Near wandered aimlessly. He was a Capricorn, after all. His element was earth. He shrugged and sauntered in.

Aveira walked out of the temple. Seeing Near, she walked over. "Who are you?" she asked curiously.

Near twinged. Those words were painfull. He regained his composure. "Near," he said simply, and eerie repeat of the past.

"I am Aveira. Your name isn't Near." She said this calmly, seeing his name above his hand. "But then again, my name isn't Aveira."

Near sighed. This was just like fifteen years ago. "True. But I must ask you to keep my name a secret." He wandered in, looking at the masterful masonry in the temple.

"All right. I promise not to tell anyone," she said. Of course, her promises were worthless, but she didn't plan on telling anyone anyway. "Do you believe in Megami?" she asked curiously.

"She spoke to me once, actually," Near sighed, disregarding the idea immediatly forming in his mind. "She gave me a favor. I still have that favor, in fact." In his pocket, he flipped on his device, not wanting her to know of his idea.

She tried to look and cussed loudly in her mind. He had some sort of shield. "You spoke to her? And she gave you a favor? She must really like you then," Aveira said, voice not betraying her anoyance.

He was glad Kamisori was out and about. He didn't want him whispering in his ear, or worse, her ear. "Well, I really don't know how it happened," he said, not making eye contact. "I was polite. She does have other favorites."

Aveira noticed him looking away, a sure sign that he was hiding something. "Yes, I know she does. Still, she doesn't usually just give out favors." Aveira walked towards him slowly. "What are you hiding?" she asked casually.

My pain, my memories, my reservations, and my plans. he thought. "My thoughts," was all he said.

"I see," she said simply. She sat down on a small bench inside the temple. "Are you another person looking for the infamous KIRA?" Man, a lot of them were showing up lately, weren't they?

"I used to," Near muttered. "L took over recently." He sighed, not really knowing what was right and what wasn't.

"L...I've met him once." She shrugged. "He was interesting."

((timeline is before the night club, cuz they haven't really met yet))

((I guessed that.))

Near looked into the light, almost wishing he could float away. This was getting agonizing. "So why are you here, Aveira?"