Hello, this is the third chapter of Prodigy. The second paragraph gives a slight hint of what I think N started out as. Enjoy and please R&R!
Wammy wakes from his slumber to the sound of taping. He walks up to Ryuuzaki's room door and finds it closed. He knocks on the door and waits for a reply; all he gets is a shuffling from inside the room. "Ryuuzaki, are you awake?" The door opens and Ryuuzaki/L is standing there. "What is it, Watari?" Wammy looks at the boy. "Ryuuzaki, what are you doing?" The boy strides back into his room and sits at his computer table. "Watari, could you come in for a minute?" Wammy walks into the room and stands behind the boy, looking over his small shoulder.
The screen displays a photo of a young boy, barely older than the boy sitting in front of the screen. The boy had wavy white hair and pale skin. "This boy has been missing for two days now, I would like to find him." Wammy understood; this boy obviously was different from all the others, else Ryuuzaki wouldn't bother with him. "Why would you like to find him?" Ryuuzaki hesitated for a moment. "Well, if you must know, his parents perished in a fire as well, set by the same arsonist that killed my family. If possible, I want to find this child and make sure he will have a nice place to stay." Ryuuzaki looked down at his desk sadly, it was the first hint of emotion that Wammy had seen in the boy since he had met him. "Not to worry, Ryuuzaki, I have already taken care of that." Wammy smiled at the surprise in the boys face. "Over the years I have established an orphanage for children, it is called 'Wammy's House for gifted Children' it is a great place, if I do say so myself." Wammy finished.
The young Ryuuzaki jumped up and gave his guardian a hug. "Thank you Watari, thank you!!" He shouted. Wammy was taken aback by this huge sign of affection from the young boy, but patted him on the head.
The next hour was spent trying to find any sign of the missing boy. Although Wammy knew the chances of finding the boy were one in a million he couldn't disappoint Ryuuzaki. He searched through the streets, the hotels, and even the ditches where he thought a lost child would have gone. All turned up nothing, as he was searching, it had started to rain. Wammy was about to call it quits and return to the hotel when he realized he had missed a very important place. Wammy ran through the puddle-filled streets to an empty lot. There was a small boy staring at the wreckage that was his house.
Wammy looked at the boy and ran the description of him through his head. It matched the picture of the boy he had seen on the computer. "Excuse me, are you, by any chance, Nate River?" He quietly asked the boy. The boy's face was wet, from tears or from the rain, Wammy did not know, he guessed a little of both. "Y-Yes." The boy stuttered. He stared at Wammy for a minute before speaking again. "And you are Detective Wammy, am I correct?" The boy said this in such a mature voice he startled Wammy, an act that was getting to be all too common. Under normal circumstances Wammy would have been intrigued by the maturity, but Ryuuzaki had the same manor of speaking so he was not too captivated. "Yes, how do you know my name, child?" he asked politely. "My father told me great tales of you." The boy calmly stated. "I know you of all people would be bored of such comments but when I grow up I want to become just like you." The boy stated this with no emotion. Ah, another strange one. Wammy thought, thinking back to the boy he had waiting in his hotel. "You do not have to wait until you are older, I started when I was barely older than you. All you need is a little help. Come, I will take you there." Wammy extended his hand to the boy. "Where is there?" he asked cautiously, but took the hand all the same. "Wammy's House for Gifted Children, I believe you qualify." He gripped the boys' hand and walked with him in the general direction of the Wammy House.
