A Summer for Jezebel

Riff: Thank you for your support Rogue, Lil' Miss Spookiness, Akumu no Akuma Hime, and Crimson Beast.

Disclaimer: I do not own Cain Saga/Godchild but I've got a couple of the mangas, nor do I own the passageway idea from Addam's Family the movie.

"DOCTOR, WHERE ARE YOU?" shouted Cassian throughout the hallway.

Earlier, Cain calmed everyone down and ordered a split up and search of the summerhouse. Riff and Mary searched downstairs while Cassian, too worried to listen, went off by himself in search of Jezebel. Cain inspected the study.

Where could that blasted doctor have gone off to? He… OH MY GOSH!!! thought Cain wildly as he spotted his old journal on the floor.

He flipped through the pages and blushed, his memories of what he wrote coming back to him. Cain looked up from the journal and thought furiously, WHY THAT NOSY-NO-GOOD-SON-OF-A-PORCUPINE DOCTOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE READ MY JOURNAL!!!!!

The Earl slammed his old journal onto the desk and was about to call off the search when he spotted something out of place. "Isn't that the bookshelf lever? I forgot about th-DON'T TELL ME!!!"

Cain immediately pulled the white book, his mind racing at the thought of Jezebel discovering the Hargreave Summer Home secret! He quickly stepped backwards in order to give the bookshelf room to swivel around. A dark passage revealed itself but it will only stay open for a few seconds.

"HERE I GO!!!" cried Cain as he runs into the passageway and then slides down what appears to be a long slide and landed on an armchair ((based on the Addam's Family movie where Gomez and Uncle Fester go in their own secret passageway)).

Standing up, Cain looks around the circular room. It's pretty dark in here. Guess I'd better find some light, thought Cain. He walked slowly forward but felt a shrill of fear run through him. He bent down and lightly tapped an object lying in front of him.

"J-Jezebel? JEZEBEL!!!" screamed Cain as he felt the Doctor's long wavy hair. "I-I never liked you b-but AT LEAST I DIDN'T HATE YOU!" sobbed Cain. He tried to pull Jezebel's head up to his shoulder but a popping sound was heard.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" came Cain's scream as he dropped what he thought was Jezebel's head.

"Will you stop that girlish screaming?" came Jezebel's familiar voice. Footsteps were heard and he approached the young Earl.

"J-JEZEBEL?!!"

"In the flesh and why did you get so worked up over a puppet?" asked the Doctor as he felt the wooden head of the puppet.

"SHADDAP! I-I thought it was, uh, a snake!" answered Cain. Luckily it was too dark for anyone to see his blushing face. He didn't want to admit that he was afraid for Jezebel.

"So, have you fallen into your own secret hide-out?"

"NO! I came here looki- I mean, I just wanted to investigate why the white book was pulled so far out. AND I'VE CAUGHT YOU!" exclaimed Cain as he pointed a finger where he hopes Jezebel is.

"So."

"ALWAYS WITH THAT DERISIVE TONE!!! Now you listen here Witch Doctor! I own this house and this is MY secret hide-out, now GET OUT!"

Jezebel lightly tapped his lips and smiled rather toothily. "Hmm... aside from the fact that I haven't found the exit yet, would you really like me to leave with what I know about you?"

"What the fudge do you think I've been saying? I don't like you! So leave!"

The young, grey-haired man walked closer towards Cain, the Earl flinched at the sense of how close they were. "To quote: it was another summer day, blazing hot' and then you write about that pen running out of ink and then your idiotic hand finally went back on topic to write 'and don't tell anyone Journal, but I ran around the beach buck naked' among other things..." trailed off Jezebel, smirking.

Cain's eyes widened and his face went tomato-red. WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO ME?!!! Shaking his head, the young Earl asked, "Di-did you read the part when I fa-"

"When you passed gas during someone's piano recital? Yes."

"A-and th-that time that I peed on a wedding cake? And the time that spaghetti came out of my nose?? AND THE TIME THAT I RODE A HORSE???" yelled Cain, his eyes widening and his vein throbbing with each question.

"H...a...Ha...BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!" laughed Jezebel as he recalled what Cain wrote and more. Cain just couldn't believe it. His enemy and thorn on his behind knew EVERY single embarrassing thing he'd done since he was 10!

"Although with the wedding cake, haha, you couldn't hold it in anymore and thought there was nothing outside the window. Feh, and with the horse-serves you right! You noblemen shouldn't be riding them in the first place. So good for you, you deserved to have your saddle swing upside down. I hope you had plenty of lumps on your head. As for the spaghetti, that was a consequence of too much pepper."

"YOU THINK I DIDN'T KNOW THAT?!! Just shut up!" And with that, Cain pounced on his unbeloved half-brother and proceeded to pull on Jezebel's cheeks.

But Jezebel was right back at him. He pulled on Cain's ears and tried to twist them-a classic punishment for children during the Victorian era.

"Grr...YOU'RE JUST A DUMB DOCTOR!"

"AND YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A SPOILED GIRL!"

"LOOK WHO'S TALKING!!!"

The two grown men rolled on the floor and kept trading insults. After a few minutes, a gloved hand grabbed at Jezebel's shoulder. The torch the mysterious man held lit up a part of his face, revealing orange hair. He easily pinned Jezebel's delicate arms behind him and in a flash, held out a golden dagger.

"JEZEBEL!!!"

Rogue, your idea is in the works! I'll credit you in the next and final chapter. For you fans out there: if you've read Seal of the Red Ram-that is a hint of which guy is the mysterious man (he's in Godchild too but that's his first appearance). And he's just mildly annoying but lovable all the same:) Please review!