Sonar: Yeah. I guess it is. I wanted to bend the plot a bit, I guess. Hey, at least another person's on the real L team! Weellll…Idk for my own opinion. (I don't know anything Dx). I think I really am copying most of the words, just making them shorter because I'm lazy. –sweatdrop-
Katherine-The-Crowned: I know. At first, I was about to let Mogi find out, but he had to watch Misa. And then there was Matsu-chan, but then his hyperness and his preference over Light than Rhythm got in the way, so…Ide won by default! It was a good decision though, since he and Aizawa are good at keeping secrets. ^.~
xXxDamienMaslinxXx: Kekeke…I am so evil. I feel happy! ^^ Hmm…-looks over the plan with starry eyes- I'm already on it! Ninja loompas! ATTACK!!!! xD –laughs like a maniac as Light is being tied up and thrown to the oompa loompa king-
xXImmortalsxDiceXx: Lol. I know. Mello ish back! :D OMG! You better run Mello-kun. L's scythe has the power to melt choclate. xD Lol. I feel hyper too(sadly, I cannot disrupt the peace or else I might have the computer taken away from me again T-T). I'll put fluffiness later on after Rhythm hopefully saves Matt and Mello. But for now…-pushes the couple together, making them kiss(and Matt's enjoying it ;D)- Hope that's enough for now. ^^
Madeline Cullen: Don't worry. Matt's going to come in the next one or two chapters. They are funny. Especially Matsu-chan. xD I loved him when he was acting drunk. I wish I can fake my own death(that way, I can secretly runaway and live in the Wammy's house!). ^^ -sighs- God I'm such a fangirl. –sweatdrop-
Yorukifon: Good point. I should've made her eaten some, and then throw the remains at someone's mean face xD (preferably at this icky girl in some of my classes. She's a real –insert a lot of curse words-)…-sweatdrop-
Arisa Amane: Yeah…Mello's…alive…for now…-shifty eyes- lol. Jk, I won't kill. He's too sexy for death! Takada didn't kill him! He's right here, see? –glomps Mello- Yup. Rhythm is a baka desu. But that's why I loves her~!!! –glomps- Lol. I'm in a glomping mood! ME LOVES YOU TOO~!!! –the ultimate glomp- x3
Chibi Fox-chan: I think you know what's going to happen next…-evil smirk- What's going to happen next is…RANDOM EVIL DANCING NINJA PEOPLE TIME!!!!! xD Yatta!!! –dances along-
Mello:…ugh…Matty…? -chained on a cross-
Shadow: Darn…you weren't supposed to wake up yet…-pouts-
Matt: M-mello!! –glares at Shadow- You bastard!
Shadow: -glares back- I'm a girl dumbass!! –smirks- Besides, at least I didn't kill him…yet…
Chouko: What did you do with L and the others then?!
Shadow: U-um…well…-swaying and looking down- You might say…they're also in the same situation as Mello…but somewhere else…?
Reality felt like it froze for a while until Aizawa defrosted it. Why did he have to do that?
"R-rhythm…what are you doing here? I thought Ide said…"
"Err…" I tackled him to the floor. "Near! Rester!!! Go run for it!!" I yelled as I tried to stop Aizawa from getting away. Near sighed, twirling his hair in annoyance.
"Rhythm. Mr. Aizawa is here because we invited him here…unlike you who never checked to see if you were being followed." I sweatdropped a little as Aizawa finally got away. I muttered an apology as he brushed himself off.
"What are you doing here? I thought Ide said you weren't working with Near."
"To tell you the truth, Mr. Aizawa…" Near started. "I convinced Mr. Ide not to tell you about Rhythm working for us."
"Ide did…?"
"Yes…" He said, fiddling with the Kira finger puppet. "Now, before Rhythm came, what did you want to talk about?"
He blinked before straightening himself out. "I believe what you said. L and Takada have been having meeting each other."
"We know."
"…then what about this? They've been secretly writing notes. I confirmed it-"
"Mr. Aizawa." Near interrupted. "I suggest you to not take any unnecessary actions on your own like Rhythm does."
"Hey!" I yelled. He ignored me and continued on.
"This isn't really the time you should give out info against Kira and hopefully confront him." He began twisting Kira's rubbery head. "We have to corner him in a dead end. This is a perfect way to defeat him."
"Wait, that's seriously all you're doing? Just cornering him?" I asked, confused.
"We'll talk about this later. Right now, we have a guest." He staid and turned to Afro-man. "Mr. Aizawa. I'm going to be honest with you. You and the Task Force are no longer needed." Aizawa and I gasped.
"Does that mean I can quit again?" I asked, my hopes already up.
"No. We will still need you just in case if L tries to do anything." Crash. My hopes just fell down a flight of stairs and went to heaven. "Mr. Aizawa, you can still keep an eye on L if you want to capture Kira."
"Eh? That's it?"
"Yes. If you think that's not really useful, it is. In fact, I have already taken it into account as part of my plan, and I am hoping you are going to help me with this. And after that, I am hoping to let you be a witness of the ending of Kira." He squished the Kira doll. A few seconds later, he dropped it to the ground. "…on second thought...Rhythm…maybe you can drop out of the Task Force…"
"Eh?"
L was sitting on the floor, eating some blueberries and a cheesecake. I had to make him get a limit on the sweets, since Near might get suspicious on why my second 'shinigami' loves a lot of sweets like L.
I was sitting in the same position as L(I was bored), happily eating a bowl of rice and teriyaki chicken. Yay~! I hope Aizawa's finally telling everyone the truth now! I'm free! "Neh, Near. Like I said before, is cornering Kira really your whole plan?"
"…hm…somewhat…" he said, examining the puppets in front of him. "If you exclude saving Mello and Matt…"
I almost choked. "E-err…what do you mean-"
"Heartless told me back in New York." Bitch. "I know you may be angry with her, but she was a bit concerned about you. Anyways, that is why you can leave L and the others. It is very interesting. I had no idea you can see into the future."
"You can blame by dad." I said, stabbing the chicken with my fork. "But it only comes during my sleep, and I don't know when or how."
"I see."
"…so…" I started, trying to let out the awkwardness. "…how are we supposed to save them?"
"Hm…" he exchanged his puppets for a remote control robot. "…I haven't really thought it all out. Rester and I must stay here, and Gevaani still has to keep an eye on Mikami."
"What about Halle and Heartless?"
"They are the first people I think that may be able to help them…."
"But…?"
"I think that only one of them will survive." I stayed silent.
"…what if I also help too?" They blinked.
"…" Near started twirling his hair. "…that is a good idea…I'll think about it." I looked at him suspiciously. I don't know, his mood feels…hesitant. Wonder why?
The next day, I spent the whole time in Near's apartment(Woohoo!!). I was so happy that I didn't have to listen to another conversation, be under suspicion, or be yelled at by Light or Aizawa. But…Near seems to be the one doing that now. Sorta.
"Shinjita hikari wo mamori nuke risou no sekai ga hoshiin daro?
Uso wo koe ruyouna RIARU wo kanji tatakae
Onore no karada to sono subete wo sonzai hitei wa sasenai
Sora mo tobe nakatta na monai HERO wa namae wo teni suru ~!!!!"
Near groaned. "Rhythm. Please stop singing. We need to concentrate."
"But I feel so nyappy~!" I cheered with a big grin on my face, switching to another song on my iPod. I was using the couch as a stage and a hairbrush as my microphone. Being so joyful for not having to go and meet Light, this happened: I'm in my An Café mode to the max!
L clapped. "Yay…!" he cheered(he sounded funny when he did that).
"Thank you!!! Goodnight!!!" I yelled. I jumped on the back of the couch to step up higher, but my foot slipped and I landed on the floor. "Fuckin shit!!!" I screamed when my head collided on the cold hard wood. There was also a crash beside my head. I think I broke that that one porcelain vase too.
"Rhythm! Are you okay!??" Rester asked.
"Does it look like I'm okay?!! Ouch!! Shit…shit…fuck…" I mumbled as I rolled to my side and clutched my head.
"Y-you're bleeding!" Rester said. But his voice sounded like mumbles as I blacked out.
(Later on)
"E-ehh…? Do you think Rhythm-chan's going to be okay…?"
"She should. The fall wasn't that far."
"But she's not moving at all!!! What happens if she's dead?!?"
"Miss Amane, she's just unconscious. If you will, please go back to your room."
"No! Rhythm-chan is my friend! I won't go!!"
"Mr. Mogi, if you will?"
"Eh? Mochi!! Let me go!! Rhythm-chan!!! You can't die yet!!! What about your boyfriend?!! He'll miss yo-" Slam! A door shuts close.
"Hm…how did she know about Matt…?" The door opens.
"His name's Matt!??! Oh my gosh! I have to see him-"
"Misa-misa!!! Please!!" And the door shuts again. I groaned a little as the voices left. I had a major headache.
"Good. You're awake." A voice says. I force my eyes open and saw L just staring at me. My eyes widened as I flinch, but that just made the pain in my head worse.
"Rhythm. Are you okay?" I turn my head to see Near. "You fell on the floor and landed on your head. You were also bleeding too." That might explain why there were the bandages around my head.
"I am not okay…" I said as I slowly sat up. "How long have I been out?"
"Mm…about 5 to 6 hours. Mogi and Miss Amane have arrived 45 minutes ago."
"You already kidnapped them?!" My head was throbbing again. I laid back down.
"Yes. And I have spoken to L and the others too." He gave me a look. "You should know you are very lucky that the plan won't start for 24 days. Otherwise, I would've sent you back to Wammy's."
"Why would you send me back there- wait…plan?" I brightened. "So you figured out a way to save Matt and Mello?"
He let out a breath and started stacking dice on the table in front of him. "..yes. There is a way you could save them both. If Halle can reach the location where Mello will die, she might be able to let him get away. Mr. Yagami never said Mello's real name out loud, correct?" I nodded. "So then he is safe from the notebook. But, there may be another possible tactic Light will use to kill him, still using Takada."
"Okay…and what about Matt…?" I nervously asked.
"…." Near started twirling his hair. "…Matt…may be a problem…it won't be that easy to let him get away with all those gunman. And for him to not die, the timing must be precise. If it's even a second late, then he will die." I gulped.
"…what do I have to do?"
"You have to cause a distraction, or let Heartless or your other shinigami to do that." He said, pointing to the floating fork with a piece of cake. "But the distraction has to be big enough to confuse the bodyguards…so…I constructed this. Rester?"
The man nodded and got out a metal box. He placed it on the table next to Near's dice tower and opened it. In the container, was what looked like to be a 6 inched rocket launcher. I gasped. Are we supposed to make them explode into pieces or what?! "It's not what you think." Rester told me. "It's a smoke bomb launcher." I relaxed. When I was about to reach for it, Near slapped my hand away. I glared.
"You mustn't yet." He said. "I customized this, with the help of….someone…" I looked at him nervously(who's this someone?). "To make the smoke cover up an area of at least half a mile; big enough to cover up the street and make you get away safely. This is the only smoke bomb that can do this though, and it doesn't have any other ammo other than the one already inside. So there's only one chance of you to succeed, otherwise, you'll be gunned down too."
I nodded, staring at the weapon. My hands were feeling a bit sweaty from all of this 'you only have one chance' stuff.
"When using this, you have to shoot a few meters in the air, or, like I said, make one of the shinigami do that. When saving Matt, you also have to get close enough to grab him just as the bomb detonates, because there is a likely chance the guards will be shooting everywhere, even in the smoke. To be precautious, you will also be wearing a bullet-proof vest."
I leaned back on the couch, flinching as my wound bounced against it. "…can't there be any other way? I mean, this one is so complicated, it might not work."
"If Mello wasn't so stubborn, maybe it would be easier." Near said as he put the container back in its place. "But, I guess I must let him follow his own plan. It might be helpful for us later on, since there isn't any other reason for him to plan this." And with that, he placed his last die at the top of the building.
(6 days later)
It's been a while after what Near told me. Misa and Mogi are still with us, so sometimes I visited them to keep them company. And just to be (somewhat)nice…I also played a little dress up with Misa. It depended on my mood, and what clothes she chose for me. Eventually, we became pretty good friends.
My head injury is slowly recovering too. But there are those annoying scabs from that broken vase. I try taking them out, but my hair's blocking the way, and Rester and L keep scolding me for it. They say it's going to make me bleed more.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
I set down the gun on the counter and groaned. I missed all 3 targets. "You have to concentrate." Rester advised. He was training me on how to shoot accurately so I wouldn't mess up when saving Matt.
"How can I?! The targets are too small! Besides, I can just fire where ever I want! Why do I have to do this?"
"This is just in case if there's a tight space and it's going to be too hard to shoot! Since your shinigami will be occupied carrying you, they won't be able to shoot, so you have to be the one. This is so irritating...don't you want to save your boyfriend?" He sighed. I blushed.
"HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!!!" I yelled, my voice echoing throughout the room.
"Whatever. Just try again. You only have 18 days to practice."
"…" I thought about the vision and what Near said. I picked up the gun again and began shooting. "That's more than enough time for me…" I said plainly.
Bang!
After 3 whole days of wasting bullets, I barely made any progress. Sure, I made a few hits on the target, but I couldn't get a bulls eye. I sighed as I set the gun down to rest. I have 15 days left. I was now alone in target practice, well, except for L. Rester left because Near called for help after Gevanni completed something.
"Tell me…why is hard for me to get a damn bulls eye?" I asked him.
"I guess…you're being stressed out. You have been worrying too much about the success of Near's plan." He stated as he reloaded the revolver. He held out the gun with his index and thumb, the index above the trigger. When he made a shot, he got a bulls eye.
"Show off." I laughed as he set the weapon down.
"I am not showing off. Watari actually taught me. He was a very skilled sniper."
"Him? A sniper?" I asked, amused.
"Yes. He was." He handed me the gun. "Try to clear your head. Empty out your worrying and only focus on the target. Don't think about other things."
I sighed, closing my eyes and then reopened them. I held out the revolver again, trying to aim at the center of the target. 'Clear your head…focus…'
As soon as I said that, I pulled the trigger without thinking. My eyes widened when I wasn't really concentrating enough, but I gasped as there was a fresh new dent on the metal target. On the black dot. "Yay!!!!" I cheered, the gun falling to the counter.
L chuckled. "I knew you could do it."
Chouko: You asswipe!!
Shadow: -flinches by all the glares, even by Mello- It's not what you think! They are still alive. I didn't kill them yet….because of…well…her…-points to someone who was lurking in the shadows(and guess who it was?)-
Shadow: It was Shadow!!! xD see, I can have my own pun that's almost as awesome as Near's!
Matt: O.O …th-th…there's two of them?!!
Both Shadows: Yup! –smiles, sparkle sparkle-
Matsuda from somewhere: Hey…why did you steal my bishie trait…T~T –cries, sparkle sparkle-
