Part Two of "A day and A night".

This is the story of how Neko met Grell. And a few of our other favorite reapers. Takes place between "His Butler, Shocked" and "His Butler, Instructing".

It was a seemingly ordinary day. Finny had damaged another one of Ciel's canes in his excitement, and Neko had been allowed to head into town with Ciel and Sebastian to get a new one. She had been allotted an allowance by Ciel, his reason being that she should learn about money despite her age, so she also carried a little purple pouch on her wrist that jingled with coins as she skipped beside her father. The storekeeper at the cane maker's had learn previously to watch what he said around Ciel, but he was rather interested in Neko's peculiar appearance.

"Are those real?" he asked, jerking his head at Neko's ears and tail.

Sebastian observed him for a moment, then looked at his daughter.

"Neko, dear?"

Her ears twitched in response to hearing her father call her name. Her tail waved slightly in the air, "Yes?"

"Are your ears and tail real? This gentleman is rather curious."

The demon child smiled a fanged smile and used her tail to pick up Ciel's new cane, "Well, why don't we let him decide?" Handing the cane to her bocchan, Neko skipped out of the shop. The man was a bit shocked, but made the decision never to ask questions around these two again. Ciel left to join Neko outside, while Sebastian paid for the cane and disappeared with a bow.

"I can sense that you're eager to spend your money, my dear. So where would you like to go first?" Sebastian asked a very hyper Neko.

She stopped and looked at Ciel, "I don't know..."

The earl shrugged, "Why not the sweets shop?"

"Great idea, bocchan! Maybe I'll get some Funtom sweets..."

Sebastian shook his head and followed the two children into the sweets store. Ciel had suggested the place simply because of his uncontrollable sweet tooth, Sebastian was sure. The butler watched as both of his children, because what else would his young master be called, scurried around the store. Neko was eagerly looking for sweets she'd never tried before, and Ciel merely stated that he was doing "market research". Eventually, Neko approached her father.

"Otousan? I'm not quite sure... how much I can get."

"Well, come Neko. We will see. Look here," the butler pointed to a jar of candies, "This little label says that each one costs one coin. This container over here says that the sweets cost two." Neko nodded slowly, staring wide eyed at the price tags. So that was how money worked!

Content with her new knowledge, the little kitten returned to searching for sweets. Ciel had already purchased a large amount of candy, much to Sebastian's irritation, and was already eating a great deal of his spoils. Neko eventually returned to the pair, holding her still full pouch and three Funtom lollipops. Sebastian directed her to the counter, where she carefully counted out the amount she needed and paid for her candy.

When the three of them left, Neko wanted to spend some more time walking around, so they began to head further from the shopping district. Eventually they reached an area of town that Sebastian was eager to get them out of. But a flash of red caught his eye and he was forced to jump out of the way as Grell shot at him with her chainsaw.

"Hello, Bassy! I see you're still with the brat." The red loving reaper said with a shark toothed grin. But then she noticed the additional child and jumped back to get a better view, "You have another one? Where do you keep getting them? How many brats do you have?"

Sebastian's eyebrow ticked, "Grell, this is my daughter, Neko. I would appreciate it if you didn't call her a brat."

"Hmph, daughter?" she bent down to get a closer look, "Oh! She is like a little Bassy! What a darling little thing!"

Ciel and Sebastian noticed that Neko was staring at the reaper very hard. Grell hadn't seemed to notice, but the other two were a bit curious as to why her look was so intense.

Finally, the girl spoke, "You're pretty."

Grell squealed, "Oh thank you darling! You know, it takes forever to do my make up and get my hair just right. At least someone notices." The reaper glared pointedly at Sebastian, who completely ignored her.

Neko gently touched the reapers death scythe, "What is this?"

"Oh, it's my death scythe, sweetie. I use it to reap the souls of the deceased. I'm a grim reaper."

"Grim reaper? Ah, shinigami!"

Grell smiled, "Ah, so you come from Japan, little Bassy."

"Hai. And my name is Neko."

"Oh, and you're a little kitten too! How adorable. I know that Japanese demons and reapers have a very different relationship than the ones here."

Neko nodded, "I knew a shinigami named Uta. He used a lute to call the souls out. He and the other members of his dispatch society let me watch a mass reaping. They taught me all about death. And they told me their stories. It was very sad... I miss them though."

Grell nodded, "I know. Sometimes death can be a sad thing, especially in the case of shinigami. But-."

Grell was caught off by a pair of hedge clippers shooting between her and Neko. Instead of jumping back on her own, she grabbed Neko and yanked her out of the way. William followed his death scythe, and Ronald followed behind William.

"Grell Sutcliffe, please explain why you are in the presence of this filth." The stern reaper said.

Neko frowned as Sebastian and William glared at each other. Ronald looked utterly bored, until he noticed Neko.

"Hey, who's this little thing?"

Grell flipped her hair over her shoulder, still holding Neko, "This is Neko. She's a little gem, isn't she?"

Ronald nodded, "Yeah, I guess she's adorable."

William scowled, "Mr. Sutcliffe co-."

"Miss." Neko corrected.

William frowned, "What?"

"It's Miss Sutcliffe."

William sighed and adjusted his glasses, "I apologize, but Mr. Su-"

"Miss."

"Mr. Sutcliffe is quite obviously a male."

"Miss Sutcliffe is quite obviously a woman."

William sighed once again and opened his mouth to continue, when Neko completely turned from him and looked at Grell.

"Grell, are you a woman?"

"Of course! But no one seems to see it."

Neko's face screwed up, "I'll help you then. It is a neko's job to spread happiness!"

Ronald laughed and Sebastian shook his head. William reached over to drag Grell away by her hair, but Neko quite violently hissed and snapped at him. Sebastian had to cover his mouth to keep from laughing and Ciel smirked at the reapers.

Grell smiled at Neko, "Well, sweetie, I think it's time for me to go. But I'll be back to see you, little thing. We're gal pals now, right?"

"Hai!" Neko said with a sharp nod and a fierce expression on her face. And with that, Grell set the demon child down and walked off behind a peeved William and snickering Ronald.