L's Labyrinth

Disclaimer: If I was epic enough to own them, I'd also own Ouran, Naruto, Rosario Vampire, and a whole bunch of others.

Light gave an irritated sigh as he looked at his baby sister. No matter what he did, she wouldn't stop crying. His parents, who were just as involved with each other now as they were sixteen years ago before they had Light, went out to dinner or a movie or whatever they could think of almost every weekend. And because Light more often than not had no weekend plans, he was stuck babysitting his eighteen-month-old sister Sayu(1). Who currently hated him.

"Come on, Sayu! Go to sleep already!" Light whined, setting his book down for the umpteenth time to go tend to the baby's needs. He had recently become very interested in Labyrinth, a book that started out very similar to his life.

"What do I have to do to get you to stop crying?" he questioned, picking his sister up from her crib. She continued to cry relentlessly.

"If only the goblins were real so they could take you away from me." Light sighed, placing the screaming baby back in her crib. She was fed, burped, bathed, and changed, so there was really no reason for her to be crying. With that in mind, Light headed for the doorway, turning to face his sister as he turned off the light(2).

"I wish the goblins could come and take you away." he mumbled. As soon as he reached his bedroom door, he could swear Sayu's crying stopped.

"…Sayu?" he called out, turning back around. He slowly pushed the door open, eyes fixated on the crib. He looked in, seeing an empty spot and a crumpled blanket where Sayu had been. He looked around the room, panicking. He heard faint laughter throughout the room as he tried to ignore the lightning outside.

Hey… When did the window get opened? he thought, knowing for sure that the window had been closed all night. As he walked closer to close it, a figure appeared. A man, to be exact. He was a few inches taller than Light, with black hair that spiked in odd directions, skin paler than the moon, pants so tight they put boy bands to shame, and a creepy but cute smile.

Yes, cute. Light had long ago come to the realization that he was gay, or at least bi.

"Who are you?" Light asked the man.

"Call me L; everyone else does. I am here because you wished for my successors- who are not goblins, by the way- to take away your baby sister." the man replied.

"Wait… what? You're real? You're all real?" Light cried, backing away.

"Of course we are real, Light."

"Where's Sayu?"

"Is that her name? How sweet. She's at my castle with my successors. Don't worry; they're taking great care of her."

Light held his head in his hands. He had meant it all as a joke. Just a modified quote from his book. And now his sister was really gone?

"I have to get her back. My parents would kill me if they found out. Please, give her back." he said, his voice begging.

"You can have her back if you're willing to put forth the effort." L responded.

"What do I have to do?"

L stepped aside, gesturing to air beside him. Light stepped out of the window to see where L was pointing. Instead of the mountains and trees that usually filled the area, there stood enormous castle in the center of the most complicated maze anyone had ever seen.

"Just solve my labyrinth and get into my castle within thirteen hours and she's all yours. If you fail, I will keep her and raise her as one of my successors." L explained.

"Why? What makes you think she'd make a good successor? Aren't you supposed to be the best of the best?" Light questioned, hoping to change L's mind.

"I watch your family from time to time." L shrugged as if spying on some random family was no big deal. "I've seen what she can do when she wants something. She's clever, and if she keeps it up she'll make an amazing successor. Maybe even in the top five."

"So I have to get through the labyrinth and into your castle and I can have Sayu back?" Light clarified. L nodded. Light sighed.

"Where do I start?"

(1) I know the age difference between the two is smaller than that but it works for the story.

(2) Stupid puns… I will never see lights the same way again.