Wow, it's been awhile since I even bothered looking at this story... I completely forgot it existed until I looked at all the stuff I had on wordpad... wow, Well here ya go.. it's slightly shorter than the previous chapter.. but whatever at least I updated! Anyhoo, I'll try to work on the next chapter sooner! So please tell me what you think and review!

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L sat in his special thinking position. "..." He put his thumb in his mouth. "...?" He put his ear to the wall.

"Linda? Are you awake?"

"...No"

"....Well since you answered me...you are..."

Silence.

Near looked up at L.

L looked down at Near.

"What do you think, Near-kun?" L asked in a whisper.

"Take a look..." Near showed L his figures.

They were lined up in a way that took serious thought and concentration.

There was also an exact replica of the cafeteria.

"Interesting...very interesting..." L was looking at the doll that was representing him. "So this is supposed to be me?"

The doll had the same bed-ridden black hair, the same crookedness of L's back, and the thumb...the thumb was positioned to be in front of L's mouth.

"Yes, why is something wrong with it?" Near looked at the doll.

"No...I was just thinking you have a natural talent for this sort of thing..." L was now looking at another, smaller room that was attached to the west wing, just right of the cafeteria.

Near was looking at it too.

"Near-kun..?"

"Yes, L-sama?"

"...This was just finished 2 hours ago..."

"Yes..."

"How..?"

"..."

"Did you see it before it was completed?"

"No..not really...remember me search for the bow attack?"

"The one you did at night?"

"...Yes...the one I did at night.." Near said that with the slightest hint of irritation.

"Yes, I remember it..." L blinked.

Near sighed, and set up the dolls of Saru, Mello, Matt, Bei, and Watari in the the tiny room.

"Ow..." Near said as he ran into a bush for the 5th time. "Hmm, Linda I suspect mentioned that Tensei only had the bow...so there might be some more arrows laying arou-"

There was a crack.

"Around..."

Near bent down and picked up the two broken bits of arrow.

"I see, it was a five set bow and arrow set..."

Near pocketed the arrow. "Now there was 2"

Near continued to walk.

But later turned right around, it was too dark to look for the other two.

Near approached the building of the orphanage.

"It seems like a good time to take a walk..."

"..." L looked at Near.

"Yes, L-sama?"

"You talk to yourself?"

Near sighed. "No, not usually..."

"I understand... so you came across the room on your way back..?"

"Yes..."

"I understand completely. So now..where are the other two arrows?"

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Bei was spinning in her chair.

Mello was munching on some chocolate.

Matt was...surprisingly not playing his game, for the group had confiscated it.

Watari was staring at the fuming Matt, who was now showing signs of smoke.

Saru was quietly humming a song. "Tis all your fault, you are to blame, now hang your kingly head in shame!" She finished the song, with nobody paying any attention to her.

"You people are the reason why I smoke..." Matt said.

"You smoke?" Watari asked.

Matt looked at him.

"Right...I knew that..."

Matt smiled and nodded.

Mello finished his chocolate.

"So..what time is it?!" Bei shouted.

"2 in the morning" Watari replied, slowly losing his patience, for he had repeated that same line for the past 58 seconds.

"What-"

"Say it again...and I will..." Mello covered her mouth.

Bei licked his hand.

"Gross!" Mello rubbed his hand on his clothes.

"You're lucky I didn't bite you"

Mello glared.

"Now now children...calm down, in one hour we'll have a villian and then we won't have to worry about this anymore..." Watari stepped in front of Mello and Bei.

"Oh speaking of villians!" Bei jumped down from her seat and stood directly in front of Matt. "You'll get your game back, when you tell us what we want to know." Bei said in a sing-songy voice.

Matt glared at her. "Fine...you remember 3 nights ago right?"

"Of course!" Bei said.

"Anyways... You and Mello went to the cafeteria for a midnight snack..."

"Oh yeah, you were with us about halfway...until we passed Roger's office..."

"Will you let me talk?"

"...Yeah...Gosh your scary when you're angry..." Bei hid behind Mello.

Matt rolled his eyes.

"Mello? I'm hungry..." Bei said, hanging upside down, in Matt's room.

"So? Go get something to eat..."

"But it's late..." Bei was doing her upside down puppy eyes, which worked even better than the right side up puppy eyes.

"Fine, I'll come with you...Matt come on"

"Yay!" Bei jumped up.

They all, quietly left the room.

They decided to play a game of sneak, hide, look, and sneak again on their way to the cafeteria, which not surprisingly was open.

Bei and Mello were down the hall, when Matt stopped and put his ear to the door.

"So If I have that right, I get to kidnap someone?"

"Yes"

"Do I get to choose?"

"Anyone you wish"

"Only one person?"

"If they solve the case fast enough"

"I see, So why am I doing this?"

"This is the third assignment, there are two parts, your part is to see how long you can go without getting caught, and their part is to see how fast they can capture you"

"They being?"

"The rest of the students"

"What's the window for kidnapping others?"

"Seventy two hours"

"When's it start?"

"Right now"

The door started to open.

Matt ran after Bei and Mello.

The boy, Tensei smiled, and and looked back at Roger who said his name, again.

"You didn't bother mentioning this to us earlier?" Mello asked.

"Good boy!" Bei said, giving Matt his game boy.

Matt smiled. "Hey, you guys left me.."

"Can you identify the voice?" Saru asked.

They looked at her.

Matt blinked. "Probably could've...but it's been 3 days, I lost the voice pattern..." Matt turned on his game.

The door opened.

"So two arrows are missing?" Near asked as he walked in.

"L, Near welcome" Watari said.

Saru smiled widely. "L!!!!" Saru hugged him.

L twitched. "Why is there a little girl on me?"

They all shrugged and shook their heads.

"So we have to look for arrows now?" Bei asked.

"...Well anyways...We have to go form our positions in the cafeteria." L said.

He led the way out of the room.

"Near-kun?" L asked.

"Yes, L-sama?" Near sighed.

"Did you destroy the plans?"

"Yes...all dolls and legos are destroyed..."

They continued to walk towards the cafeteria, with 30 minutes left to spare.

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Tensei lightly tapped Linda on the shoulder.

"Fish hats!" Linda looked around.

Tensei stared at her with a look that said What the fuck?.

"...I was having a dream..." Linda rubbed her eyes and stretched.

"...It's time..." Tensei handed her her outfit.

Linda looked at the outfit than at Tensei.

"..Oh..right forgot you're a girl..." Tensei left the room. "I'm going to wait outside..."

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Bei and Saru entered the cafeteria first.

"Why did we have to pick straws?" Saru asked in a whisper.

"Because, baka, noone wants to be in here at night...there's no cafeteria ladies after 10..." Bei whispered back.

"But then why are the lights still on...?"

"Because, people get hungry around midnight, so it's only natural for it to be open 24/7" Bei walked ahead. "Well! Nobody is here yet!" Bei shouted.

Silence...

"For all the bakas who don't know, that was the signal!" Bei shouted.

"...Ow!" A loud, dull thud could be heard, echoing. "Oh! The signal!" Mello came throught the door.

He was quickly joined by Matt, L, and Near.

Watari was supervising, from the safety of the hidden room...well it's only hidden from Roger...

Bei rolled her eyes, and Saru giggled.

Matt sat down at a table, where about 2 hours ago sat two lovestruck girls giggling and talking excitedly over a handsome but quite full of himself, young boy, or if you prefer to call him by his name, Tensei.

"Matt! It's 2:59, no time to sit!" Bei shouted.

"Well, I wouldn't have to sit, if Mello didn't bang his head into my chin!" Matt yelled back.

"How does that make you wanna sit?!" Bei shouted.

"I dunno!"

Mello watched in silent horror as his favorite past time with Bei was being shared with his best friend.

That past time was, to fight constantly with Bei.

"...Please stop fighting, the next kidnapping is going to happen in 30 seconds, we have to get to our spot." L said as quietly as possible.

They looked at L, then they went to to their hiding places.

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"What are you waiting for?" Linda asked.

She was standing outside the northern entrance to the cafeteria.

"..I like to be fashionably late..." Tensei said over their walkie talkies.

"It's 2:59...hurray up, I wanna go back to bed.." Linda said.

"On it.." Tensei entered the cafeteria through the west entrance, the same place where L and friends were just seconds ago...

Tensei walked up to the fridge and grabbed a soda.

As he bent down to "grab" something, he noticed something out of the corner of his eye.

Hmm, the slightest movement... Tensei thought.

Tensei glanced to the left.

Two, Bei Jing and Saru Gaki...

Tensei glanced to the right.

Two, Matt and Mello...

Tensei looked up at the fridge.

That only leaves...L and number 3...

Tensei sighed and looked up at the ceiling.

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Oh the signal! Linda thought.

Linda ran into the cafeteria, and grabbed Tensei's hand.

She whipped his hand behind his back.

"Ready to go?" She whispered in his ear.

He smiled. "Aren't I always?" He whispered back.

She was about to turn and run but she saw movement.

"Oh, they plan to jump us..." Tensei whispered, smiling. "Ready for the next phase?"

"Yep" Linda whispered.

Both Tensei and Linda dropped to the floor as a very confused Bei flew over them.

She hit the wall and slid down to the cold floor.

"Mello" Linda and Tensei whispered together.

"Just keep going..." Tensei whispered. "He's asleep"

Linda and Tensei run out of the room, through the south exit.

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Five seconds before their exit out the southern door.

Mello is barely feet away from the 'staged' kidnapping.

But...He is half-asleep.

Linda and Tensei walk towards him.

Mello's eyes open slightly.

"Woah...Hey...You..." He starts rocking back and forth. "Stop..." He falls asleep.

Linda and Tensei look at each other.

Tensei nods.

Linda and Tensei keep running towards the exit.

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Bei looked at Mello with growing annoyance showing on her face.

Bei runs up to him and slaps him on top of the head.

Mello falls to the ground, but remains fast asleep.

Bei falls on top of his stomach, straddling him.

She takes a chocolate bar out of her pocket and stuffs it in his mouth, but he still doesn't wake up.

"Saru!" Bei yelled.

"Hai?" Saru asked.

Bei smirked. "Get the fat-free choc-"

Mello's eyes shoot open.

"Hehe, look at your positions..." Saru giggled, she was also pointing at them.

"What the fug?! Why are you trying to give me fat-free chocolate?!"

"Why did you fall asleep on the job?!"

"It was 3 in the goddamn morning! What was I supposed to do?!"

"Hmm I don't know, Stay up?!"

"Hell no! What I do is up to me!"

"No it isn't, that always gets you in trouble!"

"No it doesn't!"

"Uh-uh!"

"Nuh-uh!"

Discouraged, Saru leaves.

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"You know what I don't get?" Near asked.

"What is that, Near-kun?" L asked.

"I thought Tensei was the kidnapper..."

"Hmm very wise...but I think the both of us know who was behind the mask, and who was operating in the shadows.." L said.

"What?" Near asked.

"Nevermind, let's get to bed.."

L dragged the steaming Mello and the smiling evilly Bei to their rooms.

Near just calmly walked to his room. Two arrows... I'll find them tommorrow...

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"You did a good job, atleast two of them figured out the staged kidnapping" Tensei said, quite proudly.

Linda looked confused. "I thought the plan was to make sure none of them could figure it out?"

"Well..if that happened, then the entire orphanage would be kidnapped...and I would be found out...but that could take years, it's faster this way." Tensei said, finishing his soda.

Linda sighed. "Whatever floats your boat, I'm going to bed now..." Linda laid down and took of the ski mask,

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Matt who also followed L, calmly, out of the cafeteria, found himself staring straight at a note.

Matt blinked.

"Well, it's obvious that the kidnapper planned on escaping..." Matt sighed.

He took the note down and walked inside.

For the next five seconds all we hear is silence.

"What the hell?!" Matt ran out of the room and ran to the secret room.

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TO BE CONTINUED.

Yeah I went there... and Oooh Cliffhangers! Gotta love cliffhangers! :D

Preview. -The third kidnapping.

"Matt? What brings you here?" Watari asked. "It's 3 in the morning, you should really be asleep..."

"This" He holds up the note. "Brings me here..."

"Hmm?" Watari takes the note. "Strange this date was from yesterday...so the kidnapper planned on getting away...interesting.."