An Earthbound Angel

by White Wolf Of The Moon12396

Ciel Phantomhive's sister Ariel has always been a weird girl and it only intensifies on her sixteenth birthday. Her crush, a certain butler, and a certain undertaker start to take interest in her and she does not know what to do. However, little does she know that she is the mate of the butler and her brother has forbade the butler from showing any affection to hers

34. Chapter 28: Undercover

Chapter 28: Undercover

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"And you live, and you try

I could never find another

If you walk me to the car park, I won`t go

And we live, and we try

Live was hard on us between us

I will love you, I won`t let go

We are one inside these walls, undercover

We are one inside these walls, undercover

We are one inside these walls, undercover

We are one in

We are one in

We are one"

-Pete Yorn 'Undercover'

Now there is nothing else to say before we start the chapter, so without further ado here is the newest chapter of An Earthbound Angel.

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The next morning I was again woken by nausea so that I had to hurry to the bathroom to vomit in the toilet. What is wrong with me, I questioned in my head while I rinsed out my mouth. I mustn't have broadcasted my distress this morning because Malphas did not rush into my room like he had done yesterday. Best not disturb him with trivial matters. I must have picked up a bug somewhere. With those thoughts pushed into the back of my mind, I dressed just like I had yesterday in Mei's spare uniform and my hair up in the braided bun. If I hurry, I might be able to grab some breakfast before Malphas and I head out. The thought of food was enough to propel me to the kitchen with the bag that held Malphas's and my costumes.

"Ariel," Ciel called after me when he caught sight of me from the dining room.

"Yes, Ciel?"

"Aren't you going to say goodbye before you head off?" he huffed to hide his anxiety of me going alone, well, without him. After the whole Madam Red incident, I couldn't blame him.

'Of course I was big brother," I smiled. "I was just going to grab something quick to eat."

At this his sapphire eyes lit up in understanding.

"Alright, but hurry back."

There were some strawberry scones lying on the counter that must have been put out by Malphas along with a cup of blackberry tea. This prompted a smile onto my lips at his thoughtfulness. Without further ado I quickly downed the breakfast then skipped into the dining room. When Malphas saw me head back in, he moved to flank me.

"I'm leaving Ciel," I told him. "I'll make sure to keep on my toes."

"Keep an eye on her Sebastian," Ciel ordered with an eyeroll. "You know how much of a trouble magnet she is."

"I love you too big brother," I giggled, sitting on his lap to give him a hug and peck a kiss to his cheek. His visible eye softened at my affection until he realized that everyone else was in the room.

"Go on," he insisted with slight coloration to his cheeks.

"Of course."

I easily stood from my perch and turned to the prince and Agni.

"Be careful Ariel," Prince Soma told me as he gave me a hug.

"I can take care of myself," I chuckled softly. "You're forgetting that I am an angel."

"That doesn't mean I can't still worry about you," Prince Soma pouted when I pulled away.

"Have safe travels Lady Ariel," Agni wished me from the side of the room.

"Thank you Agni."

"We'll be back as soon as we can," I promised everyone in the room before Malphas led me out of the town house and to the circus grounds.

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"Miss Angel," Joker said in shock when he saw me. To the left of him, I could see the woman with curly black hair glaring at me. I was taken aback at that. What had I done to warrant such treatment?

"Hello Joker," I returned. "Sebastian and I used to work for the same lord, but he told me he was going to join this circus. He's been something of an older brother ever since I came to work there as a little girl so I came with him."

"Is that so?" Joker questioned with his purple eyes brightening. "So, what' your strong point?"

"Uh, anything I guess," I let out uncertainly.

"That's alright," he assured me. "Why don't we try knife throwing. Dagger, lend her a knife."

At Joker's request the dual haired man with a red and black hat stepped forward to drop a knife into my waiting palm.

"Sebastian, could you hold my bag?" I asked Malphas.

"Of course Angel."

Once the bag was safe with Malphas, I turned to Joker.

"I want you to hit the target from over here," Joker told me. I eyed the distance with a trained eye to see that it would be no problem. I could handle this.

"Ah, ah, Boss," Dagger commented. "With those skinny arms she can't reach that."

That's what you think.

"It's not mean," Joker denied. "It can't be closer for the show."

Thank you Joker. At least you're not taking it easy on me because I am a girl. With a deep breath, I sent the knife flying at the target. Just like how Malphas had taught me the knife soared straight and true until it hit the bulls eye with a satisfying thump.

"No way!" Joker and Dagger exclaimed at once. To prove my point home I took up more knives and threw them with the same speed and accuracy as the others.

"Is this alright?" I asked with a smile at my handiwork. Dagger came up to stare at the target while Joker quickly got over his shock with his eyes brightening even more.

"Seems like you've got control over it," Joker remarked happily. "Next, tightrope walking!"

Oh this will be a cakewalk, I smiled to myself in my mind. All I need is my wings for extra stability. I made sure to keep my wings invisible to humans as I let them unfurl from my back.

"I'm ready," I announced after I had climbed to the top of the stand connected to the tightrope. By this time I had ditched my heels in favor of my stocking covered feet.

"Wait!" Joker called up in a panic. "You need the life line connected or ye'll fall an' die!"

"I have really good balance," I replied nonchalantly. "I'll be fine."

Through my bond with Malphas, I could feel the reassurance that he would catch me if I were to fall. I smiled and began my balancing act on the tightrope. At first I just walked across but once I reached the middle, I put my ballet dancing to the test. I pirouetted, leaped, and tip toed my way along the rest of the way until I came to the other end in fourth position. It was then that I let myself take a sigh of relief that the test was over before I climbed down the ladder and walked over o where everyone was staring at me.

"How did I do Joker?" I inquired hopefully. "Did I pass the test?"

"It looks like it," he grinned back at me. "Ye were amazin' up there Angel."

I felt a blush settle on my cheeks at his praise. The enthusiasm in which he spoke made me feel like I had did something to impress Ciel.

"Why don't we get ye in a costume. I-,"

"I have that taken care of Joker," I interrupted softly. "For both Sebastian and myself. They were supposed to be costumes for a performance for the Master, but I suppose they will do."

"Well let's see," Joker encouraged at my words. "Doll! Can you show Angel and Sebastian to where they can get dressed and where the face paint is?"

"Follow me," the girl in white spoke up. Malphas and I dutifully followed her through the tents until she led us to where there were racks upon racks of costumes and jars and jars of paint. "Here is where you two can change. I will be waiting outside for you when you are done."

As soon as she left the tent I slipped out of Mei's uniform and folded it up neatly. The first thing I put on was the white dress that came to my thighs in the front that came down to my ankles in ruffles on the side and in the back with silver lining and a silver neckline that had a silver bow in the middle. Next came my frilly white stocking that came up to an inch under the hem of my dress that had silver ballet slippers that that its ribbons criss-crossing up my legs until they ended a half inch under the frilly top. White gloves that went to my upper arms with a similar fashion of my stocking and shoes donned my arms and the back of my hands while leaving the palms free. After that came a silver ribbon that I tied around my neck as a choker with a bow in the back of my neck. The final touches I put on was a clear gloss on my lips, a silver diamond on my left cheek right under my eye, white paint on my eyelashes, silver paint around my eyes like eyeshadow. my angel mark in silver on my left shoulder, my long hair free, a teardrop shaped moonstone I stuck to my forehead, and a crown of white camellias, white roses, white lilies, and baby's breath donned my head. When I turned to Malphas, I saw that he was wearing the outfit I had made for him. For his outfit, he had a sleeveless leather jacket with a high collar lined with gold that went down to the middle of it and a diamond shaped cut at the chest that was also lined with gold and had three black leather strips with gold buckles across the opening. The sleeves of the jacket were leather and went to the middle of his upper arm and stops at the middle of his hands with a black lather strap with a gold buckle around the top on his bicep and two black leather straps by his wrists with gold buckles. The tails of the jacket was tattered black leather down to his knees that had a pair of skin tight black leather trousers that had two lather straps with gold buckles on his left thigh and one on his right. Knee high black leather boots with five black leather strips with gold buckles donned his feet over the pants. As Malphas's final touches he lined his eyes with black paint and wore the black thorn crown that had a teardrop shaped obsidian stone in the middle. Wait, I thought while looking him over. There is something missing. With a spark, the idea came to mind and I took up the gold paint and drew an inverted pentagram on his right shoulder. There, now his outfit is complete.

How did you know we would need these?

What did I tell you about trusting a woman's and angel's intuition Mal?

All he gave me was a chuckle as we both walked out of the tent to see Doll leaning up against some crates talking to the snake charmer.

"Hello," I greeted the man and the snakes that hung on his body. "I'm not sure I caught your name."

The man didn't answer but his snakes were more than happy to tell me.

"His name is Snake," spoke a female snake who had a read, black and white body.

"'His name is Snake,' says Emily," Snake repeated.

"It's nice to meet you Snake," I smiled at the white haired man. "Doll, could you take us to the others?"

She gave a nod and turned to lead us to the same tent we hand been in for the tightrope part of the test. When we entered, Joker motioned for us to come stand by him in front of all the other circus members.

"Everyooooone~," he called out to the crowd. "From today on, we have some new friends. Newcomers Demon..."

"I'm Demon. It's a pleasure," Malphas said.

"Also this one is Angel! Let's get along well everyone!"

"It's nice to meet you," I beamed to the others.

"Now I'll take you on a quick tour of the backstage area," Joker announced to the both of us. The first thing we happened upon was some good but shabby tents.

"First, these're the tents you guys'll sleep in. It's where the backstage workers an' newcomers, the 'second tier' members, live. 'Bout two or three people share a room."

Upon closer inspection, the inside of the tents looked very cozy. Next we moved on to two two tents right next to each other.

"An' that's the mess hall and the storeroom. S'an important job of the new recruits to provide the grub, so goo luck! The center one in this area's the first aid tent. An' the most central one's the main cast's private tent."

"Private?" I echoed.

"S'a private room you get if you're real good," Joker explained. "Ah an'...That's Snake's tent, so stay away from it for your own good. There're a buncha poisonous snakes roamin' free, so if you get bit even once, you're off to the Underworld. Snake an' his friends're still shy y'know? Careful of their poison you two."

There was a pause before Joker spoke again while looking at me out of the corner of his eye.

"You can stop by the private tents if you want to talk Angel. My door is always open."

I could feel Malphas's anger rise at Joker's pass, but I calmed him down mentally.

It's alright Mal. I'm not interested. There is no one for me except for you and Undertaker.

Even he is pushing it, I heard him grumble in my head.

"Thank you Joker. I appreciate it."

"Did everyone join during the tour like we did?" Malphas asked.

"Hmmm-? S'true for most everyone, but the first tier members're all from the same hometown. We're all childhood friends."

"Childhood friends," I echoed.

"Yeah, but Snake's still a new face. His snake-charming's none to shabby an' we didn't have a snake-handler, so he quickly became a member."

"Do you have an angel or a demon?" I teased, half joking and half truthful.

"No," he chuckled. "But if ye ken make a routine like what ye did in the test, then maybe we could work something out."

You hear that Malphas. We have to make up a routine to get into the first tier so it will be easier to get information.

Do you have an idea about this routine.

As a matter of fact I do.

"Right, this is the practice tent," Joker told us as he pulled back the flap of a tent. "New people practice over an' over here. Aiming at making their debut in a real public performance. Work on the basics first. Warm up carefully and..."

"Joker!" called the black haired beast tamer who scowled at both Malphas and I. Seriously, what is her problem? I quickly brushed it off as Malphas and I began to stretch at a brisk pace.

I haven't sensed any children's presences yet. Have you?

I'm afraid not Ariel, but there has to be a reason as to why.

Maybe they're not the circus grounds. Everything had a patron or benefactor, so they could have the children.

So we'll have to search the first tier tents.

Alright. Now we should start practicing our performance. Can you put out your wings without the humans seeing?

Of course.

Then-

I was going to finish my sentence, but a familiar presence snatched my attention. No, it can't be! I swiveled around up in the air and saw a familiar shinigami on the tightrope.

"William!" I called up to which his head snapped up and looked down at me. His eyes seemed to twinkle when he saw me before he used his death scythe to come down to the ground.

"Lady A-,"

"It's Angel," I shushed him before he could give out my real name. "Sebastian and I are undercover for a case and my name is Angel."

"Angel," he amended quickly. "It's so great to see you."

"It's good to see you too," I grinned, launching myself at him to hug him. He easily caught me and returned the hug. "So, how did it go with Grell?"

"We've been together for two months now," he told me, a slight blush coating his cheeks.

"Awww!" I squealed with happiness. "I'm so happy for you two! Are you happy Will?"

"Yes," he answered easily. "I am happy."

"And this happened because?"

"Because you encouraged me to," he huffed in exasperation.

"That's right. Just making sure you remembered."

"Of course. How could I forget? You practically threatened me."

"I wouldn't say that..."

"Angel! Demon! I see ye've made a new friend!" Dagger shouted with joy when he saw us talking with William. "This here is Suit. He joined us a while before."

"Play along," I whispered to William before I pretended like we haven't met yet. "Hello Suit. I'm Angel and this is my friend Demon."

"It is a pleasure to meet you," he told me while not acknowledging Malphas at all.

"It's good to see ye makin' friends," Dagger told us before he wandered away a bit.

"Okay, for this case I'm going to need Sebastian to move about freely," I murmured lowly so that only William could hear me. "To make sure there is no trouble for you, I will order him not to eat any souls while he investigates. Does that sound fair?"

"I'm afraid not Lady Ariel," he whispered back. "I cannot trust him."

"But we are looking for children Will," I insisted with urgency. "If you can't trust Sebastian, then trust me. I will make sure he does not take any souls."

There was a few minutes of the both of us having a little staring contest before he caved.

"Alright Lady Ariel," he sighed in defeat. "As long as he does not devour any soul, I will let him have free reign."

As if you could stop me reaper, Malphas hissed.

Malphas, I scolded. We don't need any any trouble.

"Thank you Wi-Suit."

He gave me a smile before he went back to his practicing.

Okay Malphas, I have a song in my head so I need you to make a record and a record player for our performance. At first we'll sing it in our minds then we can use the record when we perform.

As you wish, my mate.

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We both went about practicing our performance, and we managed to get in about an hour before Joker came in.

"Thanks for waiting~" Joker called out while he waved about a paper. "It's time for the new arrivals' room assignments!~ For fairness, these're the results of a lottery. Angel's in tent 8. Here's your roommate."

He then gestured to a brown haired girl whose hair covered her left eye, freckles peppered over her nose, and baggy clothes. The more I studied her face, I could see that she was Doll without all of her stage makeup.

"Demon is in tent 9. Demon's roommate is Suit!"

Oh sweet baby Jesus, I groaned in my mind at the pairing. Please let them not kill each other.

"It's nice to meet you Angel," Doll greeted me in a more warm reception that she had earlier.

"It's nice to meet you," I returned. "I don't think I caught your name."

"It's Freckles."

"Is that your real name?"

"My real name?" she echoed in confusion.

"You know, the name you were born with?"

She still looked confused so I made a decision.

"How about I give you a name? From now on I'll call you Dawn."

"Dawn," Doll, now Dawn, smiled fondly.

"Do the other first tier members not have birth names?"

"Other-Ye figured out I'm Doll."

"Of course. You can't change your face."

"Are ye wondering why I'm pretendin to be a second tier member?"

"No. It's none of my business."

All I got was a large smile.

"C'mon Angel! Let's head to our tent. We 'ave so much talk about!"

Please be civil, I sent out to Malphas before Dawn pulled me out of the practice tent.

No promises.

I sighed in exasperation at his behavior before I let Dawn drag me to tent number eight.

"Hey, can I have the top bunk?"she asked while she climbed up.

"Not at all Dawn."

"S'been on my mind for a while. You speak some pretty fancy upper class English, don'tcha?"

"Yeah, but that's because I was raised in the household of an Earl," I answered easily. "He took a liking to me when I was little so he had me learn the proper way to speak and to read and write."

"Blimey," she commented before she rummaged through her things. "Anyhoo, you just give me a shout if there's somethin' you ain't ettin'. There's a long life of circus ahead of you. Oh righ', wanna 'ave some sweets? Them's from the popular Funtom company. Waht'd you like? Caramel, milk, or strawberry flavored?"

"I'll take the strawberry flavored."

I took the strawberry sucker and sat it on my bed so that I could change out of my costume and into a white shift I was given.

"So Angel," Dawn began, looking down from the top bunk. "I 'ave been wonderin' 'bout ye and Demon."

"What about us?" I questioned idly as I popped the sucker in my mouth.

"Are ya together?"

A blush settled on my cheeks at her question.

"I-"

"What's it lik' ta be in love?" she bombarded me before I could finish my sentence.

"Why don't you come down here and we can talk about it?" I suggested. There was a pause before I felt Dawn scurry down the ladder and into my bunk so that she was against the tent wall. Her eager invisible blue eye sparkled with impatience while I turned to face her.

"When you're in love," I began thoughtfully. "You find this person incredibly hard to ignore. Their smile makes your day and you want to cheer them up when they cry. You always want to know more about them than you did before. Just being my them makes your day all the more special and bright and you miss them terribly when they are away from you."

"Wow," Dawn gasped in awe at my words.

"I can't wait to fall in love."

"I'm sure you will," I smiled at her. "Now, we have to give the others names besides their stage names."

"Beast once said somethin' 'bout her name bein' Mally," Dawn offered.

"Then we'll call her that. As for Joker, we'll call him Joshua. Dagger can be Daniel, Snake is Draco, Wendy is Willa, Peter is Perry, and Jumbo can be James."

"I'll make sure to tell 'em," Dawn yawned softly. I couldn't resist smiling at her adorable face and began to sing a soft lullaby to lull her into sleep.

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Here is another chapter of An Earthbound Angel for you my lovelies. Tell me what you think about the names I gave the first tier members. When I saw that they didn't have names in their profiles, I just made up some names that I'm going to make their actual birth names. I figured since Ariel was able to know William's full name, she would know theirs being an angel and all. More chapters are sure to be on their way, so stay tuned. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the chapter, please leave a review or pm me. Remember, reviews are magic!

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