A/N: This was supposed to be up yesterday, but it had snowed like crazy and the Internet was down for that reason yesterday.

Oh well, you'll get the chapter now then. :)

I present you, Chapter 9!

'Fucking Sebastian, answer the phone!'

When Ciel's call once again went to voice mail, he once again hung up. He hadn't been able to connect Sebastian, and it was crucial for him to speak to him.

He and the whole mafia were about to go raiding his house for valuables as a revenge and payback for the boss, and that goddamn ex-killer decides not to answer the phone!

'Fuck…' Ciel sighed, and typed up a text message instead. It was important that the man would get a notice to get away from his house, since it wouldn't be the most convenient thing for him to be found from there when he was supposed to be dead.

Sebastian, William just decided

that we're coming to your house

and take & sell everything worth

something from there, so get

the fuck out of there!

We'll be there in about an hour.

Ciel hit the send button, hoping for the man to notice the message before it was too late.

"Ciel?" The boy heard someone mention his name. "Um, yeah?" He answered, a bit nervously. He had to get a grip of himself. He can't let any suspicions arise.

"Are you alright?" Ronald asked, sounding a bit worried. "You're not feelin' well or something?" Ciel put on his best act, and smiled at the blonde-haired colleague of his. "Yeah, everything's alright, don't worry about it", he said.

"Good", the man replied, smiling back. "What did the boss talk to you about? I mean, if it wasn't anything private…"

"Nah, he just told me our next mission, and it's including you all", Ciel said, biting his lip slightly. "We're going to that Michaelis' house, and getting everything worth something for the boss so we'll get some profit from the case".

"Oh, I see…" The man answered, looking a bit doubtful. "But… That man's dead already, right? Why bother and disgrace his honour?" Ciel wanted to tell Ronald how much he agreed with him. Willy really had some kind of a obsession with Sebastian. "I don't know, you know the boss and his weird habits, right?"

"Yeah, I guess so. But still…"

Ciel let out a grunt of approval, and walked back into his room. At the door, before closing it, he yelled for the whole room. "We'll be leaving in an hour. Ronald will tell you where".

As Ciel closed his room's door, he heard that the poor friend of his was assaulted with questions.

XxX

Ciel got the phone out of his phone again, and once more looked up Sebastian's number, praying in his heart that the man would answer his call.

"This is Sebastian", He heard from the phone. 'Thank god'.

"I am not available at the moment, please leave a message after the beep".

Ciel threw his phone at the nearest wall when hearing the man's voicemail again.

'Honestly, he would always answer immediately when I'd call or text him, and when I'd really need to get in contact with him, he is somewhere!' Ciel thought bitterly. He was starting to panic. 'What if Sebastian was at his house, just not hearing his phone or something, and then all of us would suddenly appear there and then he'd still be there and then everyone would find out about him being alive and…'

"CIEL!" The boy's thoughts were interrupted when hearing someone calling his name from the other room. "YEAH?" He yelled back, not wanting to leave his room. "We're all done already, come out when ready and let's get going!"

Ciel didn't bother answering. He was feeling desperate.

XxX

After insisting to make everyone to wait for another 20 minutes so that the boy could pick out some clothes, the group was not as thrilled as they were before that. Ciel really needed to come up with a plan what to do. Or two. Or three.

"Well, Ciel, I never thought that picking out a black t-shirt and black pants would take almost half an hour", Alan said sarcastically. "And oh, look, he even took the combat boots he always wears, must've been a tough choice!" Eric chimed in, enjoying the boy's expression, which was now as amused as a high school student's on a Monday morning.

"How very funny, guys. I'm sorry that one of us actually cares about his appearance", Ciel answered, smirking. "Oh for heavens' sake, let's just go already", Grell yelled dramatically. "Don't get out of your pants, cross dresser". Grell just glared at Ciel, but didn't bother to come up with a good comeback.

XxX

Ciel was breaking some cold sweat when the group was approaching the man's house. He gazed at the man's yard, trying to find Sebastian's car.

'Fuck', Ciel thought when seeing the velvet black Mustang standing on the sideway. That would mean that Sebastian was home.

"Hey, look! That babe's gonna get us some good cash!" Eric yelled enthusiastically. "I just wonder what he'll have inside the house. It's a huge one, I mean. Nothing like a family-less man should have", Alan said, clicking his tongue.

"Ciel, how about you lead the way since you've been here before?" Ronald said. "Uh, sure. We should probably use the backdoor to not to attract any more attention than necessary", the boy answered, leading the men to the backyard.

As they were approaching the door, Ciel "accidentally" tripped over, hitting the door that let out a loud bang when the boy smashed against it. He had to get Sebastian's attention somehow, and soon. "Ciel, are you okay?" Ronald asked worriedly, picking the boy up from the ground. "Yeah yeah, completely okay. I just tripped over something".

Eric raised his eyebrows in doubt. "On what exactly? There's nothing that you could trip over on", he said, looking around. "Oh, I guess I'm just clumsy", Ciel answered, shaking his head. The men were starting to get suspicious. Not good.

Ciel took out his beloved Beretta, and raised it next to the door. 'If nothing else, this'll get that man's attention', he thought, and shot the lock. The metallic lock let out a loud noise before falling of the door. "Alright, let's go in", Ciel said, putting his gun back to his waist belt.

XxX

"Hey, you guys check the living room first", Ciel said. "What? All of us? What for exactly?" Alan asked. "Well, the living room always contains the most valuable things of course! We need a lot people to get them out", Ciel said after a few seconds' silence.

"I'll go scan through the rooms now", he continued, half running to the kitchen.

Kitchen, no Sebastian.

Bathroom, no Sebastian.

Office, no Sebastian.

Bedroom, no Sebastian.

Ciel sighed, frustrated after going through all the rooms and not finding the man. He sat down on the man's bed, burying his hands on his face. Suddenly, he noticed a note on the bed's pillow.

Ciel, I believe you'll be the one

to find this. Or so I really hope.

I didn't notice your messages

up until now. I'm going to leave

the house for a few hours,

then come back.

I left everything considered

somewhat valuable here in

the house, so any suspicions

wouldn't be raised.

Call me later.

Sebastian

The boy sighed deeply after finishing reading the note. He was not here. He crunched the paper in his fist, pushing it in the back pocket of his jeans, just in time before Eric came in. "What are you sitting here for? I thought we were supposed to be working", he said to the boy sitting on the bed. "I know… I, just…" Ciel stuttered, biting his lip, trying to figure out something to say. "Do we really have to disgrace that man's honour by taking his things even after his death?"

Ronald walked in the room just when Eric was about to open his mouth. "I agree. It's just pathetic, even from us, and that's quite much", he chimed in, earning nods from Alan and Grell.

"Ugh, I guess so, but what can we do about it if William told us to do so?" Eric answered the group. "Well, let's just go back and say there was nothing too good to be taken with us", Ciel said simply. "This is ridiculous", Eric said, leaving the room.

"Let's do so, then", Alan said, following Eric, and everyone else soon going after.

XxX

As the men walked in, William was waiting in his office. "Eric, go tell him what we decided to do", Ciel said. "Why not you?"

"Because he was suspicious about me killing that man. He thought I did something on purpose so I wouldn't have to kill him. I don't want him to hate me even more", Ciel answered. "Fine…"

Ciel walked in his room, sighing in relief. He picked up his phone from the floor, unharmed

(A/N: Nokia 3310, anyone?) and once again looked up Sebastian's number and called it.

"Ciel?" A voice answered after about half a minute. "Yeah… We're already out of your house", the boy answered. "And don't worry, I convinced everyone not to "disgrace your memory" by taking anything. Everything's normal at your place".

"Alright", Sebastian answered, smiling, even though Ciel wouldn't see it. "You sound worried for some reason. Is everything alright in general?"

Ciel bit his lip for a moment when realizing Sebastian asked him a question. "Oh yeah… I… I was just thinking that that was too close", Ciel answered. "I mean, what if you hadn't seen my messages on time? What would have happened? We'd both be screwed now…"

"But that didn't happen, since I did notice them. Ciel, darling, don't worry. We'll manage as long as we have the willpower to do so", Sebastian said. "Yeah…"

"Well, if that's all, I was thinking that I'll go back home then…" "Sebastian, wait".

"What is it, Ciel?" Sebastian answered.

"Can I come over tonight?"

A/N: OH YEAH BABES, YOU KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, EH?

Yes, the time has come… FOR THE M-RATING. And a plot twist, of course.

Alright, now I'll go do a stupid essay (which I should have done instead of uploading this and getting stuck on Facebook at the same time…) and chapter 10 will be posted tomorrow.

…Unless the lovely weather of Finland decides to fuck up my upload schedule again.

Until tomorrow!