-FLASHBACK-

Crying on the park bench, Y/n hugged her knees after receiving the news of the passing of her father.

Her whole world was crashing down and had no one to help her.

She believed that this was the end for her, her life had reached downhill and couldn't get better.

Y/n would have to live with her mother who she knew hated her.

Raising her head at the sudden outburst of laughter and footsteps, her eyes met a bunch of kids running in.

She dried her tears quickly with her sleeve but her eyes were still puffy and red.

Y/n looked at the kids playing and happy, wishing she was that age again. She was such a sweet innocent girl who had a lot of hope and light in her.

She wondered what happened.

Tears slowly trickled down her cheek, she couldn't help it.

She placed a hand on her bag filled with things from her dad's apartment when a brown haired boy approached her.

He wore a red and black striped shirt and jeans.

Y/n quickly wiped her tears and smiled at the boy but she wasn't fooling anyone.

The young man may be 10 but he wasn't stupid.

"Why are you crying?"

Hesitant, she answered, "I lost someone today."

"Oh, I'm sorry."

Y/n laughed "It's alright kid." she felt bad bring down the little guys spirits, "Nice goggles." Young Y/n nodded to the orange tinted goggles on his head.

"Thank you." he beamed, " Nice cast, can I sign it?" he beamed.

"Sure."

She dug into her bag and got a marker, handing it to the youngster.

He concentrated as he scribbled on her cast, poking his tongue out as he wrote.

Once finished Y/n read what the boy had wrote. 'Broken arms are the coolest -Matt'

"Nice name you got Matt."

A blond boy around the same age ran up to Matt, " There you are." his blue eyes looked at the rough girl he was talking to, "Who is that?"

The girl liked the clothes the blonde had on, he wore all leather. You wouldn't see a kid around his age wearing leather anywhere really, that's why she was fond of it.

"That is my friend. Her name is-" Matt paused realizing she hadn't told him.

"Y/n."

"Y/n." the brown haired child beamed again.

A boy younger than the two trudged behind, he had on white clothing that was too big for him.

He held a broken toy.

"Did you break his doll, Mello?" Matt sighed at the blond

"It was an accident!"

"It's not a doll." the white haired spoke very softly

"It's an action figure right?" Y/n nodded to it in his hands, gaining the three's attention, "I used to love those." she laughed.

She rummaged through the bag next to her and pulled out a small box, handing it to the kid.

He opened the lid and saw four action figures, they looked so cool to him he immediately fell in love with the style of them

"Wow." he muttered, picking one from the box.

"You can have it." Y/n smiled. The kid didn't show emotion, he never really did but he did feel happy.

Seeing a chocolate bar in Y/n's bag, Mello lit up, "Can I have piece of that?"

She had snagged about 12 of those since it was the only thing she had a lot of at the place she lived

Y/n chuckled seeing what he was pointing at, "Sure, you can have it actually, I had enough."

Mello excitedly took it and took a bite, "Was this made in heaven?"

"You would think so wouldn't you?" the girl laughed.

She turned to the last kid with the brown hair, who managed to make her laugh in this time when she needed it the most, "You wouldn't happen to like video games would you Matt?"

He slightly shook his head, "I haven't played one."

Y/n pulled out a game boy that once belonged to her, she loved that thing but she was 16, she hadn't touched that in years before that day.

"Here." she gave the device to the boy who smiled at it, intrigued at the device, "That's yours now."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive, if you don't like it you can always give it to someone else."

Matt and Mello both hugged the girl, making her laugh, returning the hug.

She looked at the three, the white haired with his action figures, the blonde with chocolate and the brunt with games.

"Weird trio you guys are." Y/n laughed, "I like it."

"Like those three?" Matt pointed to a sticker on the girl's bag of the powerpuff girls.

Y/n immediately laugh, "Those are the powerpuff girls."

"We are no girls, we are manly...except Near,"

"Come on Mello." Y/n laughed "The powerpuff girls are strong and they kick ass."

"I like the sound of that." The blonde mumbled, "I need more of this chocolate."

Y/n took about 4 out of her bag and handed it to him.

The short blonde beamed and took it, "Thank you."

Soon the kids were pouring out, like it was time for them to leave.

"Will we see you again?" Matt questioned

Y/n froze a bit at the question, she had liked these kids and actually wanted to see them more, "I'm afraid not, I'm leaving."

The two's expression visibly saddened.

"Why?"

"Don't leave." Matt cried.

The white haired stood in silence, a bit disappointed she was leaving. He hadn't liked a lot of people but this girl was an exception.

"I wouldn't if I had a choice, you three will grow up to be good gentlemen." Y/n smiled, ruffling Matt's hair.

"Where are you going?" Mello asked, interested in her.

"Japan." Y/n responded

The two boys gasped while the white haired boy was intrigued.

"Japan?" Mello repeated, " That's cool. I heard the chocolate there is amazing."

"Where did you hear that?" Y/n laughed.

"I have connections."

This made the girl laugh more.

"I would like to visit Japan." The kid who hadn't said his name spoke.

"It has lots of pretty lights there too!" Matt awed at the thought. "All the places there must be so cool!"

Y/n smiled at the three fascination, "If I ever come back and I ever find you guys provided you are old enough, I'll take you three to Japan."

"No way!" Matt jumped.

"You mean that?"

"I do."

Seeing that the park is almost cleared of children, Y/n sighed, "I think you guys have to go now." not really wanting them to.

They were a joy to be around.

Even the kid who hardly spoke, she could tell he was interested.

Mello and Matt hugged the girl one more time

"Thank you boys." Y/n sniffled.

They all were confused, as they thought they did nothing, "What did we do?"

"I had a bad day and you guys made it better," she cleared her throat, "Look after each other okay?"

The three nodded firmly.

"Thank you Y/n." Matt smiled.

"If I don't see you again, I will track you down." Mello said seriously

Y/n giggled, "I have no doubt you will." she messed up the blonde's hair a bit, "Run along now."

"Come on Near!" Matt said before running off with Mello but he stayed for a couple seconds.

"Thank you." Then he smiled making her do the same. Y/n wasn't expecting that at all.

"No problem Near." she paused for a second, "Take care of them for me."

"Mello and Matt or the action figures?"

"Both."

-END FLASHBACK-

Before she knew it, Y/n was tackled by the three small boys.

They hugged her tightly as she laughed at their reaction.

"You found us!" Matt laughed.

"And I didn't have to track you down."

Y/n slowly got up and looked at the three. They have grown so much since she last saw them

"I can't believe it's you guys."

Roger chuckled at the sight, he hadn't seen this happy...ever, "Once you're acquainted Y/n please join me in my office," then he left.

They reluctantly got off the girl they hadn't seen in 4 years for the most.

"I see you still wear these goggles, what's up with them anyway?"

"It's my style okay?" Matt held them protectively

"You're not the first to ask nor will you be the last Y/n." Mello shook his head making her laugh

"You look..." Matt cleared his throat, "quite unfortunate."

She sudden remembered how she left the house. God, how she wished she had dressed proper now and at least do something to look presentable.

Y/n laughed and shook her head, "I literally got a 30 minutes heads up that I would be coming here so excuse me if i don't look like a model."

Near tapped on Y/n's shoulder, grabbing her attention, "How did you find us?"

Still on the floor, Y/n made herself comfortable, "I worked with L."

Matt lit up immediately at the mention of the detective, "No way!"

"Why did you stop?" Near asked, she tilted her head in confusion, "You said 'worked'."

Damn he's good

"Because I promised Watari I'd help here." There was some truth to that but by the looks of things they hadn't gotten the news and she didn't want to be the one to tell them

"They're still in Japan?" Mello asked.

"You all sure ask a lot of questions." The girl chuckled, "Get ready."

"Get ready?" Matt repeated, "Where are we going?"

"Out."

She hadn't mentioned this to Roger that she was sneaking three of the kids out.

"Do you even have your license?" Matt asked getting into the passenger seat.

Y/n clicked her seatbelt, "Yes."

"Is it valid?"

"Nope."

Matt laughed, "You're going to get arrested."

The h/c haired girl started the car, "Trust me, if I'm to get arrested it won't be for driving without a license,"

Driving off she decided on a mall she saw on the way to the orphanage.

"Dude I never been to a mall before!" Matt beamed, hopping out the car

"You have never seen outside since you were 11."

"What's your point Mello?"

Rounding up the boys, keeping them close to her.

The mall was fairly big with not that much people considering it was in the middle of the week.

First up was Mello, she entered a small shop in the mall, picking up a shit ton the chocolate she remember he loved.

There is where she bought it all those years ago.

Obviously purchasing it before handing it to the the blonde.

"You're the best." he hugged on her torso making her yelp on how tight he held her. For a kid he was freakishly strong.

Next was Near.

Y/n lead them into a store in the mall that luckily had a bunch of action figures for him to choose from.

She stooped to his level, "Which one do you want?"

He looked at her, unsure and feeling weird she was spending money on him. No one willingly did that, at least that's what he thought, "Are you sure?"

"Yes." Y/n laughed, "Go on."

He picked up a set of what looked like a group of detectives and police, "It reminds me of you and L," he said rather softly only for her to hear.

Next was Matt.

And of course she lead the three to a Gamestop and as Y/n expected he went crazy.

He held her hand, dragging her along the isles talking about each game he saw, fascinated by each one.

"So which one do you want?"

"You deadass?" with out waiting for an answer he ran to a game and picked it up excitedly.

Stepping out now, finished with their shopping the three went back to the car,

Mello slid to the edge of the backseat, placing himself in between the gap between the driver and passenger seat, "So where to now?"