Hello everyone! As you can probably tell, I won't be updating every day. These chapters take a while to write and there's also something called life that I can only kick to the side sometimes. But don't worry! My goal is to update 1-2 times a week :) No promises though.
And a quick side note: Argenymph's dress is actually not made of fabric. It's like condensed energy that's so condensed that it takes a physical form and you can see it. The reason it's frayed at the bottom is because things that should be covered are already covered. So technically, it's more faded out than frayed.
And as always, I appreciate all the views, reviews, favorites, and comments! It makes writing that much more fun and worth it. I also don't own Kuroshitsuji or any of it's characters.
Anyways, enjoy!
I decided to explore the outside of the mansion first. After all, masters generally don't spend extended time outside. They most likely spend their time inside and if they do come out, it's probably for a business trip. I would have free reign to do as I please outside. Besides, I preferred to be outside, where I could be directly in contact with nature.
I walked to the head of Sebastian's bed and looked at the rectangular window above the bed. I leaped up, landing on the little ledge, and pushed the window open with my head. Then I jumped out the window and landed outside. I glanced back at the open window and decided to leave it open. After all, Sebastian never used his room anyways and I've never seen anyone visit his room either; It's kind of my own personal room. Heehee, that thought made me kind of happy. After landing outside, I looked around my surroundings and saw the backyard. But saying that it's just a backyard is an understatement. The area behind the mansion disappeared into the horizon in a luscious green carpet. It had a large garden filled with flowers with every imaginable color: lavender, pink, indigo, bright yellow, red, and many more. There were also countless hedges that were trimmed in specific geometric shapes: exotic triangles, rectangles, squares, and...a skull? And there were walking paths made for strolls in the beautiful landscape. Anyone who takes a walk here would instantly for get his/her worries in an instant and be enchanted by the dazzling scenery.
This place is bigger than I thought! You can probably have a whole circus perform here.
After taking in the breathtaking scene, I decided to walk to my right. I turned the corner and came upon the front side of the mansion and the place where I first laid eyes on Sebastian.
So Sebastian's room is in the back side of the mansion.
I trotted, once again, towards the front of the building, determined to have a 360 degree view of the entire mansion and, once again, saw Finni chasing after the demon hound.
"Plu-Plu! Come back here! There's a guest coming later and Sebastian told me to put you somewhere else!"
Wanting to get a better view of the demon hound, since I have only heard rumors about them but have never seen them until recently, I walked to the front staircase of the mansion and took a seat on a stone step. Finni chased after the demon hound, which he called Plu-Plu, down the dirt road. Then, as he caught up, Finni reached out and grabbed Plu-Plu's tail and tossed it backwards.
Holy shit! He threw that demon hound like it weighed nothing! Just how strong is this guy? That's NOT normal.
All the while, Finni, who was yelling for the demon hound to come back, began laughing as if he was having the best time of his life, and yelled," Plu-Plu! If you wanted to play, you could've just told me!"
Uh, I'm pretty sure the demon hound is trying to get as far away from you as possible…Finni isn't very bright, is he?
The demon hound whimpered when it saw that Finni had turned around and was running at it again. It jumped up and ran for its life. As it neared the roundabout in the front of the mansion, it noticed me and I saw a dangerous glint cross its eyes. Then it made a beeline towards me.
Well, shit. Sebastian's not here and I'm not powerful enough to fight it in my cat form. I can't transform back to my original form since that will blow my cover…What should I do?
While debating my possible list of actions, the demon hound got closer and closer. Right when he was going to reach me, I decided to just go for it.
I don't have time to think! I'll just do my best to evade this monstrous thing.
Plu-Plu dived head first, with his jaws open, towards me. I leaped out of the way easily and landed on a little raised platform . The demon hound's assault resulted in a loud boom and a large crater in the stairway, which would make walking up the stairs in the future nearly impossible. It got up and shook its body while searching for me with its slanted red eyes. Once it found me standing in front of the mansion, the demon hound opened its jaw and let out a stream of fire. I ducked under the scorching jet and hopped down to the dirt road. This repeated, but failed, assaults by the demon hound continued for several minutes until the front doors abruptly opened.
Both of us, distracted by the door, stopped to look at who had opened the door. It was Sebastian. His sharp eyes surveyed the surrounding damages before his eyes came upon me, tensing to escape if the demon hound attacked again, and the demon hound planted in front of me, preparing to attack. His eyes widened and within a second, he was in front of me. He bent down and scooped me up in his arms. Then he just started walking away as if nothing was happening. I pawed my way on top of Sebastian's shoulder so that he was holding my lower half but I could see past his shoulder. The demon hound seemed like it was going to cry. The next thing I knew, it had turned into a naked human again and it ran towards us. Sebastian slightly turned his head and glared at Plu-Plu.
Plu-Plu whimpered but would not back down. He continued following us while crying nonstop. Sebastian walked to the front door of the mansion and opened it. He took a step inside before glancing back at the demon hound.
"Stop that incessant whining or I'll put you to rest eternally. Do not forget the only reason I am allowing your existence at this mansion is because of young master's order."
I shivered when I heard the cold and ruthless tone of Sebastian's voice. He truly sounded evil and heartless.
Thank god he loves me! I would NOT want him as an enemy.
The demon hound looked so sorrowful I almost felt bad for it. I could almost feel its anguish at being rejected by Sebastian that I had to look away. I shivered, recalling Sebastian's callous voice, and buried my face into his chest.
I'm actually kind of afraid of Sebastian now.
As I thought of that, I felt his gloved hand stroke my head.
"You are shivering. You must have been frightened. I apologize for my delayed arrival. Bo-chan was being difficult as usual but I am glad I arrived when I did. Good thing you weren't harmed. I don't know what would have happened had I lost you."
But I was shivering because of you...I had no problem evading that clumsy Plu-Plu.
"But I must commend you on surviving as long as you did. Demon hounds are known for their swift and destructive attacks. You really are an extraordinary creature."
Sebastian turned left into a hall with bare and chipping white-green walls and pushed opened a whitewashed door. He put me down on the countertop and proceeded to take his tailcoat off and hung it on a hook on the wall. He tied a long white apron on his waist and faced me.
Damn! He looks good in anything.
"Are you hungry? I just realized I have yet to give you any food. How rude of me. What would you like to have? Does seared salmon with rosemary sound good?"
I meowed as a response. I'm positive anything Sebatian made would be delicious so I had no doubts. Besides, now I get to watch him cook.
"Very well then. Please wait while I prepare your meal."
The room was soon filled with a delicious scent. I waited eagerly for my meal and at last, Sebastian put down a white plate in front of me. The plate looked beautiful! A piece of still sizzling salmon with a delicious brown crust on the top and bottom with some greens sprinkled on top. Accompanied with the salmon was some steaming scrambled eggs and several cubes of cheese.
What weird pairings. But I'm sure it tastes good.
I attacked the food and soon, everything was devoured.
"My, my. You are a hungry little kitten," Sebastian said proudly as he watched me devour my meal.
He stroked me while I ate and as soon as I finished, I lied down, content. Sebastian continued to stroke me with a gentle smile on his face as he watched me. Then, all of a sudden, I felt a burst of energy inside me.
Woah. That meal really energized me. I didn't think I could convert food into energy. But I think I just did...this has never happened before!
I felt the energy spread throughout my body. Every single hair felt like it would explode from the sheer amount of energy my body had converted.
Shit! I need to do something or else my body will revert to its original form. I can't let that happen!
I meowed and tried to casually leave the room. I jumped down the countertop and wobbly headed towards the door. My vision started getting blurry.
Damn it! Almost there...you can do it...
I almost made it to the door when my field of view shifted. I found myself looking at Sebastian's beautiful face and realized he had picked me up.
No...no...no! Why would you do that? Let me go!
I weakly struggled against Sebastian's warm arms. I vaguely saw his eyes widen in shock.
Oh yeah..this is the first time I didn't like it when he picked me up...sorry, Sebastian.
He set me down on the floor and I stumbled out of the door.
I sat up with a gasp of air.
Where am I?
I looked around my surrounding and realized I was in Sebastian's room.
How did I get here? Did Sebastian bring me here? Damn it! He knows I'm not actually a cat...is he going to kick me out? But I wanted to stay here longer! Wait...if Sebastian found me when I wasn't a cat and he didn't like that I wasn't a cat, there's no way he would've brought me back here.
I continued thinking about this situation forwards and backwards, trying to figure out whether or not Sebastian brought me to his room.
"Well, if he knows my true form and still let me stay here, I guess I no longer have to stay in disguise. I think I'll go greet him formally since I didn't get a chance to do that when I was a cat."
Having decided what to do, I got off the bed and left his room in my original form.
How was your weekends? I had a great time spending time with my friends and family this weekend but I'm back now! I will most likely post 1-2 times a week and, if I'm feeling ambitious or have nothing to do, 3 times. I'm sorry if I don't update enough but trust me, I am doing my best to balance everything! This chapter felt a little slow in the beginning..what do you think? Also, did you catch the little references I threw in here? I often toss in references here and there. How about this, let's make this a game. Find all the Kuroshitsuji references in a chapter and pm me. Then the winner gets a shout-out? No? Alright then...I'll only do this if you guys want to so, the ball is in your court!
Another note, I researched on what foods cats can eat and it turns out, they are carnivorous so they do not need veggies to be healthy. Eggs, cheese, and fish are also very nutritious for felines so that's what I decided Sebastian would make.
Another, another note (haha): I think I will be writing some holiday specials when I'm on winter break so look forward to that!
Artist-kun: I will do my best! It makes me happy that people enjoy my work :)
KeiC353: I'm looking forward to you reading this!
promocat: Exactly! The mystery keeps both of them engaged and interested in each other. By the way, thank you for always reviewing my chapters! :)
