This story gets sparsely updated and I'm sorry for that. But I need to finish watching the anime in case it randomly inspires me for this story. And I've been busy lately so…yeah.
Disclaimer: Death Note and its concepts and characters belong to the almighty Ohba-sensei and Obata-sensei.
Death. Not the topic most people like to talk about. The vast majority of the population in this world prefers to avoid the topic of death, simply because they are spineless losers who are to afraid to think about their lives ending. But to be more objective, people avoid thinking about death because they simply have better and more joyful things to worry their little heads to worry about. However, the handful of individuals in the world who think about death are divided in what I think are these groups. Writers, who use death as subject matter for whatever they're writing. Assassins/Military Leaders, whose jobs it is to kill other people. Emos, who think they're lives are so pathetic that they need to take out a blade and sever their flesh because they're too afraid to deal with semi-nonexistent problems. And Wammy's children, whose cases tend to involve murder, which leads to a few occupants of Wammy's House becoming paranoid about death and, like the case of the first child A, take their own lives (of course, maybe the pressure of being the next L just got to them).
Why do I start this entry with death you ask? Asking this question leads to many possible answers, some counter theorems, mathematical formulae, insights into the human mind, and maybe a limerick or two. However, I won't bore you with all the possibilities like a Wammy should, but simply give you the reason why I ask.
L is dead.
N is his successor.
In one moment, the reason we were brought up was made meaningless. In one moment, all of us felt inferior to the one who would succeed L. In one moment, our reason for living was taken away.
Then we were given a new meaning.
To become the successor to N, who was the successor to L.
Which means the successor to N who was the successor to L will technically become the third L.
Or maybe the fourth, because the first second L is Kira, which means the second L N is the third L. But then again, if Kira is convicted of actually being Kira, then his time as the second L will be meaningless and the third L N will be the second L. Then generation after generation will take up the codename L, until the twenty-sixth L dies, which leaves Wammy's House with no more letters from the American alphabet to use as codenames. Which might lead Wammy's house to using Japanese characters as codenames. All of this assuming that L and Wammy's House will be around until then, and if humanity hasn't destroyed itself. But if humanity hasn't destroyed itself yet, then they're being awfully slow about it. Of course, that's just my opinion.
Well, not really my opinion, but L's opinion, from the time we communicated over the internet. You see, since L was busy with the Kira case, I was lucky enough to take over one of the cases he left behind. It was a fascinating case, because each victim's corpse was arranged in a particular way, each body forming a certain letter or letters. Since the word was incomplete, chances are the killer was trying to leave a message and my goal was to find the killer before he or she completes his or her message. I was reporting my progress on the case to L, which was the words, "Bad, Reptile, Wide, Miserable, Ersatz, Vile, Hosti." Obviously this case had a lot of victims (but some bodies were used for more than one letter) and I suggested to L that these words might be related to a series of children's novels.
Though I'm sure L would've figured that out a long time before I did, he pretended to congratulate me and moved to sign off, but I told him to stop trying to be nice, regardless of whatever consequence he might issue me. To my surprise, he gave me a what seemed to be genuine apology (though it's hard to tell over a computerized voice) and told me a few details about the Kira case. I learned about L's prime suspect and the device used to commit the murders. Of course, I was a bit skeptical about the murder weapon, since I didn't really believe in shinigami, but I also didn't believe L would be killed soon after he contacted me. So, maybe I do believe in shinigami and killer notebooks.
Of course, none of this really concerns Kael Amane, since he left Wammy's House therefore eliminating all hopes of becoming the next L and therefore eliminating the very reason he was brought up. So what did he do with his life after Wammy's? I don't really know, and frankly, I don't really care. But what I do know is the last case he worked on at Wammy's House, since I happened to be working on that case, too. And this case happened to happen before the event that ran Kael out happened. Back to the case, I didn't think Kael was suitable for the case for two reasons. The first was that I hated him and couldn't work with him at all, possibly hindering the case. And second was that whatever emotions that his little brain might possess would ruin his judgment. Why would his nearly non-existent emotions get in the way you ask? Simple.
Kael's sister's life was on the line.
And yes, he was actually related to somebody.