Chapter 42

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"All right everyone it's time, let's go! Hyaa!" Ootori said and they all take off in high speed with their horses. Along the way Sebastian has been keeping an eye on Haruka, watching her profile to see if she is fine.
And eventually the sun is setting and so they stopped their horses.
When Sebastian is packing some of the things, "Sebastian." Haruka called out to him.
"What is it Haruka?" Sebastian said
"You don't need to worry about me." Haruka said it with a sad face "I'm fine, I know you were worrying about me."

"You are going to see your home after all these years, and it's not going to be happy visit, of course I would be worried." Sebastian said as he stroke Haruka's cheek "Just so that you remember I am always by your side." And he hugs her.

Nightfall....
Ciel and Haruka is already fast asleep, except for the three reapers, Ootori and Sebastian.
"Ootori-san there is something I would like to ask  you." Sebastian said
"Yes?"
"You know about her clan's history, so why all the trouble of bringing her back to her home clan?"
"Well it is something she needs to find out for herself, and I'm sure she wants to see it for herself, even if she is scared to know the truth. Stubborn and hardheaded just like her father." Ootori said the last words nostalgically

"You knew her father right?" William said
"Yes, we'd known each for a long time. Hmph, he's a wise man, but sometimes he can be stubborn and hardheaded, but he is a good man. I can still remember his face when Haruka was born, his usual calm face became stiff haha. When I visited them years ago she was still so young." Ootori said as he looked at the sleeping Haruka, nostalgically.

"Her mother the Sakura maiden. She was meant to be killed by him, right?" Sebastian said
"Yeah, but in the end he fell for her, and eventually she too fell for him, well they were hoping for that outcome."
"Huh?" Everyone's eyes are on Ootori
"Huuuhh you mean the clan were hoping that Haruka's parents would fell in love?" Grell said
"Why's that?" Ronald asked
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"It was so that Haruka could be born." Sebastian said and William had a serious face knowing the answer as well.
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"We've arrived." Ootori said and he dismount his horse and walks down a path into the forest, and so everyone follows him. As they go deeper into the forest they come across  an abandoned place.
"This...." Ciel stares at the abandoned place where the Yukimura clan used to lived.
"Huuuhhh what is this? This place has no style at all!" Grell complained

"It was beautiful." Haruka said as she remembers her joyful-past with her parents.

"Soo where should we start looking?" Ronald ask as he looks around
"Well let's just search the whole ground, and if we don't find anything until sunset, let's just continue tomorrow." William said
"That's a good idea, well then let's start looking." Ciel said
And so they begin to search the whole place.
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"Maaaann! We didn't find anything." Ronald complained sitting on the ground "Even William didn't find anything!"
"Sebastian anything?" Ciel asked
"I'm afraid I'm unable to find anything, it would seem there is nothing left here that can help us find out more about The    Yukimura clan."
"By the way where is the little miss?" Grell asked
"Haruka? Where is she?"
"She must still be searching."

"Awww can't she see that it's useless. There's nothing left here." Grell said
"Hmph!" Ootori smirks
"W-what? Ah! Ootori are you saying you know all along that there is nothing here?!" Ciel said
"All of you had been searching for the wrong thing."
"Ootori-san what do you mean?" Sebastian asked

"What you need to find is not an object, but a person." Everyone's eyes went wide

Meanwhile....
In the forest Haruka is still wandering around even though it's almost getting dark

'I have to find something, anything that can help me understand, just what was my clan planning. What secrets are my parents hiding from me?'
Then Haruka accidentally stumbles into something.

"Huh? What is this?" She sees a square shape stone with some kind of switch on it, curious she push the button and stair case that leads underground opens.
'Should I go in? What about the rest? There's not much time to go back, I have to go alone.' And so she enters the tunnel herself, and the path closes behind her.

Back at the rest.....
"It's almost dark, Haruka still hasn't come back yet." Ciel said anxious
"I will go look for her young mas-"
"There's no need Sebastian." Ootori said
"What?! But it's almost dark and she's still out there!"

But Ootori didn't say anything but he gives them a confident and reassuring smile, stating that Haruka is fine.

In the tunnel....
'This tunnel seem to be here for a long time. I wonder where it leads to? I guess I should just follow it until I reach somewhere.'
As Haruka goes deeper into the tunnel, she eventually finds a door, hesitantly she opens the door, to reveal a room, the room is lit with some candles. In the room there's a tatami bed, a desk, a tea table, and some drawers.
Haruka looks around until a certain picture caught her eyes, on the desk there is a painting of her and her parents, Haruka looks at the picture in shock, then tears fills her eyes as she looks at the painting with her parents smiling happily.

"Do not move." Then something cold touches her neck, a blade "Put the painting down." She puts the painting down on the desk, she goes for her sword but is stopped by the blade that is pressured deeper on her neck "Do not think about it. Now turn around."
As she turns around, her eyes went wide when she sees the person in front of her.
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"Huh?"

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