Chapter Fourteen:

Spies

Around eight in the morning, Mello received a call from Matt confirming their arrival in Japan. In a matter of thirty minutes from the confirmation call, my brother and best girl friend ever were in the hotel room with us. After Matt had unpacked, I briefed him on the small amount of info I had gathered on our subject the previous night. I pulled the picture up for him, giving him full access to my laptop to try and find the source. I glanced at Mello, who was going through his wallet on the other side of the room. I turned to Tease, telling her our roles in spying on Misa. I got the exact reaction I expected from her.

"Befriend her? Are you insane? She looks like a complete moron!"

"Moron or not, we have to gain her trust. It's all for the case, remember?"

"So? I'm not going to be her friend just for this." She stuck her tongue out.

"Even if it means you get to go on a huge shopping spree, buying whatever clothing you want?" Mello asked, continuing to go through his wallet.

Tease paused for a moment, thinking. "Fine. I'll do it. But, I'm not responsible for any injuries Amane may obtain."

Beside me, Matt gave an annoyed sigh, closing the laptop. "Untraceable. Whoever leaked that photo onto the web made sure no one could find them in return. It looked pretty fixed up to me, anyway."

"No matter." Mello crossed over to us, taking a seat on the wooden coffee table in front me. "We'll be finding out about her connection to Yagami soon enough. But before we can do that, you two need a 'Misa make-over'."

"Misa make-over?" Tease asked, looking at him like he was the biggest idiot she'd ever laid eyes on.

"Yeah. He means that we need to dress according to her taste so we can draw her in." I explained for him since he had already told me. "I looked her up some more this morning while we were eating breakfast. You're already halfway set to her standards, but I'm not. Hence why we're going shopping today."

"Oh, alright. And can I ask what you mean by I'm halfway there?"

"She can dress kind of skimpy at times, and the way you show off your legs is her style, so…" I trailed off, trying to not insult her.

"That's only because they're just so sexy!" She laughed, lifting one of her legs up. I smiled a little, pushing her leg back down.

"By the way, boys, will you be joining us this afternoon? I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want us shopping by ourselves."

"I'm staying here. I still need to unpack and all that jazz." Matt said, pulling his goggles down around his neck.

"You know what Amane likes better than the two of us. You two should go alone." Mello said, handing his wallet to me and walking toward the kitchen. I followed him, shutting the swinging door as I watched him dig in the cabinets.

"What if we need a guy's opinion on what's sexy enough to wear? I mean, you looked at the pictures with me. She favors revealing clothing most times. I'm not used to that kind of clothing."

He grabbed a chocolate bar and came closer to me. "You'll know what to pick out. I know you will. I can even judge the outfits tonight if you really want an opinion." He played with my hair as he bit off a chunk of chocolate. Before he could push the rest in his mouth, I leaned up and grabbed hold of the other end, biting a small piece of my own off. His fingers that held my hair stopped moving and he looked at me like I had just sexually harassed him in some way.

"In your wildest dreams, Mel." I whispered after the chocolate had melt away in my mouth. I moved past him, his wallet still in my hands, and went back out to the living room. Mello was quickly on my heels. I opened the door as he put an arm around me. We both stopped short, though, when we saw Matt leaning in toward Tease, both of them with their eyes closed. I backed into Mello, causing him to take in a sudden sharp breath due to the area I just hit, and pushed us both quickly and quietly back into the kitchen.

I pressed myself against the wall, a half smile on my lips. Mello was leaning against the counter, looking between me and the door.

"You saw that, right?" I asked.

"Yeah. Tease and your bro. They were about to kiss…" He took another bite of his chocolate bar. "Can't say I didn't see that coming, though."

"True, but it's still shocking."

"I'm sure they'd be saying the same thing about us if they found out about what happened two nights ago…" He kept his gaze focused on the ground.

"Right…what happened…" I brought a hand up to my neck, feeling the spot he had left his mark on. I watched him as he continued watching the floor. His seemed to be focusing on something. He abruptly looked up at me and launched himself off the counter and leaned next to me.

"Do you want me to apologize for that night?" He asked, not making eye contact. I opened my mouth to answer when he spoke again. "Because I'm not."

"…Wha-?" I stared at him, feeling nothing but shock at his sudden attitude change.

"I'm not sorry that I kissed you. I'm not sorry that I left a hickey on your neck. I'm not sorry for that night at all."

"…I didn't want you to be." Now it was my turn to watch the ground while he stared at me. "I'm a little ashamed and embarrassed to admit this, but I experienced feelings that I've never felt before and I…I kinda liked it….but, we don't have time for any of that during this period of time. Once all of this over, we can talk about it. Until then, I think we should just ignore it and pretend it never happened."

I didn't even look at him as I walked out into the living room. Matt was no where to be seen. Tease had a dumb looking smile on her face when I saw her. She looked up me, quickly waving me over to her. I followed her silent command, sitting next to her. She pulled me a little closer.

"So," She pondered quietly, "How upset would you be if I started flirting with Matt a little more and such?"

"Upset? Try gleeful. You two are a match made in Heaven. Go for it, babe!" I smiled at her. Her face lit up as she hugged me quickly.

She let me go and pulled back. "You ready to go shopping?"

"Yeah, let's go." I started to get up when she stopped me.

"What's that?"

"What's what?"

"That, on your neck. It looks like a bruise or a…oh!" She gasped. I covered her mouth quickly, feeling a smile spread across her face.

"Say nothing while I explain, got it?" She nodded, I slowly moved my hands, checking behind me for Matt. "While you guys were gone about two nights ago, something happened. I don't know how, I don't know why, but it happened and Mello and I kind of made out a little…then you called to say you guys were going to catch a movie, and everything became awkward."

"Oh…that is so cool! Are you guys going to get together now, then?"

"No. Highly doubtful." I stood up. "Now, let's get going before the crowds get too chaotic."

"Gotcha!" She jumped up as I grabbed Matt's keys from the coffee table.

"Big Brother, Mello, we're leaving. Call us if you need us!" I called out, getting no answer from either boy. I rolled my eyes, following Tease out.

We shopped for hours. We found cute outfits, sexy outfits, dumb yet fashionable outfits, and few other things that we figured we could use. Such as a 'professional' make-up set, and some wigs. Okay, the wigs were just to be stupid since there was one with Mello's exact color and hairstyle with some others that could be used for disguises. Once we got back, the guys helped up unload the trunk and go through the bags to separate the clothes. Matt and Mello handled one half of the bags, while Tease and I got the others. After twenty minutes of sorting, Tease finally had all of her clothes put together, and I had all of mine stacked off.

"By the way," Matt said, going to his bedroom, "While you two were gone, I made something that will help us out some while you guys are physically with Misa."

He handed me a pair of glasses very similar to my own. They were more squared off, and a little bigger. They looked the black plastic version of Steve Urkel's glasses. Don't get me wrong, they looked awesome and I liked them, but that's just what they looked like.

"Those glasses have a small hidden camera on the bridge. You turn it on right here," he pressed an invisible button on the inside of one of the legs, "and then you're rolling."

"Sweet. You have it set up already, right?" I asked, feeling the side of my new glasses.

"Yep." He opened his laptop, typed some, and turned the screen to me. It was definitely working. I took the glasses off and pointed them toward Mello, who was sitting quietly in the floor. I smiled at my brother's little gift to me.

"As for you, Tease." he said, rushing back to their room and coming straight back out with a gorgeous chocker necklace. There was a large ruby heart pendant hanging off the black velvet cloth. He went behind her and placed it around her throat as she held her hair out of the way. Once he got it clipped, he went back to his seat. "You get that. Your's doesn't have a power button. I couldn't think of a way to get it on there without it being noticeable, so when you start to leave to be with her, I'll have to turn it on manually from the laptop."

"It's beautiful, Matt." She said almost dreamily. I chuckled at her, turning back to Matt. "How will you hear what's being said? You can obviously see, so you could try and read lips, but that isn't very reliable."

"Exactly. Which is why your cameras also have small microphones worked into them."

"You've thought of everything, haven't you?" I asked as he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"Well, not everything. I have no clue where she is currently living or her daily schedule, if she has one."

"That's where I come in." Mello said, straightening up. "I booked this hotel for a reason. Her apartment is just down the street from her. I also managed to find her schedule for today. She's going to be shopping at this center in an hour." He pulled a piece of paper out, setting it in front of me and Tease. We silently read the address to ourselves, looking at each other once we knew it.

"I guess we should start getting ready, then." I said, standing up. I took the camera glasses off, grabbed on outfit from my pile in the floor, and made my way to the bathroom changing. I had grabbed a low cut lime green tank top, and black skirt that went down mid thigh on me. I fixed my make-up lightly, and walked back out. Tease went the second I came out. I grabbed the glasses off the table and slipped them back on. I sat down next to Mello, fishing through the clothes until I found the leather jacket I had purchased. I also snatched up a pair of black bass guitar earrings and slipped them in my ears. I looked through the bags, searching for a pair of small black heels I had bought. I finally found them, slipping them on. I finally sat the couch again.

"I feel like a whore…" I mumbled, not used to showing so much of my incredibly pale skin.

"You're not a whore, Sis." Matt said, plugging his DS charger into the wall. "You're an expensive whore."

"…Thanks, Brother! That makes me feel so much better about myself!" I said with obviously fake enthusiasm. "Oh, speaking of expensive…" I got up, going through my purse. I took Mello's wallet out, tossing it in his lap.

"Thanks." He said, trying not to look at my legs.

"Your welcome. I promise I'll pay you back somehow soon." I sat back down, looking up as Tease came out.

She wore a plain black top and a hot pink and black plaid skirt. She slipped on a pair of heels that looked like a sandal. She still wore her necklace proudly. Matt gathered some microphones and cameras while we continued dolling ourselves up. He laid them on the table, Mello instantly going through them.

"While you guys are out distracting Misa, we're going to sneak into her place and bug it. When we're finished and everything is safe and working, I'll call Tease." He turned to her. "When I call you, you need to act like I'm a relative and that there's been an accident, giving you both a clean reason to escape from her and come back here. Got it?"

She nodded, checking her phone as she always did. He looked over at me. "Be careful, alright? I saw her walking down the street with a man. She could have people watching her from every corner."

I nodded slightly. Matt tossed his keys at me. "You have to drive yourself down to the shopping center. If we're seen with you two, we could be stalked right back here and things would fall apart before they're even really begun."

"Got it. We'll be awaiting your call." I said, grabbing my purse and leaving with Tease.

"We can't use our real names with her. Or current aliases, for that matter." Tease said as we got in the car.

"That's true…I guess we have to think of fake names for her."

"We don't have to tell her any last names right now unless she asks for them."

"Right. So, what will you go by?"

"I'm not sure yet. What will you go by?"

"Hmm…" I pulled up to a red light. "I think I'll go by Alex. I've always wanted a boy name, and I don't really know why.

"Nice. I think I'll go by Lynn. How does that sound?"

"That's awesome! I like it." The light turned green and I began driving again. It took us another five minutes to find the right shopping center. We found a parking spot, jumped into the crowd, and began searching for Misa Amane. We saw her inside Claire's store, looking at the earrings right at the entrance with a tall man that looked very bored and very uncomfortable.

"How are we going to get her to notice us? It'll be suspicious if we talk to her first…" I thought aloud.

"I've got it!" Tease said. "Follow my lead." She began walking, and I jogged slightly to catch up to her. As we passed the entrance, Tease began looking through my purse, pulling her cell phone out and 'accidentally' dropped some of our loose money on the ground. She gave me a look that told me to keep walking, so I did.

"Hey, excuse me, girls! You dropped your money!" A high pitched female voice called. We both turned at the same time, seeing Misa and holding the money out toward us. I pretended to be confused and shifted through my purse. We walked up to her.

"Oh my gosh, thank you! I don't know what I would've done if I had lost this." Tease said talking the money, and putting it back in my purse. I gasped in fake shock.

"I'm sorry, but are you Misa-Misa Amane?"

She blinked a few times before showing a prideful smile. "Why, yes I am!"

"I was wondering why she looked so familiar!" Tease 'gawked'. "Wait until the boys hear about this. We actually met the Misa Amane!"

I nodded, before turning back to Misa. "Ms. Amane, I hope you don't mind my saying, but I love your sense of style. It's so cute and unique." I looked her up and down, taking note that she really did have a good taste.

"Aw, thank you." She giggled. "So what are your names? I like to know the names of my fans."

"I'm Lynn." Tease said, forcing a sweet smile as she shook hands with Misa.

"I'm Alex." I extended my hand as well, smiling a little more when she shook it.

"You two obviously already know me." She said then pointed to the man behind her. "This Mochichi."

He stepped around her, holding his hand out. "Mogi." He said under his breath. Tease and I both shook his hand, nodding politely.

"You know, you two actually have cute senses of style yourselves. I just love your necklace, Lynn. And Alex, those glasses are so chic!" Misa cooed, pulling out a pen and a piece of paper. "Maybe we can get together for lunch or something this week. I'll give you my number, and you guys can give me yours, alright?" She scribbled a number down as Mogi leaned down to her.

"Um, Misa, are you sure that's a smart move? They seem like nice girls, but you literally just met them."

"Oh, calm down, Mochichi! I know what I'm doing!" She ripped the number off the paper and passed it to us. Tease took it, folded it and placed it in my purse. She handed the pen and pad to us, each of us writing down our cell phone numbers under our code names and handing it back to her. She smiled happily, getting ready to say something, when we heard a cell phone ring. I dug through my purse, pulling Tease's phone out. The caller I.D. said 'Blondie', which I assumed was Mello. I handed the phone over to her, saying it was her brother.

"Hello?…Bro, what's wrong?…Are you serious? Oh, God, ok. I'll be there in just a few minutes. Do not open the door!" she snapped the phone shut, turning to me. "There's been a small accident. We have to go, now."

I nodded, turning to Misa. "Call us whenever you're free and we can get some lunch. Goodbye!" I said as we ran out of the shopping center. We got in the car, speeding back to the hotel. We rushed back up to the room, having to knock on the door since we forgot our key card. Matt peeked the door open.

"What's the password?"

"Move your ass." I said.

He copied the sound of a buzzer. "Eeeeh! Wrong! Please try again."

"Move your ass now before one my heels gets jabbed into your head."

"Still wrong~" He sang.

"Mattie," Tease whined, "Please let us in."

He opened the door all the way, letting Tease pass easily. We mock glared at each other as I walked past him. I fell onto the couch next to Mello, slipping the heels off. I leaned into him, closing my eyes. He felt very tense, but soon loosened up and slowly placed his arm around me. I reached up, holding his gloved hand in mine. I felt eyes on me, so I opened them and caught Tease staring. She gave a knowing smile and looked away. I rolled my eyes with an amused smirk, and turned my head into him more.

"Now what?" Tease asked.

"We wait for her to return home." Matt said.

.::/Later That Night, around 11 P.M.\\::.

We had all changed into our pajamas and were starting to get tired, when Misa finally returned home. Matt instantly jolted up, getting all of our attention.

"She's back." He announced. I hopped up, standing behind him and watched. She stumbled in with Mogi right behind her carrying her jacket and purse. He shut the door as she fell onto the couch laughing. She spoke, but her words were quiet. Even when she returned to normal volume with her voice, her words were so slurred that she sounded like she was trying to speak some unknown ancient language. I groaned, leaning my head on the back of the chair. "Gah, she's drunk…"

"I wonder if that's a regular thing with her? If she and Yagami truly are a serious thing, then he's not with her often, and that could put a lot of stress on her. Enough to drink herself into a coma." Matt pondered more to himself than anyone else in the room.

On the screen, Misa began lifting her shirt. Before she could get very far, Mogi stopped her and pushed her to her room. Matt switched cameras to get a look on what she was up to. I smacked the back of his head, thinking he was a pervert.

"She could be the second Kira. I'm just seeing if it's all act or not!" He argued, looking back at the screen. We both watched as she simply fell on her bed, keeping all of her clothes on, including the sunglasses that sat on her face. Matt and I both sighed quietly.

"I guess that's all we're getting out of her tonight…" I said, stretching slightly. With a yawn, I said goodnight to three people in the room with me and went off to the bedroom. I slipped under the covers after taking my glasses off and cuddled into the warm sheets.

The next thing I was aware of was the door opening and Mello coming in. I groaned lightly, just barely upset that I had been disturbed. His silhouette came closer to the bed.

"Did I wake you?" He whispered as he got in the bed.

"Yes, but it's not that hard to do." I rolled onto my back as he rolled onto his side. I looked at him as he looked at me in the darkness. I looked back up at the ceiling to try and sleep again.

"Well, as long as you're up…goodnight, En." He said quietly, leaning over, pecking me on the cheek. He barely pulled away when I looked over at him. He paused in moving back to his spot. He was still close enough that the tips of our noses were touching. I smelled the chocolate on his breath. It was pulling me in dangerously close. Before I could myself, I had gently placed my lips on top of his. I pulled away, slightly embarrassed that I didn't have any better control over myself. Only slightly embarrassed, though. The rest of me was screaming to do it again and try and get a taste of the chocolate. I fought that urge, moving away from him.

"That's a new way of saying goodnight." He joked, settling back in his spot.

"Y-yeah…well, goodnight, Mel." I covered my head with the blankets and squeezed my eyes shut, blushing lightly as I tried to fall asleep with my pounding heart.

.::~Author's Note!~::.

Hello, my little Death birds! I'm here to inform that through most of this I was tired, so it might not be the best…and I also regret to inform you that I feel my block creeping back up…I need inspiration! I have a whole weekend to write this (as well as persuasive paper for my honors English class…) and then I have my Christmas Break starting next Wednesday, and I'd really like to get a lot of chapters written and posted during those breaks. If anyone could suggest an affective way to fend off my block, please say it! I hate it with a passion and would like to avoid It for as long as possible! Thank you! Btw, do I even have to ask for reviews at this point?… XD