Four days had passed since the end of Jack the Ripper. Grell had made sure that Madam Red was settled back into her boring, everyday life. Of course Madam Red was still shaken at her closeness to death but with the help of Arthur, that seemed to ease.

Grell sighed as he was catching up and doing the paperwork for killing the prostitutes. At least WIlliam wouldn't nag Grell, when they see each other again. Speaking of William, said shinigami had just been in Grell's office, handing Grell another assignment from the higher ups.

"A Henry Barrymore," muttered Grell as he flipped over the papers inside the document. Henry Barrymore along with some other people are scheduled to die in the coming days. "The village Houndsworth village... that sounds vaguely familiar."

*****

At the outskirts of Houndsworth village, the Phantamhive Lord and servants were traveling on a horse wagon, going to the Houndsworth village. "Holiday, holiday, we're going on a holiday!" chanted the Phantomhive servants, apart from Sebastian who kept his face neutral.

"Who knew that the Master could be this kind!" Exclaimed Bard in his usual american accent. He couldn't wait to get to their destination.

"Do you her how happy they are, young Master? They're very grateful to you such a kind young Master," commented Sebastian with a smile.

"I couldn't leave them at the mansion, they would have probably burnt it down or something," told Ciel with a huff. He would never leave his servants alone with his mansion.

"We've arrived," stated Sebastian as the wagon stopped, everyone looked at the empty land in front of them.

"WHAT?!" Exclaimed the servants.

"I forgot to tell you that the resort, that the Queen has instructed to be made, hasn't been built yet," told Sebastian, amused at the disappointed expressions on the servants.

"Yes, Master" said the servants disappointedly that they weren't going to a resort.

*****

The Phantomhive group continued to make their way to Barrymore Castle by carriage, eventually the carriage stopped again, outside of Barrymore Castle. The Phantomhive group was greeted by a maid with light blue hair.

"I presume that this is the Earl of Phantomhive?" Asked the maid, glancing at Ciel with a smile.

"Yes," answered Sebastian for Ciel.

"Welcome to Barrymore Castle, my Master awaits your arrival," said Angela, curtsying towards Ciel and leading everyone inside the castle. Finny blushed at Angela, feelings of love struck developing for Angela.

"Master, I brought some guests," told Angela, moving towards her Master, Henry Barrymore. Instead of a simple nod of dismissal, Henry used a whip to punish Angela. Meanwhile, Ciel and Sebastian were looking at the hunting trophies.

"Who the hell is this chihuahua!?" Exclaimed an enraged Henry. "I told you to bring me the Queens guard dog, not this chihuahua<" said Henry looking down at Ciel.

"Chihuahua?" Questioned Sebastian, looking at Ciel with a small smirk. The Chihuahua comparison definitely suited Ciel.

"Can't you do anything right?" Told the furious Henry as he kept on whipping Angela.

"Move Sebastian," commanded Ciel as Sebastian moved out the way to let Ciel go to Henry. Sebastian grabbed the Henry's arm to stop him from whipping Angela.

"What are you doing you filthy Doberman? Someone should train you better, let me go right now!" Exclaimed Henry in anger, he tried to shift his hand out of Sebastian's grip but found that he couldn't.

"He's acting on my orders," told Ciel.

"Who are you?" Asked Henry, staring at Ciel.

"From the sound of it you have already received the letter that I sent. My name is Ciel, the Earl of Phantomhive," introduced Ciel, sitting down on a chair, near Henry.

"You mean to tell me that a toy poodle like you is the Queens embassy?" Questioned Henry in disbelief.

"You don't like small breeds, Lord Henry, now that's hardly fair. Now shall we get down to business?" Asked Ciel, giving Henry a cocky smirk.

*****

"There is nothing to discuss, I'm not going to sell Barrymore castle, not even to the Queen," told Henry as he dropped his papers onto the table.

"Why is that?" Asked Ciel.

"Because of the curse," answered Henry.

"What curse?" Questioned Ciel as his curiosity peaked at the information.

"This village and its dogs have existed for many centuries. Anyone who interferes with us will be cursed in the most horrible way. Even the Queen cannot lift the curse so your mission is futile," told Henry. "Anyone that goes against the Barrymore family will met a gruesome end," he added.

"My how interesting, you've peaked my curiosity. I'd like to see this dreadful curse of yours, Lord Henry," hummed Ciel, Henry looked at Ciel like he wanted to kill him. But he reluctantly allowed Ciel to stay.

*****

Night time at Barrymore was reasonably quiet, Angela tried to make Ciel leave Barrymore but she was interrupted by a mighty roar, that could be heard heard through all the village. "The demon hounds here!" Exclaimed Angela in fear.

"Who is it? Who has been a bad dog?" Asked Henry. The villagers walked to the castle to tell Henry who had been killed. Everyone gathered, outside the castle to investigate the person that was killed by the demon hound.

"He's dead," said Ciel as checked the body for a pulse but sadly there was none.

"I see it was James then... he was the bad dog," told Henry as looked at the dead body.

"He broke the law on dog ownership. He had six dogs, one more that is allowed," told a man.

"A sixth dog then this was inevitable," hummed Henry.

"What the hell?" Exclaimed Bard.

"A white dog is a good dog a good dog, a black dog is a bad dog, bad..." chanted the villagers.

"I hate dogs," said Sebastian, glaring at the dogs.

"Do you now?" Asked Ciel, looking at Sebastian, woofing at the e nd of the question. Sebastian's eyebrow twitched at the dog impression. James body was lifted away by a villager. Meanwhile, Grell was sitting on a house rooftop, watching the scene unfold. He ticked off a name on his checklist as he had already collect the mans soul.

'WTF are they doing here?' Thought Grell as he watched Ciel and Sebastian, sure it would be fun to mess with them but he wanted a holiday, particularly in the Bahamas. He could already hear the sun and the sand calling him. 'If only,' sulked Grell.

"Oh, its the demon dog thingy. What's its name again? Peaches, nope, but its something with a P, wait I got it. His name is Pluto like Disney. Honestly I can't wait until Disney comes back. I miss the songs and most importantly my precious, tabby cat, Cheshire!" Exclaimed Grell slapped himself to get his focus "Aha, I need to stop talking to myself. Who's next anyway, ah yes, Henry Barrymore himself." Grell smirked at taking the arrogant mans soul.

*****

The next day, Ciel allowed for his servants to relax at a small beach, at the edge of the village. "The waters so nice," said Bard, letting his body relax in the cool water.

"Mey-Rin what's taking so long?" Asked an innocent Finny.

"I can't come out, its too embarrassing," told Mey-Rin as she peaked through the curtain, only her face was seen as she was hiding the rest of her figure. She was uncomfortable with the swimming suit on.

"Opportunities like this don't come everyday, now hurry up!" Exclaimed Bard.

"Please don't laugh!" Told Mey-Rin as she walked out with a bright red face. She was wearing a white and red bathing suit. Running into the water, Mey-Rin started a water fight with Finny and Bard, that lasted for ten minutes. After the water fight, they had lunch with Angela who was invited by Finny to have some. While Ciel had sent Sebastian away to investigate the Demon hound.

Some villagers ran across the village shouting about the dead mans dog getting punished, naturally this drew the interest of the Phantomhive servants.

*****

A German Shepherd was chained to the wall, growling at the forming crowd in front of him. "He's got something in his mouth," told a villager.

"Give it to me you bad dog!" Exclaimed another villager. The man tried to get it out the dogs mouth, hitting the dog so that it would release it. Despite the pain that the dog felt, it didn't give the man it.

"What a bad dog," commented Henry, giving a nod for the villagers to release the other dogs. The dog was going to be killed instantly by the other dogs, Finny couldn't watch as it reminded him of his past.

"STOP!" Shouted Finny as he ran to protect the dog. The other servants went to defend him.

"How dare they break the holy punishment!" Exclaimed Henry, ordering for the people to be dealt with. Ciel was chained up to the wall while the others were tied to a wooden post. "Tell the Queen to leave to leave this place alone and you'll live."

"I can't allow that," told Ciel.

"Then so be it." Before the dogs could attack Ciel, Sebastian appeared, knocking the dogs unconscious.

"This is why I hate dogs," said Sebastian, wiping the blood off his hand.

"What are you waiting for? Kill them!" The dogs were about to attack again, however Sebastian scared them into submission.

"The farce ends here, the demon hound is a fake," told Sebastian to the crowd. He showed the evidence which he had gathered. A skull which matched the bite marks on James body, which was found in Barrymore Castle, a projector and phosphor to make the dog glow.

"The person responsible for this is you, Henry Barrymore," said Ciel the villagers.

"Where's you proof?" Asked Henry. Ciel smirked at the arrogant man, he ushered for Sebastian to take charge. Sebastian opened the mouth of James dog, in it contain a piece a clothing. 
                                                                                     
"Its a piece of your clothing he got trying to protect his owner, the dog got it from you, " explained Sebastian, the villager gathered around Henry.
       
"You killed James!" Exclaimed a villager, moving closer to Henry.                                  
                                               
"You tricked us!" Shouted another villager, they lifted up his trousers to show a bite mark. Seeing the evidence they decided to take him to jail.

"Now that's a case solved," said Ciel with a smirk.

*****

The former Barrymore Lord shivered in th cold jail cell. "I'm begging you please, its coming, its coming! Please let me out!" Begged Henry, the villagers dismissed his claims.

A gigantic demonic, white dog appeared in front of the jail cell. Only to break into the cell, and dragging Henry with him. The demon hound dragged a Henry's body to the place where Henry ordered the death of James's dog.

"About time," hummed Grell, letting himself drop form the roof, perfectly landing onto the ground below. Slowly, Grell approached the dog and what remained of Henry. "Move now."

The dog growled in response. "I'll say it one more time, move," commanded Grells eyes glowing as he threw a dog treat to the dog. The dog caught it and then obediently left.

Grell wasted no time and collected the man's soul. Just before he was about to leave, Sebastian and Ciel appeared.

"What are you doing here Sutcliff? Are you one responsible for this too?" Asked Ciel with suspicion in his eyes. He wouldn't put it past Grell to do something like this.

"Oh, please I have more class than that. And besides what you think, I do have a job to do," told Grell, glancing down at his nails.
"The answer to problem is dog treats," revealed Grell, it wasn't his problem on what they did the information.

Sebastian caught on immediately and gave a smirk. 'God I want to wipe that smirk of his face,' thought Grell.

"And be careful of a certain person in this village, you'll probably be seeing more of them," hummed Grell, thinking about a certain white haired maid. "Anyways, tata for now."

"Wait!" Shouted Ciel, getting ready to use Sebastian if needed.

"What?" Asked Grell, staring boredly at Ciels eyes.

"You... you where there!" Exclaimed Ciel, pointing a finger at Grell.

"Pointing is rude," said Grell. "And be more specific. I've been to may places"

"The occultists," stated Ciel with hatred in his voice.

"So I was," mused Grell, tilting his head innocently to the side.

"So you know who did it," said Ciel.

"Possibly... but even if I did I wouldn't be able to tell you their name or rank or that they likes circuses. Now Goodbye, Phantomhive," told Grell, leaving Sebastian and Ciel behind.

Ciel was contempt with that, at least now he had more information to go on. "Who is Grell Sutcliff, really?" Hummed Ciel. The villagers began to appeared, shocked at the state of the former Lord Barrymore