Sword Fight Twelve: The Jabberwocky Part One

"Mm…wait…when did the pillow become so soft?" Alice thought as she slowly opened her eyes, only to find Trickster with his solider shirt off and his arms wrapped loosely around her waist. His eyes were closed as he snuggled his face closer to Alice's chest, causing her to blush before screaming.

"Trickster!" Alice exclaimed as she pushed him off the bed and sat straight up while covering her chest with her blanket.

"Ow!" Trickster exclaimed as he sat up on the ground while rubbing the back of his head. "Outsider~! Why did you push me off the bed~?" Trickster whined as he looked towards Alice while rubbing the sleep from his eye.

"My name is Alice and what were you doing in my bed?! Weren't you supposed to be over at the Train Station with Boris for the night?" Alice asked as she stared at Trickster as he stretched a little.

"I did," Trickster answered as he leaned his head against the side of the bed, "but I didn't get much sleep."

"How come?" Alice asked as she peered over the side of the bed only to see that Trickster was fast asleep.

She couldn't help but giggle at the sight of how cute he was when sleeping. She carefully got off of her bed and quietly walked over to her drawers and pulled out her dress. Trickster had somehow felt the sudden change of weight on the bed and woke up only to see Alice getting dressed.

His face went bright red as he quickly covered his eyes and turned his back on her.

"C-can I turn around now?" Trickster asked as he had turned into a five year old version of himself.

Alice took notice of his voice and turned her head towards little Trickster to see him with his back towards her and covering his eyes. She blushed a bright red before turning back around and quickly put her clothes on.

"A-alright, you may." Alice said as she turned around once she finished getting dressed.

Trickster slowly turned around and uncovered his to see that the coast was clear.

"S-sorry for peeking!" Trickster said apologetically as his ears drooped.

Alice laughed slightly as she walked over to Trickster and gently messed up his hair. "It's alright." She said sweetly as Trickster purred slightly.

"I'm going to go get some extra hours of sleep." Trickster said with a yawn as he slowly climbed onto Alice's bed and under the sheets. "Good night."

Alice couldn't help but laugh quietly as she carefully walked towards the door and out of the room without waking Trickster.

"Why am I the one that gets stuck with getting Rachel's tea?" Hana mumbled to herself as she walked down the long hall towards the kitchen. "Why can't it be Alice? She's a much better tea maker than I am."

Hana continued to mumble to herself as she turned and opened a white painted door only to stop dead in her tracks as she saw a rather handsome looking man standing in the kitchen, cooking what appeared to be Asian cuisine. He had coal black hair that was short and messy in the front and long in the back that was tied into a low ponytail. He wore a white long sleeve dress shirt that had the sleeves rolled up to his elbows along with a pair of black skinny pants and a pair of black boots. He also wore a white colored apron around his waist while a red leather collar decorated with light blue colored diamonds was strapped around his neck.

"How many times do I have to you, Trickster?!" the man exclaimed as he continued to cook, "Do not enter the kitchen unless it's an absolute emergency!"

"Well, sorry for not knowing but Rachel didn't tell me otherwise!" Hana said sarcastically, making the man stiffen a little at the sound of her voice. "She just sent me down here to get her a cup of tea."

"What mood was she in when she told you to?" the man asked as he began to put the food onto plates, not even once looking up at Hana.

"Somewhat in a pissed off mood, why?" Hana asked as she crossed her arms over her chest and eyed the man as he finished putting the food on the plates.

"Because it will let me know what type of tea she'll enjoy more." The man said as he put the used dishes in the sink before taking a kettle, filled it with water and set it on the stove before turning on the heat. "There are certain teas that she'll enjoy the most depending on the mood she is in. For instance, you just said that she was in a somewhat pissed off mood, yes?"

"Yes…" Hana said warily as the man opened up a cabinet and pulled out what looked like a tin box.

"Then she would enjoy Jasmine tea more than the other teas since it's the only tea that helps calm her down whenever she's mad at either me, the insane stray, the Joker's prized treasure or one of the other role holders." The man said as he set the tin box down on the counter and began to pull out a rose decorated tea set.

Hana just stared at the coal black hair man as he opened the tin box and put in a few tea leaves into the tea pot.

"Well, while you're figuring that out in your head, would you mind going back to Lady Rachel and tell her that her morning tea will be served with her breakfast? If she asks why, tell her that Curtis is the one that's making it." the man asked as he looked towards Hana for the first time.

"Alright," Hana said as she turned around and began to walk back down the hall.

"Hmm," Rachel said as she looked up from the new book she was reading and towards an antique looking grandfather clock that showed the time was a quarter to twelve o' clock.

"What's the matter, Rachel?" Alice asked as she paused her dusting and looked towards Rachel while Hana temporarily took a pause from her polishing and looked towards her as well.

"It's a quarter to twelve," Rachel said as she continued to stare at the grandfather clock.

"Is there something that's supposed to happen by then?" Hana asked as she also looked towards the clock.

"Yes," Rachel answered, "Curtis was supposed to have served breakfast by now and see what I wanted for lunch."

"Maybe he forgot?" Alice said as Hana returned to her polishing.

"No, Curtis isn't the type to forget things easily." Rachel said as she directed her gaze towards the window. "I wonder…"

"Should we go look for him?" Alice suggested, making Hana stop her polishing all together.

"That won't be nessacary." Rachel said sternly as she looked towards Hana with a smile on her face. "I know exactly where he is. And Hana is going to fetch him for me."

"What?" Hana said as she looked towards Rachel with a look that read "are you serious".

"Why am I always the one that has to fetch things for her?!" Hana exclaimed as she walked through the well kept looking garden. "Why can't it be Alice the one to do it?!"

As Hana continued to rant to herself about how Rachel seemed to be the one to always pick her to fetch things for her, she spotted a familiar coal black hair man sitting underneath a cherry tree, appearing to be sleeping.

"He's sleeping?!" Hana exclaimed in her head as she stared dumb founded at the sleeping man as the time changed to night.

Hana stood there for a moment or two before marching herself to the black hair man, knelt down beside him and wacked him upside the head.

"Hey, get up!" Hana said as the man rubbed the side of his head where Hana had hit him, "Rachel's worried about you."

"Huh?" the man said, sounding somewhat shocked as he looked towards Hana with his oddly yellowish gold colored, slit shaped pupil eyes. Hana couldn't help herself but stare at them as the man patted himself down for a bit before digging into his black open over coat's pocket and pulled out a pocket watch that showed the time was five till twelve. "It's almost twelve?! Damn that black furred rabbit!" the man exclaimed as he jumped to his feet, snapping Hana out of her staring.

"Wait…" Hana said, grabbing the man's attention as he turned around and stared down at her, "did you say "black furred rabbit"?"

"Yes," the man said as he raised an eye brow at her, "why do you ask-?!"

A blur of black quickly passed the corner of the man's eye and pushed Hana to the ground.

"Hello my love~!" an all too familiar voice to both Hana and Curtis sang as Hana groaned in pain as a weight kept her pinned to the ground. "I've been looking for you~!"

"No you have not!" Hana spat as she opened her eyes and stared into a pair of mismatched eyes, one being red and the other being black. "Now get off of me!"

"Aw, how can you say that, love?" a black rabbit eared man asked as he looked down at Hana with a sad look in his eyes. "I have been searching high and low for you~!"

"Yeah right…" Hana muttered under her breath as she looked towards the side.

"Though I never would have guessed that you would go begging to the Time Lord for a place of shelter." The black rabbit eared man said as he looked around the garden some, "Oh, well! Since she's not around at the moment~"

Hana's eyes widen in fear as the man looked down at her with a mischievous look on his face as he slowly lowered it towards her. She quickly closed her eyes and prayed that someone would help her from the rabbit eared menace before feeling the weight on her quickly disappeared. She slowly opened her eyes to find the rabbit earless black hair man stand in front of her with a sword in hand.

"What are you still doing here, Black?" the black hair man asked with a growl as he pointed his sword towards the black rabbit eared man as he stood to his feet.

The black rabbit eared man adjusted his glasses and merely glared at the black hair mane.

"Like I told you, I have been looking for the love my life ever since I lost sight of her." The black rabbit eared man said as he pulled out a gun and pointed towards the black hair man as Hana slowly got to her feet.

"So that includes coming onto Lady Rachel's land without permission or even announcing yourself, Sidney Black?" the black hair man asked as he glares at the rabbit eared man.

"That is correct, Curtis Ryuga." The rabbit eared man, Sidney said with a smirk. "Unlike me, you know nothing of love."

"Unlike you, I know my place when entering Lady Rachel's domain." The man, Curtis, growled out before making a lunge at Sidney.

"What could be taking Hana so long to find him?" Alice wondered out loud as she put her hands on her hips and stared at the clock as it rang out the time being twelve.

Rachel merely continued to read her book as the twelfth stroke passed before hearing a loud roar being emitted from the garden, causing her gasp and snap her head towards the window. She only managed to catch a glimpse of the garden before being covered up by a wall of black scales.


I will explain everything at the end in great detail in the next chapter~! In the meantime, enjoy the thought of Trickster sleeping as a five year old in Alice's bed.