Okay, before this chapter starts, I want to get something out of the way: No, my story won't follow the anime exactly. There are some cases in which it does, like for example chapter two, but that's not how it's going to be for the entire story. For example, since this is in modern day setting, Jack the Ripper has been dead for ages, so doing that story arc would be kind of weird. The order of which things happen is also switch around a little bit. Also, there are some characters that won't be in my story, or will be less in the story then they were in the anime/manga. Grell, I'm sorry and I love you, but you won't benefit my story, and I don't think I could ever do you justice, so you won't be with Sebas-chan as much as you would want :(. Angelina, I hate you, so I don't feel sorry for skipping your story arc, but don't worry, your… err… other half? will be in my story. Tanaka, I think three members of the house staff are trouble enough, even though you never really caused any.

Alois and Claude also won't be in the mix. Sorry if you loved them, but there's just no room in my story for those two. Actually, none of the new characters introduced in season 2 or 3 will be in my story, simply because they don't fit.

And I still don't own Kuroshitsuji.

I think that was everything I wanted to say. Enjoy the chapter!

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Chapter 3

I woke up in the biggest bed I had ever seen.

'Oh! What a cute girl!'

'Ssht! Master told us not to wake her up!'

'But I just want to look!'

'Shut up, Baldroy.'

'I didn't say anything! It was Finnian!'

'You know, I'm already awake,' I said sleepy. Looking at the three servants standing in the room. 'But thanks for trying-'and failing-'to be considered.'

That was the moment that I realised where I was. And why I was there.

Oh, shit.

I got out of bed and looked at the three guests in my room. The maid from yesterday and two men. One looked young, he almost looked like he was around my age, maybe even younger, and had blond hair. The other one also had blonde hair, but he looked older and less cute and girly.

'Good morning, miss!' they said in unison, bowing for me.

I tried to keep my emotions under control, but I started to worry. If Ciel and his butler were that strange, maybe the rest of the house staff was too…

I really, really, needed to escape. 'Um,' I said carefully, 'good morning, I guess. Could you maybe… leave the room, so that I can… refresh a bit?' I had the feeling that I wasn't making much sense, but right now, I didn't care.

'Y-yes!' they answered immediately, leaving the room as clumsily as possible. I wasn't sure why Ciel hired them, but maybe he needed to get some new staff members. These three seemed terrible at whatever their job was.

The moment I was sure they left, I ran towards the window, opened it and looked down. Great, I was on the ground floor, which means I could easily jump. The only thing I missed were my shoes, but since I didn't see them in the room and wanted to escape more badly than I wanted my shoes, I jumped out of the window.

When my feet hit the ground I sighed relieved. It was over.

'Going somewhere?'

Or not.

I turned around to see Sebastian standing there, his head slightly tilt to the left and a puppy look on his face. Which made him look more threatening than cute.

'I-I just… need to get home,' I said, starting to get scared as he slowly came closer and closer. 'You know, my dad must be very worried…' Worried, my ass, but right now that didn't matter. It wasn't like this guy knew my father or anything.

Sebastian lifted his head and raised an eyebrow. 'So you decided that it was a good idea to jump out of the window without your shoes?'

Okay, I must admit that my excuse was lame and didn't explain my I jumped out of the window without shoes, but couldn't think of anything else, so I just said: 'Yes, I did. Got a problem with that?'

Sebastian smiled a fake smile. 'Well, no. But don't worry, I already called your father. He said that it was fine if you slept over at a friend's house, but that you nor I should ever call him late in the evening about something so stupid.' He sounded way to amused when he said that.

But I believed him, because frankly, that sounded like something my dad would say. I sighed, almost forgetting that I was talking to a possible immortal murderer. 'Well, then, that's okay. I guess.' I was almost proud at myself for staying as calm as I did.

'Would you mind to go back inside?' the butler asked. 'Young master would like to have a conversation with you.'

Fantastic. That sounded wonderful. But no. 'Um, I actually really want to go home and…'

Sebastian looked at me with a cold expression, as if he was saying 'don't overestimate my patience'… It even seemed like his pupils became like the pupils of a cat.

'But okay!' I said quickly. 'I'll go and talk with "young master".'

I don't know how they did it, but the office that was ruined when me and Ciel got kidnapped was completely fine. The window that got shattered was replaced and the papers and books that had fallen over were restored and cleaned up. I couldn't believe my eyes. Was this really the same room? Maybe those three idiots weren't as bad at their job as I thought they would be.

This time, Ciel was sitting behind his desk, clearly working on something. I guessed it wasn't homework he was working on. I mean, he was the director of the most popular you company in the world. Which actually made sense. A kid knows what kids like.

'Clarissa,' he said, being the first in this house that called me by my name instead of 'miss' or whatever. 'Sit.' With his pencil he pointed at the chair that was put in front of his desk.

I walked slowly, extremely careful, towards the chair. When I sat down, Sebastian was already next to Ciel, handing him papers that he then signed.

Something about this situation seemed off. Apart from the fact that those two were probably serial killers and psychopaths, they also seemed completely normal. Just a butler and his master doing their jobs. So why the hell was I here?

'I assume you have questions,' Ciel then said, not looking up from his work.

I wasn't sure if the words were directed to me. 'Are you talking to me?' was the briliant question I asked.

Sebastian chuckled.

'Duh,' was Ciel's annoyed answer.

I was quiet for a moment, not sure if I was allowed to ask the questions I had. 'Um, well, Sebastian killed a lot of men yesterday.'

'That's not a question,' was Ciel's only reaction.

Gosh, he didn't even try to deny it. Hell, he didn't even seem to care that his butler was a skilled murderer. 'Well, it is to me. Why the hell would a butler kill all those people?'

'Because they were trying to kill me. And you. And him,' was Ciel's answer. The way he said it, it sounded logical. But it wasn't.

'He could've called the police,' I suggested.

Ciel made a disdainful sound. 'The police wouldn't have been able to save us. And even if they were, it would cause unnecessary paperwork.'

We were talking about murder and kidnappings and his excuse was 'unnecessary paperwork'? This kid took paperwork way to serious and murder way to easy. 'You're crazy,' I said.

I was surprised how calm his reaction was. 'Maybe,' was his answer. 'But a king can't win if the pawns of the other party aren't knocked out of the field.'

That remark made me angry. 'Is everything a game to you?!' I shouted.

'Yes,' Ciel said, finally looking up. 'Does that bother you?'

His straight forward answer confused me. 'Um… I guess?' I waited for a while before restating my answer. 'Yes. Yes, it does.'

Ciel went back to looking at his paperwork. 'Well, that's a shame, considering that it is, in fact, none of your business.'

'I could always go to the police. Then they have a witness,' I said, trying to be strong. The butler chuckled again, clearly thinking that going to the police would be the most stupid thing I could do.

'But you won't,' Ciel said. 'Because you've seen my butler. You've seen him in action. And I won't hesitate to give him the orders to kill you if I think you could become a threat. And he will kill you. And you wouldn't be able to do anything about it at all.'

I froze and I knew I was getting pale. Oh, god. This was the thing I'd been scared of. This kid didn't feel anything. Even though his butler killed for him, the fact that he was the one who gave him the orders made him just as much a murderer as his butler. What kind of human was he? Was he even human at all?

'But try to remember that I'm not the bad guy,' Ciel said. 'I simply walk in the shadows to reach my goals. The police walks in the light and because of that, they're blind to whatever happens in the darkness. I'm not. I can see everything. And that's way the police should stay out of my business while I stay out of their... most of the time.'

I didn't understand what he meant, but he went on talking before I could ask.

'There are only two types of people in this world. Those who steal and those who get stolen from. I refuse to be one of those that gets stolen from, so that means I'll have to steal. Understand?'

No, I didn't. And from the amused look the butler gave me, I think that fact was written all over my face. 'So, now what?' I asked. 'Am I… a hostage here? Are you going to keep me captive?'

'No,' Ciel answered almost immediately, sounding as if the idea alone disgusted him. 'That would be too much of a bother. No, you can just go home and think about all the strange supernatural things you've seen. Just don't tell anyone.' He looked at me with burning eyes… I mean, eye. With a burning eye. The eye patch was already back on its place.

'So that's it, then?' I asked, waiting for a punishment, or some sort of way to shut me up. Or an explanation. That would be lovely. Or maybe that would scare me more. But hey, at least maybe I would be able to understand why this kid was the way he was. But no. I didn't get anything.

'Yes, that was it. Sebastian, show her the door,' Ciel said, concentrating on his work again and ignoring me completely.

I stood up. 'No, thank you. I can show myself the door.' I'd rather not be alone with that butler. Especially not when he was smiling at me like that.

I left the room and went to look for a way out. And hey, if I didn't find the door, I could always jump out of a window. As I walked through a big hall, clearly the place where the exit was located, my eyes fell on a spot on the wall. A rather big spot, where something obviously had hung until recently. Like a painting or something.

I shook my head. Not only the people who lived in this mansion where strange, I also got a strange feeling just from being here. As if someone was watching me…

That was the moment that I realised that someone was indeed watching me.

When I turned around I saw the maid, the small blond guy and the bigger blond guy standing behind one of the doors with only their heads popping out.

'You guys are bad at hiding. I can see you,' I told them, regretting it the moment I'd said it. I just should've left. But that wasn't an option now.

The maid was the first to come out of their hiding place. 'We weren't spying on you, yes!' she said, as if the 'yes' behind her sentence would make her words more true.

The two guys also stepped out of the hiding place. The older one was scratching the back of his head and the younger one looked nervous.

'M-my name is Mei-Rin!' the maid said, as if knowing her name would make this situation less awkward.

'Baldroy!' the older guy said, immediately following the maid's example.

'F-finnian!' the younger guy said.

I smiled amused. These three clearly weren't as heartless as Ciel and Sebastian, but they were certainly strange. 'Nice to meet you. I'm Clarissa.' Then I came up with an idea. 'You guys… what do you know about Sebastian?' If Ciel wasn't going to give me an explanation, maybe I could get it from these guys.

'He's a very skilled butler, yes!' Mei-Rin said, blushing. Ah, clearly also a fan of his looks.

'Very skilled, indeed,' Baldroy agreed. 'But scary!' he added.

That caught my interest. 'Scary? How come?' I ask innocently.

'Well, if we fail to do our jobs,' Baldroy explained shivering. 'He gets really, really, angry. That's scary.'

Okay, not the kind of answer I was hoping for. Now he just sounded like their superior. But that wasn't what I wanted to hear.

'There is nothing he can't do!' Finnian said, defending Sebastian with a passion that I could not understand.

The only thing I got from their answers was their admiration for him. I wasn't sure if I should be surprised or not. But then again, I wasn't sure if they knew that Sebastian was a murderer either. 'When did he start working here?' I asked.

Mei-Rin, Finnian and Baldroy shared a look. 'We do not know,' Mei-Rin answered. 'He already worked here when we were hired, yes!'

Baldroy and Finnian nodded. 'But I know he was hired after… the incident,' Baldroy answered and I knew exactly about with incident he was talking about. The one where his parents died.

And no matter how scared I was of Ciel Phantomhive right now, I couldn't help but still feel sorry for the kid that lost his parents. I think any kid would lose their mind if they had to live alone in a gigantic mansion with a strange butler while running a company. That was quite a lot of stuff on the plate of one single kid, who seemed all alone in the world.

But… Ciel did save me, right? Sebastian suggested that he could kill me, but Ciel had refused. So maybe somewhere in that deep, dark heart of his, there was still a light burning. Light filled with kindness and warmth. With this thought in mind I left the mansion and walked to the train station, ready to take a train back home.

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