The next morning, Mey-rin's voice rang throughout the manor. "WAAH!" Everyone stopped and turned to the dinning room doors as they flew open and Mey-rin rushed in babbling like crazy. "Master Ciel! Master Ciel! It's Rai-sama! She's gone! She's missing!"
"Huh?" Ciel quirked an eyebrow at his frantic maid. He had just put a piece of food into his mouth with a fork.
"She's gone, she is!" Mey-rin stated frantically, "I cannot find her anywhere!" The maid waved her hands around frantically, pointing here and there. "I looked for her all over, I did!" She began to ramble on about where she went to find the woman.
"Mey-rin calm down, I'm sure Rai is around here somewhere." Sebastian said calmly. He sighed at the frantic red head's mindless babbling. This ruckus so early in the morning would surely give anyone a headache.
"Who's around somewhere?" Bard came in with Tanaka and Finnian behind him.
"Rai-sama's gone missing!" Mey-rin shouted out to the trio.
"What? Where could she have gone?" Finnian asked, working up Bard and Tanaka.
Sebastian sighed and tried to calm the fray, "Calm down you four, I'm sure she's around here somewhere." He stated, placing his gloved fingers on his forehead. "Mey-rin, are you sure you checked everywhere?" Sebastian asked her.
"I did, sir!" Mey-rin stopped flailing for a bit. "I even knocked on the door to her room and she wasn't there!"
"You know, she is an early riser, so she might already be cleaning rooms and doing chores," Sebastian told the panicky bunch.
"I swear, I did! I checked every room in this here house and she was in none of them!" Mey-rin began to flail her arms again.
"Who was in none of them?" A female voice came from behind the four that were about to run around like chickens with their heads off. The four turned around to see Rai, dressed in her uniform and rags in hand with her hands on her hips in the door way.
"Rai-sama!" The four turned and glomped her. She stood there, stiff as a board and glared down annoyingly at them.
"Get off me," She growled at them.
"We were so worried, we were." Mey-rin told her.
"We all thought you left!" Finnian said.
"I said get off me!" She growled louder and shook everyone but Tanaka free. They fell to the ground; Rai pulled Tanaka off by the back collar of his suit and held him there. She had a slight scowl on her face. "Now, let's get things straight here, I am not going to leave this place until Ciel says I am no longer needed. I will not leave unannounced. I will either be in my room or doing my chores. So don't go off into a frenzy thinking I've upped and walked out." She let Tanaka go at the end of her statement.
"My, what a ruckus so early in the morning," Ciel sighed and closed his eye, tilting his head down slightly. "Be so kind as to deal with the four outside, Sebastian."
"Yes, my lord." Sebastian bowed and walked over to the four and kicked them out. Sebastian knew better than to try and do anything to Rai, she just walked out on her own so he didn't need to do anything. He closed the door so Ciel could eat in privacy.
"Aiya," Rai sighed, arms crossed. "I got up early this morning to check on the horses from yesterday and then began my chores around the house." Rai stated to the heap on the floor. Tanaka just chuckled and sipped his tea on top of the pile of humans. "Now, if you'll excuse me, some rooms have to be tended to." Rai turned and walked off into the manor to continue her job before it was interrupted by screaming and yelling.
It was roughly around lunch, when Rai had finished all of her chores and wondered into the kitchen. Though she'd normally refuse to cook anything and would rather stay out of it, she needed to make herself some of her favorite tea. Rai opened up the cabinets, trying to find a kettle that didn't look like it would be used for Ciel. She found one when Tanaka came up to her and tugged on her pant leg. She looked down to the small man and he held a kettle in his left hand. He held it up, offering it to her. "Oh, thank you, Tanaka. Would you like some tea, too?" Rai asked as she took the kettle. The man chuckled and nodded. "I hope you like it, this one is my favorite, it's not from around here." Rai smiled and turned to the sink to fill it up before lighting the stove and placing the kettle onto the stove. Rai had seen in a cupboard where the staff plates and cups were. She went over and grabbed Tanaka's 'Ocha' mug and grabbed a worn white cup as well. She leaned her elbows on the counter next to the stove, head in the palm of her right hand. She looked over her right shoulder as she heard the door to the kitchen open. It was Sebastian coming in to prepare lunch for Ciel. The kettle began to whistle and Rai stood up and took the pot. She pulled out a small bag, and set it into the kettle, closing the lid, letting the string hang out.
"Making tea?" Sebastian asked as he took up the middle wooden table with food and cutlery.
"For us, not for him…" Rai stated, wanting to get it straight. This was not for Ciel.
"I must say, that is a unique fragrance. I have never smelled it before." Sebastian said, getting to work on Ciel's lunch.
"It's not from around here." Rai stated, leaning on the end counter and placing her head back into her right palm. "It's not green tea; it turns a dark amber color, almost brown." Rai muttered. She opened the lid and pulled the string up before letting the bag sink back to the bottom, where she repeated to pull up again and let the bag sink to the bottom. Once the water was a nice dark amber color, Rai pulled the tea bag out and placed it in her cup; she liked it a little stronger. She poured half into Tanaka's cup and the rest into hers. She handed the small man his cup before going over to the sink and rinsing, drying, and placing the kettle back. She turned and took her cup as she leaned back against the counter and took in the fragrance. She then took a sip. Tanaka took a sip and let out a nice sigh. Rai smiled, "You like it?" She looked at the man who turned and nodded his head and chuckled before taking another sip. "Good, I'm glad." Rai stated, looking forward and taking a mouth full. She closed her eyes and let herself get washed over in the scent, taste, and memories it brought with the hot liquid.
"You like it, Tanaka?" Sebastian asked the man as he placed something into the oven. "Do you think the lord would like it?" Tanaka just chuckled and took another sip of his tea. Sebastian came up to Rai, who opened her eyes and looked at him over her cup. "May I?" He tried to work his charm.
Rai closed her eyes, "Make your own." She said bluntly before taking a small sip.
"Gladly, if I knew the ingredients," Sebastian stated.
Rai sighed with disgust before pulling another bag out of her pocket and handing it to him, "Here, take it." 'Just get away,' she thought. She didn't like how close he got to her, invading her bubble.
"Thank you," Sebastian bowed slightly as he took the small bag and string.
"If he's used to something else this will probably taste a little bitter," Rai stated, taking another sip. Rai set her cup down next to her on the counter. She stared out the small kitchen window for a while. "Well, I guess I am done for today." Rai said as she sighed. Rai stood up from her leaning position and took the cup with her. "I'll be around if anyone needs me." Rai called over her shoulder as she opened the door.
"Why don't you two stay and help me cook?" Sebastian asked over his shoulder.
"Tuh," Rai laughed slightly, "Do you want me to burn down this place?" She just walked through the door after Tanaka and closed it behind her.
Rai and Tanaka found themselves outside on a bench under a tree overlooking the horses in the pastures. Rai leaned back and sighed. "It's beautiful out. Such a nice day," Tanaka just chuckled in approval. Rai looked over the pastures and spotted the two carriage horses from yesterday. They were grazing and looked like that day didn't even faze them. They were in good condition, but the long drive and the sun didn't make a good combination, plus the fact they had to run almost the entire drive. Rai just stared blankly out over the horses, her mind wondering. Suddenly, a voice snapped her back to reality.
"Tanaka! Rai-sama! Lunch!" It was Finnian's voice calling from a window. Rai and Tanaka turned and looked up. Finnian was leaning out a window waving to them. Rai sighed and looked to Tanaka.
"Go on ahead; I'll be there in a bit." Rai told Tanaka who nodded and hopped off the bench. He walked back into the manor. "We're coming!" Rai shouted over her shoulder to Finnian who then leaned in and closed the windows. However, Rai just sat there, not moving, not wanting to get up. Rai heard footsteps approaching her and she looked to her left out of the corner of her eye. The four came up with food, a blanket and plates.
"You have the right idea, Rai-sama," Bard stated, holding the plates.
"It's such a nice day out," Mey-rin stated, adjusting her glasses as she looked up at the sky. "We thought we should have a picnic!" Tanaka helped Finny lay out the blanket on the ground. Bard set out the plates and Tanaka dug into the food and split it up between the five of them. It was a nice day to have a picnic outside, especially under the shade of the tree. The four all sat around the blanket and started to mindlessly chat to one another while they ate. They gave Rai half of a sandwich; she took several bites, but didn't finish it. Rai set the small plate on her lap and became distant as she gazed out over the pastures.
"She is a strange one, that Rai." Sebastian told Ciel as they looked down on the five people having a picnic.
"Are you getting jealous, Sebastian?" Ciel smirked. Sebastian's eyebrow twitched slightly.
"There's something about her that's not… human…" Sebastian mentioned to the young master, making sure Ciel knew what he was getting into with this 'woman'. Ciel just smirked as he saw Rai turn her head up and look at them from her spot on the bench under the shade of the tree.
"That's one reason I hired her." Ciel stated before turning and walking back into the manor.
"I just hope you know what you are getting into, young master." Sebastian muttered as he held open the door before following Ciel through it and closing it behind them.
The next day was a particularly cloudy and rainy day. Rai walked into the foyer and saw a tall ladder with the tipsy maid on top, trying to light the candles. "Mey-rin!" She gasped. Mey-rin flailed a little before grabbing the rocking ladder. "What on earth are you doing up there? Get down here and let me take care of that!" Rai demanded. Mey-rin slowly climbed down.
"I'm sorry, Rai-sama," Mey-rin apologized. "But, the master wanted the chandelier lit." Mey-rin bowed slightly.
"Here, I'll take it." Rai opened her hand out to take the matches from the maid. Rai went to the ladder and kicked out one of the legs to make it more stable. "Please stay here in case I need you." Rai told Mey-rin before ascending the ladder. She reached the top.
"Be careful up there, Rai-sama!" Mey-rin called from below.
"Tuh, you don't have to tell me twice," Rai muttered to herself. She did not like heights one bit, but when it came to her job, it was nothing. However, this was way different; she was standing on a 12-15 foot ladder near a chandelier. She did not like this one bit. Her legs felt weak so she leaned on the ladder for support as she leaned slightly to reach the chandelier. She tried to light the matches, they refused to light. "How many of these did you use?" Rai called down to Mey-rin.
"Uh, heh heh heh." Mey-rin chuckled nervously and rubbed the back of her head.
"Great," Rai sighed to herself, glaring at the chandelier. 'It would be a lot easier if I could-' Rai's eyes widened slightly. She glanced down; Mey-rin was intently watching her. Rai then heard, or made, something sound like it crashed to the floor. Mey-rin whipped around and looked down a hall.
"What was that?" Mey-rin jumped. Rai took this opportunity to make a right handed Tiger sign with her hand and blew slightly. A flame appeared from the tips of her right index and middle finger and wrapped around the chandelier in a thin line, lighting all the candles.
"What was what?" Rai asked as she looked down at Mey-rin.
"That crash, I thought I heard something fall." Mey-rin stated.
"I didn't hear anything," Rai said as she descended the last two rungs of the ladder and got onto sweet terra firma.
"I know I heard something. I know I did!" Mey-rin began to flail her arms slightly.
"Well, I'm down off the ladder, so you can go check it out." Rai told her and she quickly bolted off down the hall before tripping over a rug and falling flat of her face. "Maybe, that is what she heard fall…" Rai muttered to herself, her left hand still on one of the rungs of the ladder.
"Ya done using that ladder yet, Mey-rin?" Bard's voice came. "Finnian needs it to clean the gutters before it starts to rain." Bard came in to see Rai by the ladder.
"Oh, hello. Yes we are all done with the ladder, you can take it now." Rai stepped away from the ladder as Bard began to take it down. Bard was able to take it outside, where it would do less damage, along with Rai's careful guidance. "I hope you're helping him, Bard," Rai told him before shutting the door. "If he's up there by himself when the storm hits, the manor isn't the only thing that's gonna get hit around here," Rai warned him as he smiled and walked off to find the boy. Rai closed the doors with Tanaka's help. Mey-rin came back dazed and confused.
"I swear I heard something fall." Mey-rin was muttering to herself. "I swear I did." Rai turned and walked to the center of the foyer and examined the chandelier, backs of her hands on her hips. Rai then looked forwards to the stairs and trudged up them. Tanaka followed behind her till he reached the stairs. "Rai-sama?" Rai heard Mey-rin's voice call as she stopped two steps form the flat and looked behind her and down. "Where are you going?"
"I have a feeling those two are going to get caught in the rain," Rai stated then looked off to the side slightly. "So, why not bring them fresh clothes to change into and not dirty up the manor?" Rai then continued up the flight and made a right and up the stairs to where she had seen the boy's bed room. Tanaka happily skipped up the stairs after her to help. Mey-rin also followed Tanaka, however she tripped. Tanaka turned and looked at her, waiting for her to get up before continuing to skip after Rai.
Bard and Finnian burst into the door and slammed it shut behind them. They were panting and wet. "Why did we have to put that stupid ladder away? We wouldn't have had to stand out in the rain longer if we just left it there." Bard panted out, leaning against the door. Finnian was crouched over, hands on his knees.
"Do you want to face the wrath of Sebastian? Or worse, Rai-sama!?" Finny looked over to Bard and huffed. Finnian then dropped his head down and saw a cloth beneath their feet. It was purposely put there for a reason. Finny followed the cloth to his right and saw two neatly stacked clothes and two pairs of shoes, both were his and Bard's clothes! And there was a note on top of them. He walked up and picked up the paper to read.
"Whatcha' got there Finny?" Bard asked as he came over to investigate.
Finnian and Bard,
Please feel free to change into dry clothes. I had a feeling you two were going to get stuck in the rain.
Make sure to take off your dirty shoes as well, a linen bag has been provided for both your shoes and clothes. They will get tended to.
Rai
"Well, that was awfully nice of 'er," Bard said as he grabbed his clothes and proceeded to change. Finnian did the same and quickly put their clothes and the cloth they were standing on in the linen bags along with their shoes. They had completely changed and Tanaka came by holding out his hands to take the bags.
"Oh, thank you Tanaka," Finnian smiled to the old man.
Rai was in the library and began to browse Ciel's massive personal collection of books. She read almost each spine of the leather bound books, until she came to one she was interested in and pulled it from the shelf and set it down next to the others on the table. She was mostly browsing under 'Myths, Fables, and Legends' along with some 'History' books that had the content she wanted. Unfortunately for her, the subject she was looking for was well known, but barely written about since nobody knew the origin of the subject or barely knew anything of how it happened. As Rai finished scanning the last row of books in the library, she muttered to herself, "I wonder if they have it on any scrolls." She muttered, finger tips on her chin as she scanned the last couple of books. She stood up and dropped her hand as she walked over to the shelves holding vast amounts of scrolls. "Probably not," Rai quickly scanned them, finding nothing. "Interesting how this is an international event that changed the world and yet barely anyone has any record of it ever existing or occurring. Yet, when people deny it to me, what better evidence is there when it's standing right in front of them?" Rai sighed as she turned to her small collection of roughly seven books. The books began to float up and around Rai as she double checked the area around her and outside the room and locked the door. The books circled her and opened up to her desired pages as she stood in the middle, right index finger curled around her chin and left arm across her waist as she quickly read some of the brief sayings about the incident. She released her chin and moved her right finger to the right, causing the book in front of her to flip to the next page. She squinted; there was barely anything on it in this book. She looked to the next and used her entire hand, like she was gently pushing something to the left, which caused the book in front of her to close and reshelf itself properly before the book to her right took its place. "I wonder if it's because humans are too scared to even recall such a time, or are just too afraid to remember it and keep it hidden from future generations." Rai muttered as she began to read the next book. "Or maybe it just happened so fast, nobody knows what really happened." She waved her hand on this book, reshelf the book, and move on to the next. "Nah, it can't be that." Rai banished another book back to its shelf. "It has to be because they feel that if they write it down, it might happen again." Rai read another book. She banished that one, and the next, and the next. Even the last one barely had anything. She sighed in frustration. "There has to be something here." Rai looked around again. "I'll take a fable, a myth, anything." She muttered to the library. She closed her eyes and scanned the library again. Nothing. She sighed, the next best thing, the Undertaker. However, she wasn't going to go out in this storm. She looked out the window as the rain came down in blankets. Lightning struck and thunder rumbled as Rai turned to face forward and sighed, dropping her head. She unlocked the door and opened it, closing it behind her as she went through the threshold. Rai had wandered her way up stairs and into her room. She was bored; she didn't know what else to do. "Maybe I should clean them now," Rai muttered as she stood up from leaning on her door and walked over to the cabinet.
By the time the storm had opened up and unleashed all of its fury, Rai was now down to cleaning the last of her items. She went to the cabinet and placed the others away and took out the long bag. She sat down; on a worn blanket she used for cleaning, back to the door and opened up the bag revealing a cloth bag. She untied it and let it slide down to reveal the beautifully hand crafted handle of a katana. The katana was carefully removed from its bags and unsheathed from its black holster. Rai eyed the metal piece for any nicks and scratches. She had to clean it properly with oil. She placed a piece of folded paper in her mouth as she began to take a cotton ball and tweezers and dab the oil onto the blade, all the while watching the blade for marks, indicating weak points. She was almost done, she held the blade in front of her and inspected the slightly reflective surface as the storm came to a drizzle. Rai looked up and out her windows to see that the storm was moving on. She had just looked back down and started the finishing touches on spots she had missed when a knock came from the door. "Hmm?" She turned her head to look over her left shoulder at the door. "Come in," She said out of the corner of her mouth around the piece of paper. Sebastian opened the door and took several steps in and gave a slight glare to Rai.
"Oh," He stated, "So that's what you're doing in here?" He muttered, glaring at the shiny sword in her hands. Rai turned back to her sword and finished oiling it and quickly wiped off the excess oil before standing up.
"Oh?" She mocked his tone of voice. She had the scabbard in her left hand and flung the blade to her right, as if to rid it of excess liquid and then sheathed it on her hip. "What else would I be doing?" She said as she heard the soft click of the hilt hitting the scabbard. She let her right hand drop and looked over at Sebastian in the doorway. "What do you want?" Rai asked in a slightly annoyed tone.
"The young lord would like your assistance with something." Sebastian gave a slight head bow, out of habit, not out of respect.
Rai sighed, looking forward, "Yeah, alright. I'll be there in a bit." She bent over and snatched up the silk lined cloth bag and placing her beloved sword into it before tying it shut and placing it in the long shoulder bag. She finished by placing it in the cabinet and then folding up the worn blanket and placed it in the cabinet before closing it and looking to the door. "Why are you still here?" She asked as she started towards the door.
"He wished for me to bring you back with me," Sebastian stated as he turned sideways to let her pass him through the door before he closed it behind them. Sebastian led the way to where Ciel was sitting in his office. As they were walking, Rai suddenly had a chill go up her back and her head became slightly numb. Something wasn't right, she always got this feeling when something was about to happen, something bad. She looked at the back of Sebastian's head, he didn't look at her, so he must have not felt anything, or maybe he was hiding it. Sebastian opened the door and walked in first before Rai and closed the door behind her.
"You wished to speak with me?" Rai asked Ciel, who was at his desk with scattered pieces of paper and several books open on the edges. He looked up from the paper to Rai with a slightly bored pout on his face. Sebastian wished he'd smacked her on the back of the head as he passed by for being so informal in front of Ciel. But, then again, he'd get chewed out by the little brat.
"Judging by your different customs and accent, you're not from around here." Ciel stated as he placed the papers down on the desk. "So, you must be bilingual." Ciel then held out the papers he was holding for her to take and look at. Rai stepped forward and took the pieces of paper he held out to her. They seemed to be damp.
'Where they outside?' Rai wondered as she looked at the papers. As she skimmed the papers, the characters seemed familiar. It was her native language, but none of the characters put together made any sense. Rai cocked an eyebrow. 'Giving a cat a pacifier, what the-?' She closed her eyes and placed her right finger tips on her forehead. She sighed, "It's a code; something that has to be understood by others in order for it to make any sense."
"In what language?" Ciel asked, tapping the desk with his finger.
"My native language, as you suspected." Rai sighed. She looked over the documents again, seeing if she missed anything. "Where did you get these?" She flipped to the next page, no insignias, no signatures, no seals, no stamps, no… nothing…
"The yard dropped them off," Ciel stated. "A foreigner, who they found as a stowaway, had these on him." Ciel was bored and now playing with something that was rolling along the desk top.
"Foreigner?" Rai questioned. She quickly glanced up to Ciel then back to the papers, looking for any telltale signs of who wrote the notes or what was going on. Rai walked up to Ciel's desk and placed the papers out in front of him. "Most of what is being said is code, which can be deciphered later, but what my big concern is the improperly used characters in the sentences where they absolutely don't belong." Rai pointed to one of the characters. "Like this for example, it's not with the character, like the others, it's slightly above the margin line."
Ciel took one of the papers and looked at it. "I don't see any difference; they all look like they are in line with each other." Ciel looked up at Rai.
"Of course, it's to be expected of one who doesn't know the characters and the language," Rai gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, leaning on the desk. She opened her eyes, 'But that's not my biggest concern. These characters and uses of nouns for codes look all too familiar.' "Was this all that they had on the guy?"
"I don't know," Ciel leaned back into his chair. "They only brought these documents here."
Rai sighed, "Alright." She took one last look at the papers before standing up straight. "I had to go into town anyways, might as well go to the yard, too." Rai stated before turning around and walking to the door. She heard a chair move as she opened the door.
"We'll come with you," Ciel stated. "Get my things, Sebastian." He told the tall man next to him, who nodded.
"No," Rai's stern voice pierced the air sharply. "No, stay here. I don't want to bore you with my duties that need to be tended to." Rai replied, in a slightly softer tone. She walked out the door and closed it behind her.
There was a several minute pause before Ciel spoke, "Follow her." He commanded Sebastian.
"Yes, my lord." Sebastian placed his hand over his heart and bowed slightly.
Rai was already out the door in several minutes, dressed in knee high black boots, tight black pants, black buttoned up trench coat hiding her beloved Berettas, black leather gloves on her hands, and Sebastian watched her from the roof top. 'Is she planning on walking all the way?' He cocked an eyebrow as she exited the gates, stopped, pulled the end hem of her left gloved hand, and began to walk to her left. She suddenly sprinted off along the side of the path. 'Apparently, yes.' Sebastian told himself as he quickly followed the woman. It was unfortunate for Sebastian that Rai noted eyes on her as she exited the front doors of the manor. She quickly ran through the woods as Sebastian tailed her, not too closely, but close enough.
Nearing the town, she slowed to a walk and appeared on the path. She walked among the sparsely populated streets of the town. The bad weather must have driven most to stay inside, while the others were forced out for some reason. Like she said, she had errands to run. She stopped by several different shops, going in and coming back out several minutes later. She even quickly chatted with the black smith as he sat there smoking a cigarette on his stool while taking a break. All the while Sebastian watched from the thin crowd in the streets. She then turned down a rarely used alleyway and then turned again down another way. Sebastian followed. When he turned a familiar corner, he wasn't expecting Rai to be standing right there and almost bumped right into the glaring woman.
"What are you doing?" Rai asked in a stern low tone as she glared up at him, hands on her hips. "Why are you following me?" Sebastian backed up a step and bowed slightly.
"My lord wished for me to keep an eye on you," He said in a monotone voice.
Rai sighed, closing her eyes and crossing her arms, "So, the brat doesn't trust me?" She asked him as he stood up straight. "What does he think I'm going to do? Sell him out?" She sighed again. "Look, if he was worried that I might do something, he should have said so and have someone come along with me. Not hide and spy." Rai turned and began to walk down the street again. "Which, by the way, you need to work on. You're fairly easy to sense, especially someone with your presence." Rai stated over her left shoulder and continued to walk until she came to a wooden door surrounded by coffins.
"I am very sorry for that, I will work on it," Sebastian gave a slight bow. He was mocking Rai rather than taking her comment seriously. He followed behind her as he walked through the same door he had so many times before.
"Well, look who it is, heeheehee~." The man behind the desk chuckled. He had long silver hair, a black robe, and black hat. Rai quickly scrunched her nose in disgust. She never liked the smell in this place, but it was better than most of the other places she has been. "If it isn't-"
"Shut it, Undertaker." Rai quickly snapped at him before he let her alias slip.
He chuckled again with his wide toothy grin, "And what do we have here? Heeheehee~, if it isn't Sebastian, heeheehee~. But where's the young master I wonder, heeheehee~." Undertaker brought his sleeve covered hands up and clapped them together. "If he's not here, then you must know this young one, heeheehee~." Rai's eyebrow twitched slightly. She walked forward to the counter, arms still crossed. "Now, if you'll only tell me a joke, I'll let you have a casket for free, heeheehee~. That is when you're finished with your duties at the manor, heeheehee~." Rai's right hand quickly shot across the counter and snagged the Undertaker's collar and brought him closer to her as she placed her left hand on the counter to balance herself.
"I'm not here for games, Undertaker," Rai growled at him. "You know why I came here. Now stop this foolishness and do your job!" Rai snapped at him.
Undertaker chuckled, "So impatient today, heeheehee~."
"I'm on a tight schedule, especially when I'm being tailed by an extra shadow." Rai muttered and glanced over her shoulder at the tall man standing by the door.
"Now, if you'll care to release me, I shall get what you came for, heeheehee~." Rai let Undertaker go and he dropped only several inches. He straightened up and turned to walk out from behind the desk and into the back. "This way, heeheehee~." He waved as he went into the back. Rai followed and glanced at Sebastian as he started to move towards them, following her to the back. With how Rai was acting, Sebastian was sure he would see Rai get a bone, human flesh, or maybe even human blood; he was slightly shocked to find that all she came here for was a stack of very ancient books. "Heeheehee~, where these the ones you were looking for? Heeheehee~." Undertaker chuckled as he placed the pile on the small table. Rai quickly scanned the spines.
"Yes, these are them." Rai responded. "But there should be several others."
Undertaker chuckled, "Ah yes, heeheehee~. I had a bit of trouble trying to get my hands on those, heeheehee~. Since they were under the heavily guarded sector, heeheehee~. But I was able to get them by using your authority and stamp, heeheehee~." Undertaker held one hand up to his mouth as he turned and grabbed a chest with a heavy lock and chain and spirit tags, or sutras. "All four are in here, heeheehee~."
"Thank you," Rai stated as she flipped through one of the books. "I would have gone myself, if I wasn't so busy." Rai muttered. She placed the book back and reached into her coat. Sebastian came up and was about to take a stack when red electricity shocked him slightly as he touched it. He stepped back. "What are you doing?"
"I was going to help you carry them," Sebastian stated as he watched the steam subside from his hands.
"No, you're not." Rai stated as she pulled out a scroll and unraveled it. Rai laid the scroll on the counter and swiftly grabbed a quill from its ink stall and began to write several things on the scroll. As she put the quill back, books began to float one by one onto the parchment and suddenly poofed away, leaving their names in ink on the scroll. Heck, even the chest poofed onto the scroll, only it remained as a picture of a heavily chained and locked chest rather than names. Rai let the loose end of the scroll go and it quickly coiled back around the main post, like a spring recoiling. She put the scroll back into her jacket. "There are much simpler methods than using ones hands, using one's head." Rai stated as she finished putting the scroll away. Sebastian looked on in slight disbelief and awe.
'She really is a devil,' ran through Sebastian's mind. As if on cue, Rai glared at him out of the corner of her left eye when he finished that thought. She looked back at Undertaker.
"Thank you, Undertaker." Rai said as she turned to leave his shop. "This was greatly appreciated."
"Heeheehee~, take care now, heeheehee~." He smiled and waved them off. Rai moved with slight purpose in her step to get to the yard. Sebastian had no problem keeping up with her.