Hello fan fiction readers! I am DustlandFairytale. But you may call me Dust, or Bethie if you like. Now this story is based on Death Note as well as the book series, Stravaganza. It is a post-Kira fic involving Near working as L's successor, when something strange occurs...
Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note or Stravaganza. This is a purely fan made fic. Death Note belongs to Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. Stravaganza belongs to Mary Hoffman. The title is inspired by The Killers. This fic belongs to me.
Note: The † symbol signifies a change between the worlds.
Chapter 1: Travel
Nate River sat on the floor of headquarters as he often does, playing with toys. He played with a small figurine of his mentor, L. Although it looked like L, it was just a toy. The real L was dead. He was killed by a murderer called Kira, Light Yagami. Nate frowned at the thought of him. Nate was the genius detective who succeeded L and caught Kira. He was known to the world as N. Or to some, Near. These things didn't matter to him though. The only thing that mattered to Near was the puzzle.
"Near, I think this case would be of interest to you" Near's assistant and confidant, Giovanni said above him. "What is thought to be a serial killer is killing children in Italy by heart attack. And the bodies were always found with some kind of toy on their body."
This piqued Near's interest. "Thank you for telling me Giovanni. Why don't you tell the Italian police force I'm on my way and book 3 tickets for the soonest flight out. I want you and Rester to accompany me."
Near and his team got on a plane and within a few hours, they were in Padua, Italy. The first thing they did was find a nice hotel near the police station. When they got to their room Near sat on one of the large beds and played with a robot as Rester and Giovanni were getting information on the case for him. Rester was talking to the police when he set the phone on his shoulder and looked to the albino. "Near, I'm going to go over to the station. They have some evidence pertaining to the case for us." "That's fine Rester, go ahead" Near didn't even look up as he spoke. With a small nod, Rester put the phone back to his ear and ran out the door.
Near continued to play with the robot silently as he thought about the case. "Giovanni said they were dying of heart attacks. Could it be another Death Note?" Giovanni interrupted Near's thoughts, "Here," he handed Near a stack of papers, "these are the autopsy reports of the victims. They only have one thing in common though..." "The way they died." "Exactly." Near looked the papers over and within seconds he had it memorized. Nothing else about them were particularly interesting but he did find out that they were all between 10-14 years old and none of them had prior health issues. "This has to be another Death Note. Now the only question is who."
Rester walked in the door carrying a large box. "Here's...the...evidence they...gave...me..." he struggled to say as he set down the box on the bed next to Near and the puzzle he was working on, "All of the toys found with the bodies, crime scene reports, the victims personal information, and photographs taken at the scenes." "Thank you." Near peeked into the box and pulled out the photographs. They were all a bit disturbing. Nevertheless, Near had to analyze them.
He then took out the other objects and inspected them. He couldn't resist playing with a few of the toys. His current plaything had a tag on it that said 'Daisy Frank, Female, 12, hand' All of the toys were different and the one he was playing with was an action figure that was very poorly made. He had been analyzing the objects for hours and it was close to 1 in the morning and he was exhausted. As the worlds greatest detective though, he had to keep searching for the killer. He picked up one of the smaller toys in the box. It was old fashioned and was a wooden figurine holding a book. "Is this a sign? Is the killer saying he has a Death Note?" Near yawned and laid his head on the soft bed. He played thoughtfully with the toy thinking about the little book on the figure and what it might mean, when Near slowly fell asleep.
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"Hmm...I'm awake already?" Too soon after drifting to sleep, Near was awake. Not only that, he was outside in the sunlight. The boy looked around him. It looked like he was at a Renaissance Faire, but it was all too realistic. He couldn't be dreaming either, Near never dreamed. Behind him, Near saw a little boy hugging onto an older gentleman's leg. "Father! Look! Its a boy!" The man looked at the albino young man in front of him. "Hello young man, what can I do for you?" the gentleman asked. Near stood up. "I'm not exactly sure. I don't even know how I got here." The man chuckled. "How could you not kn--" He stopped abruptly when he saw that the boy had no shadow. "You-You're...Come in, come in. Its not safe for you to stay out here."
And thus, Chapter 1 is ended! Yay! I will update soon! Pleasepleaseplease review! I would like to know your thoughts! Thanks!
