Darkness Falls

Disclaimer : If Kuroshitsuji was mine then I wouldn't write this story.

Pairing : Mainly Sebastian x slightly older Ciel with some minor pairings on the side.

Summary : AU – When the business situation is getting bad, as the owner of DT Company, Sebastian makes a work contract with Ciel, the owner of Phantom Company. But soon their contract is no longer between businessmen, for Sebastian and Ciel have a secret of their own.

Warning : A slightly older Ciel is here. Lots of minor OCs, yet important characters will show up as the story goes along. Rating might go up for the angst and dark themes as the story progresses.

Beta'd by talesofsymphoniarocks

Warning for chapter: Just like the previous chapter; dark theme, angst, mention of sex, rape and torture scene. Once again, Yaoi alert! This time there will be lemony goodness for Sebastian x Ciel fans.

Full Moon Sonata

(Second movement: World of Pain)

I can remember it clearly

The moon was watching, the moon was laughing, as I lost everything.

I'll never hate the full moon as much as I did at that time.

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Sebastian placed the wine bottle in the bedside table again and he sat beside Ciel, leaning his back into the pillows.

"I was in the middle of playing with the small scale replica of Noah's Ark by myself when I realize that something was strange. It was quite, too quite, and when I called, no one answered my call, and this frightened me. I might not have known about the darkness of the world very well at that time, but it doesn't mean that I'm blind of the existence of that darkness." He turned toward Sebastian, whose attention was focused solely on the younger male. "My parents didn't hide me completely from the darkness of the world, they told me about things they thought I needed to know. Not much, just enough to make me aware." Ciel took a sip of the wine in his hand "They did it because I wasn't safe, not when I had been kidnapped for the fourth time before I was ten, four times successfully, more if we had counted the failed attempts. Most time the kidnappers were far from genial, I always ended up harmed in some way. Even if it wasn't serious, my mother always cried when she saw me hurt."

Sebastian's eyes caught the light as he caught the boys face contorted in pain of the memories. Ciel fisted the blankets, regret and hatred rushing through his veins.

"Father might have wanted to teach me more about the kind of darkness that followed the Phantomhive's name, the pain that name could bring, if not for my mother's begging. Mother was strong and weak at the same time, she was strong enough to become the Lady of Phantomhive, yet she was very weak when it came to me. Just like any other mother would do, she preferred let her child live in the lies and not know about the truth and the darkness. She wanted to protect me and, even though she knew that I would become the next Phantomhive head, still she wanted to keep me shielded." Ciel remember about his mother and her kindness "She begged father to keep his silence and he loved her enough to do so, even though he knew it was wrong thing to do to the next head of Phantomhive."

Ciel eyes became sharp "And I hate them for that. I hate them for keeping me from the truth, from the darkness which I must face as Phantomhive. I hate them for thinking that I wasn't strong enough, that I wasn't ready to face it. I hate them for not preparing me for what I should have known as the next head of Phantomhive."

Sebastian eyed Ciel as he drank his wine "It was wrong thing to do. It was so selfish of them to keep everything away from you. It was a fatal weakness, and in the end, it only brings you nothing but pain."

"They did that because they loved me! They loved me too much!" Ciel said.

"And yet you still hate them for that, don't you Ciel? Because of their love and refusal to what they should do … you have had to experience it firsthand. You had to learn about it in the most horrible of ways. Alone."

Ciel hated himself because his chest felt so tight, like he was going to cry. His walls threatened to break, but he refused to be so weak.

"Now you hate yourself because you hate them. You must think somewhere along the line 'How can someone hate his own parents, though all they did were love you more than you think they should have,' correct? Sebastian eyes caught the attention of Ciel's. You hate yourself because you can't forgive them, despite your mind understanding their actions, your heart cannot accept it. And you can't forgive yourself because of that."

Ciel feel his breath hitch in his throat, he hate Sebastian and himself even more.

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"Hey! Is anyone there?" a young Ciel called out as he looked from room to room. Tomorrow was his birthday, it was supposed to be crowded with people decorating the mansion, it wasn't supposed to be this quite. There was a possibility that everyone was on the first floor and they just couldn't hear him. Something told him otherwise, something told him that he should not go onto the first floor. Though, he knew it will be safer for him if he wasn't alone, so he search for his parents, Tanaka, even his dog, Sebastian. Anyone was fine.

Ciel was panting, getting short of breath, though not only because he had run from room to room, but because he had just recovered from an illness. At a time like this, he wished he had healthier body. He stopped to catch his wheezing breath.

Then, a heart wrenching scream of pain reached his little ears and he felt his blood run cold. It was not the first time he heard that kind of scream, he had known the sound of agony since years ago, but this time it was even frightening, because he knew that scream had come from a person close to him. A person he loved.

A part of Ciel telling him to run away, to hide, because it was not safe. But Ciel couldn't, despite his fear for his own safety, because his care for his parents was stronger. His little legs slowly brought him to the room where the horrible noise came from. Ciel felt like he was unable to breathe as he opened the door and stepped inside the room.

"Sebastian?" His black dog was lying in the floor, unmoving. The hand that he had touched the dog with was covered in blood.

There was more blood scattered on the floor. Ciel wasn't scared of blood, no, but he was scared of finding whose blood it was. He silently prayed as he turned his small body to find out that his prayer didn't came true.

"Father? Mother?" Ciel called to them desperately, hoping they to show any sign that they were alive somehow despite the amount of blood coming from both their bodies. Ciel kneeled at their side, uncaring about the blood stain running through his clothes. "Father! Mother!" he wanted to touch them, to make them open their eyes, but Ciel wasn't stupid, he knew that if he touched them carelessly, if he shook their bodies like he wanted to there was a possibilities that his actions cause more damage. Ciel just refused to acknowledge that they were already dead.

Ciel then realized that they were hugging each other, his father hugging his mother like he was protecting her and his mother hugging her husband like it was the safest place in the world. Ciel feel his breath caught in his throat when he realized, that this how they choose to die, to be with each other until the last breath, to be with the person they love the most. He felt like crying "Why … why didn't you two bring me with you …?" Ciel know it was an insane thing to think about in situation like this, but he couldn't help but feel jealous, and disappointed that his parents had died, with just the two of them holding on to each other. Ciel know that it was not their choice to be like this, but the feeling of being left out was unshakeable …

Ciel's rationality finally kicked back in and he was ashamed of himself to even feel and think like that. He was back on his feet and running out of the room "Someone help me! Everyone is going die!"

Ciel didn't care anymore, he ran, his small frame heading to the first floor, but before he reached it, he saw Tanaka. "Tanaka! Help!" Ciel should know when Tanaka told him to run, he should realized it, he was not stupid. Yet, it was too late, seeing his parents bodies covered in blood had apparently shut his ability to think clearly.

There was someone behind Tanaka, holding the bloodied knife.

There was someone behind him, and his world became dark.

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"Did you manage to see the person in front of you before you lost your consciousness?" Ruby eyes hinted curiously at the younger face.

"No, but I know that the person must have been someone familiar to me. I don't know why I'm so sure, but I can feel it, that person was no stranger to me." Ciel said "Of course, it's only going make the matter worse, since it means someone I know, and someone my parent trusted … was a traitor. They betrayed the Phantomhive name, killed my parents and everyone else in the mansion that day … and because of them, I have to …" Ciel didn't finish what he intend to say.

"You said 'them'?" Sebastian asked, realizing that Ciel wasn't saying anything more.

"The Phantomhive head and name was not weak, or something that could be brought down by one persons work."

Sebastian couldn't help but smirk, even in time like this Ciel was still as arrogant as ever. And his smirk widened even more when he realized "That's why you were taking the all Phantomhive inheritance and making Phantom Company became giant in less than three years. You were making yourself bait." Sebastian said "You didn't know who the traitors were and who else was involved, but you know that the most likely reason of why the Phantomhive slaughter happened. Because the Phantomhive was becoming threat for them, and the Phantomhive name was standing in their way. That's why you came back as the head of Phantomhive … you were waiting for them to come and try to eradicate the last of Phantomhive who lived."

Ciel replied with silence.

"The reason of why they didn't just kill you that day was not of mercy, but because they saw you as a child, they didn't see you as a threat, as someone they didn't have to be aware of. In other words … they didn't see you as a Phantomhive."

Ciel clenched his hand "Yes, they thought that a child like myself couldn't do anything. … 'Just leave him alone and he'll die by himself' they must thought something like that."

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Slowly, a young Ciel opened his eyes, and he was lying on his side on the floor, his head heavy and back throbbing with pain. His stomach filled with a strange, ill sensation and before he knew it, he was throwing up, again and again, until his stomach was empty and nothing else came out. But the sick sensation did not disappear. In his hazed over mind, he heard people talking

"This one failed too?"

"Not so fast, maybe it was just a side effect. More importantly, we must know whether the medicine worked or not."

Then Ciel was screaming when a hand pressed into his throbbing back hard, pains skimming through his sensitive nerves.

"No use, he can still feel the pain. T-765 hasn't worked."

"Then just give him another shot."

"He was just being marked, he is in weak condition, and if we give him another he might die."

"And we should care because?"

"Don't be such in rush, 32. He had another use besides being our little guinea pig. Don't you see how 16 eyed this one when he first brought here?"

"Huh, that perverted old man? 16 really is a pedophile."

"Let 16 do whatever he wants. It has nothing to do with us, 32."

"Yeah, yeah. You take care of the rest 31; I need to talk to 20. Told 16 that he shouldn't break this one so early, I still have tests I want to run on him."

"Alright, 39 and 40, clean this up. Damn, this one vomited a lot, it's stench is horrible!"

Ciel's world became dark once again, but not for long because something suddenly suffocating him. He woke up to find that he was being tossed into chilled water. He was coughing; sure that water had managed to get into his nose because it hurt. His throbbing back was getting worse, the contact between the burning mark with the cold water just made it hurt even worse. Someone was touching him and Ciel tried to resist, but he felt so weak, he couldn't move like he wanted to.

"Why it's always us when it came to cleaning up the mess?" someone was grunting in annoyance.

"At least this one is beautiful." Another person was talking

"That's what I'm talking about! Even though we were the one who had to clean him up, 16 was going to have the first taste again!"

"It can't be helped, 16 is senior member, I heard he had joined 11 years ago." The man grabbed Ciel's hand that was trying to push him away "But we could have our little fun here."

NO! Ciel want to scream, he didn't like this at all, that man was touching him in weird places. It felt so disgusting!

"Watch it, 39, this one is still new. 16 would know if you had gone too far."

"40 just shut up and hold him. I just want to taste him a little, don't you want it too?"

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Ciel suddenly buried his head into the pillow and his hand clenched so hard that Sebastian knew it would bleed. Sebastian suspected that Ciel must be remembered about unpleasant things, about his days of disappearance. Sebastian frowned as he drank his wine. Though strange as it should be, he didn't feel any urge to make things more difficult for Ciel even though he should be more than sadistic on a full moon's night. Instead they talked as equals, like they were both human! Ciel was human so it was okay, but for a demon such as himself? Demons didn't discuss human problems; demons shouldn't care about them at all. The only reason why Sebastian always brought up Ciel's past was because the younger's reactions were amusing and interesting to watch. It should be no more than that, but then why did he go so far as to actually discussing it with the human? Why had he begun to care?

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Ciel lay on his side, making no sound, his tears falling slowly. He was dirty, he feel disgust upon himself. His entire body was painful, but it doesn't matter anymore, not after what he had gone through. At that though, the memories of what he had just experienced making him want to throw up again, but his stomach was already empty from earlier, nothing was brought out. His body shook with tremors of fear. "I'm dirty, I'm dirty. Disgusting, I'm disgusting. I want to go home, Mother … Father … help me … I'm dirty."

'Why … why did this happen to me? Why did no one help me? Please … please, I'm scared, I'm dirty.' Ciel was in the cage alone, his foot chained. From the window, the moonlight shone on his trembling body. Ciel turned his head to the window, the full moon watching him, just like it watched when his back was marked and when that disgusting old man raped him "What are you … looking at?" little Ciel said with hoarse voice "Stop … stop… looking at me."

His gaze locked with the full moon "Don't look at me!" Ciel yelled hysterically. "Don't look! Don't look! Go away!" Ciel knew he shouldn't yell like that, he realized that when the door of the room opened and some people came in.

"Oh, look, he's awake and if he was strong enough to yell like that, why was he wasting his energy?"

Ciel became pale, he backed away as far as the cage allowed him to but he knew that he couldn't escape. The moon was still watching from the sky.

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"They called each other by number so I didn't know any of their names and almost everyone was wearing mask. Wasn't that cowardly of them?" Ciel smile ironically as Sebastian gave him another glass of wine, maybe Sebastian thought that he needed it.

"At first, all I could do was scream, beg, and pray that someone, anyone would come and save me. Every time I manage to fall asleep because I was too tired or when I lost my consciousness, I hoped that when I opened my eyes, by some sort of miracle, I would be softly confined in my bed in my room and find that it's all was a horrible nightmare. But apparently, miracle was called a 'miracle' because it was impossible to happen." Ciel took a sip of his drink "Slowly, my hope died, the sadness and grief turn into hatred and anger. At first I always closed my eyes, pretending that it might help to reduce the pain, a little escape from reality. Then the darkness in me told me that my 'little escape' actually helped nothing, so I opened my eyes and remembered, I burned the image of every person I saw in my memory. I swore to myself that those people would pay for what they did to me. So I will not lose myself, I surrender to the darkness within me; I abandoned everything else and rose the burning fueling of revenge."

"You said they were wearing masks."

"I said almost everyone. Some were either stupid enough or too confident on themselves. Sometimes those masked people opened their mask as well. And for those who hid behind a mask … I remember them by their features, either it was physical built, voice, habits, or anything else."

Sebastian give a small smile "Ah, that must be why you are so sharp, so perceptive. You learned your lesson through that experience." Sebastian sound too amused, making Ciel feel another urge to harm him. But what else you can expected from the demon anyway?

"I'm not the only one; there were many children like me. I saw how they became broken, giving up to fate, running away from reality and lost within themselves. And even doing so, they still got no mercy; they still were raped, tortured, and used until the time they were killed. One by one, slowly … painfully." And Ciel suddenly laughed, the shrill noise fueled with sarcasm and hysteria "I watched everything, everything! Because I am special, because I was different, I was given privilege to watch, to be the last one! They enjoyed torturing me because I hadn't broken like the rest! Because I was strong enough to not destroy myself, I was making them happier! My effort to hold on was interesting! Amusing! It was exciting for them to try and bet how long I can keep myself from not going insane!"

Ciel just can't stop laughing; it was just so damn ironic and painful. Ciel didn't realize when Sebastian took his glass of wine and offered him something else instead, he just took it and drank, trying hard not to choke because he couldn't stop laughing. As difficult a task it sounded, somehow Ciel was able to do it. After gulping down the whole content of the glass, Ciel's hysteric laughing stopped and he realized what he had just drank was water, plain water. "Did you put something in this?"

"If so, then you should be able to taste it. It was just something that I learned that plain water can have an unexpected usefulness, one of them, to calm the nerves. Tea also works, but because you just drink glass of wine, plain water worked more effectively."

"You understand how things in the human realm work more than I expected."

"But of course. I have been in the human realm for quite some amount of time."

"Hmn." Ciel handed the empty glass back to Sebastian "You know, you are quite responsive in situation like this, you might became a good butler."

"I shall take that as compliment, even though it can be taken as an insult, I am not someone from low strata."

Ciel withheld the urge to roll his eyes "I didn't mean that. You are quite persistent about some strange things. Besides, there was time when being a butler was an honorable job for the first son of a noble family," Ciel said as he tried to get down from the bed and find his clothes somewhere on the floor. He failed to do so, and Sebastian pulled him back on the bed and trapped him so he was back to where he was sitting before Sebastian decided to destroy the mood. Ciel eyed the smirking face "Get off."

"Ah, but we weren't finished here. Instead, we have just begun."

Ciel glared at him "Well, thanks to your noisy behavior about my past, I'm no longer in the mood. I even regret considering having sex with you before. Now get off."

"Don't worry; I can put you in the mood just fine." Sebastian said with confident smile, ignoring Ciel's other protests.

"Wha … wait! Sebastian!"

Lemon alert! For those who didn't want it, just scroll down until the time skip. For those pervs who love it (including me XD), proceed at your own risk, you have been warned, twice. This is my first time writing lemon so please spare me a little will you?

Sebastian silenced any more protest that might have came from Ciel's mouth by covering it with his own, once again mapping the inside of that sweet mouth. Sebastian was never fond of sweets, but this was different, the sweetness that came from human body was accompanied with a tinge of bitterness. Sebastian never understood why the human body could produce so many tastes at one time, and there was also a mixed smell, better when mixed with tears and sweat. Human body will give such nice treats to the senses when they were in an aroused state, more aroused they were, the nicer it tasted. Sebastian also tasted fear coming from his partner, it was unconscious fear that every person would feel when they were being hovered, being in mercy by stronger, bigger person. Even just a little, they will feel helpless and the force to surrender completely was great, but to completely give oneself to another is something terrifying. No matter just how often one had experienced sex; there will be always fear lingering in the back of the pleasure and lust.

Sebastian tasted the same from Ciel, but somehow it was different, puzzling Sebastian of the reason why there is difference, it puzzled him that he wanted to take it slow and taste everything, no, it was not the act of kindness, but it is because he wants it to be slow and … meaningful? Sebastian froze for a second, the unheard though floating in his head before continuing to attack Ciel's neck, pushing the thought to the farthest back of his mind. To think that being with Ciel, this human, is unthinkable.

Sebastian continued nipping and sucking at Ciel's neck, smirking when he heard the suppressed moan and the tremble Ciel failed to cover. "Don't leave … marks …" Ciel said, trying to control his voice but failing miserably because Sebastian's finger choose that moment to play with one of his nipples. Sebastian didn't give any reply but moved his mouth to the other part of Ciel's neck and heard a little sigh of relieve, Ciel must have thought that Sebastian was listening to his request. Oh, how wrong the boy was. Sebastian chose to humor him for now, but later, when Ciel was in the midst of passion that would make him ignore anything but pleasure, Sebastian would mark him for sure. Why shouldn't he? With their contract, Ciel was already his anyway.

Sebastian slowly trailed his mouth down until they claimed one of Ciel's nipples, Ciel let out strangled gasp as Sebastian licked, sucked and bit it lightly, playing with it, as his hand continued to roam around, teasing, until it was hard and red. Feeling satisfied, Sebastian let go of that one and attacked the other, giving the same treatment and forcing another gasp from Ciel.

Not one who can be done so easily, when Sebastian finally raised his head, Ciel pushed Sebastian away until he could sit down properly and Sebastian let him. A slight look of confusion passes across Ciel's face before he is kissing, sucking and biting at Sebastian's neck, slow and light, just like a feathery, butterfly touch with full meaning of teasing. Ciel's hand wandering around, slowly unbutton Sebastian's shirt then roaming at the exposed chest. Ciel continued his soft touch, his hand accidentally gliding lightly over Sebastian's hardness and the sudden intake of breath make Ciel smirk. He preceded to bite at the juncture of the neck he was currently molesting. Sebastian sit still and let Ciel continue as his head and hand get lower and lower, enduring the pain from his arousal as Ciel continue to tease him. If his master wanted to have his share of fun, then it was his job as his royal servant to let him.

Understanding what Sebastian had in mind, shamelessly, Ciel use that advantage to his heart's content. His tongue played around the demon chest, softly, but sometimes biting down hard, Sebastian liking the contrast of combination Ciel used on him. Ciel's hand ran over both of his ribs and sides, to the hem of his pants and then back up again, still teasing him; suddenly, when Ciel shifted his weight and moved forward, one hand fell from Sebastian's chest and straight onto the bulge in the older man's pants, hitting it quite hard. "Sorry, my hand slipped." Ciel murmured as he kissed Sebastian's jaw as an apology, though the glimpse of the smirk Sebastian saw plastered to his master's face, Sebastian was one hundred percent sure that it was not accidental at all.

Ciel acted like he was virgin and slut in the same time. Inside, the demon, almost blinded with lust and wants, growled. Wanting to claim what was his brutally, not caring about preparation at all, not caring if he made Ciel bled, No, it would be much better if Ciel actually bled, because, in his mind, Sebastian wanted to make Ciel completely insistent his mercy, hurting and pleasuring him until his master lost consciousness, to make Ciel scream until his throat went hoarse, to take him until Ciel unable to walk for a week. It was a very nice idea for Sebastian, but unfortunately the rational part of him pointed that Ciel wouldn't let him do any of that, that Ciel will order him to stop and if Sebastian refused, Ciel might punish him by not letting Sebastian touch him at all. Yes, his stubborn, arrogant, high prided master was able to do those things and Sebastian, who wanted to claim Ciel in every way possible, couldn't let that happen. So Sebastian didn't say anything and let him, all the while plotting what he would do to payback the pain he had endure now and just what he should do to make his master broken enough to make him completely at Sebastian's mercy. Sebastian thoughts were cut short, however, when Ciel suddenly took a drastic measure, and pushed Sebastian on his back and straddled him. A smirk on the petite face is Sebastian's only warning before Ciel grounding his tight, delicious, ravishable ass to Sebastian's arousal and made the demon actually growl.

Flushed, yet satisfied with himself, Ciel smiled and bent his head so he could whisper in Sebastian's ear "How cruel, I am here and yet your attention is elsewhere. I. Don't. Like. Being. Ignored." Ciel said as he grounded into Sebastian some more.

In the blink of eye, Sebastian had their positions reversed, startling Ciel. Sebastian whispered in Ciel's ear "As you wish, My Lord." And a scream of surprise and pleasure came out from Ciel as Sebastian d to play along and humped their arousal together. The sensual dance continued as Sebastian with his lips, tongue, teeth and hands paid out so much attention to the boy before him. Ciel's mind was currently blank, totally shut down from anything but the pleasure and pain Sebastian was giving him. Ciel's brain finally worked again when he felt Sebastian prepare him, he didn't even remember when Sebastian had him completely naked.

Ciel mewled as the fingers inside him moved slowly and regretted it instantly when he caught the smirk on the demon's face. Ciel glared and closed his mouth, refusing to give Sebastian anymore satisfaction, but couldn't help but crying out when Sebastian's finger found his special spot. Ciel closed his eyes and bit his lip, stubbornly refusing to let anymore sound out as Sebastian continue playing around, though, unfortunately, when his eyes were closed, Ciel's sense get better and only resulted of in making him feels more. Sebastian enjoyed Ciel's desperate attempts to hold his remaining pride and moved his mouth to engulf Ciel's member and, using the best of his ability, bring Ciel to insanity. Ciel fisted his hands in the bed cover, still biting his lip until it bled. Ciel tried to hold it back but the feeling was too much until he just couldn't take it anymore and released in Sebastian's mouth.

Sebastian gladly drank Ciel's release and continue lapping it while Ciel slumped like rag doll. Ciel, unable to move or feel anything for a moment, quickly returned to his senses as Sebastian didn't stop and gave him more. Ciel tasted the blood in his mouth as the sensation took over again, then he became annoyed when he realized that Sebastian had taken advantage of Ciel's word that he didn't like being ignored. Oh, Sebastian followed it well, too well, for he had give Ciel too much attention. This was one of those times when Ciel should learn to rephrase his words more carefully.

With clearer mind, Ciel spoke "Sebastian, stop." And Ciel had to bite back a disappointed sigh as Sebastian listened; he pulled his mouth and hands from the small body, still hovering over him.

"What it is, Master?" Sebastian asked as he licked the blood from Ciel's lip.

"You …" Ciel just didn't know what to say, he was angry because his words had been taken advantage of, he was feel humiliated because he enjoyed it too much, and he had gotten hard again, and really, really annoyed that Sebastian did stop. Why the hell Sebastian didn't do more?

"Is there something you need from me, My Lord?" Sebastian asks in such playful, mocking tone that makes Ciel want to hurt him. Ciel wondered if Sebastian would actually feel pain if Ciel hit or kneed his member hard, and ,as if sensing Ciel's plan, Sebastian decided that this once he wouldn't back away. Sebastian wanted to have sex right now, though Ciel does have serious problem regarding his abused pride. Sebastian settled it all with thrusting into Ciel without any warning whatsoever and earned loud moan in return. Smirking in satisfaction, Sebastian started thrusting in and out without giving the body any chance to adjust.

The little boy's body screamed in pain from the sudden intrusion, eyes alight with tears. His pride, however, left him unable to allow his anguish to be heard. Yes, he was on bottom, but he would not be the first to give into his pride. Nothing more than the stifles gasp or quiet whimper left his rouge-tinted lips.

Sebastian silently smirked to himself. This was too perfect. The blush, the plumped lips and the stifled sounds erupting from that mouth were too good to be true. To top it off, he could practically feel the boy's pride radiate around the entwined two. With every thrust inside the lithe body, Sebastian could feel the boy resist the sensations flooding his body. Sebastian's eyes glowed ember for a split second. He would not lose this battle of prides.

The bodies continued their tangled dance. Every minute the dance got frenzied, both unwilling to be the first succumb to release. Soon, too soon each thought, the dance was at an end, and both lay collapsed upon each other. Neither admitted defeat, neither admitted success, both men kept their prideful manners as they began to organize themselves.

The blue eye connected with the red. "Leave me. I have no further use for you." Sebastian, showing no outward signs of shock, got dressed, bowed, and started to the door.

He smiled as the door closed behind him. If he couldn't make Ciel hurt for a week, a few days would suffice for now.

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It was another night in Sebastian's mansion when Sebastian asked Ciel to accompany him to somewhere and from devilish gleam in Sebastian's eyes, Ciel knew that wherever Sebastian was taking him, he better be prepared to face anything far from pleasant. It was 10 o'clock at night but Ciel couldn't feel even sleepy, when he spent almost the entire day sleeping in Sebastian's bed.

A/N: Now, why would Ciel need to sleep the entire day and just how many times they did do it? Was the after effect of Ciel sleeping all day enough give away just how good Sebastian is in bed, ne? Hm? Uwaa!

(Sebastian: Oh, the author is once again being chased by an armed, furious, red faced Ciel. Maybe next time the author will learn to get rid of any harmful object within Ciel's reach before giving any comment about him.)

Sebastian had brought him to the other part of the city at the abandoned harbor near the city's end. Ciel looked at Sebastian with a questioning eye, which Sebastian only replied with smile as he led Ciel to the cargo bay. When Ciel passed one of the cargo boxes, his body became stiff, the strong smell of blood lingering in the air and he glared at Sebastian.

"My apologizes, Master. I haven't finished cleaning up everything yet."

At Sebastian's tone and the look on his face when he said that, Ciel decided that he was better off not knowing whatever lay inside that cargo box. Ciel also decided to ignore the plethora of red liquid coming from inside that cargo box and continued to follow Sebastian.

They finally stopped in front of a large cargo box. Sebastian opened it and what Ciel saw inside made him blink in surprise, wonder, awe and confusion. Sebastian had transformed the empty cargo hold into the most complete torture room he had ever seen. Ciel turned a troubled stare toward the smirking demon. "Sebastian … what is this?"

"Since my Master's wish was for his victims to suffering as much and as long as possible, as your servant it was my duty to fulfill it. This harbor was mine and what's mine shall belong to my Master to use. The harbor is located in the lawless part of the city and far enough to make let loud voice, like person's screaming, go unheard … especially if this cargo hold was closed, no voice from inside shall go out. The only risk you'll have to pass is how to kidnap someone and bring them here without anyone noticing."

"But if it was you, then it is no longer a problem, yes?" Sebastian replied the answer with smile. "Besides doing something like this, what else do you use this harbor for?"

"Many things, my Master, but don't worry. I assure you that none of my business was dealing with underage prostitution, human and organ traffic, or anything worse than that. It was not within my interest."

"I didn't need to know just what kind of illegal business you were doing. Just smile like you always do and I won't ask anymore question." Ciel said in irritated tone.

Amused at Ciel's reaction, Sebastian said more "Ah, but what I told you just now was the kind of business I didn't do, my Master." And as he hoped, Ciel looked even more irritated than before. Sebastian wanted to tease Ciel more, but unfortunately, they had other business to deal with "Ciel, this was not the only reason of why I brought you here." Sebastian suddenly said in serious tone.

Ciel know that this was about business now "Then let's get into the real reason of why."

Sebastian nodded, and closed the cargo door and led Ciel further until they reached the bay. The night breeze from sea in front of them blew toward them and it was chilled enough to make Ciel insert his hands in his coat pockets, while Sebastian seemed like he had no problem at all. "Lately, my underlings said there was one foreign ship often passing this area."

"Did they watching this harbor?"

"Most likely." But I still can say for sure that this harbor was still safe from any … unwanted visitor. My men were smart enough to never let any of them get any closer."

"This was abandoned harbor, wasn't it? Wasn't it going to make this place more suspicious?"

"It might be a problem if we were dealing with government."

"So that foreign ship was from some group and unrelated with the government?" Sebastian only nod "From what group?"

Sebastian turned to met Ciel's eye "Chinese."

Ciel's eye became sharp "Lau?"

"We didn't know that much yet. It might come from other group, but the most suspicious thing was … that ship never tried to do anything more than watching, and they didn't bother to cover their ship's identity. So it could mean either they were very smart, or they were very confident."

"The latter is the worst scenario."

"Yes, if it meant that they were smart, then the Chinese were their only cover, and it only will take enough effort and money to find just from which group they really belong, not much of a difficult task. But if it was the latter … then it means that they were really Chinese but they were under protection of a strong power."

"Shanghai mafia's Qingbang ruled almost half of the city." Ciel whisper "Then this means Lau was involved."

"Did he was the type of man who would be able to do this kind of thing?"

"He was. As I said, Lau was smart and dangerous. He was one of few people I couldn't read. That's why if possible I don't want to involved more than necessary with him. Lau is not someone you can fully trust."

"But we had no choice."

"Yes, we hadn't. If this was Lau's doing, then this was a challenge, this was Lau way to said that he know about Phantom Company and DTC more than we expected of him. It will be risky to bring Lau to our side, since he can work with our enemy behind our back and with the problem we had now and the power Lau posses, it almost impossible to always keep track on him."

"But if we didn't asked him to join us, then our rival companies will, and we can say goodbye to China, Korean and even Japan."

Ciel let out a heavy sigh "This was definitely Lau's. Even though I'm not really sure why he thinks he needed to encourage us even further since even without doing this, we will asked him to join us. I better go home right away, I expect he will come to met me shortly, and it's not a good impression if he came and find out I was away because I was sleeping with my partner. I didn't bring any cell phone; lend me yours, I'll ask Evan to come."

"Tomorrow, Ciel."

Ciel look at Sebastian with suspicious expression "And why is that?"

"Because our night hasn't ended yet. We still had some more things to do."

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Sebastian only watched from the door way as Ciel threw up in the toilet, he then averted his gaze to the clock, it was one forty three at night, Ciel held on more longer than he thought Ciel would be, as expected from his master. When Ciel stopped emptying his stomach and started washing his face, Sebastian moved closer to take the glass of water and wait. When Ciel get out from the bathroom, he hand over that glass to Ciel which Ciel accept with fury on his eye then drinking the whole content.

"Happy now? Did it satisfy you to see me in my weakened state?"

"Actually, yes, but it was because you can hold on longer than expected."

Ciel feel angry and tired, so very tired "What can you get by doing that? I have enough nightmares to deal with without you increasing them even more. Is that amusing for you to see me break down by bring me to the place where … where those people were doing that?" Ciel said with disgust in his tone.

"I only wish for you to become stronger. Don't be so weak, Ciel. Nightmares can't hurt you. You have to learn to control your subconscious that creates the nightmares." Sebastian hand reached to touch Ciel's face.

Ciel took two steps back, he didn't want to be touch by the same hand that had held him and not let him go, forcing him to watch until the end. He gritted his teeth. "Well, I'm sorry I can't control it! I'm sorry if I am such weak human!"

Sebastian let out a sigh as he let his hand drop "The only weakness you have is in your mind. Why you are so sure that you are weak? You are so confident in everything else, but if it was about your past, you become so cowardice. Just a little touch of your past and you lose yourself; this is a fatal weakness that your enemy can exploit."

"Shut up. You didn't know anything about me."

"As I said before, I might not know everything, but not 'nothing'."

"You don't know everything about me! So stop doing things like you know what is best for me!"

"What was the best for you? Ciel, I am a demon, I'm not someone nice enough to do that. I'm just doing what needed to be done. You live in the darkness of the world and your path is more dark and dangerous than you think it will be. If you want to survive that, if you want to get your revenge, then be stronger, Ciel. Your weakness will bring nothing but your own destruction."

The painful silence last for five whole minutes before Ciel walked to the window and leaned his body into the cool glass of the window. He still didn't say anything when he felt Sebastian hug him from behind. Only when Sebastian didn't say anything more Ciel finally open his mouth "You didn't need to tell me that."

"Yes, I know. More than anything, you hate that weakness side within you."

"I don't know what to do, I can't control it. Did I need to go through the endless pain again in order to become stronger?"

Sebastian though it might work, but somehow the idea of hurting Ciel more than necessary disturbed him "Let's leave that as the last option, shall we?"

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Taisei open his eyes and rose from his bed when his ears caught the sound of sob. He wasted no time getting out of his room and headed to the next room close to his, and he pulled out the key from his pocket and quickly opened the door. The figure in bed was crying, her body shaking as Taisei quickly approached and gently hugged her. "Nightmare?"

Seiren hug back and nod against Taisei chest.

"It's alright. I'm here now." Taisei continued to hug her and whispered that line softly over and over again until Seiren's tears stopped and she pushed him away.

Seiren then flick on the table lamp beside her bed, she open the drawer and pull the writing pad out. 'Ne, I'm losing my voice because of the fire, aren't I?' she wrote and showed to Taisei.

"Yes. You inhaled too much smoke and it's damaging your throat greatly. Why?"

'I had dream, terrible dream about something really scary. Someone was forcing me to drink something that made my throat feel like it was burning."

Taisei put his hand on her ankle and squeezed it gently "It just nightmare."

'I know, but it seem so real, I can even feel the pain. And there is voice in my mind, nagging me all the time, it feels like … like I'm forgetting someone important and it makes me want to cry because it feel so empty in here.' Seiren put her hand in her heart to emphasize her point and wrote again 'Sometimes my memory becomes so blurred that I can't separate which one is real and which one is fake.'

Taisei face became strained at that but he replaced it with reassuring smile "Rest. You will be all better in the morning."

'Okay, but … Taisei?'

"What it is?"

'Why are three of you? It's been like that since two days ago.'

The smile dropped from Taisei face, but he quickly put it back "It is okay, things will be back to normal soon."

'You mean Taisei will became two again and not three?'

"Yes, now sleep."

Seiren only nod as Taisei put the writing pad back where it belonged and turned the lights off. "Goodnight, Seiren." Taisei said as he headed to the door. He made sure that Seiren had closed her eyes again before he left the room, closing the door and locking it again. Taisei put the key back to his pocket and walked back into his room. He lay on his back and covered his face with his hands "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." He whispers in the darkness over and over again.

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"Aah, this is what you get from not hearing what your sister said. Now you got a high fever and there is no way you could go anywhere in that condition." Said the woman with black, shoulder length hair.

The man lying in the bad coughed for a short while. "I'm fine. I have to go tomorrow."

"You are absolutely not fine! You have been ignoring what I have been saying lately and look where it got you, lying in bed with a fever. Now you are sick and there is no way I'll let you go anywhere until you fully healed."

"Please, Irene, tomorrow's mission is a really important one. There's won't be any other chances, I can't miss this one." The man coughed again "Besides, our client is not an ordinary one, if we failed to do it, our life would be taken in exchange."

Irene let out a heavy sigh "Once you stuck in the mud, there is just no way of getting out." She looked at the guilty look on the man's face and shook her head "No, please, don't blame yourself. Getting into this job was never your choice, but yet you do it for me, if there was someone to blame then it was me. We had promise to share the burden together, so please, don't take the blame all upon yourself. I won't be happy if you did that."

"Irene …"

"What I want is only for us to be happy, and I understand that we had to do the job even though we hate them. That's why … I will be your replacement for tomorrow's mission."

The man suddenly sat up in surprise and this resulted his head pounding even more, he clutched the side of his head and felt a soft hand push him to back on the bed. "Stupid, if you suddenly move like that you will only worsen your condition. What did I say about not pushing yourself too hard?"

"But, Irene …"

"No buts and no more arguments. I was your partner and it was my job to replace you if you are incapable to do the job. Or did you think I'm not good enough as your replacement?"

"No, it's not that, but …"

"Hush! Just how many times do I have to say no until you get it? Now, I don't want to hear anymore regarding the job, and I want you to sleep."

"Irene."

"Shh …" Irene kissed his forehead softly "Listen to what your sister said and sleep now. Don't worry, I will be alright, besides, tomorrow we will deal with that child, right? An unguarded child, there's no need to worry. I'll return for sure."

The man had wanted to said more but the look on his sister's face shut him up "Okay, goodnight Irene."

"I will leave early tomorrow so when you wake up I might already be gone, but I'll back in no time, so just wait for me." Irene said with smile on her face. "Goodnight …"

"Irene!" the man woke with start, his breath is ragged as his senses return to normal. He put his hand on his face "Irene …"

"I'll back in no time, so just wait for me."

But Irene never returned "Irene … Irene … Irene … Please, just how much longer do I have to endure until I could met you again? Please, Irene, I miss you so much, please …"

"Goodnight, Evan."

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Sebastian watched as Ciel's car drove away from his mansion, for it was already dawn when Evan picked him. Ciel had refused to let Sebastian order Taisei to drive him home and insisted on calling Evan instead. Ciel had refused for Sebastian to see him to the door either, slipping out when Sebastian was in the bath, unfortunately for Ciel; Sebastian had come out just in time to see his car from the window in his room. And now Sebastian understood the reason of Ciel's refusal and the reason why Ciel needed to call his driver two hours earlier before the time he asked Evan to pick him.

There was someone else was in the car.

Sebastian recalled that the conversation between Ciel and Evan on the phone was a little weird, Ciel was the type that will only say what necessary, but in the phone back then, Ciel was rambling. It was oblivious for Sebastian that Ciel had give Evan some sort of hidden message, and from the looks at it, maybe it was a message for Evan to bring someone along. Sebastian couldn't fathom who that person is, but now other things were becoming clearer for Sebastian.

First of all, about Undertaker. Sebastian felt a shame for himself rise for not realizing the hidden meaning in the information Undertaker sold and in the conversation they had over the phone after his dinner with Ciel few nights ago.

(A/N: for those who had forgotten, see for yourself in chapter 5 and 6).

Yes, Undertaker did not lie, not at all. All he did was not tell the truth and it was different than lying. And yes, Undertaker's information was not false; he was the one who took it in the wrong way.

Sebastian felt disappointed in himself for being fooled by Undertaker's word play and of course, angry for being played around. But Sebastian didn't have any reason for hurting Undertaker, after all, just as Undertaker said, he didn't utter any lie or sell any false information. Sebastian must admit that the blame was rest on his lack of awareness. Undertaker was informant and Sebastian should know better that informants didn't lie but the information they sold sometimes didn't contain the entire truth. Informants didn't hide any part of information that their customers had brought, they just playing with the words and it was not the informants fault if the customers take it in the different way than it originally meant to be. And informants was a neutral position, they will treat all the customers equally to the price they paid.

An informant's greatest weapon is not the information itself, but how they used that information. Even if the informants have really valuable information, it will be useless and will only bring disaster to themselves if they can't use it wisely. Vice versa, even if that information is not worth much, if it was used in right time, right place, the value will increase greatly. And in the case of great informants like Undertaker, he possesses really valuable information, and could gain an unlimited amount of money if he wanted to. But no, Undertaker was not interested in humanly things like money, what the Undertaker wanted is the same as other great informants like him wants: a first rate show for him to enjoy, which will result more information for him to play around with.

Wisely used valuable information will give birth to other valuable information, like a tree with many branches, in which every branch might bloom many kinds of different flowers. And every flower in that tree has its own beauty and its own poison as well. Either that tree will grow into a tree, small or larger, depending on the information. Or that same tree will wither and death, all depending on the informants.

Sebastian feel a little amused at this, the informant's game was not much different than the game he played and for that, Sebastian thought that he could forgive Undertaker. Only a player can understand the other player.

Sebastian recalled his conversation with Undertaker when he sold the information about Ciel.

"Mr. Ciel was looking for a way to summon a demon. He was not looking for any ordinary one; he wanted a specific one, a strong one. Mr. Phantomhive must have had a great wish for wanting a really capable demon to make a contract with."

Sebastian take it that Ciel was searching for a strong demon, any strong demon, that the specification Ciel's wanted was strong and capable demon, but apparently he was wrong. Just as Undertaker said, Ciel was looking for a specific one. Ciel was looking for one demon, and that demon was a strong one. The questions are: who is the demon that Ciel had been looking for and why. And then again, if Ciel was looking for that demon all along, why he accepted Sebastian's offer? Is it because Ciel had been searching for so long, failing to find this demon and Ciel had no other choice besides accepting Sebastian if he wanted his wish for revenge realized? Is Ciel running out of time or tired of fruitless searching? Or did Ciel have other reasons he wasn't aware of?

Sebastian let out a sigh, humans are complicated creatures and Ciel was one of the most complicated of all.

If Ciel wanted to meet a certain demon, it meant that he and that demon had met before, if not, why bother searching for one demon over the years? And it was obvious to Sebastian that the demon Ciel had been searching was not himself, after all, he never met Ciel before. And at that thought, the sudden memory of a full moon night surfaced, a night that happened around 6 years ago. In full moon's lustrous light, he bathed in blood of his enemy.

Sebastian wondered why he suddenly remembered anything about that night. At that night he was doing what he was asked to do by his father, getting rid of the creature that had never meant to be in existence. Sebastian gladly accepted that task, not because he hated them, but because he felt thrilled to face the creature with a power that was said to overpower a demon. No such luck though. As far as Sebastian knew, his father was the only demon that could overpower him, because he never had a serious battle with his siblings so he didn't know for sure. The angel bunch, they are even worse than humans with their brainless loyalty to their father whom they called God. Sebastian remembered that in the past, when he still about a hundred years old, he often clashed with angels. Ah, those young years, there still many things he wasn't aware of, the time when he still thought highly of his father. Now he only respects him as his father, as the strongest demon in hell, but as nothing else.

Sebastian let out a sigh, his mind had wandered around. Lately this kind of pattern of thoughts had been happening; maybe he was in the human world for too long. Though the human world is interesting, spending too much time involved with a human was not wise. Humans were creatures easy to manipulate, but as weak as they were, they actually have a strong influence to another creature. Sebastian must admit that maybe he too, somehow had changed because of being in the humans' presence for such a large amount of time. Sebastian decided that after Ciel, he'll return to his world and stay for couple of years maybe? "Or should I just start a war or two somewhere?" Sebastian said to himself as he chuckled, ignoring the strange, heavy feeling he felt at the prospect of being separated from Ciel. Though it was not true at all, when the contract finished, he'd eat Ciel's soul and making Ciel a part of him. Still, Sebastian felt like he wanted something different, something more, but he quickly push that stray thought aside, because what demon wants from a human, from their contractor is only their soul for them to eat and nothing more. At least, it should be that way.

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The car stopped in front of one apartment building and the passenger door opened and a woman with short black hair step out of the car with the mini disc on her hand. "Well then, I guess I'll see you later. I'll inform you later of my payment."

Ciel only gave a small nod before she close the door and the car moved again. Ciel let out a soft sigh before saying "Evan, after you drive me home, I want you to go and met Undertaker."

"Another payment, Young Master?" asked Evan.

"Yes, give it to him, but no more than what is necessary."

"As you wish, Young Master."

"Good, then listen carefully …"

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Okay, as you wanted, Sebastian and Ciel was now had taken another step on their relationship. I can't believe I actually wrote a lemon scene, even though at first I didn't have any plan to make one, but somehow I managed it. It took days to finish and my Beta Reader helped though, love for talesofsymphoniarocks for sweetly giving it all its finishing touches, I was an amateur in lemon farming after all. :D I'm actually planning to make Sebastian even crueler to Ciel, but somewhere along the line, I lost that will and it turned out like this instead. Oh and, sadly, talesofsymphoniarocks had became too busy with her school so she just could Beta Read this one chapter. I'm searching for new one right now, but I already get some offer though.

Next: Interlude, let's take a little peak at the past and secret of some people