Disclaimer: The anime Death Note and it's characters do not belong to me; they belong to their rightful creators writer Tsugumi Ohba and manga artist Takeshi Obata. However; the OC in this FanFiction belongs to my cousin.

Chapter Thirteen: No Longer Human

Mion was left to pout to herself after the little argument between her and B. She stroked her reddened cheek as gently as she could, afraid of it bruising for being handled too roughly at this time.

He didn't even slap her that hard, which was what pissed Mion off all the more.

She was gritting her teeth as she hissed to no one but herself, " the bastard has no right to be hitting girls. What's up with him any way? I was just trying to help. "

She wasn't intending for B to get angry at her, nor was she planning to have hit him. It wasn't apart of anything she had in mind, but there was nothing else she could've done at the moment either. She was just as stressed as B was and didn't deserve to be yelled at in such a fashion for trying to calm the other down with her "words of wisdom".

A was going to fine.

Was that so hard to understand?

As A was weak, he wasn't stupid. He would eventually have seen his ways and apologize, and everything would've gotten back to normal.

But with B pursuing him like that is adding more pressure to A.

Does he not see that?

" Maybe I should've clarified what I meant, " was what she muttered next with an all-body sigh. Letting her hand fall to her side, she just sat in silence with herself.

There was nothing more to think about. So nothing swam in her mind as it did normally. Her mind was blank. Staring aimlessly at the wall across from her, she wasn't sure what to do anymore. Whether or not to tell B what she meant or just leave it up to him to make matters worse, and tell him to his face that she told him so.

She wasn't sure what to think, so she thought of nothing.

Everything was going great for her, thinking of nothing in general until someone busted through her door, snapping her back to reality. When she turned to see who the idiot who scared her was, she should've guessed it to be B. No one else would've done such a thing, but because this room was also his, he could do whatever he wanted.

There was something so different about him though.

He was smiling. His eyes were alive once more.

Showing off a toothy grin, he gestured for Mion to come forward, " come, come! " He exclaimed so excitedly. " A said he's going to come out, and wants you to be there when it happens. "

She felt a little honored but shook her head, " tell him 'thanks', but I'm not going. "

To this, B's face fell quite drastically.

" Come on, " he whined and went as far as to pull Mion by the arm off the bed and into the hallway. She was struggling and with her other arm held on to the door frame. " Mion stop this nonsense! "

Did he not understand that she was still angry at him for hitting her?

She may have hit him twice, but he's a boy, he could take the punches.

Mion wasn't one with the greatest pain tolerance, so her being slapped was like a gunshot to the head. It was painful, but a quick sort of pain; leaving only numbness for the victim.

She was angry either way, and would much rather not see the person who practically caused such a fight.

" I don't want to go! "

" Come on! You're acting worse than a child, Mion! Just get your ass over to A's door. You don't even have to say anything, just be there! "

" Can't you just lie and pretend that I'm there? "

" I would never lie to A, " he snapped, and with one last tug, managed to pull the girl free from the door frame. She struggled a little bit more, trying to break loose of his tightening grip, but found it even more painful doing so, and gave up on the spot. " Thank you, " he said with a small smile and a pat on her head with his free hand. " This means a lot to me, Mion. "

" Yeah, yeah, " she replied, rolling her eyes. " I get it, it's A. A's your best friend, yeah, yeah, I haven't heard that one in the last fifteen minutes. "

His smile grew, " thank you. "

" Okay I get it. "

With arms, practically linked to one another, they managed to get to A's door without another argument. B had a cute little hop to his walking to how happy he was.

How happy he was to hear that A was coming out of the dark. How happy he was to know that A's "numbers" have yet to vanish, like he claimed them to be. He was so happy.

But when B knocked on little A's door, you could hear a faint sobbing coming from the other side.

B looked panicked once more and started to knock a little more frantically, with a shaky smile, " hey! A! I brought Mion! "

" I'm sorry! I can't do it! " Was the cry of A.

" A? A! Stop whatever you're doing in there! " He was shouting now. All the life that was there a couple of seconds ago, was gone. They almost took on the appearance of glazed eyes, searching so desperately for an opening, for a way to get in through the door. The older boy even went as far as to begin to slam his body into the door. " A! A! "

" I'm so weak! I can't even... ! I can't.. ! "

" A! A! Stop it! Mion get Roger! "

Mion nodded and dashed off without a word.

She was crying just as B was beginning too. They knew too well what was going on in the room. It was all too obvious.

Before leaving, she could faintly feel any life in the room. It was all so dead silent.

Was there even life in the room anymore?

Mion luckily actually bumped into the elderly man already heading upstairs from all the commotion and complaints of the other orphans. In his hands was a bucket-load of keys, and he was calmly walking up the steps, despite Mion's desperate cries too pick up the pace.

He shook her off and continued to walk the pace he so desired.

When the two arrived, B was still slamming himself to the door, crying out loudly, " A! A! Listen to me, buddy! Listen to me! Tell me you're okay! Tell me you're okay! "

Roger pushed B along, and used one of his many keys to open the door. When the door revealed it's contents, he, B and even Mion stood awestruck, afraid of the scene before them.

" Dear God. Please. No.. No... " It was B. " Stop... Stop... His numbers, they're gone... They're gone.. "

Roger pushed Mion along, directing her back to her room without words. And luckily for him, during this grim hour, he didn't have to raise his voice, for Mion complied and disappeared as fast she came. Afraid of the sight of the hanging boy, A; who knew no harm and no judgement. The little boy, A, who welcomed everyone with open arms and a smiling, warm face, was no longer around.

His eyes were closed, shut tightly forever. Mion hated the fact she was never going to see those ocean blues anymore. She quite enjoyed their brilliance despite what was becoming of them.

His reading glasses were happily, unharmed, but there was no more use to them, for their owner will never be able to read another textbook again.

Mion was scared of the idea of everything being her fault. She ran up the stairs and slammed the door shut without noting B on anything, knowing for a fact that he had every right to be there.

But Mion had none. So it was okay for her to just leave and grieve without knowing exactly why.

She cried silently as first, but then after a while, big, disgusting sobs escaped her throat, and she couldn't stop them anymore. She just left everything out, forgetting that there are other orphans in the building who could hear her.

She didn't care anymore. They could make fun of her. It didn't matter anymore.

A was gone. And it could very much be her fault.

She was scared. She was scared it was because she didn't intend it to happen. She didn't predict this kind of future for the tiny boy and never wished for such an ending either. She just wanted him to snap out of it and be happy again. Be the happy little boy she grew so fond of, so quickly. Mion wanted to care for the boy, like he was a younger brother; she wanted to love him as much as B did, but couldn't because... Of L.

Yes, that's it.

Her gross sobbing stopped and a glare did she make, replace the glistening tears.

It was all L's fault. L destroyed A.

Her tears of sorrow became of pure hatred and fury.

She wasn't that great of friends with A, but the memories of his smiles remained vivid in her mind. It angered her, how much one little boy could do to her, and she barely even spoke to the kid, afraid of actually becoming as attached as B.

Mion wanted to slam her fists to the wall and scream. She wanted to scream but dared not to.

What about B? How was he taking everything?

He really did think of A as his little brother.

She waited for him. She waited for B to return with a flushed face and irritated eyes. She waited and waited, stifling back a sob here and there.

She needed to be strong for B to comfort him. She had to be there. She had to..

But when B came back, he looked more than depressed. Just as A's will was, he was destroyed from head-to-toe. There literally was no more life in his eyes, and he looked sort of dazed. He looked so lost and confused, examining the room as if he had no clue where he was. He didn't say a word, and his skin actually looked a lot more paler than normal.

His poor red eyes, looked far more than irritated. He was scanning Mion on the bed and stared so intensely at the air above her, like he's done so many times before. He was staring and staring, until he just lost his cool once more and fell to the floor, sobbing.

" Not you too.. " He whispered to Mion, as she tried to tend to him. " I don't.. I don't... "

" Shh, " she hushed the hiccuping boy and helped him up on his feet. She led him to his bed and had him lie down for the time-being. Some part of her wanted B to just sleep away the troubles for the night, but then the other side of her knew that probably would've been the worst idea yet. It would be nice of him to be happy for a little while, but then that while will only be limited and he'd awake the next morning to the nightmare he was so desperately trying to evade. " Just breathe, B. "

He tried to inhale, but he choked on his own saliva, bringing even more discomfort to his drumming head.

" Breathe, " she said again soothingly, and with hesitant little movements, stroked his disheveled hair down. " Breathe, " she repeated. Mion sort of wished she had cleaned herself up before he came because two people crying looked a little funny in her eyes.

The elder boy soothed himself of his hiccuping breaths, just enough so he could tell her, " don't leave, " in a low whimper. " This isn't fair. "

" I won't leave. I'm not going anywhere, " she replied with a reassuring smile. She felt so happy, hearing those words and even blushed along the way too. " I know it's unfair, but this.. This is how life is.. " Her five second of happiness disappeared just like that. Frowning, she was, as she added on, " Life is just unfair sometimes. And we can't do much to stop what life brings us, and... "

" A didn't deserve any of this. "

" I know. "

" And L is just casually going to replace him. While I was with Roger, he called L about the news of A, and he didn't seem sad at all. Roger.. He gave me the phone to talk to him, as L requested, and L just told me that I was next in-line. That I was just the replacement to A and that he never did believe in him. The bastard. He told me I was the better choice and he would be expecting even greater things from me. "

" I see... "

B was silent as he thought over what he was about to say next. With a small, dead, smile, he said, " I'll give him something to be proud of. "

B jumped off his bed and pulled out from under Mion's bed, her suitcase. He emptied it of it's contents and replaced it with some of his own.

" I'm leaving, " was all the boy had to say to send Mion on her knees.

" B, think more rationally about this decision you're about to make. You'll die out there without anyone supporting you, I hope you know. You don't have a job, and one is going to hire an orphan who didn't graduate Wammy's; the fact that you went doesn't count, because you'd be there in their office, asking for work. Those people will just assume you were too stupid to finish the schooling. How is that going to make L proud? "

" Because L is the greatest detective. "

" So what? "

" And I will be.. The greatest criminal.. "

" .. B, you can't be serious. Earth to B! Come in, B! Can you hear me? "

" Hearing you loud and clear, Mion. For once, I understand. "

" You're being stupid, that's what you're doing. Drop the suitcase! "

He ignored the girl and just stood with the case barely half full, leaving it to hang open, and almost spill his clothes to the floor. B looked around the room to see if he wanted to bring anything more to his journey of crime. Evading Mion's attempts to pull the case from B's hands, in the end, the boy shrugged and decided that his clothes would be enough. There was nothing else worth taking that wouldn't bring bad memories of the dreaded orphanage Wammy's, so he'll just be leaving now.

Even though it was barely even the afternoon, he was still going. With or without Roger's permission.

L wants something to be proud of, B will give him something to be proud of. He'll make a case that not even L could solve. He wants L to feel the pressure and feel weak and small compared to his "successor".

He'll make him pay through shame for what he's done to A.

" Listen to me when I'm talking to you! " Mion held B's shoulders tightly and shook him.

" I'm sorry. "

" You better be! Put the case down and let's talk about this. I know you have a lot on your mind, and you're still a little bit in shock over what happened today, as I am, but we have to be smart about this. "

" No. I'm sorry. "

" I get it, apology accepted. "

" I'm sorry, " he said again, and raised the suitcase high in the air. With one blow to the head, Mion was out like a light. " You're coming down with me, " he whispered in her ear, and hauled her on his back, as if she were a sack of potatoes.

B was loosing it. He was going out of control. Everything was going by too fast for him to actually comprehend what he was doing.

But he was sure about this decision. He was sure. He was ready to loose his mind for A's final revenge. He was ready to loose everything for A's sake, and bring L down.

Mion was just coming along for the ride, because she is partly responsible for A's suicide.

B's eyes shone with a strange light, and from the looks of it - he was no longer human.

Aha! I'm so glad I was able to get this chapter done before school started. It'd be pain if I had to write this in between homework or sorting out my school supplies and whatnot. School is just around the corner, but I'll try and keep updating as often as I can. C:

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