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A small girl, wrapped in a beautiful, elegant sheet of blue light smiles calmly as she takes a step forward and stares at the tall man in front of her. She places her tiny hand on his chest and looks directly into the confused man's eyes.

"You've finally met your end, haven't you?"

The tall man's eyes widen as he realizes what her words mean, he takes a quick step backwards and forces her hand off of him.

"I'm dead?"

"Yes, your life has ended. The assassin known as Ciel has passed away on the battlefield." The tiny girl grins as she finds amusement out of the startled face as the tall man, he lowers his head slowly before looking at the girl covered in light. He raises an eyebrow and puts on a weak smile for her.

"Don't tell me, are you an angel? I really have kicked the bucket then, huh?" He chuckles nervously as he scratches the back of his head, the small girl places her hand over her cute mouth and giggles quietly at the man's remark.

"To call me an angel, that's pretty ironic, you know? I'm actually a demon, a high-ranking demon, too."

"A demon? Why are my last moments with a demon?"

The girl giggles cutely at the assassin's words one last time before stepping out of her blanket of light and putting on a serious face. She was still smiling, but it was the kind of smile that immediately sent an unsettling shiver down his spine.

"I'm sure, just like any other human out there in this world, you don't want it to all end here."

"Of course I do not want it to! There's still a lot I want to accomplish." Ciel protests as he holds his hands out and stares at them anxiously, he couldn't feel his heartbeat in this strange world he was in, but he was sure it would be beating at a terribly fast if it could. The girl thinks about his words for a few seconds and tilts her head to the side slowly.

"An assassin who kills for money…still has things he feels he could have done? Do you even have any friends that would miss you? Mourn for you? What could possibly be waiting for you on the other side?" She questions him like a cheeky detective as his frown causes her to giggle even more, he lowers his head again and contemplates over the question given to him. He senses tears form up in the corner of eyes as his eyes meet the small girl's again.

"Not really, no one will miss me...but there's still something I wish to protect."

"Oh? And what would that be?"

"A girl that I found, abandoned with no memory and nowhere to go. I chose to take care of her, protect her…can you imagine it? A useless murderer like me taking care of a child like a parent?" Ciel chuckles weakly as the girl stays silent through his answer, all emotion had drained from her face and she only stared at him quietly. She glares at him in a way that he couldn't understand what she was feeling.

"Why did you choose to do that? Why did you choose to protect her?"

"Well, it all happened so fast that I didn't really have time to think about it. But…I think it's because she gave me a sense of-"

"-purpose?" The small girl mutters as she finishes his sentence for him, she sighs in irritation as she takes another step forward and allows the light around her to reveal herself. A girl with long, white hair, horns and a crown smiles happily as she steps completely out of the light to look at the assassin. "That's your answer…?"

"L-Lu! What are you doing here? Don't tell me that you're actually a-"

"Yes, I'm a demon. And you have been chosen to be the one that serves me for the rest of eternity!" She cackles excitedly with a grin that looked nothing like her innocent smile from before.

She suddenly leaps forward, grabs Ciel's hand and forcefully pulls him closer to herself. Her grin spreads creepily across her small face as she glares into the eyes of the terrified assassin, her eyes slowly change colour and her sclera turns completely back as she brings her head closer to him and presses her forehead against his. All the assassin could see were her empty, soulless eyes as their heads come in contact, the small girl shrieks in delight and opens her strangely-larger mouth.

"I'll have you follow me to the very depths of Hell."


"Graaaaaah!" Ciel gasps in fright as he leaps forwards and sits up on his bed, he senses his heart race as he struggles to breathe from his heavy panting, he closes his eyes and rubs them softly with his hands before opening them again to stare at the bed sheets on him.

He smiles and sighs weakly as he lowers his head and does his best to bring his breathing pattern back to normal.

It was just another nightmare.

Ciel turns his head to the right and smiles at the girl sleeping on the bed next to him, his master. She looked so incredibly cute when she was asleep, like she truly was an angel and not a demon, the assassin leans over to her bed and slowly brushes his index finger across her supple, soft cheek.

Her white hair was an absolute mess on her pillow and she was clearly drooling, but to Ciel, it was the most majestic he had ever seen. Her cheeks were so soft that the assassin thought that his finger was going to sink into her face at any moment.

"I see you're wide and awake," A voice laughs quietly from the bedroom door, Ciel immediately turns his attention to the man at the door and brushes his white hair out of his face. Draco has a smug and suggestive grin on him as he leans against the bedroom door and stares at Ciel's finger.

Ciel's face goes red as he frantically takes his finger off of his master's cheek as she snores quietly and smiles anxiously at the grinning man with the scythe on his back.

"G-Good morning!" Ciel whispers to Draco, the man chuckles one last time before looking back at the assassin.

"Mornin'" He responds causally, his smug smile still clearly visible on his face.

"You seem to have woke up early as well, have your wounds fully healed?"

"You're El-damn right, you thought these wounds were going to hold me down? I'm already feeling like I'm on top of the world."

"Did you get any news on the aftermath of our battle yesterday?" Ciel yawns weakly as he slowly gets out of his bedsheets, out of his bed, and places his clothes on.

The assassin only had loose shorts on as he got out of bed to wear his normal attire, and he was worried that Draco would feel awkward about the situation, however Draco hardly seemed to notice and spoke normally to Ciel as he put on his clothes.

"We're looking at several burnt-down towers, two army camps in need of serious repair, and multiple destroyed homes."

"The bastards…" Ciel mutters angrily as he equips his new throwing knifes to his belt, Draco shrugs to show that the damage done to Velder meant very little to him. The assassin finishes putting on his clothes and walks over to the bedroom door with Draco. "Any casualties?"

"Twenty four injured, and a hundred and fifty dead."

"A shame, so many useful soldiers lost, huh?" Lu grumbles tiredly as she gradually rolls out of bed, Ciel and Draco both quickly turn around to look at her. Ciel smiles and bows slightly as Lu slowly rubs her closed eyes.

"Good morning, Lu. Did you sleep well?"

"Well, that was kind of difficult with the broken bones and cuts. Not to mention, my own servant placing his hands onto my face first thing in the morning, while probably having perverted thoughts in his mind." She sighs in annoyance as she raises her small hand and snaps her fingers, the normal white gown she was wearing immediately begins to glow before changing into a unique, gorgeous, blue dress.

"That was pretty messed up," Draco admits quickly as he turns his head and stares at the startled assassin, Ciel raises his hands and shakes them both dismissively as his face starts to go red again.

"N-No! That's not how it is! I never meant to-!"

"I didn't expect someone like you to be like that, though I suppose lolicons can come in all shapes and sizes…" Draco mutters smugly as he rubs his chin with his fingers like a detective, Ciel mumbles and stutters in embarrassment before lowering his head. Lu sighs and rolls her cute eyes.

"Anyway, how did you get all that information, Draco?"

"We're sleeping in an inn, with a bar right below us. I just went straight down, found a couple of idiotic men from the army, and encouraged them to drink like there was no tomorrow. They babbled out everything they knew after that, humans only get more stupid when they consume alcohol."

"Humans…?" Ciel repeats back to Draco as he finally calms down, Draco stares at Lu and Ciel in confusion before realizing what his words meant.

"Oh! Errr…I mean…we get pretty stupid when we consume alcohol!" Draco quickly corrects himself suspiciously to the Duo, Lu raises her left eyebrow and folds her arm.

"We're not idiots, Draco." Lu scoffs back to him, but decides to drop the matter there. It honestly didn't matter what Draco was, he was useful to them either way.

"Did the soldiers say anything about the disappearance of our team?" The assassin questions Draco, he frowns in irritation and shakes his head.

"Nothing useful. All the drunkards said were that they searched the house where we were all staying and found nothing except that the furniture had been thrown around the place, implying there was some sort of struggle." Draco explains to the Lu and Ciel, he stares at their confused faces and straightens his black, leather jacket in a cool fashion. "And apparently, there were eyewitnesses saying that they saw a strange man enter our house at relatively the time of the team's disappearance."

"A strange man?" Lu repeats in confusion, Draco's frown turns into an expression of absolute disgust as he lowers his head.

"A masked man in a black cloak,"

"Lu, that sounds a lot like the man that we met earlier in our journey, correct?" Ciel gasps quickly, just the hearing the familiar description of the man was enough to make him shiver slightly. Draco grins at the reaction of the assassin.

"I'm guessing you're both already acquainted with the bastard,"

"You've met him, too?" Lu asks in suspicion, Draco simply laughs smugly at the question before answering it.

"Met him? We're practically rivals at this point."

"So you know who or what he is?" Ciel questions further, causing Draco's smile to slowly fade away. He grits his teeth and clenches his hands in fists.

"I don't have a single clue who that masked freak is, but I know that he's more powerful than anyone else I've ever seen, and I've encountered incredibly powerful fighters before."

"But why are you rivals?"

"Long story," Draco mutters irritatedly to the two of them, not wanting to recall the past. "Although, when I fought him, he wasn't wearing a mask. He had an ugly, blue face. And he was taller…"

"Maybe the guy you're rivals with and the masked man that's following us are two different people?" Lu suggests quietly to Draco, he lowers his head and nods slowly.

"I was just thinking that as well, and it is possibility. Even his voice is different to the cloaked man with the blue face."

"Just what kind of abilities did he have?" Ciel asks curiously as he begins to recall their encounter with the masked man, Draco shrugs effortlessly and sighs.

"A crap ton, to be honest. Let's see…he could endure my flames and reflect them with some kind of yellow shield, and had some kind of teleportation ability."

"Teleportation…" Ciel repeats the phrase slowly to himself before looking up and nodding at Lu. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Yeah, the masked man might have teleported our team away. That would explain why people saw him at the place we were all staying at, and our team's sudden disappearance." Lu answers back to her servant smartly as she carefully readjusts the elegant crown on her head. Draco considers the Duo's theory and whistles happily.

"I'm impressed, that theory holds some water. Looks like I've got a couple of detectives on my side."

"That jerk! How dare he take my servants away, they were still useful to me!" Lu huffs in annoyance, she sits back on her bed and swings her short legs rapidly like a little child throwing a tantrum. Ciel sighs in a mixture of chuckle and a groan as he smiles at Draco.

"Could you go back downstairs and see if you can find any more information from the bartender? They usually spill some of the beans to customers." The assassin requests from his ally in a polite manner, Draco raises an eyebrow and tilts his head slightly at Ciel.

"You want me to be a 'customer'? I don't exactly want to indulge in that kind of humanly activity, that disgusting liquid is not for me."

"Just have a glass or two, force yourself. We need to know as much as possible to figure out what to do from here."

Draco glares daggers at the commanding assassin in front of him, he grumbles angrily but shrugs reluctantly and turns around to leave.

"Whatever, I'll do it. Are you coming downstairs too, or what?"

"Yeah, we will. We'll be down with you in a few minutes." Ciel responds quickly as Draco nods and leaves the bedroom, Ciel watches his ally go down the stairs outside their room before closing the door and looking back at his master.

"So, what's our next course of action? Our team is missing and all we know is that the strange, masked man that's a mystery to us is probably involved. There isn't much to go on."

Lu yawns and stares carelessly at her servant, she gets to her feet and puts on a smug look for Ciel.

"I don't think we even need them anymore, just look at us! We've both ascended to a completely new level of strength, doesn't the rest of the team just seem like dead weight now? I say we leave Velder this afternoon and move on to wherever the demons are active at now."

"Don't say that, Lu. We need them. We cannot let our guard down simply because we've gained more power, they are still great allies."

"Well alright, mister smarty-pants. What do you think we should do next? Just wait around like idiots, in hope that they'll return?"

"I…I don't know…"

Lu stares at Ciel for a few moments quietly, waiting for him to figure something out or justify his opinion on sticking with the team, but the assassin says nothing more. She sighs once more and frowns at the sounds of cheering and laughter coming from underneath them.

"Geez, these floors are too thin. I can clearly hear those foolish, drunk idiots downstairs, when will they shut up?" She whispers, Ciel chuckles at her remark and smiles at her, causing her to raise an eyebrow and glare at her servant. "What?"

"It might seem foolish to you, but drinking is almost a traditional thing to human adults. It's a way of sitting down with your friends, having fun and forgetting all your trouble, at least for a little while."

"Are you speaking from experience, Ciel?"

"I never actually had friends, remember?"

"Oh right, I forgot. You were just a sad, lonely man before our contract." Lu recalls to her servant casually, Ciel lowers his head and cringes weakly at her harsh words.

"You couldn't have phrased that a little better…?"

"Hehe! Well, at least you've changed a lot since then!"

Ciel raises his right hand and uses it to brush through his white hair with a blue strand in the middle of it as he looks at his master.

"Are you talking about the hair or my height?"

"No, silly! I'm talking about the expression of your face! You used to have that cold, unemotional stare on you, with clear signs of insecurity and doubt on it, but now it's more kind and you definitely look more sure of yourself. I'm saying you've changed as a person."

"Do you prefer the new me or the old me?"

Lu grins smugly and pretends like she's in deep thought, she shrugs her small shoulders and giggles.

"Weeeell, the old Ciel didn't really complain and was less of a pain in the butt…"

"Wha-!" Ciel jumps back, startled at his master's response. Lu wraps her hands around her skinny sides and laughs uncontrollably.

"Huhuhuhu~! I'm just kidding with you! I like this side of you a lot more. Although, you were right about the height thing…you've gotten even taller."

"And you no longer look like a child…" Ciel sighs sadly as he lowers his head and begins to sniff loudly, Lu's smile immediately fades as she swings her left foot back and kicks his shin, causing to howl in pain as he falls onto the floor.

"You really are into little children, aren't you?! You sicko! You leech!" She yells furiously as she kicks him continuously as he rolls across the floor in agony, she kicks him in the stomach one last deep before taking a deep sigh and turning her head away from him. Ciel gets back up from the ground and looks surprised as a sad look appears on her face.

"Am I…not cute anymore…?" She whispers quietly as she turns to the assassin and stares at him with her huge, blue, mesmerising eyes. Ciel's eyes widen as he realizes her level of cuteness only multiplied when she was upset.

"N-No! You're still incredibly cute, Lu! More cute than you could ever imagine!" Ciel quickly replies reassuringly to his master as he begins to blush, Lu looks calmly at Ciel and smiles.

"Hehe, thanks for tha-"

Lu stops her thanks as she notices a clear stream of blood rolling down Ciel's nose as he stares at her. The demonic girl's furious expression returns as steam almost bursts out of her ears.

"You dare have a nosebleed in front of your majesty?! Get out of my sight!" She shouts madly as she kicks the assassin across the room.