"This way ma'am," the agent said as he led a young girl into a room with large monitors lining the walls and various people filing through paperwork and speaking through headsets. The girl pulled down the rim of her hood further over her head, self-conscious about any and all suspicious people in the room. After all, her brother had taught her to be overly-cautious ever since she was born. She was going to make him proud.

Suddenly, a little boy with curly white hair came into her line of sight. He was sitting on the floor with one knee curled to his chest and the other resting on the floor, arranging toy cars of various models and colors into a circle around his body. The girl gasped and brought a hand to her mouth in shock. They were just so….similar.

The boy's head cocked to the side as the noise escaped her mouth. "Do we have a visitor today?" he asked, not bothering to turn and face her.

The agent opened his mouth to speak, but chose not to as the girl walked forward and knelt down beside the boy and his protective circle of cars. She locked her eyes with his and stared intently into their black depths. Neither of them spoke as the seconds ticked by.

Slowly, the girl raised her hands to her head and removed her hood revealing a pale face, short, black hair that reached her chin and dark eyes. She smiled wistfully at the boy and spoke in a soft voice. "Hello, Near. My name is Hana."

The boy broke his gaze with her and continued building his circle with the toy cars. "Considering you know who I am, it's right to assume that you're here to assist us in the Kira investigation. Am I correct?" he asked while glancing at her from the corner of his eye. When she nodded, he continued.

"So this means that you would have useful information regarding the case. My question for you is what could you possibly know that is good enough for you to make it this far into our headquarters? Occasionally, we get the do-gooder who thinks himself kind enough to give tip-offs, but these are pointless to the investigation. I have people assigned to sort through them and almost none make it directly to me."

The girl stayed silent, listening as he explained his reasoning to her. "You want to know how a girl like me can know information important enough to come directly to the head of this investigation, right?"

"Ah, so you can put two and two together," he said as he placed the last car on the floor, completing the circle. "But I also want to know what you hope to gain from helping us, that is, if you do happen to have useful information."

"Revenge," she said simply while shifting from her kneeling position to sit cross-legged beside Near, yet still outside of his circle of cars.

Near turned his head towards her and met her gaze for the second time. She could sense the question in his eyes, even if he didn't want to admit it. She knew that this boy would want to try to figure this puzzle out by himself, but she wasn't going to let him.

"Kira killed my brother," she said. "I came here to avenge him. I came here to avenge L."

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