MWAHAHA! I'M BACK! (not that I ever really left… considering I updated this consecutively with the end of the last story)

If you haven't read the first story "The Butler and the Maid", then I suggest you do so before starting this fic, otherwise you will be very confused. Lol. Yes, very confused. You can find a link to it on my profile, so please click there for it. :D

For those of you who are returning readers, welcome back! And welcome to the next phase in Sebastian and Anna's hectic lives as Phantomhive servants! Especially when there is a new addition to their family too. :D

OKAY, so to get on with the plot, this story takes place one year after the events of "The Butler and the Maid", and it includes major crossovers with the events of Kuroshitsuji II, therefore the familiar characters of Alois Trancy and Claude Faustus will play a huge role in this story. HOWEVER, I will warn you that thought some events will play out like the events of Kuroshitsuji II, the results will differ from that of the anime. That also said, don't forget that Ciel did not lose his memory or anything of the sort, so if there are inconsistencies with the anime, please don't point them out as they are evidently intentional for the purposes of the plot.

SO, I hope you enjoy this fanfiction, and I hope you guys will enjoy the next chapter of the main characters' lives. :D

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Disclaimer: Kuroshitsuji & Kuroshitsuji II © Yana Toboso
Claimer: Everything else © me

Chapter One: New Beginnings

"… In conclusion, that is your schedule for today, Young Master," demonic butler Sebastian Michaelis concluded, "Any questions?"

Fourteen year old Ciel Phantomhive sighed tiresomely. "What about the mail?"

The black-clad butler offered a silver platter with about eight letters lined up on it. One particularly sealed envelope caught Ciel's eye: one with the crest of the Phantomhive family stamped into the wax seal.

"From Mother and Father…" he noted as he opened and proceeded to read the letter. It read as follows:

To our beloved Ciel;

We are well. We have just arrived in America, and our meeting with the Tyko Toy Company will be tomorrow as planned. Hopefully you and the others are all doing well. We are very assured that Sebastian and Anna are taking very good care of you, so we're not too worried about you. Rest assured, we will be back by December before your fifteenth birthday.

Love your parents,

Vincent and Rachel Phantomhive

"Their meeting with Tyko will proceed tomorrow as follows, and Funtom Company's expansion into the Americas will begin," Ciel announced with a grin. "If it's Father, then expansion should be no problem."

Sebastian smiled. "Did they mention when they would return?" he asked curiously.

"Before my birthday was all they said," the young earl responded. "Is there anything from the Queen?"

"Not today, Young Master," the butler said with a courteous bow.

"Where's Anna?" Ciel noted, noticing the angel maid's absence.

Sebastian tilted his head. "Well, if I'm correct, she should be busy right now taking care of-"

"DADDY! DADDY! DADDY!" a child's voice shouted before a young toddler burst into the study, his short black hair a tousled mop on his head. His azure eyes sparkled at the sight of his father.

"Tristan James Michaelis," Sebastian began in a half-teasing, half-scolding tone, "haven't I told you before not to run away from your mother?"

The half-angel, half-demon child hugged his father's leg affectionately, and Sebastian picked him up, holding him in his arms.

"I'm still surprised that he's already physically grown so much despite being only a year old," Ciel commented, raising an eyebrow.

Sebastian chuckled, "Well, he is an angel-demon hybrid, after all. Not to mention he is my son."

"Ahhh… sorry Ciel," a gentle female voice called from the open doorway before Ciel's ancestor angel Annabelle Marie Phantomhive –recently, Annabelle Michaelis, entered Ciel's study.

Her long silver hair was a mess, and fatigue shone in her light azure eyes. She curtseyed politely to Ciel.

"Mommy!" Tristan called, extending tiny hands out towards her.

She sighed heavily, "First you run away from me, and now you want me? Ah geez, I'm exhausted."

"Perhaps you need a break," Sebastian suggested with a smile, handing over Tristan to her. "But I sense that there is more that you bring this morning other than some mild amusement?"

She glared, setting Tristan down onto the ground, kneeling down to her son's eye level. "Now why don't you run off now, Tristan?" she insisted, "Go outside and play with Pluto, alright? Or you can go play with Fang and Kylee."

After her and Sebastian's son ran off, Anna shut the Study doors, pulling out another letter before placing it on Ciel's table. "This letter came in through special delivery," she informed seriously as she fixed her messy hair, "it's from the Trancy Estate."

Ciel raised an eyebrow. "The Trancy Estate?" he repeated in curiosity. "Sebastian, what do you know about them?"

"Like the Phantomhive family is widely known as the Queen's Watchdog," the butler began, "there is another family that deals with the disposal of the Queen's enemies; the Queen's Spider."

He looked intrigued. "'The Queen's Spider'?" he repeated. "Never heard of them."

Sebastian glared suspiciously at the letter. "Annabelle, is it just me, or do you sense a faint demonic aura embedded in that letter?" he inquired.

"Yeah," she agreed bitterly. "I've a bad feeling about this…"

Meanwhile, Ciel opened the letter and read through it while the two servants remained silent. Soon enough he put it down, smirking. "We've been invited to a ball hosted by Earl Alois Trancy held at the Trancy Estate in a few nights. Interesting. Will we discover another demon butler?"

"Oh Ciel, I know this isn't my position as a maid to say so," Anna began worriedly, "but I think this is a really, really bad idea."

His evil grin widened. "Oh, but I can think of nothing more fun," he responded. "Plus, what are the chances we would find another butler as able as Sebastian?"

Well, I hoped you guys liked this sort-of intro chapter to this fic. If there are any flaws so far please tell me so I can hopefully fix them in the future (if they're fixable like that), or just please review to give me any suggestions or advice on how to improve my writing.

As an important note, updates will be much slower than they used to be *GASP* because I'm starting university, like… now. -.-" Thus, my time will be devoured by university and I will only be most likely be able to work on this fic during the holidays when I'm NOT studying and doing homework…

I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but I'm sure you guys will understand how much time university (or school in general) takes up in a fanfiction writer's life.

So until the next update, I wish you all the best in school/university and in life!

EDIT: Oh yeah, another thing. If any of you readers happen to be a beta-reader as well, please let me know! I'm kinda interested in getting a beta reader for this story in particular (though it will be true that I won't be updating for a while), but I'm not exactly sure how to get one that would be willing to help out with a SebastianxOC one.
So with that said, if any of you are a beta reader (or at least know one that might be interested in beta-reading this fic for me (not to mention have patience with the slow updates), then please let me know! Thanks!

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