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~One Week Later~

Ciel Phantomhive was sitting at his desk in his study, going through some paperwork. It was a quiet day at the manor, with no meetings or appointments for a change. That was, until Sebastian walked in. "My lord, we have received a message from the queen." Glancing up from his paperwork, Ciel montioned him over. "Give it here, then, let's see what Her Majesty is worried about now.." Opening the letter, Ciel glanced over it, picking out the major details and points of the letter. "Hm.. It would seem there have been killings again much like Jack the Ripper's, but none of the victims seem to have anything in common this time... Seems like it's time to go into town. Bring the carriage round."

"Yes, my lord." As the butler left to do as he was told, Ciel looked out the window silently. Sebastian has been acting rather strange lately... He may know of something going on that I do not... And why do I have this nagging feeling that someone is watching me...?

~Later~

I was casually walking through the town, dressed more normally to blend in, and looking for the people who were scheduled to die today. Why am I always the one that has to do overtime now besides William..? It's such a pain... Grell should be the one doing all of this, not me... Then again, maybe this really is better than letting that pathetic Reaper do anything... I sighed and kept walking when I spotted a familiar face. I paused slightly and looked more carefully, double checking myself. Sure enough, there was Ciel Phantomhive and that 'butler' of his walking down the street. I quickly ducked into an ally to avoid being seen by him, waiting for him to pass. Only he didn't. They stopped right in front of the ally I was in, Ciel looking around and Sebastian looking dead at me though he couldn't really see me through the darkness. My eyes narrowed involuntarily at the demon before I did a quick series of backflips back when he suddenly rushed at me, at the orders of Ciel, of course.

I dodged quickly and effectively until I was blindsided and thrown into the light, not out of the ally, but enough to be seen clearly. I heard someone's breath hitched and turned around, only to see Ciel staring at me with wide eyes. I gave the butler a dark look before returning my attention to the shocked boy in front of me.

"I... Isabelle..!?"

I sighed and leaned against a nearby wall. "Hello again, Ciel..."

"How are you alive!? You were supposed to be dead!"

I simply raised an eyebrow at this. "Where did you ever hear that I was dead? I disappeared for a few years, sure, but I never saw anything that said I was dead."

"Pardon me, but technically, you really are dead, are you not, Miss?", the butler calmly replied. I gave him another dark look. "Not as dead as you are, demon."

At this, Ciel seemed to pale. "Y.. You know he's a demon...?"

I looked back over at him. "Of course I do. I'm... Not exactly human anymore. I was turned into a Grim Reaper. And I must say, I'm not very happy with the idea of you selling your soul, either, no matter what it was for." Ciel seemed to pale even more at this. "But.. Mother and Father..."

"Are both gone, I know, but that didn't mean you had to sell your soul to a demon for revenge."

Ciel was finally starting to snap out of his shocked little daze and his gaze sharpened considerably. "Look, just because you don't like demons-"

"This has nothing to do with my natural dislike of demons. It has everything to do with, however, me not wanting my little brother to die much before his time because of some stupid want of revenge!"

"Excuse me, but did you just call my master your 'little brother'?", Sebastian asked, seeming quite confused despite the fact that he seems to know everything. I sighed and glowered at the attractive demon. Wait. Did I just call him attractive? Damn hormones! Those never seem to disappear, it seems, whether human or otherwise.

"Yes, I did, because he is my little brother, and I have been looking for my brother for the past three years, and have been the one watching him from a distance on my time off the past week."

Sebastian's eyes narrowed, he looked as though this didn't please him very much. "Who are you, exactly?"

"I am Isabelle Phantomhive."

There's the second chapter of this~! :P I planned on going to first-person point-of-view in the next chapter, but figured the story would be a bit better if I didn't. ^^" So, I hope you enjoyed this segment of Shadow of the Past, and please don't forget to rate and review.~ ^^ Have a wonderful day!