And Then A Nanny is Required

Author's Note: Some ages have been changed

Chapter One

"Watari, I have a concern." L was sitting in his usual position, delicately eating a slice of strawberry shortcake.

"Yes?" Watari asked. He stood off to the side. Keeping his hands behind his back and prepared for whatever L was thinking.

"I must do everything in my power to catch Kira, and must remain alive to do so. That being said, on the chance that Light Yagami is indeed Kira, he may leak information out."

Watari waited patiently for L to continue speaking as he took a bite of cake.

"Now, Light would never leak out any critical information, because it would be traced back to him. No, he would be more careful with what information was let out. Something simple, something that could easily slip into conversation. Watari, you cannot produce the quantity of sweet things that I need, you purchase most of them. If this particular habit was leaked, my food could be poisoned or use the packaging information used to find my location. Again, this is something rather minor, but I can not take any risks. I must minimize my footprint in every way possible. We need a pastry chef, a confectioner, or someone who can make a wide range of sweets. Do you know of anyone?"

Watari had already whipped out his laptop, and began typing in the requirements, immediately eliminating half the people that he knew personally. "Must this person have any special abilities? Besides the knowledge of cooking, and baking?"

"This person must have experience as a private chef, a person who won't ask so many questions. Someone who is not well known. They must be able to move out here to Japan. Perhaps a local pastry chef would be better, as they would blend in well. However, this person must not be on Kira's side, and we have to worry about this person being seen by Light, and or if Light is not Kira, the real Kira. It would be better if this person was out of sight at all times, but if for some reason, came in contact with Light, must remain loyal to us. Financially, this person should be...desperate for a paycheck. Someone with a dept to pay. In good health, and no physiological problems. Must be agile, and ready to move, it would be better if they had no immediate family. Less ties."

After a few minutes Watari cleared his throat, and shared his findings, "I have found 4 possible candidates. Two male, two female. The first one is a local pastry chef, but he is in high demand, and he has his own bakery. He's already payed off his debts, and I see no reason why he would want to give up his business. The second one is also a male, he fits every description, but secretly supports Kira. I traced several anonymous accounts back to his name on those Kira supporting chats. The next person is an older woman, who might be a good match, does not support Kira, but does have children, and grandchildren. There are more, but not many don't speak Japanese, or have enough experience. Many have a criminal record, or have too many family members."

"You said there were four candidates."

"The last one, is a woman. She is rather young, 24 years old. She has had experience with being a private cook, and did maintain a bakery and sweet shop with her grandmother. It was successful, but had to be closed due to her grandmother's stroke. A lot of her family has been involved with crime, but she herself has no criminal activity at all. In perfect health, and besides her grandmother, doesn't seem to be close to anyone. She, however, lives in America. Is of Japanese descent, but would not blend in very well. Here is a picture of her."

L leaned in to see the screen. There before him, was a young woman with dark hair, light brown skin, and brown eyes. She was smiling warmly with her arm around an elderly woman, her grandmother. The picture was in a local newspaper's website. The newspaper covered the story of how they founded the shop, and how it was very successful in their town, and even more so during the tourist season.

"The article states the woman's name is Alicia Rojas. However, it is custom in certain Hispanics countries to have her to have her father's last name, and then her mother's last name. From what I've found, her mother was Mexican and her father Japanese and European. Her ID must state her full name, but I don't have access to that at the moment. I can't find her full name in any public records. Not even the hospital ones.

"All throughout her education she was know as Alicia Rojas, not going by her proper name. The closest I found was a newspaper article, stating her middle initial but her last name was cutoff. The question that comes to mind is: Which name would Kira need to use in order to kill her?" L processed this information, after a beat he said, "There are many possible outcomes, but since we only know that Kira needs a face and name, it's hard to say what the rules and exceptions are. You say she speaks Japanese?"

"Yes, fluently, as well as English and Spanish. There is no record of her actually going to Japan, however."

"Set up an interview. I want to speak to this Ms. Rojas."