Hey most of you know me from my other fic the angel sorrow. Well anyway a thought popped into my mind what if L had a daughter? And what if she came to visit him during the Kira case? So here it is. Hope you like and please don't forget to review

Disclaimer- I don't own death note.

Chapter 1 - L has a Daughter?

A young mother walked down the hall to her five year-old daughters room to wake her up. "Shortie," she said knocking on the door. There was no answer. The young woman turned the knob, opening the door. When she opened the door she saw that her daughter wasn't in her bed. She scanned the entire room, but her daughter was no where in sight.

"Lily," she said entering the blue painted room. There still was no response. She walked over to the bed and saw that there was a blue piece of paper neatly placed on the white pillow. She picked it up and unfolded it. She immediately recognized it as a note. Although the writing was sloppy she could still make out what the note read.

"Dear Mama,

If you're already reading this I'm already on a plane to Japan. Please don't worry. I'll be with daddy. He'll take good care of me. I'm sorry I didn't tell you anything, but I knew you would say no, so I sneaked out at night. I hope you're not mad at me. Lots of love.

-Shortie"

The woman placed the note neatly back down onto the pillow. She stood very still for a moment or two the took a deep breath. "Lily," she called out. "Lily this isn't funny!" She looked under the bed and in the closet. She started checking everyplace where she thought her daughter might be hiding. "Lily where are you? Please this isn't funny anymore! You're making me worry!" She left the room and started checking all the other rooms of the house.

"Wow! I'm in Japan!" Shortie said stepping out of the airport and into the night. She looked all around. Well I guess I'm gonna have to walk to daddy's headquarters. I don't think a taxi is gonna take a little girl, and taxi's don't take credit cards. Shortie sighed, adjusted the straps of her blue backpack and set off down the street. I'm comin' daddy!

It was a slow night at the headquarters. Two months had gone by and no evidence came up on Kira. L was depressed. He was facing backwards in his chair and dazed out, staring at nothing in particular.

Then suddenly, out of nowhere, his family popped into his head. I wonder how Lily and Chanel are doing. he thought. This is the year when Shortie will be starting kindergarten. Her birthday was two weeks ago. It's a shame I had to miss her birthday again. I remember how sad she sounded on the phone when I called to wish her a happy birthday, and how disappointed and upset Chanel was. I miss them both so much. I wonder if I should send Shortie her birthday present by mail or give it to her in person. Maybe I should mail it. Who knows how long it will take for me to see her again.

Then suddenly Light snapped Ryuuzaki out of his daze. "Hey Ryuuzaki take a look at this," Light said. Ryuuzaki turned around and looked at the information on Light's computer, and then smiled.

Suddenly Watari rushed into the room. "Ryuuzaki something terrible has happened!" He rushed over to Ryuuzaki's side with his cell phone in hand.

"What is it?"

"Your wife's on the phone and she's in hysterics."

"What about?"

"I'm not completely sure, something to with your daughter."

Suddenly whispers overcame the room. "Ryuuzaki has a daughter?" "Forget that I can't believe he even married." Matsuda said. L ignored all the whispers and took the phone from Watari. "What's wrong?" He said into the receiver. "L-" Was all she managed to get out through her sobs.

"Please try to calm down. Take a deep breath."

Chanel did so.

"Now try to speak clearly."

"It's Lily. S-She's missing."

"What? For how long?"

"For a an hour. I went into her room to get her ready and she wasn't in her bed. I checked the entire house from top to bottom. I even went around the block. I don't know what to do. On top of that there was a note that said she was on a plane to Japan. It was in her hand. Oh god I don't know what to do."

L stiffened. "Did you alert the authorities?"

"No I thought should call you first."

"Don't call them yet. Check all her favorite places to be, the park three blocks down, the bakery not to far from there, and even the orphanage. Call me back in two hours and update me. If you can't find her then call the police."

"Alright." L then hung up the phone and stared at it.

"Are you alright Ryuuzaki?" Light asked.

"No." He muttered. Then brought a thumb to his lips and went into deep thought.

It's really late, Shortie thought. It's almost midnight. This is when the murderers, drug dealers, and rapists are out. Oh god please let me there soon! Shortie glanced at her surroundings. There was no one in sight. I'm scared! I want my mama! ...No! Be strong Shortie, Be strong! If I get there quick I'm sure you'll be okay. Let me just take a look at the address again.

Shortie reached into her jeans pocket and took out a crumpled piece of paper. She glanced at the address and looked around. She read all the numbers on the tall buildings surrounding her. Then her eyes stopped on one.

"That's it!" Shortie said aloud. She ran up to the building and tried to open the doors, but a sudden alarm went off before she could even touch the handle.

"Step away from the door!" a voice said. " Come into the view of the camera. If you try to open the door without authorized access you will be shot." "Shot!" Shortie shouted. "Oh man I better do what he says."

Shortie moved into the view of the camera. "Daddy! Daddy! It's me Shortie, open up! Daddy! Daddy! Come on open up! It's Shortie! Please! It's really late and I'm sleepy! Daddy!"

Watari was sitting in his chair behind the array of camera's. He couldn't really focus. His mind was on Shortie. Oh Lily. Please be okay. I hope you're not in danger. I don't know what I'd do if you were. Shortie was like a granddaughter to Watari. Then suddenly the alarm that alerted him that there was a person in front of the building went off. He snapped out of his thoughts and looked into the monitor.

When he looked at the screen he saw a little girl jumping up and down and waving her arms. That looks like Lily, Watari thought. But it can't be. There's no possible way. She's supposed to be in Winchester. Are my old eyes playing tricks on me?

"Daddy! Daddy! Someone please open up! I'm sleepy and I want my daddy! It's Shortie! Please open! Pretty please!" Watari's eyes became plates. "It can't be!"

Watari got up from his seat and ran to the front entrance as fast as he could. When he reached the front doors he looked through the glass. Then Shortie noticed him and a big smile appeared on her face. "Grandpa! I'm so glad you're here! Please open the doors for me."

Watari stood still for a moment completely shocked. "Grandpa?" "Oh yes." Watari said snapping out of it. He disengaged the alarm and opened the doors. When he opened the door Shortie ran in and jumped into his arms. "Grandpa! It's nice to see you again. I missed you lots!"

"Lily what are you doing here? Do you know that you have your parents worried sick about you?"

"I'm sorry. I missed daddy and came to see him." Watari patted her head and sighed. "Well at least you're safe. That's all that matters." I wonder how Ryuuzaki is going to take this. Watari thought.

"Grandpa I'm really sleepy."

"Yes I understand, but we have to tell you father that you're alright."

"Okay." Watari put Shortie down. He re-activated the alarm and locked the doors. Shortie reached up and grabbed his hand. Watari looked down and smiled at her.

Then he and Shortie walked to the room where Ryuuzaki and the task force were. Just when they were about a foot away Shortie let go of Watari's hand and stopped walking.

"What's wrong Lily?"

"...Is daddy going to be mad at me?"

"Well that's a possibility."

"I think I'm gonna stay here until he isn't anymore."

Watari smiled at her and then knelt down to reach her height. "Don't worry. I'll be right there with you. Okay?"

Shortie smiled. "Okay Grandpa." Watari stood up and grabbed Shortie's hand and they entered the room.

"Ryuuzaki your daughter has been found." Watari stated from the doorway.

Everyone turned to face the doorway. "Where is she?" Ryuuzaki asked turning around. When he did he immediately saw his black haired, big blue eyed daughter. She was wearing a blue panda t-shirt that said 'I love pandas'. It had a panda in the middle inside a large pink heart. Jeans and white sneakers. She had her favorite blue back pack on her back.

Shortie was peaking at Ryuuzaki from behind Watari's leg. Her hair wasn't tied and it was in need of a brushing. Ryuuzaki stood up, his already large ebony eyes becoming even larger, his mouth slightly agape.

"Hi daddy." She said still hiding behind Watari.

"That's Ryuuzaki's daughter? She's so cute!" Matsuda said jumping up.

"Thank you Mister." Shortie said.

"So Kawaii," Matsuda squealed.

"Matsuda!" Soichiro shouted.

"S-sorry," he said sitting back down. Shortie giggled at this.

Then Ryuuzaki's shocked face faded and his poker face returned. "Shortie come here now!" He said in a stern voice.

Shortie looked at her daddy and then at Watari. Watari nodded at her. Shortie took in a deep breath and let it out. Be strong Shortie! Be strong! Shortie smiled and ran up to Ryuuzaki. "Daddy!" She shouted and hugged his leg. "I missed daddy lots. So I came to visit. Please don't be mad daddy." Shortie put on her best pouty face and looked up at Ryuuzaki.

"Aw," Matsuda squealed. "Don't worry Shortie he's not too mad. You're too cute for him to be."

Then Ryuuzaki turned to Matsuda. "Matsuda shut up and mind your business!"

Matsuda quickly shut up and looked away.

"Your mother called me up and told me when she woke up you were gone. She's running around, scared, looking for you. She's worried that she might never see you again." Ryuuzaki said looking down at Shortie. "You have a lot of explaining to do starting with how you got to Japan!"

"Um... it's kind of a long story."

"Well after I call your mother start explaining. Now go sit over there!" Ryuuzaki said pointing to the couch. "Okay daddy." Shortie went to the couch and sat down with a sad look on her face. Then Light rolled his chair over to where she was sitting.

"Hey don't be sad. Your daddy's not going to be mad for long." Light smiling at her. "It's not that he's going to be mad at me for a long time that's making me sad. It's because he might send me back home."

Tears made their way to Shortie's eyes and rolled down her cheeks. "Please don't cry. Pretty girls like you shouldn't waste thier time crying." Shortie blushed and looked down. Light smiled and ruffled her shoulder length hair.

"Hello," Ryuuzaki said into the receiver. "I can't find her anywhere. I checked everyplace she could be and even where I thought she might not. I just can't find her. I'm the worst mother in the world. How could I let our child just wander out of the house like that." Chanel said through sobs.

"You shouldn't belittle yourself. Shortie's fine."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because she's right here with me."

"...What? I know you hate repeating yourself, but could you say that just one more time."

Ryuuzaki sighed. "Shortie is with me."

"...I'm sorry. It sounded like you said our daughter is with you... in Japan."

"You heard correctly."

Ryuuzaki heard a laugh other end of the line. "Our daughter is Japan with you... How the hell did she get to Japan?" Chanel screamed.

"Please try to calm down. I'm trying to figure that out myself."

"Put her on the phone."

"Shortie come here," Ryuuzaki said. Shortie did as she was told.

"Yes daddy?" Ryuuzaki handed the phone to her.

"Your mother wants to talk to you."

Please don't let mama be mad. Oh man when mama's angry it's a million times worse than when daddy is. Shortie thought.

"Hi mama," Shortie said.

"Lily what are you doing over there?"

"Visiting daddy..."

"Lily Shortcake Lawliet! How did you get to Japan?"

"... It's kind of a long story..."

"Start explaining!"

"Okay. Uh... I missed daddy and was really sad he missed my birthday again. So I bought a ticket, tracked his location, and well got on plane and walked to his headquarters."

There was silence on the other end.

"Mama?"

"Put your father back on the phone."

Shortie handed the phone her daddy. "So how are we going to handle this? Are you going to come and pick her up?," Ryuuzaki asked.

Shortie had a sad look on her face, put her head down, and made her way to the couch. Light sat down next to her and put a hand on her tiny shoulder. She kept her head down and pulled her legs up tightly to her chest. Then she noticed the chain on Light's wrist. She followed the long chain and saw that the other end was clashed onto her father's wrist. Her eyes widened.

"Why are you handcuffed to my daddy?"

"It's a long story..."

Shortie narrowed her eyes at Light then looked at her daddy and back at Light, and continued to glare at him. Light began to feel awkward and decided to try and distract the child.

"So is Shortie a nickname?"

"Yeah." Shortie said still staring him down.

"So they call you Shortie because you're short?"

"Hey! I'm only five! I'll grow eventually! At least that's what my mama says. But no, they call me Shortie cause my middle name is Shortcake. They call me Shortie for short. " She giggled. Shortie had gotten so distracted that she stopped glaring at Light.

"Let me guess it was your daddy who decided to name you Shortcake."

"Yup! My mama told me that when I was born daddy wanted to name me Shortcake, but mama had a different one she wanted to call me. So they flipped a coin to decide which name I was gonna get. Mama says that daddy wanted to play a game of skill, but just decided to go with the coin toss."

"So your daddy lost right? That's why Shortcake is your middle name."

Shortie shook her head. "No daddy won, but mama had put on her best puppy dog eyes and daddy gave in. So mama chose the name she wanted as my first name, and daddy decided to let Shortcake just be a middle name."

"Oh. Well that's cute. So what's your real name?"

Then Shortie's cheery face disappeared and a poker face that resemble Ryuuzaki's appeared. "Why do you wanna know that?"

Light sweat dropped at this. She really is L's kid. He thought. "It's just a question."

"Well just call me Shortie. Almost everyone does... um... I'm sorry mister I never got your name."

"Oh I'm sorry my name is Light, but if you want you can call me onii-chan." Light smiled at her.

"Really?"

"Yes of course."

Shortie giggled. "Okay onii-chan!"

"You can call me onii-chan too!" Matsuda said jumping in front of Shortie. Startling her.

Shortie jumped back. "I'm sorry mister. I don't know you that well. So I can't call you onii-chan." Matsuda put his head down in disappointment. "But I can call you...uh... what's you name mister?"

"My name is Matsuda." He said smiling brightly.

"Okay is it okay to call you Matsu?"

"Sure! That's okay! Here Shortie do want some candy?" Matsuda said pulling out a lollipop from his pocket."

"Oh boy! Is strawberry?" Matsuda nodded a with big grin plastered on his face. "Okay!" Matsuda held out the candy in front of Shortie so she could grab it.

"...I'm sorry Mastu I can't take it."

"Why not?" Matsuda said pouting.

"My mama and daddy said that I can't accept candy from strangers."

"But I'm a stranger. I'm Matsu!"

"You certainly are strange though." Light mumbled.

Shortie glanced up at him, hearing what he had said. "I'm sorry I still can't take it."

Matsuda put his head down in disappointment and walked away. Shortie yawned and stretched her limbs. Then she reached into her back pack and pulled out a small panda bear. She hugged it tightly, leaned against Light and nodded off into dreamland. Light smiled at this.

"Listen L I don't think I'm gonna pick up Shortie." Chanel said.

"What do you mean? Who else is? I can't just send her on a plane by herself. She's only five."

Chanel sighed. "She came all the way there because she missed you. You're hardly home and Shortie cries everynight because she misses her daddy. You should've seen her at her birthday party. She didn't even want to eat her cake. The three layer strawberry shortcake, with whipcream and lots of strawberries on top, her absolute favorite."

Ryuuzaki licked his lips at the description of the cake.

"She went through all this trouble just to be with you so I think you should keep her with for a while. Just a few months..."

"Are you feeling okay, Chanel?"

"Just fine. Why do you ask?"

"Do you know why I'm in Japan and not with my family?"

Chanel sighed. "You're working on the stupid Kira case."

"Precisely. So I can't obviously take care of Shortie. Nor would I risk the life of my daughter. So you're going to pick her up and that's the end of it."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the line.

"Chanel?"

"...No..."

"What?"

"I said no! You never spend anytime with your daughter. So if it's not the Kira case. It's going to be some other one. You're hardly ever home. You have missed her second, fourth and fifth birthday. When you're not traveling around the world solving cases. Being the worlds three greatest detectives. You come to visit, which is rare. And when you are here you're on you damn computer. Doing whatever the hell it is you do on there. I refuse to pick up my daughter until she says her father has spend a significant amount of time with her, and is satisfied. I will be calling frequently to check on her, but that's it. Spend sometime with your daughter L! And sweetie don't forget she starts kindergarten in a month. au revior."

Ryuuzaki stared at his phone which flashed call ended. He looked at it for a while before stuffing it back into his pocket. She really needs anger management.Ryuuzaki thought. She is right on some level. I shouldn't be angry with her, but how am I supposed to handle the Kira case and take care of a child all at the same time?

"Well Shortie it seems as though you're going to stay with daddy for a while." Shortie didn't respond. So Ryuuzaki turned to look at her. "Shortie?" When Ryuuzaki turned to her he saw that she was sleeping soundly, hugging her panda bear while leaning against Light's arm.

Ryuuzaki smiled as he watched his little girl sleep.

End of Chapter 1 - L has a Daughter?

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