Ha, okay. This is another one that Emiliah came up with. That, and I came up with the story line while I was washing my face.

weird, I know :D

Without firther ado, here's the next story!

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Why were they in a pet store?

Mello wanted to bash his head against the wall a few, oh say, thousand times. The puppys were yelping, the birds were squaking and even the normally quiet cats were meowing at the top of their tiny lungs. Matt wanted a pet, but why oh why did Mello have to come along? (A/n:Because it makes the story interesting?) Matt said he couldn't decide without him. Augh.

"So, what can I do for you boys?"

Mello focused onto the older man at the counter. Poor guy was probably deaf by now. Matt spoke up first, "Well, we wanted to get a pet, but nothing loud or annoying if you get my driff..."

"Ah, I see." The older gentleman was eyeing Mello now.

He walked off into the other room and grabbed some items off the shelves. "Nothing poisonous either!" Mello called back.

Matt looked over at me. "What fun is that?"

"I'm not dieing because you wanted some 'fun', Matt"

Matt glanced down at the floor and hummed. The shop keeper was finally back. He was carrying a glass container which contained a small castle and some colorful rocks. "Will a pretty fish do?"

"Yeah! Great idea!" Matt practicaly skipped back to the aquarium.

As Mello walked back to join his red-head friend, he took a look at the other animals. Noisy little things. "Come on, Mel, come help!" Matt called.

"Coming!" Mello shouted back.

There were some funny looking fish with pointed tails, some blue fish with spots, and some were orange and large. Matt was prodding at the betta fishes in the corner, and the white, black, and yellow fishes were what caught Mello's eye. He walked over slowly, and bent down to get a better look. In the tank, there were also some dark brown fishes and snails. "Hey Matt, look at these."

Matt bent down to look and grinned. "That one is cute." he was pointing at a large-tailed striped fish that was basicaly black and white, but had enough yellow on it to make it unique.

The man at the counter walked over and scooped the fish up. He placed it in the already made fish bowl and handed it to Mello. "Here you go! That'll be five bucks"

They paided for the new found friend, and then got into the car. When they reached the apartment, Matt was almost running to get into the house with the fish. It made Mello laugh to see the joy in his eyes. Maybe pets weren't so bad. "What should we name it?"

"I dunno Matt..."

"I KNOW! Let's name 'em Near!"

Mello glared at Matt, "Not unless you want a dead fishy..."

"Fiiiine. I was just kidding..."

"Let's combine our names! Malto? Melt? Matlo?" Mello was practicaly laughing so hard that he was about to keel over.

"No...um...wait, I got it!"

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CLIIIIIIIFFHANGER!

Because I have no ideas for a name. ufufufufufufu

Heeeeelp!