Light went home feeling elated. He had found the closest link to L he could possibly get! He skipped by his giggling sister, "Light you look awful cheery today. Hehe!" He smiled at her and ran up the stairs. Once at the top he slammed the door, and collapsed on his bed.

"Light, you seem happier today." Ryuk said drifting through the window.

"Yes, today was a great day Ryuk. Guess what?!"

"What?"

"I found the girl closest to L. Now she just needs to be taken care of." as he said that his stomach clenched. He felt an overwhelming feeling of nausea. He couldn't imagine her dead. He could imagine L dead, but not her. "Ryuk.." Ryuk stood there in midair staring at Light in the creepiest way ever. "Never mind. You wouldn't know."

"Is Light falling for this girl?" , Ryuk laughed, "The almighty Kira can't take down a girl!" Ryuk seemed to be enjoying the new dirt he had dug on Light.

"It's not like that Ryuk! It's just, harder killing a girl who hasn't really done anything. She tried to runaway,-" he stopped short and jumped off his bed and to the computer. "My father told me she was from Wammy's house! This must mean that she doesn't want to stay! I could provide her a place to stay and threaten L by keeping her hostage!" He laughed as he said this. Ryuk grinned and nodded. "Very nice human."

Amber sat watched tv with Matt, hoping Mello wouldn't freak when he saw her back. She had just gotten back, about 5 minutes ago, and Matt didn't say anything. But Mello would, she knew it. Her stomach churned at the thought of Mello. "Um. Matt-"

"Stay here Amber. You have to face him eventually. You already know he's going to be pissed, but that's natural." he gave her a stern glare. Just then the bathroom door flung open and she could smell the chocolate emanating from the bathroom. Amber ducked in her seat, impossibly hoping he wouldn't notice her.

"Matt you'll never guess-" he stopped as his gaze fell on her. His face turned from a pale white to a dark shade of red. 'Uh oh. He is so pissed..' she had the urge to run far away, but knew she'd be in even more trouble if she did that. "Uh. Hi…Mello." She said easing back into her chair. He ran over to her chair and lifted her out. "What the fuck do you think you're DOING? Do you know what we went through just to get you back?! And L doesn't even know what really happened! You better hope to god he doesn't find out, otherwise, you my friend are royally screwed. And you know what else-"

Amber burst into tears. She always fell apart like this, she couldn't take the screaming. "Stop! Just stop please!" she pushed him off her, and ran down the hallway to Near's room. He always seemed to know what to do in this kind of situation. She burst through his door and locked it behind her, hearing the running footsteps behind her. "AMBER OPEN THIS DOOR NOW!"

She cowered in the corner against Near. "Help me."

Near went to the door and kicked it, sending Mello sprawling on the floor. "Shut up Mello! You're making my ears bleed with all your high pitched yelling."

"My yelling is not-"

"SHUT UP."

Mello shut up. He scowled at the wooden barrier and went down the hall to his room, and slammed the door so hard that Mr. Moosey, their "piggy bank" fell to the floor.

Near sighed in frustration. "He always does this. He gets angry and something breaks! Mr. Moosey of all things!"

Amber blinked in confusion, "Near, I almost got killed and you're worried about a piggy bank?!"

He rolled his eyes, "Amber, he didn't do anything wrong and was broken for it. You did. There is a difference."

"What did I do-"

"Take a wild guess." she gave no answer, "I'll give you a hint: you ran away and got yourself kidnapped, and nearly killed, and he had to get a suspected Kira to find you and save your ass. And you don't think he'd be in the least bit pissed, that every time you do this something goes wrong."

She shook her head, "But Near, last time I ran away, or attempted to, I met Light. Nothing bad happened."

"Amber meeting Light was a bad thing. Now he knows what you look like and what your name is, you better hope to hell he isn't Kira, even though every sign points to him."

Her eyes brimmed with tears, she finally understood, "He can't be Near! He was so sweet."

"Have you ever heard of appearances can be deceiving?"