Chapter 13

"By making him a demon as well." Hannah stated.

"You... You can do that?" Kate asked, honestly very surprised.

"A demon must die in order for this ritual to work." Hannah replied. Kate was speechless at this. There was one word she wanted to say, but wouldn't; Who?

"Claude and Sebastian shall fight to the death. Whoever loses shall be the one to provide the demon soul needed." Hannah explained further. Again, the young brunette was left speechless. What could she say to that? More importantly, why did Hannah want her to do that?

"Why?" Kate finally said. "Why are you suggesting this?"

Hannah met Kate's eyes before looking down at Alois, who was still resting in her lap.

"My master, he wants Ciel Phantomhive's soul to be unattainable to either of the two demons." She answered.

"I-" Kate started.

"Why do you love him? What did he do to win your heart?" Alois demanded abruptly, sitting up to look at Kate. Oddly enough, that question didn't take the young half-demon nearly as long to answer.

"Ciel... He gave me a purpose. He brought so much excitement into my life, so many things I could have never experienced if I had never met him." She told him with a pensive look on her face. "I guess I should thank you. If not for you, I don't think I'd have ever met Ciel Phantomhive."

"A purpose..." Alois murmured, leaning back against Hannah again.

"Do you accept?" Hannah spoke up, cutting in.

"I... Yes. Yes, I accept." Kate stated. And with that, Hannah carefully slid Alois off of her lap as she got to her feet. Her eyes began to glow fiercely and she placed her hands on Kate's shoulders.

"Please stay still." She murmured gently. Her tone, with was calm and almost mother-like, made Kate oblige.

In a few mere seconds, Kate felt an odd sense flowing through her; a feeling that was both dull and sharp at the same time. Her heart skipped a beat, and pain followed after, but disappeared as fast as it had come.

The symbol of the contract was branded on her left eye; similar to Alois or Ciel's, except for the fact that it only showed half of the pentagram.

"It's time." Hannah declared.

Soon, after the Trancy earl was recovered enough from the whole river incident, Hannah, Kate, and Alois made the journey back up the cliff. First came the challenge of finding a place that wasn't too steep. Alois had to be able to climb it, because he refused to let either one of the girls carry him, for he was tired of being "treated like a child".

They had no idea just how far away the river had taken them. What if they were miles away from the other? What if they couldn't find the road once they reached the top? What if they had ended up deep in the woods, lost in the middle of nowhere?

But the only problem Kate was concerned with was whether or not they would make it back in time. For all she knew, Ciel could be dead by now or Claude could have taken him hell knows where.

"Here." Hannah stated simply, coming to a stop. Ahead of her was a part of the cliff that was much less steep than any other. Sure, it was still pretty steep, but it was probably the best they'd find.

"You should go first." Kate told Alois.

"Don't tell me what to do!" He snapped. But he listened, and the young Trancy was the first to scale up the cliff, followed by Kate, and then Hannah. It made sense that he should go first; if he tripped and fell, Kate or Hannah would be able to catch him.

Watching Alois wobble up the side of the cliff was pretty entertaining for Kate, despite the circumstances; especially seeing him on all fours. Sadly, it was terribly slow-going.

"Think you could hurry it up a bit?" Kate chimed.

"I'm going as fast as I can!" Alois remarked.

"Not fast enough." She muttered to herself.

Suddenly, though, Alois stumbled and almost fell face-down into the dirt, but Kate caught him by the back of his shirt and pulled him back up to his feet.

"Let go!" He snapped.

"Why, thank-you, Kate, for helping me up instead of letting me fall." She mocked, trying to mimic Alois's voice.

The Trancy earl muttered something under his breath that Kate couldn't hear clearly. She rolled her eyes at his rude, stubborn nature. She was tired of having to waste time on such a brat like him.

But suddenly, something happened. Something that none of them had expected to happen. It was something that could have almost be considered a miracle.

"There they are!" A very familiar voice yelled down from somewhere up above.

Author's Note:

Me: Oh my gosh you guys, I'm so sorry about this late update. I mean, the last time I updated this story was the 24th of November! Ugh, I feel terrible for making you all wait! But I can assure you that I plain of finish all of my fanfictions on this site; no matter how long it takes. I plan on finishing up Little Master within about the next two or three chapters, so please bare with me here x'D

Thank you all for keeping up with this story, and again I'm extremely sorry for the slow updates!