I do not own Kuroshitsuji or D. Grayman. They both go to the respectful owners. This is my second yaoi-ish story because my friend asked me to do this and is slowly turning me into a yaoi fan girl. I am doing this out of impulse and I updating will vary from time to time. I have a Sebastian and Allen thing going on. It would make me happy to see more of this crossover pairing. This will be a slight rewrite of the Kuroshitsuji anime with Allen Walker in it. (Since I lost my manga version and my computer is mean when reading online scans)
WARNINGS- This crossover will contain: Slight AU, mild cursing, dark romance, yaoi, angst, gore, violence, adult situations
PAIRINGS: MAIN: Allen/Sebastian
MINOR: Ciel/Sebas, Brotherly!Allen/Ciel
NOTE: There will be not a slight hint of Yullen in this story. Sorry all you Yullen fan girls, I hate that pairing with a fiery passion.
Enjoy Lords and Ladies
CHAPTER 5: That Butler and Exorcist, Dependent
The bells of Big Ben chimed on the hour. Singing its song to the citizens of England. A foreigner, a decorated Indian teenager with long dark violet hair in a ponytail sighed, "This is beautiful." The snow falling from the sky. He caught a few snowflakes in his hand, "It's cold. Mister Bookman, what is this again?"
A red haired young man with pale skin came from behind him; he wore a dragon-scaled pattern headband, a bright orange scarf, a long black coat, knee-high leather boots, and wore an eye patch over his left eye, hoops pieced into both ears. "It's snow, your highness. It falls during winter in England." Lavi Bookman Jr replied. He grinned, "And call me Lavi." Beside of Lavi was a tall board shouldered Indian man wearing a turban.
"Snow…" the prince looked up to Big Ben, and then looked around to the pedestrians. "England. It's beautiful."
Lavi grinned, this was the place. The country, the town where he'd know he'd run into his favorite beansprout.
"These guys are sinners, children of rot and depravity from the very beginning," innocent white men hung upside down in his breeches as Police examined them. "England is an evil country that takes away everything, insolently selling its decadent culture. In the place of God, I've to punish these fools governed by a foolish country." Was the message left on the note of beaten men. Randall read the note aloud, angrily taking it down. "This is the twentieth. Have you still not caught the culprit? Abberline!"
"I'm very sorry!"
"We haven't caught Jack the Ripper," Randal growled, looking at the drawing of a tongue mocking them, "and have let that brat take away our credit."
"The brat? Do you mean Ciel Phantomhive?" Abberline asked. "I feel that he's carrying an enormously heavy burden. And he's just a kid."
Randal snorted and glanced at the detective, "You think he's a kid?
"All those attacked were citizens returning from India." Ciel looked over the observations Abberline had, Sebastian and Allen at his side. "
Ciel-kun." Abberline said in shock on his sudden appearance.
"Looks like none of the victims are dead," Ciel examined. He took the documents right out of Randall's hands, ""children of rot and depravity". The culprit's description is quite accurate." He read and even gave his own opinion. "I also think it'd benefit England without the love for India. Even so, this mark…" the symbol on the paper as suspicious to Ciel.
Randall snatched the paper back, growling, "How dare the culprit play with the Queen and the English. The culprit must be an Indian."
"So that's why I've been called over," Ciel smirked lightly. "Mostly, the illegal immigrants are hiding in the dark alleys of the east suburb. Scotland Yard knows nothing of illegal immigrants and their routes, right?" Randal glared at Ciel, mildly flustered. The police and hospital carrying away the men. "I can't sit still and allow shame on the dignity of the royal family." Ciel then started to walk away, "We're going, Sebastian, Allen."
"Yes."
Randall leered at the back of Earl Phantomhive and his servants.
The suburbs of east London. It was a run-down projects kind of place. "The hiding place of the Indians should be around here." Sebastian said as the three walked down the street.
"Yeah." Ciel said.
Allen smiled, not watching himself, bumping to a man. "Ah, very sorry sir!"
"This hurts," the Indian man cried, "Ah. It hurts a lot. My ribs are cracked." He fell back, faking his injury. "This is bad. I've about to die." He bemoaned.
"Hey! It was only a light bump!" Allen defended his honor. Yet more and more Indians began to surround them as the man faked injury.
"Hey, what's wrong?" another man asked.
"It's your fault. Give us medical compensation." The acting man groaned. He held his gut, smirking, "Leave your clothes and anything of worth," leering down to Ciel.
Allen gulped, but looked when he felt Sebastian's calming hand on his shoulder. "We've caught up with quite a bunch of annoying people." He began cracking his knuckles, "What should I do, Young Master?"
"Hurry up and handle this."
"As you command," Sebastian said as he fixed his black glove.
The Indian man grabbed Ciel by the collar, roaring, "The Indians here all hate English like you." He held out a dagger. He was pushed back however by one finger of Sebastian's. Flicked away easily with amazing force, straight to the ground.
"Are you hurt?" Sebastian asked.
"No," Ciel replied adjusting his hat, Allen shaking his head.
"You bastards," the man gritting as he shakily stood up. He took out his dagger, the other Indian men advancing closer, "You brought us to England but tossed us away like garbage."
"You people trod on our country," another Indian man hissed.
"I'll let you guys feel the shame of being raided." The first Indian man barked, raising his dagger up high.
"Wait. We're looking for someone." A voice interrupted. It was the prince and the turban man. They walked closer, holding out a picture, "Have you seen an Indian like this?" he asked.
Allen tilted his head, but then heard a familiar voice chide "Allleeeen~!" he was suddenly glomped by a familiar person. Ciel and Sebastian stood back in shock.
"Ah-Ah! L-Lavi? Lavi is that you?" Allen asked in disbelief.
Lavi grinned, "Who'd you expect? Yuu-chan or Crow-chan?" he winked roguishly.
"Lavi? As in the Lavi who sends us historical information that Allen exchanges letters with…?" Ciel murmured softly staring at the red head.
"Who're you people? Don't interfere." The man growled.
"So this is Lavi's old friend. Oh…are you dueling?" the Indian teen said as he and the turban man walked closer. He tilted his head at Ciel and Sebastian who were just standing there, staring hard at him. "A couple of butlers…are you an English noble?
"So what?" Ciel scoffed.
"Eh? So this is the Earl Phantomhive where Allen-kun has been working under?" Lavi said looking to Ciel. He got of Allen and examined the boy with his visible eye. Ciel felt a bit irked, and curious since both of them had eye patches over their left eye, he wondered slightly how this Lavi deserved that eye patch? Then this strange old companion of Allen's did the unthinkable, he hugged Ciel tightly, "You're so cute! I hope you've been treating my beansprout alright? I'm Lavi Bookman Jr, official Bookman and recorder of historical events."
"Don't touch me so easily!" Ciel barked, pushing Lavi off.
"Lavi, come back to this side please," the Indian teen said. Lavi nodded, returning to the decorative teen's side. "Then we'll lend our people a hand in this fight." He said. "With Lavi's help also, of course." He looked to the turban man, "Agni, Lavi."
"Yes." Both said, Lavi with a grin.
"Take them down."
"As you command," Agni said raising his bandages hand.
Lavi grinned, "This should be interesting, right beansprout?" Lavi went under his coat and took out a black hammer. Allen gulped, whispering, "Lavi, what on earth are you doing?"
Agni unraveled the bandages of his left hand, "This God-like right hand, only moved according to the Master's order."
Lavi twirled the hammer in his hand, chanting, "Big hammer, little hammer…" Sebastian grabbed Ciel as Agni charged forward and Allen's arm transformed, "Grow, grow, grow!" Allen deflected Lavi's giant hammer.
Once Ciel was out of the way, Sebastian deflected the godly hand. While Allen was dueling and exchanging blows with his old friend, "Lavi, what are you doing? We're friends right? Why are you listening to that guy? Why are you even here?"
"I'll explain later," Lavi smiled. "Bean-sprout~" he chimed, swinging his giant hammer.
"I am not a beansprout!" Allen roared angrily as he parried it with his arm. They began again parrying each other in a duel of Innocence.
Ciel watched in amazement as such feats were done. Sebastian fighting off this Agni fellow while Allen fought this strange young man with the amazing growing hammer. Sebastian dodged the strikes of the hand, making sure Ciel was not hit, "He's quick." He blocked off more and more strikes of the hand.
Agni stopped, "I've been attacking your vital points from the beginning," he told the black butler. An explosion from behind made from Allen and Lavi's reunion fight. "Any normal person's arm should be numb by now. Why can you still move?"
"Hey, we're just passing through," Ciel called to the Indians. "Are Indians savages, attacking any English that they see?"
"What?" the princely teen asked. "Are you guys attacking this shorty with no reason?" the other Indians gulped. The teen folded his arms, "That can't be done. Lavi, that's enough you can stop! This time our people are wrong. Lavi, Agni, this time we're siding with the shorty and his beansprout butler."
Lavi stood on his huge hammer's extended handled, saluting the prince, "Yessir!"
"Yes." Agni nodded. Allen blinked as Lavi stopped attacking him, and in a second a pile of beaten up Indian scoundrels laid. Lavi's hammer retracting back into its small size and was place back in its holder. Lavi scratched his head, "Heh…sorry about attacking you Allen I-" he was stopped by a quick punch to the face.
"That's for earlier Lavi." Lavi chuckled, rubbing his sore face. "You got some explaining to do."
"Don't blame me, I was just doing what Prince Soma-sama asked me to do," Lavi defended himself.
"Soma-sama?" Allen echoed.
Soma picked up Ciel's fall top hat, dusting it off and politely throwing it back to Ciel. "Now then, we're leaving for our search. Goodbye."
Lavi pat Allen's head. "Later Allen. Perhaps we'll cross paths again." He followed after the Indian pair.
"The streets of England are complicated," Soma commented.
"Yes, but that's why you got me right?" Lavi said making small talk with the prince. "Let's try the left this time."
Allen stared in awe as he saw his best friend whom he hadn't seen in a year disappear.
"We ran around for nothing," Ciel sighed.
"The culprit could be one of those Indians," Sebastian suggested. "Let us wait for a call from Earl Lau."
"I still can't believe Lavi's in town," Allen said as he took off the young master's coat. "It's kind of trippy to see him after so long, he hasn't changed a bit."
"Yes. You're friend is quite different then what I expected. But if what you said about Lavi Bookman Jr is true, then he is quite knowledgeable about the true history of the world." Ciel said.
"Young Master. Welcome back." The other servants greeted their lord.
"I can't stand being called away to London for such a small case," Ciel whined a bit.
The door opened, revealing Lau smiling, "So you really went, Earl."
"Why so sudden?" Allen grumbled, eyebrow twitching.
Ciel scolded, "Didn't I say if you're visiting, at least let us know by mail?"
Lau chuckled, "Have you said that?
"Since the guest is here," Sebastian smiled, "I'm going to bring some tea."
Ciel sighed, "Un, that's right."
"Compared to the English, the Chinese style is better," Soma said.
"Uh, right." Ciel blinked, realizing it wasn't Lau who said it. It was Soma, with Agni and Lavi behind him. "Ah…you…" Ciel gasped pointing at Soma.
"Ah, I met him on the street," Lau said. "He said he's here to see the earl, and Rabi-kun said that he knew Walker-san, so I brought them with me."
"Why are you here?" Ciel asked.
Soma smiled, "Why? Didn't we just see each other?" Agni closed the door behind him as Lavi hugged Allen giggling, who was pried off by Sebastian who glared dangerously at him."Have you forgotten already?" Soma asked as he walked towards the Earl.
"We know each other…" Ciel mumbled.
"And we saved you," Lavi smirked following after Soma.
"Saved…? As if?" Ciel growled.
"It's common sense in India to invite your benefactor home," Lavi smiled. "Guess we're living together for a while, just like old times Allen."
Allen gave a nervous smile as Sebastian faked a polite smile.
"Is it England's culture to throw out your benefactor in such cold weather?" Soma asked. The three made their way upstairs.
Ciel swung the door open. "Just who are you?" he demanded.
"I thought I told you, Allen your cute little master is quite dense," Lavi said, irritating Ciel even more. "I'm Lavi Bookman Jr, I'm the new Bookman."
"He's talking about the other ones Lavi," Allen said.
"Me? I'm a prince." Soma said, lying on his side on a guest bed.
"Prince?" Sebastian parroted.
"He is the 26th child of the King in Bengal," Agni announced, "Soma Asman Cadart."
"I'm in your care, shorty." Soma smirked.
"Incredible. A prince." Finnie exclaimed.
"A prince," Maylene sighed.
"This is my first time seeing a prince," Bard said amazed.
"I permit you to come closer," the Indian prince said calmly.
The other servants neared Soma, asking him questions. "Where is your Kingdom? What kind of land is it?"
"It's a sacred Kingdom receiving the blessing of the Goddess Kali and the Ganges River." Soma answered elegantly.
"This time you've brought over outsiders too?" Lau asked.
"Yes. We have dogs guarding the house."
"Huh ~ then I'm at ease." Pluto was sleeping outside, howling at the sky.
Ciel ordered softly to his butler, "Sebastian, Allen. Keep watch on them. I don't care if one is your old friend Allen, I don't trust him if he's working for this guy."
Allen nodded, a bit reluctantly. "As you command." They bowed.
The next morning…
"Ciel-sama, it's time to get up." The curtain opened, letting the morning light onto Ciel's face.
"Ciel…sama?" Ciel murmured, rubbing his eyes.
"Namastē, Ciel-sama." A smiling Agni greeted Ciel.
"Morning little master~!" Ciel was then glomped by Lavi. He the scooped the boy up in his arms.
Ciel gasped, yelling, "Why are you both in my room?"
Soma appeared behind Lavi smiling, "We're going, shorty. Since Lavi isn't as good as a guide as I thought since he doesn't know much of mapping of England, you're to guide us."
"Why do I have to go? And I'm not a shorty I've a name, Ciel."
"Then Ciel." Soma smiled. Lavi jumped over the bed with Ciel in his arms. "I'm ordering you to guide us, come with me and Lavi."
Suddenly Sebastian appear before Lavi, "Excuse me, I'm sorry." Be bowed his head. "Today, young master's schedule is full of study and work."
The first thing after breakfast and getting change, was music practice. Allen sat by the piano, looking to Sebastian who'd dressed for the occasion of music lessons, "I'm your home tutor during the time in London," he said smiling, adjusting his glasses with the violin bow.
Ciel looked over the music sheet he was given. "Bach's Chaconne. How could I play such difficult music?"
"This time, it's the teacher's rule." Sebastian lifted Ciel's chin with the bow. He smirked, "Are you not satisfied with my teaching method?"
Ciel glared and parried Sebastian's bow with his own. Sebastian signaled Allen to begin to play the piano version. Allen nodded and play along as Ciel began to play his violin.
"Yes, that's good." Sebastian praised. He closed his eyes, letting the violin and piano tango in the serenade of music. Yet the music came to a halt.
"What on earth?" Allen mumbled.
"What is it now?" Ciel growled.
Lavi waved, leaning against a strange Hindu statue. Below bowing and praying were Soma and Agni. Lau smirked watching them go at. "Seems to be praying, but it's a quite an interesting divine statue." Lau commented.
"Lavi, I didn't know you were into Hinduism," Allen asked. "And why are you even working for these guys again?"
"I'm not. I find this certain deity interesting though," Lavi answered briefly, "And I told you last night, the Bookman library needs the cash."
Allen studied the statue, "To me, this statue looks like it's holding a dead man's head, wearing a necklace of dead men's heads. A female statue dancing on the belly of a male."
"This is our Goddess Kali from the Hindu religion," Agni informed.
"A Goddess of India?" Ciel asked.
"Our Goddess Kali is the wife of Shiva." Agni said. Lavi took out a painted picture of the story of Kali, switching them each to fit Agni's story, "In the ancient past, a useless devil challenged out Goddess. Of course Kali the Goddess won. But she then lost control and went on a killing spree. Nobody could stop her! At that time, the Goddess' husband Shiva lay down beside her feet." Lavi pointed to the fallen statue of Shiva, lying below her feet. "The Goddess woke up because she stepped on her husband with unclean feet. The world regained peace." Agni prayed, "Kali is a great Goddess who had fought and defeated the devil. The proof is the devil's head in her hand."
Lavi sniffled, wiping tears from his eye. "That story gets me every time! If only she was a beauty, then she'd be a strike!"
"So he said…" Ciel sneered.
"Who thought there's such a powerful God?" Sebastian mused."We've to be careful if we go to India."
Soma then got up, "Since we've finished praying…" he grabbed Ciel's and began dragging him. "Let's go."
"Didn't I say my schedule is full?" Ciel gritted out as he was being carried against his will.
"Hey, when will you finish? What is that?" Soma whined. "Come on, answer me."
"It's fencing, your highness." Lavi said who was lying beside Soma in the praying carpet. "It's the English way of sword fighting. It's delightfully boring and dull."
"You're distracting me. Stay quiet." Ciel shot at the two. Ciel was jousting with Allen, Sebastian referring.
"English have quite a temper," Soma commented.
"Yeah." Lavi nodded.
Ciel stopped, "Enough! I get it." Ciel yelled at the Indian and mongrel. "Since you want it so much, I'll play with you!" he took Allen's fencing sword and threw it at Soma, who caught it with a chuckle.
"If I win, then you'll go out with me?" The Prince bargained with the Earl.
"Only if I say you win." Ciel said.
"Good luck." Lavi waved at Soma as Agni handed him a cup of tea. Lavi pulled Allen down next to him, slinging his arm around his friend. Allen smile happily at his friend, and at Agni. Soma and Ciel got across from each other in position.
Sebastian raised his arm, "Then, begin!"
Soma charged forward, dashing, sending the bendable jousting sword to Ciel's ankle. "It bends?" Soma gasped in disbelief.
"That point doesn't count in fencing," Ciel smirked, he lunged forward which Soma stepped back. "You coward. I don't know rules." Soma cried.
"A match is a match," Ciel simpered. "It's your fault for not knowing the rules" Ciel lunged forward, striking at Soma.
"Prince, watch out!" Agni interfered with the match, using his God's hand to hit Ciel's vital point on his arm. Ciel gasped and kneeled. Allen shot up and ran to the kneeling Ciel, "My Lord!" he cried, holding the boy close.
"Ciel-sama!" Agni exclaimed. "I'm sorry. When I thought my prince's losing, my body moved on its own."
Soma laughed out loud, which was joined by Lavi. Lavi chuckled, "You've protected your master, Agni. I got to praise you."
"Agni is my butler. He's my man," Soma smiled. "That means it's my win."
"That's cheating!" Allen shouted.
"Like you have room to talk beansprout." Lavi teased, knowing the hidden little secret of Allen's little gambling problem.
Lau took up the fencing stick, bending it playfully, "My, my. Then you should avenge your master, Butler-kun." He flung the fencing stick to Sebastian who caught it easily.
Sebastian sighed, "Ah, all because of you playing around with newcomers who don't know the rules." Ciel growled. "But since my Master's injured, as the butler of the Phantomhive family, I can't ignore this. And we're behind our schedule by the ten minutes."
"That's your true motive," Allen grumbled.
"This is interesting. Fine. I permit the duel." Soma smiled. "As long as Lavi referees."
Lavi grinned "I'd be honored Prince Soma-sama~!" Lavi bowed,.
"Agni, in the name of the Goddess Kali, you must not lose," he handed Agni the fencing stick.
"Sebastian, this is an order," Allen helped Ciel stand up, being used as a crutch. "Shut up that kid and that stupid rabbit!" Sebastian nodded, Allen giggled at Lavi flustered speech after the rabbit comment. Lavi chuckled, mumbling something about Yuu-chan.
The two butlers took similar positions.
"As you command," Agni said.
"Yes, my Lord." Sebastian smirked.
The two began to duel. They parried and tried to strike each other with the bendable swords. Each dodged and avoided each lung, lunging to hit the other. They were an equal match. Their eyes locking together in heated combat. They took another step forward, the tips of the fencing sticks nearly hitting they forehead, if they did not luckily bend back.
The spectators gasped in amazement. 'Wow, Sebby-kun and Agni are really good at this," Lavi commented. The two stepped back, aiming for another strike at each other. The tips meeting a few red sparks flying, bending at the contact of meeting. The fencing swords bent so badly, they snapped broken.
Sebastian caught one of the pieces of the broken metallic sword. "Oh my, the sword's broken."
"This match end in a draw," Lavi announced clapping his hands.
"Ciel's butler is also strong," Soma stated.
'A draw? But the opponent is Sebastian!' both Ciel and Allen thought simultaneously.
"Agni is the strongest fighter in our country," Soma bragged proudly, "This is my first time seeing someone on par with him." Ciel stepped forward, his eye never leaving Agni. Allen ran to Sebastian, asking him if he was alright. Sebastian nodded politely. 'On par with a demon?'
"Sebastian, who is that man?" Ciel asked.
"He couldn't be…" Allen shuddered at the thought of Agni being a shinigami like Grell.
"No, that's only a normal human," Sebastian retorted calmly.
"I see…" Ciel said, looking to Agni who rejoined his fellow mortal. Lavi giving the Indian butler thumbs up, grinning at Allen.
Allen smiled softly, waving a bit at the red-head. "But to have that kind of power…"
"Yes. There must be a reason he doesn't disobey that man," Sebastian said softly.
"Right. Let me show you my skill today," Bard announced in the kitchen to his guests.
"It's ok for me to prepare it," Sebastian Said swiping the frying pan out of Bard's grip."You just quietly sit aside and wait."
"Hey, what's wrong? Today I'm going to make my special dish…" Bard complained.
"C'mon Sebby-kun, be a good sport and let Cooky here do his job," Lavi chimed as he scooted on a trolley, swiping the frying pan out of the demon butler's hands and into a certain Indian's.
"Sebastian-san, I want to see whether there's anything I can help with." Agni said standing at the door.
Sebastian sighed, "Please just take a rest,"
Agni smiled and tousled Lavi's already messy red hair, "It's quicker to do it with two people. Please feel free to tell me what to do."
Sebastian smiled, "Then, could you prepared the sauces for tonight?"
Agni smiled and bowed his head, "Yes."
"Then I'll go play with Allen-kun~!" Lavi sang, pushing the trolley out of the kitchen. Sebastian let out a soft growl and as Lavi rolled out.
Allen was dusting a fine statue in the hall. Timcampy laying on top. "It's too quiet…." Allen mumbled, paranoid. He looked to his left, no one. His right, nothing. Allen shook his head, "I'm getting paranoid these days,"
"Allleeeen~" Lavi chimed as he rode the silver trolley, zooming down the hall.
Allen gasped and yelled, "No Lavi don't!"
CRASH!
Lavi had crashed the priceless statue, destroying it. Allen had flipped over and landed on top of the laughing Lavi, Timcampy clinging to his head. "LAVI! STOP THIS CRAZY-oh I just had major déjà vu." Allen groaned. He grumbled, "Stupid rabbit!" he was pulled into another hug as they whooshed through the halls.
After crashing into a dead end wall. Allen shakily stumbled down to the kitchen to pick up the young master's and guest's meal. He saw Sebastian working as well. Sebastian seemed to be in shock though. Allen gasped; all three servants along with Agni were magically working in perfect harmony. No mishaps, no screaming, no fires, no floods.
"I-It's a miracle," Allen murmured in amazement.
"No, it's just Agni," Lavi said walking beside Allen. "He has that special power to harmonize even the most disorganized of creatures, human or animals. He's an amazing person."
"Thanks to everyone's help, we're looking forward to tonight's dinner." Agni smiled as he worked on the sauce, then on to the dough.
Allen and Lavi rolled up their sleeves and began to help as much as they can. 'You can actually make them be of help. You're amazing," Sebastian actually praised the human man.
"Everyone is born with a different ability." Agni said simply. "We are guided by God. As children of God, we only need to naturally abide by him."
"Agni is really capable," Lavi grinned as he spiced the sauces a bit.
"That's not it at all." Agni said as he rolled the dough, "Before I met the prince, I was a hopeless fool. My entire life is not enough to repay him. I had hurt people and blasphemed Gods. Accumulating sins continuously. At last, when it was time to be punished for my sins," Agni remembered when he had to meet with the hangman's noose. "I've nothing left to go for in this world."
"Hey, I heard that you're a wild guy with strength like a beast's." Prince Soma said, stepping in front of the crown. He leapt on to the platform, "How interesting." He took out his dagger , slicing the noose and most of Agni's hair. The crowd whispered and gasped. "The you before is dead. Reincarnate with a new life."
"Even Gods don't believe in me. I've abandoned everything."
"Is that ok, Agni?"
"God has appeared. On that day, I saw the God exuding light from the prince."
"Mr. Agni, the pot is boiling," Sebastian informed.
"The prince is my king and my God," Agni said. "To the prince who gave me a new life, so I'll protect him with my life. I'll do all I can to help him realize his wish."
"But in reality, many Gods are useless." Allen said cutting the off the scales.
"Uh, what did you say Allen-san?" Agni asked.
"Since when are you atheist Allen?" Lavi inquired.
"Since, recent events." Allen smiled. "But, it's nothing." Sebastian smirked as he inspected and cooled down the boiling pot.
Allen took away the appetizer plate, having Sebastian give the main entrée. "How long are you planning to stay?" Ciel asked the Indian prince.
"We'll leave once things are done." Soma answered back.
"Aren't you looking for someone?" Lau raised up.
"Just why are you living here too?" Ciel also asked Lau.
"I wonder why?" Lau laughed it off.
"I'm looking for a woman named Mina," the prince showed a crudely drawn picture of a girl. "She's responsible for my meals."
"Sebastian, can you find it based on that picture?"
Soma showed the picture, "Even though it's me, this is…" he bowed, "I'll do my best."
"And, why is that woman in England?" Allen asked.
"Mina is my maidservant. She's like my nanny." Soma clarified. He looked at the drawing, "We've been together since I became aware of things. My father and mother never look at me. I've always been alone at the palace. But Mina was always with me. But a English noble interested in Mina, took her away when I wasn't around. "
"In other words, you're here to take back a woman?" Ciel summed up Soma's story simply.
"Yes, I must bring her back to India with me."
"Just a maidservant, and you're making quite a fuss over her."
"It's not a fuss!" Agni screamed angrily. He grabbed Ciel's arm roughly, pulled him up, "You don't understand how despaired I am for losing Mina. I've never…"
"I don't know." Ciel said. His sapphire eye, showing true deep despair and loss. "That meager despair from such feeling, I don't understand and don't want to understand."
Lavi whispered to Allen, "Is it always like this? Angsty kids bemoaning about their terrible pasts?"
Allen nodded, whispered back softly, "It's better you just stay silent and watch."
Ciel glared at the pair of teenagers and swatted Soma's hand off. He put a hand on the door knob, leaving, "In this world there are things that you cannot take back no matter how hard you struggle. And there's also despair that you can't shake off." He opened the door, "Perhaps you'll never understand." The young earl left without another word.
"But…But I. Don't want to be left alone in the palace. "
"Well, your highness, he sure owned you." Lavi chuckled. Allen grumbled and kicked Lavi in the shin.
Inside a lit room, Soma sat with Agni and Lavi by his side. Ciel sat across from him, holding out a deck of playing cards. "I borrowed them from Allen," Ciel said. Lavi tilting his head a bit, he wondered if they were fixed. "Even you know the rules of English card, don't you?" Ciel began shuffling the deck of cards. "I've finished everything today. I can keep you company before bedtime."
"Ciel."
"Little master," Lavi grinned.
"I'm not doing it for your sake. I want to play because I'm bored." Ciel retorted. Soma looked at the boy, seeing him in a new light.
Soma raised his hand, "Sorry, I've things to do."
"Uh." Ciel peeped, deadpanned.
"I'm busy unlike you." Soma got up, "Agni, Lavi, let's go."
"Yes."
"Yessir."
The Indians and Bookman left the room, leaving Ciel frozen in his spot, abandoned out his act of kindness. Agni and Lavi laughed together, "You won't grow taller if you don't sleep early," Lavi teased. "You'll remain a little master, like Allen will remain a beansprout, Little Master."
"Bye," the prince waved as the Bookman followed. Agni closed the door behind him.
Lau opened the door, "Ah. You're here. Earl, that is."
"Huh?" Ciel growled, crushing a playing card, Allen felt a piece of his soul being crushed.
"Is there no clue today too?" Soma asked.
"Let's search again tomorrow," Agni suggested.
"I wanna sleep with Allen-desu~!" Lavi cheered
"Excuse me Mr. Lavi…" a silky voice said. A sounding of punching was heard.
"Y-You know instead, I'm just going to bed."
So in the end, Ciel ended up playing cards with Lau. "Have they returned?" Ciel wondered aloud.
"Frankly, those two are very suspicious," Lau offered his own two-cents.
"Even so, but we don't know their motive. They don't look like they're blaming us because of the treatment of the immigrants. And even if they're the culprits, would they leave the house with me knowing? As if to say: Come and suspect me."
Lau drew another card, "That's true. Then perhaps they're really looking for someone. "
Ciel looked out to see it snowing again, "It's too early for that conclusion."
A hooded person made their way out of the manor in the middle of the night. Sebastian, watching from the roof said, "As expected, they've made their move.
Hooray~ Lavi is here! So are Agni and Prince Soma! A lot of comedy and suspense in this his chapter, the reunion of two good friends! But how much has changed between Lavi and Allen. Well, Lavi still calls Allen beansprout much to his dismay and glomp him. Sebastian isn't too fond of the bunny boy if you guessed who punched him earlier. 2 chapters in 1 day, on a roll!
*drives off in Boy love steam engine*