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Chapter 1: Decision

"Are you sure about this L?" an elderly gentleman with snow white hair and a moustache asked with a concerned look on his face while packing a luggage.

"We've been over this Watari," Responded a tall young man with black hair and skin as pale as a ghost. He was not happy that Watari was questioning him again but he showed no sign of annoyance in either his expression or his tone. Instead he was more focused on the chocolate cake that was in front of him. "I will be returning to Wammy's House for a brief period," L said calmly as he placed a piece of cake in his mouth.

"I understand, L. I'm just a little surprised is all," Watari said with a smile. He was glad that L was finally returning home and hoped that he could provide some much needed guidance to his successors.

"I know, Watari. I just want to check on a few things," L assured while pulling out his laptop. "I'm going to start with the computer/network security."

"I'm going to inform Roger," Watari stated as he pulled out his cell phone and put it against his ear.

"Hello?" A voice on the other end asked suspiciously.

"Yes, Roger, it's Watari. I'm here to inform you that I will be returning tomorrow."

Roger sighed in relief at the sound of Watari's voice. "I understand."

"L will be accompanying me," Watari stated. He waited patiently for about a minute for Roger to respond. "Hello?"

"Yes yes, I'm here!" Roger responded quickly "I'm sorry, did you say L was coming back?" Roger questioned.

"Yes," Watari said while chuckling quietly. "It took me by surprise as well. I need you to get Near, Mello, and Matt in the same area. I'm going to have Luise inform them."

"Of course."

Watari hung up the phone and proceeded to continue packing for the trip back to England.

"Who's Luise?" L asked while working on his computer.

"Well," Watari said with a smirk, "She's an orphan at Wammy's House and MY successor," Watari informed.

L paused and raised his eyebrow curiously.

"You have got to be joking…" said a frustrated young woman with light auburn hair, dark blue eyes, and pale skin. She was attempting to use her computer but it didn't appear to be working. After several minutes of furiously pressing buttons on her keyboard, a popup came up on the computer.

"Huh, what's this? Please upgrade the security on your computer," The young woman read aloud. She sat pondering for several minutes before coming to a realization. "…MATT!" she screamed as she stormed out of her room.

"I can't believe he had nerve to hack my computer again," she muttered to herself angrily. She approached a door that had the words Game Room on it with big black letters. She opened the door quickly and began wandering her eyes around the room looking for the culprit.

"Huh, Luise? What are you doing here?" asked a young boy no older than eight or nine with dark green spiky hair and big glasses. He was playing a new game for the Nintendo Gamecube.

"Ah, hey Sonic. Have you seen Matt around? I expected to find him here," Luise stated honestly while her eyes were still wandering the room filled with various toys and videogame consoles.

"You just missed him. He went to the command room. Why are yo-"

"Thanks so much!" Luise interrupted as she left the room and headed for the stairs.

"Alrighty then…," Sonic murmured to himself as he unpaused his game.

While Luise walked up the stairs she heard a loud bang sound come from the Command Room. Worried, she raced up the stairs and opened the door.

"Is everybody okay?!" Luise asked with deep concern in her voice. She looked around the room and noticed several puzzle pieces scattered across the room before finally noticing Near and Mello. It was clear that somebody threw the puzzle against the wall and it wasn't too difficult for her to figure out who it was.

"Mello…What. The. Hell?" Luise questioned as she suspiciously eyed Mello.

"W-what? I didn't do anything!" Mello proclaimed.

"We were seeing who could finish the puzzle the quickest. Mello got a little emotional halfway through," Near stated calmly as he walked around the room collecting the scattered puzzle pieces.

"Doesn't exactly take a lot of detective work to find out it was you, Mello," Luise proclaimed.

"Tch, whatever," Mello replied coldly.

"It was pretty funny, though," said a voice from the corner of the room who was laughing hysterically.

"Matt, there you are! I've been loo-" Luise stopped as she noticed the cigarette he was holding in his hand. She rushed over to him and grabbed the cigarette from his hand. "How many times have I told you not to smoke?!" Luise yelled.

"Hey, calm down. I'm just having some fun," Matt smirked.

"You're fourteen…and how the hell is it fun anyway?" she stated annoyed. She chucked the cigarette into the trash can. "Two points!"

"Actually, from that distance, I believe that would constitute three points," Near stated seriously.

"Three points it is," Luise proclaimed proudly with a huge smile on her face.

"It's really not that impressive." Mello scorned.

"Oh yeah? How about you try it, wise guy? Matt, cigarette," Luise demanded as she held her hand out.

"Huh? I don't have any more on me!" Matt defended.

Luise reached her hand into Matt's plaid jacket pocket and pulled out a pack of cigarettes. "Oh yeah? And what are these, pray tell?" Luise asked with a smile on her face.

"Whoa, how did those get in there?!" Matt exclaimed whilst laughing awkwardly.

"It's a mystery," Luise deduced while rolling her eyes. "Here, Mello. If it's SO easy, you try it," Luise challenged, handing over a cigarette to Mello.

"Pfft. No problem," Mello responded with a smirk. He snatched the cigarette and began aiming his throw with deep concentration. He began the motion to throw the cigarette.

"Good luck," Near stated shocking Mello and causing him to lose all his concentration as he released the cigarette. The cigarette landed a good two feet away from the blue trash can. Silence filled the room as Mello just stared at the trash can with a blank expression on his face. The silence was then broken by Luise and Matt both laughing their heads off.

"Wow, that was some throw, Mello. I gotta tell ya," Luise joked.

"It was all Near's fault! He broke my concentration!" Mello declared giving Near the death glare.

"You know what they say, Mello. If you can't win the game. If you can't solve the puzzle. Then you're ju-"

"Shut up!" Mello yelled as he raced over to Near. He picked up the puzzle that Near just finished collecting and chucked it at the wall once again resulting in a loud banging sound as the puzzle pieces scattered across the room.

"Dude, calm down. It's just a game," Matt explained trying to cheer up his friend.

"How many times have I said that to you, Matt?" Mello responded seriously.

"Touché"

"Speaking of games…Matt, was hacking my computer today another 'game' to you?" Luise questioned with a subtle hint of aggravation in her tone.

"Huh? I didn't hack your computer," Matt responded with surprise. He has hacked her computer many times in the past but not since he upgraded the security on it himself.

"You're the only who would be able to do it, though. You made sure of that, remember?" Luise reminded.

"I did, but I'm not lying. Here, look into my eyes and see that I'm telling the truth," Matt challenged as he took off his goggles.

Luise walked up to Matt and looked straight into his green eyes for about a minute before figuring out that he was telling the truth. "Damn, it really wasn't you. Well, damn, I'm going to have to figure this out. You guys know where I can find a good detective?" Luise asked seriously.

The three boys all stared at her with blank faces. "Oh…right. Haha," she replied awkwardly. After staring at the three of them, she realized something was going on. The three of them were almost never together in the same place. "Wait a minute, what are you three even doing all together? I mean, it's rare to see Near anywhere near you two and in the Command Room no less? Is something happening?" Luise questioned.

"Roger told us to wait here for you," Mello said with a look of anticipation on his face.

"For me?" Luise responded sounding, quite, confused. Upon her response, music began to resonate from her left pocket. She reached into her left pocket and took out her ringing phone to which the caller ID read Blocked Number. She proceeded to put the cell phone towards her ear.

"Hello?" Luise asked in a suspicious tone. It's not too often that she gets a call directly to her cell phone and never one with a blocked number.

"Hello, Luise, it's Watari," responded a calm soothing voice on the other line.

"Watari! It's been a while!" Luise exclaimed enthusiastically. It has been over a month since he left for America to help L with a case.

"Put it on speaker," Mello demanded with a very serious look on his face. Luise complied.

"Yes, it has," Watari agreed whilst chuckling lightly, "I'm pleased to say the case is finally over and BB has been put behind bars."

"That's great to hear," Luise stated. There were looks of satisfaction amongst each of the successor's faces upon hearing Watari's words.

"So, as expected, I will be returning home soon. But that's not all…" Watari claimed.

"I will be returning as well," an unfamiliar voice added.

"Oh? And who is this?" Luise questioned.

"I am L."

Silence filled the room.

Hope you all enjoyed this first chapter! Chapter 2 will be up in a few days. :D

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