One Hell of a Woman
A/N: This is my first Kuro fic, so I hope you like it and I hope the characters aren't too OOC, but Sebby kind of has to be.
Summary: When working on the Jack the Ripper case, Sebastian Michaelis, butler to the Earl Ciel Phantomhive, notices an oddly suspicious woman lurking about. Since he first saw her leaving the first crime scene they went to on the case, he sees here everywhere they go investigating. What's worse is that Ciel wants him to follow her and hire her to work at the mansion if she has the proper skills for protecting it.
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Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot and my OC (if you've read any of my FMA fic Bad Idea, it's the same OC). No OC stealing! I will, however, consider lending her to you upon request.
Chapter 1: His Butler, Suspicious (aka His Butler, Recruiting)
"Sebastian, about that woman that bumped into you at the crime scene…" Ciel started to say after they discussed the information the gathered on their first day on the Jack the Ripper case.
"Yes, my lord?" Sebastian, who was walking to the door, stopped and turned to his master, who was sitting in bed.
"There was something very peculiar about her…I want you to follow her. Find out if she has any special talent that could be used to protect the manor." Ciel said.
"But, Young Master, why would you want to employ her?" Sebastian questioned.
"There's something odd about her…I don't exactly know what it is yet, but I know she can be of use to me." Ciel said. "And if she does happen to have a dangerous secret, you can keep an eye on her and figure out what it is."
"I also noticed something…odd about her. Shall I do the investigating tomorrow?" Sebastian asked.
"No, do it now. You may have other tasks tomorrow." Ciel said in a firm, authoritative tone.
"Very well, Young Master. I shall return shortly." Sebastian bowed and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.
With that, Sebastian set out to find the mysterious woman, whose hair was blood red as if to hide the blood of her victims and whose eyes were such an icy shade of blue that they could be mistaken for white at first glance. He knew nothing of her, yet somehow he was slightly entranced by her beauty and that non-humanly air she had about her. He knew she wasn't human, but even he didn't know what she really is, thus further intriguing him.
When he finally found her, he hid on the roof of a nearby building, watching over the scene before him. She was in a fight with some unimportant (Sebastian thought) man, but the way she fought, the way she moved was like that of a demon. The man was soon released and ran screaming and crying down the street.
"Humans are such pathetic, weak creatures, wouldn't you agree, butler?" The mysterious woman said, not looking up in Sebastian's direction, but he knew she was talking to him.
"You have very impressive skills for a human..." Sebastian started. He jumped off the roof and walked towards her. "But then again you aren't really human, are you miss...?" he finished.
She smirked. "Such formality, you must've been working with them for far too long."
"I am not what I once was or who I once was. As long as my master holds the contract, I am his loyal servant and shall act as such." He said.
"So why are you here, butler? I didn't drop anything earlier, and I'm sure as hell not going to apologize again." She asked, brushing off his comments as if it were beneath her.
"It appears that you have the skills that I'm looking for." Sebastian said with a slight smile.
"Sorry, but I'm busy, maybe some other time." She said, and walked towards a nearby house.
Sebastian quickly and effortlessly moved in front of her.
"If you don't mind, I'd rather not get into another fight right now." She said.
"I must not be making my intentions clear. I'm here to offer you a job." He said.
"This is really not helping your argument, but fine, what kind of job is it?" she said, crossing her arms and raising her eyebrow.
"The young master needs another maid. He will pay you anything you'd like, but in return your job is permanent and you protect the Phantomhive Manor and the Young Master." He said in his most convincing tone.
She laughed. "You've got to be kidding me with this bullshit. Some kid wants to hire me, after seeing me once on the street, and he wants me to be a maid?" she laughed harder at the thought of it.
"My lady, please watch your language." Sebastian said with a sigh. "You don't have to be good at your job, you can be terrible at it, it doesn't matter which. What's important is that you can protect the manor and the young master."
"The name's Ali, and I don't clean or work for humans." She said.
"Such a beautiful name. It's quite fitting." He said with a smile. "And I assure you, the young master will pay you whatever you want."
"Butler, for future reference, flattery gets you nowhere, at least not with me, and what I want is off limits, so my answer is still no." Ali said.
"Maybe it's not as 'off limits' as you think." Sebastian said with a seductive smirk that would make any human woman melt.
"Do you even know what I am?" She said with a slight chuckle.
"You're certainly not human, and somehow you seem to know what I am, and you can't be a demon, but even I can't sense what you are." He said, rather intrigued by her.
Ali smirked. "Honestly, what kind of demon can't sense his own kind? Although I'm not like the average demon, I still am one."
"Really?" For the first time ever Sebastian Michaelis was dumbfounded. "And how exactly is it that I cannot sense it?"
"Maybe you overestimate your abilities." She said. "Whatever the reason, I don't care. I'm running late, so move." She frowned.
He took a few steps closer to her, closing the gap between them. "Won't you even consider the job? Even without the young master's soul, there are plenty of other souls you can have." He said with an almost sad-puppy look, and put a hand on her shoulder.
"As I told you before," She started, removing his hand as if disgusted by him. "I don't work for humans. I would rather work for a shinegami than one of those lowlifes."
"If I may ask, my lady, why do you hate humans so much?"
"It's not that I hate them, they're just arrogant, pathetic little creatures that burden us all." She said, and then an angry expression suddenly appeared on her face. "And some of them exist only to kill us." She added.
"I see, so you've had personal experience with the so-called 'demon hunters'." Sebastian said as if he had figured her out completely, though he knew he hadn't even gotten anywhere close to actually doing so.
"Well, it was fun chatting with you, but I'm late for something." She finally got sick of talking to him and pushed him out of her way.
Before Ali could leave, he grabbed her wrist.
"I understand your feelings towards humans, but I assure you that the Young Master is not like that. He doesn't care what you are or if you take human souls, as long as you do not get in the way of any investigations and you only take the souls he allows you to." He said, not taking no for an answer.
She yanked her arm away. "Listen, Butler, I don't give a damn what your master is like. I'm not working for him, and unless you want to be hurt, you should stop talking about it." She almost growled.
Before Sebastian could respond, he heard the faint sound of a woman screaming. They both looked in the direction of the scream.
"Damn, I missed it." Ali mumbled. She turned to him and sighed. "I guess you'll have to do for now."
He looked at her questioningly. "What for?"
"I can't tell you here, but if you move and follow me, I will." She said, glancing around, but not turning her head.
"I will if you take the job." He said with a smirk.
"Fine, whatever, but keep quiet." She said. "And you better not complain." She added, rolling her eyes.
He moved aside, allowing her to pass, and followed her to a dark house in what appeared to be the middle of nowhere.