Matt tried not to act suspicious and just walked back into the room like nothing happened. 'I'm back, finally,' he groaned.
Mello was reading a book on his bed and didn't look up, his long blond hair framing his face and keeping it hidden. 'Oh really? What took you so long only to get some batteries?'
'Ah, well… I looked for them everywhere, but apparently they out of it and I have to wait,' Matt shrugged nonchalantly. 'I'll just play with my DS instead I guess.'
Matt got his DS from his nightstand and plopped on his own bed, turning the device on. He selected Mario Kart. An old, but a gold one. Mello didn't react on his lie, but that's not weird at all. It must've been a book for his studies.
He hadn't even finished one lap in his race game when Mello stood up from his bed and slowly, but determined, walked over to the door… and locked it.
Matt couldn't help but feel warily at this. 'What are you doing?' he asked.
Mello turned around and Matt gulped when he saw his friend's expression for the first time he entered the room. A killer glare shooting cold fire stared straight back at him.
He knows.
His forgotten DS fell from his numb hands and clattered on the floor. 'Mels? I-'
'I heard everything,' Mello confirmed his thoughts. 'You went to L and told him everything.'
'You got biiiiig problems~,' whispered Beyond teasingly.
'Sshh.' Light silenced the red-eyed Shinigami.
Mello's calm and cold voice cut through the tension in the room. 'Why did you betray me, Matt?'
'I didn't-'
'WHY did you BETRAY me, Matt?!' Slight anger burned through his calm voice now.
Matt gulped and took a deep breath. 'I just thought the Death Note isn't a good way to reach your goals… it is changing you, Mels. You're not my best friend that I knew before all this. That cursed notebook is messing with your sanity and morals and-'
Even before he finished his first sentence, Mello went over to his bed and kneeled before it, reaching for something underneath. When he almost finished his last sentence Mello had the Death Note in his hand and a pen in the other.
Matt's eyes widened in shock. 'W-what are you doing with that?!' Panic bubbled up his throat and he felt like he couldn't breathe.
'I'm writing the name of a traitor… Mail Jeevas.' He started writing quickly.
'NO!' Matt shrieked.
He dashed forward and slapped the black notebook out of Mello's hand. It flew through the air and landed across the room. It lay there open and well for everyone to see the page with a few letters… Mail J.
They looked each other in the eye and made a sprint for it. Before Mello could touch the notebook, Matt had grabbed him by his blond hair and pulled. Hard. Mello screamed and kicked backwards, hitting Matt in his stomach. He groaned in pain and needed to let the hair go. There wasn't enough time to ease the pain because Mello got by the Death Note already. He ignored his pain and jumped the blond and tackled him to the ground. Both rolled around on the floor, kicking, beating, hair pulling, scratching, screaming bloody murder. Matt thought he heard Beyond laughing and cheering Mello on at some point, but his mind was too much concentrated in keeping himself from a heart attack to really pay attention.
'You betrayed me! You deserve it!' Mello yelled furious.
'You're being crazy! Just think about what you're doing!' Matt tried to reason.
Suddenly the locked door was kicked open by L. The detective, Watari and multiple men working at Wammy's stormed into the room. The men grabbed Mello by his arms and held the struggling and hysterical teen.
'TRAITOR! TRAITOR!' he kept screaming and kicking the people around him.
Matt fled behind Watari and pointed with a trembling finger towards the Death Note. 'It's there, L…'
L stalked towards the notebook and reached out to grab it.
'DON'T YOU TOUCH MY DEATH NOTE, LAWLIET!'
L's head jerked towards Mello and his already large dark eyes widened in shock and surprise. 'You know… my name?'
Matt's mouth fell open. How does Mello know his name?!
Mello's eyes glanced at the space above L's head. 'Of course I do! I see everyone's name!' His eyes seemed to glow faintly red for a second.
'Shinigami Eyes,' L muttered.
The detective shook his head as if to shake off the disturbing news and finally touched the Death Note by taking it off the floor.
It was a shock to know Mello knew his name. If this was the case, then it would mean that Mello exchanged half his life for Shinigami Eyes. Something Light had told him before. This news pained him very much so. It stung in his heart to know that Mello lost half his life for this.
As if the surprise couldn't get any bigger… he touched the Death Note when picking it up and saw…
'Light? B? L gasped. 'How are you…'
B grinned from ear to ear. 'Well isn't it fun. After all those exciting months you can finally see us.'
'But you were shot… in front of me… death!'
This can't be true… all those months… it was them causing all those deaths around the world!
'As you can see -he pointed to both their wings- we got something different than death.'
Light smirked. 'What is it Lawliet? Thought you were rid of us?'
Mello seemed slightly confused when he stopped his screaming and struggling enough to hear their conversation. 'Wait… you two know L?'
Beyond shrugged. 'Yeah, kinda. He's the guy that got us killed technically.'
Light kept his eyes on him. 'So how did you find our little comeback? Did you enjoy yourself with the funny cases we made for you?'
L gritted his teeth. 'So you guys turned into Shinigami? You don't look like the sort of Shinigami you described to me. You still look very much humanly.'
'We're still half human… after some time we'll lose our human memories. That's why we thought this would be an excellent idea to get some revenge. Mess everything up and stuff.'
'But why didn't you kill me in the first place as your pity revenge?'
Beyond sighed. 'It's a shame… but a rule says we can't kill humans that we knew in our human life. So we tried to have some fun another way.'
'I WAS JUST A WAY TO GET YOUR REVENGE?!' Mello yelled at the half Shinigami.
They only laughed at his anger. 'Yeah, afraid so.'
'I have heard enough,' L stated. 'Watari, do you have a fire?'
One of the other men had and he handed over a lighter.
L thought Light and Beyond would attack him if he was going to destroy the Death Note, but they stayed calm. As if accepting this had been fun enough already. Mello on the other hand began struggling again and yelling "don't destroy my notebook!". Even after he heard he was just a tool, he was still under influence of the damned notebook. It had to be destroyed. Mello would lose his memories of it and hopefully return to the boy he always was before all this.
He flicked the lighter on and held it a centimeter under the Death Note. He shot one last glare at Light and B. 'I hope this will be the last time I get to see your faces.'
He let the flame eat the Death Note away.
Mello let out a desperate scream and fell unconscious right after the last piece of paper burned to ash.
'Mels!' Matt hurried over to his friend and turned to L. He saw tears in the boy's eyes. 'Is he going to be okay again?!'
L nodded. 'He won't remember anything related to the Death Note. He should be fine.
'Is he going to be in trouble?'
He shook his head and sighed. 'No. I won't punish him for something he doesn't remember. Besides… he was a victim as well.'
L turned his head to look at the now empty space where Light and Beyond were before he burned the Death Note. He still remembered everything, but he didn't see the two anymore.
He hoped this time it would be for good.
Just one last chapter to go... prepare to say goodbye to our beloved Light and Beyond. *sniff* ow I'm gonna miss these characters so much. I don't know about you guys, but I really liked how they became in Second Chance and Beyond the Light.