to Matt.
"No. I should say it's mine. I'm the one who got curious to try to see what it was like outside. You should blame me…" I said with my head down. I was now trying to see if that adult loving gift really worked.
"Hm." Roger scratched his chin. "That's very considerate of you… trying to defend your new friends…"
We all looked at him. "…so I guess I'll let you all off with a warning."
Matt and I cheered. Mello just took a bite out of his chocolate, covering his small smile. I turned to Roger as we were all leaving the room. "Thank you very much Roger."
"Yes. Just don't get into any more trouble."
"Yay! I knew you could make the adults do what ever you want!" Matt cheered and hugged me.
"Uh… yeah… get off me?" I asked him.
"I must say. You're alright." Mello said. "And with you. Matt and I won't get as much yelling from Roger."
"That sounds like you're using me…" I said under my breath. "Anyway. See you." I said and went in my room.
When I closed the door, there were a few orange peels on the ground. Heartless was watching T.V. "Oh. You're back. You got in trouble?"
"No. And will you pick up your own trash? My room smells like oranges now when it's supposed to be strawberry!" I said as I began cleaning up.
She flipped through the channels. "It's your own room. Not mine."
"But it's your trash."
"Whatever. I thought kids like you are always full of mess, Chouko." She said. I stared at her.
"How do you know my real name?" I asked. She sighed and turned off the T.V.
"Well. I guess there's no point from keeping it from you." She mumbled.
Shadow: Well… I'm done for today. Tomorrow's chapter will probably be full of Heartless explaining things.
Chouko: I hate you.
Shadow: What?
Chouko: You made me get harassed by a damn random boy!
Shadow: I let Matt and Mello save you.
Chouko: He fricken tried going up my shirt!
Near: At least the person didn't go farther than that…
Shadow: He has a point.
Chouko: Someone give me the Death Note…