Last chapter people! And I must warn you before you read this, the end of this chapter will be slightly confusing for anyone who has not read my other NearXOC fic, "Unexplainable Emotion". If you haven't then you should read it, it will add so much more to this conclusion! But you don't have to; it's not compulsory, you can just mentally block my reference to it and act like it never happened. XD

Up to you, just figured I'd warn you.

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1 week later

Haley pulled herself out of bed on the morning yet couldn't shake the feeling of hopelessness. Another day of doing nothing. She had taken leave from her job, but now she just found that the days stretched on with an emptiness she couldn't fill. The emptiness of him.

She wandered into her kitchen, picking up her post on the way. One particular letter caught her eye among the other stacks of bills. She opened it quickly and her eyes took in the words hungrily. It was a letter from L.

Haley,

If you are reading this letter then I regret to inform you that I no longer live. I have instructed Watari to mail this letter to you should the event arise and if he is also unable to mail it then I have arranged for someone else to send it at a later date. I dearly hope that the latter situation should not have to arise.

Regardless, there are several things you must know. Firstly, I have to ask you not to share the information that you knew me with anyone, besides Roger, this will ensure your safety. All I ever wanted was to keep you safe, I am sorry that the only way to do so was to send you away. You must also know that even though sending you away was the best thing I could have done, it is also my biggest regret.

I love you Haley. And even I find it difficult to comprehend such feelings. Because it goes against all my logic and reasoning to feel this way, it blurs the edges of my once sharp mind. Yet there is no denying it, when you first explained what love was to me, I knew it could be no other thing that I was experiencing. And so my death is made only made regrettable by the fact that I will be leaving you alone in this world. For that, you have my deepest apology.

But I do not want you to constantly live in the shadow of my passing. I want to give you a purpose. It has been planned for some time now for me to have a successor who will continue my work once I am gone. This successor will be one of two boys residing at Wammy's house.

What I ask of you is to look out for them. I have previously spoken with Roger about allowing you to work there and look after the children. That way, you will be able to keep an eye on the two of them and ensure they follow the right path.

However, it is vital that you follow my instructions. No matter what you do, you must not tell either of them anything about the Kira case. Under no circumstances do I want you becoming involved, you must promise me this. Do not worry about the boys, they are incredibly bright children who are capable of finding out the same information as I did, and hopefully they will be able to bring Kira to justice once and for all. For now, I just ask you to watch from the sidelines.

Haley, I hope you will follow my orders. Overall, I hope that you will never have to read this letter. I had so hoped to see your smile once more.
Always my love,
L.

Haley let the tears fall and smudge the black printed letters before she folded up the letter and held it against her chest.

I will do as you wish, L.

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"Come... I will show you the two boys." Roger said, the old man gesturing to Haley to join him in the corridor.

"You must remember, they can't know of who I really am." Haley reminded him and he turned to give her a fond smile, his eyes shining behind his glasses.

"Yes, I understand." He said and they climbed the stairs, stopping when they came to a door.

Roger knocked twice and the door swung open energetically. Haley looked down at the teenage boy stood defiantly in the doorway, his face angry and fierce. He had long blonde hair which fell neatly around his face and he wore tight black clothing on his skinny form.

"What do you want?" He snarled at Roger and Haley could tell something was clearly pissing him off.

"Mello, I have come to introduce you to our new carer, Violet." Roger said, gesturing towards Haley.

Mello looked up at the woman with spiky purple hair pulled up into a ponytail. Her eyes were looking at him in a way he couldn't quite describe, in a way that made him uncomfortable.

"I don't know why you are bothering; I'm leaving this dump anyway." Mello said, his voice dripping with venom directed at Roger.

"Mello..."

"No, I don't want to hear it." Mello cut him off and grabbed a bar of chocolate from his pocket. He brought the bar to his mouth and bit of a chunk with a satisfying snap.

"You're leaving?" Haley had finally found her voice and Mello narrowed his green eyes at her suspiciously.

"What's it to you?" He asked, the words sounding a little less mean and a little more curious than he had intended.

"We only just met." Haley said hopelessly receiving a smirk from Mello as he bit off another chunk of chocolate.

"Yes well, it was nice to make your acquaintance." He said and with another glare at Roger, the blonde teen slammed the door shut.

Haley turned to Roger with startled eyes. He looked at the floor ashamed.

"I probably should have explained that earlier..." He began.

"Yes, please tell me what the hell is going on." Haley said, a little irritated.

"L didn't choose between the two boys who was going to be the next successor before he died. The only thing I could do was suggest they work together. Except, they don't really get on very well... And Mello took it pretty hard, he wants to work on it by himself."

"Away from the orphanage?" Haley asked.

"Away from him." Roger sighed.

"The other successor?" Haley asked and Roger nodded solemnly.

"The way he worded it, it sounded as if he wanted to not only work away from him, but to work against him." Roger ran a hand through his grey hair, exasperated, and Haley realised that her plans were already falling apart. She couldn't watch over Mello if he left. Oh L, I'm too late, I'm sorry. She thought as they moved off down the corridor to meet the other boy.

This time when Roger knocked on the door, there was a while until it opened, revealing a small boy dressed in white pyjamas, matching the startling whiteness of his hair. His calm grey eyes observed the two of them as he raised a finger to curl a lock of hair around it.

"Near, I would like you to meet Violet, she is our new carer." Roger said and Near turned his empty eyes towards her.

"Pleased to meet you Violet, I hope you settle down quickly." Near said and there was something in his manner which painfully reminded Haley of L.

"Thank you Near." She said quietly, smiling down at him. Suddenly there was another noise from behind Near and Haley saw a young girl who looked slightly younger than Near poke her head around the corner of his room.

She had long black hair and startling blue eyes which shyly looked away when they met Haley's.

"Rest, I didn't realise you were in there, come meet Violet." Roger said and the girl stepped closer, her small hand reaching for Near's in a comforting way.

Haley's eyes grew wide with realisation and a great sadness filled her lungs, making it difficult to breathe.

"Violet, this is Near's friend, Rest." Roger said and the girl bowed her head in greeting.

Oh Rest, you may not realise it yet, but you love him. And he is going to break your heart.

Haley attempted a smile down at the two of them, barely teenagers and already so close to being the next generation of Haley and L. She hoped that their fate did not play out as hers and his had done, she hoped they would get their happy ending.

"It's nice to meet you Rest." Haley half whispered and then she smiled at Near.

I'll watch out for you.

I won't let you down, L.

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Haha! I am shameless with my whole incorporating my other fics into this one. I dunno, I just thought it would be nice to portray the two of them as the next generation of Haley and L. A nice way to end it. Just adding a little bit of hope :D

So… It's over! Part of me is a little sad, but most of me is like, Thank god. Haha, it's just this is the longest fic I've written and I was starting to lose faith in it. I'm just glad I finished it at all.

I hope you weren't all extremely disappointed in the ending :/

Regardless,I want to thank every single person who has ever read this story, reviewed this story, story alerted this story or added it to their favourite stories list. You people deserve all the cookies in the world hand delivered to you by L :D

A special thanks to sincethelastday and superstrawberryL for your relentless reviewing, your loyalty to this story really means a lot to me :')

Farewell, I am going on holiday to Spain now but I can guarantee that I will be working on my BBXOC over there ready to upload as soon as I get back! See you then!

Hush.