Chapter Two – Information

Belial had led the two to a location outside of the slums, to a place that seemed abandoned of all forms of life. It was desolate and destroyed with not a single sound in the air besides the ruffling noises created by the three walking through the garbage littered streets. They haven't been walking long, but Ciel detested walking too far when he could of used his horse and buggy. But he kept quiet about his spoiled tendency's for now, but if he would have to continue for a longer distance, he would demand otherwise.

There was a particular building that the three were walking towards, one that looked like it was as old as time itself, half standing, half collapsed.

Impatient to continue forward, Ciel stopped in his tracks. "That's far enough." He snarled. He expect Sebastian to stop as well but he continued to walk, passing his young master. "S-Sebastian!" He shouted, but Sebastian ignored him and continued to press forward. Ciel growled to himself as he too pressed forward.

Belial walked up to the door way that no longer held a door. Past the doorway was a long hallway that didn't have a ceiling to it anymore, and parts of the walls were missing. Debris was scattered all through out the floors, making it difficult to casually walk through, but Belial had no problem, completely used to the routine. He continued down the hallway until the very end were the only doors that seemed to be intact were. Large, double doors with rusted handles blocked the entrance. Belial stood in front of the doors until Sebastian and Ciel had reached up to him before reaching for the handles.

"What is this place?" Ciel asked, annoyed.

Belial opened the door and stepped inside. "The one place that's safe for me." He responded. Inside the room, it looked nothing like what the outside resembled. Walls were intact, the floor clean, and beautifully tailored furniture were all apparent in this room. Ciel was rather baffled by this, as to why this was the only well kept room in the entire area, and why Sebastian was calm about it. Sebastian closed the door once Ciel walked through and Belial walked around a large oak desk and sat down.

Ciel walked up to the desk, extremely annoyed at the demon before him. "This was a pointless trip that could of been easily avoided." He bickered. "Now tell me what you know and let me be on my way. I've lost far too much time with this." He finished with a hiss.

"Once again, please forgive my young master for his rudeness." Sebastian said with a deep bow.

"Stop that. You do not speak for me." Ciel ordered.

Belial chuckled. "You are the only one to still treat me with such great honor." He said, resting his elbow on his desk and his head on his head, amused.

"Hmm, and why is that?" Sebastian asked, a tad confused.

Belial sighed. "It seems that you are out of the loop of almost everything." He said. Both Sebastian and Ciel were confused. Ciel had no idea what the two were saying while Sebastian was confused as to what he didn't know. "Don't treat me with such honor anymore, it will draw unwanted attention towards me." He said.

Ciel stomped his foot again. "I demand my answers now!" He shouted.

"You demand so much for something as small as you." Belial said.

"Then give me the information promised and I'll leave you to your solitude." Ciel snapped back.

"Very well then," Belial said with a sigh, sitting back in his large, red cushioned chair. "The reason the old man asked questions on the survivors of the Vladimir family is because he hoped to find the son of the head member to use him as bait to lure out the bigger prize." He explained. "I've heard stories of this death-defying old man for awhile and I've been searching for his location for awhile now. But he had to be silenced permanently so he could not do any more harm or put his plan into action." Belial finished, waiting for a response.

Ciel seemed suspicious of the demons words but had no choice but to accept his defense. "Have you been silencing many of these people?" He asked.

Belial looked at him for a moment. "You are sent to find me, haven't you?" He asked.

"That depends, are you the one causing all the deaths?"

With another sigh, Belial nodded his head. "I stole their souls to silence them as well." He confessed. "They had encounters with the old one and basically worked for him to gather the information he had requested. So naturally, I had to dispose of them before it spread any farther than that."

"Are you aware of the punishment I am to dispose onto you?" Ciel said.

"Don't you mean, what your butler will do to me?" Belial sneered.

Ciel didn't respond even though he was right. "Sebastian, dispose of this vermin. I command you." Ciel ordered, turning around and walking away.

Sebastian just looked at his young master as he passed him, then back to Belial. "I can not do that." He simply said. Denying an order from his master, despite his contract mark that bound them together, was too easy for him.

Ciel turned around in a fit of rage. "And what not!" He shouted.

"Because he knows he couldn't complete the task you had ordered." Belial interrupted as he stood up. "You and him are bound by merely a contract. He and I are bound by blood which runs far deeper than any contract in existence." He explained, walking out from behind the table. "I'm also far to powerful for him to even put a scratch on me, so he'd loose within a matter of seconds." He finished.

Ciel blinked. "Just exactly who are you?" He asked with a grind of his teeth.

"...Just a simple demon." He responded. "But, I'm sure if you really wanted to know, you'd find out in due time if we were to stay in contact with each other." Belial added.

Sebastian chuckled, knowing what Belial was hinting at. "You are more than welcomed."

"Welcomed to what?" Ciel questioned, still annoyed. But before Belial or Sebastian answered his question, they went off, leaving the well kept room to the destroyed outside it was encased in. They spoke to each other in whispers in a language Ciel could not place. He followed them as closely as he could but being the shorter one, he had no chance against their long legs. He reached for the tail of Sebastian's coat and tugged on it to grab his attention.

"You're going to fast!" Ciel said.

Sebastian chuckled. "Forgive me, Young Master." He said. Belial just looked away with no emotion. "I do hope Sir Belial has no problem with walking at a tad slower pace?"

"Whatever." Belial responded with a sigh.

Authors Note:

Do forgive the short chapter, but I was running out of things to write about that matched this content without spilling out stuff for the next.

And I'm trying to make everything about Belial mysterious but I don't think it's working...Oops.

Reviews are always welcomed~