Sorry it took so long to update! My friends kind of introduced me to Kuroshitsuji and Pandora Hearts and I got completely engrossed into them... When I get obsessed over something like that I usually can't write anything 'cause it keeps popping into my head... _

I realised after reading the review C. Holywell-Black sent me that in my summary I had written my character's name as 'Rin' when it was actually 'Ran' (That's what I wrote in the 1st chapter) but then I thought carefully... and I think the name Rin suits her better so that's going to be her name. So thanks C. Holywell-Black!~ Both for the review and making me realize that!~ I also wanted to thank RickkyMack my first reviewer! It made me really happy to know that someone enjoys my story/writing! =) I made this chapter much longer than the last one~ I hope y'all enjoy it!~ =)

Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note, any of it's characters, Wii or Super Smash Brawl.

Chapter 2: A pretty shade of red

"Ugh! I can't believe that even though I have to start my job at 11, I still manged to over sleep! It's my 1st day too!"

I was running down the streets as fast I could, carrying a backpack with me in which I had quickly stuffed a few Cd's, my laptop, a few papers from my research, a bottle of water, my lunch and a few bars of chocolate for snacks. I was wearing black jeans, a short sleeve T-shirt striped black and white and a full sleeve black leather jacket over it zipped open. Of course I was also wearing my fingerless black leather gloves on my hands and my cross necklace and headphones around my neck.

"I hope I'll be on time! I hope I'll be on time! I hope-"

*CRASH*

"Ouch! What the hell!" I shouted in frustration.

"Ow..." I heard someone in front of me groan.

While running around the corner of the road I had crashed into someone. I know it's not the best idea to run around a corner but hey! I was in a hurry! Speaking of which...

"What?! It's already 10:57! Crap, I'm going to be late!" I shouted looking at the cell phone in the boy's hand.

"Oh..." the boy responded seeming like he just came back from another planet.

"Ugh! Sorry about this but I seriously! I got to run or I'll be late to work!" I told him while quickly getting of the floor and running once again toward the video-game store.

I was in such a rush that I hadn't even seen properly who I had dashed into. I just noticed that it was a boy and that he was wearing boots, skinny blue jeans and brown leather gloves on his hands. Oh, I also noticed that his hair was a pretty shade of red.

~Reaching the video-game store~

*BANG*

"*pant* Made it- *pant* in- *pant* time!" I said while trying desperately to catch my breath after running all the way and banging the door open.

"You don't have to always make such a dramatic entrance kid!" I heard Sabrina say in a playful tone.

"Hn. Sorry and stop calling ma a kid!" I answered while quickly regaining my composure.

"Anyways, come here! This is Anne you'll be working with her till 2 pm today. Like I said before, she's 16 years old too~ Oh, and this is Derrick!"

"Hello, it's nice to meet you. I hope we will get along well." a girl with long black hair and dark brown eyes presented herself to me politely. She seemed like a happy but slightly shy girl.

"Whatever."

*Bam!*

"Ouch! What was that for you crazy woman!" I shouted at the manager. She had just hit me over the head with a rolled up magazine which I have no idea from where she got.

"You've got to learn to be more friendly! And looks like you will be needing someone to teach you since you obviously haven't learnt that in 16 years! So consider yourself lucky! You just got yourself the most amazing teacher of friendliness!" Sabrina replied brightly.

"More like I'm the most unlucky person who is now going to have to bear even more of your constant nagging! I don't even need to learn to be 'friendly'" I mumbled.

*Bam!*

"Ouch! Would you quit that already!" I shouted at her while rubbing my head after once again being hit by that evil magazine.

"Not until you talk more nicely~" she said while waving her finger at me.

"Alright then, would you please kindly stop doing that?" I said sarcastically while giving her a sickeningly sweet smile.

"There, see now that wasn't so bad was it? Anyways I gotta go~ Derrick and I are going on a date!" she said happily while completely ignoring my sarcasm.

"Whatever, now just leave already, so I can get some peace... hopefully..." I mumbled.

*Bam!*

"OUCH! DAMN YOU SAB- *Bam!* Ugh!" I yelled as she happily left the store dragging Derrick along while he just waved at me looking looking as if he was trying hard not to laugh.

"Stupid manager!" I growled after she left.

"I think she's quite nice!" Anne said while also looking like she was trying hard not to laugh.

"Why? You enjoy watching her drive me mad too?" I asked while glaring at her.

"Oh no no no! That's not what I meant!" she answered while shrinking back nervously and shaking both her hands in front of her face.

*sigh* "Let's just get on with this job..."

Seeing as their was no music playing I took out one of the CD's I had brought along with me and played it using the CD player Sabrina had pointed out to me earlier.

~Later during the day~

It was currently 3pm. I was looking intently through my papers while munching ferociously on a chocolate bar with my laptop open in front of me. Anne had left an hour ago and a boy who looked to be around 19 years old came, introducing himself as Kyle. Currently, he was at the back of the store arranging the fresh stock we had received, while I was at the counter waiting for customers.

The papers I had taken out of my bag and now layed in front of my open laptop were filled with any information or things which I thought might be clues to finding my older brother: The only relative that I knew I had left. I have been searching for him for almost 2 whole years now! Not that I'm stupid or anything it's just that he doesn't seem to want to be found... He even made himself an alias! Although that's because of that Wammy orphanage... I'm quite happy to have at least got that much information seeing as how hard it seems to get any information to do with him... I had known he had gone to live in that orphanage, so England's the 1st place I went to after I became free. Unfortunately, I learnt that he had already left that place. I had a really hard time getting anything on him at first because I didn't know his alias but I eventually learnt that through that old man who took care of the place, I think his name was Roger, with a description. From what 'Roger' was saying he didn't seem to have changed much but I wanted a picture of him anyway. Unfortunately, all the pictures that the orphanage had of him seemed to have disappeared. However, I found out that there was a girl who knew him who was a portrait artist. So of course, I paid her a little 'visit'...

~Flashback~

"Hey." I called out to the blond pig-tail haired girl at the other end of the gun in my hand while nonchalantly eating my chocolate bar. Of course I was wearing a disguise to make sure she didn't remember my face...

"W-what d-do you want?" the girl asked me, her eyes open wide in fear.

"Nothing much. Just draw me this "Mello" person from the orphanage you used to go to." I answered while ferociously taking a bite into my chocolate.

"B-but I can't! W-we're n-not allowed too!" the girl stuttered.

Geez! Just how stupid is she?! She has a gun freakin' gun pointed at her head and she wants proper 'permission' to draw them?! I thought Wammy was only supposed to be for geniuses not idiots!!"

"Oh? I see... Then don't blame me if one of these bullets go through your head. You see, I never know what I might do when I'm frustrated... and I've been searching for information on Mello quite some time now..." I said in a dangerous tone, stopping my eating for a bit to look directly into her eyes.

"N-NO! Please don't shoot me I'll draw him! I'll do anything else you want to! So please don't kill me!" the girl shouted while trembling and bringing her hands protectively around her head.

"Oh really! That's great! That will save me so much trouble! Oh, and draw this "Near" person too while your at it. Oh, and please, do hurry." I answered in an excited tone of voice.

So she gets her situation now huh? Maybe she thought this was a toy or something...idiot. Finally I'm getting somewhere with this search!

Pulling out a chair and my iPod, I sat down and watched her draw first my brother and then this person called "Near" who I heard was his ultimate rival. Knowing Mihael he would use any means possible to defeat his rival, specially one who lasted this long.

"Y-you're related to Mello right?" the girl asked in a shaky voice.

"What makes you say that?" I asked surprised. The only thing I had physically in common with my older brother was my eye colour and as far as I knew our personalities were quite different.

"Y-you're way of behaving... It's quite like Mello." she answered quietly.

"How would you know? You have hardly even talked to me."

"Y-you're right. Sorry, I wouldn't really know." she nervously answered while looking as if she suddenly regretted bringing this up.

Looks like she won't say much more about this... She's to scared to think straight anymore. I doubt this is important but I'll take note of it, it might be of some use who knows...

After 2 hours she was done with both pictures, so I took them, got up and got ready to leave.

"Well thanks for the portraits. Oh right, you better not mention anything about this incident to anyone. I wouldn't want to kill you when you've been of so much help to me."

"Of course! I won't tell a soul!" the girl nervously answered but for once not stuttering.

"'K then, bye." I said while while stepping out of her house.

~ End of flashback~

*sigh*

"Where are you Mihael?..." I whispered to myself while letting my head land gently on the counter.

I remained in that position for around 2 minutes before I got tired.

"Ugh! I need a break from all this work! Let's see what's so great about video-games!" I said while closing my laptop and putting away my papers with a smirk. I then got up to go fetch Kyle.

"Hey! Kyle set up this Wii thing for me!" I shouted out from the entrance of the storage room.

*Thud* I heard from the back of the room.

"Ouch! Don't yell so suddenly idiot!" the angry man shouted at me while coming out from behind a huge pile of boxes.

"Watch who you call an idiot! Now hurry up and come set this thing up!" I shouted indignantly.

"See! You are an idiot! You don't even know how to set up a Wii and you order me so confidently to set it up for you!" Kyle said haughtily.

"I haven't even ever played video-games before! Fine! You know what? I'll just figure it out myself. I don't need your help!"

Walking off back to behind the counter, I started to try and figure out how to set up that Wii thing. Of course there was no instruction booklet, which would have been very useful, because apparently no one needed one and since it wasn't new, whoever had got it here didn't leave one either.

*sigh*

"Look. I'm sorry Rin, I'll show you how to set it up. I understand you've never played on any gaming console before let alone a Wii, it's just I was mad 'cause-" Kyle stopped in mid-sentence after completely coming out from behind the curtains attached above the doorway of the storeroom.

"Oh! Hey Kyle! It's fine I already set it up and figured out the controls." I said while turning my head around, still holding onto the controller. I was currently on the character menu of Super Smash Brawl selecting a character to use. The 19 year old just stood their with his mouth hanging open.

"What?" I asked him with a confused look.

"I th-thought you said y-you never played video-games before!"

"That's right..."

"Then how the hell did you manage to figure out how to set it up, set it up, figure out how the controller works and get up to the character menu in Brawl in just one minute?!!"

"I don't know. It wasn't that hard to figure out and I've watched people play before. So..." I answered while shrugging and continuing to browse through the characters. Actually that was a lie. I had never watched people play video-games before but I had to say something so that it wouldn't look too suspicious... For a hacker and a professional thief that sort of thing is easy, but I guess for normal people... not as much.

"Still, that's amazing..."

I had been playing Brawl for the past half an hour and by now I was completely engrossed in the game. There hadn't been any customers for a while now so it was fine.

"Why can't you jump high like that weird pink creature, Ike! Come on, jump you stupid knight! You can't die yet! You still have to kill that big monkey!" I scolded the knight on the screen.

"You know, maybe it's because Ike's not a 'weird pink creature' that he can't jump that high." I heard a male voice say from the right side of my head while chuckling.

"I know that! I just don't want to die by the hands of some giant monkey, a weird pink creature and a baby dinosaur!" I shouted in frustration.

"Someone needs anger management classes~" the voice said, still chucking.

"Do not! It's just that that stupid knight needs to learn how to fly or jump higher!" I grumbled while putting down the controller and turning towards the person standing to my right.

"So this job was why you had to hurry huh? Did you you make it on time... uh... Rin?" the boy asked with a smile, pausing to read my name tag.

I had a confused look on my face and he seemed to notice because he continued, still wearing that bright smile on his face.

"I'm that guy you dashed into this morning remember? Since I'm a regular, I knew that you were new here."

Realization finally struck me as I recognized the skinny blue jeans, the boots, the brown leather gloves and of course the hair which was that pretty shade of red... Looking more closely now I also noticed he was wearing a pair of orange tinted goggles which were pulled onto his head and a cream coloured vest over a long sleeve red and black striped t-shirt. Overall his style was quite different but it suited him well. I also noticed he had bright beautiful emerald coloured eyes.

"Y-you're the boy with the pretty shade of red hair!" I burst out pointing an accusing finger at him.

At first, his face turned into a shocked expression but quickly, a huge grin spread across it.

"Wow! Thanks! I'm glad you like my hair!~"

My face quickly turned into a pretty shade of red, just like his hair... I didn't want him to know that I remembered him as the boy with the pretty shade of red hair!

That's the end of chapter 2~ Yay! Matt finally appeared!~ =D (I'm guessing all of you understood that was Matt... _) This chapter reveals a little more about the main character and shows some of the other minor characters... I hope I managed to make the main character's personality came out right... Tell me what you think of my characters. Please review, 'cause like I said before they make me happy!~