Author: Angel of Randomosity
Anime: Kuroshitsuji/ Black Butler
Pairing: Unknown
Genre: Humor-Romance-Stupidity
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN Kuroshitsuji/ Black Butler OR ANYTGING ELSE COPYRIGHTED!
Why You Don't Let Your Friends Drag You Around England
Chapter 1:Directions. There are none.
"You guys…"
No response.
"Guys."
Still no response.
"ANSWER ME DAMMIT!"
Nothing.
The four friends had been wandering around for about three hours straight now. The ever short and critical Layla and the smart-mouthed but ever curious Cri were in the lead of their small group. Directly behind the two was the silently observant but well trained Toshiro, with Riku and Midnight padding along on either side of him. Then of course, bringing up the rear was the ever suspicious, calculated and frustrated Akira, with Shadow leaning over her shoulder from his seat in her backpack.
Layla looked back, slightly surprised.
"Yeah, what's up, Akira?"
"Do you have any idea where we are?" Layla frowned.
"Why should I know where we are? I've been following Cri this entire time!" By this time, they had stopped walking and everyone was staring at Cri, who just smiled.
"Well?"
"Well what?"
"WHERE THE HELL ARE WE?"
"Now, Akira, there's no need to yell." This earned Toshi a baleful glare from his little sister.
"Answer, Cri," she growled.
"We're right here." Akira twitched.
"I know we're here...but WHERE IS HERE?" Cri rubbed the back of her head.
"Well, see, about that...the fun in exploring the city is in going places where you wouldn't normally..." Layla sighed.
"What she's trying to say is that we're horribly lost..." There was a moment of silence in which three things happened.
Firstly, they found out that it was indeed possible for Akira's skin to get as red as her eyes. Secondly, they were quickly reminded why Akira should not be dragged into random trips with the likes of Cri, even if Shadow was around. Thirdly, they had noticed that everything around them had suddenly gone unbearably quiet, and there seemed to be a lot of eyes on them. All of these things seemed to happen at once as Akira proceeded to attack her careless friend.
Poor little Shadow was just hanging on for dear life.
When Cri finally managed to get free of her abusive friend, she sulkily looked around herself while rubbing her bruised arm. Her eyes lit upon a small side street, and she gave a triumphant cry.
"I know where we are!" Layla just sighed again.
"No you don't, Cri." But Cri just ignored her friends and rushed over to the street. The group shared a wary look, and reluctantly followed her. They found her sitting at a small cafe table, happily munching on a pastry.
When the group finally caught up to the snacking girl, they were somewhat winded. Toshiro looked up from where he was leaning, catching his breath. "Huh...Cri...so where the hell are we?"
Akira nods in agreement, looking around. "The middle of England or something?" she says, noticing all the strange Victorian wear. When Cri finally spoke, it was with a smile and twinkle in her eyes.
"This is one of my favorite cafes when I come to England. I love everyone's clothes. Makes me crave my Steampunk outfit, though I should probably go without the Gravity Hammer." Everyone else suddenly noticed the Victorian garb and got an uneasy feeling. They quickly looked back, but didn't see the entrance to the street they had entered. They gave Cri a panicked look.
"Forget about where we are, Cri, WHEN are we? How the hell did we get sucked back in time?" Akira demanded. Cri quickly hushed her, looking around.
"You need to speak quietly. They only become aware of you if you're loud. We're like an illusion to them right now...I'm not actually sure how long the illusion lasts, so I tend to only stay for 10 minutes..."
Toshiro gave her a scruntizing look, before glancing around them again in wonder. "Cri, are you sure this is safe?" Layla finally looked up from her backpack, holding up their map in triumph. "Yes!" suddenly all eyes and disapproving stares were on them.
Riku and Midnight backed up against their owners, heads held high, but tails between their legs. Shadow was glaring over Akira's shoulder at Layla at this point, silently berating her with his eyes.
After a few moments, most of the crowd stopped paying attention to them and went along with their business. They all turn to stare dully at Layla.
She at least had the decency to look sheepish, scratching the back of her head. "Oops..."
"I don't think that maps gonna help much, Layla. Cri somehow brought us back in time." Layla groaned.
"Not again." Everyone looked at Cri once again, who looked slightly worried.
"How do we get back?"
"Well, I've never gone back without the illusion working. So, I'm not too sure..."
With everything going on, no one had even been noticing that Akira hadn't said a word that entire time, oddly enough. Looking over, Toshiro noticed Akira staring out into the crowd of annoyingly stuck up Britishers passing by.
Walking over and effectively breaking their conversation, he got a thoughtful look on his face, waving a hand in front of hers. When she didn't respond, he tried snapping, and then he even tried pinching her. Looking over shoulder, he noticed that her eyes were locked on two figures that were swiftly moving through the crowd.
"Akira-chan. You're drooling."
That quickly snapped her out of her daze, as she grumpily wiped the offending liquid from her face. Akira suddenly got a decisively dangerous gleam in her eyes.
"Sexy demon butler at five-o-clock." she smirked. Toshi and Layla shared a look, both mouthing the question of "What?" as they peered over her shoulder, and Cri just grinned mysteriously. Shadow had a questionably irritated look on his face, and Riku seemed as if he might cry soon. Midnight looked as if she was going to crack up at any moment.
Nobody knew exactly who this "sexy demon butler" person was that she was referring to, but one thing was for sure in the minds of the more 'grounded' group members so-to-speak. Toshi and Shadow didn't even have to look at her eyes to know that the girl was no doubt planning some sort of mischief out for this guy already.
Nothing good would come of this.
This was going to be one long vacation…
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Angel: And…FIN!...I think…whatever.
Toshi: Why was I dragged into this exactly?
Angel: Because I missed you over the school year, and none of the ideas that Lisa has actually involves you *slaps hands over mouth*OxO Oops. YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT FROM ME!
Toshi: D8 WHAT?
Angel: READ & REVIEW PLEASE!
Toshi: *frozen*