And the story goes on!

BayA16! This is totally an alternate universe since they are in the modern times and all the demon rules are different, but some things will be similar to the anime/manga since they are the same people so they will make some of the same choices and mistakes.

Mey Rin's happy humming, which could be heard as she walked into the kitchen, stopped suddenly at the sight of a teapot from which emitted a delightful scent.

"W-what?"

Did young master do this? Speaking of which… he has been waking up a lot earlier than usual… and cooking…

Her confusion only grew when she saw a beautiful cake, with a few slices missing, on the counter.

"W-what?!"

Did he learn to bake?! It couldn't have possibly been the mistress! It had to be that… or who could possibly be buying so much cake?!

She shook her head and decided to focus on preparing breakfast. She opened the fridge, only to see freshly cut turkey slices, full and seasoned corn on the cob, hash browns, and sautéed vegetables.

"W-what?!"

Bellow that there were many other different types of cakes.

This time, Mey rin remained silent as she stared at them.

This can only mean one thing….

"GAAAAH!" She shrieked with panic."THEY HIRED SOMEONE TO REPLACE MEEEEEEE!"

Ciel sighed angrily as he stared at his new phone contact: Alois Trancy

"I don't like this plan at all." The blue haired boy stated. A piece of cake, accompanied by a cup of tea, was set before him. Ciel cut a piece with his fork. "This wont make me like it more."

"It is the best course of action we have available for now." Sebastian spoke calmly.

The two boys had exchanged phone numbers before parting. Alois had been able to promise contacting Ciel whenever he had an inkling to Claude's plans. They (aka, Sebastian) then decided that whenever that happened, Ciel would be quickly brought to the Phantomhive residence where Sebastian would stay guarding outside.

"Is it, thought?" Ciel muttered. "I thought being distanced wasn't to our benefit."

"We wont be: you'll simply be behind a wall. It is not far enough to cause any effect. Besides, I'll be able to focus more on the fighting if I know that you are safe."

Ciel clenched his fist.

"I don't like the idea of just being here and doing nothing."

"Oh, you wont be doing nothing." Ciel looked up in surprise. Sebastian gave a teasing smile. "You'll be doing your homework."

"I really hate you."

Alois was in a positively radiant mood this morning. He couldn't help dance around his room, laughing once in a while, unfazed by Claude's cold gaze.

Yes, Claude, who had been officially named the afternoon before. Alois had taken full credit for the name since he doubted Ciel would ever talk to the demon long enough to claim rights.

Ciel… Alois tried not to think about the problems he had gotten the boy into. He liked to see him as his friend almost- his comrade in arms in this demon infested world.

Not that he had a problem with that…

The blonde turned to Claude with a bright smile.

"You never told me what you were doing yesterday! It was awfully boring without you."

"Really. Is there something you'd like to do today." The sound was so monotonous that it could hardily be described as a question.

"Well, now that you ask! You should make me some lunch! You're cooking is much more delectable than anything my maid does."

"As you wish. I shall g-"

"Ah ah ah." The boy teased with a move of his finger. "I haven't changed yet." The demon gave him a long and hard stare before moving to Alois's closet. The boy went to his bed and waited patiently for Claude to return with his clothing for the day.

As the demon began to unbutton his shirt, Alois felt his good mood slipping away. Once Claude put on the new shirt and began to button it up, the boy suddenly felt the impulse to unbutton it, giving him a daring look. He knew that he was playing a dangerous game.

It doesn't even matter… I already lost…

"Does this make you angry?"

Claude stared at him for a moment, eyes impassive, before buttoning it back up. Alois simply repeated the process, feeling slightly more frustrated.

Don't pretend this doesn't get to you, damn it! Just say it!

"No."

Silently the demon buttoned it up again. Alois felt his shoulders lose their tension as he gave up, feeling empty.

"Claude…" The boy spoke almost in a daze. The demon remained silent. "Do you hate me?"

He had never asked this before, although deep down he knew… It didn't change anything, though.

That was when he felt the demon take a light hold of his face.

"I am your loyal slave. You don't need to attract my attention."

Alois blinked in light shock, his heartbeat accelerated. He opened his mouth to speak but the sound got caught in his throat. Instead he pushed those hands away and stood up.

The two walked to the dining room, where Alois took a seat.

"I will return shortly with your breakfast." The demon stated.

The blonde watching him go, still feeling slightly emotional. He put his hand in his pocket and took out his phone. He smirked for a second as he read his newest contact: Bitter Rabbit

It soon faded, though. He had put the name of the famous Funtom toy instead of Ciel's in case Claude ever saw his contact list.

I need to find out… if he's going after him today…

Soon Claude returned with a plate of food. Alois smiled as cheerfully as he could, feeling himself slowly nearing to normality.

"It looks great! I knew you wouldn't disappoint!"

The plate was placed before him, and Alois began to eat. He thought about asking already, but he usually never speaks while he eats so it would be out of character and Claude might notice something was off.

The boy continued to eat as calmly as possible. It was actually Claude who spoke first.

"Your uncle is going to be visiting tomorrow."

The blonde winced, then quickly covered it with a scowl.

"What?! Why wasn't I informed sooner?!"

"Your maid took the call but she was too afraid to tell you."

"I should beat her for it!" The boy held his temple as he took a deep breath. "Whatever. What does he want?"

"He still doesn't think it is right for you to live on your own."

"I'm not on my own! I have servants!" They both knew that the truth was that, after the experience with his father, Alois did not truly trust any of his relatives enough to live with them.

"I could always go and make sure his car is inoperative."

The blonde tried to force his relief to not be so obvious.

"Yes, go do that." Suddenly a thought came to him that made his eyes narrow before quickly putting on a bored face. "What about after that? Are you going to ditch me again for Ciel Phantomhive?"

He laid his head against his hand in an uninterested fashion as he watched Claude's own eyes narrow lightly.

"It might be necessary, yes. "

Alois looked away, eyes unconsciously lingering over his cellphone.

"Aw, at least make me some dessert before you go!"

"When I said "a distraction", this was really not what I had in mind!- Gah!" Ciel flopped his arms in the air, trying hard to keep his balance on the ice. Sebastian gracefully skated to his location and pulled him along with him. One hand on the boy's back: guiding him, and one hand holding Ciel's own: pulling him forward.

The demon had taken them to a distant frozen lake and had made improv skating shoes in seconds.

"If I couldn't impress my human once in a while, what kind of supernatural being would I be?" He said, sickeningly sweetly in Ciel's opinion.

"You're insane! You know I've never skated before!"

"Yes, going against all the times that I insisted you try it. Now I can enforce it."

"You're the worst!"

They spent the entire afternoon there. Sebastian never slowed down as he continued to pull Ciel along with him in a long, ice dance. He even spun the boy a few times, which resulted in lots of yelling and cursing.

Ciel would be damned if he ever admitted he was having fun.

Then his cellphone began to ring. Their eyes met, and Ciel dug the apparatus out of his pocket.

"It's a text from Alois." The boy murmured. "Claude just left."

"Then it is time for us to leave too." Sebastian said with ease. In a single move he swept Ciel from his feet; lifting him with one hand as he skated at high speed. The boy was on his stomach, arms instinctively extended, feeling both stunned and as if he was flying.

Once off the ice, Ciel found himself being spun to a bridal style position in Sebastian's arms. The boy instinctively held onto him as the demon began to jump around.

Soon they were at the Phantomhive residence. Sebastian entered the house and did not put the boy down until they were in his room. He practically sat him down before his desk.

"Seba-" In a heartbeat, Ciel's homework was littering its surface.

"You have a lot to do, so get to work. I'll be right back."

Ciel cursed at the smiling demon, who was soon gone. The boy took a deep breath before releasing it as a sigh. He forced himself to sit down and think of his school work.

School work! How could I possibly be able to focus on school work when…

He forced himself to shake his head and grab a pencil.

Ok, ok! Problem number 2.4…

A few minutes passed but it felt like hours for Ciel. His body was tense as he wrote, and he often found himself having to reread the questions.

Then the sounds of impacts began. The first one made the boy give a slight jump. He clenched his teeth and told himself to keep working. The sounds were quiet enough to go unnoticed by someone who wasn't paying attention, but to Ciel they were booming. They kept coming- Ciel's body tensing lightly at each hit. Then there was a particularly loud one that caused the boy to press the pencil's tip hard against the paper, efficiently breaking it.

Ciel stared at it with wide eyes as he realized the sounds had stopped. The silence was deafening. Ciel's grip on his writing utensil tightened as he stayed staring at his desk, willing himself to keep his heartbeat calm.

Then Sebastian suddenly appeared before him, a smile on his face.

"Sorry for the wait."

Ciel's head rose immediately. He growled.

"You bastard!" He threw the pencil at the demon, who dodged it with ease. "We're changing the plan! I will not play the wife who is waiting for her husband to come back from the war!"

Sebastian raised an eyebrow, looking humored.

"Ridiculous metaphors aside, this strategy worked quite well. The enemy was taken by surprise at our preparedness. Also, not seeing you discouraged him and made him retreat sooner."

Ciel knew he was right, and that just made him want to throw more stuff at him. Instead, the boy practically stomped out the room.

"I'm going for cake."

Sebastian followed him with soft eyes.

"I'll make some tea for that."

Once they were in the kitchen, Ciel realized he couldn't sit down. He felt fidgety and slightly anxious. He stood by Sebastian as the demon began his preparations for tea.

"I should learn to make this…" Ciel muttered as he watched.

"There is no need. I'll always make it for you."

"Still…" Without thinking, the boy reached out towards the stove, effectively contacting the soft tip of his finger with a hot surface. "Gah!"

He quickly pulled his hand away with a wince. Before he could do anything, Sebastian took a careful hold of it and pulled it towards him. Without a word, he lightly sucked Ciel's burnt finger.

"AH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" The boy yelled as he pulled his hand away, a blush spreading through his cheeks. Sebastian gave him an innocent look.

"I thought that was what humans did when they burnt their fingers."

"WITH THEIR OWN MOUTHS!" Suddenly Ciel felt very capable of sitting. He moved to the kitchen table and practically threw himself onto the chair. He crossed his arms and looked away, the blush still lightly visible.

Soon Sebastian brought the cake and tea. As Ciel picked up his fork, a sudden thought came to mind.

"Do you think Claude-"

"Stop calling him that."

Ciel blinked in surprise. Not only at the comment but at the simple fact that Sebastian had interrupted him. It wasn't like him at all.

"Huh? Why?"

The demon looked away with a hint of frustration in his eyes.

"It's for practical purposes, no? Well right now we both know who we are talking about so there is no need."

Ciel frowned with confusion.

"What are you even saying? Don't just blabber out things! Tell me what's really bothering you!"

The demon turned back to him, holding the eye contact.

"As you wish. I don't like it that you named a demon other than me. It makes me jealous."

Ciel's eyes widened, before a smirk set on his face.

"That's it? Really, Sebastian! I'm disappointed."

The demon raised an eyebrow.

"Sebastian." Ciel stated. "That was the name of my aunt's dead dog. No name will ever be better than that."

Ciel's teasing tone brought a light smile to the demon's face.

"You're right. It cannot compare."

Ciel was still smiling as he took a sip of his tea. It was immediately replaced by a wince.

"Gah! I burnt my tongue…. YOU STAY AWAY FROM ME."

"Aw."

Alois alerted Ciel with a text 4 more times. Some occasions were more convenient than others.

In Calculus, as Ciel stared at the board with little to no interest, he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. Sebastian heard it as well. The boy cursed under his breath before raising his arm.

"Teacher! I'm feeling terribly ill! Could I head to the nurse?"

The teacher scowled.

"You know the rules, Phantomhive! No one sees the nurse unless I see that they are either bleeding or in pain!"

The boy cursed internally before quickly thinking of something. Behind his desk, away from the teacher's eye, he signed to Sebastian.

Punch me in the stomach.

Ciel didn't need to look at the demon to know he was hesitating.

Just do it!

Ciel moved his chair back to give Sebastian better access. The demon frowned before, in a blink of an eye, giving the boy a gut grinding hit.

"G-ah!" Ciel cried out in genuine pain as he doubled over. The teacher, who had started to turn away from him, quickly looked panicked.

"F-fine! Go, Phantomhive!" Without another word, Ciel stood up and ran out of the room. The moment they were out, he quickly straightened himself.

"Are you alright?" Sebastian asked immediately, but with a strangely cold tone. "I tried to do it as softly as possible but it was still quite hard, wasn't it?"

"I was just trying to sell the act, it wasn't that bad."

"I'm not doing that ever again."

Ciel looked at the demon out of the corner of his eye and noticed the severe frown on his face.

"The teacher wouldn't fall for the same trick anyway…"

Once away from school grounds, Ciel was again rapidly carried to the Phantomhive residence and set on his desk.

"Remember to read those 2 chapters from the textbook."

"Yeah, yeah, just go already."

Reading was a specially ineffective thing to do during these times, so Ciel decided to focus on a different task instead.

Sebastian would always sit the boy at his desk before leaving, unless they had been doing something else already.

The television's humming was suddenly accompanied by the vibration of Ciel's phone.

"Seriously? It was just getting good too." Ciel muttered in annoyance as Sebastian stood up from the couch to leave. "I'm still watching it without you." They both perfectly knew that Ciel wouldn't register a thing and that they would end up watching it together again anyway.

Then the last time it happened, Sebastian returned very fast. He walked back to Ciel's room only to find the boy lying on the bed instead of sitting on the desk like the demon had expected. Ciel had his arms wide opened and was staring at the ceiling.

"I'm back." Sebastian said cordially.

"Lay down with me." Ciel murmured.

The demon did as he was told, staring at the ceiling along with Ciel. They remained silent that way for a moment before the boy spoke.

"Claude… suspects something doesn't he?"

"It was to be expected. Once or twice of us being prepared could have been a coincidence but the amount of times has been too many."

"He's been leaving sooner… he's getting frustrated…"

"Yes."

"That's doesn't mean he's giving up, though…"

"It might mean exactly the opposite."

Claude cursed under his breath as he walked down the halls of the Trancy residence.

How?! How do they know I'm coming?! The demon clenched his teeth. I thought somehow Sebastian could sense me as I got near, but I'm beginning to think there is something else going on…

Claude reached the garden, where Alois was eating some cookies the demon had just made.

But how? I would know If I've been followed! There's no other way he could get that informa-

And that was when it hit him. Hie eyes landed on the blonde.

No way… His frown deepened. He has been asking constantly about my whereabouts. I just presumed he had decided to be extra annoying, but…

He neared the table where the boy was siting.

"I am leaving now to search for Ciel Phantomhive."

Alois looked up, startled at the demon's directness (He usually had to poke and prod to get any response from him). He swallowed the piece of the cookie he had just bitten.

"Have fun, then." He said, brushing off crumbs from his mouth. Claude narrowed his eyes before walking back into the house, apparently heading towards the main entrance. In a heartbeat, the demon made his way to the roof of the house and watched the blonde carefully.

Alois popped another cookie into his mouth before taking his cellphone out of his pocket. Claude hissed.

Alois doesn't have any friends or even relatives he talks to.

The blonde felt his blood run cold as he heard Claude land behind him. The phone slipped from his grip and his face went pale. The demon bent down and took the phone, calmly reading the message: He is at it again.

Alois turned to look at him, and instantly regretted it as he was trapped staring into eyes filled with pure contempt. A chill ran through his spine.

"C-claude?"

The cellphone was calmly returned to him. Confused, the blonde looked down at the unfinished message, before looking up.

"You will be writing a different text today." Alois's eyes widened in fear at Claude's tone. "It will read: Something has gone wrong. Meet me at the park that is 2 streets away from my house."

The boy stood there, frozen except for his trembling hands. The demon's eyes gleamed dangerously.

"Send it now."

Get ready for the next chapter cause it'll be the last one!