Stone Children

A/N: Demon’s Sinner- This is it my Lovelies. The last of Stone Children

A/N: Karaage- I don’t know wither to cry because this chapter is sad or that that’s it for Stone Children…


Ch. 42 L’s Swan Song


Another year passed and Matt and Mello got closer. Matt was dying to tell the gorgeous blonde how he felt.

L had been gone for a year and a half now, trying to catch Kira. No word from him. Nothing.

Mello was sitting on his bed reading Dracula. Matt got up off his bed and walked over to Mello. "Hey Mells, stand up." He said with a smile.

"Okay why?"

"Just, put the book down and do it, please?" He said as he pushed up his goggles, his eyes sparkling brightly. The blond bookmarked his place and stood. "Yeah what is it?"

Matt grinned, wrapping one arm around the blonde's waist, his other hand going to the blonde's neck and he kissed him deeply. His eyes widened and he moved his hands to push him away but stopped. He was frozen in place as Matt kissed him. Matt pulled him closer kissing him more passionately. The blond tightened his hold on the other boy pulling him closer.

He ran his tongue over the blonde's lips, if he was going to do this then he was going to do it right. Mello parted his lips for him. this was a dream come true... Matt was kissing him! Matt pulled the blonde closer to him possessively wrapping his arms around him as he slipped his tongue into Mello's mouth, messaging his tongue with his. He kissed him back moving and wrapping his arms around Matt's neck.

Matt smiled and deepened the kiss more, in bit he was going to have to pull back for breath, he couldn’t last more longer. Mello pulled away panting for breath as he stared at Matt. "Y-You kissed me..."

"Y-Yeah..." He said, his voice a bit shaky. He reached up, blushing crimson and move some blonde locks behind his ear smiling, his eyes a pool of green emerald shining brightly.

"Why? I mean..." He took a deep breath before moving one hand down to Matt's chest. It rested on the ring and bit his lip. "When you took it off I thought..."

He smiled and raised the blonde's chin up. "I did it because I didn’t want L to see it. He gave you enough shit about it." He gave that lopsided grin he has when he's really happy.

The blond couldn't help but laugh at him. "L has no say in what I do."

Matt chuckled. "Good." He pulled the blonde closer to him. "Mells... I've always l-"

The door to the bedroom opened and a very grim looking Roger stood there. "Mello I need to see you in my office immediately, it’s urgent." He said turning around and waiting outside.

Mello pulled away and rolled his eyes. "Hold that thought Matt. I'll be right back."

Matt let him go. "I'll be here waiting." He said with a chuckle as he pecked him on the lips.

He giggled and hurried out to follow Roger to his office. He placed his hands to his lips as he thought about what Matt could have said. Roger got Near from his room and brought both teens to his office.

"Make yourselves comfortable." He said as he sat down behind his desk, looking like Hell.

Mello chose to stand while Near took his place on the floor the boy poured out a puzzle and slowly began putting it together. The blond shot him a glare before looking back at Roger. "What is it Roger?"

"I’m afraid I have some terrible news. It's about L. He's dead." Roger said, his voice filled with sorrow.

Mello's world stopped. "What did you say?"

"He's dead." Roger said again. "Both L and Watari were killed while they were working on the Kira case."

The blond ran forward and slammed his fists on the table. "Was it Kira?! Did Kira kill him?!"

"It was." Roger said shocked leaning back in his chair.

He snatched the old man by his shirt front and jerked him forward. "L can't be dead! He swore he would bring Kira down!!"

Roger looked terrified. He flailed to get out of the blonde's hold. "I’m sorry but he is, Mello."

Near picked up his puzzles and upended it pouring out the pieces in a loud clatter. Mello turned to look at him. "If you can't win the game... If you can't solve the puzzle you're just a loser."

The blond glared at him before pulling away and standing in place. "So what? Which of us did he pick?"

"L never picked an heir." He paused. "You two are our top students, if you worked together you would be an unstoppable force." Roger said hopefully, as the dinner bell rang.

Matt got a little antsy waiting so he headed down to the kitchen to have dinner and chat with Hannah.

The blond bit his lip and he was shaking. Tears threatened to fall by he kept his cool. "It won't work Roger. You know Near and I don't get along."

"Fine by me," Near said.

This shocked Mello to his core. "You know what... It's fine. Give it to Near. I'm outta here." He turned on his heels and headed for the door.

"Mello, wait!" Roger yelled. He sighed and shook his head. "Maybe he will be calm enough to talk to in the morning."

Once the door shut behind him he ran. He let his tears fall and tried so hard not to scream. He made it to the top landing and slammed his fist into the wall screaming out in agonized pain.

Matt smiled and laughed with Hannah. "Yeah, I'm going to eat. See I’m eating. I just have butterflies in my stomach."

Hannah grinned. "About time you boys got together."

Mello went to the bedroom and could only cry on his bed. He slowly pulled himself together and in his haze of sorrow, anger and fear he grabbed his jacket. He wrote a note to Matt and then ran from the house.

Matt finished his dinner and grabbed a plate for Mello. He walked back up to the room and saw a note next to his laptop. He walked over and picked it up, holding Mello's plate in the other hand.

Mail,
L is dead and if I stay here any longer I'll be next. I have to leave and where I'm going you can't come. Be safe and I'll call you when I can.
Mihael.

With the note was a picture Matt had taken of the blond only last week.

The plate fell from Matt's hand and shattered into a hundred pieces. This couldn’t be happening. Mello couldn’t be gone. He couldn’t!! Matt started to panic, but then calmed his breathing. Mello was gone. He had left him here...alone... by himself... with no one.... his heart... his life... his whole world had just walked out the door. He placed the note in this nightstand and walked over to Mello's bed and buried himself into the covers and sobbed hard, gut wretched sobs and howls of pain.

The rain poured down that night. In the blink of an eye two young boys had their lives torn apart. Fate was the cruelest thing in the world.

The end


A/N: Karaage- So that is it. I hope you will join us for the Sequel, Paradise Lost. It is going to take us a bit later to shell out the chapters for the next installment then it did for this one, but it will be worth your while! I hope everyone enjoyed this as much as we did writing and thank you to all who read it. *kisses*