A/N: Chapter 14 is finally out after much delay! This chapter is special; it's in Matt's perspective! 8D I hope I've captured his personality well. Please review and tell me what you think. :D
Oh and anything that's written in brackets () are also the stuff Matt's saying/thinking. They aren't author's notes.
Mello and Tori fell asleep. They're leaning against each other like a couple from some love movie, and Tori's even hugging his arm. I took a couple of snapshots. …What? It's for blackmail!
Okay, I think this is the place where that person who claimed to be Kira lives. I stopped the car.
"Dude." Poke poke poke. "However much you're enjoying yourselves, we've got a Kira to catch."
Damn, they're not waking up. Maybe I should try s-
Mello suddenly jumped up and hit his head on the window, yelling some random gibberish. It sounded something like "WOEIRNQPWO". I'm not sure how to pronounce that.
Since Tori was on his lap, she also hit the window. "OW, WHAT THE F-"
"…LOLOLOLOL." Okay, so I laugh using an Internet acronym; nothing wrong with that. Stop staring!
"IT'S NOT FUNNY, MATT!" Mello snarled.
Tori rubbed her sore head. "Why am I still on Mello's lap?"
"Because you like it there." Ha, good one, me! I have an epic sense of humour.
"Uh… no…" she answered hesitantly, unsure how to respond.
Score! One nil. "Yeah, so anyway, we're here already."
"What do we do?"
Mello and I always use the same basic plan when we go on missions. Actually, it depends on our opponents' level of intelligence, and this fake Kira is apparently very dim-witted. I'll leave Mello to explain that to Tori.
I took out my uber-cool heat-sensitive camera and scanned the hou- I mean, crappy shack.
"There's only one person in there," I reported.
As we got out of the car, some weird woman came running out of the shack. "OMGZ! WELCOMEZZZ, VICTORIA COURTLAND!"
"Hand over the Death Note!" I demanded coolly, flicking my hair out of my goggles. Harhar.
"LOLZZ, NO." The person opened a black notebook and began writing a name - most likely Tori's. If she dies, Mello would shoot me ten times. I pulled out my gun and shot the fake Kira's hand.
"I HAZ ANOTHER HAND!" She began writing again with her left hand.
Damn it, why must she be ambidextrous? I shot the other hand.
"I HAZ FEETZ!"
What the fuck? F-Kira (new codename for this Kira) is writing with her foot. Oh. And it seems that she's done with writing Tori's first name.
"…It was good while it lasted, guys," Tori began sadly. "I wonder if dying hurts."
But it's not over yet! I shot a smoke grenade in F-Kira's face. Mello used her temporary blindness to snatch the Death Note. He memorized the woman's exact location, so he knew where she is despite the smoke clouding his sight as well. Go, Mells!
So yeah, that was our mastermind plan. Note the sarcasm. But hey, it still worked, right?
"MWAHAHA, I ALREADY WROTE HER NAME DOWN!" F-Kira cackled like a witch. Oops.
"Shit!" Mello swore.
Hold on a second! Isn't F-Kira extremely stupid? She could have hidden the fact that she could write with both hands, and secretly write Tori's name while I wasn't looking. So that means… I'm not sure what that means.
I tackle-hugged Tori anyway while sobbing dramatically, but with no actual tears. That's just embarrassing. "TORI! NOOO!"
"Wha- Matt!" Why does she sound so surprised? Do I really seem like an anti-hugger?
"ACTUALLY, I PUT FIVE MINUTES!" F-Kira declared, still laughing evilly.
"Um… Bye Matt, bye Mells…" Tori said rather awkwardly. "…Why are you so upset?"
I'm setting up the mood, damn it!
"Mello, this isn't a time for your jealousy!" I yelled at Mello. Hint hint.
He just raised an eyebrow, looking at me as if I was a lunatic. "...What?"
"Tori's dying!"
"I know."
Is it just me or did he sound as if he was in pain when he said that?
"MATT, STOP BEING SAD!" Tori scolded.
I stopped glomping her, but still crying histrionically. "Go Mello, go! Say your last words!"
"How come I get the feeling you're enjoying this?" He glared at me accusingly.
What? I am definitely not enjoying this! What kind of a person does he think I am? I most certainly do not rejoice at the death of my friends. Also, I'm glad I charged my camcorder yesterday so now I can film everything that happens. It would be fun to watch sometime in the future. This is called being prepared! Oh yeah, I'm awesome.
Clock: Two more minutes.
"Go now, Mello! There's no time for that shit!" I cried.
"Oh, wait." Mello took out his gun and shot Kira in the head. Ouch.
"THAT WON'T DO ANY GOOD!" Tori yelled. "KIRA ALREADY WROTE MY NAME DOWN!"
He put his weapon back in his pants. "At least you know you're avenged?"
"But I'm dying…"
"Say your goodbyes to Tori!" I advised, flailing around. Sweet, I didn't leave my camcorder in the car. "Before it's too late!"
But he had no idea what to say.
Clock: One more minute.
Tori glanced at the clock. "…Alright then… Bye?"
"This is really awkward," I commented. I'm not going to start recording just yet; nothing much is happening. Wouldn't want to waste battery.
"…Yeah."
Mello was completely silent.
"Mells?" Tori called.
"…What?"
"Are you okay?"
"…Yeah, why?"
"Nothing…"
Psh, he's clearly not okay. I think he needs some help. I was in the most convenient position, standing slightly behind Tori and facing Mello. Now, eye contact! Perfect.
I used one hand to represent Mello, and another to represent Tori. Then I pressed the two hands together as if they were kissing. That's what you gotta do, Mells.
He just stared. Did he understand my gesture?
Clock: Ten more seconds.
"Matt, this is serious." Mello narrowed his eyes dangerously. Ha, I knew he understood! But I wasn't trying to be funny.
"I know it is! Besides, you aren't taking it seriously either." Awesome comeback. I deserve a mental pat on the back.
Tori didn't see my hand gestures. "…Bye. I'll miss you guys."
Clock: Time of death.
Tori was still standing, twitching slightly. "Am I dead…? …I'M A GHOST!" Then she began running around the area.
"GO THROUGH ME!" I exclaimed excitedly. Holy shit! This is epic! ...Unless she's actually a zombie. Please don't eat my brains. She ran towards me, only to crash and cause the both of us to fall backwards. Ow!
Tori rubbed her head from the impact. "What the…"
"You're one powerful ghost," I muttered, readjusting my goggles.
"Tori, you're not dead!" Mello butted in, his eyes widening.
"...Yes, I am! Kira killed me!" She pointed to the Death Note that he was still holding.
"Maybe she wrote 'becomes a ghost'?" I suggested, shrugging.
"But I just ran into you."
"It's all about the strength of a ghost's spirituality!" That makes perfect sense.
Mello ignored my statement and pinched Tori's arm.
"Ouch, damn it!" she yelped, pulling away. "What was that for?"
"See? You can feel."
"I'm dead though!" She grabbed the Death Note from Mello's hands and checked it. "Kira wrote fifty minutes, not five minutes! It says here: Victoria Courtland - dies in fifty minutes from a heart attack."
"There must be some way to undo this…?" he pondered uncertainly.
"I don't think so, Mells…"
"There must be a way."
"WHY DO YOU CARE, MELLS?"
"…THEN I CAN BEAT NEAR!"
That was such a lie. Anyone can tell why he's making such a huge fuss over it.
"…Alrighty then, go find a way and not care that I'm dying," Tori snapped.
"I am caring!" Mello sat down on a random concrete block, his hand in his hair. "That's why I want to find a way to reverse it!"
"And why do you care that Tori's dying?" I piped up.
"Because I-" He suddenly paused mid-sentence as he turned to glance at me, then he looked away as if nothing happened.
"Go on," I urged, turning on my camcorder.
Damn. He's not responding.
I took the Death Note and began examining it carefully. There's really nothing about reversing a d- Wait! I gasped audibly and pointed at the notebook. "Holy shit! Mello, there's a way to undo deaths!"
"…What?" Mello stood up slowly, his eyes lighting up.
"THE DEATH NOTE ERASER!"
"WHERE?" He immediately rushed over to snatch the book out my hands, looking through it furiously.
"Just kidding, I was trying to make you feel better." I'm such a good friend.
Mello froze as soon as I had said that, turning to look at me slowly and shooting death beams with his eyes. I backed away rapidly so that I would be outside of his killing range. Surprisingly, he didn't shoot my brains out and simply sat down again, his face in his hands.
"Why must I have to die on Mello's birthday?" Tori sighed, not reacting to my small façade. That made him even more depressed. "…Mells?"
"What…?" His voice was lifeless.
"Are you sure you're okay?"
"…Yeah."
"…No, you aren't. Look me in the eye and tell me."
Mello lifted his head to look at Tori, only to divert his gaze again.
"What the fuck did I do now?"
"Nothing…?"
"Why won't you tell me then?"
He didn't respond. You'd think Mello would be more emotional, right?
"…Mells." Tori was getting impatient. "Out of all times, you don't talk to me now?"
"I… I don't know what to say…?"
"Psst, Mello!" I started making hand gestures again. Once he looked in my direction, I formed a heart using his hand. He didn't react at all. Did he see me? "PSST! PSSSS-"
"Matt, shut it…"
"PSSSSSSST!"
"Why won't you look at me?" Fortunately, Tori hadn't heard my 'psst'ing. "Mello!"
He just blinked Near-ishly. I mouthed to him: "Dude, you're killing the moment." Even if that wouldn't improve the situation.
Clock: Twenty-five minutes left.
I gave a long sigh and turned the camcorder away from the extremely boring scene to face me. "You know, Mello can be such a sissy." Yeah, I'm talking to a cam. "I know I'm not supposed to say stuff like that, but seriously."
"Matt, shut up. I can hear you, you know."
Dude, this is my cam. I changed my voice to whisper mode. "I think Mello's on his period!"
Tori came up from behind me and slapped me in the face. Somehow. "HE IS NOT!"
"OW!" I rubbed my sore cheek and scowled at her before turning back to the camcorder. "What the hell! Did you see that? Tori just slapped me!"
"Why are you even recording my death?"
"One sec." I turned away from the cam to look up at her. "It was supposed to be epic or something!"
"DYING ISN'T EPIC!"
"But it's supposed to twist people's heartstrings!" I whined.
"LAST WORDS BEFORE I KILL YOU?"
"…Have mercy?" I faced the cam again and reverted to whispering. "I think Tori's on her period too!"
"MATT!"
Oops. "…Yeah?"
"Shut up."
Phew. No lives lost. I began hinting at Mello again. "Psst… PSST!"
He was silent. I think he went deaf.
"PSST, MELLO! PSSSST! CAN YOU HEAR ME?"
"I'M TRYING TO IGNORE YOU!" he snapped.
"You can't do that."
"Um, guys...?" Tori cleared her throat. "I'm going to die and you have nothing to say to me. That's really screwed up…"
Mello still didn't say a word.
"I'm gonna take a nap, and might die during it. So if you have any "byes", right now would be a cool time to say it?"
"Bye," I said. She face-palmed. Did I do something wrong?
"Tori…" Mello mumbled unexpectedly. This was what I was waiting for. I repositioned my camcorder for the best view. Insert Titanic theme song here.
Tori glanced at him in surprise. "Yeah?"
He walked over to her and pulled her into a firm hug, his hair covering his face. Go, Mello! I knew you weren't a sissy! Well, you still kind of are, but that's better! I think I'll edit this part into slow motion.
"…Mello?" Tori uttered softly, hugging back.
As if Mello suddenly realized what he was doing, he pulled back and began to walk away, flustered.
"Wait… Mells?" She took a couple of steps towards him.
He was looking in another direction. "Yeah…?"
Tori reached up and kissed him on the cheek. HOLY SH- Crap! I dropped my cam!
Clock: Time of death.
Tori's legs suddenly gave way and her whole body went limp. Mello quickly reached out to catch her before she crashed to the ground, and laid her down gently. I wonder if there is going to be an elaborate funeral. That would be pretty cool.
Mello muttered a swear word, hitting the ground.
"Hey, Mello…" a creepy-ass voice said. Yeah, it's that invisible anonymous thing.
"What do you want?" he mumbled in a subdued voice, his face in his hands.
"She's dead…"
He suddenly looked up (at no one), his eyes instantly burning with rage. "I KNOW, DAMN IT!"
"How do you feel?"
"ANGRY."
"Why?"
"I DON'T KNOW!" Mello continued punching the ground, spitting out curses.
"Why are you punching the ground?" the voice went on. Exactly! The ground didn't do shit! He should be punching the Death Note, or F-Kira's dead body.
"SHUT UP! BECAUSE I'M PISSED OFF!"
Normally when Mello explodes like this, I'd stay the hell back.
"She kissed you on the cheek!" it said, against my mental advice. "Do you miss her?"
He stopped hitting the innocent ground and just held a fistful of his hair. I crawled over to Tori's dead body and poked her. …Why is she warm?
"Dude, she's still warm."
Ignored. Thanks a lot, Mells.
"I knew you really liked her!" the voice taunted nosily. "So I'm sorry and stuff!"
"Shut the hell up…" Mello pulled at his hair.
"You didn't punch her in the face when she kissed you either."
"Why would I?" he hissed bitterly.
"You usually would, but not with her… You love her. Am I right?"
A short pause. Then Mello muttered, "Think what you want."
"YOU LOVE TORI?"
"SHUT UP!"
"DO YOU? SHE CAN'T HEAR YOU NOW, SO IT DOESN'T MATTER!"
"I DON'T CARE."
"WHY ARE YOU SO AFRAID TO ADMIT IT?"
"I'M NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING!"
All this shouting is hurting my ears. I picked up a stick and poked Tori's dead body out of boredom. She twitched.
Wait, what? She twitched? That means…
"ZOMBIE!" I yelled, jumping back and falling onto the ground. I crawled backwards while pointing at the still-motionless figure, just in case it sudden jumps up and bites me. "Holy shit, Tori's a zombie!"
Mello's eyes widened before giving me an exasperated look. Then he crawled over to Tori. He's going to get converted into one of them if he's not careful.
"ONLY THE KISS OF HER TRUE LOVE CAN AWAKEN HER!" the voice called, also ignoring me.
"That's just-…" Mello scowled incredulously, not finishing his sentence.
"Tori is a princess, so kiss her! You're her prince!"
"…It doesn't have to be on the lips, right?"
"Not unless you want to."
Mello lifted Tori's hand and just have a quick peck. I've still got everything on cam. I wonder how Tori would react once she sees this. Hmm.
"Aww!" the anonymous thing cooed. "But I was kidding."
Tori suddenly rolled over, mumbling. "Ngghnn… Am I in hell…?"
I crawled back over to the both of them. "Nope. Welcome to heaven."
"Tori!" Mello grabbed her shoulders, shaking her.
"Where's… my prince?" Her eyes were still closed. "I just heard him!"
I shoved him in her face. "Here!"
"Matt, stop it," he hissed.
"Where's... Mello... and Matt?" Tori murmured. "Where's… my Mells…?"
"Your Mells?" I grinned. Hear that, Mello? "He's right here."
"...Hi Mells..." She seems half-asleep.
"...Hey," Mello replied boringly.
"...Why didn't I die?"
"I'm not sure."
Tori sat up, her face red for some reason. "Hey guys… Thanks for not leaving me here."
"You should've seen Mello's reaction," I told her.
"...What did he do? What happened?"
"Mello was practically l-"
"Matt!" Mello snarled threateningly. Damn.
"…We should have a party!" I changed the topic otherwise I might die. "We need to celebrate your resurrection!"
"But I was never dead…"
"We should have a party anyway." Free food!
Tori turned to Mello. "It's still your birthday, Mells, what do you want to do?"
"…Eat?"
"Then let's go!"
The three of us took a seat in a nearby restaurant. The lights were slightly dim and it was kind of noisy, but that won't stop me from concentrating on my DS.
"Hey, cutie!" someone said.
Take that, Koopa Troopa! Did you see that? I just crashed against that player and knocked them down the cliff. Sucker. Check this out, I'm in first place! Oh yeah.
"HMPH!" the person scoffed, followed by rabid footsteps.
"Pfft."
I looked up from my game. "Huh? What happened?"
Then some random eighteen-year-old dude sat down next to Tori. "Anything good here, besides you?"
"…Uh." She stared at him. "Is this some sort of hook-up restaurant?"
"It is now!" He winked lamely, inching closer.
"YES. FIRST PLACE!" Epic! New racetracks unlocked! Then I saw movement under the table. I think Mello kicked the dude or something.
Tori flinched. "Matt! Don't do that!"
Huh? What did I do?
"Tryin' to play hard to get?" the weirdo went on. He yawned, stretching his arms, before lowering it around Tori's shoulders.
"Fuck off!" Mello growled, smacking his arm away.
The guy just shrugged. "Come on, Brit."
"My name isn't Brit!" Tori retorted.
"You're a Brit, so your name is Brit."
"…I don't like that name."
"Too bad. So, what is your name, Brit?"
What the hell? No one hits on girls like that. Fail. He edged even closer to Tori, whispering something. I glanced at Mello, who was glaring fiercely at the guy. His hand was gripping his gun too. I gave him a look that said 'we don't need any more attention from the public by killing someone even if he's hitting Tori, so calm down and just ignore him, otherwise the second Kira would label you as a criminal and find out your real name, then you'll die from a heart attack without accomplishing anything'. Kind of complicated, but he'll understand. Hopefully.
Instead of killing the guy, Mello listened to my eyes (what the-?) and relaxed. Phew.
"C'mon Britty, let's get outta here." The dude grabbed Tori's arm and pulled her up.
"Dude, go away…"
"FUCK OFF!" Mello snapped, slamming his hand down on the table. Shit.
"Who do you think you are?" He snorted rudely before turning back to Tori. "Shut up. You're a stupid girl. You don't know a good one when you see it, now c'mon."
Tori's eyes widened. "…S-stupid?"
Mello shoved him. "I said fuck off!"
"Mello, no… Calm down…" She tried to stop the potential fight. "Let's just… ignore him."
The dude just gave Mello a laid-back stare and dragged Tori away. To the bathroom. Is he going to…?
"Wha- THAT WAS UNCALLED FOR!" she yelled, trying to pull away.
Mello spat out a swear word, rushing over and shoving the people in his way. I followed after saving my game. Can't let all that hardwork go down the drain.
By the time I arrived at the scene, the to-be rapist had pushed Tori into a stall and punched Mello out when he tried to pull him out.
"HELP!" Tori screamed from the stall. "HOLY FUCK, DON'T TOUCH ME!"
Muttering more swear words, Mello pressed himself against the wall opposite the stall in preparation for a run-up.
"Action!" Just when he kicked the door down, I turned on my camcorder once again. …It's for evidence! Yeah, evidence.
Mello grabbed the rapist by the shirt and punched him in the face. His punches hurt like hell, I can tell you that. But then the guy kicked him in the- …You know where. Mello made a weird noise while falling onto the floor. That must've hurt. A lot.
"THAT WAS A GAY-ASS MOVE! DON'T KICK HIM THERE!" Tori pushed the rapist and ran over to him. "MELLO?"
Without a warning, Mello swept his leg across the floor, tripping the pedo over. He smirked, "Just kidding. I had my gun there."
The rapist groaned from the impact with the floor, then stood up and began dragging Tori outside. I followed, still filming.
"MATT! DO SOMETHING!" Tori yelled, struggling.
"But Mello's supposed to be the hero." I frowned disapprovingly. Can't mess with these damsel-in-distress situations.
"AT LEAST GIVE ME YOUR GUN?"
That sounds more reasonable. I tossed my gun to Tori.
"Guns?" the dude scoffed. "Girls as weak as you shouldn't use g- OW, THE FUCK?"
Mello shot him in the leg. The rapist tried to limp away, only to receive another bullet in his other leg from Tori. He began sobbing like a loser. I pointed and laughed at him. …I can't help it, it looks too funny.
Then the guy took out something from his pocket, and threw it at Tori.
"What was that?" I turned the cam to film her.
"A knife?" She pointed to a cut on her leg. Uh oh. Mello's going to b-
"OINPFOIEANROIJA!" he roared incomprehensibly, shooting the rapist again before going over to him and punching him in the face.
"Mello, come on!" Tori protested, trying to pull Mello away from the almost-dead man.
"He's really pissed…" I commented, still filming.
"What for?"
"Because that guy hurt you."
She sighed. "MELLO, I'M BEING RAPED. SAVE ME OVER HERE!"
Mello immediately turned around, rage burning in his eyes. "WHERE?"
"…Let's go. And Mells, you have blood all over you."
"Shit," he swore, looking at his hands. He turned to go back to the restaurant to wash the blood off while Tori and I waited outside.
Back to my DS! Which racetrack should I choose? Hmm… Rainbow Road! Most people suck at this one. I can hack the system to choose the racetrack I selected. To all of my opponents: you're going down!
I heard some girly giggling coming from inside the restaurant. When I glanced up, Tori had a pissed-off expression on her face. She practically ripped off the restaurant door as she entered. I tagged along. I guess this race will have to wait.
"Hey!" I heard a group of girls say to Mello. "What's your name?"
He raised an eyebrow. "What do you want?"
One of the girls winked. "A date with you!"
"…" Mello didn't say anything, and simply walked away. But the girls were persistent.
"Hard to get, sexy?" they went on. "So, what's your name?"
By this time, Tori had shoved the everyone in her way onto the ground, stomping over to the group.
"So are you single?" a girl was asking.
Tori glared at the girls. "NO. PISS OFF!"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever! I was talking to the sexy one!"
"…Let's get out of here," Mello said to Tori, twitching.
"OKAY!" some other random girl said.
"HE WASN'T TALKING TO YOU, DUMBASS!" Tori growled. "COME ON, MELLS!"
The group encircled the pair. "That's your name? Mells?"
Tori turned around, with an epic punch in a girl's face. Whoa, bitch fight.
"Who's your friend with the goggles?" a blond girl asked, winking at me. I think I'll just back away. Not that I'm gay or anything; I just don't go for whores.
"SERIOUSLY, FUCK OFF!" Tori was yelling.
"You're violent!" the girls giggled like lunatics. "So yeah, who's Goggles?"
"I'm not Goggles," I said. That's such a weird nickname. Makes me sound like a frog or something.
Oops. Now the girls are swarming around me. "What's your name then, cutie?"
…That's it. This is too creepy. I'm getting out of here.
"I'm going to wash off the rest of the blood," Mello announced once the three of us arrived back at the apartment.
"What about me?" Tori whined.
"Stay here?"
"But I'll get bored…"
He just shrugged and left. Tori made sure that he was gone before turning to face me. "HEY MATT!"
"Yeah?"
"So how did Mello react to my death?"
Oh yeah. I forgot about that. "He lost it and started punching the ground. And he kissed your hand."
"…Why?"
"Someone told him it would revive you."
"…Okay then. I honestly cannot remember anything that happened right before I passed out."
"Don't worry, I've got everything on my cam." I grinned and took out the camcorder, and showed Tori the scene where she kissed Mello on the cheek.
"...Fuck you."
"What?" Did I do something?
"FUCK YOU."
"What did I do?" I don't get it.
"I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE!"
"...Which makes it more exciting and dramatic?" I said uncertainly, fidgeting.
"FOR WHAT?"
…I think I'll just go and sit in the corner.
A/N: Just a note to explain a couple of things. Tori didn't die because F-Kira is an idiot and forgot to picture her face when she wrote down her name. Also, right at the beginning of the restaurant scene, the person who said "Hey, cutie!" was talking to Matt, who was apparently too occupied with his game. He's playing Mario Kart, by the way.