Disclaimer: I do not own Kuroshitsuji. No money is made on my endeavors. Please support the manga artist (and her publisher) by reading and purchasing the manga.

This story has many conflicts and resolutions for the plots- sort of like the complications found in the manga arcs. There's a lot of school based drama, and there's also one (or two) dramatic Plots going on behind the scenes. I mark (warn) chapters which could be considered sideplots at the beginning of the chapter.

On Manga Spoilers: This fic echoes events in the School Arc, the Circus Arc, the Ship Arc and the Germany arc (in approximately that order). However, this is AU, so sometimes it's only the same characters, but often similar flavor complications. The manga is gooood. (As for the anime, when I started publishing this story, there was only season 1 which followed the manga. So it is manga-verse)

Warnings: Ciel is 14 in this story, and there will be no explicit lemons. None. Stop reading if that's what you're looking for. Now, if you like suggestive, sometimes humorous, sometimes "ohh, Sebastian is kinda sexy..." bits, this may be for you.

This story isn't really slash or boy's love at all. XD Sebastian is bloody possessive, can be sentimental and suggestively teasing. But Sebastian and Ciel are certainly not dating. Sebastian's Pursuit is to get Ciel into a contract, not into bed. I like to think that it's the kind of suggestive SebaCiel found in the manga. You don't have to squint to see something there, but it's a stretch to call it "romance."

Cover Art by me.

This fic is dedicated to Carrie, my beta. She is the devious-mastermind who convinced me to write it. The plot, however, convoluted and strange as it is, is my own. Alas, any complaints go to me. Critique is preferred to flames.

This is the only chapter with such a long A/N. (I hope ;) ) Please read the teaser now! :D

A Demon's Pursuit
Temptation: Teaser

"My, my, but what a small master you would be..."

Too surprised to do more than think half a dozen questions, Ciel merely stared in open-mouthed silence.

The figure crouched on the windowsill, bent over in something like a bow. The first thing Ciel noticed was the white of his eyes, which seemed silver in the moonlight. Something in the tilt of his head, or the thin half smile jolted an idea into his mind. He's the young man from Takeshita Doori. The one who seemed to be searching for something. He seemed wilder than before, and far too pleased with himself.

"What the hell are you doing in my window? Get down from there and go away," Ciel snapped. Never before was he so pleased to be in a private dormitory with no roommate to wake up.

"A bit young, but promising, I think. Most people would want to know if this was a dream…"

Ciel decided not to voice his doubts. If he's dreaming up stalkers now, he figured he ought not to let the stranger know he doubted his existence.

"Let's make a deal." The intruder sprung down from the window and landed silently next to Ciel. He made no more noise than the soft swish of his clothing. "If you pay the dues, we can forge a contract. I will be your loyal servant for the rest of your days, and you will have nearly limitless power."

"Rubbish. Are you barking mad?" Ciel scoffed. "You'll get me expelled. This is a private school, and you're not allowed in after hours. Or even in the day, unless you sign the guest register. How did you get in here without setting off the alarm, anyway? It goes off if someone so much as opens the window."

"Alarm? I heard no one sound an alarm." The intruder's brow furrowed. It would be comical if Ciel thought he might be less serious.

"The alarm system. Get out before I set it off myself." Ciel threw a plush rabbit at the intruder.

"Mr. Phantomhive? Who are you talking with? Is everything all right in there?" Kujirai's timid voice was muffled through the door. Ciel was never happier that his room was closest to the hall-master's room.

Ciel shuffled out of bed, pulling the headphones out of his phone as he made his way for the door. He glanced behind him to see whether the intruder would be visible from where he stood, but he saw no one there at all. He cracked the door open.

"Yes?"

The third year student was still in nondescript pajamas, blinking even more owlishly than Ciel. He looked discretely through the frame, but didn't try to force his way in.

"Is there a problem, Mr. Phantomhive?" he said slowly, leaning forward just a bit. He looked nervous, as though confronting the international student in his hall was the last thing he wanted to be doing at just after midnight.

"No, Mr. Kujirai. I was just listening to some music. I'll turn it down." Ciel fidgeted with his phone, as though he might be turning the volume off.

"Is the window open?" Kujirai pushed up his wire-frame glasses, looking more troubled. "Did you open your window?"

"No, ah, no, it's not open," Ciel said hurriedly. And sure enough, when he turned around to glance nervously at the place the intruder entered, it was closed.

Having seen that window open just moments before, the sight surprised even Ciel. Both students stared at the now-closed-window. An awkward silence stretched on before Kujirai cleared his throat.

"Of course you didn't. You do know that an alarm will be set off if you open the window after 22:00, don't you?" He kept his chin tucked in, making his eyes appear larger and more earnest.

"Yes, I know. Sorry for disturbing you."

"Good night," the student said, and walked slowly back to his dorm room.

Ciel turned back to the window, expecting to see the image of a ghost or a monster, but nothing changed, even with his senior gone.

He was alone in his room, left to wonder if anyone was there to begin with.

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...tbc...

Thanks for reading~ I feel like I don't "get into the process" of writing until chapter 8, but do enjoy the background setting until then. (Or skip to chapter 8 and count on catching on as you read ;) ) Chapters start getting longer from chapter 18-ish.