Kira Revolution

Defeated

Me : I got the title from Anastacia's song. I guess that you all can understand why the title's put here.

Mello : If it's because of what I think it is , you're so dead !

Me : I've heard that before. -_-

"Sidoh."

The coccoon-like Shinigami turned around , only to widen his eyes in fear of the more human-like death god.

"Shado ! My old friend ! Long time no see !" he exclaimed fearfully , and earned a hiss from the other's part.

"What are you doing here ?"

Amidst the darkness of a remote alley , stood the two ghastly beings , Shado sitting on a garbage bin in his usual aloof way while the other one named Sidoh trembling in a corner under the presence of his superior, as he stuttered his excuse.

"I see." Shado said , calmly assesing the situation. "You've lost your Note and Ryuk has it...Fancy that , and I was wondering where the Hell did he find a second one." He silenced outwardly , but not in his dark inner world.

'Should things turn out fortunately , there will be one less threat in the Human World. But wait ... which notebook is the one that L-wannabe Yagami traded for his sis ? 'Cause if it's Sidoh's here...'

"So , Shado-senpai..." the lowly creature mumbled "Will you help me find it ...?"

Shado stood up , towering in front of him , and the other cowered back in fear. "Why should I ?" he wondered cruelly.

"B-Because !" he shouted , pleading and begging knelt in front of his superior "My life's cut short ! I'll soon die ! Please spare me , I need to live ! It's unfair !"

The ghastly being shook his head with closed eyes and said as he walked away "Life's unfair."

"Ow , c'mon !" he shouted "Don't do like this , senpai !"

Shado grimaced , irritated. "Alright , alright ! I'll help you find the God-forsaken notebook !" Before Sidoh could smile in triumph , Shado's expression changed to a malevolent smirk .

"But only if you do as I say ...!"

Grave silence spread all over the hall . After the death of most SPK members , everything seemed to be quieter than before , although such thing seemed impossible. No one had any liking into speaking of other things but their duties , and to her , it was better that way. If it were as such , they could finally focus entirely on their main objective ; the anhiliation of Kira.

"N."

Alice , who was leaning against the desk with crossed arms , closed her eyes. 'Speak of the devil.'

Lester took the initiative to press the button of the intercome , and Near said "Yes ? Is anything the problem , L ?"

"I want to have a word with Alice."

With the corner of her eyes , she saw Halle and Gevanni look to her with a gulp as she walked to Near and Lester and brought the speaker to her. "I prefer we talk in the formal way , Fake L Number Two. From now on , you're expected to call me L."

The voice growled . "Sure , now listen to me !"

She turned away to look at the monitors with the sedate frown always plastered on her beautiful face. "What is it ."

"We're taking the initiative to raid Mello's hideout."

Silence...

Eyes widened , her cuffed fists curled on the desk with hidden anger. "What the Hell are you saying ." she demanded. "I've told you to leave Mello in my responsibilities."

"That's exactly why we're doing this raid. We can't afford to lose any time with you in authority of this. The notebook's necessary to us ."

"To you you mean."

"There's no point in accusing me, Alice. And to tell you the truth ," His voice was laced with sarcasm as he said slowly , careful to drop every word venomously "It seems to me you want to protect Mello...!"

Alice said nothing , silently and inwardly fuming . 'It's true , I need Mello alive for him to help me with this. I can't have Light and the former Task Force attack him. It may lure him outside his hideout for once , but the percent is 50 , of whether he'll die or live. There must be an other way ...'

Suddenly , it striked her. "Where did you find his location ."

Light replied immediately. "Kira. He contacted Subdirector Yagami and revealed to him , he'll kill all Mafia members today night."

"Is-that-so." she said sharply. Her eyebrows furrowed as she pondered on the facts. 'Let me bet on this ... Could it be that he used the Death Note to do something ? Using the Note is the only thing Yagami can do, aside using his subordinates. But how did he get the adress ?'

Her eyes were fixed on the multiple screens around her , Halle , Gevanni , Lester and Near starring at her , waiting for her to say something , but she completely ignored them. She inhaled so quietly you'd never believe she could breathe and said matter-of-factly , "Fine , you're allowed to do this. Though I doubt you ever needed my approval."

"You're right ... As always."

With Light hanging up , Near eyed her suspiciously and patiently asked , "You've something planned , Alice ?"

She kept observing the screens , as though something interesting was taking place there. "Sort of." she said firmly. The boy's look became more prominent with thought , when she said , "Who's that guy , Shado ?"

"Huh ?" they did, and turned around the other side to see the now familiar Shinigami next to a disgusting creature , that resembled a mummified coccoon. Something similar to a beak or an moth's mouth was just below his small eyes , sharp teeth preturbing from it , and coming out of what looked like ragged cloth , were many legs , like those of bugs. Unlike the members of the SPK and Near, who were completely oblivious and confused by hearing the girl refer to something invisible, Alice was eyeing it in scorny and bossy calmness.

"You know we're full of Shinigami nowadays." she said darkly "Why have you brought him here ?"

The Death God gasped and dashed behind Shado, eyeing Alice in disdain. "Wh-What's with this female human ?" came his trembling croak "She's scaaaaary !"

A silly sweatdrop ran down the back of Shado's head , and he eyed the low-rank Shinigami incredulously, before turning to his friend. "He's Sidoh , and he offered to help us."

They stood silent for some time to take it in , but Alice said tonelessly, "Hm. What's his story."

Now , a riddlish wide grin crossed his face , as he said darkly , "He's the real owner of Kira's Death Note !"

Surprise flitted quickly through Near's eyes, and he turned to Alice , only to see the same fast reaction. "Alice. " he said calmly "You do see to what benefit we can use this ."

The girl nodded , allowing herself to indulge in a cunning gleam of triumph.

The eerie smoke of night spread over the desolate area. With the rubbish and burnt cars , it resembled a vast dump. Among the dropped cans and heaped up metals , only a small building was seen in the distance , but no sign of life seemed to exist . Four dim lights in each of the entrances welcomed the outside world in the alluring darkness of the building ...But anyone sane would never even stomp his foot in that den of the worst of the worst.

A lone shadow slipped through the walls , with it remaining to the eyes of outsiders just a mirage .

Below the orange lights of the underground room , where only fingers typing on a computer or quiet girlish giggles echoed in the silence , all remaining members of the Mafia had gathered , each one of them on his own post , with Neylon being the one responsible of the devices and Ross cuddling his girls. But the one serious and sullen , was the blond young man whose thoughtful gaze roamed on the pages of a black notebook.

With no one noticing a thing , the moth-like creature slipped into the room and eyed the gathering with an incredulous yet curious look.

'They're gonna have to be able to see me before I can even talk to them ! What a drag...' Sidoh thought wearily and eyed each one of them distractedly. 'That scary human , she said I had to come here to get my notebook back ! So I must only watch what they're doing and help them in every way I can ? Or not help them ...? Ow , so tiring to think over this again ! What did she say ?'

"Understood , Sidoh ?" the sullen girl asked and her frown hardened when the Shinigami hang his head to the side . Near looked up to her with that little smirk of his curving on his lips, expectations of her breaking down dominating his mind. With a swirl of his eyes , in disdain , Shado eyed his inferior incredulously.

'Man , you'd better not piss her now than ever !'

"Let me explain this one more time ." Alice said evenly , her hands curled into fists on the desk with the Gundam models lying on it. Her piercing gaze fixed on him , Sidoh couldn't help but shiver fearfully.

"You'll get into their Headquarters , there you'll find the notebook. The owner is right now a man going by the name Jack Neylon but his true name is Kal Snydar , you'll recognise him right away , he's the only glass wearer there. Your objective is to spy on them and notify them of the upcoming-"

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'...raid." Yes , that's what she said ! Oh , and she also said -'

' "The most important is to reveal my name to them. But make sure you claim me to be a man. And my name - I am L ." '

Sidoh's yellow eyes gazed at them , one by one , examining their shady appearance , all of them people he'd describe as 'scaaaary !' . The most glaring of all and perhaps the most fortunate one , was a large man with a bald head shinig under the light , next of whom , two girls purred on his toned muscles. Then there was that man , whom he'd recall , the human girl had called Mello , and according to her , he was the main of the main objectives, the one who should learn about the Task Force raid. But the one who caught his attention was the figure of a rather old man , the one typing on a computer. Dark blond strands of hair , united with each other from lack of a proper bath , were framing his wrinkled at places face , and a pair of round glasses was supported on his pointed nose. 'Snydar...'

'Looks like Snydar is really the owner right now. Guess I'll have to make him touch the notebook first. Oh well ...' With that menacing thought , he leaned down and extended one of his long arms to the notebook in Mello's hands , lifting it to the air .

Mello gasped and looked up at the flying on its own accord Death Note.

"Tag, you're it."

"Uh...the notebook just flew ...!" Mello said , his eyes widened.

Ross grinned with sarcasm. "It's a notebook that kills people , Hell , nothing surprises me any more !"

Out of the blue , a shrill scream torned the silence apart , causing them all to turn around and face the fallen on his butt Neylon , his trembling finger pointing at something or someone invisible ...

"Boss !" he cried loudly "Who is this ?! The guy in the freaky costume , who the Hell is he ?! Who brought him here ?!"

It wasn't sure whether the sight was either hilarious or annoying routine ; Sidoh didn't know which emerged victorious. "I came here on my own .." he explained , utterly bored. "I'm actually a Shinigami ..."

"A Shinigami ?!" the terrified thug exclaimed . He asked that with a trembling voice , a trait that shouldn't exist in the tough members of the Mafia. But right after, and to Sidoh's own surprise , he burst into manic laughter . "Ha...ahahahah !"

'Snydar's such a fool...' "If you don't want everyone to think you're crazy , pass the notebook around so they can see me too ."

Neylon reluctantly obeyed and breathed out , "He says you can see him if you touch the notebook !" He jerked up on his feet and cried again , "Please ! Everyone touch it , I swear I'm not crazy !"

They all stared at him , wondering whether he had lost his mind , and looked to each other in a loss for words. "Fine , whatever." Ross grumbled "C'mon , guys , touch the notebook."

The man handed it over and watched, as they all placed their hands on it . A silent moment passed before they took notice of the creature's presence , and they all breaked out into shocked yells , mixed with each other in a way you could only understand they wanted to kill him. They swiftly drew out their guns and shoot multiple times at the Shinigami , the loud bang and then the bullets clattering to the floor , echoing in the silence .

But the Shinigami was still there , oblivious to everything. "Nice try." he said slowly "You humans can't kill a Shinigami."

Surprise and fear coursed threw them , and Ross was the only one able to utter something , "Jack's right , that ain't no costume. That's a real life Shinigami ! So now what we do ?"

"Arisu-chan..."

The girl, sitting on the parapet of her dark room and getting lost amidst the L.A. lights of night, turned her head slowly towards the Shinigami before averting her eyes to the world below her room once again.

Shado's voice came apprehensive to her ears , "You seem thoughtful..."

"Always." she replied quietly. "But I'm more than that ... I'm worried."

He hang his head to his shoulder , lips parted , concerned. "Worried ? About what ?"

There came no answer. Only the motors' corn howled and filled in the gap of sounds , together with girlish laughters and the screech of cars on the asphalt. Alice parted her lips slowly , eyes hidden behind the strands of hair framing her face , the way she was gazing outside.

"Is it wise to entrust an airhead Shinigami with such task ?..." she wondered quietly "What if Mello...doesn't make it out of there ?..."

Shado pondered on this silently for a while , before inquiring , "Why are you so worried over him ? You haven't met him in your life ." At the sudden hesitation to answer flitting in her eyes, he arched an eyebrow.

"...Mello is one of the missing pieces of the puzzle."

"Huh ?"

Never before had he noticed how angelic did she sound when she was musing up to him like this ... A quiet voice , yet harsh in its reflection of her never stopping thoughts...

"Until they are all pieced together , L won't find peace ... If they come to be united , if I get both Mello and Near's help like he promised , then I will have every power to kill him...Kira...Yagami."

He arched an eyebrow . After all these days that passed since the genius detective's end, her soul , mind and heart were the ones who hadn't found peace from the clutches of the dark thoughts , commanding her to destroy Kira , avenge her love ...

And it frustrated him.

All incredulous eyes were watching as the Shinigami ate away greedily at the chocolate bar he held with his insect arms. The sight of the sharp and long teeth of his beak devouring the cocoa substance was frightening enough to make sweatdrops trickle down their necks.

"Chocolate is so goooood !" he purred but couldn't drown in delight , due to Ross shouting at him , commandingly ,

"Hey ! What about that stuff you told us , is it true ?"

Sidoh looked , annoyed , to the man leaning over the couch .

"If the person using the note fails to consecutively write names of people to be killed within thriteen days of each other , then the user will die. If you make this note unusable by tearing it up or burning it , all the humans who have touched the note 'till then will die. Are you saying those two rules are made up ?"

It must had been hard for Sidoh to give up eating for a second , as he hesitantly pried his teeth from the chocolate to say, "Oh yeah , those rules are definetely fake. My guess is some Shinigami wrote those down to joke before giving the notebook to a human." and began crunching again. His yellow eyes though were fixed on the young man , his face brimming with the excitement of what may this revelation mean.

'Oh right , I forgot about the scary female !'

"And there's more to it !" he said , enticing them to pay attention, and Mello was snapped abruptly out of his thoughts. "I was given the info that some guys called 'Task Force' will raid this place any hour now. And the order to help you out."

"Help us...?" muttered Neylon along with other thugs, and they looked to their leader "And a raid...?"

"It was inevitable that they'd come for us in the end." Ross grunted . They fell silent, the disgusting crunching sounding from the Shinigami, not paying any attention though , when...

"Who gave you the information ?"

Sidoh paused abruptly and looked to Mello curiously ; his voice was strong , he seemed tough , and 'scaaaaary' the way he was glaring at him with this pair of cruel blue eyes.

'Scary girl wanted him to ask that , eh ?'

"Some 'L' guy." he replied indifferently. What he didn't notice was the panic the name spread in the room, and the surprise in Mello's expression.

"L !?" Neylon shrieked "Then it's true , it was him indeed , on the phone !"

Ross rubbed his jaw with his fingers , his arms crossed to his wide chest. "Something stinks here...Why would L want to help a crime syndicate ?"

Amidst the silence that ensued , there only came the rash sound of a piece of chocolate being pulled from the bar, as Mello looked to the Shinigami. "Well then...." he muttered and then ordered harshly , "Sidoh ! Go keep watch outside !"

The cowardly Shinigami turned to Mello , only to freeze .

"It will be very convenient for us if you can't be seen by humans ! Go outside an keep watch ! Got it ?!"

'What's with the humans lately ...? They're so scaaaaary !'

The enormous building gave off this feeling of a hazardrous maze , where you could get lost in one of its long hallways ... each one of them with the same cold air. Every step you made, echoing in the distance, like an ever-lasting sound , ringing in your ears forever. Whenever you'd look outside , it was from behind a polished window, the glass separating you from the petty outside world. And whenever, you'd want to feel , there was no way you could , because simply , you should have realised already ; you're tangled in a murder case.

Like then , her steps on the staircase sounded loud and disturbing. She slowly walked down , her hands wrapping her coat around her , and was stopped by a voice coming from the large investigation room.

"Where are you going ?"

Alice pried her eyes to the immature nineteen year old , who was knelt on the floor, playing childishly with the lego pieces swarming the floor around him.

His onyx eyes , such a comfortable liar , hidden behind his unruly hair...

Too much and painfully like L ...

"The Task Force must have entered the hideout by now." he said evenly.

Her eyes closed , as she walked to the other staircase for the front door , collecting his words in her head.

"You're right."

Deadly silence dominated the area around the deserted building , in the basement of which, the gang of the most tough thieves had assembled. The majority of them were impatiently glancing around , as in wait of something dreaded to happen, the only calm one being the blond young man , Mello, lounging completely tranquil on the sofa as always but a shadow suspiciously covering his eyes....

And amidst the night , three manly voices broke the silence with their terrifying screams .

That was the signal they were waiting for...

The two thugs remaining jerked up to their feet through the electrical jolt given to them through their veins. Flinched , they turned to Mello in a loss for words, but the young man just half-closed his topaz eyes in spite , and pulled one more bite from his chocolate.

'So Kira's involved after all. I didn't think you'd go this far. My plan's supposed to be pefect ! Damn , what the Hell is Sidoh doing ?!'

"Mello !" one of the survivors shouted , desperate "L was right ! It's the raid !"

Everyone flinched as a bang came from afar and then a louder one , which only meant ... they were coming closer.

As they all started running inside their panic and yearning to be free from the disastrous situation , Mello rose up to his feet and ran with all his might towards the stairs , but remembered that something essential was missing...

He turned his head to the fallen corpse of his greatest but most foolish ally , Ross , and his eyes widened at the sight of the black murder weapon , trapped below the large body. "Roy , Skyer !" he breathed out, as he sprinted up the stairs "The notebook's under Ross' body ! Bring it to the surveillance room upstairs !"

The left duo stood silent for a second, then rushed to their leader's corpse , not noticing a small object on the floor , which was the cause of a great explosion .... They rose up to their feet and dashed up the stairs , but one of the raid team members threw an explosive right in front of them , trapping them into a cloud of dense smoke... It was too late to escape...

"Don't move !" they heard someone shout , and could barely see guns pointed at them . Coughing and not able to see , only the sound of bullets was heard and then the cold feeling piercing through their chests ...

The notebook flew from their hands and landed on the dirty floor...

One of the masked men lifted up the notebook and spoke to his headset , "L, we've apprehended two of the criminals. We've also been able to secure the notebook."

A younger sounding man added , "We'll begin withdrawing now."

The voice of 'L' buzzed in their ears , his response causing great surprise on them all , but not being able to talk back , they obeyed. All troops disparsed around the building , leaving the lone man holding onto the notebook to search on his own at a dim room with no source of light whatsoever.

He reluctantly proceeded into it , cursing the loud sound his heavy boots and gear were making , and stopped near the entrance to gaze around. From where he was standing and with every light shut , there was absolutely nothing but darkness... He switched on the small torch on the tip of his gun , and pointed it at different directions , ready to shoot in case the need comes. However , as he turned the light straight ahead , the only thing he could remember was a small tapping sound and then that of an explosion nearby...

The man tilted his head up in shock and was about to get out, when a voice came from the end of the shadows...

"Don't move !"

Fearful of the unexpected but with a courage surprising his own self , he pointed the light at the orgin of the imposing voice.

"I've already blown up the two entrances to this place. This will be your only warning. The next explosion will take out the entire building as well as all your men inside. So you better do as I say ."

Carefully , the man discarded his gun and mask to the floor , to reveal himself as the man who fell victim to the Mafia's orders to hand over the Death Note...

A blueish light glowed in the room , and a small chuckle came from where a young man with shoulder-length blonde hair was sitting on a desk , in front of about ten activated monitors.

"Yagami again, huh ?" Mello said and his voice was laced with pretending sarcasm. "Maybe I should've killed you when I had the chance. history repeats itself but I never dreamed in a million years that I'd be bargaining for the notebook with you again."

Soichiro Yagami's eyes fell on the small device he held on his one hand , ready to press the button with his finger just given the reason ... But just then, the eyes hidden behind the glasses rested on a place above the man's head.

"M I H A E L K E E H L" He stood still before sullenly declaring "Your real name, it's Mihael Keehl."

Mello's eyes widened in unexpectable surprise. Things weren't going as he planned... 'What the Hell !? How did he -'

"It's over , Mello." Yagami said in an all too kind for the circumstances voice "It's time to turn yourself in . If you give up , I won't kill you , you have my word on that."

Notebook pages flipped open, and Mello found himself starring at the pen in his pursuer's hand ... ready to touch the lined sheet of paper...

"You know how this works , I write your name and you will die." The young man stared at him , oblivious , and being greeted by his silence , he continued, "Let go of that trigger and put your hands in the air."

Mello grunted and bit his lip as he inwardly cursed the way fate spoiled his marvelous and extraordinarily perfect plans . He lowered his hand lightly and said quietly , "Yagami -" , but was stopped as the former police officer leaned more to the notebook and yelled ,

"Don't move !" The pen screeched on the notebook , indicating letters being scribbled... "I've written your first name and it will only take me a second to write your surname !"

None of them speaked furthermore , while the supposed criminal assessed the difficult situation , the conclusion he had come to being one dark action of malice at the brink of despair ...

"I'm truly sorry ." he said, and one emotion was genuine in his voice , remorse ...? "For what it's worth, I never wanted to kill you." The crystal blue eyes hid as he closed them with pity. His reactions were so riddlish, Yagami could only wonder ...

"But tell me Yagami-" Mello revealed the piercing blue again ... "You've never killed someone before , have you ?"

In a split second of time, coming from behind, a slide and then a clatter echoed, followed by the consecutive bullets hitting the pursuer straight to his back , chest , heart ...

Someone would come to realise the weight of his actions soon...

They say this happens only when you lose someone dear. When you get to see them go , and when you see them pass away in front your very eyes. When you feel something burning your cheeks and eyes, not knowing how to make it stop , stop forever and never bother you again ...

What happens though when you're the one sacrifing that loved one ?

There was a moan , followed by one louder . A thud , as the man fell on his knees to the floor . His eyes , widened behind the pair of glasses, looked to the sky in agony ... The bullets piercing through his flesh , despite all protective gear ...

Soichiro Yagami was lying on the floor , breathless , wordless , moaning in anguish was the only thing left to do... or more...

"Jose ! The notebook !" Mello ordered at the man responsible for the gunfire.

Doing as he said , Jose dashed to the fallen body and pulled the notebook rashly , but breathed out , "This guy ! He won't let go of that thing !" , seeing that it the man was holding it tight to his chest.

'Light...It's the least I can do now...'

Mello rushed next to him and put on the mask the shot man wore when he came in . "The son of a-" the other one yelled , giving a strong blow to Yagami's back.

All of a sudden , clattering steps came from outside and Mello looked from behind the mask helmet at the other troops storming in. The Mafia member turned his gun to the emerging men , when one of them landed a bullet to his chest , shoοting him back to the floor.

"Deputy Director !"

Amidst this panic , this rush of adrenaline pumping in each man's veins, there stood only one person, calm and untouched by the events around him. Holding his last option to victory, a detonator. All his men dropped dead, lying on the floor, his trophy of victory gone with the losses, could it be that this was ...

"It's all over, Mello ! Put your hands up and surrender !"

Their voices ... so distant ... so devastating to his absolute plan...

Mello turned his head to the side and pressed the trigger ...

Their threatening figures...so petty in front of his fantastic scheme !

Smoke of a bonfire emerged from the desolate building , engulfing everything into smoke...

Could it be that this was ...

His defeat ?

Lasting to eternity , no such thing exists in this unfair and cruel world. Other than the downpour of rain , a drizzle that developed to torrents, nothing in the cold streets of Los Angeles was perpetual...Perhaps one more ; the beeping of the cars' horns , but the most significant of all , the people swarming it , each one of them with his or her own story , painful , sad or joyful, treasured memories of a past left behind...

But the past scars you and in some cases , it remains marked on you forever.

Coming through the humid mist of the dark alleys, her steps echoed quietly as they stopped in the middle of the filthy road. She tilted her head up slowly , not annoyed at all by the raindrops fallling on her and trickling down her soft skin , soaking her long coat and her purple shoulder-length hair...

From within the shadows behind her , walked out a ghastly creature , whose silver eyes looked to her in dismay , the sight of her so thoughtful being the only thing that could ever hurt his heart , if he had any.

"Arisu-chan." Shado said quietly , afraid to spoil the silence. "If you want to kill him so much , why don't you write his name on the Death Note ?..."

No response came from her. Only the raindrops splashing on the filthy puddles filled in the vacancy of sound , until she said firmly , "So many reasons , I can't explain. If I do , I'll become what I was. I'll be using what he uses to kill people , what he used to kill L. And L-sama wouldn't want me to."

"You're right , he wouldn't want you to kill him ." he spat out "Wasn't it what he said ? He wanted you to move on ? You promised-"

"I never promised."

Shado widened his eyes . "What are you-"

What a brilliant master of deception was she , skillfully hiding her feelings behind that face of no expression...

"I never promise anything, because I know the chances of me keeping it are fifty percent, that is only half of one hundred. If I were to promise that particular person something I'm sure I'd never keep , I'd be the worst liar of the world and would even take my own life for the cost of it."

He shuddered involuntarily at her words that seemed like a deja vu of something as dark as now, she had said some while ago ...

"I've promised only one thing in my whole life , and that oath , I'll never take it back." she said darkly "I vowed to L's last words , I would kill his murderer and avenge his death as his temporary successor. But I made no oath of what would happen next ..."

"That's because 'next' is in the future , Arisu-chan ." the Shinigami said seriously , trying to drop the pensive subject. "You can't know what will happen afterwards , not even the King of Death can ."

She stood silent for a little while , before uttering , "Yes , you're right."

Shado glanced around , when it snapped him , the events that forced the girl to go outside in the rainy air. The raid...it tormented her mind, it didn't give her the time to breathe, think ...

"Hey , Arisu-chan ! The raid , they must have stormed in by now !" She just nodded and Shado added with a cunning smirk , "You think Mello can handle it ?"

Alice tugged on her overcoat and walked away , followed by her friend .

"I hope he does."

Gah , this chappie was so strange to me , I had to insert Alice in it. I hope her mental condition as the raid happens is clearly expressed .

I omitted some parts of the raid , it'd be stupid to add them , since not only do we all know them, but the raid focuses on Mello's point of view anyway. The chapter was initially different too, I made some bits of alteration on Thursday noon in order for it to come out perfect. You see, in the original version of this chapter, the SPK and Near would see Sidoh as well. It took me some minutes to realize that it was wrong : how could they see the Shinigami when they haven't even touched Sidoh's notebook ? -_-' Yeah. so I had to sit my butt down and change that scene up up up there.

By the way, tell me if I made I mistake at the point when Sidoh 'tags' Snydar : I couldn't listen at his lines well, so I just wrote what I think he said. ^^"

Hope you loved Shado's past in the previous chapters ! ^-^ I forgot to say that !

Now , excuse moi (did I even say it right ? o.O) , I have a 35th chapter to make ! ^-^

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Thief of Black Winged Hearts : Wow. Cool name. xD I know, L's death is perhaps my favorite chapter and not only mine but my best friend's too and now I see that maybe it's everyone's favorite ! It makes me happy and sad together. TTwTT Yup, Alice is still pregnant, by the way. I just don't get it why it should be so mentioned. The second arc (here) doesn't take place a few years later as in Death Note but right after L's death. I needed to hasten things up a little ! Oh, don't think I forgot ! Take a chocolate bar as a welcome-new-reviewer gift ! :D

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Azura Soul Reaver : Thank you ! :D

Cayannamon : xD Wow, I'm honored !

Yukira-Kuchiki : Therefore, this means the story interests you ! xD I know, it was about time Mello spoke with Alice and I'm sure that some Near-fans will either want to kill me or thank me ! xD Thanks for the wish, although the weather's already awful. =_= I hope it gets better there !

MizukiYumeko : Thanks ! :D Wait, when you say you reread the whole thing, you mean the WHOLE thing ??? O.O Wow ! Wait, that means you read chapter 26 again, huh...? TT_TT *snifffffff...* It's nice to know that you like the story ! But I won't say something like 'No, I won't kill Kira' or 'Sure, I'll kill him' -- I may be a spoiler-threat but npt as much as to make a spoiler on my own story ! xD Aw, you take an extra cookie for being polite ! (You used 'please' ! :D)

--EleganXD