Reboot

Summary: What if you could redo your life over...what if you could literally turn off and restart it. It may have been a joke at the time, but Mail Jeevas unknowingly sets the stage to 'Reboot' his life, and in addition, he gives L Lawliet, and Mihael Keehl another chance at life. Perhaps starting over won't change the outcome...only provide the same tragic end...but Mail was ready try. He was a gamer; he could defeat the main boss 'KIRA' and save the lives of his fellow players as well! Or so he hoped...

Anime: Death Note

Pairing: Mello/Matt

Rated: M for Mature Content in Later Chapters

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February

1

2000

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"Oi! Matt~"

Matt snapped out of his trance and turned to see Mello standing behind him. He looked down at the feather before pocketing it and turning to his blonde haired friend. "Mello, you seem to be particularly irritated today."

"Shut up! It's your birthday, what do you want?"

"...is it with rules and restrictions that you ask me that?"

Mello frowned, "Why? What do you want?"

A car flashed in Matt's head and he laughed, "How about a red 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454?"

He looked at Matt in surprise, "...yeah, restrictions. It has to be realistic for a ten year old."

"I don't need anything Mell, though...it is a little cold out, why don't we just go inside? I don't feel like celebrating my birthday much anyways..."

Mello noted how his auburn red haired friend continued to glance back at the bench beside them. "What's going on in your head, Matt? Normally you'd be begging me for a game of some sort."

"Begging? What am I...a dog?"

Mello grinned, wrapping an arm over Matt's shoulder, "Yep! Red rover, red rover~" He chuckled as he guided Matt back inside the orphanage.

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Matt watched his friend knock an Albino back into a wall, it was strange. Under normal circumstances, he would laugh at the kids misfortune of crossing Mello's path...Right now though, he wanted to walk off and not see this happen. It felt wrong! Why though? "Hey Mels, leave him alone, he's not worth the time." That felt wrong too. What was wrong with him?!

Mello looked at Matt curiously, "Yeah, whatever. Let's go, I have an exam to study for anyways."

Matt followed after his temperamental friend, sparing a look at Near who stared back with wonderment in his gray eyes. 'Shit, if I'm not careful, I'll become some kind of gay protagonist...' Walking into his and Mello's room, he noticed Mello was standing and waiting for him with his arms crossed and a frown firmly in place. 'Damn...I'm in trouble...'

"What the hell was that Matt?!"

Matt shut the door, not at all surprised that Mello was upset with him. He had never interrupted in Mello's pastime with Near before, so the change would obviously upset the blonde. "Nothing, I just didn't feel like seeing it today."

"What, you feel sick or some shit?"

"Not quite...I felt...in debt..."

Mello's eyes widened and he walked in a deathly slow pace towards him. "You should never feel in debt to that Albino freak...what happened that made you feel that way?!"

"N-nothing...I mean, I don't know what happened."

"You're making no sense, Matt."

Matt nodded, "I know, it makes no sense to me either. I just...Mello, it feels like I've done this all before. I've lived this already...I don't know..."

"What, you mean like some kind of déjà vu shit?"

Matt frowned, but after thinking about it, he nodded. "Yes, actually. It feels exactly like that. Like it's all happened before, event after event, like..." he looked at his Gameboy advance lying on his bed and frowned. "A reset button..."

"What?!" Mello moved closer so that he was only a few inches from his friend. "A reset button?"

Matt shrugged and sighed, "Yeah...like I pressed a reset button to my life...and started over at my last known saved spot."

"Life isn't some game...Matt."

"...you don't believe me, do you?"

Mello scoffed, "You're honestly asking?"

Matt shook his head and fell back on his bed, not bothering with his game. He stared up at the ceiling as he let his thoughts roam. It was a little weird that he actually goes along with this type of out-of-the-world thinking, but really, what else could explain all of his strange feelings of déjà vu? 'I know it happened...somehow, I reset my life...how do I know if I'm making the same mistakes though?'

Mello watched him a while longer before shaking his head and going to his desk to study for his exam. He had been telling the truth earlier when he said he had one coming up, and he had no intention of failing it or falling behind.

He would just have to keep an eye on Matt for the next couple of weeks. He was probably just feeling sick or something. Whatever it was, hopefully, would blow over quickly, and he'd be able to return back to beating the shit out of Near.

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Me: So, this chapter is slightly shorter than the last, but it didn't require any more length than what was given. The next chapter will be slightly longer if it goes in accordance to my thoughts. Tell me what you guys think, Nyan~ Also, if you guys like Gundam Wing, I just posted a new story, Office Romance, which is a Duo-Heero fic.

Summary: "I work Monday through Wednesday, off Thursday, work Friday and I'm off Saturday and Sunday...from the waist up...I'm all work." Heero quirked a brow and turned to his new assistant as he laid out his 'ground rules'. "And what are you from the waist down?" Duo smirked, "We aren't that close yet."