Kuroshitsuji- Out of Place 07

AN: Meh... I know there's not really much of a storyline going. :/ Honestly, I don't know if there ever will be! I kind of just like sending her on adventures.


By the way... I actually have this posted on a couple of different sites. So if you see this same story somewhere else, I swear I didn't steal it! D: It's mine!


And Also... I will probably NEVER follow the Kuro storyline with this character! (mostly because Undertaker is not a major part of the storyline and he is the only reason I do Kuro fanfiction :/ *shameless Undertaker obsession*


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It was a cold, but lovely day. The perfect day to have a Frost Fayre on the Thymes. Soma and Agni seemed to be having the time of their lives- I wasn't so thrilled, though.


"Hey, Agni, look!" Soma yelled excitedly, "That 'Snow' stuff is everywhere!"


"Um... Soma," He didn't seem to hear me so I coughed loudly and dramatically to get his attention, "Soma, I'm sick as a dog and I hate crowds- what am I doing here?"


He picked me up and twirled me around, "You're having fun at the Frost Fair!" I tried protesting, telling him I wanted to go home, but he just insisted on me staying and playing with them.


For a little while I played some games. They were your basic bowling and target practice games that you see at any fair with prizes promised to the winner. We hung around at these games. I even won something- a pretty blue ring that the shopkeeper claimed was diamond. It was probably a fake, though, who ever heard of a blue diamond?


...


Until they ran off and left me! Now I was angry and alone. Not to mention sick, and getting sicker by the minute. I was shuddering uncontrolably still not used to the cold after all my time here.


Oh! I coudn't stand this! I just had to get inside somewhere! I found a random shop and ducked into it without paying attention, fully intending to pretend to be browsing while really warming up, but suddenly realized I had found the wrong shop for that- I was in some kind of funeral parlor! I looked at the person behind the counter, preparing to appollogize and say something about having the wrong place when I realized who it was.


"It's you!"


The man looked up from something he was reading and his face spread into a grin, "Why, hello there, Riley!" We embraced.


"What are you doing here, mr. Undertaker?" I asked, delighted but curious.


"Well, so many people have died of frostbite out here that I decided to just set up over here!~" He seemed so happy about it that I wasn't sure whether to look sad or happy.


So I just said, "Oh, I see,"


A few minutes passed during which he somehow magically produced some warm tea. It was like heaven to me as I had remembered that I was sick and cold and had begun shaking pitifully again.


"So," He sat behind the desk again while I took a coffin, "If miss Riley wasn't expecting to see me then what would she be going to an undertaker's for?" He asked, with a bit of suspicion. Then he frowned, "You're not cheating on me, are you?"


I was in the middle of drinking tea when he asked this question. This was not good timing. I ended up making a noise that was somewhere between a gasp and a snort and choking on tea.


When I recovered I managed to say weakly, "No," I cleared my throat and explained, "To be honest, I wasn't really paying attention to where I was going. I was just trying to get out of the cold. I'm sick so I really should not be out at the fair playing around, especially in this weather,"


That question could have been taken quite a different way- he should watch how he worded things! Then again, he might have meant for it to sound that way. Oh, why did he enjoy teasing me? But then I realized, with a blush that I didn't mind his teasing so much (aside from the occasional sudden startling appearance).


I finished the tea and stood up, "I should probably go look for Soma and Agni,"


He stood, too, "Alright. Come by and visit sometime~," We said farewell and I ducked through the opening and walked away.


I looked around for Agni and Soma (or "team idiot" as I had lovingly nicknamed them). I searched restaurants, game booths, and stores. I asked around about them; a couple of people did recall seeing two Indians at the fair, but couldn't tell me anything beyond that. I sighed, feeling more sick and tired than ever.


'I'll just head home, then, and wait for them to get there.'


So, I made my way off of the ice and to the banks of the Thames. From there I tried to get a carraige, but, after ten minutes without success, gave up and just chose to walk home, frowning in disappointment. I liked riding by carraige; it had been something I wanted to do as a child but never been in a position to, until now. Oh well- another day, then!


There was time for that later; right now, I had to get home- and fast. I didn't know how much longer my sick body could hold out against this cold weather which I was not accustomed to.


I turned down a street, the same street I had always taken whenever I walked home. On this day, that street felt forboding, somehow. I tried to brush the feeling off, as most 'feelings' I had didn't really seem to help me in any way.


At first I wasn't even sure that I had heard the music. I looked uncertainly down the alley that I heard it come from. I could see someone standing there just out of sight. The figure turned some kind of crank and the music began again.


Without knowing why, I began to follow that figure.


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Undertaker had taken a break. He had become hungry and there's really only so much cookies can do for you... So he was here in Lau's restaraunt; eating donuts and watching the other customers shift uncomfortably in their seats at the scantilly-clad waitresses.


Without warning, two Indians burst through the door. These were Agni and Soma, the two that Riley had left to find, if he wasn't mistaken. For a moment they stood just in the doorway looking around wildly before yelling, "Riley! Are you here?" across the restaraunt, startling the other patrons.


The taller one, Agni, glanced into the corner where Undertaker was sitting and noticed him. He put his hand on Soma's shoulder and whispered something in his ear. Soma looked over at the corner, too. Undertaker grinned at them and waved.


With a determined glare Soma marched over to his table, "You- my servant informs me that you are Riley's friend. Have you seen her?"


Undertaker wondered for a brief moment whether or not he could charge for this information. But if it was about Riley then it was too serious to play around. Besides, these two would be useless at coming up with anything amusing in their panicked state.


"I have~. She came by earlier and stayed for a while. Then she left saying she would look for you two,"


"How long ago was that?"


"Hm... A couple of hours~! Is something the matter?"


"She's missing! We've looked everywhere, even back at the manor and she's not there, either!"


"Oh?" He stood and brushed past them, "Well, I'm sure she'll turn up eventually~,"


He left through the door, frowned up at the darkening sky and headed away from the restaurant quickly.


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AN: Oh no! :O