Two days passed at the Order. Two days full of reading records, listening to Allen, and meeting almost every freaking member of the Black Order. Ciel was in his room with Sebastian, alone for what seemed like the first time in ages.
"How can these people stand this?! I used to think the manor was loud with those three sorry excuses for servants running around all day, but this place makes that seem like complete silence! There's just so many people and they're just, ieverywhere/i, all the time. Allen always has some stupid story to tell or another random idiot to introduce!" Ciel ranted, flopping back on his bed.
"Missing home my lord?" Sebastian asked with an amused chuckle. He wasn't too fond of the large crowd in small live quarters either, but it seemed to be particularly taxing on Ciel.
"For once… yes. I can hardly hear myself think around Allen. Lavi is even worse! Or Krory… Him and that Miranda girl have got to be the most ridiculous idiots I have ever met, and to think they are the ones treating ime/i like a child!" He huffed, staring up at the ceiling as he rubbed his temples. There was a rapid knock on the door and Ciel could hardly contain his groan of annoyance at being bothered again. Sebastian went and opened the door without needed to be asked.
"Lenalee, to what do we owe the pleasure?" He asked as he saw the young girl there with an odd expression on her face.
"Um, well I assumed that since you weren't in your room, you'd be here Sebastian. And well, um, Komui needs you for something." She said quickly.
"What for? If I may ask," He said, a little surprised the director was specifically looking for him.
"There's someone… here for you. I think…" Lenalee said, looking very confused herself.
"What? But no one knows we are here!" Ciel said suddenly, sitting up as he heard what she said.
"That's why my brother wants to see you right away, we don't know who it is either," the girl said, then lead the two of them back to the security camera monitors. As soon as Sebastian saw the person on the screen though, he glared at the figure and could hear his master growl a little.
"Oh Bassy~! I know you're in there, please come out my love, you know it's rude to keep a lady waiting!" the red head called, looking right up at the cameras with a smile full of sharp teeth. "I heard you're an exorcist now! Why didn't you tell me! It's so mean to keep secrets from your lover~! Oh but you are the mysterious type, it's one of the thinks that makes you soooo attractive! Now come out come out wherever you are my Bassy!"
"That is kinda a weird looking lady…" Reever said beside them, all of the people giving Sebastian a questioning look, but no one said anything as they realized how pissed off he looked.
"That person is not a lady in any way," He said bitterly. "I'll take care of this, one moment please," the butler said to Komui and Reever before walking out of the room, headed for the front gate.
"Um, Lavi go with him please," Komui said as he saw Sebastian leave, a little worried about their "guest" from Sebastian's expression. Turning back to the screen he watched to see what would happen.
i~Outside the gate~/i
The gate opened up and Grell lit up as he saw Sebastian walk out, not even noticing the ice-cold glare the demon was giving him.
"Oh Bassy I knew it! I knew you were in-!" he squealed until suddenly Sebastian ran at him and grabbed him by the face and the next thing Grell knew, he was flying off the edge of the cliff the Order sat on top of.
"SEBASTAIN WHAT THE HELL! You just pushed that chick off a cliff!" Lavi shouted at him as he ran up behind the butler. The man ignored the young bookman, knowing that it would take a lot more to even hurt the shinigami, he just wanted to make it clear that he still hated his guts. Lavi had rushed up to the cliff's edge, looking over to run after the "girl" and was surprised to see her hanging onto a large chainsaw that was now embedded in the rock. With a swift moment Grell's chainsaw came to life and ripped its way through the rock and carried him back up to the top, nearly cutting Lavi in two if he hadn't scrambled back just in time.
"Bassy that is so rude! How dare you do such a thing to a lady!" Grell fumed at him, "I came all this way to see you and this is what you do?!"
"I see no lady here, now if you have any sense Grell Sutcliff, then you will leave right now," the demon hissed at him threateningly.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a second please! Why the hell did you just throw her off a cliff, what is going on? Are you two like ex's or something?" Lavi snapped, but instantly regretted it as Sebastian's glare now was aimed at him.
"We are NOT ex's" Sebastian growled and Lavi got nervous as he saw his eyes flash again like they had a few nights ago. The difference was that a few nights ago had just be a threat to look scary, but this time Sebastian looked seriously ticked off.
"Ohh such a gentleman standing up for a lady like that," Grell purred and suddenly Lavi found the other red head glued to his side. "And so handsome too!"
"Grell is no lady, he's not even a woman to begin with. Now either get out or stand what business you have here," Sebastian said, looking back at the shinigami. Grell reluctantly removed himself from Lavi's side and straighten up, fixing his hair a little in the process.
"Well if you must know, there have been problems with keeping track of souls. That idiot the Millennium Earl is jacking up all our records and "To Die" lists with his akumas! Souls are supposed to pass on and stay that way! Not come back and kill even more people, no no, that screws everything up and creates even more work for me and Will!" Grell snapped, "So we needed someone to come and stop the disruptions and when I heard you were here already, how could I resist?" he purred, winking at Sebastian even if the demon looked ready to throw him through a wall.
"Wait, "To Die" lists? Soul records? Those are the work of shinigamis," Lavi said, knowing about the immortal creatures from the research and books he had seen in the past.
"Of course it's the work of a shinigami! I am one!" Grell said with a smile and Lavi saw his eyes, the two rings of green that were one of the marks of the death gods. For a moment he was absolutely stunned.
"You're actually a shinigami… like, really, an immortal death god! That is so cool!" he suddenly cried out, surprising both Sebastian and Grell a little as he practically fangirled over Grell at the thought of all the knowledge a death god could hold.
"You sure know how to make a girl feel important," Grell purred, batting his eyelashes at Lavi who didn't even seem to care that he was being flirted with. Sebastian rolled his eyes in irritation, wanting to just get the man out of there before he blew Ciel and his cover.
i"Sebastian, Lavi, bring Grell inside please. I would like to speak to him personally,"/i Komui said over the intercoms and the demon glared back at Grell before reluctantly heading back inside will he listened to Lavi start asking him all sorts of questions about shinigamis. Grell, of course, was enjoying the practically super-star attention as well.
He opened the gate again to go inside but came face to face with Kanda- well actually the tip of Mugen- the moment he stepped through the door.
"Why the hell should we let him in?" Kanda barked, looking almost as irritated as Sebastian, but that was rather normal for him.
"Ohh~! Gosh Bassy if I knew there were so many attractive men here, I would have come sooner!" Grell purred, making Kanda's brow twitch in irritation.
"The director wishes to speak with him. If he does anything out of line, I assure you Kanda that I will be happy to kill him myself with the chainsaw he is holding," Sebastian said.
"Bassy that's so rude! You nearly did that to me the first time we met, why would you ever want to hurt me like that again!" Grell wailed, sounding upset but before Sebastian or Kanda could reply, the director came up.
"Ah, Mr. Sutcliff isn't it?" Komui said as he walked up.
"I definitely prefer "Miss" if you don't mind," Grell replied and Komui nodded.
"Of course, my mistake. Now please, join me in my office and we can discuss the terms of your collaboration with the order. I believe we have similar intents and we could always use an extra hand, especially someone of your skills," he said as he led Grell of in the direction of his office.
Ciel came up to them, pulling Sebastian to the side away from Kanda and Lavi.
"What is he doing here?!" the young boy snapped, just as displeased about the shinigami's presence.
"It appears he is actually here by order of the other shinigamis, there is nothing I can do my lord. I will make sure he knows of our situation and make it clear that he is not to interrupt our investigation in any way. Is that acceptable young master?" He asked.
"Yes. That will be fine. Now go get me something sweet from the kitchens, I am exhausted and this day only seems to be getting worse," Ciel sulked and Sebastian nodded before heading off. Ciel sighed and walked back to his dorm. Grell's appearance here had just added a new level to this hell of a mission.
bNote:/b How did I do with Grell? =D This chapter was crazy fun to write and I hope you enjoyed it!
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