Crossover Together ~クロスオーバ 一緒に~

Well, what a day that was. Nagisa and his friends hadn't stayed in London for more than two days, and here they are, saving earls from being kidnapped. Who'd of thought that would just transpire so quickly? In just one day, they spent it at the Phantomhive manor, and risked their own lives to save Ciel. After that was done, the group were back at their hotel of stay, leaving Ciel Phantomhive to recover from his capture under his own roof. While a reward would've been nice, the fact they're alive after all that, virtually unscathed was enough of a reward. Time ticked on from there, the day turning to night, and gave them a well-deserved rest. The group mainly had the beds split up amongst them. Karma and Blair shared a bed, Pinkie and Aladdin got the floor with some sheets and pillows, and Nagisa and Twilight got their own bed. The night went on smoothly without trouble, and they all were fast asleep. ... Well, all but one. The others may be sound asleep by now, Nagisa was still feeling a bit on the edge of things. Ciel and Sebastian still left their mark on him, and while he wasn't feeling as bad as before at the manor, it was enough to leave him incomplete. He was stirring, tossing and turning about, trying to get comfortable. In the end, it just was no use. His turning wasn't enough to wake the others, thank goodness, and Nagisa just sat up in his bed.

"It's no good," Nagisa thought at last. He looked to the others next to him for a moment, seeing how they were all just fast asleep, even after what had happened. Nagisa didn't want to wake anyone up here.

Eventually, and a rather rough decision on his part, Nagisa was soon dressed, armed, and outside, walking down the London streets. Daytime made London pretty lively, but during the night the streets were completely silent. Street lights were still on and running, but that was about it. It was just him and the moon shining down at him. The night was clear, but a bit cooler than the weather over in Japan though that wasn't much trouble. Each step left him wandering the streets further and further away from the hotel, Nagisa more thinking over what was going on. He was at least grateful that Sebastian and Ciel (for now anyway) were far enough away to be less of trouble. Nagisa Shiota and his wandering found himself over by one of London's river bridges. Nagisa kept walking until he stopped at the center of it, looking down at the river below. The reflection was faded out, but just enough for Nagisa to see himself, and the moon reflection as well. Calm and collected waters flowed down under him, and left a calming sensation on him - first time in a while.

"I don't get it. I thought all of this was left behind me. That Ciel Phantomhive. There's something off with him, but what? And Sebastian too. He took down all those guards with little to no problem yesterday. If we weren't there, then he probably could've finished everyone off even faster. Strange. ..."

And the shivering came back. However, Nagisa didn't have time to locate first, before the source of the disturbance landed right by him. Nagisa turned and, speak of the devil, it was the Phantomhive butler and earl! Who'd of guessed? Nagisa's sense skyrocketed the second he saw them, Sebastian holding Ciel in his arms. Ciel's outfit was different over his blue formal suit and top hat. The hat was black this time, and his clothes copied such, flare on the shoulders that go down to his hands. After a minute, Sebastian placed Ciel down, Nagisa taking a step back.

"C-Ciel Phantomhive. Didn't expect to see you out here."

"Likewise," Ciel simply replied, as he took a few steps forward.

"A pleasure to see you again, mr. Shiota," Sebastian said in a small bow, hand on his chest. Nagisa wasn't sure why they would be out here at this hour, but he could take a possible guess. Still, he tried to keep a collected face.

"You feeling better now?"

"I am. It's good that I found you anyway. I've been meaning to talk to you since yesterday," Ciel revealed, soon standing side by side with Nagisa. Nagisa felt his shivering strengthen as he looked to both earl and butler. It'd been bothering him all day yesterday and tonight, and he had the two reasons that it was even bothering him in the first place. His skin crawled when Ciel came close.

He had enough.

"Ciel, before we do anything else, I need to know something."

The message was almost automated in tone and speed, but it got across fairly well. Ciel and Sebastian were quiet for a moment, but Ciel straightened out. Nagisa didn't realize it even came out until after a few seconds of time.

"And what might that be?"

Nagisa had to think hard now. On one hand, it would get the answer off his chest and probably quell his paranoia depending on what it is, but on the other hand he promised Aladdin (and the demon who possessed Gakuho in extent) to keep this sort of activity quiet. His hand rested on his hidden blade, and finally ...

"You're both demons, aren't you?"

Now it was out.

"Pardon?" Ciel questioned. Nagisa felt a little calm in his nerves on the question, and he just decided to go on with it. He started this ball, might as well keep rolling it.

"Listen. I ... kinda have this sort of sense. And this gets me to sense a presence of true demons. Like an inner sonar. ... Well, since I saw you back at that market, my sense has been going wild on me. And -"

Suddenly Ciel stopped him with a raise of his hand. Nagisa didn't know if he just made a believer, or made a huge mistake. All he could do was wait until Ciel could speak again.

"... Seems peculiar," Ciel stated, seeing Nagisa's hand hover over his Halo Blade.

"So are you, or not?" Nagisa finally asked. Ciel then looked Nagisa dead in the eyes. He knows now that Nagisa was armed.

"It rather depends on your reasoning, Nagisa."

Reasoning? Ciel was just asking for trouble far as Nagisa got, but when he followed Ciel's eye to his hand, he got what Ciel was getting towards. It made sense though. After all, no one wants to be stabbed. Nagisa was too deep to stop now.

"Because my demon sense is constantly getting triggered when I'm by you two. Look, just tell me straight: are you, or are you not demons?"

Ciel waited a moment, looking to Sebastian, and considering the options. The silence and anticipation of the awaiting answer was a killer enough. Eventually, both Ciel and Sebastian reached a silent agreement, and both turned to Nagisa Shiota.

"... Your senses aren't wrong. There is a demon presence at the Phantomhive manor, but it's not from me. That honor is given to Sebastian."

So it was finally revealed. Ciel may not be a demon exactly, but Sebastian is! Nagisa was frozen on hearing that answer, Sebastian appearing the least demonic outta all the demons he seen so far. But when Nagisa took a closer look at Sebastian's red eyes, and remembering what he did, how could it not be the truth? Nagisa's hand tighten on his blade, as his eyes widened and locked onto him. He FINALLY got his answer after forty eight hours of worry.

"Sebastian's the demon? I knew it! No human can do what he can," Nagisa thought.

"Now, I'd hate to intrude, but you don't plan on trying to kill me, now are you? It'd make quite a mess on the London streets, you know," Sebastian asked.

"W-WHA?! No, no, no, no, not you! I-I just wanted to know, I can't kill you no way!"

Good save. Panicky, but a good save. Taking them down would cause a ton of trouble for all of them anyway. Last thing Nagisa wanted was to cause an international incident outside his home country. Ciel sighed, a hint of relief in it but not much.

"Good answer. Perhaps we can discuss matters back at the manor tomorrow morning. I'm curious as to your involvement as well," Ciel offered.

"You sure? I don't want to bother you too much."

"Would you rather spend the entire night out in the cold above a bridge?"

"Good point. You want just me or can the others come?"

"I might as well save myself the effort," Ciel sighed. It didn't work before, and they would come over with him anyway, so he should get the rest. Besides, they could be of some good information too.

"Let's go Sebastian," Ciel said. With that, he and Sebastian went off back towards the manor, and after a minute, Nagisa was alone again. Nagisa felt very relieved to at least know the source of his demon sense spasms. It's working as it should, Nagisa just didn't knew that up until now.

And now, he and his friends have another date with the Phantomhive estate.

~~

The next morning, the Phantomhive manor was starting up in activity. With Ciel back home, things started to get back to normal. Outside, in the Phantomhive garden, Bardroy, Mey-Rin, and Grell were out handling the garden together as best they could do. The garden itself was very well-kept for being next to the forest. Bardroy was trimming the bushes, Mey-Rin was watering the flowers, and Grell tried his best not to wreck the plants as he plucked some of the vegetables and fruits.

"So, apparently our guests are coming back this afternoon. Let's show Sebastian we got what it takes today! When we're done, he won't even know what hit him," Bardroy said.

"Uh, didn't you say that yesterday?" Mey-Rin asked meekly. Bardroy didn't answer, yet was still determined to do a better job. Nearby, Grell was trying to pull down some fresh Oran berries, but these fruits were a bit hard to pluck off.

"Steady, Grell," Bardroy said on seeing him. However, Grell ended up stumbling back with his berry, landing on top of Bardroy, both tumbling onto the ground.

"Bardroy! Oh I'm so sorry!"

"Don't worry bout it," groaned Bardroy, as Mey-Rin helped Bardroy back up to his feet. Grell looked back up into the tree he was working with, and tried for another go. The berries were ripe, and he couldn't leave them alone. After all, picking fresh fruits is apart of his job. He went up, grabbed a fruit, and tried again. Grell pulled and pulled, Bardroy and Mey-Rin taking a few steps back this time in case Grell stumbled again. Grell took one more pull, but Grell finally lost his grip, and stumbled back. The hose they were using was right in the way, and Grell stumbled right over it. Mey-Rin lost grip of the hose, and suddenly Grell was soaking wet, and all tangled up in the running hose. Only Grell.

"Such humiliation. This is unacceptable! No! I can't go on any longer!!"

Suddenly, out of nowhere, Grell was up on a step ladder, and a noose around his neck. Unprompted, and it was enough to get Bardroy and Mey-Rin running over.

"Quit trying to die all the time!" Bardroy yelled.

"But I have to! It's the only way to restore my honor!" Retorted Grell. It's a wonder how he was alive for this long with this kind of mindset. Bardroy and Mey-Rin tried to get Grell to quit his suicide attempt, but Grell just needed one more step to finish himself off. ...

All of a sudden, Grell felt the rope loosening, and quickly being removed from Grell's neck. Standing right there was Korosensei, his outfit now in a typical black and white butler vest with a fancy mustache, the rope in tentacle.

... Wait, what?

"WHOA there! Let's not be too hasty, my chap. Really, we can't have a fine butler like you tossing life like trash, am I right or am I right?"

"... AAAHHHH!"

A typical reaction for this demon king just popping up outta nowhere. They knew guests were coming, but not Korosensei here. Grell completely forgotten his suicide attempt, and jumped back towards Bardroy and Mey-Rin.

"W-What the hell?! Who're you?" Bardroy demanded, freaked out. Mey-Rin and Grell hid behind Bardroy as he asked, wondering what this thing was going to do. Korosensei took it in his stride, casually spinning around the rope in his hand.

"The name's Korosensei: demon king of the underworld, and high school teacher extraordinaire! I was just flying by when I couldn't help but notice someone playing around with a noose down here," Korosensei summed up, his tentacles unwrapping the noose, and knotting the rope into a butterfly knot, a perfect look of a butterfly in just five seconds, wowing his little crowd.

"But, my honor -"

"Your honor and dignity can easily handle a simple misstep. You can't continue the game if you quit after a simple challenge like this. One must rise up to the task at hand. Try and try again," Korosensei explained, using his spare time to pluck all the Oran berries off the tree! Not even a leaf fell from his plucks, and Korosensei had a full basket of fresh, delicious Oran berries ready to go. Grell's eyes starred up in awe as Korosensei placed the basket in his hands, and gave him a little pat on the head.

"How'd you do that?" Mey-Rin asked.

"Just a twist in the wrist. Oran berries always have strong stems on them," Korosensei replied, starting to walk away as he gently plucked a flower from the garden with delicate ease. That wasn't exactly what Mey-Rin meant, and Korosensei knew it too. For the demon king, he had other stops to make, and looking at the manor, he knew exactly where to go. He hadn't seen his student in a while now, and he might as well check on them.

~~

Not too far away from the manor, Nagisa, Karma, Twilight, Pinkie, Aladdin and Blair were, once again, nearing the manor. In this situation, Nagisa had told them all what was really going on, and how he told Ciel about his demon sense, but what they really got on edge over was the fact Sebastian was a demon of all things. While they were curious the first time around, here they knew what they were more in for, and their nerves are more on alert during their walk. They didn't consider Sebastian a straight up enemy because of this. After all, he did save them from becoming target practice for some guards during their Ciel rescue, so Sebastian had that going for them. They still had their formal get up this time, with the exception of Blair, who decided to just chill as her normal cat self, her witch hat proudly on her head.

"Who'd of guessed our host would have a demon for a butler. I have to ask how he managed when we get there," Karma commented during their stride.

"I don't know. Demons won't just give up their freedom without some sort of catch. Then again, Sebastian seems happy working for mr.Phantomhive," Aladdin noted, looking back to Karma and Nagisa.

"Don't demons usually ask for souls or something?" asked Nagisa. The magi scratched his head as they walked along, turning and walking backwards for a bit. Not like they were in too much of a hurry anyway.

"I think they do. They usually do. ... Maybe. ... I only got the basics on demons before leaving the overworld," Aladdin admitted. Who could blame an angel for not knowing too much about demons.

"What's it like up in the Overworld? Is it full of fluffy clouds and angels?" Pinkie asked.

"Actually it is, yeah. It's very nice up there: clear skies for flying, lots of sunshine most of the time, cool air. We have land up there, but it's either built or just magically floating. Sometimes I wonder how come you humans never saw our world time and again by how big some of these places are," Aladdin explained, his memory flowing with the images of the Overworld. Aladdin swung himself forward again, but they were wondering more about this Overworld place.

"Sounds like a neat place to live," Nagisa said.

"It is, if you can fly. Humans won't do very well up there since they don't have wings or something. You need to fly to get around easier," Aladdin cleared up, even floating around in mid air for a bit to get the point across. It only made sense in a world where it's mainly skies and clouds. For Nagisa and Twilight, it did sound familiar to the dreamscape they had in their future sight dream. A world where land is barely around would match what Aladdin was talking about. The two took a moment to look up to the clouds far above them, just imagining this world Aladdin was describing. They could only wonder what other angels roam around in Aladdin's world. Pinkie joined in on the sight seeing, and as they were looking up, a flock of ducks flew by them.

"You think those duckies visit your world?" Pinkie asked.

"Oh sure, lots of birds visit there no problem. We even got our own flocks of birds not found in your world."

"Really?! That's so cool!"

"They are pretty. Then again, your birds are pretty neat too," Aladdin complimented, looking to the ducks as they flew off out of sight to the next pond. The group wondered what kind of world Aladdin truly lived in for the rest of their walk. As they kept going, this chit chat actually had time a bit quicker, and they found that the manor wasn't too far away at all. The talk about the Overworld must've cut time short. It wasn't too much to complain about, and they didn't waste more time to get right to the property grounds. Unlike before, Ciel and Sebastian had actually took the time to wait outside for their returning guests to show up, which was a surprise to see for the group.

"Hey, Ciel! How's things since our little rescue?" Karma asked.

"Better than most," Ciel simply responded. However, as they began to head closer, Ciel felt a very small irritation hit his nose. At first it wasn't too bad, but when Ciel and Sebastian saw little cat Blair sitting at Karma's feet, Ciel understood why. He started to feel more irritated as they walked closer, and Ciel wasn't having any more of it.

"What is that doing here?" Ciel asked, pointing to Blair.

"Our pet. Blair wanted us to watch her for her, so -"

"K-Keep that away from me," Ciel demanded, the irritation bothering Ciel so much that he started to have a sneezing seizure. Ciel tried to keep himself under control with his sneezing, slightly slowing down after three sneezes in a row. Looked like someone had a bit of allergies to be handled. Blair was not amused by any of this at all,and none of them knew he had these allergies beforehand.

"Kind of hard to do, earl."

"I don't care how you do it, get rid of it!" Ciel ordered.

"What, no! Here, we'll keep her outside," Karma decided, much to Blair's dismay and Ciel's relief. This wasn't what they were expecting of the earl, but it wasn't going to be for too long. Ciel relaxed after hearing that.

"Fair enough. Come along, Sebastian," Ciel said, turning to his butler. When he saw him though, Sebastian wasn't really paying attention to him. Instead, his attention was on Blair, gently kneeling to the confused cat. His eyes marveled at the little kitty cat.

"Those round eyes, so full of wonder. Oh my, your fur is so smooth, simply lovely. Such perfect creatures."

Blair stayed quiet, this butler stroking her fur with such admiration. Ciel felt a little embarrassed about Sebastian's reaction, but Ciel knew that this only meant he had to bring the cat in, at least for a while.

"Sebastian," Ciel groaned. Sebastian glanced back to his lord, Blair feeling more than admired by this butler. This hot man admiring her as a cat? What a first that is.

"Anyway. I had reason to believe that you know all about Sebastian by now, right?" Ciel asked. All the others did was nod.

"Good. Now, if you please follow me, you can discuss with me on whatever else you may be aware of," Ciel instructed.

"Wait, what? You sure mr.Phantomhive?" Aladdin gasped.

"I wouldn't have invited you to lunch if not," Ciel replied as he walked back into the manor. Well, the fact that Ciel had a demon for a butler was enough to not be as secretive with him, but Nagisa began to feel unsettled again. His demon sense may be active, but at least his anxiety didn't overload himself as before. Still, the demon senses were enough to keep him alert.

"OH, can I cook up something for ya?!" Pinkie suddenly asked. A bit unprompted, surely.

"Bardroy has that covered for today's lunch," Ciel said casually. However, Pinkie was pretty determined to do that. Ciel glanced back, and suddenly Pinkie was giving Ciel Phantomhive the puppy dog eyes. Needless to say, it was a strong move even to Ciel. The young lord froze up on the cutesy look in Pinkie's eyes. ...

"... Oh, if you insist."

And with that, Pinkie rocketed off to the kitchen (wherever that was in the manor). Ciel needed a minute to regain himself, when Nagisa placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Just a taste on what we deal with," Nagisa simply said.

~~

After a little while, it was right to the guest room for Nagisa and company. Ciel's guest room was about as fancy as the rest of the house and its many accessories. This room was a bit cozy, and plenty of room for them all to find a good seat. The room here consisted of double couches, a head couch for Ciel himself, and a coffee table in the middle, all furniture on top of a lovely blue carpet. Of course, Ciel Phantomhive took his seat at the master chair, and the rest sat side by side with eachother on the other two couches. Sebastian, Pinkie, and Blair weren't present at the moment, but Tanaka did stand aside with a tea cup in hand over near the door. Ciel had calmed down from his sneeze fit, though he had to clean up just a little bit before they got there.

"Now we got that taken care of, we can get back to our discussion," Ciel said, no longer having any issues with his nose over any cats near him. Sebastian kept that problem well away.

"Some discussion. So, you wanna know more about us?" Karma asked, reclining in his seat. Ciel simply nodded for his answer. The others took a moment to look to one another, and eventually they silently agreed.

"K, earl, we'll tell ya. But this is between us and ONLY us, alright?" Karma cleared up, saying exactly what everyone else wanted to. Ciel took a moment to consider before turning to Tanaka.

"Tanaka. Wait outside. Don't attempt to listen in," Ciel instructed.

"As you wish, my young lord," Tanaka simply replied, before stepping outside of the room. As soon as Tanaka was out of earshot, Ciel waited for what the others had to say. With Tanaka out, they had the only person who they can safely talk this out about. They all waited a minute or two to be sure before they started their talk. Nagisa began first, and he started his own talk by pulling out his halo blade to show Ciel, the earl examining it with his own eye. Even if Ciel saw it earlier, he got a better look in the day light rather than at night. Ciel was even given the halo blade to look it over, feeling how rubbery and bendable it actually was.

"So. This is what you fight demons with?" Ciel questioned.

"Yeah, I do. I know it's not much," Nagisa admitted, as Ciel bent the tip of the blade, just to have it spring back straight again. And here Ciel thought earlier that Nagisa had an actual weapon for use rather than such a weak rubbery toy.

"And how can this kid's toy actually harm a demon? It would annoy it at best," Ciel commented, even trying to test it by 'stabbing' his knee, only for the blade to bend up like a noodle with each jab. Kind of hard to believe that this could harm anything or anyone.

"It's a blessed weapon, mr.Phantomhive. It won't be able to harm you, though maybe you might want to keep it from Sebastian," Aladdin explained, as Ciel placed the halo blade down on the table.

"Blessed, you say? ... So you all are blessed in some way."

"Eh, I wouldn't say that. You really see me as an angel?" Karma asked, pointing to himself. Ciel just looked to the older kid to see the point Karma tried to make. Just the expression on Karma alone was enough to convince Ciel otherwise, though why would he and Sebastian sense their holy power if Karma didn't apparently have any?

"No. But I would assume there are angels amongst you?" Ciel suspected, looking over the crowd. Aside from Karma, the others in this group are some pretty likely candidates, but eventually Aladdin ended up raising his hand. He didn't know how much Nagisa legitimately told Ciel, but it's enough to just show to the kid. Ciel leaned in, now more interested, though they began to feel uneasy again by the look on Ciel's face, which was a sort of 'impish' intrigue.

"You're the angel from heaven, then."

"Well. ... Sorta. I'm a magi."

"Magis aren't real angels?" Asked Twilight.

"Not exactly: true angels have those bird wings on them. You know, to help them get around? Magis are more like holy mages of the Overworld," Aladdin cleared. That was when Ciel got doubtful again.

"Didn't see you use any magic during that rescue," Ciel noted. Aladdin clammed up.

"I-It slipped my mind," Aladdin admitted. Slipped his mind? He may appear to be a young kid, but kinda hard to forget your own magic in a crisis. This talk about the rescue did remind at least one of them about something.

"Oh, right. Hey, earl, think you're more involved with our business than you think," Karma suddenly cut in.

"What're you talking about?"

"You're kidnapper's a shape shifting demon, that's what. Same demon that tried killing me back home," Karma said.

There was a long pause. ...

"... That's a bit blunt," Nagisa commented.

"WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?!" Twilight gasped.

"Back in Tokyo. You know that Ouroboros symbol you kept seeing, Yugure? This demon's got that symbol on him. And also, that sneaky bitch has a knack of disguising himself. And I admit, he's damn good at it. Got Nagisa's womanly features very well."

Cue the unamused look on Nagisa.

"Very funny," Nagisa groaned.

"Well anyway, looks like he's following us around. Why else would he pop up in London with us?" Karma brought up. However, Ciel wasn't too convinced.

"Unlikely. I've heard of that man who captured me, and he's not a demon," Ciel said.

"Does he leaves bloody Ouroboros symbols where he goes? Because he left a pretty big one on your desk," Karma pointed out. Karma always knew what points to bring up at what time.

"... Well, I do have a theory. But there is one way to find out."

Before Ciel could exactly say what that is, the door suddenly opened up to show Mey-Rin standing there, cutting the conversation short. She didn't open the door too much, but enough so she can lean in.

"Pardon my intrusion, master, but -"

"TA-DA! YOUR GOODIES READY TO GO!" Came a loud voice as the door swung open, freaking out Mey-Rin. Pinkie Pie had finished up her own cooking as promise, holding dishes of desserts of her own design, balanced nicely like a presentation in one hand. It wasn't lunch exactly, but the sight of the desserts was surely a colorful sight at least. Pinkie simply went all out on baking, as she presented her delicacies to everyone there. In a quick run around, Pinkie Pie got all of the desserts past about, which included an assortment of cakes, a plate of jello, some glasses of sweet tea, and even a smoothie for whoever wants it. They all basically didn't know what to say, including Ciel. This was a bit over-the-top, but that stuff sure looked good.

"Uh ... Isn't this a little much?" Nagisa asked.

"No, why?" Pinkie asked, slightly confused. After a bit, Bardroy then showed up, looking a bit tired and his head covered in flour. Whatever was done in that kitchen obviously left its mark on the cook.

"You alright, Bardroy?" Mey-Rin asked.

"Remind me to not work in the same kitchen as her," Bardroy simply said, as Pinkie sat over by Ciel, as the young earl took in what he was seeing spread out on the coffee table. Pinkie already had the others try her cooking at least once, and now she wanted an opinion from the young earl himself.

"Where'd she even get all this from?" Thought Ciel. It took the earl a little bit, a little uncomfortable by Pinkie's attention, but he eventually got a slice of one of the cakes to eat. It wasn't exactly lunch, but he was going to go off anyway, so this could work out after all. Soon, Ciel got himself a bite, and had a taste. ...

"... Wha? My god! This ... This is ... AMAZING!~" Ciel thought. Never before had he had a dessert that had this powerful of a taste, a power mix of strawberry filling, sugar, and frosting. Ciel's eyes shot open wide, letting the taste sink into his mouth. Pinkie grew a big smile, but when Ciel saw her, he swallowed and tried to regain himself.

"Yes, well, uh ... fair job, ms. Pie," Ciel said, trying to keep more dignified.

"I KNEW YOU'D LOVE IT!" Pinkie beamed. She knew a happy customer when she saw it, even if they didn't show it as much as others would.

"That's our Pinkie," Twilight thought.

~~

After that was over, it was out of the manor, and over into town. The afternoon business had just gone about, and people were going about their day around them. They didn't all go off though: Ciel, Aladdin, Nagisa, and Sebastian went into town as the rest waited back at the manor for word. Probably better than just bringing the whole crowd to just go through London with. Nagisa still felt a little unsure with Sebastian, but he kept a lot better composure than before as they walked through town.

"So, where're we going?" Nagisa asked.

"Well, if what your friend says is true, then it could be possible that this doppelgänger wouldn't want the same person to be running around," Ciel hypothesized.

"So he would've had him killed in order to keep the lie going," Sebastian figured.

"Correct. If that's the case, there's only one person I know that would know exactly who we're truly dealing with."

And not a moment too soon, before Nagisa and Aladdin knew it, there they were. This place was in the more secluded area of London, not too many people around the place. As for the place in particular, it was what appeared to be a run down building, and the large sign for advertisement was easily enough to signify the place. A large sign above the door, purple, with yellow lettering for all to see.

Undertaker.

"Undertaker?" Aladdin wondered, slightly humbled.

"I believe that's a person in charge of funerals. Coffins, graves, and matters of a sort," Sebastian said.

"I-I know what an Undertaker is," Aladdin cleared.

"Then let's not waste any time," Ciel decided.

Didn't take much longer until they went on inside. The whole place just gave off a disturbing, uncomfortable vibe. Light was barely any apart from a few candles around and the little lamp by the front desk. The room wasn't too big either, and not a single window with no natural light aside from the door. Empty coffins laid over by the right wall, as if on display for sale or apart of some Halloween decoration. A bookshelf was right behind the desk, though hard to see how much by what they could be able to see. When the door closed behind them, they knew they were in the belly of this beast, whatever it was. For Nagisa, demon sense or not, this place gave him AND Aladdin chills as they saw just how much of the undertaking business was around them. Ciel and Sebastian were fine with it all to be sure. ...

"AH.~ The young earl has come back to me, has he?~"

Nagisa and Aladdin stayed close, trying to find the source of the voice. The voice sounded raspy, old, almost like that of a witch. Considering where they were, that might not be too surprising to see. That didn't mean it made them feel any better, and there was more to come: one of the coffins slowly started to slide open! Like a vampire, a figure began to reveal himself from inside the coffin, his body draped in black and grey clothing, and yellow eyes peeking out.

"Is it time to fit you for one of my coffins today?" The man asked. Nagisa and Aladdin were lucky to remember to even breathe, nevermind speak, upon seeing this freak step out of the coffin. Now in the light, the others got a good look at this Undertaker. He had very long, grey hair that went down his back and over his eyes somewhat, and his face showed a large, sewed up scar going across his face. His robe was predominantly black; additionally, his attire included an incredibly long top hat, and a gray scarf strapped across his chest knotted by the hips. He had on a band of prayer beads around his neck, and he wore a chain with six mourning lockets around his hip. The attire seemed typical for a Victorian England Funeral mute, but that didn't make the situation any better.

"No it's not. I'm here because -"

"Oh, I already know why you and your friends are here, young earl. Yes, I know about the man who captured you. I helped make him handsome again," the Undertaker replied, his black fingernails gently grazing his cheeks as he said that, apparently happy of his work.

"Then you know about who killed him?" Presumed Ciel. The Undertaker gave a cheeky giggle.

"Indeed, but we both know of my little fee," the Undertaker apparently reminded. Fee? What fee?

"Uh, fee? I-I don't think we have much money. You take yen here?" Asked Nagisa. Suddenly the Undertaker zoomed right up to him, his hand gently caressing his face, now Nagisa noticing his emerald ring on his index finger. Nagisa froze up, but the strangest thing was that his demon sense isn't acting up as much as it should in front of this guy.

"I have no need for the queen's coins or the president's yen pieces. Oh no, my fee is worth a little more effort than that.~" Undertaker replied. Nagisa couldn't even guess as what fee he really was talking about. Undertaker gently backed up, and straightened himself.

"All I ask is the wonderful life joy of laughter! One good joke, and all the information is yours!"

"A joke?!" Nagisa and Aladdin gasped. Was this freak really asking them for a laugh as a fee?

"Where's Pinkie when you need her?" Aladdin thought. Pinkie would get him laughing to the Overworld and back if she had come along instead of staying at the manor. But, she wasn't, so they had to make do with what they had. Unfortunately, comedy wasn't something Nagisa was good with, so how can he pay a fee like this.

"Ok, one joke to get him to laugh. Come on, think. What jokes can work for someone like this? ... OH!" Nagisa thought, clearing his throat.

"Ok, here it goes. Why did the chicken cross the road to France? ... Because it wasn't Turkey!"

Nothing.

"... You see, the chicken, it's not a Turkey. Or a Turk. It's a chicken - a French hen!"

... still nothing.

"Here, let me try," Aladdin insisted.

"Knock yourself out."

Aladdin cleared his throat for his shot, pulling out a yen coin to aid him.

"K, why can't anyone understand pennies? ... Because we can't make heads or tails of them! HAHAHA! Get it? Heads? ... Tails ... on a. Coin? ..."

Well, that didn't work. The Undertaker, despite his smile, didn't crack once. Undertaker then turned to Ciel.

"So that only leaves you. I gave you a discount last time, but I'm not doing it again," Undertaker made clear, only frustrating the earl a bit. However, one butler was willing to try his luck against the Undertaker and his fee.

"I'll take it from here, master. Nagisa, Aladdin, master, please stand outside. No matter what happens, do not attempt to listen."

And so they went outside.

....

"BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! HAHAHAHAHAhahahaaaaa...!"

Well, that worked out. The laugh was so strong it even knocked his sign down! (Comic relief logic maybe? Who knows.) Aladdin and Nagisa didn't have a clue how he did so, but soon Sebastian went on outside. Looking behind him showed the Undertaker laying on his desk, winded from the laughing, giggling a little bit. Whatever Sebastian did it was surely effective.

"You can come back in now," Sebastian said, "I'm sure he'll be willing to tell us everything we need to know."

Ciel, Aladdin, and Nagisa soon were back inside the building, the Undertaker just finishing up his own brand of laughter. A deal was a deal, and the Undertaker had just the information they need to hear.

"Now, who killed him?" Ciel asked again.

"Not a matter of who, but what," corrected Undertaker, as he turned and went to one of his books. Didn't take much more time until he placed the book down in front of him, and started skimming through the pages until he stopped on one in particular, this one having a record on reported sightings and murders, all listed down a ways.

"Is that a demon, Undertaker?" Nagisa asked.

"Not quite. The correct term is a Homunculus: an artificial human being created from a Philosopher Stone. Not exactly a demon, but from the Underworld all the same. Been a while since I got a coffin for one of their victims," Undertaker explained, a giggle at the end of it. They all took a bit to look at the page, which not only included a picture of the Philosopher Stone, but the Ouroboros as well. The Ouroboros was enough to confirm not just the murderer of Ciel's captor, but what captured Ciel in the first place. Nagisa took a good look at that Philosopher Stone, and his memory suddenly hit a Deja Vu moment.

This stone was in that vision!

"You know exactly who kidnapped Ciel, Undertaker?" Aladdin asked.

"Oh, how could I forget such a beautifully devilish face like her?~ She didn't tell me of course, but she was persuasive enough to have me work a coffin for her. An Ouroboros right on her chest told me she was pure Homunculus, that's for sure.~ And she also had a little partner with her. He looked VERY eager."

"I see. ... Now, may I ask -"

"Ah ah AH, one subject for each visit. Unless you want to try and pay my fee for a second time," the Undertaker snickered. Ciel was not up for that.

"Well, in that case, I believe we have enough information for us. Thank you, Undertaker. Come on, let's go," Ciel decided. With some identity on what sort of creatures they had dealing with, that was plenty good for them both to try and work things out.

"I'll always be here when you're ready for your coffin, my young earl.~"

With that final remark, the group left the Undertaker in his office, much to Nagisa and Aladdin's relief. They didn't have exact names, but this still can help them out in the long run. Both human and magi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Thank god that's over," Nagisa sighed.

"He may be out of sorts, but a reliable source all the same," Ciel said, as they began to head back.

~~

"Damn, did I call it or what?" Karma commented.

It took a bit, but the others eventually got back to the manor in a fair amount of time, and Nagisa and Aladdin didn't waste any time in getting the Undertaker's information to the rest of the group. They all got themselves over in the guest room again, with Blair chilling out like a princess on Sebastian's lap, being stroked time and again. Ciel was glad they were the furthest away from him in the seating arrangement.

"So the thing that captured you was a Homunculus? Sounds scary," Pinkie commented.

"And if it disguised himself as that mob boss, that would explain why he had so many guards so easily," Twilight added.

"Indeed. The least we can say is that he won't have to use the same one again," Ciel concluded. It would be completely stupid on the Homunculus's part to repeat a disguise after the target knows the disguise is dead. And even so, no backup to gain from the disguise. Still, Nagisa wanted to tell Twilight and the others about the stone, so he got Twilight's attention first.

"Yugure? Do you still have our list?" Nagisa asked. The question quickly got another obvious one to spring up.

"You saw another one?"

"While we were out. That Undertaker showed me that picture, that Philosopher Stone, that's it!"

"What're you two going on about?" Ciel cut in, just catching their talking. Before they answered, Twilight slipped out the list she had, and opened it up.

"It's rather confusing. Nagisa and I had this ... Vision. And we both made this list on what we saw, and Nagisa apparently saw another one," Twilight explained as she showed the list to Ciel, locating and pointing to the Philosopher Stone written on the list in question.

"You both saw the future?" Ciel questioned.

"Well they've been right so far," replied Twilight.

"Yes, they've been very accurate lately haven't they? I say you should look into these more deeply."

.......

Who said that? The voice was not what any of them knew. One look up by both Twilight and Ciel had them seeing who else showed up to this manor, yellow skin, big smile and all.

"Hey kiddo."

"AAHH!"

The sight caught everyone by surprise, some jumping back while others just stared in surprise. Ciel was probably caught off guard the most, considering this uninvited guest was inside his manor: Korosensei! This cheeky octopus demon king had been waiting all day for them to show up, and now he finally can reveal himself, with a cup o tea in tentacle.

"HEY, teach! Long time no see. So what's up?" Karma said.

"Just checking out the neighborhood. See you're all doing fancy over here in the UK, good on you," Korosensei complimented. Ciel finally got himself together.

"What in bloody hell is this thing doing in my manor?! Sebastian!!" Ciel ordered. Sebastian looked over to Korosensei, gently placing Blair down on the couch before getting up, adjusting his gloves.

"I'll take care of it, my lord," Sebastian simply said. Korosensei wasn't so easily spooked, though he did know a fellow demon when he saw one. Sebastian tried to at least grab him, but Korosensei and his Mach-20 speed raced circles around him. Once he was finished, he remained unscathed, and once more, he made a outfit change into his regular teacher outfit, and even left a rose for each and every one of the people in the room. Korosensei couldn't help but chuckle.

"A little too slow to catch this demon king," Korosensei boasted, his head green-striped again.

"Demon king?" Sebastian questioned.

"Correcto! Korosensei: fastest demon king this side of the Underworld! OH, by the way." Korosensei took a quick moment to pull out a wrapped gift from his outfit, and dropped it off to Karma. In a whip of his tentacle, the wrapping was torn away, revealing the miracle sword for all to observe, as it landed on Karma's lap.

"Karma, you should really start keeping track of your belongings. A swordsman without a sword is a big no-no," Korosensei said, a purple X popping up on his face.

"You gonna blame me over the security at the airport? Blame the staff for disarming me," Karma noted, raising the sword up good and high. The sword was indeed impressive to the group around him.

"Can you explain to me WHY this thing's still in my manor?" Ciel questioned sternly.

"Hey, he's alright. He's my teacher back in Tokyo," Karma revealed.

"Your teacher?"

"One hell of a teacher," Karma replied.

"OH, so my little lessons got to you after all? It oughta be, you did lead your gang to save this child's freedom. Congratulations," Korosensei said, his purple X turning into a orange O for the right answer. Karma smiled, but that did cross something on one of their minds. ...

"So you know about my master's capture. ... And why didn't you help?"

The octopus went quiet, whistling a little bit. ...

Obvious. On reaction, Sebastian went for a slap, but Korosensei dodged him again. However, this dodge wasn't as calculated as before, and the cup of tea couldn't keep up with him. Soon, Twilight ended up wet with tea on her head, and an empty cup on her lap.

"WHAAA! Sorry, sorry, sorry," Korosensei whelped, down on the ground in a grovel. He really didn't mean to get Twilight messed up, but Twilight just sighed and got to her feet. No point in griping over spilt tea.

"I'll just go clean up," Twilight sighed, and she placed the cup down gently on the table before beginning to go off.

~~

Well, this was embarrassing. Oh well, nothing a quick wash up couldn't fix. Twilight managed to find the Phantomhive restroom, and soon she was cleaning up the tea off her hair. The bathroom, despite the rest of the manor, wasn't entirely too impressive: a sink with counter top, decent-sized bath, large mirror, medicine cabinet next to the sink, and a window by the bath. The room itself wasn't as big as the others would, but not completely cramped either. Washing the tea out of her hair was fairly easy for her, using the bath's showerhead for a quick rinse off (she didn't even need to undress), and soon her hair was cleaned right up.

"There, that should be enough," Twilight figured, as she went on to get one of the towels. She started to get herself dried off, though it did take a little bit with her long hair. ...

*click*

Twilight paused for the moment on the clicking noise, finishing up drying. However, she didn't really see much of anything that would make the random sort of noise when she turned around. The only thing was the slightly cracked window, but that was about it far as she could see. So, casually, she went over to close the window. Seemed simple enough, and it was handled fairly quickly. ...

Too simple, as it turned out.

Twilight took a step back, but when she did, she felt something sharp touch the back of her head. Her whole body froze, and she stood completely still, the object remaining where it was behind her head, just above her neck. She had no weapon to fight back, her friends were farther away, and she would get stabbed if she'd try to do anything anyway. In her position, she couldn't really see who was behind her, but the mirror next to her gave her just enough vision to get her to see her little guest.

"See you're on form, my dear," a sly voice said to her. That voice was not familiar to this girl, and she wasn't sure exactly who or what it was.

"A-Another demon?"

"A demon hound, indeed. I'm Hellgar," the hound introduced. Gently, Twilight was slowly moved around, and soon she was face to face with Hellgar. The demon hound sat up straight, and his pointed tail was what's aimed at her neck, and keeping her from messing around with him.

"So. Now we know eachother."

"... What do you want?" Twilight asked meekly, trying to be careful with what she said. One small slip and she'll be skewered on the spot.

"We'll get to that. ... You know, I don't like that little massacre you and your friends did to my pack back in Tokyo," Hellgar reminded.

"That was your pack?"

"Oh yes. Lucky they were there to save you eh?" Hellgar asked, leaning in closer to Twilight. The girl started to pluck up courage.

"Yes they did, and they can do it again - ACK!" The tail suddenly wrapped around Twilight's mouth like a choker! Twilight was cut off of breathing, and was silenced immediately.

"Don't give me that," Hellgar warned, tightening his grip on Twilight.

"S-Shtawp! Shtawp!" Twilight gagged from the band, freaking out from the strength in this demon hound's tail, constricting her like a boa. The demon hound loosened afterwards, seeing just how scared Twilight was getting to losing her head.

"Alright. ... On one condition."

Twilight couldn't do anything else but agree. Hellgar moved his tail away, and looked Twilight right in the eyes. The demon hound licked his muzzle as a hint of smoke emitted from within his deep maw.

"I want you to be my spy in the Phantomhive manor. Him, and your little group. For now on. I want to know every move they make. Got it?" The words Hellgar hissed seeped out like smoke, a hint of ash filling the air. Just the look in Hellgar's eyes made her feel intimidated. Considering Hellgar almost killed just a few seconds ago, Twilight knew that this demon hound was in no mood to just mess around with her. All she did was nod.

"good. Well then. Til next time. Yugure."

Hellgar slipped by her towards the window, but not before his tail gave a warning slice to Twilight! It was dangerously close to her, and a few strands of hair quietly fell to the floor. Once that was done, Hellgar made his exit, and disappeared. Twilight didn't have any courage to budge, and her weak knees gave way and got her down to the floor.

Now what is she supposed to do?