The Butler's Son

Chapter 9: A Little Playtime And The Plan

"Alright you can help" Ciel said sighing

"Me too I want to help too!" Damien said with his hand in the air with an excited look on his face

"Fine you can help too" Ciel said annoyed

"Yay! yaaaaaaay!" Damien cheered happily

"We will discuss our plan later after I have finished my work you are free to do as you like until then" Ciel said getting up from the table "I will have Sebastian come and get you when it's time"

"Okay we will see you later then" Layla said as Ciel left the Dining Room "So what do you want to do Damien?"

"Umm oh I want to go play outside!" Damien said pointing to the window

"Okay but don't cause any trouble and don't wonder off too far" Layla said stroking Damien's hair

"I promise" Damien said happily and leapt off his chair and started to run off but stopped when he was about to run past his father "Oh yeah thanks for the breakfast father!" Damien said and quickly hugged Sebastian's legs before running out of the Dining Room while laughing happily

Layla chuckled at Sebastian's stunned expression "Not use to love are you?" she said amused as she stood up from her seat

"No I never really had time for it" Sebastian said as he started to clear up the table

"Funny you should say that as a demon you have all the time in the world" Layla said amused

"True but I never found a need to have a family"

"Shame you're really missing out on a lot of great things" Layla said as she started to leave the room

"Wait" Sebastian said before Layla could leave "Don't you want your tea?" Sebastian said as he noticed that she hadn't touched her tea

"No thank you I don't like tea" Layla said politely before leaving

"What a shame now it's wasted" Sebastian said quietly as he continued cleaning up

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Layla sighed as she decided what to do before she would meet up with Ciel. Layla decided that she would explore the Manor. As she started to walk up the stairs she noticed the maid about to the clean the railing with shoe polish.

"Uh excuse me miss that's shoe polish you're about to use" Layla said walking up to the maid

"What?!" Mey-Rin said looking closer at the label "Oh my you're right" Mey-Rin said embarrassed

"It's alright" Layla said smiling "Would like me to help you?" Layla said picking up another cloth

"Huh?" Mey-Rin said surprised "Oh no I can't trouble you Miss Layla"

"It's alright I don't mind I have nothing to do at the moment and I don't mind lending a hand" Layla said happily as she started to polish the railing

"Well thank you" Mey-Rin said smiling and started to polish the railing, this time with wax not shoe polish.

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Damien happily ran about the garden looking at all the flowers. Damien was originally going to play with Pluto but since he couldn't find the Demon Hound he choose instead to explore the garden. Damien suddenly heard something.

"Huh?" Damien said looking around for what could have made the noise "meow" Damien turned around and saw black cat with amber eyes.

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Layla laughed as she happily talked with the maid, who she now knew as Mey-Rin, while they made quick work of polishing the railing. Layla had learnt of how Mey-Rin came to work in the Manor and that she had a crush on Sebastian, which Layla found cute. After Layla and Mey-Rin finished polishing the railing Layla went outside to look for Damien. Layla decided to look for Damien in the garden for she couldn't find him playing with Pluto. Layla look around trying to find him when she heard a "meow" Layla looked round a corner and saw Damien sitting on the ground stroking a black cat. Layla tried not to laugh when she saw Damien had a grey and white kitten sitting on his head.

"Having fun?" Layla asked smiling

"Yeah" Damien said happily as he turned round to face Layla.

Layla then saw two more kittens on Damien's lap one completely black while the other was black and white. Layla then walked up to Damien and sat next to him and started stroking the kittens mother.

"She has such soft fur doesn't she" Damien said happily as he stroked the kittens in his lap "And she's so beautiful too"

Layla chuckled at how Damien was talking about the cat, reminding her of when she first met Sebastian 'So like his Father' she thought with a smile

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A few hours later Sebastian was walking through the Manor looking for Layla and Damien. He then overheard Mey-Rin talking to Bardroy and Finny.

"Miss Layla is so kind she helped me polish the railing yes she did" Mey-Rin said happily

"Yeah and Damien helped me get the lawnmower down from the tree yesterday"

"You are almost making seem like we have two more Sebastian's in the house" Bardory said laughing.

Sebastian chuckled as he heard the servants.

"AHHH Sebastian!" the trio screamed

"Don't worry we didn't mean that they are better than you!" Bardroy shouted, with Mey-Rin and Finny nodding furiously in agreement.

Sebastian tried not to laugh at the trio's terrified expressions. Though the servants thought Sebastian's expression meant that he was about to yell at them.

"AHHHHHH!" the trio screamed as they ran away.

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As Sebastian began to look outside, since he could not find the two in the Manor, he heard laughter coming from the garden. Sebastian followed the laughter and found Layla and Damien playing with the beautiful black cat he would feed whenever he had the chance and her kittens. Sebastian then quietly walked up to Damien and picked up the kitten that was on his head.

"Huh?" Damien said feeling the weight on his head go away and looked up "Oh hi Father" he said smiling

"Such beautiful innocent eyes" Sebastian said distracted by the kitten he was holding "And such soft little paws" he said gently stroking one of the kittens paws

Layla giggled as she watched both father and son distracted by the cats "Did you need something Sebastian?"

"Hmm? oh yes my master is ready to see you both now" Sebastian said as he continued to stroke the kittens paws

"Then you two say goodbye to your furry little friends now we don't want to keep Ciel waiting" Layla said as she got up and started heading towards the Manor

"Ohhhh okaaay" Damien said sadly as he put the kittens in his lap down and then followed Layla sulking quietly.

Sebastian smiled at Damien's behavior before putting the kitten he was holding down and following Layla and Damien.

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As the three arrived at Ciel's office Sebastian knocked on the door.

"Master" Sebastian said as he opened the door "I've brought Layla and Damien" he said as he let the two in before closing the door

"Good" Ciel said as he put the papers he was looking at down "Now as for the plan there is a ball tomorrow night and I'm certain that Jason's followers will be there and they will be looking for new girls to take" Ciel said as he rested his chin on his hands "But the problem is if Sebastian and I attend the ball they won't act since everyone knows what I am"

"But they don't know anything about me so I am the perfect bait" Layla said smiling

"Exactly"

"What about me?" Damien said with tearful eyes "What's my job?"

"Ehhh" Ciel said not sure how to answer the child

"I have an idea" Layla said stroking Damien's head "Since you two can't enter the ball as you are too easily recognized" she said glancing at Ciel and Sebastian "Damien can be on the roof waiting for Jason's followers to leave with me and then he can follow us and after he's found where their hideaway is he can come back and fetch you two"

"Yes! yes! I want to do that!" Damien said the tearful look replaced by a bright smile

"Okay you can do that" Ciel said sighing "But why wait on the roof?"

"Well I think a five year old child entering a ball unattended would grab a lot of attention" Layla said smiling "And I think he would be quickly escorted out"

"I see your point"

"Now I have a question do you want them dead or alive?" Layla said with an evil smile

"What?"

"Well I don't really fancy being the damsel in distress so do I simply kill Jason and his followers or do you want them all alive?"

"You are free to do what you want with the followers but leave Jason for me"

"Okay good to know" Layla said as she picked up Damien "Well see you two later" she said as she and Damien left the office

"Hmmm so you're going to be the bait for some human traffickers" Damien said looking up at Layla

"Seems I will be" Layla said smiling at Damien

"You know he's not going to like this when he finds out"

Layla stopped walking for a moment as she pondered Damien's words before she carried on down the hall "That's true but he isn't here at the moment and hopefully he won't find out" Layla said as she put Damien down "But never mind that right now you run off and play" she said smiling and ruffling Damien's hair before walking away.


A/N: Sorry this chapter is so late anyway they announced that a season 3 for Black Butler has been green-lit and I can't wait to see it (mainly cos' I can't wait to see what new hilarious OVA episodes they come up with.