Dlbn: We're back everyone! After moving, we lost internet. But we have it back now so yay!

Nbld: So without further ado, time for the Review Corner! Thank you to Paxloria, promocat, Yoitemichaelis, and Sycocat2 for reviewing! Candy for you all!

Paxloria: "Idiotic Cleric" is seriously the best thing to call him. I don't think I'll even call him "Chris" anymore XD Raenef seems to enjoy the craziness. After all, it's normally his fault that it gets introduced into his castle in the first place XD

Promocat: He's apparently a demon magnet. Or, at least, his soul is ;) I think he's used to it by now, though XD

Yoitemichaelis: Mwahahaha sorry XD Krayon is awesome, in my opinion. Mr. Filly XD

Sycocat2: Krayon's a character. One of my faves in the original demon Diary series, honestly XD

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Ciel, Sebastian, or anyone else from Black Butler, nor do I own Black Butler itself. That all belongs to Yana Toboso. I make NO money off of writing in this category

Disclaimer 2: I do NOT own Demon Diary or anyone/anything contained therein. I make NO money off of writing in this category either.

Disclaimer 3: Thomas IS an original character. He's mine hehe.

000

Raenef ducked behind a pillar as winds blasted and shook the walls of his castle. He threw his arms over his head and held tight in an upright fetal position. Next to him, Alois assumed the same position, rocking slightly. Once the wind stopped, Raenef took a cautious peek around the pillar.

"Oh man." He moaned. "Eclipse is going to kill me."

Alois looked around the opposite side of the pillar, still holding his hands over his ears. "That's what you can do?!" He wondered, eyes wide. "And you're only a beginner?!"

"Yeah…" Raenef flushed. "I don't mean to do that, but it happens sometimes. Oh, it was just a Dark arrow! A simple spell Eclipse created. How did it do that much damage?"

A part of the mountain was missing; smoke fleeing from where it once was in a steady stream up into the sky.

"Well alright, Raenef!" A cheery voice called down to him. "You took out the mountain! Now I can actually see from up here!"

Raenef looked up to see Chris leaning over the balcony, "It's…It's not a good thing, Chris!" The Demon Lord argued. "Eclipse is going to kill me!"

Chris waved him off. "You did us all a favor, Raenef. Eclipse can get over himself." He vanished from sight.

Alois giggled. "Well, he isn't wrong…"

Raenef groaned. "Yeah, but Eclipse is more then just my servant. He's my teacher, my trainer, my best friend, my-"

"Okay, okay, I get it. He means the world and then some to you." Alois rolled his blue eyes. "I think that for once, you should just do what you want, and forget what he or anyone else says if they say otherwise. You're in charge, you know."

"I wish we could just be equals." Raenef groaned, leaning on the pillar. "It would make everything easier, and we could be together…"

"You're his master, are you not? Just tell him to hook up with you, that it's an order, and it will shut him up."

"I tried that."

"No such luck, hm?" Alois tapped a finger on his chin in thought. "Perhaps we should resort to more desperate measures…tell me, Raenef. You say you're a virgin, but have you ever even attempted to seduce a man before?"

"No." Raenef shrugged. "The only guy I've ever wanted to get with is Eclipse…"

"So before him, you were strictly into girls then?"

"No…I wasn't into anything…"

"So…you're hot a homosexual or heterosexual or bisexual…you're Eclipse-sexual?"

Raenef flushed. "W-When you put it like that, it…"

Alois laughed. "Don't worry, Raenef. You have the master of seduction right here at your fingertips!"

"Huh? You mean you?" Raenef wondered. "If you're the master of seduction, then why haven't you managed to seduce your butler yet…?"

"Because I do not feel that way for him." Alois snorted. "To think I could actually fall in love with that retched demon…he only contracted with me so he could eat my soul."

"You think that's the only reason he did it?"

"I know it is." Alois sighed. "As if anyone could love me…I'm tainted goods, Raenef…"

"No you're not!" Raenef argued. "You just haven't found the right person that is worth your time. You'll find someone sometime soon. But if I'm not mistaken, you already have somebody…you just won't admit it."

"Are you insinuating that Claude may…"

"I don't know what he feels, but I know what you do. You blush whenever I say you should be with him, and you're really defensive about it. Our Guild leader was like that about this girl he liked. He kept denying it, but we all kept prodding at him, and he finally asked her out."

"And?"

"She laughed in his face and told him she could do better then a thief."

"Oh my."

"Yeah, it wasn't nice. He wouldn't come out of his room for weeks." Raenef sighed. "But that really isn't the point here, Alois. The point is that rather you know it or want to admit it or not, you do have feelings for him. On some level, at least."

"I will never in a million years agree to that, Raenef." Alois argued. "But you have a right to your own opinion, I suppose. Besides, even if I did have feelings for him, Claude would never feel the same around me." He wrapped his arms around himself. "He thinks I'm just a rude, arrogant, prideful, spoiled brat with a delicious smelling soul that he can't wait to devour. He doesn't like me. Never has, doesn't now, and never will."

Raenef frowned. He wished he could help his new friend out. Maybe Eclipse would know what to do.

000

Ciel was disoriented when he and Sebastian reformed with the strange blonde man outside a rather large castle. The butler reluctantly put his master down. Ciel used his walking stick as leverage as he steadied himself.

"This is where we are going to meet this so called Demon Lord?" Ciel wondered. "Impressive."

"It's nothing compared to my castle, but yes, I suppose it is impressive in its own way." Krayon looked over his nails as through the impromptu trip had somehow damaged them. "Follow me." He bounced up to the front door and grabbed the giant brass knocker. He knocked with it three times and waited. Sebastian and Ciel shared a look. This guy acted like a child.

"Er…how old are you again?" Ciel wondered.

"None of your business, my boy, but I am 3,427 years old."

"You act like a child."

"And you act like an adult. What's your point?" Krayon leaned forward. "Seen so much that you grew up too fast? Is that the problem?"

"Perhaps you've sen so little that you've regressed."

Krayon huffed and turned to knock again. An explosion rocked the grounds and Sebastian grabbed his master to prevent him from falling.

"What in the bloody hell was that?!" Ciel wondered, joining the blonde at the door.

Sebastian was hot on his heels. "I wouldn't suppose that was caused by the knocking?"

"How in the world could knocking on a door create an explosion like that?"

Sebastian shrugged. "Anything is possible, my Lord."

"I doubt it."

"Well, at least we know someone is home." Krayon chuckled. "That was rebound from black magic that you felt."

The front door opened and a man wearing robes with one ear pierced and long, raven black hair peered out.

"Demon Lord Krayon using the front door." He greeted with a smirk. "It seems like strange things are happening all over the place today." He folded his arms over his chest and leaned against the doorframe. "If you're here to ask me to leave my master and serve you, I will have to decline once again. And if you are looking for Erutis, I can point you in the right direction."

Sebastian chuckled. "I think I quite like this fellow's attitude." He told his Lord.

Ciel glared up at him. "Quit it, Sebastian. We're not here to make friends, you know."

"I was going to ask about Erutis, yes, but that's not why I am here." Krayon giggled. "I actually hoped you might know something about this so called 'veil' opening up between worlds."

The man sighed. "Let me guess. You have some visitors of your own?"

"Why yes." Krayon motioned to the earl and his butler. "Ciel and Sebastian."

The raven haired man looked over the Demon Lord's shoulder at his companions. "Ciel, hm? The blonde keeps mentioning you."

"Blonde?" Ciel wondered. "Does he have blue eyes, wear heels, and shorts that are too short for his own good? Curses a lot, is rude and arrogant, and has a butler that is no better in terms of personality?"

"That sounds about right." He nodded. "Alois, I guess his name is?"

"Looks like Earl Trancy managed to get one up on us, my Lord." Sebastian stated.

"Troubling…"

"You're not an Earl too, are you?" The man wondered.

Ciel snorted. "I am Earl Ciel Phantomhive; her majesty the Queen's watchdog." He nodded.

"Why can't you people simply go by name? Why have the long titles after it as well?" A sigh.

Ciel glared.

"Well, come on in and join the crowd." The man stood to the side to let them pass. "Erutis is in the study."

Krayon muttered a rushed thanks and rushed off to find the woman.

"I'm Eclipse." The man greeted as Ciel and Sebastian joined him to enter. "Pardon anything you see going on here. I've lost control, unfortunately. Overrun with too many humans, I'm afraid." He sighed in annoyance.

"I rather like this fellow." Sebastian chuckled.

"Shut up Sebastian." Ciel ordered.

Eclipse chuckled. "I'm honored." He stated. "And let me guess. You're a demon as well?" He looked to Sebastian.

"A demon? Don't be silly. Demons do not…" Ciel trailed. "Wait…that guy is a Demon Lord. You're not going to believe me if I say demons don't exist, are you?"

"I'm a demon." Eclipse smiled, showing off his teeth. "So no, I'm afraid I will not believe that if you say it."

Ciel sighed. "Of course…" He walked into the mansion and was almost knocked over by people running past him.

"Oh, sorry!" A feminine male voice called back. "I didn't see you there!"

"Master Raenef, don't run in the house!" Eclipse scolded.

"Sorry!"

"Ah, Phantomhive. How nice of you to join us!" Alois skid to a stop at the dark haired Earl's side. "It bloody took you long enough."

"Trancy." Ciel sighed. "Why do I have the feeling that you're harassing the poor kid and that's why he was running?"

The blonde boy that had run into Ciel ambled back. "He isn't bothering me." He shook his head to accent his words. "I was showing him to my room."

"Did you really need to run?" Eclipse wondered, shutting the door behind himself. "You know better then that, Lord."

"I know." Raenef grinned sheepishly. "I was just excited I guess."

"And what were you planning on doing?"

"Alois was going to teach me how to seduce you."

Silence rang throughout the room.

"What?" Eclipse wondered, face beet red.

"Aw, you're blushing!" Alois laughed loudly. "You do have feelings for him, hm? Ha! I knew it."

"Yeah, just like how you have feelings for your butler." Eclipse replied.

Alois went red at that. "I do not have feelings for that stupid demon!" He ordered. "We have a contract, that's all."

Sebastian chuckled. "Me thinkest the Earl doth protest too much." He commented.

Ciel rolled his eye. "You should really stop thinking, Sebastian."

"Yes, my Lord." Sebastian replied with a tilt of his head.

"Oh, my manners!" Raenef grinned. "I'm Demon Lord Raenef V. a pleasure to meet you!" He bowed a little.

"I'm Earl Ciel Phantomhive. This is my butler, Sebastian."

"Greetings." Sebastian stated.

Raenef smiled. "Well, we better be going. Come on, Alois!"

"Coming!"

Raenef took off down the hall, with the laughing and scantily clad Earl behind him.

"Your master is…eccentric…" Sebastian told Eclipse.

"You haven't even seen the half of it." He sighed. "I'm in the kitchen with Claude. I'm not sure what you two would like to do…"

"We came here with that blonde man to get information about this veil between our worlds, but it would appear as though he has forgotten to tell you that."

"If Erutis or anything having anything to do with her is around, he won't be remembering much other then her." Eclipse sighed. "Lord Krayon is…different…"

"That's putting it rather nicely, don't you think?" Sebastian chuckled.

Eclipse cracked smirk at that. "I suppose so. He's quite tiring." He put a hand on his hip and sighed. "But Erutis can handle him, so I'm not too worried about him causing hell. I better get back to the kitchen to increase the portions. With two more guests, we will need more food." He sighed. "Um…" He grabbed a boy with dark hair that was walking by. "Chris." He stated.

"I didn't do anything, I swear." Chris spotted the Earl and his butler. "Oh, more guests?"

Eclipse nodded. "Bring them to Thomas. They may be able to find some information from him that we have not yet been able to extract. And when you've done that, go check up on Raenef and Alois in Raenef's room. I don't trust them to not cause another explosion."

"They did that?" Ciel wondered, eye wide.

"More specifically, Raenef did it. He was showing Alois some of his powers and it got out of control and took the top off the mountain." Chris looked at Eclipse. "He's more worried about having upset you by doing it then impressed by his own strength."

Eclipse sighed. "I will deal with that on my own time. Go do what I've asked you, or I may have the right mind to roast you for dinner instead of the turkey and chickens."

Chris gulped and pulled from the demon. "Right this way."

He took off quickly as Ciel took after him. Sebastian gave Eclipse another bow. "Shall I assist you two in the kitchen? I would feel bad if you were to have to prepare a meal for my master as well."

"You're more then welcome to. I'll gladly accept the help." Eclipse sighed. "I do everything else around here, so having some help for once would be nice…"

"Lead the way."

Eclipse nodded and led Sebastian down the expansive halls of the castle towards the kitchen.