"A prince who will not undergo the difficulty of understanding must undergo the danger of trusting." -George Savile-

"Belphegor you already talked to Fran! Leave me alone!" Ciel demanded as she entered the living room being followed by Belphegor that was very persistent. Bel was not curious he didn't care at all about Fran's proposal but if Ciel was involved in it he would not let her have it her way.

He would like to see her and that frog getting punished for once. That girl had done terrible things that she was not aware of. That temper of hers was something else in his eyes. He could clearly see that with every loss she would die a little and for some reason that made him feel guilty. Not that kind of guilt that makes you want to apologize but the kind of guilt that makes you understand the other little by little. He was an intelligent assassin and Varia was his home since he decided to live that awful kingdom. Since she came his reality changed.

"Don't think that I will take my eyes off of you during the event. Ushishishi! If you dare betray the Varia I will execute you, cub…" That nickname… He'd just said "cub" . She remembered that he used to call her that very often. That word had disappeared from her mind until now.

"Show respect to your elders." Belphegor said with a smirk.

"What's that now?" Ciel asked seriously her wrists tightening. "I…will have my own squad after the ceremony. The boss was clear. Even if we differ as far as experience is concerned, I have no reason to answer you when you are so suspicious." Ciel finished. The girl bit her bottom lip and started to walk away with a fast pace but Belphegor was faster. In a matter of moments he was holding her arms behind her back forcing her to lean on the wooden table in the middle of the room.

"Just what do you think you are doing, let go." Ciel said, not raising her voice.

"Among all things in this mansion, you are that one thing that manages to get on my nerves every single time. Shishi! You are…" He leaned closer from behind to whisper in her ear, "…truly amazing."

"Quit doing that…" Ciel said trying to push his head away with her own head.

"I don't think I will…Ushishi." Bel laughed as he tightened his grip around her wrists.

"And why is that?" Ciel said with an almost visible smile as she relaxed. Belphegor felt her shoulders move. Her struggle stopped and she was calm again. Her breathing slowed down as he tightened his grip even more to make sure that she was not trying to full him. Nonetheless, he spoke with a grin.

"I see you stopped being tense. I don't like my prey this way." Belphegor said.

"Why must I feel uneasy around you since you and I have been closer than that. Don't you remember?" Ciel asked raising an eyebrow that Bel couldn't see.

"Che…We've never been close, peasant! Though now that you mention it…" Bel chuckled a little tracing his teeth with his tongue.

"I can't understand you either…I never really tried to though I wanted. You'd never appreciate it." Ciel confessed waiting for a reaction.

"You never let me cut you apart…Your fear is an obstacle." Belphegor replied.

"I am not going to die because you want to play Bel." Ciel declared as Bel let her hands free from his grip and just smirked at her.

"How typical of you to call me a beast even if you once wanted that beast to keep you warm. Ushishishi! The way I see it…" Belphegor stopped as he took a few locks of her hair between his fingers . "…You don't really know what you want me to do…" He finished.

"You are not helping much either…" Ciel murmered as the memories of the night they spent together at that mission came back to her mind. They were still fresh and they caused her great dismay. Did Bel remember any of this? She doubted that.

"Ushishishi! As much as I like seeing you in trouble I hate it when I get involved too, you know."

"How predictable…" Ciel said as she started walking away.

"I told you before…Since you walked in here, you are no longer considered human. Ushishishi! This is Varia." Belphegor laughed with his hands in his pockets as he leaned on the wall. He grew up in that mansion and lived as an assassin even in his teenage years. Now he was considered an adult, most boys in his age would probably have a girlfriend…That said…

"Bel…" Ciel said but instead of looking at Bel she stared at the person standing in front of the door. It was Aloisia.

"She's here." Ciel said seriously as Belphegor approached her.

"Shishi! I can see that." The prince said with a grin. "Go upstairs." He ordered Ciel and she glared at him.

"Ordering me is useless since I want to stay here." Ciel said.

"I said go upstairs." Belphegor hissed as he grabbed her by her upper arm bringing her closer to him.

"And I said no…" Ciel hissed as she brought her face closer to his.

"Ugh…" Aloisia coughed staring at them as she approached Bel with a small smile gracing her features. "I just wanted to see you…You've been busy lately and I didn't want to be an obstacle." She continued.

"Whatever just wait here." Belphegor said as he pulled Ciel harshly out of the room. He pulled her sleeve not caring at all if she wanted to follow or not. When they got out of the room Bel threw her on the opposite wall quickly trapping her between his arms as he leaned closer in front of her.

"I was serious when I told you that you annoy me. If you continue to do that I will kill you in the most horrible way. Tell me…" Ciel's eyes stayed focused on Bel's face without moving as he spoke. "…Do you know how it feels to have multiple wires pierce through your body? Imagine the edges of the knives coming out of your flesh while-"

"Shut up!" Ciel said as she raised her feet, kicking him on his upper torso quickly getting away from him. "Like you could ever do that you filthy aristocrat!" She said seriously. She was very calm at the moment. Belphegor didn't show his surprise at her words. She may had called him a brat, an idiot an arrogant prince but that word had never come out of her mouth until know.

"You think that I will just remain like that, don't you? Well let me tell you something…" Ciel said as she grabbed his arm. Bel was still grinning though he could feel her tight grip. "…From now on try and behave like an assassin and not like a little kid. I will soon have the same authority as you. I would worry if I were at your position now." She said.

Belphegor was intrigue by her since the day she arrived but now…That one day-old puppy had become as scary as a big wolf.

Though he doubted the chances of it working he quickly came up with a new strategy.

Pulling his hand towards his sided he brought the girl closer since her reflexes weren't so quick. Their lips were only millimeters away.

"Ushishishi, you're all talk, you know…You reflexes can't compare to mine yet, so, if you want to become my antagonist…you'll have to try harder." That music he heard…It was the sound of her heartbeat that was faster know. It was very familiar and yet he felt like every time it changed. That heartbeat was the rhythm of her soul. The sound of her existence…A unique existence, he would acknowledge.

"See? Now I'll be angry the rest of the day because of you…Ushishi!"

"Like I care…" She whispered as she felt his hands moving up her sides bringing her closer.

"You don't listen , do you?" Ciel asked.

Belphegor's lips formed a smirk as he pushed her away walking toward the door to the living room. Ciel felt the urge to wash her whole body. Feeling so dirty again after another argument with Bel.

Belphegor walked in the room eyeing Aloisia. The poor girl was going to experience a true nightmare since Bel was not in a good mood. However Aloisia was a very persistent person when it came to meeting those that she considered truly important. She had decided not long ago that Bel would become part of her family even though her father was against it since the tragedy that occurred during Bel's fight with his twin brother. Her father was strongly against it.

"I heard you came back." Aloisia said timidly. After all Belphegor had been quite angry last time they spoke. She didn't wish for that to happen again.

"And may I ask why you're here? Ushishishi! You're just risking your life by coming here." Bel said with a grin.

"Negotiations is what I do all my life. I can say that I am pretty good at it so I am not that scared." She replied trying to guess if the boy across from her was staring into her eyes.

"And to think that I thought you were clever…Assassins don't really care about negotiating." Belphegor said.

"You…are not only an assassin." Aloisia said as she took a few steps toward him.

"Ushishi! I am not an assassin. I am a prince whose nature resembles that of an assassin!"

"I meant that you are also my lover." Aloisia said trying to keep a serious expression on her face.

"Your lover? Shishi…Such thing can't possibly be true, can it?" Belphegor chuckled. Aloisia just sighed in disappointment as she rubbed her shoulders with her hands.

"Maybe we're living in two parallel worlds. Our realities have changed since you caused that tragedy in the kingdom back then. Every time I'm in your world I feel like I am dreaming, because I experience different things. However…" Aloisia pondered on what she was about to say before she spoke again. " That girl seems like she is walking between these two worlds like nothing is happening…She can't see that invisible line that separates them, can she?" She finished her sentence while looking out of the window.

"That girl?" Belphegor questioned.

"Your partner…" Aloisia replied.

"That's because she belongs in a third dimension where neither me nor you have any business. She is not really a normal human and she is not really a bloodthirsty monster…Her "world" therefore, must be different from ours. It is only natural." Belphegor replied.

"Then…Why do I get the feeling that you are more attached to her?" Aloisia questioned the prince that had turned his back to her.

"Hm…Because just like you said I too feel like my reality changes every time I step into her world." He thought, but instead he said : "Like that would ever happen. So…why are you here again?"

Meanwhile Ciel had finished her report and was ready to hand it to the captain. She went down the stairs heading to his office. However loud voices could be heard from inside that room . She didn't enter, only stood a few steps behind the large door.

"VOOOOOOOOOOOOOOI! You only think about yourself , don't you!" Squalo shouted as he pulled the sharp shards of glass out of his long stands.

"Shut up and do as you are told!" Xanxus said slamming his fist on the table.

"I told you a hundred times already! We can't send our people there! First sent a few troops to conduct a search and then you can fill as in with the details. That Vongola brat said that he wouldn't make a move either so why should we?" Squalo barked at Xanxus.

"Stop that nonsense and obey me!" Xanxus said throwing the porcelain vase toward Squalo.

"Che…You are so annoying…brat." Squalo said as he was the first to open the door and storm out of the room passing by Ciel that just looked at him for a few seconds and then followed him.

"Uh…Sir…" Ciel said as she tried to keep up with his pace. Squalo didn't answer her.

"Sir, I have the report you told me to bring you." Ciel tried to gain his attention once more. Then suddenly Squalo stopped, his fists tightening.

"YOU!" He barked pointing at her.

"Yes?" Ciel asked a little bit hesitant.

"Go to the training room and prepare for the next mission." Squalo said.

"But I just came back from one that was pretty exhausting…" Ciel thought as she stood in the middle of the corridor with her forgotten report in hand staring at her general that walked away not saying a thing about it. Ciel sighed as she went to her room.

"And to think that I have to pack again…" She said as she fell on her bed stretching her arms and closing her eyes for a moment. "So tired…" She murmured.

What was this fuss about anyway? Had something happened while she was away? That was highly likely but still…Why not assign it to somebody else? Perfect now she would have to travel again.

"Are you sick of it?" A voice was heard from the door of her room that was half closed. Ciel just stared at the figure that stepped in the room without moving from her position on the bed.

"Do you think that your body will be able to handle it? You already have an illness that causes more problems and the last mission was a disappointment. Give up will you?" It was Bel that came to sit on the edge of her bed leaning back on his arms. Ciel didn't bother to move.

"Tired or not, that is none of your business." Ciel replied turning toward the other side of the bed.

"Ushishishi! I told you…This job is difficult even for men, you are a woman so it is only natural that you can't handle to much of it. Even if you freeze things, that is, cub…" The prince said and Ciel could feel him moving on the bed.

"I never said I couldn't do it. Don't make such assumptions, Bel." Ciel said as she touched her pillow, playing with its edge.

"Taking your dream away is hard for you because you are human. I don't have such problems because it's my nature. You are more emotional and more fragile." Bel said.

"You acted like a spoiled brat when they took your dream away!" Ciel replied now looking at his back.

"Ushishishi! That is not the behavior of a spoiled brat but that of a beast. You said that, shishi! Unlike you , I know what suits me and what does not." Bel said without turning his head toward her .

"I must go now, you will leave too." Ciel said trying to get up but she found her body not willing to get up.

"You can't even keep your eyes open." His voice started to fade as she closed her eyes and finally gave in. She wasn't sure if that was a dream back then but it didn't really seem like it happened in the real world. Even the fact that she sleeps now may be a dream.

On the other side of the Varia mansion a frog and a prince were talking, of course the word "talking" here, can be used very vaguely because it was more like an argument between the two of them.

"That annoying girlfriend of yours came here again…No wonder every single aristocrat is an idiot. If you mate with such girls you can't expect the child to be clever, right?" Fran said, watching as Bel polished one of his knives.

"Che…This only applies to you, stupid frog!" Belphegor said as he pierced Fran's hat with his newly polished knife.

"How rude…" Fran said. "By the way I have to see Ciel-sempai since this morning." Fran noticed as he pulled the sharp object out of his hat.

"Ushishishi! She has a new mission all to herself!" Belphegor said.

"Still more reliable than you…" Fran remarked making Belphegor grin like a hyena. "Scary."

"Whatever you are planning will fail in the end." The prince said as he leaned back on the couch.

"You are like a broken record, fake prince-sempai…" Fran protested.

"Hey!" The blond boy grabbed the smaller one by his hair trying to hurt him. "Just because you use that honorific doesn't mean I won't get mad at you! Stupid frog!"

For some reason Bel thought that something bad was going to happen during Ciel's mission. It was true that he didn't depend on her much and maybe that was the reason why he thought that she would be helpless. Without him she would get in trouble for sure…Then again, Ciel would be accompanied by Varia assassins. However her clumsiness could not be reduced even if she was surrounded by an army.

Bel didn't like the feeling that started to develop inside him. He felt like the ground that he was stepping on would collapse and he would be engulfed by the darkness. He felt angry with himself, something that happened to him quite often since he started being more intimate with that girl. Belphegor was unaware of it but for some time now he has been walking in the dream that Ciel created the moment she came to the mansion.

"Are you listening?" Ciel said as she handed the report to Bel.

"Ushishi! Say that one more time and I'll turn you into a walking cactus!" Belphegor said as he took the report from the girl's hands.

"I'll be leaving in a few moments, hand it to the captain." Ciel instructed as she held her suitcase ready to walk out of the door.

"Shishi!"

All she could hear as she walked away was his laugh. Maybe it was her mood but for some reason she felt the danger lingering close to her. Something was way off since this morning but now it seemed more intense.

AUTHOR'S NOTE (Read if you'd like)

Sorry once again. I am studying in order to give my entrance exams. I've been quite busy and I couldn't update.I am a little bit hesitant about this chapter though.

Please review and tell me what you think about the story so far. I think I will complete it soon. Also thanks a lot for writing comments because they encourage me.

So, until next time!