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Firstly, I'm truly sorry for not updating before, but my laptop died without any warning last week and was in service ;_;
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I'm not really good at writing things like coronations so please don't kill me if it's bad, but I had to write something ^^'

Another character appearing in the chapter and the thing which everybody had been waiting for ( I hope ._.). Hope you will like it~ C:

Enjoy~ C:

Ciel was laying on his bed, staring at the ceiling. He had been doing it since he woke up. He couldn't forget what had happened.

"Don't make me laugh!"

The words repeated in his mind. The picture of Alois shouting at him appeared before him. He slowly raised his right hand into the air as if trying to catch him.

'Alois... whether you want to believe or not... it's the truth... And I won't give up!'

He decided, clenching his fist in the air.

He was woken up from his thoughts when he heard the door opening, causing him to turn to his side.

"Looks like you are awake."

Ciel looked at the source with a frown – "Sebastian, what do you want?"

The prince just chuckled – "Have you looked at the clock? It's almost lunch time, and you still haven't gone out of your bed. You should eat something at least."

The dark blue haired boy just turned away, his back facing the prince.

"I'm not hungry..."

"Hey, you can't act like that forever!" – Sebastian sighed as he went to the bed and sat down at the edge.

"I don't mind..."

Sebastian could feel the sadness in the boy's voice. He could understand how he felt. Ciel hadn't told him what happened exactly, but he was sure his injury wasn't caused because he tripped. He got up with a sigh.

"If you don't want to come, I have to use force..."

"What are you tal-" – but Ciel was cut off as he felt two arms wrapping around his waist and lifting him from the bed – "Hey, put me down NOW!"

Sebastian just shook his head – "You have to get ready. The coronation will be held in 2 hours."

"What...?" – the boy just blinked. He wasn't informed about the coronation at all.

The prince just sighed again – "I wanted to tell you yesterday, but you weren't in the good mood for that..."

"It doesn't mean that you can hide things..."

Sebastian just chuckled – "Looks like you are back again."

"Shut up!" – Ciel couldn't help blushing at the comment. He folded his arms and looked away to hide his embarrassment. – "Could you... at least... put me down...?"

"Why should I~?" – Sebastian asked with a teasing voice.

"Because it's embarrassing you idiot!" – the boy shouted.

"Oh, so you are blushing because of that~?"

"SHUT UP AND PUT ME DOWN!" – Ciel's face couldn't get any redder now, causing Sebastian to chuckle again.

"Of course, of course..." – he finally put the boy down, but immediately changed into a dramatic pose – "But you are just like a little cat, struggling like that all the time! And I LOVE cats!"

Ciel just frowned – "Has anyone said that you are an idiot?"

Sebastian blinked. This was the first time someone was courageous enough to say something like that, not even fearing the consequences. He could see it in Ciel's good eye. He approached the boy and grabbed his chin with a grin.

"Feisty, aren't we~?"

"Let me go!" – the boy declared as he hit the hand away and went to the door. – "Anyway..."

"What is it~?"

"I hate cats..." – was the last thing Ciel said before he left the room, leaving just a grinning prince in the room.

After Ciel finally ate lunch, he went back to his room, to find it empty.

'Looks like he has finally left...' – he thought with a sigh as he went to his wardrobe. As he had promised, he would now become Sebastian's butler. To his fortune, the prince let him use his clothes he used at Claude's palace, which he started to like. He put the badge to the pocket of the vest after he was ready and looked at himself in the mirror with a smirk.

'Let's go!'

The ballroom was filled with demons, everybody wearing elegant clothes. Soft music was played, so some demons were dancing waltz.

The king was sitting on the throne in the middle of the end of the room on a "stage". The two princes were sitting beside him, Sebastian on the right and Claude on the left side. Ciel and Alois were also there, but standing beside their masters. The two boys looked at each other at the same time, Alois with a smirk, but Ciel with a 'killing' face.

Suddenly, the king clasped his hands, causing everyone in the room to look at him.

"Welcome everyone! I'm so happy that so much of you came! This is a big day, when one of my sons will finally be crowned as the new king of Hell! It was a hard task to decide, but after a test, it became obvious who fits the position. My dear demons, welcome your new king: SEBASTIAN MICHAELIS!"

The room was filled with clasping as Sebastian stood up from his chair. When he raised his hand, the room became silent again.

"Thank you for your support. I promise to be as good king as my father was!"

Clasping again, which was followed by a royal music, signing the start of the ceremony. Sebastian turned back to his father and kneeled down before him. A demon in black cloak appeared with a red pillow in his hands, on which a huge sword laid, the sheath filled with jewels. The king grabbed the sword, unsheathed it, revealing the shining sword, causing the demons the gasp.

"Sebastian, from now on, I give the power into your arms. I'm sure you will be the best heir I could choose. Do you promise that you will always fight for the well-being of the demons no matter what it takes?"

"Yes."

"Then take the royal sword as the most important thing of your life. This sword has been inherited for centuries in the royal family. Fight with it with all your heart for the demons."

Sebastian stood up and grabbed the sword and raised it into the air.

"I promise!"

Every demon started to celebrate their new king, followed by music.

"I'm tired. Could you make our guests happy instead of me?" – the king asked, turning to his sons. (A/N: I will still write king, but after his death, Sebastian will be referred as the king ^^' )

"Of course." – they answered in unison as they stood up, sending killing grins to each other as they went to greet the guests.

"Hey, Claude, what about me~ ?!" – Alois asked as he ran after his master.

Ciel was just standing in his place with a smirk, now leaning to the wall, as he watched Sebastian being celebrated by the demons surrounding him, with his arms folded.

"He will be a good king..."

The dark blue haired boy turned his head to the source of the voice, realising that it was the king talking to him. He turned his head back towards Sebastian with a serious face.

"Yes, he will..."

"Please take a good care of him. I know Claude plans something. He isn't the one to accept failure this easily..." – the king sighed.

Ciel looked at him with a frown, but a soft smiled switched it.

"I will."

"Now go, and enjoy yourself. There isn't much time that I see my dear demons this happy and calm."

The boy nodded and started to walk away.

"... Thank you... little thief..."

Ciel turned back with a shocked face.

"You...?"

The king just leaned back into his throne with a wide smile, not answering the question.

Ciel sighed and started to go to Sebastian.

'He knew it all the time? Could it be that this was the reason he asked me to protect Sebastian...? But why didn't he...?'

Ciel shook his head in order to ease these thoughts. He was happy to see Sebastian dancing with ladies. Of course, they were all demons, but still despite their features, they were like humans.

When he noticed Alois laughing happily beside Claude, he gritted his teeth. If he could, he would just go and strangle that man. But he knew he couldn't.

He drank another slip from his champagne. Of course it was rather strange for him, but there weren't other drinks and he was thirsty. To his fortune, he dealt with it somehow easily.

Suddenly, he felt a finger poking his shoulder.

"Excuse me...?"

It was the thin, girlish voice. When he turned to his side, he noticed a girl, around his age, dressed in a pink dress beside him with a slight blush on her face. She had two curly pony tails, which were held in place with two red ribbons.

"Um... I just... wanted to... ask if you would want to dance...?" – she asked with a shy voice.

One thing he learnt was that it was rude to reject a dance.

"I know it should be other way, but... you know..." – the girl continued, but stopped when she noticed a hand held to her.

"My lady, would you like to dance with me?" – Ciel asked with a smile.

Some tears appeared at the edge of the girl's eyes. The boy was so kind to her.

"Of course!" – she replied with almost a squeal – so a wide smile.

Ciel put one hand on the girl's waist, while the girl put her on his shoulder; and they held each other's hand with the other and started to dance with the crowd.

"You are dancing pretty well, despite the fact that you are a butler." – the girl commented with a smile.

Ciel just blinked. He wondered how the girl knew he was a butler, but suddenly realised that he was wearing his badge and butler clothes, let alone every men beside him wore suits.

"Y... yes... when I was little, my parents taught me... Oh, yes, I wasn't able to catch your name..."

"Lady Elizabeth Ethel Cordelia Midford" – the girl replied with a smile, but when she noticed the just blinking boy, she chuckled – "Just call me Lizzy"

The dark blue haired boy nodded with a smile – "Thank you... Lizzy..." – it was strange for him to call a lady by just her name, but felt great to know he find a friend. Yes, he knew he can trust the girl. Although she was a demon, she didn't look like one.

"What about you?"

"Ciel... Ciel Phantomhive."

"Wow, you've got a cute name Ciel~ !" – the girl declared with a squeal.

"T... Thank you..."

When the music ended, they parted end Ciel bowed before her.

"Thanks for the dance."

"No, I am the one who should thank." – Lizzy waved her hands, causing the boy to look up with a questioning face. – "You know... There aren't many demons who want to even talk with me... They think that I'm too weak for a demon as I only concentrate on cute things... So I was so glad that you danced with me."

"I see..."

Of course Ciel would dance with her. He wasn't a demon who concentrated on the other's power.

"Well, I hope we will meet again soon~ !" – Lizzy said with the smile still on her face.

"Y... yes..."

But before Ciel could notice, he felt soft lips on his cheek.

"Thank you again..." – and with that Lizzy left.

Ciel put his hand on his cheek. He didn't except the girl to kiss him on the cheek. But he was happy to see her that happy.

"Looks like you found a new friend~"

The dark blue haired boy turned back to see the prince standing there with a huge grin on his face, causing him to blush.

"S... Sebastian?! What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with the guests?"

The prince just shrugged – "The dances are over and I started to get tired of them and decided to have a break." – he said as he took a glass of champagne and drank it easily.

"I... Isn't it strong?!" – Ciel asked with his eye wide.

Sebastian looked at him with a questioning face, but soon chuckled – "Well, for humans maybe, but for a demon, it's just like drinking a glass of water. Especially when they are old enough."

"How old are you exactly?!" – the dark blue haired boy asked with a frown as he took a glass too.

The prince put a hand to his chin (A/N: thinking face) as he said – Hmm... Well, I stopped to count it after 300 years..."

Ciel spat his drink and started to choke.

"WHAT?!"

Sebastian couldn't help laughing at the boy reactions.

"As you know demons can live for eternity if nothing happens. My father had got a serious illness from the constant stress, that's why he will die soon..."

Ciel still didn't answer first just closed his eye and took another sip from the drink.

"Isn't it hard...?"

The prince just blinked at the question. – "What do you mean...?"

"Well, you've got everything: power, you can't die that easily, let alone regenerate fast... It's the thing which almost every human wish about... However, they forget one thing..."

"What...?"

"... the fact that they have to watch their loved ones die..."

Sebastian's eyes widened. He knew that Ciel was clever, but he never have thought that the boy would be from the few ones who didn't want to leave forever.

"Well... as we live in Hell, surrounded by demons, we don't really have to worry about things like that..."

Ciel bowed his head and was just turning the glass in his hand – "I see..."

The ball lasted still after midnight, so when finally every demons went home, Ciel was totally tired. As he was now a butler, he had to serve all the guests, thus he had to run a lot. Sebastian had forgotten to tell him – although he said that he just didn't want Ciel to give up – this SMALL fact. Alois was now a vampire, so it was easy with his demonic speed; but Ciel was a normal human, let alone with asthma. As he didn't want to show his weakness, he tried to concentrate, not to have a sudden attack.

"Finally over!" – he declared as he closed his eyes and hopped on his bed groaning.

"Are you saying you are tired~?" – Sebastian asked with a teasing voice as he entered the boy's room.

"Shut up! You were just enjoying themselves why I had to serve all the demons!" – the boy sat up with an angry face.

"But I will have much more work than you do now after I become the king."

"Yes, yes, I know, but still... It was cruel that you haven't told me before! Do you know how hard it is for a NORMAL human to run and serve this much?!"

"Firstly, I haven't told you before, because you were in a very bad mood yesterday. And secondly, you were the one who accepted to become MY butler." – the prince declared with a smirk, causing the boy to blush from the emphasis on the word 'my'.

"I don't belong to anyone!" – he retorted with a frown.

"Oh, looks like someone is rebelling~" – Sebastian said with a grin now.

"I DON'T!" – Ciel raised his voice, but immediately bowed his head and lowered his voice when he noticed it – "It's just... that I..."

Sebastian just sighed as he approached the boy with a smile and put a hand on his shoulder – "Look, Ciel. I know it's hard, but you are strong. You have even fought with your best friend and-" – but he stopped as he felt the boy stiffen under him. He just sighed again. – "Ciel, no matter how much you try, he won't come back... Claude has totally changed his thinking, let alone he is one of the most influential demons now and-"

"HE WILL!"

The sudden outburst of the boy surprised the prince, but soon noticed that some tears appeared at the edge of the boy's eye.

"He is still there and will return, I know! He is just full of his power now... But he will... he will..." – Ciel stopped for a moment as he felt two arms wrapping around his body and pulling him to the prince. He was hugged tightly, his face buried into the prince's chest. He couldn't fight with his tears anymore, and let them fall freely.

Sebastian just held the boy in his arms, putting one hand on his head, caressing it.

After some minutes, Ciel looked up with a now determined face, some dry tears on his cheeks.

"Sebastian, I won't give up! I will definitely bring him back!"

A smirk appeared on the prince's face. He loved the boy's determination and was surprised how hard he tried. He slowly raised one hand and wiped the tear away from the boy's good eye with his thumb.

"You should rest now, it was a hard day." – he said with a soft voice as he stood up.

"But-"

"There's no but. Your body had to do too much during the last days, so you need to have some proper sleep first. We will talk tomorrow."

Ciel just clenched his fists, but didn't look up as he replied – "Yes..."

"Good night. You can sleep as much as you want."

The dark blue haired boy looked up with a questioning face - "And what about making breakfast or waking you up?"

"Don't worry about that. I have solved things like that before." – the prince winked and left the room.

Ciel changed into his nightgown; then he hopped back into the pillows, closing his eyes with a sigh.

'He doesn't understand anything...'

He set his alarm before closing his eyes again and drifting off to sleep.

Sebastian woke up next day around 10am. He got up from his bed with a yawn. Although demons didn't need much sleep, just some hours a week, the ball was tiring for him too.

When he was finished with the clothing and in the bathroom, he left the room and went to the kitchen, where he gasped. There was a plate with some omelette and toast on it and a cup of tea on the table. When he sat down, he noticed a yellow slip of paper beside the food.

I thought you would be hungry when you get up.

If it becomes cold, just put it into the microwave.

Yes, the microwave. It was one of the things which surprised Ciel as he first got into the kitchen, which was much more modern than in his world, equipped with several things. However, thanks to the ball the previous day, he easily got used to them.

A smirk appeared on his face as he thought about Ciel waking up before him and making breakfast for him, despite the fact that he told him that he can sleep.

When he finished eating, he decided to go to the boy's room to thank him He knocked on the door and waited, but got no answer. He knocked two other times, but still without anyone opening the door.

"Hey, Ciel, are you there?" – he asked as he opened the door, but found nobody in. The bed was already made, but there was nobody in it. He opened the door of the bathroom of the room too, but it was empty too.

'Where the hell can he be...?' – he thought with a frown, but his eyes suddenly widened.

He ran out of the room, thinking of just one place where the boy could be.

Ciel was panting with the sword in his hands, attacking the target a lot of times from every corner with different techniques.

He didn't even bother when the door of the training room was opened and he heard the shout of the prince.

"CIEL, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!"

"Training, isn't it obvious?" – the dark blue haired boy asked between two attacks.

"Haven't I told you last time that you were ready? You could even defeat ME, so why are you doing this?" – Sebastian asked with a shocked face.

"That was YOU! But Alois could trick me easily. I want to become stronger than him to be able to bring him back Sebastian, whatever you think about it!" – Ciel replied with a serious face and continued his attacks.

"Ciel..."

Sebastian knew he could do nothing. If Ciel decided something he would do anything to reach it, not bothering about what the others thought about that. He sat down on the bench of the room and just watched the boy training.

After hours, Ciel still didn't even stop. Sebastian didn't know when he started, but was worrying about the boy. He knew he was suffering from asthma, and judging from the fact that Ciel had already been panting when he found him, he must have been training for too much time.

"It's enough, you will overwork you body if you continue like this!" – he declared as he stood up and approached the boy.

Ciel raised his sword and cut the figure into three parts with a last strong strike, causing Sebastian to just blink.

The boy looked back at him with a smirk, panting heavily.

"I don't mind."

"Ciel, you should rest a little. You have even cut the target into three parts! What do you want?!" – the prince started to raise his voice. He was really worried about the boy's health.

"You are right..." – Ciel replied with a sigh as he closed his eyes and started to leave the room, Sebastian immediately following him.

The prince noticed that the boy was tired and was hardly able to keep his balance, so he put one hand to his back to prevent him from falling.

"That's what I've told you..."

Ciel didn't answer, just looked away, his bangs covering his face as they continued to go like that.

BANG

Both of them stopped at the sound of a gun being fired. The bullet went into the wall beside the prince. Ciel didn't even think just collected his remaining energy and started to push the prince forward (A/N: he is going behind Sebastian and put his hands on his back)

"What was that?" – Sebastian looked back from the corner of his eye while running.

"I don't know, but I'm sure they are after you!" – Ciel declared as he started to run faster.

BANG

Sebastian stopped when he heard the boy behind him cry out in pain.

"Ciel, are you alright?" – he turned back and noticed Ciel holding one of his knees.

"Don't worry about me, just run!"

"I won't leave you here like this!" – he prince declared, with a somehow threatening voice.

"Oh, how romantic~ !" – came a new, deeper voice from behind Ciel in the shadows of the corridor; which both of them immediately recognised.

"Come out Claude, NOW!" – Sebastian was now angry, which could even be heard in his voice.

The other prince did what he was told and came out, a gun held in his hands, with a grin on his face.

"Claude, I told you not to hurt Ciel, so why did you-" – but he was cut off by the laughter of his brother.

"You are mistaken Sebastian. You told ALOIS not to hurt him, but NOT ME!"

Sebastian froze. He didn't think his brother would go that far.

"Why did you do that?" – he asked as he gritted his teeth.

"Sebastian, stop!" – Ciel looked up with a shout, but immediately winced and held his knee tighter.

"Ciel, don't try to speak..." – Sebastian said as he kneeled down beside him. – "So Claude, you haven't answered my question yet!"

"If you want to know it so much, it wasn't just my will!" – the other prince grinned.

"What are you talking about?" – the raven haired prince asked with a frown.

"Alois was the one who ordered me to make him not being able to fight!"

Ciel froze and started to shake, which Sebastian immediately noticed. He slowly wrapped his arms around the boy and him bridal-style.

"You... YOU ARE LYING!" – the dark blue haired boy shouted. He didn't want to believe what he had heard. Alois wouldn't do such a thing no matter what happened.

"Unfortunately I'm not. Try to wake up already, brat! He isn't the one who you knew anymore! He is stronger and knows how to make others fear of him!" – Claude declared with a serious face.

Ciel couldn't take it anymore and held his ears with his hands.

"Shut up!" – he started to shake his head in order to prevent more voice too.

Sebastian looked down at him with a concerned voice. Ciel was still shaking with his eye shut close and felt his blood still flowing from the back of his right knee.

"It was enough Claude." – he declared as he looked up with a serious face to his brother.

"Oh, is that mean that you have finally decided?" – the other prince asked with a grin.

"I know it was your plan from the start and now you have reached your goal! I declare war against you NOW!"

Okay, I know I'm cruel, but it has to be this way, you will see why ;)

So things now started to get more exciting, hope you liked it~

I will have a lot of tests next week, but I will try my best to be able to update soon ^^'

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Until next time~ o3o