Crossover Together ~クロスオーバ 一緒に~

"YOU DOLLS!"

Secluded outside of London, things weren't going so well for Lust and Envy, both sides dealing with the rough beating of Hellgar the second he found them. Since they were Homunculus, the cuts, scorches and tears were easily healed up fast, but that didn't mean Hellgar was pulling back any punches in his anger. Good thing they were farther away from the city too, as the slaughtering punishment echoed all over the forest. During the rampage, Hellgar managed to grab Envy, and threw him right at one of the trees, tearing his arm off in the process. Blood splattered the ground and bark, Envy regrowing his arm afterwards. Lust wasn't doing much better, already having her legs torn off of her and waiting to regrow them as well. Again, Hellgar wasn't holding himself back here.

"What does it take to keep you bastards in line?!" Hellgar roared.

"H-Hey, it wasn't my idea!" Envy pleaded.

"I DON'T CARE WHO IT IS! You're recruiting, I'm killing, GET THAT THROUGH YOUR HEAD!" Hellgar roared, advancing on Envy again, and sinking his teeth into his throat. He'd gone through this nine times now, and each time was excruciating, this one included. Hellgar tore his neck clean open, grabbed him by the leg, and threw him directly at Lust, toppling them both over.

"HEY, we did more than you ever could," Lust said, a bit annoyed at this point.

"I didn't reveal myself to the queen of London OR the president of Tokyo either, now did I?" Hellgar growled. Well, he got them there, but they still felt that they did a lot more than Hellgar did.

"Sure, but we got a new recruit AND we killed all those annoying humans for the lord, what have you been doing?" Envy brought up. Looked like someone wasn't on the level with events since the Royal Ball. That just only made Hellgar even more upset with them.

"They're not dead, dumbass; I just met with them last night. I don't finish jobs half-assed, Homunculus!"

"Now that's enough of that."

All that anger and stress subsided for just a brief moment on this other, eerily familiar voice, both Homunculus and Houndoom Hellhound trying to find the source of the voice. And honestly it didn't take long before they found their figure, who walked out of the midday shadows with a beautiful rose delicately held in his hand. The very look of him was enough to tell them who this was straight away.

"Lord Sombra! What're you doing here?" Hellgar asked. Sombra walked over to Lust and Envy and actually took a moment to get them to their feet, much to Hellgar's annoyance.

"Punishments, naturally. I heard what you said, and yes. Indeed, they are still alive and well. A bit frazzled, perhaps, but that's about it," Sombra confirmed. Lust felt quieter about it, but Envy was just ticked off. He was for SURE that they got them there already, but apparently it didn't work either according to them.

"BULLSHIT! They toppled down from a building -"

"AND were rescued by Korosensei in a hay wagon. Envy, I don't care how deeply you want to get even with those humans, but keep your mind on your work."

Envy's hand slapped his forehead on the news. And he thought he was done with that demon octopus. Sombra was more disappointed than angry in his expression, though the demon lord was quick to notice Hellgar's snickering close by. Sombra was quick to turn over to him too.

"Hellgar, don't act like you're off. They're right: You've barely did a thing since I let you come up here. What have you been doing these past weeks?" Sombra questioned, staring daggers at the hellhound. Hellgar though wasn't so easily intimidated as Envy was, considering the circumstances.

"Following your orders. You put me up here in order to handle the humans, to separate that Yugure from them, and I did."

"Did you really?" Sombra simply asked. Hellgar was going to answer, but then realized what Sombra meant by 'handling' them. Sombra shook his head.

"Hound, Homunculus, look. I didn't put you all up here just to screw around with these humans. My tasks I give you, as vague and mundane as some are, are more vital than you think. I put you Homunculus up here to recruit more potential suitors, and I put you, Hellhound, to break down those blessed human group and that Phantomhive character. I gave you nearly a month to do both, and contrary to your belief Hellgar, the Homunculus actually got more done than you did, I'm sorry to say."

"Now wait a minute! My involvement didn't expose us to the rulers of London and Tokyo! Now those two bastards are working on a protection agreement because some dolls got too cocky," Hellgar revealed. Sombra took this into some more attention.

"Excuse me?"

"That's right! They both found the Homunculus out, and now they're working to block off more advances for us demons. And guess who's fault THAT is?" Hellgar finished, glancing back to the Homunculus. Both Homunculus were about to say their complaints, but Sombra was quick to get in the way before they even could say much of anything.

"It's not just the matter of them seeing us, it's the matter on how much they know about us. One encounter to the royals doesn't pick up too much."

"You're ... You're not defending those dolls are you? You're here to punish them, right?"

"Your multiple massacres were more than enough Hellgar," Sombra made clear, bringing his attention to all the blood splattered everywhere from his little rampage. Envy and Lust couldn't help but agree with Sombra, though mainly because they didn't want to keep getting killed. Sombra gently placed his red rose over on Lust's bosom, slipping it between her cleavage.

"Now that we're caught up, I want you all to keep to your work and not to stray on it. But since it's apparently too difficult for Homunculus to keep to one task, I'll have you under Hellgar's command. Hellgar, I believe we're at that point now. ... You know what to do. And don't waste time on it."

With that, Sombra turned, and disappeared behind the shadows of the forest. Hellgar, who was fuming up a minute ago, now steamed in anticipation. The hellhound turned to Envy and Lust, a evil smile on his face.

.......

"Good morning, young lord."

The voice was enough to get Ciel up for his usual routine, though it wasn't the typical person this time. No, rather than Sebastian, it was instead Tanaka waking him up, putting the curtains to the side as Sebastian would do, and going along the typical schedule and routines. Tanaka got Ciel dressed up: slipping on his shirt, buttoning his overcoat, slipping on his socks, the usual works. Though Tanaka was a bit slower than Sebastian, but just as well maintained. Ciel would grip about the speed, but Tanaka did this better than the others, so, Ciel simply stayed quiet. It took five minutes more than normal, but eventually Ciel was ready to go. The fact that it was Tanaka doing this just reminded him of his current situation.

"Our schedule today, Tanaka?" Ciel simply asked, adjusting a few little tid bits on his person while looking in his mirror.

"The queen has requested your visit in regards to the Protection Agreement, actually. Here's the message dropped off this morning," Tanaka explained, pulling out a letter from his own coat, and giving it to Ciel. The young earl opened it up fairly quickly, and read over the basic instructions of it. Seemed straightforward, though other little instructions were also listed. Turned out, the other group he was involved with was also wanted.

"Alright. ... Tanaka?"

"Yes, my lord?"

"Any information about the disappearances?" Ciel asked. Tanaka took a moment to think before he answered him.

"Not currently," Tanaka simply replied. Ciel just sighed and began to walk over out of the door. Ciel started to move through the halls of the manor, all alone and without anyone by his side. Usual walks through the manor were accompanied by Sebastian, but with him disappeared, he had basically himself and his shadow for any company in his walk. As he was going along towards the front door, his silent walk was seen by one of the workers.

"Morning master. Where're you running off to?" asked Bardroy, hearing Ciel at the front door. Ciel opened the door, but eventually a thought struck him.

"The queen requested my presence at her palace."

"Oh, is that so?"

"Yes. Bardroy, inform Mey-Rin and Grell that you're on guard duty. Make sure the manor is secure until I return," Ciel instructed. Bardroy shrugged it off, but nodded anyway.

"Oh, sure. leave it to us," Bardroy promised.

"You better be prepared," Ciel thought. But he didn't have any other options to pick from in the manor, so what else could he pick? Besides, with Sebastian away, they needed all the help they could get.

~~

Over at the queen's home, things had really been up and running when it came to the protection agreement. Many of London's high guards and soldiers were on high alert and high in loyalty to the queen in command. It seemed like an odd place to put a run around of military, being right at the queen's doorstep, but the queen would observe the soldiers and guards to figure out who'd go and who wouldn't. That, and some extra guards around the queen's home would be more than beneficial for the situation they were in. After all, any Homunculus making a second appearance meant that guards needed to be more numerous. Amongst the guards coming around, they were mainly observed by the queen with Victoria at her side, both women watching and seeing who was and who wasn't up for the task. As for Seitenshi, she had already sent a few of her military staff not too long after returning home, and the queen could see the differences between one to the other, down to the uniforms they wore.

"Grandmother, tell me again why we can't inform Amestris. Their soldiers are more ... local," Victoria said, as she observed the soldiers from Japan interacting with their own of the UK.

"I already told you, it's best to not involve a country not effected by these happenings," the queen reminded. Victoria looked back to the military men of the UK greeting the transfers to London, and therefore to their regime. Well, they seemed to get along fairly enough, though Victoria still didn't seemed very eager about this choice, but she knew better than to defy her own grandmother here. As they both looked on, eventually they took note of a car starting to come in from their front road: a similar car from the Phantomhive estate. The queen had expected such to arrive, and started to head over to greet the guests to her home. The first one to step out of the car was Tanaka, who drove them here, and he went on to open up the door, letting Ciel step out to see the queen.

"A pleasure for you to make it, Phantomhive. Are the others with you as requested?" The queen asked. Before Ciel could even say. ...

"HIYA!" Pinkie suddenly beamed, hopping out of the car and greeting the queen up front in her usual giddy manor.

"P-Pinkie, no, we talked about this, please," said another voice, trying to hold her back and calm her down. The queen was taken aback slightly, but she felt alright overall with the friendly, if not over-excited, behavior. The others came out in their formal England attire to meet up with said queen, as requested so by Ciel.

"I-I'm sorry, you highness," Twilight stuttered, moving Pinkie back before she could cause any trouble. She would never guess that she would meet the queen personally, so when their group got the word, she was basically freaking out in trying to make a good impression.

"No need to apologize," the queen simply said, Twilight trying to stay calm. Karma took a step over to the queen herself.

"So, your highness, what's this about?"

"We'll discuss matters inside," said the queen, starting to walk on inside.

It didn't take too much time, but eventually the group followed the queen inside, and to the main throne room. With many guards going about the place it felt more like going around a security base. Who could really blame the queen for beefing up security though, especially after her granddaughter nearly got killed. Once they arrived in the throne room, the queen went right to her throne, Victoria moving over to her side as the rest of the group stood at the front, over in the middle of the room.

"So queen, what's the deal?" Karma asked again.

"Well, I'm sure Phantomhive informed you about the current protection agreement," the queen began. The whole group nodded as she continued.

"Out of any of our current allies, it's your group who is more experienced with such matters, according to what Victoria had informed me about. So for the better benefit of the agreement, some more information would suffice," explained the queen. In short, she wanted more info about what's going on. For the group, the only one who got worried was Aladdin himself, who immediately perked up on the request.

"I-I don't know."

"I beg your pardon?"

"But it's supposed to keep under secret wraps, I can't just go on it to anyone," Aladdin made clear, hesitant but getting the point across. Victoria took some keen interest in Aladdin as the queen spoke again.

"I've already agreed to keep it only amongst the forces only. It won't reach the public anytime soon, I promise on that," the queen reassured. Aladdin wasn't too sure, but Blair slid right over next to him.

"Dunno why you're still keeping that little rule. For keeping it secret, you've been doing a lousy job," teased Blair.

"Hey, I'm trying here!" snapped Aladdin. However, after thinking about it, Aladdin did realize that keeping this stuff quiet wasn't going so well after all. There's these kids, 3-E class in Tokyo, the Phantomhive manor, and now the leading humans behind both Tokyo and England. And now this is supposed to spread amongst the entire military?! Eventually, Aladdin turned to the queen herself.

"please try to not spread this around too much? I'm really trying here to keep this silent from any normal humans," Aladdin said, both hands together on pleading terms. Victoria and the queen exchanged glances to one another. They already made it clear before they started this discussion.

"Assuredly, little angel."

"Okay, good now -" Aladdin suddenly stopped himself, his eyes wide. The others heard Victoria loud and clear, as Victoria smiled to him. How did she know about him being a angel?! They had only met once in their entire visit, and not a single indication (in front of her anyway) that he was anything like an angel. It surprised the others, reactions varying from one to another as Victoria kept her eyes on Aladdin.

"... Angel?"

"Let's not lie to eachother. I don't think it would benefit us in the long run," Victoria cleared up.

"How'd she know about that?" Whispered Twilight to Nagisa.

"We'll ask her later," replied Nagisa quietly. As for Aladdin, he went on and cleared himself up before he began to speak.

"Anyway. Exactly what did you want to know?"

"What we're dealing with. With these demons. They seemed to involve you, you have to know something about them."

"Oh that. ... Well, I guess the main problem here is called Homunculus. They're not exactly humans, per say ... though you probably realized that."

"Homunculus. That what they were?" asked the queen.

"Right. They're full of rather nasty tricks, especially Envy. He's one of those Homunculi, and his gimmick is that he can disguise himself as basically anyone he can think of," Karma said.

"anyone?" questioned the queen.

"Yep. Been doing a damn good job at it too."

That sort of information got the queen a bit concern. If Envy really could disguise as anyone he sees, then who's to say he wasn't standing around with them right now? A expert disguising Homunculus in their ranks was a rather unsettling thought. The queen thought this over for a bit more before she spoke again.

"In that case, I'll have my advisors check the new arrivals for any signs of mimicry. Is there any weaknesses that any of you know of?" This question was easier to answer, and they got planned for such as well. In this case, it was Nagisa's signature halo blade, and Nagisa himself presented the type of unique weaponry to the queen and Victoria. He wasn't too used to talking to people such as these, so he had to get himself together to explain things.

"These work pretty good. We've been getting holy weapons over the months. Other things work but -"

"Why're you looking away? Look us face to face, if you don't mind," Victoria suddenly instructed. Nagisa corrected himself, but he felt uneasy once his mind processed who he was talking to. This was the queen of England AND her granddaughter standing there. At the least, he wasn't alone.

"Sorry. ... A-Anyway. Apparently holy weapons work best on them. Other things can work, but not as well as these. ... At least as far as I know," Nagisa said, getting it out as fast and as sensible as he could. He knows demons get hurt, or even killed by things non-holy, with the Jizo statue encounter replaying in his head (the defeat especially). The queen could see that Nagisa was worried on talking to them, so she didn't allow him to trouble himself any further. ...

"If that's the case, then perhaps you and your friends should join our watch tonight."

"W-WHAT?" Nagisa gasped.

"We may have strong weaponry, but if what your saying is true, and given the fact you're the only ones possessing such weapons, a personal watch in my chambers would be appreciated," the queen explained. That made sense, but only two of them have that kind of weaponry in anyway, and some hardly fight to begin with. All the same, Twilight suddenly perked up courage.

"You can count on us your highness," Twilight said. The only one going with the flow was Pinkie and Ciel.

"YES INDEEDIE! Team Harmony is on the case!" Pinkie said, full of glee as ever.

"Team Harmony?" Ciel questioned.

"We need a team name, don't we? It's got a little ring to it, and we're saving the world, one meanie at a time!"

"Much improved, thank you. Victoria will guide you on what you need to do," the queen decided. Victoria walked over to the others in question, standing over by Ciel and Blair. Not much really were up for it, but what could they do? At least now things were decided.

"Well, here we go," Nagisa thought.

~~

Throughout the day, London had been under some renovations in their respected areas. For the queen's palace, the adaptation of new guards with the traditional ones were set on patrol around the London palace, set around throughout the day, and including areas around London just in case of any other dangers.
The group had kept their guard around the queen and Victoria, and not much else. They've been given their instructions by Victoria and soon were on their own guard to keep any potential demons well away. A fairly simple job, but one they had to keep more focus on (as much as some didn't want to). Ciel too stuck with them in the guarding game, as he had predicted would happen the second he got that message. With Bardroy, Tanaka, Grell, and Mey-Rin keeping the Phantomhive Manor in proper care and protection while away, he had that covered to handle outside work. He just wished that Sebastian was around. They found Twilight Kagayaki, so it was only a matter of if they'll find Sebastian anytime soon. And hopefully very soon.
The time during their guard duty was long, but it did eventually turn into near nightfall after a while. Daytime light replaced with lights from the palace, and a few guards were still on guard in the night, including the team. It wasn't exactly the same thing over back at the manor, with many of the inhabitants already asleep by this point. Constant protection wasn't as strong there, and the night watch wasn't something many of the inhabitants weren't used to. Tanaka, being a bit older than the others, had already turned in for the evening, and as such entrusted guard duty for the night to the youthful servants of the manor. With a clear nights, and not much going on for quite a good while, Bardroy, Grell and Mey-Rin were basically getting rather exhausted with it all.

"Might as well just stay in bed at this rate. Least it's quiet," Bardroy thought as he went around on his patrol route. Unfortunately for him, that time of quiet was quickly taken away the second he turned a corner. All of a sudden, a yelp was heard, and added with a gunshot! the bullet zoomed by him and bounced off the wall. It wasn't near Bardroy enough to be considered dangerous, but he wasn't sleepy anymore. Turning down the next hall showed a rather fidgety Grell on the ground, gun raised but looking very spooked and trembling. At least for a bit until he realized that it was just Bardroy.

"THE HELL WAS THAT FOR? ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME TOO, YOU IDIOT?!" Bardroy snapped.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It just gets so ... unsettling this time of night," Grell trembled, as he got up to his shaky feet. Bardroy paused and looked around in the dark halls of the manor. That, added with the typical décor of the place did prove Grell's point, and all Bardroy did was sigh.

"Can't blame ya there. You seen Mey-Rin?"

"I-I think she's on the roof. Why?" Grell asked, trying to calm down.

"Just checking. Didn't hear a word out of her for an hour now. Anyway, you need to get your act together, you might end up shooting someone you'll regret," Bardroy made clear, namely referring to himself.

"Then why do you have a flamethrower on your back?! You scared me half to death!" Grell asked, freaked out still. Yes, Bardroy had one, locked and loaded up for any intruders to roast. When it came to weapons, Bardroy's main choices extended beyond the typical gun or blade, flamethrowers just being one example, and just the sight of it made Grell unnerved, even more so when Bardroy aimed the tip of it right at him!

"No intruder would get past me with this baby. One blast, and I'm sure the earl will be all smiles," Bardroy said, smile on his own face. No, that didn't help Grell's nerves out any better. As if patrolling the dark and empty manor wasn't trouble enough.

"J-Just. Don't. Burn down the manor when you use that," Grell said meekly.

.......

Meanwhile, as Grell and Bardroy handled their own patrols inside, off outside of the manor, things were starting to go into motion for two particular Homunculus. Envy and Lust both were given under new order by Hellgar, and in this case the orders involved away from the main group, and instead at the Phantomhive estate. After all, with the strongest foes having up and left, the manor was basically a sitting duck. Envy and Lust looked out from the forest close by, envy up on one of the trees as Lust stood aside the same tree, both Homunculi looking to the target.

"So this is that brat's estate, huh? Damn Hellgar, how'd we get stuck with your job?" Envy thought.

"The Phantomhive manor. So Envy, you remember what to do?" Lust asked, as she brought out her own claws. Envy smirked a sharp-toothed smile to his fellow Homunculus.

"Do you even have to ask? Finally an actual job," Envy responded. While he'd rather go and take on the main group, this was good enough in his book. Once that was said, Envy hopped down the tree, down to Lust's level. Both took another look to the manor and began to move to the very edge of the forest. Any further out and they'll be exposed for sure, so Lust had to stay put for this one. Something she was more comfortable with over Envy. No way was Envy going to go and mess up again, not this time.

"So, what's it this time? Ciel? Sebastian? One of those angel humans?" Lust asked, a bit interested. Since Envy could change into all sorts of things, it was really a guessing game to what Envy would change into next. Envy hid off through one of the larger bushes, and made his transformation from a Homunculus, into a much smaller mouse.

"They'll be out here in no time at all. Just get ready with those claws," Envy said, his voice a bit higher pitched this time around, as he began to head off. Lust just shilled out by the tree as she watched Envy head straight for the manor. She trusted envy would get them out here, if anyone.
Envy sped along the ground of the front yard, his small mouse body unseen into the nighttime dimness. Even if so much smaller, Envy made it straight to the manor in little to no time at all, not a single witness to see him as he did so. With the dark shadows of the manor itself, and time of night itself, envy made sneaking up to the manor as easy as it can be. The little mouse scurried around the walls for a way in, but the entire place looked simply locked down tight. Doors locked, windows shut, it seemed a bit difficult just for a way in. He climbed up to another window at ground level, and tried to get it open. But, alas, it stayed firmly shut. This happened again and again, about five times and Envy was getting nowhere here. Every door he tried was also locked up rather tight. Envy would just break in if this wasn't a stealth task, and he was supposed to lure them outside, not alarm them all on sight.

"Where, where ... FINALLY." Envy took one look above him, and finally he was getting somewhere. a upper window was actually left open, though it was a few levels high. Not a problem for this Homunculus. All he did was transform from a little mouse, to a bat, and sure enough he fluttered straight up to it, and got himself right inside.

At last, he was in.

Now in the manor itself, Envy got himself transformed out of his bat form, and back to regular Homunculus. He was half way there with this task, now he had to go out and find them. He had all night, and now inside, he knew where they were in. Each hallway Envy moved himself in covered him in dark, ominous shadows, just enough to keep his body well hidden even in his normal form. Each step he made had a slight echo in these halls, just reminding Envy just how large and empty it really was at this time of night. The Homunculus was basically treating himself to a self-tour of the place during his walk about, as while looking for the inhabitants, Envy began to get the layout of the manor. Dim light, a huge building with dark shadows and many turns, all of these worked in Envy's favor. Lust was waiting outside, and Envy just had to get them to her to finish things off. The only main task: finding the targets ... which was easier said than done. Do note, that Envy had never been in the manor before now, so he was learning the place as he searched, so who knew where he'll end up? Well, at least this game him sometime to reflect on things as of late. Especially concerning his run of bad luck. ...

"First with Korosensei. Then with Sebastian. GOD DAMNIT, what's going on? Something's up with those holy bastards, there's no way they would be able to escape me so easily. Next time we meet, I'm cutting off their damn heads!" Envy thought. The images of these moments zoomed through his mind, starting with his initial encounter with Karma and Korosensei the first time around (official anyway). Somehow, SOME WAY, that red head managed to get out of his target zone time and again, not to mention screw with his with condiments, a memory that still made him cringe in anger. It's one thing to beat him, but to humiliate him like that was crossing the line! Envy brought his hand up to his face, pinching the bridge of his nose, when ...

"AAH!" *bang*

"AGAIN, GRELL?"

There they are. Envy snuck off to the end of the hall, peeking just enough the corner to find Bardroy and Grell. It appeared that trigger-happy Grell gave a shot to one of the creepy pictures on the wall, though Grell at least wasn't on the ground this time. Though, same thing can't be said for Bardroy, who tumbled on the floor to avoid the bullet shot.

"I'm so sorry, I don't know how to make up for this. ... WAIT, I -"

"Don't even think about it," Bardroy said, swiping the gun away from the suicidal servant before he could blast off his own face. Bardroy didn't need a dead friend like this.

"No, give that back. I have to -"

"YOU HAVE TO NOTHING!" Bardroy snapped, silencing Grell. After calming down, Bardroy looked down to him.

"Grell, we can't keep watch if you keep panicking at every single thing. Sebastian wouldn't want you to do that. This may have been his task before, but he's not here. So until he comes back, we're going to have to try a little harder, okay? Okay?" Bardroy said, trying to stay firm but not enough to drive Grell to tears again. Grell was quiet at first, but eventually all the words sunk in. Sebastian wasn't there, and he had to get himself together more properly. Because Sebastian wasn't going to take his shift anytime soon, far as they knew.

"... Ok," Grell finally said, getting up to his feet. Bardroy had a point, and Grell had to man up for this job. Nearby, Envy was still, for whatever reason, watching them both go through that little bit of drama. It seemed that none of them knew where Sebastian was, so that was fairly good for the demon's side.

"Time for a little deception," Envy thought, finally getting to work. ...

"Grell! Bardroy!"

Grell and Bardroy heard her loud and clear, and soon Mey-Rin raced right up to them. She looked freaked out, and her adrenalin up, clear from the look on her face.

"Mey-Rin, what's up?"

"Found intruders from the front, I did. They're closing in. I tried to get them, but they moved too fast even for me!" Mey-Rin said. Bardroy and Grell both got the message right away, immediately up to arms. Or at least, Bardroy was with his flamethrower.

"Ok, Grell, let's work a little harder now," Bardroy said, getting a headstart to the front door. Grell, adrenalin up as well, raced off after Bardroy. Mey-Rin was left behind in their bolt off, but soon she was following them as best she could. Well, a bit out of nowhere, but it was time for action.
Bardroy, much like a soldier in the field, took to the front with Grell and Mey-Rin behind. Since Grell and Bardroy had a head start, Mey-Rin ended up a bit behind the two. Bardroy and Grell knew the manor top to bottom, so heading straight to the front yard took a bit less time. Mey-Rin trailed them for a while behind, until the trio finally got themselves out front. They saw the forest, the front entrance way, basically the full extent of the front area of the manor, but sighting of any intruders were zero to none. Did their intruders run off, or was it really that dark out there? Bardroy stayed front side, Grell and Mey-Rin standing back as the current one in charge looked around a bit more to be sure, but he wasn't seeing much of anything really. Not a hint, not a sound, not a clue. Nothing but the sound of the wind blowing against the leaves of the trees. Grell started to calm down a little bit on the realization, also not seeing much of anything, though Mey-Rin kept oddly quiet during this.

"Maybe they left?"

"Must have. sure you saw someone, Mey-Rin?" Bardroy questioned, he and Grell turning to Mey-Rin again. May-Rin stayed still for a moment or two, not saying a real word. ... Then the smile came, and a whistle rang in the air.

"INCOMING!" Bardroy yelled. In little to no time at all, out charged Lust, claws out and at the ready! Panicking, Grell and Bardroy tried to get out of her way, but while Bardroy managed to do so by inches, by the time he turned around for Grell, he was far too late: Lust had sliced her fingers straight through Grell's torso like a spear! Blood poured down him, sliding down Lust's fingers and down to the floor. Grell stared in shock for a few more moments before going limp, and Lust allowed Grell's body to slide off her fingers, collapsing to the ground. Lust's finger claws were laced in liquid red.

"GRELL!" Bardroy gasped, stuck in shock. Unfortunately, Mey-Rin suddenly was right behind him, grabbing him to keep him still!

"Mey-Rin, let go of me!" Bardroy demanded, but Mey-Rin's strength was surprisingly powerful.

"You killed him good, you did," said Mey-Rin to Lust, as the Homunculus was wiping off the blood from her claws. The blood shined the moonlight off her claws, a glistening red being presented to Bardroy. Bardroy tried to get his flamethrower started, but Mey-Rin had the machine and his arms in a position where he couldn't use it properly. The obvious question here was why was Mey-Rin helping Lust out?!

"That's one down," Lust simply said, turning to Bardroy, her attractive diva eyes staring right into Bardroy's soul. ...

*bang**bang*

gunfire. Two clear shots, and both hitting their respected targets almost exactly at once. Next thing Bardroy knew, Lust and Mey-Rin toppled to the ground in pain, blood shooting out in from both of their heads. Bardroy was free, but he was more worried over Mey-Rin and Grell to put that into question. But, he didn't have time to even do that before he found the source of the gunfire, standing over at the front door with steaming twin pistols aimed in his direction.
The real Mey-Rin. And once more, Mey-Rin without her glasses on, showing a set of equally attractive, hazel eyes, both aimed directly at the targets she shot down. As for the fake Mey-rin and Lust, both quickly recovered from the sudden shot, red lightning flashing as their wounds healed up after mere seconds of time. The fake Mey-rin got up, shaking off the shot, only to be face to face with the mouth of Bardroy's flamethrower. Bardroy didn't hesitate, and both figures were scorched in a huge, burning blaze of fire! They both screamed in agony on the flames scorching their skin, Bardroy keeping the flamethrower going for a full ten seconds before subsiding, as Mey-Rin stepped to his side.

"Are you alright, Bardroy?" Mey-Rin asked.

"Yeah, I'm good. More than could be said for Grell though," Bardroy said, though Mey-Rin was well aware of that already. Lust and the second Mey-Rin began to come back around, and heal up from the sudden blast of fire. The other Mey-Rin though soon revealed his true form, being that of Envy Homunculus before fully healing. Envy and Lust got to their feet and soon it was a stand off. Bardroy and Mey-Rin on one side, Envy and Lust on the other, and the body of Grell at the center.

"Feisty humans, aren't you?" Lust commented. The servants of the manor weren't letting up, both weapons faced directly at them for the second a attack would be made.

"Better keep your distance. Less you wanna get roasted again," Bardroy warned, lighting up his flamethrower as a warning.

"As if we want anything personal from such barbaric apes."

"You wouldn't dare say that if our master were here," Mey-Rin said, a little shaken, but not leaving at any moment.

"Yes, well he isn't is he? ... And lucky for you, neither's ours," Lust threatened. Even if they just scorched them, it was gonna take more than that to keep these two away to be sure. Bardroy stayed firm, but both Homunculus could see that Mey-Rin was starting to get a little intimidated. Surely, she would be a good target.

"Envy, dear. Do you want to kill them, or shall I?"

"Oh sure, whenever you're ready," Envy said. But before Bardroy or Mey-Rin could fire, Envy's arms extended like tentacles, and suddenly tore both the twin pistols and flamethrower off of them, leaving them defenseless. Only then did Lust rush forward at them, claws at the ready. Bardroy was her target this time, and Mey-Rin was forced away in the lunge to avoid a slash. Instinctively, Bardroy ducked, and met Lust with a uppercut to the chin, knocking her back a bit. Lust managed a cut on Bardroy's shoulder, but it wasn't too deep. Mey-Rin rushed off to get their weapons, but Envy went in her way, slamming her square in the stomach to keep her back. No way they were getting rained on by bullets again.

"Ah ah ah, no guns in a fistfight, little bitch," envy joked, before grabbing her and throwing her straight at Bardroy, strong enough to knock them both over.

"Since when were you one for those kinds of jokes?" Lust noted. Envy just ignored her. Yeah, he was cruel, but he was allowed to crack a joke same as anyone else. Bardroy and Mey-Rin, sore and bleeding, got off of eachother and tried to recuperate before Lust and Envy would get back at them again.

"What the hell are those guys?" Bardroy groaned, hand over his bleeding cut. As they were there, Mey-Rin took a look over to Grell's body, only to find ...

.......

"...B-Bardroy. Bardroy?" Mey-Rin said, horrified. Bardroy turned to his friend, only to see her pointing over to the body.

Or rather, lack there of.

"Where is he? ..."

A question answered almost immediately, and in the most surprising way.
Envy and Lust followed their eyes away from their location, and soon found that Grell was flat out missing! Where his body once laid now only showed a small pool of blood. None of them had any moment to move Grell, knock him away, or even nudge him even with the fight knocking them around a bit. They looked around a little bit, but eventually they soon found where Grell had ended up. There he stood. Over by the door, Grell stood with his gaze downward, his whole chest and torso all bloody from the wound, his clothes stained in Crimson of blood. They all had their share of surprised expressions, as Grell looked over to them, raising his gaze to show a face covered in blood, but he didn't have a look of shock, fear, or horror. Instead, his smile was that of pure enjoyment, brought to disturbing levels due to his empty gaze, and his crazed smile, showing jaws of pointed teeth. The fact that they all thought Grell was dead a minute ago made the appearance all the more shocking.

"Wait. What?" Envy wondered, dumbfounded. Grell stood there for a bit at first, and started to giggle ever so ominously.

"I think it's about time to introduce you, wouldn't you say?~" Grell said. Rather than the finicky, troubled voice, this one was a flirtatious, confident tone that almost seemed the polar opposite. Grell began to remove his bloody overcoat, tossing it aside like some fashionista, and then he pulled out a sudden comb from his pocket, and slid it through his long hair. As he did, not only did he unraveled his ponytail, but his hair turned from typical brown, to a bright red. A color that matched the blood on his own body, and that flowed within him. This was the real Grell. The Grell that will be facing the Homunculus.

"Let me introduce myself: the Phantom butler, Grell Sutcliff. Let's try to get along,~" Grell cooed, even blowing his little audience a kiss, followed by a wink of the eye.

The disturbed factor amp up to eleven.

"What. The actual. Hell?"

"G-Grell? Is that you?" Mey-Rin asked.

"You got it, my sweet. OH, I've been holding back for far too long, it was about time I let my true colors fly!" said Grell. Lust and Envy snapped out of it eventually as Grell faced them.

"Ok, so you lived. Somehow. You're still unarmed: those bitches lost their weapons. Where's yours?"

"RIGHT HERE!"

Not a question to ask a reaper in a fight. Suddenly, and out of nowhere, Grell got himself fully armed with his weapon: a bloody chainsaw! Yes. A chainsaw. And one that Grell got running the second it was drawn out, whirring loudly and the shiny silver blades spinning like mad. So, not only was he alive still, but he was also armed to the teeth!

"You just had to ask, Envy," sighed Lust. However, both Homunculus took a look to Grell in his form here, as Bardroy and Mey-Rin both took the moment to slowly head to their weapons. Grell was a shocker, but they had to get themselves armed up first and foremost.

"Wait a minute. A chainsaw from nowhere. The dagger teeth. The sight glasses. ... Is he - ...?"

"So. Now that we're properly acquainted with eachother. Shall we dance?" Grell cooed, his chainsaw up and gleaning in the moonlight. Lust and Envy knew they had a fight on their hands with this guy, whatever he was, so both Homunculus drawed their weapons: Lust with her claws and Envy turning his arms into a set of swords.
Bardroy and Mey-Rin both finally made a run for it, and it was Mey-Rin who got her pistols first. Both Homunculus saw the other humans, but Grell took this and bolted straight at them, chainsaw whirring good and loud, and ready to hack. Envy was easily struck in the head, and the chainsaw sliced down to cut his head in half, and his arm clean off! Envy moved back, and his body started to regenerate as Lust took Grell on herself, her claws trying to slice him again. If she could get him before, what's the difference this time? With his form changed, Grell got his skills to work and was dodging each swipe from Lust's long claws. In fact, he even went ahead and chopped down Lust's claws with his chainsaw, leaving both hands as clawless stubs. As for the other two, they found their opportunity after this, and Mey-Rin started firing away at them both, one pistol per Homunculus and pumping lead into each one of them. Envy charged at Mey-Rin with his swords, only to get his body cut in half by Grell again, blood pouring down onto Grell, and onto the ground. Even after that, Envy was still alive, as his severed legs disappeared, and reappeared on his body. Bardroy, with his flamethrower fully on, went right on to work next. Fire blasted into the air, but Lust and Envy reacted just fast enough to avoid the flames, but only leaving themselves open for Mey-Rin and Grell. Lust's lunge just had Grell's chainsaw jabbed in her side, while Envy ended up shot in the head about nine times straight.
With all their effort, Envy and Lust were just making minor injuries on them, most of the power blows being made by the Phantomhive servants. Both Homunculus stopped for a moment, letting their bodies regenerate, and they both saw Grell, Mey-Rin, and Bardroy armed and ready for whatever they got for them.

"DAMN YOU HUMANS! Why do you even try?!" Envy yelled, pissed off as ever.

"Sorry to disappoint you," Bardroy said, coldly.

"Shut it! We're Homunculus, you're humans! We're above you in every way, and I will NOT be trifled with!" Envy roared, charging forward as fast as he could, his body sparking red lightning from his wounds. Lust needed a minute, but she watched as Envy made his attempt on them. This charge was in vain though; Grell rushed in and stabbed through his torso with his chainsaw, held him up, and Bardroy had a full field day scorching the Homunculus like as if he was a marshmallow on a stick. Envy screamed in pain, strong and loud as Bardroy continued his scorching, twice as long as before. All that remained after was a burnt heal of a human body, Grell tossing him over towards Lust like trash.

"Alright. Have you had enough now?" Bardroy asked. Lust looked down to what remained of Envy's body. She knew he would be back eventually, but for the time being, it would be too long before that would happen. Would she rather have them dead, yes she would but she was not stupid. She knew disadvantage when it showed itself. And with Grell's sudden change in behavior and ability, along with Mey-Rin and Bardroy's skills in their weaponry, Lust was at a high disadvantage in this fight. So, as Envy's body flickered and flashed with light to heal itself, Lust picked him up and took one more look to the Phantomhive servants.

"I would like you all to remember that we're letting you go for now. This lasted long enough anyway," Lust stated, looking up to the moon. The position of said moon, which appeared to be sitting on top of the roof by now, only proved Lust's main point.

"That was smashing! If only Sebastian were here to see this," Grell said, hands together and almost dreamy in expression. As Envy's body became recognizable, the standing Homunculus turned and ran away from the scene. They done their job here, and Lust will tell Envy once he comes to. The ground was stained in their blood, the world finally went quiet from the gore and violence, but the Phantomhive had won in the end. Injuries not withstanding though, as the scuffle between the Homunculus left Bardroy and Mey-Rin pretty scratched up, bloody cuts all over them and bruised up in several places.

Then came clapping. And a shadow from the rooftop met the ground at their feet.

"Well done, everyone. A fine performance of teamwork and ingenuity."

The voice was unmistakable. The trio turned to look to the rooftop, and a human-like silhouette met the sky. This figure jumped down from the roof all the way down to the front door, fully revealing the one person missing for so long.

Sebastian.

"S-SEBASTIAN! YOU'RE BACK!" Mey-Rin gasped, excited as ever.

"Good to be back. Nothing was too displaced while I was away, I hope," Sebastian stated. He may be calm about the situation, but it was Grell who was especially thrilled to see him.

"AAAHHH! Bassie, my dear, my darling! You've returned at last. So did you enjoy the show?~"

Dear? Darling? Guess Grell had his priorities a little different here over the regular staff. Sebastian wasn't as surprised as the others were on first seeing Grell. He saw the transformation from the rooftop anyway. That didn't mean the love talk and 'Bassie' nickname didn't creep him out a little. However, that's when a thought struck Bardroy.

"Hang on a second. So, that clumsy, finicky butler gimmick was nothing but an act?" Bardroy asked.

"Oh I was good wasn't I? Who'd of guessed that the humble butler Grell would be a true wielder in disguise - OW!"

That response just got Bardroy to whack him in the head.

"Hey! I saved your life and this is how you thank me?!"

"That was for nearly blasting my head off! Just because your acting doesn't mean to kill your party, you idiot!"

"Well I have to keep the act going somehow!"

"BY SHOOTING ME?! I could've died you know!"

*AHEM*

Sebastian didn't need to hear them arguing like children in front of him. Talk about embarrassing. Once they both quieted down, Sebastian sighed.

"Now if you excuse me, I got some information for our young lord."

"Oh yeah, him! Oh he'll be so pleased when he finds out you're back. But he's gone still," Mey-Rin said.

"I'm well aware of that. Though, I do say there's quite a mess here," Sebastian said, adjusting his gloves. He may have just got back, and Ciel didn't order him to do so, but he saw a rather decent job at the manor front yard.

"Alright, I'll get the mops and -"

"Not this time Bardroy. I'll be more than happy to handle this."

So, Sebastian got started. Time was limited, so he needed a quick wash of the front yard. This demon butler came prepared this time around, and rushed off to get the proper tool. Seconds later, next thing they knew, Sebastian had a hose and cloth to work with. Lightning speed, Sebastian cleaned up the blood pools around the place with precision and grace. Mey-Rin and Grell watched with dreamy expressions as he continued his work. It only took ten minutes full, and sure enough a clean yard was presented.

"Oh, it's good to have you back, Sebastian," Bardroy said with a smile.

"Likewise. I'll see the rest of you tomorrow morning," Sebastian said, soon racing off to the next location. The trio presumed it to be towards Ciel, and Sebastian was off out of sight.

"Time to check in on our young master."