Hi guys, so I'm sorry I didn't write for so long~ so, anyway, I'm super happy that you all reviewed and gave me good comments! Also, I have a question for the readers. If you could meet any one Kuro character, who would it be? I will love you forever if you give me your answer. So, yeah, Will and Grell are together in this fic, so they live together, and Grell has mostly gotten over Sebastian. I say mostly because he still flirts with him a little and he still thinks Sebastian is uber hot… Well, who wouldn't? Sebastian is the kind of person that could turn straight men gay… Actually, I think Ciel is that kind of person, too; he could also turn every adult into a pedophile. How would you react if I told you that Ciel will be half raised by the shinigami and Grell will 'adopt' Ciel in more than one way? So, whatever Please enjoy everybody!
Kitty Life
This pattern went on for quite a while; Sebastian would watch Ciel for a few hours, get him a soul every few days, feed Ciel, deal with Claude's harassments, watch Ciel some more, start work for tomorrow, and so on and so forth. Until one morning, Ciel Jerked awake. But he was not in the form of a human anymore; looking down at himself, he saw tiny fuzzy paws where he should have seen hands. Turning to look behind him, he noted a furry body and short fluffy tail instead of his human body. Ciel looked into the bedside table mirror and saw an adorable, unbelievably cute midnight black kitten with rich charcoal undertones and the slightest hints of navy blue. The now kitten-boy looked into the reflection of his single cerulean eye, noticing that his right eye was closed and hiding the contract beneath the closed lid; figuring that this was the third phase of transformation. The first was the long sleep; the second was acquiring his true form (you will see it in later chapters.) and now was the third one; the discovery of the animal that would be a part of the demon forever. He didn't want to stay here and wait for Sebastian to find him with such a problem, so the boy did the only thing he could think of for the time being. He ran away. Ciel easily leapt from the bed to the open window and down onto the ground below; the ground that was a good twenty feet below him and he squealed as his little body made contact with the ground. However, Ciel quickly got up and ran off into the world outside of Sebastian's house.
He didn't know how it happened, but all he remembered was running around Hell, and the next thing he knew, he was waking up in a cardboard box by an alley. The kitten-boy looked around wildly before he resorted to mewling as loud as he could to try to get attention from the people walking past. He had been at this for the entire rest of the day and he didn't get so much as a sideways glance from anyone save for the occasional bratty child begging their parents who continued dragging them on; until a certain red and Sebastian obsessed shinigami found him. Grell shrieked and he pointed down at Ciel as he talked excitedly to the person next to him, none other than William T. Spears. "Great, now I have no chance of being taken in, even if it is by Grell. I'd rather be with him than out here alone. Will is never going to let him keep me." Ciel thought sullenly as his hunch was confirmed when he heard a firm and very blatant 'no' come from the strict reaper. He thought he would give it one more try and meowed to get their attention and made himself look as cute and pitiful as he could; which wasn't very hard considering his current situation. Will looked at him emotionlessly and Grell looked as though he were about to die of cute overload as the two shinigami looked down at the kitten in the box. "Pleeeeaaase, Willy, I'll never ask for anything else again!" Grell pleaded. Of course he wouldn't ask for anything, he would probably smuggle the creature home anyway. The second shinigami huffed and pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose, turning his attention from kitten-Ciel and back to Grell, giving him a pointed look. "Fine, but it's going to be your responsibility to take care of it, and if I hear you complain about it then I'll give you something real to complain about, do you understand?" Will said, putting some emphasis on the word real as Grell gave a loud squeak before grabbing Ciel out of the box and holding him to his chest while he was over thanking Will.
"Oh, thankyouthankyouthankyou! I promise I'll take good care of him; I'll love him, and squeeze him, and call him Charcoal!" He exclaimed as they began to make their way back up to the apartment that they shared at the shinigami HQ. Ciel looked around the room as the two reapers pushed through the apartment door into their own room. "Just a question, Grell, but do you have the necessities that come with owning a cat? Furthermore, do you even know how to take care of one?" Will asked looking a little doubtful as to the answer of his questions, and even more so when Grell gave him a blank stare and a nervous smile. Will sighed and looked down at the fuzzy little thing clutched securely in Grell's arms and pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance. "Wait here, I'll get what's needed for the new addition to the household." He said before quickly leaving to do just that, leaving Grell alone with kitten-Ciel. "From this moment on, you will be called Charcoal, okay, Charcoal?" Grell announced as he snuggled Charcoal/Ciel up against his cheek and sighed as he was answered with a quiet mewl.
When Will finally got back, he was met with the sight of a sleeping Grell cuddling with his new kitten on the couch; said kitten looking torn between humiliation and contentedness. The reaper just shook his head and put the food, litter box, litter, food and water dishes, and collar on the counter in the kitchen; taking the sky blue collar and carefully maneuvering Ciel so he could put the collar with the jingle bell on it around Ciel's neck, making sure that the name and address plate was facing up next to the brass buckle. The plate read 'name: Charcoal, address/location: Shinigami HQ apartment building 8, room 386' with various other information like the phone number and such, should the little fur ball ever get lost. He smiled lightly to himself and leaned down to press a kiss to the sleeping red reaper's forehead. "Maybe," he thought "Having a pet won't be so bad after all."
A few days had passed and Ciel had vehemently refused to eat any of the cat food that had been set in front of him and to say that Grell was a little worried was an understatement. "Willy, Charcoal won't eat anything I put out for him, and It isn't healthy!" Grell whined to his counterpart who was very busy with paperwork as always. He looked up at the panicking reaper and sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Did you at least try feeding it a human soul? It could be a witch cat, you know." Will said as if anyone knew that. Grell only frowned at this and shook his head. "What if it isn't, then the soul would kill it." "It'll die of starvation if you don't try, Grell, and I don't want to have to deal with that. I have enough things on my mind already." Will shot back and looking slightly perturbed at the whole situation. Grell walked away and down to the Earth to find a damned soul to feed the tiny kitten. Meanwhile, William was giving himself a short break to check up on the weakening cat-boy. He picked him up off the bed and held him close to his chest in hopes that it would help the poor creature feel safer. "You're causing quite a problem, aren't you, Charcoal? You know, it makes me wonder why that disgusting demon, Sebastian, didn't find you first… Curious." He said beginning to fall into deep thought and talk to himself, listening to Ciel's occasional weak and quiet mew. Will gently stroked him and sat down, seeing as it seemed more practical than just standing there in the middle of the room. Before he knew it, he was out like a light with Charcoal/Ciel curled up in his lap.
Grell came back with a bag full of souls for the fuzz ball that was waiting for him at home with his beloved Will. He looked all over the apartment room for the pair; finally getting to the bedroom and cooing at a sleeping and relaxed William with an equally asleep kitten. "Charcoal, here, kitty kitty kitty~ I have some new food for you, dearie!" Grell called sweetly, watching as Ciel's ears pricked up and he lifted his head up to look at Grell, giving him a sleepy and almost bored stare before putting his head back down. Grell pulled out a soul from the bag and held it out and watching the kitten leap down and eagerly bound over to his outstretched hand. Grell observed as the puny kitten greedily lapped up the glowing fragment of a former life. There was an almost immediate reaction as if like magic, as Ciel felt stronger and was that much further to the final phase of the cycle.
However, Ciel had absolutely no idea how worried Sebastian was and how badly he was taking the demon-ling's sudden disappearance. No, he would remain oblivious to that fact for almost four months more. Another month later and Ciel was living happily as Charcoal with the two shinigami, but as he was well aware, all good things must come to an end eventually. Ciel was resting peacefully and being completely oblivious to Grell's pleasured screams and moans and Will's erratic movements that caused the bed to shake and slam into the wall when it began to happen. The morning after the two death gods had their fun; they awoke and stared in what could only be called shock and maybe slight horror at the form that was in the cat bed. There on the floor at the foot of the bed was Ciel with the same cat ears and tail, wearing the same blue collar as Charcoal was just the day before. Will knew what was going on the instant he got over the feeling of shock, that they had unknowingly adopted a cycling demon. Grell, on the other hand, was going into hysterics and thinking that Ciel had done something horrible to his darling kitten. It took a while for Will to get Grell to calm down and for he and Ciel to explain what was going on. "…Oh. Well, that would explain why you only ate souls, now wouldn't it?" He dead panned. Ciel face-palmed and William groaned, rubbing his temples. "Life just got that much more strange." Will thought as an awkward silence fell over the trio. "Well then, I suppose I ought to go now, since you probably don't want a demon hanging around. Does either of you by any chance know how to get back down to Hell?" Ciel asked and frowned as he received a blank look and the shake of a head for answers. "Will, can we still keep him, please? Just until we can find out how to get him home or can get ahold of Sebby, so he can come get him. Please, I've always wanted a little brother~ Come on, it'll be fun to have him around!" Without waiting for a reply, the exited man began to dress himself and root around for clothes that might fit Ciel. "Here, put these on, they might be a bit big, but they'll have to do until I can take you shopping." Grell said, shoving the clothes into the boy's hands. "Why do I need these?" He asked. "Because, dear, you're completely naked right now." Grell said with a silly smirk plastered on his face as he watched Ciel's eyes widen and a blush dust his cheeks before the boy ran to the bathroom to change.
That day, Grell sat down with Ciel and planned a shopping trip for the boy, much to said child's annoyance. Will, knowing not to get involved (smart guy) only sat back, looking amused with what was going on. "So, the first thing that we need to do is find you some clothes. Hm, we'll have to do something about your ears and tail, though. We'll worry about that later. The next thing we should do is fix up your hair. Don't give me that look, sweetie, you need to get a nice cut, you look like a Shetland pony!" Grell chided when he was given an unhappy look from Ciel. "We can start doing all of this tomorrow when we have a full day to do it; I'll call my hair dresser and schedule an appointment for you, darling!" And with that he left a slightly disgruntled Ciel behind at the kitchen table. About fifteen minutes later, Grell came bounding back in and throwing his arms around Ciel. "You're all set, dearie! You have your haircut at five o' clock in the afternoon tomorrow. Oh, and one more thing, call me big sister, okay!" "Why should I, you used to try and kill me because I was closer to Sebastian, we aren't even related, and you and I are two completely different immortal beings." Ciel said looking warily at the red headed reaper in front of him. "Well for one, I've always wanted a younger sibling. Second, I'm with my dear William now, so there's no problem there. Third, I can fix that if you just wait for a minute. And fourth… Well, I can't really do much about that. So sit tight and I'll be back in a minute or two." With that final word, Grell went off to find his little solution for not being related to Ciel. He came back with a bottle of un-skimmed milk, an old looking wooden bowl, some gauze wrap, and a pocket knife. Grell put the bottle down and then places the bowl in the center of the table. He unscrewed the cap from the bottle and poured the milk into the bowl before flipping out the blade. Ciel was about to say something, but was stopped when Grell lifted a hand to silence him. "Just wait." He said as he lowered his hand back and made a small cut on the inside of his wrist and let a few drops of his blood fall into the milk.
He quickly wrapped his wrist in the gauze and wiped the edge of the blade clean. He offered the knife to Ciel, who hesitantly accepted it and copied Grell by making a shallow cut on the inside of his wrist that was just deep enough to open the small vein. He winced at the momentary pain and watched as his own blood dripped into the bowl of now slightly pinkish tinted milk. Grell wrapped his arm the same way he did his. Then Grell took the blow and moved it around to try and mix it equally before he lifted it to his lips and drank about half of it. He gave the bowl to Ciel and motioned for him to do the same. Ciel felt the wood in his hands for a second before taking it up and downing the rest of the liquid. He gave it back to Grell who took all of the items back. "Now we have to spend the rest of the day together for bonding… or something like that." He stood up and offered his hand to Ciel and both made their way back to the bedroom to become better siblings. Will was still sitting there and lost in thought as his 'wife' led his new brother-in-law by blood ritual. The kid wasn't even a shinigami; he was a demon for god's sake!
That night, Grell slept with Ciel who had poofed (literally poofed; as in, he was a human one minute and then there was a puff of smoke and the next thing they all saw was Ciel's kitten form.) back into a kitten and was snuggled up in Grell's arms. "Welcome to the family, little brother-in-law. Welcome to the family, Ciel." Will thought before drifting off into a light sleep.
Okay, guys, I got the next chapter done! I got some of it done on the plane ride here and I finished it on the outside balcony on the lovely island of Curacao. So please review and maybe give me some suggestions for my next chapter. I would like some constructive criticism and lots of comments. I might not post another chapter unless I get over ten reviews, so I'm holding this chappie hostage and I would like this ransom to be fulfilled. Thanks again, bye bye for now~
