MISA THE SNEAK!

A short by Ami Meitsu

Misa’s a sneak…But a helpful sneak

Okay, we all know that Misa’s actions in the Comet Empire are…a little insane but she can be helpful. All it takes is the right motivation and…a bad dream..?

“Misa! How many times are we gonna go through this?” Mello asked as they snuck down the hall.

Misa shrugged “I don’t know, until I collect a ton of stolen items…”

“You already have a ton!”

“Okay then… a Ton more!” Misa said as she ran down the hall and up one of the huge flights of stairs that lead to one of the top floors.

“Oh! No more stairs!!!” Mello complained as he trudged up.

About ten minutes later he finally made it to the top where Misa was waiting for him.

“You’re slow” she stated.

“There’s like a thousand stairs Misa!”

“Who cares? Just Come on!”

“Ah…” Mello grunted as he followed her into Invidia’s bedroom. ‘Why do we keep coming here if we just get kicked out?’

“Come on!” Misa pulled him in the room as she got down on all fours and snuck over to the closet. Once inside she stood up and stated looking through several of the drawers.

“Misa, why do you want this stuff anyway?” Mello asked.

“Shush! Just keep watch!” Misa ordered as she pulled out a necklace with a black charm on the end of it. ‘Cute…’ she thought.

‘This is stupid! We don’t need a look out unless she’s awake!’ Mello thought as he looked at Invidia. He sighed and looked at Misa again; she had 3 dresses draped over her arm and five different necklaces on. ‘Why do I put up with her?’ He sighed again, and turned back to Invidia, just as she started…whimpering?

“Uh oh…Misa! Get out of there!”

Misa poked her head out “huh?”

“Look it!” he pointed to Invidia and Misa went over, not only was she whimpering but she was acting really weird…

“So? She’s still asleep…but I’ve never seen this before…it’s like she’s upset…”

“Yeah, yeah, upset Princess, us in trouble let’s go!”

“No!” Misa sat on the bed “I remember you used to do this when you were little…” She turned to Mello “you think she has nightmares..?”

~Invidia’s Thoughts~

“Where am I?” Invidia looked around anxiously…she didn’t know exactly where she was, but she knew that it was dark and barren.

“My little Princess…” a voice stated, it was soft and slightly accented.

“Huh? That voice…it sounds like…” She looked ahead and in the distance was figure dressed in black, they turned around and Invidia looked at them...no, her! “Mama!”

“Invidia” Sabera looked at her and smiled.

“Mama! You’re back!”

“I am here for you…Princess…”

Tears began to form in Invidia’s eyes as she began to run toward her mother “Mama!”

But she was stopped by a bright light, it accumulated out of nowhere and in the middle of it she could see her mother falling backwards, she had a distant look in her eyes…

“Mama!” Invidia shouted before the light consumed her, taking off her dress and leaving these white silk ribbons around her. She looked around as the light began to succeed “Mama?! Where are you?” She looked around again before she finally saw her on the ground, no movement, eyes closed… “Mama…No!” she shouted as tears began to fall from her eyes…in her dream and outside of it…

~Invidia’s Room~

“Come on Wake up!” Misa said.

Invidia didn’t respond she clutched her blanket as she began to cry harder.

“Come on Princess! It’s not real!” Misa shook her.

“No! Mama!” Invidia said through sobs.

Mello looked at Misa “She cries in her sleep, she whines for her mother, and she tortures me on a daily basis! What’s up with that?!”

“Mello shush!” Misa ordered as she kept shaking Invidia “Come on Princess! Get up!”

“Huh?” Invidia opened her eyes and looked up at Misa “What..?”

“Shush” Misa said.

Invidia turned her head away from Misa, “Get out of here!” she ordered.

“Aw you’re just upset” Misa said as she began to run her fingers through Invidia’s hair.

Invidia looked up at her again “Father…” she muttered.

“Hold on…” Misa said as she got up and dragged Mello out of the room.

“What now?!” Mello asked.

“We have to go get her father!” Misa said as she ran off.

“What?!”

“I heard what she said! And I read the look on her face! She wants him!”

“The things I do for my sister…” Mello muttered as he ran off.

After a couple minute they came into a huge sitting room and found Zordar on the couch with a book.

“Hey!” Misa said as she snatched the book away and got in his face.

“Not you two again…shouldn’t you be…are those Invidia’s?” he looked at the jewelry around her neck.

“Never mind! Go see her! Now!” Misa ordered.

“Why are you here?”

“Listen! I know we shouldn’t have been in her room but we were and she was saying all this stuff about her mother in her sleep and then she started crying. Go see her!”

“Fine…” Zordar sighed as he followed Misa and Mello into Invidia’s room.

“Look…” Misa told him as Invidia kept crying.

“Invidia?” Zordar went over and sat on her bed.

“F…Father?” She asked as she looked up at him.

“Look at you…” He lifted up her head to get better look at her face.

“Mama…” Invidia said.

“You haven’t had a bad dream in a while…No wonder you’re so shaken up” Zordar stated as he gently picked her up.

Mello looked at her as the blankets that covered her fell while she was pulled up.“She’s half-naked” he whispered to Misa.

“Well it is hotter than usual in here” Misa whispered back as she looked at Invidia who was clad in only a black slip for sleeping. (It’s like the one in the Rain manga and the picture of Invidia and Arty together)

“Yeah, but I didn’t think she had feet, nonetheless legs...” Mello said as he looked at her again.

“Of course she has legs! What is she supposed to do? Float?”

“That’s what I thought…”

Zordar sighed and looked at them “get out” he said as he carried Invidia out of the room and into his own room.

“What’s this about?” she asked as he gently placed her on his bed.

“You’re staying here, you haven’t had a bad dream in awhile and I can see that you’re frightened.” He told her as he sat down and pulled her closer to him.

After a couple minutes he placed her back in her original place and laid down with her, as he did she moved closer to him and laid her head on his chest.

‘It’s so warm…’ she thought as she fell asleep.

The next morning she woke up to find her father’s arm around her, and that she had moved over to the side when she had gone to sleep.

“Morning” Zordar said as he began to run his fingers through her hair. “So what did happen?”

“Mama…she just... she was dying right before my eyes and I couldn’t get to her!” Invidia explained as small tears began to fall from her eyes.

“It’s all right, it wasn’t real and I’m still here.” he told her as he hugged her.

Invidia smiled “I know…” she said.

Later Invidia went back to see Misa, only this time she wasn’t there to torture her and Mello.

“Ah! She’s back!” Mello said.

“Oh shut up” Invidia said and turned to Misa “You!”

“Huh?” Misa went over “look about the necklaces…”

“Never mind that…Just …Thank you.” Invidia whispered and left.

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