This chapter is actually longer than all of my other ones. It took up over 10 pages when I typed it up. Okay, I started to give the chapters titles and some of them may not make sense. I kind of like how they sound and I really can't come up with good names for chapters. The offer for the beta-reader is still open so…feel free. I think I'm going to start each story, for now on, with a song thatI think will apply to the story. I've never said this much before in the beginning of a story...hmmm. That makes me think...

Anyway…enough of this.

On with the fanfic!

Oh yeah, before I forget: The memories in this story is the bold/italic! The words that are just in italic are Tira's thought's.

Disclaimer: death to disclaimers!! *insane laughter*

Also: ONLY CHECK FOR UPDATES ON THE WEEKENDS! That's the only time when I can add more chapters.

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It waits till the midnight hour to come

To torture me for the wrong I've done

It just sits there and stares me

And it won't let me get any sleep…

At first I was scared when

I looked at his eyes

But now that I know him

I'm not that surprised

I'm just waiting on the sun to rise

Oh how I wish that old sun would rise

-Gnarls Barkley, Boogie Monster

"Wake up!"

The panic in Matt's voice was all I needed to hear for me to wake up immediently. I expected to see a very pissed off Mello looking at me, but when I looked around no one was there.

"What do you want?"

I may have said that a little more harsh than I wanted to, but I just got woken up for no apparent reason. The hurt look on his face confirmed my previous thought.

"Remember when you told me to wake you up in one hour, so we take shifts watching Misa?"

"Yeah…why?"

With a sheepish grin on his face he said, "Well I kinda fell asleep."

I resisted the urge to hit him upside the head.

"What! How long was I sleeping?"

"…5 hours…"

My mouth just hung open and no sound came from it.

After picking my words carefully I asked, "Has he woken up yet?"

"Yeah."

"And did he see me sleeping?"

"I feel so sorry for you."

The world around me slow down and became silent. My eyes grew to the size of dinner plates. I felt as if my life was about to flash before my eyes. Out of nowhere I heard Matt laughing at something.

"What's so funny?!"

"I'm just messing with you."

Shock, turned into surprise, which in turn sailed straight into anger.

"Who jokes like that!"

"I do."

As the laughter died down, we both went back to watching the screens. I glanced over at the clock above the TV and saw that it was about to be five in the moring. My bedroom door made a loud creaking sound when it slowly opened.

"Good job, you guys. You learned how to follow directions."

I rolled my eyes at his Mello's comment.

"Okay, status report."

I was the first to answer.

"Well we've been watching her all night and she hasn't done any thing suspicious or Kira-related."

"Good job. You guys can take a break from watching the screens now."

With a sigh of relief, I got up off the couch and headed towards the game room along with Matt. Immediantly when I got in there I laid down on the bed and prepared to take another much needed nap. I needed enough energy to keep me going for the rest of the day. I just shut eyes and slowly fell into a dream-less sleep.

When I awoke the clock next to the bed said that is was noon. I sat up in the bed and got up. When I passed by a mirror, I noticed a piece of paper stuck to my shirt. I pulled it off and read it aloud.

Tira-

When we get back, I expect to see you in the living room watching those screens.

-Mello

"Yeah, yeah I know."

After throwing the note away, I went into the kitchen and made a quick lunch for me to eat. Carefully I waked towards the couch, maneuvering around the various obstacles in my house. When I finally reached the couch, I sat down and put my food down. I pushed the button on the screen and started to eat while I waited for it to turn on. The screen glowed white for a second before stopping at the main screen. I looked at the choices that the screen gave me and got confused. There where 2 different boxes that I could choose. If one of them led to the cameras in Misa's house, where would the other led?

I picked the second one and the screen went black. I watched as a room slowly filled up the screen. A red button was flashing in the corner of the screen.

'Is it recording something?'

It took a little while for me to notice that I was staring back at my own self.

With a small laugh I said, "What is this?"

My body immediately broke out in a cold sweat. I realized that there was a camera in this screen and it has been recording everything that happens in this house. I didn't even need to think about who would do something like this. I already knew. There was a toolbar at the bottom of the screen that held many saved videos. I clicked on the most recent video and waited for it to play. I sat there and watched the events that happened last night. I still cringed at the part when I slammed against the wall. When the video was almost at the to ending, I noticed that the last thing that it had recorded was me and Matt passed out on the couch. I was about to enter full panic mode, when a positive thought popped into my head.

'He probably hasn't even seen the video yet.'

I looked to the side of the video to see if it has been viewed by someone other than me. My heart sunk when I saw that it had already been looked at and because I also heard the front door open. As quick as humanly possible, I clicked out of everything and pulled up the screen that showed Misa's house. I felt as if I just got away with murder. My victory was short-lived when a sharp pain erupted from the base of my skull. My body fell forward and slammed onto the ground. The wind was knocked out of my lungs. Blackness started to cloud my vision and I let the sweet darkness take me away.

When I finally came to all I saw was darkness. I started to panic because I thought that I was blind. Bright light shined into my eyes when the blind fold was ripped off. It took my eyes a while for it to adjust to the light.

"You guys thought that you could just slack off and I wouldn't find out about it!"

'Where am I?

I was still a little lost about where I was so I turned a deaf ear to what Mello was saying. A large picture of a dark forest had me realize that I was in my own room. A harsh slap in the face pulled me out of my thoughts and brought me back to reality. While ignoring the pain, I tried to move my arms and legs. I was unable to because they were tied to base of my bed. I started to wonder where Matt was, because he was sleeping to. It wouldn't be fair if I was the only who got hurt for something that we both did. My question was answered when I saw him on the opposite side of the room. I started to get worried because he didn't seem to be moving much.

"Umm…what happened to him?"

"Oh him? We just had a little fun."

'Fuck…'

"Where was I? Oh yeah. Both of you need to learn that I own both of you. You're my property."

'What?! Own! How dare he…'

I remember what he said yesterday about there would be hell to pay if we slacked off again. The fear that I was feeling was strong and never ending. I should have just listen to my common sense and kept my mouth shut.

"But we watched the girl, just like you said."

A quiet voice across the room whispered, "Tira don't…"

"Your going to pay for your laziness. Just like Matt did."

'Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry…'

I starined against the ropes that held me tight. I ignored the stinging pain of it digging into my wrists and rubbing them raw.

I held my head down, drowning in self-pity and defeat. My chin was grabbed forcefully and pulled up. I stared into the angry eyes of Mello and felt my insides turn cold.

With an evil smirk on his face, he leaned forward and whispered in my ear, "Scream for me."

That's when the pain started.

When the first bullet pierced through my leg, I screamed in pain. Tears came fast.

In a meek voice I asked, "Why???"

"You brought this upon yourself."

I just hung my head in defeat. My leg was bleeding nonstop and the pain is unbearable. The temperature of my body continuously switched between hot and cold. The blood flowed out of my body at a slow and steady pace. My mind started to drift and wonder what did dying feel like. I felt myself hovering on the edge of conciousness. I barley felt someone wrapping the wound on my leg.

With a laugh I heard Mello say, "I don't want you dying before I'm done with you."

'Damn it…'

"While you were just sitting there, staring into space; I was talking about all the things that I expect to be done. If Near beats and it's one of you guys fault, you're going to wish that you were dead."

Well since he's done talking, he'll let me go soon. Right?

Wrong.

The heel of his boot pressed down on the bandage on my leg. The pain I felt was off the charts. Wishes for unconsciousness continuously plagued my mind. The soothing blackness never came. I just have to stay awake and feel every bit of pain inflicted on me. Not having anything else to do, I just shut my eyes and tilted my head up towards the ceiling. Tears continued to run down my face. I bit my lip to keep from screaming in agony. The shoe was lifted shortly after, but the pain kept going strong. My body shook with the quiet sobs that I tried to hide. Mello walked away from me and approached the heap on the floor named Matt. He kicked him in the side just to wake him up.

"I want you to watch me do this."

Matt just pulled himself off the ground and leaned against the wall. Mello pulled out a knife and walked back towards me and leaned down to cut the ropes that bound me to the bed. The smell of chocolate radiated off of him and I remembered the first time when I met him. A small smile grew on my face as I let the memory take over.

"What? I can't understand you. Oh sorry. Let me take that off for you so you can talk. Just promise me that you won't try to bite your tongue."

I nodded my head in response. When the boy leaned over me to take the gag off the smell of chocolate overwhelmed me. My mind started to drift back to a time when I had a bar in my mouth. When my mind can back I noticed that I could once again talk and see.

"Hate to break it to you, but I think you have the wrong person."

"Oh really. What makes you so sure?"

"Well my name isn't Sayu. It is Tira."

"Yeah right."

I lifted my head just to give this guy my famous death stare. I got a good look at his face since he was standing in front of the window. The boy had long blond hair and piercing blue eyes. My eyes soon shifted to his hand. They locked on the chocolate bar that was clutched tightly in his hand.

Back then he actually looked a little innocent and nice. He wasn't this hate-filled monster that stands in front of me today.

'What happened? What changed?'

This makes me wish that I can travel back in time just so I can prevent myself from even leaving Kim's house. Just to spare myself from all of this pain and despair. I snapped back to reality when I felt a knife cut off all of my clothes. The tears started up again and they were going stronger than last time when I realized what he intended to do. I begged and pleaded for him not to do this, but he didn't want to hear to any of it. When my body was thrown on my bed, I remember what Matt said to me yesterday.

Matt just looked at me, causing the light from the screen to cast shadows on his face and said in a low voice, "Is sleeping really worth it?"

This pain isn't worth it! Why did I have to go asleep?!

My arms and legs were tied to posts of my bed with more pieces of rope. I tried to move, but the rope bound me to one spot. I forced my head to turn in the direction to where Matt was sitting. He had a sad look on his face when he made eye contact with me. I turn away because looking at him is making me feel even more sad. I stared at the ceiling of my room for the second time today and listened to the sound of footsteps approaching the bed.

'Somebody please help me…'

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Another one of my evil cliffhangers and abusive chapters! I don't know why I make Mello so mean and abusive. I'm pretty sure everybody already knows what's going to happen to Tira without me ever telling you. Well then the next chapter may surprise you. If you still want to keep on reading, see you next chapter! The only reason why the updates have been fast is that I actually have alot of inspiration and it's the weekend. Like I said before don't think that all updates are going to be this fast.

PS. A hint for the next chapter is…Japan

;P