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Note: Here's to 101! This fanfic is from the anime universe, not the manga. I haven't read far enough in the manga (two volumes) to do the fandom justice. Enjoy!

Unchained

A Three Part Act

Act One:
The Beginning

There are loopholes in every contract. Sebastian, the fool, allowed himself to stumble right into one. Ciel of course had no intention of breaking the contract. He had willingly put himself into this fate, sold his very soul to a devil.

Sebastian was supposed to protect Ciel Phantomhive from any and all danger until he had completed his mission. The demon butler however, was simply too slow. He had never anticipated not only Alois's butler Claude to appear but also Angela.

It was an accident with a stray sword from a mindless zombie (part of the case they were investigating) that broke the deal binding the two together. As Ciel fell backwards, eyes wide with pain as he fell back towards the ground and into the darkness of unconsciousness, the marking on his eye disappeared as the one on Sebastian's hand shattered.

Sebastian felt a growl rise up in him, eyes flashing a glowing crimson red. He glanced briefly at the young master, with the blood beginning to pool around his paling form. Angela laughed musically, an overwhelming sense of madness and victory in her voice.

"Ciel Phantomhive is now free from your evils, demon!" She called, swooping in as Sebastian tried to make his way towards his fallen lord. A flock of zombies rushed the butler, halting his progression to the fallen man. They groaned and moaned, saliva drooling from their slack mouths and gnashing teeth. Sebastian's face held annoyance as he obliterated them, one by one. They seemed to keep coming despite his efforts. He had lost Claude in the fray some how.

"You're simply too late!" Angela called from the skies, precious bundle close to her chest. She swooped higher, then shimmered in a flash of light and she disappeared.

"Bitch." Sebastian cursed, lapse in composure forming from the broken contract, loss of his master (and his soul), and at the conniving angelic being.

Claude struck down a zombie, allowing the two butlers to meet face to face once more. Once the angel left the vicinity, the zombie's also thinned out, soon disappearing against the combined force of Claude and Sebastian.

The golden-eyed man looked at his opponent, calculating with a cool expression on his face. "It looks at though you failed." Sebastian squashed the bit of fury that rose upon that mocking statement. He would not give the other demon pleasure at his misfortune. He put his mask on his face, hoping the smile would antagonize the other demon as it never failed to in the past. "And lost a meal out of it." Claude kicked a zombie that groaned at his feet, silencing it. "Tell me, do you suppose Ciel Phantomhive will make the same deal now that he is free from your contract?"

With those words, the other parted swiftly, eager to tell his master the newest events. Alois would undoubtedly be happy. Without the contract, there was no necessary reason for Sebastian to continue defending his master and blocking Alois's attempts. There were, after all, plenty of other human souls on the earth.

TBC