AN: I do NOT own Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) or D. Gray-Man!
So in the last chapter everything was kind of confusing and thrashed together but I kind of needed to set the stage. And I have decided for the sake of the story, no pairings! Sorry if it was messy or confusing. I also promised a longer chapter so here I go!
Ciel Phantomhive sat on the now vacant bed that Allen was laying on not too long ago. He could feel faint traces of his body warmth still lingering in the sheets. The same warmth that comforted him for a night before he was taken away. Before Ciel was once again left alone in a caged cell bound by chains. Kanda and Lenalee watched quietly as the ghost girl ordered the Earl to sit.
"Prince-sama how I've longed to see you again! I've been trapped in the dark for so long and then I heard your voice calling! I didn't make it in time but now that I've found you, we'll live happily ever after!"
Ciel shivered at her ghostly voice and could feel her eerie presence in his spine. But then the slightest smile formed which soon turned to unknown intentions of laughter. He held his stomach and crunched up with uncontrollable laughter.
"This is certainly amazing. To be afraid of an apparition but not a demon. I amuse myself," said Ciel through fits of laughter.
"This is stupid. Call your butler," said Kanda huffing out a sigh.
The ghost girl frowned as if she was insulted and weeping noises slowly rose from within her. It was quiet and low but soon began to get louder and louder. Ciel covered his ears.
"Innocence, activate!"
The red bangles that hung loosely around Lenalee's ankles seemed to light up with life and began to come apart into hexagonal parts forming wings. They quickly wrapped around her legs and up to her thighs.
She grabbed Ciel and she turned to look at Kanda and said, "I'm going to the butler! Hurry and catch up!"
She left as if she too was a ghost and Kanda was still standing there, stuck with the ghost brat who not only seemed spoiled but she was the kind of brat whose attitude he hated most. She sobbed and screamed even louder than before, before disappearing from the bed only to reappear next to the very much annoyed asian man.
"Nobody can take my prince away from me! I will kill anybody who tries to take him away from me," she said with a voice way lower than the lowest note that Kanda could ever hit. He couldn't hide it either that he was startled and he suddenly felt a cold breeze chill him in the bones. He felt something enter his spine and his skin crawled with the presence of another. His blood went cold and his shoulders drooped down. His hands reached up to his face slowly and Kanda began to cackle with an evil expression caked on his face.
"Nobody will take my prince away from me. We'll make friends…lots of them!"
Lavi made sure that he was able to get the heart of Finni to have a steady beat before he moved on to the maid who was bleeding from a gashing wound on her torso. In the corner of his eyes, he saw something flash and his reflexes made him grab the tiny hammer that was conveniently in a pocket hooked onto his shorts.
"Innocence, activate!"
Before he could utilize any of its special abilities, he stopped himself in the presence of Lenalee and Ciel.
"It's just you Lenalee! I was scared to death! Gosh with a ghost and then an akuma somewhere, this is too much for me! If the old man was here with us, he wouldn't make it," exaggerated Lavi, bringing up a hand to wipe his sweat.
"Where is Allen? And what happened to everybody here?" asked Lenalee.
"I don't know but we found them like this. There is a possibility that a level 4 is here and Allen went ahead. I might need a hand Lenalee. Ah! Where is Yu? Did you guys leave him with that ghost girl?" asked Lavi.
"Now that I think about it, I thought he would follow but he isn't here," said Lenalee, turning back to look if there was any signs of someone running after. Lenalee walked over to the hallway and peeked past the corner she had turned. There were no signs of the long haired Asian stud and no sounds of footsteps. She walked back to help Ciel sit up. He was stuck in a daze but slowly began to pull himself together and began to panic, his chest tightening and an asthma attack alerting him.
"Sebastian…Sebastian, I am here! Come!"
Ciel stood up and he expected his butler to be there before he even opened his eyes. But to his dismay, there was only him standing. Only him standing by himself. Lenalee gave a pitying look and put her hands around Ciel's body once again.
"Lavi take care of them! I'm going to take him to the butler."
And she was gone before Lavi could say anything. Lenalee was going so fast that she ran right into the back of Allen. They landed in a heap and they were dizzy. Ciel managed to stand up and dusted himself off. Allen mussled his white hair and quickly brought pressure on his wounded torso. The blood began to stain the white bandages that were tightly wrapped around him.
"I'm sorry Allen! Are you all right?" shouted Lenalee.
"I'm fine. The akuma is close! I can feel the evil of it coming closer. Its soul is screaming for help."
Ciel's eyebrows perked up. He didn't understand anything that they were distressing about. The exorcist were running around saying akuma this, akuma that while at the same time scary ghost shit was happening. Ciel was most enraged by the fact that when he called for Sebastian, he didn't come or answer. Something was wrong and he was being left out on it. But he was wise to keep quiet and watch things as they flowed.
"Allen are you sure you can take on the akuma? Damn, where is Kanda when you need him?"
"Kanda? What happened to him?" asked Allen, forgetting about his wound.
"He was supposed to follow right after me but he never came. I didn't really notice but he must've hesitated," said Lenalee who was thinking of all kinds of different possible things that might've happened to him after she had left with Ciel.
She was distracted from her thoughts when another explosion shook the manor house from the west. This time though, it felt closer and they could hear the commotion come closer. Allen stood up and lifted his hands in front of him.
"Innocence, activate."
His body engulfed in a tiny light and a cape manifested out of the air and draped itself over the boy. Its crown-like hood and mask gleamed. Ciel took note that his left arm changed and suddenly got bigger with claw like fingers. He brought his hands together and pulled on his left wrist on his unusual arm. Ciel nearly shivered when he saw the white-haired boys arm slowly change into a large broad white sword with a black cross going from top to bottom, side to side.
"It's coming Lenalee…brace yourself."
Ciel noticed for the first time the boots on her feet. They had tiny butterfly like wings at the heel and had a halo hovering by it. These people were different from anything or anyone he's ever seen before. Ciel was pulled out of his thoughts when the side of the wall burst open and sent parts of the wall flying at them. Ciel closed his eyes but not before he saw a white cape drape him and protected him. He could hear Sebastian's voice which was obviously in pain.
"Bocchan! Are you alright?!"
The cape was removed and Ciel looked into the eyes of the raven-haired demon. The trail of his blood led to another unsightly being that looked like a human with the basic features but had a big star tattooed onto the surface of its bear belly. Its wings were like fairies' and it too, had a halo hovering over its head. It began to laugh in a high pitched voice that Ciel quickly linked to that of Elizabeth, his fiancé's laugh.
"Fancy meeting you here Allen Walker and Lenalee Lee. The Earl was expecting you somewhere else though!"
Sebastian looked at Allen with curiosity.
"Well, I have watched you perform a couple of times with that father of yours. You truly look like a classic European white face clown," said Sebastian with a smirk.
Allen sighed and looked at the damage that was done to Sebastian. He was cut on the shoulder but it didn't look deep and there was a long bleeding cut on his pale cheeks. Allen felt the crimson pair of eyes lay on him and he turned away to look back at the level 4 akuma.
"What are you here? Did the Millenium Earl send you here?"
"He told me to find a little girl. He wants to find her ghost and capture it."
"Why are you telling me this? Shouldn't it be a secret then?" asked Allen who could see the young bluenette cross his arms.
"Because the Millenium Earl knows that you are here. We've been monitoring you for a long time now. This house was just too big to find you right away. I ran into trouble with a demon of a different caliber. Who would've thought his kind would be her-"
Allen swooped in to a surprising cut and the level 4 lost it's balance. Lenalee took the chance to act. With her speed, she went behind it and kicked it right in the head, causing the dark purple blood to come gushing out at her. Allen stuck the sword into the abdomen, splitting the star print on its stomach in half. Sebastian ran over to Ciel and pulled him away.
The level 4 began to inflate in uneven bubble patches and before it reached it's peak, Allen walked over and tapped it's forehead with his sword, giving the akuma a soft and heavenly feeling.
"Why are you searching for the ghost girl? What's she of use to you guys anyways?"
"The girl…her soul was called back to the earth as an akuma…but she was already a ghost. She has troublesome powers…was all I was told. Thank you Allen Walker."
Allen gave it his smile and covered himself with his cape right before it's distorted body blew up. After the dust had fallen, Allen deactivated his innocence and returned to ailing about his wound. Ciel walked over to Allen and with his arms crossed simply gave him a cold glare.
"I want answers. What do you know about me and why do you know?"
Allen stood up.
"Before I met my master or Mana, my adoptive father, I was sold by my very own parents because of this hand," said Allen, showing him the blood red hand with the jewel cross embedded on his hand.
Lenalee joined him by his side and gave Allen a reassuring look as if to say that if he were to falter, she would step in.
"I was sold to a cult who practiced black magic and the summoning of demons. They thought I was the perfect one because my hand was known as the Devil's Left Hand. I was able to escape that place because of the akuma attacks. I was saved but I never forgot the fact that I was close to being branded with a noble brand. It was a couple of years ago when I was accompanying my master when we passed by a burning manor house. Naturally, we saw people come in and out so we followed them out of curiosity."
Ciel could feel his weak lungs lunge for a breath of air but he kept still and waited for Allen to continue.
"And that was when I met you Ciel."
AN: I did it! I have set the stage. Now some of your questions will be answered. I'm sooo sleepy cause I didn't sleep for like 48 hours and it's so late that it's tomorrow. Well, the only reason I made the little girl a ghost was so that I could get kanda a little berserk! (my fav. Character btw) I' sorry if it didn't make sense and this was the most I could do! I hope this story/chapter was worth your salt! Please review and tell me how I'm doing! I take all criticism! ^-^