Disclaimer: Black Butler belongs to Yana Toboso. If I owned Sebastian...let's just say he would never leave my bedroom. Ever. He'd be my little sex slave...ahem...yea.
I didn't make the picture for the story*troll face*
Again, landscape was inspired from FFXIII-2's terrain and some attacks inspired from there as well.
Songs Used When Writing: Gargan Roo from FFIX, Sis Puella Magica(Instrumental Version) from Madoka Magica, Baba Yetu from Civilization IV, Let It Grow(Credits) from the Lorax
The sound of his shoes crackling against metal was the only thing Sebastian could hear as he trecked onward through the metallic wasteland of Invio. This land was a great hunting spot, it's cliffs offering excellent hiding places for demons to surprise their prey. Metal walkways had been made across ravines to make traversing the land much easier for younger demons, this being the ideal spot for them to practice hunting until they acquired their wings. Sebastian could remember faintly the days in which he used to hunt here as well, and a feeling of nostalgia went through him as he ran through the metal tunnel ways, faithful presuls watching over him.
There were no demonlings here to disturb Sebastian as he searched the land, all the demons of this generation already having grown up. The butler was entirely grateful for this. Younger demons only caused trouble, and were annoying as hell. Plus, it granted him the ability to relax and think.
Sebastian had began pondering that perhaps, maybe Ciel wasn't worth it. Especially if he managed to find a huge hellstone. If he kept the hellstone to himself, he could move up in rank faster, gain his presuls back and his reputation too. Satan would be angered at him, sure, but he doubted that he would kill the butler. Satan found it amusing when demons did something he wasn't expecting, and also, the Devil only brought up the deal to entertain himself anyway. His scepter was perfectly fine, if that shock that he gave Sebastian earlier was anything to go by.
If Sebastian gave his Lord the hellstone, he would get to have Ciel's soul... but then what? Souls helped to strengthen a demon, yes, but it only went so far. After he ate, he would probably be forced to come back to Hell, considering that first layer demons aren't allowed in the human realm. So what would he really be getting out of this deal? The other option seemed more favorable, but yet, Sebastian felt torn. He knew that he should just do what was best for himself and keep the hellstone, and yet he was doubting himself, and it irritated him to no end. Ciel was just a measly human, he shouldn't matter... but he did, in more ways than one.
Sebastian shook his head, once again banishing those thoughts to the back of his mind and focusing on his task. Either way, he could accomplish nothing unless he found that hellstone first. It had been nearly five days since Satan had given him the offer, and he had found at least three hellstones, which was a miracle in itself. The biggest one though, was only about the size of his head, and he knew that he could never present his Lord with such a small gift. He would have to find something bigger...and soon. Time was running out.
The butler focused his attention to his nose, honing in on the unique scent that he had been following. It was the reason he had come up here in the first place. The scent of this particular hellstone was hard to describe, it being a mix of copper, metal and something else that Sebastian couldn't place. All hellstones smelled this way, and the demon always felt a thrill of excitement go through him whenever he sensed one, knowing that his abilities would be strengthened once he found the stone.
Sebastian could smell a different scent all of a sudden. It smelled like his young master for some reason and the demon stopped abruptly. He looked off to his right, where a female archdemon stood proudly upon a high rock. She hadn't been there a second ago, but that didn't surprise him. Demons always appeared randomly in front of each other.
''Hello Suduire.'' The female purred, placing a hand on her hip and staring down at him with a smug smirk on her face.
''…Hello Taetra.'' Sebastian said, frowning. The butler watched, uninterested, as Vigil lowered his claws in respect towards Taetra and Videns quietly landed down to his left, for once staying quiet. Archdemons commanded respect from lower class demons, but Sebastian was in no mood to act that way towards the female. She smelled like his young master for some reason, and this angered him greatly. ''Why do you smell of my previous contractee?''
''So you noticed.'' Alyssa said, running her clawed hand through her hair. ''Your nose really must be as good as they say...Hm...'' She shrugged, placing her hands on her hips. ''He and I...made a deal of sorts. He even gave me a name, 'Alyssa'. It is by far more respectable than the one he gave you.''
Sebastian quietly growled to himself as she said this. 'What? Did the young master...make another contract?' The very thought made his gut twist with jealousy. 'No...demons can not return to the Underworld whilst under contract.' He reminded himself quickly. 'If they had made a contract, then Taetra would not be standing before me.'
''Anyway,'' The demoness interrupted his thoughts. ''I have come to deliver a message from him, he gave me this as payment.'' The butler didn't comment as he saw Alyssa drew attention to the trunk by her feet. It was his, a portal was hidden inside of the old wooden box that led to the human realm from Hell and vice versa. It was pretty handy, not to mention old, but it wasn't entirely necessary for him to have, only a shortcut between dimensions. He supposed he could let her have it, then. He was, however, slightly irritated that his young master would just give his things away.
''A message?'' Sebastian asked, curious as to what his master would have to say.
Alyssa smirked and tossed her hair over her shoulder smugly. ''Yes. He said, in these exact words:'' She cleared her throat for dramatic effect. ''Hurry the fuck up. That is all.''
Sebastian's eyebrow twitched at the ungrateful message. 'That brat...' He thought to himself, irritated. 'Does he even realize how much I am doing just to get back there?' A part of him though, couldn't help but feel slightly proud of his master for being able to get this far on his own. It wasn't easy to come out alive from an encounter with an archdemon, after all. 'So it appears that you can do things without me, master...' He smirked to himself.
''Alright, I thank you for passing on the message.'' The butler said and she chuckled.
''Oh, you're more than welcome.'' She said, sarcastically, turning around to leave. ''Oh and one more thing, Suduire.'' Alyssa peered at him from over her shoulder, a smirk on her lips. ''You best move your ass, because if you don't get back to him soon, someone else might just snatch him away.''
Sebastian glared at her back but otherwise didn't react as the demoness left. There was a silence for a few moments after the archdemon departed, before it was broken by Videns.
''Well...she was a bitch...'' The lion chimera scoffed, tail twitching.
''She always is.'' Sebastian said, sighing.
''And always has been.'' Vigil chimed in quietly as the demon butler lead the group out once more in search of that hellstone.
Sebastian didn't know whether to be disturbed or very confused when he saw what was waiting for him up ahead. It was typical for hellstones to be guarded by trials, such as powerful monsters or dangerous terrain, but never had he encountered an obstacle such as this. Before him stood a being that he had never seen before, or would have liked to see in his lifetime.
A large dragon stood before the demon and his two presuls. Bones were protruding out from it's ribcage and other parts of it's large winged body that for some reason had an odd number of seven wings attached to it's back. It's tail seemed to be cut off near the middle and only bones remained for the end of the appendage. The dragon's neck was split into two heads, which weren't really heads. They appeared to be human bodies, from the stomach upwards. The bodies were a hellish white and had no eyes. Their eyes rested in the palms of their hands, which they put up to their faces, creating the illusion that their eyes were on their face. The human mouths had only jagged spikes for teeth and the two 'heads' of the dragon grinned down at him as Sebastian brought a hand to his head, sighing. What a grotesque, disgusting creature.
''You are gross.'' Videns said, ever the blunt character.
''Well how rude.'' One of the dragon 'heads' said.
''I declare, what an attitude.'' Said the other, before they both laughed at each other, their combined chuckling further annoying Sebastian.
''I have not seen you around here before.'' Vigil said, trying to be nice to the creature. It was guarding the stone that his master needed, after all.
''Well no one ever comes up here.'' The right head said.
''They all tremble with fear.'' Commented the left.
''I can see why.'' Videns laughed. The lion chimera flew up to be eye level with the dragon heads. ''You certainly are no prize to look at.''
''Enough.'' Sebastian stated and the lion smirked before landing down next to his master. The butler cleared his throat before taking a step forward, the two dragon heads coming down to look at the demon more closely. ''I know that you are hiding a hellstone.'' As soon as he had found the dragon, the scent of the hellstone disappeared, and he could not determine where it was for some reason. ''Give it to me, and I will think about not killing you.''
There was a silence for a moment and the two heads only looked at each other. All of a sudden, they threw their hands up in laughter, revealing the patch of white skin where their eyes should have been.
''You, kill us?'' The right head asked, laughing.
''That's quite preposterous!'' The left one choked out.
The two heads chuckled some more and Sebastian growled, fangs bared. He had had ENOUGH of being ridiculed.
''Little demon, you are so weak and small!''
''Certainly a little princess at the ball!''
''In fact, we should kill you!''
''Yes, into a funny stew!''
''Then we might have use for you!'' They both cackled, infuriating Sebastian.
The butler, in a fit of rage, reached out and violently tore one of the head's arms from it's sockets before it could blink it's ugly eyes. He moved to do the same to the other head but the dragon retracted in fear.
''Ow!'' The bleeding head exclaimed, blood running down from it's shoulders.
''I say! How?'' The dragon was obviously surprised by Sebastian's speed. His swiftness surpassed most demons in the third layer and was very useful indeed.
''Tell me where you are keeping the hellstone.'' Sebastian hissed, calm facade gone. He was at his wit's end. He held the severed arms up in his tight grip, threatening to beat the dragon with them. Sharp bones had been pulled out from the arm sockets and would make excellent weapons for Sebastian to let out his frustration with.
The two heads looked at each other again. Well, one looked at the other, seeing as the head Sebastian just injured didn't have it's eyes any longer.
''The way to the stone is down one of these caves.'' The dragon moved to the side, revealing two dark tunnels behind where he just stood.
''But be warned, one is your grave.'' Sebastian was silent as he listened tentatively to what the dragon had to say. It appeared that it didn't want to fight with him, which was odd. Usually the monsters guarding the stones explained where the stone lay hidden then fought him to the death, but that was not the case here.
''One of them leads to the stone.''
''The other leads to an immediate death zone.'' The two heads chuckled to each other, making a sort of 'ooooo' sound, like something a ghost would do.
''Immediate death zone...'' Vigil repeated, not liking the sound of that. He certainly didn't want his master taking the wrong path. There were a number of things he could think of that could be waiting for Sebastian if he went the wrong way. There were not a lot of things that could kill a demon, especially in the human realm, but here in Hell, it was entirely possible.
''Which one is which?'' Videns asked, dragon tail waving back in forth, genuinely interested in what the heads had to say. It sounded like a challenge, and the lion certainly loved challenges.
''The demon may only ask one of us.''
''One question, thus.''
''I may ask only one of you one question about the paths.'' Sebastian pondered, there had to be some catch here. It wouldn't be that easy.
''Aye, but know this, one of us always lies.''
''And one of us, the truth they advise.''
''That's all?'' Videns asked, frowning. ''That's easy.'' Videns was much older than Sebastian and Vigil combined, and he could easily spot the answer. ''It's-''
''Presuls can not answer here.''
''Only to demons do we lend an ear.'' The dragon snarled before Videns could talk. The lion presul hissed at the ugly creature but didn't say anything more.
''Master...'' Vigil said, looking upon Sebastian, who brought an index finger up to his lip in thought. To be honest, the scorpion didn't have any idea what the answer could be; two ways, one leading to death, the other to the stone, only one question could be asked to one head about the stones location and one of the heads always lies, the other always tells the truth. It was a hard riddle indeed and the presul couldn't begin to even think of what question would work in this situation.
Sebastian sighed and threw the dragon's bloody arms behind him uncaringly. How utterly annoying this riddle was, but then again, how fascinating. He had never encountered a trial like this. The best obstacle that he had ever encountered for a hellstone was a giant, and he went down easily enough after Sebastian figure out it's weak-spot. This trial was certainly different, and Sebastian had a good idea that the stone was probably going to be worth quite a lot. He couldn't wait to get his hands on it.
'But what question do I ask?' He pondered, demon tail swaying behind him as he glanced at the tunnels. 'The question would be something that, no matter which one I asked, I would get the same answer...hm.'
''Are you really this dense?'' Videns asked, yawning and stretching his bird talons out in front of him. ''Come on, it's not that hard.''
''Videns, stop being so disrespectful to our master.'' Vigil scolded, swatting at the lion with one of his pinchers.
'Should I ask...no. How about...no, that won't work either.' The demon expertly tuned out the presul's fighting, having had lots of practice doing so because of the Phantomhive servants and their constant, pointless chatter. The two dragon heads were silent as the demon pondered for a few moments before the butler stepped forward towards them, an answer ready.
''Alright...you.'' Sebastian addressed the dragon head that wasn't all torn and bloody. The human-like head lowered itself so that it could better hear the demon's question.
''Which way...'' Sebastian looked to the other dragon head that he wasn't talking to. ''would he tell me to go to get to the stone?''
The dragon head was silent for a moment. ''...Right.''
The demon butler nodded before turning around and heading down the left path. Vigil and Videns quickly ran to catch up with their master and Vigil called out to Sebastian in confusion. ''Master, why are we going the left way? He said to go right.''
''Exactly.'' Videns answered before Sebastian could as they ran down the left path. ''You actually figured it out, Suduire. I am impressed.''
''But I don't get it.'' Vigil pressed and Sebastian stopped for a moment, hearing something breathing further down the path. He took this brief opportunity to rest a bit, mentally preparing himself for what he guessed would be a hard battle to get that hellstone.
''I asked that question, knowing that I would get the same answer no matter whom I asked.'' Sebastian explained, sharpening his talons on a nearby piece of scrap metal. ''If I had asked the one who always lied, he would lie and tell me the exact opposite of what the other the other head, the one who always tells the truth, would say.'' Vigil was silent as he tried to make sense of the answer. ''Similarly, if I asked the one who always told the truth, he would tell the truth; exactly what the other head would say to me, a lie about which way I should take. In either case, they would both respond the same way, which was the right path, which leads to 'immediate death', and I would go the other way.''
''I see...'' Vigil said, still a bit confused.
''Think on it some more.'' Videns said, preparing himself for a fight as well. ''You'll get it eventually...I hope.''
The scorpion snapped it's pinchers at the lion but didn't say anything more as Sebastian led them to the end of the path, where the hellstone awaited.
Sebastian felt his mouth becoming his signature smirk involuntarily as he finally saw what awaited him. A magnificent blue hellstone stood at the end of the path. It had to be probably about three times his own height and width, which was more than enough to please Satan.
Sebastian stood on top of a rather large piece of metal, looking down at the hellstone before him. The path ended in a single piece of land that was surrounded by water, the hellstone resting in the middle. Sebatian cautiously climbed down the small cliff to make it towards the hellstone. He wasn't stupid, he knew this was an obvious trap, and he also could tell that his presuls sensed it too, but he wouldn't give up. Not now. Not when he was so close to his young master.
''Are you sure this is wise, master?'' Vigil asked as Sebastian walked closer to the stone.
''...Yes.'' Was all Sebastian responded as Videns cautiously sniffed the air, hair standing on end.
''It is coming, I can smell it.'' The lion chimera warned and Sebastian went over to Vigil, taking the scorpion tail into his hand and pulling at the barbed tip. The demon butler yanked until eventually, a large staff came out of the scorpion tail, both ends having barged tips like Vigil's tail. The staff was also black and was coated in deadly poison on both ends.
The scorpion presul shook his tail once the spear was out and another, more deadly stinger appeared on the end. It had barbs in all directions instead of just the normal scorpion tail. Sebastian turned to the scorpion and gripped his staff, reciting a few words in demon tongue before thrusting the weapon towards Videns. A large thunderbolt crashed down onto the lion chimera and he howled in pain for a second before growling, ready for the fight to come. The thunderbolt had been a spell to enhance Videns' attack power and infuse his claws and teeth with the element of electricity. It was obvious that the creature guarding the hellstone would be water based, and what better way to beat a water monster than with electricity?(Basic pokemon logic, derp XD)
Videns' claws and teeth were a sizzling color purple and seemed to radiate with the very element of lightning. Yes, he was ready to fight. Sebastian turned to his scorpion and cast the same spell on him, infusing his tail and pinchers with the same color purple. Lastly, Sebastian cast the spell one last time on himself, making his staff, talons and teeth shine.
Then, there was silence as Sebastian calmly walked towards the hellstone. He wasn't even able to touch it before the ground started to shake. Sebastian twisted his staff in front of him defensively when the shaking abruptly stopped and something gigantic burst through the water in front of him.
[Insert here a battle theme of you choosing. I suggest the Tentalus Battle Theme from Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword cuz that is what I listened to whilst writing this :])
Master, lion and scorpion were all momentarily stunned by the humungous creature in front of them, much like they were when they saw the two 'headed' dragon, having never seen anything like it before in their long lives. It had to be at least the size of three of Ciel's mansions stacked on top each other, and five times the width. The being had the head of an crocodile, which had two large, sharp gills protruding from either side of it's cranium. It stood on it's hind legs, only showing it's torso and part of it's shark-like tail above the water. It had four large breasts on it's chest that ended in tentacles for some reason and hundreds of lobster legs holding it's body upright, two huge, snapping pinchers acting as it's arms. The whole monster was covered in sharp looking spikes and dark green crocodile scales. It reared up and let out a terrifying scream and bit at the tiny speck of land that the three were standing on.
Sebastian and Videns quickly took to the sky whilst Vigil curled into a ball, turning the color blue. It was a spell that offered the ultimate defense against any attack, but only for a brief while. Usually monsters could not preform spells, but since Vigil was a presul, Sebastian had given him a small part of his own magic power, as he did with every one of his presuls.
The water creature snarled and snapped, angered that it couldn't hurt the scorpion. It thrust it's head sideways at the island, mouth open and Sebastian growled angrily when the stupid creature swallowed his precious hellstone.
''It will not take long for it to digest the stone.'' Videns said to his master as the monster swallowed. It's stomach acid was probably outrageously strong, considering the being's size. ''We must make haste.''
''Yes.'' Sebastian said. ''Take care of it's eyes for me.'' Once a monster's sight was out of the way, it was easier to take down.
''Can do.''
''Vigil, help Videns.'' Sebastian commanded whilst dodging a pinch from the monster's claws.
''Yes.'' Vigil responded as he ended his spell. He swung his tail around in a circular motion, just like a cowboy before throwing his tail forward, the barbed end detaching and flying towards the crocodile, the only thing connecting the barb to Vigil being an extremely long piece of stretchy muscle. The scorpion twisted its tail to the right, expertly aiming the barbed end at the crocodile's eye. It struck the home, sending an electrical current through the fleshy piece of muscle.
The crocodile shook it's head, nearly whacking Videns, who had tried to attack it's other eye. The monster shrieked and twisted it's body, rearing up it's torso and sending it's tentacles out towards the scorpion. Vigil saw it coming and tried to use the protection spell again but he wasn't fast enough. The tentacles wrapped around his hard plated body, shocking him. Vigil snapped at the tentacles with his claws as he withered in pain, trying to dislodge them.
The crocodile monster moved to slam one of it's pinchers down at Vigil. Sebastian saw this and slammed his barbed spear into the joint that connected it's lobster arm to the rest of it's body. The electrical spell from before sent a current around the joint as Sebastian twisted his weapon and dug deeper into the muscle, eventually ripping the joint and sending the lobster arm into the water. A huge wave crashed onto the small island, hurting Vigil more because of the tentacles' electricity mixing with the liquid.
Sebastian twirled his spear above his head, causing it to turn white. He threw the weapon at the tentacles, cutting them and also electrocuting the crocodile's chest in the process. The monster howled louder as it's tentacles turned black and fell into the water. It turned around and tried to whack Sebastian with it's shark tail, but the butler flew out of the way, catching his fallen spear in the process.
In the meantime, Videns was trying to get to the creature's other eye, which the monster stubbornly refused to open. The eye was protected because of the crocodile's hard scales and the lion chimera could no harm it, not even with lightning infused into his claws. Eventually he gave up and flew down to the water, perching his bird feet on top. Videns breathed in deeply and tensed his back, the air around him swirling before he roared and tossed his head towards the sky, causing lightning bolts to rain down into the water.
The monster screeched as it's whole body was electrocuted. Sebastian used the distraction to land next to Vigil, who was extremely bloody and covered in burn marks from the electric tentacles. Sebastian touched his hand to the scorpion, whispering a small spell. The scorpion glowed green for a few seconds and Sebastian took to the skies again just as Vigil's wounds started to heal themselves at an alarmingly quick pace.
The scorpion dislodged it's barbed tail from the crocodile and the creature finally opened it's good eye to look around. Videns didn't waste any time in flying up and scratching the monster eye to shreds. Sebastian also took this opportunity to try and dislodge the other lobster arm. Vigil helped him by throwing his barbed tail at the muscled joint. The crocodile would have none of that and it turned around again, throwing Sebastian off. It opened it's mouth, hissing, and the butler was confused to find another hidden eye.
Sebastian was stunned momentarily when the eye's iris melted away and morphed into a human shape, a very familiar human shape. It was his master. The small boy was tied to the white part of the eye because of blue veins that ran throughout the crocodile's mouth.
''Sebastian.'' The young boy hissed, startling the demon butler. ''What are you doing? You call yourself my butler? How dare you leave me you pathetic, worthless being.'' 'Ciel' roared at Sebastian, who couldn't help the slight look of hurt in his eyes.
''I am trying, my Lord.'' A small part of him knew that this was an illusion, but he sounded so much like his master that it was terrifying.
''Don't bother. I can take care of myself. I don't need nor want you back. I hate you!'' Sebastian didn't even try to move out of the way, as 'Ciel' threw his hands out in front of him, tentacles shooting out of the eye and wrapping around the demon. The tentacles electrocuted Sebastian before throwing him against a nearby cliff.
Sebastian coughed as a sharp piece of rock ripped into his back, blood coming out of his mouth. He vaguely heard Vigil call out to him before he felt himself falling down through the air towards the still electrified water below. Those words hurt him more than any attack ever could. He knew that the image hadn't been real, but it still stung to think of the possibility that those words might have been true.
Sebastian startled when a long muscle wrapped around his body. The demon barely registered it as Vigils tail as the scorpion pulled him back to the island before he could touch the deadly water filled with lightning.
The crocodile hissed and went to swing at Sebastian and Vigil with it's lobster claw, but it only howled in pain when Videns finished what the two had already started. The lion ripped the joint of the lobster arm apart with his claws, sending it into the water.
The monster hissed and opened it's mouth to attack Videns like it had Sebastian, but the lion chimera tensed his whole body and growled, the air swirling once again. The lion chimera preformed another spell, this time sending lightning bolts from his mouth into the crocodile's mouth. This barbequed the monsters insides and it howled and scratched at itself before eventually the current made it's way to it's heart, stopping the beat and sending the monster falling on it's side into the water, dead.
[Ding Dong the witch is dead! You can stop the battle music now :3]
The lion chimera made quick work of tearing into the monster's dead underbelly and burrowing inside as Vigil let out a sigh of relief. ''Are you alright master?'' The presul asked, untangling it's tail from the demon butler.
"Yes, I'm quite fine." Sebastian reassured, dusting off his clothes. Though in truth he wasn't entirely fine. He knew what he'd seen in that monster's disgusting maw was nothing more than an illusion. He knew that. Then why...why did that image's word's strike him so hard? 'Could this be part of the illusion?' Sebastian thought to himself. Still, illusion or not, the very idea of his master being ungrateful after all he'd done to return to him was enough to make Sebastian question whether all he'd done up until this point was really worth it. As a matter of fact, he considered this the pivotal moment for him to decide what he must do: Should he just keep this hellstone, and there by promote himself at least two layers in hell? Or should he give the stone to Satan so that he may return to the side of his young lord, and have to deal with the hectic chores, his master's demanding tenancies, and the servant's idiocy and quarreling?
In truth, he didn't really hate living at the Phantomhive Manor...when the servants weren't acting like complete lunatics. The butler actually found it entertaining most of the time, especially the missions that he and his master went on together. Life there wasn't so bad, but was it really worth giving up everything that he had gained for himself in Hell? For the first time in his life, Sebastian was unsure of what he should do next.
The butler looked to his left when he heard flapping to see Videns place the hellstone in front of his master. The stone was wet, the lion chimera having dunked it in the now lightning-free water a second ago. Videns took this opportunity to dunk himself in a clean patch of water, getting all the guts and things out of his fur.
Sebastian saw his own reflection in the stone, and silently stared at his own puzzled expression, thinking to himself. Videns emerged from the water after a moment and perched himself on top of the stone.
''If you touch this, you will gain enormous power, but if you don't want to, I'll fly it to Satan's realm.'' The butler looked at his lion presul quietly before looking back at the stone.
''It's up to you, master.'' Vigil encouraged quietly at his side, seeing his master's inner struggle.
The demon was silent for a time before he sucked in a breathe and walked to the stone, reaching his hand out toward it...
Ciel knocked over his black sheep figurine with his pencil. He held his chin up with his left palm, elbow on his desk as he poked the poor sheep boredly. It had been eight days in total since Lizzy's birthday, the night Sebastian disappeared. Things had been quiet, too quiet in fact, and not to mention boring. With Agni here, the servants were their usual destructive selves for a few days, but then the Indian butler had managed to get them to do their jobs without destroying anything, a rare feat indeed. But Agni had done this once before, so Ciel couldn't say that he was surprised that his servants were behaving so well.
Other than Soma occasionally bothering him at random points during the day, Ciel was left with his work, ALL THE TIME. Sebastian wasn't here to distract him with his little quips and since the servants were quiet, it just made this place even more dull. Never before had the Earl gotten so much work done, it was so quiet. Hell, he had even started doing the work for next month because he had been so bored.
Ciel sighed, just what was taking that demon so long anyway? Sebastian was taking so long, in fact, that the blue-eyed boy was growing extremely irritated and was also, deep down, beginning to question if Sebastian would come back at all. Alyssa obviously had to have passed on that message. They made a deal after all, but even if she didn't follow through and tell Sebastian, it probably wouldn't change anything. The archdemon had said that Sebastian was working to get back even before Ciel sent that message, and what real reason would she have to lie? She had to be telling the truth: Sebastian was coming back to him, right? He had to be...
The Earl pushed those thoughts from his mind, not wanting to think about this anymore. He rubbed his temples in an attempt to quell his irritation. He heard a knock on the door and didn't even look up, knowing that it was just Agni with his dinner. Ciel had requested it in here because he wanted to be alone. In fact, he had been doing that a lot lately, locking himself in his study. The Earl could tell that it was making his servants worried, but he honestly didn't care right now. He just wanted to be alone with his thoughts. ''Come in.''
The door opened quietly and Ciel grabbed one of his papers on his desk, his lone cerulean eye scanning its contents. He sighed as the quiet clinks and clanks of silverware was heard to his left. ''What is there tonight, Agni?'' Ciel asked in an uninterested voice as he read over a few sentences of the letter.
''For tonight's dinner we have smoked mackerel with gooseberry sauce and a cottage pie for dessert.''
Ciel's one visible eye widened and he dropped his papers instantly, standing up and looking at the other occupant in the room. ''Sebastian!'' He exclaimed, surprised.
His butler smiled at the Earl, placing a plate on the desk before the young boy. ''Good evening, my lord. I am glad to see that you are doing alright after my extended absence.''
''You...'' Was all Ciel could think to say, stunned. All of a sudden, his office doors were thrown open and Soma pointed at Sebastian.
''See! I told you I saw him, I did not lie!'' The Indian prince exclaimed and the household's servants all but ran into the room towards the butler.
''Mr. Sebastian, you're back!'' Finny said happily.
''Just where have you been all this time?'' Bard asked, genuinely curious.
''I apologize for my sudden disappearance.'' Sebastian said, usual polite smile in place. ''I had some business to take care of.''
''Sebastian, it has been a while, my friend.'' Agni said as he came into the room, having been confused about his misplaced dinner that he had prepared for Ciel.
''That it has, Agni. I thank you for taking care of everything in my absence.'' Sebastian said, placing a hand over his heart and bowing to the Indian in gratitude.
Agni laughed and then put his hands together, bowing back to Sebastian in return. ''Think nothing of it. I was happy to help.''
Soma walked forward and slapped a hand on his butler's back. ''Anything for our English friends, right Agni? Besides, I could never say no to staying with my little brother.'' The prince said, grinning at Ciel.
''Yes, Prince Soma.'' The Indian butler nodded and bowed his head slightly to his master.
''Sebastian, I kept all the trees looking healthy while you were gone!'' Finny exclaimed before the room could go quiet. He was sincerely glad to have everyone back at the manor, as if their little family had come back together again.
''I only dropped about two plates, yes I did!'' Mey-rin said, not wanting to be outdone by Finny. She had worked hard to make everything shine for when the man of her dreams came back, after all.
''Well I only blew up the kitchen seven times.'' Bard said, looking smug. It was new record for him, of course; only seven times in eight days. The usual number had always been somewhere in the double digits.
''Ho, Ho, Ho.''
Ciel watched quietly as everyone welcomed his butler back warmly, never taking his eyes off of Sebastian. This all felt like a dream, yet there he stood, a black shadow like always. He didn't know what to feel at the moment; Relieved? Happy? Angry? Crimson colored eyes locked onto his and the young Earl looked away, glaring at one of the books on his desk as he sat down in his chair.
Eventually, Sebastian ushered everyone out of the room, promising to answer all questions after the Earl finished his meal. Once they were alone, Sebastian stood before Ciel's desk and bowed deeply.
''My lord, I am deeply sorry for my absence these past few days. It was not my intention.''
Ciel was quiet as he stared at his butler. He knew that none of this had been the demon's fault. It was his own. If he hadn't been so stupid as to let his aunt preform that exorcism, than none of this would have happened. After a moment of silence, Ciel scoffed and looked away. ''Well if I were you, I would certainly be embarrassed.''
Sebastian stood up quietly, one eyebrow raised and signature smirk in place. ''Oh?''
''We are never to speak of this again, understood?'' Ciel got up from his chair angrily and walked around his desk, facing his butler. ''Just reform the contract, and I will think about not reprimanding you.''
Sebastian chuckled and smirked down at the boy, ''You know, you could just say that you missed me, my Lord. There is no need to be angry.''
Ciel's expression went from annoyed to enraged in one second and he grabbed his butler's tie, pulling Sebastian down to his eye level. ''Me miss you? Heh, don't make me laugh!'' He released Sebastian with a shove. The demon brought his index finger up to his lip, trying to quell his chuckles.
"You dare to make fun of me, Sebastian?" Ciel asked, his voice rising slightly from irritation at the demon's chuckling.
"Not at all, young master. I merely meant that absence tends to make the heart grow fonder." Sebastian finished with his signature smile.
Ciel's high cheek bones tinted a faint pink, but he swiftly averted his gaze; choosing instead to glare at the adjacent book shelf. "Whatever..." The young Earl reached up and undid the not tying his eye patch to his head. "Just get on with the contract will you?"
Sebastian's crimson eyes showing mischief as he took off his left glove with his teeth before reaching out and grabbing the boy's waist. He tugged the Earl towards him and leaned in close, cupping Ciel's eye with his left hand. The demon licked the boy's ear, smirking when he felt a shiver run down his master's body. Dear Satan how he had he missed that flavor, his scent. So rich and pungent and delicious, it sent a spark of desire and hunger through the demon butler. Sebastian focused his attention on his left hand, concentrating his magic there as he whispered into the boy's ear:
''…Yes, my lord.''
OMG YAY! Finally done! I don't know whether I wanna jump in joy or cry. I hope you guys enjoyed, because I certainly had a blast writing it. :D I know I left a few things open, like if Alyssa was actually going to figure out Bassy's name and all that, but I wanted to leave that up to your imagination. I might consider writing a sequel, but only if I can figure out a plot and if I get a lot of feedback of people saying they want one. I have another fanfic in mind that's full out bassyxciel and I might write that one first if I can actually figure out the plot and such.
Welp, no one really asked me anything in reviews, so I have no replies to write here, but know that I love every single one of you guys that read this and reviewed, you rock my socks. So here's some magical computer cookies that Bassy made! *passes out nummy cookies* :D Enjoy his demon sweetness! He's such a lamb, I love him :3
One last time, please review and let me know what you guys thought :3 I haven't got a lot of experience with fight scenes, so plz give me some feedback if you didn't find it enjoyable or anything. I'm still learning, and constructive criticism is welcome :3 And yea, I would really like it if you guys also let me know your thoughts on my monsters throughout the story. I did my best to make em creepy and stuffs :]
So yea, have a good day, and here's the last random short, which is longer than the rest, to celebrate the completion of this fic! To be honest, it isn't really all that random, or short in fact...uh...anyways enjoy! :D Love you all!
~Migoto Nami
~Random Short That Is Kind Of Like An Epilogue But Not Really?...~(Song used is Outrageous by Britney Spears)
Sebastian sighed as he prepared for the next day by making his master's breakfast. Things were beginning to return to the way it once was. Agni and Soma were leaving tomorrow and everything would go back to 'normal', more or less.
Ciel had given him only one order as punishment for leaving his side: Go along with all of the servants crazy antics and don't reprimand them at all for one day and one night. Sebastian was sure that there was something else hidden beneath that order, but he didn't question his master and did as he was told, though he kept on edge. It wasn't like his master to make an order without a reason.
The demon frowned and looked at the clock: eleven p.m. If he finished making breakfast fast enough, he would have time to find his precious cat in the garden and play with her before the sun rose. How he longed to hold her soft body to his, caressing her fur and rubbing her soft ears. Ah, how he had missed her while he had been in Hell...uh, I mean Ciel...yea. He had missed Ciel...that's it.
The demon butler was brought out of his musings when he heard someone quietly walk into the kitchen, trying to be sneaky. It sounded like two people and they were cautiously approaching behind him. Sebastian frowned and turned around. ''Bardroy, Agni, what ever are you doing?''
Both servants froze, having not expected the butler to hear them. ''Uh...uh...you didn't see anything.'' Bard said in a surprised voice, waving his arms in front of himself like a magician.
Sebastian raised an eyebrow and sighed, turning around to get back to work '...Weirdos.'
''What the-?'' The demon asked as a blindfold was wrapped tightly around his eyes. He could have easily seen through it, but the contract forbid it. Ciel had ordered him to go along with anything the servants did, after all. ''What are you doing?''
''Please bear with me, Mr. Sebastian!'' He heard Agni say and the demon was stunned into silence when the Indian butler lifted Sebastian up into his arms like a bride.
''Off we go!'' Bard said and led Agni away. Sebastian could feel the air become colder and instantly knew that they took him to the basement.
''Release me.'' Sebastian said calmly, wanting to kill Ciel for giving him that order. He was pretty sure the boy arranged for this to happen too, the jerk.
All of a sudden Sebastian felt himself being seated and his wrists and and legs being tied to a chair. ''What is the meaning of this?'' The butler asked when the blindfold was removed. Everyone in the house was downstairs in front of him, minus Tanaka, Finny and Soma.
''Sebastian, I have told everyone the reason why you were away.'' Ciel said, stepping forward, not even trying to hide his smug smirk.
''Oh?'' The butler asked. Sebastian had told nothing to the servants about his absence. Ciel must have just made something up a little while ago.
''Yes, and they wanted to celebrate with you.'' Was all Ciel said in explanation before turning and walking upstairs.
''...Celebrate?''
All at once, all the adults in the house moved closer to him, smiling so wide that it was creepy. ''Happy 18th birthday, Sebastian!''
''...What?'' Sebastian asked, blinking. 18? That was...really young in human standards. Just exactly how gullible were these people?
''We know you went home to celebrate with your family, but we wanted to celebrate with you too, yes we did!'' Mey-rin said. She blushed and wrinkled her skirt. Sebastian was a lot younger than her, she being in her 20s. She knew now that it would never work out between them. Younger men weren't her type. Gross!
''Yea, so we called up a friend to help celebrate you becoming legal age and all that with some good and healthy adult fun.'' Bard grinned.
''A friend?'' Sebastian asked, looking to the left as a suspicious figure shrouded in black appeared..
''Yep, and he said he'd do it for free, too!'' Agni said, smiling. He was glad that he could celebrate with his English friend, and he was sure Sebastian would like it. Master Ciel even recommended it.
Sebastian looked at the figure, confused, before his face turned into one of sheer horror. 'Oh dear Satan!'
''Bassy! '' Grell said as he took off the cloak and ran to the demon, straddling the poor butler and wrapping his arms around his neck. The grim reaper was wearing tight, red leather lingerie that was way too revealing for everyone's tastes.
''Oh God!'' Sebastian said, squirming to get away, but his bonds prevented him from doing so.
''Let the lap dance begin!'' Bard said triumphantly and turned on the music,
Outrageous~
When I move my body~
Outrageous~
When I'm at a party~
Outrageous~
In my sexy jeans~
Outrageous~
When I'm on the scene~
''Oh Bassy!''
''Gah! Get away from me! Don't do that!'' Grell didn't listen and proceeded to place his heeled foot on the chair and shake his...unmentionables(what exactly did he have anyway?) in the demon's face.
''Aw, look at all the fun he's having!'' Agni, Bard and Mey-rin cooed, happy that they could celebrate this special moment with their friend as Grell ground his behind against the butler.
''I AM NOT ENJOYING THIS! STOP IT! GET OFF!''
''Happy 18th Birthday, Sebastian!''
Meanwhile, upstairs in the kitchen with the rest of the people that were underaged, Ciel laughed maniacally when he heard Sebastian's screams. That would teach the stupid demon better than to leave his side again! He sipped his tea, laughing evilly all the while.
Finny and Soma were confused by all the ruckus downstairs, but shrugged and continued their game of monopoly. ''Ciel, it's you turn.''
''Oh yes.'' Ciel said and moved his dog piece onto Boardwalk. ''Yes, now I shall have them both and create hotels! Then all your money shall be mine! MWAHAHAHAHAA!''
''Young master, I don't wanna play anymore.'' Finny whimpered, confused by his master's weirdness.
''Uh...Me neither.'' Soma said, creeped out.
''No, you shall play! Play and fall victim to me, Ciel Phantomhive! All of you are my slaves, my pawns!''
''But you already own two whole streets!''
''Bwahahahahaaaa!''
''Ho Ho Ho.''
''Happy birthday my dear Bassy~! ''
''IT'S NOT MY BIRTHDAY!''