Vampire Near fanfiction:

The boy had always seemed to be so exclusive. They merely brushed it off as trauma from his past. Though, in truth, there was a reason that he survived while the other members of his village didn't. Near was a vampire.

The boy clad in white, a symbol of death and\or purity depending on origin, was alone in his room at Wammy's House for Gifted Children. His favorite toy robots were engaged in an intense battle. Though both sides were struggling, whether they were right or wrong. Near himself hadn't decided yet, and twisted a lock of white hair around his finger as he thought. Suddenly, Mello opened the door, his usual expression of anger on his face.

"Near, L is here to talk to you. He said he'd talk to you first. Then he'll talk to me and then he's going to talk to both of us." Near barely moved from where he was seated on the floor. He only nodded as he continued contemplating the winner, the loser, the hero and the tyrant. "Are you listening?!" He shouted and stormed over to see what the boy was doing.

"Of course." Near said, his voice always composed and smooth, "I'll talk to L shortly." Mello flinched,

"He's waiting for YOU! He's here right now!" Near lifted one of the robots and sat it in the center of the group of robots.

"He can wait for a bit. I'm not done yet." Mello stared at the robots and then scoffed,

"Yeah, because your toys are more important than L... Maybe I should be his successor after all." Near ignored him. He had decided which robot would have which role. Though, just because the winner had won, didn't mean that it was the correct choice. The winner was corrupt, while his loser had been the more justified. He finally stood up.

"I'm ready." Mello scowled,

"The hell you are." The older orange-haired boy lead the younger white-haired boy to the room L was in. It was a common meeting room, but Near had never been inside before.

"L said he wanted to talk to you alone. I'll wait out here." He said, still having a slight unfriendly growl to his voice. Near only looked at him for a moment before opening the enormous wooden door, and stepped inside. The door closed heavily behind him.

L was a strange man, no doubt. Yet, his calm demeanor was more approachable and appealing to Near. He was sitting in his odd way with his knees up to his chest and his hands resting on his knees. A cup of tea sat in front of him, with it overflowing with sugar cubes. Near didn't quite know what to think of him.

"Hello Near, how're you?" He asked in his relaxed voice, Near glanced to one of the chairs across L and sat in it. Sitting in his own weird way.

"Fine. What did you need me for?" L used a spoon to try and crush the sugar cubes into his tea, and talked while he did so.

"You see, now that the Kira case has been resolved, we can focus again on other issues. I've recently been informed of a rather interesting case." L explained, finally managing to break up the sugar cubes. Near only watched with mild interest.

"And this case would be?" L looked up,

"A vampire." Near hid his shock, but not completely.

"Are you sure this isn't a hoax? Or just a rather delusional murderer?" L shook his head, finally drinking a bit of the overly sweet tea.

"I'm afraid not. But I'm here today to tell you and Mello what I know about this case. I expect that we can all work together to solve this." Near nodded, and began twirling his hair in interest.

"I'm listening." L thoughtfully chewed on the spoon he had used to crush the sugar.

"For one, all of the victims, seven in total at the moment, have bite marks and no other wounds. Well, they sometimes have a few scratches or bruises, but nothing to support a different form of death. There are never any witnesses, and the victims are always missing large amounts of blood, despite bleeding out of only the bite marks." Near nodded.

"Interesting. Are you sure there's no witnesses? Or are people just too scared to admit they saw something?" L nodded with agreement and finished his tea.

"Perhaps, but the one thing I don't understand is I thought vampires drank blood, but they didn't kill people when they did."

"Maybe it depends on how much blood was taken. You said they were all missing massive amounts of blood, which no human can live without. That's why I believe there must be other victims. Ones that were a snack instead of a meal." L revealed a small plate of cake from underneath the table and began eating it with his spoon.

"Yes, but how to find these people is going to be the hard part." Near continued twisting and twirling his hair, thinking harder.

"If the victims are all from a similar area, there must be a correlation. We could map out where the vampire hunts and interview people within the vicinity." L hummed in approval.

"Very good, we may just do that. The main thing is, the seven victims were all locals from this area."

"Then it's closer than expected." L bit into the cake, his eyes now locked with Near's.

"Much closer than expected." Near stopped twirling his hair for a moment, looking back at L. The moment was oddly intense, a stiff feeling filled the air. "Anyways, you can bring in Mello and leave. You can come back soon though. Me and Mello won't be too long." Near nodded, and got up. He headed to the door and grabbed the handle. "Oh, and Near. You've got some true talent. Good job." The white-haired boy didn't look back, only gave a slight sound of understanding and left. Mello was waiting outside the door. He looked to Near expectantly,

"So... What's the amazing L like?" Near answered as he walked off,

"Smart." Mello frowned and then hissed,

"That's all you can say about him?!" Near shrugged and finally returned to the safety of his room. He glanced at his toy robots, still in the exact place as they were before.

"Looks like I'll have to start watching my back." The boy sighed, and sat back down to his robots. He quickly aligned the robots with a corresponding finger puppet.

"Who will be the winner I wonder?" He pondered to himself and knocked the single victor robot down, instead placing himself, Mello and L's finger puppets in the center.