Disclaimer: I don't own Death Note, or Halo, or anything else I mention.
It is currently 2:32 AM on Sunday July 13, 2008
Explanation (feel free to skip):
Sorry for the long time in between updates, my compy's were down for a while then my dad decided to visit (Oh how I hate that man) and I can't do much when he's around. The man who impregnated my mother makes it hard for me to type anything, hence the reason why I have hidden the now mandatory sleeping drugs in a small cavity on the bottom of my left tennis shoe through a small slit from which it can not fall out of and intend to walk through puddles tomorrow (same fate that befell the Ritalin), hehehe, take that stupid parents. Anyways he has an idea that through attempting to spend time with us we might bond and the like but I have no interest in bonding with him, I'd much rather he leave so I may enjoy the brief time I have until we are all forced to move to another state and live with him once more.
Shout out to Topaz Maia, thanx for the PM, got me moving on this chapter, extra long chappie for you!!
ZorraVixen's OC's will be introduced today!
Near and Sakura finished the puzzle and decided to pay a visit to Helen and Angel, they were walking down the hall when they heard someone throw what sounded like a trash can, then they heard the sounds of a video game.
"Damn it Matt!!" they heard Mello yell, "Where the fuck is my damn chocolate!?"
"I don't know, I'm about to shoot the crap out of the covenant on Halo!" Matt yelled back, but not nearly as loud as Mello was now ranting about his chocolate being gone.
"He's going to blame me." Near monotoned.
Sakura looked over at him for a minute then back to Mello and Matt's open door that the earlier offended trash can was rolling out of.
Mello stomped out into the hall and picked up the trash can only to drop it again and point at Near, "You!! You took my fucking chocolate didn't you?! You bitch!!" he roared.
"Mello who're you blaming now?" Matt groaned lazily walking into the hallway, "Oh, hey Near, Hey Sakura." He said stretching like he'd just been asleep… or spent hours playing Halo in the same spot on the floor.
"Matt, he's evil!! No, he's not just evil, he is the white child of satan!! He is the evil spawn of satan sent to earth to torture me for eternity!!" Mello shouted still pointing accusingly at Near.
"Mello, Near didn't take your chocolate, I think it might be stashed in a shoebox under your bed." Matt said picking up the forgotten trash can and tossing it back into their room, the floor was strewn with chocolate wrappers from it already, what was the point of trying to make it look any cleaner?
"I'm not stupid Matt, of course I looked there!!" Mello yelled turning to Matt.
"Then let's go to the kitchen." Matt said in an attempt to get his friend to calm down. Mello nodded and walked briskly in the direction of the Kitchen, Matt following closely behind him.
"Matt's a good friend to Mello." Sakura said smiling after the two boys. Near nodded and continued walking towards Helen's room.
When they got there Sakura knocked and the door was answered by angel.
"Hello Near, Hello Sakura." Angel greeted inviting them in with a hand motion, "Do either of you know what happened to Helen? I think she might've gone crazy, she's unresponsive and keeps mumbling to herself."
"Helen?" Sakura asked walking closer to Helen who was sitting on her bed with her fingers on her lips. Helen didn't even look up at her, she just continued to sit there and stare at the wall.
"Let me try." Near said standing in front of Helen, "Hello Matt, Mello." Near said turning towards the door, Sakura looked over to the door and didn't see either of the boys. When Sakura looked back Helen was on the ground.
"What the crap Near?!" Helen exclaimed standing back up, "You almost gave me a heart attack! Hey, when did Near and Sakura get here?"
"Helen, we got here a couple of minutes ago, haven't you even noticed us?" Sakura asked pouting a bit, sure Helen scared the crap out of her but she was still her friend.
"Oh… sorry." Helen said quietly making Sakura more confused.
"You seem to have a crush on Matt." Near stated calmly. Helen tackled him and pinned him to the ground and he managed to remain expressionless.
"If you tell anyone, I swear, I'll steel Mello's chocolate and tell him it was you." Helen hissed.
"Now that is a frightening concept." Near said, Helen swore that she saw him smile but dismissed it as a trick of the light.
"Helen, you should tell him." Sakura said smiling gently at her, "It'll hurt more if you never tell him."
"Never tell who what?" a voice came from the doorway.
"Hello Matt, and I'm assuming Mello is with you." Near said trying to look at the redhead standing in the doorway and failing miserably.
"Hello satan." Mello said coming into view, "Hey Sakura, Helen, and…"
"Angel." Angel said as she sat down at a computer and began typing.
"Hey guys." Sakura said sitting down on Helen's bed. Helen jumped off of Near and ran to the bathroom, the lock clicking into place soon after.
"… do we want to know what just happened?" Mello asked leaning on the door frame opposite from Matt.
"Not really." Sakura answered shaking her head.
"She's avoiding me?" Matt asked yawning and pulling his trusty red game boy advance SP out of his pocket.
"Yes." Angel answered never lifting her eyes from the screen.
Matt sighed, "I will never understand girls."
"Helen, When do you plan on coming out of there?!" Angel yelled startling everyone except Near who seemed to be unaffected, "You still have to pack you know!!"
"Never!!" Helen responded without opening the door.
Angel sighed and continued to type.
"What are you typing?" Sakura asked curiously.
"I'm hacking into Roger's computer." Angle answered simply.
"Ooh let me help!" Matt said sauntering over to the computer.
"Alright." Angel said scooting over a little bit so Matt could get a better view of the screen. In a few minutes they were in.
"So I was right, how unfortunate." Angel sighed, "L is coming on the camping trip for visit and he's brining the main suspect in the Kira case with him."
"What?!" Mello yelled storming over to the computer, "WHY THE HELL WOULD HE BRING KIRA?!"
"I think that L trusts him a little more than he should." Near said walking over to where the majority of the people were now standing.
"But why would he bring the man he thinks is Kira?" Helen asked scaring everybody half to death.
"When the hell did you get out here?!" Mello yelled pointing at Helen with his eye twitching slightly
"Who's L? And What's Kira?" Sakura asked toying with the ends of her hair nervously.
"Kira is a mass murderer killing criminals and all who oppose him, L is the worlds greatest detective, there isn't a case he can't solve but he's been working on this case for a while." Matt explained, "He believes that Kira is a boy named Light Yagami and L was handcuffed to him last time I hacked "Watari's" computer. We all know who Watari is but we won't tell that bastard Kira."
"What makes L so important to you guys?" Sakura asked hoping to try to understand how things worked in her new home.
"This place," Mello said motioning all around with his hands, "is where L grew up and now it's basically a training ground for more L's with me, Satan, and Matt at the top."
"Near's first, Mello's second and Matt is third but he doesn't really care." Helen said holding up a finger for Near, two for Mello, and three for Matt in time with their names.
"So Mello and Matt are competing against Near?" Sakura asked
"Yes but Matt doesn't seem to really care and Mello…" Helen trailed off.
"Mello is impulsive and is my self proclaimed rival, Mello needs to learn how to control himself." Near said almost like he had said it so many times that it was and old boring speech.
"I'll kick your ass, little bastard!!" Mello yelled charging at the albino.
"Mello, I don't think that's a wise idea." Angel said turning her swivel chair to face Mello who had Near by his shirt ready to strike him at any moment.
"And why not?!" Mello sneered glaring at Angel.
"Because Linda is on her way and I do not wish for you to get in trouble." She said simply, it reminded Mello of Near making him want to hit him even more.
Mello decided to drop Near making him land painfully on the ground, almost instantly Linda was at the door.
"Hey Angel, Hey Helen, Hi Matt, Hi Mello, Hi new girl, Hi Near!" Linda rattled off.
"Good bye Linda." Matt, Mello, Helen, Near and Angel said in unison on different degrees of annoyance Mello and Matt's being the highest, Helen sounding excited, and Near and Angel using almost matching monotones. Then Matt, being closest to the door, waved with a mockingly sweet smile and slammed the door in her face.
"I'm gonna tell Roger!!" they heard her yell then footsteps racing down the hall.
"Shit." Angel said turning back to the computer and rapidly typing in various codes and hitting enter. The door clicked and was opened by none other than roger.
"Got any two's?" Mello asked glaring at Near.
"Go Fish." Near said simply and Mello growled making Sakura shift closer to Near.
Roger looked over to the computer, Angel was playing solitaire quietly with a bored expression on her face. Roger turned to Matt and Helen, Matt was sitting with his back against the bed and Helen was hanging upside down from the bed poking him in the cheek.
"Helen stop it, I've gotta find the boss to get the last crystal and save the world!!" Matt yelled tilting the upper half of his body away from her.
"Keep the door open." Roger said waving dismissively.
When they were sure Roger couldn't hear them anymore they let out a breath that none of them knew they were holding.
"That was close." Matt said letting his hands relax and showing everyone that his gameboy wasn't even on.
"Sakura's your real name isn't it?" Angel asked turning to look at her.
"Yes." Sakura said glancing at Near briefly.
"That's not good." Angel said leaning back in her chair and putting her hand on her forehead.
"Holy crap, I thought it was just your alias!" Helen said jumping up and standing on the bed.
"Idiot, what the hell were you thinking?!" Mello yelled at Sakura who was hiding behind Near and trying to hold back tears.
"I'm s-sorry, I-I didn't know." Sakura stuttered tears rolling down her cheeks. Near glared at Mello and turned to Sakura whispering something to her that no one else could hear, Sakura nodded and wiped her tears away.
"If everyone else is using fake names and I use my real name Kira should have plenty of reason to think that it's not my real name and probably won't use it." Sakura said shakily.
"But there is still a what, fifty-three point twenty six percent chance that he'll try any name we give him," Matt spoke up pulling his goggles down so they hung around his neck, "after all we are all potential successors to L making us possible future enemies of Kira, possible obstructions in his path to a so called new world free of sin."
"Nice logic-y skills Matty, very nice," Helen said in a playful and completely unserious voice but all of her playfulness faded away in an instant and she sat up straight with a sharp look to her eyes, "but because L, the worlds three best detectives, is with him won't that make him less likely to kill us? After all, it would be rather incriminating if after he visited the Whammy's house's kids they all started dying. Kira is not stupid, he wouldn't do something like that but our detective friend tends to try to cover all possibilities so L might be using us as bait to get Light Yagami to try to kill us as more evidence, I wouldn't put it past him. Mello stop growling you are not an animal. Anyway, the only other explanation would be that he knows that Light Yagami wouldn't, no, couldn't kill us because it would be more evidence that he was Kira and if that reason is to be believed then it would be more like L is protecting us by nullifying Light Yagami's chance of finding out about this place without L knowing and killing us all. But with that option L is probably trying to conserve himself, his legacy, I do believe that it is a horrid sin to try to create clones of yourself."
"Did Helen really just say that?" Matt asked looking between Sakura and Angel, "That didn't sound like Helen."
"She does that sometimes, it's like a shot of Ritalin." Angel explained, "She'll be back to normal in five, four, three, two, one."
"I've been travelin' the land, travelin' the sand not knowing where I'm going, never having any plan," Helen began singing and swinging her feet, "Because anything I wanted I had to grab it in my hands, abracadabra there's a rabbit in my hands, cuz I've got the magic stick bust the bust the baddest tricks, fish for a whale pulled a ship up out of it. What's that I just saw? A platypus? Naw, maybe it's a rat crawling flat on it's paws, or a baby dragon just draggin' it's claws, it doesn't really matter because it's Saturday so look that away. Three o' clock matter-day, let's collaborate, and I'll pay you back soon with a crazy rap tune, but for now I'm just gazing at the moon…"
"What the fucking hell was that Helen?!" Mello demanded
"That was gazing at the moon by flowbots." Helen answered innocently but just as hyper as normal.
"Helen, you should pack your things, we only have three hours until we leave for camp at eight." Angel said standing up and walking over to the bathroom, "You people be careful with her, I can't stand it when she cries."
"What the hell was that Angel?!" Matt demanded grabbing Angel's wrist and forcing her to turn around, "That wasn't Helen, what the hell is going on!?"
Angel pulled her arm out of Matt's grip and glared at him, "It's none of your business Mail."
Matt slammed her against the wall, "I told you to never call me that."
"Bite me." Angel answered spitting in his face.
"Matt what are you doing?" Helen asked walking over to Matt and placing a hand on his shoulder. Matt wiped the spit off his face and shrugged her off, "Nothing." He growled storming out the door.
"Matty's… PMS-ing." Helen joked halfheartedly then hurriedly followed after him. Angel opened her mouth to talk but shut it turning to open the Bathroom door.
"Helen has multiple personalities, doesn't she?" Sakura said as more of a statement than a question as soon as Helen was out of ear shot. Angel's back went stiff and her hand froze on the door handle,
"What of it?" Angel asked quietly not moving an inch.
"Does she know?" Sakura stood up and walked closer to Angel.
"No." Angel answered stiffly
"Why not?" Sakura asked sopping a few feet behind Angel, "She has to realize that something happens and she has no memories of certain time periods, she deserves to know! You can't keep it from her!"
"She just thinks she has memory problems, I told her it could happen." Angel spun around to glare at the smaller girl, "What do you think I should've done?! Tell her that there are two people in her body and that one is responsible for her entire families deaths?! Yeah, her "other half" is a cold hearted sadistic bitch who loved to tell me about how she killed Helen's family. Helen is the name of her other half, pretty screwed up, right? But it gets better," Angel said bitterly as she walked closer to Sakura, "Helen's family let her be experimented on for years and that's how her personalities were split, The Helen you all know is a result of her having to be… reborn, I guess that's a good way to put it." Angel spat the words out like venom, "Her family didn't give a shit about her, she was raised for the second time by the scientists who were nicer to her than her real parents but they only wanted to make her something they could use for personal gain, then the original Helen, now her other half, who is actually a good person at heart once you get past all the deaths she's responsible for, she killed the scientists, her parents, her big brother, her big sister, and left her little brother alive, He's here somewhere too. I told him about the split personality thing and he forgives her, he forgave her as soon as she reverted back to "Nice Helen" who's real name was given to her as Hera. So she has two real names, Hera and Helen you know Hera. Her little brother was going to be given the same treatment as her, abuse from her parents and older siblings both physical and mental then experimentation. I personally think that her parents deserved it." Angel finished and stomed into the bathroom slamming the door shut and locking it.
"What the fuck!?" Mello yelled finally speaking up, "So Helen's a murderer?! Shouldn't we tell someone?!"
"No…" Sakura said quietly, "This is something that we should let be. I agree with what Angel's doing."
"What the fucking hell!?" Mello bellowed
"I bet you I can keep it a secret longer than you Mello." Near spoke up twirling a lock of his hair.
"You're on Satan!" Mello yelled, he'd fallen into Near's trap, everyone knew that Mello never gave up a chance to beat Near in something, even cards which was why gofish hadn't seemed so strange to Roger earlier.
"Thank you Satan." Angel's voice came muffled from the other side of the door. Sakura giggled and Near smiled a little while Mello glared.
"Bye loser, Bye Sakura, and goodbye creepy psycho girl who hides in bathrooms and hacks computers, See you people later." Mello said as he left, off to find Matt and Helen.
"It's Angel you botch!" Angel yelled back (A/N yes I meant botch, not bitch, look it up it's a word. ))
"Bye, Angel," Sakura said as she walked towards the door, Near close behind, "I hope we can be friends."
"Sure why not." Angel said through the door.
"Good bye, Angel." Near said as he shut the door behind himself and Sakura.
"Helen must have been really smart if she managed to not get caught, I wonder how smart she really is." Sakura wondered quietly aloud.
"Let's go do a puzzle, Sakura."
"Ok."
--With Matt and Helen--
"Matt, Matt!" Helen yelled as she finally caught up with Matt who'd been running since he left Helen and Angel's bedroom.
"Helen, what happened.. back there, that… definitely wasn't… you." Matt said between gasps of air. Helen stopped in front of him panting and looked into his eyes panting.
"I… Have Memory lapses… sometimes." Helen panted leaning against the wall.
"Helen you-" Matt was cut off when Helen regained her composure and stood up straight looking him in the eye, her eyes just like they had been in her room earlier.
"I am Helen, do not question Hera about that incident." Helen said her voice cold and dark.
"Hera?! What are you talking about?!" Matt asked confused, he was very smart but nothing could prepare him for what was going on.
"Hera is the girl you know, she remembered something and decided to make her assumed name my name, I am the original but I've seen enough of this world and she has seen so little of it," Helen said sounding sad for her counterpart, "I will not allow you to make her sad she has endured more than her fare share of troubles, I had to kill our family and our tormenters but do not blame her for it, she is innocent and only knows that someone killed her entire family except her brother. She forgives too easily and always wants to befriend people trusting them completely but I watch out for her making it easy for her to live here where she can be comfortable. Can you understand?"
Matt nodded dumbstruck.
"Good, now I'll give Hera control back but if you tell her about me, I will come back and I swear, I will beat you within an inch of your life." Helen growled before smiling and waving.
"Matt?" Helen asked her voice normal again and a very confused look on her face.
"Sorry, I just got confused, so you have memory lapses? How often?" Matt asked trying to act like nothing was different after all, nothing was he just knew more.
"Oh, umm, just every once in a while it's nothing to worry about, Angel said it could happen to anyone, she never says much to me though." Helen said and sighed then looked back up at her friend, "So you're ok, right?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, I guess I over reacted." Matt said sheepishly and adjusted his goggles.
"Was it something I said during my memory lapse?" Helen asked curiously.
"Yeah…" Matt said then smirked thinking of something that sounded Helen enough to him, "You said you were in love with Mello and that you two were gonna elope to Japan where Mello was going to become a sumo wrestler and wrestle Godzilla."
"What!? Why would I say that!?" Helen asked shaking Matt by his shoulders, "Mello could never beat Godzilla! Then Matty couldn't be Mello's wifey anymore!"
"My what!? What did you say!?" Mello asked turning the corner and pointing at them.
"Uh oh, better run Matty, looks like Mello's PMS-ing too!!" Helen then grabbed Matt's wrist and took off down the hall, "I'm stealing Mello's wifey and we're going to go to Japan and fight Mothera!"
"What!?" Matt asked, his plan backfiring as Helen kidnapped him, Mello in hot pursuit.
"What the fuck!?" Mello yelled from behind them. Suddenly Helen stopped and stepped t the side causing Mello to crash into Matt.
"Oh my God I have to pack!!" Helen yelled before sprinting of towards her room.
"That was interesting." Matt said standing up and adjusting his goggles before dusting himself off.
"Ugh, bitch." Mello groaned sitting up and rubbing his head.
--Eight O' Clock--
"Everyone please, place your things in the bottom compartment of the bus that you will be riding on and enter the bus." Roger directed from his perch atop a chair, speaking into his newly acquired megaphone.
"Damn it, the old bastard got louder!" Mello growled covering his ears to try to block out the annoyingly loud voice.
"That'd not nice Mello." Sakura said indignantly as herself, Mello, Near, Matt and Helen walked towards the bus together.
"I don't give a fuck if it's nice, he's fucking annoying!" Mello yelled making Sakura flinch back behind Near.
"Geez Mello, no need to scare the poor thing." Matt said laughing as Mello glared at the ground growling profanities under his breath.
"Mello's on his period." Helen whispered from beside Matt.
"Damn it Helen! I'm not a chick!!" Mello yelled stomping his foot and glaring at her, silencing her for only a moment and even then she kept a slightly insane grin on her face.
"Whatever you say Mello, What ever you say." Helen said angering him even more but he decided to keep it to himself this time, but next time he'd get her.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Angel said strolling over to their little group.
"Hey Angel!" Sakura said smiling happily at her, Sakura hadn't expected Angel to actually accept her offer to be friends but was elated by Angel's acceptance none the less.
"Hi Angel!!" Helen said excitedly, "Are you gonna be our friend too now!?"
"I'm offended," Angel said jokingly putting a hand to her chest dramatically, "I thought I already was your friend, Helen."
"Yay!!" Helen yelled tackling the other girl into a hug. Angel chuckled and patted her on the back.
"Now if you would kindly let me go, I enjoy breathing." Angel said her voice a bit strained, but it was to no avail.
"Hi Angel." Matt said waving a little and laughing at her current predicament.
"Hi." Mello said in a bored tone instead of his normal angry one.
"He's on his period." Helen whispered to Angel making her smile and repress a giggle.
"Mello, I had no idea." Angel teased then succumbed to her laughter. Mello growled and glared but he wouldn't hit them, even Mello had morals, he didn't hit girls.
"Mello, Matt." A smug voice came from behind Mello and Matt.
"Milo, what an unpleasant surprise." Matt groaned turning to face the two biggest wanna be's in Whammy's, Milo and Mark. Mark wore a loose horizontally striped t-shirt and worn baggy blue jeans along with a pair of cheap orange swimming pool goggles. Milo wore loose-ish black jeans and a black t-shirt along with his greasy dirty blonde hair that he straightened daily, they were quiet the eyesore.
"What the fuck do you want?" Mello groaned wishing that they'd just disappear off the face of the earth
"You associating yourself with this lowlife bitches?" Milo asked mockingly in his high pitched nasally voice.
"They're not bitches Milo, They're our friends you little wanna-be bastard." Matt growled ready to hit the next one that insulted the girls.
"They're bitches if Milo says they are." Mark agreed and ran a hand through his splotchy dyed red hair. Sakura started crying behind Near who growled at the two trouble makers.
"Oh did we make the wittle baby bitch cry? Aww poor wittle ugly bitch." Milo cooed sarcastically then laughed maniacally, snorting every few seconds as he tried to take in air. Matt and Mello glared at the two ready to strike but briefly looked back at Sakura who was now reduced to a sniveling heap on the ground in Near's arms who looked pretty pissed off himself.
"Helen take Sakura." Near ordered and handed the crying girl to her friend. Near charged at the two wanna-be's and tackled Mark, the smaller of the two, punching any part of the fallen bully he could reach. Matt and Mello took a step back and exchanged glances before shrugging and turning back to watch in amazement.
"What the hell!?" Milo yelled in surprise, "I didn't even think the little shit could run!"
Milo tried to pull Near off of Mark but the little albino refused to budge and punched Milo in the nose causing him to fall on his ass howling and clutching his now broken nose. Mello and Matt just continued to watched in disbelief, since when did Near lose his temper and actually get into fist fights?
"What's going on over there?!" Roger yelled fighting through the crowd of teens and preteens. Near jumped off Mark and backed towards Sakura and Helen, taking Sakura from her. Angel got up from and stood in front of Mello and Matt just as Roger came into view completely.
"They got into a fight Roger, Near tried to break it up a few seconds ago but he got pushed to the ground and hurt his hands." Angel said making up an excuse to try and cover all possibilities of Near being involved like he had been
"She's lying!! It was Near!! Near beat us up!" Mark blurted out earning laughs and snorts from the audience that either hadn't cared to look at the fight earlier or saw it and just wanted to see the disagreeable pair get in trouble, plus who got beat up by Near? he was practically crippled, or so they all thought.
"Angel?" Roger asked implying the question of weather or not she was lying.
"What would I have to gain by lying to you?" Angel asked and shrugged her shoulders.
"Milo, Mark, you will not be participating in swimming for the first three days we are there." Roger declared and made his way back to the bus. Mark and Milo glared at Near who glared right back.
"We'll get you bitches, all of you!" Milo proclaimed angrily, pointing a finger at the group before retreating to tend to his nose.
"Yeah!" Mark sneered standing up only to find his partner had abandoned him, "H-Hey! Milo! Wait for me!" Mark cried before turning to run in the same direction Milo had.
"Are you alright Sakura?" Helen asked kneeling next to Near on the ground
"I-I'm f-fine, d-don't w-w-worry about m-me-e." Sakura sobbed, Near stroked her hair and whispered comforting words in her ear while gently rocking her once again.
"C'mon, let's get on the bus," Matt said walking over and extending a hand to help Helen up, he didn't bother trying to help Near up, Near would never except the offer, "It's no good if we get left behind and I bet you it's more comfortable and a heck of a lot cleaner on the bus… well maybe not cleaner but it's better than sitting outside on the ground."
Helen took Matt's hand with a smile and Near nodded standing up with Sakura in his arms bridal style. Near didn't look too weird carrying Sakura to the buss, after all there were at least ten kids at whammy's that couldn't walk at all and they were all extremely intelligent to say the least. When they got on the Bus they all took their seats in the three person bus seats, Mello sat next to the window on one with Angel between him and Helen (How this seating arrangement came about he'd never know but Mello had a hunch that Helen had something to do with it.), Matt had his own seat because he was sprawled out across it and no one wanted to ask him to move, after all he was always with Mello, the scariest guy in whammy's. Sakura and Near sat together in there own seat, Near next to the window because Sakura had insisted that he have the window seat.
"Is this seat taken?" Sakura looked up from her seat and saw a girl dressed in a black tank top and black semi-tight pants with a chain running from her belt loop to her pocket, no doubt attached to her wallet. She wore black fishnet gloves that stopped an inch before her elbow and a black leather choker with a dark silver cross hanging from it and a navy blue ribbon tying her jet black hair back. The girl could have been a vampire, her skin was pale and her cobalt eyes give the impression that she was looking right into your very soul and stealing a part of it.
"No, you can sit here." Sakura said quietly and scooted closer to Near to make room for her.
"Thanks, I'm Onyx by the way." The girl said smiling at her and sliding in next to her.
"Be careful, Sakura, she'll steal your soul if you aren't careful!" Helen said holding up a finger as if to reprimand and winking.
"Hey, I resent that!" Onyx said glaring at Helen who shrugged and ducked back down into her own seat but not before giving one last comment.
"Or maybe steal your innocence!!"
Onyx growled but Sakura reached out a hand and put it on the girls shoulder,
"It's ok Helen's just kind of crazy, she's only teasing, it means she likes you." Sakura said smiling sweetly and completely innocent.
"I just have a bad rep, after all, I am the best thief here." Onyx said and Sakura could tell she was proud of it.
"By the way, this is Near, He's my best friend ever!" Sakura said and hugged Near causing a light blush to dust his cheeks and across his nose.
"I hope you don't mind me asking but, how old are you?" Onyx asked looking at them questioningly.
"We're both fifteen but Near's older, his birthday's in August and mine's in December."
"I see, I'm sixteen, nice to meet you both though I think Near's needs a little black in his wardrobe… or maybe, I dunno, color?" Onyx said semi-tauntingly.
Near turned to face her, "I don't think that you have room to talk."
"Touché." Onyx replied and crossed her arms out of habit.
"But his hair is pretty isn't it?" Sakura asked happy to converse with her new found friend.
Onyx laughed, "Yes, Near's hair is very pretty, Near's a very pretty boy."
Near looked at her emotionlessly, "Thank you." He monotoned.
"N-No I didn't mean it like that! Near's… u-umm… handsome, very handsome, not pretty." Sakura said not managing to keep her stuttering away due to her embarrassment. Near blushed a little again but kept himself expressionless, and turned to the window watching as the last of the children boarded the bus. Near spotted two identical beings making there way towards the busses doors silently, hand in hand. They looked like reflections of each other, both having olive skin, olive green eyes, wavy mocha hair running over their shoulders and down their back. They also wore the same clothes and long billowing sky blue skirts and white sleeveless tops, they were rather short but Near could tell that they were taller than him, just barely.
"Near, is something the matter?" Sakura asked gently touching his shoulder with her hand.
"No, I'm fine." Near said giving her a brief and almost unnoticeable smile.
"Kay." She said at first not believing him but then deciding that Near had no reason to lie to her and never would unless it was for her own good, she trusted him with her whole heart.
"Love the pajama's by the way." Onyx said pulling Sakura out of her thoughts.
"Hm? Oh! thank you Onyx." Sakura said snapping back into her conversation with Onyx.
"So is this like something that you guys just do between each other or…" Onyx trailed off wondering why they were both still clad in there PJ's.
"Oh, no, I think Near always wears his all the time but today's my lazy day." Sakura explained laughing a little as she spoke.
"I see…" Onyx said thoughtfully before conversing some more with Sakura.
After four hours on the bus, Helen moved to sit with Matt leaving sleeping Angel alone with Mello, the funny thing is that Matt was the first and only to protest while Mello didn't say a word. Sakura had fallen asleep and was leaning comfortably on Near's shoulder and Onyx was sleeping with her arms crossed and her back straight against the bus seat. Most of the other kids, as Near had observed, were also asleep, happily dozing on there friends shoulders or asleep on the floor between two seats (A/N it's more comfortable that way, trust me). In about thirty more minutes Helen and Matt were asleep as well as the two twins that Near had spotted earlier, one was leaning on the others shoulder who was resting her head on top of hers. Near started to picture it as himself and Sakura but shook his head at the idea, she was his friend and that was all.
"Near…" Sakura muttered in her sleep snapping Near's attention back to Sakura. Near wrapped an arm around her protectively.
"I am right here, Sakura." Near whispered in her ear to comfort her.
"Mmm." Sakura snuggled closer and fisted her hand in the white fabric of his shirt.
Near felt his eyelids growing heavy and before he knew it he was being woken up by the speakers on the bus announcing that they had arrived at camp and were pulling in.
"Mmn Near?" Sakura murmured looking up at him.
"Yeah?"
"G'morning." Sakura smiled at him and he blushed realizing how close they were.
"Good Morning." Near answered shifting nervously in his seat, he couldn't just push her away and frankly he didn't want to. Suddenly they heard Helen shriek and Sakura jumped clinging to Near tightly before she separated from him to stand up and look over the seats (She had to stand on the seat) to see what was wrong. Helen was standing in the middle of the isle blushing three shades of red and Matt was against the window blushing a dark red that blended in with his hair almost perfectly.
"Helen! Shut your ass up and go back to sleep!!" Mello yelled angry to be woken up and holding a certain platinum blonde girl tight.
"Mello, please release me." Angel said without looking him in the eye, her hair hiding her eyes, and a blush spreading across her face despite her attempts to repress it.
"Oh, sure." Mello said letting go of the girl he hadn't realized he was holding. Angel scooted over so she had her personal space.
"Matt!" Helen yelled backing up as far as she could, "Matt!" Matt stayed silent still red as an overripe tomato.
"We have arrived at Camp Surrender," The bus drivers droning voice came over the speakers again, "Please stay in your seats until the bus has come to a complete stop."
Hope you guys enjoyed it and if I do anything with your OC's please tell me so I can fix it, I hate to make people angry. This is the longest chapter I've ever written and is sixteen pages on Microsoft Word (I gots that now, not Word Perfect )) and generally this stories chapters are only five pages long. You can still send me OC's and idea's if you want and next chapter I will finish putting in ZorraVixen's Oc's so until next time, bye bye!