Chapter 2
"Holy fishsticks?" Sputtered Hibiki, who was too perplexed beyond control to respond properly.
"..."Holy" is also not the term you'd use to describe someone like me. Because I am one-" smoothly said Sebastian with a smirk before he was cut off by the no longer serious girl.
"HELL OF A BUTLER!" Mimicked Hibiki in the lowest tone her vocal chords could muster. Then clearing her throat, she then finally decided to respond to the true question at hand: "Oh, of course Ciel. I'd be honoredto be at your service." Spoke Hibiki eloquently, but on the inside, she was planning to change history: Black Butler history, that is.
Sebastian pulled a piece of paper from out his pocket, and surprisingly, the paper had no creases despite being in his suit for since- who knows when?! He also pulled out a feather quill pen and handed it to the raven-haired girl. Reading over the contents, Hibiki scribbled down a messy "Minoru Hibiki :)". Ciel grimaced at the informal agreement, but otherwise looked quite pleased to have yet another chess piece in his hands.
[Time Skip]
"Oh wow." Remarked Hibiki, glancing at the architecture of the Phantomhive manor; it was just like in the anime! Even the servants' uniform was matching- though frankly, it was still uncomfortable despite the fact Hibiki had sneakily avoided wearing the corset. And technically, Hibiki was supposed to be washing dishes and taking care of the state of the kitchen while Bard "cooked", but according to Sebastian, she was here as "useful knowledge". Therefore, this "taking care of the state of the kitchen" was merely busy work, set up in order for Hibiki to not be wandering around. But guess what? That's exactly what she was doing.
'What, are they just that paranoid that I'm going to run out and leave them with my "valuable information"? If my information was that valuable then they should've begged me to stay. But nooo-I have to clean crap? For God's sake, if a girl popped up in my garden knowing everything about me and the course of the future, I'd worship her! I'd freaking-" Hibiki was too preoccupied in the middle of mentally cursing Ciel and his butler/rambling about dimension-skipping that she bumped into a vase on a pillar and it fell- but just before hitting the ground, Sebastian swooped to the scene and caught it with his own two hands.
"Aren't you supposed to be in the kitchen?" Calmly inquired Sebastian, even though on his face was an expression of 'if you weren't this useful then you would obviously be dead by now'.
"And aren't you supposed to be pondering my very existence? I know virtually everything about you! About the Phantomhive and Trancy and Shinigamis- I don't want to clean up shit in the kitchen! I wanna-" Hibiki's rambling was cut off by Sebastian in a sharp tone. He wrinkled his nose at her, and said:
"I alreadyponder your very existence. Hibiki, you may already know this, but as a demon, I have been to Hell. I have been to Hell and back again, and as a demon," continued Sebastian with a dangerous tone in his voice, "I can smell souls. And as a matter-of-fact, your soul, miss Minoru is quite… Appalling." Having said this, Hibiki actually felt quite insulted; yes, a fictional character calling her soul disgusting seemed quite accurate compared to the amount of hours she spent reading manga, so then why did it make her bitter towards the remark?
"I have no idea as to what you're talking about, mister Michaelis. Have you gone insane yearning for Ciel's soul? Hellooo~! Ciel is the one that emotionlessly murders people without ever looking back. To be honest, he's even worse than you." Shot back Hibiki saltily.
"I am sure that what you just uttered to my butler wasn't just a eulogy on how much you hated me." acknowledged Ciel, whom literally just popped out of nowhere- who was to say that he hadn't been listening behind the corner the entire time?
"Take this," Coldly verbalized Sebastian, whom looked at her as if she were the scum of the earth. He placed a circular pendant in her palms. Engraved in the pendant were Latin inscriptions and sketchy looking symbols. Hibiki gingerly accepted the strange object and placed it around her neck experimentally.
"Oh, holy frick, my arm hurts! God, it hurts like-" Hibiki couldn't be bothered to finish her sentence with Sebastian's eyes luminosity making her throat dry. Hibiki could see the lavender gleam coming from underneath Ciel's concealed eye as well- what the hell were these two planning? The pain was unbearable- Hibiki unwrapped the bandages from the "carriage incident" and stared in awe at what was taking place on her arm.
"Just as I suspected." A series of symbols and incantations- a mirror image of what was portrayed on the amulet-pendant- was dancing up and down Hibiki's arm. Hibiki's injury however, was gone, and in its place was a pentagram with what seemed to have blooming flowers around it. Hibiki's hands immediately shot to her neck to remove the amulet, but alas- it was like a constricting boa, forever stuck on…. A spine-chilling wave of shock arose through Hibiki, and she no longer felt in control.
"Oh, how great it feels to be me~!" bellowed Hibiki(?) in an extravagant but raspy voice- all before she threw up and passed out.
[Time Skip]
Hibiki woke up groggily from her state of deep slumber. She felt as if she hadn't moved in decades, as if every nerve in her body had been exhausted or on the verge of snapping from the loss of use. Wincing at the pain, Hibiki sat up and tried to remember the day's contents. Upon sitting up, she noticed that Mey-Rin, their maid was sitting adjacent to her side, ready with a pitcher of water and towels. She seemed to be flustered, perhaps by the girl's proximity now that she was sitting up.
Mey-Rin's POV:
'My oh my! It's that girl that they found three days ago- why is she still here?! Has she been in a coma?! Why did I agree to take care of her?!" I yelled in my head, scrambling all the words out and girl that just sat up appeared to be discombobulated, and very much in need of an explanation. I picked up her glasses which were sitting on the dresser, and handed them to her. She muttered a quiet but sincere 'thank you', and placed them on the bridge of her nose. Breaking the silence, I handed her the glass of water and- Oh no!
Before the water spilled all over the bed sheets and the girl's stockings, she had attempted to catch the glass from spilling, but instead, caught my hand!
"I-I'm sorry- I'll clean it up right away!" I awkwardly yelled, just wanting to escape from the situation.
"Ah, no you don't have to do that, Mey-Rin." She said steadily, and got off the bed. "I'm perfectly fine." She then suddenly touched her neck, and felt the pendant sitting there. She seemed to be holding back some type of anger at the trinket, and even so, it looked to be quite out-of-place to be on her. She then suddenly sprinted out the door without a word.
POV CHANGE
Hibiki ran down the corridor at breakneck speeds. "Oh, when I see Sebastian, that bastard, I'm going to-" Speak of the devil. Only a couple dozen meters infront of her, was standing Sebastian hushedly speaking to Ciel in his room. Hibiki debated in her mind: Should she stay here and eavesdrop on their conversation, or leave to cool down? But of course- if she left to calm down, the curiosity would eat away at her until the only thing left of her was the skin that was still attached to that stupid pendant.
"…Sebastian, are you sure that the Undertaker crafted that pendant correctly? I don't need a crew of shinigami showing up here to claim some "undead soul". I've got enough on my schedule." Outside the door, Hibiki gulped and ran down the hall to relieve the definite nausea. She had no idea how much of the Black Butler plot her existence would alter.
And that's chapter 2, folks! It's Deno here again, and I'm right on time! Exactly seven days- at least one new update a week. (In my timezone at least) So this was the stuff I mentioned in chapter one, or at least in my author's notes… I usually don't plan my stuff out ahead so I can't tell if I'm advancing my story too fast- Perhaps I should take the next chapter and just leave it in for filler in order to keep you guys on your toes~?
Thank you for the review, ArtisticWolfii! Before publishing this fic, I looked at other fics w/ peoples' OCs in them and I've come across quite a few of Mary Sues, and in my past, I've created one before, and so I'm now desperately trying to make my character as human and relatable as possible. I feel I'm going to jinx myself once I say this, haha!
