A/N:

The next installment! For you!

Just so you know, these are my favorite death note characters, so they might appear more than the others... I'll explain why too. (These are in order from greatest to least - and they're all my favorite.)

L - he is just awesome! Can anyone NOT love him?

Mikami - I don't know why, after L died, he was the next best thing. =/

Matt - so he was only in the show a short time. I don't care. Even though he was the third successor of L, he was his own person, different from Mello and Near. Plus, he's absolutely adorable!

Light - He's smart and cool. I hated how he was afraid of death in the last few episodes, though. Therefore, he lost second and even third place.

Misa - She is just the cutest! Even though she is really slow, you just can't help but love her!

Matsuda - basically the same reason as Misa Misa. And I love how hard he truely tries his best.

Now for my least favorite (in order from worst to best):

Near - ugh I hate him!!! He is the character I hate the most!~ He copies L, and thinks he is far better than L, and he will never be!

Mello - he was at least his own person, and not a total copy of L, but again, he thought he was better than L...

Shuichiro Yagami - (dunno If i spelled that correctly) EW. That is all.

I do like Matt/Mello couples in fanfictions and stuff. Even though I dislike Mello. I still love Matt. ^.^

"Alright Matt, what's up?" Mello asked casually, stepping into their cramped apartment, back in the lower part of town. He figured that if they came here, Near and L wouldn't be around for whatever was going to happen. Whether it ended up being a fight or sex, personally, the blonde didn't want the other vampires to have to hear either one - or anyone else staying at that hotel, for that matter.

"What do you mean?" Matt asked, keeping his voice just as casual, "And why did you drag me all the way back here?"

"Oh, come on. I know what you were thinking back there... and I wanna know why."

Matt ignored this for a moment, and walked into the room further, boots tapping rhythmically against the metal floor. They had never bothered to put in carpet or anything; it was of no use to them. Matt thought it would have looked nice, but then again, he wasn't really as practical as the rest of them. They could also use a new couch, not that it would really feel any different to them, being icy vampires. But Matt wasn't thinking about these things as he ran his thin fingers against the red fabric and made his way to the window. If there was one decent thing about this apartment, it was the view. The redhead looked out over the tops of the city's many buildings, and thought.

"What am I to you?" This question took Mello aback. It had not been the answer he was looking for, but then again, it wasn't really an answer at all.

"You are the person I love the most," Mello whispered. It was quiet, but he knew Matt could hear it.

"Why do you play those games?"

"It's fun. Don't you think so?" Mello couldn't help the smile playing on his lips as he thought of all the people they had conquered together. "It's entertaining. Tons of vampires do it."

Matt looked out the window. He crossed his arms over his chest, but he wasn't cold. He knew what he felt, but he didn't want to admit to being jealous. Mello wouldn't say anything either, the redhead knew what Mello was waiting to hear. Sighing, Matt tried to find the right words. "I don't want... if you want to keep... you know..." He paused again. "If you like doing this, then I don't want to be hassling you..."

The redhead heard light footsteps behind him, and soon felt soft hands wind their way around him, and up to his chest. Matt could feel himself blushing, but continued to talk.

"I feel like you're doing that because I'm not good enough!" He yelled quickly before the kind hands could pull him under. Matt felt the calming hands jerk off like they had been slapped. "I-I mean... I'm sorry..." Immediately, Matt regretted what he said. In his human years, he had only ever had time for video games, and never cared about anything else until Mello came along. School was easy for him; he excelled in everything, except language arts. He had never been able to fuse words together to make them come out right; especially around Mello. He attempted to backpedal and say something less offensive. "What I mean is- mmm..." The surprised Redhead was cut off by soft pink lips melting with his own.

The lips parted with his to speak. "I should be the one apologizing. I didn't know you thought that."

But Matt could see that Mello didn't want to change. Words were getting them nowhere, because no matter how many words are spoken, it can't affect the truth. Lies on top of lies don't make them the truth, especially when a vampire can simply look into another's thoughts, where the truths always hid. When Mello leaned in again, Matt leaned away.

The blonde teen sighed in frustration. "Matt, you don't believe me." It was a statement. Matt just looked back at him with the same expression since there was nothing to be said about the truth. "Fine. You don't have to believe me, because you're right. I do want to continue to go bite people in the same ways I was doing, but you're wrong in your thinking. I do it for entertainment, not to get away from you. In fact, I want you to be with me because I have more fun when you're with me. Not just when we attack people, either, but all the time. You should know that I chose you because I love you. I don't love anyone else, just you. You are the only one that I'll ever want." Mello paused to breath. Even in the dark, Matt could see how red his face was. As long as the two had been together, Mello had never told the redhead anything like this before, and it was refreshing to know, and feel so loved. Slowly, the vampire wrapped his arms around the blonde, and buried his face in the other's sweet smelling hair.

"I love you, Mello."

"I love you too."

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A few long days have passed, and L's plan has become a success. The task force is spread across the entire country of Japan, each with a different operative base near one common murdering location. Currently, Light, L, and Matsuda are staying in the same base, closest to the original headquarters since Light still has school. Matsuda is staying in the same base to make sure L isn't a spy or the actual Kira, since he isn't an official member of the task force yet. L is getting sick of Matsuda's presence and the way he's always in his business. He had been thinking of gaining an ally soon, and since L and Matsu are taking the night shift tonight, now would be his perfect opportunity.

"Well, L, Matsuda, I guess I'm leaving up to you guys." Light smiled as he grabbed his backpack off the floor of the apartment they were located in. "Let's do our best to bring Kira to justice." The teen walked out, leaving the two men alone.

"So... L..." Matsuda began, weakly attempting to start a conversation. L wondered why the task force would choose this man, of all people, to stay with them. He wasn't exactly the smartest, and he could be dense, so it's not like he would ever register something as suspicious. The vampire didn't mind, it made things easier for him, but at the same time he had been hoping for a bit of a challenge.

"Yes, Matsuda?" L asked, pivoting to face the black haired man.

"Uhm, have we got anything?" He asked, rubbing the back of his head nervously. L took a few steps closer.

"No we don't." L began walking up to Matsuda, who began walking backwards from the other man. "Light just left, do you think the readings are going to be extremely different in the course of two minutes?" The detective looked offended by this comment, but still L continued, "And do you seriously think that Kira is just going to pop out at us? No, he's most likely right under our noses." L was so close to Matsuda now that the human could feel the vampire's breath on his face. "I bet he's even in this room. Who knows? Maybe he can manipulate..." L truly had no idea where he was going with this. He was just trying to figure out a way to get close enough to the man to bite him in the easiest way possible.

Finding he could get no closer, L lashed out and bit Matsuda on the neck, managing to take only a little of his blood. Though the vampire was starving, Matsuda's blood wasn't as appetizing as Mikami's had been. Once L bit Matsuda, the man's eyes turned red and he suddenly snapped to life. Now that L's venom was inside of him, he could be manipulated for whatever L needed.

L knew he had blown his cover with Mikami, so he couldn't risk that chance with Matsuda. Now that he was under the control of the vampire, he would still go around like a normal human, but was really under the control of the real Kira. With one more on the side of the cult, L could see that things were playing exactly into his hands, which was exactly what he could only hope for in desperate times like these.

Everything was going brilliantly apart from a single exception – Mikami.

A/N:

Yay for my always short chapters!

Uhm, one thing: The second part of the chapter, with Matsuda and L was VERY hard to write, so sorry if it came out like crap. =/

Sorry for the wait. The past week seemed to fly, and I eventually never had a chance to write this! Well, I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!