A/N: Don't kill me! It's really short, I know. Thanks to all of my wonderful reviewers! Love you all. :)
"I can't believe you went to such lengths," Soichiro frowns at his colleague.
"You realise they all have aliases for a reason, don't you?"
"I take it you don't want to see the files, then?" Aizawa replies, folding his arms across his chest. Soichiro shifts on his weight before relenting and joining the rest of the Task Force surrounding the coffee table.
Light is currently at college and Aizawa wasn't sure he wanted Light to see these documents. He is suspected of being Kira, after all. No, he is just going to keep this between himself and those he trusts. Misa is also at a photo shoot, preparing herself for her latest role in a multi-million dollar movie. In truth, the Task Force are slightly relieved that she is gone as she has been jumping and squealing in excitement about this movie deal for weeks now.
Glancing over at whoever was acting as L, Aizawa doesn't even know anymore, he quietly unfolds the papers, spreading them out before the Task Force. Although he knows it's risky to show his colleagues the files in the presence of either Ryuzaki or B, he also knows that if they insisted in being in a different room to them, it'd look suspicious. Well, in Ryuzaki's eyes it would.
"I found these last night. They're very detailed profiles on L, B and Silence. They're rather..strange, if you ask me."
"What does it mean by 'Ideal Candidate'?" Soichiro questions, pointing at the highlighted words on each document.
"I don't know. I just thought it odd, that's all."
"It is certainly strange," Mogi agrees, nodding his head.
"Ideal Candidate for what, I wonder?"
"Aww, they were so cute when they were kids!" Matsuda exclaims, staring at the photographs with a goofy grin on his face, earning himself some annoyed glares.
"Matsuda!"
"Sorry, Chief. It's just - "
"What's this Wammy's House?" Ide cuts in, pointing at the words on Silence's profile.
"I think it's the orphanage they grew up in. What I want to know is what 'Last One' and 'Lost One' mean. I mean, they're rather strange names, aren't they? It also says that he's scared of water and I want to know why."
"Maybe he's just scared of water. I'm scared of spiders and - " Matsuda is cut off again when Aizawa speaks.
"L doesn't seem to be the kind of person to just be scared of something. There has to be a reason behind it."
"I guess there could be.. Though, maybe he is just scared of water. It's not unusual."
"You're right, Chief. Still, I'd like to look into it, if you don't mind."
"I don't mind at all. Just be careful when Ryuzaki finds out and wants your head on a stick."
"I'll try."
"Hey, Aizawa," All eyes turn to Matsuda who is holding B's profile.
"It says here that he's good friends with some kid called 'A'."
"And?"
"Who's A? Do you have their file, Aizawa?"
Everyone looks at the man who seems to be a little stunned.
'H-How could I not think to find A's file!? Ugh, I'm so stupid!'
"N-No, I don't."
"Don't you think it would have been helpful?" Soichiro asks, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm sorry. I'll find it tonight."
"It might have some useful information on it. If A knew these three," Soichiro gestures to the three pictures.
"Then they might know something. Perhaps they can help us discover more about who Ryuzaki, B and Silence are."
"But there's the small problem of finding A. Even if we did find the file, it won't have any contact information. We could ask Watari."
"Why would you do that!?" Matsuda exclaims, shocked.
"You saw how frightened they are of him. How are you going to explain to him why you're looking for A and why you have these files? He's gonna know that they're here!"
"Well...," Soichiro ponders this for a moment before coming up with a solution.
"We could say that Aizawa took it upon himself to try and discover more about L, which is true. We can say that he stumbled upon the files of these two as well and now he is wondering who A is and does he know where we can find him. "
"That's brilliant!" Matsuda exclaims though the others don't seem so keen.
"And if Watari doesn't want us knowing about Ryuzaki's past? He won't help us then." Aizawa agrees with Mogi on this, nodding his head.
Aizawa steps into the ICPO Headquarters to the second time that week, earning stares and questions on 'how the Kira case is going'.
Sitting down at his computer, Aizawa searches up Wammy's House again then types 'A' into the search bar.
ALIAS :- A / Alternate
REAL NAME :- Almost.
'What kind of name is 'Almost'?'
D.O.B :- 30th January 1988
SEX :- Male.
NATIONALITY :- British / American.
BIOLOGICAL FAMILY :- Taken by social services due to evidence of abuse.
OTHER INFORMATION :- Good friends with B. Aspires to be a scientist. Ideal Candidate.
LOCATION :- Wammy's House, Winchester, England.
DATE ARRIVED :- 22nd May 1990
STATUS :- Deceased. 15th June 2002.
'There it is again. Ideal Candidate. Hm.. Now how do I find this guy.. Wait. Deceased!? He's dead!?'
Aizawa stares at that one word for a few minutes, stunned, to say the least. Counting up the dates, he realises that A must have been only fourteen years old when he died.
'Poor kid.. I wonder what happened to him.'
Aizawa looks at the picture of the timid looking boy with sandy-blonde hair and dull, blue eyes. He is wearing tattered clothes which look more like rags than actual clothing. Aizawa thinks they are supposed to be a t-shirt and shorts. Purple and blue bruises line his arms and legs but his face remains remarkably unharmed. His cheeks seem caved in and the boy's bones stick out from underneath his almost translucent skin.
'I can't look at this anymore.'
Quickly printing the page and stuffing it in his jacket pocket, Aizawa hurriedly closes the window and leaves the office.
"I found A." Aizawa announces, noticing that neither B nor L are currently occupying the detective's chair. Silence, also, is nowhere to be found. Pulling out the scrunched up piece of paper, Aizawa smooths it on top of the coffee table, the Task Force's curious gaze fixing upon it immediately.
He stays silent as they read, eyes widening when they reach the end.
"A's dead."
"Such a shame.." Soichiro says, gazing at the photograph with a mixture of pity and sadness in his eyes.
"What are you looking at?"
The Task Force jump at the sound of Watari's thick, raspy voice, cold blue eyes landing upon the paper on the table. Reluctantly, Aizawa speaks.
"Erm.. I decided to look into Ryuzaki. To find out a little more about him. And.. I found this."
Handing over the paper, Aizawa leans forwards, outstretching his arm in the direction of the elderly man. Watari takes it and peers at it through his glasses.
"Oh, Alternate. Poor boy. He had a good, lengthy life ahead of him. Pity what happened."
"W-What did happen?" Matsuda asks, tentatively.
"He died. Murdered, actually."
"M-Murdered?"
"Right."
"D'ya know who did it?"
"Yes, I do. You remember Beyond Birthday? The man who escaped from that psychiatric unit a few days ago?"
"Y-Yeah?"
"Well, it was him. Beyond Birthday killed Alternate."