The group of young Exwires were all amazed as the carriage came up to the mansion. The house was amazingly decorated and looked as if it were glowing in the setting sun. Music filtered out from inside and each carriage that came to the front revealed all kinds of lords in ladies dressed to the nines. As their own carriage came to a stop, Rin looked over to his friends nervously.

"Alright everyone, you know your role, just do what we practiced." Yukio told them before the door opened up. Rin followed his brother out before turning and helping Shiemi out.

"Ready to go?" Shiemi said sweetly and Rin gave her a slight smile as he offered his arm. They walked up the steps together. The next coach had the rest of the Exwires, who soon followed them in. Rin was too caught up in amazement to really notice what the others were doing as the grand doors lead the largest party the boy had ever seen.

"Welcome to the Phantomhive manor, I do hope you enjoy your evening." An elegantly dressed old butler greeted them. Shiemi thanked him excitedly before leading Rin down to the ballroom floor.

"Remember, we need to be monitoring for supernatural activity. Talk to as many people as you can to dig for information" Yukio whispered to his brother. Rin nodded then turned to Shiemi.

"Let's start by splitting up?" he suggested. She agreed then they went out towards opposite ends of the dance floor. Rin didn't get very far though before someone bumped into him and nearly knocked him over.

"Oh! I'm so sorry! I wasn't paying attention to where I was go- oh hello there," the person said, helping Rin straighten back up. "Now aren't you a handsome young thing" the stranger said and the exwired looked up to see a woman with long red hair, a extravagant red gown and green eyes that seemed to look straight to his soul. It took Rin a moment, but he then realized that the stranger wasn't actually a woman at all.

"It's alright." He said, looking up at the… guy?

"My name is Grell Sutcliffe! And you are?" the stranger asked.

"Lord Rin Okumura." He replied.

"I don't think I've seen you before Rin. You must not be from around here." Grell told him, leaning in close to him with a smile. Rin noticed is sharp teeth and was instantly more interested as he saw that this guy didn't look exactly human.

"My brother and I are visiting from Japan." He told him.

"Oohh! Exotic! How exciting" he purred, leaning in closer to the shorter male.

"Um, would you care to dance Miss Sutcliffe?" he asked nervously, using "miss" since this boy was clearly dressed up as a girl for a reason. He instantly smiled and took Rin's hand.

"You sure know how to please a lady, but please, call me Grell!" He chimed before dragging Rin into the crowd of dancers. The exwire wasn't sure if this was a good idea, but this man seemed to stand out in the crowd and could know something.

"So… Grell, what brings you here tonight?" Rin asked him as they started dancing, which was a slight challenge with the height difference.

"Business sadly… I'm busy working away at a party… sad isn't it?" he whined.

"Sounds awful! What are you working on?" Rin asked, actually smiling as he started to feel more comfortable doing this.

"I'm investigating some things" Grell said with a devilish smirk.

"Oh really? What kinds of things?" he asked.

"Nosy boy!" Grell teased, but he couldn't help but brag a little. "If you must know, someone here has been arrested for human trafficking before…" he said with a smirk and Rin's eyes widened.

"What?" he asked, but just then Shiemi came up to him, another young blonde girl at her side.

"Rin! This is Lady Elizabeth, Lord Phantomhive's fiancée," She introduced as Rin stopped dancing.

"Hello my lady," he said with a slight bow and the girl giggled.

"Please, call me Lizzy!" she said sweetly.

"She wants to introduce us to the Earl, we must go say hello!" Shiemi said happily and Rin was actually really impressed with how she had gotten them the chance to actually talk to the young lord.

"It looks like I will take my leave then," Grell said, stepping away. "Though, I do hope we meet again Rin~!" He purred before going off into the crowd again. Rin turned to the girls again and smiled.

"Well it would be rude not to say hello to the host, please lead the way my Lady." Rin said to Lizzy. She smiled then led them off, talking the whole time about the party and all the important people there. When she brought them to the base of the grand stair case, Rin was surprised as she ran over and took the hand of a boy shorter than him. He looked over to them with his single, bright blue eye before walking over, head held high.

"Hello, my name is Lord Ciel Phantiomhive, it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance." The boy said, holding his hand out to Rin. He shook it, looking over him then noticed the man behind him. The moment Rin saw the butler dressed in black, he felt his blood run cold.

"T-The pleasure is all mine." He said nervously, beginning to sense that there was a lot more going on in this manor than they ever could have expected.