Disclaimer: I do not own nor claim Kuroshitsuji. all rights belong to Yana Toboso.

Chapter Nine: Moving

Ciel sat on an ottoman, watching Sebastian pack. He still didn't want to go, but he had accepted that he had no choice. Sebastian turned from his task and peered at the small earl.

"Master?"

Ciel's pupils dialated, and he looked like he'd been brought back to earth.

"Hm? Did you say something?"

Sebastian chuckled and walked over to Ciel. He knelt in front of him and held his hands.

"We shouldn't be there for very long. We'll be on our way home before you know it."

Ciel looked at Sebastian, and found that he had a comforting smile on his face. Ciel gave a small smile in return before kissing Sebastian softly.

They stood and Sebastian grabbed the bags. As they walked out the door, Ciel felt like they were leaving a real home. To him, this house had been their home. Here they had been together. They revealed their true feelings in the house, and it pained Ciel to have to leave it.

"Sebastian?" He called his demon's name as they walked down the stairs.

"Yes, love?"

"We should stay here. The manor could be like a summer house. I like it here."

Sebastian stopped and looked at Ciel. "Why? It is a nice house, but I thought you didn't like London because there's so many people."

"I've been enlightened." His voiced dripped sarcasm. "I want to stay because we could make this our home. We could have a life here."

The demon smiled and grabbed Ciel's hand, continuing down the stairs.

"Perhaps we could."

Ciel smiled, knowing that based on how his butler stated it, that they would return to this house.

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As the car pulled up to the country house, Ciel smirked. It was rundown looking. The pale mint green paint was peeling and the side walks were cracked, weeds spewing up from their cement prison, reaching for the sun. The lawn was overgrown and the small fountain looked bleak.

As Ciel stepped out of the backseat, a plump woman came over to the car, a sad smile on her face.

"You must be Victoria, I'm Clare. This is quite the time you've chosen to move out here."

"Yes, so I've heard. It's an awful time in many places. My husband is out here to help investigate. He's very good at his job."

"Oh, dear I hope he is."

Clare helped Ciel with a few bags as Meyrin and Finny made their way up the sidewalk ahead of them.

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Ciel was scrubbing the floor of the kitchen with Meyrin when Sebastian walked in.

"My lord? This is certainly a sight I never thought I'd see."

Ciel turned around and stuck his tongue out. Sebastian chuckled and sat on a kitchen chair. Ciel went back to cleaning the floor. Sebastian continued to watch him. Meyrin stood to go change the water.

Ciel stood and went over to Sebastian. He straddled the demon, wrapping his thin arms around his neck. Sebastian put his hands on Ciel's hips.

"Some house, huh?"

"It's not that bad Ciel."

"Really? That was the eighth time she's had to leave to change the water, and we've barely made progress. The ouside is terrible and -"

He was cut off by a kiss. Ciel loved the way Sebastian kissed him. Always with love. Even heated kisses carried that message. He could hear Meyrin calling to Finny to help her, so Ciel broke the kiss. He gave Sebastian a quick peck before standing to open the door for the maid.

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A few days into the move, another murder occured. It was a little girl. Ciel had seen her running around, playing with the other children brave enough to be outside when someone obviously wanted them dead.

This job is gonna be a lot harder than I thought. I don't know if I'll be able to handle it.

He was sitting in the kitchen looking at the newpaper blankly. He wasn't even reading it. That was how Sebastian found him.

"Ciel? What's happened?"

Ciel pointed at the article. Sebastian read it, looking disgusted.

"Sebastian... I-I saw her. I watched her play with the other children." Ciel turned in his chair, facing Sebastian.

He hadn't realized it, but he'd been crying. Sebastian pulled him into a hug.

"I think I know what's happening here. I don't think we'll be here much longer."

"How much longer? Because I don't think I can handle being here."

"It depends on what I see in the morgue. I'm going to look at her body. I was also going to wait there to see what comes for her body tonight."

Ciel pulled away from the demon, looking into his eyes. "Don't let it take her body. She deserves to be buried."

"I promise."

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At the morgue, the inanimate body of the little girl was laying on a cold metal table. Her slashed up torso had been sewn closed as much as the doctors had been able. She was covered up to her shoulders. Sebastian stood there looking at her, listening to a detective discussing the other murders.

"Has anyone waited here to see the man taking the bodies?"

"Well sir, there was one officer. He was killed trying to keep that monster from taking his son's body."

"I'd like to stay here tonight. I promised that this girl would be buried."

"I don't think that's a good idea, sir."

"I can handle myself, I assure you."

"If you say so."

The officer left Sebastian there. He sat on a stool, the only light left in the room was the lamp over the girl's body.

It was hours before anything came. But sure enough, what Sebastian had been expecting snuck through the door. He ducked behind the corner of a shelf, well hidden amonst the shadows. He smelled it before he saw it. The rotted flesh and grave dirt. The stale scent of old blood. The rancid breath of childrens' lives. It was a ghoul. And it would die.

Blah! This is a little shorter than I'd like but I can't think very well ATM so this is all you get for chapter nine XD at least its got a decent cliffhanger haha! Leave me a review?