"You're leaving?" Luke asked, his eyes filling with tears.

"I found another temple with a monk to train me. I'll come visit though" Arran said shouldering his duffel bag and strapping his sword at his waist.

"What brought this on?" Ciel asked, her arms folded.

"I can't stay here forever. Its better I continue in my training" Arran replied.

"Or more like you got your heart broken and you're running away from the pain" Alois said.

"It's not like that-" "It is like that" Alois cut the warrior off.

"What about my training? I was having loads of fun" Luke asked.

"You can go to a martial arts gym across town. The sensei will help you" Arran replied.

"But I like training with you. Don't go" Luke said.

"Let him go if he wants to. We don't have anything to keep him here" Ciel said harshly.

"Ciel..." Arran stared at her cold as ice eyes.

"Just go, Arran. You're not strong enough to endure the pain that heart break brings then you'll never fit in with us. All of us have been through different kinds of pain. I lost my parents and all living relatives. Alois has been abused in almost every way since he was a kid until his parents died. Luke's been through the pain of being an orphan at a young age. You don't know what that's like. Just leave" Ciel said.

"I have been through pain, Ciel. Pain of being excluded in your own family, pain of losing my mother and now pain of having my heart stepped on by only the person I've ever loved. You're heartless, Ciel" Arran said.

"Everyone has a dark side, Arran. You won't be able to love mine" Ciel replied.

"Just leave, Arran. There's no point in arguing here" Alois said.

Arran turned and walked out the front door. Alois sighed in relief and then closed the doors. Luke sat down on the tiled floor and began to cry. Alois quickly ran to comfort his brother while Ciel turned around and walked up the stairs. Sebastian who had been silent this entire time followed Ciel up the stairs.

"Ciel!"

Ciel turned around, her eyes blazing. Sebastian flinched and then wrapped his arms around her.

"He's so selfish! He doesn't realize how much he hurt Luke by leaving" Ciel complained.

"Ciel, don't you think he did the right thing? We can't be selfish and keep him here when he doesn't want to stay here" Sebastian asked.

"You're right but I can't bear seeing Luke so hurt" Ciel replied.

"We can take him to the martial arts gym and start his training there. Problem solved" Sebastian said.

A little while later, Ciel contacted the gym. They had a rather impressive martial arts program so she signed Luke up for it. Alois sat opposite her as she spoke on the phone with the sensei.

"The gym is a really nice place but it will be good for Luke. There are lots of kids Luke's age so he'll be able to make friends" Ciel said after she hung up.

"We have another letter from the Queen" Claude said walking into the room.

Ciel and Alois stood up and then made their way to the sitting room. Ciel sat down on the couch and accepted the letter from Sebastian. As the Dog and Spider read the letter, Luke entered the room and sat down quietly on an armchair.

"We are to investigate a drug scandal. There have been several raids by New Scotland Yard but so far they haven't found any leads" Ciel said.

"We can't really do much about this" Alois said.

"But there is one thing we can do. Apparently there is also another letter the Queen has sent" Sebastian said holding out another letter.

"Another one? This is rather strange" Ciel commented taking the letter and opening it.

After reading, Ciel sighed. Alois furrowed his eyebrows and then placed the letter on the table.

"What did it say?" Luke asked.

"There is a certain fort out on the beach. Apparently, whoever visits this place is never seen again. There is some sort of a demon who seems to be killing anyone who comes to the fort. This phenomenon is attracting wide media coverage and just recently they found a male's dead body there" Ciel replied.

There was a knock on the front doors. Sebastian sighed and then went to open the doors.

"I would like to speak to Countess Phantomhive and Earl Trancy please" a female voice said.

"Let her in, Sebastian" Ciel said and the woman with an older man were let into the mansion.

"My name is Sandra Berry and this is my uncle George. I understand that you're investigating the case of the demon killing everyone in the fort. You won't exactly believe it but my father was also killed by that demon"

"Demons don't exist, Sandra" Ciel said.

"No one believed and thought I was a child just playing games. But I saw her that day killing my father" Sandra said.

"Thank you for giving us this information. What did your father exactly do?" Ciel asked.

"We were both scientists. He used to enjoy going to places where myths or legends existed because he liked proving them wrong. He took Sandra to the fort one day and he never came back. She was lucky to escape" George replied.

After George and Sandra left, Ciel began thinking about the case logically.

"There's no way it can be a demon. Sebastian, have you heard of any demons lurking around?" Ciel asked.

"As far as I know, no" Sebastian replied.

"This demon story is fake. I think we should check the history of this fort thoroughly" Alois said.

"Does anyone find it strange that she shows up just as we get the letter?" Luke asked but he was ignored.

The next day however, a news story erupted. Two reporters who had decided to investigate the fort had not returned when they went to visit the fort. Instead, their video cameras were found and screams and pleads of help were heard from the recordings.

"Now this is serious, we have to go and find this so called demon for ourselves" Ciel said.

"We should go investigate this fort" Alois said.

As they drove to the beach, Ciel began reading up articles on the fort.

"This fort was used by King Edward whose castle was renovated by Ciel Phantomhive in 1888" Ciel said and Alois chuckled.

"Trust your ancestor to be involved in this mess" Alois said and Luke giggled.

They got to the beach and as they headed to the fort, Luke complained that he was hungry.

"There's a cafe right here. We can get something to eat and then go check out the fort" Alois said pointing to a small wooden building.

They entered and then sat down at the bar.

"I haven't seen you around here. You from the city?" The bartender asked.

"Yeah, we wanted to check out that fort right over there" Alois replied and Ciel kicked him under the bar.

"Everyone's been asking about that fort lately. I've been warning everyone to stay away from that place. Lots of people listen but there are a few who think I'm all talk. Like that couple two days ago" The bartender said.

"A couple? Tell us more..." Ciel glanced down at his nameplate. "Earl".

Earl chuckled. "Well two days ago, at night, there was a lonely woman sitting here. She comes here every night and I always give her a few drinks free, bless her heart. She met a guy here two nights ago and I'm pretty sure they were right about to get it on at the bar, if you know what I mean" he winked.

Ciel nodded and Alois looked fairly disgusted.

"Well, the woman was shy and she didn't wanna take him home because her mama was home. He lived too far away and it was rather cool night so they decided to go for a swim. I heard their plans and then warned them to stay away from the fort. They didn't listen so I left them at it. I called the coast guard just in case. They got to the fort and found the man dead but the woman was nowhere to be found. There were blood splatters all over the walls" Earl said.

"So who killed them?" Alois asked.

"A demon did" Earl replied.

Sebastian and Claude stiffened and Luke glanced at them.

"A demon? They don't even exist" Ciel said and Sebastian relaxed somewhat.

"Well, this here's a female demon. She's got the look of a human woman with long black hair and dark eyes. Some escaped her wrath but most don't" Earl said.

"Let's go find this demon then" Ciel said.

"Hang on, I'm hungry" Luke said.

"Me too!" Alois said and Ciel hung her head.

After eating, they made their way to the fort. Ciel shivered and Sebastian immediately wrapped his coat around her. They entered the fort and Alois squinted ahead of them but couldn't see anything.

"Can you guys see through the fog?" He asked.

"I can" Claude and Sebastian both said in unison.

There was a cackle and then Ciel felt something brush past her. She stopped and Sebastian wrapped his arms around her waist.

"We are alone here. No need to be alarmed" He announced holding Ciel tighter to his body.

Then a woman appeared before them with long black hair and dark eyes. Ciel's eyes narrowed and she pulled out her gun from her back pocket. She aimed and shot at the woman but the bullets didn't even touch her.

"Alois, your gun!" Ciel screamed and Alois pulled out his gun and fired shot after shot. They soon ran out of bullets.

"RUN!" Alois screamed and then began to run. Claude picked Luke up and ran for the exit.

Sebastian dragged Ciel away and there was another cackle as they rushed into the car and drove off.

I'm finally back home! I wrote this up when I heard this myth of demons in a fort. I decided to write it in as a mission. The story is building up and the characters will start figuring out holes in the middle of their missions that they missed before. All of this will lead up the the climax and eventual end.

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