The FBI headquarters was abuzz. They had all thought the Kira Investigation was closed. Near walked up the aisle of the room, ignoring the noise. His head was lowered and he was twirling a lock of his curly hair around a finger as he thought.
"Is Kira really back?" One of the agents asked as she stood over a person at a computer screen.
"It sounds like it to me," the agent at the computer muttered.
"Hal Linder, Stephen Gevanni," Near said quietly as he looked at the ground. "What is your report?"
They straightened as they saw Near.
Gevanni gave the report. "Justin Wild and Tajima Shingen, the two criminals named in the broadcast, died of heart attacks while Kira was speaking. It seems this is the real deal."
"You and I both know that's not possible," Near said quietly as he sat on a chair, hunched over as he stared at a blank screen. In front of him was a table with dice on it.
"There is an incoming transmission," Anthony Rester interrupted. "It's from Shuichi Aizawa."
Near narrowed his eyes. Aizawa was the member of the Japanese Taskforce that had taken over the NPA after Light's death. "Put him on," Near said quietly. He started rearranging a pile of dice sitting on the table, stacking some of them so that all of the 1's faced the screen.
The screen turned on to reveal Aizawa. "What was that?" Aizawa demanded.
"That," Near said calmly, "was a transmission from Kira. It was broadcasted world-wide."
"No way!" Another voice exclaimed. Touta Matsuda ducked into sight of the screen, leaning on the desk besides Aizawa. "Light's dead."
"You should know," someone else muttered, "you shot him."
Matsuda blushed slightly and leaned back. He looked shy. Even to him, it was still shocking that he had done that.
"Kanzo Mogi," Near said as he identified the voice. "Is Hideki Ide with you as well?"
"Yes," Ide's voice filtered through. "All of the Taskforce members are here."
"Good," Near said calmly. He started stacking another row of dice. This time the 2's were facing the screen, "Though it is hardly necessary."
"Huh?" Matsuda leaned back into the screen. "What do you mean? There's a new Kira!"
"No," Near said sharply. "This is not a new Kira. This is merely an imposter who is in possession of a DEATH NOTE. Likely, another Shinigami got bored."
"Near," Aizawa warned, "this person still has a DEATH NOTE."
"Yes," Near agreed, "But they're not a threat. This new Kira is merely a copycat trying his role at being in the spotlight of godhood. Their transmission reveals him to be childish, inexperienced, and lacking the abilities to engage in a competition with me. I will have him captured within the month. Your aid is not necessary. Please end the transmission Commander Rester."
"Y-yes sir," Rester stuttered and hesitantly switched off the transmission.
"Near!" Aizawa shouted as the transmission shut off.
"Gevanni," Near continued as he kept stacking dice. "Have you tried to pinpoint the location of the transmission?"
"Ah, yeah," Gevanni straightened, "Working on it." He leaned into the computer screen and started typing on the keyboard.
"Focus your scan on Florida," Near said suddenly.
Gevanni paused and glanced Near's way, "Florida?"
"This new Kira fake, let me call him F-Kira, has made the same mistake Light did." Near picked up another handful of dice and made another stack of 2's on the other side of the stack of 1's.
"There were a group of four criminals who died of heartattacks. They were the first "Kira kills" since Light Yagami's death. Information about them was being broadcasted only there. If we can assume that they were the work of F-Kira, then he is in that state. Their deaths were F-Kira testing out the DEATH NOTE." Near stopped stacking the dice. "It should be simple to catch him."
Near knocked over the dice. They clattered to the table. Gevanni hesitated. He wasn't so sure, but Near had proven with Light that he knew what he was doing. His computer beeped, making him look at it.
"Near," he said.
"What section of Florida has F-Kira been found in?" Near asked as he started to stack the dice again.
"It didn't find him."
Near paused, hand hovering over the dice. "What?"
"The scan came out negative," Gevanni looked at him.
Near frowned. "Why?"
Why? "I don't know," Gevanni shrugged, "the scan worked, but it didn't detect him."
"I see," Near frowned. This fake Kira was a fool, but he has struck first. In one move he dissuaded fears about Kira being dead, made an excuse for Light, the absence of "justice" these past few months, and raised distrust against him.
Near's hand accidentally knocked over the dice on the table. Two fell to the ground. Both of them landed with the 1 side facing up – snake eyes.
Aizawa stared at the computer screen after Near had shut him off.
"What does he mean, not necessary?" Matsuda asked with eyes wide. His voice jumped an octave. "There's someone running around with a DEATH NOTE and he says it's not necessary?!"
"Matsuda," Ide snapped.
Matsuda winced and looked down, "sorry," he muttered.
"I agree with Matsuda," Mogi muttered. "This is ridiculous. We've had far more contact with Kira then Near."
"I agree with you as well," Aizawa promised, interlinking his fingers and setting them on the table. "It's possible this Kira is just some maniac who managed to get ahold of a few pages of the DEATH NOTE. There were three notebooks floating here in Japan. If that's the case then the new Kira is probably still in the Kanto region of Japan."
"Well if he's here, then why don't we just investigate ourselves?" Matsuda asked.
Mogi was about to snap something, but Aizawa straightened. "Yeah, why not?"
If they caught the new Kira it would show Near they could handle themselves.
Ide narrowed his eyes. "We don't even know for sure that there is a new Kira."
"We'll have to keep watch on the situation," Aizawa nodded. "Just like the rest of the world."
Ha ha, Raven's program worked.
I am going to say i consider Near the spoiled wannabe version of L. L did all of the work and figured out Light was Kira and then he dies and Near takes over and acts like he did everything. Throughout his entire fight with Light he was so confident in himself that he had everything covered and would win in the end because he was that good. Well, surprise Near! Raven is too weird for you!
A Nearsighted person is also someone who can see things close up but not far away. Get it?
