Ciel and Sebastian approached a gruff looking man. Supposedly, the man was running a human trafficking ring through his boat. It had only taken a few flashes of money to convince people to give them what they needed to get onto the boat. Once they had confirmed that there were girls being sold, Sebastian was to take out the humans and the girls would be taken care of accordingly.
"Ah, young Mr. Phantomhime. I think you'll be impressed by the selection. I only deal in pure-breeds after all," the man said as he led them onto the boat.
Strange way to refer to girls, Sebastian thought as he followed his master.
"Just show me the product, old man," Ciel said as the man led them to a set of double doors.
The man threw open the doors to reveal a large warehouse type space with several rows of glass cages. Eyes glowed at them from the cages.
Sebastian was fascinated as he realized what they were looking at. "These girls are not human, master." Sebastian studied their glowing eyes and the furry ears atop their heads as he walked past the cages.
"Obviously not," Ciel muttered, shifting nervously under the stare of the glowing eyes.
"Of course not, sir. I deal in pure-bred Nekos," the old man said indignantly.
A Neko with long wavy black hair with purple streaks, with matching black, purple striped ears, and purple eyes caught Sebastian's attention.
She blinked up at him with large doe eyes set in a heart shaped face. She was wearing a black dress with purple bows down the front to match her hair and ears.
Sebastian crouched in front of the cage and clicked his tongue, making the Neko rub her cheek against the glass as she blinked at him. "Master, perhaps we could take one?"
"I am not feeding your cat obsession. Besides you know I'm allergic," Ciel snapped.
"Actually, Nekos are hypoallergenic. They don't affect people who are allergic to normal cats," the old man cut in.
Sebastian smirked and straightened. "That settles it then. You have no reason to deny her."
Ciel grumbled and turned away. "Very well, you may have your cat but I will not pay for such a thing."
"How much for this one?" Sebastian asked as the black and purple Neko continued to rub against her cage and purr.
"That one's a purebred Russian, never been bred, I'll let her go for 20,000."
Sebastian handed over the money without hesitation, and the man walked to the door of the cage.
The Neko mewled in fear and cowered away from the man as he opened the cage. When he reached for her, she swiped at him with her dainty black claws. Sebastian grabbed the old man's wrist when he moved to strike the Neko and the old man shrugged before walking away. "She's your problem now."
As soon as the man was gone she blinked up at Sebastian shyly, her smile showing off an adorable set of fangs. She crawled out of her cage and threw her arms around his waist. "Thank you master," she purred as she rubbed her face against his chest.
Sebastian rubbed one of her ears between his fingers with a grin. Finally, a non-human companion that didn't slobber and breathe fire. "What is your name, little one?"
The Neko blinked up at him as she tilted her head to the side. "You haven't given me one."
He continued to rub her ears absently as he studied her bright purple eyes. "Amethyst seems fitting."
"Come along Sebastian, You've got your cat, now let's go. This has been a huge waste of time," Ciel yelled.
His loud voice startled the little Neko and suddenly her dress pooled on the ground as a knee high black and purple cat with purple tufts on the ends of her ears and tail appeared. She leapt up and Sebastian gladly held the larger than average cat as he followed his master.
Ciel blinked at the strange looking cat when Sebastian approached. "So that's what demon cats look like." Ciel reached out to scratch the cat's ears, but Sebastian stepped out of reach, cradling the Neko possessively. "Don't worry Sebastian, I have no intention of taking your cat. Who ever heard of a demon who was so obsessed with cats?"
When they reached the carriage, Sebastian placed the cat demon beside him on the driver's bench and drove his master back to the Phantomhime estate. "I'll need to get you a collar," he muttered as the large cat rubbed against his hip. Upon arrival, Sebastian helped Ciel out of the carriage before retrieving his new companion.
"I don't think I've ever seen you looking so soft, it's slightly amusing," Ciel snickered before walking inside.
The other staff members came out to greet them and were fascinated by the strange cat-like creature in Sebastian's arms. Before he could pull away, the Neko hopped from his arms and turned human, standing completely nude in front of the three servants.
Finny fainted, Bard quickly turned his back, and Meiren's nose was bleeding.
"Turn back," Sebastian demanded as a burning feeling swarmed in his chest.
Amethyst turned to blink at him for a moment before she became the cat once more and hopped into his arms.
Then Pluto came running around the corner as a silver haired, naked male. "Cat," the demon dog cried as it rushed toward them.
Amethyst dug her claws into Sebastian's arm as she hissed at the dog.
"Sit, Pluto." Sebastian growled making the demon dog skid to a stop and drop to do as he was commanded. Before anything else could happen, Sebastian rushed to his room, leaving the others dumb-struck. He pushed the door closed before placing the Neko on his bed.
She turned human once more, sitting on her knees with her hands in front of her on the bed, the position pushing her perky breasts forward. Now that she wasn't wearing the dress he could see the long tail with the purple tuft on the end swishing back and forth. "Are you angry with me master?" She asked as she tilted her head. Seeing her on his bed, completely naked, called to his demon side in a way that he was having difficulty ignoring.
I need to do a bit of research on cat demons if I'm going to keep her around. Sebastian reached out and scratched the top of her head. "No, Amethyst, I'm not angry with you. However, you cannot walk around like this in front of the other servants, it isn't proper."
"Looking human isn't proper?" she wondered, trying to understand what her master wanted of her.
"I meant without clothing," he amended.
"Oh, I have no clothes…" she muttered as she bit her lip.
The action was irritably arousing, and Sebastian quickly pulled her lower lip free from her teeth. "I will take care of it. Don't leave this room. I must put my young master to bed, and I will return with clothing for you." He rubbed her chin with his thumb for a moment, fascinated by the softness of her skin. With a sigh, he walked away from his new kitten to take care of his duties.
Amethyst rolled over on to her back as soon as the door closed. Rubbing her face against the sheets and she enjoyed her new master's scent. He smelled much better than human men normally did. She returned to her cat form as she burrowed between his pillows where the scent was strongest. She licked her paw and began cleaning herself as she waited for her master to return. When the door opened she froze.
"Amethyst?" Her master called.
Amethyst popped up between the pillows and mewled happily.
Her master was hanging several dresses in the closet. He glanced back at her with a soft smile. "Which form do you prefer to sleep in?" He asked curiously.
Amethyst became human so that she could answer him. "Whatever my master would prefer."
Her master cringed and she lowered her ears at the negative reaction. He stared at her for a moment, his red eyes taking on a bit of a pink hue. "I would prefer for you to call me Sebastian from now on. Also, I want you to be comfortable. Which form are you more comfortable in?"
Amethyst tilted her head and swished her tail. "This one," she finally decided.
Sebastian nodded and pulled out a shift for her to sleep in. "I'll have to get custom clothes to accommodate your tail, but this will do for now."
Amethyst accepted the shift gratefully and slipped it over her head. She smiled up at Sebastian who nodded in approval.
He unbuttoned his tail coat and removed it as Amethyst watched her master in fascination. He removed his tie, gloves, and undershirt and folded them all carefully before placing them on the chair beside the nightstand.
Amethyst scooted to the other side of the large bed when he sat on the bed, and waited until her master had settled before she crawled over to lean her cheek against his arm.
Her master studied her with his beautiful red eyes for a moment before he reached up to scratch her ears, making her purr in contentment.
Sebastian was certainly enjoying his new pet. Amethyst had changed position to curl up in a ball with her head on his stomach. He had a book in his left hand, and his right hand buried in her hair, scratching her scalp and ears absently as she purred. Her tail was wrapped around his thigh, extremely close to another extremity that he was trying not to contemplate. It was nice to have a warm body pressed to his side after spending so long alone in the Phantomhime manor. Who knew a demon could get lonely. He chuckled at his own thought.
A sandpaper tongue ran along his side, sending a shiver of lust down Sebastian's spine. I didn't know their tongues were textured in their human form. He thought as his fingers twisted in her hair roughly.
She stopped licking him and her ears flattened. "Did I hurt you?"
Sebastian laughed at the absurdity and loosened his grip on her hair. "No, little one, I simply wasn't expecting your tongue to be textured like a cat's in this form."
"Oh, I think all my species is like that," she said softly as she nuzzled him.
He sighed and rubbed one of her ears between his fingers. "I'll keep that in mind." He let himself inhale her scent as he laid there with her. It was closer to feline than human, with a citrus undertone. Lovely. He smiled when her breathing evened out and went back to reading his book while his kitten slept.