Hide & Seek
I just want to add that this is my first Kuroshitsuji story and there will be major hints of Ciel & Sebastian. (:
"Time to retire for the night, Young Master" a familiar and deep voice spoke softly across the room as he walked towards the desk placed in front of a decorative chair, sat on it was Ciel, finishing what was left of his work, after which he stood up lazily and made his way around the desk.
"Yes, Sebastian" Ciel walked past the demonic butler and straight towards the door, instantly Sebastian was worried by how little he had said before leaving, of course he wasn't really one for talking about his day before dusk, but he at least said a couple more things, even if it was rude or tormenting things towards Sebastian.
"Young Master?" He interrupted before Ciel left the room, the pale looking child turned and gazed back at his butler.
"What?" He replied, unhappily.
"Is something wrong?" He asked, a little worried. To him, Ciel looked pale, paler than usual and his eyes were a little foggy… maybe he was sick?
"No, I'm fine"
"Well, Excuse my rudeness, but you don't look it, Young Master" Sebastian replied.
Ciel sighed and continued passing through the door, finishing with "Hurry up Sebastian, I'm tired"
Much further along the corridor, they arrived at Ciel's room, the young child was first inside with Sebastian following suite, he then went over to the wardrobe and selected one of Ciel's many nightgowns whilst Ciel himself sat in wait on the bed, looking out through the window into the pure darkness.
He allowed Sebastian to undress him as he usually did but remained silent throughout, much to Sebastian's displeasure. The butler stood up and looked back down upon what he once called 'his prey, his meal'. "Young Master, I really want to know what is wrong. This isn't like you at all to be so quiet and spaced out for such a long amount of time"
"Like I said before, Sebastian. I am perfectly fine" Ciel replied, sounding less convincing than before in Sebastian's point of view. He watched as his master jumped up from his bed and made his way over to the window. Watching as the rain pelted the window and as the thunder frighteningly made its way closer to the mansion. Ciel shivered a little, having a little fear of the disastrous weather.
He turned away from the window and allowed Sebastian to close the curtains which did no help muting the thunder from his ears.
"Will you be alright tonight, Young Master?" Sebastian pestered again, knowing that he wasn't going to get the answer he was looking for.
"Yes" He hissed harshly in reply "I'll be fine Sebastian" He paused and sat back down on the bed, remaining silent as he wrapped himself within the thick, soft covers of his bed and allowed Sebastian to tuck him in safely.
"Well, Goodnight… Young Master" Sebastian replied, walking around the bed to the side table and collecting the candle holder that lit the room so dimly. With a final soft smirk towards his master's sleeping face, he left the room knowing he was probably okay.
It didn't take long for Ciel to be sound asleep that evening, but not for long.
Many hours later on into the night, the wind was still howling and the thunder was hard at work, scaring the lives of innocent people, like God opening the heavens for earths viewing.
Ciel was in a very deep sleep, he was currently dreaming of a familiar place, somewhere he had been to before but not at this time of the night, he didn't dare venture off without Sebastian at this hour, especially somewhere to where he currently was, alone in a dark, misty wood.
"A dream?" He said to himself, looking around he appeared to be somewhere in the distant woods from his mansion. Everything was clouded with fog and depression. It was eerily silent and somewhat scary, especially when your demon butler wasn't around.
He walked forward and could even feel the cold twigs and stones dig into his feet as he pressed on through the wood. He carefully looked around and kept focus on one goal, to find out why he was here, in such a dark and meaningless place.
He double checked ahead of him when he noticed a shadowed figure walk towards him, he felt the need to stop and hide, but didn't bother in case it was someone he knew.
He had hopes that it was in fact Sebastian who was coming towards him, but then the figure would be much bigger... this shadow was only just a little taller than him. But he couldn't think of whom it may have been, who on earth would he want to see in this sort of place. A set-up? No… not in a dream, no one can manipulate your own sense of creativity and imagination, not even the demons could tread in such places of wonder.
"Who's there?" Ciel called out, stern and boldly, as he wanted to hide his fear of who it may be. A distinctive and echoing laugh cried out through the woods and even made the tree's shake with fear. The shadow continued its course towards Ciel, which in turn made him think much harder about whether he should run or stay.
"Go ahead... run away from me. Fear me and hate me, Ciel Phantomhive" He spoke mockingly, like he could already interpret Ciel's fears and thoughts. But that voice, the sound of it was so annoyingly familiar, it was light but demonic. Just hearing it made Ceils blood boil and his soul shiver with fear.
As the shadow came to be, Ciel's gaze fixed and harshly upon his target, Alois Trancy. He realized why he may have been in this weak and depriving world."Well?" Alois pestered, smirking with a quick lick of his lips.
Ciel stood motionless and stared at him with vengeful eyes.
"Guess you're not that much of a coward as I thought you were" He added, continuing to smirk and toy around with Ciel.
But Ciel remained silent and strong, expecting Alois to understand at some point that Ciel was looking for answers.
"I see, the silent treatment?" He huffed "Well, you probably don't want to hear why I'm here then, do you… Ciel?" He turned away, proving that he'd easily walk away if Ciel continued to appear unfazed by his appearance… but it just made the situation seem more and more like a set up, like Alois was leading him on.
Ciel was somewhat interested by his choice of words as he thought it, his face lit up quickly which Alois was quick to notice. He knew this was too good to be true, but he couldn't help but know that this was definitely a set-up. Alois was pretty much just asking to be murdered just standing there in front of the angry Earl.
"Got your attention now haven't I?" He licked his lips again, an unusual and disturbing habit for a fourteen year old boy. "Very well, I'll tell you something" He turned back around and faced Ciel, gazing back at his soft and pale face.
Ciel remained ominous and interested, he tried not to make himself seem too interested though, this boy didn't deserve his attention, but he was willing to forgo that will for now.
"You know where we are right?" He paused and watched as Ciel nodded in reply of his question, Alois hummed to himself and continued "Well… if you can find me, I'll let you fight me. No butlers or weapons. A fight to the death in these very woods…"
Ciel was even more interested by the thought of that idea… but still, there was the issue of trust. "How do I know you're not just stinging me along, Alois?" He finally spoke in turn, this made Alois very pleased and excited.
"So you can talk?" He teased; Ciel didn't lift his lips, not even curve or make any motion with them. "That all depends on how much you want to kill me. It's your choice whether you come or not… but think of this as a one off opportunity. I'm willing to do this, but are you?" He added, turning his back once again and hurrying away into the depths of the fog.
"Wait!" Ciel cried out, running towards him… but no matter how quick he ran he couldn't keep up. The shadow got smaller and smaller.
"Until we meet again, Goodbye Ciel Phantomhive"
Suddenly the world turned black and everything disappeared.
He continued to fall down through the bottomless dream until the feeling and pressure of it caused him to startle awake back in his room, which was every so often lit by the petrifying lightning from outside.
He sat up in his bed, panting ever so softly and wiping away any sweat that had come about during his ecstatic dream with Alois. Immediately after thinking so, his mind was made up, whether Alois would be around or not he made haste out of his bed, placing the eye patch over his eye and placing a simple pair of his shoes on.
Without making a sound, he left his room and closed the door ever so gently as to not alert Sebastian, he wasn't going to allow Sebastian to be around this fight, this was something between him and Alois. And when he would have his revenge, that demon would finally get his Soul. He was placing every bit of hope on Alois meeting him in the woods, but even if this was a set up he could easily summon Sebastian and that's everything settled, not that he would be happy with all of this.
He carefully ran down the long corridor up towards the grand stairs in his hall, he tip-toed the rest of the way towards the door and after silently unlocking it he made his way outside, carefully locking the door again. Upon looking to his gardens, he just then realized about the harsh and frightening weather.
The rain was hitting the ground hard and the monstrous sounds of the wind still shook and made even the strongest tree's quiver. He still couldn't believe what he was doing… he stood for a moment, thinking about this situation more carefully. What Alois had said in the dream was getting to him, about how this opportunity was a one off and it certainly was an offer he couldn't refuse… so after much deliberation and thought, his mind was made up and he set of into the forest, not knowing what he may run into…
Only a few minutes later was Sebastian on his regular patrol of the house. Every night he'd check every room and make sure everything was spotless and tidy, as well as checking up on Ciel.
As he approached the young Earl's room, he began to feel a little nervous and worried… he thought that maybe it was just how quiet things were but even that shouldn't have shook his emotions, he knew it was always this quiet, so why tonight did everything feel different and nauseating. He knew Ciel was quiet and strangely different before he went to bed… but even so, he was undoubtedly asleep at this time so there was nothing for Sebastian to worry about for now.
He placed one of his silk-gloved hands on the door handle and quietly opened it, much to his nightmarish thoughts, Ciel was gone.
Oh my god. I absolutely love Kuroshitsuji (: Reviews anyone?