WARNING: This chapter does not occur in the Code Geass timeline. This is an in between for episodes 8 and 9.

"Evil only triumphs when good men stand around and do nothing." Alucard

"Leviathan!" Ciel shouted that morning. "Get out of the bathroom! There are people who need to use it!"

"Hang on!" She said. "I got to get this sewer smell off of me."

"You don't even have actual skin!" Ciel said. "Hurry up! I can't hold it any longer!"

Zero opened his eyes as the banter reached his ears. Zero simply sighed. It had only been nine hours since the operation for the Black Knights and he was tired from the ordeal. Not from the mission itself and not because of a lack of sleep (for he lacked the biology to feel such effects), but the fact of how many objects he had to teleport. A whole ship and over ten different people at one time. The amount of people he had to move and the distance had depleted a lot of his energy, and he did not have any means currently to produce anymore, especially since E-Crystals had yet to exist. All he wanted to do was sleep and have his auto repair systems handle the rest of it; since classes were canceled because of the hostage ordeal.

Leviathan had teleported Ciel when they departed the Black Knights, and Ciel didn't want to deal with another transfer that evening. So she stayed the night, with a sleeping bag loaned by Zero. Though Zero was surprised to see that she didn't have any memory of the incident.

He remembered it the previous night they came in from the operation. Leviathan, Ciel, and Zero went to the outskirts of the Ashford manor, and began to walk up the stairway. Lelouch of course had already gone to bed.

"So this is where you've been hiding?" Ciel asked as they approached.

Zero was a little surprised from that, only because she had visited their already.

"Well...yeah." He said. "I mean you were there right?"

Ciel turned to him in confusion.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"What?" Leviathan asked. "Ciel; you were here before! Remember?"

"...I was?" She asked.

Zero and Leviathan couldn't believe it. She had only been gone there for two days...how could she have forgotten?

"You mean you don't remember?" Zero asked.

"No; I've never been here in my whole life." She muttered.

Zero had been pondering what she had said, as he just couldn't grasp the fact that she had forgotten where she stayed only a couple days after. And not trivial forgetfulness where she simply forgot, but full blown amnesia of the event. Still...nothing could be done and they had to reintroduce Ciel to everything. Although Leviathan did smell at the end of night because of moving through the sewer and through the air ducts, the man difference between her and Ciel was the Leviathan didn't actually need to use the shower or toilet...although the raunchy smell she was giving off was starting to become a distraction.

Ciel on the other hand…needed the two. And this morning she needed one of the two badly.

Zero slightly opened one of his eyes as he lay in his bed. Ciel was standing outside of the door with a white dress on that she slept in, her legs clasped together, both hands on her crotch, frantically switching different positions often. Zero knew what she needed within seconds after waking up. He ended up watching Ciel desperately try and hold herself in. After awhile, Zero got up and went over to the door where Ciel was right next to. Ciel held herself for a few more seconds and then looked up to see Zero. She sort of stopped holding herself for a bit, but she kept her legs crossed. There was still obvious pressure in there.

"Morning Zero." She said.

"Morning." Zero said. "Seems you're in a little dilemma this morning."

"Well it's not my fault that I didn't have a chance to empty my bladder for several hours now." Ciel said. She gasped, putting her hands back on her crotch. She began to twist herself tighter.

"You could have stayed with the Black Knights." Zero said. "You can't stay here every day you know?"

"I'm sorry." She shouted. "I'm still getting used to...the reality here."

"I understand." He said.

"Get her to let me in..." Ciel asked. "I think a little came out."

He went over to the door and knocked on it for a few seconds. "Leviathan let the girl in."

"Zero?" She asked.

"Look...I don't need an incident concerning bodily fluids to happen here." Zero said. "Let her in; your only using one of the devices in there anyway."

"Alright, alright, alright." Leviathan said. "If it'll make her shut up; Ciel I'm unlocking the door."

The shower door was heard being opened up. Wet footsteps were heard on the ground as the sounds slowly moved towards the door. A small click was heard by the door. Ciel stood there holding herself until she heard the click. She quickly opened the door and bolted towards the toilet. Ciel kept her legs pressed together as she lifted up her dress and pulled her panties down. Zero just managed to see her sit on the toilet and hear the small dripping on the water before Leviathan closed the door behind her.

Zero went over the drawer and put on his school uniform. He took a shower last night to remove the awful sewer smell from his body so he was no dire need of a shower. He left the room and locked it to allow the two young girls to stay hidden. Besides of Ciel needed anything, Leviathan could easily teleport out of the room with her. The Black Knights had no intention of meeting today so Zero had nothing to do in his schedule, other than maybe look for a job.

He shook his head. A job in this world would simply get in the way.

Zero walked down the hallway of Ashford Academy. The hallways were mostly empty. Most of the students were going to use their day off to either relax or go wild. There were some students moving throughout the hallways. Most of these were either lazy or attempted to use the day off to catch up on homework. Others were caught in the middle of massive projects that they needed to finish. The rest had no place to go and had no intention of going anywhere. The school was sometimes a massive hangout anyway.

Zero heard several voices that he recognized from the end of the hallway behind him. He had just passed by a small T intersection of the building. He sped up a little bit and he turned to a door and hid in the gap that was made to reach the door. He used his cell phone and held it out away from his face and angled it slightly to the right. Observing the reflection, he saw Shirley, Nina, and Millay. He looked into it with his serious face for a second, but then it changed to slight joy. He was happy to see his friends were still alive; and that were released into the public so quickly. Zero was about to go out of the room that he was hiding behind when he heard another pair of voices come from the hallway intersection that he passed while he was walking through it. He returned back behind the safety of the door and continued to monitor.

"Guys!" He heard Suzaku shout from the hallway T intersection. "You're alright!"

"Suzaku!" He heard Shirley shout. "Leval! We're okay!"

"You're all okay!" Leval said. "That nearly gave me a heart attack!"

"It was scary for all of us." Millay said.

Zero turned to slightly look at the hallway to see Leval and Suzaku go over to the others and a massive group ensured. Zero smiled as he watched his friends give their appreciation that their friends did not die. He considered going away while it was going on.

But he changed his mind. After all, he needed to keep appearances to make it look like he cared. He made sure that no one was looking in his direction when they we're talking. He moved slowly up from behind them. When they were all close enough, Zero used his long strong arms and grabbed Millay, Nina, and Shirley. They all screamed in surprise (especially Shirley who nearly broke Zero's eardrum), but then when they saw it was Zero, they all began to be happy again.

"Zion!" Shirley shouted as he dropped them all.

"Glad to see that you made it out okay." He said.

"Wow." Millay said. "Group hugs. Seems so unlike you."

"It is." He said. "But I almost lost a couple people who I consider friends."

"Hey where were you yesterday?!" Leval shouted at Zero. "Zion, I tried calling you the whole day."

"Yeah I saw that." He said, opening his phone up to the miss called section. It displayed thirty-five missed calls from Leval. "I hope you didn't lose any money on that."

"Ahhh…me too." He said. "I can barely pay for this damn school!"

"Same here." Zero said. "I should probably look for a job at some point."

"I'm only left with twenty if you count the expenses here and the food." Leval said. "What kind of work are you looking for?"

"Computers for sure." Zero said. "I'm pretty handy when it comes to them."

"Wow." Nina said. "Are you good with computers?"

Zero made a small snicker.

"You have no idea." He said.

"You should come by and fix my computer." Millay said. "The thing is always so damn slow."

"Oh really?" Zero said. "What do you run?"

"Nothing much." Millay said. "Instant messenger, Email, chat room, music, picture gallery, service dock, webcam…"

"Yeah I can already tell where this is going." Zero said. "Besides, what are we doing making small talk for anyway. Our friends almost died here! We should celebrate that they are still with us. What say we all go out to lunch? It's a day off anyway."

"I'm up for that!" Leval shouted. "You Suzaku?"

"Of course." He said. "I'd never miss out on something like this."

"Am I excluded?" A voice said from behind them.

The others looked behind them down the hallway to see Lelouch walking towards them.

"You bastard!" Leval shouted. "I tried calling you so many times! Did you not know what happened!?"

"I know." Lelouch said. "I was in town that night. I saw the news on the TV display in town. When you called, I thought something had happened so I was scared to pick up. By the time I got home, Zero had already saved everyone."

"Thank god he did too." Zero said. "I never would have expected a terrorist to do such a thing though."

"Does that make Zero Britannia's ally?" Shirley asked.

"Probably not." Zero said. "Not even sure with his position on anything anymore."

"It feels weird." Ciel asked as she slipped her bra onto her breasts.

"What feels weird?" Leviathan asked as she polished her Lance still wearing the towel she had one when she had showered.

"Well…" Ciel said as lifted her tights over her panty. "We've been enemies for so long now. As long as I can remember we've been fighting each other. Yet here we are now sharing a room; me with the one who saved me and the resistance for as long as I can remember. And you with someone that you fought with for years. Doesn't that make you feel a little weird?"

"Well…" She said. "You know for awhile it did. But when Zero saved me from those Britannian guards many days back, I adjusted quick. When someone saves your life, a bound is established between the two. One that is hard to break. And the fact that I am now in a resistance made me adjust to me situation even quicker."

"Uh huh." Ciel said as she wrapped her hair in a ponytail.

"Like this." Leviathan said. "Imagine if instead of being in a resistance, you were like the humans in Neo Arcadia. If you were taken from where you were and put in a good life. You would be shocked and in distress because you never experienced that. I experienced both sides."

"When were you part of the resistance!?" Ciel asked.

"When Zero faced Omega." She said. "Me, Harpy, and Fefnir charged in and attacked him. We bought Zero enough time so he could finish the job. So…in a way…I kind of know what it's like."

"Oh." Ciel said. "I see."

"Mm hmm." She said as she transformed back to her Reploid form, while Ciel put her gloves on. Ciel was now fully dressed along with Leviathan. Ciel slowly moved her eyes away from Leviathan.

"Still hard huh?" She asked.

"You did retire reploids that were my friends." Ciel said in disgust. "Everything you said is true, but the fact you killed some of my friends makes it all the well harder."

"Oh." Leviathan said. "Well what do want me to do about it? It's not my fault that I was nothing more than a blind follower. I didn't know what was right or wrong."

"Still…" Ciel said.

"How about this?" Leviathan asked as she opened a closet and grabbed two outfits from the drawer. "How about you and me go out let's go around town a bit?"

"What?" She asked.

"I and Zero's teleport are based on the designs of Mega Man X." Leviathan said. "I can teleport you along with me so don't worry about sneaking around."

"But why are you doing this?" Ciel asked.

"Look." Leviathan said. "We're on the same team, right? We need to learn how to work together. And if we harbor all of these past disgusts about the other, all we're going to do is create problems for Zero. Let me show that I'm sincere in doing this."

"I don't know." Ciel said.

"Neo Arcadia is gone as far as I know Ciel." Leviathan said. "What else do I have to fight for? All I want to do now is survive."

"I'm not sure….ahh why not?" Ciel said. "Better than staying here and having nothing to do."

"And Kusakuba committed suicide?" Tohdoh asked.

"I know it doesn't seem likely." Axl said as he talked with the Four Holy blades and Tohdoh. "But I saw everything there. Pistol shots to the forehead. I saw the fire and scorching on the heads from the fire of the pistol shots. Kusakuba had his sword in his stomach. Even if Zero did manage to kill them all, I seriously doubt he got within that close range to each member and shot them all point blank. They had him there with machine guns pointing."

"Are you absolutely sure about this?" Tohdoh said.

"Look." Axl said. "I'm all willing to say Zero did it. No doubt in my mind. But the mere fact of HOW he would have been able to do it, just makes no sense. There's no way he could have taken all of those guards on."

"What you say makes sense." Tohdoh said as he gazed at him with his eyes closed. "Still for Kusakuba to commit suicide. He greatly believed in his mission when I talked to him. To have such devotion for his cause and then to throw his life away at the last mere moment. I cannot seem to pin this down at all…Still, whether by your hand, Zero's, or his own, the fact is the Kusakuba is no longer threatening the Japanese Liberation Front from falling apart. You performed your service."

"Hey I told you." He said. "I would eliminate the traitor. Just some lucky S.O.B. beat me to it. Either way he's gone."

"Indeed." Tohdoh said. "And you even disabled their Reploid weapon. You still proved your abilities to me."

"Once in a lifetime chance right." Axl said.

"You're what the Liberation Front needs to survive." Tohdoh said. "We've said enough. Go and rest."

"Ahhh…" Axl said as he walked away. "That's no fun."

Axl walked into his room. He closed the sliding Dojo door behind him and then laid down in the small mat that was provided to him. While he was there, he pressed a button on his head. Instantly, Axl transformed in a series of zeros and ones from Reploid Axl, to human Axl. Axl wore a light blue hoodie with a white shirt under it, Blue jeans, and his long orange hair in a pony tail.

"I never knew this program would work so well." Axl said. "And Zero's still with us. He hasn't changed one bit."

Axl turned over on his side and began to think about when he and Zero met after Zero defeated him. He and Zero went into a small hallway away from the captured JLF and began to talk.

"How's it been?" Axl asked Zero. "Did you get retired like me?"

"Eventually." Zero said. "I was around for at least another two hundred years before I ended up dying in a burning space station in the atmosphere."

"Yikes." Axl said. "Bet that sucked. Never experienced that since General Redips took us for a little ride."

"Didn't really feel it." Zero said. "When the station finally gave out, it was like a blinding flash for me. Next few minutes later…I wake up in the Shinjuku Ghetto."

"Shinjuku?" Axl said. "Wait…Shinjuku around the time where…"

"Where Zero made his first act of revenge against Britannia; yes Axl there." Zero replied.

Zero made a slight chuckle.

"Can't say all those casualties that occurred on the Britannian forces that day were his own." Zero said. "I took out a good seventy-two of their forces."

"But Zero…" Axl said. "Doesn't that mean you…"

"Violated the first law of robotics and thus have been labeled as a Maverick." Zero said. "Yeah. I really don't want to go into that subject Axl. I don't need your biast opinions on what I'm doing. Besides, it's not like I have a choice. My battle is with humanity now; not reploids."

"But still!" Axl said.

"Look." Zero said. "I did what I needed to do. Those men were killing innocents. I couldn't stand around and do nothing. Somebody had to do something."

"But the affairs of humans are none of our concerns." Axl said. "We do what we need to do and they do what they need to do."

"Not anymore for me." Zero said. "Evil only triumphs when good men stand around and do nothing. I've chosen to fight for the people who can't fight back. I will demolish the people who allow such massacres to continue. All I can do after I reach that point is hope my actions don't lead to more bloodshed."

Axl sighed.

"I guess you made your choice then." Axl said.

"What about you?" Zero said. "Zero could use your help Axl. Another Reploid on our team could be real helpful."

"Yeah I know." Axl said putting his arms on his neck and resting on the wall. "But I'm with the JLF now. I'm not going to abandon these guys. These people have a cause to fight for and I'll see it through."

"I see." Zero said. Zero got up from where he was and began to move away. "Well we're running out of time to talk. This whole place is about to go to kingdom come. Maybe we'll meet again."

"Yeah." Axl said. The two turned away from each other and began to walk away. Axl though turned around and shouted back to Zero.

"Hey Zero!"

"What is it?" He asked.

"You're not the only one who broke the first law." Axl said.

"Wha…really!?" Zero said surprised.

"Just wanted to see your responses." Axl said. "And your right."

Zero held a firm grim on his face. With the exception of the violating the first law, Axl hadn't changed.

"Here Axl." Zero said with a data chip in his hand.

"What's this?" Axl said as he took the chip.

"A gift from a friend of mine." Zero said.

And with that, Zero teleported away from Axl. Axl took the chip and looked at it for a bit. He then smiled as he placed the data chip in a storage compartment. He then activated Stealth mode and flew away from the building, undetected.

"Zero…" He thought.

"Axl…"

"Hey Zion." Leval said. "I'm already half way done. You barely touched your steak."

"Huh?" Zero said as he quickly returned to reality. "Oh sorry. I'm still a little shaken up from what happened back there."

"You're still worried about us?" Shirley said.

"Ahh…how cute." Millay said as she slurped some pasta into her month.

Zero and the others went to a small diner nearby the school. It was small and old fashioned. Really nice looking stained glass designs. The tables were well crafted and the carpet smelled fresh. The place was clean and well managed. Plants were a common sight and many paintings all around the area. It was definitely a place for an after school lunch. Zero and the others recognized several other people from Ashford who were busy typing on their laptops reports and such.

"At least someone was compared to some people." Leval said in Lelouch's direction.

"How long are you still going to fret about that?" Lelouch asked.

"Not for awhile." Leval said. "Hell, might even make a good inside joke."

"Don't you dare." Lelouch said as he sipped some tea.

"I don't blame Zion though." Suzaku said. "Hell; I'm still in shock."

"You worry too much." Leval said.

"Look who's talking." Zero said as he took a bite from his steak. "You're still pestering Lelouch about this. What's done is done. Zero saved our friends. Let's focus on the good times."

"I agree." Nina said. "I really don't want to go into that subject anymore. All of those Elevens still scare me…exc..except for that one…and…princess Euphemia."

"Huh?" Zero said with a pretend surprised look. Although it looked pretty damn convincing. "The Princess was there?"

"Yeah." Shirley said. "You see…first there was this Eleven…or machine I guess. I really don't know. Anyway, this one Eleven tries to grab Nina. She's screaming and stuff. And then that guy shoots the guy grabbing her in the face. Then another tries to fire and kills him. And the guy goes up and protects Nina. Things look ugly. Then the next you know, the princess pops out of nowhere and gets the Elevens to stop hurting her."

"A machine?" Lelouch asked in curiosity. Zero had not told him yet about Axl.

"Yeah." Shirley said. "He looked human…well sort of. But he opened up his arm for one of the Elevens to see and showed that he was a Reploid…at least that's what he called himself."

"Uhh huh." Lelouch said.

He gave a glaring look to Zero, who returned to response with another glare. Bu then he sighed and blinked towards Zero, assuring him that it was okay. Zero gave a small smile and returned to his food.

Mega Man X was currently on patrol at Shinjuku. Because X had the best analytical abilities of the entire empire, she wanted him to see if there was any trace of the Black Knights. However, what surprised X was when she told him that he found them, he would just mark their location.

This is a surprise.

X continued to move throughout the ghetto. He felt very uncomfortable moving throughout the ruined buildings and rubble everywhere. It didn't matter where he went; each of the Elevens glared at him with hate. X tried not to look, but he couldn't help it. He buried his head towards the ground in depression. He hated how the country treated them.

A loud sound from one of the buildings cut his thoughts off. X used his acceleration system and sped over to where the sound came from.

One of the buildings because of ill repaired structures was beginning to collapse. X quickly analyzed the structure. It was crumbling fast. The supports would only hold for another six minutes. Many Elevens were crowding around it. X and his ability to quickly observe revealed that the Elevens were all scared and shocked. Although X knew that they would treat him as an irregular, he had to discover what was going on. He quickly ran over.

"What's going on?" He asked.

"What are you doing here?" An Eleven girl shouted.

"What's a Britannian doing way out here in the ghetto?" Another Eleven shouted.

"Please people…" X said. "I only wish to know what is going on."

"Ahh bite me you stupid Brit." He shouted back. "It's all your fault anyway why it's like this!"

"Just tell me what's going on!" X shouted.

"My daughter got trapped in that tower looking for her cat." A woman said. "But what do you care!? Thanks to your meaningless slaughter a few weeks ago, the building is like this. And why my daughter is going to die."

The building began to shake violently. Pieces of it started to descend toward the Earth. One large fragment fell towards the people. Most of the Elevens shrieked in terror. X quickly reacted and fired his X-buster at the piece, destroying it. The Elevens looked at X with amazement when he had done that.

Without waiting for a response, X ran into the building. Most of the building was wrecked. Many of the supports had given out awhile back. X knew that this was going to be a close call. He maneuvered through the building's wrecked corridors and blown out sections as he frantically searched for the girl. He amplified the sound and began to search for what was girl's screams. He picked it up within a few seconds after analyzing. But he also knew he wouldn't make it in time. Unless he blew out sections of the ceiling. X knew that would weaken the structure and he would lose time, but he had no choice.

He pointed his X-Buster into the air and fired. He easily managed to blow section after section. After he had a clear access to the girl, he leaped into the air and landed on the same floor she was. She looked terrified; and the large X-Buster shot from his arm cannon probably had not helped.

The girl was in her teens. Six teen at most. Clothing tattered and torn. Long dress and small shirt. She clutched the cat she had found as if it was her lifeline.

"Sta…stay…stay away from me." She said.

"Don't worry." X said. "I'm not here to hurt you. I'm going to get you out and…"

"Don't touch me!" She shouted by swatting back his arm. "I saw you! I saw you defeated the forces we needed in order to keep Britannian out. I know what you did!"

"You…you saw me?" X asked. "But I didn't kill anyone!"

"So what!?" She shouted. "You're still the enemy!"

As she shouted, the ceiling finally gave way. X watched as billions of rocks came on top of her and the cat. Thinking quickly, X charged on top of her. He pointed his X-buster into the air and began to fire the energy spheres as quickly as he could. The blasts easily penetrated through the rocks as the floor gave way as the two fell. X continued to fire until not one rock was above him and the girl. When none of the large rocks were near them, X grabbed the girl who was under him and placed her on top; right as they hit the ground.

The building dust cloud was massive that ensued after it was massive. X was easily able to make sounds of sorrow and disappoint from the Elevens. X could hear the mother wailing for her lost daughter.

What they didn't know as that she was alive.

For that is why the Elevens nearly died of Heart attacks when X stood up with the girl on his back. HE turned to her and looked at her. She was staring at him with confusion and shock.

"Are you alright?" He asked.

She couldn't respond. But she nodded to answer.

X turned back towards the crowd and began to walk slightly over to them. He could hear them talking about him. Most of it was still in poor taste. But there were some confusion in their voice. Some were even questioning his motives. X went over the mother and let the girl go. The mother stared at him with a face of disbelief. X simply nodded and began to walk away. X didn't need to tell them why he did it. Only that he did it.

"So why did they make the guardians anyway?" Ciel said as she and Leviathan moved along the Beach. Ciel in a blue shirt and white jeans. While Leviathan wore the same outfit she did when the Black Knights first met her.

"Duh." She said. "Protect X…I mean…that pirated copy."

"Well I know that…" Ciel said. "But here's something I don't know. Can you answer this?"

"Shoot." Leviathan said as they moved back into the city.

"Well…" Ciel said. "Have you ever noticed that you look a lot like Mega Man X?"

"What; are you saying I'm flat chested!?" She barked.

"No; that's not at all what I mean." Ciel said. "It's your face and body. Your physique and face looks so similar to that to Mega Man X. If X was a girl. In fact all of the guardians did. Why was that?"

Leviathan glared at Ciel for a few minutes.

"OH!" She said a few minutes later. "That's what you meant. Heh heh heh. My bad."

"Common mistake." Ciel said.

"Well," Leviathan said. "The Four Guardians are four pirated lesser versions of Mega Man X. We weren't intended to be copies; they knew they weren't going to develop us that well. We were intended to guard Master X with our lives. Each of us possesses a feature and personality derived from Mega Man X's personality. Although each guardian had a different trait that the other."

"Do tell." Ciel said as the two stopped in a park.

"Phantom." Leviathan said. "He was derived from Mega Man X's will to complete a mission without fail; and his abilities were derived on speed. He shows his will to complete the mission without fail by risking his neck to buy time for the explosives to go off at that factory you guys captured. Fefnir's personality on the destructive force Mega Man X can bring making him hyper and unstable. History shows that whenever X was mad, it was hard to get him to calm down and cease his attack. That's why Fefnir's attacks are so destructive. Harpuria…"

Leviathan sort of stopped for a minute after she said his name,

"Leviathan?" Ciel asked.

"Huh…oh sorry." Leviathan said. "Harpy…Harpuria is based off of Mega Man X's sense of honor. Harpuria always challenged Zero to a one-on-one fight. He never involved anyone else unless it was necessary. Hell, he even saved Zero when we ambushed him in the desert. He didn't want to die that way."

"Really!?" Ciel said. "We always did wonder how he found us."

"Well now you know." Leviathan said. "Harpy…I mean Harpuria felt that Zero should be retired in battle and not die dishonorably. And that's the trait he got from X. He was given two sabers because to show X's ability to adapt. X was never good with a saber, but he learned, as what we all saw."

"So what are you then?" Ciel asked.

"Me?" She said. "I am the beauty that X is."

"Beauty?" Ciel said while laughing.

"X is a most beautiful machine." Leviathan said. "A machine that can think like a human and even display true emotion and affection. That is the beauty of him. As well as his physical appearance and such. It's just…magnificent."

"But why make you a woman?" Ciel asked.

"Because we women in nature have been represented as beings of beauty in the past." She responded. "Greece, Italy, Spain. Just look at the artwork that has been made. I was given the ability of ice to show that love can either be a cold thing or a good thing. And that's why my personality is directed towards romance and beautiful objects."

"Wow." Ciel said. "You know, all of that makes sense."

"Damn right it does." Leviathan said. "You always wondered why we are who we are and know you know that…"

"Miss Ciel!" A voice shouted in the shadows. "Is that you?"

The two women looked in the direction of the trees where the voice came from.