A/N: Konbanwa! That's Japanese for good evening, people! Alright, first things first! Gomannasai...I'm really sorry for making you wait for the update. It's not a long one because I was in a rush to get this to you, however I hope it was worth the wait and that it's enough until I can give you some more. Again, this is an UNBEATA-ED EDITION so again, sorry for the grammer mistakes :( I am trying my hardest to make them as small as possible. Thank you for staying loyal and enjoy!

A/N(2): These are the couplings I plan to do, just before any confusion occurs: OzxGil, SharonxBreak, JackxLacie/JackxAlyss, LottixGlen (Opinions are welcome.)

Disclaimer: I do not own Pandora Hearts, sadly. All praise goes to the Mangaka for her wonderful characters!


Chapter Two

Sharon/Oz

"Oz-kun?" Sharon asked, trying to grab the blonde's attention. The said boy was staring into space, like he had been all morning, with a huge grin plastered all over his face, his skin practically aglow with happiness and making his emerald eye sparkle as he rocked back and forth on the hind legs of his chair.

"Mmhmm?" He inquired, not moving an inch and riling Sharon up with a killer curiosity and gnawing determination to rip free from her best friend the secrets that were making him more cheery than usual. The anticipation was making her smile wobbly and winding her with impatience, a vein popping out on her brow.

"You," She said, leaning towards him and drawing a paper fan from her sleeve, "You have been looking like the cat that got the cream all morning. Spill it, Vessalius."

Oz's eyes widened temporarily before shrinking again and softening back into his casual, relaxed grin. "Nope." He said bluntly, tilting his head away smugly.

Setting the fan on the table, Sharon blinked at the boy innocently, feigning betrayal and pain on her face, her lashes becoming damp. "But Oz-kuuuun!" She whined, "You can't hide secrets from meeee! I thought we were friends…" Sharon sniffed.

Haha, The caramellette thought, this should get him to talk. Oz-kun can't stand waterworks, especially mine.

Immediately Oz began waving his arms around rapidly, trying to shush her as she began to bawl in the middle of the library. A few people where turning around to stare at them curiously and the librarian gave them an evil glare.

"Shhh." Oz ushered, "Jeez, Sharon-chan, calm down. Alright, alright, I'll tell you, okay? Here." He said, handing her a handkerchief, which she used readily to mop up the tears that had never been there in the first place. She held back a grin.

Oz sighed, sitting up in his seat properly and sitting forward. He gestured for Sharon to lean in and she did, her eagerness at the coming knowledge and gossip making her breathe catch in her throat. She bounced in her chair in excitement, resting her ear close to the blonde's lips. His breath curled, blowing warm air over her skin.

"What is it, Oz-kun?" Sharon asked softly.

The boy let her curiosity fester just for a couple more seconds, then he said…

"It's a secret."

With a chuckle, Oz fell back into his chair, laughing uncontrollably as he stared at her, legs kicking and all. Sharon glared into space for a moment, then, an evil smile emerged and she thwacked him around the head with her fan.

"Oz!" She moaned, giving him the puppy eyed look while he rubbed the spot that now held a giant throbbing bump on his head. "You said you were going to tell me!"

Oz shrugged, his giggles having fallen silent, even as his shoulders still proceeded to spasm every few seconds. "Sorry, Sharon-chan, but the look on your face was just so funny!" After seeing the vein in her forehead begin to become more prominent, even as she continued to smile sweetly, he sobered up. "I just told you, I can't tell you. It's a secret. I promised someone that I'd keep it to myself."

"Mmhmm." Sharon mumbled in disbelief and disappointment. "You're so mean, Oz-kun."

The blond just sat there, bemused, before checking the clock behind him, a squeak of shock escaping his lips. He began rapidly collecting his things and shoving them in his bag, swinging the strap over his shoulder.

"That time already?" Sharon asked.

Oz nodded, seeing her expression "I know, right? Classes…yay." He grumbled.

Sharon watched him leave, closing the giant ivory door in his passing while she leaned back into the back of her chair, tapping her pen to her chin. She analysed the facts in her head, thinking. This morning, heading into class, she remembered sitting there just as Oz had taken his seat and wondering why he was so happy this early. The boy was always happy normally, but it had been mesmerising be so…warm. His joy had practically vibrated out of him. It had been the weirdest thing ever. Then to top it off, he was keeping it all to himself. Very weird indeed. Routing through her bag for some homework she could probably do to pass the time, Sharon gasped in pain when something pricked her finger, pulling it loose from the masses of paper and notes and other what-not junk with a frown. It was a plastic fork, the kind that they had sticky taped to lunch boxes and the like.

What's this doing in here? Sharon thought, then she remembered and smile tenderly. Gilbert had said something to Alice the other day and she had tried to start a fight with him in the middle of the lunch hall, grabbing whatever had been at had for her assault. Turns out that had been her fork.

Oh yeah, The caramelette grinned, It took nearly all of us to pry it from her fingers so she didn't poke someone's eyes out. I put it in here out of her way.

Suddenly a thought hit her, coming out of nowhere from Sharon's thoughts of Alice. She recalled she had been on her way last night to Alice's room because they were going to study together for the quiz that was on today, however when Sharon had gotten there…

That's right, Alice-chan had been away. She had mysteriously disappeared…

Her pink eyes sparked, a dark and devilish look clouding over her face.

Oz-kun keeping secrets? A missing Alice? How very suspicious, very suspicious indeed. It's no secret that Alice-chan has a crush on Oz-kun, perhaps she finally plucked up the courage to ask him and…

Sharon had her cell phone quicker than you could say Sherlock, tapping in her speed dial in an instant and pushing it to her ear. It rang once, twice, three times before the person on the other end picked up.

"Good afternoon, oujo-sama." Break answered

"Break-chan, what are you doing right now?" Sharon asked curiously, eyeing the librarian and lowering her head. The last thing she needed was to get the device confiscated when it was so critical right now.

"Right now? Cleaning out the resources closet like you asked me to." Break chuckled, "Why? Is there something else you want me to do for you?"

Sharon smiled a sickly-sweet smile. "Well…how do you feel about interrogating some of our friends with me? Oz-kun is keeping a secret from us."

Break gave another chuckle. "Oh, oujo-sama, you are too much. Have you considered that perhaps he is keeping this secret for a reason?"

"Of course I have, but when Oz-kun walks into class with such a happy face and I can recall Alice being absent from her dorm room last night, well, what's a lady to think…?"

"Well then, I think I will need to go and grab my things then if that's how the situation is. It seems we have a mission on our hands."

"Yes." Sharon giggled, "Operation: Oz's Secret, is underway. We'll have to hurry and get started. Meet me in the library A.S.A.P."

Break sighed, "It's a good thing I have no homework."

Sharon clasped shut her cell-phone and shove into her bag, waiting giddily with a wondering and joyous intrigue boiling in her stomach. She was just so excited! At last, she would have something to do and a cause worth running around for. Sharon was determined, she would find out what was going on no matter what. Her gossip feed depended on it and, should this story be good enough, there was always the chance of putting in the next issue of the school paper as well. The possibilities were endless. She would certainly found out Oz's secret now that her appetite had been wet. Nothing would stop her now.


Alice/Sharon/Break

Blinking up at the two stood before her, Alice felt a huge sweat drop drag her down. Seriously, what the hell, right? All she had been doing was sitting here, in her room, and doing what she should have been doing last night. Studying. It was boring and Alice was read to eat her own head if it would just stop the throbbing. Her brain hurt from trying to do these stupid math problems. Then they had showed up at her door, Sharon with her creep bittersweet smirk that meant she was after something and that damn clown trailing after her. Alice had no idea what was worse, her textbook or these two. However, when Sharon-chan had a look like that on her face, there was no getting rid of her so Alice had let her in, begrudgingly, brushing the crumbs of beef jerky off of the stupid uniform dress she had to wear.

I hate this thing, She grimaced, tugging at the white puffy sleeves of her blouse in horror, Why do we even have to wear this crap?

It was powder blue, disgusting and far too long. How was she supposed to be able to kick out the Baskervilles if they came to attack her and Oz again if she kept getting her legs wrapped up and tangled in the knee-length monstrosity. Then there was the frilly socks…

Alice stopped herself before she could get anymore peeved over her outfit, taking a seat on her bed and chomping on the length of jerky she had been doing before they had arrived.

"What d'ya want?" Alice asked, straight to the point.

Sharon blinked at her, tilting her head in an adorable expression. "Alice-chan, what's the matter? You sound upset. You know you can tell me, right? That's what friends are for."

Tell her. Alice scoffed, What a joke. You can promise a pretty penny that if you tell her anything it'll be around the school by the next morning. Why the hell do they have to visit me anyway? Idiots.

"Why are you here?" Alice demanded, "I don't know anything about any story you're working on so don't waste your breathe."

Break and Sharon exchanged a look and Alice unexpectedly felt her nerves creeping up on her. So, the reporter was here looking for information, but about what, she hadn't the faintest. Alice didn't care about the lives of other people, except for Oz. he still owed her for busting him out of the Abyss and Alice was going to milk it for all she could while he was still a moron that would go along with it. When Sharon turned back to look at Alice, she had a glint in her eyes, making the magenta pools darker and deeper, more like wild oceans that puddles.

"Alice, where were you last night?" Sharon asked her, Break whipping out a pad of paper and a pencil out of nowhere, glaring at her.

"Where…was I?" Alice repeated, confused.

"Yes." Sharon clarified, "Where were you between the hours of ten and midnight last night when you should have been in your room for our tea party?"

Shoot! Alice blinked. She had completely forgotten that last night she had scheduled for Sharon to come over and help her with her math equations. It had completely slipped her mind when Jack had asked to hold the gates for him.

"I was…" The brunette kept her face blank as possible while she tried to think of a valid excuse to give the journalist-wannabe. She could hardly tell her the truth knowing how Sharon was. The information would come back to bite her in the butt when the caramelette next needed something. She'd never live it down.

"Were you with Oz?" Sharon demanded, the pretty salmon eye fixed on her victim, intense and deadly.

"O-Oz?" Alice shook her head, "No. No, I wasn't."

Break leered at her, leaning forward creepily, making particles of perspiration form on the back of her neck. After a couple of moments of letting her sweat, he pulled away, allowing Alice to breath a sigh of relief. It was so weird having that albino stare looking at you. So cool and searching, almost as if he were peering into the very depths of her soul with that one red eye. It was way beyond normal.

Creep, Alice grumbled internally.

Break also blew out a bored mutter, flipping his pencil in his fingers and shoving the pad away. "She's either a really good liar or she appears to be telling the truth, oujo-sama."

Sharon tsked. "Shame." She said, "I really thought it was her. But…" Her eyes were suddenly alight again, glistening and eager, "If you weren't with Oz, then where were you then? You had to have been somewhere. Tell me! Tell me! Come on, Alice-chan, I have to knowwww….Were you on a date?"

A vein popped out on Alice's forehead. Right, that was it, now she'd had enough. Her patience had officially ran out at the mention of dates. What a thing to think! She was on a date. As if! Alice only had eyes for one boy and as far as she knew, he was taken, by another boy. A wallowing knotted in the brunette's stomach and a blue haze shadowed her expression with misery. She narrowed her eyes, standing and ushering both of them towards the door violently, shoving the air behind their backs.

"Right, both of you, out! Now! Get out of my damn room and don't come back, perverted stalkers!"

"But Alice-channnn!" Sharon whined, smiling sweetly, "You have to tell me…you have to tell Big Sister!"

"Out!" Alice yelled, earning a few stares from some other girls in the halls. She was about to slam the door in the faces of them both when a gloved hand caught the wood, putting her eyes to eye with the narrowed and evil gaze of Sharon.

Oh no, Alice breathed, Now look what I've done. Sharon-chan has gone into…Princess Mode. She shivered.

"Alice." Sharon cooed in a bittersweet tone, holding the door open no matter how hard Alice shoved her weight against it. "You know, it's a pity that Oz doesn't know you like him. He might ask you out if you did."

The hairs on the back of Alice's neck prickled. No, she wouldn't… Then again, looking into those determined and deceiving eyes, she could believe Sharon would. Alice whimpered internally, sighing and opening the door. In a pitiful submission, she gestured for them to come back in.

"Yay!" Sharon squeaked, having reverted back to normal and completely out of psychotic princess mode. Break was giggling into his long sleeves cheerfully, following after his mistress when they resumed their previous places.

"Jeez…" Alice grumbled, "What is with you two?"

Sharon smiled. "Oz is keep something a secret from us so we're trying to find out what it is. It has to be something that happened last night and well…we were sure it was you, however, I was wrong."

"I was with Jack." The brunette told the pair, "I never saw Oz."

"Jack?" The caramelette made a gleeful noise. "Were you two on a date?"

"No." Alice growled. As if. As if she would ever go out with that flirty ass, even if he gave her a lifetime of jerky. Sure, he looked like Oz and acted like Oz and reminded Alice so much of Oz sometimes she thought he was Oz, but he was still nothing but a lazy bum and a whore. Alice had never even contemplated going out with him, ever, ever, ever! No, she had not!

So why are my cheeks going red?

The girl grit her teeth in irritation. "No, we weren't. I would never date that lowlife. Jack snuck out to go and meet Lacie Baskerville by the lake. He asked me to open the gates for him later on, that's all, okay? He promised to give me this huge box of beef jerky if I did it."

"Oh, I see…" Sharon mumbled, looking a little disappointed.

"So that's what that smell is." Break chuckled.

"Where did Jack go after you let him in?"

"The dorms, I presume." The brunette shrugged.

"I wonder if Jack saw Oz…" Sharon pondered. "There are related, it's very possible he knows what his brother has been up to."

"It is." Break agreed.

"Thanks, Alice." Sharon grinned, standing abruptly. "We'll show ourselves out, okay?"

Alice pinched the bridge of her nose with her thumb and forefinger. "Yeah, sure." She said, waving a dismissive hand at them. The door closed quietly behind them and the brunette stifled a groan, flopping down onto her bed. Trust her to awaken Sharon-chan's mischievous, vindictive side. She could be seriously scary when she was in Princess Mode. Demanding and willing to go to extremes, it was almost like she was a completely different person to the sweet and charming girl she was normally. Of course, it was better than her gushy, emotional Girl-Mode too. Sometimes the brunette just couldn't keep up with the caramelette's constant Mode changes. It was all too much for someone to have three personalities all in one.

Weirdo, Alice commented to herself, Her and the clown are a perfect pair. Both are out of this world. Complete and utter aliens.

Kicking one leg over the other, Alice drew another beef jerky out of her box and ripping a chunk out of it with her teeth. She should have felt sorry for Jack, but somehow, she couldn't bring herself it care. After all, it was out of her hands now. A grin stretched out over her face and a dark chuckled bubbled out.

Have fun, Sharon onee-sama


There you have it, guys! I hope that was good and amusing for you seeing Sharon going crazy and on a mission. Next chapter: Jack gets interrogated, revealing something that leads Sharon to her next victim...how will Gilbert cope under pressure?

Again, I will try to update as quickly as possible but that all depends on you readers reviewing and letting me know what you think so R&R please! I can only continue if you want me to! Leave any ideas as well, they will be much appreciated and any critiques to help make this better. Feel free to ask me questions as I go and I'll try to answer them in the next chapter. Thankee for reading, I love you all for staying with me! :)

Right, now my Extra-Special-Thankees:

Esmeralda Kitty Cat - Thank you for your review. As you can see, there is more now! As a matter of your questions; In this story, Oz and gang are about sixteen years old (They are legal, don't worry, lol!) with the exception of a select few (Jack, Glen, Vanessa..) who are eighteen and the likes of Ada, Elliot, Leo, who are about thirteen. For the sake of this plot, Gilbert and Oz are the same age. Oz escaped with the help of Alice (That was specified in the chapter) who busted him out of the Abyss ten months previous to the present. Thank you for the compliment and I hope I can keep being worth your words. Also! *Give you a cookie* Thankee for being my first ever reviewee!

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