Hi! This is the second one-shot I promised you. I'll try to update on every other Saturday, okay?
Farewell
There are many things which people brag about. Some are in the end, meaningless, others can affect lives. But there is one thing about which only a few can boast, I being one of them. I personally knew the man once known as L. Knew him well enough that he told me a few stories about himself. And I am going to share those stories with you.
Hidden on the grounds of the orphanage known as Wammy's House, where only those searching for it will find, is a cemetery. Here are laid to rest A, B, and in later years, Quillsh Wammy and L Lawliet themselves. But as of then, those latter two were still very much alive.
On that day, 7 of February 2004, a lone figure stood facing the graves, one much newer than the other. In his own way, he was mourning their deaths. I can't say that he cried - it's just not in him to show emotion - but he did feel the loss.
He had never truly known A, had only seen him from afar, yet the fact that his first successor was a failure struck L hard. He blamed himself for A's death, to be honest. A had been driven to commit suicide by the pressure of one day having to live up to the title of L.
But the fault didn't lie in L. It was Wammy who had come up with the idea of L and a line of successors. The man known as L had no part in it, but the name did. L knew this, and yet he still felt guilt. He was human, after all.
It was the same with B. But this time, the guilt was more justified. L had seen the warning signs that had presented themselves long before the Wara Ningyo Murders. And he had paid no attention to them, even though they had plainly said that B was on the verge of insanity. Maybe if B was given the help he needed, he wouldn't be where he is now. Unfortunately, the past can never be overwritten. And this L knew.
So here he was, taking a long needed break from the Kira case, paying his respects to the deceased. Reminiscing on old memories of times long gone. But even that, in the end, has no meaning, except for a final farewell.
And, as always, duty calls. L turned away, and back to the case which he would still solve, even though it would cost him his life.
A/N 'Wara Ningyo Murders' is another name for the Los Angeles BB Murder Cases (LABB).
Please tell me if you liked the narrative voice of this one-shot.
Thanks for reading, and I'll see you in two weeks!
