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Chapter 2:

B is for Bound and Gagged


Sayu allowed herself to be carried over his shoulder, considering that she couldn't walk and he had said that he'd explain later if she didn't figure it out herself. She couldn't see where he was going or where he was taking her. She heard him kick something hard- something metal, which she would assume to be the door.

"Hey, open up!" he shouted. "It's Mello!" She heard something slide open.

"How do I know that you're Mello?"

"Goddamn it Matt, open the fucking door," Mello snapped.

"Okay, you're Mello," the person who'd been addressed as Matt closed the slide and opened the door. "Do I want to know?"

"I'll explain later and no, I didn't," he said. She felt Mello walking again and then she let out a noise of protest as she felt herself dumped on something soft. "Is anyone here?"

"Rod," Matt shrugged. "That idiot hacker that they insist on keeping and a few others."

"Alright then, listen to me carefully…" and then she couldn't hear them talk anymore as they were talking in hushed whispers.

"Alright Ms. Sayu," Matt said, picking her up bridal style. "Please don't thrash about- I said please!"

"Yagami," Mello snapped and Sayu stopped her thrashing. "The idiot carrying you is Matt. He's going to take care of you until I get back. Let him protect you. Don't go near anyone else, don't talk to anyone else, don't look at anyone else, and don't go out of the room he puts you in. Matt will explain more in depth later. If you understand, nod your head." Sayu nodded and the blindfold was removed.

"Don't scream," Mello muttered as he took out the gag. "Get her hidden before anyone else sees her."

"You got it, Mello," Matt said and then whispered to her. "Don't talk just yet." She tried to look over Matt's shoulder to see Mello leaving and Matt figured out what she was trying to do and propped her up a bit.

"See him? Don't talk," he reminded her quietly. "Just shake your head against my chest- yes or no." She shook her heard no.

"Did he leave," Matt asked. She nodded yes.

"At the end of the hall, I'm going to put you down," Matt whispered. "I need to get the key out and I need you to stay right in front of me. Do not move to the side. Do not move to look over my shoulder. The only things anyone can see of you are your legs or your hair. That's it. I'm going to bend my knee and you need to sit on it for support so your ankle isn't injured further. Alright?" Sayu nodded against his chest. He did as he said, balancing her on his knee as he opened the door and then went in quickly after picking her up again, closing the door with his foot.

"Sorry about this…" Matt said. "Mello really was thinking about your safety, you know. You can talk now. We're safe."

"Why did I need to be bound and gagged? Who are you?" she asked.

"I'm Matt," he said. "Hold still, I'm going to cut the rope." Sayu did as she was instructed, immediately rubbing her hands and feet when they were released and scooting back a bit to distance herself from the redhead.

"I'm Mello's best friend although he will probably never admit it to anyone," Matt said, getting off of the bed casually and bringing a chair next to it. "He will call me his lackey, his servant, his slave, his puppy dog-"

"Puppy dog?" Sayu asked timidly. Matt seemed to smile as he nodded, goggles covering his eyes.

'"Get her to trust you- befriend her, Matt," Mello had said.'

"Yeah, puppy dog," Matt said, a smirk marred the inside of his soul as he looked at her. She saw a kind look but something bothered her about the smoker as the smile didn't quite reach his eyes.


Mello was reluctant to leave Sayu with Matt. Where he knew that the redhead wouldn't do anything to harm the girl or go against his orders, the cigarette addict hadn't been himself lately. Matt would act like everything was fine but Mello knew. He had known Matt and considered him to be his- his puppy. Yes, his puppy.

He didn't know what was wrong with Matt but he hoped that Sayu could help. Matt, usually the talkative one, refused to talk with people, refused to flirt with- acknowledge- women… it wasn't like Matt. He wanted Sayu to find away to bring Matt's personality back- but he wanted her for himself… not as a girlfriend boyfriend thing, but he'd be lying if he said he didn't want her body. He knew that she had been staring at him, unaware that he had been looking at her for the same reason.


Flashback

One hundred and seventy-one minutes ago…

Mello sat outside of the window, watching his target. Something was wrong. She wasn't supposed to be near an open window on Halloween- the day she was supposed to die- it was a death wish. His black outfit camouflaged him as he stayed near the house unnoticed. He knew that he would have to go in soon because his hair would draw attention and he didn't want that. The plan was to get in, kill her, and then get out…

But as she got up, he couldn't help but notice how her hips swayed slightly as she walked or if her skin was as soft as it looked. He almost started laughing when he realized that she was warming something up in the mircowave so instead he smirked.

After disappearing around the hall for some time, he broke the window with ease, laughing silently in his head. This was how easy it was to break into a police man's- the head of police's- house? He walked towards the corner she disappeared behind and she must have heard the window break because she ran into him. She fell onto her butt and he kneeled down.

"You're clumsy, Aiko Yagami," Mello smirked. She bit her lip, flustered. She swallowed, scooting backwards but Mello grabbed her hand.

"You know I'm here to kill you, right?" he asked again.

"Then why don't you?" she hissed, trying to back up but she hit the coffee table.

"You're amusing... I thought you'd be screaming your head off trying to get away from me," Mello said. "That's how you're profile described you-" With her free hand, she grabbed onto the telephone cord and threw the phone at Mello's head, using his shock and disbelief as momentum to escape. She fled from him, running up the stairs. Mello cursed and ran up after her, just out of arm reach as he tore after her.

She tripped over the hem of her kimono and cursed as she hit the floor. He had caught ahold of her and he lifted her up, pinning her against the wall, a knife at her throat.

"You're far too much trouble then you're worth," Mello hissed, pressing the knife harder against her throat. She whimpered, trying to turn her head to get away from the pressure of the knife.

"Don't..." she whimpered as she closed her eyes tightly. He glared at her and then saw a mark that wasn't supposed be under her eye.

"You're not Aiko," Mello realized. Her eyes opened and he let her drop her to the floor.

"Wh-what are you talking about? Y-yes I am!" she protested.

"Do you or don't you want to die?" he demanded, pinning her to the floor as he covered her body with his. She blushed, and he came to realize the compromising position he put them into but right now he didn't care at the moment. "Who are you?"

"I told you-"

"Don't give me that bull shit," Mello snapped. "Who the fuck are you?" She stared at his cold, calculating eyes and for what Mello was sure of, this was one of the few times- if not the first- that she was truly, utterly scared.

"Y-Yagami, Sayu," she said. He stared down at her for a moment before getting off of her.

"Wh-what're you doing?" she asked, getting up.

"Leaving. You're not my damned target!" he snapped. "Now I have to go find her and-"

"No! Kill me instead!" Sayu begged. He knew that she tripped over the kimono when she fell onto him. Unprepared for her falling, he was caught off guard and they both fell. She landed on top of him and he could see some of the pale skin underneath it as it slipped off, revealing her shoulder. He tried to focuse else where.

"What is with you?" he demanded. "If you want to die so bad, do it yourself, stupid girl!" He threw her off of him again- this time noticing as the kimono slipped further, showing some of her cleavage- and she grabbed onto his hand.

"If... if you won't kill me," she begged. "Then take me with you!"

"Why?" Mello asked in disbelief. "Why should I take you with me when-"

"I'll do anything! Just get me away from here and don't kill my sister! Please, don't..." Sayu begged. "I just want to get out of here!" He stared at her fragile form. She was beautiful- there was no doubt about that. He looked over her nervous body and finally-

"Can you walk?" he asked. She nodded but when she put pressure on her left foot, she cried out in pain and then Mello lifted her into his arms like a new bride, somehow managing to pull her sleeves up as he picked her up. If she wasn't so exhausted from their cat and mouse game, Mello would have been willing to bet that she'd blush.

"What's your name?" she asked quietly.

"...You can call me Mello," he said as he walked down the stairs.

End Flashback


Me: And that was chapter two! Sorry, but I felt like putting it in Mello's POV, don't know why though... the next chapter will have more progress in it though!

Mello: Review.

Matt: Or Mello might shoot you.