Hi, hello, and welcome to the next chapter. :D
Hope you all had a fun new year and were safe!
Wanted to quickly say thanks to those of you reviewing. Its been fun reading peoples theories. :D
Also, just wanted to say here, that Kincade is a pretty vulgar guy, that's just his character.
The new art for this story is a graphic piece I did of Cain. :)
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The days the demon had spent sitting atop the Phantomhive estate had seemed endless. Sebastian had come every night for three weeks and spent the evenings stretching out his senses in hopes the boy would return, but it had been to no avail. It was then that he had returned home in order to plan where he would travel next to look for Ciel, only to be interrupted by his father.
This time he would allow no interruption.
"At last…" Sebastian sighed and entered the cave. Soft growls echoed within the dome shaped cavern and as the demon rounded the corner his heart leapt in his throat.
Ciel, in the flesh, stood several feet from him. The boy was worse for wear what with him being saturated in mud and dirt. Dark stains coated the cuts and tears in his clothing and his bright silver eyes glowed in the dim light. Fangs lined the boy's smile as he crouched, glaring at the growling pup.
"Your much smaller than the others" the boy took a step towards Int and the hound yipped in warning. Ciel laughed, the sound hollow "I do not understand why you keep chasing me, but I have tired of this game."
It was then that Ciel charged the miniature hound, but instead of moving forward, he was lifted into the air and throw over a shoulder that dripped of shadow.
"The hell?!" Ciel cursed and turned his fangs on the flowing darkness. His teeth grazed over a patch of flesh that laid beneath the cloak of shadow and out of instinct, he bit down and pierced the smooth skin.
A surprised sound escaped the throat of the boy's captor, but when the man began to chuckle in a most seducing fashion, Ciel's eyes widened.
"Take as much as you need, Ciel."
The fangs retracted and the boy strained his neck, trying to see the demon's face.
"Sebastian!" blood dribbled from the boy's mouth and with a hand now free of its glove, Sebastian brushed the liquid away. He then brought the blood stained fingers to his lips and licked the residue, his eyes glittering in matching scarlet.
"The bite was so short, such a pity."
Ciel's expression fought several emotions as Sebastian brushed his free hand against the boy's backside, shifting Ciel into a sitting position in his arms.
"Your so quiet" Sebastian dipped his head into the boy's neck, brushing Ciel's hair away with his nose. "Are you waiting for me to return the gesture?"
Two hands shot up on either side of the demon's cheeks as Sebastian was about to place a kiss to the smooth cold skin. Glittering red eyes met the boy's silvers.
"I have many questions" Ciel stated, the boy appearing firm despite his breathy tone.
Sebastian grinned, his lips itching to brush the boy's skin, but he respected the pressure the boy was exerting to keep him at bay "I do as well, but I shall allow you to ask first."
"Where have you been?"
Sebastian gawked, looking insulted "surely you aren't asking me where I have been?"
"That is exactly what I am asking. I am quite disappointed, I sent you a letter months ago and it is only now that you are finding me." Ciel straightened and his voice became more confident as Sebastian drew back. Elation painted the demon's features and he sighed.
"Ciel, please understand it is quite difficult to track you down now. Before I was able to find you regardless of contract due to your soul's essence, but with you now being a vampire, that is impossible."
"Yet these blasted abominations find me time and time again?" Ciel spat, glaring down at the pup jumping at Sebastian's legs "are you inferring that these hounds outweigh a demon's capabilities?"
The demon lost his playfulness and grew serious "Ciel, why didn't you return that night?"
Ciel blinked, clearly not expecting the interruption. Sebastian enjoyed watching the boy struggle to switch the train in his thoughts, but when the discomfort grew on the child's face the demon cupped the boy's cheek.
"What happened?"
Ciel stared down at where Int was jumping at Sebastian's feet and he hissed "can you take care of this mutt first?"
"Right away" Sebastian narrowed his eyes at the pup "Int, settle down!"
The pup whined, but ceased its constant jumping and whining. Content, he looked back up at the boy. Ciel gave him an irritated look and if the child could, his arms would be crossed.
"Put me down."
"No."
"I am not-"
"Ciel, allow me this pleasure at least."
The child's eyes widened and the two stared at each other. The cavern grew quiet as the two became fully aware that they were infact reunited. Millions of questions filled both of their minds, but as their gaze continued, the answers seemed to hardly matter when desire reflected in both their eyes.
The demon blurred and soon the couple were at the back of the cavern, meshed up against the stone wall.
"I haven't bathed, Sebastian-"
"It doesn't matter."
Sebastian moved a leg between the boy's and hiked him up higher so they were eye to eye. Their lips were less than an inch apart when Ciel murmured, the sound almost nonexistent.
"I don't know what I am to do…"
Sebastian's desire flared and he claimed the boy's lips. Long had he awaited this sweet sensation and as he entered the youth's mouth he felt all past tensions and troubles fade beneath a curtain of bliss.
Ciel's body stiffened and Sebastian chuckled into the boy's mouth "relax and do as I do."
Somehow Ciel managed to snap a retort in the mess of their tongues "I am uncomfortable doing as you do."
"Uncomfortable or embarrassed?" Black polished fingers glided between Ciel's shirt, causing buttons to pop free of their fastenings.
Sebastian chuckled again as Ciel went to push him away, but instead the demon redirected the motion so he could position himself behind the falling boy and catch him around the waist. Ivory hands slipped beneath the boy's tattered shirt and Sebastian smiled, the pleasure making his eyes glitter. He nuzzled the boy's neck and brought one of his hands up to grip Ciel's chin, tilting the boy's face so they could lock into a gaze.
"I am curious as to how a vampire bite will affect me. The few seconds earlier were quite intriguing. Would you do me the honor?" Sebastian brought his hand up to the boy's mouth and he sighed in bliss as the boy's tongue lazily licked the demon's offered palm. The teeth were already peaking beneath, but when Ciel opened his mouth in order to position the bite, Sebastian found a whole new anticipation fill him.
However, instead of fulfilling his curiousity, a crack of thunder reverberated through the cavern, interrupting the bite. Ciel screamed in agony as steam began to pour off of his leg and within seconds he was yanked away from Sebastian and pulled towards the exit of the cave. Rocks surrounding the demon split and cracked around him as he emanated large swirls of serrated shadows. Sebastian walked to where he could see the faint outline of the cave's exit and a dark silhouette of a man filled the entrance. Glimmers of long thin cords danced in the sunset and Sebastian growled when he saw Ciel entangled within one of tendrils and that he was laying only an inch away from the faint glow of the sunset.
"Thanks for bagging this one up for me. Would of had to run all over the country looking for this monster." The demon hunter puffed at his cig and reached up to pull it from his mouth, grinning "Take care, Sebastian."
"I will give you until the count of three to release the boy to me" Sebastian's tone echoed with suppressed malice that yearned to shred the man before him. Kincade laughed until a cough broke from him.
"I am not afraid of you, devil. If you wish to fight over the boy, then so be it. I warned you that this was my job-"
"One…" Sebastian's eyes lost all traces of white and extended crimson into blazing slits.
Kincade grinned and threw his cig to the ground, reaching out with a foot to stomp it out "yes, show me what your hideous mug truly looks like."
"Two…" Color vanished from the demon as swirling darkness consumed him.
"I wonder how quickly he'd catch on fire if I were to pull him all the way out."
"THREE!" Shadows erupted from the cave like an explosion of bats on the hunt. The serrated shadows circled the hunter in a razor sharp tornado.
"Hiding?! Such a coward!" Kincade shouted over the rush of wind and cursed as he swirled the free whip around himself to keep the blade like tendrils from impaling him.
"You are hunter without code. It wasn't the boy that slaughtered the village's people, but that of the hounds of time that chased him." Sebastian's voice carried from the cave and Kincade cursed again realizing the demon wasn't even established within the lethal whirlwind.
"The hounds don't kill witnesses, don't waste my time with lies" sweat began to form at the hunter's brow as he moved to dodge the onslaught of darkness and his lashed his whip against it.
"I planned to resolve this matter, but Ciel can be most distracting."
"Ah, so the bloodsucker's name is Ciel, huh?" Kincade scoffed and with a grunt of pain, he tumbled from the darkness. The clothing at his back ripped as the sharp tips connected and blood dribbled from the wounds. Once free of the darkness, Sebastian watched as the whip released Ciel, only so the other that had been defending him could wrap around the boy's form. Ciel groaned as the whips switched and the odd steam ceased.
The now free whip swirled above the hunter as the man began to chant what sounded much like a hymn.
"Within the darkness, I shall cast light…" The whip began to glow and lashed out at the now recollected shadows and as it connected with each wave, the darkness lessened.
Sebastian snarled as pain filled his fingertips. Those whips, they made no sense, but then again, so didn't its owner. Sebastian continued his puppetry and glanced over at Ciel. The boy was now squirming, biting at the invisible binding. He could hear the faint profanity the boy was using and it made him smirk. He still had much to talk about with the boy, and he was through with interruptions.
The shadows leapt back into the demon, and soon Sebastian slipped back into his glamour, but then two whips formed at the ends of his hands and he wrapped his fingers around them.
"They appear much like whips, but they are manifestations are they not?"
Kincade snarled and to Sebastian's surprise, he dropped the boy completely, his other whip returning to him. "Do not mock me, monster!"
A grin lined the demon's mouth and he snapped both of his whips together in front of him. "I would never."
Whips dripping with shadow collided with the odd glowing whip and soon the cords became entangled. Sebastian chuckled and when the demon pulled the ropes, Kincade sweared as he became aware of the demon's plan. The hunter stumbled, and that was all Sebastian needed to slip behind the man. Dark nails pushed into Kincade's throat and the man glared back at the demon.
"I suppose you are a demon lord" the man hissed.
"By force, but none the less" Sebastian replied, glancing over at Ciel who now stood, looking most annoyed.
"Ciel, perhaps you could do me a favor."
The boy looked up, not amused "what do you want now?"
"Drink from him, tell me what you taste."
Kincade snarled and made to break away, but cursed as the fingertips at his throat tightened.
The boy sighed and moved to approach the two, now that the sun was down "I could use the drink, after he burned my leg. I'm not sure how or what he did, but it felt much like the sun."
"Fuck off kid" Kincade threatened. A single black tipped finger elongated into a sharp point and stabbed the man's throat.
"Behave, hunter" Sebastian nodded to Ciel when the boy reached him and gestured with his chin to the man. "I will not let him harm you."
"Is that a promise?" Ciel smirked and reached to grab Kincade's hand.
"It is a promise" Sebastian smiled and then glared at the man "once we finish with him, we must return to our home before-"
"Before I show up?" A voice dripping with snarling rage surrounded the three and Sebastian sighed. He had been so distracted with the damned hunter that he hadn't noticed the ringlet of shadow now surrounding them. Two large hands saturated with shadow emerged from the giant ringlet and grabbed both Sebastian and Ciel. The two hands closed around both and then promptly pulled them back into the ring of shadow. Kincade fell to his ass and watched as the darkness dissolved before his very eyes.
"Fucking demons…"
To be continued.
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