Herro everybody! I am finally not just obsessed with Naruto anymore, which means I don't just write Naruto fanfics. Uh. . . this is an AU or whatever you call it, set in New York City in more contemporary (Modern) times. I also have no idea of a pairing I have a lot of ideas for that. And the name of the chapters are titles of some of my favorite songs, and they somehow tie into the chapter. So yeah I hope you enjoy. This and the next few chapters are ten years before well when the good stuff comes in, this is background mainly. And I personally suck at action scenes, so thanks to one of my most treasured friends SJ and she also pitched in with some of the dialogue. (If you've read any of the Teen Titan fics on my account those are hers and she is Purein in Revenge of the Plot Bunnies.) Also I sincerely thank FireBrandComotase* (Akuma in Revenge of the Plot Bunnies) for suggesting the title and to Saine (Risuna from the same story as the other two) for being my Oh Great and Wonderful Editor (no sarcasm intended).
I obviously do not own Black Butler, any of the characters but my own and I do not own the songs. Even though they are awesome! And if you're really curious to why I picked them I would suggest listening to song while reading the artist(s) name(s) are in brackets by the song title.
Chapter One: If I Die Young {Band Perry}
She was Broadway's newest darling, on the fast track to the stars. But she was more than just that. She served her master, in whatever he required but she was not the only one. It was a long day of rehearsals and the only thing she wanted to do was eat a small but healthy meal and fall asleep. But that was not going to happen.
A dark shadow, ghosted behind her and put his hand over her mouth.
"Marcus? I'm not in the mood to any games tonight, and I know that it's Valentine's Day but Opening Night is in two days." She whispered, but with his demonic hearing heard it and his heart clenched painfully. She was too beautiful to die in such a way, but orders are orders.
Marcus in reply shifted his grip to her the back of her head, threw her through a wall and before she could stammer a, 'Marcus why?', he jumped over to her prone frame making sure to break both legs and the majority of her ribs before throwing her out of a bay window.
"Damn you bastard, I truly loved you." With that her eyes finished closing and it appeared that she had died. While in fact, she was in a deep meditation to not only fake her death but to also to speed up her recovery.
Marcus kneeled by her side, and placed a red rose with the thorns still on and a note that read: Orders are Orders.
She barely heard a whirring of a chainsaw and, "Well, it's so sad that one of the most accomplished young actresses of the day has to die, but at least she'll never be forgotten like some many others."
Another male voice replied, "Grell her name isn't on the To Die list."
"But- that's not fair! You won't award me a permit to customize my scythe anymore and she's going to die anyway! Can't you let me have some fun?"
He seemed to be the type to push up his wireframe glasses as he calmly replied, "She won't die at least not today."
She smirked, so she hasn't managed to fool everyone, huh?
Grell seemed to pause for a few seconds, "What do you mean by that exactly?"
"Grell ,isn't it obvious that she's a demon?"
The demon in question smiled again and broke her trance long enough to say, "Finally, someone has figured it out and I never thought that two Reapers would show up. And well I'm nowhere close to dying thank you very much, the only way to know that I'm dead is if I'm on a bed of roses and that my brother is singing every single love song that he knows of."
"Gah! How can she tell we're Reapers?"
"You have a Scythe in your hands."
Alright! Chapter One is completed, tell me what you like, didn't like, suggestions etc. in a review if you please. Oh and if you get the references to the song, let me know. Will she and 'Marcus' meet again? Who is Marcus? And don't worry you only have one more chapter before we get to the good stuff!
~Lady Shadow 77
