AN: Hey, everyone! Welcome to part two of Beowulf - "His Butler, Capricious. His Hero, Steadfast." Thrilled to have you all back, or, if the case may be, here for the first time! Also, despite the vote being for longer chapters and update times, I'm afraid some of the chapters may grow shorter, as I just don't have the time nor patience to work on something for hours at a time. That being said, I also will attempt to update more often!

Anyways, life has been... Crazy. Yeah. I've been sick, injured, busy, all of the above. Real life is evil.

By the way, to those of you who may be reading The End Game, I have found my old work on that, and have been trying to finish the next chapter! Hopefully that will also be updated soon!

READ THE PREVIEW OF THE FOURTH STORY IN THIS SERIES AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK. PLEASE. I BEG OF THEE. IT IS CALLED "THE MAGIC MAN AND THE STONE."


Answers to Reviewer Questions:

Chaosweaver Mage: Yes, that was a Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel reference. You can read the AN from the last chapter for more information. And yes, your suspicions concerning Beo and Ciel's relations are correct. I hope you continue reading Beowulf!

xXxOtAkU-444xXx: Dear gosh, your username is hard to spell - love it nonetheless. I'm glad you are enjoying it so far!

Foxchick1: I love Undertaker too much to make him evil. XD

Shadow Wolf 15846: I'm glad you like it! As for pairings... Not sure yet. I think I will do another poll in a couple of chapters about pairings people might want it see - although that certainly doesn't mean I'll do them. Personally, all the times I've tried writing pairings, I feel like it takes away from the main plot of the story.

Pri-Chan 1410: I hope you like the rest of my chapters as much! Hopefully I'll start updating faster!

Suntan 140: Supernatural? Sure, no problem! I just started the series myself, after much begging from friends. The SupernaturalxBeowulf shall be the next stories after Nicholas Flamel! I'll probably just condense all the seasons into one story, though, since they flow pretty smoothly. I hope you're still with us when we get to that point. XD

Lady Kaiki: Thanks for the praise; I'll do my best!

Animelover5008: Hey, the link didn't work, mind sending it again? Thanks for trying, though. XD I hope you keep liking it!

Vivianne95: I aim to please; hopefully updates will start being faster!

Dragon Zanpakuto: First off, I love the username! I like the nickname idea, and it's given me some good ideas. Thanks so much!

Firestar-harry: Nice username. I'm glad you like it so far!

godess bubbles: I'm glad you're enjoying it, I'll try and update fast and avoid cliffhangers for you. ; )

god of all: I'm glad you're enjoying it so far - and no worries, I have no intention of abandoning this story!

xDarklightx: I'm glad!

DTDY: I'm glad you liked the Omake, first time I've done one, so it was. Bit of an experiment. Yes, I thought godfather!Undertaker was a nice twist, and I haven't seen it done before, so I hope it's original. And never fear, I believe there will be quite a bit more of Undertaker in Beowulf than there was in the original series - especially since he gets to be godfather in this one! I have to add fluff somehow, don't I? XD

twilightserius: Haha, I'm glad you like Undertaker as Ciel's godfather! You'll get to find out the fate of Madame Red soon, but I'm not saying any more! As for Lizzy's mom - yes, she and Beo have met. I'll include an Omake about it. ; )

aoin88: I hope you love this one just as much!

Psyka: Haha, I'm glad you like it so much! I'll do my best to update faster from now on!

Xaelijor/Pride: To be perfectly honest, the thought that Sebastian tickled Undertaker has crossed my mind more than once. In this one, I couldn't think of how to make that work, as I figured Sebastian would notice if Beo tried to look in, and I don't want to give him X-Ray vision... So just assume Sebastian said something really embarrassing about Ciel, k? ; ) Yup, the "dolls" do refer to the manga's Bizarre Dolls. I figured we'd just nip that little plot development in the bud, although I'm planning to incorporate them in a different way. I'm glad you like it so far!

FleurSuoh: I hope it is as good as you were wanting!

Dragon Zanpakuto: Truthfully, the true core of this series, the really great part people will actually love, will probably be completed by the last Harry Potter book fanfic. The plot will further develop in a sort of epilogue using the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series, using the first book to show where Harry first started as MoD and met Sebastian and then coming back with everyone for the rest of the series. After that, it actually will basically be what you just said. ^_^" I mean, Harry is almost immortal, and, well... I'll just tell you all at the end of the story so I don't ruin any plot twists, ok? ^_^"

Guest: Have fun poking around!

R27wolf: Two reviews in a row? Awesome! I'm glad you like Sebastian so much! By the way... Have you seen Grell? *looking around* I could have sworn I saw him just a minute ago!

Ebenbild: You're definitely on the right track with Harry's MoD status! Nothing can be set in stone until the poll is done, but you are definitely getting the gist of it! So, kudos! I'm glass you are liking this so far!

Kitkat304: I'd like to formally announce that, due to a stunning response from the fans, I shall do a Drabble series with godfather!Undertaker, though I'll likely just stick it into the Kuroshitsuji archive, since Beo will take a back role in that story - when he shows up at all, that is. I'm glad you like this so far, I hope I continue to keep the standards high!

Mukuro234: I'm glad you like it! By the way, I have to ask... Have you ever seen/read Yu Yu Hakusho? It's just that you share a username with one of the characters... Unless I've gone crazy... Again...

tamashiyuki: I'm glad you like it. And, yes, I plan to continue this... *gestures at chapter* Obviously. XD

RaytokiSakataAwesome: I'm sorry, but I'm not going to write a Beo/Undertaker pairing. Nothing against those who like this pairing or other slash pairings, I just don't write slash. If someone else wanted to, I'd be glad to let them. However, even I did write slash, Beo/Undertaker wouldn't fit into the plot well. Beo/Sebstian would probably fit the plot the best, but their characterization makes it impossible, in my opinion. And again, I can't write slash. I can barely write girlxboy pairs, and I'm a girl. Writing a relationship that I can't connect with doesn't seem like a good idea to me. Thanks for reviewing, though!

ed-icted: Yeah... the rating is staying T. Nothing in this story is going to need an M rating, besides the rare swear word. I'm 16 - I shall not write a story rating 18+ when I'm not even 18 yet. I hope to start writing faster... No about the whole sequel thing... I am the most disorganized person ever. Ever. As such, the fourth sequel is already out, under the name The Magic Man and the Stone. Knock yourself out. Hope you continue to like my story!

belladu57: Thanks! I hope I can keep it up.

Hasunohana88: I'm glad you like the story so much! Sorry for the wait.

Monkey kix ass: I'm glad you liked the omake, it was really fun to right!

Guest: Haha, that is one way of putting it! Love it, you genius!

avidreader: I'm glad you like this story's style and characters - I'll do my best not to disappoint!

blackangel365: Er, ta-da~? Unfortunately, both school and writer's block have been major pains lately. I even took summer courses to get ahead, so naturally I was also swamped this past summer. I'm so sorry for being MIA.

AnimeFreak71777: Doing so! My apologies for the wait!

fangirl01music: I'm so glad! Hope you continue doing so!

Jealous Jack (guest): Your wish is my... delayed... command!

Furionknight: Thanks, hope you like it!

Layla Riddle: Thanks! Well, it's not soon, but it is an update!

reveress-plegue: Thanks. : ) Here you go!

yuumuki: Thanks so much! Hope this chapter lives up to your desires!

kat1316: Sorry...

randomplotbunny: Thanks, I'm glad!

Guest: Undertaker is amazing, isn't he? Glad you are enjoying this!

WereWolf2000: Thanks! Here's the chapter you were hoping for!

Sadfeeling (Guest): And this is my most updated. Sad, huh? Thanks for the interest.


Disclaimer:

Onyx: Didn't we already do this? Like, ten times?

Me: I thought it was only six...

Ciel: I think he's simply bemoaning the fact that this has been done multiple times already, not that it has been a specific number of times.

Harry: Agreed, I mean, seriously, do they expect a fourteen -

Ciel: fifteen! -

Me: actually, it's 16, now!-

Harry: year old girl to suddenly own a profitable TV series/manga? Really, common sense here people.

Sebastian: Wait one moment, Mr. Wulf, why are you being referred to as "Harry?"

Harry: Erm, weeeelllll, funny that, DragonSiren7doesnotownKuroshitsuji/BlackButlerandlikelyneverwillBYE! *vanishes*

Sebastian: *glares* I hate him. So much.

Me: *laughs into hand* Right. Of course you do.

Sebastian: Oh dear devil, what have you done?!

Me: Noooothing... Yet.

Sebastian: O.O

Onyx and Ciel: Oh God...

Me: On to the story!


Chapter Six - His Butler, Capricious. His Hero, Steadfast. PART TWO


Ciel rested his chin on his hand as he stared out the window, blue eyes troubled. "His information narrows down our suspects," he began, silently reminding himself that there was no longer any need to search, if his fears were true.

Sebastian, for once oblivious to his master's internal debate, nodded in agreement. "First of all, we look at those with the necessary skill set. Crossing out anyone with an alibi for the nights on which the murders occurred. Removal of the organs would suggest some kind of gruesome ritual. We should concentrate our investigation on people involved with secret societies."

Madame Red rolled her eyes and threw her hands up in the air. "As if that narrows the field! Why, even I would have the medical skills necessary for this!" she yelled exasperatedly in her high pitched voice.

Suddenly, there was a loud thump as something crashed against the carriage and Beo's head appeared in the window, causing Madame Red and Lau to shriek in fright and shock. "Is that an admission of guilt?" questioned the bodyguard 'innocently,' emerald eyes deceptively wide and a charming smile on his face.

Ciel sighed, motioning with his head for Beo to hurry up and climb in. "Get in the carriage, Beo, you're attracting unwanted attention," the Earl ordered when Harry made no motion to comply.

The black haired bodyguard finally sighed and gave in, nodding his head in grateful acknowledgement and clambering inside as Sebastian opened the door for h"im. "As you wish, little lord." Madame Red and Lau moved as far away from the teen as possible as he stretched out on the bench next to Sebastian, ignoring the butler's twitching eyebrow. "Now then, I do believe I asked you a question, Madame Red."

The red clad woman gasped in shock and outrage, narrowing her crimson gaze angrily. "What?! Of course I'm not the killer!" she shook her fist to emphasize her point. "That's absolutely absurd!"

Beo rolled his eyes at the woman's squawking and sneered at her. "The lady doth protest too much, me thinks," he muttered angrily under his breath.

Unfortunately, Madame Red heard anyway, and did not react well. "You insufferable servant! How dare you!"

"Ooh, call me a servant, yes, fantastic insult," drawled Beo nonchalantly as he stared at the ceiling, refusing to even make eye contact with the woman that was slowly turning the same color as her hair.

Ciel sighed - time for him to play the adult again. "Enough. Beo, that was uncalled for. Madame Red, he is simply looking out for my best interests, as any bodyguard worth his salt* would do," sighed the boy, looking out the window tiredly.

Madame Red humphed and crossed her arms, pouting like a two year old. "Very well, but know that I am most displeased."

Sebastian gave his "pleasant" half smile that sent shudders down Beo's back, all powerful master of death or not. "On behalf of the Phantomhive staff, you have our deepest apologies."

Madame Red sniffed and turned her nose up snobbishly. "It is not you whom I am upset with, Sebastian. In any case, the Season is ending soon. Any doctors who followed the nobles to the city will be returning to the country, and then what-"

"Then we'll have to conclude the investigation quickly," interrupted the demon butler, still smiling eerily.

Pushing aside the ominous feeling of doom radiating from the black haired man next to him, Beo gave a firm nod. "Agreed."

"Impossible," gasped the Chinese wizard, ignoring Beo's raised eyebrow and smirk that almost seemed to scream, 'Oh really? You sure 'bout that?'

Ciel simply smirked and looked at his butler and brother in pride. No one could beat them. No one.

Sebastian smiled at Ciel's proud gaze - a real smile, too. "I should be able to do this much at least. Otherwise, what kind of butler would I be?" Ignoring Beo' derisive snort, the demon stood and moved towards the door, shocking Madame Red and Lau. Turning to the Earl, Sebastian began speaking, "I'll make up a list of viable suspects and begin questioning them for you immediately, my lord."

Ciel waved his hand in a shooing motion as Sebastian opened the door, barely biting back an amused smirk as Madame Red and Lau gasped and shrieked in shock. Judging from Sebastian's smug smile, the butler knew how hilarious he found this despite the young boy's restraint. "Now, if you'll excuse me..." and with that, the raven jumped out of the carriage, closing the door behind him.

Madame Red and Lau rushed to the window, pressing their faces against the glass to try and spot the black haired butler. "He knows that we're moving, right?!" shrieked Madame Red.

Beo snickered at her disbelief. "Madame, the fact that the carriage is moving hinders him roughly as much as it would me - which is to say, not at all," grinned the teenager smugly.

Ciel sighed once more and leaned back against the bench, watching the streets as the carriage passed through London. "Relax, Aunty. Sebastian will take care of it for now. We can head home and have a cup of tea while we wait."


After an extremely long carriage ride filled with wrong turns and near crashes into nearby walls due to the incompetence of Grell, the group finally made it back to the mansion just as the sun reached its peak.

Sebastian opened the door as the group arrived before anyone had even knocked. "Welcome back, everyone. I have awaited your return." Ciel walked in, completely nonchalant as Sebastian took the boy's hat and hung it on the hat rack, the duo completely ignoring the once more shocked faces of Madame Red, Lau, and Grell. "Your afternoon tea is ready for you in the drawing room."

"No problems?" questioned the Earl as he continued towards the drawing room, not glancing back as he felt his butler and bodyguard fall into step behind him as they left the still stunned trio in the entry way.

Sebastian smirked, carefully hiding his slightly malicious expression from everyone but Beo and Ciel. "None, of course."

Madame Red finally remembered she had a voice and marched up to Sebastian, gesturing wildly in frustration and disbelief. "Hold on! How are you here?"

"He walked," muttered Beo, too quietly for all but an unimpressed Sebastian and Ciel to near him.

Sebastian turned back to Madame Red, sure to keep a pleasant smile fixed on his face. While making the list, he had confirmed what he had already suspected concerning Madame Red and her butler. It certainly explained why Beo always made sure to downplay himself around them and act more like a lunatic than usual. "I finished up that little errand, so I made my way home to prepare tea."

Madame Red and Lau gasped in shock, their eyes bugging out and hair standing up in shock. Madame Red ran her hands through her hair nervously, making pieces curls and frizz up here and there. "You made the suspect list already?"

Sebastian smirked devilishly, tossing his hair back with a gleam in his eyes and a self-satisfied smirk tugging at the corner of his lips, "Well..."

Beo sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose in the background as he exasperatedly looked at The Drama Queen (aka Sebastian), "Here we go..."

With an overly dramatic flourish, Sebastian whipped out a scroll that was so long it covered the floor in a heap. Madame Red's jaw dropped as Sebastian continued his dramatic speech, "Yes, I made a list of names based on what we had discussed, and then I contacted them all then I asked them the relevant questions."

Madame Red picked her jaw up from the ground and glared at the butler, sure he was pranking her on Ciel's behalf. With a hmph and a flip of her red hair, she sniffed haughtily. "Come now, Sebastian, that's impossible even for you-"

Sebastian decided to cut to the chase and began reading the list, effectively silencing the more annoying members of the room. "Richard Oswald, doctor of the Duke of Bailey was at the White Horse pub with his friends. He has no connection to secret societies.

Madam Heavitt, surgeon at the Royal London Central Hospital was at the Stipple Inn. She has no connection to secret societies.

William Somerset, doctor to the Earl Chambers was at a party hosted by the Viscount Harwood.

From this information, I have narrowed down our list to... one... possible suspect."

Beo snorted mentally. That pause on "one" was so not suspicious, eh Michaelis? Honestly, that diva's flair and love for games was going to be the death of him (whether the "him" be Beo or Michaelis, well...).

Meanwhile, Madame Red, Lau, and the only brunette butler in London were staring in shock and awe at a smirking Sebastian Michaelis. "H-How?! Are you certain you're just a butler? Not a secret military intelligence officer?" teased the Lady, although a hint of panic and shock still lingered in her eyes and the shadows of her face.

Sebastian bowed low to the floor, fighting back the urge to throttle the red clad woman that was practically draped over him. "Please, my lady, I am simply one hell of a butler."

Beo sighed and shook his head, unable to resist the surge of exasperation rising inside him as the three trespassers left to find rooms for the night while Ciel and co. relaxed in the living room. "Seriously Sebastian, I love irony and Japanese just as much as the next guy, but would you please stop it with that joke?"

Sebastian just glared at the messy haired teen, wishing nothing more than to wipe that taunting smirk off of the insufferable mage's face.

Ciel sighed as he watched the showdown between his two most trusted, more exasperatedly amused than actually frustrated, at this point. It had been a long day, made worse by the realization that it his own aunt may be a traitor. "If you two are going to fight, please wait until after tea, and take it outside, would you?"

Sebastian and Beo both bowed, eyes shadowed as they watched the child - for despite all his brilliance and power, he was still nothing more than a child, forced to grow too quickly - trudge up the stairs to his room.

"Of course, young master."

"As you wish, little lord."


Sebastian: Well. That was pathetically short.

Harry: I hate to say it, but he's got a point!

Me: I'm sorry, I'm busy! Be glad I got something out at all - just look at my other stories! I HAVE NO TIME! TT_TT

Ciel: You don't see me using that excuse, do you?

Me: Well, no, but -

Ciel: Sebastian, Harry, roll the ending, please.

Me: Hey, wai-!

Sebastian: Yes, young master.

Now with his sights set on a suspect, it is up to Master Ciel to find evidence proving them of the murders. Forced to go undercover, will the young master find the truth before it is too late? Though perhaps a better question would be, will Viscount Druitt survive an over protective, older brother?

Me: Dudes, seriou-

Harry: Kukukuku... I have no idea what you're talking about, no I don't... Kukukuku... Hehehehe... MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA. *cough* Please join us next time on, His Butler, Capricious - His Hero, Steadfast: PART THREE.

Me: ...It's the final part? And I'm working on it?

All: Mmhmmm.

Me: TT_TT

Ciel: As always, please like and review! We love hearing from you!


*Did you get the Claude reference?