Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note, Matt, Near, Mello etc. I am just borrowing them for the time being.

Chapter.1

News

December 2007

Wammy House was eerily quiet as Near and Mello sat in Roger's office. The top two qualifiers for L's successor sat in silence; Near finishing the puzzle he spent most of his time on, Mello standing with his arms crossed. Roger gave them the news that he's been anticipating.

"What?" Mello lashed out. "Roger what did you just say?" An awkward silence; Near kept his gaze down at the puzzle not knowing how to react. It was true, he did care for L but couldn't seem to know how to deal with the situation. Mello on the other hand couldn't take it so easily letting his emotions get the best of him.

"It is true Mello, L is dead." Mello gasped as the words stabbed into him. Both successors knew how the infamous detective died, it was inevitable. "Probably." Roger replies as Mello went on to ask about Kira. The blonde couldn't take the news. It couldn't have been that easy.

"But he promised he'd find Kira and execute him." The blonde grabbed a hold on Roger's shirt collar. The news was hard to take, except for when you're the white haired Near.

***An hour Later***

Near had officially been named L's successor. He'd be leaving for America in a few years but something felt off about it. Mello had said he was leaving, was that true?

"Hey, Near!" The fair haired boy turned to see a black and white blur running to him. Kyra, or K, stopped only a few feet away from Near. She looked almost like him as far as features went, light hair that was almost white, pale complexion, but dark eyes that bore into anything they looked at. "I heard that you are L's successor. He finally chose, I see." The girl's breathing was short from her running. The expression Near gave her made her cock her head. "He did choose right?" Her fears had always been things to occupy her mind at times like this.

"Not quite." Near said, twirling a curl near his forehead. Kyra blinked waiting. "L is dead." She felt every nerve in her freeze as well as her blood. Those three words she thought she'd never hear; especially from Near. L had been an idol to her as he had been to many other Wammy occupants but she always felt like she'd been the only girl he'd ever really seemed interested in. (Stop thinking nasty thoughts you pervs.) Near, Mello and Matt had been like brothers to her and L was like a father figure. Her next reaction caught both of them off guard. She hugged him. Kyra was bit taller than Near as being a few months older. "Katerina can you please let me go?" She flinched at her real name. She did after a second and looked him in the eyes, grey meeting black.

"Why aren't you showing any emotion?" She said as he started to walk and she followed. She wore a tight black long sleeve that resembled Mello's and black shorts. "Near you have to feel something." She put her hands on his shoulders and stopped him. "Anything? Grief, remorse, relief, anger; something Near? You can't always be a stone when it comes to feelings." She had a point. Near had always reacted the same to almost anything, except her. He would smile a very small and shy smile if she did something funny or worthy.

The boy shrugged. "I do feel remorse. I did not want to be the next L; no one can be no matter how hard they try. I would have rather worked as a team with Mello. Why would I feel relief?" Kyra knew that was probably the wrong thing to have said.

"Relived that you got picked for a successor. I mean I knew it would happen, there isn't much of a chance Mello could have surpassed you, nor Matt or me. It is actually nice for once to be tied for third best." She explained as she and Matt were at the same level. She blinked with shock and dropped her arms. "You wanted to work with Mello?" The younger nodded. "Interesting." She tapped her lip with her index finger as they went on to walk. Some time passed in silence as Kyra thought about what Near being the next L would entitle. Of course him leaving Wammy's and being all around the world, but what about Kira? "What do you plan to do about Kira, he did kill L right?" That was the only explanation she could think of.

Near nodded as if agreeing. "I plan to do what L had wanted, find and execute him." Kyra stopped dead but Near kept walking. He wanted to do exactly what had gotten their idol killed. Maybe it wasn't such an idea that was worth it. Near could die, Mello could die; so could Matt and her. She would lose the only family she had known.

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