Me: I think I did great with this chappie! Matt! Mello! Get in here and read it so I feel more confident! I haven't been getting enough reviews since some people are apparently lazy and don't feel like encouraging me or reviewing! I've been getting more favs in the story, author categories and alerts categories than I do with reviews!
Mello: Who did review?
Matt: Yeah, shouldn't you thank those who did review your crappy writing?
Me: Hey! That's offensive!
Matt: *Shrugs*
Mello: *Rolls eyes*
Me: Yeah, I guess you're right, though, Matt. I should thank those who did review. So, I'd like to particularly thank: Darkfire359, Escaping Dreams, Fluffyduck-01 and xLunaxNightingalexDuckx and I promise that I shall add all of you to my favorite authors listing! But I'd like to especially thank Darkfire359! You have been the most supportive and have been the one to review mostly! I'm so happy that you have been helpful and reviewed. I greatly appreciate it, thank you.
Mello: Nicely done, Fairy.
Me: Why thank you!
Matt: I could've done better.
Me: Oh shut up! Have you finished reading this chappie yet?
Matt: Yes! And I hate what you did to me in this chapter of Cannibal Land. I hate this chapter soooooo much! No, I just freakin hate YOU! You're so mean to me in this chapter, Fairy! I think I might quit!
Mello: *Fake coughs* Liar.
Matt: *Glares*
Me: No! You won't quit because I'm paying you in free video games!
Matt: I hate you….
Me: Yeah, so? This is my story and it just so happens that you're a character in it so be grateful and be glad I didn't make you a cannibal that gets killed off…or whatever! So just shut the heck up!
Matt: I'm not your bitch to mess around with! You can't do this to me!
Mello: Yeah, Fairy, he's MY bitch to mess around with. *Smirks*
*Matt blushes*
Me: Do you want me to make a lemon scene?
Matt: NO!
Mello: He totally DOES!
Matt: *Tries to strangle Mello*
Me: Mello please tell our dear friend, Matt, who obviously doesn't seem to know, why he shouldn't make me angry at him.
Mello: Besides the fact she can revoke video game privileges and kill you off in her story. Fairylust is fate in this story; so Matty I wouldn't piss her off if I were you. Who knows what she'll do to you when she's pissed? She might make you turn into a cannibal, which then I'll be forced to blow your brains out…like with A. Poor, poor freakin cannibal A (sarcasm) ;^P
Matt: No she wouldn't! *Looks to me in disbelief*
Me: *Smirks cruelly* I might if you make me angry enough, Matt. And you're honestly one of my favorite Death Note characters. So, please don't tempt me to have Mello blow your brains out with his gun and awesome accuracy at hitting moving targets.
Mello: Like I said she's fate. *Bites into chocolate bar*
Matt: I hate fate! *Runs away to escape my cold glare*
Me: And since I'm fate I don't give a flip if Matt currently hates me or not! Oh, and Matt I can't die of a heart attack! For one I am too healthy and for two…well… my identity if secret as far as Death Note characters know!
Mello: Hey, look! I found a Matt doll! *Tosses Matt doll to me*
Me: Let's just see how much longer Matt will want to survive my story after this chappie! *Sticks tongue out at Matt doll and then smirks, evilly*
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Death Note or its epically amazing characters.
Matt sat on the moist ground with his head bowed as if in defeat as he realized that he'd lost his lighter. He knew Mello was gonna be pissed at him. He knew that without the lighter they had no fire. He knew that he'd get the living hell beat out of him for losing such a valuable tool. He knew that his survival rate had dropped drastically. He knew that Mello would probably throw him to the cannibals who were chasing them if he revealed that he'd lost the lighter and Mello had collected all of the firewood for nothing. But he mostly knew…that he was utterly, totally and without a doubt…screwed.
Oh, how cruel fate can be! He thought looking up at the sky, which was painted by the colors of an awesomely beautiful sunset. "I hate you fate!" he shouted giving the sky the bird. "I hope you die of a heart attack, no I hope you choke on your own writing!" He shut his mouth tight when he heard Mello approaching.
Time to face the music, he thought dolefully.
Mello returned with the last bit of firewood and tossed it into the circle of large rocks he'd made so the fire wouldn't escape. He turned to his buddy smiling tiredly as he wiped sweat off his forehead. "Kay, Matt lets light these sticks up and get a fire started so we can get some sleep. I'm fucking dead on my feet!" Mello said waiting for his best friend to pull out his lighter and light their campfire. Matt gave him a nervous smile, meanwhile sweat dripped from his forehead and down the back of his neck as he felt his stomach lurch. The blonde immediately knew something was horribly wrong.
"What the hell did you do?" he shouted at the redhead.
"What are you talking about?" Matt asked tensely.
"You only smile like that after you make a major slip-up!" the blonde snapped grabbing the front of Matt's shirt and begun shaking him really hard making the redhead cry out. "What in the fiery pits of hell did you do, Matt?" he roared shaking Matt all the harder. "Mels!" Matt yelled, as he was shook without any resistance on his behalf. "Stop! I think I'm gonna puke!" He yelled feeling his stomach heave. Mello released him allowing him to hit the ground, sprawling. The blonde towered over him obviously worried and angry.
"What did you do?" he demanded. "Tell me and I might not beat the snot out of you, since you're my bestest friend in the whole, wide world…and…well…I think you should believe that I, your best friend, won't kill you if it's just a tiny mistake. Plus, I need you to survive this cannibal encounter. Just tell me what you did Matt. Trust me, Matt and I'll trust you, kay?"
Matt looked at his friend with wide eyes, but nodded. "Okay, Mels, I'll believe you and…and…I'll trust you." He looked up at Mello and let his nervous smile grow slightly. "Ya see Mels, it's the funniest thing. Really. It's just so funny that I think you'll-"
"Cut the crap, Matt, get to the point!" The blonde barked.
Matt stammered uneasily, "I-I sort of…l-lost…um…nothing…."
"What? What did you lose Matt?"
"The lighter." Matt squeaked.
"What?" Mello exhaled in shock. "Y-you lost wha-what?" He hoped he heard those words wrong. He hoped he didn't just hear Matt confess to losing the lighter. The thing that they needed to make a fire with, the thing that'd help them survive. "The lighter." Matt dared to squeak again. "I lost the lighter, Mels." He felt his breath get caught in his throat after the last word slipped from his mouth and then he inhaled deeply.
Mello let a smile spread over his face and he laughed. He sounded like he thought the whole thing was a huge joke. Matt laughed forcefully, fretfully, and horrendously with him. But he knew that Mello was tremendously pissed on the inside.
They laughed for what felt like forever, and then they stopped.
And seconds later Mello leapt on top of him and started to choke him. He felt so enraged and upset and disappointed in both Matt and himself, but mostly Matt. He shook Matt as he felt his chest burn with both anger that Matt was stupid enough to lose his lighter and fear that he'd kill his only true friend. "Mel!" Matt gasped, as he gripped the blonde's hands. "St-top!" he choked out. Mello glared into his green eyes as he released his friend. "You're so stupid!" Mello hissed. "How could you lose the fuckin lighter? We needed it! And now it'd dark and those freaks could attack us and eat us and kill us and…and…" Mello stopped to take a few deep breaths before he could hyperventilate.
"Calm down, Mello, we'll get through this." Matt said in a raspy, but reassuring voice. "And what happened to the whole trust thing where you promised not to get mad?"
"I lied." The blonde muttered.
Suddenly, there was the sound of leaves rustling and the snapping of twigs. Mello glared at Matt who was biting his lower lip. Neither moved nor seemed to breath as they glanced in the direction, which the sounds had came from. After several heartbeats, both boys dived for their backpacks and brought out their guns. Mello kneed Matt in the stomach. "Just stay out of my way, Mr. Screw up!" Mello hissed harshly. The gamer gave him a hurt look then nodded and quickly put his weapon back in his backpack.
A small yelp got their attention as a flash of white fell from a tree and landed roughly a few feet from them. It lay as a mass of white fluff for several minutes before shifting into a sitting position. He stared at the two elder boys without any hint of emotion, and then lifted a hand to twirl a lock of white hair. Mello let his weapon fall to the ground, but gave an uneasy chuckle as he turned to Matt. "Look we got a puffball following us." He said smiling somewhat amused.
"How long do ya think he's been…." He let his voice trial off as Matt shrugged. Both teens turned their attention back to the cannibal as he stood shakily. They watched in several tense seconds as he dug through his pockets, and then pulled something out and held it in both hands, face still blank. The chocoholic blonde looked to the redhead gamer who gave him a curious look as well. The boy, whom they assumed was named Near from the encounter back with A (shortly before they killed him), took a step forward hands still out offering them something. Mello finally decided to just walk over to him and see what he had for them. He looked into Near's hands and grinned.
He grabbed the object and moved quickly back towards Matt who had reached for his gun incase Near tried anything, such as attempting to kill and devour his best friend. Mello waved the lighter Matt had been sure he'd lost in front of the gamer's face. "You better keep this with you!" Mello said sounding more than serious. "If you lose this again I swear on all that is holy I'll beat you like a dog, Matty!" The blonde tossed the lighter to Matt who smiled apprehensively nodding. "Yes, ma'am I won't lose this again, ma." The redhead snickered. Mello smacked him.
"I'm not a girl!" he spat.
"Could've fooled me!" Matt snickered knowing that his friend hated when people confused him with a girl. "You remind me of a hot Russian spy I saw on a movie!"
"So…you're gay…and wanna be my boyfriend?" Mello smirked.
Matt blushed and stood up shaking his head in embarrassment. "That's not what I meant! I didn't mean sexy hot…um…err…I just meant hot as in…um…hot, hot? An-and I don't wanna be your boyfriend! Never, ever, never, ever, ever, never! You'd just make me the uke anyway! An-and…um…you'd just say no anyway!"
"You suck at lying to me. You totally think I'm sexy and to further prove your guilt you just admitted that you think I'm sexy hot like a Russian spy you saw in a movie, so shut the hell up trying to lie and tell me you're gay, because you obviously radiate gay. As you've just admitted that you want to be my boyfriend. Right Matty?"
The redhead nodded in defeat. "Yes, Mels."
"That wasn't so hard to admit now was it, Matty?" The blonde chuckled. "But you seriously suck at lying. Haven't you ever lied before?"
"Yeah, but not to you…or any other blondes." Matt fumed. "Damn my lack of skill!" he cursed kicking at the ground. "I guess I could lie to blonde if we get back home."
"Good, you can build skill by lying to-" Mello cut him self off and glared at Matt. His left eye twitched slightly as he processed what Matt had said. "Other blondes? What other fucking blondes? I thought I was the only blonde! What else have you been lying about? Are you a transsexual stalker or something?"
"No!" Matt exclaimed feeling his face heat up. "I'm one hundred percent male with no obsession over anybody! I don't need other blondes! I just…like…blondes? Okay, I know other blondes beside you, so?"
"I outta fuckin kill you, right here, right now!"
"Yeah, then what'd you do when cannibals come after you?"
All of a sudden the two remembered that they weren't alone and turned back to Near who watched them expressionlessly. Near tilted his head memorizing all that he'd heard. Both Matt and Mello felt their faces heat up as they realized they just blurted a bunch of personal stuff out in front of the younger boy, but then remembered he was a cannibal and probably couldn't understand them, anyway. Mello sighed as he scratched the back of his head. Matt stood beside him studying Near who continued to stare at them blankly.
"What does he want?" Matt whispered to Mello.
"I dunno, but he gave us the lighter, so he must want something in exchange." The blonde whispered back. "I just wish he was able to tell us what it is that he wants."
Before Matt could say anything Near pulled Maki's necklace from his pocket and shown it to the two teens. His cold, dead eyes narrowed glaring at the two. "Maki." He whispered apathetically. "Maki." He repeated as if the two elder boys would understand if he repeated himself. After a few minutes of silence Mello felt something in his mind click. He turned to Matt who hadn't the slightest clue as to what the boy meant by saying that name. It didn't surprise the blonde since never was one to pick things up as quickly as he did.
"I think he wants that girl." Mello whispered to Matt.
They both looked to Near who was nodding shocking both of the boys further. "Wait he can understand us?" Matt gasped surprised. "S-so that means he understood everything we said?" a blush crept onto his face and Mello rolled his eyes.
"He probably doesn't know that she's…."
"Think we should tell him?"
"I dunno. Do you think he'd leave us alone?"
"Maybe. Or he might try to kill us."
"Wanna chance it?"
"Actually I think-"
"Maki." Near interjected glaring at the two as if they'd just committed a horrendous crime. Mello sighed running a hand through his hair. "I think we'd be able to fight him if he decided to attack, so let's break the kid's heart and light the fire so we can move on with our lives." Mello said looking up at the black sky, which was dotted by stars.
"And possibly end his." Matt added bitterly. "Yeah." The blonde agreed just as bitterly. He turned to Near who looked at him, still glaring. He appeared as though he honestly expected them to have had the girl. Mello opened his mouth to speak, but Matt slapped his hand over the blonde's mouth. "Are you gonna be harsh to the kid?" he asked giving Mello a questioning look. "Yeah, that's how telling someone they know is dead goes."
"Then, can I tell him?" Matt asked musing. "We don't need you making the kid go homicidal."
"Kay." Mello shrugged. "You gonna be harsh?"
"Hell yeah." Matt responded turning to Near. "You know that girl? Maki was that her name?"
Near nodded.
"Well, she's dead!" Matt said loudly taking a small, slow step towards Near. "Her death was very excruciating, not that you'll care! Your little buddies killed her so you don't have to worry about doing it yourself! Now buzz off! We don't want you, scram, scat, beat it, hit the road you cannibal freak! You could probably eat what's left of the poor girl's body if that's what you want, now get the hell out of here!"
Near looked at him with widened eyes. He processed everything after a couple of seconds of thought. He let his bottom lip quiver then he fell to the ground and curled up into a ball trying not to cry. Mello whacked his friend in the back of his head. "I said harsh not insensitive!" he snapped.
"Damn, it's the same thing!" Matt protested rubbing the back of his head. "Look it up in a Webster dictionary sometime! It'll say that harsh and insensitive are the same!"
Mello kneeled beside Near who shied away from his touch. Mello glared at the redhead who shrugged remorse flashed across his features and he kneeled beside Mello. "I didn't mean to make the kid cry." he muttered. "I didn't know cannibals could cry, actually." He added quietly. Feeling annoyed Mello rubbed his temples in frustration. "Just go light the fire." He ordered. "He might snap out of his grief and leave if we have a fire started."
Matt nodded; both of them stood and went over to where the firewood was and lit it. Near sat up and wiped his eyes. Sniffling he stared at the teens who sat side by side on one side of the fire. Mello was half hoping that Near would leave them alone, but he also hoped that he'd stay. It was confusing. He watched in shock as Near crawled towards him and Matt. When he reached them he laid his head down in Mello's lap. He snuffled ignoring when the blonde tensed up clearly uncomfortable and ignoring when Matt snickered at the sight. "Looks like he likes you, Mels." The redhead teased.
"Why me?" Mello groaned. "Why does he have to like me?"
"Probably because you didn't make him cry." Matt sighed. "And I can prove it." He said grinning. He reached a hand over to touch the boy, but he shied away and wrapped his arm around Mello's waist as if he expected the blonde to make Matt stop, which he didn't. "Whatever." The blonde scoffed trying to hide a smirk that threatened to appear on his face. "He'll probably leave after a while if we ignore him."
Matt shrugged carelessly setting his hands on his lap. He reached for his gun and held it gingerly. "Who's gonna be on guard?" he asked looking to his best friend who looked back at him with uncertainty. "I'll be the first to guard." Mello volunteered. Handing him the gun Matt copied Near and laid his head in Mello's lap. The blonde was irritated to say the least and was secretly pleased when Near shoved Matt away as if telling him that he was the only one allowed to lay on the blonde like that. The redhead pouted, obviously displeased, but didn't say a word and ended up leaning against Mello's shoulder, still annoying his blonde friend. A few hours passed and Near kept clinging to his waist. Matt eventually fell over in his sleep and lay sprawled on the ground chuckling in his sleep.
What an idiot. Mello thought smirking. He looked down to Near whose eyes fluttered in his sleep, but he didn't awaken. Mello ran a hand through his dirty white curls. How is his hair so silky when it's so filthy and tangled? He mused. Near stirred and his grip tightened around Mello's waist. He winced as Matt kicked him in his thigh, still sleeping, probably having some sort of kinky sex dream.
Meanwhile, Mello felt really exasperated. He had a kid squeezing his waist and a redheaded gamer kicking him in his sleep. He wanted so much to just slap them both a good one! Too bad he felt tired, otherwise he'd have hurt the both of them. He woke Matt up a little later and they switched guard positions. When he woke up a little later he was surprised to find Matt asleep, the fire put out, a backpack was missing and Near gone. "Fuck." He groaned looking to Matt. "Hey, Matt, wake up!" he hissed. "No! Just ten more minutes ma." The redhead chuckled sleepily still half asleep. Mello stood up and kicked Matt in his ribs.
The gamer gasped fully awake.
"What?" he grunted rubbing his side in pain. "What do you want?" he demanded suddenly sounding angry.
"He's gone." Mello deadpanned.
"So?"
"Do you have your pack, cause I know I've got mine." Mello said without a doubt.
Matt's green eyes widened and he looked at the spot where he'd sat his backpack down. "That little thief!" He shouted angrily. As if on cue Near appeared holding Matt's pack, which was wet and bloody. The redhead glared at him, then ran towards him hoping to get his pack back, but instead startled the boy causing him to take off in the direction from which he'd came. Mello grabbed his backpack and followed after them. He stopped once in a clearing having lost sight of both boys. He stood puzzled then saw what had became of his redheaded friend and Near.
And he couldn't help but to laugh. Both Near and Matt hung suspended in the air. A rope tied around both their ankles. Apparently they'd come across some hunting traps and were caught. He couldn't stop himself from laughing. It was just so funny the way they both looked suspended in the air! Near appeared blank and was still holding the backpack, but Matt appeared ready to barf either that or ready to squeal like a girl! Mello couldn't help himself and laughed and laughed.
"Stop laughing and cut us down dammit!" Matt shouted down to him.
"Kay don't get your panties in a knot!" he laughed wiping tears from his eyes. "I'll cut ya both down! Just don't cry like some pussy bitch!"
Matt scowled at him not finding his situation at all amusing.
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