Chapter 1: His Butler, Identity

Ciel Phantomhive's eyes gazed into Sebastian's. The man, clad in black, stood right before his master's face, reading the fear that was clearly etched upon the young boy's face. Sebastian smirked as he lowered himself, about to feed on the young boy. However, there was something stopping him.

"Then...Young Master." Sebastian reclaimed his sturdy stance. "I think we should do this another time." Sebastian bent down and picked up the eye patch that he had removed.

"What are you-," Ciel could not continue. His eyes widened as he felt a force against his neck. The boy slumped over and fell to the ground, asleep.

Sebastian picked the boy up and then laid him across the bench. "Come out, come out, where ever you are." The butler's voice echoed throughout the broken hall. "You have disrupted me from my meal."

"I cannot let you feed off of him." A feminine voice spoke from the shadows. "He is my charge."

"Charge?" Sebastian smirked. "What does that make you? An angel perhaps?" He watched as the female stepped out from the shadows. "Oh, we have a delicacy here. A fallen." The butler's lips twisted into a rare smile. "I haven't seen one for a very, very long time."

"Let the boy go and get out of here demon." Her voice was sharp. And deadly. Sebastian noted her long, black tresses and her body, tightly covered in a black dress.

"And what will you do if I do not?"

The woman walked forward and then sighed. "I am very sorry, but I cannot let you kill this boy. I have made a contract and that contract binds me to this boy, and his soul. So, you see, I own the soul, therefore, he cannot bid it." Sebastian lifted an eyebrow as she walked past him and towards his former master.

"And why should I give him up to a fallen?"

"Do not forget demon that once you too were a fallen. You chose a path of evil, where as I..."

Sebastian cocked his head. "Where as you?"

She turned towards him. "Whatever I chose does not matter. My contract was made with Madam Red before she died, before she met that Shinigami." The last word was filled with enough venom to call over the red haired, flirtatious Shinigami. "It was right after she lost her child, and right before she killed her first victim as Jack the Ripper." The Fallen kneeled down in front of Ciel and opened his jacket up. Red stained the undershirt.

"Sebby-kun!" Screamed Greil. Sebastian cringed at the sound of a new pet name. "I missed you Sebby-kun!" Greil came running at Sebastain. As he was running, Sebastian tripped him and managed to knock him unconscious.

"Go on." He grinned at the Fallen.

The woman placed her hand over the wound and caused it to disappear. Ciel groaned in his sleep but continued to stay in his slumber. "She was screaming for the death of her little one...and her husband." The Fallen continued as she placed the jacket back over Ciel's body. "I came to her; I was still an angel at the time." The Fallen turned around and walked towards Sebastian. "I told her that her child and her husband were happy where they where...but she was not relieved." The woman took Sebastian's long, black jacket off, receiving a smirk from Sebastian. "She begged me to help her. I couldn't do it. She told me I had to. And when I asked her what, she asked me to protect Ciel Phantomhive as much as possible. His body, his mind...his soul."

"So what you mean is, since your contract came before mine...my contract with Ciel Phantomhive is void."

The Fallen nodded.

"What is your name?" The butler asked, kicking Greil again.

"Lailah."

"Well, Fallen Angel Lailah, what did you peg me for? I am a demon; I will not give up that soul."

"Are you sure about that, Sebastian Michaelis?" Lailah placed her hands over the demon's arms. "The amount of humanity you placed into this boy. Are you sure?"

"Do you know who you are talking to?"

"I know who you are Se-ba-stian Mi-chae-lis." The fallen angel started to heal the arm of the demon. "I have known for a long time, so I knew, as long as there was the contract, Ciel would be protected, so that is why I did not bother to come forward. Now that his soul is in danger, it is my job to come forward and tell you. Back off."

"I won't let this soul go."

"Why this soul. Why not any other?" Lailah stepped back to admire the work done on Sebastian's new arm. It was perfect, the way it had been before. Sebastian couldn't answer. "You know what, go ahead and feed on him. Let me see if you can do it." Lailah stepped back and allowed the old butler to bend down. Sebastian bent over to bite into the boy, but there was something stopping him. When this happened before, he assumed it was due to the fact that Lailah had been hiding in the shadows.

"Why can I not kill him?"

"Can you not see my dear demon?" Lailah laughed. Sebastian stood up and turned around. His head cocked to the side. Lailah walked up to him and put her hands around him. "My dear demon, you have been blessed with humanity. All because of the love you have for that boy. You have become his older brother, and he your younger brother."

Sebastian pushed Lailah away to stare at Ciel. The vulnerable boy was looking weak, yet peaceful.

"Why do you think you were called to this particular soul?" Lailah sat down near Ciel. "When Madam Red saw the future, she knew that she needed to protect her only nephew. And she did. She did so by sending you there." Lailah smirked. "As your punishment."

"My punishment?"

"You do not remember who you are, do you?" Lailah asked laughing.

"What do you mean?"

"Before you made that pact with Ciel Phantomhive, do you remember what you were?" Lailah asked, giggling. Sebastian tried to look back at the time before the contract. He couldn't remember. "Never mind that, not only have I come here to protect my charge." She placed her hand on Ciel's sleeping face. "I have also come to help you remember who you are."

"And who am I?"

Laliah smirked. "Wouldn't you like to know?"

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