Just to make clear: Mello and Matt are 16 and Near is 14. I don't think I said that before.
Oh! And L never actually told his successors much about the Kira case. They don't know that the Death Note is the murder weapon Kira used. Though it would be obvious if Mello thought a bit harder... oh well xD
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It was early in the morning, but it didn't matter for the children of Wammy House. When the black car stopped in front of the door he could almost hear the uproar the children made in the hall. Most likely waiting for his arrival. It was some time since he visited Wammy's after all.
Watari opened the door of the car and he got out of his particular way to sit to get out of the car. He heard Watari sigh. 'Good to be home again.'
L nodded, but added: 'Indeed. It's only a pity that we had to rush our way to here because of…' His words slowly trailed off into nothing. It didn't need to be said why. They already knew very good what had happened and that L needed to investigate why Roger collapsed. Especially why he collapsed of a heart attack so close after the Kira case ended.
Watari didn't reply, but he knew they thought the same. Without any more delay they began their short way to the large front door of Wammy's. The moment the doors opened L was greeted by the happy faces of almost all the kids in the house. He couldn't help but show a small smile at the sight.
He turned towards Watari and murmured so the children wouldn't hear him. 'Do as I told you to do earlier. I will meet you and the others in the room I use as my office as always.'
Watari nodded and walked away while L walked towards the many children that were waiting for him. Immediately he was surrounded and greetings and questions were thrown at his head.
'L, did you caught the bad guy?'
'Of course he did! He's L!'
'L! Look at what I made in class last week!'
'How are you doing?'
L had to held his hand up to silence the children. 'One at the time, please. Otherwise I can't possibly answer all of your questions.'
For a few minutes he got to talk to everyone at least once. Then suddenly a certain blond followed by a redhead burst through the crowd to make way to L.
'L! You're finally here!' Mello said excited. 'You were away for so long! But you caught Kira, didn't you?'
'Hello to you to, Mello. And yes, I caught Kira though I must admit it took longer than I thought at first.' He turned to the redhead. 'Nice to see you again, Matt.'
Matt nodded. 'Always happy to see you again, L.' the boy smiled. For once not looking at his gaming device and his full attention on the detective. 'It's been pretty quiet here since you gone away for the case.'
'Hmm, really? I didn't know that was possible with Mello living here.'
'Hey!' Mello exclaimed while Matt laughed at the face of his friend. 'I'm not that bad!'
'I could never call you bad, Mello. You just have a very fierce personality,' L said. He had missed the blond's ways being passionate about anything and everything.
Mello huffed and started to say something else in reply, but his words were cut off when another one of his closest successors had managed to push through the crowd of children.
'Ah, Near. There you are. I hope you are doing well?' L asked.
'I'm doing alright, L,' the little white haired boy answered. There was no way in seeing if he really was doing alright. His expression was emotionless. Even L had difficulties in reading the boy.
'Are you going to investigate about Roger's death?'
Some other children that stood close by heard Near's blunt question and some of the smaller ones started tearing up by the reminder of what happened the day before.
Mello shot Near a glare. 'Way to go, robot. I see you use your non-existent tact again.'
'It's just a fact that happened,' stated Near.
L saw Mello slowly turning red in anger and he quickly said: 'Yes indeed. I'm here to come and see all of you of course, but I'm also here to I look into the case of Roger's… sudden collapse.'
It's better to avoid the word death around these young children.
'And that's what I need to start with right now actually. I'll see you later again.'
With that said he made his way through the crowd and left the hall, going up the stairs towards the second floor to the room that functioned as his office. It was the room he was most of the time, even more than his bedroom.
When he entered the room he was greeted by Watari and every member of the staff that were present while Roger collapsed in the canteen. He had ordered Watari to gather every one of the staff that had seen the incident.
He walked calmly over to the chair behind his desk and sat down in his crouch. 'Thank you for coming here. As you probably already suspected I asked you to come here to tell about the happenings of last evening. I'd like to hear it first-hand.'
The people seemed a little bit uneasy to be called to his office. It wasn't every day that this happened. The people of the staff that were present in the canteen at the moment of Roger's collapse were a few of the kitchen personnel and all the children.
The kitchen personnel who were present at the time of Roger's collapse consist of three woman, all between twenty or thirty years old and two men, one in the same age category as the women and one above that.
'Well…' one of the kitchen personnel with brown hair in a ponytail began. 'I was gathering the empty plates to make room for desert. Just like the others in the room.' Her colleagues nodded positively. 'And suddenly we heard something fall with a heavy thud and children began to panic and scream. When I turned around I saw… I saw…'
So all the children were in the canteen? They must've been very scared… most of them are clever enough to understand Roger had a heart attack.
The woman next to her placed a comforting hand on her shoulder to calm the poor young woman. The dirty blonde continued the other's story. 'We saw Roger on the floor holding his chest as if he was in pain. We rushed towards him to help and when I recognised the signs of a heart attack I called quickly an ambulance.'
One of the men, the oldest, lowered his eyes. 'Too bad it was already too late for Roger… he stopped moving even before the call for the ambulance was done,' he said sadly.
'Hmm, and there was nothing about Roger that could have predicted his heart attack? He wasn't feeling unwell or seeing pale before the incident?'
'No, I believe not. He seemed fine just as always.' The man turned to look at his colleagues. 'Right?'
They all nodded and agreed. Roger hadn't looked any different than any other day.
It's just like it was with Kira… healthy people, in Kira's case criminals, collapse from a heart attack all of the sudden. If another Death Note is the cause of this it would mean that someone wrote Roger's whole name in the notebook. His name is not really protected and everyone here knows his real name is Roger Ruvie. The only other thing the culprit needs is a face… so that someone knows how Roger looks, but that's not a real secret either. I can't think of someone who would have done this.
He placed his thumb against his lips and thought deeply about his next actions. The chances of heart attack by Death Note were at least 80%. This would mean that there was a new Kira on the roll… but why Roger? The man wasn't a criminal, that's for sure, and he wouldn't have done something to get the attention of the new Kira. L thought he was finally done with the Death Note and Kira, but it came back almost immediately.
'Wait! I remember something!' the dirty blonde exclaimed.
L's head shot up and turned to the woman. He had almost forgotten that they were still in the room. 'Tell me, what did you remember?'
'Mello left the canteen not long before Roger collapsed. He got angry because Near accidently spilled chocolate milk all over him. He was about to shake up Near badly when Roger sprung in and forbid Mello any chocolate for a week as a punishment. He stormed out of the canteen right after and not long after that Roger fell on the floor.'
The young woman with the ponytail gasped. 'No! Mello is just a kid! How on earth could he give Roger a heart attack?'
L's eyes widened slightly in disbelief when he heard the new information. No… Mello? One of my successors is a possible suspect for the murder on Roger? Mello could be the new Kira?
'Thank you for lending me your time. I'll look further into this matter,' L said.
Please, don't let this be true.
L isn't even a day at Wammy House and he already suspects you, Mello. Good job xD