Author's Note: Well, here I am writing a Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler fanfic. I hope you like it. This story is set in the future as in our time. I wanted to write something different. I hope I get this right. I'll try to keep the characters in character. Expect some randomness though. I'll try to update my other story soon. I'll try to keep the story canon as much as possible (if it can be done in the future that is). I haven't watched all episodes of Kuroshitsuji or read the manga completely.

Disclaimer: I don't own Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler or any of the characters (i.e 3 Sebastian Michaelis 3). I also don't own The Malediction by I am Ghost nor am I in any way affiliated with said musical artists.

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Create this beautiful
Memory of love
A dance with the dead.
It does exist.
We still remain
Black veil and cross
Cut away this mist and fog...
And follow your heart
Frozen past and tears from God
Kiss these nightmares; my enemy
Dark angel clouds
Thieves and the wicked
They do not make a sound...


I

There is darkness everywhere. The air hangs thick with the scent of blood and death. Shadows dance as the flames
burn brighter, reaching higher and farther as if attempting to touch the moonless night sky.

A few feet from the raging inferno, lies a figure lying in a pool of blood, unmoving, clothed in a dark cloak. Flickers of light from the fire reveal the face of a seemingly young woman. Her porcelain skin is smeared with blood. Her curly, blonde hair is too tinged with blood.

Her heart was still beating but only just barely. Her life was slowly slipping away from her before her very eyes. She would die soon, and reunite with her family who died before the fire began.

'No. I don't want to die. I can't die just yet.' Her mind screamed as her body was slowly dying. She was desperate. She had never felt such overwhelming emotions before that she felt the darkness begin to swallow her whole.

'Somebody please help me!' She tried to scream but no words came out. Fear coursed through her heart. Wasn't there anyone out there that could come to her aid?

She watched the darkness all around her, with her every breath she wished to be saved. Her blue-green eyes reflected sadness. She should be welcoming death with open arms, but instead she fought against it with all she had. She wanted nothing more than to live.

They say that when a person lies there with death looming in every corner waiting to take the soul, the person dying wishes to keep on living. It's a survival instinct that was burning brighter than the flames that engulfed her home, turning everything to ash.

"Do you want to live so badly that you're calling upon me to save you?" a voice said echoing in her mind. She looked above at a tree and saw a magnificent black crow staring down at her, its eyes glowing crimson. She knew she should be afraid but she was not.

"Who are you? What are you? Show yourself to me?" She managed to say but her words were barely above a whisper. Just as she spoke the crow flew off into the dark forest. Her gaze followed it until it was out of sight. A man appeared from the forest. He was tall and dressed from head to toe in black. He was ethereal. He had raven hair and red eyes. His eyes mesmerized her and they seemed to glow just as the crow's had. She then knew that the man was not human. There was a mysterious darkness emanating from him.

She knew she should be afraid of this man but she wasn't. "Please, help me." She said.

He smirked causing a chill to run down her spine. "Do you know that what you're asking for comes at a price? I'm a demon that devours human souls. If you want my help, then your body and soul will be mine to devour at the end of your life."

"Then take them. My body and soul are yours to do with whatever you desire. I just want to live long enough to find the man who murdered my family. I want to avenge my family. I have to." She said without preamble. At this point, she didn't care about anything else anymore. She just wanted revenge.

"Then I suppose we have a deal. In exchange for my help, your body and soul will be mine. But be warned, once the deal is made it cannot be broken. You will be bound to me until you die. You cannot run away from me even if you tried. I'll always find you. I'll be your shadow forever." He said smiling.

"I understand. And I accept the terms. My body and soul in exchange for your help. You will help me hunt down that man and destroy him, right?"

"Of course. It will be my pleasure." He said. "There is one more thing. You realize that when the time comes. The day I devour your soul. You will not go to heaven or hell. You will spend all eternity in darkness."

Before she could reply, another voice appeared as if out of nowhere and soon a boy appeared standing beside the man. "Will you stop wasting time and make the deal already." The boy had dark blue gray hair and a blue eye. His other eye was covered by an eye patch. He looked no older than thirteen years old but the look in his eye made him appear older as if he'd seen more than a child his age should see. The man looked down at the boy with a smirk. "As you wish, master."

Confusion poured through her. Than man had called the boy his master. How could it be? Was the boy a demon as well? Her confusion however was short-lived and soon she felt a sharp pain on her chest just over her heart. She cried out closing her eyes for a moment as the pain seared through her. What was happening to her? Why was she feeling pain? Then she looked up to see the man kneeling before her, his right hand was glowing and a mark appeared on it. It was a pentagram.

"This pentagram seals our little deal. You have one similar somewhere on your body, where ever you feel pain. It is part of our contract." He said.

She nodded as she placed her hand over her heart. She felt her eyes growing heavy. Her body was growing weak. She knew she would not die. She had bartered her soul so she could live although she didn't know if she could trust this man to keep true to their contract. For all she knew he could devour her without warning.

"What is your name?" She asked them as she was carried off from the ground by the man.

"I am Sebastian Michaelis and this is my master, Ciel Phantomhive." The man answered. She just nodded not really noting their names before her body was engulfed by darkness as the world turned black.

"She is unconscious, master. Shall we take our leave of this place? The authorities will be here soon to investigate and it's not in our interest to be discovered with this woman." Sebastian said.

Ciel looked thoughtful as he watched the flames begin to cease their destruction. The house stood but everything else was now ashes. Watching the scene made him remember the night when his own home had burned down. Of course he was remembering the second time when he had been reborn a demon not the first time when he'd made the contract with Sebastian. "Yes, let's go. Come Sebastian. There is much that needs to be done. It's almost dawn."

Sebastian nodded as he followed Ciel into the dark forest leaving no trace of their being in that place or of the woman's survival. Sebastian took one last look at the scene before disappearing into the shadows.

Fin

Author's Note: Okay, so tell me how was the first chapter of this fanfic? Great? Awful? I'd really like feedback in your reviews.