It was nearly sunset. Time to return to Undertaker's shoppe. Time to meet this Sebastian fellow. I had concealed a gun on my right thigh and a knife on my left. That's all I would need, I figured, if this person wasn't worth my time.

I entered the shoppe, half-way expecting to see Sebastian, but only seeing long gray hair topped with a hat and a old man I've known for as long as I could remember.

"He's not here yet, Earl. Just give it a minute, he's here at the same time every day." Undertaker handed me a cookie over his shoulder as I walked up behind him. I took it and took a seat on the same coffin I had sat on that morning, across from Tanaka. Exactly as Undertaker had said, a minute later, I heard a knock and a bell ring, signaling someone was entering the shoppe.

"Undertaker." I heard a satin voice say as if he'd known the gray haired man for years. A tall, raven haired man with long fringes framing his face walked around to where all three of us were sitting. His eyes, the color of a finely aged red wine, glided across the room.

Hihihihihi! "Sebastian, so glad your here!" The Undertaker stood as Sebastian entered his sight, offering him a bone-shaped cookie.
Taking it, he watched as Undertaker walked behind me and placed his hands on my shoulders.

"This is the The 14th Earl of Phantomhive, the Master of Games, and the mastermind behind the Rebellion, Ciel."

He bowed. "Lovely to meet your acquaintance, Ciel." Even if I wasn't looking at him, I would be able to hear the mocking smirk in his voice. He bowed in a most...polite way, but the mockery was ever present.

Sebastian reminded me something of a wild feline, cunning and proud. He also seemed playful, which caught me off guard, just a bit. You'd think one would be more serious in situations such as these.

"Yes, it is. So, I hear you have been seeking information from our dear Undertaker. Why?" I knew I sounded demanding, and that's the way I wanted it. Undertaker walked back to his seat and sat, mentioning for Sebastian to join him. As Sebastian did so, he answered my question, my demanding tone seeming not to faze him.

"Because I needed the information, of course. Why else?"

Damn him. He was being smart. That was the last thing I wanted to hear.

"Don't be ridiculous. Why did you need the information? Surely you didn't just decide to learn all you could about the Government for fun."

The look in his eyes changed from something playful and mocking to something much more serious and cold, almost fierce.

"That, Ciel, should be very obvious. We are in the same business." His voice was demonic, almost. I felt a chill run up my spine, although I refused to let it show in my body. The way he said my name that day would forever be burned into my memory.

"I see." A lame response on my part, but I could think of nothing better to say. I was right to think he was elusive. Even with his dark tone, even though I knew I shouldn't, I could not help but fall into a sense of trust with him. It was as if he had enchanted me with his words. This man, whom I knew nothing about...this man that seemed to be hiding something. He was purposeful, I could tell. He wanted me to know he knew something of importance, but he also wanted me to know he wasn't going to tell me what it was. Undertaker's voice snapped me out of my daze.

"Eh, Earl? How are you doing? I haven't seen you zone out like that in a while."

I could feel my eyes regain their once lost focus. "Sebastian, you know a lot more than you're letting on, don't you?" Disregarding Undertaker, I focused all my attention on the raven haired man with the almost feral smirk on his face.

"Ah, now your starting to get it, aren't you Ciel?"

Damn it all! Why couldn't he just say what he meant? Was being this difficult really necessary?
My patience was wearing thin. I needed to know who he was. How he thought. What kind of person he really was.

"What do you say to a game of chess?"

Sebastian thought for a moment. He looked calculating, like he was searching for something to gain out of the situation.

Finally, he grinned playfully. "That sounds most enjoyable."

A/N: OK, so this chapter is VERY short but the next chapter is to be very long, so I figure it is acceptable. Most chapters, I hope, will be very long and awesome, but in the mean time, the plot must go on! And it calls for some short chapters... sorry. This chapter was wonderfully beta'd by my lovely, lovely and awesome and talented and fantastically magic Fugu-Chan! much love to my lovely beta. I couldn't dream of a better one 3