~ A/N: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU : I saved the original story on a password-protected file, because my parents would have a heart attack if they read this. And then ground me for life. But guess what silly little me did? Oh, I picked a good password, all right. So good, in fact, that I sat at my computer for two hours exhausting a list of every password I have ever used, and making up a couple that sounded good, all to no avail T.T It's not such a big deal, since I really only had one or two chapters written on that document. But it's frustrating nonetheless and is a pretty big setback. Grrrr.

Ara: WARNING: Don't flame her. She's pissed right now and she will BITE. Hard.

Tash: * This is what the author calls 'A name and a pretty face'. I'm using Sayu's name here, but before y'all jump down my throat (read above warning) for major- and I do mean MAJOR- OOCness, please note that she's not actually meant to be Sayu as we know and love her. I'm using her name so y'all can accurately visualize what she looks like (in my story, she's six years old, though). Don't expect her to be the same character. She's not meant to be.

Yes, I just said y'all. Twice. STFU and move on. That is all.

Kira: ... Even I'm a little scared.

Jael: Now THAT is saying something... ~

~X~X~

Of all the stupid, idiotic, un-thought-through things he had ever done- and mind you, there weren't an awful lot- this had to be the stupidest, most idiotic, least-thought-through thing he had ever done.

"L."

"Yes?"

"Those cookies are for my sister."

"So?"

"So you can't have any."

"I haven't had any of-"

"You've got crumbs on your mouth, L."

"... oh."

The vampire wiped the crumbs away with one pale thumb and stared up at Light with huge, innocent black eyes. Light sighed.

"Sayu!" he called. * (If you didn't read the A/N above, please do so now. Do it or I will punch you in the face.) His sister's feet pounded across the carpeted floor above, bounced down the stairs and skidded across the linoleum kitchen, crashing into Light and wrapping her arms around him in a bear hug. When she didn't let go after a few seconds, he stroked her hair and bent down to his six-year-old sister. "What's wrong?"

"I don't like new house. Scary," she mumbled against his leg. Light sighed again. The house he was using for this under-cover assignment had once served as a halfway house- which meant peeling wallpaper, gaps in the wall, leaky faucets, a poor neighborhood, and a general air of creepiness. But they would be here for a while.

"Look, Sayu, we've a guest," he distracted her, and she disentangled herself to turn around and look at L, who had another cookie half-eaten in his mouth. Sayu giggled.

"Those my cookies, silly!" she protested, toddling over and crawling into his lap. Light was, to say the least, surprised. Normally her autism made her cripplingly shy around strangers. L removed the cookie from his mouth and offered the remaining half to her, but she made a face and grabbed her own cookie from the jar. Light nodded to himself, satisfied that Sayu was now sufficiently happy. He pulled out his cell phone and flipped it open, stepping into the next room for a moment. After three rings, there was an answer.

"Liiiiight!~ Oh, Misa-Misa's so glad you called! She's been so lonely since you took this assignment!"

"Right. I know, it's hard. But I need you to do me a favor."

"Misa-Misa will do anything!"

Light sucked in a breath as her voice inched its way up another octave. "I need you to babysit my little sister." Dead silence. "... Misa?"

"... Misa will do it, if Light promises to spend all day Saturday with her."

"Um. I can't guarantee Saturday, but sometime soon."

"Promise?"

"Yeah. Promise." Light hung up before he could be dragged into a deeper conversation. "Sayu! Misa's going to watch you the next couple of days whenever I'm out, okay? Doesn't that sound like fun?"

Sayu was sitting on the floor munching on her cookie, and L had drawn up his legs onto the chair and rested his chin on his knees. Sayu made a face. "No."

"I thought you liked Misa."

"Misa's mean! Misa make me go to bed early," she pouted. "Why not L do it?"

Before Light could answer, L said quietly, "Because he doesn't trust vampires."

Light locked eyes with L and for a moment had the considerably disturbing feeling that the creature was peering into his soul. He shook it off and frowned. "That's absurd. I've invited you into my house, haven't I?"

"Come now. As the world's greatest vampire hunter, shouldn't you be aware that vampires have incredible psychic powers?"

"Only purebloods, which you are very obviously not. No self-respecting pureblood would be wandering this side of London in the middle of the night. This is werewolf territory. And how would you know that, anyway? You said you'd lost your memory."

L smiled wickedly. "I told you. I'm psychic."

"I want L to stay," Sayu mumbled, peering up at Light with wide brown eyes. She was completely oblivious to the dangerous game her older brother was playing with her new vampire friend.

"Fine. He can stay. But Misa's coming, too."

~X~X~

~ A/N: Okay, again, before y'all jump down my throat for this kind of thing, Sayu does NOT actually have autism. Everyone else in the story just thinks she does. The reason I'm clarifying this now, even though I kinda wanted to wait, is because I actually have multiple friends with high-functioning autism and work with kids who have severe autism. I know that they don't speak like that and their symptoms don't manifest like that. I'll go into more explanation about Sayu's 'condition' as the story progresses.

Ara: *waves frantically to Luffy* Hellooooo~ Hope ya like this story so far ^^ Totally different from mine, huh?

Tash: ... wtf?

Ara: You said he just subscribed :)

Tash: Why the hell is he reading yaoi? O.O Thought he was straight. He took you to prom, didn't he?

Ara: ... um. IDK? Maybe he's bi. Or maybe he's just reading it because I beta'd and he's a good friend like that.

Tash: Sis, you are going to scar that child for life.

Ara: =D (FYI for the readers: Luffy took me to prom as friends because he's older and I might not get a chance to go to prom at my school. He's just awesome like that ^^ )

Kira: Hey! Where's my rape? There wasn't even any kissing in this chappie *angry face*

Haydn: ... We could... you know...

Kira: Rape fantasy?

Haydn: Only if you want to.

Kira: Oh, fuck yes!

Jael: ... I could have lived my entire life without hearing that, but NO, I had to fall in love with a half-vampire...

Freak: Oh, shut up. It's not like I dragged you anywhere. You practically stalked me until I let you come.

Kira: Hehe... come =D

Freak: *facepalm*

Reviews, please! ~