Butlers and Nations
by RavenExpert
A Hetalia and Kuroshitsuji crossover.
Be careful of possible bloody scenes.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own both Hetalia or Kuroshitsuji. Every rights go to their respectful owners.
The shadow that Sebastian chased ran in a very fast pace. The butler knew that chasing wouldn't reach it, so he jumped high and with a high speed, he chased him using different roof, because the chase happened at the roofs. He landed in front of the shadow, and it stopped running. "Well now, you seem to be in a hurry. I'm sorry, but the Young Master has ordered me to capture you, so I can't let you go."
"Try to do it." The shadow challenged him, then he jumped down in a way as if he's committing suicide. Sebastian was surprised for a second, but he quickly ran after him. However, when he looked down, the shadow wasn't there. There's no single blood, or a trace. As if nothing had ever happened. It's like a real shadow, disappeared into thin air. While Sebastian was wondering what just happened, Ciel called him from downstairs.
"Sebastian! Did you get him?"
The butler jumped down towards the Earl and bowed to him. "I'm terribly sorry, Young Master. But I wasn't able to catch him."
"Hey, is that shadow you're chasing carrying an iron pipe with him?" Arthur asked Sebastian with a curious face.
"Iron pipe? No, I don't think so."
"Hey, Eng... uh, no Arthur, is it really Ivan?"
"I'm positive."
"Hey! Don't tell me that person with iron pipe is your friend!" Grell yelled towards Arthur and Alfred.
"Well, he's an ally of ours..." Arthur replied to Grell, with an uneasy feeling.
"But if the shadow that Sebastian chased didn't have a pipe with him, then, could it be that there were 2 people involved in this case besides us?" Ciel's question started to make the others thought about it carefully.
"Hey! Fill me in too!" Grell started to shout.
"Oh, if it isn't Grell. If the Reapers are on the move, then they must have known something about this case, right?" Sebastian asked Grell in a rather monotonous tone.
"Ah, Sebas-chan! That's correct!"
"Tell us what you know." Ciel asked Grell impatiently.
"It is said that recently the souls which are in the brink of death, suddenly disappeared. No Grim Reapers are reported harvesting the souls. So, we suspected that it's a work of a demon."
"A demon is stealing the souls?"
"More or less. I was in a middle of trying to find the soul which is about to disappear soon, when that brat with iron pipe hit the crap outta me! Oh, but I believe that Sebas-chan won't steal it though!" Grell started to swoon over Sebastian. The latter felt disgusted by it.
"Then, it's true that a demon is involved. All we gotta do is to catch that demon and this case is over." Ciel stated his point.
"Uh, mind to explain?" Arthur asked the trio when he showed his confused face.
Ciel sighed for a moment. "You'll know along the way."
After a small silence in the air, suddenly Alfred started to talk. "Can we discuss this at the manor? This is not a place to talk about such things!" so he said.
"I can't believe that you're right." Arthur replied to what Alfred said.
When they were about to go home, with Grell followed too, suddenly a long, tree trimmer appeared and tucked the ground. The trimmer blocked the five's way, and when they looked upwards, it was a person wearing black-framed glasses and holding a thick book. Unlike Grell, he was dressed properly, with a formal outfit, as if he's a businessman. He reverted the trimmer to it's original length. The tree trimmer was actually a two-sided one.
"Where are you going, Grell Sutcliffe? Your mission is not over yet."
"Ah, Will!" Grell started to act weird. Arthur raised one of his eyebrows.
"Uh, Arthur, is that you talking?"
"Is not me, you idiot."
The businessman-like person went down and pointed his tree-trimmer towards Sebastian. "What is a demon doing here? It makes me wants to vomit."
"Aw, Will! Sebastian is not the culprit!"
"What proof do you have? Anyway, shouldn't you continue your mission? The soul is still alive. You have to collect it before it is eaten by the demon."
"Buu-buu! Fine, then!" Grell took his chainsaw.
"William, so the Grim Reapers are on their way too, huh?"
"Something like that."
"Uh, Ciel, why don't we go to that soul which Grell is assigned to? That might help us solving the case." Arthur asked Ciel seriously.
"That could come in handy. It is related after all. Grell, show the way."
"Oh, yeah~!" Grell suddenly got excited. Possibly because Sebastian was coming too.
William sighed. "Ugh... Then I guess I should go as well..."
Then, William looked at Arthur and Alfred. He looked at them suspiciously, as he flipped the thick book he brought. "What are your names?"
"I'm Arthur, and this is Alfred."
When they said so, William continued to flip the book pages. Until to the point, he showed a little shocked expression. After that, he closed the book and followed Grell. The duo didn't understand what happened.
"You know, that guy really sounded like you, Arthur."
"It's just a coincidence..."
Grell led the team towards the soul that he was supposed to collect. After a while, they arrived in a dark warehouse. It was made from brick wall, and a lot of windows. However, since it's night, it was pretty much dark. The lights were only from the moonlight. The candles and lanterns were not lit up.
When they opened the wooden door, what they saw, was a room with a lot of cages. The cages were filled with corpses. The team was shocked to see this. There was no single blood on the floor. Maybe the story about the people died suddenly was really not a hoax. William quickly approached one of the cages and examined the corpses in it. He flipped the book seriously. "These corpses are not listed as complete in the book."
"Well then, someone really went over and stole the souls." Ciel said.
"Aside from the demon, I want to know about you two." William pointed his trimmer towards Arthur and Alfred.
The two of them showed a surprised emotion. "What do you mean?" Arthur was pretty much stammered.
"You two are not listed in the book. What's that supposed to mean?"
"I don't know..." Arthur answered with a rather low tone. He sounded pretty nervous.
"A hero like me should've been listed in that whatever-you-call-it book!" Alfred stated his point. He didn't seem to understand the situation.
"Guess it's time to reveal everything. Who are you two exactly?" Sebastian asked the duo coldly.
This situation was crucial for Arthur and Alfred.
However, before the conversation could continue, an explosion took place in that warehouse. It was a lot of explosions, so it's really possible that the bombs were more than one. The explosions ruined the roof of the warehouse, causing steel planks and iron bars to fall down.
"Looks like this place wouldn't hold much longer. Let us go, Young Master." Sebastian immediately carried Ciel and ran towards the wooden gate, which was blown to pieces due to the explosion, leaving a giant hole to go outside.
The conversation couldn't continue, so they decided to get out first. It was a really big mess.
"Grell! Do you manage to take the soul?" William shouted towards Grell, who followed behind him.
"Done and done!"
During their escape, a steel plank was falling from the ceiling straight towards Alfred. Since Arthur was right behind him, he slipped his mouth and pushed Alfred to the other side of the door, leading to his escape. "America!"
Since it was really noisy, because all the explosions and crumbling walls and everything, the rest shouldn't be able to hear him.
However, when Alfred turned around in order to help Arthur escaped, what he saw were only pile of bricks, steel planks and iron bars blocking his way to go inside. It was piled up in a way that anyone would think there's no way to go inside and helped Arthur.
Alfred couldn't say a thing to this incident.
Author's note:
Hi again all. Finally, chapter 6 is finished. Suddenly I want to finish this fanfic quick and fast, since I still have 2 other fanfics to finish too. One of them still on hiatus, though. As you can see, this is William's first appearance. Of those maybe you don't know, England and William T. Spears' seiyuu is the same person; Noriaki Sugiyama. The case seems close to ending, but I don't think so. Anyway, there will be one or two original characters later on. Look forward to them and I hope you like this chapter! Russia's appearance still need some time, so I beg for your patience! Maybe this chapter is a bit rushed though, I don't know much myself. Anyway, please R&R!