The necklace and the ring
A Mello and Near fanfic. An alternative story
Disclaimer: I obviously don't own Death Note
Near was sitting on the floor on his usual position while doing his favourite blank puzzle. He was going to put the last piece when he saw, like so many other times, the iron ring that he weared on his thumb. The only thing that remained of his family, without willing to he remembered how he got it.
---Flashback---
A 4 year old Near was walking through the forest back to the village where his house was. Nearly all the people were sick, a strange disease that appeared to affect all of the people but him. He had to get now some fruit for his family, or rather for his grandmother, the only remaining living family member.
Near arrived to the village, he saw some dead bodies lying on the floor "Nothing to worry about" Near thought "They've been there for almost 2 days" Near thought as he went towards his house. He entered it "I'm here granny!" He said as he went towards the room where his grandmother was lying. "Nate, come here" She said with a tired voice "I know that I will die soon, so I want you to have this" She said as she gave Near the iron ring that she always weared "It's yours now. Put it on your right thumb" "B-but g-g-granny" Near said with some tears on his eyes. He put the ring he had received form his grandmother on his right thumb as he saw how she died, the last habitant of that small Thailandese village. "Bye granny" Near whispered as he looked at his dead grandmother.
3 days later he was found by L and moved to Wammy's house. Since the day his grandmother had died he had never shown an emotion, he couldn't. It hurted too much and he was unable to smile happily, cry or feel anything. Or that was he thought until he met Mello.
---End of Flashback---
"Near!" Mello nearly screamed, "Are you listening to me?" He asked. "Sorry, I was… thinking" Near said in a small voice. "I was saying to you that if I kidnap Takada you'll be able to accuse Light of being Kira" "Ah, yes" Near said. "But you'll surely die" Near said. He didn't want to suffer more if he lost Mello. It had already been enough with the lost of his grandmother. "Isn't there another plan we could carry out?" Near asked, Mello was surprised, Near didn't usually ask questions. "I, well I haven't thought of another plan but I can…" Mello stopped talking when he noticed that Near's eyes were irradiating an unknown emotion for him until that moment. "…I could think of another plan" Mello ended saying when he turned around. "I'll see you tomorrow, Near, by then I'll have thought of a plan" "Bye, Mello" Near said.
Near stared back at his blank puzzle and didn't notice that Ryuk was approaching him until he was touched by the shinigami. "Destiny must be fulfilled" Was all Ryuk said. "Are you going to kill me?" Near asked "No" Ryuk answered "I'm going to transport you to Atlantis, year 201" Ryuk said smiling as he opened his Death Note and wrote something strange on it "I hope you pass a good time there and by the way, only the objects that existed on that time will survive to the time travel!" Ryuk continued saying "I didn't imagine this" Near thought "I hope that Mello can see and hear Ryuk".
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Mello felt his heart skip a beat. He looked up from the only computer on the apartment that he and Matt shared. "I just felt that…" Mello thougt "Matt, I'm going to the SPK headquarters tomorrow first thing in the morning" Mello said "Ok" Matt answered.
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Near opened slowly his eyes, he felt strangely tired and some grass underneath him "Were am I?" He thought.
