Vampiresweets: I feel sorry for Matt too. Ahh…poor Mattie ;.; If you think the mini story's scary now, wait till they finally find Mello and L. –looks at last sentence- Is it me, or does Mello and L sound like they rhyme? -
Madeline Cullen: Yes, that's our idiotic Rhythm. –shakes head- Why must my OC be dense? Rhythm: CUZ YOU MADE ME THAT WAY! Me:…right…
Arisa Amane: Aww…you don't have to feel bad for me. Cuz who knows? I might be the real killer and the voice is just my conscience. O.O You will all fear me! XD
Watergoddesskasey: Everyone pities Matt. Poor little gamer. But don't worry! Things shall rise! I will do whatever it takes to do so! I'll even beg the writer! Wait…I'm the author… -sweatdrops-
Note: I forgot to mention, I doubt it'll be important, but the main people for the mini story will only be the Wammy boys, me, Rhythm, Heartless, and of course our mystery killer. The others will play as…other things in the place we're entering. –snicker-
Shadow: -twitches- What the eff…
-place is a shining forest full of happy animals, trees, and even a rainbow!-
Chouko: Is this place Wonderland or something?
Near: -lazily looks around- …I thought that the location would be…more sinister looking…
Matt: That's what I thought too…
Shadow: Oh well, no time to complain. We have to look for the others! –runs toward a path leading toward a lake-
Everyone: -looks at Shadow skeptically but still follows- …
"Rhythm…wake up…" I heard a gentle voice say. The person shook me. "Wake up…"
I groaned. "5 more hours mother…" I rolled to my stomach. My eyes shot open when the person kicked me.
"DAMMIT!! I'M NOT A FUCKING GIRL!" Mello shouted. Not fully hearing what he said, I thought Mello really was my mom and I curled up.
"No! Mom I'm sorry!!" I cried out. Mello growled and grabbed me by the collar.
"I'm…not…you mother…" he gritted. My eyes opened and I calmed down.
"Oh…it's just you…good." I sighed in relief. My eyes trailed back to his face. "M-mello…your face…" The wound he had the other day had healed, but it now left a big scar across his features, which made him scarier more than ever. Mello dropped me.
"Yeah. I know. But right now…Why is it good that I'm not you mom?" he asked. I tensed up a bit, but put on a smile.
"Ah. It's nothing really. Err…why did you wake me up?"
Mello sat on the bed while I stayed on the floor. "Matt's been down ever since last night. He locked himself up in the other room playing video games." I eyes stared at the floor.
"He's mad at me, isn't he?"
"When I meant down, I meant sad. Not mad." Mello corrected. "Anyway, what happened?"
After telling him what happened, Mello smacked me on the head. "Ow! What was that for!?"
"Your punishment." He said. "Look. Matt, well…sorta has feelings for you. And he takes most things seriously-"
"Seriously?" I scoffed. "If he's so serious, I think he would try to be more involved in this case than you and Near put together."
"Shut up!" Mello hissed. "Matt is a serious person, and right now, he's hurt because you said you don't have feelings for him when he does for you!"
"…" I lowered my head. "Sorry…"
Mello took a deep breath and sighed. "You shouldn't be saying that to me, you know. And it's not your fault. Just remember to think of what you say before saying it out loud. Mostly to Matt."
I gave a small smile. "Okay. Thank you, o cold as steel but has a heart, girly choco man."
Mello growled. "Crossdresser…you better run out of this room in 3…"
I grinned. Like he was going to hurt me. "2…" Mello stood up and was about to reach something in his pocket. My eyes widened.
"Err…bye!!" I yelled and rushed out the door. Mello cracked a small smile as he took out a chocolate bar from his pocket.
I stopped in front of the door Matt locked himself in. I took a deep breath and slowly knocked on the door. "Matt…? I'm coming in…" I said and twisted the doorknob open.
When I opened the door, I was welcomed to a toxic scent of tobacco. I coughed as I entered the room. "M-matt! How much do you smoke!?" I asked as I did my best not to die by lack of oxygen. I cautiously walked in.
Matt faced me for a second before turning back to defeat Sephiroth. "What are you doing here?" he asked.
When I finally got adjusted to the atmosphere, I looked down and began fidgeting. "L-look…I'm sorry about yesterday…"
"Mhmm…." He set his game controller down looked at me boringly, holding his head up with his hand. I flinched, but tried to go on.
"E-er…is there any other way I can make it up to you…?" I wondered. "If you still want that game, I can still buy it for you…?"
Matt stood up and put a hand on his hip. "Do you honestly think buying some game will help me cheer up? I mean, you said you didn't even like me. That hurt you know."
I bowed my head. "I know…and I'm sorry…" I felt a few tears come out. Matt sighed.
"You know, you're lucky you're cute…" he muttered and hugged me. I turned pink.
"M-matt…?"
"Just hug me back. It'll make me feel better." He said. I gave a small nod and slowly hugged him.
"Matt…sorry-" my eyes widened when there was a quick pinch on my neck. "KYAA!! WHY'D YOU BITE MY NECK!???"
Matt pulled away from me. "Let's just say it's my gift from you." he smiled as he took out a cigarette.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?! I NEVER GAVE YOU PERMISSION!!"
"Hey, at least you're off the hook now." He shrugged after lighting his cancer stick. He put an arm around my shoulder. I made a face.
"Don't smoke near me. It smells gross." I said as I turned away. "Besides, when did you start smoking anyway? I thought I told you it's bad a while back." Matt stayed silent. "Matt?" I looked at him.
He grasped my shoulder a little tighter. "…it's because….you left us…"
"What do you…?" I trailed off.
"When you left, everyone was sad. Even Near felt a little depressed." Matt explained. He took the cigarette from his mouth and played with it a little. "I didn't know what to do. I felt lost…even Mello was pissed at first when he found out I started smoking."
"So it was all my fault again…"
"No! It wasn't!" he yelled out, accidentally dropping his smoke. He looked at it for a second before putting it out. "Look. You have to stop blaming yourself. It's bad for your health to think that you're always wrong. Even worse than my habit of smoking. So…promise me you won't do that anymore?"
A small smile was trying to find its way out of me. "Okay. Promise…" I said, and then added. "Only if you smoke less than 3 cigarettes a day."
"That little?" He asked. "Do you have any idea what that'll do to me?"
"It'll make you get a less chance of dieing from cancer. Besides, isn't tobacco nasty?"
"Have you ever tried to see what it's like?"
"No. And I don't plan to." I turned my head away. He nudged me.
"Come on…"
"No. I don't want to smoke a cigarette! I refuse!"
"…who said anything about cigarettes?" he asked. He made me face him. I blinked.
"Wha-" Matt crashed his lips onto mine. My eyes widened when I felt something move against my bottom lip, which made me gasp and gave Matt the advantage to insert his tongue in my mouth. I felt myself go weak as Matt wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me closer. His taste wasn't as nasty as I thought a smoker would have after having 32 smokes all in a row. It was a little bitter, but actually sweet.
Matt continued kissing me as I just stood there like an idiot, looking shock and all. My eyes lowered when he withdrew his tongue back in his mouth to gently bite my lower lip. I made a small moan. We soon parted, heavily panting, but he still kept his arms around me. "Now…that wasn't so bad, was it?" he gave a small smirk.
I turned red and backed away, covering my mouth with my hand just in case. I still felt all wobbly though. "E-er….Why did you do that?!" I squeaked.
"You said you wanted to see what tobacco tasted like, right? But I have to say…I am sorta sad…" He went closer to me, until I was back against the door. "…you weren't even doing anything. I had to do all the work."
"I didn't expect you to do that! And besides, that didn't even taste like tobacco! It was…" I trailed off and put my hands on my cheeks, remembering the kiss.
"It was…?" Matt smiled. I snapped back into reality and looked away.
"E-err….forget it…"
"Come on." He said, coming closer. "What did you think of it?" I tried my best to back away even more. "Tell me or…do I have to refresh your memories and do it again?"
Suddenly, the door opened and I fell back. Mello stepped out of the way as I landed. He looked at me for a second, before looking at Matt. "I take it you finally made up?" he smirked, biting into a chocolate bar.
Matt gave an unsure nod. "Sorta. I wasn't able to go on with the 'being hurt' thing. She was about to cry…you should have made her feel bad even more before she went in."
I looked up, confused. "…wha…?"
"Sorry. Wait, so you didn't get the kiss?"
Matt plopped down on the floor and put an arm around me. "Oh…I did…" he smiled mischievously. I shook my head, confused.
"Wait…what are you talking…?" Matt answered my unfinished question by suddenly frowning and hugging me.
"…you know…it was really empty without you being with us…" he mumbled and hugged me tighter. He sniffed. I started feeling sad again, like he was really telling the truth. Suddenly, right before I was going to hug him back to say sorry, Matt started laughing. "You know, you're not the only one who has mad acting skittles."
I blinked. "Wait…you were just acting depressed?!!!" Matt nodded.
"He wasn't in third place for nothing, you know." Mello said. Matt laughed as he dodged the punches I tried to make.
"You idiot! You made me worry about you for nothing!" I yelled. Tears were falling. "You're so cruel…playing with people's emotions…that kiss…was just a joke too…huh?"
Matt embraced me. "That kiss wasn't a joke. I really meant it."
"You're lying…" I whispered. He grabbed me and kissed me. I tried pulling away. "No-!" One kiss. "Stop it-!" Another. "Matt-!!" I pushed him away from me for a second. "What do you think you're doing?!"
We were now lying on the floor and Matt was on top of me. He leaned down and licked my tears away. "I'm going to keep kissing you until you believe that I wasn't lying."
"No! Get way-!"
"I won't."
"Stop-"
"I will once you believe me."
"I believe you! Now let go-!"
"Then prove it." He kissed me on the lips before looking at me. "Rhythm…"
I whimpered and turned my head to the side, not wanting to show my tears, even if it was obvious. "…how….how can I prove it…?"
"At least…tell me you like me…"
"No!" I struggled again.
"Rhythm."
"I…I…l-like you…" I bowed my head down in embarrassment. Matt smiled and cupped my cheek. He kissed me one more time.
"There we go. It wasn't so bad. Was it?" he smiled. I turned my head away and pouted.
"Just to let you know…" a voice said. "I'm still here if you forgot." My head shot up to see Mello smirking, watching the whole thing from the couch. "If you guys are going to…do more than that…get a room."
"MELLO?!?!!!" I screamed and quickly got away from Matt. Mello started chuckling.
"You really forgot I was here, didn't you?"
"E-err…yeah…" I lowered my head. "Wait…why didn't you help me?"
"Payback for all the times back at Wammy's. Plus, Matt also got to have a little fun. Everyone wins."
"Except for me…" I mumbled as banged my head against the couch. Matt pulled my head to his chest.
"No. You still have me, don't you?" he smiled. I blushed and got up.
"…Don't ever talk about this day. Do you hear me?" I asked.
"Maybe…" Matt started.
"Maybe not…" Mello smirked and finished the last piece of his chocolate.
"Guys…" I whined. Mello got up and patted me on the head.
"Don't worry. We won't talk about it….maybe…" I gave him a small glare. "Anyway, get packing. You too Matt."
We blinked. "Why?"
"We're going to Japan."
"Eh? Again?" Matt whined.
"Since when were you guys in Japan?" I asked.
"We went there to look for you, but we couldn't. We sort of…gave up and decided to chase Kira instead." Mello said.
"You don't care much about me, do you?" I frowned. "All you care about is Kira and chocolate…and Near…" I chuckled.
Mello grabbed me and gave me a noogie. "Would you like to repeat that?" he asked with a wicked smile. Matt took me away from Mello and gave me a protective embrace.
"Mine." He hissed. I turned pink. Mello growled.
"Make her take back what she said." Matt turned away. "Matt…" He sighed, knowing he couldn't disobey his best friend any longer.
"Rhythm. Apologize to him." He said. I sighed.
"Sorry…" Mello smirked triumphantly and walked away, happy that he had won. I tried walking too, but Matt was still hugging me. "Matt.. could you let go…?"
"I could…but I won't…" There was a knock on the door.
"I got it!" I yelled and ran away from Matt. I opened the door. "Hi-"
I was cut off when I saw the person: a woman about 29 years old with platinum blond hair and icy blue eyes stared down at me. "Who are you…?" Mello came out of the room and stared t the person who just entered with wide eyes.
"You-"
"Is your name Rhythm?" she asked. I slowly nodded. She talked into a hidden speaker. "N. I found her."
"Good. You may bring her now."
"Miss Rhythm." You're coming with me." the woman said and grabbed my arm. When I tried to escape, she threw me over her shoulder.
"Hey! What the hell?! Put me down!" The woman spoke to a man that was hiding in the hallway.
"Target captured. You can show them the message now." The man nodded and walked to the apartment, carrying some laptop.
"Wait! What the hell do you think you're doing?! Let go of me!!!" I yelled. I looked up and saw Matt and Mello being held up by the man, who seemed to be showing them something. "Matt! Mello!"
-everyone arrives in front of a sparkling lake-
Voice: Ohohoho! Welcome to the Lake of Despair! –Demegawa appears looking like a fat bunny with a top hat and came-
Everyone: -twitches and hears someone yells out 'My eyes!'- …
Chouko: THIS is called the lake of despair? Is everything the opposite around here?
Demegawa: Ohohoho! Don't judge a book by its cover young lady! If you want to make it to the other side, you'll have to cross this here lake! So, go on. –came grows bigger- Go ahead and take a… dip! –pushes everyone in water with the cane-
Everyone: -realizing they can't swim back up; bright light shines in the bottom-
Demegawa: Hehehe…I wish you all a safe trip back to sanity…if you can make it... -gets out a phone from his hat- Hello? Yes. They just entered the lake. Get ready for the first challenge. The knives? –smiles- Yes. Bring them out.