A/N: Oh my God, it's over. O_O *weeps*
I really enjoyed writing this fic...like, really. I'm sad to see it go...after about a year...? No, maybe less. But still. It was definitely a long time ago since I got the idea! I just want to say thank you so much to everyone for reading this and being so kind as to comment, fave or alert. I wuv yous all. Also, sorry about the shortness of this epilogue. And...just sorry. O.o
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Also, extra special thanks to these people who constantly supported me and this fic for whatever length of time:
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Disclaimer: I haven't owned Death Note throughout the entirety of this fic, but NOW IT SHALL CHANGE! Not. I still own nothing but my Demon Cat.
Epilogue
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Chapter 21: Completion and Incompletion
Four weeks after the raid on the Four-Field holding prison, the case came to a close.
Takada Kiyomi and Mikami Teru were sentenced to an extremely long stay in prison, as were their immediate subordinates, under charges of kidnapping, child abuse, illegal drug possession, selling and misuse, fraud, and many other charges that had previously been overlooked.
Four-Field was given new administrators, who were, according to everyone, very trustworthy and moral, and the company would be under strict supervision by the police to avoid any further illegal activity.
The huge majority of the members of Palm were arrested (including Dee and Mick, though Damiano managed to escape back to Italy), and the gang was banned. Mello testified at the trial of Rod Ross, who was additionally charged with armed assault and attempted murder of an anonymous young man.
The victims of the Jouka case were put into intensive rehabilitation, but it was as of yet unclear whether any would fully recover or not. L provided a reliable source of income for the rehabilitation centre, ensuring the children would not be neglected, and occasionally visited with the newly-turned-eighteen-year-old Light, who had decided he wanted to become a psychoanalyst.
Mello and Matt were very happy together, and did not care who knew it. They decided to buy an apartment quite close to the SPK headquarters and live there together until they either got bored or burned it to the ground by putting wrapped chocolate in the microwave; whichever came first.
All in all, the Jouka Case had a happy ending, for most involved.
Near sat alone in his empty investigation room, slotting blank puzzle pieces into their places. Mello and Matt had left for their new flat two days before, and L and Light had flown back to Japan a week before then.
Near wondered if the room he was sitting in had always been so large.
His hands slowed in their movement until they lay motionless in his lap. Near permitted himself one brief moment of melancholy.
Then, he straightened his back and switched on the computers.
"Halle, Gevanni, Rester."
"Yes, sir?"
"We have work to do."
Finis.
A/N: I'M SO SORRY! O_O Please don't hate me too much.