A/N: Okay so it may not seem like much of a sob story yet, but you have to have some happy middle moments.
Later that day Sebastian had gathered the phantomhive household into the lounge, to tell them what they do and dont need. Claude was reading up on the illness, Alveress Pandorica, so that he could help Sebastian in anyway possible.
"Alright everyone, I would guess you're wondering why i gathered all of you here. Its because you will be staying in hell for two months. I would like to let you know what your going to need. First of all, you wont be taking, nor will you be wearing your customary clothing." He said. He looked to the door and said "Marceline, you may come out now."
A girl wearing a beautiful red and black layered dress stepped through the door. Her big bright red mako eyes were sad and downcast, and she looked very shy. Her hair was the perfect blend of ebony and red strands(highlights) and her skin was as pale as the moon. "Yes master." She said, looking at him for a second before her eyes moved to each and every person in the room. "Are these the humans you would like for me to tailor for?" She asked.
"Yes, do you think you can pull it off?" He asked, smirking. She sighed in relief, as if she had been holding her breath for too long. She looked to Ciel with a playful smile, not looking so innocent and shy anymore.
"Of course. But I'll need measurements. Hmm... Who should i do first, oh, yes your perfect for my first human client!" She said, pointing to Mey-Rin. "Would you please remove your glasses, just for a second, and then you can put them on again." She asked. She was about Ciels age, but probably two years older.
"Um.. Well ya see, I'm very far sighted so uh well..." She said.
"Mey-Rin, is it? I can see very clearly by your body language that your glasses should be adjusted so you see better. I can keep your old ones, but improve them. You see what i'm getting at? You cannot be unable to see in hell. Its too dangerous. So let me improve them after i get your measurements.. Alright?" She explained.
"Oh, alright then i guess thats okay." she said, giving her the glasses. Marceline did some very quick measurements, and set up a work area in the lounge. "Okay, everyone but Mey-Rin and master leave, if you would." She said, and everyone left except those asked to stay. Marceline took out a piece of paper and started writing out some figures that Mey-Rin didnt understand. Then she started working on the glasses. After about fifteen minutes she handed them to Mey-Rin and she gasped, looking around. "Wow miss this is amazing! I can actually see!" Mey-Rin said. Marceline smirked.
"Well I am one hell of a demoness, arent i?" She said. Sebastian chuckled.
"Would you like me to go get the materiels?" He asked.
"If you would please, the usual supplies, and the materiel i'll be needing is mostly the usual stuff, black and purple cloth -you can choose which kind-, my custom buckles... oh yes, and my black leather." She turned to mey-rin. "I trust you can walk in heels?"
"Uhm well not really, but i can try if ya like." She said.
"Okay, i trust my master can give you tutorial." She said, then she smirked and turned to him. "And dont start her out with your stilettos!" She rashened. He smiled and went to get the materials, but stopped and backtracked, poking his head in the door.
"Would you like your heel kit as well? I assume you'll be making her a pair." Marceline nodded and he went to get all the needed materiels. She was already mapping out the dress and making patterns.
"Mrs Marceline... what exactly are stilettos?" Mey-Rin asked. Marceline giggled.
"Dont worry Mey-Rin. You're not nearly ready enough for them yet, so you dont need to know." She said, making Mey-Rin nod. As soon as Sebastian came back with the materiels she got to work. She was continuously asking for sebastian to go fetch something. Whether it be ribbon or lace, all the way down to shoe polish, he would get it and be back within minutes.
"Finshed!" She finally said, after merely an hour of work, she had managed to produce a dress, a pair of 'kitten' heels(very short stilettos), a set of elegant black gloves, and a small hair piece. The dress was puffy and elegant, made for that of high social class, and had purple and black layers and a lacey rim. The sleeves were elbow length and made entirely of intricate black and grey lace. The gloves were like fishnetting and the holes were small and fine, with silk from the wrist to the fingers for comfort. The boots were ankle length and had special gold buckles on them. The hair accessory was a little flower and had black ribbons that blended perfectly with her long, put down hair. Mey-Rin looked stunning, to say at the least.
Marceline was quick to go to the next person. Bard just happened to be next. She was rushing because they had to leave that night to make it to the city on time. When she was finshed bard was wearing lose black slacks that were just a bit too long, a black long-sleeve shirt and a black leather vest with numorous metal buckles and straps and a pair of knee length combat boots.
"Are you sure all this leather is a good idea in the middle of summer?" Bard asked. She chuckled.
"Of course. Actually its the start of winter where we're going." She said.
Finny was next, wearing a black t-shirt, a pair of dark purple shorts, and a black straw hat with purple band along with a pair of blue and black work boots.
He grinned and said thank you.
Ciel was the last one, since Tanaka could go as is. For him, she tailored a dark blue pinstriped vest, with a black shirt with a crimped collar. She also designed some thigh length shorts, which went above his knees, and were blue in color, along with some shoes that were black with a thick one inch tall heel which had light blue buckles. She also used this stuff to make his hair streaked with black. He hadnt asked what it was, and only knew that it took a while...
Soon they were all ready, and marceline left, porting away. They hadnt packed much, but they loaded what they did have onto the luggage carriage. Claude, Ciel and Sebastian got in the carriage, with tanaka taking the reins, the other three servants riding on luggage cart. They and tanaka had been given a map of where to go.
They arrived at the gates by night fall. It was a big black set of gates. Claude and sebastian focused for a moment before creating the portal. Sebastian seemed to be unafraid of dying, and unafraid of what was to come, at least in the views of the servants. But on the inside he was terrified. And he knew that claude knew of this. He wasnt usually scared of anything. And it shook him more than a bit because he was terribly frightened of dying, especially since he had someone who actually loved him deeply enough to stay with him through all of this. How was he ever going to cope with leaving claude behind?
Claude took his hand, squeezing it in reassurence and walking through the portal with him.
As they stepped through the portal Sebastian, Claude and Ciels true forms were shown. Mey-Rin, Finny and Bards eyes all became the size of saucers.
Sebastian's hair was thick and long, going down his back and stopping at his waist. He had a pair of magnificent black wings, that were soft and feathery, like that of a angel. He was wearing a pair of tall stilleto boots, leather pants that were rather tight on his slim form, and a black shirt that covered part of his hands, with a grey vest.
Claudes hair was longer than before, much like sebastians only it was thinner and still had a mess of mad cowlicks pointing everywhere on the sides by curling at the end of the strands. He wasnt wearing his spectacles anymore and he looked mainly normal, going by his body features. He was wearing a vest much like bards, though it was open, and he had a sleeveless top underneath it, along with a pair of leather pants And ankle length stilettos that were imbetween kitten heels and regular stilettos, at almost four inches tall.
Sebastian looked to Ciel and his eyes widened just a bit. Ciel not only had a small pair of bat like wings, but slightly pointed ears, and a black tail with an arrow at the end. He had his arms folded on his chest, blushing slightly as he looked at the tail and the black bat wings. His eyes were red in color and slitted like a cats. Sebastian furrowed his brow, elbowing claude and gesturing to ciel with his head. Claude smirked. "He's a bat demon. Havent seen one of them for a while. Not since the wedding." Claude said, and sebastian nodded.
"Oh my! The young master is so cute, yes he is!" Mey-Rin giggled. Finny giggled as well, and bard burst out laughing. Then she looked to sebastian, and blood started to spurt from her nose. Sebastian chuckled, despite the fear that seemed to be woven tightly into his chest, making his breath just a little shorter, and his crimson eyes just a little wider. Mey-Rin stemmed the blood in her nose, to stop it from bleeding. She then looked around and gasped. It was breath takingly beautiful in the field they were in, and the large city below was even more amazing. In the center of the city was a large castle of black bricks, and there was many little homes, and bigger mansions, and then there were seven slightly smaller castles around the outskirts of the city.
"Thats where we're headed. I'll be the ruler of hell in a few days. So i get the palace. My father will take the house that i had and i get his, since we're switching roles. It happens every time the ruler sees fit to retire, and move down to the seven of the royal court, instead of ruling hell himself, he will only be attending the royal court trials and meetings." Sebastian explained, then he looked sadly at the city. "I had wanted to rule for as long as i could, to help maintain hell and keep it in balance. But i guess fate will never be at my side... so, i'm giving hell to you, claude, once my time is up. I'll make up a will as soon as i get there." He said. "Lets get going everyone." He said, starting down the hill that ended the valley and started to the city.
Everyone followed, the servants and Ciel looking around, every new sight catching their eye. Soon they were inside the city limits, and were starting to see demons. Most backed away and kneeled, bowing their head to their ruler. But one in particular, one particular cocky young son of a fallen angel, strode up to them, and claude scoffed at his appearence.
"Oh look, a brave one." Sebastian said sarcastically.
"Yeah, 'cause i've heard some things about you, Prince Michaelis." He sneered. He shoved sebastian, and sebastian chuckled.
"Why does this happen everytime i go to hell?" He asked. "Its very annoying to have to reclaim myself everytime i come down here." He says.
"You might as well stop now." Sebastian returned.
"Yeah, an what're you gonna do 'bout it?" He said. He looked very much like a commoner, so what in the world was he thinking?
"Alright. Allow me to redeem myself, after all of my time away." Sebastian said. "I havent had a good fight in a while." He said. The weak young fallen angel snarled and lunged for him, but sebastian easily dodged. He swung and punched, missing every time. Sebastian still had that trademark smirk on his face, until a man came out, yelling and begging for the young man to stop.
"I don give two fucks 'bout wha' you think anymore!" The man answered. This gentlemen was well dressed, and a higher status.
"Is he your charge?" Sebastian asked.
"He's my son! Please, he's not right in the head! Dont kill him!" Sebastian smiled politely, but with his fangs showing.
"Of course not sir. I would never kill someone with problems as such." He said. As he was talking the man managed a blow to his eye, causing a small purple mark, but there was no swelling. Sebastian decided it was time the welp learned his lesson. He punched him square in the eye. The man gasped and crumpled. "No permanent damage, but i trust he'll have learned his lesson." Said sebastian, continuing to walk. Everyone followed him, and they soon arrived at the castle. His father was waiting inside the door. Sebastian stopped short. Had Xariel told him?
"What happened to your eye?" He asked. Sebastian froze, feeling where he'd been hit. The wound hadnt healed. He looked to claude, who frowned and sighed. "He was confronted when we first reached town."
"Why isnt it healing?" He asked next, more softly.
"Father, i have some bad news. I-I've contracted the illness Alveress Pandorica..." he said. Satan's blue eyes -that of a fallen angel- went wide. He was frozen for a few moments, before taking a deep breath.
"Have you told your mother, or sisters and brothers?" He asked. Sebastian shook his head.
"I havent had time yet. I was going to tell everyone at the same time." he said. Satan nodded.
"I'll gather everyone in the throne room. Are you still going to do the coronation?"
"Of course, I would like to pass my title on to Claude once I'm gone." Sebastian said. Satan nodded, ruffling his sons hair fondly, which earned him a playful swat. He went to gather everyone. Two servants came down the stairs, Kyamaka and Clarice, taking everyone's luggage and putting it in the many guest rooms of the castle. He stopped one of the servants, distantly recalling that his name was Mattia.
"Would you escort my guests to their rooms?" He asked. The man nodded, kneeling as his servants did when given an order before leading the servants and Ciel through the castle.
Claude and Sebastian went to the throne room. His mother, father and other six siblings were all there, along with a few close family friends and his Aunt and Uncle. Claude's father and sister were there as well. Sebastian took in a breath, and told them all the news. "You may be wondering why you're all gathered here. Well, the truth is, I have recently discovered that i have Averess Pandorica." He said. Everyone gasped. His mother looked to Satan, then back at him, before unceremoniously starting to sob. He had always been her favorite, and everyone knew it. Sebastian could see Cain smirk. The man in question walked right up to him.
"Karma at its best i see. So who gets the throne once your gone, eh?" Cain said. Sebastian's eyes narrowed. Everyone turned to see what had happened when a resounding crack was heard. Cain was kneeling on the floor,Blood running down his face, and a small gash on the side of his face. Sebastian had merely brought the back of his hand down on his face. Cain growled. He stood, spitting blood. "You might want to learn to respect your elders." he said. he swung at sebastian, and he ducted to the side. but right as he moved cain landed a cringe worthy blow to his stomach. this time Sebastian was the one who spat blood, Coughing it up in heavy amounts.
Claude decided it was his turn to step in, punching him in the face with his right before grabbing his neck and lifting him off the ground. He carelessly threw him across the room by the base of his neck. he slammed into a nearby wall. Claude sighed. "Not a great time to get into a fight." He mumbled. Sebastian wiped his mouth and Claude took his hand, pulling him up. Immeidiately his mother and siblings were swarming him, asking if he was alright.
"I'm fine." He tried to reassure.
His mother hugged him and sebastian flinched, the tight hug was crushing him, and his now bruised stomach wasnt helping matter. She immeidiatly let go, saying she was sorry. Suddenly they could hear the clatter of metal boots on polished marble. A beautiful woman with long, flowing black hair, big black angel wings and red eyes, along with six inch metal high heel boots and a leather jacket walked in. She had a double barrel pistol strapped to each of her small hips. Everyone glanced at each other, wondering what sebastian's twin sister Yuki-Onna was doing here. Sebastian and Yuki got along wonderfully. But, she had never really fit in. She was the only ice demon in existence. And she didnt like hells heady temperature. She loved winter in hell. But she went to the human realm during hells summer. She only came to hell when the first snow hit. The snow wasnt nearly here yet though.
"Alright, I'm here. I got a phone call that said Sebastian needed some help beating up Cain. So, where is the son of a bitch?" She said, loud enough that everyone could hear. Sebastian sighed, shaking his head. She took out one of her pistols, tossing it up and down in her hand. She strode casually up to her twin, looking from him to Claude and smirking. "Whats up brother? Finally talked claude i see." She said.
"So this is the infamous Yuki-Onna." Claude said. She smiled cruelly and blew him a kiss, her breath fogging around her blue frost bit lips. She hadnt been to the castle for a few decades, before claude and sebastians relationship.
"Yeah, and why does everyone look so glum? It looks as though someone died." She mumbled. Her mother sobbed again. "What? Am i missing something?" She asked.
Their father frowned, waliing up to them. "I'll tell her, if you like." He said. Sebastian nodded.
"If you would..." he mumbled, suddenly feeling more and more sorry for the people he was going to leave. Especially Yuki and Claude. Satan led her down the hall, he told her and sebastian listened with his demonic hearing for her reaction. He heard her gasp, then she made a small sound of despair. After that he heard her shouting at him. Shouting and screaming at not only him, but just... fate.
"WHY? WHAT THE FUCK DID HE DO TO DESERVE THIS?! AS IF HIS ASTHMA WASNT PUNISHMENT ENOUGH!" She shouted, blindly furious. Sebastian stepped through the doors sliently, watching her. She looked to the walls, which were made to be mostly unbreakable to demons. She took a few deep, angered breaths, before she punched the wall, and her fist went straight through it. She continued until her hands were broken and bloody, and she was also smashing things, and throwing objects. Tears ran freely from her eyes. This was what happened when a demon went through greif. She finally stopped. Her sobs and cries became louder, and she sunk to her knees. Sebastian frowned worriedly. He'd always been so close to his sister, now they will be apart forever. Sebastian walked up to her, kneeling down and holding her.
When she finally stopped she looked at him and her eyebrows furrowed. "What happened?" She mumbled, having noticed how his movements were paused and his breathing was sort of painful.
"Cain..." he said. He looked at her, sad, despaired look in his eyes. "Look, Yuki. I know that i will be gone physically. But i will never really leave you. I promise you that. Even in death i will be at your side." He said. She sniffed.
"I know..."
"Would you like to go beat up cain?" He asked. She nodded.
"I would love to. Old times, eh?"
