Author's Note: Sorry it took so long, but over summer break, I'll finish EVERYTHING, I promise. And update The Sherlockian Paradox today, I think. And Fullmetal Princess will be up soon too.

Hawkeye was not happy.

There were multiple reasons for this. The main one was that she was waiting on a wet rooftop with a shot gun and absolutely no idea who she was supposed to be shooting at.

There was also the small matter that Mustang had refused to stay at the manor and had insisted on standing right behind her. Not that his presence was distracting her, no, not in the least.

Or perhaps it was the fact that the homunculus-thing-known-as-Sebastian had insisted that she would likely not be needed at all. Yes, that was most definitely what was grating at her. Stupid demon.

Hawkeye shifted a little as someone entered the alleyway where Sebastian and Ciel were lying in wait (and likely freezing). She trained her gun upon him and strained to hear the conversation going on. All she could make out was 'over the top' and 'Jack the Ripper'. Then the stranger stepped out of the shadows.

Grell Sutcliff.

But then, it wasn't Grell. Oh, no. His hair, once black, now bright red. His teeth, jagged. And his outfit...flamboyant, to say the least. He flounced around the alleyway. He appeared to be...flirting with Sebastian.

'Well,' thought Hawkeye, 'there's no accounting for taste.'

But that thought was all she had time for. For out of the shadows next stepped Madam Red. She appeared perfectly calm. She didn't even flinch at Ciel's accusatory glare.

The alley was deathly still.

And then it blew. Madam Red attacked Ciel. Grell lunged for Sebastian.

Suddenly Hawkeye was useless. She could not fire at either attacker for fear of hitting her allies. Silently, she cursed Sebastian for being right.

The two groups leaped apart and began talking. This confused Hawkeye. If you have your enemy, kill him. So why...? Then Ciel ordered Sebastian to capture the two.

And then all hell broke loose.

And Mustang fainted.

Stupid, stupid Mustang.

Hawkeye deliberated leaving him and attempting to shoot one of the Jack the Rippers. In the end though, her loyalty to the man prevented that. She picked him up and slung him over her shoulder (all that training). She then set out to find a hansom to take her to the townhouse.

The following is an account Hawkeye received from Sebastian about the events of that night.

S: So your man fainted?

H: He's not my man!

S: But he did faint.

H: (unintelligible) Yes.

S: Thank you.

H: Now what happened after he...fainted?

S: Just say it once more-

H: WHAT HAPPENED.

S: Ahem, after you had left that vile reaper went at me with his

scythe and attempted to kill me. Obviously, (he smirks) he failed. While this was going on, Madam Red was speaking to the young master. She then tried to choke him. When she tried to kill him, I went to protect him, but he ordered me not to kill her.

H: How did you get away?

S: I regret to say that I was forced to rip my coat in the process. My arm as well, I might add. As I was saying, the young master ordered me not to kill his aunt. Following this, Madam Red refused to kill him. Mr. Sutcliff then murdered her. Her 'cinematic record' was shown and she died. Mr. Sutcliff thought himself free to go, but the young master ordered me to kill him. So I proceeded to do so.

H: Cinematic record?

S: The replay of someone's life to see if they should go to heaven or hell. Now, if your quite finished...?

H: Yes, continue.

S: We had a rather tedious battle and I quite had him finished, with his own weapon, no less. Unfortunately, there came another grim reaper-

H: Another one?

S: (pointedly refuses to speak)

H: Right, yes, sorry. Go on.

S: Mr. William Spears who, I might add, is greatly against demons such as I appeared to rescue Sutcliff's sorry carcass. As he left, I...graciously returned his scythe to him. Then we returned here and the rest you know.

END OF RECORDING.

Hawkeye looked up from her notes of the recording. Sebastian was even annoying on paper.

But it was all over now. Hawkeye thought back to the last twenty four hours. Ciel had thanked her and Mustang for their services and told Sebastian to 'send them back now'. And so he had.

Hawkeye and Mustang had been sent back to their home. Everything was how it had been.

Well, almost everything.

"Hawkeye, erm, uh, Riza, would you care to, that it, would you like to...oh dash it all-"

"I'd love to."

Author's Note: And thus it ends...thus. Thanks for reading, I love you all!