Unexpected Arrivals 9
By Female Heero Yuy
Disclaimer: If I owned Kuroshitsuji I wouldn't be writting fanfics about it. I do own the characters that are not apart of the anime and manga.
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After what seemed like forever, but in reality was only a week. Ciel was feeling like he was a stranger in his own home. Sebastian had noticed the change of course, but said nothing as Ciel had made it clear he didn't want to hear of it. Placing a cup of tea infront of his master, he went about his duties after doing a quick check of his bandages. Once he'd made sure he hadn't stained them, he went about dusting the books on the shelves.
"Do you have to do that now?!" Ciel asked irritably.
Surprised Sebastian just blinked at his master a few times, "If the young master wishes that I do it at a later time I shall." he replied. Abit unsure of what he'd done to make his master so irritated.
Sighing, Ciel leaned deeper into his chair.
Sebastian just placed the feather duster in the bucket he was going to use to clean out the ashes from the fireplace, before he walked over. "Is something troubling you my lord?"
Ciel glared at Sebastian after he'd asked his question. "Get out I want to be alone!"
Taken aback but the abrupt order, but keeping in with his butler persona, he bowed, "Yes my lord.", then walked out of the room. After closing the door, he brought a finger to his chin while trying to think of what had upset his master. Unfortunately in his thought he failed to noticed the presence behind him, until it was too late.
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Ciel sat at his desk even after Sebastian had left. After taking a few deep breaths, he calmed down somewhat. And apart of him even felt alittle bad for yelling at Sebastian only a moment ago. Sighing he got up from his chair, "I guess I should apologize." he muttered as he walked to the door. Even as the head of the household, that didn't give him the right to yell over nothing. But before he got to the door, there was a loud scream just outside the door.
"Sebastian!!!" Ciel shouted as he dashed to the door and swung it open quickly. But there was no one there. Frantically looking around he searched about the hall, until another scream erupted from the east wing. "Sebastian!" he shouted again as he ran towards the screams. He'd never heard him scream in such a way before. It was like a feared scream, even more so than when his family tortured him with hugs and kisses. Once the screaming stopped he had no choice but to stop for a moment. "Where are you??! Sebastian!". Thoughts of his house burning and loosing his family came rushing into his mind. He didn't want to go through that again. He'd already lost his parents, Sebastian had been at his side when he needed him. To loose him as well would crush him.
Another scream erupted from the silence, but it was closer, giving Ciel the clue he needed to where he was. Running as fast as his legs could take him, he came to a door to one of the guest rooms that hardly ever got used.
"STTTTTOOOOOOOOPP!!!" came Sebastian's voice from the otherside of the door. Then sounds of a struggle came a moment later.
"Sebastian!!!" Ciel tried the door but it was locked. Continuing to pound at the door, even as Julious came dashing down the hall faster than the eye could see.
"What's going on?!" he demanded after he'd stopped. But Ciel ignored him, and continued pounding at the door. It wasn't until a final scream came from Sebastian from the otherside that Julious became distraught and shoved Ciel to the side.
"Out of the way human!" he ordered, even as his sons and ex wife came down the hall at the sound of the commotion. Filling Ciel with dread, when he saw none of them were missing. With a hard swift kick, the door was thrown off it's hinges, allowing entry.
No one was prepared for what they saw. In the room, opposite of the door, stood none other than Lucifer, holding a small bundle in his arms. He's apparently done something to make himself abit more human sized, as he was significantly smaller. His expression started as shock, then he seemed to get teary.
"Father?! What are you doing here?!"
Pouting, "I just wanted to see my grandson..." he whined. Even as the lord of hell, it was a pitiful response.
"Where's Sebastian?!" Ciel demanded. Not taking the time to wait for excuses.
"He's right here." Lucifer smiled suddenly as he held the bundle close to himself. Upon closer inspection, everyone realized it was a sheet, taken from the bed nearby.
Of course Ciel thought the bundle was too small to be Sebastian. As it only looked about his size, until Lucifer unwrapped part of the top, to reveal Sebastian's head.
"EEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHH?!!" came from everyone except Lucifer and Sebastian.
Though unconcious and significantly smaller it was definately Sebastian. He was younger now. Apparently whatever happened, Sebastian turned into a smaller version of himself. Atleast, that's was Ciel thought until Sebastian opened his eyes.
"Awww my wittle Sebastian woke up! How do you feel?" Lucifer cooed.
Rubbing a fist at his cheek, Sebastian looked like he woke up from a small nap. Then looked about the room, after noticing everyone, he'd only given Ciel an odd look. Like he couldn't recognize him for a moment. Then smiled. "Grandpa! I'm hungry!" he whined.
A gasp hit the room.
"YOU REVERTED HIS AGE?!" Julious shouted suddenly.
Hugging Sebastian close to himself as he became protective, "....Yes.....I just wanted to see what he looked like when he was younger." Lucifer defended.
"Reverted his age?!" Ciel shouted. What would happen to his contract that he'd made with Sebastian? He didn't have much time to ponder this, as Lucifer had set Sebastian down to the ground. His clothing were huge on him now, but that didn't seem to stop him from dashing the short distance to Ciel, with a smile on his face.
"Let's go play!!" he cherped, just before grabbing Ciel by his wrist and dragged him down the hall. Not even glancing to see the expressions on the others faces.
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After being dragged outside, Sebastian finally let go of his wrist.
"Wow!!!" Sebastian said in amazement, even though he'd been in that very yard several times before. "It's so pretty!"
Ciel just looked on, he just couldn't believe this was the very same Sebastian who had just moments before been his butler.
Unfortunately Finni and Maylene were also outside.
"Ahhh!" Maylene blushed, "He's so adorible!"
"He's like a little Sebastian!" Finni awed.
Confused, Sebastian turned to them, "But my name is...Hmph!" he didn't get to finish, as Ciel covered his mouth before he could mention his name was in fact Sebastian.
"He's Sebastian's cousin! His name is uh...uhh! Sebby! Yeah, that's right Sebby!" Ciel exclaimed, though regretted the name choice a moment after as it was the pet name Grell gave to Sebastian.
"Sebastian's cousin? They look like they could be twins!" Finni stated as he looked "Sebby" over.
"He's staying for abit. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Sebastian had to go visit his aunt, so we'll be watching Sebby for a while." Ciel explained.
Offering a hand, "Nice to meet you Sebby, my name's Finni." he said with a smile.
Taking the hand, Sebastian shook Finni's hand, "Nomme oof meeh too." he mumbled under Ciel's hands. Unaffected...sort of.
"Huh?" Finni confused at what he even said.
Ciel blushed, embarrassed that he was still holding Sebastian's mouth. So he let go.
"Ahhh haaaa!" Sebastian took a breath, "I said nice to meet you."
"But young master...why is he wearing Sebastian's clothes?" Finni inquired.
'Shit!' Ciel thought, he's forgotten Sebastian was still in his uniform, it was oversized on him, but still his clothes. "Ah....Sebby wanted to play dress up in his cousins clothing?"
"Wow...they really could be twins." Maylene awed as she blushed.
That's when Pluto ran up to the group in his human form and stared at Sebastian confused. Ciel could tell that Pluto was possibly thinking that it was Sebastian but too small to be Sebastian. He was grateful demon dogs couldn't talk. After a moment, Pluto just tackled Sebastian and started licking his face. Causing him to laugh hysterically.
"Hey!! Stop..haha!! That...ha..that tickles!" Sebastian tried to shove Pluto off him, but to no avail. Finni had to pull him off or Sebastian would of been squished under Pluto's weight.
"Pluto! Your squishing him!...Sorry Sebby..but he seems to really like you."
Using a sleeve to wipe off the slobber, "It's okay." he smiled. "Ooo what's that?!" he suddenly said, grabbing Ciel again and dashing off. Leaving a very confused Finni and Maylene behind.
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After many hours, Ciel thought he was going to die. Even though he was relieved that his contract was still in place, though he only found out cause Sebastian's now oversized glove fell off. He was still not happy. Sebastian was apparently not only a perfectionist in childhood aswell, but a ball of energy that kept going. Only stopping when Lucifer gave him a strange glowing thing to eat. He looked over at the edge of his bed, were Sebastian sat playing with the doll house that he'd norminally have in his study. More articles of his clothing had fallen off as well, but this didn't seem to bother Sebastian in the least. Now he only had on his shirt, vest, and butler's coat. Where the other parts dropped, he couldn't say. As Sebastian bounced from one place to the next so quickly that he wasn't even sure he'd gone outside.
"Oie...don't you ever run out of energy?" Ciel asked after catching his breath.
Sebastian just looked at him cutely, tilting his head to the side.*
Sebastian's mother came into the room without knocking, holding some clothing in her arms. "What a pain..." she muttered, "Leave it to father to only think so far in his actions." she came to a stop at the edge of the bed. Causing Sebastian to turn at her, his smile gone. It seemed even when reverted to a child, he was worried about pleasing his mother. She glared at him for abit, then placed the clothing on the edge of the bed. "Well don't just sit there, get up so we can dress you." she ordered with distain.
"Yes mother." he whispered as he got up. Lifting his arms as she pulled the last of his butlers suit off his small body. Within minutes she had him dressed in what was apparently Ciel's own clothing. His favorite blue outfit fit Sebastian perfectly. But he didn't think the color went well with him at all, as he was used to Sebastian wearing blacks, browns and reds.
"Honestly, running around like a commoner. It was horrific watching." she complained.
Which inturn made Sebastian become ashamed at his actions. "Sorry."
Ciel glared at her, sure he was exhausted from hours of play time, but it wasn't anything to be scolded over. "How long until he's back to normal?"
"Hmmm it's hard to say considering I don't know what he did. But then again, maybe this is the chance to correct his imperfection."
His eye started twitching as she got up and dusted her dress. "As you are his master, and a child yourself, it's only fitting that you take responsiblity for him." She stated before leaving the room.
"Hey! Come back here and be a good parent!" Ciel shouted at her just before she closed the door. Once it was closed, he sighed, then turned to look at Sebastian. Even when reverted to a child age he was still a few inches taller than him. "What am I supposed to do now?" he asked as he put his hand to his head. Being a child himself physcially didn't mean he was one mentally. Until he thought of something. Looking at Sebastian who was poking about his room, "Do you know who I am?"
Looking over while still holding a bed curtain, "Know you? Of course." He smiled.
For a brief moment Ciel was relieved, until he said, "Your my Uncle."
"...No, i'm not..I'm your master, you have a contract with me."
"Contract?.....What's a...contract?"
Ciel went into such a shock that he lost his color. "But you have the symbol of our agreement on your hand!" Ciel pointed.
Sebastian looked at his hand and saw the symbol, "Oh?....I thought it was a tattoo of some sort."
'It seems his memory is messed up, but atleast he knows me....sort of.' Ciel thought, trying to think of something. While thinking he hadn't noticed Sebastian had walked up to him and was looking him over. It was only when Sebastian's face was infront of his that he realized it. "Ah!"
"Hmmm, I don't see how your my uncle...your not even a demon."
Ciel didn't get a chance to reply as his door was open yet again. This time with Julious and his other two son's.
"My baby! Are you okay? Do you feel alright? Should I get a doctor?" Julious rambled as he looked Sebastian over.
Micheal and Adrian just stood at the door, smiling with delight.
"Aww come on papa, even if it's permanent it just means he'll have to grow again. Which means he has to move back in at home." Adrian pointed out, while trying to look at Sebastian's reaction. He was trying to push his father away as he'd been grabbed into a hug.
"Ewww, he's wearing the human's clothing." Micheal said with disgust. "We should go shopping and get him more suitable clothes."
Hugging a struggling Sebastian, "HHhaaaa! Think of all the outfits I can have him wear that we couldn't do as a child, because they didn't have them then." Julious rambled, with stars in his eyes. Sebastian was still trying to push against the hug.
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Ciel always thought the next time he'd go to hell would be when he died. Not to go shopping. Though he had to admit, there were some interesting stores. The clothing stores had outfits that looked out of his time as well. But still had a certain uniqueness. He was half tempted to get a suit, but decided agains't it for the fact he'd have to explain where he got it. So he sat on a bench, guarding the hordes of bags of outfits. Finally the family of demons came to the bench. Carrying more bags, and an exhausted, cranky Sebastian.
"Aww come on sweetie, just one more store?" Julious cooed.
"NOOOOO!!!" Sebastian whined, being stuborn. But Ciel couldn't blame him. There were already over 150 bags of items.
Julious tried pulling him along, but Sebastian just let his legs give out, thus becoming dead weight. Which didn't faze Julious for long, since he just picked him up. That was a mistake, because Sebastian started scretching ungodly loud, and started to kick and punch, gaining awkward looks from other creatures and demons. It seemed even in hell a screaming child was embarrassing.
"Okay okay! We're going! We're going!" Julious paniked. Even as a father of three, dealing with a screaming a child wasn't an easy thing. Even with experience.
Before anyone could blink, they were back at the manor, bags and all. Unfortunately, Sebastian had yet to stop screaming and throwing his tantrum.
"Please sweetie! Stop, we're home now!" Julious tried, as he bounced him up and down.
"I'll give you a cookie!" Adrian tried, while Micheal tried making funny faces at him. None of this worked. Sebastian's mother came in to the room, looking very, very angry.
"SEBASTIAN! STOP THAT INFERNAL SCREAMING THIS INSTANT!" She ordered, leaving no room for her authority to be challenged. This did make him stop however. He stared at her as if awaiting a new order from her. Julious put him to the floor, but he'd still yet to make a move. "That's better." She said, then headed towards the door.
The cold chill that hit the room finally left. Giving everyone room to breathe.
"I thought I was going to wet myself." Adrian said suddenly to break the silence.
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After a week of lessons from demons, Ciel thought his brain was going to explode. Since Sebastian had yet to revert back to his normal size and state of mind, Julious had taken it upon himself to give them daily lessons. Of course the lessons would of gone better if Lucifer hadn't kept showing up randomly for Sebastian time. What upset him the most, was he found out that even though Sebastian was taller, he apparently was at a equivilant age of a 5 year old human. So the fact that Sebastian also absorbed information like a sponge didn't make him any happier. Putting his night gown on, that he'd finally learned how to get on himself, he got ready for bed. He felt very proud of himself of his accomplishment. After exiting his bathroom, he was surprised to see Sebastian sitting on his bed hugging one of his pillows. Looking pitiful.
"Oie...what are you doing here?"
"Can...can I stay with you tonight?"
"Eh?"
"I'm sleepy."
'I thought demons didn't need to sleep.' Ciel thought in his mind, but guessed since he was younger he needed it from time to time. "Sure, but stay on yourside of the bed."
Sebastian smiled at him, "Okay!"
Climbing into bed, Ciel snuggled under the covers, after a few minutes, he felt something slide closer next to him. "Hey I said stay on your side."
Sebastian just hugged Ciel like a teddy bear, and laid his head on his shoulder. "Uncle Ciel....your..warm." He said as he drifted off to sleep.
Ciel sighed, and pulled the covers up. "Good night, Sebastian." he then wrapped an arm around Sebastian's shoulder.
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In the study, Sebastian and Ciel were studying their daily lessons, Lucifer was watching with joy on his face and squeeled whenever Sebastian did anything. Sebastian was currently he was wearing Ciel's red outfit, as he didn't want to wear the clothing his father got for him. Ciel thought of how he could possibly snag a few of the outfits for his own wardrobe since they looked so nice.
"Grandpa, why aren't there cats in our world?" Sebastian asked breaking the silence.
"Unfortunately our world isn't cat friendly."
"Why?"
"It's hard to explain." Lucifer replied, enjoying every oddball question Sebastian could come up with.
"Is it like my where babies come from question?"
"Umm..yes...yes it is." Lucifer said sweating alittle. He hadn't enjoyed that particular question.
Ciel snickered, he loved it when suddenly Sebastian had asked the dreaded question. No one wanted to answer him, as they'd become embarrassed. Which made Ciel laugh on the inside due to their reactions. Micheal ran, Adrian decided it was a good time to take Uri and Pluto on a walk, Sebastian's mother stated she had female things to do, Julious decided it was a good time to clean the manor, and this in turn left Lucifer to deal with the question. His reply was that it was complicated and that he would understand when he was older. This seemed to satisfy Sebastian's curiosity of the subject for now.
"Oh." He replied, then moment later he hiccupped.
"Uh..are you okay?" Lucifer asked, surprised, but finding the action adorible.
"I think so." Sebastian put a few fingers to his lips, and his other hand to his chest. But when he hiccupped again, it was apparent that it was very painful.
"Oie, Sebastian, are you sure you okay?" Ciel asked as he got up abit worried, when Sebastian looked at him in pain.
"My body hurts." was all he was able to say before he collasped to the floor.
"SEBASTIAN!" Ciel and Lucifer shouted at the same time.
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Julious was enjoying a cup of tea with his other sons when they'd heard the shout. "Sebastian!"
Getting up all three ran to where the shouting came from.
"What do you think happened?" Micheal asked as he ran. Adrian giving him a puzzled look as they reached the study in moments.
"Sebastian!" Julious shouted as he opened the door in fear. But then became shocked at the site before him.
Sebastian was back to his normal self, wearing the now torn clothing, and looking shocked himself. "What....on earth happened?" He asked, as he looked himself over, then stared at his family at the door.
Lucifer and Ciel just sat next to each other, shocked at the sudden transformation.
Julious became teary eyed, "MY BABY IS BACK TO NORMAL!" he bellowed then grabbed Sebastian into a tight hug and cried some more.
Still confused, he looked to his brothers for an answer, while his father hugged him he was on his knees and his arms hung at his sides. "Eh?"
"So...you don't remember anything? Nothing at all?" Micheal asked as he took a few steps forward.
"What...are you talking about?"
"He really doesn't remember." Adrian muttered while thinking of possible causes. But then smiled as he realized it ment he didn't remember the photos he took as well.
Micheal caught on as well, "Oh...nothing...nothing at all." he said as he pulled out a camera randomly and took a few photos, making Sebastian look at him in shock then he got up and tackled his brother for the camera.
"GIVE ME THAT!" He shouted as he tried to reach for it. But Micheal held it out of reach even on the floor.
"Never!!!" Micheal responded as he held his brother as bay with a hand to his forehead.
Ciel blinked a few times, finally coming out of his own shock. "Oie...Sebastian..."
That stopped Sebastian only for a moment, "Yes...ah!! Young master?!" he was still trying to get the camera.
"Get some decent clothes on."
Sebastian stopped in what he was doing and looked down at himself, after he realized the clothes he was wearing were in tatters, his eyes went wide, as he discovered he was barely covered at all. Leaping up he dashed out the room, but suddenly came back and snagged the camera, and ran off again.
"Hey! Those are mine!" Micheal shouted after getting up to dash after his brother. "Give those back to me! I need them for the photo album!"
"I would of liked those too." Julious admitted.
Adrian just smirked and pulled out another camera from behind his back. Apparently the family of demons were good at hiding things.
Lucifer was crying, hugging someone the reminants of clothes that tore off from the outfit. Apparently he wanted Sebastian to stay small abit longer.
Ciel blinked, then smirked, "Can I get copies too? As his uncle it's only fitting I have photos of my nephew."
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* = see episode 16, at the part where Ciel is asking about ghosts at the beginning. Right after he asks, Sebastian's face is shown. That's the expression he's got on his face. When he's asking "What is it?"
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I thought it would be cute. XD
I did upload this before, but then deleted it off, cause I wanted to add and make some changes.
