Kuroshitsuji III

by: DUke Aster Williams

Disclaimer: I do not own anything except for my character (Earl Barrett F. Lockwood and Johann Weyer) and this plot. No Beta. SYOC. Closed.

Dear Reader,

Thank you all who have submitted. I, DUke Aster Williams, am so happy to see that many people are interested in this story. I love all the characters that have been submitted so far. I hope to have all of you review on both your thoughts and how your characters respond to each chapter, it will help me get a view on their character development and get to know them better.

Oh, and cookies are on the table for any who would like one.

~DUke Aster Williams and Earl Barrett F. Lockwood.

NOTE: SYOC is closed.

Chapter One: A Butler's Beginnings

-Middle of the Forest-

Sebastian Michaelis walked through the forest with his young master in front of him. The older demon frowned as he stared at the back of the boy's head; it has been only a year since the duel with Claude Faustus. Those were the times. Sebastian closed his eyes for a moment to think back of the glory days; it seemed like it was only yesterday that he had penetrated the spider demon in the chest with the demon sword. Watching the spider look up in shock of being defeated made Sebastian's lips curl down into an unusual frown, his happy mood was drained almost instantly. Because of that particular memory, Sebastian was reminded that he should have known better than to carelessly play into the Rose Demon's hands. The older demon took another glance at his maturing master; if Sebastian could, he would take everything back.

It had been years since Sebastian had the luxury of feasting on a human soul, something that he had taken for granted. Although he had been with his young master for no more than three years, Sebastian had not eaten for years prior to that. His hunger had gotten to the point that he has been thinking about defying his master and leaving his master to survive on his own, but the only thing that kept him from doing so was the eternal contract that they had made. Sebastian was a fool to have made such a strong contract that cannot be broken; he took a moment to swallow. How he wanted to have devoured such a pure soul when he had the chance to. After all such a pure soul like his young master's was rare, but now that his master is a demon his soul had been shattered into pieces never to be seen again.

"Sebastian!" a sharp voice snapped as Sebastian gave a small smile and looked at his young master. They were lost in the woods and have been walking for quite a long time; the young master must have been getting tired from all the walking. Despite how much stamina the young master now had, he was still vain and acted like he was still the Earl of the Phantomhive household.

"Yes my lord?" Sebastian responded as they both stopped in their tracks.

"Where in the bloody hell are we?" Ciel snapped as he glared up at his butler with piercing marble purple eyes.

"We are heading to a small cabin that is nearby, have patience my lord."

"Well, I don't have all bloody day. This place is disgusting; I want a bath drawn once we are there."

"Yes my lord," Sebastian smiled as his young master turned around and continued walking down the dirt path.

Only a few more minutes and Sebastian would be able to satisfy his hunger with a sweet supplement. He sighed, that is if his master was up for being bullied that night. Sebastian licked his lips as he thought of ravishing his young master after washing the master's body clean. He loved how smooth his master's skin was, also the fact that he can be as brutal as he wants to be since they were both demons who can tolerate a substantial amount of pain. The demon butler let his imagination run wild before his smile disappeared. For a second, his imagination had run across the idea of getting Ciel's human soul back.

Ha.

As if that could even be possible, once Ciel was turned into a demon his soul disappeared, but where do the souls go? Sebastian shook his head to get rid of such a ridiculous thought; Ciel's human soul was nowhere to be seen and Sebastian was stuck with a demon as a master.

-Earl Lockwood's Household-

A young man sat at his desk as he signed some paperwork and read documents. The young dark red headed man heard his door open and close before he decided to see who had disturbed him. In front of him a boy with dark blue hair and piercing dark blue eyes glared at him. Clad in a dark blue outfit and wielding a small black cane, the shattered soul held a strange calming aura around him. The man behind his desk leaned back into his chair and folded his hands in his laps before smirking. It has been a while since this particular lost soul wandered into his household and the young man that sat in the chair was pleased to see a new face when the soul appeared. The man in the chair pushed back his dark red locks of hair and stood up to walk over to the small soul. Running his finger along the soul's chin line, the man tilted the boy's head up.

"What a pleasure it is to see your beautiful face…Soul of Ciel Phantomhive."

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