Kuroshitsuji © Yana Toboso

OCs © reaper-of-lost-souls

A/N: I'm sorry for not posting anything for a while. I was too involved in trying to figure out my yugioh fanfic that my mind was on other things. I wanted to write that one instead of this one, but hey I have a few more chapters to post. So I've just been neglecting the reviews ;3 And just so you know, I've wanted to complete a yugiohxOC fanfic as much as I want to complete a kuroshitsujixOC fanfic. Just yugioh was first on my mind and to be honest kuroshitsuji was replacing yugioh. Now my ideas are back… different, but back nonetheless, so that's why I've been doing other things. I only have one chapter up right now, but whatever. Anyways I'm sorry for not posting anything. Still I hope you enjoy this next chapter ^^

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Instead of heading straight back to Eve's house, assuming she was still asleep, Sophie went back into the city and walked around, talking to the people in their native tongue with a smile on her face. She had dulled her eyes so they were a plain crystal blue, but her hair she kept vibrant and auburn red. Honestly her hair was tame compared to the other hair colors she'd seen, ranging from bright fiery reds, reminding her of a certain livewire shinigami she knew, to dark cool purples. Heck, the first time she saw Reha's hair she was amazed by how bright it was, but according to the young girl her hair was the less beautiful around the city, which Sophie found to be ridiculous. Upon deeper conversations Sophie had learned of Reha's background, along with Naum's own background.

Reha grew up in an orphanage and since she had no parents she was brought into the temple for her purity. Reha explained that being a priestess was the highest honor imaginable, but all she cared about was being close to Naum. Naum she also met at the orphanage, but instead of being a baby brought in he was the same age as her and had seen his parents die before his eyes at the age of eight. They had been childhood friends ever since, but only a few months since Naum were living at the orphanage a woman came by and adopted him. Naum actually knew the woman very well, since the woman came by his parents' home as a frequent visitor and sometimes patient. Reha was actually grateful that Naum got to live at his old home again, but still this made Sophie concern. If she was going to look at their lives, hers and Naum's were on constant parallels. Losing parents by the age of eight, being kicked out of your home and sent to an orphanage, and being brought back a few months later by a much more mysterious being then Sophie would like to admit. That woman, Eve, felt strangely like Undertaker. Not by aura, but something else… like how she was slightly different than Naum, but oddly enough they were similar then they would like to admit. She guessed Eve knew his parents, and Naum did answer her in saying yes. Still the idea unnerved Sophie as she made her way through the town, deciding to buy some food with the currency Eve had given her and try the food out for herself.

As she chewed on a piece of seaweed another thought crossed her minded, Rehana. Childhood friends, but yet she was close to death as Haden was every day. Unsuspecting to the each other that one was closer to death then the other would like to admit, Rehana constantly having to worry if she was going to be the next sacrifice every year. Of course, over the years they came to shrug off the feeling of worry, but still it was obviously there by the way Naum held her like she would vanish in his grip if he even stopped to blink. Sophie sighed. She wished she could have had some vague warning, some indication that death was coming. Haden didn't tell her a thing and by the time she found out it was too late. She had to admit, the allure of life's trance could be too overwhelming to leave. Life, with all its beauty was constantly leading you to Death, your demise. Perhaps that's why Sophie had grown cold at times, but it was her defense to seeing another person she knows die before her. Naum had seen the same horrors as she, but yet is able to go through his life without much care that his friends would die. That's what troubled Sophie. Was it better to live a carefree life without worrying that your friends would die or a life filled with worry, but able to laugh carefree with your friends knowing you will one day die defending them from the world. Sophie thought the latter, since that's what she lived for. Her father was a warrior and thus she would too, even if there was perhaps a dagger around here that had been speaking to her and beckoning her to obey. If it came down between her friends, family, and even her home to herself she was going to choose herself, letting the world destroy her if it was necessary to keep everyone she knew safe. Besides she had already made that decision years ago, when she was in the orphanage talking to Haden and Miss Robin. She was never going to back down, never give into defeat till she knew for certain they were safe. Then, only then, would she let go and fall, fall to the demise she had always embraced with open arms.

That's when Sophie decided that it was time to act instead of wait around for Naum to get his ordeals in order. Besides she was never one to follow the rules fully anyways. There was always~ a way to get around them. Continuing down the steps she bought clothes from local vendors, collecting white cloth and similar to the tones she had seen on Reha. Then, slipping behind a vacant alley and throwing the clothes Eve had given her into her bag, Sophie slipped on the white garments and held herself high. Then she wandered down the street and towards the temple, determined to confront these voices in her head.

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Reha had been going about her daily business, fixing food for the others before cleaning up and wandering around the temple. Her heart swelled every time she passed by a group of young girls asking questions and learning, seeing that the temple was in order. Even though she wasn't a full priestess yet she had been given tons of responsibility. Everyone suspected that she was going to live, and so did she. A hard worker as herself would never have the gods frown upon her with misfortune… right?

Reha sighed as she made her way into the back, knowing those casual statements her elders had given her to be untrue and Sophie's words stung her more then she would admit. Naum always said that Death came when you least expected it and to always be prepared when it does, but Reha usually laughed those thoughts aside. This time she didn't, as the raffle for the next sacrifice of the year was being picked by the elders. It was completely random, the names in a big oyster and the elders would pick from the slips. So far Reha had been safe, avoiding the selections with ease every year. This year she felt was different and Reha didn't like the feeling that her name may just be brought out of the oyster. She had come so far as an orphan and she didn't want to leave this life, and more importantly she didn't want to leave Naum. Besides he had been through so much already, losing his parents and then being bullied at the orphanage. Naum was the one who stopped the bullies, but still she knew that Naum was a poor and traumatized soul. She let this Sophie~ stay, only because she kept Naum happy. Also she was curious herself to why she was there, a God of Death. Death… just the name sent a chill down her spine. To have a being connected to Death here kept her petrified; hoping nothing bad would come to them. Naum already had enough on his plate, fighting the daemons and keeping order in the other realms. He didn't need Death breathing so close to his throat, waiting for him to fail so it could take him to Ura. Reha had not question that Naum would end up in Ura, but still she was still nervous. She didn't want him to leave her, and her him.

She looked up to notice a weird movement from behind a pillar, raising an eyebrow to see that same woman whom was keeping her on edge here, of all places! Keeping her presence unknown Reha followed her, following the being that called herself Sophie down the white hallway and through the doors. Sophie's head was up in the air as if she was trying to find something, trying to sense something. Reha narrowed her eyes. She was getting uncomfortably close to the holy relics that were kept in the back when they weren't being used. Still making sure Sophie didn't notice her Reha hid behind a pillar, watching as Sophie darted her eyes around as she reached her hand out to open the door.

"Hey you," Sophie shot up her head and pulled her hand back, looking over to find a much older woman, perhaps forty, narrowing her eyes at the younger as she prayed her disguise would hold up. "What are you doing? You know half-fledged priestesses are not allowed to go into the Holy Chambers."

"I-I'm sorry miss," Sophie casted her eyes down, speaking in a meek voice and looked away. "I-It won't happen again." Reha raised an eyebrow, noticing Sophie's performance. She was obviously putting on an act, staring her bright blue eyes up at the elder like a whimpering seahorse.

The elder woman's eyes lit up in shock, frightened that she scared the younger girl. "It's quite alright my dear," the woman smiled, "no need to frat. What's your name?"

Reha gulped. If Sophie got caught then Naum would be in serious trouble. She sighed with frustration. This woman really didn't know what she was doing, did she – "Athena Ernest," Sophie smiled happily.

"Athena… A-athena?" the woman asked, Reha's face suddenly turning flushed at the name. "Athena… you're named after the high Empress! How do you know that name? It is absolutely forbidden to use it." Reha gulped. Oh they were done for now!

"W-well my parents named me so I haven't bothered changing it," Sophie frowned, whimpering her bottom lip. "I'm sorry if my name is offensive, but it's not like I want to have it. Besides if my parents gave me that name then I will use it. I loved my parents after all…"

"It's alright," the woman smiled and rubbed her back, "I won't tell anyone. Is this your first time here?"

"N-no," Sophie shook her head, gently smiling, "but since you were my elder I gave you my real name. Everyone tends to call me Sophie for some reason, so you can call me that if you wish."

"Sophie… a very uncommon name, but not unheard of," she nodded before chuckling. "Sophie it is. Now I'm sorry for intruding. Can I trust you won't go in there?"

"Of course," Sophie smiled, the woman smiling and rustling up her hair.

"Good girl," she chuckled. "Now if you need me you need to only ask."

"Okay," Sophie smiled happily, watching as the woman turned away and took off down the hallway. That's when Sophie's eyes turned cold; sighing once the woman was too far away from earshot as she scratched the back of her head and fixed the white veil on her head. This place was definitely hiding something, and she was going to figure out what was going on –

"Sophie what are you doing here?" Reha huffed, making her presence known as she walked over to her and grabbed her by the arms. "You shouldn't be here! Go home! Eve will be worried –"

"I could care less," she answered with venom in her words, pushing the girl off of her and shooting daggers with her eyes. "I am here for a reason Reha," Sophie tried to explain, "and I won't stop till it's done. If Naum can't handle it fine, but I won't stop till this control over me has vanquished. Alright? So leave me alone and let me do my work –"

"You're such a horsefly!" Reha suddenly cursed at her, causing Sophie to slowly closer her mouth and stare at her with an irritated look on her face. "Sometimes you just need to take your time –"

"Death does not rest Reha," Sophie responded roughly, a sudden gulp escaping Reha's throat as she noticed the blues, greens, and yellows swirling around in Sophie's eyes. "True, it's nice to bid your time and wait, but right now I can't afford that. Even being here for a few more days will be longer than necessary and I'm not spending a lifetime in this world. I don't know what Naum has told you, but I will tell you this," she huffed as she walked over to Reha, Reha taking a few frightful steps back as her eyes gleamed into her own, "your life is a very beautiful lie indeed. Life is notorious for that, showing as a beautiful lie that everyone wants to go to and cling to. Death is the reality, the painful truth. Our lives always end, and depending on our actions we may go somewhere else or end up on a shelf to collect dust and rot away. Even then it isn't certain, for the ultimate death is a disappearance from total existence. So however you laugh life away know this, whether you like it or not Death will come to you. Today, tomorrow, years from now, but it will come. I find it easier to invite Death, not shy away. So with whatever time I have left I need to use wisely, and right now your attitude and bickering towards me is getting irritating," she finished with a huff, slowly turning her gaze away and looking down the hallway.

Reha gulped, rubbing the back of her head as Sophie crossed her arms over her chest before looking at her annoyed. "How could you get so bitter?" Reha frowned, "And what do you mean you're from a different world? Aren't you a daemon or something –"

"I come from a world leagues away from here," Sophie tried the casually explain, "and the reasons I'm here is because there's an item here taking control of me. My world has one too, an item that has a hold of Naum's mind and speaks to him."

"R-really?" Reha frowned at this new piece of information.

"Yes," Sophie nodded, "why do you think I'm here? I wouldn't be in this strange place if it weren't for that. That moment when Naum ran off several days ago was because of that item, someone controlling it from my own world."

"But why –"

"If you don't understand then don't bother," Sophie let out a frustrated sigh. "I'm behind schedule now… and to answer your former question is this," she slowed down her breathing, calming herself down as she let out a sigh, "Naum and I are very similar, a similarity we don't want to admit. He was raised by a woman of Life, while I was raised by a man of Death. We lost out parents by the age of eight, but my case was more brutally then Naum's it seems. The difference is my first love, the childhood relationship you and Naum had at your orphanage, died only a year or so after my own mother… so don't ask me why I'm bitter. I'm bitter because I want to be bitter. I choose to stay bitter. I care too much for the small amount of friends and family I have left to back down to Life's various whims right now. I need to succeed to get back home."

Reha stood in utter shock, a frown on her face as the other explained her own situation. Reha can see why the woman was angry, serious. If she had died when Naum was young she knew he wouldn't have been able to handle himself. He may have even died too… Reha could tell Sophie cared just as much for her own kind as Naum did his and that made a smile show upon her face. "I'll help," Reha gently grinned, her smile growing as Sophie turned her head and looked at her stunned. "If it's important for you to go home then I'll help you, but you have to promise that Naum won't be hurt, alright?"

"I can't make any guarantees, but I'll try," Sophie sighed and giving her a nod. "Thank you though."

Reha nodded back and looked down the hallways, looking back and forth and making sure no one was coming before she pulled out a key and began to fumble with the lock. "I may not be a full-fledged priestess yet, but they have given me the keys to almost everything. If someone asks tell them you're helping me carrying a few of the relics to the front." Sophie shook her head and helped the girl nudge the door open, sneaking in and gently closing the door behind her before it could make a sound. Reha motioned Sophie to follow her, using Reha's silent hand signals to avoid any triggers that could set off an alarm. "You'll have to help me," Reha chuckled, "I-I don't know what we're looking for –"

"That," Sophie pointed to a white dagger set in the middle of the room, Reha's eyes widening in fear as Sophie crept closer.

"Wait don't!" she stopped her, Sophie quickly stopping and turning around to meet Reha's frightened expression. "Y-you can't take that –"

"Why not?" Sophie stared at her, Reha unable to avoid the glow in Sophie's eyes as she continued.

"That dagger is our most sacred relic, given to us by the First Empress and the Divine Creator itself." Sophie paused, noticing the fear in the girl's eyes. So this Empress, the same one who must be named Athena, gave them this dagger? This was becoming more and more interesting. A lot more lively than the mysteries in her own world, and Sophie was starting to love this game.

"Even if everything you say is true, this dagger is the one controlling me," Sophie huffed, "and I won't let you stop me now while I'm so close. Now if you're done…" Leaving the woman's gaze Sophie reached her hand towards the dagger, about the grab it from its cradle before they heard the intercom blare.

"Attention. Attention," they heard, "all priestess gather at the front of the temple."

That's when the door began to rattle, a priestess putting her key into the door and slowly turning the nob. Knowing this may be the last time Sophie could ever do this, she wrapped her hand around the dagger and pulled it away, Reha letting out a horrified yelp into her hands as the door opened. "What are –" They paused as they shielded their eyes from the light, Sophie letting out a loud yell as light radiated from the dagger. Reha had to look away to avoid the strength of the beams of light, blinding her as the others had to close the door and yelp in shock. Sophie slowly opened her eyes and looked down at the dagger, watching the top of the handle suddenly look back at her. The handle looked like a bird, a dove to be specific with white wings beginning to flap as Sophie gripped it hard. She began to hear faint voices again, Sophie letting out a scream as she kept a firm grip on the handle as the white light consumed her, unknowing that white bands began to show up on her wrists and feet and the skull and thorns on her left hand began to glow with intensity.

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Naum looked up from his work, feeling the disturbance in the air. The other creatures did too, turning their gaze over to Ponta as a bright, white glow streamed out of the water and into the clouded sky. "S-sophie?" he whimpered, his hand starting to clutch his chest as he felt a sharp pain and started breathing heavily. "W-wha… h-howw…"

"Kaoboros!" one of his comrades yelled to him, dashing over to him and grabbing him into her chest. "Hey now… hey?... Shit wake up!"

"Come on we have to get out of here," another woman sneered, her light green eyes glaring as a shadow of creatures began to notice the fallen man. "Get up." The other woman nodded and they helped Naum to his feet, carrying him as they retreated back into the water. "Damn daemons," she sneered. "They took away our home and turned it into scum, those bastards."

"Hey we can't care about that right now," the other huffed, "Kaoboros fainted for some reason… I-I don't even know if he's breathing."

The other bit her bottom lip, letting in a gulp. "Well let's get back to the temple. We can heal him there – What the hell?" she gasped, looking at the glowing light coming from the center of the city.

The other shrugged as they pulled Naum down the streets, pushing people past as they set him down on the ground and shielded their eyes. "Damn…" she sighed, "H-how will we get into that –"

"Serbus!" they heard a loud voice say, Naum jumping to his feet and running into the temple, "Don't! Don't!" Then he paused. "N-no…" he gulped, the silver in his eyes streaming as he realized something, "N-not Reha… Rehana!" Naum cried, desperately trying to dash into the temple as the two girls held him back. "NO LET ME GO!" he growled, "LET ME GO!"

"Hold him back!" one of them shouted, finally pinning him to the ground and noticing as tears began to stream down his face.

"N-no… R-reha…" Naum bit his bottom lip in an attempt to stop the tears, praying to the gods that this wasn't truly happening to him again.

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A/N: And now I leave you with a cliffhanger ^^ And yes, Sophie just triggered something she shouldn't have. Tends to do that a lot it seems XD Well I hope you guys are enjoying this. I'll be starting summer school next week and since I'm taking a creative writing class I don't know if I'll have time to write this fanfic or not. We'll see ^^ I won't say yes or no, but we'll see. Oh. And I have a poll up on this account. Please take the poll! I don't know the assignments I may get in creative writing, but I want to see what characters you guys like. That way I can perhaps post the little blurps I write for my class… if I can write fanfics. I don't know. It's easier to not have to make up stories every single time. Anyways I should get going now. THANK YOU FOR READING!