Hey people! New chapter coming up! As I've said before I'm going to take a short break after I put chapter 50 online. But it won't be more than two weeks, maybe not even that. And I probably won't do a sequel with these characters, at least not with the storyline that season two has. That doesn't mean that I'll stop writing after this story, but everything closes a bit at the end I have in mind and I don't really want to work around that. Also, I'm not a very big fan of season two. It didn't follow the manga and to me, it just didn't make a lot of sense. But that's my opinion, I know more than enough people who did like season two, so no grudges or anything. We can all like what we like.

Oh, and I love to tell you that I'm probably going to do the Book of Murder Arc, but that kind of depens on when I see the animated version and stuuf like that. If it is in this story, which I at this point do not know for sure, it will be right after this arc. So yeah, you'll have to wait and see!

Anyway, I've been talking for long enough. Enjoy the new chapter!

And I don't own Kuroshitsuji, but I think everyone knows that by now.

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Chapter 48

'St-Stop! I'll do it myself!' Ciel screamed annoyed. I couldn't see anything since Sebastian had covered my hands the moment the nuns started to take Ciel's clothes off.

'Nonsense!' one of the nuns responded, clearly enjoying this way too much. 'You've been chosen for the heavenly choir, so we must cleanse you from head to toe!'

'Oh, such unblemished skin!' the other nun said.

I held in a laugh. I didn't think Ciel would appreciate it if I started to laugh now. Not that I could see anything, but still, hearing this was hilarious enough.

'D-don't touch me!' Ciel shouted annoyed.

'Don't worry, we've already been cleansed,' one of the nuns said, as if that was the problem here.

Ciel seemed to agree with me. 'That's not the issue!'

Then Sebastian removed his hands slowly and I saw that Ciel was still wearing most of his clothes. Well, he wasn't wearing his jacket and bow and his shirt was all messed up, but he wasn't that indecent. But he did blush when I looked at him with a small grin on my face.

'Pardon me,' Sebastian said. 'I'll take care of the rest.'

One of the nuns shook her head. 'We cannot allow it. You're still unclean…'

Sebastian tilted his head to the side, using a seduction trick once again. 'Am I impure?' he asked in the most innocent, almost adorable voice.

The nuns blushed, clearly not used to hot male men and seeming more than willingly to throw their pureness away for this man.

'Maybe you're not…' the first nun said.

'Certainly not!' the other one added.

'You have no idea,' I sighed.

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Sebastian went to 'cleanse' Ciel when I turned to the nuns. 'So… what about me?'

The nuns looked at me confused, as if I'd said something despicable. 'Oh, no, you don't need to worry about it. You're already clean, miss,' one of the nuns answered. 'Our great leader told us so.'

I frowned. Don't tell me that leader was a reaper too. Because, seriously, even though I'd always thought that I would love to get some more attention, now that I had it, it actually annoyed me. When it didn't creep me out.

Speaking of things that creep my out… where had Grell gone?

'I'm sorry,' I asked the nuns. 'But where's my other... companion?' I couldn't get the word 'friend' of my lips. 'The one with the red hair?'And the bad manner, I added in my mind.

'Devilish red colour!' one of the nuns said. 'Such an impure man!'

'He was taken away by our sisters,' the other nun added. 'You will be able see him again after he's been cleansed.'

Great, I bet Grell is loving the 'cleansing'. Really hope he doesn't take of a child's clothes again. 'Aha. So what happens to me now?' I asked, not trusting the fact that these nuns were so… strangely nice to me. To hell with 'you are already pure'. This was about something else.

'We'll give you one of our outfits, you will have to wear that most of the time. And then you can wait outside for your companions,' one of the nuns answered.

I sighed. I could have seen this coming. I should've known that sticking with Ciel would someday end in me having to wear a ridiculous outfit.

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'Don't laugh.'

'I'm not laughing.'

'You're smiling.'

'I'm just happy.'

'There's nothing to be happy about.'

'You look absolutely ridiculous.'

'I could say the same for you.'

I sighed and shrugged. 'True, true, true. But at least my hairy legs aren't exposed.'

Ciel clenched his hands into fists. 'Shut up.'

Me and Ciel were standing in the hallway of the church, waiting for something. I wasn't sure what. I wasn't even sure if Ciel knew. I also still had no clue where Grell was. But now, Sebastian seemed to have disappeared as well. So maybe it was part of the plan. And since I thought Ciel would like me better if I didn't ask any questions, I didn't.

Ciel crossed his arms and leaned against the cold, stone wall. 'I would like to apologize to you. I didn't know he used that kind of approach,' he suddenly said.

I looked at him, confused. Then I understood what he was talking and started to shake my head like an idiot. 'No, no, no! You shouldn't apologize! I don't care! I really don't! He can use any apporach he wants on anyone!' - Well, rather not on me - 'Why sould I care?' I hadn't lied that much in months.

Ciel rolled his eye in annoyance. 'I didn't say you cared, did I? I just realised that he probably used such tactics on you as well. That's why I wanted to apologize. I didn't know he did things like that.' He frowned. 'Quite troublesome.'

I sighed and leaned against the wall as well, next to him. Our elbows touched as I crossed my arms too. 'Sebastian's a bastard, but I think I know how to handle it by now. He never really hurt me or anything. You have no reason to apologize. I didn't even know you did that.'

'Did what?' Ciel asked, frowning.

'Apologizing,' I said in all honesty.

Ciel stared at my face for a short while before blushing and looking away. Aw, how adorable. And even a tiny bit sexy. Ciel had it tough on that department, though, since his butler was kind of the ultimate sexbomb. 'I just apologized to you because you're under the protection of the Queen. Don't get any ideas.'

I smiled. He was so kind. I leaned in and gave him a quick kiss on his cheek. I just couldn't help it. 'I know, I know.'

Then I noticed how Ciel looked at me, one hand on his cheek now. As if he couldn't believe I just did that. Then his expression changed and became hard as stone. 'There's something wrong, isn't there? I noticed back in the church… something here is influencing you… in a bad way.'

I frowned. 'I'm not sure.' I sighed and looked away from his face, staring at the stone floor. 'I really don't know.'

Ciel opened his mouth to say something else, but was interrupted by the arrival of six nuns. 'We have instructions to bring you to the leader,' one of the nuns said to Ciel.

'And to bring you to the garden,' another nun said to me.

I didn't like this at all. Why were they separating us? What was going to happen in the garden? What was going to happen in the church?

I quickly turned towards Ciel. 'Promise me you have a plan,' I said softly.

He rolled his eye. 'Oh, please. I always have a plan.' And then he gave me a quick kiss on the lips and walked passed me, to the nuns. 'All right. Let's go then.'

As he left with three of the nuns I just stood there, one hand against my lips as I tried to understand what just happened.

'Clarissa?' one of the nuns asked, making me look up. 'Are you coming with us?'

I pulled myself back together. 'Y-yeah. I'm coming.' And while they directed me to the garden I realised that I had never given them my name.

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The nuns brought me to the garden and walked away immediately after that, leaving me alone with the roses.

'A beautiful evening, don't you think?'

I turned around and saw Ash, accompanied by the purple-eyed nun.

I clenched my hands into fists. 'Ash,' I said, not hiding my hatred anymore.

He completely ignored my harsh tone. 'Remember my sister, Clarissa? She did save you three years ago, you know. One of those vile reapers should have killed her. And well, he kind of did. Not quite, though. I managed to keep her alive. A bit. You should be grateful.'

I just looked at the lady and wanted to puke. I didn't even want to know how he'd managed to keep her alive. 'What do you want from me, Ash?'

Ash came closer to me, pulling my head up with the tip of his finger under my chin. 'Hmm, I want nothing from you, Clarissa. I want you. Preferably dead, but since there's so much unclean in this world, I rather use you before destroying you.'

'What are you talking about?' I asked, pulling my head free from him and taking a step backwards.

I was actually surprised at the fact that Ash didn't take a step towards me again. What a relief. 'Did you know that when you become a reaper, every power you have becomes maximized? That's why demons or angels cannot become reapers. They're power would be way too big. They would overpower every creature in this world.'

'So?' I asked, taking another step back. 'What does that have to do with me?'

Ash laughed. 'You're naïve, child. Very naïve.' He looked back at the nun, who was still standing there like a statue. 'Don't you wonder why I use your voice?'

'Well, I'm more curious about the 'how' actually,' I said. Jesus, how did I manage to be sarcastic in this situation? I was scared to death!

He laughed. 'Just as your Sebastian who can appear and disappear, I can as well. It wasn't that hard to find you singing a religious song in the morning.' His eyes looked like they were glowing. 'You sing quite a lot.' He took a step forward now, immediately followed by me taking one back. 'Of course, a recording of the voice doesn't do much. But the fact that your voice is – in fact – the most angelic voice has some effect. It calms people down, makes them believe in the cleansing and everything I tell them.'

'Wait… you're using my voice to brainwash people?' I said, holding a hand in front of me to keep him from getting closer.

He shook his head, but not in a denying sort of way. 'Such a vile word coming from such a pure mouth.' He sighed. 'Allow me to shut those lips up.' He took another step forward, ignoring my hand that tried to push him away. He talked about strength, yet I didn't have any. This man was just crazy. He took my chin in his hand and lifted my face, but he didn't kiss me, like I thought he would. He just smiled. 'Angela?'

The woman stepped forward, carrying no expression on her face whatsoever. She took me over from Ash and put her hands on both side of my face.

The moment the pain started was the moment Angela fell unconscious on the ground.

And the moment I fell down in darkness.

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POV change

'We've brought him,' one of the nuns told the leader. They had brought Ciel to the church, and the man in red and white – quite obviously the leader – was standing behind the altar. Ciel loathed the altar and the symbol that the man had on his robe.

'Leave us,' the leader ordered and the nuns left immediately. The man held his head down, making Ciel unable to see his face as he spoke. 'You look divine, Ciel. Come this way.'

Ciel walked up to the altar and held his face high with all the dignity he had. 'I am honoured that you have chosen me,' he lied.

The leader smiled a smile that Ciel didn't trust at all and put his hand on Ciel's shoulder. Ciel actually felt fear coming up, but he kept himself under control. This man couldn't frighten him. He was way below his standards.

'I'll read you a book,' the man said, but he said it as if he was going to do a lot more than just 'read him a book'.

'Sir, what is a "Doomsday Book"?' Ciel asked, not wanting this nonsense to continue.

The man ignored him. 'I'll read to you… until you fall asleep. Tonight is a treat.'

Ciel froze. He had heard that before. I'll read to you until you fall asleep. Tonight's a treat, since it's your birthday. Memories of a past life, a past him, started to come up in his mind, but he pushed them away. Focus. He needed to focus.

And then the man's hand moved from his shoulder to his forehead and that touch also had something familiar. He knew that hand.

His hand… No. It can't be. He's dead. They're both dead. That's right. 'Sebastian, this is an order! Kill him!'

'Yes, my lord!' Sebastian flew through one of the windows, followed by Grell, both still wearing normal clothes. Sebastian took one of the pieces of glass and threw it to the man's head, immediately killing him.

Then another formed in the broken window, standing there as if it was the normal thing to do. 'Cleanse yourself of the sins you have committed here and now,' the girl said in a monotone voice.

'Clarissa?' Ciel said confused while Sebastian said 'Clarissa' as if he'd known all along. Ciel couldn't believe that she would betray him. No. This wasn't happening. She was his pawn, not anyone else's.

'Wait, what happened to her?!' Grell shouted in panic. 'This wasn't supposed to happen!'

Clarissa titled her head to the side with a strange, mockingly innocent smile. Then she jumped down and faster than even Sebastian could be, she grabbed Ciel and spread her white wings, flying up high in the church.

'Young master!' Sebastian said, not understanding how Clarissa could be faster than him. The wings didn't surprise him, though. He had known that she was at least part angel. Part an angel that could beat him? Impossible. This wasn't supposed to happen.

Ciel stared at the girl's face and quickly realised that this wasn't her. Both her eyes were purple and her face didn't look right. This wasn't how Clarissa wore her face. This was how an imposter wore it.

'I shall show you all the light and darkness of your past,' Imposter Clarissa said to Ciel, hugging him almost as if he was dear to her. Then the room filled itself with darkness and Ciel screamed.

The next moment, both Ciel and Clarissa were gone.

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'Grell,' Sebastian said slowly. 'Don't you think it's time to tell me what this is all about?'

'How am I supposed to now?!' Grell asked frustrated.

Sebastian sighed and put a hand to his forehead. The sexier version of the face-palm. 'Not about the cult. About the girl. Miss Clarissa Lane.'

'Oh!' Grell said, then he put his hands together and started to wiggle like an idiot. 'But Will told me not to tell anyone about it!'

Sebastian gave him a his most seductive smile. 'Please?'

Grell almost attacked Sebastian out of happiness, but then realised that this wasn't the time. 'She's a creature born from a reaper and an angel. To keep her save from the fallen angels, her powers were sealed and she was kept in the human realm.'

'But because a creature like her is more powerful than any of you, the seal started to wear off,' Sebastian guessed, because he'd seen this happened. She had become less and less human every day.

'Indeed!' Grell agreed.

'And she means so much to reapers because she's the first hybrid to be born, correct?'

'Correct,' Grell agreed again.

Sebastian sighed. 'I think I will need your assistance once more, Grell.' Because I'm afraid this is going to be a lot harder than expected.

'Woeh, Sebas-chan! You… need me?!' Grell said happily.

Sebastian sighed. This is going to be a very long day indeed.

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End of the chapter! I actually wanted to leave that last part out, but I already made it quite obvious, so I just wanted to get it out of the way. Also, the chapter was short. It still is kind of short. Sorry about that. And sorry about the typos. I'll fix that after I put chapter 50 online.

Thank you everyone for reading, reviewing, favoriting and whatever else brought you here (bad English...)! Greetings and kisses!

Aqua Lilly: yeah, you're allowed to mock me as much as you want ;) And maybe I will make a second story, I'm not sure. I just won't use season two as source material. :(

trepidon: wow. Thanks so much for the amazing compliments! And no, I won't stop writing, I'll just take a short break to focus on homework and fix some typos. So don't be down!

Sliver Moon Fairie: well… all part of the plan, I guess?

promocat: Yeah, they're pretty fucked up. But at least Angela died!... probably…

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