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Chapter 3:

C is for Catalyst To Danger


"How's it go-" Mello cut himself off when he saw Sayu asleep on the bed correctly and Matt asleep on the foot of the bed. Mello raised an eyebrow and closed the door behind himself quietly, hoping that he wouldn't wake up. But loyal as always, Matt stirred.

"What're you doing on the foot of the bed?" Mello asked.

"I dunno. Wasn't I on the chair?" Matt asked, language slurred.

"How should I know?" Mello asked. He raised an eyebrow when he saw Matt willingly putting himself correctly on the bed, near Sayu.

"You two hit it off then?" Mello asked. Matt looked at him.

"We talked,"

"And?"

"We talked,"

"Matt…"

"I like her,"

"Thought you might," Mello smirked. "But-"

"She's yours. I got it," Matt said.

"I was going to say that she's off limits," Mello said.

"Same thing," Matt yawned. Mello was pulled onto the bed, his stomach over Sayu's feet and his chest sprawled over Matt but he wasn't touching either of them.

"Matt?" Mello asked, annoyed. "We are not seven anymore."

"Yes we are,"

"No, we're not,"

"Yes, we are,"

"No, we're not,"

"Yes, we are,"

"Fine, I'll lay down," Mello grumbled, climbing over the two and settling in next to Matt. "Aren't you getting to old for this?"

"I'm five,"

"Oh god…"


When Sayu woke up, she noticed that Matt was missing from the room. She also noticed that Mello was back. She scooted over to get closer to him, intent on seeing his face again. He looked peaceful while he slept.

She reached for a piece of hair blocking his closed eyes, intent on brushing it away from his face. A hand grabbed her and she screamed but a hand covered her mouth and she felt the muzzle of a gun pressed to her head. She stared up in fear at Mello, just woken up and perfectly furious.

"Sayu?" he muttered, taking the gun away from her head. "Are you alright?" She stared at him with wide eyes. She heard him curse before he looked around and cursed again, going to the door and calling for Matt.

"Damn it. I didn't mean to point a gun at your head- it's a natural reaction," Mello muttered. He wasn't looking at her while he was talking, but she knew that he was trying to apologize. In the midst of her fear, she somehow found out how to work her body again but not her voice. She got up and limped over to him, tugging on his sleeve.

He looked down at her and she noticed with girlish glee that he was taller then her. He sighed and put his hand on top of her head, pulling her face into his chest. She tried to look up at him, intent on asking a question but he beat her to it.

"I don't know how to deal with girls and their... reactions," he muttered. "I used to do this with Matt when we were in the orphanage and he lost his gameboy or I wasn't there to stop someone from picking on him..." 'But I can't go back and beat myself up like I'd beat them up,' Mello thought with annoyance.

"You held a gun to her head, didn't you, Mello?" Matt asked from the doorway.

"Shut up," Mello grunted. Sayu heard the sound of approaching footsteps.

"Don't worry Sayu, you'll get used to having a gun pointed in your direction," Matt said- practically cheerfully. "I did." Sayu looked between him and Mello. It was soft banter between friends but Mello was embarrassed.

"He's doing the comfort thing?" Matt asked. "In Mello language, he's trying to say that he's sorry." Sayu looked at him blankly. "If you're not careful Mello, she's going to develop Stockholder's Syndrome."

"If she's developing Stockholder's Syndrome with any of her so called captors, its going to be you at this point," Mello grumbled. "Watch her. I'm going to go back out again." Sayu stared after Mello as he left, holding onto Matt for support since Mello wasn't there to hold onto.

"Still shell shocked?" Matt asked. "I don't blame you. Mello's pretty darn scary when he wants to be... did you forget how to speak?"

"N-n-no,"

"That's good," Matt said, lifting her up like a princess. "You want to know why he went out earlier?"

"Y-yes,"

"He's looking for an apartment,"

"An apartment?" Sayu asked.

"We can't keep you here in this dirty good for nothing mafia infested hide out," Matt said, placing her gently on the bed and then joining her. "And plus we need a new base of operation for the case Mello wants-"

"The Kira case," Sayu said.

"That's it," Matt nodded. "You know about it?" He was judging her next sentence to see if the stuttering was gone. Mello probably would have scared the living soul out of her if he hadn't tried to apologize.

"My dad is working on it," Sayu said. "And I think that my brother might be too." Matt rose an eyebrow.

"So what's up with your sister?" Matt asked. Sayu tensed. 'Uh oh, wrong turn.' "You wanna vent about her and your brother?" She blushed and looked away.

"First I want to know where you went," she said. "I was sure you were on the bed but Mello was there and not you."

"Mello came in and I got woken up- I'm a light sleeper. I convinced him to get onto the bed and after he fell asleep, I got back up to do... a few things... didn't I fall asleep on the chair and not the bed?"

"I put you on the bed,"

"You could carry me?"

"I kinda had to drag you..."

"Okay," Matt said. "So you managed to get me on the foot of the bed?"

"Yeah,"

"So the brother sister rant?"

"They're kind of why I asked Mello to bring me with him," Sayu said, spreading her body out on the bed, still considerate of Matt's space.

"Whoa, whoa, hold up. You asked Mello to bring you with him?"

"I did," Matt whistled. He put a cigarette to his lips, about to light it when Sayu grabbed the cigarette from his mouth. He looked at her questioningly.

"They're bad for you," she said.

"I'm addicted,"

"I don't want second hand cancer,"

"Fair enough," he said, reluctantly pocketing the lighter. "And Mello will deny that he's looking for the apartment for you. He's not good on the affection-friend thing. So back to the sibling rant." 'Although I don't think you're just a friend..."

"They're better then me at everything,"

"You've got to be exaggerating,"

"I'm not,"

"You are too,"

"You and Mello don't get it..."

"Really?" Matt asked with a raised eyebrow. "Mello's not number one, he's number two and I'm number three."

"What are you talking about?" Sayu asked.

"We come from an orphanage for brainiacs. Mello always wanted to be number one. He fell short of it because of this boy named Near-"

"What kind of name is Near?"

"A nickname. Mello and Matt are nicknames too," Matt said.

"For what?"

"Sorry, can't tell you that," Matt said with a small smile. "Anyways, Mello hates Near and he was always bested by him. Sound familiar?" Sayu reluctantly nodded.

"What about you?"

"Me? I just don't care," Matt said. "So your siblings?"

"Light is number one at academics and he might as well be a tennis pro. Aiko is always in the top three of our class and I can barely make it into the single digits," Sayu mumbled. "She's also a track star, very out going, and she doesn't have any scars."

"What do scars have to do with anything?" Matt asked. Sayu pointed just under her eye, showing him the scar that he'd taken notice of before but decided not to mention it. The door was slight ajar, never having been all the way closed, and Mello was back, listening in on the conversation.

"Sayu, doesn't that scar help make you who you are?" Matt asked.

"What do you mean?" she frowned.

"You and Aiko- twins, right?" she nodded. "And you look exactly alike. If you didn't have that scar, you'd be dead right now. You wouldn't be with Mello and me. You'd be dead because he wouldn't have been able to tell the difference." She groaned.

"No one can tell the difference between us anyways. Even Light had trouble telling us apart. It was easiest to tell who was who because I went to him for help with math," she complained. "I didn't exist in that house. They asked me to die for my sister!"

"You exist with us," Matt said. "And Mello was able to tell the difference... doesn't that mean something?" Sayu nodded and Matt brushed stray strands of hair out of her face.

"I'm gonna take a smoke. Want to join me? No? Didn't think so," Matt said, getting off the bed and getting ready to go out the door.

"Matt?" Sayu asked. He stopped and turned to look at her.

"Yeah?"

"Is there something I can change into?" she asked. "I've worn these for two days..."

"Mello's got some extra clothes in the closet. He won't mind if you borrow them... if you don't like all the leather, mines are in the drawers," he said, going out.

Mello had tuned them out, thinking about how to catch Kira. Matt passed by Mello and paused.

"Why did you want me to get to know her?" Matt asked and Mello didn't answer. "I did what I could so its your turn now." He walked away from Mello, lighting the cigarette. Mello sighed and pushed the door open, revealing Sayu Yagami.

Really, really revealing her.


Me: Again, sorry for the long wait!

Mello: There wasn't that much progress.

Matt: You're going to put more MelloxSayu action in the next chapter?

Me: Quit reading my notes!

Sayu: Please review.