Matt was a good friend. He was the only one Mello could really call a friend. That's why he felt bad about lying to Matt. He didn't need help with stuff for his grades… but he needed help to find the names of the men who killed his parents.

I don't like using Matt while he knows nothing about what's really going on… but it's necessary.

Mello sighed soundlessly. He was beside his friend on Matt's bed just like they did for the last few days. Every waking moment they searched for information on the gang, but even with Matt's hacking skills they hadn't find anyth-

'I found it!' Matt exclaimed happily.

Mello awoke roughly out of his daydreaming and turned his head to the screen. Somewhere deep down in one or another database were the names to be found. The names he needed and have his revenge.

Finally.

He felt the urge to hug Matt, and he actually did. 'Matt! You're amazing!'

Matt chuckled. 'I know… I know…'

Mello let go of Matt and hurried to his desk to grab a, normal, piece of paper. The Death Note was hidden under his bed so he had to write the names down for real later.

'Should I save it for you, Mels?' Matt asked.

He shook his head. 'No, don't. I'll just write it down and see to it that they are arrested soon.'

Mello wrote the names down of in total six people. All men. It never was a large group.

Matt shrugged and believed what Mello told him. He was glad Matt didn't question everything he did.

That night Mello crept out of bed. It took ages until Matt slept. He felt under his bed and silently removed the loose plank that hid the Death Note. The piece of paper from the Death Note behind his desk was for emergencies only.

His ice blue eyes shone with something evil as he took a pen and wrote the names of the gang members that killed both his parents.

I'll kill you. I'll kill you all. Every one of you deserve it!

'Hey, Mello.'

He jerked around as his heart almost jumped out of his chest. When he met the face of Light he didn't know to be grateful he wasn't caught or to be angry for getting scared.

'Light, where did you go this week? I haven't seen you and Beyond all that time!' he whispered. He had to keep his voice down so he wouldn't wake Matt.

Light smiled mischievously. 'We were busy with keeping L up on his toes. Haven't you wondered yet why he hasn't made a new move to check on you?'

Mello thought about it and it was strange indeed… If I'm right L has only me to suspect yet, so why doesn't he do anything?

He turned to Light again with a curious glance. 'What did you two do to him? Now you say it, I notice I haven't seen him all week.'

'We kept him busy.'

His glance turned into a glare. 'What. Did. You. Do? Tell me!' he hissed.

Light smirked. 'Tss, keep your temper in, will you? We don't want your friend to wake up, do you?'

Mello kept glaring, waiting for the answer he wanted.

Light sighed. 'You don't have to worry about him. He's fine. Beyond and I just gave him a lot of detective work to do. It actually surprises me that you haven't heard about it already. Many countries has asked him for his help as L.'

He raised an eyebrow. 'What did you do to have more countries do that?'

'We take random people all over the world and make murder and or suicide cases with our Death Notes. For example we let one person take his own life or we take two people and number one kills number two. After that number one kills himself where he's hard to find. Every one of them is killed in a different way, none of them being heart attacks.'

'So… you're killing people who hasn't done anything wrong? It goes completely at random who you choose?' Mello mumbled. He didn't know what to think of this… It was wrong, wasn't it?

'Yes, we kill at random so not everyone has done something against law… but that way it will be even more confusing for L.'

That's true, it will be more confusing…

Light smiled warmly. 'We do this for you so you don't get caught, Mello. L suspected you so fast and we had to keep his thoughts away from you and the accident in the canteen. Both me and Beyond have you back,' he said reassuringly.

'But you said I was only given the Death Note to relief your boredom,' Mello said.

Light nodded. 'Yes, it is, but what would it help us if you would've been caught that quickly? We really want to help you…' His gaze went to the Death Note, still in Mello's hands. 'Did you write anything?'

Mello looked down at the names he had written and nodded slowly. His head turned up to look at Light and a satisfied grin tucked at his lips. 'Yeah, I managed to find the names of the gang members who murdered my parents. I've finally taken my revenge after all those years.'

'That's perfect! Now that you've succeeded in one goal, what will be your next?' Light asked.

'Hmm… I don't know…' he mumbled. 'I guess I want to be better than Near and be the number one instead of second successor of L.' He sighed. 'I can't get rid of him though. Everyone knows I hate him, so that will only give me more suspicion.'

'If you don't know what to do just yet, you can always help us out with making more cases for L to solve. Or if you are uncomfortable with killing innocents… why not start with criminals? People who did awful things and deserve to die?' Light suggested carefully.

People who did awful things and deserve to die? People like the gang member that killed my parents?

Mello's gaze went from the Death Note with the written names to Light's eyes that were full of expectation.

A corrupted grin spread across his face. '… I'll do it.'

He was too far in the game already to move away from the power of the Death Note and the temptations it carried.