Hello everyone! I got great reviews for the first chapter so I decided to continue the story.
At first this was supposed to be a one-shot story about how Watari met L, but after I made it I realized I could expand it because I didn't include when he was given the name L.
I would like to thank Pen of Paracelsus for his/her kind review, and after reading his/her review I decided to continue the story.
So, without further ado, I present to you the second chapter of Prodigy.
Two days after Watari caught the arsonist he and the boy were sitting in the living room. The boy was at the computer searching for another crime to solve when Watari brought up a good point. "Say child, what am I supposed to call you, surely I cannot continue to call you child?" The boy turned around to face Watari, meeting his gaze. "You may call me whatever you wish, but I cannot tell you my real name, I am sorry." Watari looked at the boy. He had not slept for three days and dark bags were forming under his eyes. "What would you like to be called?" The boy thought for a moment. "How about L?" He suggested. "L? Why L? Is it the first initial of your real name?" Watari inquired. "You could say that." L turned around, back to finding crime. "Why can you not tell me your real name, L?" "Because, I do not especially like my real name. It sounded to feminine." Watari raised an eyebrow. "Could you tell me it, your name that is." Watari pressed. "Hmm, no, not yet. I am sorry, Watari. For now we will have to make do with just L." The boy stated. "Is there another name I can call you? L just sounds too strange." L continued his search on the computer, but responded nonchalantly. "As I said before, you may call me whatever you wish." Watari thought for a moment. He thought about the dark bags under the boy's eyes, and the way his hair stood up in points that resembled spines. "How about Ryuuzaki?" He asked, Ryuuzaki, meaning Dragon. "Ryuu…zaki…" The boy tested the name. "I like it, very well, you may call me Ryuuzaki."
Three weeks past by extremely fast, Wammy never thought he had could have that much action in such a short amount of time. Ryuuzaki had tracked down many criminals and had sent Watari to deal with them. They caught bank robbers, arsonists, killers, mafia members and any other criminal imaginable. Every time Ryuuzaki told him to go apprehend a person Watari would comply without question. Every time he went to catch the guy he was always right where the boy had told him. Every single time he caught the right guy. It was eerie to see such genius in a boy so young, but Wammy thought it was an amazing gift.
Soon a year past and rapidly word of a new detective spread; newspaper headlines spoke of a nameless person as a savior of the city. L strikes again!! Mass murderer apprehended on-site. Such headlines kept on popping up every morning. Watari insisted that they collect all the articles about Ryuuzaki and his doings, but L did not want to. Arsonist apprehended!! City thanks L! Was one particular article that caught Watari's eye.
At approximately 6:52 pm of May 14 an infamous arsonist was arrested at the scene of the crime. The man was taken into custody and after three hours of interrogation, admitted to everything and cursed L. After the man was confined, the police still have one question, "Who is L?" the question has stirred much controversy all over the city. Some people are in favor of this new hero; but others believe this L is in cahoots with the criminals and is really just selling them out to make himself look good. That being said and done the question still remains, "Who is L?"…
Watari read this article with much interest and was appalled when he read the part about L being in cahoots with the felons. After reading the article through, Watari crumpled it and threw it into the wastebasket. How could they think that L is a criminal? After puzzling on this thought for quite a while Wammy stormed off to bed. He walked by Ryuuzaki's room and was surprised to find the boy sleeping. Watari walked into the room and looked at the computer monitor. It was off. That was good; it meant the boy was done for the day and was not planning on going back to searching. Wammy turned off the light as he walked out of the room, silently wishing the boy good night.