DISCLAIMER! This story involves characters that belong to Taboso-san. I own nothing except the made up story, and I do not profit from this in anyway.

Chapter 1: Territory

"There has been yet another vandalism in the Osaka prefecture. The suspected culprits are known by many as the 'Devil's Puppets' and our team of investigators have reported several acts of vandalism, rape, and even murder at the hands of this group of high school thugs." The news report ran on television.

Ciel rolled his eyes and turned off the news report, "Those bastards! They know this is my territory, but they can't seem to keep their hands off."

He threw the remote on the floor and grabbed his over-shirt before storming out the front door of his run-down house. As he trudged along, he threw his shirt over his shoulder and headed in the direction of his friend's house.

It was also a run-down house, but unlike Ciel, his friend Alois had an older brother to help take care of him, so at least he had some love.

"Alois! Come on! We were supposed to meet the guys this morning!" Ciel shouted as he banged his fist on the back door.

Alois came skipping out and smiled, "Sorry I'm late, I had to brush my teeth."

Ciel scoffed and smiled, "All right, but don't do it again."

Alois flashed his beaming smile, and Ciel couldn't help but tussle his hair and lead the way to their school.

Alois followed closely like a puppy, "Did you see the news this morning? I can't believe Sebastian's at it again!"

Ciel gritted his teeth at the very name, "He's going to pay for encroaching in our territory. What? Isn't Tokyo enough?"

"What do you think we should do?"

"We're going to teach him a lesson." Ciel said through gritted teeth.

Alois ran in front of Ciel and stopped, "You mean, a fight? We don't have nearly as many members as Sebastian does, and besides, he's strong enough as it is! We wouldn't stand a chance!"

Ciel spat at the ground and walked around Alois, "That doesn't mean we shouldn't try!"

Alois turned and started walking, "The others aren't going to like your idea."

Ciel kept walking and didn't say anything.

They both arrived at school and were greeted by three other members.

"Hey guys! How are you this morning?" Alois cheered as he saw them rushing forward.

"Well, Mae-Rin has a bit of a bone to pick with Sebastian, but other than that Baldroy and I are fine." Finnian replied with an equal measure of happiness.

"How wonderful!" Alois exclaimed before hugging Finnian tight.

Ciel looked around to find Mae-Rin, and spotted her next to the school entrance. She never wore her school uniform, and the administrators stopped trying to get her to change. She always wore a loose white button-up, tight black jeans, and ballerina flats. She also kept her hair in a messy side ponytail. Today she was chewing gum, and didn't care to blow large bubbles while knowing it was against school policy and she was reading a teen magazine.

He walked over and sat down next to her, "I heard you watched the news."

"You didn't bring your schoolbag." She said without looking up from her magazine.

He smirked, "I don't need one for this run-down place. It's easy enough without even halfway paying attention in class."

She blew another bubble, "If you say so. I was just thinking it would be a good place to stash a weapon, you know, in the lining. School bags are pretty much necessary anyway, so no one would question."

"I see you aren't wearing your glasses." Ciel pointed out in an attempt to change the subject.

"It's called contacts, and I was sick of those thick glasses getting in the way of my chores. I would always have to push them up and clean them. Then there was the worry of them shattering in my eyes." She said in a low tone.

Ciel smiled, "You mean they were made of glass and you didn't want to risk your eyesight if it came to a fight."

She turned the page without saying anything.

The school bell rang and students began to walk through the entrance. Ciel and Mae-Rin moved out of the way and waited for Alois and the other two to join them.

Finnian was just as good-hearted as Alois. They both always wore their school uniforms, but Finnian had his haircut short and left it spiked up in the front whereas

Alois left his hair longer. Baldroy wore his school uniform, but that was the only nice-guy front he put up. He smoked at school, and would always turn in his papers late, but he still managed to make decent grades.

Ciel stood in front of the group and led them down the halls to their first class, which was science.

Ciel sat down hard in the center of one of the long black tables and Mae-Rin and Alois sat on his left and right. Baldroy took a spot next to Mae-Rin and Finnian sat next to Alois.

The instructor entered and greeted them before turning to the board and immediately writing down the outline for the week.

"Why is Tanaka-sensei always late?" Alois wondered as he started to copy the outline.

"Now, class, we will be working with dissection today, so please choose your partners. No less than two, but no more than three." Tanaka instructed.

"I'll pair up with Mae-Rin since I don't like cutting up animals." Finnian said.

"Then I'll group up with Baldroy and Alois." Ciel stated flatly. He was still irked from the news broadcast this morning.

"Oh, and another thing, we have a new student." Tanaka stated as he opened the door.

Ciel's heart almost stopped and his blood boiled as the new student sauntered into the room. He was wearing a solid black vest with separate gloves that would count as sleeves. He was also wearing a cat collar with a bell and his name on the pet tag. His ripped skinny jeans outlined his very muscular legs, and his spiked Goth boots made loud thuds as he walked.

"His name is Sebastian Michaelis, so please welcome him."

Sebastian looked directly at Ciel and smiled.