Chapter 11: The day before

Rei walked through the hallway sipping her tea. She had left Sebastian to tend to things seeing as her mind was elsewhere. She stopped her walking, sighing.

"Why of all times does my past comes to haunt me now?" She groaned and leaned against the wall.

She looked at the dark liquid in her tea cup sadly. Her reflection suddenly changed to another person from another time. Her 3 year old human self stared back at her with empty eyes. The shattering of glass echoed in the halls and Rei was on the ground backing away from the shattered cup terrified. She held her head in her hands as fast rapid paced footsteps sounded behind her. They suddenly stopped.

"Rei?" Sebastian's voice filled her head.

She looked up tears falling one at a time. He looked down at her then over to the tea. His eyes narrowed and he sighed. Rei shakily got up and was a bit unsteady on her feet. He went to go help her but she pushed him away angrily.

"I can take care of myself!" She snapped at him before covering her mouth and widening her eyes.

Sebastian looked surprise but then smiled mockingly and bowed.

"Of course my lady," he purred.

Rei frowned and turned away from him. She didn't want to talk to him not after telling him her deepest secret, that she was once human. Most people would look down on her because of her human heritage. Rei felt anger boil in her veins and ran away from Sebastian. She stopped and blinked taking in her surroundings. Everywhere she looked there were trees. She spun around finding herself lost. Rei sighed and kicked some dirt.

"God! I have the worst sense of direction!" Rei scolded herself harshly.

She frowned and tilted her head sadly.

"Mama! Mama! Look at me!"

Rei's eyes snapped in the direction on the sound she walked forward cautiously. She brushed past a few branches and peered through. There in a clearing was a ghostly image. It was an old memory of the first time her mom had taken her into the forest. Young Rei danced around the clearing happily. A young woman stood at the other end smiling. Everything, but her smile was cloaked in darkness. Rei took a shaky step forward toward the image raising her hand as if to reach out to touch her. The image disappeared as soon as it had appeared. Rei was standing alone in the clearing looking at her hand.

"Mother…"

Something broke a branch behind her and she spun around just in time to avoid getting stabbed in the face by a familiar pair of death scythe. She stumbled back surprised. The scythe retracted and Rei turned to the attacker.

"William! What are you doing here?!" She asked worried.

William pushed up his glasses.

"I'm here to take you back…you are unfit to be in the human world for too long…as you can see your past is starting to come back," he stated calmly. "That and you will be punished for leaving in the first place."

Rei growled, "I don't care! I'm not going! So you ca-"

Her eyes widened as an arm wrapped around her waist.

"My, my…is this reaper bothering you my lady?" Sebastian asked in a low whisper smiling coldly at William.

William in return glared at the demon.

"Let go of her you filthy being!" He snapped.

Sebastian chuckled and pulled Rei closer to him. He tilted his head.

"So sorry, but my young master would be upset if she was going to be taken back by someone like you," he mocked.

William glared and scuffed tightening his fists. He pushed up his glasses again. Sebastian moved faster than Rei could register and threw a knife at the reaper. In return, William blocked the attack and Sebastian left to follow through with the attack. Rei quickly found some left over strength and unleashed it unconsciously. Both were slammed into the ground at the force of the attack. Both were shocked and looked – rather struggled to – over at her. Rei drew in a sharp breath her world spinning and becoming black at the hiss of a blade and the searing pain in her back. The last thing she saw was Sebastian's horrified looked and William's pissed off face.

Sebastian saw her body land on the ground with a soft thud. Grell pulled his chainsaw from her back and grinned.

"Now no one can stand in my way of Bassy's love~" He purred ecstatic.

Sebastian turned a furious glare his way making Grell flinch in fear. Sebastian got up slowly and menacingly. They hurt what was HIS. Now they were going to pay. He ran at Grell pulling out forks and knives from his sleeves and throwing them at Grell who shrieked and dodged them. Sebastian made his way quickly over to Rei and picked her up disappearing soon after. William made no move to stop him and he glared at Grell.

"Will~ don't look so down! I did us a favor attacking her!" Grell whined.

William's eye twitched and he dragged Grell into a portal by his hair. He gave one long look at where Sebastian had left before the portal closed. Sebastian went into the mansion and hurried to Rei's room. Her blood was already soaking through his clothes. Acting with skills only a demon could have, he cleaned her wound then bandaged her up and placed her gently on her bed. Her breathing was labored and her eyelids twitched as if she was having a nightmare. Sebastian sat down next to her and kissed her forehead. He wanted to stay but he had to go attend to his master. He stood and quickly left the room but not before pausing and turning back to the unconscious girl on the bed.

"I'll be back soon."