"Esoteric"

Here is chapter five of the story, sorry it took long to update. I do not own Deathnote or Naruto. I just own the plot and the ocs.

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Chapter Five: 1/1/04: Effort

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Wammy's Orphanage England

A Week and a Half ago

"Hey Mello, want to play tag with us?" Matt called from outside. Mello turned to the open doorway by the library, a large stack of books in his arms. He shook his head and turned back to the table.

"No, not this time," He said.

"Aww! Why not?" Matt whined. Mello, annoyed, snarled before glaring at Matt.

"Because I have better things to do than mess around with idiots like you, that's why!" Mello yelled back. He stalked off towards his room with the huge stack of books still in his hands.

'This time, I will surpass Near.'At the thought of Near, Mello's expression became sour and he scowled as he turned the corner to the dorms. He froze at the head of the corridor before clearing his face of emotion and stalking passed the white haired and black eyed boy playing with his action figures.

The smaller boy gazed curiously at the taller blond boy as he passed him before turning back to his toys. 'Why didn't he insult me or something?'

Once Mello reached his room, he began to study the hardest he ever had. The only time he stopped was to glare out the window at the blissfully happy kids play tag with Matt.

A Week Later: 1/1/04

"Hey Mello, did you hear the news?!" Matt, Mello's best friend asked. Mello rolls his eyes.

"What news?"

"Maybe I should go get some more chocolate..." Matt said unsure now. Bad news, Mello thought with a sigh.

"Tell me the news, now." Mello demanded. Matt took a few steps back, afraid of Mello's raging temper.

"Well the results from the test we took last week is now in and its now hangs up in the mass hall of the orphanage-"

Matt began to babble, trying to distract Mello from his earlier question. But Mello wasn't going to have it. He scowled and cut Matt off.

"Damn it, Matt, just tell me the damn news and quit stalling!"

"Fine, fine. You're in... third place this time." Matt said quietly, bracing himself for the outburst he knew was coming. Mello's chocolate bar fell from his hand and hit the carpeted floor of his bed room.

'WHAT THE FUCK?' Mello screamed in his head.

"And you're just going to act calm! Do you notice that you are in fourth place!?" Mello spat at Matt. He wanted to find this bastard and beat the crap out of him.

"I really-" Matt started.

"WHERE IS THAT UNLUCKY BASTARD!?" Mello screamed into Matt's face.

"I-in the mass hall with N-Near," Matt stuttered nervously.

'Of course, Near...' He had to do something about it.

Mello ran full speed out of his bedroom, flew down a few stair cases and then finally reached the mass hall where almost everyone in the orphanage was gathered around a huge board. He saw Near, like always, surround by about ten people that were spewing words of congrats and saying how smart he is.

'Near is still placed in number one! That unlucky bastard didn't even score number one. The lucky bastard stole my spot!'

"Thanks...I guess." Near said in a low whisper to the group of people around him, he didn't feel comfortable with this many people around him.

"Hey look! Mello is here!" a girl with two brown ponytails in her hair called out, pointing in the fuming boy's direction.

"Let's get out before he does something nuts. Did you notice that he scored lower than he did on his last test?" a boy whispered to the girl.

"I agree, let's get away." The couple left the mass hall quietly, the girl waved shyly at Near before turning back to the boy.

Mello took a look at the brown board, searching for the bastard's name.

1... Near

2. Evan

3. Mello

4. Matt

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56. Mina

"Which one of you punks are Evan!?" Mello bellowed out savagely, causing several people to flinch and back away. A

boy with black curly hair took a step forward, not afraid of Mello's dangerous aura or behavior.

"I am." The boy said evenly, holding Mello's furious gaze with a wary look of his own. Another girl came forward and tugged on Evan's arm.

"Evan-niisan...we should go. I heard that Mello-san has a very short temper when it comes to test results." The girl whispered, timidly.

"He's staying here!" Mello shouted to the young girl, who flinched and stepped back behind an annoyed Evan. Mello marched towards the two angrily.

"That's no way to treat a girl, especially when you're just angry about your test results! It's not our problem that you're just retarded." Evan said, disgusted at Mello's behavior towards his sister.

Mello threw a punch at Evan, blinded with rage. 'How dare he call me a retard!'

The girl, Mina, screamed loudly at suddenly being pushed to the ground by Evan, who tried to keep both of them safe from any damage Mello tried to inflict upon them. The children circled around Mello, Evan and Mina, chanting for them to fight.

"N-No! Please don't fight!" Mina said loudly, stepping between Mello and Evan.

"Stay out of it, wench! No wonder you placed 56!" Mello shouted at the poor girl. He pushed Mina to the side, roughly, and turned to face Evan, only to receive a surprise punch to the face. Mello went down from the impact of the punch.

"Didn't I tell you to leave my sister alone, Mello?" Evan spat onto the fallen boy's face. Mello roared and was about to dive after the smaller boy when Matt fell to his knees, having torn through the crown to get to Mello.

"MELLOOO! HERE! TAKE SOME CHOCOLATE!" Matt said out of breath, tossing Mello a bar of chocolate so he would calm down.

"Don't worry about that punk, Mello. You're way smarter than him." Matt said, trying to get Mello to cool down. Mello grabbed the chocolate bar from the place it landed and took a huge bite from his chocolate bar through the wrapper as Evan turned his back to the elder boy to help his sister up from the floor softly.

"That's not even his real sister." Mello sneered, chomping off another corner off his chocolate bar as he stood up and beckoned Matt to follow him. Matt gave him a confused look as Mello forced his way through the thinning crowd.

"Look between the two Matt, they don't even look a like. Whatever, I don't care anymore. I'll show him and Near up one day. Just watch." Mello said eating the rest of his chocolate bar in one bite.

A Week Later

Mello let out a huge laugh in the mass hall. Of course he was not first, that spot was once again Near's, but Mello had once again regained his spot in second place.

"I knew that bastard was stupid." Mello said, thinking of Evan. Matt patted Mello's back softly, a game boy in his hands.

"Welcome back buddy." Matt said jokingly. Mello took out a small chocolate piece from his pocket and took a bite.

"I wonder where that loser is anyway..."

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Please review! :D Anyway I would like to thank my beta readers for putting much effort into Beta this. I'm also thankful, for all of you readers. Who had review, fave or alert this story. If you didn't do any of the following, I'm still thank you for reading at least :D

Next Chapter: 1/2/04: Misa Misa

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