Crossover Together ~クロスオーバ 一緒に~

"What am I supposed to do?"

Night time. And that question echoed in Twilight's head after they got back to their hotel. It almost seemed that Nagisa and Twilight had switch places when it came to the worrying game. The others were fast asleep, the new moon outside keeping it nice and dark to help them with that, but Twilight had too much on her mind to even start. She could still feel where Hellgar nearly sliced her head open as if it just happened moments ago. The feel of his tail aimed at the back of her head, the sight of Hellgar's gaze, it all haunted her. The worst part: she still was stuck as Hellgar's spy on top of it all. Being a spy to anyone was a risky business, but a spy to a demon was a life gamble as it is. Twilight stayed wide awake, quiet as a mouse as she simply stared off outside the window, the only thing she mainly was looking at being the stars above. She was lucky to even feel tired, nevermind to sleep, and her eyes just looked around to her friends who were fast asleep.

for now on. I want to know every move they make.

"... I can't. I just can't. ..." Twilight thought.

It took a bit of maneuvering, and trying to keep quiet, but eventually she got a few objects and went into the restroom. It was the only place at the time where she could be in that wouldn't seem out of the normal. Room was limited, but it was enough for Twilight to get her bearings together. The object she brought in only consisted of three things: a pencil, a piece of paper, and her book of alchemy. It seemed clear what she had in mind next. ...

After it was handled, Twilight, ever so quietly, got herself dressed in her normal clothes, and only just managed to slip away out of the room, the rest of the group not waking up in the slightest. Just as Twilight would want it. After Twilight got herself far enough away from the room, she went right off walking on her way, straight out of the hotel she was in. Stepping outside left her in London's dark town, the only main light aside from the stars were the occasional street light. In the room, the only thing that she left behind was the paper, which was left by Aladdin. The least when they wake up they won't miss the message she had left behind for them.

'You're probably wondering where I went. Don't worry; I only went out to handle some more alchemy training. The last rescue we did, I barely did anything to help. Next time we come across any demon or danger in general I want to be ready. I'll try to be back soon.

Yugure Kagayaki'

.......

The next morning, again as Twilight might've hoped, the whole group were quick to find that letter left behind for them, Aladdin holding it in his hands.

"Alchemy training. Well, okay, looks like she's sprucing up," Aladdin concluded.

"Seems a bit early though," Nagisa noted. He knew Twilight, and it seemed fifty fifty to him. Karma though had a different idea about it.

"Sounds like red herring to me," Karma noted.

"Red herring? ... Is that another human term, or ..."

"That means a trick, basically. Let's go see what Yugure's really up to," Karma concluded, beginning to head to the door.

"Karma wait a minute. Why would Yugure lie to us? Look, it says she won't be too long, let's just wait until she gets back," Aladdin figured. Twilight really wasn't one to lie to them, Aladdin was right about that. Even if she would leave so soon, there was nothing anywhere to indicate anything for them. That, and it would save a day search for their friend if it really was nothing.

"Eh, alright, sure," Karma decided.

"Great! Because we got a date with London market!" Pinkie revealed. Well, the idea seemed clear on what's gonna be going on today for some of them. As they got ready for that, Nagisa couldn't help but look at the letter again. Twilight wouldn't lie to them, would she? And if so, why?

"... Well, we'll see when she gets back," Nagisa thought.

~~

Off on the walk again. With the day young and fairly decent apart from a few stray clouds, the group went on out for the day, doing their own things. Pinkie, and Aladdin (Aladdin in disguise again), were both out and basically checking out London again as other locals went around on their way. It did feel a little awkward without Twilight there, but that was just a minor issue all and all. In their walk around, Pinkie took the lead in where they were going, a joyful skip in her step through the London sidewalks and streets. Pinkie had a sort of brochure for the tourist hot spots around town, which included such places like the Victorian tower - somewhere Pinkie was psyched on getting to today.

"Come on, slow poke! Big Ben's bout to ring, I wanna be right there when it does!" Pinkie encouraged, trying to keep Aladdin moving.

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Aladdin said, trying to keep up with her. Pinkie giggled again, and moved on again when Aladdin caught up. If one were to see these two as they went towards the clock tower, it looked like a good (if not childish) relationship between brother and sister. As Pinkie and Aladdin went through, they were about in sight of the Victorian tower when they both started to slow down. The sight of the tall brick tower was all they needed, and just in time according to the time on the giant clock. Pinkie may seem a little too excited, but they weren't complaining about that. What did get Aladdin in a different mood though was when he looked off away from the tower and to some of the locals. They looked regular enough, but one of them, a younger kid with a Victorian top hat, did remind Aladdin of one other kid he got to know back at the Phantomhive manor. The magi thought it over, but barely got much time before Pinkie saw his thinking face.

"Your mind working again?"

"Yeah. I've been thinking lately, about Mr.Phantomhive. You know, he seems so down all the time, and -" Aladdin was cut off when Pinkie got her finger over his mouth, suddenly looking a lot more serious than normal, her gaze lowered in a dramatically stern appearance. Apparently she needed to hear no more. Aladdin shivered.

"You know what this means don't you?" Pinkie asked, hushed.

"... No?"

"That's right. ..."

... OK then. Aladdin stayed blank-faced, about as blank as his mind was when it came to Pinkie Pie.

"... PLAY DATE FOR CIEL!" Pinkie decided, a lot more cheerful this time. Aladdin needed a minute, but Pinkie was too quick for that, and soon she bolted off, dragging Aladdin behind her. Here we go again, and Aladdin and Pinkie knew exactly where to go.

.......

"Pardon, Ms.Pie?" Questioned Ciel.

"Yeah! A play date! Just you, me, and Aladdin, come on what do ya say?" Pinkie said, much enthusiasm in her voice as she and Aladdin stood at Ciel's front door. However, Ciel wasn't exactly too enthused by the idea. He was the master of the Phantomhive household, he didn't need to be involved in such childish games.

"I'd rather not. Do I look like that kind of kid to you?" Ciel questioned.

"YES. YES YOU DO," Pinkie and Aladdin said, bluntly. Ciel cringed up from that, but he quickly recovered.

"Come on, Mr.Phantomhive, it'll be fun. Please?" Aladdin asked.

"I said no."

And cue the door shut. Both he and Pinkie waited with smiles and anticipation for a minute or two, but the door did not open up. Eventually, their smiles ended up going away as they realized that Ciel wasn't going to come back outside for them. Both of them glanced to eachother, and Aladdin was just going to go, but Pinkie wasn't ready to just give up. The pink girl got her thinking cap on, and soon a cheeky grin showed up on her face again. It may or may not work for Ciel, but it was worth a try anyway.

"Okie dokie lokie. And I was going to plan a little picnic with plenty of sweets too."

...

The door opened up again, Ciel standing there once more.

"Well, I've been meaning to get some time away from the manor anyway."

"YYYES!"

~~

Meanwhile, back in town, Nagisa, Karma, and Blair were also out on the town, enjoying the sight-seeing around the neighborhood of the UK. Blair and Karma both were doing alright with their looking about, as they went through town square. The town square in London was a bit open-spaced despite the crowds of people going about, either heading to their next destination, or just chilling out and enjoying the scenery for the day. The trio decided the latter, and took a seat over at the town square's stoop. It was purely made up of concrete, with a number of stone stairs towards the center. Along the rhim was stone fencing, with plenty of street lights too. The town square also had two large fountains side by side, and right at the center stood a tall pillar. A swordsman stood proudly on the very top, and the pillar was surrounded by lion statues. And passed that, was the staircase stoop leading straight to the town hall. Or at the least a building that resembled such. A nice little stop to be sure, and while it did admittedly feel awkward without Twilight, it was only a minor issue for them. And with Aladdin and Pinkie doing their own thing somewhere else, they had a good moment of chill time. Humanized Blair laid down comfortably next to her roomie, laying down on his lap just a bit. Nagisa and Karma just took the time to stare off into the clouds.

"This is more like it, eh guys? Nothing like some chill time away from the action," Karma said.

"Ditto," Nagisa simply said. Despite Twilight not being around, he couldn't help but feel completely relaxed for the first time in a while. No troubles, no demon sense shivers, just him with his friends at town square (some of them anyway). As they laid there, Blair took one look to see someone was actually selling some snacks to passerby and tourists. A good idea to try for some small snacks, and he looked fairly young too. Perfect.

"And I'll be right back," Blair said, getting up to her feet. Karma and Nagisa only needed to see the man to know what she was going to do, but just sat back to watch the show. After the next customer paid for a bag, Blair was soon right at the cart, immediately showing off her assets to the young man. This didn't work before, but she had the wrong target that time. Seeing this guy's eyes lock up to her boobs meant she had him hooked.

"Hello. Nice stand you have here. Mind if I have a look?" Blair asked innocently. The man, just snapping back to reality, changed his focus to her face instead.

"Oh, sure, be my guest," the keeper said. Blair knew exactly what she wanted already, but she wanted to go and butter him up first. As she looked around, she made sure her boobs were on display for this man, either making them jiggle or pressing them on the counter. Either way, this man was beat red in the face, just as Blair wanted. Eventually, Blair picked out three bags of chips to go.

"I'll be happy to take these. I'm afraid I only have yen pieces," Blair cooed, showing some yen to the man.

"You know what, go ahead," the man decided, face red and eyes locked. Blair was more than happy to pay with her yen, and soon she gave him a wink and strolled off on her way, straight back to her friends. Karma could only smirk, and Nagisa a more humbled grin as the triumphant Blair took a seat, passing the snacks to her pals.

"And another man falls for my sexual charms," Blair commented, taking a chip out and taking a bite out of it. Now they had a snack to boot for their troubles.

"I'm sure he was waiting for those babies to pop out that shirt," Karma joked, though being a guy himself, that would be something that the man would think.

"You couldn't help yourself, huh?" Nagisa sighed.

"Hey, work with what you got. And I got the goods right here," Blair said, with a wink and a bounce of her boobs. Nagisa quickly turned away before he too would get under Blair's seduction.

"Well, at least the others are enjoying themselves. Maybe we'll finally get a vacation out of this yet," Nagisa thought. ...

"Howdy do kids."

Perhaps he spoke too soon. Nagisa turned around, and sure enough, the trio had another visitor. Right behind them, Korosensei took the time to check them out. As expected, this octopus demon king was in his own disguise, though it was least impressive. The disguise consisted of a toupee, a fake plastic nose, some large gloves for his tentacles, and his outfit consisted of a fancy rich tuxedo, and his signature moon tie. Just enough to pass by as a 'average joe' of London, as far as Korosensei could do.

"What's with the stupid get up?" Karma asked.

"Stupid? My boy, this is my purely genuine, human disguise. Look at me, I fit right into the crowd," Korosensei insisted.

"I don't think fitting in would be the right way to put it," Nagisa admitted. Korosensei slumped on Nagisa's comment.

"But I put so much work into it," Korosensei meekly insisted. It really didn't look too much like it as far as they were concern though. Either way, it did seem to do the job, as no one around them stopped to question Korosensei just yet (amazingly enough). It was then that Korosensei looked around the town square, and he started to notice that the group was incomplete. Twilight, Pinkie, and Aladdin aren't anywhere in the square as Korosensei first thought, but Blair was quick to answer the octopus.

"Yugure went off to do some alchemy business, and Pink and Aladdin both went to check out a clock tower," Blair summed up.

"Oh, Big Ben. Fancy little place, I was just up there this morning. I have to say, you can get a nice view up there," Korosensei said, showing them a picture he took on top of the tower. It was mainly a selfie picture, the cheeky octopus doing a duck face at the camera as the background showed plenty of London.

"Nice photo op.," Nagisa said.

"Yeah. I even got an picture with the queen," he said, showing another picture. This one though was a bit more cheeky than friendly, the queen in the picture looking a bit surprised along with the guards next to her, as Korosensei gave a signature smile to the camera.

"How are you not in jail yet?" Nagisa had to wonder.

"By the way, had any of you checked in on Ciel yet? I saw the kid going through town with Pinkie and Aladdin while flying by," Korosensei asked.

"Ciel? With Pinkie? What's he doing with her, I wonder," Blair said.

"He better not be expecting any peace with her, I'll say that much for him," Karma added.

~~

Farther away, the others in question were out to the more quieter areas of London. In particular, Pinkie, Aladdin, and Ciel, found themselves over in a clear park. Rather small, and not too far from the busier side of London, but it seemed to be a better spot for some fun time. The park itself was fairly small: a few sidewalks going through, small street lamps bordering the park, a lake at the center and scattered trees. Under one of the trees, Ciel Phantomhive was taking some time to quietly observe the lake, a few Swanna resting on the water surface without a care. Next to him was Sebastian, as expected of the master, who simply stood quietly alongside Ciel. With few people in the park to begin with, it would be a rather quiet time if Pinkie and Aladdin weren't playing around nearby. Pinkie had the convenient courtesy of bringing a football over - it was really a soccer ball but just called a football - and they were passing it back and forth with eachother. It didn't bug Ciel too much, but that was until Ciel felt the ball gently hit his knee.

"Why don't you come out and play, Ciel?" Aladdin called.

"No thank you," Ciel sighed. Sure he was out here, but he didn't have to get all athletic over it. A simple watch over to the waterfowl was just fine with him. Aladdin grabbed the ball again.

"You sure you don't want to play one round with us? All you have to do is -"

"I know how it works, but I'm not the type to play in some bloody football," Ciel cleared, rather sternly as well. Aladdin and Pinkie wanted him to have a happy time, but Aladdin wasn't seeing it. He went back to playing with Pinkie, but every time they saw Ciel, he just looked more bored than anything. Each pass by eachother, and Ciel paid no mind to any of it. If only there was some way to get him out from under that tree and out onto the field with them.

"Incoming!" Pinkie called, kicking the ball good and hard. Aladdin had his head turned at the moment though, and with the ball flying at him, he didn't have time to stop it. The ball beaned him, knocking him back as the ball launched away down the park. The soccer ball bounced about three more times, until someone actually grabbed it before it could hit the ground.

"Can I join you?" A voice asked. Pinkie picked Aladdin off of the ground and they both turned to the voice. The person who asked looked like a young boy, about Ciel's age. His hair was short and black, his eyes yellow, and his clothes matching a typical UK kid. The boy even had a cute straw hat to boot too. He wasn't alone, as a older and more voluptuous women stood alongside him as well. The women looked rather classy, a buttoned up violet overcoat with a pearl necklace lining her neck.

"Oh, hi! Come right over," Pinkie offered, happy to have another player in their game. However, Aladdin's eyes were locked on the women's boobs, his mouth hanging open in a goofy grin. His fingers curled, wanting to grope this babe's boobies, and even reached for them! ...

Then came the slap.

"Pervert," the women simply said, leaving a red mark on Aladdin's face. He couldn't even fondle her boobs, or touch them for that matter. The little pervert foiled again. Aladdin quickly shook off the attempt, and while they looked tempting, he left them alone and turned to Pinkie and the other kid. The commotion did catch Ciel and Sebastian's attention, along with the women.

"Oh, are they yours?" The women asked Sebastian, referring to Aladdin and Pinkie.

"Not presently. They're just acquaintances," Sebastian replied. The kids went out to start, but Pinkie started to count out the people out on the field. That's when it struck her.

"CIEL!!" Pinkie screamed, making Ciel jump out of his skin.

"Bloody hell! You planning to give me a heart attack?!" Ciel asked, ticked off and a hand over his chest.

"No, I'm planning to join you in a team. There's room for one more, and we'll have teams of two-twos!" Pinkie offered.

"I told you no! No go and play by yourselves," Ciel groaned, again being very stern with them.

"Pleeeeeease?" Pinkie asked again, this time drawing out her dog begging eyes again. Ciel just kept his eyes shut and looking away this time.

"Sebastian, go and fiddle in their game so they can shut up," Ciel instructed, turning to Sebastian. Before Sebastian could even comply, the boy was soon up by Ciel. He was giving him any puppy eyes, but he did look very hopeful in having Ciel join in their game.

"Just one game? Pretty please?" He asked.

Ciel groaned. It seemed they just wouldn't leave him alone.

"Fine, fine. Only one game," Ciel finally decided, everyone else happy to hear that as the earl got up.

"Wait here, Sebastian."

"Yes, my lord," Sebastian replied.

And with that, Ciel went out to the field to join the other three. He just knew he was going to regret this. Pretty soon, Ciel, Pinkie, Aladdin and their other friend were ready to go. The teams were set, with Pinkie and the other boy vs. Aladdin and Ciel. It was pretty straight forward really, and soon the women and Sebastian had a moment to themselves over by the tree. With everyone else distracted in their little game of football one way or another, the women took a good look to Sebastian, the butler simply watching his young lord trying his best to play the game. When Ciel said athletics wasn't his thing, he wasn't joking around. Most of the passes either were completely missed or bounced off of him, his head being the common sight for the ball to bounce off of him. In spite of himself, Sebastian couldn't help but smile impishly at his lord's many fails. As they were watching, the women started her advances, and nudged Sebastian.

"Your lord seems rather young, isn't he?" She started.

"I suppose he is. It is grateful to see him out for a while," Sebastian replied. The women began to lean into Sebastian, the demon butler getting a shiver on this women's approach.

"I see. ... Do you ever think of a more ... proper role?" She questioned, referring to his butler position. Not three sentences in and she's asking him about his thoughts on his job. Sebastian began to sense what this smooth talker was going to get to, and the butler looked back to the earl.

"I'm perfectly fine with my master, thank you," Sebastian made clear, only for the women to suddenly start feeling him up, her hand feeling his butt.

"I mean, this physique. You really should come and work for me. I can make it worth your while.~"

"No thanks. A butler is only -"

"Not for being a butler, my dear. No, I think I have something much better," the women cooed, her finger slipping into her collar. Sebastian tried to get her to stop.

"I'm not looking for a relationship, now of you'd kindly let go of me," Sebastian insisted.

"Come on, now.~ We can be honest with eachother. ... Can't we?~"

It was then that the women started to pull down on her collar, showing more of her cleavage. Sebastian knew of any sexual assault when he saw one, and he was ready to step aside, but it was then he looked to the women's chest that something intriguing caught his eye. This women may seem like some other women of England, or at most a high class aristocrat of London, but when this women slipped her collar down, it revealed to Sebastian that she wasn't what she seemed to be. It was just visible in the light, Sebastian's keen eyes knowing exactly what it was. ...

A blood red Ouroboros symbol!

"Homunculus," Sebastian realized. And with the womanly figure, the exact Homunculus Lust was unmistakable.

"Hello, demon.~" she cooed, now 'properly' introducing herself. That comment was enough to say that Sebastian didn't need to hide his race, but he wasn't going to stick around. Sebastian was just going to talk, but this Homunculus quickly made it clear to him, bringing her hand behind his head, and something sharp gently pressing against his neck to keep him still. None of the kids really noticed anything going on, the position looking more like the Homunculus was just cuddling up to Sebastian. Forward, sure, but not dangerous.

"So, you're aware of what I really am?" Sebastian said, locking eyes with her.

"That's right. Just a little talk between us. Now, why do you try and keep yourself down? Does a strong, powerful demon like you disserve to be stooped down to a simple-minded butler for that thing? You can easily finish him at any time, and be on your way," Lust questioned, directing Sebastian's attention towards his young master, just in time to see his young lord eat dirt after tripping, which Aladdin quickly helped up to his feet. The smart demon knew exactly where she was going.

"That thing was just kidnapped by you Homunculus."

"Me? What're you thinking of? I had no involvement in that," Lust cleared up, slightly more firm that time.

"Oh yes?"

"Why would I lie? I promised I wouldn't lie to you. Didn't I?~" This time Lust advanced even further, and pushed her breasts into Sebastian's side, the demon butler still calm and collected despite it. Still, Lust was pushing her luck far as Sebastian was concerned. After all, he didn't become a Phantomhive butler for being easily swoon by large baps. Though, she did say she wouldn't lie to him before revealing herself, so, she might have a point there.

"I'd be more cautious if I were you," Sebastian warned.

"I'm not here to cause any trouble. I'm here, hoping you'd come and work with us. We'd love to have you.~" Lust offered. Sebastian brought his hand up to his chin thinking. On one hand, Sebastian would get out of being a butler to the young kid, but on the other hand, his obligations stayed with him. Sebastian looked over to his lord, now getting tired and annoyed with this blasted game of soccer. However, by the looks of it, it seemed the game was starting to end, Ciel winded and his clothes covered in grass stains. Lust gently slid her hand down Sebastian's arm, before beginning to walk away.

"Honey. Time to go home," Lust called. The other kid turned to Lust, and after a bit began to head off on their way.

"Bye-Bye!" Pinkie said, waving to them as they left. Ciel got up to his feet after that, and inspected the damage done to his outfit. He wasn't hurt too badly, but his clothes were wrecked by his constant fails on the field.

"That was pointless," Ciel groaned.

"That was awesome! Wasn't it, Ciel?" Pinkie asked. Ciel rolled his eye at that comment, and turned away, starting to walk off towards Sebastian. He didn't want to come out in the first place, and this was just enough for him.

"Ciel? What's wrong? Didn't you have any fun?" Aladdin asked.

"NO! I'm bloody tired, bruised up, and my clothes are all wrecked! If you wanna go and act like a lunatic, then by all means, but I'm going home! And you can keep your little picnic, as well," Ciel snapped. Pinkie and Aladdin were stunned, and Ciel just started to walk away.

"Come on, Sebastian," Ciel sighed.

"As you wish, my lord," Sebastian simply replied, starting to walk away with his young master. It was a bit clear though that their plan didn't seem to work. If anything, all they accomplished was getting Ciel covered in grass stains. For Sebastian, he still kept the offer in mind from Lust the whole way home. ...

~~

The day was long, yet exploration around London did make it go by rather fast for each member of the group. And pretty soon, before any of them knew it, the day was up. Nagisa, Karma and Blair were the first to arrive back at the hotel, just starting to head back to their hotel room. For their day, aside from the unexpected stop from Korosensei earlier, it remained uneventful. Not that it bothered them. After all, it was nice to chill out after all the craziness that seemed to be following them around. Still, they were looking forward to seeing how Twilight was coming along in her little endeavor.

"Who wants to bet the duo got back first?" Blair asked as they went down the hall towards their hotel room.

"Those two're probably still running around London. I still wanna know how Twilight's doing with her alchemy," Nagisa wondered.

"I bet you would," Karma smirked.

"Karma, we've been friends since we were kids, that doesn't mean love," Nagisa quickly cleared up, before Karma could go any further. The red-haired teen raised both hands in submission as they continued walking.

"Hey, hey, I get ya. Still, if she's not back by now, we might need to get a little investigation going," Karma said, changing his tone quick. He still seemed convinced something else was going on besides some all day alchemy training trip. They would've gotten some sort of reminder, or update or something while they were chilling out, but they didn't hear any word of her at all today, nor did they see her at all during their walk around.
Either way, the trio soon got to their hotel room door. However, the trio came back to find that Pinkie Pie and Aladdin were already inside. Pinkie Pie, still bummed out from earlier, just sat down on the bed, and staring off into space in deep thought. Aladdin was sitting down with his back to Pinkie's back, also thinking about things. The two had been at this since they got back, and they apparently couldn't come up with anything. One little detail was presented though that they were quick to catch after a few seconds.

Twilight Kagayaki was not there.

"Hey Pinkie, Aladdin. Good day?" Nagisa asked.

"Ciel's a party-pooper," Pinkie said, a little grumpy. Blunt, but ok.

"... Can't you be more specific?"

"We tried to give him a fun time earlier today. I don't think we did too well though," Aladdin sighed, after thinking it over. Yeah, he had to admit putting Ciel in sports probably wasn't the best idea ever.

"What happened?"

Suddenly, Pinkie's mood shifted quick as she jumped up to her feet, the lack of support making Aladdin fall back onto the foot of the bed.

"Oh it was super duper! We stopped at Big Ben just in time for his daily ring-a-ling after we picked up mr.grumpy Phantomhive to give him a super duper fun time! We went to this fun little park with these beautiful Swanna. Funny thing Swanna, they say you are as graceful as a Swanna, but how can a Swanna be graceful besides their look? They do cute spin dances, but -"

"To the point, Pinkie," Blair cut in.

"Oops, sorry. Anyway, me and Aladdin invited Ciel to play football (or soccer outside the U K), and mr.grumpy won't do it until two Homunculus came and played with us. Ciel got jacked up, I think, before he went back home."

... What?

"... EEHH??!!" They all gasped. Pinkie jumped back on the sudden reaction of the others, though their reaction came from Pinkie's 'Homunculus' comment.

"A Homunculus was there?! When?!" Aladdin gasped.

"He was playing with us silly! And his girl friend was getting jiggy with Sebastian."

"Why didn't you say anything?!"

"It'll ruin the surprise. It can't be a surprise if you know about it beforehand, right?"

They couldn't believe what they heard, all just black-faced. Still, it was a question for later: Twilight was still not there, and they couldn't ignore that completely. Nagisa looked around the room, and there just wasn't any hint or trace of her.

"Questions for later. Anyway, did Yugure come back yet?" Nagisa asked.

"Didn't she see you on the way home?" Aladdin asked.

"No, we thought she came back with you!"

"Well we thought she met up with you!" Pinkie replied.

*ahem*

The group stopped and turned over to Karma. He was over at the door, his back leaning on the wall, and his arms crossed. The expression on his face wasn't the usual cheeky look, but instead one that said "I told you so". It took them a bit before Karma spoke again.

"Well look at that, Yugure's gone missing. Maybe somebody should've checked in before she left, don't you think?"

"Ok, you're right, we're wrong. Sorry," Aladdin sighed. Well guilty is charged.

"But what happened? Nothing happened yesterday to her that would make her run away like this," Nagisa said, trying to think. Far as any of them knew, this was just out of the blue, and unprompted.

"Does it matter? The point is, that Yugure had all day to hide off somewhere here in London, and we got a few weeks before our flight back home. So, who's up for a little search party tomorrow?" Karma decided.

"I'm in!" said Pinkie.

"Of course, we have to. Hope she's okay," added Nagisa.

"I'm sure your girlfriend's ok, but we'll figure it out when we find her. Hell, maybe we can even get the Phantomhives on board."

"Yeah," Nagisa said. After a little pause, Nagisa suddenly realized what Karma slipped in. "Wait, I keep telling you -"

"Joking, joking," Karma said, his hands up again. Honestly he couldn't help himself. But all the same, Twilight was gone, and they wasted a whole day on it because of a simple note. This was unlike her to just run off completely. After the joke, Blair got to her regular cat body, and hopped to the window, quickly getting it open.

"Where're you going?" Nagisa asked.

"To make my rounds. Been too long since I did a night prowl, and besides, maybe I'll catch Yugure while I'm out. Catch ya later," Blair said, before jumping outside. Lucky for them, the jump wasn't very far down, and Blair strolled on her way, only Aladdin and Karma watching her go off. The chances of Blair finding Twilight are low, but they at least got a head start.

~~

The quiet night dragged on, and slowly London started to quiet down. Over at the Phantomhive manor, things really were no different. The slipping moonlight seeped into the manor through many of its Windows, shadows scattered around everywhere inside. Not a single sound throughout the entire manor as staff and owner were off and sleeping. Ciel himself had recovered from the game earlier, and was also sound asleep in bed, the young earl without his eyepatch and only in his white night shirt. He could've had a better day, if he were to admit, but it could've been worse too. With his curtains closed by his window, Ciel had nothing to stir him awake, or to interrupt him. A good thing for one worker of the manor: just peering in from the door, Sebastian took one more look to his sleeping master. This demon had been thinking all afternoon, and he considered his options carefully. The demon silently closed the door, as to not wake his lord up, and soon he was heading down the halls, Sebastian's only main light being a candle. Not very big, but it was sufficient enough.

The quiet walk through the manor seemed to take forever as Sebastian continued, every step he made almost echoing through each hall even if the echoes were extremely quiet. The occasional window moonlight casted Sebastian's shadow every now and then, but he remained concealed for most of his stroll. The demon continued this walk for another minute before he reached another part of the manor, before quietly opening the door. This room wasn't one for his master, but not for the guests either. This one was instead for the staff, this one in particular being Bardroy's room. Bardroy himself was fast asleep as well, but rather than leaving him alone like Ciel, Sebastian walked on inside. The demon butler stopped right at Bardroy's side, Bardroy not waking up until Sebastian began to speak.

"Bardroy. ... Bardroy. ... Bardroy."

Upon the third time, Bardroy started to stir a bit. When he sensed someone was at his bedside though, Bardroy was suddenly up in arms. Sebastian found Bardroy awake, but suddenly aiming a pistol at the butler's head, the pistol being pulled out from under Bardroy's pillow. The sudden death draw didn't even make Sebastian flinch, and after a few seconds, Bardroy realized who it was.

"Oh it's only you. Careful, man, I could've killed ya," Bardroy said, relieved to see it was a familiar face over some stranger.

"Nice that you're up. Now, I want to go over the meal plans with you," Sebastian stated. All Bardroy did though was start to go back to bed.

"That's nice, see ya in the -"

"NO. I mean, I want to go over them now," Sebastian made clear, stopping Bardroy before he could get comfortable. One look at Sebastian's red eyes told Bardroy that this was a bit important in some way.

"I'm listening. ..."

.......

This same sort of thing was repeated for Mey-Rin and Grell, Sebastian stopping in their rooms with specific instructions on future plans. This wasn't an act that Sebastian would just do without reason of course, and lucky for him the other workers weren't bothered too much by the early wake up call and early instructions. Once they were all taken care of, Sebastian took some extra time to ready a few things for the manor before he slipped out the front doors. Even if he was outside, he still needed to keep himself quiet for a little bit more, just in case someone in the manor might get too curious. The demon butler waited a minute or two, just standing in the moonlight with his candle. If someone was going around, he can't bolt off yet. But, he was off free: not a sound aside from the wind in the air, and flickering of his own candle. All secure, Sebastian blew out his candle, placed it down gently on the front stoop, and silently raced away from the manor.

Like a ninja, Sebastian raced through the forest with silence and speed, not even the birds waking up in their nests as he went by. The speed of this demon may not be up to some demons like Korosensei, but it still got him a good mile away from the manor in no time at all. He did stop time and time again, but only to check his surroundings and make sure of where he was going before running off away again. This kept up for a good half an hour, until ...

"That could've gone better."

That made Sebastian skid to a complete stop, the high speed making him skid about ten feet before fully stopping. The voice quickly got Sebastian walking over info the forest a bit more, finding himself over at the edge leading towards the main city. In this clearing, Sebastian found his opposition: Lust and Envy. Lust laid her back against one of the bordering trees, and Envy was squatting up on one of the tree branches.

"Well, we just have to wait. No doubt we'll find more demons to join us," Lust said at one point.

"Hellgar said this was a demon hotspot, how many bastards you think are in this city?" Envy asked, a little bored.

"I'd say there's quite a few."

And enter Sebastian. Lust and Envy turned around and the demon butler was soon walking right to them both, wiping himself clean of any stray leaves and such. Lust was pleased to see Sebastian arrive, a smirk on her face. Envy wasn't too much in the know, but he didn't bolt at him just yet since Lust seemed glad about it.

"So you decided to take my offer?" Lust presumed.

"I took the time to consider the idea. Tell me, you are being true to your offer aren't you? I could use the change in occupation, you know," Sebastian questioned, wanting to be sure that Lust was really offering to him.

"Every word of it.~"

"And what about that Ciel? Don't tell me you just left him lying there," Envy snickered.

"The least I could do was leave a calling card," Sebastian considered. Envy couldn't help but give a toothy grin at the thought. A young boy left in a huge pool of his own blood, crimson red in the morning, all of his close friends mourning over their master, such strong emotion on sight of him. OH what a lovely scenario.

"I'm liking you already," Envy said, hopping down from his perch.

"In that case, we should bring you back to see the boss. Any newcomers should go through him," Lust decided. ...

"Don't bother."

Speak of the devil. Literally. Lust and Envy both turned away from Sebastian, finding that someone was slowly walking up from the direction of London, the city's distant lights outlining the shadow of a human figure walking right up towards them. Sebastian took a glance down behind Lust and Envy, and he too began to make out the figure walking in from the nighttime pathway. At first it was just shadows, but as he neared, the details of the body began to take shape.
Sebastian took in each detail. For a start, this figure was rather tall, matching Sebastian in height. His appearance was clearly a higher class, much like his own in a way. His skin was almost white, ghostly pale, with long black hair that reached to the base of his shoulders. The black hair also extended to a set of black sideburns and a small goatee beard. Sebastian locked eyes with the figure, who's eyes were a reddish hot pink, over the typical pure red like Sebastian had. His head had a large, red diamond at the center of his forehead, and just above that he wore a silver head piece with crimson crescents alongside a black pearl gem at the center. The clothes he wore clearly matched a person of leadership, but more in a political standpoint rather than royalty, in spite of the crown. He wore a grey overcoat, black pants and black inner shirt, the shirt having red borderlines along the collar and bottom rim. Along his neck, the figure had a pure white tie, splitting into two points at the end, and wearing a set of jet black boots.

"Greetings," he said, the figure too examining Sebastian.

"I believe you're their 'boss', I presume?" Sebastian questioned. Both Lust and Envy stepped aside and allowed him to speak without any interruption.

"Correct. So, you wish to join alongside my rankings in the Underworld?" He asked, stopping his advances when he was a foot away from the butler.

"She gave me the offer, and I took it," Sebastian simply said. The figure took a moment to judge the demon butler, and took notice of one of Sebastian's hands. With Sebastian slightly not expecting it, he took hold of his hand, and slipped off his white glove, only to see the detail that only confirmed Sebastian's satanic properties: a demonic black star symbol, surrounded by a spiked ring, engraved into his skin. Envy and Lust hadn't noticed this beforehand, and seeing the symbol was a little icing on top of this demonic cake.

"A contract. ... No wonder you were a bit hesitant," he confirmed.

"Contract?" questioned Lust, seeing the symbol.

"It's a Faustian Contract symbol. Nothing too special, but it does prove that you're indeed demonic. Only true demons can use a Faustian Contract like this," he explained, turning and locking eyes with Sebastian again. Sebastian at least was grateful that this contract of his didn't get on his bad side.

"Glad you think so. So many humans keep mistaking me, I began to question it myself. It's been too long since I've met a fellow demon, sir ...?"

"You first," he said. If he was going to reveal his name to Sebastian, the butler might as well say his first for proper identification.

"Very well. Michaelis. Sebastian Michaelis," Sebastian said, extending his gloveless hand for a proper handshake. The leading demon took a moment before he too extended his hand, and they both shook hands.

"King Sombra," the demon boss revealed. During the handshake, Sebastian looked down and saw that this was a bit more than a simple handshake: black smoke-like magic seeping out onto Sebastian's hand. Once it was pulled away, Sebastian found a sort of wrist band on him now, one that gripped onto his wrist in a near vicegrip. Sebastian could sense a demonic energy coming from it, and he looked over to Sombra.

"To keep track of me, I presume?" Sebastian assumed.

"You have been around, haven't you? Don't worry, we'll see how well you do, and we'll remove that once you get settled," Sombra joked, yet Sombra was still wary over the contract seal Sebastian still had despite 'changing sides' apparently. Sebastian allowed it to slide, and there's no reason to argue with a demon king like Sombra. As for the demon lord, Sombra felt more secure about the new recruit, and he turned over to Lust and Envy, turning cold again.

"Homunculus. This is a start, but it's still just one demon. Keep up the recruitment," Sombra made clear, making sure his message was not missed by either Homunculus. The two were calm in the face, though both sides had to pay attention to their leader. At least Sombra wasn't upset with them.

"As you wish. Come on, let's be on our way," Lust said, starting to walk away. Envy and Lust were quick to go, and leaving Sombra and Sebastian alone in their part of the forest. Sebastian didn't realize they were actually guessing, but it was a damn good guess. Once that was handled, Sombra turned towards London, and the demon king started to get his own magic to work. All it took was a simple glow of his eyes and red diamond to conjure up a gateway, which resembled the symbol on Sebastian's hand, only with some triangles spinning over the star, and within the circle. Sombra presented the portal with a hand open and allowing Sebastian to pass. The demon butler sighed, and took it in stride. With the wristband on his hand, he was basically stuck anyway, so he might as well comply. With a simple few steps, Sebastian and Sombra both were through the made portal, and soon that portal disappeared from existence.

Not a trace left.