Grell slammed the door shut behind her as she left William T. Spears' office. "What's wrong Grell?" Ronald Knox asked his friend.
"William's in a bad mood again," Grell pouted crossing her arms across her chest.
"What's new, William-sempai is always in a bad mood," Ronald reminded.
"I wonder what caused him to always be in a bad mood," Grell muttered.
"Well, why don't we go find out; looking at his past records may give us a hint," Ronald suggested.
"That's not a bad idea Ronnie," Grell agreed. The two Shinigamis made their way to the library and searched for William's record.
"It says here that when Will was seven years old, his family adopted a baby human girl," Grell read. She then watched as it played out before her.
*Flashback*
"William, come down here!" his mother Janet Spears called to her seven year old son.
The young Shinigami ran downstairs. "Yes mother," he responded.
"Your father has brought us home a surprise," Janet informed.
"What is it?" William questioned.
His father, Carter Spears, showed William a small bundle that he was holding. Inside this bundle, Carter showed his son the face of a human baby girl sleeping soundly.
"Where did you get her?" William asked.
"Well she was the daughter of my latest reaping victims, and there was no one else around and I couldn't let her die at the hands of any traveling demons. I've talked to the Board, and they're letting us keep her until we find her a secure human family," Carter explained.
"William would you like to hold her?" Janet asked. The Shinigami nodded. Janet placed the fragile human girl in her son's arms.
"What should we name her?" William wondered as he stroked her face with his index finger.
"Her name will be Vanessa Taylor Spears," Janet decided after a few moments of thinking.
"Hi Vanessa," William whispered to the sleeping girl. "I'm your big brother William."
*End Flashback*
"Wow, William-sempai looked so happy when he was younger," Ronald said.
"Look, there's more to it than that," Grell noticed.
*Flashback . . . five years later*
Thunder boomed in the Shinigami Realm one night. William wasn't afraid of thunder, because Shinigamis weren't afraid of anything small like thunder. But Vanessa, being a five year old human, had a very big fear of thunder.
Her small feet scurried across the hardwood floor of the Spears' home as Vanessa hurried into William's room. "Big brother, big brother, wake up," Vanessa whispered as she shook William awake.
"What's wrong Vanessa?" the now twelve year old Shinigami asked.
"The thunder scares me and mommy and daddy won't let me get in bed with them," Vanessa explained. Thunder boomed and cracked loudly outside and lightning flashed. The girl quickly jumped into bed and crawled under the covers next to William.
"It's okay Vanessa, you can sleep with me if you want," William assured quietly as he wrapped his arms around Vanessa's small frame.
The little girl buried her face in her big brother's neck and whispered "I love you Will."
William T. Spears looked down at his younger sister. He absolutely despised being called Will by his Shinigami peers at school, but there was something about the way Vanessa said it that made him begin to love the nickname. Now he would enjoy being called Will, but only if he was called this by Vanessa, and no one else. "I love you too little Vanessa," William replied kissing Vanessa's head before snuggling closer to her.
*End Flashback*
"Wow, I never knew Will even had a little sister. He seemed very happy with her as a teenager, but I need answers as to what caused him to become such a fuddy-duddy," Grell said. She flipped a few more pages and found what she was looking for. "Ronnie look here, I think this is it."
*Flashback . . . one year later*
"Will, Vanessa, we have news, your father has found a new home for Vanessa. A human home with human parents," Janet informed.
"What, why does Vanessa have to leave?" William asked.
"Yeah mommy, I like it here. Except for the kids at school who make fun of me for having different colored eyes," Vanessa said.
"Who? Who's making fun of you?" William demanded.
"It's okay Will, they don't mean it," Vanessa replied.
"Vanessa sweetie, there's a family of people who really want to take care of you, and we have to give you to them or else mommy and daddy and Will are going to have to leave the Shinigami Realm forever," Janet explained.
"Okay then, we can hide Vanessa and not tell anyone we have her," William suggested.
"That wouldn't be fair for her though Will," Carter reminded.
"Why do I have to leave?" Vanessa asked.
"Because you aren't a Shinigami like us, you're a human," Carter stated. "Go pack your things sweetheart, we have to leave soon."
Once Vanessa left the room, the parents turned to William. "Honey, we made sure that the parents were very loving. I did lots of background checks on them more than once and they are a wonderful family," Janet informed.
"Why are you taking her away from me? She's my baby sister and you're not even letting her have a chance to be the first human raised in the Shinigami Realm," William argued.
"Now how fair would that be to Vanessa, to be the only human in a world of Shinigamis? She just wouldn't fit in with everyone," Carter said.
"I'll help her be accepted. No one will be mean to her if they know that I'm her older brother," William promised.
"Son, we've already made the arrangements, and they're final. We're going over there right now to take her to meet her new parents. Julie and Garrett Willowood are a young couple who have wanted to adopt a daughter and like your mother said, they're a loving couple," Carter stated.
The thirteen year old Shinigami ran upstairs into Vanessa's room. He helped Vanessa pack her suitcases, but then held his younger sister in his arms. "I don't want to lose you Vanessa. You've been the best thing that's happened to me," he said as tears rolled down his face.
The small six year old girl hugged her brother's neck. "I don't want to lose you either Will," Vanessa responded. She reached up and wiped the tears off her big brother's face. Vanessa placed a kiss on William's cheek as she wrapped her arms around his neck again.
"I'll always love you Vanessa. Always know if you ever need me, I will find you and protect you from anyone," William promised.
The little girl smiled as Janet walked in, and pulled Vanessa out of William's arms. The thirteen year old Shinigami tried his hardest not to let go of her, but was forced to let her go when Janet harshly ordered him to release Vanessa. William slowly loosened his grip from around the little girl's body and watched with tear filled eyes as Janet took Vanessa away.
The six year old human girl stopped and turned back to William. Vanessa looked into her brother's eyes and stated "I love you Will." Then she was taken away.
After Vanessa left, William became depressed. Nothing made him happy anymore. For Christmas and his birthday, all he wanted was Vanessa back, but she never would come back. Finally the time came when William T. Spears attended Shinigami training school. He excelled in everything, but when it came close to the time of Vanessa's birthday, Christmas, or even his own birthday, he would slack off because he thought of his little sister.
*End Flashback*
"Whoa, so that would explain a lot about our grades in the Shinigami academy," Grell said.
"Do you think this girl is still alive?" Ronald asked.
"Probably, it reads here that after Will's parents sent her to her human parents, her name became Vanessa Taylor Willowood. Apparently they reside in England and are friends with the Phantomhives," Grell read aloud. She smirked before adding "So it seems Vanessa is friends with Sebastian's little brat."