A King's Story 4: Fading Light

Rika pulled her hands away, blinking a few times before looking at Matsu. "There's a big blob of colour in front of my eyes..."

Grell didn't move at all.
Alois smirked, looking at Clark. "He's DEAD."
Akuji watched Grell quietly. "....Grell? ....Peter?"
Grell still didn't move.
"Serves the baastard right. Stupid Shinigami, I really hate all of them. Especially the one that separated me from Luca..." Alois kicked Grell's side.

 

Clark rolled his eyes. "You're not allowed to die until our contract is completed. Now I'll repeat myself once more." He lifted up his eye patch, activating his fausation. "Get up, even in death!"

 

Grell sat up, slumped slightly forward. His eyes opened but were blanked over.
Alois' eyes lit up. "I killed him! I really killed a Shinigami!" He clapped his hands.
"Unfortunatly, you did not, my dear Asura. Grell has gone into what you humes call, a coma?" A voice echoed around.
Akuji looked around the room, suprised.
"Yes. Demon bullets do have some effect on us and- ...no you can't wake him up Rhyder."
"Tough."
"Rh-RHYDER!"
Suddenly a boy dropped down, landing in front of Grell. He looked exactly the same as Clark.
Alois stepped back, suprised.
Rhyder leaned into Grell's face, his one blue eye widening, the other covered by an eyepatch. ".... Veilia used all your red nail varnish on her dolls."
Grell didn't respond.
"DID NOT!" A girl that looked just like Akuji appeared next to Rhyder. "Liar!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"GRELL! RHYDER'S MAKING FUN OF ME AGAIN!"
Grell still didn't react.
Rhyder blinked. "Wow, Veilia. He must be REALLY outta it not to try to break us up fighting."

 

Clark placed a hand on his head and sighed. "How much more can there be?" Lifting his head up, he looked at the two. "Who are you people?"

 

They both looked at him blankly.
"Veilia."
"Rhyder."
Akuji stared at Veilia. "Why.... Why do you look just like me..?"
"Cause Grell asked me to, duh." Veilia tapped Grell's cheek.
Akuji held onto Clark's arm
Grell blinked, coming around again. "Permission to kill the Asura...?" He asked dazed.
"Yo, boss. You're a Level One Shinigami. You don't need permission from Level Fours."

 

Clark look at Akuji then to Grell. "Who are these people Grell? Why did you make them look like us?"

 

He smiled. "that'll be gone soon, that's why you shouldn't look right at the sun"

 

"To cover the fact you are gone from Dysdamien, Young Master. Safety reasons." Grell looked at him, smiling.
Rhyder and Veilia started to giggle. "'Young Master'"
Grell glared at them.

 

Rika rubbed one of her eyes. "I thought you shouldn't look at the sun otherwise you'll be blindeded..."

 

"Yeah but it's supposed to be that the glare makes a colour blob that never goes away"

 

"Ohhh..." Rika nodded.

 

Matsuda smiled sweetly at her.

 

Rika yawned before looking towards the darkening sky. "Nap time is gonna be soon."
Hanyuu smiled at her. "You like nap time, don't you Rika-chama?"
Rika nodded.

 

"Then why are they here? And why an Akuji one?" Clark asked.

 

"That's what I'd like to know..." Grell looked at them both. "May I ask WHY you're both here?"
"We got bored."
"Ledoux's puppets aren't much fun."
"Plus you dropped your ledger."
"So we brought it to you."
They both smiled, holding out Grell's ledger. "Here!"
Grell took his ledger, frowning. "I never dropped this."
"Really? Then why was it back at the house?"
"Because that's my Young Master's notebook. In his study. Just because it looks like a ledger, doesn't mean you take it to me." Grell stood up. "Both of you are imcompetent beyond belief."
"Hey! We're only 1200 years old!"

 

Clark frowned. "You still didn't answer me as to why you have an Akuji one?"

 

Matsuda flustered a little. "H-How long till it gets dark?"

 

Veilia turned her head on a complete 180 to look at Clark, her eyes going red. "That's what you'd like to know."
Rhyder looked at Veilia, not suprised at all.
"Let me put it go even a pathetic hume like you can understand. Even without you doing anything to voice the matter, around the Nobles is the rumour that the Earl Phantomhive has a lover. You've been seen at least twice in public with Akuji and kissed her too. Won't it be strange that suddenly after Dysdamien took over that another hume felt the urdge to flee when she would be in no harm?" Veilia smirked. "3 years is a long time for one hume to disappear for..."

"In about an hour or so, why?" Rika asked.

 

"No reason" he said quickly.

 

"I see. This is mostly for Akuji's sake." Clark looked to Akuji, smiling slightly.