Kuroshitsuji © Yana Toboso

OCs © reaper-of-lost-souls

A/N: I'm sorry guys for not uploading a chapter for a while. My mind has been on other fanfics and I don't know. I just need a bit of a break from this for a while… probably. Don't worry I'll post chapters every week (I have enough for a month or two if it's only one a week(though I doubt I'll just do that)) just I'd like to have my mind on different stories and different ideas. I currently have a little Grell fanfic in the works and two others I've been meaning to get to. I wrote little blurps for them, but right now they're just left unattended. So I don't know. We'll see. My other two fanfics is an UndertakerxGrell fanfic where Grell, after the Jack the Ripper arc, has to go help a certain mortician we know about. Sadly the poor little red-head sees a little~ too much then he should have and turns into a 'Stockholm syndrome' type of relationship. Meh I was just trying it out. I don't know if I'd post it or not. And it'd be rated M just because… it has to be =3. And the other is a TK Bakura fanfic (yugioh) with OC as main character. It's completely different from the story I had been writing years ago because I figured there was no point in trying to figure out what I was trying to write. So there you go. That's what I've been working on. Yes I know, I should finish the stories I had been writing, but my head wants to do other things! And I've been working on this for almost a year, so it's time to move my mind around a little. I bet I'll start working on it once summer school starts and I'll narrow down the fanfics I'll work on, but for now it'll just be working with those fanfics and seeing if I like them… so yeah. There you go. Now I hope you guys enjoy this next chapter! (and sorry for ranting DX)

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Sophie groaned, an array of voices calling to her inside of her head. She took the pillow and slammed it into her face, trying to muffle out the sound as best she could. Unable to get back to sleep she woke herself up, rubbing her head in frustration and trying to figure out where she was. Oh that's right. She was in Naum's world now. Sighing she got out of bed, frowning once she noticed she had fallen asleep in her clothing. "So you're woken up," she heard a womanly voice come from the door, "but I see you have troubles with nightmares. You kept yelling and mumbling to yourself before you went quiet again."

"Oh sorry," Sophie chuckled nervously, "I-I always have nightmares when I get comfortable in my sleep. Sorry about that."

"It's not problem," Eve smiled, "Naum suffers from the same problem. The two of you must have similar lives or something. Aren't you about thirty five years old?"

"About," she shrugged. "How do you know –"

"I have my ways~" she grinned. "Now I wonder what you were dreaming about, but you don't have to tell me if you like your privacy –"

"No that's alright," she smiled. "I'll tell… Ummmm… I was just having a dream about this time when I was alive where my mother and my caretaker almost died… then I saved them I supposed, but I had this chilling feeling in the pit of my stomach. It was a time when my caretaker took away my memories, but before he did and I was blacking out I heard a voice in the back of my head. Then a multitude. That usually never happens you see so I had to wake up."

"Ah," Eve realized, "you must be hearing the virgins at the Temple of Life. That must be it! They have spiritual prayers at this time, and they actually started a while ago. That must be what's speaking to you… so that means they must have the dagger."

"Wait," Sophie held up her hand, "don't you know that they would have it?"

"I don't," she shook her head, "because no one has ever truly seen these daggers. The priestesses must use the dagger as a religious object of some sorts and don't know the true reason behind it. Anyways enough about that." Eve grinned walking into the room and pulling out a door, grabbing a pair of clothes from the closet and throwing them on the bed. "Naum will be back just before nightfall and I'll cook dinner for the two of you. In the meantime I figured you would like to see this city and the safest time to wander the streets is at night. For you I mean, not normal humans. There's a tub two doors down to your left where you can freshen up. I advise you to so you can smell like a normal being around here. Your scent smells of blood and death and a mere human will tell you don't smell similar to them."

Sophie smiled, sitting up and stretching her limbs. "Alright," she agreed, "but how long do you think this will take?"

"We can discuss the details after you freshen up," Eve giggled, "but for now I'll be creating potions. Call me if you need anything~" she finished with a chuckle, leaving Sophie in the room as she heard her footsteps patter down the stairs.

Sophie sighed as she looked at the clothes, a long white robe with a slit leading up her right leg. There were also white pants, to Sophie's relief, and a light cerulean and silver vestment that would tie around her chest with a silver rope. There was also a long, thick cerulean scarf that she decided would go around her waist to hold everything together, noticing a white towel laid beside the rest of the clothes. Sophie smiled once she noticed this, grabbing the towel, walking down the hallway, and wandering into the bathroom. Then she locked the door behind her, since she didn't want anyone walking in on her while she was trying to bathe. She looked at the tub and noticed the designs were similar to the one that was at Undertaker's house. So she didn't have a problem turning on the water and waiting for the tub to fill a little more than half of the way, before stripping and throwing her clothes off to the side and walking into the tub. She smiled. The water wasn't too hot or too cold. She sighed as she let the water soak into her skin, flakes of dry blood coming off of her body and dissipating into the water. Noticing a bottle and reading the label, she figured it was the shampoo and followed the instructions on the bottle as she placed it on her head. The same she did with a bar of soap, which smelt of sea-foam and fish. She chuckled, humming to herself as she tried to come up with an explanation to how she could take a bath underwater. She'd have to find time to write this in her black book, she decided, and hopefully Naum won't be back for a while so she'd have time.

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A young girl in a white floral gown skipped up to the large hallow tree, knocking on the door and before inviting herself in. "Mrs. Eve is Naum –" she paused as her eyes narrowed in on an unfamiliar being, a woman no less, writing in a black book before looking up and noticing her. She gulped as vibrant crystal blue and shinigami green eyes stared into her own bright lilac eyes, turning away to the floor in embarrassment. "W-who are you a-and do you know where Mrs. Eve is –"

"Eve went out to tend to her garden," Sophie told her with a slight smile, noticing the other girl's long orange hair braided behind her head, keeping the bangs from her eyes except for a few fringes, "and as for me, my name it's Sophia, but you can call me Sophie." Then Sophie sighed, feeling the stare on her as she went back to writing in an attempt to ignore the other girl.

"Sophie…" she said slowly, huffing as she went to a cabinet close to the clam Sophie was sitting on and pulling out a root, then sitting down next to her and snarling quietly to herself. "I suppose I'll wait for her then," she sighed, "since Eve never likes being disturbed… What are you doing here anyways?"

Sophie casually looked at her before shrugging, her eyes going back to her book as she continued to write in her book. "You haven't even introduced yourself to me, so why should I tell you why I'm here?" she finished in a snappy voice, the girl growling as she spat the end of the root on the ground.

"What are you another suitor for Naum?" she sneered. "You know I'm getting pretty pissed off to find you she-devils running about like you own this place. And what's with that look on your face?" she growled as Sophie looked up from her book and started to look at the wall, narrowing her eyes in an attempt to not show that disrespectful girl some sense in that blunt mind of hers. "Oh you want to snap or something? Go right ahead you knifing –"

"Rehana what are you doing here?" came a voice from the door as Naum walked into the room, slamming the door closed with his foot and walking across the room to set the food in his hand down on a table.

"Naum!" she grinned happily, rushing over to him and wrapping her arms around his shoulders. He grumbled in protest as she giggled, kissing him on the cheek and causing his face to turn a new shade of pink. "I wanted to stop by before I was forced to go to bed," she explained, "but I see you're having other~ company –"

"Now it's not like that Reha," he sighed. "Pardon her Sophie. She's a bit protective of me at times." Naum ignored Reha's huffs and pouts behind him, confused with the whole ordeal as he took out the food and began to put them away in ice boxes and other places around the room.

"No harm," Sophie shrugged as she crossed her leg on top the other and set her book down on top of her knee, continuing to write in her little black book and paid no attention to the others in the room. "I just wasn't expecting her."

"But hey now –"

"Reha please," he sighed, "I'll explain in a second… So what are you doing over there?"

"Catching up on some writing," Sophie continued casually. "I write down all the little mishaps that have happened to me over the years. There's a bunch of little spells and descriptions in here on other species, but I've never had time to go through everything."

"Wow," Naum chuckled with an intrigued look on his face as he set the rest of the food away and walked over to her. "A skull and cross bones on the cover? Of course a being associated with Death would have that."

"D-death?" Reha gulped, Naum looking over at her before giving her a smile. "W-who exactly are you?" Reha frowned as her head her hands to her chest, frightful of what the woman could actually do.

"What? Is Death so~ foreign here?" Sophie sighed before a chuckle escaped her lips. "Wait I shouldn't be surprised. You're a place of Life~ after all."

"Hey~~" he growled as he sat down next to her, "Life is a good thing to have around –"

"Yes, but Death is always there too," Sophie interrupted him as she flipped a page. "Unknowing, unseeing, till the last standing moments when Life becomes so unbearable that Death invites you into its arms and lets you depart." She let out a smile, the two of them looking at her wearily as a smile glazed on her face before she slammed the book in her hand and set it aside in her bag. "So Reha told me you have suitors too," Sophie smirked, "What's with that?"

Naum chuckled nervously, "Oh that," he sighed. "I'm what, thirty five I think, and it's about time I get married I suppose. Darn, I hate it though! Being married to some woman who won't respect me and is only using me for my powers."

"That's why I don't see why you're here," Reha growled. "And why are you two casually talking? Shouldn't you kick her out by now –"

"This is Sophia Serbus, a God of Death," he told her, Reha gulping once she realized what she was while Sophie turned to him with a disapproving look on her face. "What?" he chuckled as he grinned at Sophie, "She's my girlfriend alright? I trust she'll keep this secret between us, right Reha?"

"Now that someone told me, I suppose I will," she sighed. "S-so you're a God of Death~? Naum w-what is going on here? What has happened?" Reha walked over to the clam, sitting on Naum's knee and looking deeply into his silver steel eye with emerald in the center with worry, a weak smile on his face as he gently rubbed her cheek.

"Sophie would you like to explain –"

"I don't know," Sophie answered with a sigh. "I don't know what's going on myself Reha. What are you exactly? A human?"

"I'm one of the virgins at the temple," Reha smiled proudly, "and I took the position so I could work closer to Naum and get his attention. Worked didn't it?" She giggled happily.

"Yes," Naum chuckled playfully, "she's one of the virgins at the temple. Not a priestess. She's in a group of girls selected to be the sacrifice, but one out of twenty would chosen from each group. So she'll be okay," he smiled. "She helps around the temple learning the various chants and praying. You see, every girl that is there becomes a priestess, a big prestige really. Once you've passed seventeen you are a full-fledged priestess, able to go through life knowing that you don't have the fear that you may be sacrificed. Actually Reha's almost at that age. After this next sacrifice she'll have her birthday in the fall and be able to take the oath."

"Yep," she smiled happily to the woman. "I'm sorry if I've been disrespectful. My name is Rehana, RehanaTaranaki, but you can call me simple Reha if you wish. It's what my friends call me after all."

"Well thank you," Sophie nodded, reaching over for a cup on the table beside her and beginning to sip from the tea within.

"Oh I forgot," Naum chuckled, "that I haven't said that the priestess and Goddesses of Life work hand in hand. So I'm always at the temple it seems… like that God of Death building that your kind congregate in. It's just we're more connected with the humans it seems, that's all."

Sophie nodded, finishing her tea before standing up. "Now Eve told me that I can go into the city as it gets dark. Coming?"

"What?" Naum pouted. "Now? What if you get caught or hurt –"

"Look the sooner we find those daggers the sooner we can get back to our own lives," Sophie huffed. "I dislike the feeling that some simple being is controlling me. Now Eve gave me a hint that the dagger that could be controlling me is in your temple. Is there a way I can get in?"

"W-well only Reha and I can go in there," Naum frowned, "but perhaps we can get you in some way… I-I'll think about it."

"Right," Sophie sighed, giving him a tired look even though she must have been asleep a few hours now. "It's not like I'm ungrateful for the hospitality you've given me, but my own home needs me back. No one is really giving me the details and I'm started to get irritated. This darn game of theirs," she grumbled under her breath.

"For the record I don't know anything either," Naum chuckled, "but anyways I'll bring you around the city if you wish. Reha would you like to come along?"

"No I need to get back," she smiled finally being noticed, "just wanted to come and see that you were okay. I heard that you suddenly left Ponta for some reason, but since you look fine I'll stop worrying. Though… what exactly are you two talking about?"

"I'll explain later," Naum smiled, "tomorrow when I go back to work. Now if we're going to go let's do it now. I want to explain everything~ before dinner is ready." Sophie nodded as she grabbed her bag and followed the two, closing the door behind her as the others casually talked to each other like old friends. She smiled; glad that Naum had a small love of his own, though as soon as the smile came on her face it had faded away just as quickly once she was reminded of Jericho. To have a friend like Reha, a lover like Reha… that's something Sophie barely has anymore. Sure in the beginning Jericho liked her, but now he's slowly leaving her behind as he continues to stress himself with wanting to become the master of his own household. It's changing him. Maybe she shouldn't have stressed that he needed power. That's not what he really needed. Sophie just wanted him to have a decent backbone instead of acting inferior to others. That's why no one takes him seriously, and that's what Sophie meant when she told him to grow up. "Hey Sophie are you coming?" Naum called, Sophie looking up before giving him a smile.

"Yes I am," she nodded, waving over to them as he held her hand. Naum noticed the sad look in her eyes as she had her eyes downcast to the road, deciding to ask her later as they continued towards the city and close to the temple.

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Since Naum had left to work early in the morning and she had nothing to do, Sophie decided to go back into the city to look around while Eve was asleep. She could swear that the woman was similar to Undertaker, at least in the little habits like sleeping in late and never wanting to be disturbed when they're working, actually working. Sophie noticed that Eve was a doctor and medicine woman, healing those who came into her shop from colds to wounds with a grin upon her face. She used techniques Sophie have never even heard before, spending most of the day yesterday watching Eve work on her clients before going out and working on her garden. Her garden was where she grew most of the herbs for her potions and medicine, though a few times she would have Naum go into the forest to gather specific plants if she didn't have any.

Still Sophie felt this world was odd, especially since most of the inhabitants lived in the water and were below the domain of the demons. Daemons, she corrected herself in her head as she walked along the cobble stones and glided into the city. She was glad that she could change her aura and appearances, though all she did was change her aura so she felt like one of them. Besides everyone was nice and didn't bother her, as long as she didn't bother them that is. The daemons brought about her curiosity as she moved through the city, stopping at the temple and looking at the white marble and paint being scrubbed for the day. That Reha girl was a strange one, but as long as she made Naum happy she could care less. She had a strong hatred when she found Sophie the other day, as the others do when Sophie had been walking around the city until she tuned her aura with theirs. That must have how it was with the daemons and that only perked up Sophie's curiosity even more. There was something Naum and Eve weren't telling her and she wanted to find out, her gaze looking over as she looked at the edge of the ocean where Naum had led her from. The realm of Ga was very close to where Naum lived, which may have been why he was a Goddess of Life. The closer one is to both land masses the more one has to be cautious of their surroundings, alerting those around them of any signs of daemons or outsiders. Sophie was conflicted to go back up there as she walked along the road, leaving the temple behind as she stepped off of the road and made her way up the hill towards the surface.

Before she could go any higher a hand stopped her; Sophie turning around in a flash to find Naum grabbing hold of her wrist with a frown on his face. "What are you doing Sophie?" Naum snarled, Sophie pulling her arm away from him as he grunted roughly. "You're not supposed to go up there –"

"Naum you can't stop someone's curiosity," she grinned, Naum rolling his eyes as his angry demeanor quickly subsided.

"You know curiosity killed the squid, right?" Naum huffed and shook his head.

"But no one accomplished anything sitting on their butts and twitting their thumbs," she smirked back.

Naum walked around her cautiously and blocked her movements towards the surface, much to her disappointment. "Anyways it's a good thing I stopped you. There was an advancement of daemons and I fell back making sure no one would be in harm's way –"

"If there's an advancement then I'll do what I can to help," she smiled at him, lightly pushing him aside as he let out a startled huff. "You've been caring for me for two days already and I'm getting bored. Might as well help you right?"

"Sophie don't –"

"Naum I'm going whether you like it or not," she huffed, stopped and turning around holding a vicious grin on her face, "Unless~ you have the balls to pull me back to Eve's house… no? Great –"

"Serbus as your caretaker at the moment I strongly advise –"

"Advise Naum?" she snorted causing a growl to escape his throat with irritation on his lips, "Try harder than advise~~, little Kaoboros."

He narrowed his eyes and ran up to her, grabbing hold of her hand roughly and causing her to look into the gray mist in his eyes. "Don't tempt me," he cautiously warned her, Sophie raising an eyebrow with intrigue as he tried to stay strong. "I don't know what authority you own back in your own world, but here we do things my way. If you dislike it go back home, alright –"

"I knew you had a backbone," she smirked at him, Naum's eyes widening in astonishment once he realized she was only testing him. "I was wondering how long it would take till I saw it. Well no matter," she shrugged as she pulled her arm away and began walking down the sand, "I'll go back. Just know that you can't hold me forever Kaoboros, so whatever you're hiding it can't stay hidden for long. I'll find it~~"

Smirking Sophie left, Naum's mouth almost dropping till he started sneering under his breath. "Damn it," he grumbled as he turned and made his way to Ga, "sneaky goddess. Eve was right. Death likes to toy with you." He pulled his white hood over his head as he emerged out of the water, assuming Sophie had gone home and he wouldn't have to deal with her for the rest of the day. How wrong he was.

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A/N: And now I realize I should have posted this sooner DX Oh well! What do you think? Excited for another chapter? Depending on my weekend I may or may not post another chapter for this story. We'll see. I just want to get at least one out there this week. As always I hope you enjoys this!

Rehana – Indian – sweet smelling plant, a beautiful, pure, balmy scented flower

Taranaki – Māori – shining mountain peak