Moth: Yay! Mello and Matt finally make an appearance ! Mells I love you! :) So, yeah just review :P constructive feed back would be lovely. I'm not sure how many more chapters there should be of this, but oh well! Enjoy! :)
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I was so jet lagged. Matt had spent the entire time playing hid video game, while I had nothing to do. Magazine after magazine, cloud after cloud, and thought after thought. I really wanted this entire process to be over. I wanted to get Light, catch Kira, and not have to worry bout anything.

"Hey…Akira, or whatever your name is, are you okay?" Matt asked raising an eyebrow. I turned to him and chewed on my lip for a second.

"Huh? Oh, yeah I'm fine." I said flatly. I didn't even care right now that he called me the wrong name. I rubbed my eyes and stretched as we walked outside of the airport. "Did you get in contact with Mello?" I asked feeling a little burst of energy run through my veins.

"Mhmm. We have to go to his building, that's what he demanded, and I'd do what Mello says if I were you." At this point I was ready to strangle someone. I was extremely tired and I needed real good nights sleep, but I wouldn't get that until I got through persuading Mello to follow Matt and I to wherever L and the others were.

"And where might Mello be?" I asked running my fingers through my hair. He hummed an 'I don't know' and continued playing his video game. "Matt, please make this easier for me. I am really tried, and I'm getting cranky." He looked up from his game and just as he was reaching for his phone, it rang.

"Hello? Oh..yeah hold on." He handed the phone to me.

"Uhm, hello?" I said.

"So, I hear you need to know where I am, and obtain me. Please explain why."

"First off, who is this?"

"Who the hell do you think, it's Mello. Anyway, care to explain why you need me?" I heard him eat something and I looked at Matt, who had gone back to playing his video game and smoking a cigarette.

"I can't tell you right, now, too many people are listening in, and well it's kind of private. Matt already knows why I went and got him, and why I'm getting you. Look, someone you might think who's dead, really isn't." I said letting those words sink in. I need to stop spilling the beans, and actually take control, it'll get me in trouble one day.

"Give Matt the phone back." He demanded. I poked Matt's shoulder and shoved the phone towards him. I tapped my feet on the ground and looked around. How did I get here? How did this all happen? Why didn't Light just kill me when he had the chance? He had a million chances Arika! Then why the hell didn't he follow through with it? Well…since he waited, you sort of became his girlfriend, and you two spent a lot of time together. If all of a sudden you died, then everyone would've guessed it was him who was kira. True. The evidence is right there, and L knows it, I know it, but the others just don't.

"Ey, Arika, Mello wants to talk to you again." I stopped thinking and took the phone from Matt's hands.

"Yeah?"

"I'll allow you to come and talk with me, and if I can fully understand this, then maybe I'll come with you, but if I don't, you can't tell anyone where we are, got it?" Is he really going to give me a hard time? By now my argument was: whatever.

"Sure thing. Does Matt know your whereabouts?" I asked.

"Yes."

"All right." He hung up and I handed the phone back to Matt who finally put his video game away.

"We're walking there." He said.

"What?" I asked.

"Hey, I'm not an outdoorsy person either, but I can't tell anyone where Mello and the mafia are, or else he'll be pissed off." I groaned lightly.

"How far is it?"

"Only a few miles, so lets start walking, yay!" he said sarcastically.

"Ha…yeah…yay…" I said the same way. I pulled my hair a little bit and followed him. Call Misa and make sure she's okay. I wished that I could tell if she fine some other way, but unfortunately no. Japan was 16 hours ahead. How was I supposed to get in contact with Misa right now, maybe I better wait.

"Would you hurry up? Gosh, you're slower than me." Matt taunted. I burst into a sprint and caught up to him.

"Happy?" I asked sassily. "I'm not. Ugh…" I know I'm complaining, but this is the most lack of sleep I've had in forever." He flicked my nose as I looked at him and I did the same thing back.

"It's not that far, come on, I'll try and be social and make time pass." Matt put another cigarette in his mouth and lit it.

"How are we gonna do that? I can't stop thinking of walking. I really don't like it." He snickered.

"Who does? Trust me, if I had my own car, we'd be driving there instead of walking. How long have you known L for?" he asked.

"Didn't we go over this already?" I asked looking at him. He shrugged. "Well for a while, not that long, but a while."

"Why do you like him?" Matt asked.

"First of all, he is 100% adorable, but there is something deeper. I'm not sure many people could've done what he did to find out who kira was. He's also very different than many of the people I've met in my life. It's not always good to meet and interact with the same kinds of people, in my opinion it gets annoying." I stopped talking and walking. I looked at Matt who continued, until he realized I had ceased.

"Are you okay?" he asked. Matt was the first real person I could talk to, and explaining all of this to him felt a little…weird. "Uh, Arika, you're kind of scaring me."

"S-Sorry Matt, but I don't mean to get a little too…touchy feely or whatever the hell it really is, but it's been hard for a while. I haven't someone to tall to, like talk to, in a long time." I felt really embarrassed.

"Oh…" He said uncomfortably. "Well…I'm sorry I guess. I mean you can tell me anything, but I don't think I'll have much to say." I wanted to indulge in this opportunity to discuss everything, everything that I had been holding in for so long, but I couldn't put that much on a 19 year old boy.


"What am I supposed to say? Everything? Matt, I wasn't even supposed to tell you anything. I broke a promise I made to L and I feel horrible."

"If he truly cares about you, he's not gonna mind. He can figure out that you did this to help him, no say what you need to say." I followed Matt as we entered a really gross deserted building.

"Did he tell you where he'd be?" I asked softly.

"Stop worrying. Look, I got you through walking here, and I'm pretty sure I'll be able to get him to come with us, all right? Just trust me." It's been a while since i heard that word, 'trust' and actually 'trusted' a lot of people. My parents I trust, Takayuki I trust, and L I trust. Matt was getting there, and we'd have to see about Mello. We came to a room where there were about a few people, I'd say two girls, and five boys. They didn't look like they were doing much. "Mello?" Matt finally said.

"Hey! Who the hell are they?" one of the guys asked crudely. I hid behind Matt, holding onto him.

"It's fine. Hi Matt. So where is this girl that wants to talk to me?" Mello asked. Really…now my confidence decides o leave me? Lovely! I stepped next to Matt and cleared my throat looking at the blonde haired blue eyed boy. I saw him raise his eyebrow and eat a piece of chocolate. "You, what do you want?" I really doubted any of the people in this room would say anything about L being alive, but I needed to be 100% sure we were safe.

"I need to talk to you alone Mello." I stated.

"Do you now? What is it that you need to say you can't say in front of everyone else? Hmm?" I was about to smart mouth Mello, but Matt stopped me.

"Mello, just let her talk to you alone. It's actually very serious." Mello grunted and stood up. He was about an inch taller than Matt, and a good three inches taller than me. He walked over to us in his leather attire. He grabbed my arm and pulled me into a room.

"Can you not pull me please? A 'follow me' would've been better." I stated. Mello shut the door behind us and leaned up against the wall.

"We're alone now, what is it that is so important?" he asked. Forgive me L, but this is for you.

"L isn't dead." I said looking down at the ground and then at him. He dropped his chocolate bar, as well as his smug look. He pulled a gun out from behind him and pointed it at me, and I flinched in fear.

"I don't know who the hell you are, but don't lie to me!" he screamed. "Don't lie to me! L is dead! I heard that L was dead! What the hell are you trying to do?" Mello was getting upset.

"I'm not lying. L is not dead. I told him and Watari to fake their deaths for a good reason; kira was going to kill L." Mello was shaking and his teeth were gritted together.

"I can shoot you and your games of weird ass shit will be over, what the hell kind of prank are you pulling on me?"

"MELLO! This is no game or anything. L told me to come get you and Matt, okay? What more do you want me to do to prove to you that this is all true? If you come with me I promise that you can see that this is all true and I'm not lying. I wasn't even supposed to tell you or Matt why I came and got you. I broke a huge promise to L, and now I don't even trust myself, but you have to believe me on this." Mello stared at me and I stared back. He gripped his gun tightly as we continued to stare.

"Why….why should I believe you?" He asked softly.

"Because…I'm a very close friend of L's. I wasn't just sent here without notice. No, I was contacted by L himself and he instructed me to come and get the two of you." Mello lowered his gun at me and dropped it.

"She's right Mello." I heard Matt's voice. The two of us looked over at the video gamer. "Trust me, I didn't believe her one bit. Roger said she was legit." Mello looked at the ground and then at Matt and I.

"Mello, I promise you that I'm not lying. Don't you want to get rid of kira?" I asked.

"More than anything in the world. I'll do anything to beat Near to the finish line." I sighed and looked at him.

Once we got Mello to come with us, the three of us stood outside of Mello's building. The phone L had sent me vibrated.

"L?" I said.

"Yes, I notice you've gotten in contact with Mello and are currently with him."

"Yes I am. What do we do now?" I asked a little embarrassed.

"I'm letting you take a day's rest of flying all around half the world, okay? I sense you're a little high strung and exhausted. Tomorrow I need you on the earliest flight to New York."

"New York?" I asked.

"Mhm. Watari will meet you, but do not make it obvious it is Watari. Until then, I want you to rest, okay? I need your intelligent mind when you get here Arika, okay? Try and hang in there with Mello and Matt, they can't give you a hard time." I rolled my eyes and looked at the two. They were sitting on the curb.

"I beg to differ, but I'll do my best. L I need to tell you something." I said turning away from Mello and Matt.

"Oh? What is it?" he asked. I bit my lower lip and tapped my foot and looked at nothing.

"I'm so sorry, but I told Mello and Matt why I came and got them. I never meant to tell them, but I wasn't sure how else to get them to come with me. I know you told me not to say a word, but I made them swear that they wouldn't say anything out loud. L, I'm really sorry." My voice was breaking and I figured that this would set me back a few steps with him.

"No, don't be sorry. You did what you had to do. There were specific reasons why I didn't want you to tell them why, but I'm happy enough that they are both with you, and that you three are safe. I'm not 100% mad, just a little annoyed. I'll see you soon Arika, okay?"

"Okay." I said shakily.

"Angel, don't be upset. You did nothing wrong. Just be safe, okay?"

"I will."

"I love you."

"I love you too." We hung up and I turned towards Mello and Matt who were whispering. "So what are you two gossiping like school girls about?"

"Nothing. So, what are we supposed to do?" Mello asked standing up.

"Anything. We have to be on a plane to New York tomorrow. Just take it easy until then I guess." I stated. This would soon be over, and getting back the kira case would come soon, I couldn't wait.