Do I Want Friendship or Do I Want Your Love?

Chapter Thirty-Six: Intrusion

I flipped open my phone and dialed Near's number, leaning against the wall in an alley. "Night, what do you need?"

"Near, I think I might have to come back earlier. I got in a fight with my parents and told my father that if he made me do something then I'd go be with you instead of them." I rested a hand on my stomach and sighed softly.

"If you need to, then you can. Right now, we're simply looking for more clues." My phone beeped, and I looked at the caller. It was Sachiko.

"My mother's calling. I'll call you later and tell you what's going to happen." I answered and grumbled a "What?"

"Night, please come home. We were just in shock and I want to help you get through this," Sachiko said, and I sighed.

"Fine, but you better not start the abortion thing again. I'm keeping this child whether you want me to or not." "Your father and I have realized that we won't be able to do that. Truthfully honest, I don't support abortion and your father doesn't either. He was just in shock." I debated for a moment.

"Fine, I'll come back. We have to be reasonable."

"We will be," she promised.

"Okay." I hung up and slowly got to my feet. "Don't worry; I'm going to protect you with my life," I promised my child, looking down at my stomach. I sighed and began my walk home.

"Are you going to stay here Night?" Sachiko asked, thinking as she looked about my room.

"Why?" I asked hesitantly, unsure around her at the moment.

"Well, if you are, I can certainly help you raise your child." I smiled.

"I don't know if I am." I lightly touched my stomach. "I'm going to have to go now. I need to begin working again."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. I'll see you later," I said, hugging her. She hugged me back before I had to leave with Soichiro and Light. We were all silent in the car, but I had to break the silence. "Father, I'm still going to infiltrate with you when we meet up with Mello."

"You will do no such thing," Soichiro said fiercely.

"I am not going to sit back and watch while you try to take down my best friend!" I cursed myself as soon as I saw their looks; I'd forgotten they didn't know he was my friend.

"Mello's your friend?" they both asked, shocked.

"Yes," I sighed, closing my eyes and resting my hands on my stomach. "I'm tied in with both of Near and Mello. Or you can call them N and M." I closed my eyes, trying to forget everything that had happened. "Let's just get this plan into motion. We have to go soon."

My plan was not brilliant. I had no idea why I hadn't thought of it earlier. Since my Death Note could bring people back from the dead… why couldn't I bring L back? It was so simple. So as soon as we got back, I managed to sneak part of a page of my Death Note and wrote down his name. I gave the note specific instructions so then it knew what it was to do. I closed my eyes, trying to keep myself from crying, and then went back out to begin the plan. I hesitated, when I heard what Soichiro was going to do. "Father, why don't I take the eyes?" I blurted out, glancing up nervously at his lifespan. It was wavering.

"No, I am going to do this," he argued, causing me to glare at him.

"You can't though! It cuts your lifespan in half!"

"I need to do this. Right now."

"What about Sachiko, Light, and Sayu! Not to mention myself!"

"Night, I need to atone for what has happened. Mello is my fault and I must do it." He was remembering the scene with Sayu. I bit my lip; I had been forbidden to tell anyone of my Shinigami Eyes, but I needed to save his life.

It was set though. At that moment, the number stabilized; at 1. He had less than a day to live. I closed my eyes, biting my lip harder. This couldn't be happening. 'Then, I'll have another name to write down. I will not allow my father to die.' My decision made, I didn't argue with him on the subject.

The thing we had to argue about though was my coming. We argued about it for quite some time, but I managed to win. I was nervous now though, as I pulled out the sheet of paper. My hands began shaking as I put the pencil to the paper and slowly wrote the details of Soichiro's death and life.

"Night, are you ready to go?" I jumped and looked up at Matsuda, stuffing the piece of the Death Note in my pocket. I slowly nodded and stood up.

"Can I talk to you later?"

His face suddenly turned bright red. "W-what about?"

I frowned. "Why do you ask? It's not like I'm going to talk to you about dating Ms. Twilight…" I fell silent, my eyes widening as reality hit me. "You like Ms. Twilight!"

"Hey! Be quiet, Night!" Matsuda scolded, glaring at me. "I don't need everyone to know about it!"

"Sorry, I just didn't expect it!" Matsuda sighed, falling down on the couch and hanging his head.

"What am I going to do?" he complained.

Slowly a grin formed on my face. "Let me take care of that! I can help." He looked up, a questioning look on his face.

"If you are really going to help me, then I'll help you in return."

My grin widened. "Great! I'll talk to you about that later."

"Night, Matsuda! Are you going to take all day or what?" Aizawa shouted, still pissed from having a vase shattered on his face.

"Shut up!" I yelled back. "If you don't, I'll throw a vase at you!"

"You better not!"

I hissed at him, but didn't yell at him. "Come on, Matsuda, let's finish this. Then we can begin discussing what we're going to do."

"Okay," he nodded and together we walked back into the other room.

(Third Person's POV)

The group silently slinked out of the car, one after another, the chief taking up the end of the line. The person in the front, Aizawa, beckoned them forward and then began his walk forward. A guy with no eyebrows, Ide, followed after Aizawa. The only girl in the group, Nightana, went after Ide. The youngest man of the group, Matsuda, went after that, and the chief, Soichiro, was last. "Okay, do the deal," said L. He was otherwise known as Light Yagami, son of Soichiro Yagami and brother to Nightana.

"Right," Soichiro said, pausing. He looked over at Ryuk, Nightana's real father and Shinigami. "Shinigami, I want to do the deal." Ryuk looked over at his daughter, who gave him a dirty look.

"Got it," he said, "this won't hurt a bit." He reached forward and placed his large hands on Soichiro's face. The next moment, Soichiro's eyes were red and Nightana could see instantly he had the Shinigami eyes. "By the way, you won't be able to see Nightana's lifespan, seeing as she's a Shinigami." Nightana glanced briefly at Ryuk, but was otherwise silent and didn't argue with him. It was true after all.

"Okay, dad," Light said, "in about twenty seconds, the names and numbers above those men's heads should disappear." Soichiro looked at the pictures intently. Nightana did as well.

"Okay, go!" Soichiro ordered as the names and numbers disappeared. Aizawa and Ide shot down the door as Mello's men dropped dead of heart attacks. The moment Nightana walked in, she knew instantly that Mello was not there and ran after him, hearing Light's shouts of protest.

"Mello!" she yelled, running through the hall and skidding to a halt as she ran into a two way hall. She thought for a moment, then chose the right. For a moment, she ran in darkness, but ended up in a room. Nightana relaxed the moment she realized who was with her.

"Matt," she sighed, closing her eyes.

"I need to get out of here, Nightana," he said, stashing away his Gameboy.

Nightana bit her lip. "I can't betray my father."

"I need to! And so does Mello!"

"I can't! I work as a detective!"

"And yet you'll work with Near!"

"Night, what's going on in there," Light asked.

"Oh, shut it," she hissed, throwing the headphone to the side. "You can't let anyone know I did this, Matt! Do you understand? Help me find Mello and then we'll get out of here."

"Fine," he agreed, then they began their hunt for Mello.

"Mello! Where are you!" Nightana began yelling again, trying in vein to help her friend before it was too late. She hadn't seen his face and she was afraid of what his lifespan might be. "Fine! VINCENT! HELP ME FIND MELLO!" Vincent swooped in. "First, have a piece of your Death Note touch Matt." He did so, causing Matt to stare at him in shock. "Next, can you help us search?"

"No, I can't." She huffed, glaring at him.

"Fine. Matt, don't say anything about Vincent. We should probably split up and meet in the original meeting room."

"Got it." They split up and Nightana skidded into a room to stop.

"Night!" Soichiro said, glancing back briefly at his daughter.

"Mello," she said slowly, taking a cautious step forward, "Matt's waiting for us. I'm going to get you out of here."

"Night! What are you doing?" Soichiro said.

"I'm protecting my friend!" she shouted back. Mello glanced to the side and I understood instantly, but couldn't stop it. The man rolled over and began shooting Soichiro. "Father!" Nightana stopped when Mello grabbed hold of her hair, yanking her back, and put a gun to her head.

"We're going to do this smoothly, Nightana," he said into her ear, getting a better grip on her by snaking one of his arms around her waist. "Grab that notebook," he ordered the man who had shot Soichiro.

"Don't shoot me," she whispered, "I have to live."

"And why's that?" he asked.

"I-I have his child." Before she could say anymore, the others came in.

"Chief!" Matsuda all, but shouted.

"Get out of here!" Nightana ordered them, before being choked off by Mello.

"Let us pass or else she dies!"

"It's all over Mello!" Aizawa yelled, pointing a gun at Mello. He tightened his grip on Nightana.

"I will shoot her! Let us pass!"

"Coward!" Matsuda snarled.

Mello looked at Nightana and sighed softly. "I'm sorry, Nightana," he said, then he shot. Matsuda shouted out just as the building collapsed all around them.

"What's going on out there!" Light demanded. "Are you all okay?"

For a moment, no one answered him, but finally a very weak voice from Aizawa said, "I think we're all okay."

"I'm not," Matsuda said when he saw. "Night!"

"What's wrong with her?" Light said, already on his feet.

"Oh, god, she's bleeding bad! I though Vincent said he was protecting her!" Matsuda shouted, hitting the ground with his fist.

"Where is she bleeding?" Light asked, feeling dread sprout in his body. Just because it was L's child, didn't mean he didn't like the idea.

"I think either her head or arm. I can't tell; they're splattered with blood."

"Where is the blood the most?"

"I can't tell! He think he got her twice!"

"Get her to the damn hospital! I'll call Dr. Harding." Light cursed; he should have never agreed to allow Night to go with. Why was he such an idiot?

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Dr. Harding moved in instantly when he heard who the patient was. More of the Task Force was there also, but at the moment, all he cared about was checking Night. She was already pregnant; this bullet could be too much for her and would kill the child. As he finally extracted the two bullets (in the arm and buried at the bottom of her neck, neither too severe), Nightana stirred. "Night," Dr. Harding coaxed as she winced, "it will be okay.

"My child?" she whispered, finally looking up at him.

"I don't know." Dr. Harding saw her eyes fill with tears and she quickly looked away. Dr. Harding turned to some doctors and asked for them to take care of Ide, Aizawa, Matsuda, and Soichiro (who was in critical condition). "Are you an idiot, Night?" he asked. "Going in there, pregnant! This could be the death of your child!" She winced, not from the pain.

"I'm sorry. I had to help though."

"Don't say sorry to me."

"I wasn't." Dr. Harding said no more, looking at Nightana's face as he worked. She obviously completely regretted what she had done. Quite suddenly, she reached for her jeans.

"I'll get them," he said with a frown before handing them to her. She pulled out a piece of paper and clutched it in her hand.

"I want to see my father."

"You're in no condition to be moving around!"

"Put me in a freaking wheelchair then! I just want to see him!"

"Night!" Nightana looked over and saw Ms. Twilight waiting for her in the doorway. "How is she?" she asked Dr. Harding.

"She is fine, but her child… I don't know how he'll handle this. It will almost be a complete miracle if he lives."

Ms. Twilight nodded. "Night, I'll call your mother and Sayu, okay?" Nightana nodded. "Make sure to rest also." She left.

"I'll let you go to your father," Dr. Harding decided after a moment and called for a nurse to get him a wheelchair. He wheeled her into Soichiro's room. Matsuda was the first to look back. His face lit up slightly.

"Night! You're okay!" He took the place Dr. Harding had and wheeled her up beside her father, who wasn't conscious at the moment. She placed her hand on his and bowed her head.

"I shouldn't have let you take the eyes. That way you would have another day to live." The number one was wavering horribly; clearly it was going to go out completely soon. "My child. He might not live. This was not good stress for him; I should have listened to you." She didn't say anything else, but stayed by his side until he woke up and all the way to his death.

~Author's Note~

Well, I hope you're enjoying the story as much as I enjoy writing it. I am going to cry though, seeing as the story is soon going to come to an end. I fixed a few things up a little later on when Nightana is working under Near, but other than that, I think it's just about the same. I'm going to have the sequel to this story out after it's finished and I hope you all read it still.

Thanks for reading!

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