Hi everyone, I'm so very sorry for the uber-late and uber-slow update, but school has started for me and it is completely dominating my life. I write whenever I can (which isn't very often- mostly during math and Spanish when I'm bored), but it's still a very slow process. Tennis season just ended and spirit week/homecoming is FINALLY over (so STRESSFUL), but Model Senate and Mock Trial begin soon, aloing with violin auditions and standarized testing, so don't expect much of me after this chapter. I have off this week (except for SATs this Saturday- gotta study), so maybe I'll be able to bang out a couple of fanfics and chapters (gotta update Forgotten ASAP) this month. But yeah, that's my life. Thanks for reading~ And on a side note, I need to say this. KUROSHITSUJI II RUINED MY STORY. A LOT.

Disclaimer: I don't own Kuroshitsuji. Never will. Never have.

Review Responses:

Sachiel Angelo- I haven't talked to you in forever, but get at me on gmail sometime. Sorry for not sending you this one, my one friend from school stole my notebook from me and proofread it, and I wanted to get this up as soon as I was done. If you do read and something doesn't make sense, you can totally tell me and I'll change it.

Dream Theme- Thanks for reading so much! And GET AN MSN, haha. Jk, I don't go on MSN much, I'm mostly on AIM. And yeah, I hate slow stories, it pisses me off. Especially in like, classic literature where the author spends TEN pages on a description of a statue (Name of the Rose- Umberto Eco, UGH). And yeah, I do work way too hard. I need a very long break from school. (this is just high school too- imagine what college will be like for me.)

The Lost and Forgotten- And here's the fifth chapter! ^_^ And yeah, I'm trying to encorporate most of the immortals. Grell is a very fun... scapegoat sort of person, lol. Jk, I love Grell to death. Thank you for reading!

psychotic7796- Haha, I'm so glad you like it~ I was worried about the OC from the beginning, but like, I'm trying not to make her too Mary-sue (I think I'm failing epically), but like, you see Sebastian and I want to make a foil (LITERARY TERM) for him and he's completely perfect. Soooo... Conflict of interest right there. Thank you for reading!

im a kitty that luvz sweets- In my book, angels are humans too. I like strawberry cake! I'm sorry for the slow updates (looks at author's notes), but school has completely dominated my life. Like, I barely have time to sleep anymore. I mean, I don't mind criticism, but like, complete flames make me feel like a failure. Oh well. Whatever. I just don't understand why people take the time to flame. I mean, if you don't like it, ctrl + w is right there. Thanks for reading!

luna faith90- To be honest, I don't really know what I'm doing. I'm not really following conventional views on Heaven and Hell (I'm atheist, so I apologize for any blasphemy if you're religious). But in all honesty, Sariel IS half-demon and she lives in Heaven. We'll see how things play out. I don't plan ahead. I just write. Bad author writing strategy, but oh well. It works. Thank you for reading!

GTFO- Nooot D (I'm assuming the "D" was supposed to be a smiley)- Thank you for the encouragement and thank you for reading!

PockyNeko16- Haha, thanks! I personally adore Sariel, but I think because she's my "character"? She grew on me. At first, I'll be honest, I intended for her to be Elizabeth's reincarnation, but then the plot twist came to me. Oh well. Thanks for reading!

black-laces13- Thank you for the review- I LOVE long reviews. And yeah, I'm over the flamer now, I was just kinda upset because it was the first flame I got. I don't remember word-for-word what they said (And honestly, I hope they see this and bitch at me for making their review public just so I can be like, "Uh, what did you expect for me to do? Take it lying down? I think now."- Sorry, I'm a vindicitive person, lol), but general gist was something like, "You lied to the readers by putting Sebastian x Ciel in the summary but then you gave us an OC story- you're a OC-lover in disguise. I really liked this story first, but I f*cking HATED this chapter and plan on never reading it again." Something of that sort. Or another. Actually, I just found the review that I copied and pasted to another friend, "Fuck.i HATE the turn of events of this chapt. I HATE that 'L' Thing,she completely ruins the story. I dont even sure if this fic still a sebciel story. I bet you are an OC lover in disguised. Luring fujoshi to read ur fic by putting 'sebxciel', but then suddenly sticking ur OC into the story, and BAM! now the story focuses to that fuckin OC. Ive been FOOLED. I love ths story before she appears,but now i lost my interest for this fic." I'm too lazy to delete everything else I wrote before, so whatever. It amuses me that it's a long flame too. XD Anyways, thanks for reading!

One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel. -Doctor Who, Reinette

Ciel glanced around the room, his head spinning as the music surrounded him. The delicate fabric of the dancing guests fluttering in the air engulfed him. "Ciel~!" He dimly registered the voice of his fiancée and snapped out of his reverie. Two arms wound around his neck and the young heir smiled at Elizabeth. "Ciel, come dance with me!"

"Lizzy, have you seen Sebastian?"

"Oh… He's around here somewhere." Elizabeth pursed her lips and looked around for the demon. "Would you like me to look around for him?" She asked.

"Yes, please. Thank you, Lizzy." Ciel gave Elizabeth a quick peck on the cheek before she grinned and walked away, head swiveling around looking for the demon. When she was out of sight, Ciel felt a presence behind him and then a hand lightly brushed the back of Ciel's neck.

"You were looking for me, young master?" The husky voice made shudders run down Ciel's back.

"I want to leave. My head hurts." He leaned slightly back against his butler, who chuckled.

"Yes, My Lord."

A pair of heterochromatic eyes, one blue and one purple, both bored, rested on the text of a Japanese history book. A pen spun lightly in the said person's hand. Ciel Phantomhive, now Itonomi Sora, was not, in fact, absorbing the information on the textbook page, but was instead trying to figure everything that had happened in the short span of two days. Making a decision, he snapped his book shut and turned on his computer. He brought up a search engine and typed in "Phantomhive". The first link that appeared was the Phantom Company's website, which he clicked. The website was a light blue with the Phantomhive crest as the logo. After a few seconds, when the website finished loading, soft, chiming music began to play. Ciel went to the history link and read about the company.

The Phantom Company underwent exponential success under the direction of Earl Ciel Phantomhive, who proved his prowess as a business tycoon despite being a 12-year old. However, his mysterious disappearance at the age of 13 perplexed the country of England and some claimed that foul play was involved. (Ciel let out a small snicker at this. Foul play. Really?) He was declared as deceased after his will was found four months later. The will dictated that the company be passed to his family's butler, Tanaka and the company is now run by his grandchildren, twins Emma and James."

"Sora, honey, is everything all right?" His mother knocked on the door. Ciel shot a slightly annoyed glance at the door.

"I'm fine, mom." Ciel called back.

"Can I come in?"

"Sure." The boy closed his computer screen and hid his ring as the door opened. His mother entered with a piece of cake and a fork on the plate. "Is something wrong?"

"I just feel like we haven't talked much lately." The woman gave a tired smile. Ciel noticed that she was dressed in a freshly ironed business suit.

"Do you have a case today?" Ciel asked, nodding towards the suit. She nodded wearily and gave a small smile as she handed Ciel the piece of cake before sinking down on the bed.

"I'm sorry I haven't really talked to you lately."

Ciel's eyebrows furrowed and he put aside the piece of chocolate cake on his desk. "Mom, it's okay. I really haven't been around lately, have I?" As the final words left his mouth, Ciel realized how much like a normal teenager he sounded. He then looked at his mother, who looked like she was close to tears. Then he realized that he had been so absorbed in everything that had happened before that he never truly appreciated what he had now. "Mom, I love you." He said this with full and complete sincerity. Her eyes met his as the tears began to spill over.
"Oh… Sora…" She smiled through her tears.

"Please don't cry." Ciel fluidly crossed his room and put an arm around her.

"Sora, I love you too." She hugged him, then sat back, her hands grasping her shoulders. "Oh, how you've grown. I wish… that your father could see you now. He would be so proud of you."

Ciel smiled softly at the memory of his father. "I wish he could be here now too." His father in this world had passed away when Ciel was 7. He had been a scientist working with infectious diseases and there was an accident at the laboratory which infected all working there with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). His father, who was also unknowingly suffering from leukemia at that time, did not survive. "Mom, what's the case about today?"

"I'm defending a man who was accused of kidnapping his coworker's child." Ciel looked at his mother. She was an excellent defense lawyer- one of the best- but she always found time for her only son. "It's a straight-forward case, really. The prosecution has gaping holes in their witness testimonies." As she discussed the case, Ciel noticed that her back straightened and her tone was much more confident.

"Mom, that's great. I'm sure you'll win the case." Ciel smiled at her. "I'm so proud of you." When another broad smile swept across her face, Ciel could only think about how beautiful her smile was.

Sariel clenched her eyes shut as Michael spiraled higher and higher to the heavens above. The light ropes were burning at her and her injury had reopened, but that was nothing compared the pain of failure that she felt. This was the end. She had failed her own mission to protect Ciel. "Our Lord is very displeased, Sariel." Michael whispered softly into her ear.

"Let me go." She said hoarsely. "Let me go and have Him declare me a fallen angel."

"No." Michael gripped her tighter and began to fly faster upwards. Out of nowhere, the violet-haired angel flew sharply to the side as knives flew through the air from where he had just been. A blast of black light flew through the air and Michael managed to avoid it, but the light hit the light ropes that bound Sariel and they broke. She sprang free from Michael's arms to remain airborne a few meters away, bright blue sword in hand. Sebastian, who had sprouted black wings, was currently floating in the air next to her.

"Malphas." Michael's face twisted with disdain when he recognized Sebastian.

"Hello." Sebastian smiled genially. "You must be Michael. Apologies for injuring you at Armageddon. I trust you are well now?"

"I will never forgive you for that." A white sword materialized in his hand and he lunged for the demon. A clash of blue and white sparks flew through the air as Sariel intercepted the hit, but it was a hit meant to kill and she staggered backwards in her weakened state. Sebastian noted with concern that the demon-angel hybrid was breathing heavily and flapping her wings frantically, as if struggling to stay up in the air.

"Michael, just take me back. There's no need to fight." She gasped out. "Malp- Sebastian, please tell Ciel goodbye." She faltered slightly. Her wound was now bleeding rather heavily, the cloth of her black shirt catching the red. Michael floated over to her, an alarmed expression on his face.

Sebastian started towards her, but she flew backwards out of his reach. "Sariel, you need-"

"Leave." Her tone left no room for argument.

"My young master has given me an order." Sebastian replied patiently.

"This is one order you'll have to disobey… I'm going with Michael." The angel stood behind the girl, ready to catch her if she began to fall. "Tell Ciel that I'll always remember him." She smiled weakly and then looked at Michael, who had placed a hand on her arm in concern. Her sword vanished from her side and she extended a hand to him. He looked confused. "I need more energy to get back to Heaven." Sebastian looked torn between letting her go and taking her back to Ciel.

"Will you make it?" And there was also that. Sebastian could not fathom why Michael was suddenly so anxious about the girl. And his concern wasn't fake either.

"Yes. Let's hurry. He doesn't like to be kept waiting." She let out a small noise of pain. "I need to see Athena." Gone was the headstrong angel that Sebastian had been familiar with. The angel in front of him now was a scared little girl. She was still considered very young as an angel and because of her powers, she had been alienated from others, which deprived her of a normal upbringing.

"Of course." Michael nodded understandingly, but he still was slightly panicked. She hadn't asked for one of the other angel healers, but had instead, asked for the highest ranking angel healer. That meant her injury was beyond severe. The male angel clasped her hand in his and a bright blue light surrounded them. Sebastian leapt forward, but it was too late. They had vanished.

"Sora, I need to leave now. Lock the door please?" Ciel nodded as he got up from the piano bench to follow his mother.

"Good luck." He smiled gently and locked the door behind her. As the lock clicked shut, he heard a scream come from outside and a loud crash. Frantically, he unlocked the door and ran outside to see an enormous man holding a hammer standing over a crushed piece of metal that was formerly the car. A body was lying about twenty meters away and Ciel recognized it as his only family member.

"NO!" Ciel shouted, running over next to her and kneeling down, a hand brushing her hair back from her face.

"I've got you now, Ciel Phantomhive!" The gloating voice emerged from the hammer wielding man as he reached eagerly out towards the boy. A loud roar filled the air when the man's hands came within a few meters from Ciel and he recoiled. Ciel found it very odd that none of the neighbors had come out to see what was going on. "Blasted feather duster… She put her seal on you!"

"Tell me who you are." Ciel demanded. The man's dark brown eyes landed upon him.

"Thamuz de Inferno." He had a disdainful look on his face as he gazed upon Ciel. "I will be back for you another time." Before Ciel could say anything, the monster had disappeared.

Shaking his head in disbelief, he turned back to the unconscious woman behind him. "Mom! Mom!" She didn't stir. Running back into the house, he grabbed the phone and called 119.

The operator picked up. "Hello, 911, what's your emergency?"

"I need an ambulance!" As Ciel provided details, he ran back outside to check on his mother. He felt for a pulse, which was there, albeit faint. He shouted at the operator to hurry before hanging up and snapping his phone shut.

After a few long, agonizing minutes, the wail of sirens filled the air and Ciel leapt up. The white, box-like vehicle screeched to a stop in front of his house and paramedics jumped out of the back. They hoisted his mother onto a stretcher and loaded her into the ambulance. The final paramedic turned back to Ciel and beckoned to him. "Come on." He hopped into the transport vehicle and sat on the side, tense, as they sped off to the hospital. Anxiously, he glanced to the statistic monitor screen that they had just turned on. It showed details of his mother's condition, such as her heart rate, blood pressure and oxygen level. Suddenly, as Ciel was staring at the screen, the first number began to decrease rapidly and the machine began to beep. "She's flatlining!" The paramedic that had told Ciel to get into the vehicle jumped up and began to press on the woman's chest. "Get the defibrillator!"

Her son was much too scared to move a muscle. This could not be happening. He could not lose his one family member now. "Help her… please!"

Sebastian was pacing back and forth in his mistress's apartment. He stopped and growled softly. Damn angles. They never meant anything good. Especially the two he had just encountered. Sariel, the angel of death and God's chosen and Michael, one of His archangels. What a potent combination those two made. Sebastian truly was curious about the extent of destruction those two could bring when they were fighting. Personally, he would be afraid to fight a pissed off Sariel at her full power. Speaking of the girl, he was very curious about her. She was not weak, no, far from it, but she had a certain vulnerability to her. This vulnerability made Sebastian want to push her to the edge and break her. All of a sudden, the butler felt a distinct spike of demon energy nearby. He scowled. This was a mess. And it was definitely a foreshadowing of another Heaven versus Hell war, that Sebastian would be required to fight in. He had to wonder what side Sariel would take. But first things first. He had to take care of the other demon- by the feel of the fiery energy, it was Thamuz and he was pissed. He looked towards the open window and then to the locked door and decided that the window would be a faster exit. Gathering up his energy, he launched himself out of the window and in mid-air, transformed into a raven.

And this concludes chapter 5. Enjoy!