Welcome to the final chapter of SensibleSenseless. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for reading this far.

(C)Death Note: Takeshi Obata/Tsugumi Ohba (Shonen Jump)

Epilogue: SensibleSenseless

Everything came to an abrupt end. The matter was resolved and Wammy's House found peace once more. However, the internal struggle remained and many questions were left unaswered. Yet maybe it was the best choice for everyone if all of it just stayed in the darkness... for now.

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By the time Roger could finally sit down and relax at his desk, he was drowned with feelings of overwhelmed tension and mental fatigue. The recent events that had just passed over his head had completely worn him out. What could've Matt, Mello, and Near have been thinking when they entered such a dangerous gamble on their own...? Well, part of it was because of the high stakes, but still... Things could have easily went the other way.

The elderly man sighed and rubbed his throbbing temples. 'The other part is my fault, though. Seppuku... my old college aquaintance Sebastion... I never would've guessed that he would have held such strong jealously towards the founders of Wammy's. But in the end, all it left him with was the exact thing he always sought to fight against... cruelty and injustice. Funny, how an overtime grudge can twist one's personality entirely... How I pity you right now, Sebastion...'

Lost in his thoughts, Roger stared out of the darkening window pane, forgetting himself in his reveries. And the paper work piled on his desk was apparently forgotten as well.

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Mello was pouting up a storm as he lay on his rather hard bed mattress. He turned over onto his side only to meet face to face with a certain red-head.

"...the hell?!" the blonde gasped, shooting upwards.

Matt chuckled happily. "I was wondering when you'd notice that I had come in. You look as if your puppy died or something, Mels."

The blonde grumbled and flopped back down on his pillows. "Dammit, Matt. I'm not really in the mood for your sarcasm right now... I mean, shit, I go about my way to help Wammy's and what do I get? A long lecture from Roger about the potential disaster that I could've caused due to my 'irrational sense of competitive recklessness'. Does the old geezer even know what the hell that means?! Tch. This is the last time I ever do anything for this god forsaken place..."

Matt sighed and sat beside his moping friend. "Well, for better or for worse, I'm glad that we took action against those three psychos. Roger may not have been able to see it, but, in our own minds, we knew what we did was the right thing. It was a risky game, but we got some kicks out of it, right?"

Mello looked up from his white, down-filled pillow and smirked. "Yeah, you're right. Thanks, Matt. I needed that."

The red-head gave another light laugh. "I know you best, after all! No need for praise."

After several more moments of idle chatter, a soft knock came to Mello's door.

"Yes?"

Slowly, the door opened and an unexpected guest stood at the door way.

Mello's cold blue eyes grew wide as he sputtered, "N-Near?!"

The small, white boy habitually twirled a stray strand of his just as white hair between his fingers and uttered, "Good evening, Mello. I'm sorry for interrupting."

"N-no, er.." the blonde shook his head, suddenly realizing that he was among his rival and grew more calm and steady. "What do you want?"

Near stared at him for a moment before spouting a low, "Thank you... For coming to help me."

"Eh?!" Mello found a slight sheepish blush wash across his face. 'Near's actually... THANKING me?! What the hell?!'

To cover up his flushed dispostion, Mello retorted a sharp, "Well, I didn't just do it to save YOU, ya know! I wanted to show off my skills... And I wanted someone to finally see that I actually have more potential and skill than you could ever have!"

Near's lips curved into a smirk as he replied, "I see. Well, then, that's all I wanted to say. Goodbye, Mello... Matt."

Matt gave a feeble wave and let slip a muffled snort as he observed Mello's escalating anger.

"God damn that Near!!" the blonde roared, standing up and storming over to the door. "He just thinks that he's so much more superior!! I'm gonna give him a piece of my mind!"

The red-head sweatdropped. "Geez, Mels... You can't give it a rest, huh? Well, I'll be here when you get back... I'll get a game started for us!"

Mello gave a profound "humph" and darted out of the door. But as he dashed down the hallway, he blindly bumped into two oblivious figures...

"Ouch," the blonde rubbed his sore nose. "Er, I'm sorry... I wasn't..."

And as he got a good look at the two he had walked into, he found himself speachless... Followed by furious.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TWO DOING HERE?!" Mello exclaimed, pointing rudely.

Kiri and Hara impishly smiled at their former opponent. "Roger let us into Wammy's fair and square."

The blonde raised a speculative brow.

Kiri felt the need to give him the details. "I mean, after hearing about the lengths we took to try and get into this institution, he couldn't help but consider it, you know?"

Mello nodded. "Well, I hope you guys are up for it. There's no way you'll ever get up to my ranking!"

Hara cackled obnoxiously. "What arrogance! Just you wait, blondie, I'm gonna kick your ass sky high one day!"

"We'll see when that dateless time comes."

"Whatever!"

Watching the two off, Mello found himself pacified, with no further reason to pursue Near for the meantime. Satisfied, he head back into his room, Matt casting a sideglance to his friend from his videogame screen as he watched the blonde close the door quietly behind him.

"That sure was quick."

Mello sighed. "He wasn't worth my time."

"Oh?" Matt smiled, pausing his game. "You look like you're in a better mood, Mels. Did something good happen?"

The blonde scratched the back of his neck. "Not really. So... uh, how about that game?"

"It's ready to go!"

Mello and Matt then slacked off for some time before they finally parted ways and decided to call it an evening. Before he went to sleep, however, Mello studied just a bit more for that test that had been canceled due to Near's kidnapping.

And as usual, when the results for that test were posted several days later, Near placed first and Mello placed second.

Despite what had happened, it seems that everything, unfortunately for Mello, went back to normal.

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Four years later, after the threat to Wammy's House had long subsided, Sebastion R. Locke died of a mysterious heart attack in his cell after serving half of his time in jail.

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And that's it. The end, everyone. It's hard to believe it, but SensibleSenseless is over. 0.o However, due to a high demand, a sequal is being planned out! Nothing's finalized and I don't even have a title yet, so maybe it would be wise to subscribe...or I could try to contact all of the reader's somehow when the sequal is ready! XP

I now feel it most appropriate to give out a Special Thanks to each individual who contributed towards the completion of, inspiration, and fantastic reviews for SensibleSenseless!! (In no particular order ;3):

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Wow, thanks everyone of you! (And to the annon. reviewers as well! X3) I am eternally grateful! :'D

Now for the final Death Note Fun Fact:

The "Yagami" in Yagami Raito/Light spelled backwards is:

IM A GAY.

All you LXRaito/Light lovers, rejoice. There is formal piece of evidnece right there. X3 (My apologies to any of you yaoi haters or Raito/Light lovers.)

So...I guess that's all. This is my final farewell, everyone! And please leave one final review with any last questions, comments, or requests that you may have...GOODBYE!! ToT