"Near, Mello… I would like to see you both in my office for a moment," Roger said to the two boys. He looked at the teen-aged blond girl who was sitting in the room with them, teaching.
"I apologize for interrupting your lesson, K, but it's very important."
The girl named K looked up at him, slightly surprised from the interruption, but nodded and allowed the thirteen and fifteen years olds to leave. After they were gone, she stood up and followed out of sheer curiosity.
Carefully, the seventeen-year-old set her ear against the door to Roger's office. She only heard one sentence, and that sentence would change her life forever.
"L is dead."
K's eyes widened in shock, and she felt tears coming. She pushed herself away from the door and stared at it, as if the door was what took her Brother away. There seemed to be arguing from Mello on the other side of the door, but she paid no attention to it.
He… he can't be dead… she shought. Brother can't be… He shouldn't be… He was the greatest detective in the world!
When the arguing had seemed to subside, Mello burst out of the room angrily. He saw his teacher, his friend, his sister in tears and staring at him. His expression subsided into sadness before looking away and running off to the door.
"M-Mello?" K shouted in a startled panic. Her voice cracked from her grieving tears. She ran after Mello, but Near stopped her with she was outside, and he was nowhere to be found.
"Let him go…" the white haired boy told her. 'Let him do what he wants, and go where he pleases."
"He… he's gone. They're both gone." K sniffed as more tears flooded her eyes.
"K, let's get you inside…" Near murmured as he led her back into the building. He made sure to keep his voice quiet for her sake.
Throughout the rest of the day, Near had been checking in on K, who had hid herself in her room, every so often to see if she was okay. That night, he peeked inside to see her pointing a gun to her own head. Near's eyes widened and he rushed into the scene to take the gun away before the trigger was pulled.
"K, this is not the way to solve anything," he told her. The girl broke down into tears and hugged Near.
"L is gone… Mello's gone… I have no family anymore. I have no reason to keep going…" she sobbed. Near gently wrapped his arms around her.
"That's not true. You have me. I'm your family, too." He sat down on the bed beside her, the two still hugging.
"Don't blame yourself for any of this, either. Blame the actual murderer who took his life."
K was silent for a moment, then lifted her head up to look at him.
"K-Kira?"
"Exactly. And I'm going to do all I can to put Kira to justice and avenge L," Near told her confidently.
"Kira…" the girl whispered. Anger and hatred started to overpower her sadness.
"Kira… I will have my revenge…"
This is the story of a woman known as K, and how she helped stop the greatest criminal in the world.
