Shadow: -sigh- I swear. I think I need a break from typing. I've been typing chapters for all my stories nonstop with loads of homework and other stress things also in the background. So…I think I'll be taking two weeks off…might not look much, but it's enough for me. See you people in two weeks…I guess.
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xXImmortalsxDiceXx: Haha. Glad you liked the kiss. XD I'm so jealous of her too. I'm starting to regret getting her kidnapped though. Rhythm and Matt just got together(well, not officially…) and she suddenly gets kidnapped by Near… I might make the sheep protective(in a friend way). ^^; -shudders- DN Wonderland(I shall now call it) is too pure…it's hard to believe the killer even lives in that place. But yet...D
SpikeyGirl: The fluff actually made me go fangirly as I reread the chapter. I could imagine the scene in my head perfectly. /// Matt and the others will learn about Rhythm's mom later on…maybe when a memory is brought back…
Kaito Aozora: I don't really think the make out scene is that intense…is it? It's more like…intermediate-ish but a little more…Sanity is definitely NOT good. It's like... you're Mikami or something(no offense). And besides…you can't be normal forever. Someday you'll go psycho. Just like Light and Mikami! ^^
Madeline Cullen: Haha. I sorta thought Mello was like a stalker person in that chapter. He watched the whole scene sitting on a couch with a sly smirk and chocolate. xD Matt was so childish. Almost like Rhythm, even though she denies it a lot. She's like a little kid wanting to be an adult. And she's already 17. –sigh- I miss being a little kid. Good times. Good times…x]
Watergoddesskasey: Thank you! Cute fluffiness makes everyone feel happy! Especially when the fluffiness has a caring pervert like Matt. xD
Arisa Amane: When I was putting the short description of Demegawa, I accidentally really imagined him looking that. It was both scary and funny at the same time. He was doing the can-can! O.o Yes that was Halle and Rester. Well, if L didn't exist in Death Note, I'd just go to BB. But…I don't think he would exist if L didn't, huh? Hmm…oh who cares!? I'll still love all 5 Wammy Boys! ^w^
Midnight-child185: -sigh- Just when I ready to publish this chapter, you made me have to add this….-.-; look, like I said before to others, I know Rhythm's being a Mary sue. Trying my best on how to undo that(I actually thought of an idea, but it'll have to be on hold since I can't do it right away. Gotta make the plot flow, you know?). Kawai? I never said I would call it that, and if I did in the past, sorry if I forgot. That also goes for the 'sweet and lovely' thing. Since I really listen about what people say, I'll try to add more flaws on her if you think she's too good at everything. I wouldn't care that you wouldn't care you were being called an asparagus. It's not my problem. Oh yeah. And another thing. You may criticize me and my sense of writing, but you can't make fun of my readers saying they don't have any taste. They like this fanfic because they think it's awesome, funny, and cute(okay, there's the part where I called it cute. Happy?). They like how I write, even if it's not all perfect, and it's alright to them if I make some mistakes. At least they don't go all 'just because your story has a Mary-sue, it officially sucks(I'm using this one reason because I'm mostly being told this)'. Well, to me, Mary sues are okay, depending on how it is, and the people who have them usually have the interesting and funny fanfics. At least they like to be creative with what ever fanfic they make.
Everyone: -lands on soil again-
Shadow: -cough- Gahh… I couldn't breathe…
Chouko: Crap. I think I swallowed some of the water…How many times must we fall into things and appear somewhere else?!
Matt: I guess…a lot…
Voice: Hohoho…You all survived I see… well…your friend seems like she's going to die…-glances at Shadow who's rolling on the floor coughing-
Heartless: Well…she can't swim, after all(so true T-T).
Chouko: If that voice is Santa or Demegawa again…I'ma kill them…
Matsuda: -takes off top hat and sparkles fly everywhere- You're wrong! It's me!
Everyone: MATSUDA?!
Matsuda: Hey guys! Are you ready for the first challenge? –sparkle sparkle-
Shadow: -whispers to Rhythm- I think Matsuda's become more of a happy freak here than before- -cut off by a knife thrown between Rhythm and me by Matsu- O.O
Matsuda: -smiles- Now. –gets out a thousand knives- Let's begin the first round, shall we? –smirks-
"LET ME GO DAMMIT!!!" I yelled as I was being carried to some private jet. The woman sighed.
"Near was right…you really are a little kid…" she muttered.
"WHAT?! I AM NOT A KID!!!! HOW DARE THAT LITTLE BASTARD OF A SHEEP CALL ME THAT!!! I MEAN F-" A different hand covered my mouth.
"Please do not use foul language. It is very bad, and it will annoy us." A man in his 40's spoke and removed his hand.
I growled as the woman sighed. "Thank you Rester. I swear. This kid was driving me crazy."
"I'm not a kid!" I yelled. "Besides, where the he-" Rester gave me a look. "…heck…are you taking me?"
"New York."
"What?! Why?"
"Near wants to know more about the time when you were with Mello. He also wants to know if you're alright."
"Well, you could have just visited me and then tell him!"
"He wanted to see you in person." I pouted.
"I'm going to dye his hair and clothes black when I see him…" I grumbled as they carried me into the jet. As the plane was up in the air, L appeared.
"Ah. There you are. Heartless is eating her oranges outside the plane." He looked at the two people who were Near's assistants. "Oh. Are we going to visit Near-kun now?"
"What the hell is with you and Japanese suffixes?" I mumbled. Halle and Rester looked at me.
"Who are you talking to?" Halle asked.
"Your face, woman." I crossed my arms, refusing to speak.
"I have a name. It's Halle." She rolled her eyes.
"Well, I didn't know it before, so what else was I supposed to call you?" she and I glared.
"Hey." Rester broke up the little quarrel. "Who were you talking to-" He was cut off by beeping from the laptop. He opened it. "Yes Near?"
"Are you in the plane with Rhythm?"
"Yes. There was no trouble at all."
"No trouble my ass!" I yelled. "You guys freakin dragged me here!"
"Ah. Rhythm. Nice to see you."
"Once I get my hands on you, you'll even regret thinking of capturing me in the first place."
"It seems you rubbed off on Mello. Speaking of him…Rhythm…do you know any of his plans for Japan?"
"He was about to tell me until you showed up." I huffed.
"My apologies."
"Yeah, you better apologize for bringing me here!"
"Rhythm. Calm down." L said. I growled and crossed my arms. L gave a small smile. "I get it. You must be unhappy that you got separated by Matt so suddenly."
I turned pink and turned away, pretending I didn't hear that. "N-near…on second thought…thank you for bringing me to your place…I needed to get away from those two anyway…"
"Because Matt might try to make out with you again and you won't be able to handle it." L chuckled.
"U-um…please wake me up when we arrive?!" I stuttered and curled up in the seat, trying to hide my blush. Rester and Halle looked at me confusingly.
Poke. Poke.
I groaned and rolled on my stomach.
Poke. Poke. Poke.
I made my hand into a fist.
Poke. Poke. Po-
"STOP THAT DAMMIT!!!!!!!" I screamed and grabbed whose ever arm was poking me.
"Good to see you're awake…" Near mumbled, twirling his hair with his free hand.
"N-near…?" I wondered as I let go of him. That's when I noticed I could see him clearly. I quickly grabbed my face and tried to look for something. "Okay, which one of you bastards took my blindfold?!"
"You won't be needing that because you will be staying here for now on."
"You make it sound like I'm trapped in a prison or something…" I muttered and blinked when I got a good look of him. He looked the same 3 years before! "Why do you all look the same back then while I look like another person…?"
He ignored the comment and continued playing with his cars. "While you were at Mello's hideout, did you happen to see the shinigami of the Death note?"
"Say what? How did you learn about that?" I rubbed my eyes. The computers suddenly changed into Ls.
"Near. This is L." I heard Light say. I made a face.
"Near, if you brought me here to hear Kira's voice again, I'm leaving." I stood up, but Rester and some other dude blocked my way. I growled and sat back down to play with the cars too.
"L? May I ask why you are calling? I was just informed that Soichiro Yagami was just killed last night. Are you alright?"
"Not really…but as we brought Soichiro to the hospital, a piece of paper fell out of his jacket. It was a note, from Rhythm."
"Oh really?" Near looked at me. I slammed one of the cars into a building.
"Yes. And she said that she is with Mello right now. Shouldn't we try and-"
"Correction. She WAS with Mello." Rester grabbed the toy car from my hand before I got the chance to throw it.
"What? Was?"
"Yes…right now, she is playing with me." Near said and took out his action figures.
"P-playing with you…? Rhythm's there?"
"I'm going to…kill you…" I hissed. He simply ignored me and popped open the helmet of his alien soldier.
"Yes. And now she is very angry that I told you, so I must go." And with that, the screens were shut off. I growled.
"Near! Why did you do that?!!" I screamed. He was the only one who didn't flinch.
"It's to begin my new plan." He stated, placing the alien soldier and a reaper on his Lego bridge. "Since you were also suspecting Light Yagami to be Kira, I'm afraid I have to use you as…bait."
"Bait?" I repeated. I was handed some tarot cards. I looked at Rester confusingly.
"Those are Near's old ones, and you can't injure him with those anyway, so it's alright."
"I don't know dude…there are plenty of things I can make with cards…" I said and began building a house. "Anyway, how am I going to be of use to you?"
"You are the only person out of all of us Light has seen in person. If you go to Japan and revisit him, he will try to kill you immediately. He might use the second Kira, if possible."
"So you're going to sacrifice me in order to uncover him? That's a little harsh…" I crossed my arms, which made my house of cards fall apart. "…crap…"
"You won't get killed…if you have your shinigami with you." I froze. He turned to me. "You don't have to hide it from us Rhythm. I know a shinigami is attached to you. Ever since the day I contacted Light and the others." I stayed silent and Near gave a little smirk. "I see. So I'm right…if that's the case, may I see him?"
"I'm a girl, idiot." Heartless grumbled. I looked at her.
"Can you show yourself then? To keep me alive?" She stayed silent and twitched as I did sparkly puppy eyes. "Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeea-"
"Okay dammit! Just shut up with the pleeeeease thing. It's annoying as hell." She yelled. I smiled and gave a victory cheer. She handed me the notebook, but her eyes widened for a second.
"Thank you!" I said. She silently nodded and looked at me as I handed the notebook to Near.
"So this is the notebook…?" he mumbled and looked up. Heartless gave an unsure waved. "So shinigami really exist… if I can remember…your name is…Lillian?"
"It's Heartless, and I'm a girl, idiotic twit."
"She's usually like that. Don't mind her." I chuckled.
"But who is this Lillian then? Unless…you have another god of death with you?" Everyone looked at me with wide eyes.
"Two shinigami…is that even possible?"
"Lillian's sorta like Heartless, annoying and idiotic, but not a shinigami." I began folding up a tarot card into a paper airplane.
"What do you mean by that?" Near asked.
"Well, I could show you right now…" L shook his head. "But I don't have permission."
"Hey! Why do you need permission from him but not from me?!" Heartless whined.
"Because you have to obey Rhythm, Heartless." L bit his thumb. "And I still want to be kept a secret until my successors catch Kira."
"That might take a long time though…" I sighed and threw the mini airplane. Unfortunately, it fell down right after it was thrown and almost hit Heartless in the eye.
"Watch it!" she grumbled. She picked up the tarot plane and began fixing it. "Anyway, how am I supposed to help not get this runt killed?" I glared at her.
"Before we begin, how are you attached to Rhythm?"
"I'm supposed to be her guardian, or something like that."
"Is that how she was able to see you?"
"Something like that…" we mumbled, then glared. Near suppressed his little laugh as I glanced at him.
"What?" He shook his head and immediately went emotionless, but kept a small smile.
"Nothing. It just seems…you and your shinigami are a bit similar." He twirled a lock of his hair. "Anyway, Gevanni, can you upload the file?"
He nodded and rapidly typed something on the keyboard. On the large screen in front of him, many files opened by themselves. The one in the middle was the largest and my eyes widened as I read it.
"File D…Plan Death…?" Heartless's eyes narrowed as she looked above my head.
Matusda: Now, the first round begins like this: each of you 5 will be handed 2 katanas, 2 butcher knives, 10 pocket blades(insert Rhythm cheer), 25 kunai and shuriken, some rope, and a lighter.
Shadow: Wait…there are 6 of us…
Matsuda: Oh. I forgot. Since you're a shinigami, and we need an odd number for this round, I'm afraid you'll have to go… -evil smile-
Heartless: Say wha- -shackles come out from ground and brings Heartless under- YOU HUMAN LITTLE BAS-
Everyone: O.O
Matsuda: Now…with that out of the way…let's begin the first round! ^^ Are there any questions? –sees Chouko raises hand- Yes?
Chouko: What's the whole point of this?
Matsuda: Oh right! I forgot to tell you the rules! Sorry. ^^ -scratches head- You can say this game is like manhunt…? Some of you people call it? But you can work alone. If you form into groups, not all of you can join up. One out of the 5 has to be left out. And it'll be very unfortunate for that person…-small chuckle- The game will end until one person is gone before tomorrow's sunrise(it's 6 at night, so about 12 or 14 hours). But if all 5 are you are still alive, you will still proceed to the next challenge, and none of you will be taken away like that shinigami. Hopefully…now…Begin! –claps hands and disappears in a puff of smoke-