Do I Want Friendship or Do I Want Your Love?

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Light or Mello? Who's worse?

(Nightana's POV)

I stumbled down an alleyway, a half conscious Soichiro Yagami leaning against me. It worked! The Death Note brought him back! "Where are we going, Night?" he asked, half conscious he was actually saying anything.

"We're going to Near. They should be arriving at any moment." As I said this, a car pulled out on the street and a familiar face looked out the window. I waved my arm, hauling Soichiro with me. Near glanced at us, but was on the phone as we were helped into the car.

"I'll speak to you later. We've picked them up." With that, Near hung up the phone.

I winced at the pain in my arm and grabbed hold of it, trying to squeeze the pain away. "You're lucky Mello actually missed you," Near said, studying my face.

"I know. I think he did it on purpose though." I paused, looking around the car. "I'm going to be labeled as missing. I wasn't allowed out of the hospital for at least a week, but I needed to bring my father here."

"I know he died. How is he alive again?" I bit my lip.

"I know you won't trust me, but I brought him back with my Death Note. That's what's nice about my Death Note; it doesn't really kill as much as it gives more Life Span and also brings people back from the dead."

"Did you try it on L?"

"Just today. Why?"

"Oh, no reason." Near was obviously hiding something also.

"Why is everyone hiding something from me?" I questioned.

"We can't tell you." I glared at him. "I bet you need to call Ms. Twilight. We're going to take a plane ride for home."

"Yes," I said, pulling out my phone. Ms. Twilight answered almost right away.

"Nightana! Where are you?"

"I'm sorry I've worried you, Ms. Twilight. I'm going back with Near. I need you to stay with the others, okay?"

"What are you doing? Do you know how bad this will be for your child?" I winced.

"I'm fully aware of that, Ms. Twilight. If you remember, I was there when Dr. Harding told me it would be a miracle if you child lived." Near gave me a questioning look when he heard me, but I simply rolled my eyes at him.

"Nightana-"

"Please, stay with Matsuda. I'm sure he'll love it if you stay at his home."

"How do you know?" I breathed deeply, apologizing to Matsuda through my head.

"He likes you," I blurted, blushing. Ms. Twilight was silent for quite a while. I squirmed in my seat, waiting impatiently for her to speak.

"I'm glad he does. It makes things a lot easier," she said finally, causing me to squeal. Everyone looked at me, though my father just stirred from his sleep.

"Great! Make sure to tell him as soon as possible!"

She grunted. "Make sure to call me every day and tell me what's going on with your child. I want to help you as much as I can."

"Sure," I agreed. "I have to go though. I need to call mother."

"Okay." We said good-bye, then I dialed my mother's number. It was obvious she had been crying. She was almost all snuffles when she answered.

"Mother, don't worry," I said softly, "father's just fine."

"He's dead, Night Yagami!" Then she began sobbing.

"Mother, he's not! I have him beside me right now!" She gasped, then began asking questions. "Shush, I need you to be quiet about this and don't tell anyone! The body should be reported missing. When he wakes up, I'll make sure to call you, okay?" I hesitated. "Did you receive a call from Ryuga?"

"No, why?" I closed my eyes, forcing my tears away.

"No reason. Thank you. I'll explain later why father's alive." With that, I snapped my phone shut and looked out the window. Had it not worked? He was dead so I didn't see how it couldn't work.

"Why do you look so disappointed, Night?" Near asked, trying not to smirk.

"What's that look for? Are you hiding something more than I think?"

"I am, but I'm not going to tell you." I glared at him.

"If you are, you better tell me now or so help me, I will never forgive you and I will disown you."

"That hurts so much." I rolled my eyes, hating the sarcasm he used.

"Whatever. Are we almost to the airport?"

"Yes."

"Father will need a room-"

"As will you. I already had this figured out so do not worry."

"Thank you." He nodded and neither of us said anymore afterwards. I helped Soichiro back out of the vehicle to the airplane before we were at the building, which I had to help him too, and lay him down on the couch momentarily, trying to control the throbbing pain in my arm. 'Damn you, Mello,' I hissed mentally, glaring at the table, pretending it was Mello's face. It helped some.

Near was playing with some toys when I walked in, causing me to smile, but it faltered and I placed a hand on my stomach. 'I should probably call Matsuda,' I thought with a sigh and then went to go do so.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING CALLING?" Matsuda asked, completely surprised.

"If the others ask, tell them I'm your cousin," I said, trying to ignore the ringing in my ear from his yelling.

"Okay… but seriously, what are you doing calling?"

From the other line, I could hear Aizawa yelling at Matsuda, "Matsuda, who the hell is that?"

"It's just my cousin," he replied back, and I could hear him getting up. "I'm taking this outside."

"Oh, jeesh, you can't do anything," Aizawa grumbled, causing me to glower at him.

"So what is it that you need?" he asked once we were alone.

I breathed in, closing my eyes. "I can't tell you everything at the moment, but I need to ask you a favor; will you be able to tell me everything that happens in the Task Force?"

"Why do you need me to?"

"I want to stay updated." I waited for him to answer.

"I'll try to. Don't worry, I will try my hardest!"

"I have faith in you. Ms. Twilight might want to stay with you. I'm not taking her with me wherever I am."

"Sure! I'll ask her in a day or so if she wants to stay with me." I smiled.

"Great! I'll talk to you tomorrow then?"

"Yes." I nodded, said my good-byes and then went back out to join Near.

It was the next day. I was sitting on the ground with Near when I looked up at him. "Hey, Near, do you think we can play a game of something? I'm bored."

"Sure. You can pick."

"Chess," I grinned before it falter. I quickly shook it off and smiled once more. "Let's get started!" I won the game, Near giving the board a confused look before he took some of his hair and twirled it.

"Good game, Night. Would you like to play another game?" His way of wanting to beat me.

"Maybe later. Why don't you go play with some of your toys, I want to rest." I was getting tired and couldn't concentrate, fearing for my child. I hesitantly picked up my phone and walked over to a corner, calling Dr. Harding.

"Hello?"

"Hello, Dr. Harding. It's Night."

"Night Yagami! How dare you leave this hospital!" he ranted, causing me to scowl.

"I'm fine. My arm hurts, but it's being taken care of. I'm worried though." I laid my hands on my stomach. "About my child."

Dr. Harding sighed. "Night, I've taken some extra tests. Your child didn't seem to strained so he may be okay. You'll know if he dies though." I nodded, tears stinging my eyes.

"Thank you for telling me." I hung up before anything else could happen or he tried to keep me on while they tracked my phone. I wouldn't let him though. I needed to finish this case. I gripped my phone. 'L should soon call my phone. He has too. I said it in the Death Note.' But it should have happened yesterday. So what the hell was going on?

I sighed and put my phone away, wiping at my eyes in case any tears accidentally got away. None did. As I walked in, Near looked up at me. "It's Mello. He's coming in." Instantly, I reached for my gun Near had given me and pulled it out the moment he walked in with Lidner in front of him. Mello eyed me from under his hood.

"Drop your weapon!" Gevanni ordered, gun raised as well. Mello pulled out his own gun at the three of us.

"Let us all put our gun away." My lips curled up at the idea Near suggested and my eyes never left my target.

"With all do respect, Near, I will not do such a thing," I hissed, my hands gripping the gun tighter.

"Don't make me repeat myself!" I winced and slowly lowered my gun. Better to listen.

"Well, Near," Mello said, pushing his hood back and keeping his eyes on me, "it seems as though everything you planned is going well."

"Yes. You must have heard about L2 from Lidner by now. I've basically figured everything out." Near paused. "And it's all thanks to you."

Mello's eyes narrowed and he whipped out his gun. I ran in front of Near and Lidner grabbed hold of Mello's arm. "It won't do us any good if you shoot Near," she said. "We'll end up having to shoot you and then you'll both be dead. Kira will win."

Slowly, Mello let his gun drop again. "I just came for my picture actually and then I'll be on my way."

"Here you go," he said, giving me a look that told me to move and he threw the picture at Mello. Mello caught it easily and flipped it over. I was watching every movement he did. "I made sure that was the only copy and also dealt with those who knew your face inside and outside of Wammy's House. It shouldn't be possible for Kira to kill you." They sat there in silence for a while, making me feel uncomfortable.

"Near, let me just make this straight. I have no intention of working with you. However, I can't just leave with my picture without giving you some information." Near's eyes widened and he glanced at Mello. "The notebook has a Shinigami attached to it. There are such things as Gods of Death." I froze; great, Near was just going to kill me. I'd have to tell him everything. "There are also two fake rules in the Death Note. That's all I'm going to give you right now." With that, Mello turned to leave.

As he left the doorway, I rushed after him, hoping I could catch him before he left. "Mello!" He paused and slowly turned to me. "I need to ask you something."

"First, I'd like to say I'm sorry for shooting you in the arm. I made sure I didn't kill you."

"It'll be fine. My child should be okay." Mello glanced down at my stomach before looking at me again.

"It's L's child?"

"Yes." He didn't say anything else. "I want to know. Are you still in contact with Melina." Slowly, Mello's eyes widened as he realized what I was asking.

"I don't want her involved in this."

"I just want to speak to her."

"You better not involve her. Do you understand?"

"I'll try not to involve her." He wasn't too satisfied with my answer.

"Fine. Here, I'll give you her number and I'll call her to tell her that you'll be calling." He gave me her number and then left.

I walked back in, Near giving me a look before beckoning me over. "Did you know about the Shinigami?" I nodded my head.

"Yes, but I didn't know until we received Kira's notebook when we saw the Shinigami. It turns out that the Death Note I got was part of my old life so I never got a Shinigami. I didn't know about any fake rules. I've only ever had mine and they were all real from what I remember." Near nodded.

"I'm going to call L2 so I can ask for his opinion."

"I very highly doubt he'll tell the truth."

"He won't gain much by lying either. We'll just have to test this." I sighed.

"I guess you're right. I have to make a call soon, too."

"Sure," he agreed. "You can call right now while I think for a moment."

"Okay, thanks." I turned on my phone and dialed the number.

"Hello!"

"Hello. Is this Melina?"

"Yes. You must be Nightana, the four year old from the Orphanage I met! How are you?"

"Great. How about you?"

"Not too bad. I've been missing my brother."

"Are you staying in the U.S. right now?"

"Of course! Do you want to meet?"

"I wouldn't mind. Dinner tomorrow maybe?"

"That's great. I wouldn't mind that. How about Jessica's Restaurant? It's quite good. I'm sure your in this area"

"I am. I can find it. About seven?"

"Great! I'll talk to you then? I'm busy right now…"

"Okay. See you then."

"Yep!" With that, we hung up. It was quite short actually, which was quite a surprise. I decided also to go check on Soichiro while Near was thinking. I walked into his room and my eyes lit up the moment I saw him.

"Father!" I said, running over and hugging him, though carefully so I wouldn't hurt him.

"Night? What's going on?" he asked hoarsely.

"You need to rest. It's all you can do right now. Besides calling mother. She's worried sick about you!"

"How am I alive?" I bit my lip. "I brought you back. My Death Note… it does these things." I smiled slightly, but quickly wiped it off. "Are you angry?"

"No, I'm not… really angry. I'm glad to be alive again."

"Good. Call mother, but make sure to tell her she can't tell anyone. Not even Sayu and Light yet." Slowly, Soichiro nodded and I handed him his phone so he could call her. "Just call me if you need anything." With that, I left to listen to the conversation with Near that he had with the Task Force back in Japan.

Light was obviously pissed off. I could easily tell as he and Near talked. Light was obviously going to plan something, but what I didn't know. I discussed my thoughts with Near, trying my hardest not to let off that Light was my brother, but it was getting harder every time we talked about him. Near wasn't sure what Light was planning either, but we'd come up with something. I was sure of it.

The next day, I told Near I was going out and met at the Jessica's Restaurant Melina wanted to meet me at and waited to see her. I did a few minutes later as she walked in. "Melina!" I called, waving my arm in the air and she quickly came to my side, grinning. She had gold blonde hair like Mello's with his blue eyes, but they weren't as cold. They were quite bright. Her hair was the same length as Mello's. You would actually mistake them as siblings. In fact, they were.

"Great to see you, Night!" she bubbled, giving me a hug. She definitely didn't have the Mello attitude.

"How are you today?"

"Fine! How about you?"

"I was getting sick today, but other than that I'm great."

"Sick? Are you okay? Have you gone to the doctor?"

"Oh," I laughed, "you haven't heard that I'm pregnant, have you?"

"No!" Her eyes widened. "For how long?"

"It's been about two months, maybe a little longer," I admitted.

"So not very long. Wow! You must be experiencing some changes now."

"Not too much yet, but I should very soon." We were seated and looked over the menu.

"So what is it you wanted to talk about?" I paused and looked up over my menu. I'd already talked to Near about this.

"We want to know if you want to help the SPK with me to help catch Kira." Her eyes widened.

"I had a feeling you were working on the case. You want me to join? That'd be great!" We stopped our conversation momentarily to order our food. "Does your leader know you're offering this to me?"

"Yes. Your brother doesn't though." Melina's smile widened.

"Great! He doesn't need to know right now."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course!" I grinned.

"Awesome. Can you come over tomorrow and stay there?"

"Sure. Sweet, I get to start right away!"

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It hit me a couple of days later what Light might be planning, but it was too late. As soon as I announced to Near what might happen, the crowd of people from Kira's Kingdom began their assault. I cursed, trying to figure a way out of this. There wasn't much. Melina was already out of her room, and I quickly had to rush to help Soichiro down the stairs to the same room. He was doing much better though. "What are we going to do?" Soichiro asked, seeing the mob outside.

"Do you have that?" Melina and I asked together, sharing a glance.

"Yes, and I think we're going to do it," he said, beginning to pick up his toys.

"But sir," Gevanni said, "we only have one shot at it."

"It will be enough. Trust me." I nodded and turned to my father.

"Will you be able to get out okay?" It was quite hard for someone to recover after being brought back from the Death Note.

"I'll be fine, Night, I don't need you to always protect me." I smiled.

"Okay, then let's get moving." We got into police suits and others in the building (who were police) got us ready to leave. I glanced back at Melina, who gave me a smile before we headed out. People were everywhere, trying to get some money, but we paid no attention to it, just trying to get out. I smirked. Light would never see any of our lifespans or names this way by using Misa's Shinigami Eyes.

As we boarded a car, I had one thought on my mind. Who could be worse? Light or Mello? If it were my choice, it would be Light right at this moment.

~Author's Note~

I hope you enjoy everything that's going on so far. I have finished the story! I will update them all right after this so I hope you enjoy it! oh, and how do you like Melina? I thought of this a long time ago so I don't know how you'll like this. I hope you do.

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