AN: Hello! I hope ya'll are doing well. Okay, before you start reading I just want mention somthing: instead of Elizabeth, it's Helenora Knightingale (she's just like Lizzy but with a different name and her eyes are a different color), she and the Lu are twins and polar opposites (but they love each like sisters should).
All this is just some fun dialogue, I'm gonna rewrite it later...maybe. The rest of the story is written better then this, so, keep reading, keep reading! ^_^
(Even though none of them come in until the next chapter) Disclaimer: I don't not own Kuroshitsuji or any of the characters other than my OC's.
Prologue
Yona sits on the porch one late afternoon in autumn with her youngest daughter Lucetta.
"Mother," Helenora - Lu's blonde twin - calls, "Rolette is back, and she has someone with her."
"Oh?" Yona looks up from brushing Lucetta's long black hair and raises an eyebrow at the tall dark haired woman and the hooded stranger riding up.
"Hey!" Rolette yells dismounting, "Please, tell me there's food to be had!"
"Maybe," she smiles slyly, "who's your friend?"
"This is Strider," Roe answers as the young man dismounts, "Strider, this is Countess Knightingale."
The boy steps forward and bows; Yona can't help but notice the hostility burning in his dark indigo eyes.
Rolling her eyes Lucetta goes inside her mother right behind, "Why'd you bring him here?"
"Well," Roe shrugs stepping inside, Strider follows, "I thought that maybe-"
"He'd be a good bodyguard for Lu," Yona interprets coolly.
"Um, yes."
"Mm hmm," shaking her head the willowy brunette places a hand on her child's shoulder, "What do you think sweetie?"
"He's a half-elf, what use is he to me?" The twelve-year-old answers coldly, getting an angry glare from the newcomer.
Roe crouches to be level with the girl; her long legs giving her the appearance of a spider. "You're a scary kid ya' know that? I don't even know why you need a guard, but your mom says so," stretching to her full height she regards Yona, "I'm fairly sure he'll behave."
"I don't know," Yona says, "He seems like he's going to bite someone."
"That husband of yours always 'seems like he's gonna bite someone'!" Rolette protests growing irritated.
"He does bite someone," Yona grins wickedly.
"I didn't need to know that," Roe puts a hand to her face.
Turning to Strider, Yona asks, "Do you want to work for us?"
"Maybe," he replies slowly, "as long as that brat keeps her racist remarks to herself."
"I was pointing out a fact," Lu interjects without emotion, "all we know about you is that you're a half-elf, you don't like being here, and you probably come from a bad home." Strider's eye spewed hatred.
"What is your background?" Yona asks putting Lucetta a bit behind her.
"It's a long, hard, sad one with lots of rape, violence and killing," Strider answers sarcastically, which wins him a smack on the back of his head from Rolette.
"Sorry, but, what he said is true-"
"Then why did you hit me?"
"You shouldn't have been saying it in front of a twelve-year-old!"
"Who doesn't look like she gives a care!"
"That's beside the point, you shouldn't have said it," this time Yona berated him.
With a snarl the half-elf walks back outside.
"He also takes a little warming up to, too," Roe says a bit sheepishly.
"A little?" Yona asks, a soft hiss in her voice, "and you want someone like that watching my daughter?"
"Yona, I wouldn't suggest it if I thought for one second he'd hurt one of your kids. You'll just have to trust me when I say he's a good kid, he just needs a lot of work."
"You mean a complete over haul!" Now her voice was a hiss.
Roe levels her sapphire eyes with Yona's violet ones – which means she looks down at the shorter woman. "Then put him to the test."
"What?"
"You heard me, give him something to do, as a trial of sorts. That is if you haven't run him off already."
With a growl that could rival any enraged lioness Yona consents, "Fine, go get him."
A short while later Rolette drags Strider back in, "Found him, now let's try this again, Yona?"
Nodding Yona asks, "How old are you?"
"Twenty," he answers.
Another nod, "What kind of training have you received?"
"When I was eight I began training to be an assassin in the Ivory Fang, at sixteen I somehow ended up with traveling Roe."
"Uh-huh," Yona mumbles, "criminal background."
"You shoot people just 'cause they look at you funny!" Roe protests.
"Oh, you're right, I do, don't I?" Yona says placing a hand in the pocket of her dress.
"Please, save shooting me until after this," The older woman says tiredly.
Pouting Yona leaves her gun where it is, "Fine."
"Is there even a point to this?" Asks a bored Lucetta.
"Hmm? Oh, yes, there is," Yona nods again, "Well, as you may have noticed, my daughter is a bit different, erm, she has rather strong magic flowing through her, though she has little control over it right now."
"And?" Strider prompts.
"And, other parties of ill intent want to take this power from her, that's where you come in."
"'Other parties'?"
Yona smiles and counts a few off, "necromancers, witches, wizards, evil spirits, archdemons, shadows, and etcetera, etcetera, you get the idea."
The half-elf's eyes widen, "You're insane!" He shouts.
"I am yes, thank you for noticing."
Strider glares a Rolette, "And you think getting killed is a good job for me?"
"She was kidding 'bout the archdemons, and you have those spirit swords you, ahem, 'found'," Roe says grinning.
"Why doesn't she make you do it?"
"'Cause I refused and I don't have time, plus there's the fact that you will be paid, and I am the unpaid help."
"So," Yona cuts in, "as I was saying, there happens to be a shadow that's been hanging around the grounds for the past few days, if you'd be a dear and go hunt it down the jobs yours."
"You're all crazy," Strider mummers, but he goes anyways.
A short while later he returns and informs the Countess the problem has been dealt with.
"Well?" Roe asks later that evening after supper.
"Well what?" Yona asks innocently.
"How did he do? You didn't say anything when he came back earlier."
"Oh, that, well, I was a little disappointed that I was proven wrong."
"Mm hmm, it happens."
Yona sighs, "Fine, I think he'll do a good job too."
Rolette smiles, "Good."
"But, if he screws up even once, you'll both pay dearly for it!" Yona says indignantly.
Roe laughs, "I'd expect nothing less." She stands and stretches, "Well, I best be off."
"Leaving already?"
"Yeah, I-"
"What?" Strider exclaims coming inside. "You're leaving me alone with these people?"
"You'll be fine."
"No I won't!"
Yes, you will," Rolette says firmly, ruffling Strider's shaggy brown hair as she walks past him and out the door.
"I'm gonna die," he mumbles miserably.
Yona smiles at him, "I promise you, it's not as hard as it looks to be Lucetta's bodyguard."
Strider gives her a suspicious look – to which she smiles wider – before running outside after Roe. He can't convince her to stay, or to take him with her – even when he promises to be good and not fight with her. So, Rolette leaves. Strider becomes Lucetta's bodyguard. And Yona hasn't killed them…yet.
End of Prologue
AN: Well that was fun, um, I hope you got to know the characters a little better (if not I'm sorry, I did try my best though). Flames are welcome if you feel the need, I will also take suggestions on how to improve my story if you have any, thank you for reading, please leave a review. – Esmeralda
P.S. Also, if you find any spelling errors let me know, thanks. ^^