Due to me be partially brain dead from Engilsh homework, this chapter might be a little short.

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Chapter 13-Cake, Tea, & Legos

They sat across from each other, a coffee table filled with cake, sugar cubes, tea, and some Legos stood between them.

"Near, you must understand, Rin is a little odd." L, as he was eating a piece of chocolate cake, desperately tried to explain to a very annoyed Near.

"She made me fall five hundred feet." Near replied with a slight sense of anger in his voice.

"It was simply her way of trying to get you to loosen up."

"Why would I need to loosen up?"

"Near, you never take breaks, you spend too much time focusing on your work."

"And you don't?"

"I do spend a lot of time focusing on my work but I still know how to have fun." Near simply glared at him and continued playing with his Legos. "She was hoping that if you loosened up a little, you'd get along better with Mello."

"Maybe Mello should just simply learn to not use emotions."

"Near, emotions can actually help you when solving a crime."

"How? All they do is get in the way. They're of no use."

"Because if you don't use emotions, you'll never fully understand the person who is behind the crime."

"What do you mean?"

"Emotions are necessary when it comes to understanding one's mind, if you don't understand what the person is thinking or feeling, then you'll never find the evidence you need to solve the crime."

"Is that what happened to you?" L stared at Near, surprised by the question. He didn't want to be reminded of how he had failed to find enough evidence to prove that Light was Kira.

"Not exactly, I was outsmarted, that's what happened. I didn't know that Light was already planning my death before I confined him. If I had, Light would be dead by now. This is why we need to come up with a plan that even we would fall for. Something that Light would never expect. Something that will prove he's guilty. And in order for that to happen, you and Mello need to learn how to work together." Near simply gave him a blank stare. L let out sigh, for it was clear that Near did not enjoy working with Mello at all. They were just too different. "Near, once this is over, you and Mello will probably never have to work together again." Near continued playing with his Legos and ignoring L. L then resumed to eating his piece of cake.

"Have you ever had to work with someone like Mello?" L looked up at Near. Near's emotionless eyes were staring right into his own.

"Yes."

"Who?"

"Light Yagami himself." A confused look appeared on Near's face. "You are familiar with the Yotsuba incident, are you not?" Near nodded his head. "I was forced to work with Light then. We both had differeny methods, yet we still managed to work together." Near stared at him.

"I suppose I have no choice, I will work with Mello, even though we both have different methods of doing things, I'm sure we'll agree on something. And with you, Rin, and the rest of the SPK, we will bring down Light." Near then let out a faint smile, something L had never seen him do.

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I apologize for this being short. Anyways, please review.