Hey, finally the long waited chapter has finally arrived. Now, this chapter will be short like the last one. I'm afraid that my chapters will have to be this short because of virtual school; I'm already losing my smooth pace. Well, enough of my ranting. Here is your long well deserved chapter. Enjoy.
Chapter 8
Ceil only made it a few steps until his butler grabbed him. "My Lord, that is highly improper for you to attack a lady. Why not just sit down, and I'll escort her to her room." Sebastian said smoothly, while putting the young earl in his chair. I tried to hold back a snicker at the look on his face. His cheeks were slightly red and he puffed out his cheeks, he looked like a child that didn't get his way, how cute. "Fine, just know this Sebastian, if she does anything like she has done last night, I won't hesitate to punish her in such a way that even you would end up feeling the pain." He told Sebastian without even taking a glance at him. Pain? The fuck? I shook my head. "You're not going to do shit." I said in a singsong voice. Ceil knitted his eyebrows. "I can do anything I want to you. You are staying in my townhouse and you think you can stay here for free. So all in all, I think it would be fair if you followed my orders and at least help around." Who does this brat think he is ordering me around like I'm some kind of dog? I am my own person, not his slave. "I don't have to do shit." I told him as I turned on my heel and went straight to the door, opening it when I got to my destination.
I heard him walk to me. "Don't you walk away from me when I'm talking to you." Ceil yelled out as he went to grab my wrist, but I just slammed the door in his face. I turned around and started to flick him off with a grin on my face. "Take that, bitch." The door busted open. "Isabella!" I waved and laughed a little. "Oh, hi, Ceil. Heh. Nice weather we're having, huh? Oh, will you look at the time. Gotta go." I said nervously. Who knows what this guy would do to me? He might go all psycho on me. I cringed at a thought of what he might do. To my eyes he looked extremely pissed off, I wouldn't be surprised if his head starts to blow out fire. "Don't you ever slam my door in my face, got it?" He said through gritted teeth, his fist clenched so hard I could see his knuckles going white. It was a better choice for me to nod my head, but I am just so stubborn to listen to someone's commands. I am not a dog, so why follow the orders I am given? I shook my head and smirked at the boy in front of me. "You deserved it." That just made matters worst for me. "Get out!" He yelled in my face, pointing at me. "I will not stand here and let you harass me. So leave. I know you won't tell a soul about Sebastian and me. You know what is good for you if you do so." I knitted my eyebrows. "You know what? I could careless if you kick me out! I want to leave this retched place. I don't need your attitude. It's like you're on your period or something. And don't expect me to come crawling back and beg for forgiveness. I'd rather die than do that." And with that said, I turned on my heels and walked to the front door, not looking back. Who knows where I will go? Right now, the brat annoyed me. No one in his or her right mind should yell at me. I will not stand there and tolerate it. I heard a door slam, a sign passed my lips and I stopped in my tracks. I wanted to go home. At first, I was glad I was in this place, but I didn't expect to ruin my fantasy or whatever the hell this is.
I continued on my walk to the door, my mind blank. As I saw the front door, a smile formed on my face. This was my freedom, well, kind of. I would leave this place and somehow try to find a way to go back to my time, even if it takes forever, I won't give up. That's who I am. Once something comes on my mind, it stays there until I fulfilled that goal. When I was standing in front of the door I put my hand was on the knob without a second thought. I smiled and opened the door only for it to close. "What the?" I said, confused. "I'd advise you to go to your room, my mate." A sign past my lips. "I thought I told you to stop calling me that. And plus Ceil kicked me out, remember?" I was turned around and slammed against the door, the demon out his hand on my shoulders. "You are to not leave my side, remember? You have caused quite some trouble for Young Master. Now, I'd recommend you to go to your room." He said, his voice sounded smooth and velvety. Another sign past my lips. "I don't want to be here though." His hands on my shoulders tightened a little bit. "I understand that you don't want to stay here, but I'd advise you to go to your room before there will have to be force involved." I frowned. "Just let me go. I don't want nothing to do with you two, just like you both want, right?" The demon in front of me was silent for a moment. "Why are you so tempted to leave?" I turned my head to the side. "I shouldn't even be here. I just want to be alone now. I got to meet you and Ceil. So I should be happy, but I'm not. I'm annoyed by you two. I'd advice you to let me go. Mate or not." I deadpanned, my face indifferent.
The demon butler chuckled and released me. "I'm afraid I cannot do that. I understand you are bothered by my Young Master, and me I do not know why you are here if you are from another time. So will you go into your room, my mate." He said as he turned my head to him, his face inches away from mine. "Please." He whispered. 'Did he just please? Oh dear.' I thought to myself and then I noticed how close we are. I shoved him away. "Dude, why are you all up on me?" I asked him. The look on the demons face was priceless. His eyes were slightly widen and his mouth was slightly opened, he rarely shows emotions on his face, it was almost laughable. Almost. His face changed back to his indifferent one and he gave me that shit eating grin of his. I wanted to slap it off of him but knew better than to do that. "Why should I explain myself to you, my mate? What I do is between me. Now, will you please go to your room? I do not like repeating myself. So please do not make me say it again." He told me, grin still in place. I ignored him and opened the door. "Open this door and you'll regret it." I told him even though I was stupid enough to say that. How could I threat Sebastian, much less a demon? His grin disappeared. He took a step to me. I slammed the door opened and ran out of it. 'Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. FUCK!' I screamed in my head. 'Dammit, where am I going to hide. Dammit. It will be useless. Fuck!'
Arms wrapped around me. I thrashed around in the grip. "Dammit. Let me go." I said through gritted teeth. "I'm afraid I cannot do that." A different voice said as the person holding me squeezed me causing me to cry out in pain. "You might have left, but you won't be leaving anytime soon. I'll make sure of that." It whispered in my ear. It started to squeeze me more. "S-stop it." I said, losing air. "Let her go." Called out a voice I knew to well. 'Didn't take him long to find me.' I thought as I narrowed my eyes. I turned my head to see who it was that was holding me down from my freedom. I gritting my teeth. Claude. Of course it would be Sir Stalks A lot. He squeezed me tighter, but was stopped. His grip on me was losing slowly. When it was lose enough I turned around and pushed him away. I was surprised he back away a few paces. I ran off right when I got the chance. 'Dammit. Now Psycho is back there and I don't even know where to go!' I ran and ran until I was out of breath. 'What am I going to do now?'
"Claude." The crow demon deadpanned, his face indifferent. The spider demon didn't say anything but smirk at him. Sebastian was having that feeling again, the feeling he had back at the mansion. And this time he would not stand around and let the filthy demon in front of him get away. This demon is a threat to his Young Master and his mate, he needs to end this demon life. And if he couldn't do such a simple task then what kind of butler and mate would he be? The crow demon smirk, oh yes, he will kill him without a doubt. "May I ask, what brings you here?" He deadpanned. The spider demons smirk vanished. "I am here under orders of my master." His facial expression was back to his original one; a bored expression. "Orders?"
"I do not have time to socialize. I must take my leave and fulfill my order." He said as he walked past Sebastian. "Don't forget, I'm one hell of a butler too."
"Goddammit! Fuck my life." I muttered under my breath as I was leaning against a tree. I have been running for nearly ten minutes and still haven't escaped from the woods I was in. I looked up at the sky. 'I'm not going to give up, not yet. I came this far, I must continue. I must be closer to the exit of these woods, right?' I asked myself as I continued my run. I was dodging trees and jumping over fallen branches, that doesn't really help my situation at all, and to make matters worst it will get dark soon. But I continued my run, nothing will stop me, not even a demon. Okay, maybe a demon, but not a human. As I was running I was slammed down on the ground. "Found you." I blinked. "The hell? Let me go!" I yelled out, squirming under the weight above me. The voice didn't sound familiar at all. "You have caused quite some trouble here, haven't you? Aerith?" My eyes widened. 'Aerith? That's-'
"Oh, I know who you are. I brought you here, I wanted to test something. But it may seem that my little experiment isn't going as planned. You can say that you are a 'experiment gone wrong' so what I will do is leave you a choice. One, I could kill you, right here, right now. Or two, you will be forced to mate with that demon back there." My eyebrows knitted together. "And if I don't want to?" I was flipped around, coming face to face with my attacker. His hand went around my throat and came close to my face. Up close, this man was very good looking, but it's too bad he is going to kill me. Maybe. "Then I'll kill you, Aerith." I gritted my teeth at him. "I control your life now. If you make one false move you'll be killed. Just like chess. So, it would be best if you follow my orders. So, are you sure you want this?" He said, a smirk on his beautiful face. He had black hair that covered his eyes and came down to the tip of his nose, and reached the end of his neck, he was also wearing an Eskimo jacket, with a shirt that had a eye on it, he had baggy pants on with a pair of black boots. 'He must not be from this time.' I told myself. "One question. How do you know that name?" The mans smirk grew into a wicked grin. "I know everything about you. Even the betrayal of your so called 'family'." He said with his grin getting bigger at my facial expression. I started to thrash around in his grip. "You know nothing about me! You are a liar!" His hand on my neck tightened. "I do not lie. I know about you. The kidnapping and 'the special experiment' that your 'family' put you through while they received all that money." My mouth parted open. 'How could he know about that?!'
"Yes, I know what you are. I watched you from afar. You use to be human. Due to all those test experiments you went through, you became very important to the government, but right when you had the chance you escaped and changed everything about you, hoping no one will find you or notice who and what you truly are. You named yourself Isabella. Don't underestimate me, Aerith. Not only that but I also know what you are capable of doing. The powers you have gained is strong enough to kill a god, but you are just a pure soul, you wouldn't even hurt a fly." He said smoothly as his hand around my throat got tighter. "Shut up." I muttered, my eyesight getting blurry.
"You watched me, you say? Then tell me. Why didn't you save me?! I would be human! Not this! Not this, this, monster! I would be normal!" I said as a tear went down my cheek. He tightened his grip on my neck causing me to lose air. "It's all apart of my plan. I know a little secret about you, something you don't know just yet. You can pick one of the choices I have you. Better hurry. Because just like you, I am no human, nor super natural being. Therefore, I can kill you." His grip on me loosened enough for me to talk. I pushed him off of me and stood up. "I will not choose. Drop dead." I said through gritted teeth, while clenching my fist. I walked to him. "Think about it. No one here knows about what you are capable of; no one would turn you in for money. Yet, I was surprised when you-. Never mind that. Aerith, you have a choice. Choice Number One or Choice Number Two."
I stopped in my tracks, my head was spinning. I was getting dizzy. 'This is too much. I can't handle it anymore.' And with those words said in my mind, darkness consumed me. I fell down on the ground.
"Still stubborn as ever, Aerith." The man said with a chuckle as he walked towards my limp body.
Rage. That's all the crow demon felt. How could he be so foolish to let him pass him like that? He turned around with butter knifes and forks in his hands; he threw them at the walking demon butler. But he was already prepared, he sidestepped and threw his knifes and forks at Sebastian. That was his cue. He threw more of his utensils right back at him. After that, the yard they were standing on was covered in forks and knifes. The crow demon narrowed his eyes. "What do you want with my mate?" A dark chuckle was the only reply he received. "I believe that isn't really any of your concern. Now, I do believe I have wasted quite some time by now. I must fulfill my order." And with that he continued his walk toward his Young Masters townhouse. Sebastian smirked and threw some more of his utensils at Claude. Again, he dodged them with a sign. "I believe I told you that I do not have the time to play your little games. Now, if you will excuse me." And this time he was out of sight. Sebastian started to chuckle. "Games? Who said we were playing games? I was not playing any games." He said as he narrowed his eyes slightly, then he to was out of eyesight.
My head was pounding like crazy. I was lying on the ground. I sat up slowly, holding my head. 'What happened?' I asked as I looked at my surroundings. Everything was destroyed. Memory's of what happened when I ran from Claude and Sebastian came flooding back through my mind. I stood up, looking around. "Hello?" I called out, expecting the mystery man to be long gone. I let a sign past my lips. 'Thank goodness.'
A dark chuckle was heard behind me. "Oh, I am still here. Don't you worry your little head, Aerith." I gritted my teeth and narrowed my eyes. "Don't. Don't call me that, okay? I am Isabella, and I will be Isabella until the day I'm wiped from existence. Now, if you would be ever so kind and let me be. No, wait; there is something I would like to ask. Why am I here?" I asked him without even turning around to face him. "That is for me to know and you to find out, Aerith. Now, I believe you didn't answer my question properly. Which one will it be? Choice Number One or Choice Number Two?" I ignored him and walked away, but he just slammed me down on the ground with a grunt. The impact knocked the air out of my lungs. "Stubborn as ever, aren't we?" He muttered under his breath. "Who are you?" I asked, turning my face away from the dirt. "Me? I'm nobody. Why would I want to be somebody in a world that only knows despair?" I frowned at him and narrowed my eyes at the man above me. "No, everybody has a name, even if they don't like it or not, everybody has a name. So, I'll ask again. What is your name?" I told him, feeling stupid that I was talking to him in the situation I was in at the moment. "Well, just call me Number 237." He said as he put his hand on the back of my neck. "Answer my question, Aerith."
'Number 237?' I kept saying in my head over and over again. I don't know if this man was just making up a name for himself or his parents actually named him that. One thing I do know is I need to find out more about this man, someway, somehow. His grip on my neck tightened, snapping me out of my thoughts. I tried my best to send him a glare. "Answer my question. I do not like repeating myself. Answer it or I'll chose for you." When I didn't give him an answer he started to squeeze the back of my neck tighter and tighter as the seconds past. "Okay, okay. Uh, I'll pick Sebastian." His hand on the back of my neck loosed. 'Goddammit!' I screamed in my head. "Very good. I knew you didn't want to die just yet. Well, until we meet again." He said and with that he was gone. I sat up and rubbed the back of my neck. 'What the hell am I going to do now? First, I get sent into a place that I know isn't real. Then, I get kicked out of it, practically. And, I meet some weird ass guy. Gee, what a treat, huh? I'm surprised I didn't freak the hell out with all this going on.' I thought with a snicker. Arms wrapped around me. And then that is when I lost it. 'If this is real. Then I'll have to mate with that prick. Goddammit, why didn't I just pick death, that sounds way better than being his mate.'
"I found you, my mate." Said a smooth voice as a face nuzzled in my neck. 'Way better, indeed.'
Well, there's Chapter 8. What did you think? The next chapter will be based on her past. I know some of you guys have asked about that and so I decided to do it sooner. Until next time!
Yours truly, DarkPhye
